Week 1, September 3 - 7

 

    Monday - No Class; Labor Day

 

    Tuesday

• Introduction to the Class.  Course guidelines, binder set-up, and notebook expectations.  Blitz scribble! 
• HW:  Examine your family as a society.  Take notes on your family's organization, rules, culture, and members.

 

    Wednesday

• Discuss our familial societies.  Introduction to Daily GRAMS and Vocabulary Workshop.  First grammar and vocabulary quiz:  Friday, September 14th!  Preliminary discussion on Lois Lowry's The Giver.
• HW:  Read Vocabulary Workshop page 17.  Take the analogy of the day quiz. Then create 10 analogies of your own! 

 

    Thursday - No Class; Field trip to the Greek Festival.  Eat lots of gyros!

 

    Friday

• Daily Grams.  Vocabulary activity 1.  The Giver discussion:  What is a "utopia"?  Would it be better to live in a society where we are all the same?  Or free of pain? 
• HW:  None.

 

Week 2, September 10 - 14

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Both:  Daily Grams Review prepositions and analogies. Vocabulary Unit I. Continue discussion on The Giver. Redbuds:  Meet the Greek mythical creatures and monsters!	Complete the "Choosing the Right Word" activity in your Vocabulary Workshop text.
Tuesday	Redbuds: Daily Grams Reviewing the writing process. What is prewriting?  Introduction to your first writing assignment - due Friday. 6 Trait Assessment.  What does it mean to have good ideas? Dogwoods:  Meet the Greek mythical creatures and monsters!	Redbuds:  Finish planning your paper on The Giver.
Wednesday	Dogwoods: Daily Grams Reviewing the writing process. What is prewriting?  Introduction to your first writing assignment - due Friday. 6 Trait Assessment.  What does it mean to have good ideas? Both: Daily Grams 6 Traits, continued.  How can we "show" instead of tell? What is drafting?  Begin composing a rough draft of your essay.	Option 1:  Finish one page of your rough draft. Option 2:  Finish your rough draft.
Thursday	Daily Grams What is revising?  In-class revisions of your essay OR Finish drafting your essay - revise for homework.	Option 1:  Revise your essay.  Final draft due Monday. Option 2:  Edit your essay.  Final draft due tomorrow or Monday.
Friday	Daily Grams Vocabulary Practice:  Fill in the blank, synonyms, and antonyms.	If you haven't turned in your paper yet, it's due on Monday!

 

Week 3, September 17 - 21

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Editing tips and practice for "A Perfect World." Greek mythology:  Learn about the Titans and the creation of the twelve Olympians.	Edit and publish your final draft for tomorrow.  You will need to turn in: Prewriting First Draft Final Draft Self-Assessed Rubric.
Tuesday	Turn in "A Perfect World." Daily Grams Vocabulary Practice:  Synonyms and Antonyms. Greek mythology, continued.	Finish synonyms and antonyms.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Greek mythology, continued.	Synonym and antonym corrections.   List all of the concepts we have covered in Daily Grams so far.
Thursday	Review for tomorrow's quiz. Greek mythology, continued.	Study for tomorrow's quiz!
Friday	Vocabulary and grammar quiz. Greek roots, suffixes, and prefixes.	None.

 

Week 4:  September 24 - 28

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Return vocabulary/grammar quizzes:  Corrections due tomorrow. Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Gods/goddesses review.	Quiz corrections. Greek roots. Finish gods/goddesses handout. Redbuds:  Resume due Thursday.
Tuesday	Daily Grams The creation of man, the gift of fire, and Pandora's box. Return "A Perfect World."	Greek roots, prefixes, and suffixes practice:  PREFIXES.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Resume work period.	Blitz:  What is a hero?  Who do you consider to be a hero? Dogwoods:  Resume due Monday.  Redbuds:  Resume due tomorrow!
Thursday	Daily Grams Greek heroes, continued.	TBA.
Friday	No LA class - field trip to Charlotte!	None.

 

Week 5:  October 1 - 5

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams What are the qualities of ancient Greek heroes?  Case study 1:  Perseus. Redbuds:  Revise resumes.  Learn about writing a cover letter.	Greek suffixes. Redbuds:  Finished resumes and cover letters due next Monday.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Practice with roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Continue looking at Greek heroes.  Case study 2:  Jason.	Finish reading "Jason and the Argonauts."  In your notebook, write down FOUR things that Perseus and Jason have in common as Greek heroes.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Case study 3:  Hercules. Dogwoods:  Revise resumes.  Learn about writing a cover letter.	Finish preparing for your retelling tomorrow!  Visit Hercules if you need to.  Dogwoods:  Finished resumes and cover letters due next Wednesday.
Thursday	Daily Grams Greek heroes, continued.  Final case study:  Theseus.	Begin studying for next week's unit test.
Friday	No LA class.	None.

 

Week 6:  October 8 - 12

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Finish up last week's discussion about Greek heroes and the hero's quest. Begin working on "Super-Myth" portfolio project.	Dogwoods:  Finish character sketches. Redbuds:  Finish story board.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Portfolio workday:  Super-Myth.	Begin studying for Friday's test.
Wednesday	Portfolio workday:  Super-Myth	Study for Friday's test by completing the review guide.
Thursday	Super-Myth:  Final workday. Review for tomorrow's test.	Study for tomorrow's test.
Friday	Unit Test:  Greek mythology, roots, prefixes, and suffixes, Daily Grams.	None.

