AUGUST 2015
24
25
Investment Day:
Investment Day:
Community
CHAMPS and the Building
RIDGE POINT
WAY
Course Intro and
Expectations
(Syllabus, Parent
Letter,
Honor
Code, Supplies)
26
Mountains and
Valleys Due
(Participation)
Mountains and
Valleys
1
28
Letter of
Introduction Due
(DG1)
Edmodo, Remind, Reading Skills
Online Textbook Pre-Assessment
Access
(EOC Release)
Summer
Reading Quiz
(DG2)
Letter of
Introduction
Assigned
Name Game
31
27
2
3
4
Study Groups
Binder and
Spiral Set Up
(Participation)
Expository
Expository
Structure Lesson- Strategy LessonStructure Foldable Sentence Strip
Attacking a
Prompt LessonExpository
Timed Write
Expository
Timed Write
(DG 3)
Notes, Annotate
Open House Student Sample
for Structure
Foldable
Assign Lit Terms
Flash Cards
Pre-writing
Window Pane
(Participation)
SEPTEMBER 2015
31
1
2
3
4
7
8
9
10
11
PR1
Literary Term
Flashcards Due
(DG4)
Labor Day
District
Assessment
Pre-writing
14
Pass Back
Expository Timed
Write
Expository
Strengths +
Weaknesses
Reflection in
Spiral
Read Choice
Short Story
(RTSM, Gift of
the Magi, or The
Sniper)
21
Turnitin.com
Account Creation
Creative Writing
District
Assessment Final
Draft
15
Indirect vs. Direct
Characterization
Lesson with
Choice Short
Story
Post Mortem
Characterization
Analysis
Literary Terms
Test ReviewKahoot
Literary Terms
Test
(MG1)
17
18
16
Theme vs. Motif
Lesson
Post Mortem
Analysis Due
(DG5)
Choice Poem
(Ode to My Socks
or Caged Bird)
Theme
Application in
Groups to
Choice Short
Story
(Participation)
Assign Creative
Writing Project
and Rubric
POV Lesson
POV Application
in Choice
Groups
(Participation)
Participation
Grade Midpoint
(DG6)
22
23
24
Creative Writing
Partner
Feedback/Last
Minute Changes
Creative Writing
Due
(MG2)
Creative Writing
Presentations
(Participation)
25
Fair Day
Project Work Day
(Participation)
Figurative
Language Review
Notes
Apply to Song
Lyrics
28
29
Diction Notes
ALTMD RAFT
Response
Read SIANGG
QSSSR Diction
Application
Hwk: Read
ALTMD
30
1
2
ALTMD RAFT
PR2
Read “Ambush”
Due
(DG7)
SAR Application Individual SAR
Go APE on SARs in Groups
(Choice of
Lesson- foldable
(Participation)
“Ambush” or
SIANGG)
Model and
(DG 8)
highlight with
SIANGG
Spiral and
Example
Binder Check
(DG 9)
OCTOBER 2015
28
29
30
1
2
5
6
7
8
9
Connections
Across Genres
Read “Mother to
Son” and “Thank
You, M’am”
Connections
Identification in
Pairs (with text
Update APE
Foldable with
Connecting
Selections Notes
CSSAR Quiz
(MTS and TYM)
(DG10)
Give Test Review
CSSAR in
Groups (MTS
and TYM)
(Participation)
SAR Rubric
Translation Notes
Pass Back 10/2
SARs
SAR Progress
Tracker
Early Release
Campus PD
Enrichment (Test
Review,
Binder/Spiral
Updates, Missing
Work)
evidence)
(Participation)
12
Student Holiday
District PD
13
Reading Across
Genres Test
(MG 3)
Participation
Grade Final
(Update DG 6)
Warm-Ups Due
(DG 11)
19
Romeo and Juliet
Anticipation
Guide
Shakespeare BG
and Dramatic
Terms Quiz
(DG2)
15
Pass Back 10/7
SAR
Enrichment (Test
Review,
Binder/Spiral
Updates, Missing
Work)
16
RP 1
Shakespeare
Background
Notes and
Dramatic Terms
Vocabulary
PSAT
20
Romeo and Juliet
Anticipation
Guide
Paragraph
(DG1)
14
SAR Progress
Tracker Update
Retention
Opportunity
(rewrite 10/2 or
