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MARCH 17-21

MONDAY
Work Day
Lit. Analysis Rubric 
Sharing Essays

TUESDAY
Commentary Practice (CPR)

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Feedback to peer
Brushstrokes in writing

THURSDAY
Work Day and/or Finalize Lit. Analysis

FRIDAY
DUE: Transcriptions
Work Day and/or Finalize Lit. Analysis


MONDAY
DUE: Movie Posters (www.bighugelabs.com/poster.php)
DUE: Lit Analysis Final Draft


TUESDAY
DUE: Infographic





March 10 - 14

MONDAY
Houghton Mifflin Test

TUESDAY
Houghton Mifflin Test

WEDNESDAY
Houghton Mifflin Test

THURSDAY
Lit Analysis 
DUE: Literary Analysis due 11:59pm

FRIDAY
Due: Team Charter (hard copy; digital copy will be posted on the website when it is completed)







March 3 - 7
MONDAY
DUE: Response Journal (submit by 11:59pm)
AMND - Groups and Final Projects Information

TUESDAY
AMND Group Work Details and Checklists

WEDNESDAY
What does Literary Analysis look like in the real world?

THURSDAY
DUE: Independent Book Log Check (counts as a quiz)
Literary Analysis Brush Up

FRIDAY
Literary Analysis Rough Draft begins



February 24 - February 28

MONDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream

TUESDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream
What is Twitter and microblogging?

WEDNESDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream 
Todaysmeet Twitter Battle! Period 4 - 8:00-8:30pm
Todaysmeet Twitter Battle! Period 6 - 8:30-9:00pm

THURSDAY
Movie Poster as a persuasive literary analysis
Todaysmeet Twitter Battle! Period 7 - 8:00-8:30pm

FRIDAY
Movie Posters

MONDAY
DUE: Response Journal (summary and commentary)





February 17 - February 21
MONDAY
OFF


TUESDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream


WEDNESDAY
Ted Talks Shakespeare Jigsaw Activity



THURSDAY
Career Day Information


FRIDAY
DUE: Ted Talks Blog Response - 11:59pm
A Midsummer Night's Dream
February 11 - February 14
MONDAY
OFF


TUESDAY
Iambic Pentameter
Verse vs. Prose


WEDNESDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream


THURSDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream


FRIDAY
DUE: Iambic Pentameter monologue defining yourself (illuminated letter included with symbol of you - printed out in hard copy)
Stage Combat!





February 3 - February 7

MONDAY
http://shakespeare.mit.edu/midsummer/full.html
DUE: Henry IV blog post
A Midsummer Night's Dream Introduction

TUESDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Henry V Motivational Letter to a 7th Grader (blog post + hard copy)
A Midsummer Night's Dream

THURSDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream
*Literary Analysis Activity
*Continuing the Response Journal

FRIDAY
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Summary Finalization



January 27 - February 3

MONDAY
Revise Genius PBA

TUESDAY
Henry IV, Part 1 Monologue

WEDNESDAY
Henry V Monologue

THURSDAY
Henry V Monologue con't
+ Other speeches from film inspired by Shakespeare

FRIDAY
No School

MONDAY
DUE: Motivational Letter a la St. Crispian's Day Speech





January 6-17

MONDAY
Practicing for the Performance Based Assessment
What is Genius? Quickwrite
Think Different Ad
Forming new table groups



TUESDAY
Jigsaw Genius Resources
Reading articles/sharing out

WEDNESDAY
Shakespeare's contributions to our language

THURSDAY
Taking the Mensa Test


FRIDAY
DUE BY BEGINNING OF CLASS: Blog Post Jigsaw Activity
Compiling Week's Notes


MONDAY
DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF GENIUS BLOG POST
Changing your IQ activity
Learning about Specific Geniuses


TUESDAY
Quickwrite on Steve Jobs quotes
DUE at end of class: I.Q. Quiz

WEDNESDAY
Brainstorming, Organizing, and Pre-Writing

THURSDAY
DUE: Take the Quizzes
Argument Essay using resources

FRIDAY
Argument Essay using resources
DUE: Essay at end of class

DECEMBER 2 - 6


MONDAY
DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF ADVOCACY SPEECH (EMBEDDED INTO WEEBLY LEAGUE SITE)
DUE: INFOGRAPHIC (EMBEDDED INTO ADVOCACY SPEECH)
Powerpoint/Prezi/Keynote/Google Presentation Work Time


