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Week of September 5- 9
This class requires a three ring binder.
You must complete a daily Journal Entry and Word of the Day
- Individual Profile Survey
- Learning Styles Survey/ Individual Learning Styles
Week of September 12- 16
- Letter to teachers about LS/IP
- 5-6 Paragraph Essay on “About Me”
Week of 19 - 23 ( visit website)
- Notes : Elements of the Short Story
- “Thank You Ma’am” Short Story
- Question
- Journal Entry
- Writing Quotation
- “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket”
1. Note -taking Skills
2. Vocabulary Development
3. Cause and Effect Worksheet
September 26- 30
Dark Tide Presentations (Handout)
- “Lego” Nonfiction
- “Lego “Questions
- Notes: Elements of Nonfiction
- Cooperative Learning Exercises/ Getting Along
- “Ceasar’s Way” Argument Nonfiction /Coop Groups
- “Silent Spring” Point of View Nonfiction/CG
- ” Martn Luther King Legacy” drawing Conclusions Nonf/CG
October 3 – 7
- MCAS Long Write example # 1 Great Expectations
- MCAS Long Write example #2 Lord of the Rings
- MCAS Long Write example #3 “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” (5 paragraph essay whole class participation)
- MCAS Great Expectations Quiz
- Vocabulary for the MCAS
- Verb Tense practice
- Binder check
October 10 – 14
- “Powder” Short Story
- Note taking
- Questions
- “Gaston” Short Story
- Note taking
- Writing Quotations
- Characterization Handouts
- Character types
- Identifying Characters
- Writing about Characters
- “ All the Years of her Life” Short Story
- Note taking
- Characterization Questions
- Journal entries 7, 8
October 17 -21
1. ” All the Years of her Life” Characterization Essay (6 paragraphs)Suing characterization vocabulary, transitions, writing template and notes from worksheet.
2. Where the Wild Things Are Identifying Plot and 5 Types of Conflict
3. Notes on Conflict and Plot/ Elements of Fiction
4. Visiting Mrs. Frey’s Web Page. One page report on Michael Jackson.
October 24 -28
1. Reading Non Fiction Review ( notes)
Author’s style, mood, identifying the cause and effect relationship
2. from Into Thin Air
A. Vocabulary
B. Using comma’s and semi colons
C. Notetaking
D. Questions
E. Mt. Everest Video
3. “In the Shadow of Man” Main idea and supporting details in Nonfiction /CG
4. “911 Report” Research Non fiction/ CG
5. Review of the Elements of the Short Story ( handwritten)
October 31- Novemeber 4
2. “The Monkey’s Paw” Group assignments
a. Note taking
b. Plot sequence
c. Conflict
d. essay writing
e. vocabulary in context
f. recognizing point of view
3. Movie: Tell Tale Heart
Movie Review Essay
4. Binder checkl
Elements of a Novel
History of Afghanistan/Help The Afganistan Children Project Introduced
Kite Runner introduced
Sustained Silent reading Kite Runner
Writing the Short Story. Creative writing assigned ( 6 topics)
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November 7 – 11
Sustained silent reading- Kite Runner
Review Elements of the Short Story
Analyzing class stories for all elements
Writing the perfect paragraph: Narrative, Descriptive, Expository using examples, Expository using definitions, Compare and Contrast; Cause and Effect.
November 14 – 18
Sustained Silent Reading Kite Runner
Notes on The Hero
The Writers of the King Arthur Legend - Notes
Writing the Perfect Three Paragraph Essay
5-9 Paragraph essay on Who was King Arthur?
“Sword in the Stone” CG
November 21- 23 ( Short Week -Thanksgiving)
Sustained Silent Reading Kite Runner
Thanksgiving Essays
Binder Check/ Make up work week
November 28- December 2
Sustained Silent Reading Kite Runner
Hero Lyrics/ Discussion of Heros
Shield Projects/ Presentations
Readings in Text : ” Lancelot du Lake”/ Questions
Week of December 6-10
King Arthur Storybook Projects ( all week in Library for Research)
Week of December 13- 17
King Arthur Storybook Presentations
King Arthur Essays Due
Sustained Silent Reading Kite Runner
Greek Tragedy notes
December 20-23
Antigone notes
Sustained Silent Reading Kite Runner
King Arthur Movie Excaliber
January 3 – January 7
Journal Entry/WOTH #18 #19
Work Cited Page Review (Storybook work cited due)
MLA Format Review Handout
4 paragraph College Essay Handout” When the Establishment is Wrong.” MLA format (Due January 19)
Antigone Scene 1 + 2 Notes and Oral Reading
Binder Checks
January 10- January 14
Journal Entry /WOTH # 20 #21 #22
Library ( 2 days) OBEY Project /Research for College ” Establishment” Essay
Antigone Scene 2, 3 4 Notes and Oral reading
January 18- January 21
Antigone Scene 5 and Exodos Notes- Oral Reading
College “Establishment ” Essay due
Review for Mid-Terms .. Binder’s welcomed
January 22 – January 28
MIDTERMS GOOD LUCK!
