Keystone Literature Workshop: 2/24/2020 - 2/28/2020

Keystone Literature

Monday 2/24: Study Island: Point of View

Tuesday 2/25: Study Island: Cultural and Historical Significance in Fiction

Wednesday 2/26: Study Island: Literary Devices

Thursday 2/27: Study Island: Structure and Elements of Poetry

Friday 2/28: Study Island: Structure and Elements of Drama

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

ELA 8: 2/24/2020 - 2/28/2020

ELA 8

Monday (2/24): Bell Ringers; Review comprehension questions for Anne Frank: Act 1 on page 151; comprehension closure quiz; analyze the text questions and craft and structure on pages 152 – 153. Students will work in small groups to analyze the dialogue within act 1. Groups will share out via Google Docs. The link to access group docs is posted on my homework blog. As a class, we will discuss examples provided by groups on the board and discuss the questions that follow from page 153.

Study Island – Individual practice: Fragments and run-ons (due Tuesday); Spelling (due Wednesday); Punctuation (due Friday).

Tuesday (2/25): Bell Ringers; Finish page 153 share-out discussion (if needed); Practice worksheets on text questions and craft and structure – review together; Closure quizzes on analyze the text and craft and structure.

Study Island – Individual practice: Fragments and run-ons (due today); Spelling (due Wednesday); Punctuation (due Friday). The remaining topics for Study Island have been assigned, so that students can work ahead if they choose to do so. All remaining topics must be completed by the end of the 3^rd marking period on March 20^th.

Wednesday (2/26): Bell Ringers; Practice worksheets and textbook pages on concept vocabulary and conventions (verbs) for Anne Frank: Act 1 (review responses); closure quizzes on concept vocabulary and conventions. Test on Act 1 is Friday.

Study Island – Individual practice/reading time for March Madness book project; Study Island: Spelling (due today); Punctuation (due Friday).

Thursday (2/27): Bell Ringers; review for test on Act 1 of Anne Frank play (Kahoot review game); Test is tomorrow.

Study Island – Individual practice/reading time for March Madness book project; Study Island: Punctuation (due Friday); Individuals, Ideas, and Events (due 3/2).

Friday (2/28): Bell Ringer (quiz day); Selection Test on Anne Frank: Act 1 (Pearson); turn in test corrections when finished; read book for book project.

Study Island – Individual practice: Punctuation (due today); Individuals, Ideas, and Events (due 3/2); Introduce and Conclude Topics in writing (due 3/4).

Essential Question - Unit 2: How do we remember the past?

Anne Frank, Act 1 - Dialogue Group work activity

Period 1/2 Link to Group work - Anne Frank, Craft and Structure 
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1KId1ivWlXKQjBdSTlsJ79-uDrxbXFxIu?usp=sharing


Period 5/6 Link to Group work - Anne Frank, Craft and Structure
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17UsJW7QlMQmt2AOFcmbn2siHKka3X4ZQ?usp=sharing


Period 7/8 Link to Group work - Anne Frank, Craft and Structure
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1IUo9rhOjY3Qzi6BV-3HLHaVX2tb1sUUO?usp=sharing

Keystone Literature Workshop: 2/17/2020 - 2/21/2020

Keystone Literature

Monday 2/17: No School – President’s Day

Tuesday 2/18: Study Island: Plot

Wednesday 2/19: Escape Room: Poetry (Sound Devices)

Thursday 2/20: Study Island: Theme

Friday 2/21: Study Island: Tone, Style, and Mood in Fiction

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

ELA 8: 2/17/2020 - 2/21/2020

ELA 8

Monday (2/17): No School – President’s Day

Tuesday (2/18): Begin reading the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank” in the textbook. Students will also receive the study guide for Act 1 of the play today. We will read scenes 1 and 2 of Act 1.

Study Island – Individual practice: Affixes and Roots (due Wednesday, 2/19) and Word Relationships (due Friday, 2/21). The remaining topics for Study Island have been assigned, so that students can work ahead if they choose to do so. All remaining topics must be completed by the end of the 3^rd marking period on March 20^th.

Wednesday (2/19): Continue reading Act 1 of the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank” (scenes 3 and 4).

Study Island – Individual practice: Affixes and roots (due today) and word relationships (due Friday).

Thursday (2/20): Continue reading Act 1 of the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank” (continue scenes 3 and 4 and begin scene 5).

Study Island – Individual practice: Word relationships (due tomorrow). Fragments and run-ons due Tuesday (2/25).

Friday (2/21): Continue reading Act 1 of the play, “The Diary of Anne Frank” (scene 5). Comprehension questions and analyze the text.

Study Island – Individual practice: Word relationships (due today). Fragments and run-ons due Tuesday (2/25).

Essential Question - Unit 2: How do we remember the past?

Keystone Literature Workshop: 2/3/20 - 2/7/20

Keystone Literature

Monday 2/3: Study Island: Author’s Technique

Tuesday 2/4: Study Island: Main Idea and Supporting Details

Wednesday 2/5: Study Island: Summarization

Thursday 2/6: Study Island: Conclusions, Inferences, and Generalizations in Fiction

Friday 2/7: Study Island: Genres

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

ELA 8: 2/3/20 - 2/7/20

ELA 8

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Monday (2/3): Bell Ringers; Students will begin the Unit 3 TDA today. Students will read and annotate an opinion article on their own and then complete a bug organizer for their essay. Bug and completed essay in paragraph format are due: Monday, Feb. 10. Students will have today, tomorrow, and Wednesday to work on the TDA in class.

Study Island – Students should be working on Text Structure. This topic is due tomorrow by the end of class.

Tuesday (2/4): Bell ringers; Work on TDA for Unit 3 (evaluating arguments). TDA is due Monday, Feb. 10.

Study Island – Individual practice: Text Structure (finish by end of class today). New topics: Context Clues in Literature and Context Clues in Informational texts (both due Friday).

Wednesday (2/5): Bell ringers; Work on TDA for Unit 3 (evaluating arguments). TDA is due Monday, Feb. 10.

Study Island – Individual practice: Context Clues in Literature and Context Clues in Informational texts (both due Friday).

Thursday (2/6): Bell ringers; Begin unit 2 (The Holocaust) – pg. 88-89 (jump start and video); complete pages 90 and 91; Launch text (The Grand Mosque of Paris – pg. 92 – 93; summary and quick write (94-95)

Study Island – Individual practice: Context Clues in Literature and informational texts (both due tomorrow).

Friday (2/7): Bell ringer (quiz day); pg. 98-99 (background info. for Unit 2 – read together); video from U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum website and video notes worksheet.

Study Island – Finish context clues topics today. New topic: Multiple meaning words (due Tuesday).

Essential Question Unit 3 – When is it right to take a stand?

Unit 2: How do we remember the past?