day to day
Day 1 - First day sheet - Intro / Ice Breaker / Journal - Manchester Picture
Day 2 - Journal - Two Men... - Devices Grid
Day 3 - Journal - What is this? - The Metaphor - Go over examples
Day 4 - Extended Metaphor - Answer "The Metaphor" Questions - Find 10 Famous Metaphor - Examples on grid
Day 5 - Apostrophe - What's up danger? - Allusion - Sympathy for the Devil - Examples on grid - Pick either a Who am I? or Apostrophe paragraph to write.
Day 6 - SWW
Day 7 - Find the Cliche / What are some of your favorite cliches? / Euphemism / Journal - 7 words you must use in a piece - Jonas, Valley, Mexico, Tennis, Roof, Fox, Staple
Day 8 - Symbol / Irony - The Story of an Hour
Day 9 - TOC - Idiom / Analogy / Personification
Day 10 - Device Quiz - Finish Questions -
Day 11 - Snow Day
Day 12 - Snow Day
Day 13 - Snow Day
Day 14 - Interview week Prompt - 3.1 What would you ask [Insert Famous Person] if you could meet them? Provide a rationale - Watch some famous interviews - STAR Technique
Day 15 - 3.2 - Interview yourself for a job, what would you ask yourself, to get the best out of yourself? Provide answers and a rationale -
Day 16 - 3.3 - If you could ask a coach/teacher/boss/police officer a series of questions, and they had to tell you the truth in an answer, what would you ask? - Give scenarios to pairs to interview each other - Read Article / What questions were likely asked?
Day 17 - 3.4 - What would you ask God/Mother Nature/The Creator or any higher power? Provide a rationale.
Day 18 - Finish article - Interviewing for an article or broadcast /
Day 19 - 4.1 - What would your stuffy say about you? - Assign Interview with a thing - Interview with a thing - Brainstorm: What makes the interview work?
Day 20 - 4.2 - What a tree did see - Work on assignment
Day 21 - TOC - 4.3 - If you were an animal, what would you be and why? - Integrating Quotations - Quotation Exercises - Red Violin
Day 22 - 4.4 - If these walls could talk - Red Violin
Day 23 - March 1 - 4.5 - Who are these people are what are they saying to each other? - Work on Podcast
Day 24 - March 4 - Brainstorm emotions - Make Wheel - 5.1 - Think of a song or movie scene in a TV show that makes you feel ________ explain how and why it makes you feel that way. Think of a song or movie scene in a TV show that makes you feel ________ explain how and why it makes you feel that way.
Day 25 - March 5 - 5.2 - Tell a story where the reader would feel _______ - Go over Araby Questions
Day 26 - March 6 - 5.3 - Describe a situation where someone leaves ______ and another leaves feeling _______ - Parts of a story - Story Arc
Day 27 - March 7 - 5.4 - A freak accident had a medication that makes the population all feel more _________ slip into the water supply, how does this change society? - Conflict
Day 28 - March 8 - 5.5 - Write a ______ poem -
Day 29 - 6.1 - Make up some Words for weird feelings - Character -
Day 30 - 6.2 - Podcasts Listening - Finish Inside Out
Day 31 - 6.3 - What did you get out of Inside / Out? What is the theme? What is the message? - Inside Out Work Book
Day 32 - 6.4 -
Day 33 - 6.5 - Video about Inside Out
-Spring Break-
Small story, two characters, what do they want? - Add character - Add conflict - Add Arc
April 1 - Day 34 - Aesop Fables and moral of the story - What kind of lessons can our stories highlight? - Moral Handout
Day 35 - Richard Wagamese on Storytelling - Communal notes - We all tell stories. Tell us one.
Day 36 - Assign Moral of the Story - Oral Traditions -
Day 37 - Scar as a Villain - Best Disney Villains
Day 38 - Time to work
Day 39 - How to write a good story -
Day 41 - A clean well-lighted place - Share out body language - Report Card Form
April 11 - Day 42 - Time for questions - How to write a good story - Character - Character profile - Write your character getting into a conflict over a long wait at a restaurant or a conflict over returning something
Pro - D Day
Day 43 - Of Mice and Men Week
Day 44 - Of Mice and Men Week
Day 45 - Of Mice and Men Week
Day 46 - Of Mice and Men Week
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Day 47 - Flesh out your character - Your character is not happy with their restaurant order - Of Mice and Men Quiz / What did you do last week?
