Calendar English I Gifted

 
 
August 2008
18 Monday Course introductions, student info forms, icebreaker
19 Tuesday Multiple intelligence survey, summer rdg. review, project assignment; HW:finish Find Someone Who
20 Wednesday Small group discussions of summer reading; vocabulary pre-test
21 Thursday Introduction to Short Story Unit
22 Friday Short stories continued; Characterization activity
26 Tuesday Summer Reading Project due: 1st and 4th; Library Orientation
27 Wednesday Summer Reading Project due: 6th: Continue "The Lady or the Tiger" HW: Finish "L or T" and do p.o.v.
28 Thursday Review "L or T"; practice HOT questions for Socratic seminar
29 Friday Introductory Socratic seminar; Quiz on "L or T" HW: online response and creative ending to "L or T

September 2008
1 Monday Labor Day holiday
2 Tuesday Out for hurricane weather
3 Wednesday Out for hurricane weather
4 Thursday Creative summary of "L or T" due; make sure to have done online response; bring textbooks;
5 Friday STAR test in the library and book checkout
8 Monday Begin vocabulary; Finish "The Most Dangerous Game";
10 Wednesday Quiz on "The Most Dangerous Game," Debate
11 Thursday "The Lottery"
12 Friday Quiz on "The Lottery"; First graded Socratic Seminar
16 Tuesday School Picture Day in English class
17 Wednesday Quiz on "The Lottery"; begin "Cask of Amontillado"
18 Thursday Work on Rough draft in class
19 Friday Peer editing' "Cask of Amontillado"
22 Monday "Amontillado"
23 Tuesday Quiz on "Amontillado"
24 Wednesday "The Scarlet Ibis"
25 Thursday Unit 2 Vocabulary Quiz; "The Scarlet Ibis"
29 Monday Quiz on "The Scarlet Ibis"
30 Tuesday Quiz on "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant"

October 2008
3 Friday Socratic Seminar on "The Necklace," AR reading time
7 Tuesday Short Story Unit Test
9 Thursday Short Story Unit Test
10 Friday Research in library
13 Monday Research in library; bring Maus I to class to be checked
14 Tuesday Research in library
15 Wednesday 1st quarter AR points due
16 Thursday Vocabulary Units 1-3 Test
22 Wednesday Maus Ch. 1-3 quiz
24 Friday AR reading time
31 Friday Vocabulary Unit 4 quiz and Maus Ch. 4-6 quiz (Postponed again--we needed more time to review!); AR

November 2008
5 Wednesday Maus test
7 Friday AR reading time
10 Monday Bring your copy of The House on Mango Street to class--book check for points!
13 Thursday Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz; Business Letter due at 11:59 pm
17 Monday Graphic Novel Autobiographical Episode due
20 Thursday Library-poetry schools mini project
21 Friday Library-poetry schools mini-project

December 2008
2 Tuesday Poetry schools handouts are due emailed to Mrs. Chance
4 Thursday STAR re-test
12 Friday AR points due (You must earn a new 20 at your ZPD level.)