GEORGE RANCH HIGH
English I-AA –1stth 6 weeks 2015
Monday
August 24
*Bell ringer
Hand out class syllabus &
Introduce Class Routines
Assign the book Speak
(9/14/15) and Power Plus
Due: Week 4
Tuesday
25
*Bell ringer
Review Class Routines
and Expectations
•Launch Letter Writing
Assignment: formatting of
a formal letter. Assign
draft of letter to be
completed by Friday
HOMEWORK: Letter due
(8/27/15)
31
Sept. 1
*Bell ringer
Students will hand-in their
I AM Poem (1st Daily
Grade)
*Bell ringer
Continue reading (audio)
“Sound of Thunder” (4248) together. Students
will have the story read
by the end of the class
period on Thursday.
Show students the video
trailer for “Sound of
Thunder”
Begin reading (audio) the
opening of “Sound of
Thunder” (36-42) together.
7
**LABOR DAY**
No School! No
School
Student/Staff
Holiday
Students discuss
foreshadowing in the
story and complete chart
8
-bell ringer
“ASoT” Reading Check
Guided Practice: “A
Sound of Thunder”
focus on how to answer
an open-ended question.
Class discussion/scoring
using the literary OER
rubric (0 or 1)
Wednesday
27
*Bell ringer
Review Class Routines
and Expectations
HOMEWORK:
Letter due (8/27/15)
Submit: Letter
(1st Major)
2
*Bell ringer
Finish (audio) reading
the “Sound of Thunder”
(48-52)
3
*Bell ringer
Finish (audio) reading
the “Sound of Thunder”
(52-57)
Students discuss
foreshadowing in the
story and continue
working on the chart
Students discuss
foreshadowing in the
story and finish working
on the chart
9
-bell ringer
Continue and finish
scoring 1st short answer
sample set using the
literary OER rubric (0 or
1) [Document Camera]
as a class score each
response from Friday.
Check for: accuracy,
grammar and spelling
10
-bell ringer
Again: Listen
(audio)“The Physics of
Time Travel”
Discuss elements of nonfiction
Read/ Listen (audio)“The
Physics of Time Travel”
14
-bell ringer
Paired Partner Activity
Butterfly Activity (cause &
effect)
**Open House**
15-bell ringer
16
“A Sound of Thunder”
Comprehensive Exam
-bell ringer
Launch Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict (Internal/ External)
Symbolism
Motif (mirrors, trees and
lips) &Theme
HOMEWORK: PowerPlus
Lesson One – Due 9/22
(2nd Major)
Introduce Power Plus –
Lesson 1
-Lesson will be due on
Tuesdays
HOMEWORK: Power Plus
Lesson One – Due 9/22
Thursday
26
*Bell ringer
•Assign final copy of
letter to be completed
and submitted by Friday
• Draft 1st copy
following the provided
sample
•Revise and Edit Draft 1
and Peer Edit using the
provided rubric
Model how to write a
crossover answer:
Suppose “A Sound of
Thunder” were a true
story. Whose theories in
the magazine article
would its plot
contradict”?
Class discussion/scoring
using the literary OER
rubric (0 or 1)
17
-bell ringer
• Speak Identify key
examples to support key
literary elements:
Characterization
Conflict (Internal/
External); Symbolism
Motif (mirrors, trees and
lips) & Theme
HOMEWORK: Power
Plus Lesson One – Due
9/22
Friday
28
*Bell ringer
• create a poem that
reflects how they
identify within their
society.
•Go over I AM Project
(criteria/ rubric)
•Student Samples
Provided as Exemplars
HOMEWORK: I AM
Poem - Due Monday
(8/31)
4
*Bell ringer
“ASoT” Vocabulary wks.
(2nd Daily Grade)
Inform/ Discuss ‘Kid
Friendly’ Short Answer
Rubric
Model how to write a
short answer response
using the following
question: What is the
purpose of the above
piece?
11
-bell ringer
Finish scoring crossover
samples from the day
before.
Independent Practice:
Time Travel Short
Answers(3rd Daily
[Quiz] Grade)
Due: Progress Report
Grades
18
-bell ringer
Bell Ringers (4th Daily
Grade) Speak
Identify key examples
to support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict, Symbolism
Motif ,Theme
HOMEWORK: Power
Plus Lesson One – Due
9/22
21
-bell ringer
22
-bell ringer
Speak
 Book discussion – Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
HOMEWORK: Power
Plus Lesson One – Due
9/22
28
Bell Ringer: Power Plus
Lesson One Quiz (7th Daily
Grade)
**DISTRICT
ASSESSMENT**
MAJOR GRADE/NO
REASSESSING
HOMEWORK: Power
Plus Lesson Two is due on
9/29
 Submit: Power Plus
Lesson One
Speak
•Book discussion – Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
29
Finish District
Assessment – 20 minutes
max (3rd Major Grade)
•Submit: Power Plus
Lesson Two
Speak
•Book discussion – Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
23
-bell ringer
Speak Quiz (5th Daily
[Quiz] Grade)
Speak
•Book discussion –
Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
30
-bell ringerSpeak
•Book discussion –
Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
24
•Grade: Power Plus
Lesson One (6th Daily
Grade)
25
**FAIR DAY **
NO SCHOOL!
Begin District
Assessment
(4th Major Grade)
HOMEWORK: Power Plus
Lesson One Quiz 9/28 and
Power Plus Lesson Two
is due on 9/29
**Per LCISD policy:
District Assessments are
not reassess able.
October 1
Bell Ringer: Score Power
Plus Lesson Two (8th
Daily Grade)
Speak
•Book discussion –
Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
HOMEWORK: Power
Plus Lesson Two Quiz
10/5 and Power Plus
Lesson Three is due on
10/6
2
-bell ringer
Speak
•Book discussion – Speak
Identify key examples to
support key literary
elements:
Characterization
Conflict ,Symbolism
Motif, Theme
HOMEWORK: Power
Plus Lesson Two Quiz
10/5 and Power Plus
Lesson Three is due on
10/6
End of the 6th six
weeks
**Revisions to this calendar may be made during the course of the six weeks. All
revisions will be discussed in class and posted on Edmodo**