January 30-February 3

Kite Runner Chapters  1-5

Kite Runner Quiz / SAT Vocabulary Words ( 20) / Middle East Map

Organizing sentences/Writing essays: The Beatles, Gold Rush, Martin Luther King

 February 6  -10

The  Novel   Notes/definitions

Analyzing Literary Terms and applying them to Kite Runner

Kite Runner  Chapter  6-12

Kite Runner Quiz/SAT Vocabulary / Research on Afghanistan

Organizing Sentences : Piccaso, Bermuda Triangle, Amelia Earhart

  February 13 – 17

KiteRunner  12- 17

Kite Runner Quiz /SAT Vocabulary/ Letter of Roshanna High School

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 

 VACATION  – February 20 – 24 

Welcome back

February 27 – March 2 

Kite Runner  18-25

Final Test   Kite Runner project due

Writing the MCAS short answer practices

(6 sentences minimum)

March 5 – 9

MCAS   packets

Organizing Sentences/Writing Essays:  Bermuda Triangle, Gold  Rush,  The Beatles, Amelia Earhart

The 6 paragraph essay/ MCAS Long Form Practice

March 12-16

Perfecting the MCAS Long Form

The Mcas Long Form   6 paragraph advanced pass  essay with several ways to write it using a variety of prompts.