Unit One: Poetry, Plays, and People (3 weeks)
Our Choices
Our Fate
Poetry
Week 1
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Poetry Party Intro
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Parts of Speech
Discussion:
Robert Frost and
choices
Did you Know?
The imp. of good
handwriting
The imp. of good
speaking?
Journal Prompt:
“What Path Will You
Take?”
Homework:
Personal Response JP
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
HW piece
Discussion:
“Pandora” and choices
Lecture:
Imitation Writing
“The Red
Wheelbarrow”
Feather Circle
Intro:
Assign Groups for
work shopping
Journal Prompt:
“So Much Depends”
Homework:
Draft “So Much
Depends” pieces
Assignment:
Feather Circle Fri.
Mini-Lesson: Painless
Grammar
Feather Circle:
Workshop
Lecture:
Imitation Writing and
Plagiarism
Homework:
Sketch mannequin
Assignment:
Continue working on FC
pieces—due for sharing
on Friday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
HW piece
Lecture:
Imitation Example—
Bob Dylan/Lord
Randall and Herbert’s
shaped poetry
Homework:
Explicate Dylan’s “Hard
Rain”
Assignment:
Begin reading “Pizza”
play due Mon.
Reading Notes
Feather Circle Fri.
Poetry Party
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Share and discuss
HW piece
Lecture:
Imitation: Billy Joel
Partner-up:
Brainstorm “We
didn’t…the fire”
Music
Appreciation:
Billy Joel “Fire”
Feather Circle
Rules Reminder
“So Much Depends”
Survey:
Was the circle round
enough?
Homework:
Thank you notes
Work on mask or prop
for “Pizza” role play Billy
Joel due Mon.
Assignment:
Finish reading “Pizza”
play for Monday
Reading Notes
Our Choices
Our Fate
Plays
Week 2
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Poetry Party
Assignment Due:
Billy Joel “Fire”
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
MLA
Reading Reward
Quiz “Pizza”
Thank you notes
Did you Know?
The imp. of good
note-taking &
handout
Lecture:
Levy background
selfinjury.com
Assign role-play
groups
Small Group
Discussion:
“Pizza” and choices
Homework:
Research suicide and
self-injury, take notes
for discussion Tues.
Assignment:
Expository response
to “Pizza” due Fri.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Role Play:
Group one
Discussion:
“Pizza” and research
Suicide and People of
fame: (focus authors)
Journal Prompt:
Can our choices affect
other people?
Lecture:
Kristofferson,
McAuliff, & Stevens
Music
Appreciation:
“Oh Very Young”
Homework:
Sketch or write a
descriptive piece that
depicts what you will
leave behind (focus
workplace lit.)
Assignment:
Expository response to
“Pizza” due Fri.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Building Sentences
Role Play:
Group two
Discussion:
“Pizza” and research
Journal Prompt:
Do other people feel the
same way we do?
Using derogatory terms
without knowing it.
Music
Appreciation:
“How Far is Heaven?”
Computer Lab:
Continue research
and/or edit writing
Teacher/Student
conf.
Assignment:
Expository response to
“Pizza” due Fri.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Role Play:
Group three
Discussion:
“Pizza” and research
Journal Prompt:
Is having a good day a
choice?
Silent Discussion:
Journal Prompt—turn
in!
Teacher/Student
conf.
Assignment:
Expository response to
“Pizza” due Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!!
Friday
Poetry Party
Reminder
Assignment Due:
“Pizza” response
Graded Grammar
Review—use notes
Survey:
How was the “Pizza?”
Lecture:
People of fame and
choices
Handout:
Instructions for
assignment & sample
list
Q&A
Sign-up for
presentations
Journal Prompt:
Who will it be?
Brainstorm &
research
Assignment:
Submit your choice of
person of fame on
Mon. and begin
research (don’t forget
MLA as you go!)
Our Choices
Our Fate
Fame
Week 3
Monday
Tuesday
Poetry Party
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Agreement
Teacher/student
conf.
