8th Grade English Pacing Guide – 2014-2015 1st Nine Weeks September 2014 October 2014 M T W Th F M T W Th F 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 29 30 27 28 29 30 31 Assessment Dates: Pre-Assessment Checkpoint Assessment Benchmark Assessment Holiday End of Nine Weeks Units Topics Text Reference/ Standards of Time Frame Chapter Learning # of blocks/days Week 1 – Genre Reading Genres and Literary PowerPoint: 8.5d 4 days Study Elements Reading Genres 1st week- Move the reading PowerPoint: Classroom rules genres/literary elements eReading activity Literary Elements and procedures/ to next week so that Review of skills can be assessed paragraphs and and reviewed. sentence structure Week 1 – Writing Steps of the Writing Process Prezi: The Writing 8.7 4 days Process Process VDOE –The Writing Process Week 1 – Editing Daily Edits Write Source Level 8 8.8 4 days MUG Shots (Days 1- 5) Week 2 – Short Story Elements – Plot PowerPoint 8.5d 2-3 days Story Unit (Plot) Presentation: Plot Library time needed each week for students “The Elevator” by William Sleator Holt McDougal to check out with Vocabulary Grade 8 Literature independent reading Book – 31 books for Reading Log time. “Raymond’s Run” by Toni Cade Holt McDougal Bambara with Vocabulary Grade 8 Literature Book – 36 VDOE Lesson: Plot Structure VDOE Lesson: Identifying Elements of Plot Structure Integrated SOL: Making Integrated into Inferences and Drawing discussions and 8.5b Conclusions story questions Complete plot Checking for Understanding diagram for passage 8.5d from SOL Coach book Franklin City Public Schools 1 | P a g e Units Topics Text Reference/ Standards of Time Frame Chapter Learning # of blocks/days Week 2 – Writing Writing Prompt for Baseline Data Prompt from VDOE 8.7, 8.8 2-3 days List Parts of Speech Review: Nouns PowerPoint – Nouns Review 8.8 Write Source Concrete, Abstract, and Collective textbook – 471 Nouns Write Source Skillsbook – 135 Write Source Write Source Uses of Nouns textbook – 470-473 textbook is not Write Source student friendly. Skillsbook – 137 Using Skillsbook to teach and WriteSource Write Source Nouns Review Skillsbook – 139 textbook as a backup resource. Exit Slip: Identify the types of nouns Checking for Understanding and their uses in given sentences. Week 2 – Editing Daily Edits Write Source Level 8 8.8 5 days MUG Shots (Days 6- 10) Week 2 – Tiered Small Group (Stations) Differentiated/tiered 8.5b, 8.5d, 8.8 2-3 days Intervention activities designed by teacher to help students master taught skills Week 3 – Short Story Elements – Conflict Prezi: Types of 8.5c 2-3 days Story Unit Conflict Holt McDougal “The Ransom of Red Chief” by O. Grade 8 Literature Henry with Vocabulary Book – 50 Interactive Reader – 20 “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Holt McDougal Allan Poe with Vocabulary Grade 8 Literature Book – 80 Interactive Reader – 56 These VDOE VDOE Lesson: Types of Conflict lessons are not VDOE Lesson: always grade level Identifying Types of appropriate for Conflict our students, so I VDOE Lesson: Identifying use other sources Conflict sometimes. VDOE Lesson: Integrated SOL: Making Identifying Internal Inferences and Drawing and External Conflict Conclusions Integrated into Checking for Understanding discussions and story questions 8.5b SOL Coach Book: Plot & Conflict 8.5c-d Franklin City Public Schools 2 | P a g e Units Topics Text Reference/ Standards of Time Frame Chapter Learning # of blocks/days Week 3 – Expository Parts of Speech Review: Pronouns PowerPoint – 8.8c 2-3 days Writing Pronouns Review Write Source Pronouns: Intensive, Reflexive, textbook – 475, 479 and Indefinite Write Source Skillsbook – 141, 145-147 Pronouns and Antecedents Write Source textbook – 476-478 Write Source Skillsbook – 143 Number and Person of Pronouns Write Source textbook – 474 Write Source Skillsbook – 149 Uses of Pronouns Write Source textbook – 474 8.7, 8.8 Expository Writing Write Source Skillsbook – 151 PowerPoint – VDOE Lesson: Expository Components / Writing Method Expository Writing VDOE Lesson: Identifying 8.7a Audience and Purpose VDOE Lesson: The Writing Process for Expository Writing VDOE Expository Prompt #1 8.7, 8.8 Would like to ease VDOE Lesson: into 5 paragraph Identifying Audience essay instead of Checking for Understanding and Purpose overwhelming them with first writing prompt. VDOE: Writing More time needed Prompts on developing specific skills. Thesis statement Exit Slip: Edit and topic sentences to contain sentences correct pronoun- introduced here antecedent instead of later. agreement. 