1. Mrs. Ernst’s 8th Grade English Class A-2

2. Common Core Standards
*Focus: Group-work, Informational Texts, Annotation- Evidence Citation, Valid Connections to Real-World Issues, Technology Integration
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
- Benjamin Franklin

3. Common Core Standards
UNITS: Each category is integrated into every semester of the year *Literature R.L. *Writing W. *Speaking & Listening S.L. *Language L. *Informational Texts I.T.
Unit Work
Journals (daily)
SAT (every other week)
-words, online activities
Novels /Non-fiction Informational Texts -packet work, essays, annotation,
evaluating texts
IPad-research, annotation, Google Drive folders, Notability & Pages, Various App use
Poet of the Month
-biography, poem, write poem, presentation
Grammar reinforcement
- IXL, packets,worksheets,notes

4. New Textbook: California Collections
*Culture & Belonging
*The Thrill of Horror
*The Move Toward Freedom
*Anne Frank’s Legacy
*The Value of Work
Collections will be integrated into curriculum as appropriate.

5. Novel: The House on Mango Street
Novels…. (all classes)
Novel: The House on Mango Street
By Sandra Cisneros
FALL
*Common Core Based
Packet work (common core based)
Narrative Papers: “Me” narrative, “A Time in My Life” narrative, and “Mango Chapter” narrative
Poetry (Poet of the Month, and integrated into packets)

6. Novels continued.. Fall/Winter *Common Core Based
Honors
Proficient
Novel: To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee -Packets (common core based) -Research Paper -The Great Depression -Jim Crow Laws -Poetry (Poet of the Month / integrated into packets)
Novel: The Outsiders By S.E. Hinton -Packets (common core based) -Research Paper -Gang Violence -Poetry (Poet of the Month / integrated into packets)

7. Novels continued…. Winter/Spring *Common Core Based
Honors
Proficient
Novel: A Separate Peace By John Knowles -Packets (common core based) -Conflict Essay Paper -Poetry (Poet of the Month/ integrated into packets)
Novel: The Giver By Lois Lowry -Packets (common core based) -Conflict Essay Paper -Poetry (Poet of the Month/ integrated into packets)

8. Novels continued…. Spring *Common Core Based
Honors
Proficient
Novel: Hamlet By William Shakespeare -Packet work (common core based) -Argument Paper on Nobility *Is Hamlet noble? -Poetry (Poet of the Month) -Soliloquy
Novel: Speak By Laurie Halse Anderson -Packet work (common core based) -Argument Paper on Nobility *Is Melinda noble? -Poetry (Poet of the Month)

9. Informational Texts/Non-fiction Throughout School Year
During Novel Study
Post-Novel Study
Informational Texts (articles, current event topics, historical topics, biographies) are all integrated into the units. Students will evaluate evidence, annotate, and form educated opinions. They will work independently, in small groups, and discuss as a class.
(Group annotations (MOIUQR’s), Chart A entries, Socratic Forum, Dialectical Journals)
*R.I
Argument Articles are discussed and debated after finishing each novel. These are real-world topics connected to the themes of each of their books. (ie: Separate Peace- Private School vs. Public)

10. District Assessments Fall Spring
Smarter Balanced Interim Assessments (Ipads)
-Performance Task (research, literary texts, editing/revising, interpreting)
Smarter Balanced Assessment
-Online Review (link on Ernst website)
*Assessments are done in HR second semester (6 short tests on Ipads)

11. Spring Book Groups (if time )
*Spring Book Groups (Common Core Based)
Novel Choices:
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
That Was Then This is Now by S.E. Hinton
The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
Make Lemonade by Virginia Wolff
The Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Lyddie by Katherine Patterson
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
-Packet work, discussion and presentation in groups

12. Last Week of School….. (all classes)
Novel: The Little Prince By Antoine de Saint-Exupery *We read The Little Prince the last week of school because it’s a wonderful life-lesson book to send students off to high school with! 

13. Extras Portfolios -Student work is kept in a portfolio in class.
-Students will keep work in a digital folder on Google Drive as well
Discipline
-Tracking List /every 5-week grading period (paper)
*JUPITER GRADES “U” Behavior Progress (digital)
*Naughty Behavior = Jupiter referrals / Student Services referrals/ “U” in Cooperation

14. Ernst Information www.paulreverems.com -Teacher Pages – Ernst-
*Homework Link
* SAT Word/Activity Link

17. Thank You! 