Mrs. Jordan's Gr. 9 English ( 1st Semester - period 1)
Monday, Oct.31- Friday, November 4, 2016
Oct.31- Collect Wk.8 Journal Responses; Students will continue to work on scary short stories
Nov.1-Scary Short Story group assignment
Nov2. No class- Take Your Kid to Work Day
Nov.3- Final day for completing scary short stories -due at beginning of class Friday, Nov.4
Nov.4- Reading Workshop- Week 9
Monday, Oct.24-Friday, Oct.28
Oct.24-Collect Reading Workshop Journals -Wk.7 ; Read poem "Making Sarah Cry" Assign questions
Oct.25-Presentaion on Healthy Relationships- No class
Oct.26-Complete questions for poem "Making Sarah Cry" - exchange and discuss answers
Oct.27-Scary Short Story Assignment -in groups of two students will be given a writing prompt to begin their story
Oct.28- Reading Workshop Week 8
Monday, Oct.17- Friday, Oct.21
Oct.17-Reading Workshop Week 6
Oct.18-Collect Reading Workshop Journals- Read poem "The Day the TV Broke" - assign vocab & questions
Oct.19-Writing Prompt-"One material possession you can't live without." - ELPA Practice #1
Oct.20-No class - Grade 9s on field trip for Social Studies
Oct.21- Reading Workshop Week 7 - Figurative Language
Monday, Oct.10-Friday, Oct.14
Oct. 10 - No school - Thanksgiving
Oct.11-Collect Reading Workshops Week 5- Read poems "Sick" and "Average" - do a close read of each- discus if time allows
Oct.12- Discuss questions for poems "Sick" & "Average" - Then begin reading "Kath & Mouse" - assign vocabulary & questions
Oct.13-Finish Kath & Mouse questions- then discuss
Oct.14-No Class - school evacuation drill
Monday, Oct.3-Friday, Oct.7, 2016
Oct.3- Collect Reading Workshop Journals -Week 4; Go over questions & vocabulary for short story "On the Sidewalk Bleeding"; Read article "Are Bullies Criminals?" -begin planning persuasive essay on this topic
Oct.4-Continue working on 5 paragraph persuasive piece "Are Bullies Criminals?"
Oct.5- Reading Workshop Week 5
Oct. 6 & Oct. 7- No classes Professional Development Days
Monday, Sep. 26-Friday, Sept.30, 2016
Sept. 26-Collect Journals -discuss vocab & questions for The Buddy System
Sept.27-No class -Musical presentation at MEMS
Sept.28-Read "ON the Sidewalk Bleeding"- Assign vocabulary & questions
Sept.29- Finish assignment on "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" - hand in for check- Read article on Phoebe Prince (bullying)
Sept.30- Reading Workshop - Week 4
Monday, Sept.19-Friday, Sept.23, 2016
Sept. 19-Hand in Reading workshop Journals for week 2 - Finish Poster on Positive body Image
Sept.20- Hand out copies of Gillian Chan's short story "The Buddy System" - read and handout questions & vocabulary
Sept.21- Continue with "The Buddy System" worksheet
Sept.22-Reading Workshop -Week 3
Sept.23 1/2 day Friday - Finish up Reading Workshop Journals - also if questions & vocab on Buddy System are not finished time will allowed for completion
Monday, Sept. 12 - Friday, Sept. 16, 2016
Sept. 12 - Close Reading Lesson- Info Sheet - Also handout copy of Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken"
Sept. 13 - Continue with Close Reading of "The Road Not Taken" - work on 5 paragraph response
Sept.14 - Final copies of essay response on The Road Not taken are due- begin reviewing parts of short story
Sept. 15- short story #1
Sept. 16 - Reading Workshop - Week #2
Tuesday, Sept. 6 - Friday, Sept. 9, 2016
Sept. 6:
Introduction to class curriculum, outline of semester
Discuss All About Me - Expository Piece of Writing - discuss elements of this writing
Formative assessment Practice- write a one page "All About Me" Expository Piece (one page)
Brainstorm - then discuss
Sept. 7:
Continue with Expository writing - work on draft - conference with each student -
Students should be working on editing
Sept. 8:
Final copies of ALL ABOUT ME due
Begin working on I AM poems and poster (these will be due at end of class today
Sept. 9:
Reading Workshop Week 1- Response Journals - Five Questions on the novel you are reading