Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

What is a
Hobbit?

Introducing
Characters

Trolls

Entry Slip

Entry Slip
In Class:

Entry Slip:
What stuck
out/questions on
Chapter 1.

Introduction to
Literature
Circles:
Assign groups and
hand out
worksheet to prep
for on Friday.

In Class:

Handout:
Character Tracking
Sheet

Listen to chapter
3 on tape with
discussion.

Literature Circles

Homework/In
class:
Start Chapter 1

Describing
Characters
Split students in
pairs to sketch
each character as
Tolkien described
plus discussion.
Exit Slip
Homework/In
class:
Chapter 2

Concerning
Goblins
Mini Lesson:
Descriptive

Riddles
Background
Information:
Backstory of the

pg 39-41
Act out the scene
with Gandalf
confusing the trolls
and debrief.

Homework:
Prepare for
Literature Circle
Role.

Homework/In
Class
Start and finish
Chapter 4 for
Monday.

Homework:
Look over
Literature Circle
role.

Journal Prompt:
Putting yourself
in Bilbos shoes

Beorn and his

complexity

Lit Circle/Review
day

Entry Slip

Entry Slip

Language
Chapter 4
Bilbo and his
usefulness.
Goblins

One Ring.
Gollum and
Riddles
Homework:
Chapter 6

Homework:
Chapter 5
Mirkwood, Magic, Becoming a
and Spiders
Burglar

Discussion:
Mirkwood
Bilbo and his
changing stamina
Introduction to
Multimodal
Project
Homework:
Chapters 9 and 10

Beorn and his

double
personality

Goblins
Wargs
Eagles

Choose new Lit

Circle role

Recall previous
discussion and
relate to Chapters
9&10.
Bilbos Identity
Exit Slip
Homework:
Chapter 11 and
half of 12

Literature Circles
Open discussion
with any
questions thus
far on novel

Homework:
Literature Circle
Role

Homework:
Chapter 8

Annoying
Dwarves and a
Sassy Hobbit

Smaug and
Bilbos
conversation

Literature Circles

Do Now:
Character
Perspective

Discussion:
Back to riddles and
titles

Discussion:
Dwarves vs. Bilbo

Writing Prompt:
Look at yourself
and your
accomplishments.
If you were face to
face with a dragon
and couldnt relieve
your name but had
to keep him
entertained, what
would you call

In
Class/Homework:
Chapter 7

Exit Slip

Academic Text:
On Fairy StoriesJ.R.R. Tolkien

The Wild: Good

and bad
creatures

Exit Slip
Homework:
Finish chapter 12

Open discussion
with any
question so far
on novel.
Homework:
Chapter 13

yourself? What is
the significance of
the names?
Why bring a
burglar?
Homework:
Prepare for
Literature Circle
roles.

Treasure

Lake-town

Dragon-sickness

Discussion:
Dwarves vs. Bilbo
(again)

Bard the
Bowman
Fill out him in the
Character Tracking
Chart together.

Discussion:
Thorin
Bard
Elven King

Not at Home
significance
Bilbo stealing the
Arkenstone
Homework:
Chapter 14

the Master
Character Tracker
Use of rhetoric and
dialogue

Bilbos immunity

Battle of Five
Armies and
Conclusion
Discussion:

Final comments
and questions
about novel.

Honest Burglar
Eucatastrophe
Took & Baggins

Homework:
Brainstorm for
multimodal project.

Homework:
Chapter 17, 18,
and 19

Bilbos Song

Work day

Work day

Lure of Treasure

Literature Circle

Homework:
Literature Circles

Homework:
Chapter 15 and 16
Topic Proposals

Work day

Review day

Mini Lesson:
Elements of
fantasy

Mini Lesson:
Elements of a story

Mini Lesson:
Writing scripts

Mini Lesson:
Adding song/music
for effect

Workshop
Work Day
Peer Workshop

Work Day

Work Day

Work Day

Work Day
Peer Workshop

Presentations

Presentations

Presentations

The Lord of the

Rings

The Lord of the

Rings