Block Day, 10/28 & 10/29

"The Woman in the Snow"

• Vocabulary in groups

• Background:  The Montgomery Bus Boycott

• Audio Reading:  Pages 775-781 (Duration 16:19)

• Plot Map and Summary

• Identify and discuss foreshadowing

• Grady vs Ray

• Story Questions

• Independent Work:  Plot Map & 5 sentence summary

Thursday, 10/30

• Re-read story

• Explore literary techniques of and "The Woman in the Snow" in small groups:  How did the author build suspense?

• Study Guide for test

Friday, 10/31

• Test:  "The Tell Tale Heart" and "The Woman in the Snow"

• Short film of "The Tell-Tale Heart" (24:52)

How do authors use a variety of writing techniques to enhance their stories?

Monday, 12/1 

• Unit Overview

• "Harrison Bergeron" Story Preview & Discussion:  Watch clips and discuss

• Read "Harrison Bergeron" and answer Text Questions on CommonLit

Block:  12/2 & 12/3

• Discuss Questions 1-3 on slide 13

• Reread "Harrison Bergeron" / Video:  2081 (23:20)

• Response Questions 1-3 in packet

• Handout:  Writing Techniques

Thursday, 12/4

• Read "The Sniper" (10 minute audio) and answer Text Questions on CommonLit

• Theme:  Front of student packet

• "The Sniper" -  Answer questions 1-4 and the prompt in  student packet

• Literary devices:  hyperbole, idiom, imagery, irony, metaphor, personification, simile

• "The Sniper" Kahoot!  If time

Friday, 12/5 (special schedule 2024)

• Pre-Reading Response Question:  Discuss in Small Groups and answer in student packet

• Read "The Necklace" and answer Text Questions on CommonLit 

• Irony, character traits, and theme (student packet)

• Kahoot! If time

Monday, 12/8

• Small Groups:  Enter examples from the 3 short stories we read last week (see teacher samples)

• Write Claim 

• Begin choosing evidence for your essay and add to graphic organizer

• "Harrison Bergeron" review Kahoot!  If time

Block:  12/9 & 12/10

• Enter Claim on Socrative for feedback

• Edit weak intro in small groups

• Outline ideas for your essay

• Write the intro paragraph for your essay 

• "The Necklace" review Kahoot!

Thursday, 12/11

• Begin body paragraph 1

• NWEA test

Friday, 12/12

• Essay body paragraph 2

• NWEA test

Monday, 12/15

• Finish essay body paragraphs, if needed

• Essay conclusion

• NWEA test

Block:  12/16 & 17

• Peer Edit

• NWEA test

• Book Talk form (due IN CLASS Friday)

Thursday:  12/18

• Essay DUE

• Work on Book Talk

Friday:  12/19

• Book Talk and BYO snacks

Block:  

• On CommonLit:  The Golden Lotus: A History of Foot Binding

• "Ribbons" by Laurence Yep

• Seven short questions on slides (see student copy under "Classwork" on Google Classroom)

• "Ribbons" - small group discussions

• Begin Response paragraph

Thursday, 

• Connect to "The Little Mermaid"

• Finish response paragraph, if needed, and submit slides.  Due by 8 AM on TBD