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8 th Grade Week 36 Agenda & Obj. 5/6/13-5/10/13

8 th Grade Week 36 Agenda & Obj. 5/6/13-5/10/13. Monday: Review MCA Prep!! 8 .11.1.1 Demonstrate command of…standard Engl. Grammar…simple, compound, complex… 8 .5.2.2 & 8 .4.42.2 Determine two or more central ideas …

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8 th Grade Week 36 Agenda & Obj. 5/6/13-5/10/13

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  1. 8th Grade Week 36 Agenda & Obj. 5/6/13-5/10/13 Monday: Review MCA Prep!! • 8.11.1.1 Demonstrate command of…standard Engl. Grammar…simple, compound, complex… • 8.5.2.2 & 8.4.42.2 Determine two or more central ideas… • 8.4.1.1 & 8.5.1.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis…inferences drawn… • 8.4.3.3 Analyze how particular elements of a story interact (eg how setting shapes the characters or plot). • 8.5.4.4Determine meaning of words and phrases… Tuesday & Wednesday: Testing & Novel Study • 8.4.1.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis…inferences drawn… • 8.5.4.4Determine meaning of words and phrases… • 8.4.4.4 Determine meaning of words and phrases… • 8.4.3.3Analyze how different elements of a story… Thursday: Review • 8.4.1.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis…inferences drawn… • 8.5.4.4Determine meaning of words and phrases… • 8.4.4.4Determine meaning of words and phrases… • 8.4.3.3Analyze how different elements of a story… Friday: Quiz & Wrap up • 8.4.1.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis…inferences drawn… • 8.4.2.2 Determine two or more central ideas… • 8.4.3.3 Analyze how different elements of a story… • 8.4.10.10 By the end of the year, read and comprehend literature and other texts…

  2. Daily Writing: Nature 5/6/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “Green is the prime color of the word, and that from which its loveliness arises.” ~ Pedro • “Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein

  3. Monday: MCA!!! • Show me your roots part 2 & editor’s check list with edited draft, and hand in your reading test prep. Planner • E-mail 2nd draft by tomorrow: kathleen@stepacademymn.com • Friday quiz on AF vocab part 1, roots 1 & 2, and AF reading chpt 1 & 2.

  4. Multiple Choice Questions • Read the question and all answer choices before marking anything. • Go back to the text! • Think about your justification for the BEST answer. • Remember – they will try to “trick” you with other good answers, but there is only one BEST answer.

  5. The Process of Elimination I know C isn’t the answer! • Eliminate choices that you know are incorrect. • If you can eliminate two wrong answers, your chance of choosing the right answer is greater. • Don't guess blindly, but if you have time to think about the best answer choice, make it!

  6. Key Words • Findkey wordsor phrasesinthe question that will help you choose the correct answer. • Make sure you understand what the question is asking. • Be sure you are responding to the question that is being asked.

  7. Skip, Return, Check If you finish early, check to make sure you have answered all questions and that you’ve chosen the BEST answer.

  8. Monday: Review • Competition! In groups of 3 or 4, listen to the passage and answer the multiple choice questions. • Review roots & vocab. • Last 10 mins: Journal title: Power “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” How can this statement be true among friends? School situations? Local and national government? What happens in EACH relationship when there is no check to absolute authority? What constitutional checks exist within our government to limit absolute power? In your opinion, are these checks sufficient? Why or why not? At least a page!

  9. Daily Writing: Trust 5/7/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “Love all, trust few, do wrong to none.” William Shakespeare • “Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” ~ Isaac Watts

  10. Tuesday: Animal Farm Show me Journal title: Power Planner • Due TODAY! 2nd draft short story • Due Thursday: Read AF chapters I and II and finish questions part 1. • Friday quiz on AF vocab part 1, roots 1 & 2, and AF reading chapters 1 & 2

  11. Tuesday: Animal Farm • Think.Pair.Share • Share your ideas on the pre-reading with a partner (3 minutes). • Class discussion. • Read background/synopsis. Keep this!!! There may be test questions on this info. • Hand out books/take numbers. • Popcorn read and work on study guide questions.

