* 8th Grade ~ Table of Contents ~ Reading & Writing Notebook *

* 8th Grade ~ Table of Contents ~ Reading & Writing Notebook *

April/May
Date      Topic
4/21       Hero’s Journey
4/24      Hero’s Journey Map
4/24      Mulan’s Character Transformation Chart
4/27      “Mulan’s Journey” Map
5/8         Gilgamesh
5/16       “Thank You, M’am”
5/17       The Mentor
5/23       Film Hero Transformation Chart

March
Date      Topic
2/20      Farewell to Manzanar Cover Page
2/20      Japanese Internment Timeline
2/20      Reading like a historian: Japanese Internment
2/22      Pre-Reading: Farewell to Manzanar
2/23      Reading 1: Defining Injustice
3/7        Reading 2: Questions of Loyalty
3/14      Reading 3: Free to Go
3/16      Uprooted Gallery Walk/ Yamada Reflection
3/22     Reading 4: Re-entry
4/3       Part 5: Confronting the Past

February
Date     Topic
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1/30       Hero’s Journey Cover Page
1/30       Facing Challenges & Growing Up
1/31       “The Medicine Bag”
2/1         Personal Narrative – Coming of Age
2/2         Rituals & Rites of Passage
2/2         Hero’s Journey Vocabulary
2/6         Food for Thought ?’s
2/7         Rite of Passage
2/10       “Invictus”
2/14       Hidden Figures

January
Date      Topic
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1/12        MLK, Jr. Remembrance ?’s
1/18        MLK, Jr. Found Poem

December
Date      Topic ________________
12/1       Aristotle’s Persuasive Appeals
12/2      MLK, Jr. Speech Contest
12/5      Dalton Sherman’s Speech
12/5      Unpacking MLK, Jr.’s words
12/6      MLK, Jr.’s I Have a Dream
12/9      Rhett Ybarra MLK Speech

November
Date      Topic ________________
11/8      Irving e-Sentences
11/9       “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” ?’s
11/18     And One
11/28     Plot Diagram Notes
11/28    “LSH” Plot Diagram
11/29    Disney vs. Irving Venn Diagram

October
Date      Topic ________________
10/4       Mandala Prewriting
10/5       Hit the Bridge
10/6       Insert 20’s
10/7       Zing the -ING
10/10     Google Peer Response
10/17     Effective Introductions
10/19     Effective Conclusions
10/25     The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
10/27     Parts of Speech Foldable

September
Date      Topic ________________
9/12       The Man In The Red Bandanna – 9/11
9/12       Interview Challenge
9/16       Reading Counts – Q1 Goal
9/19       SSR Criteria for Success
9/20       Mandala Introduction
9/21       Sign vs. Symbol T-chart
9/23       Reading Log
9/26       Mirror of Experience Activity
9/28       Mandala RD

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