PIKEVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
“Every Child, Every Day”
2012-2013 ______________________
Long Range Plans—Grade___
School Calendar
August 2011
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Days
Topic
1-2
Class Introduction, Rules, Procedures
3-7
Intro to PHS Library/Reader Response/Lit Projects
20
21
22
23
24
8-12
POETRY UNIT-Figurative Language & Poetry
Conventions/Continue Reader Response Practice
27
28
29
30
31
13-17
POETRY UNIT – Strategies for Reading Poems/Writing
Poems/Continue Reader Response Practice
Resources/ Assessments
Handouts, Textbook, Nancy Atwell’s Naming
the Days
Assessment:Daybook, Quiz, Status Check of
examples of Figurative language in student
selected books
Handouts, Textbook, Nancy Atwell’s Naming
the Days
Assessment:Daybook, Quiz, Status Check of
examples of Figurative language in student
selected books, Lit Project #1 Rubric
September
X
10
17
4
11
18
5
12
19
6
13
20
7
14
21
18-21
22-26
27-31
POETRY UNIT-Strategies for Reading Poems/Writing
poems/ Figurative language/Continue Reader Response
Practice
Successful Student Unit: Text Features,
Strategies for informational reading/Reader Response
Strategy Practice
Successful Student Unit: Text Features,
Strategies for informational reading/Reader Response
Strategy Practice/ Writing Essay or Short Answer
Questions for Academic Assessment
24
25
27
28
32-36
Narratives Real Or Imagined-Memoir & Personal
Narrative
1
October
2
3
X
X
37-39
Writing About Place
26
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Handouts, Textbook, Nancy Atwell’s Naming
the Days
Assessment:Daybook, Quiz, Status Check of
examples of Figurative language in student
selected books, Lit Project #1 Rubric
Handouts, 7th grade textbooks, Analysis Activity
Assessment: Card FA Activity, Quiz, Daybook
Handouts, 7th grade textbooks, Analysis Activity
Assessment: Card FA Activity, Quiz, Daybook,
3.8 Paragraph models and plan sheets
Film-My Dog Skip, Song Lyric’s, Children’s
Books, Annie Dillard’s, An American Childhood,
Jesse Stuart piece, Modeling Activity
Assesment: Writer’s Notebooks,Reading letter,
Conference writing plans
Walking Tour Prep, Walking Tour, Walking Tour
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PIKEVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
Follow up, Seven Writer’s Notebook Entries,
Text-A Is For Appalachia.
Walking Tour Prep, Walking Tour, Walking Tour
Follow up, Seven Writer’s Notebook Entries
8
9
10
11
12
40-44
15
16
17
18
19
45-49
22
23
24
25
26
50-54
29
30
31
Writing About Place & Introduction to Personal
Essay
PERSONAL NON-FICTION-Personal EssayConferencing Writing Plans & Drafting
PERSONAL NON-FICTION-Personal Essay/Revision
Strategies
Writing Plan handout, Sample Student Writing,
Modeling Activity, Topic Narrowing Activitiy,
Writing Plan handout
Writing Plan Handout, Sample Student Writing,
Teacher Authored Lead Activitiy
Modeling Share Group Activity Forms
Assessment:Share Group Modeling Forms,
Share Group Critique Forms
55-57
November
1
2
58-59
Elements of Fiction-The Novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
X
X
7
8
9
60-62
Elements of Fiction-The Novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
12
13
14
15
16
63-67
Elements of Fiction-The Novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
X
X
X
X
X
26
27
28
29
30
Still Photos and Virtual Tour of Hannibal from
Mark Twain Museum, Excerpt from Mark
Twain’s Life on the Mississippi, Text
Assessment-Writing Prompts,Quizzes,
Response Activities, Electronic Discussion
Board
Text
Assessment-Writing Prompts, Quizzes,
Response Activities, Electronic Discussion
Board
Text
Assessment-Writing Prompts, Quizzes,
Response Activities, Electronic Discussion
Board -
THANKSGIVING BREAK
68-72
Elements of Fiction-The Novel/Related Research
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Page 2 of 2
Text-Research Texts,
Paraphrasing/Summarizing/Bibliography
Supplemental Materials
Assessment- Socratic Seminar, Writing
Prompts, Quizzes, Response Activities,
Electronic Discussion Board
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December
3
4
5
6
7
73-77
Elements of Fiction-The Novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
10
11
12
13
14
78-82
REVIEW /SEMESTER EXAM
18 19 20 X
School Calendar
January 2012
83-86
Days
17
7
8
9
10
11
87-91
14
15
16
17
18
92-96
X
22
23
24
25
97-100
28
29
30
31
101-104
Writing Arguments/Persuasive Writing- supporting
claims, clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Writing Arguments/Persuasive Writing- supporting
claims, clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Writing Arguments/Persuasive Writing- supporting
claims, clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Writing Arguments/Persuasive Writing- supporting
claims, clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Assessment-Oral Presentations of Research,
Summative Written Responses/Summative Test
Texts - Excerpt from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
and Essay- My Favorite Christmas Traditions
Text, Library, Internet Searches, MLA Citiation.
