Unit 6: Narrative Storytelling
(scroll down for detailed lessons and links to handouts)

Daily Lesson Plans

Day 1: Thursday, April 5 / Friday, April 6

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• 30 minutes for Free Read OR for finishing your Shakespeare essay if you haven’t yet (due TODAY on Turnitin.com!)

• Begin Unit 7: Narrative Stories

• Go over Unit Assignment and Rubric

• Mini-Lesson: Show, don’t tell slides

• Practice and share out!

Day 2: Monday, April 9 / Tuesday, April 10

• Daily Activities: Free Read - 15 mins

• (A day only: Finish Show/Don’t Tell Activity - Share out!)

• Go over Story Plan Sheet & conflict types (on the organizer)

• Fill one out together on the board

• Work time for completing your story plan. Hand it in when finished! --Due at the end of class today!

Day 3: Wednesday, April 11 / Thursday, April 12

• Daily Activities: Word Wednesday/Free Read Thursday

• New seating chart input (and B-day change)

• Go over Unit 7: Movie Choice sheet

• Hand back Story Plans

• Work time for drafting (first draft due Monday/Tuesday next week!)

*NO SCHOOL - Friday, April 13*

Day 4: Monday, April 16 / Tuesday, April 17

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• Computer lab to finish up and print first drafts to hand in.

• Block 3: English Lab
• Block 6: Math Lab
• Block 7: LMC laptops

• Fine Arts Week presentation

Day 5: Wednesday, April 18 / Thursday, April 19

• Daily Activities: Word Wednesday - Personal Lexicon work time

• A Day only: New Seating Chart

• RADaR Revision on your own rough draft

• Also be looking for spots where you can “Show” instead of “Tell” (Look back at notes from the first day of this unit).

• Work time for Revisions and finishing rough drafts

• B day only : Writing Conferences with Teachers

Day 6: Friday, April 20 / Monday, April 23

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• IMDB choices

• Mini Lesson: Sentence Variety

• Slides
• Notes Sheet

• Work time

• Apply mini-lesson to your own writing

Day 7: Tuesday, April 24 / Wednesday, April 25

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• Mini Lesson:  2nd half of Sentence Variety

• Slides
• Notes Sheet

• Work Time

• Add in Sentence Variety

• Need one of each type in your final draft!

Day 8: Thursday, April 26 / Friday, April 27

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• Dialogue Punctuation Activity

• Work Time

• Add in and check punctuation and structure of dialogue
• Add in descriptions between dialogue, be creative with the use of tags, etc.

Day 9: Monday, April 30

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• Peer Review Sheet

• This sheet is shared in your Google Drive English 9 folder for you to edit

• Drafting time

• Make sure your narrative is polished!
• Look over your rubric and checklist and make sure you have all elements included
• Is your work ready to publish?

(From here forward, B days come first) Tuesday, May 1/Wednesday, May 2

• Daily Activities: Free Read

• Peer Review Sheet

• This sheet is shared in your Google Drive English 9 folder for you to edit

• Final Day to Complete Draft!

• Due TODAY at 11:59pm on Turnitin.com

Day 10: Wednesday, May 2 / Monday, May 7
*ASPIRE TESTING DAYS - Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4*

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Day 12: