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Unit 1: Origins of the New Land
Day 1: First Day of School—Monday, August 26
 Assigned Seats
 Rules and Procedures
 First Day Survey
HW: Organized notebook and signed rules due on Friday!
Tuesday, August 27
 Explanation of puzzle pieces and narrative writing prompt
 Work on puzzles
HW: Puzzle pieces due tomorrow. Organized notebook and signed rules due by Friday.
Narrative Writing prompt due on Friday!
Wednesday, August 28
 Presentation of puzzle pieces
 Work on writing prompts
HW: Organized notebook and signed rules due Friday!!!!
Thursday, August 29
BENCHMARKING in the library
HW: Be sure to have your rules, notebook, and narrative writing prompt tomorrow!
Friday, August 30
 Notebook check and signed rules
 Hand out Native American Packets
 “The Walum Olum” and Native American notes
 Origin of Myths notes
 Read “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
 Answer questions
HW: None
Tuesday, September 3
Finish going over “The World on the Turtle’s Back.”
Study Island work on tone/mood/style
HW: Finish Keystone practice
Wednesday, September 4
Go over Keystone practice
Keystone response scoring
HW: Finish response writing if needed
Thursday, September 5
 Finish discussing response scoring
 Cultural hero notes and motif and trickster tale notes
 Assign “Wohpe and the Gift of the Pipe”
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Assign “Fox and Coyote and Whale”
Groups will read and fill out appropriate section of the myth chart. Students will then
present their story to the class.
HW: Be ready to share stories tomorrow.
Friday, September 6--SED
Vocab Word: admonish and blight (write sentences for them based on the reading)
 Work on stories
 Begin sharing stories with the class
HW: None
Monday, September 9
Period 3: Work in groups filling out native myth charts
Share stories with the class
Period 9: Finish copying notes
Read stories
Work on native myth chart
HW: Finish chart if needed (period 9)
Tuesday, September 10
Period 3: Warning tale notes
Begin reading “The Girl Who Was Not Satisfied with Simple Things” and answer the
Questions.
Period 9: Share stories with the class
Warning tale notes
Begin reading “The Girl Who Was Not Satisfied with Simple Things” and answer the
Questions.
HW: NONE
Wednesday, September 11
Finish work from yesterday
Read background on John Smith
Read John Smith’s “General History of Virginia”
Active reading modeling
HW: NONE
Thursday, September 12
Finish reading ”General History of Virginia”
Answer questions in packet
HW: NONE
Friday, September 13
Bias and Diction—discussion
Read Bradford’s “Of Plymouth Plantation” aloud—groups need to decide what paragraph
matches their card.
Hand out copies of active reading notes for both explorers as a study guide
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HW: NONE
Monday, September 16
 Finish “Of Plymouth Plantation” and answer questions
 Give Rowlandson notes and background
 Read together and answer questions
HW: Finish reading and answering questions
Tuesday, September 17
Read “Blankets for the Dead” and answer the questions in the packet
HW: Complete study guide for test. We will go over it on Friday.
Wednesday, September 18
Complete modern Native poetry
HW: Study for the test which will be on Monday!
Thursday, September 19—ASVABS (Periods 1-4)
Period 9—TBA
Friday, September 20
Go over study guide
Keystone practice for test
HW: Finish Keystone practice and study for unit 1 test
Monday, September 23
Read and discuss “The Man to Send Rainclouds”
HW: Study for unit 1 test
Tuesday, September 24
Take Unit 1 test
HW: Hump Day Stump Day Activities—They are due on Wednesday!