1st 9 weeks
9/2
Labor Day
9/3
Intro
Syllabus
Final Destination
9/4
Same
9/9
-30 min to
complete essay
-Present essay in
groups
(this is first test)
-academic
vocabulary (ten
words)
9/10
Same
9/11
-Journal about
Sept. 11
-Ordinary Joe
(cultural, history)
-Analyze
Graphics media
Presentation
9/16
same
9/17
-Journal: Freewrite
-Literary terms
(ten words)
-Crossover “How
did the father’s
in both stories
show they care?”
9/18
Same
9/23
-Literary Terms
quiz
-Poetry
Roulettee
9/24
Same
9/25
-Journal (What
does it mean to
be different)
-Literary Terms
-Harrison
Bergeron
9/5
-Journal:What
Makes
Something
Valuable activity
-Expository Essay
-Group Essay
9/12
same
9/19
-Journal (What is
free verse
poetry)
-Review types of
poetry
-poetry slide
show
-interpreting
poetry (SPOTS )
9/26
same
9/6
Same
9/13
-Quiz over vocab
-“The Gift”
-“Those Winter
Sundays”
-Synthesize and
make
connections”
-Short answer
“Which Father
was more caring
out of the two
stories”
9/20
same
9/27
-Journal: Do you
think animals
should be used
in research?
-Ethos Pathos
and Logos
-David Beckham
worksheet
9/30
Same
10/1
-Literary Terms
quiz
-How to train
your dragon
10/2
Same
10/7
-Journal:What do
you think of
war?
-Literary terms
-Do not Weep
maiden pg.478
poetry
-What is the
persuasive
essay?
10/8
same
10/9
Journal: What is
tone what is
mood?
-Talk about tone
-Regular Lou and
what is the tone
assignment
-Two articles
with persuasive
tone group work
Group Discussion
10/14
Same
10/15
-Literary Quiz
-Picture day
-Re-write of
essay
-Turn in for test
grade
10/22
same
10/16
Same
10/21
-Journal: tell of a
time you faced a
moral dilemma
-Read Man in the
water pg. 374
-(look at
framework teks)
10/23
-Literary Quiz
-The Mending
Wall pg. 890
-Crossover of
two stories
-What is an
analytical essay
10/3
-Journal: What
does it mean?
Means/End
Test: Harrison
Burgeron/E/P/L
and Poetry
crossover
10/10
same
10/17
-Journal:
-Literary Terms
-Video Clip of
world mean/end
-Persuasive
Group activity
10/24
same
10/4
Same
10/11
-Write a
Persuasive essay:
-30 min group
ratiocination
10/18
Same
10/25
Journal: Free
write
-Literary Terms
-Poem together
using SPOTS
-Poem Separate
using SPOTS
10/28
same
10/29
-Journal: What is
Poetry
-Introduction to
the types of
poetry
-Assign Project
10/30
same
10/31
-Literary Terms
Quiz
-Work on the
project
-Turn Poems In
11/1
Same