8th+Grade+English

Final reflection and cover page due tomorro! See handout! ||
 * **Date** || **Monday, June 10** ||
 * Agenda || Summer Reading (link can be found on district webpage)
 * **HW** || # PROMOTION PARTY TIX ON SALE! $5! ||

Return project grades (put in Journal section of portfolio) Portfolio Wrap-Up Cover (due June 11) Final reflection (due June 7) See handout! ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, June 5** ||
 * Agenda || Summer Reading (link can be found on district webpage)
 * **HW** || # Final Reflection due Friday
 * 1) Cover due Tuesday
 * 2) PROMOTION PARTY TIX ON SALE! $5! ||


 * **Date** || **Thursday, May 31** ||
 * Agenda || Project Presentations ||
 * **HW** || # Reflection due tomorrow (min: 500 words)
 * 1) Thank you cards overdue/due!
 * 2) PROMOTION PARTY TIX ON SALE! $5! ||


 * **Date** || **Tuesday, May 28** ||
 * Agenda || Project Presentations Begin! ||
 * **HW** || # Reflection (due May 31)
 * 1) Thank you cards due! ||

(Must be completed by this weekend!) Presentations begin Tuesday - plan out what you are going to say and how you will present!! ||
 * **Date** || **Friday, May 24 Team Spirit Day** ||
 * Agenda || Project Work
 * **HW** || # Project Work (due May 28)
 * 1) Reflection (due May 31)
 * 2) Must have your BLANK Thank you card w/envelope ADDRESSED due in class by Tuesday (for a grade!) ||

Wed (last real day of classes) Th -Hershey Park ü Have clothes on top of suit (park rule) ü Bring change for lockers ü Don’t be late for bus Friday ü Promotion Practice / Class Happening Monday - Promotion Day ü Permission forms to leave after ü Flowers ü Bring NOTHING to school ü 9 am bus to promotion at HS ü 9:30 promotion ü Dress – formal - collars/ no shorts/ no jeans / no sneakers /no t-shirts ||
 * **Date** || **Thursday, May 23 Crazy Hair Day** ||
 * Agenda || End of School Planning - End of School Schedule…
 * **HW** || # Project Work (due May 28)
 * 1) Reflection (due May 31)
 * 2) Must have your BLANK Thank you card w/envelope ADDRESSED due in class by Tuesday (for a grade!) ||

Project/Reflection/Thank you ]Reminder about thank you card: Be ready to share Reflection due May 31 Crazy Hair DAY TOMORROW ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, May 22** ||
 * Agenda || Warm Up: 5 more guests for your party
 * NOT ON LOOSELEAF
 * Buy a card or use REAL stationery
 * Handwritten
 * Show it to me BEFORE you send ||
 * **HW** || Project completed by May 28

Warm Up: Book Party Reminder about thank you card: Be ready to share Reflection due May 31 DUCT TAPE DAY TOMORROW ||
 * **Date** || **Monday, May 20** ||
 * Agenda || Collect revised logs
 * NOT ON LOOSELEAF
 * Buy a card or use REAL stationery
 * Handwritten
 * Show it to me BEFORE you send ||
 * **HW** || Project completed by May 28

Thank you card: Project completed by May 28 Revised Lit Log Due Monday (for those who took the Keystone!) Reflection due May 31 ||
 * **Date** || **Friday, May 16** ||
 * Agenda || Project Planning Continues
 * NOT ON LOOSELEAF
 * Buy a card or use REAL stationery
 * Handwritten
 * Show it to me BEFORE you send ||
 * **HW** || Finish Book for Monday

Thank you card: Reflection due May 31 ||
 * **Date** || **Thursday, May 15** ||
 * Agenda || Project Planning
 * NOT ON LOOSELEAF
 * Buy a card or use REAL stationery
 * Handwritten
 * Show it to me BEFORE you send ||
 * **HW** || Finish Book for Monday

Review reflection (due May 31) Projects finished and executed by May 28 || Keystone Testers: Log due Monday Finish book by tomorrow ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, May 15** ||
 * Agenda || Project work
 * **HW** || Revised logs due tomorrow (with word count – 500 is your goal!)

