Advanced 2nd Period

August 2014
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1 / 2
3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9
10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15
Teacher Work Day / 16
17
Week 1 / 18
Teacher In-Service Day / 19
Kid President
Syllabus Day
Seating Chart / 20
Set Up Text Message
Introduce Close Reading
Read Monday Prompt 1 Together
Discussion / 21
Close Reading Strategies
Notes
Individual Close Reading / 22
MLA PowerPoint
MLA Handout
Guided Monday Prompt Response / 23
24
Week 2 / 25 - 1, 2a
MP 1
Go Over Supplies
Summer Reading Quiz
Monday Prompt Workday
Give Out Numbers
Kid President / 26 – 3, 4a
Hole-Punch Cards
Pass Out Rings
VOC Pre-test Unit 1
Vocabulary Book Explanation
Work on Monday Prompt / 27 - 5, 6a
Website
Work on Monday Prompt
Monday Prompt
Conferences
Picture Day / 28 7, 8a
Continue to Work on Monday Prompt
Monday Prompt
Conferences / 29 9, 10a
SLO Pretest
Pass Out Calendars
HW: MP 1 / 30
31 / Notes:
September 2014
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
Week 3 / 1
Labor Day
NO SCHOOL! / 2 – 11, 12, 13a
MP 2
Veritasium
Summer Reading Book Chapter Assignments
Journal Month 1 / 3 - 14, 15, 16a
SRB Chapter Assignments
Break into Groups / 4 - 17, 18a
SRB Quote Assignment
HW: VOC Unit 1 / 5 - 19, 20a
SRB Quote Assignment
VOC Post-test Unit 1
HW: MP 2 / 6
7
Week 4 / 8 - 21, 22a
MP 3
“Word Crimes”
Note Taking Presentation
Progress Book
Grammar – 8 Parts of Speech (2) Review
VOC Pre-test Unit 2 / 9 – 23, 24a
Grammar – 8 Parts of Speech (2) Review
HW: SRB Assignment / 10 – 25. 27a
Grammar – 8 Parts of Speech (2) Review
SRB DUE / 11 - 28 –30a
Grammar – 8 Parts of Speech (2) Review
HW: MP 3 / 12
Waiver Day / 13
14
Week 5 / 15 - 31, 32a
MP 4
Vsauce
Grammar – 8 Parts of Speech Review
Monday Prompt Conferences
“Fixing You” / 16 - 33, 34a
Grammar Quiz
Progress Book / 17 – 35, 36a
Grammar - Commas / 18 – 37, 38a
Grammar – Commas
HW: VOC Unit 2 / 19 - 39, 40a
Grammar – Commas
VOC Post-test Unit 2
HW: MP 4 / 20
21
Week 6 / 22 - 41, 42a
VOC Pre-test Unit 3
Grammar – Commas Quiz
Grammar – Plurals/ Possession/ Random
MP 5
Progress Book
C.G.P. Grey / 23 – 43, 44a
Grammar – Plurals/ Possession/ Random / 24 – 45, 46a
Grammar – Plurals/ Possession/ Random / 25 – 47, 48a
Grammar – Plurals/ Possession/ Random / 26 – 49, 50a
2 HOUR DELAY
Grammar – Plurals/ Possession/ Random
HW: MP 5 / 27
28
Week 7 / 29 – 51, 52a
Crash Course
Grammar – Plurals/ Possession/ Random Quiz
MP 6
HW: Journal / 30 – 53, 54a
Grammar - Punctuation
Journal Due / Notes:
October 2014
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1 – 55, 56a
Grammar – Punctuation
Journal Month 2 / 2 – 57, 58a
Grammar – Punctuation Quiz
HW: VOC Unit 3 / 3 – 59. 60a
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 3
Grammar – Quoting Sources
HW: MP 6 / 4
5
Week 8 / 6
Grammar – Quoting Sources
Progress Book
MP 7
TED Talk / 7
Grammar – Quoting Sources / 8
Grammar – Quoting Sources / 9
Grammar – Quoting Sources Quiz
HW: Study / 10
Vocabulary A Test
Checking Notecards
HW: MP 7 / 11
12
Week 9 / 13 – 1, 2b
MP 8
Monday Prompt Conferences
Fix What is Mixed Activity
