Keystone Literature: 10/28/19 - 11/01/19

Keystone Literature

Monday 10/28: Study Island: Affixes and roots

Tuesday 10/29: Study Island: Affixes and roots

Wednesday 10/30: Study Island: Author’s purpose

Thursday 10/31: Study Island: Author’s purpose

Friday 11/01: Study Island: Author’s technique

Essential Question: What can I do to increase my achievement on the Keystone Lit. exam?

ELA 8: 10/28/19 - 11/01/19

ELA 8

Monday (10/28): Bell ringers; Check/review small group work for the short story, “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World.” Test is tomorrow on Pearson.

Study Island: New topic: Varied Sentence Structure: Lesson and individual practice (due Tuesday – end of day).

Tuesday (10/29): Bell ringers; Selection test on the short story, “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” on Pearson. When finished, students should complete test corrections and turn them in.

Study Island: Individual practice: Varied sentence structure – finish for today. Vocabulary jam – argument unit terms.

Wednesday (10/30): Bell ringers; Unit 3 introduction – Class poll; “What matters” questions and discussion; p. 255 – 257 (goals and ac. Vocab. – vocab. Squares)

Study Island – New topic: Pronouns – lesson notes and group session; begin individual practice (due Friday).

Thursday (10/31): Bell ringers; Launch text for unit 3 (Freedom of the Press – p. 258-259) and complete the summary and quickwrite on pages 260-261. Vocab. Squares for whole-class learning selection (Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator) p. 264

Study Island – Individual practice - pronouns

Friday (11/01): Bell ringers; check vocab. Squares; read whole-class learning selection (Barrington Irving, Pilot and Educator) p. 265 – 268 and complete comprehension questions on page 269.

Study Island – Individual practice – pronouns; new topic: Evaluate arguments (due Tuesday)

Essential Question (Unit 1): What are some milestones on the path to growing up?

Unit 2 – When is it right to take a stand?

Keystone Lit. Workshop: 10-21-19 to 10-25-19

Keystone Literature

Monday 10/21: Study Island: Plot

Tuesday 10/22: Keystone prep constructed response prompt

Wednesday 10/23: Keystone prep constructed response prompt

Thursday 10/24: Finish constructed response (if needed); Study Island: new topic

Friday 10/25: Study Island: individual practice session

Essential Question: What can I do to increase my achievement on the Keystone Lit. exam?

ELA 8: 10-21-19 to 10-25-19

ELA 8

Monday (10/21): Bell ringers; Selection test on poetry collection 1: “Hanging Fire” and “Translating Grandfather’s House.” Log onto PearsonRealize.com to submit test answers. When finished, students must complete and submit test corrections.

Study Island: Individual practice: students should be finishing phrases and clauses today. New topic: Misplaced and dangling modifiers – due Wednesday.

Tuesday (10/22): Bell ringers; Rotation 3 for small group learning – Day 1: read the story, “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” together as a class; all work is due by the end of class on Friday; test is Tuesday, 10/29.

Study Island: Individual practice: misplaced and dangling modifiers

Wednesday (10/23): Bell ringers; Rotation 3 for small group learning – Day 2 (all work is due by the end of class on Friday; test is Tuesday, 10/29).

Study Island – Individual practice: finish misplaced and dangling modifiers (due today). New topic: Varied sentence structure (due Friday).

Thursday (10/24): Bell ringers; Rotation 3 for small group learning – Day 3 (all work is due by the end of class tomorrow; review/check work on Monday; test is Tuesday, 10/29).

Study Island – Individual practice: varied sentence structure (due Friday).

Friday (10/25): Bell ringer (quiz day); Rotation 3 for small group learning – Day 4 (all work is due by the end of class today; review/check work on Monday; test is Tuesday, 10/29).

Study Island – Individual practice: finish varied sentence structure (due today).

Essential Question (Unit 1): What are some milestones on the path to growing up?

Keystone Lit. Workshop 10-14-19 to 10-18-19

Keystone Literature

Monday 10/14: Teacher In-Service Day – No school for students.

