AJohn Drugan Elementary 1st - 9 Weeks

Grade: 8thELAR(Weeks at a Glance) 2015-2016

Instructional Days:Unit 1-20 Days Unit 2 – 14 Days

Ms. V.Lara, Ms. Marusich, Mrs. Gonzales, Ms. Ham, Ms.Solorzano

Week of: / Vocabulary
ELAR / Reading
(Genre & Comprehension Skill)
STAAR / Social Studies
Theme/Topic/ERA/ / Resources
Week 1
Jul. 28-Jul.31,2015 / 8.2B - Use context 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS _67_%
ELPS- Use prior knowledge to learn new language / 8.3A - Analyze literary works that share similar themes across culturesRS 76%
8.6A - Analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict, rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved. RS 62%
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19D complex inferences
Fig. 19E summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19Fmaking intertextual links with text evidence / 8th grade Literature book. Excerpt from Johnny Tremaine.
Pre A.P. summer read
Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud
Library resources and times of introduction and completion of project.
Week 2
Aug. 3-7,2015 / 8.2B - Use context 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS _67_%
Vocabulary -Elements – Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme, Tone, Voice, Style, Dialogue
Techniques – Suspense, Sensory Detail, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Pun, Irony, Oxymoron / 8.6A - Analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict, rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to determine whether and how conflicts are resolvedRS 62%
8.6C - Analyze different forms of point of view, including limited versus omniscient, subjective versus objectiveRS 65%
8.8A - Explain the effect of similes and extended metaphors in literary text.
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19D complex inferences
Fig. 19E summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19Fmaking intertextual links with text evidence / 8th grade Literature book. Excerpt from Johnny Tremaine. Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress
Pre A.P. summer read
Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud
Week 3
Aug. 10-14, 2015 / 8.2B - Use context 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS _67_%
Vocabulary -Elements – Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme, Tone, Voice, Style, Dialogue
Techniques – Suspense, Sensory Detail, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Pun, Irony, Oxymoron / 8.6A - Analyze linear plot developments (e.g., conflict, rising action, falling action, resolution, subplots) to determine whether and how conflicts are resolved. 8.6B - Analyze how the central characters' qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflict.RS 84%
8.Fig19A - Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others’ desired outcome to enhance comprehension
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
SpiralRS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms / 8th grade Literature bookReadings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Excerpt on Witch Trials of 1672
Pre A.P. summer read
Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud
Week 4
Aug. 17-21,2015 / RS _67_%
8.2B - Use context 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
Vocabulary -Elements – Plot, Setting, Characters, Theme, Tone, Voice, Style, Dialogue
Techniques – Suspense, Sensory Detail, Imagery, Simile, Metaphor, Hyperbole, Personification, Pun, Irony, Oxymoron / RS 76%
8.3A - Analyze literary works that share similar themes across cultures
8.3B - Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in mythologies from various cultures (e.g., ideas of afterlife, roles and characteristics of deities, purposes of myths).
8.3C - Explain how the values and beliefs of particular characters are affected by the historical and cultural setting of the literary work
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms
Assessment Unit 01 Analyzing Fiction and Drama / 8th grade Literature book Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Barron’s AP Literature and Composition
Pre A.P. summer read
Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud
Week 5
Aug. 24-28, 2015
Early Release- Aug. 26 / 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS 75%
Vocabulary
Techniques – Diction, Repetition, Imagery, Sensory Detail, Simile, Metaphor, Non Literal Meaning, Hyperbole, Irony, Oxymoron, Aphorisms, Epigraphs,
Techniques – Rhyme, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Refrain, Idiom, Poetic Techniques
Structures – Graphical Elements, Forms – Epic, Poetry, Narrative, Free Verse, Perspectives / 8.4A - Compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms (e.g., epic poetry, lyric poetry). RS 58%
8.5A - Analyze how different playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays.RS 74%
8.Fig19A - Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others’ desired outcome to enhance comprehension
8.6(A), Analyze linear plot developments.RS 62%(B), Analyze how the central characters’ qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflictRS 69%
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms / 8th grade Literature book Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Barron’s AP Literature and Composition
Pre A.P. summer read
Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud
Week 6
Aug 31-Sept 1, 2015 / 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS 75%
Vocabulary
Techniques – Rhyme, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Refrain, Idiom, Poetic Techniques
Structures – Graphical Elements, Forms – Epic, Poetry, Narrative, Free Verse, Perspectives / 8.6(A), Analyze linear plot developments.RS 62%(B), Analyze how the central characters’ qualities influence the theme of a fictional work and resolution of the central conflictRS 69%
8.7 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patters and features of literary nonfiction and provide text evidence to support understanding. RS 55%
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms / 8th grade Literature book Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Barron’s AP Literature and Composition
Pre A.P. summer read
Extremely Close and Incredibly Loud
Week 7
Sept. 8-12, 2015
Labor Day Monday Holiday / 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS 75%
Vocabulary
Techniques – Diction, Repetition, Imagery, Sensory Detail, Simile, Metaphor, Non Literal Meaning, Hyperbole, Irony, Oxymoron, Aphorisms, Epigraphs,
Techniques – Rhyme, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Refrain, Idiom, Poetic Techniques
Structures – Graphical Elements, Forms – Epic, Poetry, Narrative, Free Verse, Perspectives / 8.4A - Compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms (e.g., epic poetry, lyric poetry). RS 58%
8.5A - Analyze how different playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays. . RS 74%
8.Fig19A - Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others’ desired outcome to enhance comprehension
8.7 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patters and features of literary nonfiction and provide text evidence to support understanding. RS 55%
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms
Unit 02A Assessment – Analyzing Literary Nonfiction and Poetry / .8th grade Literature book Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Barron’s AP Literature and Composition
Week 8
Sept. 14-18, 2015
Celebrate Freedom Week Sept. 14-18
Constitution Day, Sept. 17 / 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
Vocabulary
Techniques – Diction, Repetition, Imagery, Sensory Detail, Simile, Metaphor, Non Literal Meaning, Hyperbole, Irony, Oxymoron, Aphorisms, Epigraphs,
Techniques – Rhyme, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Refrain, Idiom, Poetic Techniques
Structures – Graphical Elements, Forms – Epic, Poetry, Narrative, Free Verse, Perspectives / 8.4A - Compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms (e.g., epic poetry, lyric poetry). RS 58%
8.5A - Analyze how different playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays. . RS 74%
8.Fig19A - Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others’ desired outcome to enhance comprehension
8.7 Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the varied structural patters and features of literary nonfiction and provide text evidence to support understanding. RS 55%
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms / 8th grade Literature book Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Barron’s AP Literature and Composition
Measuring Up to the English 1 EOC
Week 9
Sept. 21-25,,k 2015
Early Release- Sept. 23 / 8.2E - Use a dictionary, a glossary, or a thesaurus.
RS 67%
Vocabulary
Techniques – Diction, Repetition, Imagery, Sensory Detail, Simile, Metaphor, Non Literal Meaning, Hyperbole, Irony, Oxymoron, Aphorisms, Epigraphs,
Techniques – Rhyme, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia, Refrain, Idiom, Poetic Techniques
Structures – Graphical Elements, Forms – Epic, Poetry, Narrative, Free Verse, Perspectives / 8.4A - Compare and contrast the relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms (e.g., epic poetry, lyric poetry).
8.5A - Analyze how different playwrights characterize their protagonists and antagonists through the dialogue and staging of their plays.
8.Fig19A - Establish purposes for reading selected texts based upon own or others’ desired outcome to enhance comprehension
8.Fig19E - Summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts
8.Fig19F - Make intertextual links among and across texts, including other media (e.g., film, play), and provide textual evidence.
ELPS- 1A-Use prior knowledge to learn new language
4I- Show comprehension through basic reading skills
Spiral RS Below 70%
8.2 (A),(B)Dictionary use with roots and affixes
Fig.19(D) complex inferences
Fig. 19(E) summarize and synthesize
Fig. 19(F)making intertextual links with text evidence
8.4 (B) Compare and contrast relationship between the purpose and characteristics of different poetic forms
Assessment Unit 02A / Review / 8th grade Literature book Readings in Social Studies, America in Progress.
Barron’s AP Literature and Composition

Essential Question: “ Why do great authors use literary elements, sensory language, and figurative language in order to connect themes?”

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Technology Projects:Students will interview a partner with guiding questions and will use Microsoft Word to create a profile sheet about that person, to include picture insert, font, color, word art, etc.

Take Home Project: See attached