Tuesday, August 4th
 Turn
in signed Syllabus
 Complete the Twitter Student Profile Sheet
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Attendance
If finished early, please start/continue with
Multiple Intelligence Survey
 1st
period only-review missed items from
yesterday
 Presenting Twitter Profiles
Wednesday, August 5th
 LAST
DAY TO TURN IN SYLLABUS
 Warm-up: Journal activity-What are our
goals for the next year and next 4 years?

3rd period only—M.I. Survey
 “The
Road Not Taken”—Robert Frost (pg.
290)
 Reflect: How will you use your strengths to
keep moving and achieve your goals?
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Thursday, August 6th
 Warm-up/Journal:
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
In The Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
writes, “These are the best of times, these
are the worst of times…”
In your journal, think about how being a
teenager in today’s society reflects this
idea. Use the chart to guide your thoughts.
Best of Times
Worst of Times
Qualities of Both
Reflect
 In
a well-developed paragraph (7-9 sentences),
determine how you can use your strengths to
achieve the goals you discussed in the warm-up
journal.
 How
will you use your strengths to keep moving
and achieve your goals?
 How
might being a teenager in today’s society
affect the way you accomplish your goals?
Friday, August 7th
 The
weekend is almost here!!!!!!!!!!
 Prepare for the short story unit PreAssessment

Nothing on your desk except a pencil
 Take
Pre-Assessment
 When you are finished, complete the final
draft of your paragraph.
 Then, see me about the True Colors
activity.
Monday, August 10th
Journal
Activity:
In a few sentences, what
do you think a short story
includes?

Discuss
 All
About Short Stories—PowerPoint and
notes
Tuesday, August 11th
 Warm-up:
Textbook Scavenger Hunt
 “The Necklace”
 The Media Center/Library (Last 20 minutes
of class)
Textbook Scavenger Hunt
 On
a separate sheet of paper, complete the
following scavenger hunt.
 Find 2 short stories. Title/Author/page
 Find 2 non-fiction selections. Title/Author/page
 Find publisher and copyright date of the text.
 Find 3 poems. Title/Author/page
 Find a play. Title/Author/page
 Find 2 essays. Title/Author/page
 Write Title/Author/page of a selection that looks
interesting to you and tell why.
 Read two pages of your choice and give a 3sentence summary of those pages.
Wednesday, August 12th
 Journal
Activity/Warm-up:
 In a paragraph, describe a time in
which you or someone you know
sacrificed something important for
someone else.
 Reading
 Fill
“The Necklace”
out story map as you read
Thursday, August 13th
 Warm-up:
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In your composition notebook, draw and complete a
“Plot Mountain” or diagram of your favorite movie or
book. Make sure to include:
 Exposition
(setting, characters, and background to
conflict)
 Inciting incident
 Rising action
 Climax
 Falling action
 Denouement
 Resolution
Friday, August 14th
 Complete
and turn-in Story Maps from
“The Necklace”
 Look up vocab. from “The Necklace”—
make sure to guess what the word means
first!
 Capitalization Rules #1 and Practice
 Take notes on nouns (pg. 1180) and
complete Activity A #1-25
Monday, August 17th
 Warm-up:
Grammar corrections
Paragraph written on board
 Go over vocabulary words
 Notes on Nouns from pg. 1180
 HW: Complete a creative paragraph
using at least 7 of the 10 vocabulary
words. Turn in tomorrow at the beginning
of class.
Tuesday, August 18th
 Vocabulary
Quiz Review/Practice
 1st period only-notes on nouns
 Other periods-finish noun notes
 Rewriting the end of “The Necklace”
 HW: study for vocabulary quiz. Finish
rewrite if not done in class.
Wednesday, August 19th
 Study
for Vocab and Necklace Quizzes
 Turn in to the box when you are done
 Pick up new vocabulary sheet for “The
Gift of the Magi”
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Complete—Make sure to complete the
entire first column on “What You Think The
Word Means” before moving to the
definition
Thursday, August 20th
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Journal: Think of your most prized possession.
What is the one thing you would want to
rescue if your house was burning down? Why
is it special to you?
Read “The Gift of the Magi” starting on pg.152
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
Complete the “Guided Reading Packet as you
read
Turn in at the end of class, no matter if you
finish or not.
Friday, August 21st
 Literature
Terms Vocabulary Quiz
 Go over vocabulary
 Finish “The Gift of the Magi” and discuss
 Journal for HW: Write a paragraph
discussing at least 3-4 similarities between
“The Necklace” and “The Gift of the
Magi.”
Monday, August 24th
 Journal:
Complete a paragraph, story, or
poem, etc. with at least 7 of the 10
vocabulary words from “The Gift of the
Magi”
 Notes on Characterization, Point of View,
and Irony
 Go over “Marigolds” vocabulary if time
Tuesday, August 25th
 Picture
Day-Students will go at the
assigned class schedule when the
substitute instructs
 Complete vocabulary review
 Complete new vocabulary sheet for
“Marigolds”
Wednesday, August 26th
 SRI
testing
Thursday, August 27th
 Study
for Quiz
 Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz of
“The Gift of the Magi”
 Finish “Marigolds” vocabulary when done
with quiz
Friday, August 28th
 Journal—”Why
did I do that?” Think of a
time when you did something in a fit of
anger or frustration that you regretted
later. Did you perhaps destroy something
or hurt someone, simply because you
were mad, depressed, or having a hard
time?
 Read “Marigolds” p. 74-84 in textbook;
complete the Story Map handout
Monday, August 31st
 Vocabulary
check on “Marigolds” words
 Finish reading “Marigolds” and complete
story map
 Go over Short Story Project with rubric
 Study for Vocab/Comprehension Quiz on
Wednesday
Tuesday, September 1st
 Vocabulary
Review-complete in
comprehension notebook
 Brainstorm for Short Story Project
 Start on Rough Draft

Identify the key components of a short story
in your own story
 Study
for Vocabulary/Comprehension
Quiz on “Marigolds”
 Notebook check on Friday
Wednesday, September 2nd
 Study-5
minutes; turn in Rough Draft of short
story
 Take Vocabulary/Comprehension Quiz
 Work on Rough Draft; I will conference with you
individually about the progress of your work
 Short Story project due next week
 Notebook check on Friday
Thursday, September 3rd
 Mini-lesson/Notes:
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Conflict
Identify the type of conflict in your story
 Work
on Rough Draft for short story; I will
conference with you individually about the
progress of your work
 Short Story project due next week
 Notebook check on Friday
Friday, September 4th
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Journal: What stage of the writing process are you
having the most trouble with? Are there specific
parts of the plot or short story term that are more
challenging than others? If you don’t think you are
having trouble, then what is something you could
make more interesting? Explain.
Peer Review—use editing guidelines and peer
review questions. What can your partner improve
on?
Leave notebook at the end of class in designated
spot to be checked.