January 8, 2018 - January 12, 2018

1/8/18 – 1/12/18

 English Literature – Grade 8 (Periods 1, 6, 7)

Monday (1/8): Early dismissal – period 1 Literature class (bell ringer quiz and check vocab. squares/collect test corrections) Students will work on close reads and analyze the text questions.

Tuesday (1/9): Textbook – pages 288-289 (review close reads) and analyze the text questions on page 290. Discuss responses and check. Check vocab. squares and collect test corrections. Discuss concept vocab. words and check definitions.

Wednesday (1/10): Students will work in small groups on the first read extension questions for “Ban the Ban/Soda’s a Problem But…” (questions 1-4). As a class, we will discuss responses to questions 1-4. Question 5 in the packet is a TDA prompt which students will respond to independently. TDA response is due Friday.

Thursday (1/11): Work on TDA prompt. Response is due tomorrow.

Friday (1/12): Turn in TDA response and complete page 291 on author’s argument. Discuss responses together. Complete pages 292 and 293 for Monday. 

1/8/18 – 1/12/18

English Composition – Grade 8 (Periods 3, 5, 8)

Monday (1/8): Early Dismissal

Tuesday (1/9): Study Island – group practice session on summary.

Wednesday (1/10): Study Island – review session 2 (review questions on first 4 topics).

Thursday (1/11): Study Island – intro. to next topic (characters). Discuss notes and examples together. Group practice session on characters.

Friday (1/12): Study Island – complete practice questions on character topic. Must earn blue ribbon for this topic.