Quarter 1: Schedule and Resources

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.