Grade 8 Language Arts/Reading           March 8 - 12          Paul Weidenbach 295-3818

AVID 7                                                                                                      pweiden@topeka.k12.ks.us

Objectives:

Reading:

Vocabulary / Roots / Affixes

Text Type

Figurative language

Text Structure

Main Idea/Supporting Details:

Comprehension

House On Mango Street

Read / Interpret / Rewrite

Language Arts:

Clauses/Phrases

Main Idea / Details

Capitalization / Punctuation

Sentence Structure

Research Project Start-up

AVID 7

NOTES

Summaries

Learning Logs

Tutorials

Binder Organization

Socratic Seminar

Washburn University Field Trip

Reading 8

Monday

No School

Language Arts 8

Monday

No School

AVID 7

Monday

No School

Tue

Mod 2: Reading Olympics

1.       Event: Text Structure

2.       Preliminary Heats (in groups)

3.       Finals (at table)

4.       Notes & Quiz Sheet

Mod 7:

1.       Review Test Results

2.       Haiku Notes

3.       Write to respond to Haiku

Mod 8/9:

1.       Kansas Reading Assessment Tue/Wed/Thur

Tue

MOD 8 TESTING

MOD 6

1.        Retrieve and Update Research Paper data

2.       Outline for essay

Tue

1.       Tutorials:

2.       Reflection

3.       Binder Reminder

Wed

Mod 2: Reading Olympics

1.       Event: Figurative Language

2.       Preliminary Heats (in groups)

3.       Finals (at table)

4.       Notes & Quiz Sheet

 

Mod 7:

1.       Interpret Haiku

a.       Draw

b.      Develop level 2 or 3 questions

Wed  

MOD 8 TESTING

Mod 6:

1. Citing Sources: Bibliography

2. Put source material into folder

Wed

1.       Write Thank-You Letters

2.       Envelopes

3.       Writing Assignment: Our 7th Grade AVID Quote: “My Life is My Message,” to me, means…

4.       Prepare for Tutorials

Thur

Mod 2:

1.       Event: Text Type

2.       Preliminary Heats (in groups)

3.       Finals (at table)

4.       Notes & Quiz Sheet

 

Mod 7:

1.       Poetry: Blank verse

2.       Iambic Pentameter

Thur

MOD 8 TESTING: Mod 6

1. Citing Sources: in-text citation

2. Rearrange folder

3. Write rough draft

Thur

1. Tutorials

2. Reflection

3. Binder Check

 

Fri

Mod 2: Reading Olympics

1.       Combined Events: Teams

*see Tue/Wed/Thur events

 

Mod 7: Poetry:

“Wreck of the Hesperus”

Fri

Mod 8: Present source material to FOLDER. Your due date for SOURCE MATERIAL and BIBLIOGRAPHY is March 23!

 

Mod 6:

1. Source Material and Bibliography DUE TODAY: I’ll have to check and release source material, so it’s important to have it up front in your folders. Remember that source material MUST have information regarding the origin of material clearly printed at the top of each excerpt.

Fri

1.       Plan for Family Fitness Night

2.       AVID Parent Night

3.       Learning Logs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4.       Binder Check