Day 48 - Early Dismissal - Your character's Spotify playlist, show it off, favorite shows, movies, books, etc / SM or online dating profile for your character
Day 49 - Character foil - Develop a character whose attributes bring out those of your main character.
Day 50 - Setting - Brainstorm genres
Day 51 - Brainstorm genres - Write a Short Story - Assign - Read Painted Door
Day 52 - Read Painted Door
May 1 - Day 53 - TOC Essay Writing - Essay Format
Day 54 - Read Painted Door
Day 55 - Questions - Send in ideas for story
Day 56 - TOC Essay Writing - Assign Essay
Day 57 - TOC Essay Writing - Intros and conclusions
Day 58 - TOC Essay Writing
Day 59 - Go over questions for Painted Door - Movie
Day 60 - Work Block
Day 61 - Movie
Day 62 - Grid
Day 63 - Grid
Day 64 - POV Lecture
Pro - D Day
Victoria Day
Day 65 - Poetry - Assign Cake and Tea Book Report - Poetry Terms
Day 66 - Print songs for device search - Student check in and goal setting
Day 67 - Poetry types
Day 68 - Assign Poetry Project - Grid
Day 69 - Ozymandias - Titles
Day 70 - My last Duchess - Found Poem
Day 71 - Time to work
Day 72 - Presentations
Day 73 - Presentations
June 3 - Day 74 - Final Project start
Day 75 - Time to work
Day 76 - Time to work
Day 77 - Time to work
Day 78 - June 7 - Hand in deadline - Time to work
Day 79 - Time to work
Day 80 - Time to work
Day 81 - Time to work
Day 82 - Time to work
Day 83 - Time to work
Day 84 - Gallery Walk Projects - Half the class
Day 85 - Gallery Walk Projects - Half the class
Day 86 - Review for Final Exam
Day 87 - June 20 - Exam Block A and C - Final Exam
Day 88 - Exam Block B and D - Final Exam
Day 2 - Journal - Two Men... - Devices Grid
Day 3 - Journal - What is this? - The Metaphor - Go over examples
Day 4 - Extended Metaphor - Answer "The Metaphor" Questions - Find 10 Famous Metaphor - Examples on grid
Day 5 - Apostrophe - What's up danger? - Allusion - Sympathy for the Devil - Examples on grid - Pick either a Who am I? or Apostrophe paragraph to write.
Day 6 - SWW
Day 7 - Find the Cliche / What are some of your favorite cliches? / Euphemism / Journal - 7 words you must use in a piece - Jonas, Valley, Mexico, Tennis, Roof, Fox, Staple
Day 8 - Symbol / Irony - The Story of an Hour
Day 9 - TOC - Idiom / Analogy / Personification
Day 10 - Device Quiz - Finish Questions -
Day 11 - Snow Day
Day 12 - Snow Day
Day 13 - Snow Day
Day 14 - Interview week Prompt - 3.1 What would you ask [Insert Famous Person] if you could meet them? Provide a rationale - Watch some famous interviews - STAR Technique
Day 15 - 3.2 - Interview yourself for a job, what would you ask yourself, to get the best out of yourself? Provide answers and a rationale -
Day 16 - 3.3 - If you could ask a coach/teacher/boss/police officer a series of questions, and they had to tell you the truth in an answer, what would you ask? - Give scenarios to pairs to interview each other - Read Article / What questions were likely asked?
Day 17 - 3.4 - What would you ask God/Mother Nature/The Creator or any higher power? Provide a rationale.
Day 18 - Finish article - Interviewing for an article or broadcast /
Day 19 - 4.1 - What would your stuffy say about you? - Assign Interview with a thing - Interview with a thing - Brainstorm: What makes the interview work?
Day 20 - 4.2 - What a tree did see - Work on assignment
Day 21 - TOC - 4.3 - If you were an animal, what would you be and why? - Integrating Quotations - Quotation Exercises - Red Violin
Day 22 - 4.4 - If these walls could talk - Red Violin
Day 23 - March 1 - 4.5 - Who are these people are what are they saying to each other? - Work on Podcast
Day 24 - March 4 - Brainstorm emotions - Make Wheel - 5.1 - Think of a song or movie scene in a TV show that makes you feel ________ explain how and why it makes you feel that way. Think of a song or movie scene in a TV show that makes you feel ________ explain how and why it makes you feel that way.