Obtain approval of
person of fame
Writing
workshop:
Opportunity to begin
researching,
discussing, and
drafting
Homework:
Research person of
interest and draft for
workshop on Tue.
Assignment:
People of Fame—due
Wed-Fri
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Did you Know?
The imp. of good
listening and giving
constructive feedback?
Triple Threat:
Groups of 3 read aloud
and respond to
classmates’ work
Homework:
Prepare for
presentation on your
assigned day
Assignment:
People of Fame—due
Wed-Fri
Wednesday
Thursday
Assignment Due:
“Fame” response
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Words, Words, Words
Presentations:
People of Fame
Discussion:
Q&A
Assignment Due:
“Fame” response
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Presentations:
People of Fame
Discussion:
Q&A
NO HOMEWORK!!!
NO HOMEWORK!!!
Friday
Poetry Party
Reminder
Assignment Due:
“Fame” response
Graded Grammar
Review
Presentations:
People of Fame
Discussion:
Q&A
Assignment:
Research and be
prepared to discuss
some interesting facts
about sharks for Mon.
Week 4
Monday
Tuesday
Our Choices
Our Fate
Naturalism—Short Story
Unit Two: The Short End of the Stick (3 weeks)
Research Rally
Intro
Final Poetry Party
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Punctuation
Video:
“Flying Sharks”
Jaws excerpt
Discussion:
Naturalism
Journal Prompt:
What influences our
choices?
Homework:
Descriptive
paragraph “What
would I do if a shark
were near me?”
Assignment:
Research diving
safety for discussion
on Tue.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
HW piece
Discussion:
Diving Safety
Lecture:
Diving safety tips
Handout:
Special Forces
Underwater
Operations—“Free the
Oppressed”
Video:
Open Water
Homework:
Descriptive paragraph
“What would I do if a
shark were near me,
now?”
Assignment:
Personal response to
Open Water—notetaking due Fri.
Wednesday
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
HW piece
Video:
Open Water
Discussion:
Stephen Crane &
Naturalism
Vocabulary
Bookmarks:
Issue for Crane
Assignment:
Personal response to
Open Water—notetaking due Fri.
Begin reading Crane’s
“The Open Boat” due
Fri.
Reading Notes
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Video:
Open Water
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Crane)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Crane)
Assignment:
Personal response to
Open Water—notetaking due Fri.
Continue reading
Crane’s “The Open
Boat” due Fri.
Reading Notes
NO HOMEWORK!!!
NO HOMEWORK!!!
Friday
Research Rally
Reminder
Assignment Due:
Open Water response
Graded Grammar
Review—use notes
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Crane)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)? (Crane)
Internet Article:
Steve Irwin
http://www.abc.net.au/
news/newsitems/20060
9/s1732439.htm
Discussion:
Is death always fair?
Journal Prompt:
Is nature in control of
us?
Homework:
Make Me Believe!—
persuasive argument
regarding man v. nature
due Mon.
Assignment:
Research natural
disasters due Mon.
Our Choices
Our Fate
Naturalism--Novella
Week 5
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Research Rally
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Punctuation
Share and discuss
HW piece
Discussion:
Natural Disasters
Research results
Handout:
“Wright Flyer Online”
Lecture:
Writing a Newspaper
Article
Assignment:
“Crane Survives!” due
Wed.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Lecture:
Options for Effective
Grabbers
Writing Workshop:
Partner-up
Assignment:
“Crane Survives!” due
Wed.
Assignment Due:
“Crane Survives”
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
“Crane Survives”
Vocabulary
Bookmarks:
Issue for Hemmingway
Assignment:
Begin reading The Old
Man and the Sea
Reading Notes
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Hemmingway)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Hemmingway)
Reading Reward
Quiz
Old Man
Power Point:
“Fishbowl” Intro
Assign groups of 6
Write-out ?s
Assignment:
Continue reading The
Old Man and the Sea
Reading Notes
Friday
Research Rally
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review—use notes
Fishbowl
Discussion:
Old Man
SSR:
Old Man
Assignment:
Continue reading The
Old Man and the Sea
Reading Notes
NO HOMEWORK!!
