Introductions and Unit 1

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday
September 1
Intro
Apples to Apples

Friday
2
Picture Day
Tips
Vonnegut on CW
9
The Novel Unit
Novel intro notes
Character
Character creation
(superhero/villain)
16
Pirates
Setting/character discussion

5 LABOR DAY

6
Self-Unit
Self-One

7
Self-Two

8
Self-Story work time

12
Setting
Create a setting assignment

13
Pirates

14 No 1st period
Pirates

15
Pirates

19
Plot/Point of View
Multiple Genre
Boy/girl/teacher story

20
Multiple Genre/Perspective story

21
Intro Book Club

22
Club Fair
Genre/Perspective work time

23
Genre/Perspective work time

26
Genre/Perspective work time

27
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

28
Book Club 2

29
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

30
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

October 3
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

4
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

5
Book Club 3

6
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

7
Create Your Own Adventure
Book

10 TEACHER WORK DAY

11
Create Your Own Adventure
Presentations

12
Book Club 4

13
Create Your Own Adventure
Presentations

14
Historical Vignette

17
Historical Vignette

18
Historical Vignette

19
Book Club 5

20
Historical Vignette

21
Short Story Unit
Elements of Short Story

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Short Story work time

25
Short Story work time

26
Book Club 6

27
Short Story work time

28
Short Story work time

31
Short story class sharing

November 1
Fairy tale archetypes

2
Book Club 7

3
Fairy tale archetypes

4
Fairy tale archetypes

7
Presentations of fairy tale
archetypes

8
Finish presentations
Film?

9
Book Club 8

10
Book Club presentation work
time

11 Veterans Day

14
Book Club presentations

15
Book Club presentations

16
Comp. Analysis Essay

17
Comp. Analysis Outline work
time

21
Poem analysis sharing
Poetry Quick Writes

22
Personification
Onomatopoeia
10 line poem
29
Peer edit
Work on childhood poem
analysis
6
Lyrical analysis

23
Comp. Analysis RD work time

24 Thanksgiving

18
Poetry Unit
Dead Poets Society
How to read a poem analysis
25 Thanksgiving

30
Childhood poem work time

December 1
Share childhood poems
Journey poem

2
Work day
Comp. Analysis Due

7
Present lyrical analysis

8
Clue

9
Clue

14
One Act (write or act one?)

15
One Act (write or act one?)

16
Portfolio work time

19
Portfolio work time

13
Drama Unit
One Act (write or act one?)
20
Portfolio work time

21 WINTER BREAK

22 WINTER BREAK

23 WINTER BREAK

26 WINTER BREAK

27 WINTER BREAK

28 WINTER BREAK

29 WINTER BREAK

30 WINTER BREAK

January 2 WINTER BREAK

3
Portfolio work time

4
Portfolios due

5
Watch Disney movie

6
Watch Disney movie

9
Childrens Books

10
Childrens Books

11
Childrens Books

12
Childrens Books

13
Childrens Books

16 MLK, Jr. DAY

17
Childrens Books

18
Childrens Books

19
Childrens Books

20
Childrens Books

28
Postcard poem
RD Due
5
Lyrical analysis
12
Clue

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30 TEACHER WORK DAY

31

February 1

10

13

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16

17

20 WINTER BREAK

21 WINTER BREAK

22 WINTER BREAK

23 WINTER BREAK

24 WINTER BREAK

27

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March 1

10

13

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24

27

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31

April 3

10 SPRING BREAK

11 SPRING BREAK

12 SPRING BREAK

13 SPRING BREAK

14 SPRING BREAK

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May 1

10

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12

15

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June 1

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