Introduction to course and syllabus

1.  Creation of seating chart
2. Daybook:  What are your expectations for this class this year?
3. Guess Who!! Game

1.  Formative Survey and Grammar Diagnostic
2. Short Story Elements
3. "The Reaper's Image" Unit Introduction

1. Introduction of the literary terms for this year
2.  Read "The Reaper's Image"

1. Short Story Elements Test
2. Daybook:  Continue "The Reaper's Image" with another episode
3. Read "Word Processor of the Gods" 

1.  Daybook:   Morality:  What is it?  (2 articles) and Were Richard's actions moral?  Explain.
2. Complete the Short Story Diagram of "Word Processor of the Gods"

1. Daybooks  
2. Worst Curse Ever?
3. Read "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"

1. Daybook:  Sweltering, Not Hot
2. Finish reading "The Man Who Would Not shake Hands"

1. Campfire Stories Discussion
2. Read "Uncle Otto's Truck"

1.   Daybooks due:  First Daybook Grading
2. Create a note page for your in-class essay on the story unit which will be on Tuesday.
3. Turn in unit questions

1. Literary Terms Quiz:  acronym-caricature
2.  Super Stories exercise

1. In-Class Essay test for Stephen King Unit 
2. Daybook
3. Review

1.  Stephen King Unit Test

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  cliche-dialect
2. One Pagers due
3. Textbook Checkout
4. Daybook
5. Friendly Letters Project with the 6th Grade

1.  Fairytale Unit Introduction:  Go over the elements of fairytales and discuss the true fairytales with historical background

1.  Grammar:  America's First Ladies (11 errors: 2 Content, 9 Punctuation
2. Fairytale Unit Novel Project and booklist
3. Fairytales:  Read and map the elements

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  dialogue-flashback
2. Media Center:  Theme work with fairytales

1.  Media Center:  Conflict work with fairytales
2. Create your lesson plan for teaching your fairytale to the class

1.  Daybook :  Man Outed by Best Buy Employee
2. Teaching your fairytale (7th teaches 4th grade)

1. Fractured Fairytales
2. Daybook

1. Daybooks due
2. Literary Terms Quiz: flat character-indirect characterization  
3. Fairytale Novel notecard due
4. Write your 6th grader back

1. No School

1. Grammar Exercise:  Subjects versus Predicates
2. Fairytale Autobiography Assignment

1.  Middle School Lab for writing fairytales

1.  Review of Literary Terms Quizzes
2. Reading Day

1. Grammar Exercise: Intransitive Verbs and their Modifiers
2. Peer Editing (2nd period)
3. Write fairytale first draft (7th Period)

1. Literary Terms Quiz:  inference-narrator
2. Daybook:  Public School Segregation 
3. Reading Day

1. Take Home Test Due
2. Book Chats in class

1. Fairytale Unit Project Due 
2. Literary Terms Quiz: onomatopoeia-3rd person omniscient point of view

1.  Computer Lab
2. Grammar Packet: Exercise 10A

1. Book Notes and Written Analysis Due 
2. Grammar Quiz over Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
3. Fairytale Theater's Cinderella or The Frog Prince
4. Literary Terms Quiz:  Primary character-round character

1.  PICTURE DAY
2. Administrative Letter groups

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  satire-stanza
2. Computer Lab to type first draft of admin letters.  Due at the end of the period.

1. Complete the Understanding Myths and Legends handout.
2. Grammar Exercise 14.
3. Read "Brunhild" and "Briar Rose" and complete the handout that compares the two.

1.   Grammar Exercises 16 and 18
2. Begin reading The Once and Future King

1. Daybook
2. Might    vs Right Exploration
3. Read chapters 5 and 6

1. Chapters 10-13
2. Complete the 5-12 handout in your daybook

Lunch with your 6th Grade Buddy 

1. Grammar
2. Daybook
3. Chapters 14-17

1.  Literary Terms Review
2. Daybook
3. Chapters 18-20

1.  Grammar Exercises 28 and 31
2. Read Chapters 21 and 22

1.  DAYBOOKS DUE
2. 2 COPIES OF ADMIN LETTER DUE
3. Grammar Exercise 36
4. Read Chapters 23 and 24

1. TAKE HOME TEST DUE 

1.  MIDTERM EXAM

2nd Nine Weeks

1. Reminder of PLAN Test on Wednesday
2. Grammar Exercise 43: Review of Passive Voice
3. Begin introduction to Horror Unit with powerpoint 

