Day by day
Jan 29 - First day - Sit alphabetically - What is Art? - The onion - "How I did last year in English class" - Ice Breaker
Jan 30 - In Class Essay - Life can present challenges
Jan 31 - What is self? - Mirror Image - What is self article - Mirror Image Questions
Feb 1 -Term Definitions - Character Types - Response - "Which theories are present in this story? Which of the theories (Freud/Mead/Cooley) appeal to you? Give examples and reasons for your answer"
Feb 2 - Plot Diagram - Pick up questions
Feb 5 - Conflict - Identities - Questions
Feb 6 - POV - Mini group discussions
Feb 7 - Theme statements - Notes handout - Transients in Arcadia
Feb 8 - POV Exercise - TiA Questions -
Feb 9 - What is a paragraph - Paragraph "Does the protagonist in TiA have an identity issue?"
Feb 13 - SS Grid - A & P - Questions
Feb 14 - Group Questions - Grid
Feb 15 - Integrating Quotations - Catfish Documentary
Feb 16 - Catfish Documentary - Paragraph "To what extent is our online identity our identity?"
Feb 19 - Essay format - Thesis Statements
Feb 20 - Introductions - Eveline
Feb 21 - Qs - Grid
Feb 22 - Grid Day
Feb 23 - Pro - D
Feb 26 - Essay formatting sheet - Assign Essay "With reference to at least two of the stories we have read, discuss how people struggle for self identity" - Movie
Feb 27 - Movie - Thesis and topic sentences due
Feb 28 - Finish Movie
March 1 - Grid Day
March 2 - Draft due - Peer edit day
March 5 - SS test
March 6 - Poetry Terms / Poetry Types
March 7 - Shakespeare Device workbook - Essay marking
March 8 - TPCASTT Shark
March 9 -
March 12 - Titles exercise
March 13 - TPCASTT Ozymandias -
March 14 - Paraphrase
March 15 - Go over paraphrase - My Last Duchess - TPCASTT
March 16 - Devices Quiz - Give original essay to re-do
Spring Break
April 4 - How did you change your essay? - Your break - Type of poems lecture - Bring in a deep song tomorrow
April 5 - Acrostic - Sonnet
April 6 - Found Poems
April 9 - Rap genius - TPCASTT the song you bring in - Give out project -
April 10 - Share analysis of song - Time to work on project
April 11 - Buseyisms - Time to work on project
April 12 - TOC - Library
April 13 - Library
April 16 - Analysis of Chronology
April 17 - David
April 18 - Flex week
April 19 - Flex week
April 23 - Finish poems
April 24 - Chronology and David
April 25 - Project due
April 26 - Project due
April 27 - In class writing -
April 30 - Start LOTF
May 1 - CH1
May 2 - CH2
May 3 - Conch as a tool / Beastie / Signal Fire / Little Boy / Not Listening to Piggy
May 4 -
May 7 - CH4 / Assign "Who would make the best leader and why?"
May 8 - CH5 / Assign VLOG
May 9 - CH6
May 10 - VLOG Due / Maslow and Neighbours
May 11 - CH6 / VLOG Fest
May 14 - CH 6 / Assign Map
May 15 - Work on Map
May 16 - CH7 finish / Finish Map
May 17 - Short Day - CH8
May 22 - Symbol Video
May 23 - Symbol Handout - CH10
May 24 - CH11
May 25 - Assign essay - Discuss Symbolism in Lord of the Flies
May 28 - Thesis and Topic Sentences Due - Sheet for Thesis and TS - Finish Book - Irony
May 29 - Jeopardy - Time to write - Theme
May 30 - Draft Day / Review
May 31 - LOTF Test
June 1 - Film Study Begins - Genre study - Assign presentations on genre
June 4 - Breakfast Club - Essay Due
June 5 - 10 Things I Hate About You
June 6 - 10 Things I Hate About You
June 7 - Rushmore
June 8 - Rushmore
June 11 - Ladybird
June 12 - Ladybird
June 13 - Time to work
June 14 - Time to work
June 15 - Super-short day
June 18 - Present their genres
June 19 - Present their genres
June 20 - Go over booklet - Self Evaluation of Presentations - Synthesis exercises
June 21/22 - Final Exam
Day 1 - Intros and finishing The Cask of Amontillado
Day 2 - Aesop fables and theme
Day 3 - Story arc - Reading "Identities"
Day 4 - POV - Going over "Identities" - POV Exercise
Day 5 - What is self - "Mirror Image" - Qs
Day 6 - Time to finish Qs - Place story into chronological order - Allusion - Free Write - What body part would you swap out if you could?