Our Choices
Our Fate
Naturalism--Novella
Week 6
Monday
Research Rally
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Brush Strokes
Video Clip:
A River Runs
Through It
Lecture:
“The Art of Fishing”
Journal Prompt:
“What Can We Learn
from Nature?”
Homework:
Research O.C.E.A.’s
web-site for
underwater
conservation and
fishing laws
Assignment:
Continue reading The
Old Man and the Sea
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
eading Notes
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
HW piece
Lecture:
Discussion Circle
Intro.
Assign Groups for DC
Homework:
Prep. for DC on Wed.
Assignment:
Continue reading The
Old Man and the Sea
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading Notes
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Hemmingway)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Hemmingway)
Discussion Circle:
Old Man
Homework:
Issue Vocabulary
Bookmarks
Assignment:
Test Prep.
Thursday
Test:
The Old Man and the
Sea
Assignment:
Research Men’s and
Women’s soccer for
Rally on Monday
Friday
Research Rally
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review—use notes
Journal Prompt:
“What do you know
about soccer?”
Share and discuss
JP
Esckilsen’s
Enigma:
Predicting our next
novel
Homework:
Anticipation Guide
Assignment:
Research Men’s and
Women’s soccer for
Rally on Monday
Begin reading OffsidesErik Esckilsen
Chapters 1-5 due Wed.
for quiz
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Extra Credit due Mon.
Unit Three: Convenient Thinking (9 weeks)
Background &
Character Identification
Our Choices
Our Fate
Week 7
Monday
Common Place Intro
Final Research Rally
Mini-Lesson: Painless
Grammar
Commas
Share and discuss
research & AG
Picture Book:
K is for Kick: A Soccer
Alphabet—
Herzog/Rose-Popp
Handout:
Soccer
Field/Equipment and
rules of the game
Read Aloud:
3-Column Predictions
Homework:
Issue Vocabulary
Bookmarks
Assignment:
Continue reading
Offsides-Erik Esckilsen
Chapters 1-5 due Wed.
for quiz
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
EXTRA CREDIT
DUE!!
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson: Painless
Grammar
Video Clip:
Victory (soccer moves
and Pele)’
Handout:
Anticipation/Reaction
Guide
Group Work
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Esckilsen)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Esckilsen)
Homework:
Vocabulary words work
sheet from chapters 1-5
Assignment: Continue
reading chapters 1-5 due
Wed. for quiz.
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Quiz: Soccer
information
Handout:
Character
Identification
Partner-up
Homework:
Character Analysis
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 6-15 for
Monday
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
Thursday
Mini-Lesson: Painless
Grammar
Return and Review
Quiz
1970’s Environmental
Advertisement:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=q_gokTG46oQ&
mode=related&search=
Current Events:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=fFxRyTOmEig
Discuss political issues
Native American
Poetry:
Exposure
Journal Prompt: “What
are your feelings about
America’s treatment of
Native Americans?”
Homework:
Write a poem as a
response to JP
Assignment:
Continue reading chapters
6-15 due Monday
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Friday
Common Place
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Feather Circle:
Share poetry
homework.
Jigsaw Intro:
Assign Jigsaw
groups/chapters for
Monday
Homework:
Thank you notes and
prepare for Jigsaw on
Monday
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 6-15 for
Monday
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
Week 8
Monday
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Brush Strokes
Thank you notes
Themes &
Character Analysis
Our Choices
Our Fate
Jigsaw
Discussion:
Chapters 6-15
Handout:
“After Reading
Survey”
Lecture:
“Living on the
Reservation”
Poverty
Homework:
Vocabulary Words
from chapters 6-15
Assignment:
Test Prep:
Discrimination
Racism
Manipulation
Courage
Honor
Tuesday
Test:
Offsides—Esckilsen
Vocabulary:
Issue Vocabulary
Bookmarks
Assignment:
Begin reading To
Kill A
Mockingbird—
Harper Lee
Chapters 1-10 due
Thursday
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
NO HOMEWORK!!
