August 24-28

Monday: Bell Work Usage Demon

• Open the class blog. Bookmark the blog. Read post about questions and padlet. Write questions in Padlet.
• Superman and Me  
• Introduce Lesson with this Ppt
• Close Read Superman and Me text
• Mark one place you are confused
• Mark at least one word you do not know
• Ask at least question in the margin
• Show teacher blog
• Students create a title for their blog

Tuesday:  Bell Work:  Bell Work: Read

• Students share with their group what they marked on Superman
• Go over Superman Ppt and show teacher close read

Wednesday:  Bell Work: Usage Demon -- Get out Chrome

• Add more questions to Padlet (on blog) after reading "Superman"
• Join Google Classroom and submit "Top 10 Assignment"
• Chromebooks:
• Pass out letter and discuss Chrome rules
• Create student blogs (links also on Bb)
• Blog:  Write 2 sentences about the "theme" of Superman and Me
• You are in charge of your own destination.

Thursday:   Bell Work: set up bookmarks

• How many ways can you write this sentence: "We walked down the street in the rain." -- in
• Finish Superman Theme post
• Read other posts 
• As a class look at padlet with questions
• Do we have an answer to any of the questions from the 2 articles we have read?  (discuss in group)
• Using this lesson, students will choose one thing from their top 10 list and make it a claim. 
• Model process using Mrs. Berg's top 10 list.
• HUSUPU --choose one statement and say it as a claim.
•  Write a 1-2 paragraph argument about the claim.  Support with 2 details.  
• Choose a Claim from Mrs. Berg's list and supporting details
• Grading:
• Hook
• Claim - well written and can be supported.
• 2 supporting details
• Conclusion
• Indented Paragraph
• Varied sentences
• Type it in a post in the blog
• HONORS:  
• SAT vocab page
• Write a claim, but does not have to be on their top 10 list

Friday:    Bell Work: Read

• Usage Demon Quiz
• Blog Post: Top 5 things we should know about your book 

August 17-21

BellWork: Usage Demon  and Seasons review Ppt

17 Monday: 

• Make up a password
• Show Top 10 Things you should know about Mrs. Berg
• Students create rough draft list of top 10 things to know about them. 2 of them must be personality traits (compassionate, confident, honest) Due Thursday
• Library

18 Tuesday: Bell Work: Top 10 list -- who got the Remind about it?

• Go over some specifics about top 10 list --look again at Mrs. Berg's
• Written in 3rd person
• Vary the sentences
• 2 must be personality
• Create Password
• Give the "sub" talk
• Pre-AssessmentBenchmark Test
• 1-17 on paper
• Work on Top 10 list or reasonable story

19 Wednesday: read for 10 minutes

• Take 2nd half of Benchmark test
• Retake seasons test
• Reasonable Story or top 10 list

20 Thursday:  -

• Meet in Library Lab tomorrow
• Put answers of Benchmark in CPS
• Pick up Reasonable Story
• Fix Your Grammar - Glove and Boots video (its, it's, there, their, they're)
• Usage Demon Ppt -- 
• HONORS:  Usage Demon test
• Model Close Reading with short text on the board
• Give students a copy to read. Model on board how to close read and think aloud for them.
• Look over top 10 list, edit and put in descending order. (may need to refer back to Mrs. Berg's list)

21 Friday:  

• Word Crimes  - Weird Al Parody
• CPS - put answers to Benchmark in
• Practice how to get out Chromebooks and log in
• Google Doc directions
• Type Top 10 list

August: First Week

Objective:

Monday:  No School

Tuesday:  No School


Wednesday:  First Day

• Schedule:
  7:40-9:30
  • Advisory Rules
  • Lockers
  • Bus Tickets
  • Handbook
• 9:40-10:00 Team meeting in auditorium


• 10:00-10:40 - Get to know you activity 
• 10:40-11:28 5th Hour  
• Would you rather worksheet
• 11:32-11:54 Lunch


All Classes:

• Syllabus
• 8 English
• 8 Honors
• Go over "Remind" paper
• Red Team Expectations

Thursday:

• Seating Chart
• Pencil/Pen rule --- if they borrow, leave their ID ---NO EXCEPTIONS
• Rules and Activity
• Show Ppt questions
• As a group discuss each question
• Everyone answer questions on sticky note and add to poster.
• Place group in front of each poster and they discuss and choose the answer (1-2) they liked the best.  Share with class.
• Book Talk:  Waterfall

Friday:

• Season's Test
• Reasonable Story -- due Thursday
• Go over elements of a short story
• Worth 10 points:  Beginning, Middle, End and written in paragraphs

May 4- 7

Objective:

Monday: 4th Red Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

• Students close read "Should Kids Play Football"
• In their blog, students create either a "yes" or "no" list.
• Comment on others' blog as to what the thesis for an argument could be based on that information.
• Discuss a counter claim
• Students work on a shared document:
• Introduction:
• Body with 2-3 facts
• Counter claim and conclusion

