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Week #1:
Monday -
- Teacher Work Day - No School for Students
Tuesday -
- Thesis Statement Practice Activity
Wednesday -
Thursday -
- Rough Draft Thesis Statements (on your selected topic) & Partner Review
- CRAAP Test Worksheet Overview - discuss the importance of reliable sources/how to locate reliable sources
Friday -
- Research Day (Computer Lab - F217) - Find & print two articles that support your argument and one that goes against it - complete CRAP Worksheet for each article.
Week #2:
Monday -
- MLA Works Cited Notes - complete in your English notebook under "MLA Format"
- Annotating Articles for Evidences (Arguments & Counter-Argument)
Tuesday -
- MLA Works Cited Worksheet & Rough Draft
- Evidence & Reasoning in an Argumentative Essay PowerPoint - complete notes in English notebook.
Wed/Thurs -
- Vocab Unit #4 - Notecards & Activities
- Complete Outline for Argumentative Essay
- Begin Rough Draft of Argumentative Essay
- HW: Complete Vocab Unit #4 Vocab & Activities by Tuesday, October 29th
Friday -
- Continue and Complete Rough Draft for Argumentative Essay
- HW: Complete Rough Draft for Monday if not completed in class
Week #3:
Monday -
- Peer Revision Activity - Complete Worksheet & Discuss
Tuesday -
- Review & Grade Vocab Unit #4 Acitivites
- Reliable Sources - Reflection Activity
Wed/Thurs -
- Vocab Unit #4 Quiz
- Grammar Unit #3 Notes - complete notes in your English notebooks
- Cambridge Unit #12 - Acitivites #1-3
Friday -
- Argumentative Essay Final Drafts (Computer Lab F206) - Print & Submit to Turnitin.com by Sunday @ 11:59pm
Week #4:
Monday -
- WU #1: Commas, Colons, and Semicolons
- Independent Reading Project Assignment Sheet & Checkout Novels
- Quizzes and Due Date Calendar - Indepedent Reading Project
- HW: Read Lord of the Flies Chapters 1-3 by Tuesday, November 12th
Tuesday -
- WU #2: Commas, Colons, and Semicolons
- Essential Question: What are some milestones on the path to growing up?
- Rites of Passage Textbook Activity: Pages 6-10 (Read and Complete Summary & QuickWrite Response Question)
Wed/Thurs -
- Grammar Unit #3 Quiz
- Vocab Unit #5 - Notecards & Activities
- Cambridge Unit #12 - Activities #4-6
- HW: Complete Vocab Unit #4 Notecards & Activities by Tuesday, November 12th
Friday -
- Rites of Passage Textbook Activity: Pages 12-21 (Complete Vocab Chart, Read The Medicine Bag, Answer Comprehension Check Questions 1-5)
- Analysis/Discussion Questions:
- 1. Do you think grandpa made the right decision to travel and visit his family?
- 2. What happens to grandpa and to Martin at the end of the story?
- 3. What have you learned about the path to growing up by reading this story?
Week #5:
Monday -
- Veteran's Day - No School
Tuesday -
- Review & Grade Vocab Unit #5 Activities
- Lord of the Flies Quiz - Chapters 1-3
- Lord of the Flies Chapter 3 Response Question
- HW: Read Lord of the Flies Chapters 4-6 by Monday, November 18th
Wed/Thurs -
- Vocab Unit #5 Quiz
- Grammar Unit #4 PowerPoint - take notes in your English notebooks.
- Cambridge Unit #12 - Activities #6-9 (do NOT complete the following activities: 6b, 7c, 8b, 8c, 8e, 9b, 9c)
Friday (Assembly Day) -
- Independent Reading Day - Read Lord of the Flies
Week #6:
Monday -
- WU #1: Grammar Unit #4 - complete in your English notebooks.
- Lord of the Flies Chapters 4-6 Quiz
- Lord of the Flies Chapter 6 Discussion Questions
- HW: Read Lord of the Flies Chapters 7-9 by Monday, November 25th
Tuesday -
- WU #2: Grammar Unit #4 - complete in your English notebooks.
- Rites of Passage Textbook Activity Apache Girl's Rite of Passage (pages 29-30) and Timeline Activity
Wed/Thurs -
- Grammar Unit #4 Quiz
- Vocab Unit #6 - Notecards & Activities
- Cambridge Unit #12 - Activity #11
- HW: Complete Vocab Unit #6 Notecards & Activities by Tuesday, November 26th
Friday -
- Rite of Passage NonFiction Narrative Assignment (based on Timeline Activity from Tuesday)
Week #7:
Monday -
- Lord of the Flies Chapters 7-9 Quiz
- Lord of the Flies Chapter 9 Discussion Questions
- HW: Read Lord of the Flies Chapters 10-12 by Tuesday, December 3rd
Tuesday -
- Class Spelling Bee
Wednesday -
- Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
Thursday -
- Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
Friday -
- Thanksgiving Holiday - No School
Week #8:
Monday -
- Review and Grade Vocab Unit #6 Activity Answers
- Vocab Unit #6 Quiz
Tuesday -
- Lord of the Flies Chapters 10-12 Quiz
- Lord of the Flies - End of Novel Theme Responses
Wed/Thurs -
- Writing Final Exam (Argument)
Friday -
- Rite of Passage Textbook Activity - Short Story
- Introduction Question: How is leaving home a rite of passage? At what age do you believe it is best for a person to leave home? Do staying home and leaving home both pose dangerous risks? Is it important for young people to leave home in order to fully mature? (4-5 sentences)
- Read "The Setting Sun and Rolling World" and Answer Comprhension Questions independently. Next, in groups you will discuss and answer "Analyze the Text" Questions (Pages 67-72)
Week #9:
Monday -
- Rites of Passage Textbook Activity - Letters
- Introduction Question: If you could write a letter to your beginning of your junior high self, what are some things you would want to tell them? What advice would you want to give them based on what you know now?
- Read "You are the Electric Boogaloo" and "Just be Yourself" and Answer Comprehension Questions 1-5 (Pages 46-49)
- Reflection Question: How are the events in these letters considered a rite of passage?
Tuesday -
- Rites of Passage - Letter to My Past Self Activity
Wed/Thurs -
- Rites of Passage - Poetry Activity
Friday -
- Independent Reading Project Student Presentations
- DUE: Indepedent Reading Project
Week #10:
Monday -
- Review Day for Finals
Tuesday -
- Review Day for Finals
Wed/Thurs (Half Days) -
- Fall Semester Final Exam
Friday -
- Teacher Work Day - No School for Students
WINTER BREAK!!
