8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - March 9 to March 13

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PreAP/GT
F4A Essay - Rough Draft due Monday, March 9
F4A Final Draft due - Thursday, March 12

Academic 

Monday, March 9

Pre-AP  

• PEER EDIT "FLOWERS" Essay

Academic

• Active Listening and annotation -“Talent Show”  p20-30
• Journal
• Write Questions

Tuesday, March 10 - In Testing Groups

Pre-AP  

• Revise rough into final draft of essay (due Thursday; major grade)

Academic

• Active Listening and annotation -“Voilà!” by Debbie Rigaud p31-42
• Journal
• Write Questions
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Wednesday, March 11 - STAAR (Practice) Sci/SS

Thursday, March 12

Pre-AP  

• Active Listening and annotation 
• Outliers Ch 8: Rice Paddies and Math Tests" p224-249
• Lit Circle Prep work for Ch 8

Academic

• Read and Annotate: “Three-Pointer” by Mitali Perkins p43-54
• Answer discussion question
• Prep out quiz question 

Friday, March 13

Pre-AP  

• Lit Circle - Outliers Ch 8: Rice Paddies and Math Tests" p224-249
• Turn in Lit Circle Worksheet (claim/evidence)

Academic

• Discuss “Three-Pointer” by Mitali Perkins 
• Read “Like Me” by Varian Johnson  p55-68
• Answer Q and quiz question

8th Grade ELA (Pre-AP & Academic) - March 2 to March 6

UPCOMING ANNOUNCEMENTS!

PreAP/GT
F4A Essay - Rough Draft due Monday, March 9
F4A Final Draft due - Thursday, March 12

Academic 

Monday, March 2

Pre-AP  

• Outliers Ch 3: The Trouble with Geniuses Part 1 - p 69-90
• LIT CIRCLE DISCUSSION

Academic

• Finish Flowers for Algernon

Tuesday, March 3

Pre-AP  

• Introduce and Assign F4A Essay
• Format MLA
• Write Thesis and Intro
• Thesis workshop
• Topic sentences

Academic

• Finish Movie - Flowers for Algernon

Wednesday, March 4

Pre-AP  

• Essay Work Day
• Check Thesis Statements

Academic

• Intro to Mic Riffs - Introduce Book
• Silent Beats - Intro stereotyping/preconceived notions
• Explain assignment & Read "Introduction"

Thursday, March 5

Pre-AP  

• Essay Work Day (rough draft due Monday - PRINTED)
• Continue reading (for Friday)
• Outliers Ch 4: The Trouble with Geniuses Part 2 - p 91-115
• Lit Circle Prep work for Ch 4

Academic

• Active Listening and annotation -
  • Read: "Becoming Henry Lee" p 1-13
  • Discuss
  • Time to write questions

Friday, March 6

Pre-AP  

• Lit Circle - Ch 4: The Trouble with Geniuses Part 2

Academic

• Listen/Annotate - "Why I Won’t Be Watching the Last Airbender Movie” by Gene Luen Yang
• Journal Response
• Pair/Share