Revised: July /2017

Pacing Calendar Grade 8

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections

Collection 1: August 9, 2017 – October 6, 2017 Pacing 43 days

Essential Approx. Text Focus Writing/TE Interactive Assessment Suggested
Question Dates Instruction
□ Aug 10- □ “My Favorite Chaperone” □ Analyze Stories: Character  Writing Activity: Summary p28 Performance Task Selection Test  Writing as a Process
Aug 26 (short story) □ Analyze Language  Write a Summary p30a 1) Write a Summary p28 (*IA)
Culture and (**IAW)
Belonging □ “Golden Glass” (short story) □ Using Context Clues  Writing Activity: Narrativep38 2) Level Up Tutorial: Analyze Story
□ Writing Activity: Summary Use Performance
Plot
□ Language and Style: 3) Determine Author’s Purpose(IAW) Assessment Workbook
“Culture is the Imperative Mood 4) Level Up Tutorial-Determine UNIT 1
widening of the Central Idea and Details Unit 1- Argumentative Essay
mind and of the
spirit.”
□ Aug 29- □ “Bonne Année” (personal □ Analyze Text  Writing Activity: Narrative p38 Performance Task Selection Test Practice Brief Writes
-Jawaharial Sep 9 essay) □ Central Ideas and Details  Writing Activity: Explanation p51 1) Writing Narratives Narrative for ICA
Nehru □ “A Place to Call Home” □ Analyze Language Structure (*IA) Use IAB’ s
(research study) □ Author’s Purpose 2)Determine Author’s Purpose (IAW) 1) Dear Governor
Essential □ “What to Bring” (essay) □ Analyze Nonfiction 3) Level Up Tutorial: Determine Argumentative
Question: How □ Media Activity: Poster Central Idea and Details 2) Ancient Door
do people □ Using a Glossary 4) Level Up Tutorial: Text Features Narrative
□ Language and Style: Reading Informational Text 3) A Desperate Attempt
develop their
Participles Narrative
own identity
□ Using Greek Prefixes
within a new
□ Sept 12- □ from The Latehomecomer □ Analyze Meanings of Words  Writing Activity: Informative 1) Level Up Tutorial: Figurative Selection Test
culture? Language and Imagery
Sept 20 (memoir) and Phrases Report p68
2) Evaluating Resources (IA)
□ Analyze Text
3) Writing Informative Texts-Precise
language and
□ Sept 21- □ “Museum Indians” □ Analyze Media  Media Activity: Video 1) Using Media in a Presentation (IA) Performance Task A
Oct 7 (memoir) □ Determine Meaning of  Creating a Video p74a 2) Comparing Texts (IAW)  Write an Informative
□ New Immigrants Share Words and Phrases  Speaking Activity: Discussion p78 Essay P79-80
Their Stories (documentary) □ Make Inferences  Analyze Modern Fiction p78a Performance Task B
□ “Powwow at the End of the □ Using Latin Prefixes  Write a Person al
World” (poem) □ Writing Activity: Report Narrative p83
□ Language and Style: Active
and Passive Voice
□ Media Activity: Video
□ Speaking Activity: Discussion
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Pacing Calendar Grade 8

