03/20/17 – 03/24/17
8th Grade
English (Periods 1, 2, 3, 5B, 6, 7, 8):
Monday (03/20): 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. Students should finish this for homework for tomorrow
if they do not get it done by the end of class today.
Tuesday (03/21): Check
answers to the subject-verb agreement worksheet and discuss
questions/confusions. Students will then complete pages 284 and 285 in the
textbook on conventions (clauses) and concept vocabulary from “Three Cheers for
the Nanny State” text.
Wednesday (03/22): Check
and discuss answers to pages 284-285 in the textbook. Students will take a quiz
on clauses tomorrow in class. Students will then 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) and we will discuss responses together.
Thursday (03/23):
Students will take a quiz on clauses. When finished with the quiz, students
will complete pages 290 – 291 in the textbook (Close Read the text and analyze
the text, #2, 3, 4 and Practice #1 – 5). We will go over responses and details
from the selection together. Students will then begin pages 292 and 293. Whatever
is not finished from pages 292 and 293 must be finished for homework for Monday
(3/27).
Friday (03/24): 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 Question: Unit 3 in Textbook – When is it right to take a stand?
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