Project work!! || //Keystone Testers: Due Monday// //Finish book by Thursday// //Complete your projects// ||
 * **Date** || **Tuesday, May 13** ||
 * Agenda || Workshop Log
 * **HW** || //Revised log (draft #4) due Thursday for collection//

The Project ||
 * **Date** || **Monday, May 12** ||
 * Agenda || Warm Up
 * **HW** || //Revised Lit Log Due Tomorrow (word count included)// ||

Project Work || IF YOU ARE VISITING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, YOU NEED A LETTER FROM YOUR PARENT THAT STATES WHEN YOU ARE LEAVING, HOW YOU ARE GETTING TO YOUR DESTINATION, AND INCLUDES A SIGNATURE AND CONTACT # Finish book by Thursday ||
 * **Date** || **Friday, May 10 (½ DAY)** ||
 * Agenda || Workshop Revised Logs
 * **HW** || Draft #3 of Log Due Tuesday


 * **Date** || **Thursday, May 9** ||
 * Agenda || Project Work ||
 * **HW** || Typed & Revised Log due Tomorrow
 * At least 3 paragraphs
 * 2 quotes from your book
 * 1 quote from classroom source (video counts)
 * At least 300 words (probably more like 500) ||

Project Proposal Check ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, May 8** ||
 * Agenda || Workshop logs
 * **HW** || Typed, Revised Log due Friday!
 * Include at least 2 quotes from book
 * At least 1 quote from a classroom source
 * Do not say: “In my opinion,” “I believe,” “I think,” “to me,” or “In English class, we read,” ||

Project Proposals Share Poems (3, 5, 6) Lit Log/Read ||
 * **Date** || **Tuesday, May 7** ||
 * Agenda || Warm Up: Illot Mollot
 * **HW** || # Lit log due tomorrow!
 * 1) Hero Project Proposal due tomorrow!
 * 2) Read – ¾ book due Thursday ||

Discussion essential question (#4): **Does everyone want to be a hero?** Project Proposals Lit Log - Answer one of the essential questions Multiple paragraphs (go for 3) Use your book, articles, videos to prove your point || Rough draft of log due Wednesday (300 words) Hero Project Proposal Due WEDNESDAY! This is no joke! Read – ¾ book due Thursday ||
 * **Date** || **Monday, May 6** ||
 * Agenda || Warm-Up: []
 * ** HW ** || Periods 3, 5, & 6: Make sure you have your typed poem with you on Tuesday!!

Project Ideas? Two-Sided (w/partner) Poem/ POEM || All Classes: THINK ABOUT PROJECT- MAKE IT MEANINGFUL TO YOUR LIFE! ||
 * **Date** || **Friday, May 3** ||
 * Agenda || Warm Up: One Word Trade-Offs
 * **HW** || Periods 3, 5 & 6: Typed Poem due Monday

Project Discussion Book Poem || 3/4 of book read by Thursday (pace yourself:) ||
 * **Date** || **Thursday, May 2** ||
 * Agenda || Warm Up:
 * **HW** || ** PERIODS 1 & 2 ONLY: Type Poem (and bring it printed out AND saved to a flashdrive or on gdrive) **

[|Website Search] Hero Reward/Recognition [|www.theeverydayhero.org] [] [] [] [] [] || 3 project ideas ½ of book read for class ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, May 1** ||
 * Agenda || Warm Up: Word Poem
 * **HW** || Finish answering questions if not finished in class

Literary Letter Exchange Read the letter Respond, from the point of view of the recipient Read || Project ideas ||
 * **Date** || **Tuesday, April 30** ||
 * Agenda || Warm-Up: Thematic Exquisite Corpse
 * **HW** || ½ of your book read by Thursday

**Show video, stop where she is sent to cave, and ask…** **Was Antigone justified in defying the King’s decree?** ½ of your book read by Thursday ||
 * **Date** || **Monday, April 29** ||
 * Agenda || # Warm-Up
 * 1) Essential Question #3: //In which ways do we reward, recognize, or punish / burden heroes?//
 * 2) __Classic__ Hero: **[]**
 * 1) **Literary Letters (3 paragraphs) (Assignment sheet attached)**
 * Antigone to the King
 * The King to Antigone
 * Antigone to her brother
 * Antigone to Ismene ||
 * **HW** || Typed letter due tomorrow

Diane Sawyer report [] Book Discussions Read ||
 * **Date** || **Thursday, April 25** ||
 * Agenda || Warm-Up: Song Share (Pairs and Large Group)
 * 5 Traits that all HERO characters (in SR book) have in common
 * HW || Read ½ the book due by Thursday! ||

[] Blended Song Writing Activity || Reading Due – ¼ of book by tomorrow! ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, April 24** PSSA Science /No 3rd PERIOD! ||
 * Agenda || Warm-Up: Free write to song
 * **HW** || Your HERO song due (be sure to give it a title!)

