Axelrod, Eric
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- Career Action Lab Lesson Plans (Periods 1,2,3)
- Computer Science- Lesson Plans (Period 4 & 5)
- 8th Grade ELA Lesson Plans (Period 6)
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The Paxton Career Modules
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- Desert Sky Middle School
- 8th Grade ELA Lesson Plans (Period 6)
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ELA Lesson Plans (Period 6)
Current Lesson Plans
Week of 9/11/23 - 9/15/23
Date
Today I Can:
Activities
Reminders
9/11
- Outline the climax/falling action/resolution in my short story
- Work on plot outline
9/12
- Outline the climax/falling action/resolution in my short story
- Work on plot outline-due at the end of class
9/13
- Draft my short story
- Work on draft of story
9/14
- Draft/revise my short story for dialogue
- Work on final copy of story
9/15
Early Release
- Draft/revise my short story for dialogue
- Final copy due at the end of class
Previous Plans
Week of 9/4/23 - 9/8/23
Date
Today I Can:
Activities
Reminders
9/4
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• No School
9/5
• Create a conflict for my short story
• WS on conflict
9/6
• Outline the exposition for my short story
• Begin outline for a short story
9/7
• Outline the rising action for my short story
• Work on rising action
9/8
Regular Full Day
• Outline the rising action for my short story
• Work on rising action
Week of 8/28/23 - 9/1/23
Date
Today I Can:
Activities
Reminders
8/28
• Review the major elements of “Chaperone”
• Practice using vocabulary correctly in sentences
• “Chaperone” Analyze the text questions pgs. 28-29
8/29
• Compose an objective summary of a short story
• Summary of “Chaperone”
8/30
• Punctuate dialogue correctly in sentences
• Slideshow on dialogue writing
• WS on punctuating dialogue
8/31
• Rewrite a reading selection from a different point of view
• Slideshow on point of view
• Rewrite a given selection of reading
9/1
Early Release
• Identify different forms of dialogue writing
• Level up tutorial on punctuation
Week of 8/21/23 - 8/25/23
Date
Today I Can:
Activities
Reminders
8/21
AM
Assembly
- Cite textual evidence to support a claim
- “Chaperone” pgs. 17-21 w/GQ
8/22
- Analyze the climax and falling action in a short story
- “Chaperone” pgs. 22-26 w/ GQ
8/23
- Outline the major events in a short story
- Finish plot outline
8/24
- Cite textual evidence to support a claim
- “Golden Glass”/”Museum Indians” short stories with GQ
8/25
Early Release
PM assembly
- Review how to use active/passive voice in writing
Week of 8/14/23 - 8/18/23
8/14
- Analyze character development in the rising action of a short story
- “Chaperone” pgs 9-12 w/GQs
8/15
- Pretest 8th grade reading standards
- SLO pretest
8/16
- “Chaperone” pgs. 13-16 w/GQs
8/17
Assembly
- Outline the elements of a short story
- “Chaperone” plot outline for pgs. 9-16
8/18
Early Release
- Distinguish which is the correct form of a word
- No Red Ink (NRI) #1 on commonly confused words
Week of 8/7/23 - 8/11/23
Date
Today I Can:
Activities
Reminders
8/7
- Analyze different types of parenting styles
- Reading handout/ws on parenting styles
8/8
- Test my lexile level
- Reading Inventory assessment
8/9
- Establish the exposition in a short story
- Begin “My Favorite Chaperone” pgs. 3-5 with guiding questions
8/10
- Analyze the rising action in a short story
- “Chaperone” pgs. 6-8 w/GQ
8/11
Early Release
- Outline the elements of a short story
- Begin a plot outline for “Chaperone” pgs. 3-8
Week of 7/31/23 - 8/4/23
Date
Today I Can:
Activities
Reminders
7/31
• Draft info for my About Me hoodie
• Fill out info about yourself
8/1
• Create a hoodie with information about myself
• Work on final copy of hoodie
8/2
• Revise emails into proper formatting
• Google slideshow on email etiquette
• Library orientation
8/3
• Revise emails into proper formatting
• Work on email etiquette ws
8/4
Early Release
• Compose an email with proper formatting
• Finish email WS
• Finish hoodie
• Clean out Google drive