Day 1:  Monday, 2/23

Unit Launch: Why Stories Matter (Expanding Circles Activity)

1) Individual: What is your story?

• Where were you born?

• Where have you lived?

• What challenges have you faced?

• What experiences have impacted or influenced you?

• What are your core values?  How do they drive you?

2) Students view images of famous figures and brainstorm in groups:

•  Who is this person?

• What are they known for?

• What can we learn from this person’s life and experiences?

3) Whole Group: Brainstorm key ideas about why stories matter

4) Read "Tryout" as a class (model parallel journal notes)  

• Include key events & your reflections with lessons on each chapter 

HW:  Read through page 16

Day 2: 2/24 & 2/25 (Block)

• Warm-Up:  add notes to "The Tryout" on student packet

• Importance of Role Models

• Response to adversity:  Thorpe & Warner

• Picture Preview:  Native American Boarding Schools

• Building Background:  Article on Carlisle Industrial School (see CommonLit).  Answer Q's on CommonLit, then add notes to page 4 of your packet. You will be learning more about Carlisle in one of today's chapters, "The School."

HW:  "The Game" & "The School" - Parallel Journal notes

Day 3: Thursday, 2/26

• Football:  Then vs. Now - use yesterday's reading to fill in the graphic organizer in a group of 2-3 students.

• Carlisle Industrial School:  Discuss questions in student packet

HW:  "Alien World" & "The Team"

Day 4: Friday, 2/27

• Discuss the impact of boarding school like Carlisle on identity

• Why is identity important?

• "The Team" - Connect: Do you let doors stay closed or push them open?

• Group Activity --> Newsela article on Carlisle

HW:  “Restless Disposition” 

Day 5: Monday, 3/2

• Video Clip (6:41-8:49)

• Jim Thorpe Character Chart - Partner or group of 3

• Complete Packet Questions for "Restless Disposition" and turn in packet

• NOTE CHECK TODAY!!!

HW:  “Carlisle vs. the Big Four” through “The Carlisle Rut” 

Day 6: 3/3 & 3/4 Block

• Mini-Lesson:  How to craft effective interview questions.  

• Assign family member interview.

• Plan interview Questions

• Complete packet Questions

HW:  “Football Imagination” through “Wild Horses”

Day 7: Thursday, 3/5

• Attendance Warm-up:  Add to character traits

• Make Inferences / Identify Themes:  Bemus Pierce examples, then small groups identify 2 passages with inferences & themes

• Thorpe Video Clips: 2 min

• Answer questions for yesterday's reading

HW:  “Haughty Crimson” & “Before & After”

Day 8: Friday, 3/6

• Attendance Warm-up:  Add to character traits

• Video Clip:  2:30 minutes (+2 min clip for 6/7 per.)

• Answer questions for yesterday's reading

• Plan interview questions / do today's reading

HW:  “Football on Trial” & “High Jump”

***TWENTY extra credit points if you can show me at least a page of interview notes on Monday, 3/9

Day 11:  Thursday, 3/12

• Thorpe's Legacy (graphic organizer)

• Video Clip:  6 minutes

• Week 3 work

HW:  "All in" & "Carlisle vs Harvard"

Day 12:  Friday, 3/13 (Minimum Day - 20 minute periods)

• Video Clip:  8 minutes

• Week 3 work

HW:  "All American" & "Stockholm"

***TEN extra credit points if you can show me at least a page of interview notes on Monday, 3/16

Day 13:  Monday, 3/16

• Video: Stockholm Olympics (36:50-47:10)

• Thorpe's Legacy (graphic organizer)

• Finish Week 3 work and turn in packet

HW:  "One More Year" & "Into the Whirlwind"

Day 14:  Block, 3/17 & 3/18

• Video: 47:10-49:12

• Pro / Con Argument Challenge:  Choose a topic related to the novel AND your article from last week.  Write a POSITION statement on this topic.  For instance:  Is football too dangerous? Use both the novel and last week's article as support for your arguments.

• Week 4 work

HW:  "Football Evolution" & "Carlisle vs Army"

Day 15: Thursday, 3/19

• Video: (49:12-55:28) 

• Week 4 Work

HW:  "Last Games" & "Brutal Business"

Day 16:  Friday, 3/20

• Video: (55:28 - 1:02) 

• Week 4 Work

HW:  "Undefeated" & "Epilogue:  Back on Top"

Day 1 (Monday, 3/23)

• Video (1:02 - 1:12) 

• NWEA Test

• Check Interview notes

HW:  Finish Undefeated Week 4 work

Day 2 (Block:  3/24 & 3/25)

• Finish Thorpe Video: (1:12-1:26) 

• NWEA (due by the end of this week)

HW:  Organize Interview Notes by topic

Day 3 (Thursday, 3/26)

• FINISH NWEA (due by the end of this week)

• Outline essay paragraphs, if done testing

HW:  Outline Interview Essay Topic for essay

Day 4 (Friday, 3/27)

• Outline check

• Begin Intro Paragraph, if not testing

• NWEA (due by the end of this week) Make-ups in Library

HW:  Find images to include in interview (clipart or photos) and save to a Google Drive folder

Day 5 (Monday, 3/30)

• Claim Check

• Edit Intro Paragraph and begin body paragraphs

HW:  Intro  / find essay images

Day 6 (Block:  3/31 & 4/1)

• Image Check

• Writing body paragraphs

HW:  Body paragraphs

Day 7 (4/2)

• Finish body paragraphs 

Day 8 (4/3)

• Write Conclusion paragraph

• Insert images (at least 1 per page)

HW:  Finish final draft of essay

Day 9 (Monday, 4/6)

• EDIT Essay

• Revise

• Submit Essay on Google Classroom by the end of the day on 4/6