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