SWAYNE'S
EIGHTH
GRADE
HUMANITIES
Semester Two
Calendar
Semester Two
February
Week One:
6: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT List 8
"Harrison Bergeron" Pre-Reading Activities
Assign Sem 2 Reading Project
Assign Salmon Reading Log
SS: Ch 6 Most Important Facts
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 6
Closely go over the Rubric
Choose piece from book
7: HUMANITIES:
LA: "Harrison Bergeron" Read Story
SS: Finish Ch 6 Most Important Facts Due end of class!
DRAMA: Practice Reading pieces and time
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8: HUMANITIES: Due: SAT List
LA: Writing Warm-up #5
"Harrison Bergeron" Comprehension Activities
SS: No SS, LA will take the entire time today.
DRAMA: Practice Readings in Groups of 3-4 and Critique
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9: HUMANITIES:
LA: "Harrison Bergeron" Comprehension Activities
SS: Begin Ch 7: Section 1, Questions pg 198
DRAMA:
5 minutes to practice and then begin Performances
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10: HUMANITIES: SAT Test
Due: "Harrison Bergeron" Comprehension Activities
Independent Reading
DRAMA:
Finish Performances and then complete reflections
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Week Two:
13: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone: Gym
SS: Ch 7 Section 2, Questions pg 205
DRAMA: Begin Radio Theatre
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14: HUMANITIES:
LA: Read "Lamb to the Slaughter"
SS: Ch 7 Section 3, Questions pg 213
DRAMA:
Listen to a Radio Theatre, discuss and critique
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15: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone Due
Writing Practice #6
Lamb to the Slaughter Questions
SS: Test Review
DRAMA: Finish discussing and critiquing the Radio theatre
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16: HUMANITIES:
LA: "Lamb to the Slaughter" Questions Continued
SS: Ch 6-7 Assessment
DRAMA: Begin Scripting Activity: Brainstorm and Writing
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17: HUMANITIES: Homophone Test
Independent Reading
Due Salmon Reading Log
Assign Red Log
DRAMA:
Finish Scripting Activity: Brainstorm and Writing
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Week Three:
20: No School, President's Day
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21: HUMANITIES: SAT List 9
Due: Lamb to the Slaughter Questions
SS: 6 Goals of the Constitution WS and pg 217 in text
DRAMA: Scripting Activity: Adding Sounds
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22: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT Due
Lamb to the Slaughter Debate Day!
DRAMA: Scripting Activity: Adding Sounds
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23: HUMANITIES:
Government Literature Test Review
Understanding the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-5)
DRAMA: Scripting Activity: Adding Music
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24: HUMANITIES: SAT Test
Independent Reading
DRAMA:
Finishing up Sounds and Music
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March
Week Four:
February 27: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone: Letter
Final Review Day Government Lit
SS: Understanding the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
DRAMA:
Flex Day due to Snow:
Put in Final Touches and Practice
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Feb 28: HUMANITIES:
LA: Government Literature Assessment
SS: Understanding the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
DRAMA:
Flex Day due to Snow:
Put in Final Touches and Practice
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1: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone Due
Writing Warm up 7
SS: Understanding the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)
DRAMA:
Perform Radio Scripts and Complete Reflections
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2: HUMANITIES:
LA: Walt Whitman "I Hear America Singing"
SS: Bill of Rights Power Point
Due: Understanding the Bill of Rights
DRAMA:
Begin Radio Drama: Children's Book
Choose Children's Book
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3: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone Test
Independent Reading
Red Log Due
Assign Rainbow Log​
SS: Due today: Bill of Rights Power Point
DRAMA:
Finalize groups and divide up parts. Begin Scripting
Week Five:
6: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT 10
SS: Color the 3 Branches
DRAMA:
write scripts
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7: HUMANITIES:
LA: Langston Hughes "I, Too [Sing America]"
SS: The Bill of Responsibilities
Constitution Chronicle
DRAMA:
write scripts
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8: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT Due
Writing Warm up 8
SS: Constitution Chronicle
DRAMA:
write scripts
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9: HUMANITIES:
LA: Langston Hughes "Let America Be America"
SS: Constitution Chronicle
DRAMA: write scripts
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10: HUMANITIES: SAT Test
Rainbow Reading Log
DRAMA:
write scripts
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Week Six:
13: HUMANITIES:
LA: Due: Let America be America
Assign: Pick One
SS: Due: Constitution Chronicle
Presentations!