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Handout:
Test Survey
(for my selfevaluation/reflection)
Return and Review
Test
Offsides—Esckilsen
Music Appreciation:
Lullaby:
“Hush Little Baby”
“Mockingbird”
Lecture:
Harper Lee
Handout:
Mockingbird pix
Three-Column
Organizer for
predictions
Individual work:
predictions
Class sharing and
discussions:
predictions
Homework:
Coloring—Mockingbird
pix
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 1-10 due
Thursday
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Thursday
Friday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Journal Prompt:
Reader Response
Prompt “What
characters do you
like/dislike?”
Lecture:
Structure of a story
Definitions
Power Point:
Characterization: 8
perspectives of a
fictional character
Handout/Group
Work:
Character Map
Class Discussion
“What do you
think?” Intro:
due next Fri.
Homework:
Descriptive paragraph
on a character in the
novel
Assignment:
Begin reading chapters
11-21 due Monday
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Common Place
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Share and discuss
HW
Internet Venture:
1960’s Civil Rights
Movement
Information and
resource
Writing
Workshop:
Research, share, and
write with a partner
or indiv. for “What do
you think?” due next
Fri.
Homework:
Prepare three
questions about the
story thus far for
Fishbowl on Mon.
Research & create a
Civil Rights time-line
for Mon.
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 11-21 due
Monday
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
“What do you think?”
due next Fri.
Background &
Character Identification
Our Choices
Our Fate
Week 9
Monday
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless
Grammar
Brush Strokes
Share and
discuss HW
Fishbowl
Discussion
SSR:
Focus on 11-21
Homework:
Vocabulary
Words from
chapters 11-21
Assignment:
Begin reading
chapters 22-31
due Wednesday
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
“What do you
think?” due Fri.
Tuesday
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Mini-Lesson:
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Painless Grammar
Painless Grammar
Vocabulary:
Handout:
Quiz:
What the heck is this National Geographic
To Kill a
word? (Lee)
Monroeville, AL
Mockingbird—Lee
Word Wall:
http://www7.national
Video:
Which word(s)?
geographic.com/ngm
(Lee)
/0601/feature8/index To Kill a
Mockingbird
Discussion:
.html
Assignment:
Scottsboro Trials
Writing
“What do you
and Genarlow
Workshop:
think?” due Fri.
Wilson
Triple Threat
Lecture:
Persuasive
Argument—ethos,
pathos, and logos
Homework:
Prepare for “What
do you think?”
workshop on Wed.
Assignment:
Read
chapters 22-31 due
Thurs.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
“What do you
think?” due Fri.
Wednesday
“What do you think?”
Homework:
Vocabulary Words
from chapters 22-31
Prep. for
“Mockingbird” quiz
Thurs.
Assignment:
Read
chapters 22-31 due
Thurs.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
“What do you think?”
due Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Friday
Common Place
Reminder
Assignment Due:
“What do you think?”
Graded Grammar
Review
Handout:
Test Survey
(for my selfevaluation/reflecti
on)
Video:
To Kill a
Mockingbird
NO HOMEWORK!!
Week 10
Monday
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Brush Strokes
Video:
Our Choices
Our Fate
Media and Mental Images
To Kill a Mockingbird
Journal Prompt:
“What’s the
difference between
your vision and
film?
Homework:
Persuasive essay
reading v. viewing
Assignment:
“What’s the
difference?” due
Thurs.
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Video:
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Video:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lecture:
Critiques
Writing
Workshop:
Triple Threat
To Kill a Mockingbird
Homework:
Research the film:
www.imdb.com
Assignment:
“What’s the
difference?” due
Thurs.
Sell the Film
Intro:
Assign
presentations
Small group:
Design a poster for
film
Homework:
Argument for new
actors
Assignment:
“What’s the difference?”
due Thurs.
“Sell the Film” due
Fri.
