2016 Unit 1- Life is Not Fair
Unit 1 Essential Questions:
-How do we measure whether life is fair?
-What control do we have over unfair circumstances?
-How do writers use narrative techniques to convey characters' perspectives?
-How do elements of a story interact to contribute to the overall meaning of a text and theme?
-How do authors' choices impact mood, tone, and meaning?
-How does reading from different texts about the same topic build our understanding?
-How do we measure whether life is fair?
-What control do we have over unfair circumstances?
-How do writers use narrative techniques to convey characters' perspectives?
-How do elements of a story interact to contribute to the overall meaning of a text and theme?
-How do authors' choices impact mood, tone, and meaning?
-How does reading from different texts about the same topic build our understanding?
Monday, Aug. 29
-Warp Speed Name Game
-Class Procedures & Expectations
HW: Signed Syllabus and Marlins Information sheet due WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31
-Warp Speed Name Game
-Class Procedures & Expectations
HW: Signed Syllabus and Marlins Information sheet due WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31
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Tuesday, Aug. 30-Wednesday, Aug. 31
Notebook Set-Up
Class Handbook Assignment
Parts of Speech- Brain pop video
HW: Signed Syllabus and Marlins Information sheet due WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31
1st & 5th pd HW: at least 2 pages completed in Class Handbook
2nd & 3rd pd HW: at least 6 pages completed in Class Handbook
Thursday, Sep. 1
Review Classroom Expectations & Procedures
Nouns- Brain pop, Notes
Noun Practice Worksheet
-Reading Attitude Survey
-Letter to Ms. Yarborough
HW: 1st & 5th pd: at least 7 pages completed in Class Handbook
2nd & 3rd pd: finish Class Handbook
Friday, Sep. 2
Classroom Expectations & Procedures Quiz
-Nouns Review
-Reading Attitude Survey
-letter to Ms. Yarborough
Tuesday, Sep. 6
WWW List 1
List 1 Word Hunt
Media Center Orientation- check out a fictional book
HW: (2nd, 3rd, & 5th pd) finish List 1 Word Hunt
Wednesday, Sep. 7
-40 Book Challenge Sheet
-Check List 1 Word Hunt
-2nd & 3rd pd --> Altered Book Assigned today **Altered Books are due Wednesday, October 12**
-Poetry Analysis- "Where I'm From"
HW: 1st pd: finish List 1 Word Hunt
Thursday, Sep. 8
-Unit 1 Glossary
-List 1 Review
-3rd pd: List 1 Word Pics (due Tuesday, Sep. 13)
-"Where I'm From"- Brainstorming
-2nd & 3rd pd: read for Altered Book project
HW: finish "Where I'm From" Template
Friday, Sep. 9
"Where I'm From" final drafts- computer lab
*Students will also have Monday, Sep. 12 to work on their poems in the computer labs.*
Monday, Sep. 12
"Where I'm From" final drafts- computer lab
Nouns Practice
Word Pics
Read for Altered Book project (2nd & 3rd)
HW: 2nd, 3rd, & 5th pd: Word Pics due TOMORROW; Nouns Practice due WEDNESDAY
Tuesday, Sep. 13
List 1 Review
Classroom Social Contract
Wednesday, Sep. 14
"The Sun Goes Down on Summer" Poetry Analysis
"Seventh Grade" -Elements of Fiction
Thursday, Sep. 15
List 1 Review
-"The Sun Goes Down on Summer" Review
-"Seventh Grade" Elements of Fiction Analysis Questions in groups
Friday, Sep. 16
List 1 Test
Finish "Seventh Grade" Elements of Fiction Analysis Questions
Monday, Sep. 19
Read for 10 minutes
Article of the Week 1- annotating
Harlem Renaissance- video, Nonfiction article with Text-Dependent Questions
HW: finish annotating AoW 1
Tuesday, Sep. 20
Read for 10 minutes
Article of the Week- Summary
Langston Hughes- Prezi
"Mother to Son"
HW: finish AoW summary
Wednesday, Sep. 21
Article of the Week- Multiple choice questions
"Mother to Son"
2nd & 3rd pd: "Mother to Son" Re-Write
1st & 5th pd: "Mother to Son" Quiz
HW: answer Multiple choice questions on AoW 1
Thursday, Sep. 22
"The People Could Fly"
Friday, Sep. 23
Nonfiction Multiple Choice Practice
Monday, Sep. 26
Media Center
Check Nonfiction passages
Read
Tuesday, Sep. 27
List 2
List 2 Context Clues Activity
"Two Days with No Phone"- finding Text Evidence to support answers
HW: finish Context Clues Activity and "Two Days with No Phone"
Wednesday, Sep. 28
check "Two Days with No Phone"
Mid-Unit Assessment
Thursday, Sep. 29
finish Mid-Unit Assessment
-work on Altered Books (2nd & 3rd pd.)
