Trimester 3

IN CLASS

Week 1 (3/17-3/20):

• Review Syllabus and Class Policies

• Week 1 Writing Prompts

• "The Nine Curves River" by R.F. Kuang on Levar Burton Reads

• Grammar Sheet 8

Week 2 (3/24-3/27):

• Week 2 Writing Prompts

• Discuss Love After the End Response (Tues)

• Grammar Sheet 8b

Week 3 (3/31-4/3):

• Week 3 Writing Prompts

• Read & discuss "The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas" by Ursula K. Le Guin

• Story 1 Peer Workshop (Wed)

• Grammar Sheet 9

Week 4 (4/7-4/10):

• Read & brief response for "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" by N.K. Jemisin (Mon)

• Discuss Jemisin story (Tues)

• Week 4 Writing Prompts

• In-class Comparative Essay (Wed)

• Grammar Sheet 10 (Thurs)

Week 5 (4/14-4/17):

• Week 5 Writing Prompts

• Grammar Sheet 11

• *No class Wed 4/16 (Hamlet Field Trip)

• Story 2  Peer Workshop (Thurs)

*MIDTERM/APRIL BREAK*

Week 6 (4/28-5/1):

• Read & brief response for "Body Ritual Among the Nacerima" by Horace Miner

• Week 6 Writing Prompts

• Grammar Sheet 12

Week 7 (5/5-5/8):

• Week 7 Writing Prompts

• Work on Story 3 

• Peer Workshop (Wed)

• Grammar Sheet 13

Week 8 (5/12-5/15):

• "The School" by Donald Barthelme

• Grammar Sheet 14

• Start watching The Maze Runner

Week 9 (5/19-5/29)

• Finish watching The Maze Runner (Mon)

• Guest speaker Dr. Ibram X. Kendi in Hendrix during F Period (Tues)

• Grammar Sheet 15 

• Finish all revisions 

Week 10 (5/27-5/29)

• No school Mon 5/26 (Memorial Day)

• Grammar Sheet 16

• Collaborative stories

• Read published Book Reviews & Stories

Week 11 (6/2-6/5):

• Watch Isle of Dogs

• Class Evaluation

• No class 6/5: Save the Bay Field Trip

*End of Trimester*

HOMEWORK

Due Tuesday 3/25:

• Love After the End Response

Due Thursday 3/27:

• Independent Reading Book Proposal

Due Tuesday 4/1:

• Story 1 

Due Thursday 4/3:

• Independent Reading Response 1

Due Thursday 4/10:

• Finish in-class Comparative Essay if not done Wed

Due Tuesday 4/15 (by end of class):

• Story 2 

Due Thursday 4/17:

• Independent Reading Response 2

*MIDTERM/APRIL BREAK*

Due Tuesday 4/29:

•  "Body Ritual Among the Nacerima"  Response (if not finished in class)

• Comparative Essay Revision

Due Thursday 5/1:

• Independent Reading Response 3

Due Tuesday 5/6:

• Story 3 

Due Wednesday 5/7:

• CREDIT DEADLINE for all overdue work

Due Thursday 5/8:

• Independent Reading Book Review

Due Tuesday 5/13:

• Final Story 

Due Thursday 5/15:

• Independent Reading Book Review Revision

Due Wednesday 5/21:

• CREDIT DEADLINE for overdue Book Reviews and Final Stories 

Due Thursday 5/22:

• Final Story revision

Due Wednesday 5/28:

• Independent Reading Essay 

Due Tuesday 6/3:

• Final CREDIT DEADLINE for ALL WORK

*End of Trimester*