Week of Nov 27th

Mon--Rough drafts returned; begin final copy of Unit 1 essay

Tues--Finish essay and clean out binder

Wed--Assign unit readers and novels; essays due by 3:15

Thurs--Tell Tale Heart Lesson 1

Fri--Lesson 2

Week of Nov 13

Monday--Students will finish up Section 7 with a group activity and powerpoint.

Tuesday--Students will complete a reading strategy UNRAVEL

Wednesday--Students will begin prewriting for the Unit ! essay.  Section 8 Lesson 30

Thursday--Students will write a first draft of the essay.  (Lesson 31)

Friday--Students will look over example responses and make any needed revisions to their rough drafts.

Week of Oct 30

Mon--Lesson 25-group summary and discussion

Tues--Lesson 25--theme and evidence page

Wed Lesson 26--read Chp 13 excerpt

Thurs--Finish Lesson 26

Fri--Lesson 27 Compare text structures

Week of October 23:

Mon--Students will write a progress report from a different pov--Lesson 21

Tues--Students will read a progress report and answer questions about it--Lesson 22.

Wed--Students will read a progress report and write about it. Lesson 23

Thurs and Fri--Students will finish reading Flowers for Algernon and note changes in Charlie throughout--Lesson 24

Week of Oct 16-20

Mon--Review Section 4-5

Tues--SLT Pretest assignment

Wed--Flowers for Algernon Section 4 and 5 Test

Thurs--Half day (Homecoming)   --Grammar game

Fri--Letter to Charlie

Week of OCT 10-13

Tues--Finish Lesson 18; Constructive response finished and typed.  (Rough and final copy due Wednesday in class.)

Wed--Lesson 19 begins

Thurs--finish Lesson 19

Fri--Lesson 20

Week of Oct 2nd

Mon--Begin Lesson 17; reading an excerpt of Frankenstein

Tues--Finish Lesson 17--summarize excerpt

Wed--Begin Lesson 18

WEEK OF SEPT 25TH

MON--Lesson 14:  work on irony tracker worksheet

Tues--Lesson 15:  Socratic Seminar

Wed--Lesson 16 :  add to before and after surgery notes and irony tracker

Thurs--Lesson 17:  summarize excerpt of Frankenstein

FRI--Make up day; finish lesson 17

Sept 18th-22

Mon--Finish and review Section 3

Tues--Section 2-3 Quiz (open note)

Wed--Lesson 11

Thurs--Lesson 12

Fri--Anaylze characters

Week of September 11th

Monday--Lesson 6, students will read and analyze vocabulary of an article

Tuesday--Lesson 7; students will continue to read an article and answer questions

Wednesday--Lesson 7; class will continue to work with the article and discuss

Thursday--Lesson 8; students will analyze an argument and find evidence to support the different sides

Friday--Graded bellringer assignment

Week of September 5th

Tues-Section 1 Test Review

Wed-Section 1 Test

Thurs-Constructed Response on theme of the "Story of Prometheus" Due 

Fri-Lesson 5--Begin reading "Flowers for Algernon," answer questions about the beginning of the story and about Charlie.

Week of August 28th

Open House will take place at 6 pm, Tuesday, August 29th.

Mon--finish Lesson 2; open note quiz

Tues--Lesson 3, working with vocabulary

Wed--finish Lesson 3

Thurs--Lesson 4 

Fri--Finish lesson 4; review

Mon-Lesson 36:Class Discussions in preparation for the extension research task

Tues-Begin research task.  Discuss the two types of intelligences they will research. Begin taking notes.

Wed-Continue taking notes for research; record sources; begin powerpoint

Thurs-Create powerpoint with research info and submit

Fri-Unit 1 Cold Read

CWT for Unit 1

Mon-Discuss prompt and introduction.  Begin outline.

Tues-finish outlining essay; begin rough draft

Wed-write rough draft

Thurs-add transitions; revise essay

Fri-type and submit essay; turn in outline and rough draft when everything is complete

Everything for the CWT must be turned in no later than Monday, Oct 31.

Lesson 26-Links to an external site. Students read an excerpt from Chapter 13 of Frankenstein and then work in pairs to select a quotation that reveals aspects of both the monster and Charlie.

Unit 1 Lesson 26Links to an external site.

Lesson 27-Links to an external site.Students reread an excerpt from Chapter 13 of Frankenstein and work in pairs to explain how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning or theme.

Lesson 28-Links to an external site. Students prepare for a Socratic seminar by comparing and contrasting the myths of Prometheus and Pandora, excerpts from Frankenstein, and “Flowers for Algernon.”

Lesson 29-Links to an external site.Students engage in a Socratic seminar to discuss whether Keyes draws on traditional stories to tell a hopeful story or a cautionary tale.

Monday--Lesson 11 Students will read progress reports 4-11 and look for differences in Charlie before and after surgery.

