Days |
8A/B |
7A |
English III |
Creative Writing |
Monday |
Discuss this week’s spelling and vocabulary. Continue drafting, editing, and revising compare/contrast essays. |
Discuss this week’s spelling and quote. Check and discuss unit three in writing Buckle Down books. Continue with rough drafts of the process essay. |
Explain the difference between block and alternating styles for compare/contrast. Discuss how to construct an editorial. Copy SAT/ACT vocabulary words for the week. Quiz on Friday. |
Finish workshopping circle-writing stories from Friday, and continue drafting out news adaptations. |
Tuesday |
Quiz over assigned chapters in Animal Farm. AF discussion and continuation of allegory notes. Review elements of literature for a quiz on Friday. |
Review common elements of literature for a quiz on Friday. Write our own examples of the common elements of literature. With remainder of time, finish editing and revising process essays. |
Allow students time in class to research which wartime conflict on which they’ll be basing their editorials. In-class time to work on editorials or compare/contrast essays. |
Continue drafting out news adaptations. |
Wednesday |
Submit completed compare/contrast essays. Begin discussing cause/effect essays and how they are constructed. |
When revising and editing has been completed, students will begin constructing an illustrated instructional manual to accompany their process essays. |
Peer review compare/contrast essays. Spend the remainder of the time discussing the insertion of figurative language into their own war poetry. |
Workshop news adaptations. |
Thursday |
Quiz over assigned chapters in Animal Farm. AF discussion and continuation of allegory notes. Spelling quiz. |
Spelling quiz. Continue constructing illustrated manuals. |
Peer review editorials. Spend the remainder of the class period allowing students to draft their war poetry. |
Discuss adapting stories from song lyrics. Set criteria for picking song lyrics for which to base a story. |
Friday |
Literary elements quiz. Begin drafting cause/effect essays in class. |
Quote quiz followed by the literary elements quiz. Finish manuals with remaining time. |
SAT/ACT vocabulary quiz (complete the sentences). Review for WWI poetry exam. Peer review students’ WWI poems. |
Share which songs everyone has chosen. Listen to several examples of songs that tell stories. Students will get started on lyric adaptations today. |