Monday
· Reading 8 – Students will review the think aloud/talking to text strategy introduced last week with the “Superman and Me” essay. Students will then share talking to text notes with a partner discussing commonalities/differences. Students will then share with the whole class in a discussion. Students will then finish reading the essay using talking to the text on their own. As a class, we will discuss this process and how it helps us better comprehend/analyze what we are reading. If time remains, students will read their AR books silently.
· English 8 – Students will review the introductions that they wrote for homework. We will discuss what makes up an effective introduction. Students will then discuss transitions and how they are used within an essay. Students will also choose a writing prompt to write a persuasive essay on relating to “The Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe. Students will begin writing the rough draft.
Tuesday
· Reading 8 – Students will review the think aloud/talking to text strategy introduced last week with the “Superman and Me” essay. Students will then share talking to text notes with a partner discussing commonalities/differences. Students will then share with the whole class in a discussion. Students will then finish reading the essay using talking to the text on their own. As a class, we will discuss this process and how it helps us better comprehend/analyze what we are reading. If time remains, students will read their AR books silently.
· English 8 – Students will continue working on rough drafts. Students will finish writing rough draft in class and peer edit essays so that revisions can be made. Rough draft and final copies are due on Friday.
Wednesday
· Reading 8 – Students will be assigned literature books. Students will examine the big question for the unit: “Is truth the same for everyone?” (Lit. book pages 2-3) Students will then complete a KWL about fiction and nonfiction in small groups first. We will then discuss these as a class. Students will then read about fiction and nonfiction in the literature books (p. 6-7). They will fill in the KWL with information that they read in the book about fiction and nonfiction.
· English 8 – Students will define vocabulary terms for lists 7 and 8 today in class and write a sentence for each as well as the parts of speech in their notebooks.
Thursday
· Reading 8 – Students will be assigned literature books. Students will examine the big question for the unit: “Is truth the same for everyone?” (Lit. book pages 2-3) Students will then complete a KWL about fiction and nonfiction in small groups first. We will then discuss these as a class. Students will then read about fiction and nonfiction in the literature books (p. 6-7). They will fill in the KWL with information that they read in the book about fiction and nonfiction.
· English 8 – Students will discuss the definitions, parts of speech, and example sentences for new vocabulary terms from lists 7 and 8. Students will take a test on vocabulary terms tomorrow.
Friday
· Reading 8 – Students will review/discuss the elements of fiction and nonfiction. Students will then be split up into two groups. One half of the class will read “The Baker Heater League” using think aloud and talking to text with a partner. The other half of the class will read “The 11:59” while using think aloud and talking to text with a partner. Students will then answer questions with a partner about each story (to decide which type of text it is: fiction or nonfiction) and we will begin to compare/contrast the two stories. Students will work with someone who read the opposite story as them, and discuss elements of each to compare/contrast using a Venn Diagram.
· English 8 – Students will take a test on vocabulary terms from lists 7 and 8. Students will also turn in the rough draft and final copy of their essays today. After the test, students will review the writing process and how it aided their writing.
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