MONDAY
- Silent Reading
- Hand in good copy of narrative paragraph along with draft, self assessment, and peer feedback sheet
- What does it mean to be courageous? How do we find the courage to stand up for what we believe it? Can bravery be learned?
- Anchor texts – Cooks Brook and Resisting Hitler – Class reading together (R)
- H.W. complete question package for homework (H)
TUESDAY
- Silent Reading
- Discuss the homework from last day
- What is plot? Check out the definitions for introduction, inciting incident, climax, falling action, resolution (see literary terms in Readings and Resources)
- Complete a plot map for the animated short, “Taking The Plunge”
- Read the short story, “The Nest”
- PERIOD 3 ONLY (BECAUSE YOU HAVE AN EXTRA DAY) – complete a plot map for the short story “The Nest”
WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY
- Review last day’s homework
- Plot map for the animated short “Taking The Plunge”
- Plot map for the short story “The Nest”
- Class groups to formulate answers and present discussion questions for “The Nest” (H)
- What is annotation? See handout: Reading To Understand – Annotating A Text (H)
- Guided reading and annotating the short story, “The No Guitar Blues” (RR)
- H.W. Finish annotating the short story. Read your silent reading book over the weekend.
FRIDAY
PROFESSIONAL DAY — NO SCHOOL