May 16
"All summer in a Day" AL
May 12
Special Olympics
Finish Paper Slides
May 10
Begin Paper Slide Project
Video Examples 1
May 8
Everyday Edit
Read "Death at the Palace"
and Odysseus and Penelope" w.s.
Finish Film
Tiered Writing Due
May 2
Everyday Edit
Read "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog" and
"The Test of the Great Bow"
Continue Film
April 28
Everyday Edit
Read "The Meeting of father and Son"
IRP due today
Continue film
April 26
Everyday Edit
In class read "Cattle of the Sun God"
Tiered writing due 5/8
Continue film
April 24
Everyday Edit
Go over and collect w.s.
Read "Sirens, Scylla, and Charybdis" w.s.
Start O Brother, Where art Thou? - Comparison w.s.
April 20
Everyday Edits
Poetry Make-ups
Read "Circe" and "Land of the Dead" w.s.
April 18
Everyday Edit
Poetry All Call for reading
Epic Hero Worksheet
Read "The Cyclops' video
Poyphemus POV writing
Research Essay due
April 14
Everyday Edit
Poetry Presentations
Odyssey background
Calypso song and painting analysis
Read "Laetres' Son" and "The Lotus Eaters" and study questions
Research essay due next class
April 12
Everyday Edit
Peer Review
Final Draft due 4/18
April 10
Sub - Begin The Odyssey
Mythology IQ
What would you do?
Read "The Invocation" and "Calypso"
Journey notes
April 6
Everyday Edit
Poetry Presentations
Scoring guide and sample essay
Work time on rough draft - due today
April 3
Everyday Edit
Internal Citations - Parenthetical survival Guide
Poetry Presentations
Work on Rough Draft
March 30
Everyday Edit
Clarification on poetry and pictures
Work time on poetry, research, or independent reading
March 28
Everyday Edit
Argument Practice
Work on Graphic Organizers or Outlines
March 16
Everyday Edit
Poetry from Pictures and Random Lines
Work Time on research or poetry - Annotated Bibliography due
March 14
Everyday Edit
Writing from Word Chunks
Two Voice Poems
Work Time
March 9
Evaluating Sources - see classroom
Haiku
March 7
Everyday Edit
Collect - Research Essay Proposal
Poem - A Series of Lies
Community Research - Process
Work Time
March 3
Scattegories Poem
March 1
Everyday Edit
Life as Poetry Video
Intro to Poetry = Billy Collins
Recitation video - Poetry Out Loud
Group Read - Shel Silverstein
Extended Metaphor W.S. and Poem
February 27
Writer's Week Recap
Everyday Edit
"Where I'm From" Poem
Research: Communities Brainstrom
February 21 and 23
Writers week - assignments in classroom
February 16
Writer's Week Research
Sensory Writing
February 14 - Sub
"Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" - activelylearn.com
Obituary assignment - classroom
February 10
Socratic Seminar on Romeo and Juliet
February 8
Finish film and collect sheet
Socratic Seminar prep
Finish Choice assignments
February 6 - sub
Turn in Sonnet in classroom
Work on Choice Assignments - Goal 40 points
Character License Plate: 15 points
Character Biopoem:15 points
Romeo & Juliet Social Media: 10 - 25 points
February 2
Collect Act 4 Vocab and work on Act 5 Vocab
Read Act 5 - www.activelylearn.com
Finish film study (act 5 questions)
Work on sonnet
January 31
Journal 5
Collect Act 3 Vocab and work on Act 4 Vocab
Read Act 4 - www.activelylearn.com
Work on Sonnet and Continue films
January 27
Day 8: 1/27
Journal 4
Continue Act 3:2-4 - www.activelylearn.com
Work on Sonnet and Continue films
January 25
View Balcony Scene - Zefferelli
Journal 3
Video Recaps
Collect Vocab 2 and Work on Vocab 3
Read Act 3:1 - www.activelylearn.com
January 23
Balcony Scene charades
Finish Act 2 www.activelylearn.com
Work time on Act 2 Vocab and Sonnet
Watch Balcony Scenes
January 19
Collect Act 1 Vocab
Work on Act 2 Vocab
Begin Film Comparison - Party scenes
Love Quotes
Read Act 2:1-2 - www.activelylearn.com
January 17
Iambic Pentameter Video
Finish Act 1 - www.activelylearn.com
Brainstorm for Sonnet Writing
January 12
Romeo and Juliet Journal 2
Prologue Translation
Insults
Begin Act 1 - activelylearn.com
January 10
Romeo and Juliet Journal 1
R + J Background Part 2
Vocab Pretest and Act 1 Vocab
January 6
Independent Reading Due 4/28
Romeo and Juliet Background Part 1
Complete Family Coat of Arms
Library Visit