September 7-11
September 14-18
September 21-25
September 28- October 2
October 5-9
October 12-16
October 19-23
October 26-30
November 2-6
November 9-13
November 16-20
November 23-27
November 30-December 4
December 7-11
December 14-18
December 21-22
Core Units
1. While the Locust Slept
2. Much Ado About Nothing
4. 1984 by George Orwell
3. Analyzing Media
4. poetry
Journal Prompts
Big 6 process — Task Definition, Information Seeking Stratgies (brainstorming), Location and Access, Use of Information (audience and constraints), Synthesis, and Evaluation.
The Great Punctuation Game
basic comma rule presentation
30-35 pages per night, 60 pages on the weekend. 2 weeks for While the Locust Slept.
Broken up into three chunks — warm-up activities: grammar, vocabulary, literary terms, rhetorical devices, article of the week, review, quiz, etc, followed by a free write application. Second thirty minutes focus on literature: reading or discussing lit, rotating between teacher reading, students reading aloud, silent reading, or audio. Third part of the class: focus on activities, writing, projects, short podcasts, video clips, group work, etc.
November 16-20
Monday, November 16
Tuesday, November 17
Wednesday, November 18
EARLY RELEASE DAY
Thursday, November 19
Friday, November 20
November 23-27
Monday, November 23
Tuesday, November 24
Wednesday, November 25
Thursday, November 26
NO SCHOOL — THANKSGIVING
Friday, November 27
NO SCHOOL — THANKSGIVING
November 30 - December 4
Monday, November 30
Tuesday, December 1
Wednesday, December 2
Thursday, December 3
Friday, December 4
December 7-11
Monday, December 7
Tuesday, December 8
Wednesday, December 9
Thursday, December 10
Friday, December 11
December 14-18
Monday, December 14
Tuesday, December 15
Wednesday, December 16
Thursday, December 17
Friday, December 18
December 21-25
Monday, December 21
Tuesday, December 22
Wednesday, December 23 - Friday, January 1
NO SCHOOL — WINTER BREAK
January 4-8
Monday, January 4
Tuesday, January 5
Wednesday, January 6
Thursday, January 7
Friday, January 8
January 11-15
Monday, January 11
Tuesday, January 12
Wednesday, January 13
Thursday, January 14
Friday, January 15
January 18-22
Monday, January 18
NO SCHOOL —MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
Tuesday, January 19
Wednesday, January 20
Thursday, January 21
Friday, January 22
January 25-29
Monday, January 25
Tuesday, January 26
Wednesday, January 27
EARLY RELEASE DAY
Thursday, January 28
Friday, January 29
END OF SECOND TERM AND FIRST SEMESTER