Lesson Plans 8/31/2009 Read "The River, The Bass, and Shelia Mant" dicusion of plot, characterization, idioms and journal 9/1/2009 Reread and discuss story and literary elements 9/2/2009 Vocabulary groups create a story using all 10 voc words journal, read aloud 9/3/2009 Essay choose from #5 or 6 from page 41, Imagery page 42, idioms, collect 1,2,3 composition books, idioms 9/4/2009 idioms, grammar peer editing, Final draft due Wed written in blue or black ink 9/7/2009 NO SCHOOL 9/8/2009 2nd peer edit, write in class, idioms, read aloud 9/9/2009 Formal Essay due, idioms, preread "The Cold Equations", What is suspense? 9/10/2009 idioms, journal, read "The Cold Equations" 9/11/2009 read aloud, complete reading, compare predictions and present 9/14/2009 Discuss story and literary elements, journal, idioms