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?