Day 25 - March 5 - 5.2 - Tell a story where the reader would feel _______ - Go over Araby Questions
Day 26 - March 6 - 5.3 - Describe a situation where someone leaves ______ and another leaves feeling _______ - Parts of a story - Story Arc
Day 27 - March 7 - 5.4 - A freak accident had a medication that makes the population all feel more _________ slip into the water supply, how does this change society? - Conflict
Day 28 - March 8 - 5.5 - Write a ______ poem -
Day 29 - 6.1 - Make up some Words for weird feelings - Character -
Day 30 - 6.2 - Podcasts Listening - Finish Inside Out
Day 31 - 6.3 - What did you get out of Inside / Out? What is the theme? What is the message? - Inside Out Work Book
Day 32 - 6.4 -
Day 33 - 6.5 - Video about Inside Out
-Spring Break-
Small story, two characters, what do they want? - Add character - Add conflict - Add Arc
April 1 - Day 34 - Aesop Fables and moral of the story - What kind of lessons can our stories highlight? - Moral Handout
Day 35 - Richard Wagamese on Storytelling - Communal notes - We all tell stories. Tell us one.
Day 36 - Assign Moral of the Story - Oral Traditions -
Day 37 - Scar as a Villain - Best Disney Villains
Day 38 - Time to work
Day 39 - How to write a good story -
- Body language. Write 500 words that describe two characters who are sitting next to each other. Without using dialogue, let the reader see exactly how these two characters feel about each other.
Day 41 - A clean well-lighted place - Share out body language - Report Card Form
April 11 - Day 42 - Time for questions - How to write a good story - Character - Character profile - Write your character getting into a conflict over a long wait at a restaurant or a conflict over returning something
Pro - D Day
Day 43 - Of Mice and Men Week
Day 44 - Of Mice and Men Week
Day 45 - Of Mice and Men Week
Day 46 - Of Mice and Men Week
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Day 47 - Flesh out your character - Your character is not happy with their restaurant order - Of Mice and Men Quiz / What did you do last week?
Day 48 - Early Dismissal - Your character's Spotify playlist, show it off, favorite shows, movies, books, etc / SM or online dating profile for your character
Day 49 - Character foil - Develop a character whose attributes bring out those of your main character.
Day 50 - Setting - Brainstorm genres
Day 51 - Brainstorm genres - Write a Short Story - Assign - Read Painted Door
Day 52 - Read Painted Door
May 1 - Day 53 - TOC Essay Writing - Essay Format
Day 54 - Read Painted Door
Day 55 - Questions - Send in ideas for story
Day 56 - TOC Essay Writing - Assign Essay
Day 57 - TOC Essay Writing - Intros and conclusions
Day 58 - TOC Essay Writing
Day 59 - Go over questions for Painted Door - Movie
Day 60 - Work Block
Day 61 - Movie
Day 62 - Grid
Day 63 - Grid
Day 64 - POV Lecture
Pro - D Day
Victoria Day
Day 65 - Poetry - Assign Cake and Tea Book Report - Poetry Terms
Day 66 - Print songs for device search - Student check in and goal setting
Day 67 - Poetry types
Day 68 - Assign Poetry Project - Grid
Day 69 - Ozymandias - Titles
Day 70 - My last Duchess - Found Poem
Day 71 - Time to work
Day 72 - Presentations
Day 73 - Presentations
June 3 - Day 74 - Final Project start
Day 75 - Time to work
Day 76 - Time to work
Day 77 - Time to work
Day 78 - June 7 - Hand in deadline - Time to work
Day 79 - Time to work
Day 80 - Time to work
Day 81 - Time to work
Day 82 - Time to work
Day 83 - Time to work
Day 84 - Gallery Walk Projects - Half the class
Day 85 - Gallery Walk Projects - Half the class
Day 86 - Review for Final Exam
Day 87 - June 20 - Exam Block A and C - Final Exam
Day 88 - Exam Block B and D - Final Exam