Agenda:
1. Assign seats
2. Explain Bio Poem rubric and answer questions about final draft
3. Review simple and compound sentences (Handout – Part A)
4. Complex Sentences (Grammar p. 192-193)
5. Practice complex sentences (Handout – Part B)
Homework:
1. Complex Sentences Handout (front and back)
2. Final Draft Bio Poem due Friday, September 12th
Agenda:
1. Grammar p. 628 #1 (1-10) on a piece of binder paper
2. Simple and Compound Sentences p. 189
3. Grammar p. 190 #1-10
4. Bio Poem
Homework:
1. Rough draft Bio Poem due on Monday
Agenda:
1. Correct homework
2. Review independent and subordinate clauses
3. Create a “Unicorn Facts” poster in table groups. Underline independent clause in red and subordinate clause in blue. Remember that a clause has to contain a subject and a verb
Homework:
1. Get dividers for binder if needed
Agenda:
1. Turn in “Free Your Mind” Paragraph Rough Draft and Final Draft
2. Label dividers in binder: Writing, Reading, Grammar, Vocabulary
3. Clauses (Grammar p. 186)
4. Clauses Ninja Practice PPT
5. Clauses Practice (Grammar p. 187)
6. Clauses Sort (handout)
Homework:
1. Unicorn Facts Clauses Practice (handout)
Agenda:
1. SSR Book Check
2. Sentence Structure Diagnostic Test (Grammar p. 185)
3. Review CAPE Typing Standards
4. Review Writing Laws
5. Handout: 10 Ways to Start Sentences
6. Revise/Edit Rough Draft “Free Your Mind” Paragraph
Homework:
1. Typed Final Draft “Free Your Mind” Paragraph (Follow CAPE Tying Standards and Writing Laws)
-Do not use “you”
-Statement Title
-10 Sentences with 10 words each
8th Grade English 