Independent Reading Projects are due by Friday, January 14th.

Monday 10

Chapter II of The Pearl

Independent Reading

Exit Ticket: How do you see Theme, Setting, Characterization and Symbol in your novel?

Tuesday 11

Chapter 3 of The Pearl

Wednesday 12

Chapter 4 of The Pearl

Thursday 13

Assessment #1 The Pearl

Create your own literary hypothesis focusing on Theme, Setting, Characterization and Symbol.

Friday 14

Quarterly Recognition

Presentation of Reading Projects.

How has Independent reading changed?

How have you changed as a reader?

What could still be improved?

Welcome to 2011.

Quarter II ends on January, 14th. Get all your work in!

Monday 3

Independent Reading Check and time to read!

Anticipation Guide

Graphic Organizer: What Money Buys and What Money Can't Buy.

Reminder: Independent Reading Project #2 due by January, 14th!

This should be about your second novel and could be a character poem, a reading letter or an epilogue. This is worth twenty points and will impact your grade if you do not complete it.

Tuesday 4

Set goal for MAP.

Shared Reading: The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Close reading, looking for setting, theme, characterization and symbol.

Wednesday 5

MAP TESTING!

Thursday 6

Independent Reading

Shared Reading: The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Close reading, looking for setting, theme, characterization and symbol.

Friday 7

Grammar Lesson

Shared Reading: The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Close reading, looking for setting, theme, characterization and symbol.

December 13-22

All students should have at least one After Reading project completed before Holiday Break. Options are a character poem, letter to me or a classmate or an epilogue.

Monday 13

Independent Reading

Or

Short Story Retake

Tuesday 14

Create Middle or

Climax of Fictional Narrative.

Wednesday 15

Work on the Rule of "So What?"

Ways to include thoughts and feelings and show character change.

Thursday 16

The satisfaction of resolution

in Fictional Narrative

Friday 17

Draft of Fictional Narrative due for editing and revision.

Revised Poems due to White Between the Lines

Enrichment credit given for thoughtful, quality revision submitted to:

tetonstudent@gmail.com

Monday 20

Writing conferences in class.

Tuesday 21

Final revision and printing.

Wednesday 22

Final draft of Fictional Narrative due.

Writing celebration.