Period 1

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

8/20 - 8/24

*1st day handouts/syllabus

*Read "Harrison Bergeron"

*"Harrison Bergeron" workbook pgs. 12-14

*Silent Reading

*Review workbook

*Read "Sound of Thunder"

*"Sound of Thunder" workbook pgs. 51-52

*Silent Reading

*Review workbook

*Video - "Harrison Bergeron" and "Sound of Thunder"

*Compare/Contrast Essay

8/27 - 8/31

*Media Center

*Pre-reading for "Everday Use"

*Silent Reading

*Read "Everyday Use"

*Questions on pgs. 513 and 515

*PICTURE DAY

*Silent Reading

*FIRE DRILL

*Pre-read and read "Like the Sun"

9/3 - 9/7

*No School

*Intro to Of Mice and Men

*Read Chapter 1

*Silent Reading

*Finish Chapter 1

*Review Ch. 1 vocab. list

*Read Chapter 2

*Review Ch. 2 vocab. list

*Silent Reading

*FCAT Essay

*Begin reading Chapter 3

9/10 - 9/14

*Grammar Activity

*Read Chapter 3

*Finish reading Chapter 3

*Character Map

*Silent Reading

*Review Ch. 3 vocab. list

*Review Project

*Media Center

*No School

*Read Chapter 4

*Review Ch. 4 vocab. list

*Silent Reading

9/17 - 9/21

*Read Chapter 5

*Review Ch. 5 vocab. list

*Read Chapter 6

*Review Ch. 6 vocab. list

*Silent Reading

*Of Mice and Men film viewing

*Review for test on Of Mice and Men

*Test Day (Of Mice and Men)

*Silent Reading

9/24 - 9/28

*Testing Day

*Work on projects in class

*Testing Day

*Work on projects in class

*Silent Reading

*FCAT workshop in the auditorium

*Last day to work on projects

*Silent Reading

*Journals due

*Projects due

*Project presentations

10/1 - 10/5

*Allusion assignments (work on in class)

*Work on allusion presentations

*Silent Reading

*Continue working on allusion presentations

*Silent Reading

*Begin presenting allusion presentations to class

10/8 - 10/12

*Presentations

*Silent Reading

*FCAT October writing prompt

*Grammar workbook assignment

*Silent Reading

*Grammar workbook assignment (finish this for homework)

10/15 - 10/19

*Review grammar workbook assignment

*Grammar workbook assignment

*Silent Reading

*PSAT test day (early release)

*Grammar review

*Begin reading works by Alice Walker

*Midterm essay

*Silent Reading

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MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

10/22 - 10/26

*Finish reading works by Alice Walker

*Chapter questions

*Review for midterm exam

*Silent Reading

*Exam Day

*Teacher Planning

(No school for students)

10/29 - 11/2

*Research on Poe and the Spanish Inquisition

*Begin presenting to class

*Vocabulary list

*Silent Reading

*Finish presenting to class

*Begin reading "The Pit and the Pendulum" on pg. 559

*Finish reading "The Pit and the Pendulum"

*Complete vocabulary worksheet

*"The Pit and the Pendulum" Test

*Silent Reading

*Parody Writing or Illustrated Scene Activity

*Journals Due

11/5 - 11/9

*Diagnostic Test

*Begin "Antigone" in the Language of Literature Book, pgs. 1014-1019

*Vocab. list

*Interactive Reader,

pgs. 317/342

*Silent Reading

*Complete the workbook pages

*Continue "Antigone" in the Language of Literature Book, pg. 1032

*Continue "Antigone"

in the Language of Literature Book

*Silent Reading

*Review tests

*November FCAT Writing Assignment

11/12 - 11/16

*Veteran's Day

(No School)

*Finish "Antigone"

*Chapter questions (pg. 1061, #1-4 and # 7; pg. 1062, #1-10)

*Silent Reading

*Film clip from "Antigone"

*Complete "Viewer's Guide" worksheet

*Complete Activity 1 handout

*Begin viewing film version of "Antigone"

*Silent Reading

*View complete film version of "Antigone"

*Compare and contrast worksheets

11/19 - 11/23

*Test review

*"Antigone" test

*Silent Reading

*Assign mythological allusion topics

*Use laptops in class

*Continue with mythological allusions in class

*No School

11/26 - 11/30

*Continue working on mythological allusion presentations

*BAT Testing

(Early Release)

*BAT Testing

*Finish working on mythological allusion presentations

*Finish working on presentations

*Silent Reading

*Begin presenting mythological allusions to class

12/3 - 12/7

*Review FCAT multiple choice exam results

*Finish presenting to class

*FCAT revisions

*Silent Reading

*Background on George Orwell

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Begin 1984

*Read Chapter One, I-III (pgs. 3-42)

*Complete study guide questions

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter One, IV-VI (pgs. 42-76)

*Complete study guide questions

*Silent Reading

*Quiz (Chapter One, I-III)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter One, VII-VIII (pgs. 77-114)

*Complete study guide questions

12/10 - 12/14

*Quiz (Chapter One, IV-VIII)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter Two, I-IV (pgs. 115-160)

*Complete study guide questions

*Quiz (Chapter Two, I-IV)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter Two, V-VIII (pgs. 161-195)

*Complete study guide questions

*Silent Reading

*Quiz (Chapter Two, V-VIII)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter Two, IX-X (pgs. 195-246)

*Complete study guide questions

*Quiz (Chapter Two, IX-X)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter Three, I-II (pgs. 247-285)

*Complete study guide questions

*Silent Reading

*FCAT Practice

12/17 - 12/21

*Quiz (Chapter Three, I-II)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Chapter Three, III-VI (pgs. 285-326)

*Complete study guide questions

*Quiz (Chapter Three, III-VI)

*Pre-reading vocab.

*Read Appendix, Afterword (pgs. 327-342)

*Complete study guide questions

*Silent Reading

*Quiz (Appendix, Afterword)

*Activities

*Continue activities

*Review for test

*1984 (Test)

*Silent Reading