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8th Grade ELA Calendar

August 2008
25 Monday Introduction to course; 2 truths and a lie
26 Tuesday Plot; Return policy form
27 Wednesday Author's purpose; Worksheet for a daily grade
28 Thursday Denotative/Connotative meanings; illustration for a daily grade
29 Friday Review week; short story from literature book

September 2008
1 Monday No school; Labor Day
2 Tuesday Complete Plot activity, set-up notebooks, introduce vocabulary, assign homework
3 Wednesday Continue with vocabulary
4 Thursday Over & Under pg. 32, introduce characterization, begin reading Charles pg. 5-11
5 Friday Continue reading Charles, characterization 3-fold sheet, homework due
8 Monday Read Ransom of Red Chief; assign homework; Irony
9 Tuesday Finish Ransom of Red Chief; Review Latin; Ransom Movie; Meet the teacher 6:30
10 Wednesday Finish Ransom movie; Compare Characters; Review Latin
11 Thursday Homework due; Ransom Review; Ransom of Red Chief Quiz; Review Latin
12 Friday Library; Latin Vocab Quiz #1
22 Monday characterization chart; work on book report
23 Tuesday Review Latin words; play Latin game to prepare for quiz; work on book report
24 Wednesday Review characterization charts; work on book report
25 Thursday Homework due; Latin Quiz; work on book report
26 Friday No school! See everyone at the parade!
29 Monday Book Report; No homework since book report is due this week.
30 Tuesday Library

October 2008
1 Wednesday Writing Warm-up #2; Intro to Red Hot Root Words #3; Comma reminders
2 Thursday Book Report Due; Present
3 Friday Complete presenting book reports; TBA
6 Monday Introduce Tangerine Pre-reading Project; Work in lab (810)
7 Tuesday Red Hot Root Words #3
8 Wednesday Library for research tips; continue research for Tangerine project (library)
9 Thursday Red Hot Root Word Game
10 Friday Last day for Tangerine research in class; computer lab (810)
13 Monday Story Warm-up; Begin reading Tangerine
14 Tuesday Story Warm-up; Tangerine Projects Due; Begin Presenting; Cont. Tangerine
15 Wednesday Story Warm-up; More presentations; Continue Tangerine
16 Thursday Story Warm-up; More presentations; Red Hot Root Words #3 Review
17 Friday Story Warm-up; More presentations; Red Hot Root Words Quiz #3
20 Monday TAKS Review; Test Taking Strategies, Summarization
21 Tuesday TAKS Review; Main Idea & Supporting Details
22 Wednesday CBA
23 Thursday Set up Tangerine Folders; Flashback
24 Friday Last Day of the Nine Weeks; Flashback Chart; Continue Reading

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