9/4

• Student Introductions
• Classroom instructions:

• Locations of everything
• Bell ringer (independent reading book) - Find independent reading book by Monday!
• Weebly, Google Classroom

• First Day of School Slideshow

• Read Syllabus and Classroom Management
• Hw:

• Have parents sign syllabus by Friday
• Sign information sheet by Friday

9/5

• Syllabus
• Think, Pair, Share
• Handbook
• Life emojis

9/6

• Multiple intelligences test and write up
• Elements of literature notes: Plot and conflict
• Plot practice

9/7

• Nurse cards due
• Plot practice: pick a story with a partner and chart the plot

9/10

• Begin reading independently at the beginning of class
• Plot practice: “Pizza Delivery”

9/11

• Plot diagram quiz
• Elements of literature notes
• Begin “Raymond’s Run”

9/12

• Elements of literature quizizz
• “Raymond’s Run” -- reading and questions

9/13

• “Raymond’s Run” -- reading and questions
• Elements of literature test on Monday

9/14

• “Raymond’s Run” questions due
• Elements of literature review
• “How They Croaked: Poe”

9/17

• “How They Croaked: Poe”

9/11

• Begin reading “The Raven”

9/12

• “The Raven” analysis

9/13

• “The Raven” analysis

9/21

• “The Raven” analysis

9/24

• “The Raven” analysis

9/25

• “The Raven” analysis

9/26

• Finish “The Raven”

• Film adaptation

• Begin paragraph analysis of The Raven

9/27

• Continue working on paragraph analysis
• Review for Raven quiz tomorrow

9/28

• Paragraph and packet for The Raven due
• Quiz on the Raven

10/1

• Introduction to “The Tell-Tale Heart”

10/2

• Read TTH

10/3

• Finish TTH
• Begin to define 10 vocab words from the story

10/4

• Work on vocab from TTH

10/5

• Define figurative language and parts of speech

• Begin to find these in the story once completed with vocab words

• Reading journal due at 3:30

10/8

• Introduce TTH analysis paragraph
• Packet and paragraph both due on Wednesday

10/9

• Work on TTH packet and analysis paragraph

10/10

• TTH Packet and paragraph due today
• Foreshadowing notes

10/11

• Read “The Landlady”

10/12

• Finish “The Landlady”

• Comprehension and foreshadowing questions at the end of the packet

10/15

• Begin working on Landlady epilogues

10/16

• Continue writing epilogues

10/17

• Ind. reading journal due
• Continue writing epiloges

10/18

• MEA -- no school

10/19

• MEA -- no school

10/22

• Continue writing epilogues
• Edit and review with peers

10/23

• Epilogues due at 11:59pm today
• Optional: read epilogue to class for extra credit
• Begin 1950s-60s webquest

10/24

• Finish 1950s-60s webquest
• Webquest needs to be submitted to classroom by Friday

10/25

• Go over webquest findings
• Labels activity

• Check Classroom for labels assignment

• Post to Padlet
• Complete paragraph response (due tomorrow)

10/26

• S. E. Hinton notes

10/29

• Greek/Latin Week 1 words
• Finish S. E. Hinton notes
• Go over vocab for Chapter 1 of The Outsiders

10/30

• G/L week 1 review
• Begin reading Ch 1
• Character chart information for Ponyboy, Soda, and Darry

10/31

• G/L week 1 review
• Continue Ch 1
• Update character chart

11/1

• MCA scores and goal setting

11/2

• Finish Ch 1, complete Ch 1 questions in packet
• Greek/Latin roots quiz 1

11/5

• No school

11/6

• New words for Greek/Latin roots: week 2

• Test on MONDAY instead of Friday

• Finish Ch 1 questions
• Read Ch 2

11/7

• Retake for G/L week 1 test
• G/L week 2 worksheet: DUE MONDAY
• Finish Ch 2

• Questions and vocab

• Read Ch 3

11/8

• Finish Ch 3

11/9

• Greek/Latin roots review
• Ch 3 questions

11/12

• Greek/Latin roots week 2 test
• Begin week 3 roots: test on Friday

• NO WORKSHEET THIS WEEK

• Begin reading ch 4

11/13

• G/L practice
• Finish Ch 4

• Complete Ch 4 questions in packet

11/14

• Ch 4 vocab
• Read Ch 5

11/15

• Finish Ch 5

• Complete ch 5 questions in packet

11/16

• G/L week 3 test
• “Nothing Gold Can Stay” worksheet
• Begin reading Ch 6
• Test on reading so far on Tuesday
• Packet check on Tuesday
• Independent reading journals due Tuesday

11/19

• “Nothing Gold Can Stay” worksheet due
• Continue reading

11/20

• Ind. reading journals due
• Collect packets for packet check
• Continue reading