8.8c Week 3 – Editing Daily Edits Write Source Level 8 8.8 5 days MUG Shots (Days 11- 15) Week 3 - Tiered Small Group (Stations) Differentiated/tiered 8.5b-d, 8.8c 2-3 days Intervention activities designed by teacher to help students master taught skills Franklin City Public Schools 3 | P a g e Units Topics Text Reference/ Standards of Time Frame Chapter Learning # of blocks/days Week 4 – Short Story Elements – Point of View PowerPoint 8.5c 2-3 days Story Unit Presentation: Point of View Holt McDougal “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” Grade 8 Literature by Walter Dean Myers with Book – 176 Vocabulary Interactive Reader – 70 Holt McDougal “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan Grade 8 Literature with Vocabulary Book – 230 Interactive Reader – 88 8.5b VDOE Lesson: VDOE Lesson: Making Inferences Making Inferences EdisonLearning Checking for Understanding Companion Cards: Point of View 8.5c Week 4 – Expository Parts of Speech Review: Verbs PowerPoint: Verb 8.8d 2-3 days Writing Review Write Source Types of Verbs: Irregular, textbook – 480-481, Transitive, and Intransitive Verbs 484 Write Source Skillsbook – 159-161 Write Source Verb Tenses & Maintaining Verb textbook – 482-483 Tense Write Source Skillsbook – 153-157 Write Source Identifying Verbals and Using textbook – 485 Specific Verbs Write Source Skillsbook – 163-165 VDOE Expository Prompt #1 8.7, 8.8 VDOE: Writing (Continued) Prompts 8.7a VDOE Lesson: Determining VDOE Lesson: Determining Purpose Audience and Purpose and Audience Exit Slip: Edit a 8.8d Checking for Understanding given passage to maintain consistent verb tense. Week 4 – Editing Daily Edits Write Source Level 8 8.8 5 days MUG Shots (Days 16-20) Week 4 - Tiered Small Group (Stations) Differentiated/tiered 8.5b-c, 8.8d 2-3 days Intervention activities designed by teacher to help students master taught skills Franklin City Public Schools 4 | P a g e Units Topics Text Reference/ Standards of Time Frame Chapter Learning # of blocks/days Week 5 – Short Story Elements – Character Prezi: 8.5d 2-3 days Story Unit Characterization and Types of Characters Holt McDougal “The Medicine Bag” by Virginia Grade 8 Literature Driving Hawk Sneve with Book – 246 Vocabulary Interactive Reader – 108 Holt McDougal “Who Are You Today, Maria?” by Grade 8 Literature Judith Ortiz Cofer Book – 256 Interactive Reader – 108 VDOE Lesson: VDOE Lesson: Understanding Identifying and Character Traits Understanding Character Traits VDOE Lesson: VDOE Lesson: Categorizing Identifying and Character Traits Categorizing Character Traits VDOE Lesson: VDOE Lesson: Illustrating Identifying and Character Traits Illustrating Character Traits Integrated SOL: Making Inferences and Drawing Integrated into Conclusions discussions and story questions Sort: Sort the given Checking for Understanding movie characters according to their character traits. Week 5 – Expository Parts of Speech Review: Prezi: Adjectives 8.8e 2-3 days Writing Adjectives Write Source Adjectives textbook – 486 Write Source Skillsbook – 167 Write Source Special Adjectives textbook – 488-489 Write Source Skillsbook – 169 Write Source Comparative/Superlative textbook – 487 Adjectives Write Source Skillsbook – 171 VDOE: Writing VDOE Expository Prompt #2 8.7, 8.8 Prompts Writing Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences Write Source – 393 8.7c Write Source – 535 VDOE Lesson: Thesis Statements VDOE Lesson: 8.7c Creating Thesis Statements Week 5 – Editing Daily Edits Write Source Level 8 8.8 5 days MUG Shots (Days 21-25) Franklin City Public Schools 5 | P a g e Units Topics Text Reference/ Standards of Time Frame Chapter Learning # of blocks/days Week 5 - Tiered Small Group (Stations) Differentiated/tiered 8.5d, 8.7c, 8.8e 2-3 days Intervention activities designed by teacher to help students master taught skills Week 6 – Poetry and Introduction to Figurative PowerPoint/Prezi: 8.4a, 8.5a 2-3 days Figurative Language Language Figurative Language Would rather do poetry Unit in the Spring and Identifying Figurative Language www.eReading.com continue the Short Story unit here. Holt McDougal Grade 8 Literature Poems (focus on Figurative Book – Unit 5 Language) Interactive Reader – Unit 5 Integrated SOL: Making Integrated into Inferences and Drawing discussions and 8.5b Conclusions story questions Exit Slip – Identify the figurative Checking for Understanding language in the 8.4a, 8.5a example and explain its function. Week 6 – Expository Parts of Speech Review: Adverbs PowerPoint/Prezi: 8.8e 2-3 days Writing Adverbs Write Source Adverbs textbook – 490 Write Source Skillsbook – 173 Write Source Types of Adverbs textbook – 492-493 Write Source Skillsbook – 175 Write Source Comparative/Superlative Adverbs textbook – 491 Write Source Skillsbook – 174 VDOE Expository Prompt #2 VDOE: Writing (continued) 8.7, 8.8 Prompts VDOE Lesson: Prewriting and VDOE Lesson: Using Graphic Writing Hooks