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September Norms & Norms & Procedures (7 Procedures (7 days) days) Reader's & Reader's & Writer's Writer's Workshop: How To introduce reciprocal Workshop; How the teenage brain teaching strategies and the teenage brain works? (7 days) procedures works? (7 days) October To participate in a To participate in a shared reading as a shared reading as a community To write community To write about a about a moment/moments moment/moments when something was when something was taken without your taken without your permission. how did permission. how did The Immortal you react? what did you you react? what did you Life of Henrietta learn about yourself in learn about yourself in Lacks/ Narrative that moment? do you The Immortal Life that moment? do you Writing - wish you couldve of Henrietta wish you couldve Interdisciplinary reacted differently? why Lacks/Narrative reacted differently? why with Science or why not Writing or why not November Informational Using the artifacts from Informational Writing (choose a your homework Writing (choose a topic) assignments, teach topic) someone about your topic December Research Unit Research Unit (teacher selected (teacher selected connected to connected to novel) novel) January Warriors Don’t Malcolm X Cry February Argumentative Compare/Contrast Writing Essay March MCAS Prep (2 MCAS prep (2 weeks) weeks) April Poetry. vs. Hip Autobiographical Hop Unit Poem & Agent of Change Speech May The Pearl To Kill a Mockingbird June Literary Essay To Kill a Mockingbird