8th Calendar


May

1-3 CAASPP Testing


6- ROT Ch. 11 questions; One-Pager

7- ROT Ch. 12 questions; ROT essay outline- T.J. is not a good friend.

8- Correct Ch. 11 questions; ROT essay outline- find examples

9- ROT essay outline

10- ROT Test


13- Poetry Terms (1-18) Quizlet; ROT essay outline

14-16 ROT Essay

17- Poetry Terms Test (1-18); essay on NRI and Turnitin.com


20- Poetry Terms (19-37) Quizlet; "O Captain! My Captain" CommonLit

21- Unit 13 vocabulary

22- Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18" and "Shall I Compare Thee.."

23- Courage in Denmark; Begin reading Anne Frank

24- AR points due; Poetry Terms Test (19-37)



April


8- Unit 11 vocab.; ROT Ch. 7

9- ROT Ch. 7 Questions

10- Correct Unit 11 Vocab.; Review Ch. 7 Questions

11- CommonLit. "Financial Literacy"; NoRedInk-Commonly Confused Words

12- Unit 11 Test; continue NRI Commonly Confused Words (due Tuesday)


15- makeup tests/quizzes; quotations journal; NRI-Commonly Confused Words

16- ROT Ch. 8

17- Commonly Confused Words Quiz

18-19- ROT Ch. 9



22- Unit 12 vocab. worksheet-due tomorrow

23- ROT Ch. 10

24- ROT Ch. 10 Quiz; read Ch. 11

25- ROT Ch. 11&12

26- Unit 12 vocab. test; ROT Quotations Journal Due!


29-30 CAASPP Testing




March

1- ROT 1-3 vocab. test


4- ROT Ch. 3; ROT 4-6 Quizlet/flashcards; Quotations Journal

5- ROT Ch. 3 and Ch. 3 Questions; Quotations Journal

5- ROT Ch. 4; Quotations Journal

6- ROT Ch. 4 and Ch. 4 Questions

7-ROT 4-6 Vocabulary Test


12- ROT Vocab. Quizlet 7-9; ROT Ch. 4

13-ROT Ch. 4 Questions

14- ROT Ch. 5

15- ROT 7-9 vocab. test; ROT Ch. 5



18- ROT 10-12 vocab. Quizlet; CommonLit-"We Wear the Mask"

19- ROT Ch. 5 quiz; Read Ch. 6; NRI- writing assignment

20- AR in the library; NRI- Writing assignment

21- ROT Ch. 6 and Ch. 6 questions

22- ROT 10-12 Vocab. test; NRI writing due


25- Adverbs Classwork

26-NRI- Adverbs

27- Review Adverbs 

28- Adverbs Test





February

1-2 Read Ch. 6


5-Unit 9 Vocab.; Type essay

6-COTW Ch. 5 essay-type

7-COTW Ch. 7; Ch.7 Questions

8-COTW Test

9-Unit 9 vocab. Test


12- Unit 10 Vocabulary worksheet; turn in COTW novel; check out ROT novel

13-14 COTW movie

15- Common Lit. "An Overview of The Great Depression"

16- Unit 10 vocab. test


20-CommonLit. "Reconstruction"; Adjectives NRI

21-ROT background; ROT Character/Theme Journal directions

22- ROT Ch. 1

23-Adjectives Test


26- ROT 1-3 vocab. Quizlet/flashcards; finish Ch. 1; Ch. 1 Questions

27- ROT Ch. 2

28-CommonLit-"Plessy Vs. Ferguson"

29- ROT Ch. 2 Quiz








January

8- COTW 3&4 Vocab.; COTW Ch. 3 Questions

9-NoRedInk Adjectives and Adverbs Practice; DO/IO

10-Review for Final (Continued)

