MONDAY, AUG. 20

Welcome to 8th Grade ELA!
Introduction to Wolpertworld.com

TUESDAY
Blobs and Lines
Classroom Constitution
Student Survey Emergency Info

WEDNESDAY
About Me Infographic using Piktochart
 
THURSDAY
Setting up our digital Portfolios
Classroom Constitution (online and offline)

FRIDAY
Writing Benchmark
DUE: Signed Introduction Letters
DUE: Hard Copy of your About Me Infographic
DUE: Student Survey Emergency Info.

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MONDAY, AUG. 27

Writing Benchmark con't
​iReady Diagnostic
DUE: Portfolio Shell: Home, About Me, Works in Progress, Final Drafts, Links to Culminating Projects

TUESDAY
The Superhero Unit Begins!
Character Development Brainstorm

WEDNESDAY
iReady

THURSDAY
Padlet Activity: What is your ONE chosen super power?
Character Question: What is your flaw?  
​Superhero character Creation Options
​Picking up our Amplify Text (Frankenstein) from library

FRIDAY
iReady
More Superhero Brainstorming
​Timing our reading for goal-setting
DUE: Science Fiction Independent Reading Book

MONDAY, Sept. 2
OFF

TUESDAY
6-word stories
Writing Prompt: John Green quickwrite - What is the purpose of school? What is the purpose of my portfolio?


WEDNESDAY
​DUE: Hard Copy of Superhero
iReady diagnostic con't

THURSDAY
iReady diagnostic con't
​​​Ted Ed: The Science of Superheroes (video #1)
Exit Card: Google Form Submission via Classroom


FRIDAY
iReady diagnostic
Ted Ed: The Science of Superheroes (video #2)
Exit Card: Google Form Submission via Classroom
DUE: John Green quickwrite - on your portfolio homepage
DUE: About Me Infographic on your About Me page of your portfolio (do you want to expand on anything?)

MONDAY, Sept. 10

Plot Review: Sci-fi short story Narrative outline (swoop)
The Sound of Thunder

TUESDAY
Ray Bradbury: The Sound of Thunder con't
Exit Card Due: Screenshot of Story Swoop via Classroom

WEDNESDAY
Scientific Informational Reading Research
EasyBib Works Cited Review

THURSDAY
DUE: The Sound of Thunder Question Choice
​Science Research on your Superpower
Curating a Research Library
​Using Easybib

FRIDAY
Norms for a Guest Speaker
Developing questions based on our research
DUE: Exit Card - 3 questions based on your research

MONDAY, Sept. 17

Welcome to Dr. Spyridon Michaelakis!

TUESDAY
Plot & Conflict: 6-word story > 8 sentence story
Plot Resource: Hero's Journey Video
Writing Resource: Pixar Rules of Storytelling

WEDNESDAY
DUE: 8 sentence story
What is a Hook?

THURSDAY
Frankenstein Begins!

FRIDAY
DUE: Research Library Check - 10 scientific resources posted on your Research Library page of your portfolio - MLA format
Frankenstein con't

​MONDAY, Sept. 24

DUE: Sci-Fi book Index card: Hook
Writing our Rough Draft 

TUESDAY
What are Sensory Details?
Rough Draft con't

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Sci-Fi book Index card: Sensory Detail Golden Line
Frankenstein con't

THURSDAY
DUE: Rough Draft
Frankenstein con't

FRIDAY
How to give feedback via Screencasting

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BOOK TALK DUE: MONDAY, OCT 8!









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​Michalakis, Spyridon. Personal Interview. 17 Sept. 2018.