Tuesday: 5th Gray Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 2 - 4 - 5 - 6

• Students close read "Should Kids Play Football"
• In their blog, students create either a "yes" or "no" list.
• Comment on others' blog as to what the thesis for an argument could be based on that information.
• Discuss a counter claim

Wednesday: 6th Red Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

• 
  

Thursday: 7th Gray Day
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Football -- Finding and Using Test Evidence through using Socrative

Friday: 8th 
Bell Work:


Lesson: 2 - 4 - 5 - 6

• Watch "Charly"

April 27- May 1

Objective:

Monday: 27th Red Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

• Show good research papers
• Look at own research paper and pass out rubric
• Look at comics
• Parallel worksheet 
• Elements of Fiction
• Go through practice MAP test

Tuesday: 28th Gray Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 2 - 4 - 5 - 6

• Show good research papers
• Look at own research paper and pass out rubric
• Look at comics
• Parallel worksheet 
• Elements of Fiction
• Go through practice MAP test

Wednesday: 30th Red Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

• MAP test in Library Lab

Thursday: 31st Gray Day
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• MAP test in Library Lab

Friday: 1st 
Bell Work:


Lesson:  Play Games

April 20 - 24

Objective:

Monday: 20th Red Day
Bell Work: Go over conditional verbs


Lesson: 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

• Conditional Verbs
• Subjunctive
• Conditonal
• Close read Ansel Adams
• As a group go through the questions on Ppt and choose answers 
• Grade active and passive voice

Tuesday: 21st Gray Day
Bell Work: go over conditional verbs


Lesson: 2 - 4 - 5 - 6

• Conditional Verbs
• Subjunctive
• Conditonal
• Close read Ansel Adams
• As a group go through the questions on Ppt and choose answers 

Wednesday: 22nd Red Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 1 - 3 - 5 - 7

• Grade Active and passive voice
• Introduce Gerund in Warriner's pg 105-106
• Put students into groups
• Students follow this lesson in the 8 Red English blog

Thursday: 23rd Gray Day
Bell Work:


Lesson: 2 - 4 - 5 - 6

• Grade Active and passive voice
• Introduce Gerund in Warriner's pg 105-106
• Download the Snagit App and Extension --Mrs. Berg will show you how.
• Research the grammar topic that you were assigned using the links below:
• Active Voice  Warriner's 200-201
• Passive Voice  Warriner's 200-0201
• Imperative Mood
• Subjunctive Mood
• Subject Verb Agreement Warriners 156 (you need to use them incorrectly and then be corrected in your comic)
• Gerund  Warriners 105-106
• Positive Connotation
• Negative Connotation
      3. After you UNDERSTAND your grammar topic, open Make Belief Comix and create a 2-3 slide comic strip using your grammar topic correctly.  
• Here is a video showing with directions on how to create a Make-Belief Comix
• Make sure your comic uses your grammar topic correctly and will correctly teach others. 
     4.  After you create your comic strip, you will need to screen capture it with the Snagit Extension
• Here is a video showing you  how to capture your comic using the Snagit Extension.
• You will use the extension which is at the top of your screen.
     5.  After you capture the image, you will upload the image to your blog.
• Here is a video showing you how to upload your comic to your blog.

Friday: 24th 
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Do parallel worksheet with socrative

April 13-17

Objective:

Monday:
Bell Work:


Lesson:

• Comma Lesson
• Do Comma Ppt and discuss each rule
• Pass out packet for students to work on
• Students go through comma info on Holt online
• Grade comma worksheet
• Honors:
• Do Comma Ppt and discuss each rule
• Pass out packet for students to work on
• Read "Gun Shy" silently

Tuesday:
Bell Work: colon definition


Lesson:

• Do Kahoot it "Hard and Fast Rules of Grammar"

Honors:

• 
  

Wednesday:  Red Day
Bell Work:  Do slide 2-3 of Grammar Review


Lesson: 1 - 3- 5- 7

• Read short story "Button, Button" aloud in class and discuss.  
• Pass out Story Elements-
• Students match with a partner and then discuss that element about the story "Button, Button"
• Discuss the story as a class
• Comma or Semicolon - Warriners pg 34-35

Thursday: Gray Day
Bell Work:  Do slide 2-3 of Grammar Review


Lesson: 2 -4 - 5 - 6

• Read short story "Button, Button" aloud in class and discuss.  
• Pass out Story Elements-
• Students match with a partner and then discuss that element about the story "Button, Button"
• Discuss the story as a class
• Comma or Semicolon - Warriners pg 34-35

Friday:
Bell Work: Do slide 4-5


Lesson:

• Grade Active and Passive Voice
• Do Element Review Worksheet