Tues and Wed--(ELA teachers will be out for professional development.)  Students will answer questions on Lesson 11 and work on Lesson 12

Thurs--Review lessons 11 and 12

Fri--Lesson 13: Students will prepare for a Socratic seminar

Tues--Library hour; finish iReady diagnostic

Wed-Section 3 Lesson 9:  writing about Charlie and the suitability of the tests

Thur-Section 3 Lesson 10--Revising and working with a partner (Paragraph will be graded)

Fri--review Section 3 and quiz

Monday--Review Lesson 3; Begin Lesson 4 (Vocab quiz will be Tuesday afternoon)

Tuesday--Lesson 4 and vocabulary quiz

Wednesday--Review Section 1; class discussion/quiz grade for Section 1

Thursday--Section 2 Lesson 5

Friday--Lesson 6

**Dates may be pushed back a little due to AC issues, etc.

• August 15-19
• Monday:  Prewriting and begin writing a personal introductory essay.  (Students will have a handout and can find info on Canvas)
• Tuesday:  Continue working on introductory assignment
• Wed:  Unit 1 Lesson 1
• Thurs:  Lesson 2
• Fri: Lesson 3

Mon--Chapter 4; workbook pages and bellringers continued

Tues--Chp 5; workbook pages and bellringers continued

Wed--Chp 6 and 7; workbook pages and bellringers cont.

Thurs--finish all workbook pages and bellringer assignments

Fri==test on the novel

Monday--Test prep; testing tips

Tues-Thurs--Book projects; reading

Fri-workbook pages on Call of the Wild

**Classroom time and activities will be limited due to testing.

Monday--Lesson 3: Reading Chapter 1 of Call of the Wild; Choices Project activity

Tuesday--Lesson 4: Finishing up Chapter 1; wkbk pg 246

Wednesday--Review section 1 and quiz

Thursday--Test prep day; activities on Canvas

Monday--Lesson 39-40:  Students will finish research task and create a presentation.

Tuesday-Lesson 41: Students will present research to class; Unit 3 Cold Read task.

Wednesday-Unit 4 introduction

Thursday--Lesson 1: Begin reading "CALL OF THE WILD"

Friday--Lesson 2: Characterize Buck from the book

Monday-Lesson 33:  Students will type and submit the final draft of their essays.

Tuesday-Lesson 34:  Students will watch a video about source evaluation and begin brainstorming research topics.

Wednesday-Lesson 35: Students will begin the extension task, researching an issue.

Thursday-Lesson 36: Students will continue to research for the extension task.

Friday-Lesson 37: Students continue research for the extension task and evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different mediums.

This week we will be working on the Unit 3 Essay.  Prewriting and rough drafts will be on paper.  Final copy will be typed and sent on computers.

March 21--Final quiz for novel

March 22-Lesson 30: Preparing for unit 3 essay

March 23-Lesson 31: writing a rough draft

March 24-Finishing Lesson 31 writing the rough draft

March 25: Lesson 32/33: revising and typing a final copy

Students will continue to work on test prep for a part of the block.

Inservice Monday; test prep for half of block begins

Tuesday-Section 5 quiz; all bellringers should be completed by the end of the day

Wednesday--Lesson 27: Literature circles discuss novels

Thursday--Lesson 28:Literature circles finish work/discussion; students should finish reading novel and taking notes in reading logs by this day

Friday--Library visit; Lesson 29; quiz on novel

**Nine weeks ends this week

Monday--Lesson 22: Students will reread "Tell Tale Heart" and answer questions about the story. 

Tuesday--Lesson 23:  Students will review questions and complete workbook pages 161-162.

Wednesday--Lesson 24: After analyzing the narrator, students will look at how the story would change from a different perspective.

Thursday--Lesson 25:  Students will write about how the story would be different from another perspective.

Friday--Lesson 26:  Students will share their different perspectives of Tell Tale Heart.

**Students should have 18 bellringer activities done by Tuesday, March 15th.

Thursday--Lesson 20: Students will examine vocabulary and read "Tell -Tale Heart"; then they will complete pg 158-159 in the workbook.

Friday--Lesson 21:  Students will Reread the story and complete workbook pg 160.

**Students will be continuing to read the Unit 3 independent novel assignment.

Monday--Novel reading check; Finish Lesson 15, reading "Ransom of Red Chief", defining words, answering questions

Tuesday--Progress Reports go home; Lesson 16 Cold Read on "Ransom of Red Chief"

Wednesday--Book Fair visit; Lesson 17 Cold Read Writing Task

Thursday--Lesson 18 Review narrative point of view; begin Lesson 19

Friday--Lesson 19 rewriting a scene from the story from a different perspective

Mon--Book projects due and Lesson 12 (Students will work in groups to discuss novels.)

Tues--Finish Lesson 12 and Lesson 13 (Students will finish work on novel and discuss it in groups.)

Wed--Review Unit 3 Section 3 and take quiz

Thurs--Lesson 14 (Students will read "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Fri--Lesson 15 (Students will summarize "The Ransom of Red Chief"

**Students will continue working on bellringers and reading and taking notes through page 82 in our novels.

Monday--Reading Check for novel; Finish Unit 3 Lesson 7 and work on Lesson 8

Tuesday--Finish Lesson 8 and review for Section 2 quiz

Wednesday--Section 2 Quiz; read novels

Thursday--Lesson 9

Friday--Lesson 10

Jan 31-Feb 4

Students have been working on Unit 3.  We're reading "Allegory of a Cave" and studying unit questions and vocabulary.  Students have also received the novel for our novel study.  Kids will read 25 pages a week and take notes in a reading log.

Progress Reports went home on Wednesday, Feb 2.

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