ETMS 8th Grade ELA
Unit 2 Non-fiction Text Calendar--How much information is enough?
Dempster
Every day, from the time we wake up until the time we go to sleep, we constantly encounter new information. Television, radio, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, books, and advertisements all
compete for our attention. However, if we are flooded with too many disorganized fragments of information, our brains may have trouble processing those jumbled bits into one useful whole. The
challenge is to avoid possible information overload and to separate quality from quantity. One answer to this challenge may lie in the work that writers of literary nonfiction do--shaping bits of information
into cohesive, understandable wholes.
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Unit 2 Introduction
LearnPad Introduction
Unit 2 pre-test
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Tears of Autumn
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from Travels with Charley
from Travels with Charley
1 read- independent
2 read analyze key ideas/details
3 reading with group for a selected
topic
HW: guiding questions
HW: guiding questions
Extended prose response
DUE: October 31, 2014
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Library lesson by Ms. Hatcher
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Early Dismissal (1,2,3,4)
Word Study
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nd
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Tears of Autumn
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2 Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
DUE: EssaysPatsy/Boy Comparison/Contrast
Poe’s method of suspense
Epitaph
Headstone
nd
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Tears of Autumn
Characteristic lesson
Dating Profile Project Given
(due: 11.14)
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2 Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
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Assignments Due:
from Travels with Charley
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Test:
TWC/TofA/Word Study
#4/PARCC cold read
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Test:
TWC/TofA/Word Study #4/PARCC
cold read
Library lesson by Ms. Hatcher
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The Season’s Curmudgeon Sees the
Light Forest Fire\
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2 Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
nd
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Why Leaves Turn Color in the Fall
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Compare/Contrast non-fiction literature
essay
Published Due: Friday, November 21
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Science Wonder
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Science Wonder
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2 Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
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Dating Profile Project DUE
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story
of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom,
and Science
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of
Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and
Science
Cane Cutting Scene, Unidentified
from the Louisiana State Museum
and KnowLA, Louisiana Endowment
for the Humanities (Art)
“Sugar Cane” from I is a LongMemoried Woman, Grace Nichols
Part Two: “Sugar Hell” from Sugar
Changed the World: A Story of Magic,
Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science,
Marc Aronson and Marina Budhos
Prologue and Part One: “From
Magic to Spice” from Sugar Changed
the World: A Story of Magic, Spice,
Slavery, Freedom, and Science, Marc
Aronson and Marina Budhos
“The Age of Honey” in the Prologue
and “The Problem with Sugar Cane”
in Part One contain words and
phrases useful for determining
meaning through context and
analyzing their impact on meaning
and tone. Analyze the structure of
individual paragraphs, focusing on
how the sentences develop a certain
concept
Determine how the authors develop a
central idea through their word choice,
the resulting tone, and their use of
evidence to respond to conflicting
viewpoints.
Library lesson by Ms. Hatcher
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Lafourche Parish School Board
Unit 2 Literary Task Test
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Lafourche Parish School Board
Unit 2 Literary Task Test
Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2 Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
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Compare/Contrast non-fiction
literature essay
Published Due
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Part Two: “Sugar Hell” from Sugar
Changed the World: A Story of
Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and
Science, Marc Aronson and Marina
Budhos
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“The Story of Gaygayoma Who Lives
Up Above,” Philippine Folk Tales
(Tinguian), compiled and annotated by
Mabel Cook Cole
Analyze how particular incidents
involving sugar propel action, reveal
aspects of a character, and provoke a
decision
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“Back to Our Stories: New Workers,
New Sugar” from Sugar Changed the
World: A Story of Magic, Spice,
Slavery, Freedom, and Science, Marc
Aronson and Marina Budhos
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Sugar Changed the World: A Story of
Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and
Science, Marc Aronson and Marina
Budhos
Compare and contrast the ideas
described in all three subsections.
Culminating Extension Task: Research
Self-generated topic on sugar cane
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Lafourche Parish School District
Unit 2 Research Simulation Task
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Lafourche Parish School District
Unit 2 Research Simulation Task
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Part Three: “Freedom” from Sugar
Changed the World: A Story of
Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and
Science, Marc Aronson and Marina
Budhos
Understand the authors’ argument
and how the authors use evidence to
respond to conflicting viewpoints.
Finally, use the evaluation to
determine a central idea
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Draft research report
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Studying these texts together
provides opportunities to analyze two
or more texts that provide conflicting
information on the same topic.
Identify where the texts disagree on
matters of fact and interpretation.
Evaluate the advantages and
disadvantages of using different
mediums to present a particular topic
or idea
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Peer review/edit and revise
Culminating Extension Task:
Research Self-generated topic on
sugar cane
Library lesson by Ms. Hatcher
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Lafourche Parish School District
Unit 2 Narrative Task
Culminating Extension Task:
Research Self-generated topic on
sugar cane
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Lafourche Parish School District
Unit 2 Narrative Task
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2nd Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2nd Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
Publish research report
Due: Friday, December 19, 2014
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Computer Lab: Teenbiz
2nd Unit requirements: 15 88% or
higher articles on the first try.
Complete email, m/c activities,
summary boxes, thought question.
Publish research report
Due: Friday, December 19, 2014
Teenbiz Report Due