Cedarlane Planning Matrix - 8th Grade



SAMPLE MY Access! Curriculum Mapping MATRIX –

|Timeline |Skills Taught/MA Tools/Teacher materials |Related Literature/Writing Text |MY Access! Prompt |

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| |Content and Development |Assign: |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

|1st Trimester |Review Elements of Narrative (MY Access! Narrative Outline and Plotting a | |Bus Trip to Anywhere |

| |Narrative) | | |

|Sept-Nov, 2008 |Focus on plot, conflict and developing a climax | |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

| |Sensory details (setting) | |A Trunk in the Attic |

|Genre: Narrative |Character Development (Narrative Wizard) | | |

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| |Organization | |When Someone Helped Me |

| |Review a “catchy” introduction (Narrative Outline) | | |

| |Transitions (MY Access! Word Bank) | | |

| | | |1 writing period in class; 2-3 days to key into MY |

| |Language Use | |Access! and submit |

| |Vocabulary development through root words ( | | |

| |Prefix and Suffix | | |

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| |Conventions | | |

| |Parts of Speech (Parts of Speech) | | |

| |Types of Sentences (MY Editor) | | |

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|2nd Trimester |Focus and Meaning |Assign: |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

| |Thesis statement (writer’s opinion about the character) | |Hatchet |

|Nov-Jan, 2009 |Parts of an expository/response to literature essay (introduction, body, | | |

| |conclusion) | |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

|Genre: Expository Response to | | |Maniac Magee |

|Literature |Content and Development (MY Tutor) | | |

| |Strong topic sentences that support thesis | |Assessment Prompt: |

| |Textual evidence to support opinion | |Snowstorm |

| |Paraphrasing text using citations | | |

| |Explaining why evidence connects and supports | | |

| | | |1 writing period in class; 2-3 days to key into MY |

| | | |Access! and submit |

| |Organization | | |

| |Using notes to impose structure | | |

| |Format of Compare and Contrast Essay | | |

| |Strong introduction | | |

| |Transitions | | |

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| |Language Use | | |

| |Vocabulary development through root words | | |

| |Prefix and Suffix | | |

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| |Conventions | | |

| |Clauses | | |

| |Punctuation (focus on commas at the end dependent clauses) | | |

| |Varying sentence structures (simple, complex, compound sentences) (MY | | |

| |Editor | | |

| |Spelling (Spellchecker) | | |

|Timeline |Skills Taught |Related readings |MY Access! Prompt |

| | |Writing Text | |

| |Focus and Meaning |Teacher selected persuasive essays from |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

|3rd Trimester |Thesis statement |newspaper, magazines, Newsweek, etc.) |Sports Teams |

| |Review parts of essay (Persuasive Wizard) | | |

|Jan-Apr, 2009 | | |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

| |Content and Development (MY Tutor) | |Student Leader |

|Genre: Persuasive |Strong topic sentences that support thesis | | |

| |Evidence to support opinion (examples, experiences, facts, statistics, | |Assessment Prompt: |

| |etc.) | |Contest Winner |

|End of Year District Multiple |Using research to support with facts (iSEEK) | | |

|Measure – |Explaining why evidence connects and supports | | |

|May-June, 2009 |Providing a strong counterargument | |1 writing period in class; 2-3 days to key into MY |

| | | |Access! and submit |

| |Organization | | |

| |Using notes to impose structure | | |

| |Strong introduction and a conclusion that calls for the reader to act on | | |

| |the recommendation | | |

| |Transitions (Word Bank) | | |

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| |Language Use | | |

| |Vocabulary development through root words (Prefix and Suffix | | |

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| |Conventions | | |

| |Reinforce clause punctuation (MY Editor) | | |

MY Access! Curriculum Mapping MATRIX –

|Timeline |Skills Taught/MA Tools/Teacher materials |Related Literature/Writing Text |MY Access! Prompt |

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| | |Assign: |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

|1st Trimester | | | |

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|Sept-Nov, 2008 | | |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

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|2nd Trimester | |Assign: |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

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|Nov-Jan, 2009 | | | |

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|Genre: | | | |

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|Timeline |Skills Taught |Related readings |MY Access! Prompt |

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| | | |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

|3rd Trimester | | | |

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|Jan-Apr, 2009 | | |Teaching/Instructional Prompt |

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|End of Year District Multiple | | | |

|Measure – | | | |

|May-June, 2009 | | | |

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