When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of
literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself
in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was
young. -Maya Angelou-
Quarter 1
Wednesday Sept. 9 Teacher Web Quest, Information Handout
Thursday Sept. 10 Study for Literary Terms Quiz tomorrow
Friday Sept. 11 Literary Terms Quiz
Essay: A Summer Vacation Worth Remembering (due
Monday)
Monday Sept. 14 KWHL Chart
Answer 1 Blog Post
Tuesday Sept. 15 Internet Agreement; Vocabulary LINCS
Wednesday Sept. 16 Choice Prereading Project Due;
Thursday Sept. 17 Answer 1 Blog Post; prepare for Oral Presentation &
Discussion
Friday Sept. 18 Vocabuarly exercises #2(fill in the blank) and #3
(answer questions)
Monday Sept 21 Vocabualry Circle Maps
Tuesday Sept 22 No HW Internet Agreements!
Friday Sept. 25 Vocabulary Quiz; School Pictures
Monday, Sept. 29 Read pages 3 and 4 in short story
Friday, Oct 2 Read the end of A Good Man is Hard to Find, take notes,
underline, Reading Quiz on Monday
Oct 5, Monday Reading Quiz/ Guidance to discuss PSATs
Respond to one of the Reading Blogs
Summer Reading Assignment Thursday, October 8th; bring book
Due Dates are important and a part of life (college, employment, paying bills)
and adherence to the dates is mandatory. Students will lose 10 points per day
for late assignments.
Friday, Oct 9 Choice Project Due (Typed, Double Spaced, 12 Font)
Summer Reading Book
Friday, Oct16 Critical Lens Essay and Tree Map Due (MLA Format)
Monday, Oct 19 Blog Reflection/HW and Quiz Grade 1
Thursday, Oct 22 Found Poem due, Poem Presentation
Wednesday, October 28 1st ACTIVE reading of O'Connor short story (underline
and note-taking in margins)
Friday, October 31 Short Story Literary Journal, Short Story Quiz
Monday, November 2 Short Story Freytag Triangle Due
Wednesday, November 4 Short Story Student Choice Project Due and Presented
Quarter 1 ends Friday, November 13th