TUESDAY
Developing Level 3 Questions


WEDNESDAY
DUE: Level 3 Questions - these will be developed as people present.  You may be called upon to ask your question.  Regardless, you will be submitting your questions via a Google Document (instructions to come) at the end of each presentation day.
Presentations Begin


THURSDAY
Presentations con't



FRIDAY
DUE: COUNTRY BLOG POST
Presentations con't










NOVEMBER 4 - Nov. 22


MONDAY (4th)
Poetry
Introduction to Advocacy Speech
Evidence: What's the Problem? (proof of the existence of the problem)


TUESDAY
DUE: Introduction Rough Draft
Revising Introduction Section (Review of S.T.A.R. strategies)



WEDNESDAY
Poetry
Evidence: What's the Problem? (proof)
Writing With Numeracy


THURSDAY
DUE: Introduction Final Draft
Infographics



FRIDAY
Shakespeare Friday!  
Sonnet 116



MONDAY
OFF



TUESDAY (12th)
DUE: Evidence Rough Draft
Revising Evidence Section


WEDNESDAY
DUE: Love Sonnet
Infographics


THURSDAY
DUE: Evidence Final Draft
Call to Action section 




FRIDAY
DUE: Call to Action Rough Draft
Shakespeare Friday!
Henry IV, Part 1



MONDAY (18th)
DUE: Henry IV Blog Post: What do you do now that you aren't so proud of?  How might this flaw help you in the future?
Revision of Call to Action




TUESDAY
DUE: Comment on Peer's Blog Post
Editing Strategies



WEDNESDAY
DUE: Call to Action Final Draft 
Drawing Country Name


THURSDAY
Research Selected Country


FRIDAY
DUE: Final Draft Infographic Embedded into Webpage
Creating Country Sign







Coming Sometime After Thanksgiving Break: 
Research Library Check
Country Blog Post
Advocacy Speech to the United Nations!

OCTOBER 21-Oct. 30

MONDAY
DUE: "All the World's a Stage" visual + Analysis (hard copy, in class)
Creating a Weebly Superhero League Website



TUESDAY
Copyrights and ImagesCopyright Law Reading Comprehension Activity



WEDNESDAY
Ashton Kutcher Blog Analysis



THURSDAY
Research continued


FRIDAY
DUE: Research Library Bibliography Check (based on problem statement and any other applicable research: submit by posting on your website)
Ted Talks & Note-taking



MONDAY
Ashton Kutcher Blog Analysis



TUESDAY
DUE: Ashton Kutcher Blog Analysis
Superhero League Website

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Independent Reading Log (MLA or APA format: posted on your website)
Introduction of Advocacy Speech

THURSDAY
OFF


FRIDAY
OFF





OCTOBER 14-18


MONDAY
DUE: Courage post (embedded into website) by 11:59 pm
All the World's A Stage Analysis

TUESDAY
Informational Writing Assessment

WEDNESDAY
Informational Writing Assessment

THURSDAY
DUE: Thesis Statements Activity
All the World's a Stage Analysis + Visual

FRIDAY
DUE: All the World's a Stage Analysis + Visual
TED Talks
OCTOBER 7-11

MONDAY
Collaboration Contitutation Begins
Hours Needed!

TUESDAY
What is courage? Blog Post (Work in Progress: approximately 700 words)
Informational Writing Brush-up

WEDNESDAY
DUE: Courage Rough Draft
Text Structures in Informational Writing

THURSDAY
DUE: Collaboration Constitution Works in Progress (shared by league rep with Mrs. WG)
DUE: Hard Copy of an Article that shows an example of different kinds of text structures

Revising our Courage blog posts

FRIDAY
DUE: Collaboration Constitution (hard copy of final draft)
Shakespeare begins!
"All the World's A Stage" 


MONDAY

September 30-Oct 4

MONDAY
DUE: Visual of Superhero (hard copy)
Author's Read 


TUESDAY
DUE: Newspaper article (hard copy)
Library Book Club Presentation

Advocacy Research Begins

WEDNESDAY
Advocacy Research con't
Introduction to Problem Statement


THURSDAY
Writing our Problem Statements


FRIDAY

DUE: Problem Statement
Forming our Superhero Leagues


Next week:
Collaboration Contracts
Shakespeare Begins!
What is Courage?


