Please note: “RR” = Readings and Resources Tab, “H”= Handouts tab
MONDAY
- Independent Reading
- Introduction to Short Stories – see handout “Short Story Terms and Devices” (review)
- Video Clip – Gifts Of The Land: A Guide Nature Tour Wtih Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Watch the first 4 or 5 minutes and hear her thoughts on how the land can tell us a story.
- Narrative Essay – Asters and Goldenrod – Robin Wall Kimmerer (RR) –
- Asters and Goldenrod Questions (H)
- Class discussion
- H.W. – Finish questions and be prepared to discuss them the next day. Continue to read independent novel. Independent novel prepartation sheet #2 due Wednesday.
TUESDAY
- Independent Reading
- Class reading of Totem – By Thomas King (RR)
- Work on questions in class
- H.W. finish questions you didn’t complete in class
WEDNESDAY
- Literature Circles Book Club Meeting #2 – discuss preparation sheet #2. You should have read half your novel by this point.
- In class writing – 1/2 point reflection on your independent novel. If you are not in class you must come during FLEX to write this.
- Discuss yesterday’s questions from Totem and discuss theme.
- Mini-Lesson – How to write a literary paragraph (H).
- H.W. Prepare an outline for a paragraph on Totem.
FRIDAY
- Write a literary paragraph (first draft response in ink) on Totem
- Independent reading
- H.W. Read the short story, “The Lottery”