English 8 - Fall 2022
Week 1 - Aug 22-26 Mon Binder Calendar, Colin Powell's Rules Tues Wed Thurs Friday Week 1 (8/16-8/20): Welcome! Mon Full Class Period - Check-In Cards, Sketchnote "What does a great classroom look like?" (10 labels) Tues Materials & 50 Things (first half) Wed 50 Things (second half) and Sketchnote Thurs Early Out - Points Check: 50 Things, Sketchnote, & Materials - 8th Syllabus, Rules Reciprocal Teaching Start & Letter Home to Sign (due next Thursday). Friday No School Week 2: Mon Google Classroom-Spotify & Library 101, Set up Writer's Notebooks & Inside Covers Tues Free-write Intro & Syllabus Analysis Wed On-Demand Narrative, Slides & Timer Thurs Introduce My Five, Example Script & Slides, YouTube of Wusk's Example Speech, Rubric Intro **HW Due: Letter Signed & Returned Fri Patterns of Power Intro & Portfolio Teaser (begin with the end in mind.) Notebook Check #1 Week 3: Mon Active Reading Strategies Article, Apply: Active Reading Response with Choice Journal Article Tues Workshop 101 & Conferences, Preview Test Wed Early Out Routines & Procedures Test, My 5 Script Due Thurs Study Hall, My 5 Slides Due Fri Share out My Five Presentations Week 4: Learning Mode Mon No School Tues Testing Wed Testing Thurs Preview 2-Day Schedule, NB Sheets, Grammar Launch, Tests Back Fri 4.2 Part Two, Finish My 5 Presentations, Vocab for Flowers for Algernon, Hand out Books Week 5: Mon Unit 1 Launch & Weekly Schedule, Jim's Last Story, Unit 1 Blue Sheet, Ess ? Freewrite & Goal Setting Tues Narrative Writing Start, Autobiography of a Face, First Person "I," Multi-Paragraph, Bullying, I/Eye Lists, Get writing! handout Wed Start of Conferences, Make-Up Day Thurs 4.1 Editing Conversations, Bedhead (grammar, dialogue intro), Notebook Check Fri Study Hall Week 6: Mon Turn in Active Reading, Watch video example of Spider-Web Discussion with Rubric Tues Watch Ryan Lewis's Video: Fake Empire & Spider Web Discuss. . . Grade Debrief, "Can we do better?" Wed Reading Check Quiz, HW: P. 687 After You Read Questions 1-6 (either handwrite on paper or type in a Google Document.) Also, Vocabulary Practice 1-6. P. 688 Literary Element #3-4, Reading Skill #5 HW: Finish book for next Monday, Do T charts for the new vocabulary. Thurs Reading/Writing Work Day Fri Spider Web Discuss First Half, Essential Question: Should the doctors do this to Charlie Gordon? Week 7: HOMECOMING! Mon Narrative Exemplar, Checklist Lecture Tues How to Punctuate Dialogue - with IXL Assignment, Flowers for Algernon Spider Web Discussion 2 Wed Study Hall Thurs Re-Teach IXL, Last Writing Workshop. . . On-Demand Topic Brainstorm, Test Review Fri Narrative Due, Film w/ Story vs. Movie Analysis Sheet Week 8: Performance Mode Mon On-Demand Narrative Final Tues Unit Test Wed Early Out, Author's Chair Celebration part 1 Thurs Author's Chair Celebration part 2, Narrative Writing Growth Reflection. Fri Finish Movie, Make up day for tests, author's chair, on-demand. - Blue sheets back & file. Week 9: Conference Week Mon Study Hall Tues Mini Unit 2 Launch Wed How to make a works-cited page, Search, Databases, 3 Resources Due by end of Period, Introduce Outline Thurs Early Out, Writing Day - Mini-Conferences with all. Fri No School, Conferences End Quarter 1 Week 10: Mon How to write an