10/7 SAR)
(points to DG 8
or DG10)
21
22
23
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Prologue
Matching and
Analysis
Show
Shakespeare in
Love Globe
Theater Scene
Summarize Act I
Scenes 2-4 and
Label
Act I Scene 5
(10:33)
Act I Scene 1
(12 minutes)
Background
Notes Due
Dramatic Terms
Flashcards Due
(DG3)
Character List and
Timeline in IS
26
Romeo and Juliet
27
Romeo and Juliet
28
Romeo and Juliet
29
Romeo and Juliet
30
Romeo and Juliet
Watch Act I
(Zeffirelli)
R+J Quiz
(DG4)
Act II Scene 2
(9:43)
Color Code
Character List
Summarize Act II
Scene 1
Balcony Scene
Figurative
Language
Targeted
Reading
Act II Scene 2
(9:43)
Summarize Act II
Scenes 3-6 and
Label
R+J SAR
(DG5)
Watch Act II
(Zeffirelli)
NOVEMBER 2015
2
3
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
6
PR3
Romeo and Juliet
Stations Review
Romeo and
Juliet Test
(MG1)
Act III Scene 1
(11:11)
Act III Scene 3
(9:43)
Act III Scene 5
(12:33)
Summarize Act
III Scene 2 and
Label
Summarize Act
III Scene 4 and
Label
Watch Act III
(Zeffirelli)
R+J Summaries
Acts I-II Due
(DG 6)
4
5
Participation
Grade Midpoint
(DG 7)
9
10
11
12
13
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Watch Act III
(Zeffirelli)
Act IV Scene 1
(6:01)
Watch Act IV
(Zeffirelli)
R+J Quiz Acts IIV
(DG9)
Character
Analysis Chart
(DG 8)
Summarize Act
IV Scene 2 and
Label
Summarize Act V
Scenes 1-2
“Moral
Dilemma”
Connections and
Contrasts
Act IV Scene 3
(3:21)
Summarize Act
IV Scenes 4-5 and
Review for Quiz
Label
16
17
18
Romeo and Juliet Naviance
Romeo and Juliet
Training
Act V Scene 3
Test Review
(computer labs)
(21:22)
Stations
19
R+J Summaries
Due
(DG 10)
Romeo and
Juliet Test
(MG2)
23
Thanksgiving
Break
30
Expository Essay
Spiral Scavenger
Hunt
Expository Essay
Rubric
Translation
24
25
26
20
Enrichment
(Missing Work,
Binder/Spiral
Update)
Binder and
Spiral Check
(DG 11 +12)
27
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1
Expository Essay
Prompt Analysis
in Spirals (How
To Read a
Prompt)
2
Expository EssayChoose Prompt
3
Window Pane
Due
(DG 13)
4
PR4
Expository Essay
Rough Draft Due
(DG 14)
Window Pane
Expository Essay
Rough Draft
Expository Essay
Development
Gallery Walk
Participation
Passive Verbs
Lesson and
Application
Revise/Edit Poster
(code passive
verbs and first
words in
sentences)
DECEMBER 2015
30
1
2
3
4
7
8
Revise/Edit Poster Expository Essay
Final Draft
(add one code,
make changes)
9
10
11
Expository
Process Writing
Due
(MG 3)
Exam Review
Stations x 2
Exam Review
Stations x 1
Assign Book
Choice
Warm-Ups Due
(DG12)
14
Exam Review
Stations x 2
15
EXAMS
EXAMS
6th Period
2nd and 4th Period
17
Early Release
EXAMS
3rd and 5th Period
Pass Back
Expository Essays
and offer Rewrite
21
Annotation
Pyramid and
Model with
“Mother to Son”
16
Browse Books on
Edmodo List
18
RP2
Early Release
EXAMS
1st and 7th Period
Expository Essay
Rewrites Due
22
23
24
25
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28
29
30
31
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JANUARY 2016
28
4
Teacher Work
Day
29
30
31
1
5
6
Review
Expectations Choice Book Unit
7
8
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Set up Book
Choice Portfolio
(Reading Goals,
Timeline,
Personal
Dictionary, Book
