English 8

Monday/Tuesday, May 23/24

• Final vocab test 27-28
• Reading Blog 4-2
• Favorite book this year project due on Wednesday, June 1
• 15 minutes of movie

Wednesday, May 25

• Movie

Thursday/Friday, May 26/27

• Movie

Wednesday, June 1

• Favorite book assignment
• Questionnaire

Wednesday, May 18

• Discuss chapters 22 – end of the book
• Vocab 28

Thursday/Friday, May 19/20

• Starter 42
• Final Touching Spirit Bear test
• Don’t forget totem pole assignment due Tuesday

Monday/Tuesday, May 9/10

• Reader’s Response
• Go over chapters 19-21
• Cole’s Letter assignment
• Assignment: Read chapters 22-25

Wednesday, May 11

• Vocab 25-26 test
• Totem Pole powerpoint
• Handout totem pole assignment due on May 23

Thursday/Friday, May 12/13

• Peter’s Shoes writing assignment
• Vocab 27
• Assignment: Read chapters 26-28

Monday/Tuesday, May 2/3

• Starter 39
• Discuss Chapters 13-15
• Conflict Chart (to hand in)
• Character feeling chart (to keep in notebook) page 18 of packet
• Assignment: Read chapters 16-18

Wednesday, May 4

• Vocab 26

Thursday/Friday, May 5/6

• Starter 40
• Reader’s Response 2
• Go over chapters 16-18
• Story Map
• Persuasive Writing exercise
• Assignment: Read chapters 19-21

Wednesday April 27

• Independent Reading Blog post
• Bear Safety brochure: Create a bear safety brochure using the Bear Brochure links on the website ONLY – site your information – use the brochure template in Pages. Brochure due next class
• Assignment: Read Chapters 9 – 12

Friday, April 29

• Go over chapters 9-12
• What are some of the things that Cole has learned, in small groups, and then representatives put it on the smartboard and initial
• How Well Do You Know Cole worksheet
• Assignment: Read Chapters 13-15, comments for reading blogs due by Tuesday end of day

Tuesday, April 19

• Quiz Chapters 1-5
• Discuss chapters 1-5
• Anger Cycle (page 6 controlling anger self-help) Let’s look at Cole’s anger, what are his actions and where do the come from, how do those thoughts turn into actions)
  • actions with Peter, action with burning down shelter
• Assignment: Read 6- 8 and do study guide, bring Independent Reading Book on Tue/Wed

Wednesday, April 20

• Vocab 23/24 test
• Vocab 25

Monday/Tuesday, April 11/12

• Testing on Tuesday this week for 8th (missing 4th period)

Wednesday, April 13

• Starter 38
• Story Map – fill out what you can so far, we’ll be adding to it as we continue to read
• Circle Justice Worksheet
• Assignment: Read Chapters 3 – 5

Monday/Tuesday, March 28/29

• Starter 37
• Go over conflict, figurative language (sheets due on Wednesday, 30th)
• Written essay – Billie Jo should have stayed at home. Brainstorm on the board pros and cons – textual evidence. (This should be five paragraphs long)
• Discuss structure of a persuasive essay. Students then write essay.
• Essay due next class
• Out of the Dust Final Assignment due on on 4/5-6

Wednesday/Thursday, March 30

• Vocab 22
• Discuss end of book.
• On the Board – what is the role of forgiveness in this book?
• What is the tone of the book – beginning, middle, end – passages
• How does Billie Jo solve her conflicts?
• Assignment: final test on Wednesday/Thursday

Monday/Tuesday, March 21/22

• Starter 35
• Discuss book conflict/figurative language
• Letter to Billie Jo assignment
• Assignment: Read to page 189, 3 more figurative language, 2 more conflicts.
• COMMENTS DUE BY THURSDAY

Wednesday, March 23

• Vocab 19/20 Test
• Vocab 21

Thursday/Friday, March 24/25

• Starter 36
• Discuss book conflict/figurative language
• Point of View Assignment
• Assignment: Finish book

END OF MARKING PERIOD

Monday/Tuesday, March 14/15

• Starter 34
• First Reading Quiz
• Conflict chart
• Discuss conflict – especially what’s going on with Billie Jo/her father/her mother
• Discuss figurative language
• Writing assignment: Write a few paragraphs about some place that you love. Use three similes, two metaphors, a personification and an onomatopoeia. Underline them and label them.
• Assignment: Read to page 84

Wednesday, March 16

• Vocab 20

Thursday/Friday, March 17/18

• Starter 35
• First Reading Quiz
• Independent Reading Blog 3-2
• Assignment: Read to 149, keep filling out conflict and figurative language – these sheets will be due on March 25