July 2014 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
Independence Day / 5
6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12
13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19
20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26
27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
August
2014 / / 1 / 2
3
8RL4 – fig. lang.
8RL1 – cite evidence
8RL2 – theme, idea
8W3 – write narrative
Review basic sentence parts / 4 / 5-1st Day of 1st 9 Wks/ Planning 1st 9 wks–7th, 6th, 8th
Connection 1st 9 wks 1st Rotation: 7th, 6th, 8th / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10
8RI5 – structure of paragraphs (read/write)
Review basic sentence parts + infinitives / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
17
8W2 – info/expl
(transitions)
8W4 – clear, coherent writing
Review DO/IO / 18
/ 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23
24
8SL1a-d
8RI1 – cite textual evidence
Review DO/IO / 25
/ 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
September 2014
8W2 – write informative text to examine topic and convey information
8W4 – produce clear and coherent writing / 1
Labor Day Holiday / 2
/ 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
7
8RI6 – author’s point of view,
purpose
8L1(gerunds) / 8
/ 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14
8L4a, b
Context clues/
Affixes
8L1 (gerunds) / 15
/ 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
21
8L4a, b
Context clues/
Affixes
8L1 (gerunds) / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
28 / 29 / 30
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
October 2014 / 1
REVIEW FOR BENCHMARKS. / 2 / 3 / 4
5 / 6 BMT / 7 BMT / 8 Last Day of 1st 9 Wks/Cut Score Meeting 8:00 / 9 Prof Learning/Student Holiday / 10 Fall Break / 11
128RI2 – central idea
8RI1 – cite text. evidence
8L4c, d – word meanings using dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
8L1a – participles
8SL1c, d / 13
Columbus Day/Fall Break / 14 1st Day of 2nd 9 Wks / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
19
8RL5 – c/c structures
8L1a – participles
8L2a – punctuation with participles / 20
/ 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
26
8RI2 – central idea
8RI7 – adv/disadv of different mediums
8RI8 – evaluate arguments in a text
8L2a – punctuation (commas with adjective clauses) / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
November 2014 / 1
2 8RL4 – word choice, fig. lang.
8RL6 – character POV, dramatic irony, suspense
8L4c, d – meanings of unknown words
8L2a – punctuation (commas with adjective clauses) / 3
/ 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
9 / 10 / 11
Veterans Day / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
16
8W1 – write arguments to support claims.
8L2a – punctuation (commas w/ compound sentences) / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
23 / 24 Thanksgiving Holidays / 25 Thanksgiving Holidays / 26 Thanksgiving Holidays / 27
Thanksgiving Day / 28 Thanksgiving Holidays / 29
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
December 2014
WRITING TEST REVIEW – expository and persuasive writing standards / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
7
WRITING TEST REVIEW – expository and persuasive writing standards and Benchmark Review / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14 / 15 / 16 BMT / 17 BMT / 18 Cut Score Meeting 8:00 / 19 Last Day Before Christmas/Last Day of 2nd 9 Wks / 20
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
Christmas Day / 26 / 27
28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
January 2015 / 1 / 2 / 3
4
ELAW 5 (planning, revising, and editing)
ELAW 6 (use tech. to publish writing)
ELAW 9 (use evidence from texts for support)
ELAW 10( write routinely for specific time-frames) / 5 Professional Learning/Student Holidays / 6 Professional Learning/Student Holidays / 7 Students Return to School/1st Day of 3rd 9 Wks / 8
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 9
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 10
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep
11
ELAW 5 (planning, revising, and editing)
ELAW 6 (use tech. to publish writing)
ELAW 9 (use evidence from texts for support)
ELAW 10( write routinely for specific time-frames) / 12
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 13
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 14
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 15
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 176
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 17
18
ELAW 5 (planning, revising, and editing)
ELAW 6 (use tech. to publish writing)
ELAW 9 (use evidence from texts for support)
ELAW 10( write routinely for specific time-frames)
ELACC8RL2 (theme and central idea and their relationship to the develop of the plot)
ELACC8L4 (word meanings, context clues, Greek & Latin affixes and roots, consult reference materials) / 19 M.L. King Holiday / 20
EQ: How can I be successful on the State Writing Assessment?
