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Cycle 1: November 1 - 9 |
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Mon, Nov 1 |
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Character (see lesson 3 in Fiction Unit) |
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Assignment: Write short paragraph describing a character for an original short story |
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Tues, Nov 2 |
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Conflict (see lesson 4 in Fiction Unit) |
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Assignment: Write in outline form details for setting, character, and conflict |
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Thurs, Nov 4 |
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Plot (see lesson 5 in Fiction Unit) |
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Assignment: Write out the details of plot (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution) of a popular children's story or nursery rhyme |
| Fri, Nov 5 | E | Dialogue (see lesson 6 in Fiction Unit) |
| Assignment: Write a passage of authentic dialogue that moves plot and reveals character | ||
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Cycle 2: November 10 - 16 |
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Wed, Nov 10 |
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Tues, Nov 11 |
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Mon, Nov 15 |
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Read and discuss elements of revising short story; critique students' stories |
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Assignment: work on revising your short story; bring in one or two children's stories or story books |
| Tues, Nov 16 | E | critique students' stories; introduce fundamentals of writing a children's story |
| Assignment: revise short stories | ||
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Cycle 3: November 17 - 29 |
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Wed, Nov 17 |
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critique short stories; work on worksheet for outlining children stories found on Teacherfolder |
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Assignment: complete worksheet; submit online |
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Fri, Nov 19 |
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students present their outlines; critique; |
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Assignment: work on revising stories to be submitted online by 11/23 , 9am ; |
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Tues, Nov 23 |
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critique outlines |
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Assignment: be thankful |
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Cycle #4: December 1 to December 7 |
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Wed. Dec 1 |
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critique outlines of children's stories |
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Assignment: Begin work on children's stories |
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Thurs. Dec. 2 |
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Finish critiques of outlines; work on draft of children's story |
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Assignment: Complete draft of children's story for Monday, 12/6; submit by email |
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Mon. Dec 6 |
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Critique drafts of children's stories |
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Assignment: Revise children's story |
| Tues. Dec 7 | E | Begin nonfiction unit: Autobiographical Narrative |
| Assignment: Complete revision of children's story | ||
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Thurs. Dec 9 |
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Work on children's story |
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Assignment: Prepare children's story for submission by email for Monday morning, 12/13 |
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Fri. Dec 10 |
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Begin reading and discussing Non Fiction Unit: Autobiographical Narrative *(in Teacher Folder) |
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Assignment: Think about topic for autobiographical narrative |
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Tues. Dec 14 |
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Continue Autobiographical Narrative discussion, readings; begin drafting narrative |
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Assignment: Complete narrative for submission on Friday by email |
| Wed. Dec 15 | E | Begin reading and discussion of Non Fiction Unit: Personal Essay |
| Assignment: Think about issue for personal essay | ||
| Thurs. Dec 16 | A | Discuss personal essays; begin drafting |
| Assignment: Complete personal essay for submission by Dec 17 by email |
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Cycle #: January 3 through Jan 7 |
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Mon Jan 3 |
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Discuss steps to writing one-act play, in One-Act Play Unit, rev Jan 2011, in Teacher Folder; begin oral reading of model plays While the Auto Waits and Grey Matter |
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Assignment: Review steps to writing one-act play, in One-Act Play Unit, rev Jan 2011, in Teacher Folder; and model plays While the Auto Waits and Grey Matter |
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Wed Jan 5 |
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Oral reading of remaining one-act plays in One Act Play Unit |
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Assignment: Begin thinking of character, conflict, and setting for original one-act play |
| Thurs Jan 6 | E | Begin drafting original one-act play |
| Assignment: Draft original one-act play: due in class on Monday Jan 10 | ||
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Cycle #: January 10 through January 14 |
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Mon Jan 10 |
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Read original one-act plays aloud and critique |
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Assignment: Work on revising original one-act play |
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Tues Jan 11 |
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Read original one-act plays aloud and critique |
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Assignment: Write final draft of original one-act plays due on Thursday, January 13 |
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Thurs Jan 13 |
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Do oral reading of Our Town |
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Assignment: Organize writing folder |
| Fri Jan 14 | E | Finish reading of Our Town |
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Wed Jan 26 |
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Outline course objectives and procedures; read and discuss Catalog 1 lesson (in Teach Folder); do exercises |
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Assignment: Using cataloging technique, develop list of related objects using concrete words ; submit online |
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Fri Jan 28 |
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Critique student papers focusing on cataloging and concrete words; read and discuss Catalog 2 lesson (in Teach Folder) focusing on appealing to five sense; do exercises |
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Assignment: Describe a place using concrete words, catalog technique, five senses; submit online |
| Mon Jan 31 | E | Critique student papers focusing on cataloging, concrete words, and five senses; read and discuss lesson 1 in POetry Unit (in Teach Folder) focusing on topics suitable for poetry do exercises |
| Assignment: Write a poem on non-traditional subject | ||
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| Assignment: Write a short poem containing at least two strong images ; submit online |
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MOn Feb 7 |
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Critique student poems; read and discuss lesson 2 on Details and Images in Poetry Unit (Teach Folder); |
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Assignment: Find poem with strong imagery in Poetry 180; be prepared to discuss in class |
| Tues Feb 8 | E | Discuss poems selected by students; complete discussion of Lesson 2 |
| Assignment: Write a poem with strong imagery; submit online by Wednesday; see exercise 1 in book for possible approach | ||
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Thurs Feb 10 |
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Critique student poems; discuss Figurative language in Lesson 2 in Poetry Unit, in Teachfolder) |
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Assignment: Do exercises on figurative language |
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Fri Feb 11 |
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Begin discussion of connotative words in Lesson 3 |
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Assignment: Do assignment in lesson ; write poem with strong connotative words, or edit one already written to reinforce with connotative words |
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