Gillian Wegener
Teacher, 8th Grade English, 8th Grade Honors English
Language Arts Department Chair
Education:
B.A. Humboldt State University 1990
M.A. University of San Francisco 1996
School Activities:
California Junior Scholarship Federation (CJSF)
Speech Contest Coordinator
Coordinator of OJHS Poetry Contest and Anthology
California Young Reader Medal Book Club
District Activities:
GATE committee
Site Plan Committee
Vertical Teaming Committee
Associations:
California Association of Teachers of English
National Council of Teachers of English
Great Valley Writing Project
California Literature Project
Publication:
Ms. Wegener has had poetry published in many journals including, most recently, RUNES, In the Grove, and Apostrophe. Her first book, Lifting One Foot, Lifting the Other, was published in 2001. Look at this link to check out the publisher.
In the Grove Publishing
Links:
California Young Reader Medal
Poetry 180
Eighth Grade Honors Language Arts
Course Syllabus:
Semester 1
August * Learn procedures for Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.)
· Begin reading Tituba of Salem Village
· Haiku memorization project
· Begin Accelerated Reader program
· Begin Writing Workshop (poem, short story, biographical incident)
· Begin vocabulary work
September * Continue D.O.L.
· Complete Tituba of Salem Village
· Take final on Tituba of Salem Village
· Colonial project/Mock Trial
· Intro to Internet searching
· Continue Accelerated Reader/Writing Workshop
· Continue vocabulary work
· Begin reading Revolutionary War literature
October * Continue D.O.L.
· Continue reading Revolutionary War lit.
· Group presentations of Revolutionary War lit.
· Quote Memorization project
· Continue Accelerated Reader
· Continue Writing Workshop (persuasive essay, poem, picture book)
· Continue vocabulary work
November * Continue D.O.L.
· Begin The Hobbit
· Continue Accelerated Reader/Writing Workshop
· Poem Memorization project
· Preamble Memorization project
· Continue vocabulary work
December * Continue D.O.L.
· Complete The Hobbit/Take final.
· Complete Writing Workshop projects
· Continue Accelerated Reader
· Continue vocabulary work
· Take final exams on writing, conventions, vocab, and novel
Semester 2
January * Continue D.O.L.
· Read The Call of the Wild/final project
· Begin Speech Unit
· Write a business letter
· Continue vocab work
· Continue Accelerated Reader
February * Continue D.O.L.
· Begin Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
· Continue Speech Unit/Speech presentations
· Learn Powerpoint (to be used with research papers)
· Resume Writing Workshop (observation essay)
· Debates
March * Continue D.O.L.
· Complete Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
· Continue Debates
· Continue Writing Workshop (research paper, cause/effect essay, student choice project -- if time permits)
· Read Soldier’s Heart/Civil War literature
· Continue Accelerated Reader
· Continue vocabulary work
· Review test-taking skills
April * Continue D.O.L.
· Begin All Quiet on The Western Front
· Continue Accelerated Reader/ Writing Workshop
· STAR testing
· National Poetry Month – Recite 4-6 stanza poems/Compile anthologies
May * Continue D.O.L.
· Complete All Quiet on the Western Front/ final projects
· Wrap up Accelerated Reader
· Wrap up Writing Workshop
· Final exams/post-tests on literature, conventions, vocabulary, etc
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