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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
On Level
We will / Objective: reflect on understanding to
monitor comprehension
Opening: How can relationships with others
challenge you? How do they make you a better or
worse person? In your composition notebook
under reading log, list one relationship that has
made you a better person and why. Is it a
relative? A friend? An enemy?
I will / Product/Task: complete the character
chart for the characters in the short story
Raymond’s Run and provide text evidence to
support my findings.
High Level Questions: What is a challenge
Squeaky faced? What character trait did she need
in order to overcome that challenge?
Closing: go to netschool and save the chart to
your computer. Do you think your relationship
that made you better is similar to Squeaky’s or
different? How?
Assessment: Character chart to be filled out
tomorrow.
Homework: Unit 1 vocabulary activities due
Friday
Pre Ap/GT
We will / Objective: examine a real-life hero in a nonprint text.
Opening: read the blurb about Homer Hickam
I will / Product/Task: watch and respond to the hero
in October Sky by discussing his challenges he faces
and creating a thesis statement that describes his
reactions to the challenges he faces.
High Level Questions: What would be a thematic
statement/thesis statement you could create about
homer and his reactions to challenges? How does the
way you respond to challenges affect the outcome?
How does the support of others affect the outcome?
Closing: discuss/present/peer reflect upon thesis
statements.
Assessment: thesis statement
Homework:
If a summer reading book has not been selected, get
one. Work on summer reading project. Due Sept.
24th. Unit 1 vocabulary due Wednesday October 2nd.
We will / Objective: reflect on understanding to
monitor comprehension
Opening: How can relationships with others
challenge you? How do they make you a better or
worse person? In your composition notebook
under reading log, list one relationship that has
made you a better person and why. Is it a
relative? A friend? An enemy?
I will / Product/Task: complete the character
chart for the characters in the short story
Raymond’s Run and provide text evidence to
support my findings.
High Level Questions: What is a challenge
Squeaky faced? What character trait did she need
in order to overcome that challenge?
Closing: Submit your character chart to
netschool.
Assessment: Character chart to be filled out and
turned in today.
Homework: Unit 1 vocabulary activities due
Friday
We will / Objective: make complex inferences
about text and use textual evidence to support
understanding.
Opening: How to write an SAR. Three colored
sticky notes.
I will / Product/Task: write a short answer
response with text evidence to support my
assertion.
High Level Questions: Squeaky is a very strong
We will / Objective: analyze poetry through
examination of specific literary elements and recognize
heroism in historical figures.
Opening: KWL for Civil War and Abraham Lincoln
I will / Product/Task: deeply annotate “O Captain! My
Captain” for qualities of a hero by using TPCASTT.
High Level Questions: Who is Whitman referring to as
the “Captain” of the ship? What do you think the ship
is representative of?
Closing: Quickwrite: What character traits does
Abraham Lincoln have that make him a hero? Use
evidence from the poem
Assessment: Summative grade for TPCASTT
Homework:
If a summer reading book has not been selected, get
one. Work on summer reading project. Due Sept. 24th
Unit 1 vocabulary due Wednesday October 2nd.
Go over strategies of definition on page 16.
We will / Objective: understand the archetype of a
hero’s journey and identify examples of the hero’s
journey.
Opening: discuss the meaning and difference between
an archetypal hero and a stereotypical hero.
I will / Product/Task: produce a chart explaining my
understanding of the hero’s journey in Batman
High Level Questions: How can a hero’s journey
determine his character traits and his ability to
Thursday
Friday
character and will defend her brother no matter
what. What is one word you would use to
describe Squeaky? What did she do or say in the
story to make you think that?
Closing: share strong SARs
Assessment: do students understand how to
write an SAR with imbedded quotes.
Homework: Unit 1 vocabulary activities due
Friday
We will / Objective: make intertextual links
among and across texts and provide textual
evidence. (read Priscilla and the Wimps and
Grover Dill)
Opening: While reading the two short stories,
look for characterization, conflict and the
author’s purpose for writing the story.
I will / Product/Task: respond to two short
stories and provide text evidence to support my
assertion.
High Level Questions: How are the author’s
purposes similar in the two selections? What is a
theme found in both selections?
Closing: discuss the different types of conflict as
well as character traits of each of the main
characters. Ask students to share their findings
that they highlighted or underlined.
Assessment: Response to reading: How are the
challenges of the bullies similar? Different?
Double bubble map comparing and contrasting
the conflict, characters, and themes of the two
stories.
Homework: Unit 1 vocabulary activities due
Friday
We will / Objective: make intertextual links
among and across texts and provide textual
evidence. (read Priscilla and the Wimps and
Grover Dill)
Opening: While reading the two short stories,
look for characterization, conflict and the
author’s purpose for writing the story.
I will / Product/Task: respond to two short
stories and provide text evidence to support my
assertion.
High Level Questions: How are the author’s
purposes similar in the two selections? What is a
theme found in both selections?
Closing: discuss the different types of conflict as
well as character traits of each of the main
characters. Ask students to share their findings
that they highlighted or underlined.
Assessment: Response to reading: How are the
challenges of the bullies similar? Different?
Double bubble map comparing and contrasting
the conflict, characters, and themes of the two
stories.
overcome challenges?
Closing: This activity will take two days. The closing will
be on the second day.
Assessment: 1.9
Homework:
If a summer reading book has not been selected, get
one. Work on summer reading project. Due Sept. 24th
Unit 1 vocabulary due Wednesday October 2nd.
We will / Objective: understand the archetype of a
hero’s journey and identify examples of the hero’s
journey.
Opening: review the stages discussed the previous day
and how they might fit into a different book (summer
reading book) or movie.
I will / Product/Task: produce a chart explaining my
understanding of the hero’s journey in Batman
High Level Questions: How can a hero’s journey
determine his character traits and his ability to
overcome challenges?
Closing: explain assignment that will be due Tuesday of
next week.
Assessment: 1.9
Homework: Hero’s journey movie activity due Tuesday
September 17th.
If a summer reading book has not been selected, get
one. Work on summer reading project. Due Sept. 24th
Unit 1 vocabulary due Wednesday October 2nd.
We will / Objective: examine another step in the
hero’s journey and analyze qualities of an epic hero.
Opening: what is an epic hero? What movies or books
have you read that possess the qualities to make them
epic?
I will / Product/Task: produce a chart of character
traits that describe Odysseus and support it with text
evidence.
High Level Questions: Describe how Odysseus is a
heroic figure. In your response, use words from the
Word Wall that describes heroic traits or qualities.
Include specific evidence from the text to support you
assertion.
Closing: students will participate in a forum discussion
on netschool.
Assessment: discussion on netschool
Homework: Hero’s journey movie activity due Tuesday
September 17th.
If a summer reading book has not been selected, get
one. Work on summer reading project. Due Sept. 24th
Unit 1 vocabulary due Wednesday October 2nd.
Homework: Unit 1 vocabulary activities due
Friday