The end of the third quarter is Friday. Please check Pinnacle for current student averages.
Did you know as of today there are only 16 school days before the Reading portion of the CRCT. Students must pass with a minimum of 800 on the Reading section. While our daily instruction helps prepare your child, I wanted to encourage parents and students to take advantage of the following extra resources.
First, on March 11th all students were shown how to navigate a fabulous website that the county has paid for to help prepare our 8th graders. The site is called USATestPrep. Each student was given a small sheet to tape into his or her agenda with directions. In addition, I have created a PDF file of CRCT prep pages from our Reader's Journey. Students may use the PDF file or their at home copy of the text.
Download Reading CRCT Review Packet
Monday:
-CRCT Cruisin”
-Students are each provided with a CRCT review brochure. As they work through a CRCT blog created by the teachers they complete the brochure. Topic for exploration include:
Story elements, poetry, vocabulary, main idea, types and organizational patterns of paragraphs and author’s purpose.
Tuesday: Continuation of CRCT Crusin'
Wednesday: Whole class discussion.
1. What is drama? 2. What are characteristics of a play?
3. What makes a play different from a movie? 4. What do plays have that other genres do not?
All of this is probing to activate prior knowledge.
- Discuss GPS and EQ’s
- Pull out the verbs in the standard
-Understanding the elements of Drama – pages 502 – 511 in Reader’s Handbook.
For each element, students will create an organizer or flip-book with the definition, illustration, and an analogy or tip for remembering the term.
Thursday: Reader’s Handbook - Reading a Play, pages 472 - 488. Students complete guided notes.
-As a whole class, we will review a premade PowerPoint to make sure all students have the right information.
Friday: Reader’s Handbook, pages 489 – 501. Guided notes.
Focus on Theme and Focus on Language.
Resources for drama unit:
Download Reading a Play notes
Download Reading20a20play1
Download Elements of Drama