End of Year Calendar

Please review the calendar for the rest of the year, taking note of important dates.

Class Calendar

Acuity, Day 1

1st - 4th hour classes will be taking the acuity test. 
Grade sheets were sent home today with 1st - 4th hour students! They are due back, signed by a parent, on Friday!

6th and 7th hour classes will be attending the school play.

Movie Unit, Day 2

Grade sheets were sent home today with 6th and 7th hour students! They are due back, signed by a parent, on Friday!

Objectives:

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.

Essential Skill(s):

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

I Cans:

• I can demonstrate proper usage of the eight parts of speech in writing and speaking.
• I can use relevant descriptions, facts, and details with reasoning.
• I can use appropriate eye contact, volume and pronunciation.

Task List:

1. Students will continue watching Hunger Games. Note: Any student without a signed permission slip will not be allowed to watch the movie.

Movie Unit, Day 1

Objectives:

• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
• Present claims and findings, emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and well chosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate volume, and clear pronunciation.

Essential Skill(s):

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

I Cans:

• I can demonstrate proper usage of the eight parts of speech in writing and speaking.
• I can use relevant descriptions, facts, and details with reasoning.
• I can use appropriate eye contact, volume and pronunciation.

Task List:

1. Students will begin watching Hunger Games. Note: Any student without a signed permission slip will not be allowed to watch the movie.

Mad Libs

Objectives:

• Students will be able to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Students will be able to engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 8 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

I Cans:

• I can demonstrate proper usage of the eight parts of speech in writing and speaking.
• I can participate in one-on-one discussions.
• I can participate in group discussions.
• I can participate in teacher-led discussions.
• I can follow rules for discussions.
• I can ask questions that connect the ideas of my group members.
• I can respond to questions posed by my group members.

Task List:

• We will complete a Mad Lib together as a class.
• Students will work in partner groups to complete a set of Mad Libs. 
• Each group will choose one Mad Lib to share with the class.

MAP Testing, Day 3

Students will be taking the MAP assessment from approximately 8:45-12:00 today.

Students will report to their regular afternoon classes.

MAP Testing, Day 2

Students will be taking the MAP assessment from approximately 8:45-12:00 today.

Students will report to their morning classes.

Objectives:

• Students will be able to write routinely over shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences.
• Students will be able to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.

I Cans:

• I can write a narrative paper.
• I can use descriptive vocabulary and sensory language.
• I can develop a point of view.
• I can provide a conclusion.

Task List:

• Students will write a brief narrative in response to a teacher provided writing prompt.