11-Practice Final Exam

12- COTW Ch.3&4 vocabulary test



16-COTW 5,6,&7 vocab. Quizlet; NRI Quickwrite: Best Advice

17- Correct Practice Final

18-Read Ch. 4 COTW

19- Final Exam


22- COTW Ch. 4 questions; read AR book

23-COTW Ch. 5

24- Library day/AR points are due

25- COTW Ch. 5 questions

26-COTW 5,6,&7 Vocab. Test



30-1 COTW Ch. 5 essay

1-2 Read Ch. 6





December

1- Unit 8 vocab, test

4- COTW books in the library; correct Pronouns; read "Up the Slide" in lit. books

5- make sure TTH essay is turned in  on Turnitin.com and NoRedInk; p. 162 (1-7)

6-"Up the Slide" Quiz; review pronouns

7- Pronouns Test

8- "To Build a Fire" w/ plot sheet.


11- To Build a Fire video and plot sheet; COTW Chapters 1&2 vocabulary Quizlet

12-13- COTW Ch. 1; Ch. 1 questions

14- COTW Ch. 2

15- COTW 1&2 Vocab. Test


18- COTW Ch. 2 questions

19- COTW Ch. 3-read

20-21-movie





November

1- TTH Quiz

2-CAASPP Interim

3- Unit 7 Test


6-7 CAASPP Interim Practice

8- NRI Pronouns Review

9-NRI Pronouns Review


13-16- TTH essay outline; NRI Pronouns Practice

17- Unit 8 vocabulary worksheet


27- Complete Unit 8 vocab.; TTH essay outline

28- TTH essay outline, begin typing, review pronouns 

29- TTH- continue typing, review pronouns

30- Pronouns (cont.)



October

2- Unit 4 vocab. ws- due tomorrow

3- Correct Unit 4 ws; complete "Thank You, M'am" Commonlit

4- "Thank You, M'am" Quiz

5-Commonly Confused Words Quiz

6- Unit 4 vocab. Test


10- Unit 5 vocab.; "Thank You M'am" essay outline-add major supports

11- "Thank You M'am" essay outline-add contexts

12-"Thank You M'am" essay outline-add analyses; intro. statements

13- Unit 5 vocab. test; "Thank You M'am" essay outline-complete concluding statements



16-  Type "Thank You, M'am" essay 

17-Nouns review; NRI writing practice

18- NRI writing practice

19-NRI; essay due on NoRedInk and Turnitin.com

20-Nouns Test


23- Unit 6 Vocab.

24-"The Tell-Tale Heart"

25- "The Tell-Tale Heart" Commonlit

26-Accelerated Reader due today- 15 points

27- Unit 6 vocab. test


30- Unit 7 vocab.

31- Happy Halloween







September

1- Lit. Terms Test (1-29)


5- Lit.Terms Quizlet (30-58); NRI Commas/Capitalization Review

6- NRI (cont.)

7- "A Retrieved Reformation"; NRI

8- Lit. Terms (30-58) Test; NRI

11- Unit 1 Vocab. ws;  NRI -Complete

12- Unit 1 Vocab.; Retrieved Reformation (commonlit)

13- Correct Unit 1; read AR

14- RR Test; Comma Rules in grammar book

15- Unit 1 Vocab. Test (spelling, definitions, and Parts of Speech)


18- unit 2 vocab. w.s.

19-20 Commas (continued)

21- Comma Rules Test

22- Unit 2 vocabulary Test; NRI Commonly Confused Words


26- Unit 3 vocab.; NoRedInk-Commonly Confused Words

27- correct/catch-up

28-Thank You, M'am-CommonlIt

29- Unit 3 vocab. test.






August


23- Welcome Back! Review class expectations, Google Classroom, NoRedInk, and CommonLit.

24- Review 8th grade letter; NRI Diagnostic Test

25- Common Lit. Reading Diagnostic Test


28- Complete Commonlit assessment; Lit. Terms (1-29) Quizlet; NRI Introduce Yourself QW

29- "Charles" (lit book) and CommonLit.

30- Ar Day; study

31- Charles Quiz