Unit 2: Walking Across Egypt
“Those Who Wander Are Not Lost”
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Paragraph, Shaffer Paragraph
Those Who Wander Are Not
Lost
Walking Across Egypt
Verisimilitude, Dialect,
Flashback, Theme, Regional
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Unit 2: All Those Who Wander Are Not Lost
Essential Questions
Big Texts
Walking Across Egypt by Clyde Edgerton
“The Story of Lottie Moon” adapted radio play
How does an author create a sense of
place through dialect?
Smaller Texts
How does an author use word choice and
Film
sensory detail to create a sense of
Walking Across Egypt film
verisimilitude?
Song
How does the author progress the theme
“Hurt” by Johnny Cash
of age throughout the plot of Walking
“Young Man” by Neil Young
Across Egypt?
“Adolescents” by Incubus
How can we connect the themes of other
“Beg, Steal, or Borrow” by Ray Lamontagne
pieces of literature to the theme of
Poetry
Walking Across Egypt
“Not
All
Those
Who
Wander Are Lost” by J.R.R.
How does the author use the story of
Tolkien
Lottie Moon to enhance his text?
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
Short Story
The Destructors by Graham Green
Dates
8/31/2015
Lesson
Lab Day: Edmodo ACE response
Homework
Finish NoRedInk and respond to
Einstein Edmodo Quote.
Unit 2: Walking Across Egypt
“Those Who Wander Are Not Lost”
9/01/2015
Setting up Reading Journals.
What is Theme? How to
determine theme in a text.
Walking Across Egypt Assigned.
Journal Entry #1response to Tolkien poem in
journals.
Read Chapter 1 (1-19) of WAE
Independently.
9/02/2015
OUT OF CLASS FOR FUN DAY
9/3/2015
Literary Terms Review (1-10),
Walking Across Egypt Chapter 1
Open Response Writing
Question
9/04/2015
Lit Terms Quiz (1-10), Preview
Lit terms (11-15)
Read Chapter 2 (21-35) of WAE
Independently.
Journal Entry #2:
Response to ACE Questions
09/07/2015
Analyze theme of “Hurt” by
Johnny Cash in-class. Read part
1 of Chapter 3 (37-49) in class.
Finish Chapter 3 (50-76) of WAE
Independently.
Journal Entry #3
Compare Johnny Cash Song
theme to Chapter 3
09/08/2015
Lit Terms Review (1-15), In-Class
Profile of Mattie
None, study for lit terms quiz
09/09/2015
Lit-Terms Quiz (1-15), Introduce
Lit Terms (16-20)
Read Chapter 4 (77-88).
Journal Entry #4
The use of food in the novel
09/10/2015
Collect Reading Journals (Quiz
Grade #1). Biography of Lottie
Moon read in-class
Seminar Questions Distributed
09/11/2015
Lottie Moon in-class seminar
discussion: Religion’s Impact on
the novel
Read Chapters 5-6 (97-103)
Independently
Journal Entry #5
Poem comparison: “We Real
Cool”
NONE
Review Literary Terms (1-10).
Unit 2: Walking Across Egypt
“Those Who Wander Are Not Lost”
Verisimilitude Lecture and
Notes. Reading Chapter 7 inclass.
Read Chapter 8 Independently.
Journal Entry #6
Verisimilitude quotation
analysis.
09/15/2015
Lit Terms Review. Chapter 9
read in-class.
Journal Entry #7
“Adolescents” by Incubus
journal analysis
09/16/2015
Lit Terms Quiz (1-20), Lit Terms
(21-25) Introduced.
Read Chapter 10 (157-173).
Journal Entry #8
Mattie, Wesley, and the Dog
09/17/2015
Journals Taken Up. Read “The
Destructors” by Graham Greene
in Class.
Theme of “The Destructors” and
Walking Across Egypt
Comparison Evidence Chart.
09/18/2015
“The Destructors” Open
Response Question.
Journal Entry #9
“The Destructors” and Walking
Across Egypt.
09/21/2015
Review Lit Terms 1-25.
Read Chapter 10 (157-173) inclass
Study for Terms Quiz, Finish
Chapter 10 as needed.
09/22/2015
Lite Terms Quiz (1-25),
Introduce Terms (26-30)
Read Chapter 11 (175-185),
Journal Entry #10
“Old Man” by Neil Young
09/23/2015
Read Chapter 11 (175-185) InClass. Dialect Journal Prompt
introduced in class.
Read Chapter 12 (187-201)
Journal Entry #11
Dialect, Place, and
Verisimilitude
09/24/2015
Finish Novel (203-215). Journal
prompt introduced in class.
Finish Novel (203-215).
Journal Entry #12
Verisimilitude, Dialect, Place
continued.
09/25/2015
Journals Due (Quiz #3). Novel
reflection day, study guide
introduced.
Complete Novel Reflection and
Study Guide.
09/28/2015
Lit Terms Review (1-30). Study
Guide Review.
***STUDY FOR TEST********
09/14/2015
Unit 2: Walking Across Egypt
“Those Who Wander Are Not Lost”
09/29/2015
Lit Terms Quiz (1-30), Lit terms
31-35 introduced. STUDY FOR
TEST
*****STUDY FOR TEST******
9/30/2015
Walking Across Egypt Test
NONE
10/01/2015
IF CLASS TEST AVERAGE IS 88>,
THEN WE WILL WATCH THE
WALKING ACROSS EGYPT
MOVIE. IF NOT, WE WILL
REVIEW LIT TERMS.
Assessment (How Will I Get My Grade)
SCHOLAR GOAL:
Average of 88% or
Higher on All Unit
Assessments!
4 Journal Checks (Quiz Grades)
2 Open Response Questions (Quiz Grades)
2 Seminar Discussions (Quiz Grades)
Final Test: Theme, Dialect, Verisimilitude