Argument for new
actors due Fri.Mon.
Thursday
Assignment Due:
“What’s the
difference?”
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Discussion:
“What’s the
difference?”
Sell the Film:
Small group—make
a poster for film
Homework:
Argument for new
actors
Assignment:
“Sell the Film” due
Fri.-Mon.
Argument for new
actors due Fri.
Friday
Common Place
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Assignment Due:
“Sell the Film”
Argument for new
actors
Presentations:
“Sell the Film”
NO HOMEWORK!!
Week 11
Monday
Our Choices
Our Fate
Social Issues and Mental Images
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Transition Words
Assignment Due:
“Sell the Film”
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Plum-Ucci’s Puzzle:
Predicting our next
novel
Homework:
Argument for
Issue Vocabulary
new actors
Bookmarks
Presentations: Research
“Sell the Film”
Childhood
Leukemia
NO HOMEWORK!! Assignment:
Begin reading
What Happened to
Lani Garver?—
Plum-Ucci
chapters 1-11 due
Thurs.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Plum-Ucci)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Plum-Ucci)
Discussion:
Background Plum-Ucci
Hackett
Did you Know?
The importance of
reading notes?
Homework:
Research Leukemia
Assignment:
Begin reading What
Happened to Lani
Garver?—Plum-Ucci
chapters 1-11 due
Thurs.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks
and reading notes
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Handout:
Information and
resources Childhood
Leukemia
Academic
Journaling
Special Guest
Speaker:
“Ashley” Childhood
Leukemia
Q&A Session with
Speaker
Homework:
Write a one-page
reflection on guest
speaker due Mon.
Assignment:
Begin reading chapters
12-21 due Mon.
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Friday
Common Place
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Share and discuss
HW
Handout:
Mental Images
Class Activity:
Learning how to
manipulate photos
(take photos and
insert as screen-savers
on class computers).
Homework:
Sketch your mental
image of any aspect of
the novel, so far.
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 12-21 due
Mon.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks
and reading notes
Week 12
Monday
Our Choices
Our Fate
News Writing
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Parallel Construction
Share and
discuss HW
Journal Prompt:
Who is Lani
Garver?
Lecture:
Gender
Homework:
Develop Hackett
Star news article
for Feather Circle
on Wed.
Student-Teacher
Conf.
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 22-33 due
Fri.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Common Place
Reminder
Discussion Circle
Intro:
Chapters 22-33
The Hackett Star
Vocabulary words
chapters 12-21
Writing
Workshop:
Hackett Star
Homework:
Complete Hackett
Star news article
for Feather Circle on
Wed.
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 22-33 due
Fri.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
Prep. for DC on Fri.
Assignment Due:
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Plum-Ucci)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Plum-Ucci)
Graded Grammar
Review
Hackett Star
Feather Circle
Hackett Star News
article
Reward Quiz:
Through chapt. 26
Homework:
Thank You Notes
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 22-33 due
Fri.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
Prep. for DC on Fri.
Homework:
List the characters and
the choices they are
making
Assignment:
Continue reading
chapters 22-33 due
Fri.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
Prep. for DC on Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Share and discuss
HW
Discussion Circle:
Chapters 22-33
“Choices, Choices,
Choices” Intro.:
Instructions and signup for groups &
presentations
Group Work:
Determine social
issue and research
Homework:
Work on “Choices”
Assignment:
Prep. for quiz on
Mon. (reading and
class notes)
Our Choices
Our Fate
Persuasive Writing
Week 13
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Semi-Colon
Journal Prompt:
“What choices have
you made so far
today?”
Lecture:
Voice
Writing and Sharing
Homework:
Research social issue
Assignment:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices” due Fri.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Journal Prompt:
“What choices have
you made so far
today?”
Share and discuss
JP
Writing Workshop:
Triple Threat
Share ideas
Homework:
Research social issue
Persuasive Writing
Assignment:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices” due Fri.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Colon
Journal Prompt:
“Can your choices
influence other’s
choices?”
