1. Short
Stories
Week 1
8/26 – 8/30
Week 2
09/02 –09/06
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Syllabus Handout
Sample Speech
Items Speech
Introduction
No School
Rule Review
Contact Cards
Grammar
Diagramming
Vocabulary (Unit
1)
Grammar
Diagramming
Grammar
Diagramming
Speeches (10-12)
Speeches (10-12)
Speeches (10-12)
“The Necklace”
“The Necklace”
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 1)
“The Gift of the
Magi”
“The Gift of the
Magi”
Grammar
(Prepositions)
Grammar
(Prepositions)
AR Book Talk 1 (34)
Grammar (Verbs)
AR Book Talk 1 (34)
“The Monkey Paw”
“The Monkey Paw”
“The Lady or the
Tiger”
AR Book Talk 1 (34)
Non-Fiction Piece
AR Book Talk 1 (34)
“The Lady or the
Tiger”
AR Book Talk 1 (34)
Non-Fiction Piece
AR Book Talk 1 (34)
Vocabulary Test
(Units 1 and 2)
Read Aloud
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 3)
Vocabulary Test
(Units 3 and 4)
“The Lady or the
Tiger”
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 5)
Grammar (Verbs)
Review for
Literature Tests 1
Literature Test 1
Week 3
09/09-09/13
Vocabulary (Unit 2)
Week 4
09/16- 09/20
Week 5
09/23-09/27
Vocabulary (Unit 3)
Week 6
09/30-10/04
Vocabulary (Unit 5)
AR Book Talk 1 (3-4)
Week 7
10/07-10/11
Vocabulary (Unit 6)
AR Book Talk 1 (3-4)
Vocabulary (Unit 4)
AR Book Talk 1 (3-4)
Vocabulary Test
(Units 5 and 6)
2. Novel
Week 1
10/14-10/18
Week 2
10/21-10/25
Week 3
10/28-11/01
Week 4
11/04-11/08
Monday
Vocabulary (Unit 7)
Tuesday
The Giver
Wednesday
The Giver
Thursday
The Giver
Vocabulary (Unit 8)
The Giver
The Giver
The Giver
Vocabulary (Unit 9)
AR Poster Project Due
Vocabulary (Unit 10)
The Giver
The Giver
The Giver
The Giver
The Giver Review
The Giver Test
Friday
Vocabulary Test
(Units 7)
Vocabulary Test
(Units 7 and 8)
NO SCHOOL
Vocabulary Test
(Units 9 and 10)
3. Informative
Paper
Week 1
11/11-11/15
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
NO SCHOOL
Informative
Speech Samples
Informative
Speech
Works Citied/
Selecting Sources
Vocabulary Test
(Units 10 and 11)
Week 2
11/18-11/22
Vocabulary (Unit 12)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 12)
Vocabulary (Unit 13)
AR 3D Project Due
Informative
Paper Rough
Draft
Thanksgiving
Break
Informative Paper
Rough Draft
Week 3
11/25-11/29
Thanksgiving
Break
Thanksgiving Break
Week 4
12/2-12/6
Vocabulary (Unit 14)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 13 and 14)
Vocabulary (Unit 15)
Informative
Paper
Editing
Informative
Paper Speech (67)
Informative Paper
Final Draft
Week 5
12/9-12/13
Introduce
Informative Paper
(Biography)
Vocabulary (Unit
11)
Informative Paper
Research
(Biography)
Informative Paper
Editing (Biography)
Commas Lesson
Informative Paper
2nd Draft
(Biography)
Informative Paper
Speech (6-7)
Informative Paper
Speech (6-7)
Week 6
12/16- 12/20
Vocabulary (Unit 16)
Informative Speech
(6-7)
Informative
Speech (6-7)
Informative
Speech Wrap-Up
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 15)
Informative Paper
Speech (4-5)
Vocabulary Test
(Units 15 and 16)
Literature Games
4. Drama
Week 1
01/06-01/10
Monday
Vocabulary (Unit 17)
Week 2
01/13-01/17
Vocabulary (Unit 18)
AR Creative Writing
Paper Due
NO SCHOOL
Week 3
01/20-01/24
Week 4
01/27-01/31
Week 5
02/03-02/07
Vocabulary (Unit 19
and 20)
Vocabulary (Unit 21)
Tuesday
Grammar (Nouns)
Shakespeare
Introduction
Grammar (Nouns)
Grammar
(Appositives)
NO SCHOOL
