YEAR 8 Program - Term 2 2013

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday1 Introduction to Jetty Rats.

Teaching activities: asking questions and predicting cover and blurb during reading ch1-2

H/W: Read Ch 3

Identifying character traitsTeaching Activity: Illustrating character- adjectives

H/W: Identifying Character Traits

Making inferences Teaching Activity Guided

reading: Making inferences 1 Pair reading Character

descriptions Page 3

H/W: Read Ch 5

Library

2 Inferring character Close reading of Jetty Rats

passage to examine Hunter and identify traits. (Ch6)

H/W: Read Ch 7-8

Making inferencesTeaching activity Types of inference explained Close reading of a passage to

make different inferences. Page 2 Ch10

H/W: Read Ch 11

Making inferencesTeaching activity Observations and Inference

chart for chapter 12

H/W: Read Ch 13

Visualising when readingTeaching activity: Map of the Caravan Park where

Hunter lives

H/W: Read Ch 15-17

3 Visualising when readingTeaching activity Think aloud visualisation of a

scene from the book (Ch18)

Teaching activity Visualising - Point of View –The

Plan (Ch19)

H/W: Read Ch 20-21

Teaching activity 3 levels of Comprehension

(Ch22) Lead-in to class designing their

own comprehension questions on Monday.

H/W: Read Ch 24-30 for Monday

Library

4 Teaching activity Students design comp

questions for Ch 24-30 Quiz each other

H/W: Read Ch 31-33

Character and relationshipsTeaching activity Short quiz to on characters to

review Ch read Character map to show

characters and their relationship to each other

Questions about a character

Character and relationshipsTeaching activity Short quiz on characters to

review Ch read Comparing Jasmine & Storm? Table of character traits?

Name, trait, evidence

Character and relationshipsTeaching activity Short quiz to review Ch read Give out essay assignment

sheets for speech Some form of character

discussion

H/W: Read Ch 34-36H/W: Read Ch 37-38 H/W: Book to be finished by Wed

(read two chapters per night)

5 Public holiday PD Day – no students Speech preparation – oral presentation methods Character choice Remind students no library Fri

H/W: Work on short speech – prepare three points for their character

Speech preparation – oral presentation methods Eg on OneNote Template for planning Persuasive speech skills

H/W: Work on short speech

6 H/W: Complete short speech for Tuesday

SHORT SPEECH SHORT SPEECH PD

Leave questions on theme for relief teacher

7 Finish last few short speeches

Thematic- issues Absent parents Significance of the mulloway –

book ending all of the characters together (curtain call)

Rites of passage Friendship Teenage love Family

Essay writing – evidence to support points Essay writing- paragraph structure

Essay writing – finish essays in class Library

JETTY RATS ESSAY DUE

8 ? ? PD Day – no students Results due for reportingYear 8 Lightning Carnival (all day)