| Week 11
October 15-19 |
In Class | Homework |
| Monday | Complete “Life on the Mississippi” section of vocabulary handout
Read “Never Cry Wolf” page 371 Complete worksheet during reading |
Complete Review Questions at the end of the story |
| Tuesday | Complete vocab handout,
Compare and contrast the narrators of “Life on the Mississippi” and “Never Cry Wolf” brainstorm and write a paragraph for portfolio |
Finish paragraph, second draft |
| Wednesday | Vocabulary review, grammar check | Vocab Quiz tomorrow |
| Thursday | Vocab Quiz, workshop | “How-To” instructions due tomorrow |
| Friday | Publishing Circle, “Only Daughter” | Write a note to Sandra Cisneros asking questions or commenting on the situation in the story |
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Week 7- Sept 17-21 |
In Class |
HW |
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Monday |
Review “And Sarah Laughed” reading journal, group work to complete questions in book. Discuss presence of irony in the story |
short story- workshop for Wednesday, publishing circle on Friday |
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Tuesday |
Review irony, define and explore symbolism, begin reading “The Necklace” |
Finish reading, reading journal |
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Wednesday |
Discuss symbolism in “The Necklace”; workshop short story |
In your reading journal, write a brief essay discussing how symbolism works in the story and what it adds to the theme |
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Thursday |
Review HW, work on vocabulary words |
This week’s publishing circle piece due tomorrow |
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Friday |
Publishing circle |
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