Day 7 - "Secret life of Walter Mitty"
Day 8 - Go over WM Qs - Discuss Setting - Regretful, Sad, Celebratory, Mournful, Anxious, Cheerful, Nesting, Partying, Adventurous, Overwhelmed, contented -
Day 9 - Read "Transients of Acadia" -
Day 10 - Review SS sheet - ToA Qs
Day 11 - Go over ToA Qs - Read Provincial Story - Assign Postcard story
Day 12 - Work Block
Day 13 - Story setting and plot arc - http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/e/plot-diagram - Story board fave movie
Day 14 - A & P - A & P Qs
Day 15 - Eveline - Story characterizations and extras
Day 16 - Eveline Qs
Day 17 - Library to work on story
Day 18 - Library to work on story
Day 19 - Review
Day 20 - Short Story Test
Day 21 - Stories Due / Start LOTF
Day 22 - LOTF Chapter 1 review / Chapter 2 / Symbol
Day 23 - LOTF / Integrating Quotes
Day 24 - LOTF
Day 25 - LOTF CH 3 review / Project check in
Day 26 - CH 4 / Assign who would make the best leader?
Day 27 - CH 5 / Essay Framework
Day 28 - CH 6 /
Day 29 - CH 7 /
Day 30 - CH 8 /
Day 31 - Chapter 9 / Paragraphs due
Day 32 - Chapter 9 / Map assigned
Day 33 - Chapter 10 / Election discussion / Map due
Day 34 - Chapter 10 finish / Rubrics due
Day 35 - Assign essay
Day 36 -
Nov 21 - LOTF Review
Nov 22 - LOTF Test
Nov 23 - Poetry Startup
Nov 24 - Poetry type
Nov 25 - Hand back test - Meter
Nov 28 -
Nov 29 - TPCASTT Shark
Nov 30 - Hand out Project
Dec 1 - TPCASTT - Ozymandias
Dec 2 - Finish Ozymandias - Discuss Theme - Video
Dec 5 - Two reviews due - TPCASTT Chronology
Dec 6 - TPCASTT My Last Duchess
Dec 7 -
Dec 8 - Work on Project Day
Dec 9 - Work on Project Day
Dec 12 -
Dec 13 -
Dec 14 - Projects Due - Presentations
Dec 15 - Presentations
Dec 16 - Presentations
Jan 3 - Essays back / David / Get books / Chapter Questions
Jan 4 - MacBeth
Jan 5 - MacBeth
Jan 6 - MacBeth - Act 1 Quiz
Jan 9 - MacBeth - Assign soundtrack
Jan 10 - MacBeth - Act 2 Quiz
Jan 11 - MacBeth
Jan 12 - MacBeth - Act 3 Quiz
Jan 13 - CC day
Jan 16 - MacBeth
Jan 17 - MacBeth - Act 4 Quiz
Jan 18 - MacBeth
Jan 19 - MacBeth - Act 5 Quiz - Soundtrack due
Jan 20 - In class essay
Jan 23 - General Review
Jan 24 - Final
Jan 26 - Film Studies
Jan 29 - Sit alphabetically, intro, course outline, Deathbed article, quiz
Feb 1 - Sit by age, what were your three fave movies? Term Museum for SS, read Gentlemen, Your Verdict
Feb 2 - Sit by distance from school, conflict lecture, character types, read War, social masks lecture
Feb 3 - Story Arc lecture, Plot arc of fave 2 movies in pairs, Finish War,
Feb 4 - Twilight Zone Episode / Analyze technical / Analyze content / Free Write - when do you employ social masks? Is it important to do so?
