Week 4
Monday
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including recognizing the elements of plot.
Direct Instruction:
Students will take the Literary Terms 1-10 Quiz
Discussion/notes on Prepositions with preposition practice worksheet
Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne and Young Goodman Brown
Independent Practice: Students will complete the preposition practice worksheet
Homework: Students will read and annotate Young Goodman pages 258-267
Assessment: Lit. terms quiz 21-30 on Block Day, 8/14-8/15
Tuesday
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including recognizing the elements of plot.
Direct Instruction:
We will discuss the YGB Questions in groups (chats stations)
Class discussion of the YGB Questions
Independent Practice: Group assignment for YGB Questions
Homework: Read and annotate the first 10 pages of Chapter 1 of MBSID and study lit terms 11-20
Assessment: Lit. terms quiz 11-20 on Block Day, 8/14-8/15
Block Day
(Wed. and Thurs.)
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork: BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including recognizing the elements of plot.
Direct Instruction-
Lit. terms 11-20 quiz
We will discuss conjunctions and interjections
Socratic Seminar on Young Goodman Brown
We will also discuss the Introduction to My Brother Sam is Dead
Independent Practice: Students will complete the conjunctions worksheet
Homework: Read and annotate the rest of Chapter 1 of MBSID and answer the Chapter 1 Questions
Assessment: The parts of speech test will be next Tuesday
Friday
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including recognizing the elements of plot.
Direct Instruction-
Students will read context about the Connecticut militia and answer questions
We will discuss the Chapter 1 Questions
Independent Practice: None
Homework: Finish reading Chapter 2 of MBSID and complete the Chapter 2 Questions
Assessment: The Parts of Speech Test will be next Tuesday
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Week 3
Monday
8.RL.2
8.RL.4
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction:
Part 1 of Sleepy Hollow and we will discuss the story
Independent Practice
Homework: Students will study for the noun/pronoun quiz
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on nouns/pronouns on Tuesday, August 5th
Tuesday
8.RL.2
8.RL.4
8.L.4
8.L.6
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction:
Noun/Pronoun Quiz
Discussion of verbs
Finish reading and annotating pages 251-258 of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow."
Independent Practice: Students will complete the verb identification worksheet
Homework: Students will finish reading and annotating pages 251-258 of "The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow." and complete the Part 2 of Sleepy Hollow
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on Washington Irving Story on Friday, 8/8
Block Day
(Wed. and Thurs.)
8.RL.2
8.RL.4
8.L.4
8.L.6
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork:BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction-
Discussion of Adjectives and Adverbs
Students will complete the questions for Socratic seminar on Urban Myths
Independent Practice: Students will complete the adjectives and adverbs worksheet
Homework: Study for “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Quiz.
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” on Friday
Friday 8/8
8.RL.2
8.RL.4
8.L.4
8.L.6
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including recognizing the elements of plot.
Direct Instruction-
“Legend of Sleepy Hollow” Quiz
Introduction to Nathaniel Hawthorne and Young Goodman Brown
Exit Ticket: Pick one of the 10 literary terms and give me an example from something that you have read.
Independent Practice: Washington Irving Quiz
Homework: Students will study Lit. terms 1-10
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on the first 10 literary terms on Monday, 8/11
Week 2
Monday
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction:
We will review Nouns
We will begin to discuss “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Independent Practice: Students will complete the practice worksheet on nouns.
Homework: Students will finish reading and annotating “The Most Dangerous Game.” ( Reader pages 227-236) and finish “The Most Dangerous Game" Questions (In the reader)
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on nouns/pronouns on Tuesday, August 11th
Tuesday
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork: BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction-
We will continue “The Most Dangerous Game.”
We will discuss “The Most Dangerous Game" Questions in the reader
Independent Practice:
Homework: Students will create a plot graph for “The Most Dangerous Game.”
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on nouns/pronouns on Tuesday, August 11th
Block Day
(Wed. and Thurs.)
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork: BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction-
We will finish “The Most Dangerous Game.”