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections
Collection 2: October 16, 2017 – January 12, 2018 Pacing 48 days
Essential Approx. Text Focus Writing/TE Interactive Assessment Suggested
Question Dates Instruction
□ Oct 17- □ “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Short □ Analyze Suspense  Writing Activity: Narrative p96 Performance Task Selection Test  Writing a Narrative
Nov 4 Story) □ Use a Thesaurus 1) Writing Narratives (*IA) R2
The Thrill of 2) Analyze Stories: Plot (IAW)
Horror □ “The Outsider” (Short Story) □ Writing Activity: Profile 3) Level Up Tutorials- Analyze Point Use Performance
□ Language and Style: Using of View Assessment
Dashes
“There is a… Workbook
□ Nov 7- □ “Scary Tales” (Essay) □ Determine Author’s  Speaking Activity: Debate p103 Performance Task Selection Test
UNIT 2- Informative Essay
horror story Nov 30 □ “The Monkey’s Paw” Viewpoint  Writing Activity: Report p118 1) Conducting a Debate: Writing
that is only two Arguments(*IA)
(Short Story) □ Determine Theme 2) Level Up Tutorials- Author’s Practice Brief
sentences long: □ “Frankenstein” (Poem) □ Analyze Stories: Dialogue Perspective Writes for ICA
The last man □ Analyze Stories: 3) Compare and Contrast Texts- Use IAB’ s
on Earth sat Foreshadowing Comparing Texts (IAW) 4) Compost
□ Using Latin Roots 4) Level Up Tutorials-Determine
alone in a Theme-Theme Informational/Intro
room. There □ Speaking Activity: Debate 5) Ligament
□ Language and Style: Informational /Explain
was a knock at
Subject-Verb Agreement 6) The Deserted Road
the door.” Subjunctive Mood Summarize Central Ideas
-Frederick 7) Marks the Spot!
Brown □ Decembe □ “The Monkey’s Paw” (Film) □ Analyze Text: Literary  Media Activity: Storyboard Performance Task Selection Test Summarize Central Ideas
r 1- □ “What Is the Horror Genre?” Criticism  Film Techniques p124a 1) Compare and Contrast a Film and 8) Preserve or Present
Essential January (Literary Criticism) □ Using Suffixes  Speaking Activity: Discussion p a Story-Interactive Graphic Performance Task A Analyze/Use Evidence
Organizers-Venn Diagram
Question: In 20 □ “Man-Made Monsters” □ Media Activity: 131  Present an Argument
2) Identifying Central Idea and
what ways does (Essay) Storyboard  Analyze Text: Literary Criticism (*IA)
Details in Literary Criticism (IAW)
the horror genre □ Speaking Activity: p132a
both terrify and Discussion Performance Task B
□ Language and Style:  Write a Literary
fascinate
Commas Analysis p137
people?
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Pacing Calendar Grade 8

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections

Collection 3: January 16, 2018 – March 23, 2018 Pacing 43 days

Essential Approx. Text Focus Writing/TE Interactive Assessment Suggested
Question Dates Instruction
□ Jan 23- □ from Narrative of the Life of □ Analyze text  Writing Activity: Write a Literary 1) Collaborative Discussion- Selection Test Use Performance
Feb 10 Fredrick Douglass, an □ Analyze language Analysis p149 Participating in Collaborative Assessment
The Move Discussion (IA) p150 a
Toward American Slave □ Analyze Structure 2) Level Up Tutorial-Autobiography Workbook
(Autobiography) □ Writing Activity: Literary  Speaking Activity: Speech p164 and Author’s Purpose- Biographies UNIT 3-Literary Analysis
Freedom
Analysis and Autobiographies Essay
□ “My Friend Douglass” □ Use Context Clues 3) Cite Evidence) (IAW)
“I should fight (Biography) □ Speaking Activity: Speech 4) ) Level Up Tutorial- Biography--
for liberty as Biographies and Autobiographies
□ Use Word Relationships
Practice Brief
long as my □ from Harriet Tubman: □ Language and Style:
Writes for ICA
strength Conductor of the Conditional Mood
Use IAB’ s
lasted.” Underground Railroad
1) Dear Governor
-Harriet Tubman (Biography)
Argumentative
2) Ancient Door
Essential Narrative
□ Feb 14- □ “The Drummer Boy of  Speaking Activity: Informative 1) Level Up Tutorial-Analyze Stories: Selection Test
3) A Desperate Attempt
Question: Mar 3 Shiloh”(Historical) □ Analyze stories Report: p174 Historical Fiction-Prose Form-
Historical Fiction Narrative
What was the □ “A Mystery of Heroism” (Short □ Determine meanings of  Draw Conclusions p176a 4) Compost
quest for story) words & phrases Informational/Intro
freedom that □ Draw conclusions 5) Ligament
led to the □ Speaking Activity: Informational /Explain
American Civil Research 6) The Deserted Road
War? □ Interpret Figures of Summarize Central Ideas
Speech 7) Marks the Spot!
□ Language and Style: Summarize Central Ideas
□ Mar 6- □ “Civil War Journal” (Journal □ Analyze structure  Writing Activity: Informative Performance Task Selection Test 8) Preserve or Present
Mar 24 entries) □ Analyze language Essay: p196 1) Generating Questions for Analyze/Use Evidence
□ Determine meanings of Research (IAW) Performance Task A
□ From Bloody Times: The words & phrases  Speaking Activity: Respond by 2) Level Up Tutorial- Comparison-  Participate in
Funeral of Abraham Lincoln □ Writing Activity: Speaking p 202 Contrast Organization Collaborative
and the Manhunt for Character Sketch 3) Level Up Tutorial- Figurative Discussion P203 R12
Jefferson Davis (History □ Use Context Clues Language Performance Task B
 Analyze Style p202a
Writing) □ Language and Style: Write a Literary Analysis
Gerunds p207
□ “O Captain! My Captain” □ Speaking Activity: Respond
(Poem) by Speaking
Revised: July /2017

