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Weekly Lesson Plans

Weekly Lesson Plans

Week 1 - 9/5-9/8

9/5 - Introductions/Syllabus/Chromebook Distribution

9/6- Seating Chart/Begin Auto-Biography Assignment (Due9/11)

9/7- Log into Google Classroom/ Continue Auto-Biography Assignment

9/8- Read "In Another Country" Short story and answer questions.

Week 2 -9/11-9/15

9/11 - Auto-Biography Assignment Due/Vocabulary Week 1 (Vocab Due Wednesday)

9/12 - Story of the Times Unit 1 and Worksheet (Due Wednesday)

9/13 - Read "The Earth on Turtle's Back" and "The Navajo Origin Legend"

9/14 - Read "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" and Questions.

9/15- Read "Of Plymouth Plantation" and answer questions.  Reading and questions on Google Classroom.

Week 3 - 9/18-9/22

9/18 - Vocabulary Week 2 (Due Wednesday)

9/19 - Picture Day

9/20 - ELA MAP Testing

9/21 - "Puritan Laws and Character" Reading and Questions

9/22 - "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Reading and Questions

Week 4 - 9/25-9/29

9/25 - Vocabulary Week 3 (Due Wednesday)

9/26 - "Witchcraft in Salem" Reading

9/27 - Read article on McCarthyism

9/28 - Read Background on Arthur Miller/Background for Understanding/Pages 1089-1092 Act 1

9/28 - Crucible Pages 1092-1093

Week 5 - 10/2-10/6

10/2 - Vocabulary Week 4 (Due Wednesday)

10/3

10/4

10/5

10/6

Week 6 10/9-10/13

10/9 - No School

10/10 - Vocbulary 5

10/11 - Read Act 1 of the Crucible

10/12 - Read Act 1 of The Crucible

10/13 - Read "Minister's Black Veil"

Week 7 - 10/16-10/20

10/16 - Finish reading "Minister's Black Veil" and worksheet

10/17 - Vocabulary 6

10/18 - Watch Act I of the Crucible, Act 1 Quiz

10/19 - Review Act 1 Quiz Questions, Literary Terms 

10/20- Begin reading Act 2 of "The Crucible"

Week 8 - 10/23-10/27

10/23 - Vocabulary 7

10/24 - Act 2 of the Crucible

10/25 - Reading Packet on AI

10/26- Reading Packet on AI

10/27- Watch Act 2

Week 9 - 10/30-11/3

10/30 - Vocabulary Week 8

10/31 - Act 3 of The Crucible - pages 1132-1136

11/1 - Act 3 of The Crucible - pages 1136-1141

11/2 - Finish Act 3 of The Crucible - pages 1142-1151

11/3 - Watch Act 3 of The Crucible - Make-up time for Quarter 1

Week 10 - 11/6-11/10

11/6 - Vocablary Week 9

11/7 -Read Act 4

11/8 - Finish Act 4/Watch Movie of Act 4

11/9 - No Class.  Half Day Conferences.

11/10 - Crucible Crossword/Review

Week 11 - 11/13-11/17

11/13 - Vocab 10/Crucible Review

11/14 - Test on The Crucible

11/15 - Story of the Times pages 120-125 and worksheet

11/16 - Finish Story of the Times and Ben Franklin Biography

11/17- Read "The Autobiography" on pages 131-135 and worksheet

Week 12 - 11/20-11/22

11/20 - Vocab 11

11/21 - Poor Richard's Almanac + Questions\

11/22 - No class.  Half Day

Week 13 - 11/27 -11/30

11/27 - Vocab 12

11/28 - Story Of the Times Unit 3 and worksheet

11/29 - Begin reading "The Devil and Tom Walker" and work on questions.

11/30 - Finish reading "The Devil and Tom Walker."  Finish Questions.

12/1 -  Progress reports/make up time.

Week 14 - 12/4-12/8

12/4 - Vocab 13/Time for any makeup work.

12/5 - Articles

12/6 - Longfellow Poems

12/7 - Watch "Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

12/8 - Begin reading "Fall of the House of Usher"

 

Week 15 - 12/11 - 12/15 

12/11 - Continue "Fall of the House of Usher"