2) Create a Hero (paired writing assignment) Given a list of ingredients…create a hero story
 * **Date** || **Tuesday, April 23** PSSA Science / No 1st PERIOD!!! ||
 * Agenda || 1) []
 * What role did your hero fill? So.....why do we need heroes? ||
 * **HW** || None ||

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 * **Date** || **Monday, April 22** ||
 * Agenda || # Warm-Up: [|Heroes in art]
 * 1) Review Project
 * 2) Answer Essential Question #2: Why do we need heroes?
 * 3) Book Check
 * 4) Does your book’s cover depict the heroism of your person?
 * 5) Selected Reading Time ||
 * **HW** || None PSSA Science ||

READ! ¼ due by Thursday ||
 * **Date** || **Friday, April 19** ||
 * Agenda || # Warm-Up: Share quotes
 * 1) Book check
 * 2) Essential question - What is a hero?
 * 3) Journal Reflection with quote
 * 4) Share journals
 * 5) Project discussion ||
 * HW || Book due on Monday;


 * **Date** || **Thursday, April 18** ||
 * Agenda || # Warm-Up: Share creative writing piece about historical heroes
 * 1) Read hero selection (myth or storybook)
 * 2) Answer the questions as you read[[file:Classic Hero Guide.doc]]
 * 3) Fill in the homepage of the Modern Day Hero Blog!
 * HW || Find a quote about “hero” – write it on an index card & include the person who said it.Book due Monday! ||
 * HW || Find a quote about “hero” – write it on an index card & include the person who said it.Book due Monday! ||

Ben Kuroki: [] and **video** [] Daisy Bates: [] w/ **video**! Harvey Bernard Milk: [] Wendell Smith: [] Benzir Bhutto: [] Clara Barton: [] Bronislaw Huberman : [] Video: [] Jackie Robinson: [] Video: [] Daniel Pearl: [] Yitzhak Rabin: [] Eleanor Roosevelt: [] || HERO Book due Monday! ||
 * **Date** || **Wednesday, April 17** (PSSA Shortened Period) ||
 * Agenda || # Warm-Up: Share/discussion on Modern Heroes
 * 1) Check Book Choices
 * 2) Last call for Relay for Life
 * 3) Historical Heroes – Reading, Sharing, Writing Piece
 * 4) Read article
 * 5) Answer questions[[file:Historical Hero Guide.doc]]
 * 6) Begin creative writing piece
 * **HW** || Creative Piece Finished

[|Modern Heroes w/ Hometown Hero Guide] Activity //In groups you will be reading 1 article about a hometown hero. Some w/ a clip as well.// //Read/review this information and complete your hero guide sheet.// Modern Hero Class Discussion ||
 * **Date** || **Tuesday, April 16** (PSSA shortened periods)
 * What is a Hero? Everyday Heroes** ||
 * Agenda || Warm-Up: Standing Review of Anticipation Guide (Agree/Disagree)
 * Group 1: []
 * Group 2: []
 * Group 3: []
 * Group 4: []
 * Group 5: []
 * Group 6: []
 * **HW** || Book due Monday! ||

Heroism Packet Relay for Life Information [] || BOOK DUE IN CLASS ON APRIL @@ ||
 * **Date** || **Monday, April 15 No PSSA** ||
 * Agenda || Library Visit
 * Relay for Life – Team Berman ** - See link to join and see ** Hannah Blank ** with questions!
 * Friday, May 17 ** is the kick off at the high school!!
 * **HW** || REST!

@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_xIQlV8qKg @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN7OBEd5hRM [] @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW1pi9LIRFU [] Answer the questions on the worksheet in groups ||
 * **Date** || **Fri, April 12 No PSSA** ||
 * Agenda || Watch the following videos in groups:
 * **HW** || REST! ||