2015 Week 1 8/31 No School 9/1 Class Introductions, School Rules, Teacher Facts, Library Orientation 9/2 Class progress board, Class procedures, Ice-breakers 9/3 Class rewards menu and avatars, Class procedures, Letter Prep 9/4 Letter of Introduction Activity
Week 2 9/7 No School 9/8 GTKY Activity 9/9 District Argumentative Prompt Research 9/10 District Argumentative Prompt Writing 9/11 SIFTT Activity - The Falling Man Poem
Week 3 9/14 Progress Board Launch, DC Trip Info, Story Elements Review 9/15 Conflict Notes/Examples 9/16 Movie Themes Activity 9/17 Movie Themes Activity #2 9/18 Team Building Activity
Week 4 9/21 Begin reading The Most Dangerous Game 9/22 Travel Journals/DC Info 9/23 Continue TMDG 9/24 Finish TMDG/Review 9/25 TMDG Quiz
Week 6 10/5 Story Planning/Writing 10/6 Finish Maps 10/7 Group Google Presentations/Projects Due 10/8 iCenter Middle Passage Research 10/9 iCenter Finish Research
Week 7 10/12 Finish 3 Column Notes 10/13 History Channel Video - The Middle Passage 10/14 Ship of Slaves Essay Outline 10/15 Ship of Slave Plot Planning 10/16 Begin Rough Drafts
Week 8 10/19 POV's / Finish Rough Drafts 10/20 Bibliography Format / Peer Editing 10/21 Non-Fiction Annotations / Essays Due 10/22 Salem Witch Trials / Conferences 10/23 Witch Trials Annotations
Week 9 10/26 Notability Walkthrough 10/27 Short Story Annotations 10/28 Annotations Due 10/29 No School 10/30 No School
Week 10 11/2 Character Traits/Analysis Skills Focus 11/3 Coming of Age Lit Circle Voting 11/4 Book Checkouts / Notes Examples 11/5 Begin Reading / Notes 11/6 Body Maps Prep / Continue Notes
Week 11 11/9 Reading / Trait Notes 11/10 Reading / Trait Notes 11/11 Group Planning / Project Breakdown 11/12 ASPIRE Testing 11/13 Group Discussion - Character Questions
Week 12 11/16 Paragraph Format / Citation Searching 11/17 Framed Paragraph Planning 11/18 Discussion Prompts / Paragraphs Work 11/19 Lit Circle Discussions 11/20 Finish Lit Circle Discussions
Week 13 11/23 Paragraph Writing, Notes/Book Finishing 11/24 Book Notes Done, Finish Paragraphs 11/25 No School 11/26 No School 11/27 No School
Week 14 11/30 Paragraphs Final Drafts Due / Body Maps Work 12/1 Body Maps Work 12/2 Body Maps Work 12/3 Finish Body Maps and Printouts 12/4 PBIS Celebration Day
Week 15 12/7 Begin Persuasion Unit/Propaganda 12/8 Video Clips/Continue Persuasion 12/9 Persuasive Appeals - Logos, Ethos, Pathos 12/10 Shark Tank Pitches 12/11 Commercials Analysis
Week 16 12/14 Invention Sign-Ups/Project Components 12/15 Project Work Day 12/16 Finish Sales Script/Plan 12/17 Finish all Project Components 12/18 Presentation Day 1
Week 17 12/21 Presentation Day 2 12/22 Presentation Day 3 12/23 No School 12/24 No School 12/25 No School
Week 18 No School - Winter Break
2016 Week 19 1/4 Hink Pinks Activity 1/5 Argumentative Writing Research Prep 1/6 District Argumentative Prompt #2 1/7 Class Progress Board Rewards Day 1/8 Class Progress Board Rewards Day
Week 20 1/11 Introduce Civil War/Historical Fiction Unit - Book Talks 1/12 Lit Circle Topics Notes 1/13 Reading/Note Taking 1/14 Library Research Day 1/15 Reading/Note Taking
Week 21 1/18 Reading MAP Testing 1/19 Finish Reading MAP Testing 1/20 Transition to Google Classroom for Online Class Management
2014-15 Week 1 9/1 No School 9/2 Class Introductions, School Rules, Teacher Facts, Library Orientation 9/3 Class progress board, Class procedures, Ice-breakers 9/4 Class rewards menu and avatars, Class procedures (Again), Letter Prep 9/5 Letter of Introduction Activity
Week 2 9/8 District Writing Prompt #1 - Narrative 9/9 Progress Board Launch, GTKY Activity 9/10 District Writing Prompt #2 - Argumentative 9/11 SIFTT Activity - The Falling Man Poem 9/12 Team Building Project/Activity "The Tower"
Week 3 9/15 Story Elements Review/Notes 9/16 Conflict Notes/Examples 9/17 Movie Themes Activity 9/18 Movie Themes Activity #2 9/19 Team Building Activity