Feb 5 - Aesop's fables theme exercise
Feb 9 - Topic Sentences (SuperBowl) - Firing Squad
Feb 10 - Finish Firing Squad - Go over arc / conflict / characters - Finishing Squad Qs
Feb 11 - Burger Time - Finish Firing Squad
Feb 12 - Lecture of intros - C/C Essay -
Feb 15 - Valenties means _____ to me? - Intro paragraph exercise - Finish "Firing Squad" - Qs
Feb 16 - TOC - "Imagine a day..."
Feb 17 - Integrating Quotes - Thesis for C/C
Feb 18 - Go over "Imagine a day..." Qs - Conclusions - Check Thesis and "T" charts
Feb 22 - Symbolism - A Cap for Steve - Time to work / Check on paragraphs
Feb 23 - POV Lecture - Map ACFS - Time to work / Check on paragraphs
Feb 24 - POV exercises
Feb 25 - What makes a good leader? Use quotes from stories.
Feb 26 - Exquisite Corpse Story - Essay Due
Feb 29 - Test review
March 1 - SS Test
March 2 -
March 3 - Start LOTF
March 4 - LOTF
March 7 - LOTF / Milgram lecture
March 8 - LOTF
March 9 - (Poet)
March 10 - (Poet)
March 11 -
March 29 - Touch base / Take up
March 30 - Freud and LOTF / Review CH4 - Throwing stones, the first kill, missing the ship, Piggy slap / CH 5
March 31 - Review CH5 - Ralph's hair, the shelters, status of the beast, Why doesn't Ralph blow the conch? “What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us.” - CH6
April 1 - Review CH6 - The balance of power, the hard feelings, the castle rock discovery, smashing a rock into the woods - Read some of CH7 - Assign Map
April 5 - Finish CH7 - Time to work on CH Qs
April 6 - CH8 - Two paragraphs, both arguing for who is the best leader.
April 7 - CH9
April 8 - CH10
April 11 - Simon Party / Finish Chapter 9 / Read chapter 10 - Assign Essay
April 12 - CH 11
April 13 - CH 12
April 14 - Peer editing / Groups per chapter / Look at essays
April 15 - LOTF Test
May 24 - Poetry Terms with examples - Shakespearean devices
May 25 - Titles exercise - Give TPCASTT
May 26 - Paraphrase Sonnets
May 27 - Poetry type lecture
May 30 - Poetry type lecture
May 31 - TPCASTT Chronology together
June 1 - TPCASTT Burn the house down
June 2 - Computer lab to work on Poetry Project
June 3 - Computer lab to work on Poetry Project
June 6 - Hand in deadline - Look at poem from Provincial
June 7 - Review for test
June 8 - Poetry Test
June 9 - Poetry project due / Presentations
June 10 - Poetry project due / Presentations
June 13 - Presentations / Hand back and go over test
June 14 - Review essay
June 15 - Review
June 16 - In class essay
June 17 - Final exam
June 20 - Make up Poetry Presentations / Film Studies
Feb 11 - Story Arc lecture, watch Eye of the Beholder and plot to story arc graph, in groups plot your favorite movies to story arc graph
Feb 12 - War questions - Characters - Setting exercise, I give genre, you design a setting
Feb 13 - Career fair, half the class missing - Painted Door
Feb 14 - Love is _____________. I Chart
Feb 17 - T chart - Compare contrast exercise - Essay overview lesson
Feb 18 - Students write C/C thesis intro Middle School and High School - Firing squad - Qs
Feb 19 - Finish Firing Squad - Questions - Assign paper
Feb 20 -Short Story Overviews for all 3 - Time to work on paper
Feb 24 - Go over "Firing Squad" questions - Thesis due - Topic sentences
Feb 25 - Go over SS plot lines - Imagine a day at the end of your life - What would you put in your brag book
Feb 26 - TOC
Feb 27 - Go over Thesis Statements - Plot arc review
Feb 28 - Plot arc exercise - see topic sentences - time to work on papers
Mar 3 -Draft of essay due - peer edit
Mar 4 - Symbol - A cap for Steve
Mar 5 - Essay due - Review for test
Mar 6 - Short story test
Mar 7 -
Mar 24 - Review chapters 1 and 2 - Read chapter 3
Mar 25 - Give back tests - Review chapter 3 - Read chapter 4
Mar 26 - Quote integration - Go over chapters 3 and 4 - Read chapter 5
Mar 27 - Who would make the best leader? - Chapter 5