  12. Daily Writing: Friendship 5/8/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • Who is your best friend? Why? Explain him/her. • “A friend is one who knows you, and loves you just the same.” ~Elbert Hubbard

  13. Wednesday: Novel Study • Did everyone e-mail me draft 2 of their short story? • Don’t forget to keep your 1st draft, editor’s check list & rubric ! I’ll need them when I collect your final draft. Planner • Due Thursday: AF Questions Part 1 & compare & contrast Snowball & Napoleon. • Friday quiz on AF vocab part 1, roots 1 & 2, and AF reading chapters 1 & 2

  14. Wednesday: Novel Study • Silent reading & work ?s part 1. • Journal title: Snowball & Napoleon As you read, compare and contrast Snowball & Napoleon using a Venn diagram (diagram that looks like two overlapping circles). Write their unique qualities below their names, and the qualities they share in the overlapping part of the circles. IF EVERYONE is on task today (not staring off into space or looking at one page the whole period) and EVERYONE gets their questions & diagram done by tomorrow, maybe we’ll watch part of the movie…

  15. Daily Writing: Mitch 5/9/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • “An escalator can never break; it can only become stairs.” ~ Mitch Hedberg • “A waffle is like a pancake with a syrup trap.” ~Mitch Hedberg

  16. Thursday: Review • Show me your study guide questions & diagram. • 2nd drafts??? Planner • Friday quiz on AF vocab part 1, roots 1 & 2, and AF reading chapters 1 & 2 • Due Monday: • Journal title: Research on [selected topic/person]

  17. Thursday: Review • “Pick from a hat” topic or person. • Journal title: Research on [selected topic/person] • Research & write on your selected topic or person (at least a page). • Please don’t just copy from Wikipedia.  • Go to several sites, and summarize the information in your own words.

  18. Thursday: Review • Vocab crossword puzzle. • 4 corners review of novel ONLY: • QUIETLY walk to one of the corners. • Write something you remembered from the novel on the piece of paper. • I will ask a question to the table. • The person who buzzes in first and answers the question correctly, can stay in the game. • If only one person is in the corner I choose, they are out! • LISTEN while your peers are answering the questions!

  19. Thursday: Review 3. Journal title: My Reactions Part 1 • Do you agree with Major’s pronouncement that “Man is the only creature that consumes without producing”? • Why do you think the other animals are so easily led by the pigs? Would you have been so willing to follow another after you had freed yourself of oppression? • What do you think happened to the milk that is missing?

  20. Daily Writing: Weekend 5/10/13 Choose one prompt to respond to and explain with detail: • What are you looking forward to this weekend? Why? Explain! • What are you dreading this weekend? Why? Explain!

  21. Friday: Quiz & Wrap Up • Anymore 2nd drafts??? If I don’t have it by tonight, you won’t get my feedback for your final draft. Any later than Tuesday = zero! • Results of the buddy system Mon/Tues. Planner Due Monday: • Write new roots (part 3) in your notebook. • Animal Farm vocab worksheet • Journal title: Research on [selected topic/person]

  22. Friday: Quiz & Wrap Up • No talking during the quiz! • When you’re done: • Work on late work • Work on AF vocab worksheet. • Write roots part 3 in your notebook. • When you’re done with all that, read silently! Watch 1st10-15 mins of movie! You earned it.  Notebook title:Animal Farm Movie Notes

  23. Buddy HW System New Buddy Homework System! • The group that turns in ALL of their homework on time for the next two weeks gets: • A late HW pass per group member. • To pick the game during gym! • Rules/stipulations: • If a group member is absent, this counts against turning in HW on time. UNLESS the group member turns in the homework when everyone else does. • Using a late HW pass counts against the team. • NO COPYING OR DOING WORK FOR EACH OTHER! • If more than one group turns in all of their HW, I’ll look at times tardy or absent. • If more than one group turns in all of their HW and has never been tardy or absent, I’ll give everyone in those groups late HW passes and Mr. Hickman will think of something special for those groups during gym.

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