Week 4 9/22 Begin "The Most Dangerous Game" 9/23 Continue TMDG 9/24 Finish TMDG 9/25 Review Story Elements 9/26 TMDG Google Form Quiz
Week 7 10/13 Submit Visual/Verbal Memoirs/Dropbox / Non-Fiction Annotation 10/14 Short Story Annotation (as class) 10/15 Continue Short Story Annotation 10/16 Article Choice / Start Summative Annotations on iPad 10/17 Finish Summative Annotations
Week 8 10/20 Journal - Final Work Day before Conferences - Submit Summatives 10/21 Grammar - Book Fair Trailers - Gallup Poll 10/22 Journal (Happiness) - Lottery Winner Article - Pearl Intro/Webquest 10/23 Book Fair / Finish Pearl Webquest 10/24 Book Fair / Finish Pearl Webquest
Week 9 10/27 Symbolism Activity Part 1 10/28 Symbolism Activity Part 2 10/29 Poe Timeline/Stories 10/30 No School 10/31 No School
Week 10 11/3 The Pearl Background Info / Ch 1 Read Aloud 11/4 Finish Read Aloud, Begin Symbol Analysis 11/5 Comparative Input Chart - Kino vs Doc 11/6 Finish Chart, Continue Symbol Analysis, Read Ch 2 11/7 Rewards Menu, Discuss Ch 2 Symbols, Read Ch 3
Week 11 11/10 Start Ch 4, Continue Symbol Analysis 11/11 Lottery Winner Article Part 2 11/12 Finish Ch 4, Discuss Dynamic Character Changes 11/13 Read Ch 5, Continue Symbol Analysis, Discuss Emerging Themes 11/14 Finish The Pearl/Symbol Chart, Introduce Final Essay
Week 12 11/17 Begin Symbol Analysis Papers, Introductions 11/18 Continue Essays, Citations 11/19 Continue Essays, Body Paragraphs 11/20 Continue Essays, Conclusions 11/21 Pearl Analysis Essays Due
Week 13 11/22 Personal Symbol Planning 11/23 Personal Symbol Work 11/24 No School 11/25 No School 11/26 No School
Week 14 12/1/ Finish Personal Symbols 12/2 Coming of Age Article / Unit Skills 12/3 Dynamic Character Notes / Book Voting 12/4 Group Placement / Icebreakers 12/5 Book Checkouts / Coming of Age Around the World
Week 15 12/8 Begin Reading / Character trait notes 12/9 Reading / Character trait notes cont. 12/10 Reading / Chapter Synthesis Logs 12/11 Reading / Character Synthesis Logs 12/12 Reading / First Verbal Group Discussion
Week 16 12/15 Reading / Begin Protagonist Twitter profile 12/16 Reading / Cont. Twitter profile 12/17 Reading / Finish Twitter profiles 12/18 Character Notes / Google Groups Format 12/19 Online Google Groups Post
Week 17 1/5 Book Notes due, Finish GGroups Discussion 1/6 Introduce Body Maps Project, Conferencing 1/7 Body Maps Distribution / Group Tracing 1/8 Body Maps Project Group Breakdown 1/9 Passage Research for Body Parts
Week 18 1/12 In-Text Citations / Passage Research 1/13 Intros and Conclusions / Passage Planning 1/14 Finish Passage Research and Planning 1/15 Type character analysis paragraphs 1/16 Finish/Print paragraphs - Start Body Maps creation
Week 19 1/19 Finish Body Maps creation 1/20 Group Evaluations / 1-Ups voting 1/21 Progress Chart 1-Ups Day 1/22 Progress Chart 1-Ups Day 1/23 No School
Week 20 1/26 No School 1/27 MAP Testing Prep - Literacy/Poetry Terms 1/28 MAP Term Presentations 1/29 MAP Testing Day 1 1/30 MAP Testing Day 2
Week 24 2/23 Learning Station overview / Topics Choice 2/24 iCenter Research Skills / Citations 2/25 iCenter Topic Research 2/26 iCenter Topic Research 2/27 Learning Station Product Planning / Work
Week 26 3/9 Badger Exam Intro 3/10 Badger Exam Practice Test 3/11 Badger Exam Performance Practice 3/12 No School 3/13 No School
Week 27 3/16 Persuasion Commercial Examples 3/17 Nazi Propaganda Notes 3/18 Ethos, Logos, Pathos and Persuasive Appeals 3/19 50 Children Documentary 3/20 50 Children Documentary
Week 28 3/23 Start Student "Shark Tank" Work 3/24 Continue Student "Shark Tank" Work 3/25 Finish Student "Shark Tank" Work 3/26 Start Commercial Presentations 3/27 Finish Commercial Presentations
Week 29 3/30 Begin "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" Reading 3/31 Finish "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" Reading 4/1 Begin Holocaust Free Verse Poetry Writing 4/2 Finish Holocaust Free Verse Poetry 4/3 No School