8th GRADE LA (Quarter 2)
Assignment
12/8/14 Read pg 139 "Organizing Details"; Review pg 98 (Traits of Narrative Writing Chart); Create Timeline and "Specific Details Chart" (refer to pg 105 and check your notes!) Review Colons SkillsBook pg 21-22
12/9/14 Social Media Circle- Safer Tomorrows
12/10/14 Continue with timeline; Read pg 140 Begin writing first draft
12/11/14 Continue first draft (refer to pg 140); Apostrophes 1 pg 604-605
12/12/14 First Draft DUE; Peer Review; Apostrophes 2 pg 606-607
12/1/14 Read pg 124 "Revising Using a Checklist"; Share your writing with your group; group editing (pg 420)
12/2/14 Continue with group editing; Final revisions
12/3/14 Final Draft of Phase Autobiography due- Whew!! Create Snowflake Banners to decorate the hall :)
12/4/14 Biographical Narrative Read p 135 Take Notes; pair up and read pg 136-137 together and answer questions;
Read pg 138 "Prewriting- Selecting a Topic" *Choose Your Topic
12/5/14 Biographical Narrative: Read pg 138; they need to decide on a topic & in the “Gathering Details” section work on creating questions in order to interview their topic person. Grammar, read & complete pg. 596-597
11/24/14 Read pg 120-121 "Revising for Word Choice" -Complete "Try It" on pg 121; Find examples in your writing. Underline general nouns in red; underline general verbs in blue; underline general adjectives in green. Pg 485-Verbals
11/25/14 Revise writing-from yesterday's underlining activity, replace the general words with more specific ones (refer to pg 41); read pg 122-123 "Revising for Sentence Fluency" Begin typing Phase Autobiography
11/26/14 Type up Phase Autobiography; work on group/peer editing
11/27/14 NO SCHOOL
11/28/14 NO SCHOOL
11/17/14 Read pg 534; Complete Phase Autobiography- pg 112-113
11/18/14 Read pg 114-115 "Revising for Ideas"; pg 420-421 "Participating in a group" for peer review
11/19/14 Refer back to pg 98 -"Traits of writing" chart; Read pg 116-117 "Revising for Organization"; Grammar: "Dialogue" handout; search your Phase Autobiography for dialogue to add or edit
11/21/14 Exchange your writing piece in your group; Peer Response form; Grammar: Pg 594-595 Semicolons; Search through your writing for semicolons to add or edit
11/10/14 No School
11/11/14 No school
11/12/14 Continue Phase Autobiography Writing: Read pg 105-106; Refer to pgs 550-551
11/13/14 Grammar Pretest
11/14/14 Phase Autobiography: Read pg 109-111; Starting Phase Autobiography
11/3/14 Continue Narrative Paragraph; Peer Editing
11/4/14 Finish typing up final draft of Narrative Paragraph; Conjunctions pg 744-745
11/5/14 Read pg 97-100; Notes; Introduce 4-point Rubric (TE pg 758)
11/6/14 Prewriting: pg 102-103 Selecting and Focusing on Your Topic
11/7/14 Prewriting: pg 104-105 Freewriting & Gathering Details; Commas pg 516
Assignment
12/8/14 Read pg 139 "Organizing Details"; Review pg 98 (Traits of Narrative Writing Chart); Create Timeline and "Specific Details Chart" (refer to pg 105 and check your notes!) Review Colons SkillsBook pg 21-22
12/9/14 Social Media Circle- Safer Tomorrows
12/10/14 Continue with timeline; Read pg 140 Begin writing first draft
12/11/14 Continue first draft (refer to pg 140); Apostrophes 1 pg 604-605
12/12/14 First Draft DUE; Peer Review; Apostrophes 2 pg 606-607
12/1/14 Read pg 124 "Revising Using a Checklist"; Share your writing with your group; group editing (pg 420)
12/2/14 Continue with group editing; Final revisions
12/3/14 Final Draft of Phase Autobiography due- Whew!! Create Snowflake Banners to decorate the hall :)
12/4/14 Biographical Narrative Read p 135 Take Notes; pair up and read pg 136-137 together and answer questions;
Read pg 138 "Prewriting- Selecting a Topic" *Choose Your Topic
12/5/14 Biographical Narrative: Read pg 138; they need to decide on a topic & in the “Gathering Details” section work on creating questions in order to interview their topic person. Grammar, read & complete pg. 596-597
11/24/14 Read pg 120-121 "Revising for Word Choice" -Complete "Try It" on pg 121; Find examples in your writing. Underline general nouns in red; underline general verbs in blue; underline general adjectives in green. Pg 485-Verbals
11/25/14 Revise writing-from yesterday's underlining activity, replace the general words with more specific ones (refer to pg 41); read pg 122-123 "Revising for Sentence Fluency" Begin typing Phase Autobiography
11/26/14 Type up Phase Autobiography; work on group/peer editing
11/27/14 NO SCHOOL
11/28/14 NO SCHOOL
11/17/14 Read pg 534; Complete Phase Autobiography- pg 112-113
11/18/14 Read pg 114-115 "Revising for Ideas"; pg 420-421 "Participating in a group" for peer review
11/19/14 Refer back to pg 98 -"Traits of writing" chart; Read pg 116-117 "Revising for Organization"; Grammar: "Dialogue" handout; search your Phase Autobiography for dialogue to add or edit
11/21/14 Exchange your writing piece in your group; Peer Response form; Grammar: Pg 594-595 Semicolons; Search through your writing for semicolons to add or edit
11/10/14 No School
11/11/14 No school
11/12/14 Continue Phase Autobiography Writing: Read pg 105-106; Refer to pgs 550-551
11/13/14 Grammar Pretest
11/14/14 Phase Autobiography: Read pg 109-111; Starting Phase Autobiography
11/3/14 Continue Narrative Paragraph; Peer Editing
11/4/14 Finish typing up final draft of Narrative Paragraph; Conjunctions pg 744-745
11/5/14 Read pg 97-100; Notes; Introduce 4-point Rubric (TE pg 758)
11/6/14 Prewriting: pg 102-103 Selecting and Focusing on Your Topic
11/7/14 Prewriting: pg 104-105 Freewriting & Gathering Details; Commas pg 516