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TAG Weekly Planner <table style="border: medium none ; margin: auto auto auto 5.4pt; width: 717px; border-collapse: collapse;" class="MsoTableGrid" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="684"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 17pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ccffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 163.9pt; height: 17pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="219"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Title of Unit:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ccffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; height: 17pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><em></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p>Words Mean the World to Me</o:p></span></em></strong></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 17pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ffffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 163.9pt; height: 17pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="219"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Length of Unit:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ffffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; height: 17pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">6 weeks</span><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 17pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ccffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 163.9pt; height: 17pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="219"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">MYP Area of Interaction:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ccffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; height: 17pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">ATL, Environment</span></div> </o:p></span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ffffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 163.9pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="219"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">MYP Area of Interaction:<o:p></o:p></span></strong></div> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ffffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; height: 18px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">C&S, HI</span></div> </span></div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ccffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 163.9pt; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="219"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">TEKS Taught in Unit:</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"><o:p></o:p></span></div> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 0in 5.4pt; background: #ccffcc none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 487px; height: 50px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">7; 9; 10A-D; 12B; 21; 22A-B; 23A, C; 24B; 25A-D; 26A, C</span> </div> </span></div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <div> <br /> <table style="border: medium none ; width: 734px; border-collapse: collapse;" class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="685"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 21.65pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.65pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Date</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 34.4%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.65pt;" width="34%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Topic/Content/Skill</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 33.08%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.65pt;" width="33%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Homework</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 18.06%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.65pt;" width="18%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Assessment</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 65.15pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 65.15pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Monday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-7-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 34.4%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 65.15pt;" width="34%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Literary ‘Zine p. 6: Denotation/Connotation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Class time to work on Podcasts and Posters</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 33.08%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 65.15pt;" width="33%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Work on podcast/poster assignment</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 18.06%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 65.15pt;" width="18%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Text Evidence<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 56.45pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-8-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 34.4%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="34%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine p. 7: Diction<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectical Journal entry<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Podcast/Poster work time<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 33.08%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="33%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Complete Podcast/Poster</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">assignment - Due in class tomorrow</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 18.06%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="18%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Project<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 55.25pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.25pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-9-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 34.4%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.25pt;" width="34%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">Podcasts/Posters due today</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine p. 8: Figurative language </span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 33.08%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.25pt;" width="33%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read Novel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine: look for text evidence of figurative language<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 18.06%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.25pt;" width="18%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Project<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 56.45pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Thursday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-10-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 34.4%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="34%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">“1,000 Cranes” Theater Performance<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine pages 9/10: Flashback/Foreshadowing</span><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 33.08%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="33%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine: look for text evidence of flashback/foreshadowing <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectical Journaling<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 18.06%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="18%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Journal Samples<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 56.45pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Friday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-11-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 34.4%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="34%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine p. 11: Hyperbole<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Idiom Illustration<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 33.08%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="33%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read novel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 6.7pt; text-indent: -6.7pt;" class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif';">‘Zine Due in class on Tuesday</span></strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 18.06%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 56.45pt;" width="18%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">‘Zine: Literary examples<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ccc0d9 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 734px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 75px;" colspan="4"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Students will need to keep current on all homework assignments. Responsibility is the key to success!</span></strong></em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: 16pt;">LAST WEEK<o:p></o:p></span></strong><br /> <br /> <table style="border: medium none ; width: 723px; border-collapse: collapse;" class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="687"> <tbody> <tr style="height: 21.4pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.4pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Date</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 37.16%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.4pt;" width="37%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Topic/Content/Skill</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 28.12%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.4pt;" width="28%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Homework</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: black none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 21.4pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: white;">Assessment</span></strong><span><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 55.75pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Monday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">11-30-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 37.16%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;" width="37%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Literary ‘Zine: Author’s Purpose<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectical Journal entry: evidence of author’s purpose<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">30-Second Advertisement assigned: <strong>due Dec. 9<sup>th</sup><o:p></o:p></strong></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 28.12%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;" width="28%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read novel 30 minutes per night;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectical Journaling: evidence of author’s purpose<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #a6ffa6 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectical Journal<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 55.75pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-1-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 37.16%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;" width="37%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Literary ‘Zine: Characterization<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Least likeable character<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 28.12%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;" width="28%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read novel;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Complete characterization as dialectical journaling entry<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #8cc6ff none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;"><br /> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 54.6pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 54.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Wednesday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-2-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 37.16%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 54.6pt;" width="37%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Literary ‘Zine: Conflict<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Socratic Method<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 28.12%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 54.6pt;" width="28%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectic journal: identify a type of conflict in novel and how it began.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffff82 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 54.6pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Journal check<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Thursday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-3-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 37.16%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="37%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Literary ‘Zine: Denotation/Connotation<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 28.12%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;" width="28%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read novel; <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Dialectical journaling<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ffc671 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 144px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 66px;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Journal check<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="height: 55.75pt;"> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Friday<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">12-4-09<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 37.16%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;" width="37%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Literary ‘Zine: Diction<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Socratic seminar<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 28.12%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;" width="28%"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">Read novel<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ff8888 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 55.75pt;"><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px dotted #7f7c75; padding: 2.25pt; background: #ccc0d9 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; width: 721px; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; height: 75px;" colspan="4"> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class="MsoNormal"><em><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">All students must have their workshop <u>novel in class on a daily basis</u>!!<span> </span></span></strong></em><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Students will need to keep current on all homework assignments. Responsibility is the key to success!</span></em></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <o:p></o:p></p> </div> </span></span> Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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