Friday, Sep. 30 (Early Release)
Internet Safety Lesson
Monday, Oct. 3
List 2 Review
Chalk Talk- "treasure"
AoW 2- due Friday, Oct. 7
HW: AoW 2 DUE FRIDAY, OCT. 7; List 2 Test Friday, Oct. 7
Tuesday, Oct. 4
List 1-2 Review
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
1st & 5th pd: Vocabulary Warm-Up
2nd & 3rd pd: Literary Elements Chart
HW: AoW 2 DUE FRIDAY, OCT. 7; List 2 Test Friday, Oct. 7
Wednesday, Oct. 5
List 1-2 Review
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
1st & 5th pd: Literary Elements Chart
2nd & 3rd pd: Characterization Activity
HW: AoW 2 due Friday, Oct. 7; List 2 Test Friday, Oct. 7
Thursday, Oct. 6
List 2 Review
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Activities
2nd & 3rd pd: work on Altered Book
Friday, Oct. 7
List Test
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Activities
2nd & 3rd pd: work on Altered Book
Tuesday, Oct. 11
-List 3
2nd & 3rd pd: Media Center- Speed Booking
1st & 5th pd: Daniels Lab- IReady
HW: 2nd & 3rd pd: Altered Book DUE TOMORROW
Wednesday, Oct. 12
-List 3 Context Clues Activity
2nd & 3rd pd: Altered Book Gallery Walk
1st & 5th pd: Daniels Lab- finish IReady
HW: 2nd, 3rd, & 5th pd: finish List 3 Context Clue Activity (Classwork Grade)
Monday, Oct. 17
List 3 Review
AoW 3
"The Third Wish" Gallery Walk
HW: Writing Assignment due tomorrow (1st & 5th pd)
2nd & 3rd pd: Rough Draft of the writing assignment due tomorrow
"The Treasure of Lemon Brown"
Tuesday, Oct. 18
"The Third Wish" vocab. warm-up (1st & 5th pd.)
Literary Elements Chart
HW: "The Treasure of Lemon Brown" Writing Assignment final draft (2nd & 3rd pd) due Thursday, Oct. 21
Wednesday, Oct. 19
"The Third Wish" literary elements chart
multiple choice practice- "The Cedar Chest" (fiction)
Thursday, Oct. 20
"After Twenty Years"- analyzing word choice
Friday, Oct. 21
List 3 Test
"Travel" multiple choice practice-poetry
Monday, Oct. 24-Tuesday, Oct. 25
Unit 1 Exam
Wednesday, Oct. 26
Finish Unit 1 Exam
Unit 2 Glossary
"The Tell-Tale Heart"
HW: Unit 2 Reflections
Thursday, Oct. 27
"The Tell-Tale Heart"- flashback and foreshadowing
Time Spotters activity
2nd & 3rd pd: Prepare for Socratic Seminar
HW: 2nd & 3rd pd: finish preparing for Socratic Seminar (answer the questions, use at least 5 vocab. words from the back of the Socratic Seminar sheet in your responses)
Friday, Oct. 28
"The Tell-Tale Heart" seminar/ short answer questions
Monday, Oct. 31
List 4
AoW 4
"The Spider and the Fly"- reading poetry, theme