Kid President / 14 – 3, 4b
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 4
Review / 15 – 5, 6b
1st Nine Weeks Quarterly Assessment / 16 – 7, 8b
Literary Terms / 17 – 9, 10b
.End of 1st Nine Weeks
Literary Terms
HW: MP 8 / 18
19
Week 1 / 20 – 11, 12b
MP 9
Veritasium
Life in Elizabethan England
Shakespeare YouTube
Speech Assignments / 21 – 13, 14b
Globe Theatre Prezi
Shakespeare in Love
Shakespeare Infograph
Globe Theater Activity
Talk to Groups
HW: MP 12; Speeches; Globe Theatre Project / 22 – 15, 16b
Globe Theatre Due
Puns / Oxymorons /
Tone Powerpoint
HW: Speeches / 23 – 17, 18b
Sonnets Prezi
Prologue Introduction
Speech 1 by Mrs. Myser
HW: VOC Unit 4 / 24 – 19, 20b
2 HOUR DELAY
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 4
Speech 2
Read 1.1 together
Watch 1.1/ Discuss
1.1 Study Guide
HW: MP 9 / 25
26
Week 2 / 27 – 21, 22b
Progress Book
Voc Pre-test Unit 5
MP 10; Book
Speech 3; Quizzer 1
1.1 Answers
Insults / Flattery Contest
Watch 1.2 – 1.3/ Dis
1.2 – 1.3 Study Guide / 28 – 23, 24b
Speech 4
Quizzer 2
1.1  – 1.3 Answers
Watch 1.4 / Discuss
Queen Mab Assignment
HW: Queen Mab / 29 – 25, 26b
Speech 5
Watch 1.5 / Discuss
1.4 – 1.5 Study Guide
Queen Mab Due / 30 – 27, 28b
Speech 6 / Speech 7/
Speech 8
1.4 – 1.5 Answers
Act 2 Prologue Activity
HW: Journal / 31 – 29, 30b
Journal Due
Speech 9
Watch 2.1 – 2.2 / Discuss
2.1 – 2.2 Study Guide
HW: MP 10 / Notes:
November 2014
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
2
Week 3 / 3 – 31, 32b
Speech 10
Quizzer 3
2.1 – 2.2 Answers
Watch 2.3 – 2.4
2.3 – 2.4 Study Guide
Vsauce
MP 11
Journal Month 3 / 4 – 33, 34b
Speech 11
Quizzer 4
2.3 – 2.4 Answers
Watch 2.5 – 2.6 Discuss
2.5– 2.6 Study Guide / 5 – 35, 36b
Speech 12
Quizzer 5
2.5 – 2.6 Answers
Watch 3.1
3.1 Study Guide / 6 – 37, 38b
Speech 13
Quizzer 6
3.1 Answers
Watch 3.2- 3.4 / Discuss
3.2 – 3.4 Study Guide
HW: VOC Unit 5 / 7 – 39, 40b
Voc Post-test Unit 5
Speech 14
Quizzer 7
3.2 – 3.4 Answers
Watch 3.5 – 4.3 / Discuss
3.5 – 4.3 Study Guide
HW: MP 11 / 8
9
Week 4 / 10 – 41, 42b
MP 12
Monday Prompt Conferences
C.G.P. Grey
Progress Book / 11 – 43. 44b
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 6
Speech 15
Watch 3.5 – 4.3 / Discuss
3.5 – 4.3 Study Guide / 12 – 45- 47b
Speech 16 / 17
Quizzer 8
3.5-4.3  Answers
Watch 4.4 – 5.1 / Discuss
4.4 – 5.1 Study Guide / 13 – 48- 50b
Speech 18
Quizzer 9
4.4 – 5.1 Answers
Catch Up Day
HW: MP 12 / 14
Waiver Day / 15
16
Week 5 / 17 – 51, 52b
MP 13
Watch 5.2 – 5./ Discuss
5.2 – 5.3 Study Guide
Crash Course / 18 – 53, 54b
Grid Review
Timeline Review
Quote Game
HW: Study / 19 – 55, 56b
Romeo and Juliet Test / 20 – 57, 58b
Gnomeo and Juliet
HW: VOC Unit 6 / 21 – 59, 60b
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 6
2 HOUR DELAY
Gnomeo and Juliet
HW: MP 13; Read Ch 1/2 / 22
23
Week 6 / 24
Boy in the Striped PJs Introduction
Ch 1/2
TED Talk
HW: Journal; Study
Progress Book / 25
Vocabulary Test B
Checking Notecards
Journal Due
HW: Ch 3/4 / 26
Thanksgiving Break / 27
Thanksgiving Day / 28
Thanksgiving Break / 29
30 / Notes:
December 2014
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
Week 7 / 1 – 1, 2c
