** Items in RED are only for Advanced 9th Literature **
** Items in BLUE are only for 9th Literature **
9th Literature Lesson Plans
Monday
March 7
Tuesday
March 8
Wednesday
March 9
Thursday
March 10
Friday
March 11
 vocab. #8
- define
 p. 506 “Glory and Hope”
- read & discuss
- graphic organizer
(bubble map)
 p. 644 persuasive
speeches & “The New
Frontier”
- graphic organizer
(chart)
 writing workshop:
persuasive speeches
- pick topic
- prewriting
 vocab. #8
- examples
 grammar mini-lesson:
fragments & run-ons
 writing workshop:
persuasive speeches
- progress check
- review speech
etiquette
- video clips (good
examples & bad
examples)
- write rough draft
 vocab. #8
- word wall card
 writing workshop:
persuasive speeches
- progress check
- review speech
etiquette
- explain peer review
rubric
- “Do Nots”
- partner practice
(times 2)
- write final draft
 present persuasive
speeches
 vocab. #8 review
- Hot Seat
 vocab. #8 quiz
 Midterm Exam
 journal #8: The
Longest Trip EVER
 chalk talk: hero
 epics
- packet
- notes (PowerPoint)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
March 14
** teacher
workday **
March 15
March 16
 vocab. #9
 vocab. #9
- define
- synonyms &
 epics
antonyms (4)
- finish notes
- sentences (2)
(PowerPoint)
 the Odyssey
 the Odyssey
- p. 986 “The Cyclops”
- introduce (video
(listen to
SparkNotes clip)
cd/discuss)
- p. 981 “The Adventures
- p. 999 “The Land of
of Odysseus”
the Dead” (read
- p. 982 characters
silently)
- p. 983 “Sailing from
Troy”
- add notes to packet
- p. 984 “The LotusEaters”
- add notes to packet
March 17
March 18
 vocab. #9 quiz
 vocab. #9 review
 journal #9: My Heroic
- Vocab. on the Move
Moment
 video clip: “What
 the Odyssey
makes a hero?”
- watch “The Sirens” &
 the Odyssey
“Scylla and
- p. 999 “The Land of
Charybdis” movie
the Dead” (finish
clips
reading silently)
- “The Cattle of the Sun
- watch “The Cyclops”
God” (p. 1010)
movie clip
- “Twenty years gone,
- “The Sirens” (p.1005)
and I am back
- “Scylla and
again…” (p. 1022)
“Argus”
(p. 1028)
Charybdis” (p.1007)
- original epic simile
- listen to cd/discuss
- read silently
- add notes to packet
- add notes to packet