Themes in Reading Calendar: Fall / Winter 2016 – 2017
January 9 – 13 (Week 8)
M – F: The Crucible Cont. to read aloud. Watch movie.
January 16 – 20 (Week 9)
M: MLK DAY
T – F: The Crucible Finish play / movie. Review packet. Final test.
January 25 – 29 (Midterms week)
M/T: Mid-term Review
W: Mid-Terms (English)
R: Mid-Terms
F: End of M.P.
September 6 – 9 (Week One)
W: Syllabus; introductions (first-person school memory story; on back of intro sheet) / Fact v. fiction exercise…
R: Intro to “Catcher”; close reading of opening; note taking
F: Close reading of chapter one; note taking (the “arc” of the chapter: goal, conflict, outcome); reach chapter two.
September 12 – 16 (Week One cont.)
M: Close reading chapters 2-4 (noting arcs of chapters)
T: Chapters 1-4 quiz/worksheet; read chapter 5 silently.
W: Check notes ch’s 1-5. Read aloud chapter 6-7, taking notes; discussion.
R: Read aloud chapters 7-8 (Quiz on 5-9 on Monday)
F: Summer Reading Test
September 19 – 23 (Week Two)
M: Read 9; read chapter silently 10 for Tuesday.
T: Quiz 5-9. Notebook check chapters 6-10. Read 11 silently.
W/R: Read 12-13 aloud.
F: Read in groups, “The Danger of Suppressing Sadness” Time mag article and worksheet, due end of period. HW: 14-16 for Tuesday.
September 26 – 30 (Week Three)
M: Read 14-16 silently. Take notes, prepare for quiz.
T: Quiz chapters 14-16 (pages 98 – 122); read 17 silently.
W: Read aloud chapters 18-19.
R: Read aloud 20-21.
F: Finish 22-23 for Tuesday; complete notes.
October 3 – October 7 (Week Four)
M: HOLIDAY
M: Read 21-23.
T: Notebook check through 23; discuss. “Psychological Evaluation” assignment intro.
W: Work on “Psych Eval.”
R: Read aloud 24
F: Quiz on 22-24. “Psych Eval” draft due. SSR.
October 10 – 14 (Week Five)
M: Intro “Chapter in My Life” assignment; brainstorm, draft…
T: Read chapters 25 and 26; discuss; complete notes on novel
W: HOLIDAY
R: Work on “Chapter” – Finish notes on the novel; study for test: characters; settings; key scenes; themes, etc.
F: LIBRARY: Work on “Chapter”; Psych Eval due. Notes on Catcher due; test Tuesday
October 17 – 21 (Week Six)
M: Wrap Catcher; work on notes, prepare for test.
T: Catcher test.
W: PSAT test; short period. Cont. test
R: Work on Chapter.
F: Cont. / draft due. (Final due date TBD)
October 24 – 28 (Week Seven)
M: “Ordinary People”
T: “O.P.”
W: “O.P”
R: READERS THEATER
F: “O.P” (worksheet due)
October 31 – November 4 (Week Eight)
M: Intro to Tim O’Brien and Vietnam; listen to reading of “The Things They Carried” opening chapter
T: cont. / chapter oneworksheet due
W: Read next two (“Love,” “Spin,” plus?) chapters; take notes, summarizing plot of each chapter
R: Cont.
F: SSR
November 7 – 11 (Week Nine)
M/T: NO SCHOOL – TEACHER IN-SERVICE
W: Begin “On the Rainy River”
Finish “On the Rainy River”; quiz on first four chapters; read “Enemies,” “Friends.”
Begin “How to Tell a True War Story”
R: Finish “How to Tell…” and read “The Dentist”; quiz on Monday…through “Dentist”
F: SSR
END FIRST MARKING PERIOD
November 14 – 18 (Week Ten - 1)
M: Begin “How to Tell a True War Story”
T: Finish “How to Tell…” and read “The Dentist”
W: Read “Stockings” and “Church” (themes of superstition and religion)
R: “The Man I Killed” and “Ambush” and “Style” (themes of regret and redemption)
F: “Speaking of Courage” and “Notes” (Norman Bowker story comes to a close)
[Coming up: Quiz on “Stockings” through “Courage”; M-W: watch documentary and begin “Letters from Vietnam” project; Happy Thanksgiving…]
November 21 – 23 (Week Eleven – 2)
M-W: Watch “Dear America” Work on Soldier’s Letter assignment
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY: EXTRA CREDIT: “SWEETHEART OF THE SONG TRA BONG”
Novmeber 28 – December 2 (Week Twelve - 3)
DUE: EXTRA CREDIT: “SWEETHEART OF THE SONG TRA BONG”
M: Finish “Dear America”; work on letter.
T/W/R: Library: Work on letter, due Friday. Intro to Independent reading project; select book.
F: Begin reading project. Letter due.
December 5 – 9 (Week 4)
Independent Reading Project – Reading
December 12 – 16 (Week 5)
Independent Reading Project – Reading
December 19 – 22 (Week 6)
M – R: Work on Independent Reading Project: Packet due Tuesday / Creative Project due Thursday
January 2 – 6 (Week 7)
T – F: The Crucible Read play aloud in class; Act One worksheet due upon completion of reading. Watch Act One on film.
Independent Reading Project (missing chapter; alternative ending, etc.) due Thursday.