March 31, 2014 - April 4, 2014

3/31/14 – 4/4/14

Monday

• Reading 8 (Even): As a class, we will discuss the PSSA lesson on poetry from the last class. We will go over student responses to questions within the packet and students will turn in their lesson packets today. If any time remains, students will begin watching the movie version of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

•  Reading 7: Students will discuss the PSSA practice lesson 11 (Main Idea and Supporting Details).

• Practical Literature 12: Students will continue working on their movie posters or comic strips for Beowulf.

Tuesday (Odd) – PSSA testing for 7^th and 8^th grade students (Math and Reading Tests)

• Practical Literature 12: Students will finish movie posters and comic strips for Beowulf.

Wednesday (Even) - PSSA testing for 7^th and 8^th grade students (Math and Reading Tests)

• Practical Literature 12: Students will begin notes on the next unit (Arthurian Legend).

Thursday (Odd) - PSSA testing for 7^th and 8^th grade students (Math and Reading Tests)

• Practical Literature 12: Students will begin reading the next selection, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” They will complete study guide questions as well.

Friday

• Reading 8 (Even): Students will watch parts of the movie version of “The Diary of Anne Frank.”

• Reading 7: Students will begin the next unit on the novel, “Holes.”

• Practical Literature 12: Students will read “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” together as a class. Students will complete study guide questions as they read.