Pacing Calendar Grade 8

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Collections
Collection 5: April 10, 2018 – June 8, 2018 Pacing 43 days
Essential Approx. Text Focus Writing/TE Interactive Assessment Suggested
Question Dates Instruction
□ Apr 3- □ “Marigolds” (Short story) □ Determine theme  Writing Activity: Write a Literary 1) Make Inferences (IAW) Selection Test Use Performance
Apr 14 □ “The Whistle” (Short story) □ Analyze stories Analysis p226 2) Level Up Tutorials-Analyze Assessment
Approaching Stories: Character’s Motivation
Adulthood □ Analyze language Workbook
□ Writing Activity: Essay UNIT 4 Mixed Practice
□ Use Latin Suffixes 1) Argumentative Essay
“When you □ Language and Style: 2) Informative Essay
become a 3) Literary Analysis Essay
Infinitives
teenager, you
step onto a □ Apr 17- □ “Identity” (Poem) □ Determine theme  Speaking Activity: 1) Determine Meaning of Words Selection Test
Apr 28 □ “Hard on the Gas” (Poem) □ Inferences Response to Literature / Compare and Phrases- Figurative Language
bridge… The Contrast p233, R19 and Imagery (IAW)
□ “Hanging Fire” (Poem) □ Writing Activity: 2) Level Up Tutorials-Determine
opposite shore
□ “Teenagers” (Poem) Comparisons Theme
is adulthood.” □ Language and Style: Words
-Gail Ending in -y
Carson
Levin □ May 1- □ “Room for Debate” □ Trace and Evaluate an  Speaking Activity: Debate 2) Level Up Tutorials-Trace and Selection Test
May 12 (Argument) Argument p244, R14 Evaluate an Argument-Analyzing
□ Speaking Activity: Debate  Teach-Fact and Opinion p246a Arguments
Essential
□ “When Do Kids Become □ Greek Roots
Question: Adults?” (Argument) □ Language and Style: Shifts
At what age do in Voice and Mood
students pass □ “Much Too Young to Work
from childhood □ May 15- □ “Is 16 Too Young to Drive a □ Determine Central Ideas  Writing Activity: Argument p 260, 1) Write an Objective Summary- Performance Task A
to adulthood? June 9 Car?” (Article) and Details R2 Summarizing Text-(IAW)  Write a Literary Analysis
□ Analyze the Text  Media Activity: Public Service 2) Level Up Tutorials-Persuasive p269
□ “Fatal Car Crashes Drop for □ Analyze Media Announcement p268 Techniques: Visual and Print
16- Year-Olds, Rise for Older □ Writing Activity: Opinion  Evaluating Advantage and Narration Performance Task B
Teens” (Article) □ Domain-Specific Words Disadvantages of Media p268a  Produce a Mult imedia
□ Language and Style: Campaign p273
□ “Your Phone Can Wait” Fragments
□ Media Activity: Public
□ Driving Distracted”(Public Service Announcement
Service Announcements)