Monday
No School - Memorial Day
Tuesday
Final - Fiction
Wednesday
Final - Nonfiction
Thursday
"An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" - Stream of Conscience
Friday
No School - Half Day
Monday - Thursday
Finish A Midsummer Night's Dream
Essay - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Organize Digital Portfolio
Friday
Fun Day
Monday - Friday
Continue A Midsummer Night's Dream
Monday
Last Revisionist History Podcast
Tuesday
Workshop Revisionist History Essay
Wednesday - Friday
Introduce, review, and read, as a whole class, A Midsummer Night's Dream
Monday - Friday
Peer Review - Research Project
Monday
No School - Easter Break
Tuesday - Friday
Peer Review - Research Paper
Monday - Wednesday
Research Workshop - Full Draft Due April 22nd when we return from break
Thursday - Friday
No School - Easter Break
Monday - Friday
Research Notes Due
First Three pages and Works Cited due Monday morning
Monday - Tuesday
Listen to Revisionist History - Episode Four - Season One - "Carlos Doesn't Remember"
Essay workshop on Wednesday - Essay Due Wednesday - 7:30 AM
Wednesday - Friday
Introduction to Novel Research Paper - Begin Research
Research Notes due on Monday, April 7th
Monday
Music and The Grapes of Wrath - Students will listen and respond to popular music of different eras inspired by the novel.
Tuesday - Wednesday
Final Essay - The Grapes of Wrath
Thursday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Test
Monday
Introduce Unit Seven Vocabulary - Due Next Thursday
Tuesday
Discuss Chapters Twenty-six and Twenty-seven
Read Chapters Twenty-eight, Twenty-nine, and Thirty
Wednesday - Thursday
Workshop Chapters Twenty-eight, Twenty-nine, and Thirty
Friday
Class Discussion - Chapters Twenty-eight, Twenty-nine, and Thirty
Monday
Discuss Chapters Twenty-two and Twenty-Three
Read Chapters Twenty-four and Twenty-five for Wednesday
Tuesday
Workshop chapters Twenty-four and Twenty-five
Wednesday
Discuss chapters Twenty-four and Twenty-five
Read Chapters Twenty-six and Twenty-seven for Tuesday
Thursday - Friday
Workshop Chapters Twenty-six and Twenty-seven
Monday
Discuss Chapters Eighteen and Nineteen
Read Chapters Twenty and Twenty-one for Thursday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Workshop Chapters Twenty and Twenty-one
Thursday
Discuss Chapters Twenty and Twenty-one
Read Chapters Twenty-two and Twenty-three for Monday
Friday
Read Chapters Twenty-two and Twenty-three for Monday
Monday
Class Discussion - Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen
Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen for Wednesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Workshop - Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen
Thursday
Class Discussion - Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen
Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen for Friday
Friday
Workshop - Chapters Seventeen and Eighteen
Monday
No School
Tuesday
Class Discussion - Chapters Eight and Nine
Chapters Ten, Eleven, and Twelve for Thursday
Wednesday
Workshop Chapters Ten, Eleven, and Twelve
Thursday
Class Discussion - Chapters Ten, Eleven, and Twelve
Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen for Monday
Friday
Workshop Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen for Monday
Monday
Class Discussion - Chapters One, Two, Three and Four
Read Chapters Five, Six, and Seven for Thursday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Workshop - Chapters Five, Six, and Seven
Thursday
Class Discussion - Chapters Five, Six, and Seven
Read Chapters Eight and Nine for Monday
Friday
Workshop - Chapters Eight and Nine
Monday
Read and respond to The Grapes of Wrath introduction
Tuesday
Introduction to During Reading activity for The Grapes of Wrath
Reading Chapters One, Two, Three and Four for Monday
Wednesday
Reading Chapters One, Two, Three and Four for Monday
Thursday
Unit Six Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Six Vocabulary Test
Monday
Introduction to Unit Six Vocabulary - Due next Thursday
Tuesday
Essay Workshop - The Gatsby Essay
Wednesday
Listen to Episode Seven, Season Eight of Revisionist History
Thursday
Workshop - Revisionist History Essay
Friday
Reading Day
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday - Wednesday
No School - Weather Closure
Thursday - Friday
Finish Film - Lurhmann's The Great Gatsby
Monday - Wednesday
Watch the films, The Great Gatsby (Paul Rudd and Leonardo DiCaprio version), compare the two films.
Thursday
Unit Five Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Five Vocabulary Test
Monday
Introduction to Unit Five Vocabulary - Due Next Thursday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Watch the films, The Great Gatsby, compare the two films
Thursday
Nonfiction Midterm
Friday
Fiction Midterm
Monday
Class Discussion - Chapters Six and Seven
Tuesday
Read Chapters Eight and Nine
Wednesday
Class Discussion - Chapter Eight and Nine
Thursday
A Book Jacket - The Great Gatsby
Friday
No School - Winter Break
Monday
Read Chapter Two and Three
Tuesday
Class Discussion - Chapter Two and Three
Wednesday
Read Chapter Four and Five
Thursday
Class Discussion - Chapter Four and Five
Friday
Read Chapter Six and Seven
Monday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Tuesday - Wednesday
Introduction to The Great Gatsby
Chapter One reading, response, discussion
Thursday
Reading Workshop - Chapters Three and Four
Friday
Class Discussion - Chapter Three and Four
Monday
Unit Four Vocabulary Due
Tuesday
Unit Four Vocabulary Test
Wednesday - Friday
No School - Thanksgiving Break
Monday
Introduce Unit Four Vocabulary - Due next Monday - Test on Tuesday
Tuesday - Wednesday
Students will listen to season one, episode two of Revisionist History, "The Big Man Can't Shoot."
