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8th Grade Course Syllabus 1st Semester (Mr. Davis) Week 1- Parts of Speech Review, Kinds of Sentences, Vocabulary, Sentence Fragments & Run-on Sentences "The Short Story and its elements" Writer’s Workshop Introduction, Class Procedures Week 2- Nouns & Vocabulary Short Stories, Free Choice Novel #1 & Project Assignment Writer’s Workshop & Literature Based Writing Week 3- Nouns & Vocabulary Short Stories & Free Choice Novel Writer’s Workshop & Literature Based Writing Week 4- Subjects, Predicates, & Vocabulary Short Stories concluded & Free Choice Novel Writer’s Workshop & Literature Based Writing Free Choice Novel Projects Due & Begin Novel Project Presentations Week 5- Choose the Right Word & Vocabulary Whole Class Novel #1 (Charlotte Doyle) & Project Assignment Writer’s Workshop & Literature Based Writing Free Choice Novel Project Presentations Concluded Week 6- Choose the Right Word, & Vocabulary
Whole Class Novel Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 7- Pronouns & Vocabulary
Whole Class Novel Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 8- Pronouns & Vocabulary
Whole Class Novel Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 9- Verbs & Vocabulary Whole Class Novel Concluded & Novel Project Presentations Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 10- Verbs & Vocabulary Whole Class Novel #2 (Pigs) & Project Assignment Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 11- Verbs & Vocabulary Whole Class Novel Reading, Free Choice Novel #2 & Project Assignment Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Whole Class Novel Reading, Free Choice Novel #2 Writer’s Workshop & Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 13- Adjectives, Adverbs, & Vocabulary Whole Class Novel Reading, Free Choice Novel #2 Writer’s Workshop& Writing Based on Novel Reading Week 14- Adjectives, Adverbs, & Vocabulary Whole Class Novel Reading Concluded, Whole Class Novel Presentations, Free Choice Novel #2 Writer’s Workshop, Writing Based on Novel Reading, & Literature Based Writing Week 15- Adjectives, Adverbs, & Vocabulary Poetry Unit, Free Choice Novel Presentations Writer’s Workshop & Literature Based Writing Week 16- Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections Poetry Unit & Outside/Seasonal Reading Writer’s Workshop, Literature Based Writing, & Seasonal Writing Week 17- Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections Poetry Unit & Outside/Seasonal Reading Writer’s Workshop, Literature Based Writing, & Seasonal Writing Free Choice Novel Projects Due & Begin Presentations Week 18- Prepositions, Conjunctions, & Interjections Poetry Unit Concluded Writer’s Workshop, Literature Based Writing, & Seasonal Writing Exam Review & Midterm Exam Date
of Midterm Exam: December 18th and 19th
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