Share and discuss JP
Writing Workshop:
Triple Threat
Share writing—PQP
Student-Teacher
conf.
Homework:
Research social issue
Persuasive Writing
Illustration
Assignment:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices” due Fri.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Journal Prompt:
“What constitutes being
a good friend?”
Share and discuss
JP
Off to the Theatre:
Practice public
speaking
Homework:
Persuasive Writing
Illustration
Practice oral pres.
Assignment:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices” due Fri.
Friday
Common Place
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Assignment Due:
“Choices”
Presentations:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices”
Meet at School
Theatre
NO HOMEWORK!!
Week 14
Monday
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Editing
Assignment Due:
Our Choices
Our Fate
Creative Writing
“Choices”
Presentations:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices”
Meet at School
Theatre
NO HOMEWORK!!
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Assignment Due:
“Choices”
Presentations:
“Choices, Choices,
Choices”
Meet at School
Theatre
NO HOMEWORK!!
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Contest:
Vote “Choices”
illustrations
Kesey’s Klue:
Predicting our next
novel
Lecture:
Ken Kesey background
Theatrical versions
Analogous works
Homework:
Issue Vocabulary
Bookmarks
Research Schizophrenia
Assignment:
Begin reading One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Parts 1 & 2—due Fri.
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Share and discuss
HW
Handout:
Character Map
3 Column Predictions
Homework:
3 Column Predictions
Assignment:
Continue reading One
Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest Parts 1 & 2—due
Fri.
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
Friday
Common Place
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review
Vocabulary:
What the heck is this
word? (Kesey)
Word Wall:
Which word(s)?
(Kesey)
Share and discuss
HW
Finish the Story
Intro:
Illustrate the choices
being made by any
character in the story.
Extend the ending of
the story from
“Chief’s” perspective.
Homework:
Brainstorm the
characters—list of
chars. and choices
Assignment:
Begin reading One Flew
Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Parts 3 & 4—due Tue.
Vocabulary Bookmarks
and reading notes
“Finish the story” due
Thu.
Our Choices
Our Fate
Art Exhibition & Creative Writing
Week 15
Monday
Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Editing
Share and discuss
HW
Journal Prompt:
“What constitutes
being a good citizen?”
Share and discuss
JP
SSR
Assignment:
Continue reading One
Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Nest Part 3
& 4—due Tue.
Vocabulary
Bookmarks and
reading notes
“Finish the story” due
Thu.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Tuesday
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Student-Teacher
Conf.
Writing Day
Assignment:
Art Exhibition
“Finish the story” due
Thu.
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Student-Teacher
Conf.
Writing Day
Assignment:
Art Exhibition
“Finish the story” due
Thu.
NO HOMEWORK!!
NO HOMEWORK!!
Thursday
Friday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Common Place
Reminder
Assignment Due:
Graded Grammar
Review
“Finish the story”
Round Table:
“Finish the Story”
Share art and writing.
Contest:
Vote on 3 best
illustrations and 3 best
written pieces.
Display:
Attach all illustrations
to hallway boards
Homework:
Research the
Declaration of
Independence
List of all the “signers”
Assignment:
Begin reading Good
Brother, Bad Brother
chapters 1-15 due Mon.
Share and discuss
HW
Lecture Speeches:
Parallelism
Speaking for effect
Greatest Speakers
Power Point:
Flags
Colors
Symbolism
Homework:
Research the history
of the United States
Flag and the
Confederate Flag
Assignment:
Continue reading
Good Brother, Bad
Brother chapters 1-15
due Mon.
Unit Four: The Committee for Peace (3 weeks)
Interdisciplinary and Personal Reflection
Our Choices
Our Fate
Week 16
Monday
Tuesday
Splendid Speech
Final Common Place
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Lecture:
Our forefathers
Declaration of Indep.
Stylistic Artistry:
http://www.archives.g
ov/national-archivesexperience/charters/d
eclaration_style.html
Writing Workshop:
Share and discuss
ideas and writing
“Represent” for
Feather Circle Wed.