12/12 - Vocabulary 14

12/13 - 

12/14 -

12/15 - 

Week 16 - 12/18 - 12/20

12/18 - Vocab 15

12/19 - Vocab 15/ Make Up/ Missing Work time

12/20 - Movie/Make Up work time

Week 17 1/2 - 1/5

1/2 - Vocab 16

1/3 - Dickinson Poems

1/4 - MAP testing

1/5 - MAP testing

Week 18 1/8 - 1/12

1/8 - Vocab 17

1/9 - Moby-Dick Reading

1/10 - Crossword Extra Credit

1/11 - Moby -Dick Reading

1/12 - Moby- Dick Reading

Week 19 1/15-1/19

1/15 - Study Guide for Exam

1/16 - Study Guide for Exam

1/17 - 2/3 Exams - Half Day

1/18 - 4/5 Exams - Half Day

1/19 - 6/7 Exams - Half Day

Week 20 1/22-1/26

1/22 - No School for Students - Teacher PD Day

1/23 - Story of the Times - Unit 4 

1/24 - Story of the Times - Unit 4 

1/25 - "An Episode of War" + Questions

1/26 - "An Episode of War" + Questions

Week 21 1/29 - 2/2

1/29 - "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" + Questions

1/30 - "An Occurrence at Owl Creek" + Short Video

1/31 - "To Build a Fire" + Questions

2/1 -"To Build a Fire" + Questions

2/2 -"To Build a Fire" + Questions

Week 22 2/5 - 2/9

2/5 - Finish Questions for "To Build a Fire"

2/6 - Read "The Open Boat"

2/7 - Finish "The Open Boat"

2/8 - Mark Twain "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

2/9 - Mark Twain "Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Week 23 2/12-2/16

2/12 - Adventures of Huck Finn Movie

2/13 - Adventures of Huck Finn Movie

2/14 - Adventures of Huck Finn Movie

2/15 - Shortened hour due to Pep Assembly.  No work.

2/16 - No School - Winter Break Day

Week 24 2/19-2/23 

2/19 - No School For Students.  Professional Development Day

2/20 - "The Story of an Hour" + Questions

2/21 -  "Desiree's Baby" + Questions

2/22 - "Outcasts of Poker Flats" + Questions

2/23 - "Outcasts of Poker Flats" + Questions

Week 25 

2/26 - Review Realism/Naturalism Unit

2/27 - Quiz on Realism/Naturalism

2/28 - Snow Day

2/29 - Snow Day

3/1 - Story of the Times Unit 5

Week 26 

3/4 - "Winter Dreams" and questions

3/5 - Conferences 

3/6 - Scheduling

3/7 - "Winter Dreams" and Questions

3/8 - Make up Day

Week 27 - 3/11-3/15

3/11 - FItzgerald Author Bio Video and Worksheet

3/12 - Begin Ch. 1 of The Great Gatsby

3/13 - Ch. 1 Questions and Quiz

3/14 - Counselor/Scheduling/Begin Character information sheets

3/15 - Common Lit Articles

Week 28 - 3/18-3/22

3/18 - Begin Ch. 2 Great Gatsby

3/19 - Continue Ch. 2 

3/20 - Character sheets and questions

3/21 - Start Ch. 3 

3/22 - Roaring Twenties movie

Week 29 - 4/2-4/5

4/2 - Resume Ch. 3 Materials

4/3 - 

4/4 -

4/5 -

Week 30 - 4/8-4/12

4/8 - Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/9 - Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/10 - Chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/11 - Half Day due to Testing - No Class

4/12 - Common Lit Article - "Keeping up with the Joneses"

Week 31 - 4/15-4/19

4/15 -Chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/16 -Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/17 -Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/18 -Chapter 8 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

4/19 -Chapter 9 of The Great Gatsby and Questions

Week 32 - 4/22-4/26

4/22- Review - Great Gatsby

4/23- Review - Great Gatsby

4/24- Make-up for any chapter questions for GG

4/25- 

4/26- 

Week 33 - 4/29-5/3

4/29 - Great Gatsby Test

4/30 - Autho Bio - John Steinbeck/ Intro to Of Mice and Men

5/1- Autho Bio - John Steinbeck

5/2- Common Lit Article - Great Depression/Dust Bowl

5/3-  Common Lit Article - FDR and the New Deal

Week 34 - 5/6-5/10

5/6 - Review Introductory materials for novel.

5/7 - Read Chapter 1 of OMAM and Questions

5/8 - Read Chapter 2 of OMAM and Questions

5/9 - Read Chapter 3 of OMAM and Questions

5/10 - Finalize any readings for the week/make-up for anyone absent

Week 35

5/13

5/14 - 

5/15 - Chapter 4 OMAM

5/16 - Chapter 5 OMAM +Worksheet

5/17 - Chapter 6 OMAM + Worksheet

Week 36

5/20 - MAP Testing

5/21 - MAP Testing

5/22 - OMAM Movie

5/23 - OMAM Movie

5/24 - OMAM Review

Week 37

5/28 - OMAM Test

5/29 - Semester Exam Study guide

5/30 - Semester Exam Study guide

5/31

Week of 6/3-6/4

6/3 - 4th/5th hour exams

6/4 - 6th/7th hour exams (Last Day of School)