Lessonplanbooktemplate 2014 English Writing

August 11 -15
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First day of School

Introduce and tell one thing that is true and one thing that is false about ones self.
Explain English notebooks and rules for English class.
Read Raw Head and Bloody Bones
Fill out comprehension questions on Raw Head and Bloody Bones.
Authors Purpose SOL 8.5 ( refer to attached sol).

The student will define authors purpose and identify the four main types of authors purpose.
Note page Authors purpose
Example sheets on authors purpose and complete as a class
Students write a paragraph on nutritional information of the candy and identify the purpose.
Students write a paragraph to get people to eat the candy and identify the purpose.
Students write a paragraph explaining how to eat the candy and identify the purpose.
Students write a paragraph containing the beginning of a story with the candy at the center and identify the
purpose.
Inference SOL 8.5
The student will define inference, identify how readers make inferences, and make inferences concerning
what they have read.
Introduction - Inference
Note page Inference
Examples of Inference completed as a class
Play Inference card game (students in groups of 2 -3)
Inference practice sheet completed individually
Character and Characterization 8.5
The student will define characterization, define direct and indirect characterization, identify examples of direct and
indirect characterization, and write examples of characterization for each method.
Introduction - Read Cinderella with students describing the step mother and step sisters using adjectives and verbs.
Explain that using adjectives is direct characterization and using verbs is indirect characterization.
Note page Character and characterization
Examples of characterization completed as a class
Characterization practice sheet completed individually
Hand out picture and have students write a brief description of the character using all the different types of
characterization.
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Test SOL 8.5

The student will define all the terms and definitions previously taught to them. Student will apply all literary
terms up to this point.
Reading Test 1
August 18 -22
3rd Period
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Motivation SOL 8.5

The student will identify motivation, explain why motivation is so important for a character, and identify examples of
motivation.
Note Page Motivation
Examples of motivation completed as a class.
Motivation practice completed individually by student.
Plot SOL 8.5

The student will define plot, identify and define basic situation, complications, climax, and resolution, and identify the
plot of various pieces.
Introduce plot
Note Page Plot, Basic situation, Complications, Climax, and Resolution.
Hand out Little Red Riding Hood complete worksheet identifying basic situation, complications, climax and
resolution with students.
Hand out Josie Wins the Race students complete worksheet identifying basic situation, complications, climax, and
resolution.
Conflict SOL 8.5

The student will define conflict, define man vs. man, man vs. nature, and man vs. himself, and identify conflict in
various reading pieces.
Bell ringer - plot
Introduce conflict
Note Page Conflict
Conflict examples completed with students
Plot and conflict practice completed individually
Students answer conflict questions individually.
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Setting SOL 8.5
The student will define setting, identify the various elements of setting, explain the types of stories that could take plac
in various settings, write a brief description of setting for different types of stories, and write a paragraph on setting for
a ghost story.
Bell ringer Conflict
Note Page Setting
Setting examples completed with students
Setting practice completed in individually
Write setting paragraph for a ghost story
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Point of View SOL 8.5
The student will identify point of view, identify first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient, identify
differences between the types of point of view, identify narrator, and write in the various views.
Bell ringer setting
Note Page point of view
Complete point of view chart with students
Read two versions of Little Red Riding Hood and discuss differences
Point of view examples completed with students
Writing prompt students complete individually in first person and third person point of view.
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3rd Period
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Point of View SOL 8.5 Continued

The student will identity point of view, identify first person, third person limited, and third person omniscient, identify
differences between the types of point of view, identity narrator, and write in the various views.
Continue and finish above lesson.
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Topic and Theme SOL 8.5c

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetry and explain how authors
use characters, conflict, point of view, voice, and tone to create meaning.
Bell ringer point of view
Note Page theme and topic
Theme examples completed with students
Theme/topic worksheet completed by student only.
Topic and Theme SOL 8.5c

use characters, conflict, point of view, voice and tone to create meaning.
Continue and complete previous lessons.
Tone and Mood SOL 8.5c

Literary Term quiz and The Breakaway quiz reviewing and applying all previous terms.
Bell ringer Topic and Theme
Note Page tone and mood
Tone and mood examples completed with students
Tone and mood practice completed by students only.
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Tone and Mood SOL 8.5c

Continue and complete previous lessons.
Sept 1 - 5
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Tone and Mood SOL8.5c
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Continue and finish previous lessons on tone and mood.
Irony SOL 8.5

