1. Short Stories Week 1
Monday, August 15, 2016

2. Bellwork:
Please answer the following questions on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Period Number, and Date. Is there a difference between reality and truth? Please provide your own definition for each word. Provide an example of each word as you see it.

3. Discussion: With an elbow partner, complete the following…
Discuss your answers to the bellwork topics.
Add these questions to your bellwork: Did your ideas or definitions change? How so or why not?
Whole Group…
Class will discuss their ideas and reach a consensus.

4. Fiction vs. Nonfiction Fill out the top portion and the EQ.
Read pp. 4-7 and take CORNELL NOTES →
What are some questions that are answered in this
reading selection? (at a glance)
Add the questions and notes while you are reading.

5. As a class… Read the summaries and choose a story:
“The Monkey’s Paw” p. 31
“The Leap” p. 45
EXIT TICKET:
On a Post-It, write your Name, Class Period, and Story that you chose. Put it on the cabinet by the door on your way out.

6. Short Stories Week 1
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

7. Bellwork: LITERARY TERMS: Share out… Recall the Essential Question…
Please answer the following questions on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date.
LITERARY TERMS:
What is conflict?
What are the elements of a story’s plot?
Share out…
Recall the Essential Question…

8. Elements of a Short Story
Take CORNELL NOTES →
Conflict
Characters/Characterization
POV
Plot
Setting
Theme
Whole Class Assignment – “We do”

9. Elements of “The Monkey’s Paw” pp. 32-42 or “The Leap” pp. 46-54.
In groups of 3-4, read and take
CORNELL NOTES for your
story →
Conflict
Characters/Characterization
POV
Plot
Setting
Theme
Your progress on this assignment will be your EXIT TICKET for today.
Everyone must complete and submit.

10. Short Stories Week 1
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

11. Bellwork:
Please respond to the following quotation on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. Respond to your choice of #1 or #2.
1. “He wanted to show that fate ruled people’s lives, and that those who interfered with it did so to their sorrow” (from “The Monkey’s Paw” p. 34).
Do you believe that fate rules our lives? Explain and provide an example.
2. “My mother once said that I’d be amazed at how many things a person can do within the act of falling” (p. 49).
How do you interpret this quotation? Can you give an example that stretches beyond the physical act of falling to perhaps facing a setback in life?

12. Group Work – return to yesterday’s assigned teams
“The Monkey’s Paw” Groups –-
You will discuss and write answers to #2 and #3 p. 42 (Critical Thinking).
Define and provide an example of foreshadowing from your story.
Read the Word Study on ‘cred’ p. 43 -– what does it mean? What words can you list that have the root ‘cred’?
“The Leap” Groups –
You will discuss and write answers to #2b and #3c p. 54 (Critical Thinking).
Define and provide an example of flashback from your story.
Read the Word Study on ‘strict’ p. 55 – what does it mean? What words can you list that have the root ‘strict’?

13. Short Stories Week 1
Thursday, August 18, 2016

14. Bellwork:
Grab a Cornell Notes sheet from the front of the room. Fill out the top and add today’s topic: 6 Elements in “Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket.” In the questions area to the left, fill in the words Conflict, Characters, Plot, POV, Setting, and Theme and remember to skip spaces so you can add notes in the right column.
Read the introduction to:
“Contents of a Dead Man’s Pocket” p. 117.

15. Elements of “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” pp
Elements of “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” pp or “Games at Twilight” pp
In groups of 3-4, read and take
CORNELL NOTES for your
story →
Conflict
Characters/Characterization
POV
Plot
Setting
Theme
Your progress on this assignment will be your EXIT TICKET for today.
Everyone must complete and submit.

16. Short Stories Week 1
Friday, August 19, 2016

17. Please submit your bellwork for the week to the class basket:
You should have THREE assignments:
Difference between reality and truth.
Definitions of plot and conflict.
Response to one of the two quotations from “The Monkey’s Paw” or “The Leap.”

18. EXIT TICKET: “Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” –-
You will discuss and write answers to #1, #3, and #5 p. 134 (Critical Thinking).

19. Bellwork:
Please respond to the following question on your bellwork paper along with your Name, Class Period, and Date. What is failure? What do you think you have failed at in your lifetime?

20. Read each statement and decide whether you mostly agree (A) or disagree (D) with it:
1.Your intelligence is something very basic about you that you can’t change very much.
2. You can learn new things, but you can’t really change how intelligent you are.
3. No matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit.
4. You can always substantially change how intelligent you are.
5. You are a certain kind of person, and there is not much that can be done to really change that.
6. No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially.
7.You can do things differently, but the important parts of who are you can’t really be changed.
8. You can always change basic things about the kind of person you are.
If students wrote A for #3, 4, 6, and 8, this indicates that they have high growth mindset, just as a D for these numbers indicates an extremely fixed mindset.

21. Fixed vs. Growth Mindset
How can we celebrate the Growth Mindset in our class?
Can you think of a positive outcome as a result of the “failure” you mentioned in the bellwork?
How could this mindset affect your performance in English? In school? In life?

22. Bellwork:
1. What was the last book that you read? Write a short summary (3-5 sentences).
2. What kinds of books do you enjoy reading?
If you hate to read (don’t tell me! ), what kind of movies do you like to watch?

23. Group Work – return to yesterday’s assigned teams
“Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket” Groups –-
You will discuss and write answers to #1, #3, and #5 p. 134 (Critical Thinking).
You will discuss and write answer to #2 p. 135 (Literary Analysis).
Read the Word Study on ‘ver’ p – what does it mean? What words can you list that have the root ‘ver’?
“Games at Twilight” Groups –
You will discuss and write answers to #2 and #4 p. 148 (Critical Thinking).
You will discuss and write answer to #1 p. 149 (Literary Analysis).
Read the Word Study on ‘ven’ p. 149 – what does it mean? What words can you list that have the root ‘ven’?