Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

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1 Teacher Workday
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3 Activities are listed
in BLUE; Targets are
listed in GREEN;
Major assignments or
assessments are listed
in RED
4 First Day of Classes
Course introduction and
Root Word Vocabulary
List 1 SWBAT know the
expectations for this
course and will define and
provide examples for their
first vocabulary list
5 Sandra Cisneros re-
search activity SWBAT
Research and present on
Sandra Cisneros and will
be able to compose a
vignette in the style of
chapter 1
6 Begin House on Man-
go Street and vocabu-
lary practice SWBAT
compose a vignette in
the style of chapter 1
and will practice using
their vocab words.
7 The House on Man-
go Street (THMS) and
vocabulary practice
SWBAT visualize the
vignettes of THMS
and will practice us-
ing their vocab words
PICTURE DAY
8 Root Word Vocabulary
test #1 My Name writ-
ing assignment SWBAT
demonstrate their under-
standing of the vocab
words and will be able to
compose a vignette about
their names mimicking
Cisneros style Syllabus
and Supplies Due
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11 Root Word Vocabulary
List 2; Sentence of The
Week; level 1 questioning
SWBAT define and pro-
vide examples for their
vocab words and know the
components of a level one
question
12 THMS reading/level
one questioning ; vocabu-
lary, fluency, and compre-
hension SWBAT compose
level 1 questions to im-
prove comprehension and
will practice vocabulary
and fluency
13 Bildungsroman and
jigsaw SWBAT explore
the concept of Bildungs-
roman in THMS and
will share their assigned
vignette and how it illus-
trates bildungsroman
14 THMS vocabulary,
comprehension, fluency
stations SWBAT review
for their vocab tests and
demonstrate their level
of fluency and compre-
hension with the differ-
ent vignettes in THMS
15 Root Word Vocabu-
lary test #2 Personal
Narrative writing
SWBAT compose a
rough draft of their per-
sonal narrative essays
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17 18 Root Word Vocabu-
lary List 3, Sentence of
The Week; Personal
narrative SWBAT de-
fine and provide exam-
ples for their vocab
words and continue writ-
ing their rough drafts
19 THMS culture and stere-
otypes; vocabulary, fluency,
and comprehension
SWBAT explore the ele-
ments of culture in THMS
and the stereotypes attached
to them and will practice
vocabulary and fluency
20 STARS assessment
and goal setting SWBAT
demonstrate their read-
ing level on the STARS
assessment and will
create short and long
term goals for this
school year
21 THMS culture and
personal narrative
SWBAT explore the
notion of culture in
THMS and connect it
to their own in their
narratives
22 Root Word Vocabu-
lary test #3 Personal
Narrative writing
SWBAT complete a
rough draft of their per-
sonal narrative essays
Rough draft due
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25 Root Word Vocabulary
List 4; Sentence of the
Week; exploration of
themes SWBAT recognize
the themes of belonging,
home, and heritage in vi-
gnettes of THMS
26 Themes of heritage,
home, and belonging
and Writers in the school
(WITS) SWBAT discuss
the themes in THMS
using the vignettes and
specific quotes
27 THMS review and
Personal Narrative
SWBAT know what
they need for their test
tomorrow and will use
teacher comments to
improve their narrative
28 THMS final assess-
ment SWBAT demon-
strate their understanding
of the novel we have
completed.
29 Root Word Vocabulary
test #4 and Personal Narra-
tive SWBAT demonstrate
their understanding of the
vocab words and will use
teacher comments to im-
prove their narrative
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August 2014
Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Activities are listed in
BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
ments are listed in RED
1
NO
SCHOOL
2 Root Word Vocabu-
lary List 5; WITS
SWBAT will learn ways
to improve their creative
writing skills
3 STARS assessment
and By Any Other Name
SWBAT demonstrate
their reading level on the
STARS assessment and
will identify elements of
culture in BAON
4 By Any Other Name;
vocabulary stations
SWBAT identify ele-
ments of culture in BA-
ON and practice and
master this weeks vo-
cabulary words
5 Root Word Vocabu-
lary test #5; BAON
culture and levels of
questioning SWBAT
create leveled ques-
tions for BAON
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8 Root Word Vocabulary
List 6; Sentence of the
Week; Personal Narrative
SWBAT define vocab
words & use teacher com-
ments to improve their
personal narratives
9 WITS SWBAT will
learn ways to improve their
creative writing skills
Claim, evidence, warrant
through theme SWBAT
identify theme and discuss
its development through
the story
10 Thesis statements and
body paragraphs; vocabu-
lary stations SWBAT use
their claim, evidence, war-
rant from Tues. to build a
coherent paragraph and
practice and master their
new vocab words
11 Practice writing body
paragraphs for BAON
SWBAT use the model
they created yesterday for
a body paragraph to com-
pose another paragraph
exploring the same theme
12 Root Word Vocabu-
lary test #6 Personal
Narrative SWBAT define
vocab words & use teach-
er comments to improve
their personal narratives
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14 15 Root Word Vocab-
ulary List 7; An Open
Heart SWBAT define
vocab words & deter-
mine the theme of An
Open Heart (AOH)
16 WITS SWBAT will
learn ways to improve their
creative writing skills AOH
reading SWBAT make
claims, provide evidence,
and create warrants for the
idea of poverty in AOH
17 STARS assessment
and vocabulary stations
SWBAT demonstrate
their growth in reading
on STARs and will mas-
ter their vocab words
18 Final draft of Per-
sonal Narrative due
SWBAT put the fin-
ishing touches on the
final draft for their
personal narratives
19 Root Word Vocabulary
test #7 SWBAT show
their mastery for vocab
words AOH levels of
questioning SWBAT de-
vise leveled questions to
determine theme in AOH
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22 Root Word Vocabulary
List 8; sentence of the
week; Thesis statements
and body paragraphs
SWBAT compose a prac-
tice essay of AOH using
their model from two weeks
ago
23 WITS SWBAT will
learn ways to improve
their creative writing
skills Complete essays
SWBAT put the finish-
ing touches on their
essay from AOH
24 The Most Danger-
ous Game (MDG)
SWBAT predict what
the story will be about
based on the title and
background info
25 MDG and vocabulary
stations SWBAT keep a
readers journal summa-
rizing what they have read
and making connections
to world, text, and self
and master vocab words
26 Root Word Vocabu-
lary test #8 SWBAT
show their mastery for
vocab words MDG
SWBAT react to the end
of the story and summa-
rize major events
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28 29 Root Word Vocabu-
lary List Cumulative
Review MDG levels of
questioning SWBAT
create leveled questions
for MDG
30 WITS SWBAT will
learn ways to improve their
creative writing skills MDG
Letter to Whitney SWBAT
pretend they are Rainsford
and will compose a letter
explaining what they plan
to do with Ship Trap Island