The student will analyze an authors use of literary devices including irony. The student will identify irony, identify
and differentiate between verbal irony, situational irony, and dramatic irony, and identify examples of irony.
Bell ringer Tone and Mood
Note Page Irony
Irony examples completed as a class
Irony Practice completed by students individually.
Foreshadowing SOL 8.5

The student will analyze an authors use of literary devices including foreshadowing. The student will
identify foreshadowing and identify examples of foreshadowing and what they mean,
Bell ringer Irony
Play a piece of scary music and ask students what this type of music suggests in a movie.
Note Page Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing examples completed as a class
Foreshadowing practice completed by students individually
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Symbolism SOL 8.5

The student will identify symbolism, identify examples of symbols, and identify symbols and what they symbolize.
Bell Ringer Foreshadowing
Pass out pictures of the Statue of Liberty and ask students to identify it. Discuss what it represents.
Note Page Symbolism
Symbolism examples completed with students
Symbolism practice completed by students individually.
Have students draw a symbol that represents themselves.
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Context Clues 8.4

The student will use context, structure, and connotations, to determine meaning and differentiate among multiple
meanings of words and phrases.
Bell ringer Symbolism
Note Page Context Clues Discuss antonyms and synonyms
Context examples completed with students
Context practice completed by students individually
Similes and Metaphors 8.4

The student will identify and analyze an authors use of figurative language.
Bell ringer context clues
Note Page similes and metaphors
Similes and Metaphors examples using poetry complete with students
Similes and Metaphors practice completed by students individually
Writing assignment write a paragraph using similes
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Similes and Metaphors (cont.) SOL 8.4

Bell ringer similes
Quiz Literary terms
Note Page review similes and metaphors
Poetry Worksheet #2 metaphors completed by students
Writing assignment write a paragraph using metaphors
Personification and Hyperbole SOL 8.4
The student will identify the impact of word choice and poetic devices, define personification and hyperbole, recognize
personification and hyperbole as examples as figurative language, and identify examples of personification and
hyperbole.
Bell ringer metaphors
Note page Personification and Hyperbole
Personification and hyperbole examples complete with students
Personification and hyperbole practice completed by students individually
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Analogies SOL 8.4

The student will apply knowledge of word origins, analogies, and figurative language to extend vocabulary
development within authentic texts.
Bell ringer figurative language
Note Page Analogies
Analogy Examples completed with students
Analogy Practice completed by students individually
Sept 15 - 19
3rd Period
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Analogies SOL 8.4 (review)

The student will apply word origins and analogies to extend vocabulary development within authentic texts.
Finish all previous work on analogies
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Fact or Opinion
The student will define and identify fact from opinion.
Bell ringer Analogies
Note Page Fact or Opinion
Fact or Opinion example completed with students
Fact or Opinion practice completed by students individually
Main Idea
The student will define and identify the main idea is various pieces of literature.
Bell ringer Fact or Opinion
Note Page Main Idea
Main Idea examples completed with students
Main Idea practice completed by students individually
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Quiz Literary terms

Complete comprehension questions
Complete vocabulary
Sept 22 - 26
3rd Period
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Read short story
Complete comprehension questions
Complete vocabulary
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Read the Lottery 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative non fiction, and poetry.
Introduce The Lottery by Shirley Jackson
Read part 1 of The Lottery
Answer comprehension questions
Complete vocabulary on The Lottery
Complete figurative language on The Lottery
Read The Lottery 8.5 (part 2).

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative non fiction, and poetry.
Read part 2 of The Lottery
Complete vocabulary on The Lottery
Complete figurative language on The Lottery
The Lottery 8.5 (part 2)

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative non fiction and poetry.
Finish comprehension questions part 2
Watch The Lottery movie
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The Lottery
The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, narrative non fiction and poetry.
STUDY GUIDE
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The Lottery
The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, non fiction, and poetry.
Finish study guide and watch movie of The Lottery
The Lottery Test

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, non-fiction, and poetry.
TEST
The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional texts, non-fiction, and poetry.
Read part 1 of The Most Dangerous Game
Complete comprehension questions part 1
Complete vocabulary on part 1
Distinguish between direct and indirect characterization
Identify figurative language within the text

The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional text, non-fiction, and poetry.
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Identify what is being foreshadowed, identify symbolism, and figurative language
Identify conflict, make inferences and draw conclusions
Identify figurative language within text
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The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 3)

Finish all activities in part 3

Identify figurative language and characterization on part 4

Finish all activities on part 4.
The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 5).

