8th Grade English Skills Class
Tuesday Sept 10: Grammar 3+4; read from The Witch at Blackbird Pond Ch 3-4, read from How to Hang a Witch 12-16
Thursday Sept 12: Read from Blackbird 5-6; Witch 17-20
Friday Sept 13: Read from Blackbird 7-8; Witch 20-25
Week of Sept 16-20 No class for Grade 8 camping trip and Climate Strike
Tuesday Sept 24: Grammar 5+6; read from Blackbird Pond 9-10, read from Witch 25-27
Thursday Sept 26: Read Blackbird 11, Witch 28
Friday Sept 27: Complete Letter home from main character; Read Blackbird 12 and Witch 29-30
Tuesday Oct 1: Grammar 7+8; read from Blackbird Pond 13-14, read from Witch Ch 30-34
Thursday Oct 3: Complete Prepositions WS #2, Read Blackbird 15 and Witch Ch 34-35
Friday Oct 4: Read Blackbird 16-18 and Witch Ch 36-42q for TUES
Tuesday Oct 8: Grammar 9+10; Read Blackbird 19-20 and Hang a Witch Ch 43-45
Thursday Oct 10: Read Blackbird 21 and Hang a Witch Ch 46-47 (finish the books!)
Friday Oct 11: Reading Essay Rough Draft due TUES
Tuesday Oct 15: Grammar 11-12 and Prepositions 15 and 23 for THURS
Thursday Oct 17: be sure Prepositions p 23 is completed and any make-up work done for FRIDAY
Friday Oct 18: Revise rough draft of Reading Essay for THURSDAY. Please be sure to turn in:
- assignment sheet (look carefully at this for revision guidelines)
- rough draft
- final draft
Tuesday Oct 22: Revise rough draft of Reading Essay for THURSDAY (see above), and complete Grammar 13-14 for THURS
Thursday Oct 24: Complete Grammar WS: Prepositions/Helping Verbs p.25
Friday Oct 25: Complete pre-reading Questions for To Kill a Mockingbird for TUES
Tuesday Oct 29: Read To Kill a Mockingbird (TKM) Ch 1-3 for TUES
Thurs-Fri Oct 30-31: No class for Parent-Teacher Conferences
Tuesday Nov 5: Read TKM 4-5 for THURS; Grammar 15-16 due
Thursday Nov 6: TKM 6; quiz Friday
Friday, Nov 7: Read TKM 7+8 for TUES
Tuesday Nov 12: Read TKM 9+10 for Thursday; Grammar 17-18 due THURS
Thursday Nov 14: Read TKM 11
Friday Nov 15: Read TKM 11 and get caught up. Quiz 7-11 on TUES
Tuesday Nov 19: Read TKM 12-13; work on Letter Project due FRIDAY
Thursday Nov 21: Read TKM 14
Friday Nov 22: Read TKM 15-18 for MON Dec 2, Letter Due
Nov 25-29: No Classes for Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday Dec 3: Read TKM 19-20; Grammar 19-20
Thursday Dec 5: Read TKM 21
Friday Dec 6: Read TKM 22- 23
Tuesday Dec 10: Read TKM 24-26
Thursday Dec 12: Read TKM 27-28
Friday Dec 13: Read TKM 29-31
Tuesday Dec 17: Book Discussion
Thursday Dec 19: no Class?- 1/2 day
Friday Dec 20:- Friday Jan 3 No School for XMAS Break
Tuesday Jan 7: grammar WS # 21-22
Thursday Jan 9: TKM Discussion Friday, reading must be completed
Friday Jan 10: TKM Reflection project Due Thursday
Tuesday Jan 14: Grammar 23-24 due FRIDAY
Thursday Jan 16: TKM Project Due
Friday Jan 17: No class- snow day
Tuesday Jan 21: read and think about MLK's principles of nonviolence
Thursday Jan 22: Respond to MLK's 6 Principles of Nonviolence with 2 sentences for each principle- Due TUES
Friday Jan 24: No class- Ski program
Tuesday Jan 28: Grammar 25-26 due Thursday
Thursday Jan 30: No Homework; do Play lines work
Friday Jan 31: No class- Ski program
Tuesday Feb 4: Grammar 27-28 due THURs
Thursday Feb 6: Read "The Covenant" and create summary task (on back of story) due TUES Feb 24
Friday Feb 7: No class- Ski program
Tuesday Feb 11: No Class for play Practice
Thursday Feb 13: No Class for class Play
Friday Feb 14: No class- Ski program
Monday Feb 17- Friday Feb 21 No School for Feb Conference Break
Tuesday Feb 24: Read Ch1-2 for Churchill Club (CC). Covenant Summary due
Thursday Feb 27: Read Ch3-4 and create main points; complete Ch 1-2 summary points
Friday Feb 28: No class- Ski program
Tuesday Mar 3: Read CC 5-6 and Summary due FRI
Thursday Mar 5: Read CC 5-6 and Summary due FRI
Friday Mar 6: Read CC Ch7-8 and Summary due TUES
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