outline. Notes Due 10 pts. Tues In-Text Citations Outline Due 30 pts. Wed Writing Day/Questions Thurs Peer Edit and fill out cover sheet ESSAYS DUE (100 pts) Fri Study Hall Week 11: Mon Read the Tell-Tale Heart p. 230-239, Vocab sheet p. 136 & Quick Check ?'s p.139 Tues Dialectic Journal with Tell-Tale Heart & Spider Web Discussion Wed Extend Spider Web Discussion Thurs Advanced FANBOYS, FANBOYS practice, Launch Anne Frank What? Why? How? Fri FANBOYS Quiz, Harris Burdick Spooky Story Activity & Bingo Week 12: Mon Assign Roles, Read Anne Frank, Fill out Questions Tues Anne Frank Worksheets, Verb Tenses Wed Early Out Study Hall Thurs Many gone for Choir Clinic - Reading Day Fri Read Act 1, Scene 3 in Class together. Week 13: Mon Grammar, Read Play - Read Act 1 Tues AAWUUBIS, Finish Wed Finish Reading Act 1, Finish Act 1 Packet, Comprehension Quiz Act 1 Thurs . The Final Solution Video with viewing guide, Quick Notes for Structure of Drama and Elements Fri - Journal Prompt, Character Map Week 14: Mon Blood Drive - Objective Summary Writing, Go back through Play. Tues Elements of Drama, Dramatic Irony Wed Objective Summary - How to & Writing Time Thurs Conflict Analysis, Elements Foldable Fri Finding Text Evidence, HW: Read Act 2 Scenes 1-2 (25 minutes) Write objective summaries |
Contact Dr. WuskExample Portfolios:
Calle's Portfolio Ridge's Portfolio Piper's Portfolio Emily's Portfolio Colin's Portfolio Units: Argument Writing * Generating Ideas Talking With a Friend Form Writing Groups w/ Peer Review Questions |
Week 15:
Mon Read Act 2 Scenes 3-5 (30 minutes) Write objective summaries
Tues Comprehension Quiz Act 2
No School Wednesday-Friday
Week 16:
Mon Elements of Drama, Analyze Dialogue
Tues Study Hall Identify Theme, Review Figurative Language (Day 10)
Wed Early Out Work Day
Thurs Theme Analysis Notes
Fri Video Start
Week 17:
Mon Video w/ Theme Evidence Notetaking
Wed Movie
Thurs Movie, "A tragedy Revealed" (What happened to Anne and others after)
Fri Movie Skills Test (Comprehension Test) *Modified Version Available, Surviving the Holocaust Article, Conflicting Viewpoints
Fri Study Hall
Week 18: Theme Analysis, Portfolio
Mon Many gone - No Class
Tues Video, collect evidence
Wed Complete Video - Write Theme Statement with evidence
Thurs Final Review
Fri Anne Frank Skills Test (On Google Forms), Modified Version
Week 19: Finals - Final contains non-fiction article
End Quarter 2
Mon Read Act 2 Scenes 3-5 (30 minutes) Write objective summaries
Tues Comprehension Quiz Act 2
No School Wednesday-Friday
Week 16:
Mon Elements of Drama, Analyze Dialogue
Tues Study Hall Identify Theme, Review Figurative Language (Day 10)
Wed Early Out Work Day
Thurs Theme Analysis Notes
Fri Video Start
Week 17:
Mon Video w/ Theme Evidence Notetaking
Wed Movie
Thurs Movie, "A tragedy Revealed" (What happened to Anne and others after)
Fri Movie Skills Test (Comprehension Test) *Modified Version Available, Surviving the Holocaust Article, Conflicting Viewpoints
Fri Study Hall
Week 18: Theme Analysis, Portfolio
Mon Many gone - No Class
Tues Video, collect evidence
Wed Complete Video - Write Theme Statement with evidence
Thurs Final Review
Fri Anne Frank Skills Test (On Google Forms), Modified Version
Week 19: Finals - Final contains non-fiction article
End Quarter 2