Identify figurative language and characterization on part 5
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Quiz literary terms
Plot Chart for The Most Dangerous Game
Writing Assignment for The Most Dangerous Game
Map Drawing for The Most Dangerous Game
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Complete vocabulary part 6
Identify characterization and figurative language in part 6

Quiz literary terms
Plot Chart for The Most Dangerous Game
Writing assignment for The Most Dangerous Game
Map Drawing for The Most Dangerous Game
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Finish Tuesdays activities.

day
Make up any incomplete work
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NO SCHOOL
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The student will read and analyze a variety of fictional, non-fictional, and poetry.
Complete study guide on The Most Dangerous Game
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TEST The Most Dangerous Game
The Death Car 8.5

Read the short story The Death Car
Identify foreshadowing, tone, figurative language, and vocabulary in story
A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

Introduction to A Tell Tale Heart
Read A Tell Tale Heart
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Answer comprehensive questions for A Tell Tale Heart.
Oct 27 Oct 31
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The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Tell Tale Heart Vocabulary completed as a class
Identify figurative language in The Tell Tale Heart
Complete a Plot Chart of The Tell Tale Heart
Writing Assignment on The Tell Tale Heart

STUDY GUIDE The Tell Tale Heart

STUDY GUIDE - finish study guide for A Tell Tale Heart

TEST A Tell Tale Heart
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BENCHMARKS
7th graders take 7th grade benchmark
8th graders take 8th grade benchmark
Nov 03 Nov 07
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Go over Benchmarks taken on Friday

Read over stories with students and go over correct answers.
NO SCHOOL
ELECTION DAY
Take one of last years English Benchmark for extra practice and review
7th graders take last years benchmark for review and extra practice.
8th graders take last years benchmark for review and extra practice.
The Hitchhiker 8.5

The student will analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Read The Hitchhiker as a class
Answer comprehension questions as a class
Identify figurative language, vocabulary, tone/mood, and foreshadowing
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The Monkeys Paw 8.5

Introduce The Monkeys Paw
Read part 1 of The Monkeys Paw
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The Monkeys Paw (cont. part 1) 8.5

Review literary terms
Complete comprehension questions on part 1
Identify figurative language, vocabulary, tone/mood, irony, and foreshadowing
The Monkeys Paw (part 2) 8.5

Bell ringer part 1of The Monkeys Paw
Read The Monkeys Paw part 2
Identify figurative language and vocabulary using context clues.
The Monkeys Paw (part 3) 8.5

Bell ringer part 2 of The Monkeys Paw
Read The Monkeys Paw part 3
Identify figurative language, vocabulary using context clues, and characterization.
The Monkeys Paw 8.5

Finish all activities on part 3 of The Monkeys Paw.
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The Monkeys Paw 8.5

Students will complete a plot chart on The Monkeys Paw identifying the protagonist, antagonist, setting, conflict,
complications, climax, and resolution.
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The Monkeys Paw 8.5

Writing assignment on The Monkeys Paw defining the three types of irony and identifying the types of irony in The
Monkeys paw.
The Monkeys Paw 8.5

Finish writing assignment on The Monkeys Paw defining the three types of irony and identifying the types of irony in
The Monkeys paw.
The Monkeys Paw 8.5

STUDY GUIDE THE MONKEYS PAW
The Monkeys Paw 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, non - fiction, and poetry.
TEST THE MONKEYS PAW
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The Monkeys Paw

WATCH THE MONKEYS PAW MOVIE
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The Monkeys Paw

STUDY GUIDE
The Monkeys Paw

TEST The Monkeys Paw
Thanksgiving Holiday
NO SCHOOL
NO SCHOOL
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NO SCHOOL
Dec 1 Dec 5
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The Gift of the Magi

Introduction to The Gift of the Magi
Read The Gift of the Magi

Complete Comprehension question on The Gift of the Magi.
Vocabulary Define The Gift of the Magi vocabulary words and their parts of speech. (noun, verb, adjective, adverb).

