Unit 2- Extraordinary in the Ordinary
Essential Questions:
Students should understand that:
Essential Questions:
- In the face of adversity, what causes some individuals to prevail while others fail?
- What makes an experience extraordinary?
- How does an author develop and contrast points of view of different characters or narrators in a text?
- How does an author use specific details to support a claim in an argument?
Students should understand that:
- Ideas, individuals, and events interact to develop central ideas, purpose, and meaning.
- Authors develop and contrast points of view of different characters or narrators in a text for different purposes.
- Effective textual analysis of informational texts includes making inferences as well as supporting inferences with textual evidence.
- Differing text structures impact the development of ideas in a text.
Wednesday, Nov. 2
List 4 Context Clues
"The Dinner Party" & Foreshadowing
HW: (2nd & 3rd pd): finish List 2 Context Clues
Thursday, Nov. 3-Friday, Nov. 4
List 4 Context Clues- check
Lists 1-4 Review
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"- Predictions Chart
HW: AoW 4 due tomorrow; List 4 Test Thursday, Nov. 10
List 4 Context Clues
"The Dinner Party" & Foreshadowing
HW: (2nd & 3rd pd): finish List 2 Context Clues
Thursday, Nov. 3-Friday, Nov. 4
List 4 Context Clues- check
Lists 1-4 Review
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"- Predictions Chart
HW: AoW 4 due tomorrow; List 4 Test Thursday, Nov. 10
Monday, Nov. 7-Tuesday, Nov. 8
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"- Character Analysis Webs
Wednesday, Nov. 9
WWW Review
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"- Main Idea Support & Perspectives
HW: List 4 Test TOMORROW
Thursday, Nov. 10
List 4 Test
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"- Main Idea Support & Perspectives
Monday, Nov. 14
AoW 5- due Friday, Nov. 18
List 5- test Friday, Dec. 2
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Theme Bumper Sticker
1 sentence theme of "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"......50 points
neat/colorful/decorated.............................30 points
no spelling errors......................................10 points
name on bumper sticker...........................10 points
Total.............................100 points
-How can facing one's fears lead to an extraordinary experience?
-open-book "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Test on Wednesday, Nov. 16
HW: AoW 5 due Friday, Nov. 18; study vocabulary; 2nd & 3rd pd: finish Theme Bumper Sticker if not completed in class
Tuesday, Nov. 15
AoW 5- due Friday, Nov. 18
List 5 Context Clues
Media Center
-open-book "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Test TOMORROW
Wednesday, Nov. 16
AoW 5- due Friday, Nov. 18
open-book "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" Test
"An American Childhood" handout
HW: AoW 5 due Friday, Nov. 18; study vocabulary
Thursday, Nov. 17
AoW 5- due TOMORROW (FINISH FOR HW)
Text Structure-Notes
Text Structure Practice
"An American Childhood" handout
HW: AoW 5 due TOMORROW; study vocabulary
Friday, Nov. 18
List 5 Review
"An American Childhood"
Monday, Nov. 21
"Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction"
Tuesday, Nov. 22
List 5 Review
check "Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction"
"Alligator" and short-answer questions; analogies
Monday, Nov. 28
List 5 Review
"Barrio Boy"
HW: finish "Alligator" analogies (2nd & 3rd pd)
Tuesday, Nov. 29
WWW Review
-finish "Barrio Boy"
5th pd: "I am a Native of North America"
HW: study (List 5 test Friday, Dec. 2)
Wednesday, Nov. 30
"I am a Native of North America"
WWW Review (test Friday, Dec. 2)
HW: WWW Review (2nd & 3rd pd); finish multiple choice practice (5th pd)
Thursday, Dec. 1
Multiple Choice Practice
HW: finish multiple choice practice for HW
Friday, Dec. 2 (Early Release)
List 5 Test
Monday, Dec. 5-Friday, Dec. 16
4-Corners Pre-Reading Activity
Charles Dickens Biography
Charles Dickens Acrostic Poem
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol Questions- Students will turn in their answers to all questions after reading A Christmas Carol for a major assignment grade.
Twitter Activity
A Christmas Carol Setting Activity Directions: 1st & 5th pd: Find 3 pieces of text evidence that describe the setting in Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol, then draw a picture to represent the setting. 2nd & 3rd pd: Find 5 pieces of text evidence that describe the setting in Stave 3 of A Christmas Carol, then draw a picture to represent the setting.
HW: study every night (vocabulary)
Tuesday, Jan. 3
AoW 7
HW: List 6 Test Friday, Jan. 6; AoW 7 due Friday, Jan. 6
Wednesday, Jan. 4
WWW Review
Person of the Year- planning & brainstorming graphic organizer
HW: List 6 Test Friday, Jan. 6
Thursday, Jan. 5
WWW Review
Person of the Year- graphic organizer, thesis statements
Friday, Jan. 6
List 6 Test
Person of the Year- thesis statements and planning
Thursday, Jan. 12
Person of the Year- Thesis Statements and Brainstorming Outline
Friday, Jan. 13
Person of the Year- Brainstorming Outline, Introduction, Citing Text Evidence, Body Paragraph 1
Tuesday, Jan. 17
List 7
Person of the Year- Body Paragraphs 2 & 3, Conclusion
Transitions (Review & Preview)
HW: finish Person of the Year rough draft
Wednesday, Jan. 18
List 7 Review
Person of the Year- Peer Editing & Revising
Thursday, Jan. 19
Person of the Year- Final Drafts
HW: Person of the Year Final Draft DUE TOMORROW
Friday, Jan. 20- Early Release
Vocab. Review
1st & 5th pd: Person of the Year Final Draft
1st & 5th pd: Person of the Year Final Draft DUE MONDAY, JAN. 23
Monday, Jan. 23
Vocabulary Review
AoW 8
Tuesday, Jan. 24
Vocabulary Review
-Unit 3 Chalk Talk- "Question for Perfection/Search for Tomorrow"
"One"- Quick Write/Quick Draw Activity
HW: finish "One"
Wednesday, Jan. 25
Vocabulary Review
-Review "One"
-Unit 3 Gallery Walk
Thursday, Jan. 26
Vocabulary Review
Friday, Jan. 27
List 7 Test