January 29
Present a peer
Course outline
Chilliwack writing assignment
January 30
People bingo
Finish Chilliwack writing assignment
January 31
"The Way Up to Heaven"
Stylistic devices
Begin reading story
February 1
Library
Finish "The Way Up to Heaven"
Complete stylistic devices
February 2
Independent reading
Review "The Way Up to Heaven"
Complete stylistic devices
Paragraph overview
Begin writing collective paragraph - 'What were two of Mr. Foster's most antagonizing behaviours?'
February 5
Independent reading
Finish point, evidence, explanation for collective paragraph
Read "The Fisherman and the Businessman"
Brainstorming for individual paragraph response
February 6
Review brainstorming for individual paragraph response
Quick quotation integration overview
Write paragraph
February 7
Independent reading
Literary elements notes
Read "The Lorax" and apply on chart paper
February 8
Finish literary elements notes
Finish "The Lorax" and chart paper activity
February 9
Literary elements quiz
Independent reading
Mark literary elements quiz
February 12
Independent reading
Partner challenge: write a paragraph response, using the structure discussed in class, that addresses the following question: Discuss a theme from the story "The Lorax." In your writing, discuss two instances where this theme is shown in the text.
Begin your first sentence with a letter of your choice. Subsequent sentences must start with the following letter of the alphabet.
February 13
Agree or disagree line: parents should be friends with their teenagers, not just authority/parental figures
Read "Saturday Climbing"
Begin work on double story graph
February 14
Independent reading
Review "Saturday Climbing"
Key quotations: "Before they had started climbing, there had crept into his daughter's voice a constant note of disparagement and disappointment;" "The caged bird proves nothing but the power of the captor;" "Gradually, as a dozen Saturdays passed, what had seemed impossible was reduced to the merely dificult;" "The thought of giving her so much responsibility was like the prick of a thorn;" "They all fell from time to time, but their ropes kept them from suffering more than bruised knees and elbows;" "The world seeks balance...Extremism begets extremism;" "Her father, ever watchful, full of fear, smoothly payed out the rope, determined to give her all the slack she needed while, at the same time, keeping his hands tensed, ready to lock shut, ready to absorb the shock of any fall."
Respond to questions using 'because' dependent clauses
February 15
Quotation integration notes and practice
Final time to work on "Saturday Climbing" questions
February 20
Independent reading and reading conferences
Review quotation integration methods
Practice integrating quotations in a paragraph with the following topic sentence: Students at G.W. Graham Secondary have varied responses to the rotating block schedule.
Kale - "Coming from a sports perspective, it can be nice to not miss the same class every day."
Balrajan - "It's more versatile."
Jacob - "There are pros and cons to both sides. It's nice to have variety."
Maddie - "It makes more sense to me."
February 21
Independent reading and reading conferences
Finish quotation integration paragraph
"The Catbird Seat"
February 22
Finish reading "The Catbird Seat"
Complete a story graph sheet for the story
Missing tasks - look on myed
February 23
Independent reading and reading conferences
Irony
Introduce paragraph response and students identify a supporting point or two - Which two of Mrs. Ulgine Barrows's behaviours does Mr. Martin find most frustrating?
February 26
Independent reading and reading conferences
Ironic moments in the news over the weekend
Review quotation integration
Paragraph response - work time
February 27
Finish paragraph response
February 28
Independent reading and reading conferences
Introduction notes
Begin reading "Scarlet Ibis"
February 29
Finish group introductions and share
Telestrations activity
March 1
Thesis and topic sentence notes
March 4
Independent reading
"Scarlet Ibis"
March 5
Finish telestrations activity
Unpack "Scarlet Ibis"
March 6
Independent reading
Conclusion structure
Essay outline work - What are two themes from the short story "The Scarlet Ibis"?
