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Monday, August 21

Breakout EDU!  - Introduction to classroom norms and expectations

TUESDAY
Writing Journal - Breakout EDU Reflection
Create Online Portfolios

WEDNESDAY
Create Classroom Constitution

THURSDAY
Criteria for Historical Fiction Book Selection
iReady Assessment

FRIDAY
DUE: Online Portfolio - Home, About Me, Book Talks, Works in Progress, Writing Journal, Final Drafts, Links to Culminating Projects
DUE: Signed Paperwork
DUE: Student Information Survey
​DUE: About Me Page completed
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​iReady Assessment

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Fill out the following Student Survey so I can get to know you better:

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​Monday, August 28

What is the Purpose of School? Why are we here?
Rules Assembly

TUESDAY
​Amplify Benchmark​
Description: Amplify

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Portfolio Homepage - What is the purpose of school?

Zooming In: Amplify

THURSDAY
Peer Critique: Amplify
Austin's Butterfly

​FRIDAY
​DUE: Independent Reading Book - Historical Fiction
DUE: Benchmark Final Draft

Benchmark Final Draft
​Timing our Daily Reading Pages

TUESDAY, SEPT. 5

Silent Reading
iReady Lesson
What is Historical Fiction? Why do we read it?
Introduction of the Historical Fiction Dual-entry journal worksheet
How to Use Easybib Add-on

WEDNESDAY
Silent Reading
Dual-entry Journal Worksheet
Using Easybib for Research

Thursday
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl > Sub-unit 2 > Lesson 6 Strong Verbs
Convention Reminder: Capitalization
Information about Meanwhile Project


FRIDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
iReady Lesson
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl > Sub-unit 2 > Lesson 9 Setting
Convention Reminder: Complete Sentences

MONDAY, Sept. 11


Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
What is Historic Fiction?
Timeline Research
iReady Lesson
Narrative Practice Prompt Introduction: Plot and the 8-sentence story
Read Write Think Plot Graphic Organizer

TUESDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Timeline Research
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl > Sub-unit 2 > Lesson 12 Annotation and Highlighting

WEDNESDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Timeline Research

THURSDAY
DUE: 8 sentence story
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Timeline Research
Narrative Practice: Zooming in on a sentence
Sensory Details
​Pixar Rules of Storytelling

FRIDAY
DUE: Meanwhile Project!
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
iReady Lesson
Narrative Practice: Setting
Convention Practice: Capitalization and Complete Sentences

Monday, Sept. 18

Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Dialogue Lesson
Beefing up our Narratives
Red Scarf Girl Introduction

TUESDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
iReady
Working on our Rough Drafts - Exposition DUE
Red Scarf Girl

WEDNESDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Red Scarf Girl

THURSDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
iReady
Working on our Rough Drafts - RISING ACTION DUE
Red Scarf Girl

FRIDAY
Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Working on our Rough Drafts - CLIMAX DUE
Book Talk Assignment Information
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MONDAY, Sept. 25

Silent Reading/Historical Fiction Log
Working on our Rough Drafts
Red Scarf Girl

TUESDAY
DUE: Rough Draft of Narrative
Silent reading/Historical Fiction Log
iReady
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl
Asking for feedback using the Comment Tool

WEDNESDAY
What is Screencasting?
Screencasting our Feedback


THURSDAY
Creating our Visual for our Historical Fiction Screencast (due in Oct)
iReady
Red Scarf Girl

​FRIDAY
​DUE: Feedback for Peers

Silent reading/Historical Fiction Log
Creating our Visual for our Historical Fiction Screencast (due in Oct)
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl













AFTER FRIDAY YOU MUST BRING YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK TO CLASS DAILY!  









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MONDAY, Oct. 2

Silent Reading
Screencasting our Book Talk
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl
Modeling a Narrative


TUESDAY
Silent Reading
Harry Noden's Brushstrokes for Sentence Variety
Screencasting our Book Talk
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl
Modelling a Narrative


WEDNESDAY
DUE: Screencasting of Narrative Analysis
https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-compass​

THURSDAY
Silent Reading
iReady
Screencasting our Book Talk
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl


FRIDAY
Silent Reading
Screencasting our Book Talk
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl
​Modeling a Narrative


​MONDAY, Oct 9

Silent Reading
iReady
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3 > Lesson 7 > Activity 7 (solo)
Screencasting our Book Talk


TUESDAY
Silent Reading
iReady
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3 > Lesson 8 > Activity 1 (vocab)
​Screencasting our Book Talk

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Historical Fiction Book Talk
Amplify 

THURSDAY
7th Grade Narrative Writing Assessment

FRIDAY
Silent Reading
iReady
Amplify

MONDAY, Oct. 16

Silent Reading
​Tinkercad Awards for Roosevelt
Yearbook Surveys
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3
Oral Interview Assignment: Who will you interview? 