 

Week 7:  October 15 - 19

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Unit Test application piece.  Vocabulary Unit II.  Redbuds:  Begin discussion on medieval Europe and the history of English:  "Beowulf"	None.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Go over unit test.  Dogwoods:  Begin discussion on medieval Europe and the history of English:  "Beowulf" Redbuds:  The Legend of King Arthur:  "The Sword in the Stone,"  "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"	Vocabulary practice 1.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Fairy tales, continued. Dogwoods:  The Legend of King Arthur:  "The Sword and the Stone,"  "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" "Robin Hood and his Merry Men"	TBA.
Thursday	Daily Grams Vocabulary practice. The Late Middle Ages:  "Chanticleer and the Fox"	None.
Friday	No Class:  Field trips.	None.

 

Roots of Societies, Roots of Stories

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Week 8:  October 22 - 26

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Vocabulary practice for tomorrow's quiz.  Discuss the first three chapters of Crispin. Redbuds:  Read Chapters 5 - 8.	Study for tomorrow's vocabulary quiz! Dogwoods:  Read Chapters 4 -5. Redbuds:  Finish St. Giles reader's response.  St. Giles website.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Vocabulary quiz:  Unit II. Crispin   Latin roots.	Dogwoods:  Read Chapters 6 - 7.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Crispin, continued.  Dogwoods:  Catch up!	Read Chapters 12 and 13.
Thursday	Daily Grams Crispin, continued.	Latin roots activity.
Friday	Daily Grams Crispin, continued. Read Chapters 15 through 18.

 

Week 9:  October 29 - November 2

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Discuss Crispin. Redbuds:  Learn about the Brothers Grimm and fairy tales.	Read Chapters 21 and 22.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Review for tomorrow's grammar quiz:  Subject/Verb, Prepositions, Objects of the Preposition, and Direct Objects.	Study for tomorrow's quiz.
Wednesday	Grammar Quiz. Latin prefixes. Crispin, continued.  Dogwoods:  The Brothers Grimm and fairy tales.	None:  Happy Haunting!
Thursday	Daily Grams Crispin, continued.  Publish November's edition of The Toilet Paper.	Be sure to bring your cover letter file on your flash drive!
Friday	Daily Grams Finally publish our cover letters!  Crispin, continued.	Finish your cover letter if you did not do so in class.

 

Week 10:  November 5 - 9

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Read Crispin. Latin suffixes.  Redbuds:  Understanding plot.  "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty	Crispin - be to page 157 if you aren't already!  Create five "wacky words" from your Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes.  Don't forget to define them! Redbuds:  Sketch the plot-line for your fairy tale.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Practice with Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes.  Dogwoods:  Understanding plot. "The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty	Crispin reading:  Chapters 33 and 34.  Dogwoods:  Sketch the plot-line for your fairy tale.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Crispin, continued.  "Retelling the Tale" workday.	Crispin reading:  Chapters 37 and 38.
Thursday	Daily Grams Crispin continued. "Retelling the Tale" workday.	Crispin:  Chapters 39 and 40.
Friday	Daily Grams Final "Retelling the Tale" workday.   Revision groups. We'll present final versions next Wednesday!	Read Crispin Chapters 41 - 44. Study your roots, prefixes, and suffixes:  Quiz next Tuesday!

 

Week 11:  November 12 - 16

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Daily Grams Review Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Story work time. Redbuds:  Crispin, continued:  Chapters 45 - 48.	Study for tomorrow's quiz.
Tuesday	Daily Grams Latin quiz. Redbuds:  Finish stories.	Story presentations Wednesday:  Practice! Dogwoods:  Crispin Chapters 46-48.
Wednesday	Daily Grams Redbuds:  Crispin Chapter 49.  Final story workday. Dogwoods:  Final story workday.	Dogwoods:  Crispin Reader's Response.  Redbuds:  Read Chapters 50 - 53. Both:  Practice for tomorrow's presentations!
Thursday	Daily Grams review.  Story presentations!	Study for tomorrow's grammar quiz. Dogwoods:  Read Chapters 50 - 53.
Friday	Daily Grams quiz. Finish Crispin as a class.	Begin studying for Tuesday's unit test:  The History of English, the Brothers Grimm, and Crispin.

 

Week 12:  November 19 - 20

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Finish up presentations. Review for tomorrow's unit test.	Rest well and look over your notes one last time before tomorrow's test.
Tuesday	Unit Test:  Crispin, the history of English, and the Brothers Grimm	Have a happy Thanksgiving holiday!
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Week 13:  November 26 - 30

 

	In Class	Homework
Monday	Go over last week's Crispin test. New vocabulary unit.  The history of English continues.  How does the Renaissance change literature?	Portfolio viewing!  Hope you and your parent(s) can attend.   Bring in a nursery rhyme for tomorrow's class.
Tuesday	Introduction to Shakespeare.  What is the difference between prose and verse?  Sonnets, rhythm, and meter.	Finish mapping the rhythm/meter of your nursery rhyme.
Wednesday	Continue practicing with rhythm and meter.  Compare two different sonnets:  One Petrarchian, one Shakespearian.	Begin planning your sonnet.
Thursday	Begin drafting your original sonnet.	Sonnets due tomorrow.
Friday	In-class poetry reading!	None.