January 31- February 4
Review of Midterms
Kite Runner Chapter 7 and 8
February 7 -11
The Novel
Analyzing Literary Terms and applying them to Kite Runner
Kite Runner Chapter 9 and 10
February 14- 18
The Valentine Poem
MCAS Poetry Questions and answer PAcket on how to read and understand poetry.
Poetic terms
Poetry forms
The Sonnet/iambic pentameter/couplets/rhyme scheme
February 21 – February 25
VACATION
February 28 – March 4
Kite Runner 11 /12
Writing the MCAS short answer
6 sentences minimum.
OBEY 4 Paragraph Essay Due
Shepard Fairey Art Project due
March 7-11
Kite Runner 13/ 14/15
MCAS packets
Writing Essays: Bermuda Triangle, Gold Rush, The Beatles, Amelia Earhart
Organizing essays in paragraph order.
Writing complete sentences from notes.
The 4 paragraph essay
March 14-18
Kite Runner 16 /17/18
The Mcas Long Form 6 paragraph advanced pass essay with several ways to write it using a variety of prompts.
Comma/punctuation review
verb tense review
transition review
literary vocabulary review
another poetry review
March 21 – 25
MCAS BEST OF LUCK!!!
Kite Runner Complete/ watch Movie
KITE DAY APRIL 1
March 28 - April 3
House on Mango Street assigned
Poetry Project assigned
April 4 -April 8
Kite Day April 8 1-2:30 Kites for sale $10.00
Kite Runner Fundraiser for Roshanna School
*late work make up (7 writing assignments)
Guest Speaker – Alex Griffin “Suicide, Listen and Love“
Non fiction Short Story “The Microchip”
3rd Quarter Comprehensive Exam
House on Mango Street ” Hairs” booklet
Poetry Project ( first poem)
April 11 – April 15
House on Mango Street Project Sheet assigned
Poetry Project first 5 poems assigned
April 18- VACATION WEEK….
April 25 – April 29
Mango Street Projects presented and evaluated
Poetry Project - last 5 poems assigned
May – “ME INC” month
THE GLORIOUS MONTH OF MAY
Sharing a collection of your favorite contemporary poets, song writers, rappers, and a mixture of old world poets to discuss and analyze throughout the month.
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Please make sure you have your Afghanistan School ( Mango Street) Project ready to mail…..
”My Neighborhood” Collins
Collage, map, illustration or photo essay of “YOUR Neighborhood”
Friendly Letter and favorite candy
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Please make sure you have your 10 original Poems completed for your POETRY PROJECT
Lyric- to be sung on the radio using rhyme and meter
Ballad - tell a story/ use a refrain/rhyme
Where I’m From – description, show me where you are from.
Blank Verse – ( starts with delight, ends with wisdom / iambic pentameter (10 syllables in every line)-no rhyme
Sonnet – 14 lines with Rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg /iambic pentameter/problem /solution
Tanka – syllables : 7-5-7-5-7 for a total of 31 syllables…. a moment in time using nature
Breaking the Rules – similar to ee cummings /write in shapes/ no capitalization needed
Stealing Phrases - 10 selected lines to add to and place in any order
Nursery Rhyme – think with a child’s mind
Free Style – your own original style
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ME INC ( a Magazine about you) requirements:
2 Column format
Cover advertising inside articles/ Backpage with an Ad
Table of Contents
3 Collins rewritten from the year
1 Editorial about something you feel passionate about
6 articles: ( pick from the list below)
movies, video games, music videos, sports, music, fashion, current events in the world ( like wars, global warming, elections etc) school related topics ( like dress code, school lunch, MCAS etc ) technology, cars, travel, careers, architecture, art, history, animals, colleges, recreational vehicles( like boats, jet skiis, snow mobiles etc) good books, websites ,occult, horticulture,geneology, stock market,food, restaurants, personal interesting story, other.
6 Advertisements
3 political cartoons
Poetry ( as many as you want to fill up empty spaces)
No Spaces
Binding – staples, cloth, string, yarn, plastic cover with holes,glue
Due June 1
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JUNE ……. Let’s Spoon ….. By the Light of the Silvery Moon
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Sharing of Poetry Projects and Me Inc.
Written Personal Reflections of the school year
Written Evaluations of teacher/peers
Summer Reading Journals Started
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