Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
Reading Calendar
RELA 7th Grade
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday / Thursday
Friday
March 25
Begin Reading Joey
Pigza Swallowed the Key
Read Chapters 1-2
Assignment: Complete
the “beginning” section
of the dialectical notes.
March 28
March 29
March 30/31
Read Chapters 3-4
Read Chapters 5-6
Read Chapters 7-8
Assignment: After
reading, choose two
vocab. words that were
new or unfamiliar
words from any of the
chapters you have read
so far and write them
in your dialectical
notes. You also need to
complete the context
clues portion for these
two words.
Assignment: Complete
the Characterization
portion of the dialectical
notes.
Assignment: Complete
the “middle’ section of
the dialectical notes.
April 4
Assignment: Read
Chapters 12 and 13
Assignment: After
reading, choose one
vocab. word that was
new or unfamiliar
from any of the
chapters you have
read so far and write
them in your dialectical
notes. You also need to
complete the context
clues portion for these
two words.
April 5
April 6/7
April 8
Assignment: Read
Chapters 14 and 15
Assignment: Complete
the “End” section of the
dialectical notes.
Come to class with
novel and
dialectical notes!
Be prepared to do
your One Pager in
Class and turn it in
at the end of the
period.
Dialectical notes and
One Pager are due today
if you did not finish
everything in class
yesterday!!
Be sure you bring your
novel and the dialectical
notes to class on Friday
for our Book Chat. I will
be taking a grade on the
first half of your notes.
Write a Summary of the
novel in your dialectical
notes using the Someone
Wants But So model we
discussed in class.
April 1
In Class:
NOVEL BOOK CHAT
DAY!
Bring novel and
dialectical notes to class
today!
We will read chapter 9
in class.
Assignment: Read
Chapters 10 and 11