E.L.A. 8th Grade
Week 7 Quarter 3
-First 20 minutes work on I -ready: Students must complete 4x I-Ready "My Path" Lessons each week
Review: Discuss: •Poetic Structure
Introduce• Multiple-Meaning Words
(Note: Due to required February Mental Health Videos this content was not finished last week)
Review TEXT: “Bird” by Liz Berry (pgs. 52-53) and “Ode to Teachers” (pg. 54) by Pat Mora
Answer Build Insight Questions 1-8 pg. 55 “Bird” by Liz Berry and “Ode to Teachers” by Pat Mora
RETEACH AND PRACTICE
•PowerPoint: Exit Ticket- Bird and Ode to Teachers
Quiz: “Bird” by Liz Berry and “Ode to Teachers” by Pat Mora
Homework:
-Students must complete 4x I-Ready "My Path" Lessons each week (Due Sunday 3/8/26)
(Note: Students should spend 45-60 minutes on I-Ready "My Path" lessons each week and must get a 70% or higher for completion and may redo the lesson(s) if available (70% = C, 80% = B, 90%+ = A)
Make Sure you Have Added Concept Vocabulary to notebook: callousing, calcified, battered, thorny, tangled
Additional Media Links:
• Exploring Afghanistan through ‘The Kite Runner’
• Teen Girls in Kabul
• The Price of Combat and ‘The Red Badge of Courage
Reading Process Benchmarks
ELA.K12.EE.1.1: Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.
ELA.K12.EE.2.1: Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.
ELA 6.7.8. V.1.3.: Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, etc.
ELA.6.8.R.2.2: Analyze the central idea(s), implied or explicit, and its development throughout a text.
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Note: Lessons/activities/homework are subject to change at the teacher's discretion.
-First 20 minutes work on I -ready: Students must complete 4x I-Ready "My Path" Lessons each week
Review: Discuss: •Poetic Structure
Introduce• Multiple-Meaning Words
(Note: Due to required February Mental Health Videos this content was not finished last week)
Review TEXT: “Bird” by Liz Berry (pgs. 52-53) and “Ode to Teachers” (pg. 54) by Pat Mora
Answer Build Insight Questions 1-8 pg. 55 “Bird” by Liz Berry and “Ode to Teachers” by Pat Mora
RETEACH AND PRACTICE
•PowerPoint: Exit Ticket- Bird and Ode to Teachers
Quiz: “Bird” by Liz Berry and “Ode to Teachers” by Pat Mora
Homework:
-Students must complete 4x I-Ready "My Path" Lessons each week (Due Sunday 3/8/26)
(Note: Students should spend 45-60 minutes on I-Ready "My Path" lessons each week and must get a 70% or higher for completion and may redo the lesson(s) if available (70% = C, 80% = B, 90%+ = A)
Make Sure you Have Added Concept Vocabulary to notebook: callousing, calcified, battered, thorny, tangled
- Callousing: The process of forming a callus; hardening and thickening of skin or tissue, typically due to repeated friction, pressure, or manual labor.
- Calcified: Became hard, rigid, and unchanging; often refers to tissue that has become hardened by a deposit of calcium salts, or metaphorically, something that has become fixed and unyielding.
- Battered: Beaten, injured, or damaged by hard blows, rough usage, or neglect.
- Thorny: Full of thorns; figuratively, it describes something that is difficult, complicated, tough, or painful.
- Tangled: Very complex, knotty, twisted, and confused.
Additional Media Links:
• Exploring Afghanistan through ‘The Kite Runner’
• Teen Girls in Kabul
• The Price of Combat and ‘The Red Badge of Courage
Reading Process Benchmarks
ELA.K12.EE.1.1: Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.
ELA.K12.EE.2.1: Read and comprehend grade-level complex texts proficiently.
ELA 6.7.8. V.1.3.: Apply knowledge of context clues, figurative language, word relationships, etc.
ELA.6.8.R.2.2: Analyze the central idea(s), implied or explicit, and its development throughout a text.
_______________________________________________________________________
Note: Lessons/activities/homework are subject to change at the teacher's discretion.