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