Schedule

8/7-8/11

8/7: Basic Story Elements

8/8: Irony and Theme

8/9: Introduction to Poe

8/10: Cask of Amontillado

8/11: Quiz and Adaptation

8/14-8/18

8/14: Writing Intro

8/15: Writing and Quotations

8/16: An Intro to Lord of the Flies

8/17: Lord of the Flies Chapter One

8/18: Weekly Quiz and Lord of the Flies Chapter Two

8/21-8/25

8/21: LOTF Chapter 2

8/22: Semicolons

8/23: Colons, LOTF Chapter 3

8/24: LOTF Chapter 4 and 5

8/25: Quiz, LOTF Chapter 6

8/28-9/1

8/28: Writing Formally and Informally

8/29: Semicolon/Colon Quiz, Chapter 5

8/30: Sentence Variety, Chapter 6

8/31: Sentence Variety Review, Chapter 7

9/1: Sentence Variety Quiz

9/5-9/8

9/5: Compound-Complex Sentences

9/6: Chapter 8

9/7: Chapter 9

9/8: Test

9/11-9/15

9/11: Chapter 9

9/12: Chapter 10

9/13: LOTF Writing

9/14: No Red Ink

9/15: Homecoming

9/18-9/22

9/18: Chapter 11

9/19: Chapter 12

9/20: Quiz and Test Prep

9/21: LOTF Test

9/22: LOTF Adaptation

9/25-9/29

9/25: LOTF Adaptation 1/2

9/26: LOTF Adaptation 2/2

9/27: Benchmark Exam 1

9/28: The Moral Logic of Survivor's Guilt

9/29: The Seventh Man

10/3-10/6

10/3: Seventh Man

10/4: Most Dangerous Game 1/2

10/5: Most Dangerous Game 2/2

10/6: Quiz

10/16-10/20

10/16: Run-ons

10/17: Rhetorical Devices and Argumentative Essays

10/18: Poetry Analysis

10/19: Field Trip

10/20: Narrative Nonfiction

10/23-10/27

10/23: Parallel Structure, POV, and Test Review

10/24: Unit Test

10/25: Odyssey Introduction 1/2

10/26: Odyssey Introduction 2/2

10/27: Begin The Odyssey, Part One

10/30-11/3

10/30: The Lotus Eater

10/31: Cyclops Part 1

11/1: Cyclops Part 2 and Epic terminology

11/2: Cyclops Part 3

11/3: Quiz (Story, terminology, paraphrasing, parallel structure)

11/6-11/9

11/6: Land of the Dead

11/7: Sirens, Scylla, Charybdis

11/8: Cattle of the Sun God

11/9: Quiz

11/13-11/17

11/13: Odyssey Part One Test Review

11/14: The Odyssey Graphic Novel Adaptation

11/15: Odyssey Part Two Intro/Figurative Language Intro

11/16: Odyssey Part Two Continued/Figure Language Practice

11/17: Quiz

11/20-11/21

11/20: Odyssey Adaptations

11/21: Grammar Review

11/27-12/1

11/27: Vocabulary and Figurative Language

11/28: The Return

11/29: Active/Passive 1/2

11/30: Active/Passive 2/2, Wordy Study, Development of Ideas

12/1: Quiz, From the Hero's Adventure

12/4-12/8

12/4: Active/Passive Review

12/5: Poetry Collection

12/6: The Hero's Adventure Article

12/7: Quiz and Short Story

12/8: It's a Wonderful Life

12/11-12/15

12/11: It's a Wonderful Life 2/3

12/12: It's a Wonderful Life 3/3

12/13: Midterm Review

12/14: Midterm (1st and 3rd only)

12/15: Midterm (2nd and 5th only)

1/3-1/5

1/3: Writing Mini-Unit

1/4: Major Clarity

1/5: Writing Mini-Unit 2

1/8-1/12

1/8: Writing: Body Paragraphs

1/9: Writing: Intros and Conclusions

1/10: Writing: Transitions and Peer Reviews

1/11: Mastery Connect Test

1/12: Shakespeare Intro

1/25-1/26

1/25: Benchmark Prep

1/26: Benchmark Part One

1/29-2/2

1/29: Benchmark Part Two

1/30: Romeo and Juliet Prologue

1/31: Romeo and Juliet: Act One, Scene One

2/1: Romeo and Juliet: Act One, Scenes 2 and 3

2/2: Romeo and Juliet Act One Quiz

2/5-2/9

2/5: Act One, Scenes Three through Four

2/6: Act One, Scene Five through Act Two, Scene One; Oxymorons

2/7: Act Two, Scenes Two through Three

2/8: Act Two, Scene 4

2/9: Quiz

2/12-2/16

2/12: Iambic Pentameter

2/13: Romeo and Juliet, Act Two Scene Two

2/14: Romeo and Juliet, Act Two Scenes Three and Four

2/15: Romeo and Juliet, Act Two Scenes Five and Six

2/16: Quiz/Adaptation

2/20-2/23

2/20: Act 2 Quiz

2/21: Act 3, Scenes 1-2

2/22: Act 3. Scenes 3-4

2/23: Act 3, Scenes 5-6

2/26-3/1

2/26: Act 3, Scene 5

2/27: Act 4

2/28: Act 5

2/29: Test Review

3/1: Unit Test

3/4-3/8

3/4: Test Recap

3/6: Benchmark 3 1/2

3/7: Benchmark 3 2/2

3/8 Unit Intro

3/18-3/22

3/18: Objective vs. Critical Summaries

3/19: Rhetorical Devices Intro
3/20: Rhetorical Devices in "I Have a Dream"

3/21: Rhetorical Devices Review and Parallel Structure

3/22: Rhetorical Devices Quiz

3/25-3/28

3/25: Sentence Structure Review

3/26: Quotations and Appositives

3/27: Quiz and Sonnet

4/3-4/5

4/3: RACE Method Writing Intro

4/4: RACE Method Writing in King Text

4/5: RACE Method Writing in Chavez Text

4/8-4/12

4/8: Paragraph Structure

4/9: Argumentative Essay 1/2

4/10: Argumentative Essay 2/2

4/11: Argumentative Essay Revision

4/12: EOC Final Review

4/15-4/19

4/15: EOC 1/2

4/16: EOC 2/2

4/17: Time Enough at Last

4/18: The Veldt

4/19: Time Enough at Last Adaptation