Mar 28 - Freudian lens - Chapter 6
Mar 31 - Finish chapter 6 - Introduction paragraphs lecture / groups - Essays back
April 1 - Individual introduction paragraph practice - Watch trailer video - Assign trailer assignment
April 2 - Read chapter 7 - Watch some trailers
April 3 -
April 4 -
April 7 -
April 8 - Map Due - Chapter 9 - Theme statements
April 9 - TOC - Guided essay
April 10 - Chapter 11
April 11 - Finish novel
April 14 - Movie Trailers due - Participation self mark - Essay framework
April 15 - Conclusion paragraph - Essay Work
April 16 - Big picture - Review - Extension group work
April 17 - LOTF Test
April 22 - Poetry start - Terms
April 23 - TPCASTT - Santa
April 24 - Title exercise - Santa done
April 25 - Connotation Exercise
April 29 - Peer mark / edit essay - Go over TPCASTT - Assign Shark
April 30 - Paraphrase exercise
May 1 - Attitude lesson - Why do some things "feel" certain ways? Moby Pharrell Smiths Madness Arcade Fire Craig David Darkness
May 2 - PPT of Poem Types
May 5 - TPCASTT Ozymandias - What is success? - Success Picture Gordon Gekko ABC Icarus Bloc Party Positive Tension MadMen
May 6 - Theme exercise/I will give you a theme
May 7 - Explication
May 8 - Work on Explication
May 9 - Poetry Pre-test
May 12 - David
May 13 - Dearest Margaret - David
May 14 -
May 15 -
May 20 - Poetry Test
May 21 -
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Jan 30 - In Class Essay - Life can present challenges
Jan 31 - What is self? - Mirror Image - What is self article - Mirror Image Questions
Feb 1 -Term Definitions - Character Types - Response - "Which theories are present in this story? Which of the theories (Freud/Mead/Cooley) appeal to you? Give examples and reasons for your answer"
Feb 2 - Plot Diagram - Pick up questions
Feb 5 - Conflict - Identities - Questions
Feb 6 - POV - Mini group discussions
Feb 7 - Theme statements - Notes handout - Transients in Arcadia
Feb 8 - POV Exercise - TiA Questions -
Feb 9 - What is a paragraph - Paragraph "Does the protagonist in TiA have an identity issue?"
Feb 13 - SS Grid - A & P - Questions
Feb 14 - Group Questions - Grid
Feb 15 - Integrating Quotations - Catfish Documentary
Feb 16 - Catfish Documentary - Paragraph "To what extent is our online identity our identity?"
Feb 19 - Essay format - Thesis Statements
Feb 20 - Introductions - Eveline
Feb 21 - Qs - Grid
Feb 22 - Grid Day
Feb 23 - Pro - D
Feb 26 - Essay formatting sheet - Assign Essay "With reference to at least two of the stories we have read, discuss how people struggle for self identity" - Movie
Feb 27 - Movie - Thesis and topic sentences due
Feb 28 - Finish Movie
March 1 - Grid Day
March 2 - Draft due - Peer edit day
March 5 - SS test
March 6 - Poetry Terms / Poetry Types
March 7 - Shakespeare Device workbook - Essay marking
March 8 - TPCASTT Shark
March 9 -
March 12 - Titles exercise
March 13 - TPCASTT Ozymandias -
March 14 - Paraphrase
March 15 - Go over paraphrase - My Last Duchess - TPCASTT
March 16 - Devices Quiz - Give original essay to re-do
Spring Break
April 4 - How did you change your essay? - Your break - Type of poems lecture - Bring in a deep song tomorrow
April 5 - Acrostic - Sonnet
April 6 - Found Poems
April 9 - Rap genius - TPCASTT the song you bring in - Give out project -
April 10 - Share analysis of song - Time to work on project
April 11 - Buseyisms - Time to work on project
April 12 - TOC - Library
April 13 - Library
April 16 - Analysis of Chronology
April 17 - David
April 18 - Flex week
April 19 - Flex week
April 23 - Finish poems
April 24 - Chronology and David
April 25 - Project due
April 26 - Project due
April 27 - In class writing -
April 30 - Start LOTF
May 1 - CH1
May 2 - CH2
May 3 - Conch as a tool / Beastie / Signal Fire / Little Boy / Not Listening to Piggy
May 4 -
May 7 - CH4 / Assign "Who would make the best leader and why?"