Gift of the Magi vocabulary matching.
Gift of the Magi figurative language worksheet identify similes, metaphors, personification, and hyperboles within
story.
Plot Summary The Gift of the Magi identify basic situation, protagonist, antagonist, setting, conflict,
complications, climax, and the resolution.

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry
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Vocabulary worksheet applying all Gift of the Magi vocabulary words into other sentences.
The Gift of the Magi Writing assignment - Students must choose to write about various subjects pertaining to The
Gift of the Magi.
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Finish writing assignment
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STUDY GUIDE The Gift of the Magi

TEST The Gift of the Magi
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The students will read and analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.
Watch the movie The Gift of the Magi
Story of an Hour 8.5

Introduction to The Story of an Hour
Read The Story of an Hour
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The Story of an Hour 8.5

Complete the comprehension questions on The Story of an Hour. This includes characterization, point of view,
foreshadowing, symbolism, point of view etc.
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The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
Vocabulary complete vocabulary words in the story.
Figurative language work sheet identify figurative language within story
Plot chart complete a plot chart on the story.
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STUDY GUIDE The Story of an Hour
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TEST The Story of an Hour
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No English
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No English
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Introduction to poetry
Have students fill out a poetry survey
Have students define poetry and describe the characteristics of poetry
Read several short poems and answer questions.
Review Similes and apply to poetry 8.4

Note page define similes, answer what similes do in poetry, and give examples of similes
Read A Red, Red Rose and discuss similes in poem.
Read The Base Stealer and discuss similes in poem.
Read A Dream Deferred and discuss similes in poem.
Practice similes completed with students
Assignment simile poem completed individually by students
Review Metaphors and apply to poetry 8.4

Bell ringer similes
Note page define metaphors, explain what metaphors do in poetry, and give examples of metaphors.
Read poetry while identifying metaphors and answering questions.
Guided practice metaphor sheet
Assignment Metaphor worksheet to be completed individually by students
Review Similes and Metaphors 8.4

Work sheet students will identify which sentences contain similes and which sentences contain metaphors.
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Review Similes and Metaphors 8.4

Read various poetry containing similes and metaphors. Students will recognize and identify similes and metaphors
within poetry.
Jan 12 Jan 16
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Personification 8.4
Note page define personification, explain what personification does in poetry, and give examples of personification.
Identify personification in a variety of poetry completed as a class
Personification writing exercise completed individually by students
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Hyperbole 8.4
Bell ringer personification
Note page define hyperbole, explain what hyperbole does in poetry, and give examples of hyperbole
Identify hyperbole in a variety of poetry completed as a class
Hyperbole assignment completed individually by students
Figurative Language assignment completed individually by students
Setting 7.5
The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of a variety of fictional texts, narrative nonfiction, and poetryand
describe the authors use of setting.
Bell ringer figurative language
Note page define setting, why setting is important, and name the elements of setting.
Identify setting in a variety of short story excerpts
Writing assignment write a story describing setting.
Found Poem
Students reviewed writing poetry. Students will write a poem by selecting sentences out of a newspaper or other
writing material.
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Call of the Wild
The students will read a summary of Call of the Wild.

Students will write two paragraphs about the following prompts. Explain what survival of the fittest means and Does
survival of the fittest apply in todays society?
Jan 19 Jan 23
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Martin Luther King Birthday

NO SCHOOL
Alliteration 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry
Bell ringer setting
Note page define alliteration, explain what alliteration does in literature, and give examples of alliteration.
Read a variety of poetry recognizing alliteration within poems
Writing assignment write an extended sample of alliteration for certain letters completed individually by students.
Alliteration poem students will write a poem that employs alliteration.
Alliteration 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
Review alliteration with students who were absent or sick the day before.
Onomatopoeia 8.5
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Bell ringer alliteration

Note page define onomatopoeia, explain why authors use onomatopoeia, and give examples of onomatopoeia.
Have students brainstorm onomatopoeic words. Give out a list of onomatopoeic words for students to see.
Read the poems Cafeteria and The Hockey Game underlining any onomatopoeic words.
Worksheet - Whats that sound completed as a class
Worksheet Whats that sound 2 completed individually.
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Review Figurative language 8.5