Grammar Toolbox and Writing Toolbox.
Text, Library, Internet Searches, MLA Citiation.
Grammar Toolbox and Writing Toolbox.
Text, Library, Internet Searches, MLA Citiation.
Grammar Toolbox and Writing Toolbox.
Text, Library, Internet Searches, MLA Citiation.
Grammar Toolbox and Writing Toolbox.
February
1
105
4
5
6
7
8
106-110
11
12
13
14
15
111-115
X
19
20
21
22
116-119
Writing in Rhetorical Patterns-Process Analysis
Form Study & Planning
Reading Workshop (Non-Fiction)
Student Authored Models, Writing Plans
Text- Textbook P. 879-904 Reading For Life
Assessment-Writing Process Analysis,
Teacher Conference, Selected Texts with
Multiple Choice and Short Answer Responses
Writing in Rhetorical Patterns-Process Analysis
Planning/Drafting
Reading Workshop (Non-Fiction)
Student Authored Models, Writing Plans
Text- Textbook P. 879-904 Reading For Life
Assessment - Selected Texts with Multiple
Choice and Short Answer Responses
Writing in Rhetorical Patterns-Process Analysis
Planning/Drafting
Reading Workshop (Non-Fiction)
Student Authored Models, Writing Plans
Text- Textbook P. 879-904 Reading For Life
Assessment-Writing Process Analysis and
Selected Texts with Multiple Choice and Short
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Answer Responses
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26
27
28
120-123
Writing in Rhetorical Patterns-Process Analysis
Revision/Reflection
124
SPRING BREAK
Writing in Rhetorical Patterns-Problem/Solution
Planning/Drafting
Reading Workshop (Non-Fiction)
Critique Forms/Reflection Guide
Assessment- Writing Process Analysis,
Selected Texts with Multiple Choice and Short
Answer Responses
March
1
4
5
6
7
8
125-129
11
12
13
14
15
130-134
X
25
X
26
X
27
X
28
X
Writing in Rhetorical Patterns-Problem/Solution
Revision/Reflection
29
Reflective Writing
Arthurian Legend
135-139
Assessment – Writing Process Analysis &
Selected Texts with Multiple Choice and Short
Answer Responses
Critique Forms/Reflection Guide
Assessment- Writing Process Analysis,
Selected Texts with Multiple Choice and Short
Answer Responses
Teacher Authored Handouts /Video Clips
Assessment- Textbook, Study Questions,
Copies of Content Area Reader, The World in
Transition
April
Childhood in Literature
1
2
3
4
5
140-144
8
9
10
11
12
145-149
15
16
17
X
X
150-152
22
23
24
25
26
153-157
29
30
158-159
Childhood in Literature
Childhood in Literature
Childhood in Literature
Childhood in Literature
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Poetry Handouts(Blake,Wordsworth) Excerpt
from Oliver Twist
Assessment- Quiz, Wriiting Assignment in
Poetry or Essay Form, On-Demand Writing
Peter Pan Film
Assessment- Quick Writes, Study Questions
Peter Pan Film
Assessment- Quick Writes, Study Questions
Peter Pan Film
Assessment-Quick Writes, Personal Response
Essay
Major Concept Review- Teacher Authored
Activities & Review Games
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May
1
2
3
160-162
6
7
8
9
10
163-167
13
14
15
16
17
168-172
State Testing Window
State Testing Window
State Testing Window
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