DRAMA:
Scripts Due. Create music/sounds
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14: HUMANITIES:
LA: Due: Pick One
Assign: My Personal America
SS: Constitution Chronicle
Presentations!
DRAMA: create music/sounds
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15: HUMANITIES:
Due: End of class: My Personal America.
Independent Reading
Rainbow Log Due Friday
Assign Blue
DRAMA:
Create Music/Sounds. Due today.
16: No School, Conferences
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17: No School, Conferences
Rainbow Log Due
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Week Seven:
20: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone Second Letter
SS: What is the US?
DRAMA:
Create Intermission
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21: HUMANITIES:
LA: Writing Warm-up 9
SS: Finish What is the US?
DRAMA:
Create Intermission
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22: HUMANITIES: Due: Homophone
LA: Writing Warm-up 10 - 11
Review Homophone
SS: The Great Compromises
DRAMA:
Intermission Due
Finishing Touches
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23: HUMANITIES:
LA: Writing Warm-up 12
SS: The Great Compromises
DRAMA: Act II
Finishing Touches
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24: HUMANITIES:
LA: Homophone Assessment
Independent Reading
Blue Log Due March 31
SS: The Great Compromises
DRAMA: Act II
Finishing Touches
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No School March 27-31, Spring Break!
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April
Week Eight:
3: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT 11
SS: Introduce Civil War Escape Room
Task 1
DRAMA:
Final Rehearsal Day
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4: HUMANITIES:
LA: Begin Narrative in the Life
Introduce Historical Context and Significance
Lincoln vs Douglass
SS: Complete Task 1
DRAMA:
Perform
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5: HUMANITIES: SAT Due
LA: Frederick Douglass Timeline
SS: Escape Room Task 2
DRAMA:
Study Hall Day - Swayne Gone
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6: HUMANITIES:
LA: Frederick Douglass Timeline
SS: Complete Task 2
DRAMA:
Perform
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7: HUMANITIES:
SAT Test
Independent Reading:
DRAMA:
Finish Performances
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Week Nine:
10: HUMANITIES: Homophone Route
English/Language Arts State Testing
DRAMA:
Last Day to Perform
Complete Reflections
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11: HUMANITIES:
English/Language Arts State Testing
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 7 Select Scripts/Lyrics
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12: HUMANITIES: Due: Homophone
Writing Practice
English/Language Arts State Testing
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 7 Design Lyrics and Stage Blocking
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13: HUMANITIES:
English/Language Arts State Testing
DRAMA:
Finish Lyric Design and Stage Blocking
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14: HUMANITIES: Homophone Test
Independent Reading: White Reading Log Due
English/Language Arts State Testing
Assign Green Log
DRAMA:
Practice Reader's Theatre 7
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Week Ten:
17: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT 12
Ch 1 Frederick Douglass
SS: Civil War Escape Room Task 3
DRAMA:
Quick Practice Reader's Theatre 7
Performances
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18: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 1 Frederick Douglass
SS: Complete Task 3
DRAMA:
Perform Reader's Theatre 7
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19: HUMANITIES: SAT Due
LA: Writing Warm up 15
Ch 2 Frederick Douglass
SS: Civil War Escape Room Task 4
DRAMA:
Perform Reader's Theatre 7
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20: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 2 Frederick Douglass
SS: Complete Task 4
DRAMA:
Perform Reader's Theatre 7
Complete Reflections
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21: HUMANITIES: SAT Test
Independent Reading
DRAMA:
Assign: How To Video
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Week Eleven:
24: HUMANITIES: Homophone: Terns
LA: Ch 3 Frederick Douglass
SS: Civil War Escape Room Task 5
DRAMA:
Write scripts
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25: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 3 Frederick Douglass
SS: Complete Task 5
DRAMA:
Practice/Record
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26: HUMANITIES: Homophone Due
LA: Ch 4 Frederick Douglass
SS: Civil War Escape Room Task 6
DRAMA:
Perform
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27: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 4 Frederick Douglass
SS: Complete Task 6
DRAMA:
Perform
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28: HUMANITIES:
Homophone Test
Independent Reading
Green Reading Log Due
Assign Yellow Log
DRAMA:
Final Performances and Reflections
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June
Week Seventeen:
5: HUMANITIES: Last Day for Late/Missing Work
Work on Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Slide Show
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6: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Slide Show
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7: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Slide Show
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8: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Final Touches, Peer Edit
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9: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Rehearse
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Week Eighteen:
12: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Perform
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13: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Perform
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14: HUMANITIES:
Independent Reading Speeches
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Perform
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15:Last Day of School, 1/2 Day!
