9th Literature/Composition September 2017 Mrs. Franklin
Mon / Tue / Wed / Thu / Fri4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Labor Day-
No School / Work with Orange Vocabulary Book – Unit 2 – “Completing the Sentence,” “Choosing the Right Word,” and “Context Clue Vocabulary
RL4; L6 / Introduce poetry analysis – handout RL1
Stalin Tribute poem
Model how to create analysis paragraph
HW: Construct poetry analysis paragraph with Stalin poem / Animal Farm Reading QuizCH. 6-10
Finish film and discuss various novel endings as portrayed in film
Picture Day / Animal Farm New Vocabulary Activity DUE! (test grade)
Political Cartoon Analysis Activity (in groups) – discuss
RL6
11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
Vocabulary Quiz #2; Define List #3
*Media center to check out & return books
L4 / Animal Farm Kahoot! Review Game
Time to work on reading guides
Review flash cards- List #3 / Test on Animal Farm
AF Reading Guides DUE! (100-point classwork/ homework grade)
RL5
Turn in novels / EQ:What are the elements of a mystery? RI6
Terms: mystery, dramatic irony
Brainstorm “Elements of a Mystery”
Introduce critical thinking/ mystery unit with “Full Circle” pg. 743 / W10
Digital Citizenship Lesson:
How much information is “too much” information?
18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22
EQ: What clues for a mystery might women notice more than men? RI1
Terms: symbol, inference
Review of symbol handout
Begin Trifles / Complete Trifles and discuss
RL7
Art Connection Activity in Pairs
GO – Compare/Contrast Trifles and “Full Circle” / View “Monk” episode – complete student-generated GO on elements of a mystery/discuss / EQ: What components are essential to build suspense in a short story?
W10
Introduce detective story project(200-point test grade) / Issue And Then There Were None
Assign CH. 1-4 with reading guide
(due 9/28)
Audio of CH. 1 with character description handout
SL3
HW: Novel Reading
25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29
Vocabulary Quiz #3; Define List #4
L4
*Media center to check out & return books / EQ: Are there any benefits to reflecting on the past?
RL5
Read “The Utterly Perfect Murder” in text
Writing: Paragraph Response / Continue work on detective story development (begin outline and rough draft)
RI3; W10
*We will start typing your stories on Google Drive after Fall Break. / Reading QuizATTWN CH. 1-4; Assign 5-8 w/ reading guide (due 10/13) – Discuss
HW: Novel Reading / View first four chapters of And Then There Were None
Fall Break Begins!
9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13
“Teen Maze” permission slips given out – Due back by 10/20
Read “Wasp’s Nest” -
Complete Reading Strategy Handout
HW: Finish handout (if needed) / EQ: What do you think attracts readers to stories of the supernatural?
KWL Activity L5
Terms: teleplay, screenplay
Begin oral reading “Sorry, Right Number” / Finish reading teleplay/discuss
Watch “Tales from the Darkside” episode of the teleplay (22 minutes) / L2
“Sorry, Right Number” Reading Assessment –open book
(100-point test grade) / Reading Quiz ATTWN
CH. 5-8
Assign CH. 9-12 with reading guide (due 10/19) – discuss
“Crack the Case”
HW: novel reading