TUESDAY
Silent Reading
​iReady
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3 
Oral Interview Assignment: What questions to ask?


WEDNESDAY
Silent Reading
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3 


THURSDAY
Silent Reading
iReady
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3 
When will you have interviewed your subject?  Committing to a deadline.

​FRIDAY
DUE: Interview Worksheet
Book Talk #2 Assignment Information
Silent Reading
Amplify: Red Scarf Girl - Sub-unit 3 


MONDAY, Oct. 23

Silent Reading
iReady
Red Scarf Girl: Lesson 11 > Solo 8

TUESDAY
Silent Reading
iReady
​Red Scarf Girl: Lesson 12

WEDNESDAY
Red Scarf Girl: Lesson 12

THURSDAY
Silent Reading
iReady


​FRIDAY
Silent Reading
iReady
​Red Scarf Girl: Lesson 12

MONDAY, Oct. 30

OFF


TUESDAY
OFF


WEDNESDAY
iReady Small Grouping


THURSDAY
READING COMPREHENSION TEST: Red Scarf Girl


​FRIDAY
DUE: Interview with oral interview subject (be ready to work on it on Monday in class!)

Begin Red Scarf Girl Essay
Begin Oral Interview Project
​iReady Small Grouping


MONDAY, Nov. 6

Red Scarf Girl, Sub-unit 4, Lesson 2
Writing an introduction for our Oral Interviews

TUESDAY
Red Scarf Girl Essay, Lesson 3
Writing an introduction for our Oral Interviews


WEDNESDAY
DUE: Introduction for our Oral Interviews (submit via Classroom)
Red Scarf Girl Essay, Lesson 4


THURSDAY
DUE at end of period: Red Scarf Girl Essay (submit via Google Classroom)
Red Scarf Girl, Lesson 4 con't
iReady Lessons
Common Sense Media Game (see 8th grade agenda for link)

FRIDAY
OFF


​MONDAY, Nov. 13

Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science
​What program did you use for your oral interview? Fill out Google Form Here:
https://goo.gl/forms/1ss1Pjya69gECxoe2​ 

TUESDAY
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science

WEDNESDAY
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science


THURSDAY
Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science​

FRIDAY
College Day and Thanksgiving Break!


​MONDAY, NOV. 27

Phineas Gage: Lesson 5
Book Talk #1 Assignment

TUESDAY
Phineas Gage: Lesson 6
Oral Interview Meetings

WEDNESDAY
iReady
Writing an Informational Essay: Introduction of Guidelines & Resources

THURSDAY
Writing an Informational Essay: Finding Evidence & Reading/Watching Resources

FRIDAY
DUE: Bring in a new independent reading book

Goal-Setting our Reading Speed
Informational Essay: Quoting vs. Paraphrasing & Parenthetical Citations


MONDAY, DEC. 4

Phineas Gage: Lesson 7
Informational Essay: Writing Commentary & Transitional Phrases
Writing our Informational Essay Rough Drafts

TUESDAY
​Phineas Gage: Lesson 8
​Book Talk Visual Work Day

WEDNESDAY
Writing our Informational Essay Rough Drafts

THURSDAY
Phineas Gage: Lesson 9
Writing our Informational Essay Rough Drafts


FRIDAY
Informational Essays

MONDAY, Dec. 11

Informational Essays
Phineas Gage: Lesson 9 > Solo 10


TUESDAY
Informational Essays
Book Talk Slide Show


WEDNESDAY
Informational Essays
Rough Drafts (due at end of period)


THURSDAY
Peer Revising our Informational Essays
Screencasting our Peer Revision Advice
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FRIDAY
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DUE: Shell of Book Talk Slide Show
Screencasting our own Essay Read alouds
Revisions Begin


MONDAY, Jan. 8

Late Work Due!
Informational Writing Revision Strategies: Backwards Recordings
The Science of the Brain

