QUARTER 4
Monday, March 16th
"The Bracelet" - Setting
Geo Project Posters and Presentations
Wednesday, March 18th
De Soto National Memorial Field Trip
Friday, March 20th
"So Far from the Sea" - Flashback
"Johanna" - Imagery
Practice IRP Word Parts Lessons 3 & 4
Write a review of the three parts of the National Memorial, a five paragraph
essay. Finish maps.
Monday, March 23rd
"The Wife's Story" - Foreshadowing & Irony
Notecards and presentations for Geo Project
Grammar Book - Prepositions - Sections 1 & 2 (Finish for homework.)
Wednesday, March 25th
Stanford 9
Freewrite for fluency: your countries assets and attributes.
Presentations for Geo Project - Jose, Jeoffrey, Mark, Luba
Grammar Book - Prepositions - Sections 3 & 4 (Finish for homework.)
Revise DeSoto Review
Monday, March 30th
Stanford 9
Review prepositions of time, location and movement at
http://www.englishpage.com/
Freewrite for fluency: cross-cultural attitudes. Underline your prepositions
when you finish. Check that they are right.
Presentations for Geo Project: Josef, Katerina, Dottie, SH, Hide, Jeffrey
Grammar Book - Prepositions - Sections 5 & 6 (Finish for homework.)
Wednesday, April 1st
Stanford 9
Practice prepositons at http://www.englishpage.com/
Presentations for Geo Project: Run, David, Arturo, Muugii, Mint, Greg
Develop an idea from your freewrite(s) into a finished piece of writing.
Grammar Book - Prepositions - Guided Writing & Chapter Quiz (Finish for
homework.)
Friday, April 3rd
Finish Stanford 9 & "John Henry" - Tall Tales
Presentations for Geo Project: Ernest & Eduardo
Grammar Book - Prepositions - Original Writing & Test
Monday, April 6th - Friday, April 17th - Spring Vacation
Monday, April 20th
Introduction to So Far from the Bamboo Grove with Webquest on controversy.
Freewriting; Grammar Book - Prepositions - Original Writing & Test or 20
Steps. Adjectives - Sections 1 & 2 for homework.
Wednesday, April 22st
IRP Word Forms
So Far from the Bamboo Grove, Read chapter 1 (pp 1 - 22)
Homework: chapter 2 (pp 23-42)
Earth Day vocabulary and freewrite. Prepositions Test.
Mint - Adjectives - Sections 3 & 4
(Finish for homework.)
Monday, April 28th
Quiz on chapters 1 & 2 of So Far from the Bamboo Grove; Read chapter 3.
Analyze characters and create a plot summary. Read chapter 4 for homework.
Revising to vary sentence type and structure. (Mint- Adjectives)
Wednesday, April 30th
So Far from the Bamboo Grove, chapter 5. Homework - Read chapter 6.
Freewrite for fluency. Revising run-ons, comma splices and fragments.
(Mint Adjectives)
Friday, May 1st - DEADLINE FOR FINAL EXAM PROJECT REQUEST.
So Far from the Bamboo Grove. Morning - Chapter 5. Chapter 6 for homework.
Afternoon, chapter 7 in class and chapter 8 for homework.
Revising run-ons, comma splices and fragments. Homework: Afternoon - Top 20
exercises on pages 237-241.
Monday, May 4th
So Far from the Bamboo Grove; Read chapter 9. Read chapter 10 for homework.
This I Believe - Lesson 1: What is a Personal Essay?
Grammar Book - Punctuation.Sentence Patterns (Finish for homework.)
Wednesday, May 6th
So Far from the Bamboo Grove, chapter 11
This I Believe Essay - Lesson 2: How Is a Personal Essay Different from
Transactive Writing? Grammar Book - Punctuation & Sentence Structure
Homework: Write a 300 word story that supports the belief of your group. (For
example, "People Learn from Their Mistakes".
Monday, May 11th
So Far from the Bamboo Grove, - Review & Reflection & Test
Lesson 3: What Do Students Really Believe?
Grammar Book - Sentence Patterns - Guided Writing & Chapter Quiz (Finish for
homework.)
Wednesday, May 13th
So Far from the Bamboo Grove, - Reflection/Test
Lesson 4: What Quotations Guide Students’ Lives?
Grammar Book - Sentence Patterns - Original Writing & Test (Finish for
homework.)
Homework due Friday, May 15th: Write your own values statement. Explain your
belief; support with an personal story.
Friday, May 15th
So Far from the Bamboo Grove, - Finish test & write book review.
Lesson 5: How Do Students Get Off to a Great Start?
Grammar Book - Sentence Types - Section 3 (Finish for homework.)
Monday, May 18th
Year of Impossible Goodbyes - Jigsaw Reading
Lesson 6: How Do I Support My Personal Philosophy?
Grammar Book - Sentence Types - Section 4 (Finish for homework.)
Wednesday, May 20th
Year of Impossible Goodbyes - Jigsaw Reading
Compare the experiences of the characters from the two books. Project.
This I Believe Essay.
Grammar Book - Sentence Types - Guided Writing & Chapter Quiz (Finish for
homework.)
Monday, May 25th
Compare the experiences of the characters from the two books. Project.
This I Believe Essay - Final Draft.
Wednesday, May 27th
Review for final exams.
Friday, May 29th 29th
Review for final exams.
Students may take final exams during regularly scheduled times (May 27-28)
June 1-4
Make-up days for final exams
Deadline for Final Exam Project.
School policy for tournament leave during final exams:
Students with documented IMG approved tournaments – tournaments which are
vital to the athletic plan and critical to the college admissions strategy
for the student – should complete an Early Leave Request form and submit to
the Director of Academics before May 1, 2009. These students will be
expected to complete their final exams during the second week of June or a
project will be assigned for each missed final exam course. The project (s)
will be assigned on May 1 and will be due no later than June 4.