Writing Test Prep / 21
8th Grade State Writing Test / 22 / 23 / 24
25
ELACC8RL2 (theme and central idea and their relationship to the development of the plot)
ELACC8L4 (word meanings, context clues, Greek & Latin affixes and roots, consult reference materials)
ELACC8L5 (figurative language) / 26
EQ: How can I determine themes in poetry and/or short stories? / 27
EQ: How can I recognize universal themes in literary texts? / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
February 2015
1
ELACC8RL5 (compare and contrast structure of two or more texts)
ELACC8RL6 (POV, dramatic irony, suspense and humor)
ELACC8L3 (active and passive voice – subjunctive mood / 2
EQ: How do authors use irony? / 3
How can I recognize different types of irony in a literary text? / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
8
ELACC8RL7 (compare text/script vs. film/live production)
ELACC8RL9 (compare modern fiction with myths, folk tales, and religious works)
ELACC8L3 (active and passive voice – subjunctive mood) / 9
EQ: How does modern fiction compare with or differ from myths, folk tales, / 10
and religious works? / 11 / 12 / 13 Professional Learning/Student Holiday / 14
15
ELACC8RL7 (compare text/script vs. film/live production)
ELACC8RL9 (compare modern fiction with myths, folk tales, and religious works)
ELACC8L3 (active and passive voice – subjunctive mood) / 16 Winter Break Holiday / 17
EQ: How does modern fiction compare with or differ from myths, folk tales, / 18
and religious works? / 19 / 20 / 21
22
ELACC8RI3 (make text connections using comparisons and analogies)
ELACC8RI4 (word meanings and phrases: figurative, connotative, technical, analogies, allusions)
ELACC8RI9 (analyze conflicting text info. – facts)
ELACC8RL5 (fig. lang., verbal irony, puns, connotations & denotations) / 23
EQ: How do analogies and allusions connect ideas for readers? / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
March 2015 / 2
EQ: How do analogies and allusions connect ideas for readers? / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
ELACC8RI3 (make text connections using comparisons and analogies)
ELACC8RI4 (word meanings and phrases: figurative, connotative, technical, analogies, allusions)
ELACC8RI9 (analyze conflicting text info. – facts)
ELACC8RL5 (fig. lang., verbal irony, puns, connotations & denotations) / 9
EQ: How well prepared am I for benchmark exams? / 10 BMT / 11 BMT / 12 Cut Score Meeting 8:00 / 13 Last Day of 3rd 9 Wks / 14
15
Review standards / 16 1st Day of 4th 9 Wks / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21
22
Review standards as needed for CRCT / 23
CRCT Review / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28
29 / 30 Spring Break / 31 Spring Break
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
April 2015 / 1 Spring Break / 2 Spring Break / 3 Spring Break / 4
5
Review standards as needed for CRCT / 6
CRCT Review / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11
12
Review standards as needed for CRCT / 13
CRCT Review / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18
19
ELACC8RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text.
ELACC8RI4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in
a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the
impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or
allusions to other texts.
/ 20 How does foreshadowing play a part in “The Hitchhiker?” / 21
Why is vocabulary an important part of reading a narrative? / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25
26 ELACC8RL2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the characters, setting, and plot; provide an objective summary of the text. / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
May 2015 / 1 / 2
3 ELACC8RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text
complexity band independently and proficiently / 4
EQ: How are dramas structured and read? / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10ELACC8RL10: By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 6-8 text
complexity band independently and proficiently / 11
EQ: How are dramas structured and read? / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16
17
Review of standards / 18
Nine Weeks Test
preparation / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 Last Day of 4th 9 Wks/Last Day of School / 23
24 / 25 Memorial Day Holiday / 26 Post-Planning Days / 27 Post-Planning Days / 28 Post-Planning Days / 29 / 30
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
June 2015
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6
7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20
21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27
28 / 29 / 30
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