Il est moi Intro:
Create personal flag
and analysis due Fri.
Assignment:
Continue reading
Good Brother, Bad
Brother chapters 1622 due Wed.
Prep. for Feather
Circle Wed.
“Il est moi” due Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Writing emails
Share and discuss
HW
Power Point:
Nautical Flags
Visual
Communication
Class Activity:
Spell your name in
nautical flags
Journal Prompt:
“Show your colors:
What do I
represent?”
Homework:
Reflection piece JP
for Feather Circle on
Wed.
Assignment:
Begin reading Good
Brother, Bad Brother
chapters 16-22 due
Wed.
Wednesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Discussion:
Good Brother
Feather Circle:
“Show your colors:
What do I represent?”
Homework:
Personal flag
illustration
Written Analysis for “Il
est moi” due Fri.
Thank you notes
Assignment:
“Il est moi” due Fri.
Research and choose a
Dec. signer for next
assignment TBA Thu.
Prep for Good Brother
quiz on Thu.
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Quiz:
Good Brother, Bad
Brother
Who’s your daddy?
Intro:
Instructions and signup for speeches
Homework:
Personal flag
illustration
Written Analysis for “Il
est moi” due Fri.
Assignment:
“Il est moi” due Fri.
“Who’s your daddy?”
due next Fri.
Friday
Splendid Speech
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review-email me!
Assignment Due:
“Il est moi”
Presentations:
“Il est moi”
Assignment:
“Who’s your daddy?”
due next Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Week 17
Monday
Splendid Speech
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Writing emails
Interdisciplinary and Personal Reflection
Our Choices
Our Fate
Assignment Due:
“Il est moi”
Presentations:
“Il est moi”
Assignment:
“Who’s your daddy?”
due Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Assignment Due:
“Il est moi”
Presentations:
“Il est moi”
Assignment:
“Who’s your daddy?”
due Fri.
NO HOMEWORK!!
Wednesday
Thursday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Did you know?
The importance of
maturity?
Computer
Lab/Library:
Research signer
Student-Teacher
Conf.
Writing Day/Theatre
Visit
Assignment:
“Who’s your daddy?”
due Fri.
Prep. for speech
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Computer
Lab/Library:
Research signer
Student-Teacher
Conf.
Writing
Day/Theatre Visit
Assignment:
“Who’s your daddy?”
due Fri.
Prep. for speech
NO HOMEWORK!!
NO HOMEWORK!!
Friday
Splendid Speech
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review—email me!
Assignment Due:
“Who’s your daddy?”
The Committee for
Peace Intro:
Instructions
Group assignments
(8)
Sign-up for debate
due Wed.- Fri.
Did you know?
The importance of
collaboration?
Homework:
One page reflection:
“What would a just
world be like? How do
we get there?”
Assignment:
“The committee for
Peace” due Wed, Thu. &
Fri.
Week 18
Monday
Interdisciplinary and Personal Reflection
Our Choices
Our Fate
Splendid Speech
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Writing emails
Share and discuss
HW
Lecture:
The Gettysburg
Address
Special Guest
Speaker:
“Mr. J”
“Give Me Liberty or
Give Me Death!”
Journal Prompt:
“Can one person
change the world?”
Share and discuss
JP
Assignment:
“The committee for
Peace” due Wed.-Fri.
Tuesday
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Lecture:
Selling and Debating
Persuasive speaking
Writing
Day/Theatre Visit
Assignment:
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Mini-Lesson: Painless
Grammar
Presentations:
The Committee for
Peace—Group 1
Mini-Lesson:
Painless Grammar
Presentations:
The Committee for
Peace—Group 2
Splendid Speech
Reminder
Graded Grammar
Review—email me!
NO HOMEWORK!!
NO HOMEWORK!!
NO HOMEWORK!!
Presentations:
The Committee for
Peace—Group 3
“The committee for
Peace” due Wed.- Fri.
Prep. for debate
NO HOMEWORK!!