English 8...
Term 1
Silent Reading....students will begin each class with 10-15 minutes of silent reading and are expected to arrive daily with a novel of their choice.
Biopoem - all about you!
School Wide Write - District Writing Assessment
Journals...ongoing writing practice
Writing Strategies: dress-ups, sentence structure, vocabulary...ongoing
Grammar...ongoing
Short Stories: - complete
Novel Unit - The Outsiders - will continue into Term 2...
- Literacy Journals
- Character Chart
- Guided reading questions
- writing assignments
-Unit Test-
Term 2:
Silent Reading....students will begin each class with 10-15 minutes of silent reading and are expected to arrive daily with a novel of their choice.
Journals...ongoing writing practice
Writing Strategies: dress-ups, sentence structure, vocabulary...ongoing
Grammar...ongoing
Poetry Portfolio! - Due last class before Spring Break!
Literary Terms - test this week!
Poetry Presentations - choose two poems to share!
Term 1
Silent Reading....students will begin each class with 10-15 minutes of silent reading and are expected to arrive daily with a novel of their choice.
Biopoem - all about you!
School Wide Write - District Writing Assessment
Journals...ongoing writing practice
Writing Strategies: dress-ups, sentence structure, vocabulary...ongoing
Grammar...ongoing
Short Stories: - complete
- Literacy Terms - Elements of Literacy handout; Story Map/ Plot Diagram
- Reading Comprehension - variety of short story types
- Terms quiz and unit test
Novel Unit - The Outsiders - will continue into Term 2...
- Literacy Journals
- Character Chart
- Guided reading questions
- writing assignments
-Unit Test-
Term 2:
Silent Reading....students will begin each class with 10-15 minutes of silent reading and are expected to arrive daily with a novel of their choice.
Journals...ongoing writing practice
Writing Strategies: dress-ups, sentence structure, vocabulary...ongoing
Grammar...ongoing
Poetry Portfolio! - Due last class before Spring Break!
Literary Terms - test this week!
Poetry Presentations - choose two poems to share!