March 7
Essay outline work
March 8
Essay outline/drafting work
March 11
Independent reading
Outline work
Drafting essays
March12
Drafting essays
March 13
Drafting essays
March 14
Drafting essays
March 15
Drafting essays
April 2
Independent reading
Review essays and the resubmission process
April 3
Independent reading
Introduction to Shakespeare - the Globe, iambic pentameter, verse division
Prologue activity
April 4
Library/Independent reading
Dramatis personae
The prologue and beyond
April 5
Independent reading
Review
Continue to the end of Act I, scene ii
Questions
April 8
Independent reading
Review
How is a partner like a book? Exploring metaphor
Read Act I, scenes iii and iv
April 9
Question work time
Read Act I, scene v
April 10
Independent reading
Movie
Questions/Text modernization
April 11
Work on questions/text modernization
April 12
Independent reading
Act II
Text modernization/Question work time
Introduce text memorization
April 15
Independent reading
Finish Act II, scene ii
Act questions
Text memorization
April 16
Continue Act II
Questions/Text memorization
April 17
Lit assessment
April 18
Text memorization on Monday
Continue Act II
Questions
April 19
Practice time for text memorization
Act II
Questions
April 22 - April 30
Romeo and Juliet work
May 1
Family life in Romeo and Juliet
Completing the Family Life chart
May 2
Continued work through the 'Office of Christian Parents' text
Begin Act IV
Act questions
May 3
Independent reading
Act IV, scenes i and ii
Act questions
Family life chart work (if time)
May 6
Independent reading
Family life chart
Compare/Contrast writing overview
Outline work
May 7
Outline work
Continued reading
Act questions
May 8
Independent reading
Outline work
May 9
Essay drafting
May 10
Independent reading
Essay drafting
May 13
Independent reading
Act IV video
Essay draft check-in
Continue reading/Essay drafting
May 14
Act V, scenes i and ii
Essay work
May 15
Half of Act V, scene iii
Essay work
May 16
Other half of Act V, scene iii
Film
Booklet work/Paragraph response
Mat 21
Final essay work day
Booklet and questions due Thursday
May 22
Begin Indian Horse
Booklet introduction
Chapters 1-2
May 23
Device review - on the lookout for metaphor, similar, personification, and onomatopoeia
Chapters 3-5
Booklet work
May 24
Device review - on the lookout for yesterday's devices as well as hyperbole, oxymoron, and
Chapters 5-7
Device share
Booklet work
May 27
Independent reading
Reading chapters 8-10
Family response paragraph
May 28
Take Action Day
May 29
Independent reading
Read chapters 11-12
Family response using proper paragraph format
Residential school prior knowledge
May 30
Review questions
Residential school KWL
Share Sugar Falls story
Booklet work
HOMEWORK: read chapters 13/14
June 3
Review questions:
Discuss the children's experience with the fish outside their school. How are the fish a strong symbol for themselves?
What might be the long-term effects of Saul's self-imposed isolation?
Read chapters 15-18 aloud
Booklet work
HOMEWORK: Residential school impact response
June 4
Split class
Half class finishes residential school impact paragraph response and other booklet work
Other half reads chapters 19-22, then completes bookwork
June 5
Independent reading (catch-up in Indian Horse if you are behind)
Read chapters 23-24 aloud with booklet work
Discuss p. 81
June 6
Lit cirlce role overview
Independently read chapters 25-27 of Indian Horse
Lit circle sheet
Podcast studio introduction
June 7
Independent reading (finish chapter 27 if not complete)
Meanwhile, podcast groups
Read to chapter 30 by the end of the weekend
SUBMIT BOOKLETS
June 10
Independent reading (chapters 28-30 of Indian Horse)
Meanwhile, podcasts
Then, essay brainstorming
Adapt essay assignment
June 11
Read chapters 31-32
Finish podcasts
Essay outlines
June 12
Independent reading
Read chapters 33-36
Introduce essay topics
June 13
June 14
Essay outline work
HOMEWORK - Read chapters 40-44
June 17
Review chapters 40-44
Essay work
Read aloud - chapters 45-48