Eighth Grade Tentative Overview
8/23 Welcome.
8/24 Grammar (Toolbook)—Chapter 2; review parts of speech and parts of a sentence
8/27 Begin summer reading essay; Voc. Lesson 1 notecards and handouts
8/28 continue prewriting; organizing and outlining; Voc. Sections A and B; grammar ch. 2
8/29 Quiz on summer reading; review voc. notecards and work on sec. C; grammar ch. 2 due
8/30 drafting
8/31 pretest for grammar ch. 2
9/3 no school
9/4 Grammar test due; finalize essay based on quote
9/5 Grammar 46-49; Essay 1 due
9/6 Research assn.; grammar 50-51
9/7 voc. 1 should be complete; grammar 52; research essay
9/10 grammar 53-57; finalize research report
9/11 work on voc. 2; begin group work for Gilgamesh presentation
9/12 research report (essay 2) due; grammar 58-60
9/13 Gilgamesh group work research/planning
9/14 voc. 2 should be completed ; grammar 60-62
9/ 17 voc. Quiz 1; Gilgamesh group work
9/18 finalize group work presentation
9/19 grammar test
9/20 Gilgamesh presentations; begin essay on Gilgamesh as epic hero
9/21 Voc. 3 should be completed; grammar 65-69
9/24 grammar 69-73; begin Epic Unit (assns. will be daily); Lit. 622-23 outline intro; essay 3 due
9/25 memory passage due; grammar 74-78
9/26 grammar 79
9/27 current Event 1
9/28 progress reports
10/1 Voc. 4 should be completed
10/2 grammar 80-82
10/3 Book Reports Group A
10/4
10/5 Grammar 83-85; voc. Quiz 2
10/8 grammar 86-88; begin voc. 5
10/9
10/10 Book Report Group B
10/11
10/12
10/15 The Giver at Peace Center
10/16 grammar test; voc. 6
10/17 Book Report Group C; grammar 92-93
10/18
10/19 voc. Quiz 3; grammar 94
10/22 grammar 95
10/23 memory passage due; voc. 7
10/24 grammar 96-98
10/25
10/26 no school
10/29
10/30 Current Event 2; grammar test
10/31 grammar ch. 6 1-12 (create original examples); voc. 8
11/ 1 early dismissal
11/2 no school
11/5 grammar p. 100 (do the paragraph assn); voc 4 quiz
11/6
11/7
11/8
11/9 grammar 101-104; voc. 9
11/12 Book Report for all
11/13 grammar 105-108
11/14
11/15
11/16 voc. 10
11/19 grammar test
