MONDAY
TUESDAY
12 August
Intro to class, book
distribution
WEDNESDAY
13
Grammar
Pre-Test
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 1
18
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 2
The Alchemist
Reading
Assignment
Pg. 1-47
19
Reading Response
#2 DUE
THURSDAY
14
Reading Response
#1 DUE
25
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 3
The Alchemist
Reading
Assignment
p. 51-104
20
21
Library Orientation
Discuss pg. 51-104
27
28
Project
Presentations DUE
Project
Presentations DUE
Project work day
Personal Narrative
Essay DUE
1 September
2
3
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 4
August Common
Assessment
Collection ONE
9
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 5
Of Mice and Men
Study Guide #1 Due
Discuss p. 1-37
Of Mice and Men
Reading
Assignment pg. 3883
29
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #3
Library STARR
testing
4
10
5
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #4
Intro to Steinbeck
and Of Mice and
Men
Alchemist MiniResearch paper
DUE
8
22
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #2
Reading Response
#3 DUE
Project work day
NO SCHOOL
15
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #1
Discuss pg 1-47
Discuss pg. 51-104
The Alchemist
Reading
Assignment
p. 104-172
26
FRIDAY
11
Of Mice and Men
Reading
Assignment
p. 1-37
12
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #5
Of Mice and Men
Study Guide #2 Due
Discuss p. 38-83
Of Mice and Men
Reading
Assignment pg. 84107
15
16
17
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 6
Of Mice and Men
EXAM
Descriptive Essay
DUE
Of Mice and Men
Study Guide #3 Due
Discuss p. 84-107
Review for Exam
22
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 7
23
18
Of Mice and Men
Socratic Seminar
Of Mice and Men
MOVIE
24
25
OUT @ 1:00
Intro to The Joy
Luck Club Novel
30
Discuss “Feathers
from A Thousand Li
Away” p. 3-43
1 October
2
NO SCHOOL
7
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 9
First Quarter Cold
Reading Common
Assessment
Reading
Assignment:
“Feathers from A
Thousand Li Away”
p. 3-43
3
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #8
Discuss “Feathers
from A Thousand Li
Away” p. 44-83
Study Guide DUE
Reading
Assignment: 44-83
6
26
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #7
*club picture day
September
Common
Assessment
Collection TWO
29
Vocab/Grammar
wk. 8
19
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #6
8
9
Reading
Assignment:
“Twenty Six
Malignant Gates” p.
87-155
10
Vocab/Grammar
Quiz #9
Discuss “Twenty
Six Malignant
Gates” p. 87-155
Study Guide DUE
*10-14 END QTR 1