May 8 - CH5 / Assign VLOG
May 9 - CH6
May 10 - VLOG Due / Maslow and Neighbours
May 11 - CH6 / VLOG Fest
May 14 - CH 6 / Assign Map
May 15 - Work on Map
May 16 - CH7 finish / Finish Map
May 17 - Short Day - CH8
May 22 - Symbol Video
May 23 - Symbol Handout - CH10
May 24 - CH11
May 25 - Assign essay - Discuss Symbolism in Lord of the Flies
May 28 - Thesis and Topic Sentences Due - Sheet for Thesis and TS - Finish Book - Irony
May 29 - Jeopardy - Time to write - Theme
May 30 - Draft Day / Review
May 31 - LOTF Test
June 1 - Film Study Begins - Genre study - Assign presentations on genre
June 4 - Breakfast Club - Essay Due
June 5 - 10 Things I Hate About You
June 6 - 10 Things I Hate About You
June 7 - Rushmore
June 8 - Rushmore
June 11 - Ladybird
June 12 - Ladybird
June 13 - Time to work
June 14 - Time to work
June 15 - Super-short day
June 18 - Present their genres
June 19 - Present their genres
June 20 - Go over booklet - Self Evaluation of Presentations - Synthesis exercises
June 21/22 - Final Exam
Day 1 - Intros and finishing The Cask of Amontillado
Day 2 - Aesop fables and theme
Day 3 - Story arc - Reading "Identities"
Day 4 - POV - Going over "Identities" - POV Exercise
Day 5 - What is self - "Mirror Image" - Qs
Day 6 - Time to finish Qs - Place story into chronological order - Allusion - Free Write - What body part would you swap out if you could?
Day 7 - "Secret life of Walter Mitty"
Day 8 - Go over WM Qs - Discuss Setting - Regretful, Sad, Celebratory, Mournful, Anxious, Cheerful, Nesting, Partying, Adventurous, Overwhelmed, contented -
Day 9 - Read "Transients of Acadia" -
Day 10 - Review SS sheet - ToA Qs
Day 11 - Go over ToA Qs - Read Provincial Story - Assign Postcard story
Day 12 - Work Block
Day 13 - Story setting and plot arc - http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/e/plot-diagram - Story board fave movie
Day 14 - A & P - A & P Qs
Day 15 - Eveline - Story characterizations and extras
Day 16 - Eveline Qs
Day 17 - Library to work on story
Day 18 - Library to work on story
Day 19 - Review
Day 20 - Short Story Test
Day 21 - Stories Due / Start LOTF
Day 22 - LOTF Chapter 1 review / Chapter 2 / Symbol
Day 23 - LOTF / Integrating Quotes
Day 24 - LOTF
Day 25 - LOTF CH 3 review / Project check in
Day 26 - CH 4 / Assign who would make the best leader?