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 7
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch ¾
Start Double Entry Journal
Journal Month 4
MP 14
Kid President
HW: Ch 5/6 / 2 – 3, 4c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 5/6
HW: Ch 7/8 / 3 – 5, 6c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 7/8
HW: Ch 9/10 / 4 -7, 8c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 9/10
HW: Ch 11/12 / 5 – 9, 10c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 11/12
HW: MP 14; Ch 13/14 / 6
7
Week 8 / 8 – 11, 12c
MP 15
Progress Book
Veritasium
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 13/14
HW: Ch 15/16 / 9 – 13, 14c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 15/16
Book Cover Activity
HW: Ch 17/18 / 10 – 15, 16c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 17/18
HW: Ch 19/20 / 11 – 17, 18c
Boy in the Striped PJs
Ch 19/20
HW: VOC Unit 7 ; Study / 12 - 19, 20c
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 7
Boy in the Striped PJs Test
HW: MP 15 / 13
14
Week 9 / 15 -21, 22c
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 8
Narrative Introduction / Brainstorming
Book / 16 – 23, 24c
Narrative Writing / 17 – 25, 26c
Narrative Writing
HW: Journal Due / 18 – 27, 28c
Narrative Writing
Journal Due
HW: Narrative / 19 -29, 30c
End of 2nd Nine Weeks
Narrative Due
Presentation of Book Covers / 20
21 / 22
Christmas Break / 23
______/ 24
______/ 25
Christmas / 26
______/ 27
28 / 29
______/ 30
______/ 31
______/ Notes:
January 2015
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
______/ 2
______/ 3
4
Week 1 / 5 - 31, 32c
Journal Month 5
MP 16
Short Story: Review Literary Terms
Vsauce
HW; Read “Most Dangerous Game” / 6 – 33, 34c
“The Most Dangerous Game”
Discussion / 7 – 35, 36c
“The Most Dangerous Game”
Journal Entry
HW: Read “A Christmas Memory” / 8 – 37, 38c
“A Christmas Memory” Discussion
HW: VOC Unit 8 / 9 - 39, 40c
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 8
Read “Harrison Bergeron”
HW: MP 16 / 10
11
Week 2 / 12 – 41, 42c
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 9
C.G.P. Grey
MP 17
Progress Book
“Harrison Bergeron”
Readers Theater 1 / 13 – 43, 44c
“Harrison Bergeron”
Readers Theater 1 / 14 – 45 – 47c
Read
“Thank You, M’am”
Discussion
HW: Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street” / 15 – 48 – 50c
“Helen on Eighty – Sixth Street” Discussion
HW: MP 17 / 16
Waiver Day / 17
18
Week 3 / 19
Martin Luther King Day
NO SCHOOL / 20 – 51, 52, 53c
MP 18
Crash Course
“Helen on Eighty – Sixth Street”
Double Entry Journal
HW: Read “Initiation” / 21 – 54, 55, 56c
“Initiation” Discussion
HW: Read “The Necklace” / 22 – 57, 58c
“The Necklace” Discussion
HW: VOC Unit 9 / 23 – 59, 60c
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 9
Read “The Sniper”
Discussion
HW: MP 18; Read “The Scarlet Ibis” / 24
25
Week 4 / 26
MP 19
TED Talk
Progress Book
“The Scarlet Ibis”
Discussion / 27
“The Scarlet Ibis”
Writing Prompt
MP 24
Journal Month 7
C.G.P. Grey
HW: Read “A Sound of Thunder” / 28
“A Sound of Thunder”
Discussion / 29
“A Sound of Thunder”
Journal Entry
HW: Study; Journal / 30