We will discuss pronouns and practice
MDG Seminar (Practice: if time)
Independent Practice:
Homework: Students will finish reading: Patrick Henry's “Speech to the Virginia Convention.” and practice annotating
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on nouns/pronouns on Tuesday, August 11th
Friday
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the development of characters and plot in a short story.
Direct Instruction-
Review Pronouns
Students will work in groups, using their annotations to answer the questions for Patrick Henry's “Speech to the Virginia Convention.,” using textual evidence to support their responses. Virginia Convention
Introduction to Washington Irving
Students will being reading and annotating pages 240-250 of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Exit Ticket: What urban legend have you heard in your lifetime?
Independent Practice: Students will work in groups, using their annotations to answer the questions at the end of the story, using textual evidence to support their responses.
Homework: Finish reading and annotating pages 240-250 of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on nouns/pronouns on Tuesday, August 11th
Week 1 Q1 July 27 - 31
Mon.
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- We will have a class introduction and discuss the classroom, follow directions activity, seating assignments, and policies
Objective- Students will recognize class procedures and policies for the 2025-2026 school year
Direct Instruction:
We will have a discussion about school and school policies and procedures
Discuss the book/supplies list
Independent Practice: Students should review the policies for Ben Franklin and for my class
Homework: Students will need to have the syllabus signed by Friday, July 25th
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on class policies and procedures on Friday, July 26th
Tues.
BW: We will discuss the dress code
Objective- Students will recognize class procedures and policies for the 2024-2025 school year.
Direct Instruction-
We will continue the discussion of class policies and procedures
We will complete the All about you activity
If too much time, explore teacher website
Independent Practice: Students should review the policies for Ben Franklin and for my class
Homework: Students get their class syllabus signed and finish the All about you activity
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on class policies and procedures on Friday, July 25th.
Wed/ Thur Block
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective-. Students will be able to produce a coherent and unified paragraph with adequate support and detail and an effective introduction and conclusion. Students will be able to critically read a speech and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including the annotation of a text.
Direct Instruction-
Students will take the baseline test
We will discuss Paragraph Writing
Students will use the All about you activity to write a self-description paragraph
We will discuss the banned words list (page 8 of reader) and check paragraphs for them
Independent Practice: Students will write self- description paragraphs and highlight any of the banned words that are used).
Homework: Students will complete their self-description paragraph making sure to exclude banned words, submit the class outline acknowledgment form, and study for the class rules quiz.
Assessment: Students will be given a quiz on class policies and procedures on Friday, July 25th.
Fri.
Warm-Up Activity/Bellwork- BW Assignment
Objective- Students will be able to critically read a short story and apply the skills and strategies of a successful reader, including applying the skills and strategies of analyzing plot.
Direct Instruction:
Students will take the Syllabus quiz
We will discuss annotations
We will discuss narrative elements
Exit Ticket: Which narrative element do you feel you can easily identify? Which element do you need more practice finding?
Independent Practice: Students will read and annotate “The Most Dangerous Game.” ( Reader pages 220-226)
Homework: Students will finish reading and annotating “The Most Dangerous Game.” ( Reader pages 220-226, lines 1-228) and try to answer “The Most Dangerous Game" Questions (In the reader) as they read.
Joining a Google Classroom Using a Class Code
2nd Period:
4th Period:
6th Period:
1. Sign In:
Go to classroom.google.com on your computer or open the Google Classroom app on your mobile device.2. Sign In with the Correct Account:
Make sure you're signed in with the Google Account your teacher uses for the class. If not, click your profile picture to switch accounts.3. Click the Plus Sign:
On the main Classroom page, click the plus sign (+) in the top-right corner.4. Select "Join Class":
From the pop-up menu, select "Join class".5. Enter the Class Code:
Enter the 6-8 character class code provided by your teacher and click "Join".
Submitting an assignment to Google Classroom
On a computer:
Go to classroom.google.com and sign in to your Google Account.
Click on the class you're working in.
Click the Classwork tab.
Click on the assignment to open it.
To add work, click Add or create.
Select the source for your work: Google Drive, Link, or File (for files on your computer).
Choose your file or enter the link, then click Add.
Click Turn In and confirm your submission.