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G8 Overarching Question: How easily are we influenced by words & media?
CURRENT UNIT
3: Romeos & Juliets (Drama Study)
SOI: Shakespearean plays are relevant to a modern audience
Feb - Apr (10 Weeks - Term 3)
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4: News Literacy Project (Media Study)
SOI: It is important to have a critical view of our news consumption & understand the history & current state of the news industry.
May - June (6 Weeks - Term 4)
No Summative Assessment Currently Scheduled
T3 Week 12
Apr 6 - 10
Some of you are online!
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Children's Lit Reading Challenge work
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Final period to work on Children's Lit Reading Challenge
HW: Children's Lit Reading Challenge Due TomorrowWEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): All Reading Challenges handed in? / Romeo & Juliet - The Party Scene, Reading, Analyzing, Viewing
HW: Have a Happy Songkran Holiday!T3 'Week' 11
Mar 30 - April 3
LIBRARY LESSON
Some of you are online!
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Welcome Back! / The plan for the next two weeks / Checking in with peers online / Children's Lit Reading Challenge HERE work time & check-ins (Due April 8)
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): A Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: The Commoners (BBC Documentary - 23:00mins)
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): P5- Meet in MS2 before going to the Library / A Time Traveller's Guide to Elizabethan England: The Commoners (BBC Documentary - End)
HW: Children's Lit Reading Challenge Due April 8T3 Week 10
Mar 9 - 13
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Romeo & Juliet- Act 1.3 / 1968 Movie version 1.1-1.4 / 'First Impressions' (P. 29)
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): R&J Inquiry Projects finalization
HW: R&J Inquiry projects presented tomorrowWEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Romeo & Juliet Inquiry Project- All Presentations
HW: Make progress with your Reading Challenge #2 (Due Wednesday after Holiday)T3 'Week' 9
Mar 2 - 6
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Shakespearean Inquiry Project Launched HERE / R&J Act 1, Scene 1
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): No Class (3 Way Conferences)
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Reading Challenge #2- Children's Literature (due April 1) work time / R&J Act 1, Scene 2
HW: Make progress with your R&J Inquiry Project (Due March 11)T3 'Week' 8
Feb 23 - 27
LIBRARY LESSON
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): 14 Unseen poems end of Unit 2 Activity (Part 2)- Taylor, Alani, Lucas, Richard, Eva, & Sophie / Binders Organized / Romeos & Juliets Unit 3 launched
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Dividing into Montague & Capulet teams / Review of 4 main themes & motifs in the play / Playbooks handed out / R&J- The Prologue analysis
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): *Only 7/14 Students Present. Shakespearean Inqury Project Launched HERE / Reading Challenge due date moved to April 1
HW:T3 Week 7
Feb 16 - 20
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Sonnet & Commentary- Yun & Eva? / Oral Assessments- Richard & Lucas, Alani, & Five & Rabsel / All unseen sonnet oral assessments & Sonnets + Commentary Assessments Returned / Updating Assessment folder x2
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): 14 Unseen poems end of Sonnet Unit 2 activity
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Meet in MS2 before going for Library Lesson / Period 6 (MS2)- Complete Journal #20 HERE
HW:T3 'Week' 6
Feb 9 - 13
LIBRARY LESSON
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): NO SCHOOL
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): NO SCHOOL
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Unseen Poem Oral Explication Assessment (Teacher & Peer Graded)
HW:T3 Week 5
Feb 2 - 6
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): CLW Journal Entry / Reading Challenge #2 Launched- Children's Lit
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Reading Challenge #2 work time. Pairs begin to draft Two Rubrics for EY & JS Books
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Unseen Sonnet Partner Oral Explication Formative Practice. Pick your partner (or work alone) & pick a sonnet at random (A, B, C, D, E, F, or G) from the wheel of choices. Sit down with partner for 15mins and prepare to present to the class using two 'Big 5' & any 'Questions To Ask Of Any Poem' to guide detailed oral analysis.