1.  Grammar Exercise 44
2. Daybooks
3. Continue the horror unit powerpoint
4. Handout the Dracula syllabus

1.  PLAN Test

1.  Grammar Exercise 45
2. Daybooks
3. "Dracula's Guest"

1.  Grammar Exercises 46-47
2. Read Chapters 7-9

1.  Grammar Exercise 50
2. Daybook
3. Imagery Discussion

1.  Literary Terms quiz--climax-dialogue
2. Chapters 1-8 Quiz
3. Complete the imagery project for Dracula

1.  Grammar Exercise 51
2. Reading Day:  Either catch up in your reading or complete and turn in your imagery project

1.  Dracula Final
2. Final Essay topics handout
3. Literary Terms Quiz--idiom- metaphor

1.  Peer Editing of story maps.  Choose someone who will NOT be writing the final story with you.
2. Daybook

1. Literary Terms Quiz--primary character-round character 
2. Dracula Final Essay--30 minute in-class essay
3. Continue peer editing

1.  Computer lab work on character, setting, and scene

1.  Computer lab work on character, setting, and scene

1.  Literary Terms Quiz: simile-style
2. Grammar Review of Nouns:  Case, Gender, Number

1.  Grammar Exercises 53, 56, and 57
2. Watch "Lost Worlds" Video and complete questions

1. Grammar Exercise 58 (Review)
2. Finish "lost Worlds-Jekyll and Hyde" video and discuss
3. Begin reading chapters 1-3

1.  Literary Terms Test (for word list, see 10/16, 10/22, 10/24, and 10/29)
2. Jekyll and Hyde--read through chapter 3

1. Grammar Exercises 59 and 60
2. Read Jekyll and Hyde 

1.  Literary Terms Quiz: acronym-caricature
2. Exercise 63 in Grammar packet
3. Read Jekyll and Hyde

1.  Grammar Exercises 66 and 67
2. Read Jekyll and Hyde

1.  Grammar Exercise 69
2. Finish reading Jekyll and Hyde
3. Discussion of handout for Jekyll's Evil Twin

1. Literary Terms Quiz: dissonance-folklore
2. Turn in grammar packets
3. Daybook
4. Doppelganger project

1.  Peer editing of horror stories
2. Grammar Exercises 70 and 71

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  monologue-poetry
2. Daybook
3. Shadows
4. Turn in Peer edits

1. Grammar Exercise 74
2. Finish Shadows discussion

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  symbol-wit

1.  Doppelganger Project due
2. Present projects

1.  Literary Terms Review  (Refer to 11/6, 11/9, 11/13, and 11/16)
2. Go over Stave I and finish for Wednesday

1.  Read Stave II for Monday's class
2. Dickens powerpoint review

1.  Staves I and II Review (15 minutes)
2. Read Stave III

1. Daybook 
2. Take quick survey
3. Watch two movie versions (one musical and one drama) of the scene with Marley's Ghost to compare the genres and how they portray the story

1. Daybook
2. Review of Stave III
3. Stave IV

1. Daybook
2. Introduction to Heroic Journey Unit

1. Literary Terms Quiz: cliche-dialect
2. Grammar Exercise 101
3. Heroic Journey powerpoint

1.  Hand in Heroic Journey map after correcting with partner(s).
2. Finish discussing the heroic journey
3. Introduction of the Star Wars assignment

1. ELA Writing Assessment during 1st period for all of the high school.
2. Daybook: response to article
3. Explanation of movie assignment:  DUE DATE IS WED., JAN. 30TH
4. Grammar Ex. 115

1. Literary Terms Quiz:  hyperbole-local color
2. Review of schedule
3. Grammar Exercise 116 and turn in packets
4. Star Wars

1.  Grammar Exercises 126 and 127 in new packet
2. Star Wars

1.  Grammar Exercise 128
2. Star Wars

1. Literary Terms Quiz:  pseudonym-sestet
2. Grammar Exercise 130 and 131
3. Star Wars movie

1. Pass out The Princess Bride syllabus
2. Begin Introductory Assignment

1. Grammar Exercise 133
2. Per the syllabus--Read to chapter four (that means through chapter three) 

1. Literary Terms Quiz:  stereotype-tragic hero
2. PB reading through the Inigo subchapter in Chapter Five:  The Announcement

1. Make up the Literary terms quiz missed Friday
2. Reading quiz over The Princess Bride
3. Read :  a.  Old Cover--pp. 136-176; b.  Movie Cover: pp.155-202 (This means read through Buttercup's rescue by the man in black to the Fire Swamp ending with the line: "Very all four, I should think," replied the Prince.