TUESDAY
Informational Writing Revision Strategies: Revision Stations
The Science of the Brain

WEDNESDAY
Informational Writing Revision Strategies:Revision Stations
The Science of the Brain

THURSDAY
Informational Writing: Writing our Final Drafts
The Science of the Brain

FRIDAY
DUE: Independent Reading Book 
The Science of the Brain


​MONDAY, Jan. 15

OFF

TUESDAY
Informational Writing Final Draft
iReady mid-term assessment

WEDNESDAY
Amplify
iReady mid-term assessment 

THURSDAY
Informational Writing SBAC Interim Assessment

FRIDAY
​DUE: Informational Writing Final Draft

Informational Writing SBAC Interim Assessment

MONDAY, Jan. 22

iReady Diagnostic 
Phineas Gage Test Prep


TUESDAY
SBAC Interim Assessment
iReady


WEDNESDAY
iReady
Phineas Gage Book Talk


THURSDAY
Phineas Gage Book Talk con't
iReady

FRIDAY

OFF

MONDAY, Jan. 29

DUE: Phineas Gage Book Talk
Brain Science and Phineas Gage Test

​TUESDAY

iReady
Poetry Starts (Sarah, Cynthia, Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out)

WEDNESDAY
iReady
Poetry con't

THURSDAY
​POE Begins! "The Tell-Tale Heart"

FRIDAY
DUE: Chore Poem 
POE con't "The Tell-Tale Heart"

MONDAY, Feb. 5

Poetry and POE "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Typing Agent

TUESDAY
Poetry and POE "The Tell-Tale Heart"
​​Typing Agent

WEDNESDAY
Poetry and POE "The Tell-Tale Heart"
​​Typing Agent

THURSDAY
Typing Agent 
Revision and work day

​FRIDAY
DUE: The Tell-Tale Heart Storyboard
Debate begins!
Poetry and POE "The Tell-Tale Heart"​

MONDAY, Feb 12

OFF

TUESDAY
Poe & Poetry: Sub-unit 2 > Lesson 5 (Evidence Chart)

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Sub-unit 2 > Lesson 5 SOLO Opening Statement
Poe & Poetry: Sub-unit 2> Lesson 6

THURSDAY
Poe & Poetry: Sub-unit 2> Lesson 6

FRIDAY
Flex Day: Looking at our SBAC Interim Results
SBAC Rubric Review

MONDAY, Feb. 26

The Cask of Amontillado

TUESDAY
The Cask of Amontillado

WEDNESDAY
The Cask of Amontillado


THURSDAY
Tell-Tale Heart Test


FRIDAY
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!  
​iReady

MONDAY, March 5

Poetry & Poe > "The Raven" begins

TUESDAY
Poetry & Poe > "The Raven" con't

WEDNESDAY
Poetry & Poe > "The Raven" con't

THURSDAY


FRIDAY

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MONDAY, March 19

"The Raven" con't
"Nevermore" Quickwrite
​Amplify: Sub-unit 4 > Lesson 3 > Activity 10 (Solo)

TUESDAY
Amplify: Sub-unit 4 > Lesson 4 

WEDNESDAY
iReady
Amplify: Sub-unit 4 > Lesson 4 con't

THURSDAY
DUE: Reciting the first 1-2 stanzas of "The Raven"
Setting up our visual storyboard/timeline of "The Raven"
Amplify: Sub-unit 4 > Lesson 5

FRIDAY
DUE: Reciting the first 1-2 stanzas of "The Raven" con't



NEXT WEEK: Poetry & Poe Reading Test!


​MONDAY, March 26

Read/Listen to additional Poe Stories
Collaborative Test Prep for tomorrow

TUESDAY
Poetry & Poe Test

WEDNESDAY
iReady
​Nitrotype

THURSDAY


FRIDAY
Career Day


MONDAY, APRIL 9

Evidence vs. Commentary: Queenie
Collaborative Rough Draft with Outline

TUESDAY
Revision Stations: (Color coding peer activity, Commentary activity, or Pulling down the scaffolds activity)

WEDNESDAY
Revision Stations: (Color coding peer activity, Commentary activity, or Pulling down the scaffolds activity)

THURSDAY
Revision Stations: (Color coding peer activity, Commentary activity, or Pulling down the scaffolds activity)

FRIDAY
​DUE by end of period: FINAL DRAFT OF QUEENIE ESSAY
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