HW: Revise for Oral Assessment next weekT3 'Week' 4
Jan 26
LIBRARY LESSON
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Unseen Sonnet Partner Oral Explication Formative Practice. Pick your partner (or work alone) & pick a sonnet at random from the table of choices. Sit down with partner for 10mins and prepare to present to the class using two 'Big 5' & any 'Questions To Ask Of Any Poem' to guide oral analysis.
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): CLW
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): CLW
HW: Assessment due Wednesday January 21stT3 Week 3
Jan 19 - 23
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Sonnet or Commentary Writing Time
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Final work time to complete Sonnet & Commentary
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Complete Sonnet & Commentary and Hand in both / Reading Challenge #2, Children's Lit, launched (Due February 18) / Unseen Sonnet Analysis Assessment will be after Camps Week (practice on Monday)
HW: Work on Reading Challenge #2T3 Week 2
Jan 12 - 16
Library Lesson
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Boys Basketball Game Viewing
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): 'How To Write A Sonnet' Video / Sonnet & Commentary Creative Assessment Launched (Due Jan 21) / Assessment work time (no Macs)
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Assessment work time (no Macs). Using your Poetry writing pack as a guide (particularly the assessment rubric) create a detailed Mind Map to explore your sonnet topic in depth. Then, begin drafting your sonnet. No need to write the Commentary yet- that can be done in class next week. Use today's class time to work in isolation, without computer (music & headphones are permitted if you wish), using a dictionary or thesaurus, to make draft one of your properly structured Shakespearean sonnet on a topic related to either love or nature.
HW: Assessment due Wednesday January 21stT3 Week 1
Jan 5 - 9
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Welcome Back! Poetry Unit Work- Puerto Rico & Cha-Ching!
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Welcome Eva & Yun! / Sonnet 18 (P. 39) Discussion & Annotation
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Sonnet 116 (P. 40) & Sonnet 130 (P. 41)- Structural & Thematic annotations
HW:T2 'Week' 8
Dec 8 - 12
Library Lesson
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Poetry Unit Work- Present annotations to the class
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Cover Teacher-- Poetry Unit Work- students annotate, Sonnet For the Bicycle Rider's Leg (Page 35) and write 2 paragraphs of analysis on page 38. 1 paragraph on structure and 1 paragraph on purpose / themen (in their books). No Use of Macbooks.
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Meet in MS2 before going to the Library / Final Class of 2025 'Big Quiz'
HW:T2 'Week' 7
Dec 1 - 5
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Poetry Unit Work- Refresher on the conventions of a Sonnet (Page 17) / Annotation Examples (Pages 25-26) / Partners begin annotation work with assigned sonnet.
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Journal #14 / Partners annotate assigned sonnet using 'the big 5' & prepare to present to the class. / Service Work
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Poetry Unit Work
HW:T2 Week 6
Nov 24 - 28
Library Lesson
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Reading Challenge #1 Returned (& on Mangebac) / Updating Assessment Folders / Unit 1 Summative Portfolios Returned / Updating Assessment Folders / Poetry Review- Poems From Homeroom Review- Q's to ask of any poem
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Rabsel Assessment outside 1/2 / Lucas & Sunny MAP test in Library / Poetry Unit work- Poems From Homeroom Review- SPECs & SLIMs
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Rabsel Assessment outside 2/2 / Meet in MS2 before going to Library for Library Lesson / Poetry Unit Review- Poems From Homeroom Review- The Big 5
HW:T2 Week 5
Nov 17 - 21
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Unit 2- Sonnets & Other Poems Launched / Workbooks handed out- Page Numbering!
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Shakespeare' Sonnets- A Crash Course In Literature
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): MAP Reading Test
HW:T2 Week 4
Nov 10 - 14
Library Lesson
Anti-Bullying Week
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Journal #11
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Unit 1 Summative Assessment Portfolios all handed in? / Printing Docs / Journal #12
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Teacher- project Journal #13 HERE on the screen. Students use their binder and their journal to respond to the writing prompt. There is no use of Macs for students. When completed students should exchange journals with a partner and write 1 paragraph responses to each other's writing (in their peer's journal). Sign your work in your peer's journal so we can know who wrote the response.
HW: MAP Reading Test on WednesdayT2 Week 3
Nov 3 - 7
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): All Legends Assessment work handed in? / Unit 1 Summative Portfolio work (due Nov 9th) / Google Docs Team Challenge! HERE
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): No English Class
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Journal Entry #10 / Unit 1 Summative Portfolio work (due Nov 9th)
HW: Upload Unit 1 Summative Portfolio work by Sunday night at 9:00pm HERET2 Week 2
Oct 27 - 31
Library Lesson
Halloween
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Unit 1 Summative Assessment Portfolio work (Due Nov 10) RUBRIC
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Legends Reading Challenge Creative Task work time (Due Nov 2) Rubric HERE / U16 Football Tournament
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Library Lesson (Meet in MS2 first) / Legends Reading Challenge Creative Task work time (Due Nov 2) Rubric HERE
HW: Legends Reading Challenge due Nov 2 Unit 1 Portfolio Due Nov 10T2 Week 1
Oct 20 - 24
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Welcome Back! / Final class to prepare for Grade 2 IAT visit #2
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Meet in MS2 before going down to Grade 2 Grace for our IAT activity #2
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Grade 8 Reflection (Unit 1 Shared Doc HERE if you like) / Journal Entry #4 (Above) / Done? Digitize your Journal #4 on a google doc by typing it in or take a photo and use AI to generate the text (check it for accuracy next) / Legends Reading Challenge tasks final work time (Due Nov 2) Rubric HERE
HW: Read all Legends & complete all questions for each Legend in your workbooks Legends Reading Challenge 2 creative & 1 analytical tasks due Nov 2nd @9:00pmT1 Week 8
Oct 6 - 10
Library Lesson
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Homework check- Legends Qs done for #4, #5, #6? / Final Prep for G2 visit tomorrow. Pizza sales at lunch in the SS Piazza!
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Meet in MS2 before going down to Grade 2 Grace for our IAT activity
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Grade 2 IAT activity reflections- everyone reflects on our Unit 1 Shared Doc HERE / Take 2-3 further Harvard IAT Tests HERE / Unit 1 Page- Villain centered stories / When we return- Unit 1 Summative Assessment Portfolio work begins RUBRIC
HW: Have a restful October Term Break. Sleep in. Exercise & socialize. Get outside! NO HOLIDAY HOMEWORK!T1 Week 7
Sep 29 - Oct 3
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Testing IAT games on each other / Update our Unit 1 Shared Doc with your plans HERE / What is the Hypothesis for each of your games? / Groups who are not sufficiently prepared to work with Grade 2s will not be workng with Grade 2s.
HW: Notetaking sheets are needed before we go to G2G for IAT testingTUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Testing IAT games on each other using notetaking sheets. I have not yet seen enough to allow you to go down to work with Grade 2. Convince me today and we may go tomorrow or next week.
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Yale's IAT plans presentation / Reading Challenge #1 Legends work / HW is to Read & Complete Qs for White Buffalo, Tristan & Isolde, & The Flying Dutchman.
HW: Read Legends #4, #5, #6 and complete all questions for each Legend in your workbooks. Due Monday. Legends Reading Challenge 2 creative & 1 analytical tasks due October 26th @9pmT1 Week 6
Sep 22 - 26
Library Lesson
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Homework check- Legends Questions for the first 3 stories / Representation- Gender articles (Unit 1 Page). Read 1 article and write Journal Entry #3.