1. Literary Terms Review:  covers the lists from 1/07, 1/10, 1/15, and 1/18
2. Read: a.  Old Cover--pp. 176-219; b.  Movie Cover:  pp. 228-251 (This means into Chapter 6, the scene ending with the lines, "Westley was living now most of all for Buttercup.  But there was no denying that there was one more thing he wanted too.  His time...")

1. Reading Quiz
2. Read to Chapter Seven

1.  Snow Day
2. Read:  Old Cover:  pp.255-299; Movie Cover:  Chapter Seven through pg. 349;  Which means into chpt. 8 to the passage ending with "It was 5:31."

1.  Reading Quiz
2. Finish the book (not including the Buttercup's Baby excerpt)

1. Review
2.  Grammar

1.  Movie Project Due
2. Princess Bride test
3. Turn in Westley's Heroic Journey Map

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  acronym-caricature
2. Review of ELA Opinion essay prompt and rubric

1. Review and analysis of scores
2. Daybook

1.  Literary Terms Quiz: dissonance-folklore
2. Movie project introduction and explanation

1. Watch "The Princess Bride"

1. ELA Narrative Essay test (9:30-11am)
2. Finish watching movie

1.  Literary Terms Quiz:  monologue-poetry
2. work on movie project

1. Grammar Test

1.  computer lab day:  work on movie project

1. Literary Terms Quiz:  simile-style
2. Daybook
3. Powerpoint:  "The Holocaust in Pictures":  Daybook

1. Books assigned
2. Valentine's Day and Anti-Valentine's day activities

1.  Begin Night

1. Movie Project Due  
2. Read Chapter 2
3. Daybook

1.  Read Chapter 3

1. Literary Terms Test: review the word lists from 1/31, 2/4, 2/7, and 2/12
2. Read chapter 4

1.  Registration

1.  Read chapter 6

1.  Grammar Review--Punctuation Perils
2. Daybook:  Figurative Language handout
3. Read chapters 7-9

1.  Night Final Test

30 minutes:  begin typing your story in the computer lab.  When time is up, print your story and hand it to your partner.

Partner:  Edit the story using the peer edit worksheet I gave you in class.  Finish for homework and bring to class tomorrow completed.

1.  Return the draft and peer edit to your partner.  Second drafts are due Wednesday, April 10th.
2. Discuss the repercussions of a call refused through the myth of Minos and the Minotaur.

1.  Turn in Persephone myth questions
2. In groups, decide on a heroic journey myth from Greek or Roman mythology to learn and tell to the class on Friday.
3. No on may perform the same myth!!!

1.  Work on group presentations of myths in computer lab
2. April 10th:  second drafts due in class

1.  Daybook
2. Group performances:  while each group is performing, fill out the performance evaluation form.

1. Complete your group member evaluation form
2. Finish the second draft peer edit for Monday

1. Daybook:  notes from powerpoint
2. Return peer edit to your classmate

1.  Complete the questions on the handout regarding the importance of a letter.  Your hero letters will be due on Monday, April 22nd
2. Your final draft of your heroic journey narrative will be due on Friday, April 19th.

1.  Daybook:  notes from powerpoint

1.  Test on the powerpoint information Friday

1. Jason and the Argonauts:  the backstory to the myth of Medea.  Watch the video and listen in class to answer the questions on your handout

1. Heroic journey narrative final draft and folder due
2. Test on the Greek gods and goddessses
3. Read Medea parts one and two

1.  Finish the class reading and complete the questions for parts one and two

1.  Confused Words review for EOC
2. Read parts 3 and 4 of Medea

1.  Finish the class reading and complete the questions for parts three and four

1.  Comma Exercise 1 Review for EOC
2. Read parts 5 and 6 of Medea

1. Finish the class reading and complete the questions for parts five and six 

1.  Hero Letter rough draft due
2. finish Medea

1.  Medea question packets due tomorrow

1. Question packets due
2. Review for test 

1.  The following web addresses will take you to the two online reviews for the test

• www.jeopardylabs.com/play/medea17
• www.jeopardylabs.com/play/medea18

1.  Medea Final Test
2. Song Assignment

1. Choose one of the three songs provided and explain in a one page, single-spaced, handwritten essay how that song relates to the play.