2 HOUR DELAY
Vocabulary C Test
Journal Due
Review Sheet
HW: MP 19 / 31
February 2015
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
Week 5 / 2 – 1, 2d
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 10
Short Story Essay Brainstorming
Journal Month 6
Kid President
MP 20 / 3 – 3, 4d
Short Story Test / 4 – 5, 6d
Short Story Essay / 5 – 7, 8d
Short Story Essay / 6 – 9, 10d
Short Story Essay
HW: MP 20 / 7
8
Week 6 / 9 – 11, 12d
MP 21
Short Story Essay
Progress Book
Veritasium / 10 – 13, 14d
Poe Introduction
Poe Video on Youtube / 11 – 15-17d
10 Facts about Ravens
Death and Beyond Video
“The Raven”
Watch “The Raven” from the Simpsons
“PG. 227”
HW: VOC Unit 10 / 12 – 18 – 20d
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 10
Read “Romance,”
“The Bells” and “The City in the Sea”
“PG. 221”
HW: MP 21 / 13
Waiver Day / 14
15
Week 7 / 16
President’s Day
NO SCHOOL / 17 – 21, 22, 23d
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 11
MP 22
Book
Read “Annabel Lee” and “Ulalume”
“PG. 225”
“PG. 228”
HW: Short Story Essay / 18 – 24, 25, 26d
Watch “Tell tale Heart”
Short Story Essay Due / 19 – 27, 28d
“Tell Tale Heart” Discussion / 20 -29, 30d
“The Fall of the House of Usher”
HW: Finish “The Fall of the House of Usher”
HW: MP 22 / 21
22
Week 8 / 23 – 31, 32d
MP 23
Progress Book
Vsauce
“The Fall of the House of Usher” Discussion / 24 – 33, 34d
“The Fall of the House of Usher” Discussion
Carnival Presentation
HW: MP 17; “Cask of Amontillado” / 25 – 35, 36d
“Cask of Amontillado” Discussion / 26 – 37, 38d
“Black Cat”
YouTube: “Finding Stories in Ordinary Places”
Choose an image for assigned section
HW: VOC Unit 11; Journal / 27 – 39, 40d
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 11
“Black Cat Discussion”
HW: Read “The Premature Burial” ; MP 23
Journal Due / 28
March 2015
Sunday / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday / Saturday
1
Week 9 / 2 – 41, 42d
Vocabulary Pre-test Unit 12
MP 24
Journal Month 7
“The Premature Burial”
Discussion
HW: Read “the Masque of the Red Death”
C.G.P. Grey / 3 – 43, 44d
PBA / 4 – 45, 46d
PBA / 5 – 47, 48d
PBA / 6 – 49, 50d
PBA
HW: MP 24 / 7
8
Week 10 / 9 – 51, 52d
MP 25
Progress Book
Poe
“The Masque of the Red Death”
Crash Course / 10 – 53, 54d
“The Masque of the Red Death”
Begin “The Raven Movie” / 11 – 55, 56d
The Raven Movie / 12 – 57, 58d
The Raven Movie
HW: VOC Unit 12; / 13 – 59, 60d
End of 3rd Nine Weeks
Vocabulary Post-test Unit 12
How to Read a Poem
Poetry Terms Handout
HW: MP 25 / 14
15
Week 1 / 16
MP 26
OGT
TED Talk / 17
OGT
Pop Music & Classic Poetry Activity / 18
OGT
Review Yesterday’s Worksheet
Pop Music & Classic Poetry Activity 2 / 19
OGT
Review Yesterday’s Worksheet
Miniver Cheevy
Pt 1
HW: Study; Poe Essay / 20
Vocabulary D test
POE ESSAY DUE
OGT
HW: MP 26 / 21
22
Week 2 / 23 – 1, 2e
MP 27
Discuss Miniver Cheevy
Close reading of Seven Ages of Man
View Video
Begin Questions Pt 2
PARCC PBA
VOC Pre-test Unit 13
Kid President
Progress Book / 24 – 3, 4e
PARCC PBA
Discuss Seven Ages of Man
Shakespeare Sonnet / 25 – 5, 6e
PARCC PBA
Assign Shakespeare Sonnet Topics
Write your own Sonnet / 26 – 7, 8e