Day 27 - CH 5 / Essay Framework
Day 28 - CH 6 /
Day 29 - CH 7 /
Day 30 - CH 8 /
Day 31 - Chapter 9 / Paragraphs due
Day 32 - Chapter 9 / Map assigned
Day 33 - Chapter 10 / Election discussion / Map due
Day 34 - Chapter 10 finish / Rubrics due
Day 35 - Assign essay
Day 36 -
Nov 21 - LOTF Review
Nov 22 - LOTF Test
Nov 23 - Poetry Startup
Nov 24 - Poetry type
Nov 25 - Hand back test - Meter
Nov 28 -
Nov 29 - TPCASTT Shark
Nov 30 - Hand out Project
Dec 1 - TPCASTT - Ozymandias
Dec 2 - Finish Ozymandias - Discuss Theme - Video
Dec 5 - Two reviews due - TPCASTT Chronology
Dec 6 - TPCASTT My Last Duchess
Dec 7 -
Dec 8 - Work on Project Day
Dec 9 - Work on Project Day
Dec 12 -
Dec 13 -
Dec 14 - Projects Due - Presentations
Dec 15 - Presentations
Dec 16 - Presentations
Jan 3 - Essays back / David / Get books / Chapter Questions
Jan 4 - MacBeth
Jan 5 - MacBeth
Jan 6 - MacBeth - Act 1 Quiz
Jan 9 - MacBeth - Assign soundtrack
Jan 10 - MacBeth - Act 2 Quiz
Jan 11 - MacBeth
Jan 12 - MacBeth - Act 3 Quiz
Jan 13 - CC day
Jan 16 - MacBeth
Jan 17 - MacBeth - Act 4 Quiz
Jan 18 - MacBeth
Jan 19 - MacBeth - Act 5 Quiz - Soundtrack due
Jan 20 - In class essay
Jan 23 - General Review
Jan 24 - Final
Jan 26 - Film Studies
Jan 29 - Sit alphabetically, intro, course outline, Deathbed article, quiz
Feb 1 - Sit by age, what were your three fave movies? Term Museum for SS, read Gentlemen, Your Verdict
Feb 2 - Sit by distance from school, conflict lecture, character types, read War, social masks lecture
Feb 3 - Story Arc lecture, Plot arc of fave 2 movies in pairs, Finish War,
Feb 4 - Twilight Zone Episode / Analyze technical / Analyze content / Free Write - when do you employ social masks? Is it important to do so?
Feb 5 - Aesop's fables theme exercise
Feb 9 - Topic Sentences (SuperBowl) - Firing Squad
Feb 10 - Finish Firing Squad - Go over arc / conflict / characters - Finishing Squad Qs
Feb 11 - Burger Time - Finish Firing Squad
Feb 12 - Lecture of intros - C/C Essay -
Feb 15 - Valenties means _____ to me? - Intro paragraph exercise - Finish "Firing Squad" - Qs
Feb 16 - TOC - "Imagine a day..."
Feb 17 - Integrating Quotes - Thesis for C/C
Feb 18 - Go over "Imagine a day..." Qs - Conclusions - Check Thesis and "T" charts
Feb 22 - Symbolism - A Cap for Steve - Time to work / Check on paragraphs
Feb 23 - POV Lecture - Map ACFS - Time to work / Check on paragraphs
Feb 24 - POV exercises
Feb 25 - What makes a good leader? Use quotes from stories.
Feb 26 - Exquisite Corpse Story - Essay Due
Feb 29 - Test review
March 1 - SS Test
March 2 -
March 3 - Start LOTF
March 4 - LOTF
March 7 - LOTF / Milgram lecture
March 8 - LOTF
March 9 - (Poet)
March 10 - (Poet)
March 11 -
March 29 - Touch base / Take up
March 30 - Freud and LOTF / Review CH4 - Throwing stones, the first kill, missing the ship, Piggy slap / CH 5
March 31 - Review CH5 - Ralph's hair, the shelters, status of the beast, Why doesn't Ralph blow the conch? “What I mean is . . . maybe it’s only us.” - CH6
April 1 - Review CH6 - The balance of power, the hard feelings, the castle rock discovery, smashing a rock into the woods - Read some of CH7 - Assign Map
April 5 - Finish CH7 - Time to work on CH Qs
April 6 - CH8 - Two paragraphs, both arguing for who is the best leader.