Talk Chart)
Exposition Notes
Read “How to
Motivate Students
by Letting Them
Choose Books”
Library Day
Book Selections
Due
Grade Reflection
(DG1)
11
12
13
Choice Book Unit
English I
Benchmark
English I
Benchmark
(DG 2)
Model
Characterization
Dialectical Chart
MLK Day
Book Talk 1
SSR
14
15
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
SSR
Characterization
Dialectical Due
(DG 3)
Characterization
Dialectical Chart
SSR
18
SSR
Book Talk 2
19
20
21
Choice Book Unit Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Finish Choice
Book SAR
Assign Current
Event
Choice Book
SAR
(MG 1)
22
PR5
Choice Book Unit
SSR
Book Talk 3
SSR
SSR
Research Current
25
Choice Book Unit
Current Event
Due
(DG 4)
27
Event
28
29
Choice Book Unit Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Conflict Bubble
Map Due
(DG 5)
Practice Timed
Write
(DG 6)
26
SSR
SSR
Conflict Bubble
Map
Conflict Bubble
Map
Types of Conflicts
Notes
SSR
Book Talk 4
Model Conflict
Bubble Map
SSR
FEBRUARY 2016
1
2
3
4
5
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Tone/Mood Notes
SSR
SSR
SSR
SSR
Tone/Mood
Words
Tone/Mood Exit
Ticket
Book Talk 5
Timed Write
PreparationCategorizing Text
Evidence
Book Talk Chart
Due
( DG 7)
Model
Tone/Mood
Analysis
SSR
8
9
Choice Book Unit
Choice Book Unit
Timeline Due
DG 8
Personal
Book Choice
Timed Write
(MG 2)
10
Expository/EOC
Preparation
11
Expository/EOC
Preparation
12
PR6
Expository/EOC
Preparation
Dictionary Due
(DG 9)
Timed Write
Review- Pyramid
15
16
Expository/EOC
Preparation
17
Expository/EOC
Preparation
18
Expository/EOC
Preparation
19
Expository/EOC
Preparation
22
Expository/EOC
Preparation
23
Expository/EOC
Preparation
24
Expository/EOC
Preparation
25
Expository/EOC
Preparation
26
Expository/EOC
Preparation
29
EOC Preparation
1
EOC Preparation
2
EOC Preparation
3
EOC Preparation
4
EOC Preparation
3
4
Student Holiday
District PD
MARCH 2016
29
1
2
7
EOC Preparation
8
EOC Preparation
9
EOC Preparation
10
EOC Preparation
11
RP3
EOC Preparation
15
16
17
18
TELPAS
Window Opens
TELPAS Samples
14
Spring Break
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21
22
23
24
EOC Preparation
EOC Preparation
EOC
Preparation
Test
EOC Preparation
30
31
1
Research Paper
Research Paper
Research Paper
Introduce Court
Cases
Introduce Court
Cases
Library Research
28
EOC Preparation
29
English I EOC
25
Good Friday
APRIL 2016
28
29
30
31
1
4
Research Paper
5
Research Paper
6
Research Paper
7
Research Paper
8
PR7
Research Paper
Library Research
Library Research
TELPAS
Window Closes
Drafting
Raciocination
Drafting
11
Research Paper
12
Research Paper
Raciocination
Computer Lab
Typing
13
Research Paper
14
Research Paper
15
Computer Lab
Computer Lab
Typing/Editing Final Changes and
Printing
Student Holiday
District PD
Research Paper
Due
18
TKAM
19
TKAM
20
TKAM
21
TKAM
22
TKAM
25
TKAM
26
TKAM
27
TKAM
28
TKAM
29
PR8
TKAM
MAY 2016
2
3
4
TKAM
5
TKAM
6
TKAM
Biology EOC
Algebra EOC
US History EOC
9
TKAM
10
TKAM
11
TKAM
12
TKAM
13
TKAM
16
TKAM
17
TKAM
18
TKAM
19
TKAM
20
TKAM
23
Exam Review
24
Exam Review
25
Exam Review
26
Exam Review
27
EXAMS
30
Memorial Day
31
EXAMS
1
Early Release
EXAMS
2
RP4
Early Release
EXAMS
3
Student Holiday
Teacher Work
Day