Third Quarter
This Quarter we will focus on personal narratives. Our class will be reading "My Survival: A Girl from Schlinder's List." Each week we will be reading one chapter from this book and discussing it in class. In our English Composition text, we will focus on the chapters that help us improve our writing. We will also produce some writing projects including a topical report.
January
8 - No School
9 - Introducing the book; read ch. 1 & 2
10 - 9.1 Improving topic sentences
11 - 9.2 Writing interesting sentences
12 - Snow Day
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15 - No School
16 - Snow Day
17 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 3
18 - MAP Testing
19 - 9.3 Using transition words & phrases; AND 9.4 Making comparisons
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22 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 4
23 - Snow Day
24 - 10.1 Writing short answers
25 - 10.2 Planning essay answers
26 - 10.3 Writing essay answers
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29 - 10.3 Revising essay answers
30 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 5
31 - 11.1 Writing messages
February
1 - 11.2 Writing memos
2 - 11.3 Writing emails
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5 - Ch. 11 Writing Project (memo)
6 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 6
7 - 12.1 The personal letter
8 - 12.2 The business letter
9 - Ch. 12 Wtg project (letter to editor)
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CONVEYING COURAGE
12 - Unit Introduction & Vocabulary
13 - Related Media Exploration, pt. 1
14 - Related Media Exploration, pt 2
15 - Related Media Exploration, pt 3
16 - Reading Lesson: Letter from F. Douglas
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19 - No School
20 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 7 and 8
21 - Writing Lesson (Context)
22 - Writing Lesson Cont'd
23 - Intro to Poetic Structure
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26 - Reading Lesson: Invictus
27 - Vocabulary Quiz
28 - Grammar Usage Activities
29 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 9 & 10
March
1 - Read Ch. 10 of book
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4 - Reading Lesson: Eisenhower's Order of the Day
5 - Reading Lesson: JFK Race to Space
6 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 11 & 12
7 - A Litany for Survival
8 - Still I Rise
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11 - Choice Board: Multimedia
12 - Poem Writing Prompt
13 - MSAGFSL - Read ch. 13 & 14
14 - Discussion of Lesson 2
15 - Planning Culminating Task
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18 - Holocaust Virtual FT
19 - Planning Culminating Task
20 - Planning Culminating Task
21 - Peer Review Culminating Task
22 - End of Unit Feedback
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25 - 31 - Spring Break
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