September 2014
Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
Activities are listed in
BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
ments are listed in RED
1 Cumulative Root
Word Vocabulary test
SWBAT demonstrate
their mastery of the vo-
cab words they have
learned this quarter
2 End of 1st Quarter
STARS assessment and
goal setting SWBAT
demonstrate their reading
level on the STARS assess-
ment and will create short
and long term goals for this
school year
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Teacher
Workday
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12 13 Defining an archetyp-
al hero; essay outline
SWBAT determine
those qualities that de-
fine a hero and decide
which hero they will
write their essay on
14 WITS; Greek history
SWBAT will learn ways
to improve their creative
writing skills and will
know the historical and
cultural elements of the
ancient Greeks
15 Research and Citation
lesson SWBAT receive
direction under Mrs.
Middlemas to determine
credible sources for their
research essays

16 Finish Greek history;
Research essay workday
SWBAT know the histori-
cal and cultural elements of
the ancient Greeks and
continue finding infor-
mation on their chosen
heroes
17 Greek mythology
SWBAT have a basic
understanding of the
gods and goddesses
that play a role in The
Odyssey
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20 Rules of Warfare; Fake-
book Profiles SWBAT
learn the elements of anno-
tation and use them on an
AOW and will use what
they know about the Greek
gods and Goddesses to
create a Fakebook profile
21 WITS; Research essay
workday SWBAT will
learn ways to improve their
creative writing skills and
use what they learned from
Mrs. Middlemas last week
to begin compiling research
for their essay
22 STARS assess-
ment; Research essay
workday SWBAT use
what they learned from
Mrs. Middlemas last
week to begin compiling
research for their essay
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Teacher
In-service
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Teacher
In-service
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27 Greek Siege Warfare;
Lit terms vocabulary list
#1; SWBAT define and
generate examples for their
first list of literary terms
and use the annotation
skills to attack an article on
Greek warfare
28 WITS; essay work-
day SWBAT learn ways
to improve their creative
writing skills and put the
finishing touches on
their research essay and
submit the rough draft
29 Research essay
workday SWBAT use
their research to begin
drafting their hero re-
search essay
30 Rough draft of research
essay due Letter to Mrs.
Burkey SWBAT compose
a thank you letter to Mrs.
Burkey for the time she
spent in our classroom
SAFETY DRILLS
31 Lit Terms Vocabulary
Test #1 Lit terms vocabu-
lary list #2 SWBAT
demonstrate their mastery
of this weeks vocabulary
words and will define and
generate examples for their
new list

October 2014
Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
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2 Activities are listed in
BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
ments are listed in RED
3 Food in Ancient Greece;
Trojan War SWBAT use
annotation skills for an
article on Greek food and
will know the cause and
outcome of the Trojan
War
4 Books 1-4 lecture;
annotation presentation
SWBAT know key
events of the Telemachy
and will know the 7
elements of annotation
5 Book 1 annotation;
Myth of Medusa
SWBAT apply the 7
elements of annotation
to a text and will recall
basic facts about Medusa
6 Books 5-8 Lecture;
film clips SWBAT
know key events of
books 5-8 and will
compare/contrast text
with film
7 Lit terms vocabulary
test #2; Book 5 annotation
SWBAT demonstrate
their mastery of this
weeks vocab words and
will use 7 elements of
annotation to attack book
5
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16 17 18 19 20 21 Final draft of hero
essay due
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November 2014
Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

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Activities are listed in
BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
ments are listed in RED
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7 8 9 WITS SWBAT
share their poems
published in the an-
thology
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14 15 16 17 18 *Dont forget,
WITS celebration
tonight in the GJHS
Auditorium 6-7 pm
Hero presentations
SWBAT persuade the
class why the per-
son/character they
have selected is a hero
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December 2014
Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

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BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
ments are listed in RED
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Teacher
Workday
6 Easily confused
words list 1
7 8 9 Easily Confused vocab
test #1
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words list 2
13 14 15 16 Easily Confused
vocab test #2
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SCHOOL
20 Easily confused
words list 3
21 22 23 Easily Confused
vocab test #3
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words list 4
27 28 29 30 Easily Confused
vocab test #4
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January 2015
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February 2015
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BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
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March 2015
Reading Lab Comp-Lit 9

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BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
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April 2015
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BLUE; Targets are listed
in GREEN; Major as-
signments or assess-
ments are listed in RED
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May 2015