Review all figurative language from previous months.
Jan 26 Jan 30
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Imagery 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and identify imagery within the poems.
Bell ringer poetry vocabulary have students define literacy terms up to this point and give examples for each.
Note page define imagery, explain how imagery is used and created by authors, give examples of imagery, and
discuss how authors use the five senses to show imagery.
Read the poems The Red Wheelbarrow, In a Station at the Metro, and The City underlining any examples of imagery.
Worksheet Imagery practice completed as a class
Worksheet imagery practice completed individually.
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Repetition 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and identify imagery within the poems.
Bell ringer Imagery
Note page - define repetition, explain why authors use repetition, and read examples of repetition poems.
Read Night Song and identify what words are being repeated.
Writing exercise choose a subject and write ten sentences using repetitive sentences.
Read the poem The Charge of the Light Brigade 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and identify figurative language in the
poem.
Discuss the actual war fought between Turkey and Russia. Explain why and what happened during this war that
evoked the writing of this poem.
Read The Charge of the Light Brigade
Comprehensive questions have class fill out comprehensive questions.
The Charge of the Light Brigade 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and identify repetition and other literary
terms.
Comprehensive questions answer the following questions as a class.
Writing exercise four season poem using simile and metaphor and focusing on line breads.
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Repetition 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and poetry and identify tone and mood.
Bell ringer repetition

Note page define tone and mood and explain how tone and mood are related.
Look at tone words and read I Hear America Singing and I, Too, Sing America, and One way ticket identifying tone an
mood.
Have students complete tone and mood worksheet individually.
Assignment write a tone and mood poem
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Tone and mood 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and poetry and identify tone and mood.
Bell ringer repetition

Note page define tone and mood and explain how tone and mood are related.
Look at tone words and read I Hear America Singing and I, Too, Sing America, and One way ticket identifying tone an
mood.
Have students complete tone and mood worksheet individually.
Assignment write a tone and mood poem
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Topic and Theme 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and identify topic and theme.
Bell ringer tone and mood
Note page define topic and theme
Identify the topic and theme in the poem Richard Corey.
Have students read excerpts of poems and identify the tone and themes within each one.
Have students read excerpts of poems individually and identify the tone and theme of each one.
Symbolism 8.5
The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and will identify the symbols within each
text.
Bell ringer topic and theme
Note page define and identify symbolism
Read Fire and Ice and discuss the symbolism within and what they symbolize.
Read Mother to Son and discuss the symbolism and what it means.
Read One Perfect Rose and discuss the symbolism and what it means.
Have students make a shield drawing symbols that represent themselves.
Line Breaks 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and will identify line breaks in poetry.
Bell ringer poetry vocabulary
Note page define line breaks, discuss how lines end and how line breaks are used
Discuss end stopped and enjambment
Show students how line breaks can change the way a poem is read.
Read the poem We real Cool
Have students practice line breaks individually.
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Free Verse 8.5

The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and will identify free verse in poetry.
Bell ringer line breaks
Note page define free verse and metered verse in poetry.
Read Dust of Snow and identify if it is free verse or metered verse
Read Winter Poem and identify if it is free verse or metered verse
Practice metered verse as a class
Have students write an emulation of a spell
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Continue Free Verse 8.5

Note page define free verse and metered verse in poetry.
Read Dust of Snow and identify if it is free verse or metered verse
Read Winter Poem and identify if it is free verse or metered verse
Practice metered verse as a class
Have students write an emulation of a spell
Rhyme 8.5

Note page define rhyme, discuss why authors use rhyme, discover different types of rhymes, and learn rhyme scheme
Read excerpts from Trees, The Highwayman, Annabelle Lee, and The Cremation of Sam McGee and figure out the
rhyme scheme of each.
Rhyme Assignment write a poem expressed in 5 line stanza with a rhyming scheme of ABABB.
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Rhythm 8.5
Bell ringer rhyming
Note page Define rhythm, explain how rhythm is produced and used.
Read The Congo, answer questions, read The Bells, answer questions.
Sol released test on computer

Practice 2010 released reading test
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Continue sol released test on computer

Finish practice sol released test on computer.
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Students take writing sol
Writing SOL
Students take writing sol
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Make up work
Student has opportunity to make up any incomplete work
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Poetry Vocabulary Quiz

Bell ringer rhythm
Have students complete a poetry vocabulary quiz
The Rose That grew From Concrete 8.5

Bell ringer poetry vocabulary
Read The Rose That grew From Concrete
Answer comprehensive questions
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Bell ringer review poetry vocabulary
The Rose that grew from Concrete figurative language worksheet
O Captain, My Captain 8.5

