03/13/17 – 03/17/17
8th Grade
English (Periods 1, 2, 3, 5B, 6, 7, 8):
Monday (03/13): Students
will view a grammar tutorial video on misplaced and dangling modifiers and
complete a practice section and assessment section of a worksheet on this
concept. We will check and discuss answers to the worksheet sections together
examining key components of this concept. Students will keep the packet for the
next lesson on subject-verb agreement.
Tuesday (03/14): Students
will view a grammar tutorial video on subject-verb agreement from the Pearson
Realize website. Students will then complete a practice section and assessment
section on this concept. We will check and discuss answers together before the
end of class. Students will keep their work in their folders.
Wednesday (03/15): Students
will complete pages 284 and 285 in the textbook on conventions (clauses) and
concept vocabulary from “Three Cheers for the Nanny State” text. We will check
and discuss answers together. Students will take a quiz on clauses tomorrow.
Thursday (03/16):
Students will take a quiz on clauses. When finished with the quiz, students
will read and complete page 286 in the textbook. They will then complete a
first read of the text, “Ban the Ban! Soda’s a Problem, but...” (p. 287 – 289).
They will mark the text as they read with their first read notes and then
answer the comprehension questions on page 289 (#1-3).
Friday (03/17): Students
will write a response to a TDA prompt based on the text, “Ban the Ban!....”
Students will close read a portion of the text in order to answer the prompt.
They must use evidence from the text to support their response. Students will
write their responses on the color coded sheet provided to them. Students will
turn in their work to be scored.
TDA prompt: Authors sometimes use idioms, or
expressions, in their writing. Analyze the phrase “a very slippery slope,”
which is found in paragraph 3 of “Ban the Ban!” Use evidence from the text to
support your response.
Essential Questions: Unit 3 in Textbook – When is it right to take a stand?
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