Wednesday
Twelfth Night
(Act I)
Thursday
Twelfth Night (Act
I)
Friday
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 17)
Twelfth Night
(Act II)
Twelfth Night (Act
II)
Vocabulary Test
(Units 17 and 18)
Twelfth Night
(Act III)
Twelfth Night (Act
III)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 19)
Twelfth Night( Act
IV)
Twelfth Night (Act
V)
Twelfth Night
(Act IV)
Twelfth Night
Review
Twelfth Night (Act
V)
Twelfth Night Test
Vocabulary Test
(Units 19 and 20)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 21)
5. Persuasive
Paper
Week 1
02/10-02/14
Week 2
02/17-02/21
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Vocabulary (Unit 22)
AR Research Paper
Due
NO SCHOOL
Introduce
Persuasive Paper
(Biography)
Persuasive Paper
Research
(Biography)
Vocabulary (Unit
23)
Persuasive Paper
Rough Draft
(Biography)
Capitalization
Lesson
Persuasive Paper
(Biography) Editing
Persuasive
Speech Samples
Persuasive Speech
Works Citied/
Selecting Sources
Persuasive Paper
Rough Draft
Vocabulary Test
(Units 21 and 22)
Persuasive
Gateway Activity
(Dogs)
Persuasive
Gateway Activity
(Graffiti)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 24)
Visual Aids
Demonstration
Persuasive Paper
(Biography)
Editing
Vocabulary Test
(Units 24 and 25)
Persuasive Paper
Paper 2nd Draft
(Biography)
Persuasive Paper
Speech (6-7)
Persuasive Paper
Editing
Persuasive Paper
(Biography) Editing
Attention Getters
Lesson
Persuasive Paper
Final Draft
Persuasive Paper
Speech (6-7)
Persuasive Paper
Speech (6-7)
Persuasive Speech
(6-7)
Persuasive
Speech (6-7)
Persuasive Speech
Wrap-Up
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 26 and 27)
Persuasive Paper
Speech (4-5)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 28)
Week 3
02/24-02/28
Vocabulary (Unit 24)
Week 4
03/03-03/07
Vocabulary (Unit 25)
Week 5
03/10-03/14
Vocabulary (Unit 26)
Week 6
03/17-03/21
Vocabulary (Unit 27)
AR Author Biography
Due
Week 7
03/24-03/28
Vocabulary (Unit 28)
Persuasive Paper
Research
Thesis
Statements
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 23)
Visual Aids
Demonstration
Vocabulary Test
(Units 26)
6. Poetry
Week 1
03/31-04/04
Week 2
04/07-04/11
Week 3
04/14-04/18
Monday
SPRING BREAK
Tuesday
SPRING BREAK
Wednesday
SPRING BREAK
Thursday
SPRING BREAK
Friday
SPRING BREAK
Vocabulary (Unit 29)
Grammar
(Adjectives)
Grammar (Direct
and Indirect
Objects)
Simile/Metaphor
Vocabulary Test
(Units 28 and 29)
Vocabulary Test
(Unit 30)
Week 4
04/21-04/25
Vocabulary Jeopardy
Grammar (Subject
Compliments)
Simile/Metaphor
“Firework”
Rhyme Scheme
“Something’s
Missing”
“My Baby
Brother”
Alteration
“Better Bottom”
“ABCs” Activity
Personification
“Summer Grass”
Onomatopoeia
“Noise Day”
Hyperbole
“Sarah Cynthia
Stout…”
“Homework! O!
Homework”
Comprehensive
Vocabulary Test
(Units 1 , 3 , 5, 7, 9,
11, 13, 15, 17, 19,
21, 23, 25, 27, 29)
Week 5
04/28-05/02
Poetry Workshop
Exercises
AR Persuasive Paper
Due
Spoon River
Anthology
Spoon River
Anthology
Poetry Review
Poetry Test
Vocabulary (Unit 30)
Repetition
“Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star”
“J. Alfred Prufrock”
7. EOG
REVIEW
Week 1
05/05-05/09
Week 2
05/12-05/16
Week 3
05/19-05/23
Week 4
05/26-05/30
Week 5
06/02-06/04
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG REVIEW
EOG
EOG
EOG
EOG
EOG
Final Book Talk
Final Book Talk
Final Book Talk
Final Book Talk
Final Book Talk