April 7 - CH9
April 8 - CH10
April 11 - Simon Party / Finish Chapter 9 / Read chapter 10 - Assign Essay
April 12 - CH 11
April 13 - CH 12
April 14 - Peer editing / Groups per chapter / Look at essays
April 15 - LOTF Test
May 24 - Poetry Terms with examples - Shakespearean devices
May 25 - Titles exercise - Give TPCASTT
May 26 - Paraphrase Sonnets
May 27 - Poetry type lecture
May 30 - Poetry type lecture
May 31 - TPCASTT Chronology together
June 1 - TPCASTT Burn the house down
June 2 - Computer lab to work on Poetry Project
June 3 - Computer lab to work on Poetry Project
June 6 - Hand in deadline - Look at poem from Provincial
June 7 - Review for test
June 8 - Poetry Test
June 9 - Poetry project due / Presentations
June 10 - Poetry project due / Presentations
June 13 - Presentations / Hand back and go over test
June 14 - Review essay
June 15 - Review
June 16 - In class essay
June 17 - Final exam
June 20 - Make up Poetry Presentations / Film Studies
Feb 11 - Story Arc lecture, watch Eye of the Beholder and plot to story arc graph, in groups plot your favorite movies to story arc graph
Feb 12 - War questions - Characters - Setting exercise, I give genre, you design a setting
Feb 13 - Career fair, half the class missing - Painted Door
Feb 14 - Love is _____________. I Chart
Feb 17 - T chart - Compare contrast exercise - Essay overview lesson
Feb 18 - Students write C/C thesis intro Middle School and High School - Firing squad - Qs
Feb 19 - Finish Firing Squad - Questions - Assign paper
Feb 20 -Short Story Overviews for all 3 - Time to work on paper
Feb 24 - Go over "Firing Squad" questions - Thesis due - Topic sentences
Feb 25 - Go over SS plot lines - Imagine a day at the end of your life - What would you put in your brag book
Feb 26 - TOC
Feb 27 - Go over Thesis Statements - Plot arc review
Feb 28 - Plot arc exercise - see topic sentences - time to work on papers
Mar 3 -Draft of essay due - peer edit
Mar 4 - Symbol - A cap for Steve
Mar 5 - Essay due - Review for test
Mar 6 - Short story test
Mar 7 -
Mar 24 - Review chapters 1 and 2 - Read chapter 3
Mar 25 - Give back tests - Review chapter 3 - Read chapter 4
Mar 26 - Quote integration - Go over chapters 3 and 4 - Read chapter 5
Mar 27 - Who would make the best leader? - Chapter 5
Mar 28 - Freudian lens - Chapter 6
Mar 31 - Finish chapter 6 - Introduction paragraphs lecture / groups - Essays back
April 1 - Individual introduction paragraph practice - Watch trailer video - Assign trailer assignment
April 2 - Read chapter 7 - Watch some trailers
April 3 -
April 4 -
April 7 -
April 8 - Map Due - Chapter 9 - Theme statements
April 9 - TOC - Guided essay
April 10 - Chapter 11
April 11 - Finish novel
April 14 - Movie Trailers due - Participation self mark - Essay framework
April 15 - Conclusion paragraph - Essay Work
April 16 - Big picture - Review - Extension group work
April 17 - LOTF Test
April 22 - Poetry start - Terms
April 23 - TPCASTT - Santa
April 24 - Title exercise - Santa done
April 25 - Connotation Exercise
April 29 - Peer mark / edit essay - Go over TPCASTT - Assign Shark
April 30 - Paraphrase exercise
May 1 - Attitude lesson - Why do some things "feel" certain ways? Moby Pharrell Smiths Madness Arcade Fire Craig David Darkness
May 2 - PPT of Poem Types
May 5 - TPCASTT Ozymandias - What is success? - Success Picture Gordon Gekko ABC Icarus Bloc Party Positive Tension MadMen
May 6 - Theme exercise/I will give you a theme
May 7 - Explication
May 8 - Work on Explication
May 9 - Poetry Pre-test
May 12 - David
May 13 - Dearest Margaret - David
May 14 -
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May 20 - Poetry Test
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