11/21

• Thanksgiving break

11/22

• Thanksgiving break

11/23

• Thanksgiving break

11/26

• Greek/Latin week 4 words
• Finish Ch 7, begin Ch 8

11/27

• Ch 7 questions and vocab
• Ch 8

11/28

• Continue reading

11/29

• Continue reading

11/30

• Greek/Latin week 4 quiz

12/3

• Greek/Latin weeks 1-4 review
• Finish Ch 9 vocab
• Begin Ch 10

12/4

12/5

12/6

12/7

12/10

12/11

12/12

12/13

12/14

12/31

• No school

1/1

• No school

1/2

1/3

1/4

1/14

• Greek/Latin week 8
• DOAF: Act I, scenes 1-2 quiz
• Read scene 3

1/15

• Read scene 3

1/16

• G/L week 8 quiz
• Scenes 3-4

1/17

• Last day of the semester
• Minnesota student survey

1/18

• No school

1/21

• No school

1/22

• G/L week 9
• Anne Frank review
• Read scene 4

1/23

• Read scenes 4-5

1/24

• G/L Quizlet live review
• Finish scene 5

1/25

• G/L week 9 test
• Scenes 3-5 questions worksheet: due Monday

1/28

• Greek/Latin weeks 5-9 review
• Scenes 3-4 questions due
• Begin Act 2, scene 1

1/29

• No school - polar vortex

1/30

• No school - polar vortex

1/31

• No school - polar vortex

2/1

• G/L weeks 5-9 review (test moved to next Friday)
• Act 2, scene 1

2/4

• Finish scene 2
• Act 2, scenes 1-2 quiz

2/5

• Google Expeditions: US Holocaust Museum

2/6

2/7

2/8

• G/L weeks 5-9 test

2/11

• G/L week 10
• Holocaust group research project

2/12

• Research groups
• G/L practice

2/13

• Research groups

2/14

• Begin presentations
• Quizlet review

2/15

• G/L week 10 quiz
• Begin Anne Frank film

2/18

• No school - Presidents Day

2/19

• Greek/Latin week 11
• Anne Frank film

2/20

• Anne Frank film
• ***EARLY RELEASE FOR SNOW****

2/21

• 6th hour: finish Anne Frank film
• Greek/Latin week 11 quizlet live
• 1st and 2nd hour: Newsela article on Classroom

2/22

• Greek/Latin week 11 quiz
• Introduction to persuasive speeches: choose a topic and develop three reasons of support

2/25

• Work on persuasive speeches

2/26

• Work on persuasive speeches

2/27

• Work on persuasive speeches

2/28

• Work on persuasive speeches

3/1

• Work on persuasive speeches

3/4

• Begin persuasive speeches

3/5

• Continue speeches

3/6

• Intro notes to poetry

3/7

• Robert Frost: “The Road Not Taken” -- packet and analysis

3/8

• Finish “The Road Not Taken”
• “Acquainted with the Night” poem and questions -- due Monday

3/11

• All Robert Frost poems due today
• Elegy notes
• “O Captain! My Captain!” analysis

3/12

• Go over “O Captain! My Captain!” analysis
• Write your own elegy: due Thursday

• Must have serious tone
• Include one simile and one metaphor
• Include one alliteration, hyperbole, or onomatopoeia

3/13

• Write your own elegy -- worktime in class

3/14

• Elegies due
• Figurative language quiz

3/15

• MCA prep: “From Farm to Trash”

• fact/opinion, cause/effect, author’s purpose

3/18

• “Black Sunday” article

3/19

• MCA practice: making inferences → Karen warmup
• “The Hunt for Lost Pirate Gold”

3/20

• Main/central idea vs theme
• “The Chocolate Crisis”

3/21

• MCA terms review
• “Disaster in Space”

3/22

• MCA terms review
• Plot structure practice; conflict practice

4/1

• MCA terms review
• Daylight Savings debate article and questions on Classroom

4/2

• And Then There Were None (ATTWN) intro

4/3

• MCA prep with Mrs. Sauser
• ATTWN Ch 1-3 vocab

4/4

• Read ATTWN ch 1-2

4/5

• Finish ch 1

4/8

• ATTWN Ch 2

4/9

• Ch 3

4/10

• Vocab review
• Ch 1-3 quiz
• Ch 4-6 vocab

4/11

• SNOW DAY

4/12

• Read Ch 4

4/15

• MCA testing

4/16

• MCA testing

4/17

• MCA testing

4/18

• ATTWN Ch 1-3 quiz remediation
• MCA reward day in class

4/19

• NO SCHOOL

4/22

• ATTWN ch 1-3 review
• Read ch 4, begin ch 5

4/23

• Ch 4 quiz: you may use your packet
• Read ch 5-6

4/24

• Joundals due
• Read chapter 6

4/25

• Ch 7-9 vocab
• Read chapter 7

4/26

• Read chapter 8
• Packet

4/29

• Read chapter 9

4/30

• Continue chapter 9
• Ch 7-9 worksheet: due tomorrow

5/1

• Worksheet due
• Ch 10-12 vocab
• Read chapter 10

5/2

• Read chapter 11-12

5/3

• Finish chapter 12
• Ch 10-12 worksheet: due Monday

5/6

• Ch 10-12 worksheet due
• Ch 13-16 vocab
• Read chapter 13

5/7

5/8

5/9

5/10

5/13

• MAP testing

5/14

• MAP testing
• End of ATTWN worksheet

5/15

• ATTWN packets due
• Movie

5/16

• ATTWN movie

5/17

• Finish movie
• Sentence corrections (Classroom): due Tuesday
• Movie review: due by the end of the day today
• Packet corrections: due by next Friday

5/20

• Begin ATTWN critical analysis essays: due Friday at 11:59pm

5/21

5/22

5/23

5/24