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Complete Journal Entry #3 / Harvard IAT Tests #2 & #3 / Grade 2G Implicit Association Testing Preparation. In groups of 2 or 3 prepare 4 different simple games to play with Grade 2G (matching pictures or vocabulary associations, etc) to test a theory that media & culture have already instilled race & gender biases in 8 year olds with regard to Heroes & Princess stories. Update our Unit 1 Shared Doc with your plans HERE
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Library (Meet in MS-2 first) Grade 2G Implicit Association Testing Preparation to be used with Grade 2 Grace (G2G) next week / Reading Challenge work time / HW is to Read & Complete Qs for White Buffalo, Tristan & Isolde, & The Flying Dutchman.
HW: Read Legends #4, #5, #6 and complete all questions for each Legend in your workbooks. Due Monday. Create a notes page for recording results of your IAT tests with Grade 2sT1 Week 5
Sep 15 - 19
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Students Complete Journal Entry #3 using notebooks HERE (no Macs)
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Reading Challenge #1: Legends Launch HERE
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): DP CAS Project Exhibition / "Bias" exploration- Blink by Malcolm Gladwell extract (workbook) / Harvard Project Implicit HERE / Grade 2 Interaction Groups & Preparation UNIT 1 SHARED DOC
HW: Read & complete the first three stories in the Legends Reading Challenge answering all questions for Arthur, Gilgamesh, & FaustT1 Week 4
Sep 8 - 12
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): HW Check, Sharing, & Discussion / Unit 1 Page Articles HERE
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): In Article Groups- Discuss 3 main points of your chosen article (5mins) Using your Assigned Unit 1 Page Article HERE, Complete Journal Entry #2 (35mins)
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Library Induction (meet in MS-2 first) / Complete Journal Entry #2 (35mins)
HW:T1 Week 3
Sep 1 - 5
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Rogue One (NME) article annotation & discusson / Fairytale Partners / Bechtel Test Introduction (Unit 1 Page)
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Fairytale Partners- Present your version of the story, answer the Comprehension Qs, Does it pass the 'Bechtel Test' (Pages 34-35)? Explain.
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Bechtel Test- TV Series Analysis 'Bet' Episode 1 (Page 43) / Bechteltest.com- On Page 44 make a list of 10 movies that passed the test & 10 that failed.
HW (Due Sunday night): Watch an episode of a fictional scripted TV Series (with human characters) & run the Bechtel test. your chosen show does not have to be in English language. Record detailed notes on female character names, length of conversations they have with one another, as well as conversation topics. Repeat for another TV series episode. This work should be done on Page 45 of our booklet. Return the booklet on Monday.T1 Week 2
Aug 25 - 29
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): Unit 1 launch- Representation Matters SLIDES / Workbooks Handed out / Hero's Journey Review / Pages Numbered / Vocabulary (Unit 1 Shared Doc)
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Bertha Lam's Extended Essay Summary (Pages 10-13) - Hilight 3 points / PBS Video: Teens On Representation / Wonder Woman Kindergartners Reactions Article (Pages 6)- Annotate for Key Ideas, Vocabulary, Connection, & Author's Craft
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Period 5 (MS-2) - Students complete Journal #1 (teacher displays the prompt on the screen) using pen & journals. No use of Macs permitted / Period 6 (MS-2) - Students annotate the Wonder Woman Kindergartners Reactions article (Page 8)- annotating for Key Ideas, Vocabulary, Connection, & Author's Craft. When done repeat this process for the next article.
HW:T1 'Week' 1
Aug 18 - 22
MONDAY (11:05 - 12:05): No Class
TUESDAY (1:45 - 2:25): Welcome to G8 L&L! / Expectations, seats, & classroom setup / Chatterbox Cards / Nametags, Binders, Journals, & Assessment Folders
WEDNESDAY (1:00 - 2:25 - DOUBLE): Nametages / Welcome Rabsel / Googlesite & Google Meet Group / 46 Word Learner Profile Stories / Trivia Challenge
HW:Page updated
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