Workshop - Revisionist History essay - due at the end of the day on Thursday
Thursday - Friday
Introduction to The Great Gatsby
Chapter One reading, response, discussion
Monday - Tuesday
Finish Ballads
The Poetry of Carl Sandburg
Poetry and Mood
Wednesday - Thursday
Poetry Essay - Due Wednesday 11:59
Friday
Poetry Memorization Presentations
Monday
The Poetry of Carl Sandburg
Tuesday
Mood and "Ulysses" and "The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner"
Wednesday
Writing some FUN poetry
Japanese Lantern Poem
Parts of Speech Poem
Two Sides Poem
Thursday
Reading Day
Friday
No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
Monday
Irony and "War is Kind"
Narrative Poetry and the Ballad - "Richard Cory" and "The Ballad of Birmingham"
Tuesday
Ballad and the Ballad assignment - Due next Wednesday
Wednesday
The Poetry of Robert Frost
"Out, Out-" and allusion, pun, understatement, onomatopoeia, personification, oxymoron
Thursday
Unit Three Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Three Vocabulary Test
Monday
Presentation of Music Poetry
Review poetry
Tuesday - Wednesday
The Sonnet
Irony and "War is Kind"
Narrative Poetry and the Ballad - "Richard Cory" and "The Ballad of Birmingham"
Thursday
Introduction to Unit Three Words - Due Next Thursday
Friday
Reading Day
Monday
No School - Teacher In Service
Tuesday
Review poems/questions
Read "The Weary Blues" - Students will identify characteristics of their favorite music and write a poem that reflects that genre as Hughes did with "The Weary Blues." The poem should be at least twenty lines long and is due next Monday.
Wednesday
Introduction - The Sonnet
Students will read "My City" by James Weldon Johnson and "If We Must Die" by Claude McKay - question responses due on Monday of next week.
Thursday
Unit Two Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit Two Vocabulary Test
Monday
Introduction to Unit Two Vocabulary - Due next Thursday
Frankenstein Essay due at 11:59
Tuesday
Listen to season one, episode three of Revisionist History - "The Big Man Can't Shoot."
Wednesday
Workshop Revisionist History episode - due Thursday - 11:59
Thursday
CommonLit: The Speaker, Rhythm and Rhyme - "Harlem," "I, Too," and "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" - students will read the poems and respond to the questions.
Friday
Reading Day
Monday
Journal
Class Discussion - chapters nineteen and twenty
Read chapters chapters twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - chapters twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three
Wednesday
Class Discussion - The Entire Book
Reading Journals Due
Workshop Day for Frankenstein Essay - Friday - 3:15 at the end of the school day
Thursday - Friday
Workshop Frankenstein Essay
AR
Monday
Reading Workshop - chapters thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen
Tuesday
Discussion - Chapters thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen
Read chapters sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - chapters sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen
Thursday
Discussion - Chapters sixteen, seventeen, and eighteen.
Read chapters nineteen and twenty for Monday.
Friday
Reading Workshop - chapters nineteen and twenty.
Monday
Discussion - Chapters four, five and six
Read chapters seven, eight, and nine - Due on Wednesday
Tuesday
Reading Workshop - Chapters seven, eight and nine
Wednesday
Journal
Class Discussion - Chapters seven, eight and nine
Read chapters ten, eleven and twelve for Friday
Thursday
Reading Workshop - chapters - ten, eleven and twelve
Friday
Journal
Class Discussion - chapters ten, eleven and twelve
Read chapters thirteen, fourteen, and fifteen for Tuesday
Monday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - Chapters one, two, and three
Tuesday
Discussion - Chapters one, two and three
Read chapters four, five and six - two reading journals each - due on Friday
Wednesday
Reading Workshop - Frankenstein - Chapters four, five, and six
Thursday
Unit One Vocabulary Due
Friday
Unit One Vocabulary Test
Monday
No School - Labor Day
Tuesday
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary - Due next Thursday
Wednesday
Read the introduction, author's note and preface of Frankenstein. Journal writing about important things they have learned.
Discuss.
Letters and Double Entry Journal - workshop tomorrow - discussion on Friday.
Thursday
Workshop - Frankenstein - Letters
Friday
Circle Discussion - Frankenstein Letters
Monday
Students will read and respond (with MUTTs) to "The Jaunt." - Three responses per page - due tomorrow.
Tuesday
Journal
Review novel paper requirements and appropriate novels
Poetry Memorization
The Four Coordinates of Art
MUTT Review of Handout
"The Idea of Order at Key West" by Wallace Stevens - Share and Assignment due tomorrow
Wednesday
Circle Discussion - "The Jaunt"
Thursday
Introduction to Unit One Vocabulary - Due next Thursday
Friday
Students will listen to episode one, season one of Revisionist History. Students will take notes on the episode. Students will be expected to write a two page paper about the episode, a summary and a response.
Monday - Tuesday
No School - Teacher In Service
Wednesday
Welcome Back!
Journal
Review syllabus and introduction
Remind
Appropriate use of personal devices
AR Requirements Approval - Eight/Ten Page Paper
Workshop - Vocabulary - Nonfiction - Group Share - Journal - Poetry Memorization Activity - Blog - Online Portfolio
AR Book Approval/Share tomorrow
Thursday
AR Book Approval and Share
Friday
Reading Day