English I: 4th 6 Weeks
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Monday
January 13, 2014
Begin analysis of “The
Stolen Party” by Liliana
Heker (SB p. 110)- Focus
on Diction and Details
Tuesday
14
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Finish analysis
of “The Stolen
Party”
Begin Poetry
notes.
Wednesday
15
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Finish Poetry notes
Analysis of “Fast
Break” (SB p. 3.7)
BIG 5 Review
Thursday
16
BIG 5 TEST
Friday
17
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20
MLK Day
NO SCHOOL
27
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Begin “The
Scarlet Ibis” by
James Hurst
(HM p. 462)
Putting It All
Together
analysis
February 3
Review for Critical
Reading Test; Prep short
answers
21
- Begin analysis of “The
Cask of Amontillado” by
Edgar Allan Poe (SB p.
96)- Focus on Imagery
and Figurative Language
22
28
Continue “Ibis”, Putting It
All Together analysis
29- ½ day for students
- Finish “Ibis”
-
Poet Research
Library Day
-
Continue/Finish
“TCA”
Begin analysis of
“Scars by Daniel
Halpern (SB p. 239)
24
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4
Critical Reading TEST
5
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11
- Poet Research Library
Day
Unit 7 Word flaps
due
UNPACK: Poetry
Research Project
& Choose Poet
12
- Poet Research Library Day
Bookwork check
Unit 6
Finish “Scars”
Analysis/Begin
Short Answer
Practice
30
Grammar: Phrases
Unit 7 Word Flap
assignments.
10
23
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6
Introduce short
answer structure
(CER/ABC/ACE) with
practice using “The
Stolen Party” and
“Fast Break”
Vocab/Grammar
(Phrases)
-
Begin Putting It
All Together
analysis of “Hope
is the Thing with
Feathers” by
Emily Dickinson
(SB p. 238)
Short answer
practice
Unit 7 bookwork
check
LTF Poetry as Art
and Art as Poetry
13
- Work on Project
-
Unit 6 Vocab Quiz
Complete Short
Answer Practice
31
Grammar/Vocab
7
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Unit 7 Vocab Quiz
Finish Art as Poetry
14 End of 6W
- Work on Project
17
-Work on Project
18
Project Due
19
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