MONDAY, AUG. 19

Introduction to 8th Grade ELA
Blobs and Lines

TUESDAY
Picking up our novel
Journal Entry
Submit via Google Classroom

WEDNESDAY
Blobs and Lines
Ideal Graduate Activity
Introduction to Wolpertworld.com

THURSDAY
Writing Benchmark

FRIDAY
DUE: Information Packet signed (3 documents)
Google Presentation Bootcamp (see Google Classroom)

MONDAY, Aug. 26

DUE: Google Presentation Bootcamp Slidedeck
Classroom Contract 
Introduction to Sci-Fi Reading
​Student Information Sheet (See Google Classroom)

TUESDAY
​Attendance Questions
​Show Your Sketch
John Green Quickwrite
iReady Diagnostic

WEDNESDAY
iReady Diagnostic

THURSDAY
email teacher assignment
Intro Activity
​iReady Diagnostic

​FRIDAY
​DUE: Sci-Fi Independent Reading Book
iReady 
Independent Book 1:1 meetings with Mrs. WG
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​MONDAY, Sept. 2

OFF

TUESDAY
What is Fan Fiction?
Launching our PBL Unit
iReady

WEDNESDAY
Need to Knows
Project Overview (key vocab, major deliverables, etc...)

THURSDAY 
DUE: Bring in your independent Reading book
Independent Reading Goal-setting
Reviewing Narrative using fan fiction examples
Plot Analysis: Story Swoop
iReady


FRIDAY
Reviewing Narrative using fan fiction examples
Character Analysis
Email Teacher assignment
​iReady

​MONDAY, Sept. 9

Fan Fiction/Narrative Stations

TUESDAY
Fan Fiction Example
Figurative Language
Theme

WEDNESDAY
Sci-Fi Narrative: Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)


THURSDAY
Sound of Thunder con't
​Sci-Fi vs. Science

FRIDAY
Exit Card Due: Story Swoop via Classroom
​DUE: The Sound of Thunder Questions (evening)
​Fan Fiction Graphic Organizer

​MONDAY, Sept. 16

DUE: email teacher assignment
​DUE: Signed paperwork for video
​Choose another fan fiction example from Twist Fate
* Harry Potter and the Plot Twist
* Ariel's Awakening
* The Lost Story
* The Tell-Tale Eye
Read fan fiction & answer prompts/Story Swoop

TUESDAY
Read fan fiction & answer prompts/Story Swoop
DUE: Story Swoop and Prompts at end of class

WEDNESDAY
8-sentence story of fan fiction
Sound of Thunder: How would you change Sound of Thunder to make it fan fiction?

THURSDAY
Due: End of Period - 8-sentence story con't
Introduction to Frankenstein

FRIDAY
Frankenstein con't
DUE End of Period: Sub-unit 1>Lesson 1>Activity 8 (solo)

MONDAY, Sept. 23

Fan Fiction "Relaunch"
Guest Speakers

TUESDAY
Developing criteria: What makes good fan fiction?
Building a Rubric
Small Group Create a Rubric for good fan fiction

WEDNESDAY
Frankenstein con't
Building ongoing lists around Frankenstein
Science vs. Science-fiction
How can we revise Frankenstein to make it fan fiction?

THURSDAY
Frankenstein con't
Building ongoing lists around Frankenstein
Science vs. Science-fiction
How can we revise Frankenstein to make it fan fiction?

FRIDAY
Presentation of final fan fiction collaborative rubric
Frankenstein con't
Building ongoing lists around Frankenstein
Science vs. Science-fiction
How can we revise Frankenstein to make it fan fiction?