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May
Week Twelve:
1: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT 13
Ch 5 Frederick Douglass
SS: Civil War Escape Room Task 7
DRAMA:
Introduce Salesman Activity
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2: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 5 Frederick Douglass
SS: Complete Task 7
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity: Choose Topics
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3: HUMANITIES: SAT Due
LA: Writing Practice
Ch 6 Frederick Douglass
SS: Civil War Escape Room Task 8
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Write Scripts
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4: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 6 Frederick Douglass
SS: Complete Task 8
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Write Scripts
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5: HUMANITIES: SAT Test
LA: Independent Reading Yellow Log Due
Assign Lavender Log
SS: Civil War Escape Room Final Submission
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Design Scripts and Blocking
Week Thirteen:
8: HUMANITIES:
LA: SAT 14
Ch 7 Frederick Douglass
SS: Introduce Ethnic Studies Project
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Rehearse
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9: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 7 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Choose Topic (Historical Event or Historical Person)
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Performances
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10: HUMANITIES: SAT Due
LA: Writing Warm up 19
Ch 8 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Research
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Performances
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11: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 8 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Research
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Finish Performances
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12: HUMANITIES: SAT Test
Independent Reading
Yellow Log Due
Assign Lavender
DRAMA:
Salesman Activity Reflections
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Week Fourteen:
15: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 9 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Work on Presentation
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Assign and Begin Locating Scene/Script
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16: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 9 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Work on Presentation
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Work on Script
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17: HUMANITIES:
LA: Writing Practice
Ch 10 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Work on Presentation
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Finalize Script, Design and Block
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18: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ch 10 Frederick Douglass
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Work on Presentation
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Rehearse
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19: HUMANITIES:
LA: Ind. Reading
Set up Project Letters
SS: Ethnic Studies Project:
Presentations
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Finish Rehearsals and Begin Performances
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Week Fifteen:
22: HUMANITIES:
Ch 11 Frederick Douglass
Set up reading project
SS: Iready Testing
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Performances
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23: HUMANITIES:
Ch 11 Frederick Douglass
SS: Iready Testing
DRAMA:
Reader's Theatre 10
Finish Performances and Reflections
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24: HUMANITIES:
Summative Discussion Activities
Book Review Frederick Douglass
Reading Project: Letter #1
DRAMA:
Performer's Choice: Reader's Theatre 11, 12, 13
Choose/Write Script
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25: HUMANITIES:
Book Review Frederick Douglass
Reading Project: Letter #2
DRAMA:
Performer's Choice: Work on Script
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26: HUMANITIES:
Book Review Frederick Douglass
Reading Project: Letter #3
Due: Lavender Reading Log
Next Week: Cumulative Page Count
DRAMA:
Performer's Choice: Finish Script, Design and Block
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Week Sixteen:
29: No School, Memorial Day
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30: HUMANITIES:
Due: Book Review Frederick Douglass
Reading Project: Letter 4
DRAMA:
Performer's Choice: Perform
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31: HUMANITIES:
Edit Reading Project
DRAMA: Perform
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June 1: HUMANITIES:
Final Revision Day Reading Project
DRAMA:
Assign: Poetry Slam
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2: HUMANITIES:
Cumulative Page Total For Independent Reading Due
Independent Reading Project Due
DRAMA:
Poetry Slam: Choose poem and Begin Slide Show