• Welcome to Ms. Budwit 8th Grade Language Arts:

Room 189; 720-561-7418

bev.budwit@bvsd.org

Welcome 2012! PERMISSION SLIP for film Outsiders needed now. Watching Jan 5 & 6.

Wed: Finals back; Outsider paragraph work; review finals.

Thurs: Film with notes

Friday" Film with notes

WEEK 1: Jan 9-13

Mon: Paragraph work and begin Grammar

Tues: Type final draft Outsiders paragraph in Lab; due Wed/Thurs 50 SA points

Wed: Grammar; intro and begin Vocab Unit 4 (words 1-10); due next Tues/test Wed 1/18

Thurs: Grammar; Mr. Auday Socratic The Outsiders

Friday: Introduce Historical Fiction unit; Mr. Auday Socratic The Outsiders

WEEK 3: 1/23-1/27 Homework is reading/note taking and Vocab 4-2

Mon: Fever quiz OR Week I hist fiction choice novel due Tues. Grammar and reading time in class.

Tues: Grammar and Introduce Vocab 4-2; work time; due next Tues 1/31 test Wed 2/1

Wed: Grammar and reading time; E-7 for those still not completed with Outsiders paragraph

Thurs: Jamestown reading assessment

Friday: Grammar and Silent Share Outsiders paragraphs

WEEK 4: 1/29-2/3: Vocab Test, Grammar, Reading half of Historical Fiction w/ notes

Monday: Hist. Fiction Week 2 either worksheet due or Quiz: reading half and new notes.

Tuesday: Vocabulary wkbk 4-2 due in class; mark for points in IC. Grammar in class

Wed: Vocab 4 test all 20 words; reading time

Thurs: Grammar, reading time

Friday: YIPPEE! Snow Day

WEEK 5: FEB 6-10 HOMEWORK: Finish Hist Fic reading/notes; Vocab; Hist Fic Projects due next week

Monday: Grammar Quiz; either Fever Quiz OR Historical Fic hand out Week 3 due tomorrow Tuesday.

Tuesday: New Grammar; read and notes Hist Fic; finishing book this week! Begin planning and working on Poster project OR writing prompt for Fever.

Wed: Grammar; begin Vocab Unit 5-1 (words 1-10) due next Tuesday/Test Wed 2/15.

Thursday: Grammar; read and notes

Friday: Grammar Quiz; Discuss and work on Poster Projects; take AR comprehension quizzes for hist fic reading.

WEEK 6: Feb 12-16 Vocab due, Test Wed, Choice Novel Projects due!

Mon: Begin POS Review and word sort; work time for Choice Poster projects OR introduce Facebook Project for Fever (Mr. Slade).

Tues: Vocab Unit 5-1 due; test tomorrow! PERIOD 1 ONLY type projects in Lab.

Wed: E-7: Vocab 5-1 Test; PERIOD 4 ONLY type in Lab

Thurs: PP points for Poster Projects on Time; POS and word sorts due tomorrow Friday. FEVER work time

Friday: PP Points for Poster Projects (2 day window); Silent Share projects. Turn in POS work OR due on Wed next week! FEVER work time.

WEEK 7: 2-20-24: Short week and Conferences begin!

WEEK 8: 2/27-3/2: Return novels; 7$ To Kill a Mockingbird after spring break; CSAPs Matter! Begin next week...

Monday: Grammar and Annotating Prompt; hand outs. VOCAB Unit 5-2 due tomorrow.

Tuesday: Mark Vocab 5-2, FA points. Test tomorrow. Green Grammar 8.2 Complex Sentences

Wed: E-7: Vocab Test; worksheet Grammar Simp/Comp/Complex sentences due Thurs

Thurs: Mark Grammar wksheet; "Egrets" hand out due Friday; begin drafting Essay/bullet outline in class (skip lines as you write)

Friday: Mark/turn in "Egrets"; discuss Lead ideas for Essays; write/turn in for grade paragraphs 1-3 from bullet outline.

WEEK 9: Quarter Ends! 3/5-3/9: TCAP Testing

Monday: Simple, compound, complex sentences; grammar book. In class practice Essays, paragraphs 3 and 4; turn in what you have for PP points today.

Tues: Day 1 TCAP shortened schedule. DOL sentences and Sentence Starters; copy

Wed: SAME as Tues

Thurs: SAME as Tues/Wed

Friday: NO TCAP on Fridays; normal schedule! Complete and turn in 5 DOL sentences and 12 Sentence Starters stapled to hand-out; finish and turn in ANY missing work including most recent Heros, Steve Biko; Hist Fic projects; Prep Poem; hand back graded papers. Whew! Enjoy weekend!

