Monday 9/01
Tuesday 9/02
No School for
Students
(Labor Day)
No School for
Students(Teacher
Workday)
Monday 9/08
QUIZ (SPE): The
Things They
Carried- “On
Rainy River”
Tuesday 9/09
Wednesday
9/10
eZine topics
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assigned and
Read ch. 5-7
project discussed (pgs. 36-62)
Monday 9/15
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Read ch. 1-4
(pgs. 3-35)
Tuesday 9/16
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Read ch. 12-13
(pgs. 110-125)
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Read ch. 14-16
(pgs. 129-147)
Counselors visit
to discuss PSAT
Monday 9/22
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Final quiz
Discuss level
three questions
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Annotations due
Discuss MWDS if
time allows
Monday 9/29
Wednesday
9/03
Finish writing
Single Paragraph
Essay (Whole
Class Activity)
Discuss theme
statements
Tuesday 9/23
MWDS
assignment and
expectations
explained
Thursday 9/04
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web quest- finish web quest- finish
by Tues. 9/09
by Tues. 9/09
The Things They
Carried- read
“On Rainy River”
(pgs. 37-58) by
9/08
Thursday 9/11
The Things They
Carried- read
“On Rainy River”
(pgs. 37-58) by
9/08
Friday 9/12
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Read ch. 8-9
(pgs. 63-86)
Vocabulary quiz
15C
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Read ch. 10-11
(pgs. 87-109)
Wednesday
9/17
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Read ch. 17-19
(pgs. 148-167)
Thursday 9/18
Friday 9/19
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Read ch. 20-22
(pgs. 171-191)
Cumulative
Vocabulary Test
over 15A, 15B,
15C
Discuss theme
statement and
eZine ideas
Discuss eZine
ideas
Wednesday
9/24
MWDS groups
Thursday 9/25
Friday 9/26
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Socratic Seminar
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MWDS DUE
Level three
questions due
Wednesday
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Read ch. 23-25
(pgs. 192-209)
Writer’s
Notebooks are
due
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Part I eZine due
1st and 2nd
*I probably will
not see 2nd
period, please
drop off your
questions during
the day.
Tuesday 9/30
Friday 9/05
Thursday 10/02
Friday 10/03
Things Fall Apart,
Parts II-III
eZine due
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10/01
“How to Write About Africa”
“The Second Coming”
In class timed essay test
The Things They Carried- “On Rainy River”: Take notes on what the author says about the
unit theme, “Moral Courage and Endurance: A Necessity for Change”
Things Fall Apart: Take notes on
 Your eZine topic
 Elements of Style (sentence structure, pace, diction, vocabulary, figures of speech, use
of dialogue, point of view, character development, tone, word color/word sound, time
sequencing/chronology, allusions, experimentation in language, metafictional
techniques)
 Foster’s Ideas (Trips/Quests, Shared Meals, Vampires/Ghosts/Corruption/Evil,
Intertextuality, Shakespeare Allusions, Biblical Allusions, Fairy Tale Allusions, Greek
Allusions, Precipitation, Violence, Politics, Christ Figures, Flying, Immersion in Water,
Geographic Implications, Seasonal Implications, Physical Markings, Blindness, Illnesses,
Any other motifs/symbols)
 Your own reactions/questions/discoveries
 Text online:
http://kathystefanides.escuelacampoalegre.wikispaces.net/file/view/things-fall-apartchinua-achebe+(1).pdf