September 23 - September 27

MONDAY
Grammar Lessons Matrix con't
Newspaper con't


TUESDAY
Grammar Lessons Matrix con't
Newspaper con't

WEDNESDAY
BOOK FAIR!
DUE: Grammar Lessons Matrix (Share with Mrs. Wolpert-Gawron and call it: Grammar Lessons Matrix First Name Last Initial)


THURSDAY
DUE: Final Draft of Narrative (post on your website)
About Me page: 3rd Person Biography, 700-1000 words, no last names


FRIDAY
DUE: About Me page
Superhero Visual (feel free to bring in materials)

MONDAY
DUE: Visual of Superhero

TUESDAY
DUE: Newspaper Article (print it out and bring it in as a hard copy)














September 9-September 20 
MONDAY
Agenda
Origin Stories - 10 Hyperlinks Needed


file://localhost/Users/heather/Desktop/hyperlinking.mp4
TUESDAY
Origin Stories con't

WEDNESDAY
Origin Stories

DUE: Rough Draft Origin Narrative Due by 11:59pm

THURSDAY
Hooks/Attention-Getters


FRIDAY
Identifying Writing Quality Influences (Pixar and Disney Lists)
http://www.mastersreview.com/files/2013/03/Pixar-22-Rules-of-Story.jpeg
16 Fancy Literary Techniques Explained By Disney

MONDAY
Sharing Stories with Peers (wait for instructions)
Informational Benchmark Essay


TUESDAY
Informational Benchmark Essay

Wednesday
Grammar Lessons Matrix Begins
Newspaper Writing Begins

Thursday
DUE: Belwur-Lytton Contest Entry (not really)
DUE: Comments on Peer's Narratives (STAR advice, Hook advice, 3*s and a Wish)
Newspaper Writing con't

Friday
DUE: Homepage: Image that represents you + Purpose of Website (300-500 words)
Grammar Lessons Matrix con't





August 26-September 6 
MONDAY
DUE: Blog Post #1
Getting our textbooks
Introduction to 1st Semester Curriculum

TUESDAY
Historic Fiction & Science Fiction
Bibliography Entry into Google Drive
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01
http://www.easybib.com
Pixar's Rules of Storytelling Intro

WEDNESDAY
Internet Literacy: Researching Reliably Online
Google Advanced Search
TED Speech: The Science of Superheroes

THURSDAY
Internet Literacy: Researching Reliably Online con't
The Science of Superhero Powers

FRIDAY
DUE: Pixar's  Rules of Storytelling Analysis Blog Post
Prompt: Which of the following rules resonates with you?  Which can you see embedding into your own narrative writing right away?
http://www.mastersreview.com/files/2013/03/Pixar-22-Rules-of-Story.jpeg
The Science of Superheroes

MONDAY
OFF

TUESDAY
Character Analysis
Traits, Flaws, etc...

WEDNESDAY
Google Advanced Search
Research con't

THURSDAY
DUE: Research Library Check #1 (MLA or APA) via Student Websites
Character Analysis con't

FRIDAY
DUE: Google Advanced Search Screen Shot Due (hard copy printed out and brought in)
Rough Draft of your origin story begins
16 Fancy Literary Techniques Explained By Disney



August 19-23
MONDAY
Introduction to Honors ELA 8th Grade
Paperwork Distribution

TUESDAY
Introduction to Google Drive
Creating Your Website

WEDNESDAY
What is the Purpose of School? (see video below)
Classroom Constitution Begins

THURSDAY
Classroom Constitution con't

FRIDAY
DUE: All paperwork signed
DUE: Website with tabs Finalized
DUE: Science Fiction or Historical Fiction Book Here
Signing our Constitution

MONDAY
DUE: What is the Purpose of School Blog Assignment (First Blog Post on Google Drive) by 11:59pm
Introduction to our First Semester Curriculum (hint: It's pretty "Super!")