Weekly Outline

Please note: plans are subject to change

Sept. 2-5

Mon: No School

Tues: Jigsaw "The Monkey's Paw" vocabulary; prepare notes with Who, What, When/Where, and Why; read and discuss Part I of the story in Google Classroom; compose an imagery poem (5 lines, one sense per line).

Wed: Imagery bellringer; complete poems/Achieve or AR time; re-enact Part I and finish reading "The Monkey's Paw"; the third wish exit slip

Thurs: character analysis and short story elements for The Monkey's Paw; Truths

Fri: Quiz, Extended response writing, reading time

August 25-29

Mon: Revision time/peer review: What would Doodle do? (point of view writing), vocabulary search & digital literacy trick, irony notes, read and discuss "Charles," (how would you describe the narrator?)

Tues: Review irony; discuss "Charles" elements, read and discuss "The Lottery" in parts

Wed: Visual and auditory adaptation of the story, The Lottery Elements (analysis)

Thurs: Quiz, Parts of a sentence, ABC lottery retelling, AR

Fri: Extended response writing, reading time

August 18-22

Mon: (Block 1 data with Mrs. Hayes), Level Set test, begin "The Scarlet Ibis," imagery analysis of paragraph 1

Tues: Read and discuss half of the story, short story elements discussion, context clues; students locate figurative language; Achieve (one article)

Wed: Reading benchmark, finish "The Scarlet Ibis," discuss figurative language, cause and effect, mood

Thurs: short story elements, symbolism, point of view focus writing, Tone, climax, theme; AR time

Fri: quiz over "The Scarlet Ibis," Achieve

August 11-15

Mon: Welcome! School procedures, schedule practice, house afternoon

Tues: ELA getting to know you; Mind maps assigned

Wed: Read "Eleven," literary terms review, "What is important" paragraph

Thurs: AR time, Discussion of literary terms in story, goal setting

Fri: Theme writing, data with Mrs. Hayes, Star test

1st Quarter Learning Targets

I can cite textual evidence to support my answers and explain how that evidence supports my claim. (RL.8.1)

I can use textual evidence to develop inferences in connection to the text. (RL.8.1)

I can use literary elements to help determine the main idea of a passage. (RL.8.2)

I can give an objective summary of a story. (RL.8.2)

I can analyze events or dialogue from a story and understand how they impact the plot. (RL.8.3)

I can use context clues to understand the meaning of words from a passage.(RL.8.4)

I can recognize how different tones and figurative language used by the author affect the mood of the reader. (RL.8.4)

I can analyze how differences in points of view between characters created through different types of irony create such effects as suspense or humor. (RL.8.6)

I can analyze whether a movie version of a work stays true to the story and why the director made decisions to alter the story. (RL.8.7)

I can write a narrative that follows a logical sequence with well developed characters and ideas. (W.8.3)

I can determine the meanings of unknown words by searching reference materials (L.8.4c)

I can tell the difference in the connotations of words with similar denotations (L.8.6c)

I can read and comprehend literature at a high 8th grade level (RL8.10), and tell which details are important (RL8.2) and tell the meanings of words and phrases as used in the story (RL.8.4)

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