Tuesday 10/15: Study Island: Point of view in nonfiction (finish) and work on fact and opinion.

Wednesday 10/16: Study Island: Fact and opinion

Thursday 10/17: Study Island: Introduce new topic (Conclusions, inferences, and generalizations) group session (if needed)

Friday 10/18: Study Island: independent session – Conclusions, Inf., and Gen.

Essential Question: What can I do to increase my achievement on the Keystone Lit. exam?

ELA 8 10-14-19 to 10-18-19

ELA 8

Monday (10/14): Teacher In-Service Day – No school for students.

Tuesday (10/15): Bell ringers; Rotation 2 for small group learning – Day 2 (all work is due by the end of class on Thursday; test is Monday 10/21).

Study Island: Individual practice: Meaning and Tone in literature and informational texts (both due by end of day Thursday).

Wednesday (10/16): Bell ringers; Rotation 2 for small group learning – Day 3 (all work is due by the end of class on Thursday; test is Monday 10/21).

Study Island – Individual practice: Meaning and tone in literature and informational texts (due Thursday).

Thursday (10/17): Bell ringers; Rotation 2 for small group learning – Day 4 (all work is due by the end of class today; review/check work tomorrow; test is Monday 10/21).

Study Island – Finish topics due today (Meaning and tone in literature and informational texts) New topic: Phrases and clauses (due Tuesday).

Friday (10/18): Paid dress down day - Bell ringers; Check work/review work for poetry collection 1. Review for test on poetry collection 1. Test is Monday (10/21).

Study Island – Individual practice: Phrases and clauses (due Tuesday).

Essential Question (Unit 1): What are some milestones on the path to growing up?

Keystone Lit. Workshop 10-7-11 to 10-11-19

Keystone Literature

Monday 10/7: Study Island: Finish point of view in nonfiction and literary point of view (if needed).

Tuesday 10/8: Study Island: introduce author’s purpose lesson and begin independent session

Wednesday 10/9: Study Island: group session (if needed) on author’s purpose and independent session

Thursday 10/10: Study Island: author’s technique lesson and independent session

Friday 10/11: Study Island: independent session – author’s technique

Essential Question: What can I do to increase my achievement on the Keystone Lit. exam?

ELA 8 10-7-19 to 10-11-19

ELA 8

Monday (10/7): Bell Ringers; Podcast (The Others) and discussion questions; Test on letters (Just be yourself and You are the electric boogaloo) will be on Wednesday; review is tomorrow

Study Island: Individual practice session – Figurative meanings in literature and informational texts (due Thursday)

Tuesday (10/8): Bell ringers; Review/check answers for work on Unit 1 letters (small group work); Test is tomorrow on Pearson Realize. Vocabulary.com – jam for vocabulary in letters

Study Island: Individual practice: Figurative meanings in literature and informational texts (due Thursday)

Wednesday (10/9): Bell ringers; Selection test for letters in unit 1 small group learning section (pearsonrealize.com) and test corrections

Study Island – Individual practice: Figurative meanings in literature and informational texts (due tomorrow)

Thursday (10/10): Bell ringers; Begin rotation 2 of small group learning – Day 1: (Poetry Collection 1: Hanging Fire and Translating Grandfather’s House). Read poems together as a whole class and work together in small groups to complete pg. 60 – 64 in book and practice pages in packet. Students will receive the study guide today as well. All work must be done by end of class on Thursday, Oct. 17^th. Review day is Friday, Oct. 18 and test will be on Monday, Oct. 21^st.

Study Island – Finish topics due today (Figurative Meanings in literature and informational texts) New topics: Meaning and tone in literature and informational texts (due Thursday, Oct. 17^th)

Friday (10/11): Act 80 ½ day - Bell ringer; Day 2 – work in groups on poetry collection 1 work in book and in packet.

Study Island – Individual practice: Meaning and tone in literature and informational texts (due Thurs.)

Essential Question (Unit 1): What are some milestones on the path to growing up?