Have students complete a poetry response sheet
Have students complete the introductory questions for O Captain, My Captain
Read O Captain, My Captain as a group
Have students define words in O Captain, My Captain on computer
Have students work in groups on group questions
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Have student complete comprehension questions
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STUDY GUIDE
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The student will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and will identify free verse in
poetry.
TEST
Writing
Writing Prompt If you could change anything in your life, what would it be and why?
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Make Up Work
Have students make up any work up to this point.
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NO SCHOOL
The Road Not Taken 8.5

Literary Vocabulary Have students complete
Introduction to The Road Not Taken
Read The Road Not Taken

Comprehension questions Have students complete
Writing Assignment Have students write My Road poem

STUDY GUIDE
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TEST
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Discuss reading strategies for the sol with students.
Read Neighbors from a Gardening Partnership with students.
Have students fill out questions while practicing reading strategies.
Review SOL
Discuss test taking strategies for sol with students.
Read Walk Among the Giants with students.
Answer questions about passage with students emphasizing test strategies.
Review SOL
Review figurative language for sol with students
Read Street Corner Shakespeare
Answer sol questions about passage with students practicing figurative language
Review SOL
Discuss connotation of words with students
Read A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Answer sol questions about passage with students emphasizing connotations of words
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Discuss how authors use text structure.
Read Frog Face and the Walking Flower: Diego River & Frida Kahlo
Answer sol questions about passage with students practicing text structure
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Have students read In Grandmas House from an old released sol test
Have students answer questions individually
Read selection with students
Go over their answers to the questions.
Review SOL
Have students read Design a Logo from an old released sol test
Go over and discuss their answers to the questions
Review SOL
Have students read The Wall from an old released sol test
Review SOL
Have students read the flier Writers! Poets! Photographers! Artists!
Read the flier with students
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Have students read A Magical Experience from an old released sol test
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SOL Review (Reading)for 8th graders. SOL test (Reading) for 7th graders
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SOL Test (Math) for 6th graders
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SOL Prep for Math 7th and 8th graders.
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Do Not Go Gently Into That Good Night 8.5

Literary Terms Have students complete
Introduction to Do Not Go Gently into that Good Night
Read the poem Do Not Go Gently into that Good Night
Do Not Go Gently into that Good Night 8.5

Have students complete the comprehension questions on the poem.

The students will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
STUDY GUIDE

The students will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
TEST
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To an Athlete Dying Young 8.5

The students will read and analyze a variety of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry and explain the use of symbols and
figurative language.
Quiz literary terms
Introduction to the poem To an Athlete Dying Young
Read To an Athlete Dying Young
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August 11 -15

First day of School

Authors Purpose SOL 8.5 ( refer to attached sol).

Test SOL 8.5

Motivation SOL 8.5

Plot SOL 8.5

Conflict SOL 8.5

Setting SOL 8.5

Point of View SOL 8.5

Point of View SOL 8.5 Continued

Topic and Theme SOL 8.5c

Topic and Theme SOL 8.5c

Tone and Mood SOL 8.5c

Tone and Mood SOL 8.5c

No School Labor Day

Tone and Mood SOL8.5c

Irony SOL 8.5

Foreshadowing SOL 8.5

Symbolism SOL 8.5

Context Clues 8.4

Similes and Metaphors 8.4

Similes and Metaphors (cont.) SOL 8.4

Personification and Hyperbole SOL 8.4

Analogies SOL 8.4

Analogies SOL 8.4 (review)

Quiz Literary terms

Read Raw Head and Bloody Bones

Read Raw Head and Bloody Bones

Read the Lottery 8.5

Read The Lottery 8.5 (part 2).

The Lottery 8.5 (part 2)

The Lottery Test

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

Read part 2 of The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 3)

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 4)

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 4)

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 5).

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5 (part 6)

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Most Dangerous Game 8.5

The Death Car 8.5

A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

A Tell Tale Heart 8.5

Go over Benchmarks taken on Friday

The Hitchhiker 8.5

The Monkeys Paw 8.5

The Monkeys Paw (cont. part 1) 8.5

The Monkeys Paw (part 2) 8.5

The Monkeys Paw (part 3) 8.5

The Monkeys Paw 8.5

The Monkeys Paw 8.5

The Monkeys Paw 8.5