WEEK 10: MARCH 12-16 Begin Poetry Bronx Masquerade: TCAP schedule T/W/Thurs again this week

Mon: Poetry Terms pre-test; intro and hand out Bronx books and hand out to complete; finish Mandala of Self Masks; read thru page 80 in Bronx by end of Friday

Tues: correct Terms pre-test; keep and study; read and discuss characters in Bronx

Wed E7: discuss and fill in Bronx hand out

Thurs: Concrete Poem examples, Zorro; write

Friday: Concrete poem read and write; read thru page 80 over weekend and hand out if not caught up. Turn in Concrete Poem by Monday

WEEK 10: March 19-23 Concrete Draft and Masks are due now!

Mond: Discuss If in Bronx; begin draft of your second original poem. NO VCAB this week in order to finish 2 poems and Bronx with notes by Thursday 3/22.

Tues: PPoint Poetic Devices; read and discuss next several poems in Bronx; work time.

Wed: E7: Discuss poems through Porscha. Finish hand outs for open note test tomorrow. LIBRARY for those who'd like a choice book to read over break.

Thurs: Use Bronx and notes for Bronz SA test; no notes for Literary Terms test. Turn all work and Bronx book in. Work on Final Draft poems due after break!

Friday: Work day/catch up day; OR Pixar Shorts.:) Happy Spring!

WEEK 11: Wed. 4/2 Late Start: Return books; buy Mockingbird to begin next week; $7 from LMS

Wed: Return Bronx tests and any missing books! Work to publish 2 final draft poems in class; both Final drafts due Friday.

THurs: Intro next Vocab Unit (10 words); work time; comma rules worksheets review

Friday: Vocab and Comma Rules; Silent Share Poems

WEEK 12: Begin Mockingbird; Poetry Night Thursday 4/12, 6-8PM

Monday 4/9 Hand out including 45 vocab words; background for To Kill a Mockingbird

Tuesday 4/10 Chap 1 aloud; take notes

Wed 4/11 E7: Finish Chap 1 and notes

Thursday: Chapters 2+3

Friday: Computer Lab; notes and websites for allusions and background info

WEEK 13: 4/15-4/19 Mockingbird each day; chapter a day to keep up! LINK below for free audio is not working but here is the site address which you can google: sanjuan.edu/webpage/esantillanes/english

Mon: Notes for chapter 2; read and notes for 3; finish for homework!

Tues: Discuss 3 and read/notes for chapter 4; VOCAB QUIZ words 1-15 tomorrow

Wed: Quiz; read and notes chapter 5

Thurs: IN CLASS TIMED WRITING; Read and notes chapter 6; catch up over your long weekend! Ready to Part I (through chapter 11) on Thursday next week.

EXTRA CREDIT OPTION: vOCAB PICTURE; see class samples and take hand out. 10PP perfect conventions

WEEK 14: 4/23-4/27

Mon: Highlight/discuss 7 in class; read chapter 8 homework

Tues: Hist. Allusions hand out; WPA wall; read chapter 9 aloud; finish 9 and 10 and notes homework. STUDY VOCAB

Wed: Discuss 10; begin 11 aloud in class; VOCAB test words 16-30

Thurs: ***CHANGE: Read chap 11 aloud in class; review SMART lesson/lit terms Finish 11 for homework

Friday: TEST chapts 1-11 see study guide, notes. Open book and open note! SKETCH characters bring colors!

WEEK 15:  May 7-11:

Mon:  Discuss chap 15 +16 aloud and notes.  Sign up for Readers Theatre parts this week!  Study final 14 TKaM vocab words (blue hand out or below) for our Unit test along with TKaM content; study guide info (buff hand out)  ALSO turn in LATE In Class Writing and Character Sketches

Tues:  Chapter 17 Trial aloud; homework fill in your notes and read ahead

Wed: Chapter 18 Trial; Mayella Ewell; homework as above

Thurs: Chapter 19 Trial; Tom's testimony; homework notes AND read chapters 20-23 with highlighting and notes;  all short chapters!

Friday:  Review/discuss chapters; read 24 aloud.  Finish 24 and come in Monday with notes and questions to discuss in groups.

***SEE LINKS below to study literacy terms for Final!