Quarter 1: Short Stories
Introduction:
Thursday and Friday: 8/23&24
- PowerPoint (Class Intro, Stations)
- Welcome Blog Post - Required Materials
Week One:
Monday and Tuesday: 8/27&28
- PowerPoint (Syllabus and Blog)
- Syllabus - Due Next Class
- Blog Scavenger Hunt - Due Next Class
Wednesday and Thursday: 8/29&30
- PowerPoint (Plot Diagram, Character Terms, Intro PWP 1-3)
- Fish Cheeks Activities
Week Two:
Friday and Monday: 8/31&9/4
- PowerPoint (Intro PWP 4-6, Google Classroom, the Veldt)
- Open this PowerPoint for all Google Classroom codes.
Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/5&6
- PowerPoint (the Veldt, Response Questions)
- PWP#1 Assigned: Peer Edit Date Sept 17(A)&18(B)
HOMEWORK: Veldt Response Questions due Next Class
Week Three:
Friday and Monday: 9/7&9/10
- The Veldt Video
- HyperDoc Assignment on Google Classroom: Finish in Class
- Vocab List #1 introduced.
Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/11&9/12
- iReady Diagnostic
Thursday and Friday: 9/13&9/14
- PowerPoint (Workshop, PWP#1 Peer Editing Next Class)
HOMEWORK: Finish and Print out PWP#1.
Week Four:
Monday and Tuesday: 9/17&9/18
- PowerPoint (Peer Editing Rules&Checklists, Poe Intro)
- Peer Editing Checklists for All Genres
HOMEWORK: Make Edits to PWP#1 - Turned in to Mrs. Whittington NEXT CLASS for grading.
Wednesday and Thursday: 9/19&9/20
- Turn in PWP#1 by Midnight
- Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
- Tell Tale Heart Assignment on Google Classroom: Finish in Class
Week Five:
Friday and Monday: 9/21&9/24
- PowerPoint (Resuming Poe, Annabel Lee)
- PWP Revision Requirements
HOMEWORK: Vocab List #1 Quiz Next Class - 9/25(A) & 9/26(B)
Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/25&9/26
- PowerPoint (PWP Revisions, Workshop)
- Vocabulary List #1 Quiz TODAY
Thursday and Friday: 9/27&9/28
- PowerPoint (One of These Days, Direct Quotes)
- Finish iReady
HOMEWORK: Finish One of These Day Plot Questions
Week Six:
Monday and Tuesday: 10/1&10/2
- PowerPoint (Dialogue, Intro Long Way Down)
Wednesday and Thursday: 10/3&10/4
A Day Lesson -
- PowerPoint (No Red Ink, Jason Reynolds Interview)
B Day Lesson -
- PowerPoint (Library, Start Long Way Down)
B DAY HOMEWORK: Finish LWD Questions from PowerPoint
Friday and Tuesday: 10/5&10/9
A Day Lesson -
- PowerPoint (Library, Start Long Way Down pg0-35)
A DAY HOMEWORK: Finish LWD Questions from PowerPoint
B Day Lesson -
- PowerPoint (No Red Ink, Jason Reynolds Interview)
Week Seven:
Wednesday and Thursday: 10/10&10/11
- PSATs - Wednesday
- PWP Workshop
- Workshop Check-in (Turned in at the end of class)
Friday and Monday: 10/12&10/15
- PowerPoint (Continue Long Way Down pg35-70)
- Rules Chart - Completed in Class, Groups
- Vocab List#2 introduced - Quiz Dates 10/31(A)&11/1(B) - 2nd Quarter Grade
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/16&10/17
- PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 7, Found Poetry, Google Classroom Response)
HOMEWORK: If you did not finish in class - Found Poem and G.C. Response due next class.
Thursday and Friday: 10/18&10/19
- PowerPoint (Research Paper Requirements and Workshop)
- Research Paper Outline
- Found Poem and Google Classroom Response due TODAY.
- PWP#2 Assigned: Peer Edit Date 10/29(A)/10/30(B)
- Friday 10/19 - Last Day to Submit PWP#1 Revisions (All Students)
Week Eight:
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/23&10/24
- PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 6, Socratic Intro, Workshop)
- Socratic Prep Sheet Assigned - Student Choice - Handout or Google Classroom
HOMEWORK: Finish Socratic Prep Sheet either handwritten or on GC by next class.
Bring your Chromebook and Headphones next class.
Thursday and Friday: 10/25&10/26
- Library Lesson - Chromebook and Headphones needed.
- Practice Socratic Seminar
- Grade Report print out sent Home.
HOMEWORK: PWP#2 Due Printed out Next Class for Peer Editing - 10/29(A)/10/30(B)
Week Nine:
Monday and Tuesday: 10/29&10/30
- PWP#2 Peer Editing Day
- PowerPoint (PWP Peer Editing Guidelines)
- You MUST have a printed out copy of your paper in class - Summative.
HOMEWORK: Make Edits to PWP#2 - Turned in to Mrs. Whittington NEXT CLASS for grading.
Vocab List #2 Quiz next class.
Wednesday and Thursday 10/31&11/1
- PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 5&4, Anagram Intro)
- PWP#2 Due on Google Classroom by Midnight
- Vocab List #2 Quiz (2nd Quarter Grade)
Friday and Wednesday: 11/2&11/7
- PowerPoint (Long Way Down Level 3, GC Response Questions)
HOMEWORK: Finish Google Classroom Response Questions if not finished in class.
