October 

10/1  10/2  10/3    10/4 ​U

​ 1,P2 assessment  10/5 ​ Student Holiday 
​ Short Story Due 

5 ​Bell ringer  Bell ringer  Bell ringer  Bell ringer   

         
10 Independent Reading  Writer’s Workshop  Independent Reading  Writer’s Workshop 
       
10 Discovering Author’s Purposes  Clauses Mini Lesson   Rd of story due  FD of story due; submit to Google 
for writing       Classroom 
  Add at least one complex sentence  Read your draft outloud to a peer   
Remainder of Class:  using wwwasiab clauses ​(see notes  for feedback   Rubric for Short Story 
  for www.asia.b clause)  Strategy: Pointing (ACTS, p. 69) 
Writer’s Workshop!     
● Determine your 
purpose for writing 
● Plan the major 
components of your 
short story on your 
Story Sequence Chart 
Writer’s Block? ​ ​If you are stuck and 
can’t get started, try one of these 
sites for some suggestions: 
● TheStoryStarter.com 
● Creative Writing Now! 

10/8 Fair Day!  10/9 Begin Unit 2  10/10  10/11  10/12   

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Power Out! Read alouds and haiku!  Independent Reading  Free write  Independent Reading 
       
  Exploring poetry lingo activity,  Tips for analyzing poetry 
Intro to Poetry​ lesson​ w/ h
​ andout  continued   
● Activity    Browse​ poetry handout​; choose 
    one to read and write a response in 
  Revision for “Lamb to the  their notebooks 
Slaughter” revisions due tomorrow   
by 4:30.   
 
10/15  10/16  10/17  10/18    10/19 (check for 4 
poems) 

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Independent Reading  Free write  Independent Reading  Free write 
        Richardson Reads! 
Read poem and write response in  Analyze poems using T
​ he Big 6   Submit The Big 6 analysis on GC  Continue writing original poems,   
notebook.  including a ballad.   
    Analyze a sonnet. 
Play with Form Poetry!  Experiment with sonnet​s   
● Haiku  Submit 4 of the poems you wrote 
● 7 Line Cascading  this week in Google Classroom. 
● Abecedarian   
● Limerick 

10/22    10/23  10/24  10/25  10/26 (check for the 1st 

10 Poems) 

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Independent Reading  Free write!  Independent Reading  Free write!  Independent Reading 
         
Write a Pantoum​ and submit to  Complete pantoums  Listening to Poetry  Finish Listening to Poetry  Go over portfolio requirements. 
Google Classroom  Check for 5 original poems     
    HW:​ Begin analysis of sonnet of  Submit first 10 original poem to 
Play with Form Poetry!  Analyze  your choice; ​one page​r due  assignment 06.4 Poetry Portfolio. 
● Pantoum    tomorrow   
● Ballad  One pager analysis due 
● Sestina 
● Cinquain 

10/29  10/30  10/31  11/1  11/2 ​ (Poetry 

Check! 15 total) 

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Independent Reading      Begin reading​ A
​ Raisin in the Sun  Finish reading​ A Raisin in the Sun 
  Build Background- ​Historical  Watch​ Happy Days​ clip together  Act 1, Scene 1 
Build Background-​ Historical  Context of A​ Raisin in the  Class discussion of the flip side of   
Context of ​A Raisin in the  Sun​-hyperdoc​ to be completed in  the 50s based on Civil Rights  Make I​ nferences about Character 
Sun​-hyperdoc​ to be completed in  groups  Timeline activity (in hyperdoc)  Relationships 
groups