Quarter One: Schedule and Resources

Quarter 1: Short Stories

All stories can be accessed in 'Scanned Class Documents' above.

Introduction:
Thursday and Friday: 8/22&23
     - PowerPoint (Class Intro, Stations, Fish Cheeks Story)
     - Welcome Blog Post - Required Materials - Where I'm From Poem Example

Week One:
Monday and Tuesday: 8/26&27
     - PowerPoint (Syllabus and Blog)
     - Syllabus - Due Next Class
     - Blog Scavenger Hunt - Due Next Class

Wednesday and Thursday: 8/28&29
     - PowerPoint (Plot Diagram, Character Terms, Intro PWP 1-3)
     - Fish Cheeks Activities (Honors Only)

Week Two:
Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/3&9/4
     - PowerPoint (Valediction Story, Dialogue, Intro PWP 4-6)
     - Valediction Short Story
HOMEWORK: Please bring your headphones and a charged Chromebook next class!
                                Complete Fish Cheeks Assignment - due next class.

Thursday and Friday: 9/5&9/6
     - iReady Diagnostic Testing (on LCPSGO)
HOMEWORK: If not finished in class, finish iReady by Sunday at midnight.

Week Three:
Monday: 9/9   (A only. B days will complete this day on Monday 9/16.)
     - PowerPoint (Peer Edit Practice, Simile and Metaphor, House on Mango Street Story)
     - Name Writing Prompt on Google Classroom
HOMEWORK: Complete the Name Writing Prompt

Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/10&9/11
     - PowerPoint (The Veldt Story, Listen to the Veldt Here)
     - Veldt Imagery Assignment on GC
     - PWP#1 Assigned

PWP#1 DATES:
     - Peer Editing - 9/19(A) and 9/20(B)  - Mostly complete, printed draft required.
     - Polished Draft Due - 9/23(A) and 9/24(B) - Turn in on Google Classroom
     - Last Day to Submit Revisions - 10/18 - ALL STUDENTS

Thursday and Friday: 9/12&9/13
     - Veldt Video
     - Veldt Assignment on Google Classroom
     - Vocab List #1 introduced - Quiz Dates: 9/25(A) and 9/26(B)
HOMEWORK: Complete Veldt Assignment on Google Classroom

Week Four:
Monday: 9/16   (B only. A day students completed this day on 9/9.)
     - PowerPoint (Peer Edit Practice, Simile and Metaphor, House on Mango Street Story)
     - Name Writing Prompt on Google Classroom
HOMEWORK: Complete the Name Writing Prompt

Tuesday and Wednesday: 9/17&9/18
     - Workshop Day for PWP#1
HOMEWORK: Print PWP#1 for Peer Editing Next Class

Thursday and Friday: 9/19&9/20
     - PowerPoint (Peer Editing Rules&Checklists)
     - Peer Editing Checklists for All Genres
HOMEWORK: Make Edits to PWP#1 - Turn in on GC by 9/23(A) & 9/24(B) by Midnight.

Week Five:
Monday and Tuesday: 9/23&9/34
     - PowerPoint (Vocab Practice, Penpals)
     - Vocab Study
     - PenPal First Draft
HOMEWORK: Submit PWP#1 - Turn in on GC by 9/23(A) & 9/24(B) by Midnight.
                                 Vocab #1 Quiz Next Class

Wednesday and Thursday: 9/25&9/26
     - Vocab #1 Quiz
     - PenPal Final Drafts

Friday and Monday: 9/27&9/30
     - PowerPoint (Long Way Down Intro, PG 0-35)
     - PWP #1 Edits due by 10/18

Week Six:
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/1&10/2
     - PowerPoint (LWD 35-70)
     - Vocab List #2 introduced - Quiz Dates 10/22(A) and 10/23(B)

Thursday and Friday: 10/3&10/4
     - PowerPoint (LWD Level 7, Found Poetry, GC Response)
HOMEWORK: Finish Found Poetry and GC Response

Week Seven:
Monday and Tuesday: 10/7&10/8
     - PowerPoint (LWD Level 6)
     - Workshop Time
HOMEWORK: No PWP#1 Revisions will be accepted after 10/18.

Wednesday and Thursday: 10/9&10/10
     - PowerPoint (LWD Level 5, Vocab #2 Practice)
     - Library Book Check Out
     - Vocab #2 Practice

Week Eight:
Friday and Tuesday: 10/11&10/15
     - PowerPoint (SOL Writing Practice, LWD Level 4)
     - Workshop Time
     -  Friday Homecoming Pep Rally!

Wednesday and Thursday: 10/16&10/17
     - PSAT Day (Wednesday)
     - Hey Kiddo Ted Talk
     - Vocab List #2 - GC Assignment - Quiz Dates: 10/22(A) and 10/23(B)
     - Workshop Time
FRIDAY 10/18 - LAST DAY TO TURN IN PWP#1 REVISIONS.

Week Nine:
Friday and Monday: 10/18&10/21
     - PowerPoint (LWD Level 3, GC Assignment)
     - Extra Time? Workshop
HOMEWORK: Finish GC Level 3 Assignment - Friday 10/18 Last day to turn in PWP#1 Revisions.
                                 Vocab #2 Quiz NEXT CLASS

Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/22&10/23
     - PowerPoint (LWD Level 2&1)
     - Vocab #2 Quiz

Thursday and Friday: 10/24&10/25
     - Tell Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe - GC Assignment
     - Listen to the story HERE
HOMEWORK: Complete GC Acrostic Poem and share it to - Shelby.Whittington@lcps.org

Week Ten:
Tuesday and Wednesday: 10/29&10/30
     - PowerPoint (Poe Background, Annabel Lee, Socratic Seminar Intro&Prep)
     - Socratic Seminar Prep Assigned on GC
     - Socratic Seminar Requirements

Thursday and Friday: 10/31&11/1
     - PowerPoint (Continue Socratic Seminar Prep)
     - LAST DAY OF Q1
HOMEWORK: Short Stories Socratic Seminar NEXT CLASS - 11/6(A) and 11/7(B)