1. End of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

2. Review

3. Warm Up  Put your five-minute timed writing out in front of you.  Pick two colors of highlighters. Make a key at the top of the first page of writing. Color=subjects; color=verbs.  Find subjects/verbs in each sentence.  Correctly and quietly identify as many as possible in the next five minutes.

4. Target for Monday  Target: I will determine the meaning of words and phrases in Curious Incident, including figurative and connotative meanings and analyze the impact of these word choices on meaning and tone. Conditions: I will participate in the Carousel Activity questions for Weeks #3 and #4 of the Study Guide. Criteria: finish filling out the study guide and be able to identify various literary terms. Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone).CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4

5. Carousel Activity  With your partner, take your assigned question and discuss it. Find textual evidence to support your thinking.  Make sure your answer is complete and thorough. You are the expert in this question.  When we shift, teach the answer to this question with your new partner and discuss their question.  Look at the assigned character from the book and compare reading charts.

6. Exit  Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow over the reading.  Keep reading—this week’s homework is #5 in the packet and pages 177-221 in the book.

7. Quiz

8. Warm Up  Find the writing you highlighted yesterday.  Find an example of each sentence type: Underline simple sentences. Double-underline compound sentences. Box complex sentences. Circle compound/complex sentences.  Correctly and quietly identify as many as possible in the next five minutes.

9. Target for Tuesday  Target: I will demonstrate comprehension of the third section of reading of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time and competency with its vocabulary. Conditions: I will take a reading comprehension quiz. Criteria: successfully answer 80% or more of the questions (+16/20).  This is a “no zero” grade.  Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5.A CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.9-10.5.A Interpret figures of speech (e.g., euphemism, oxymoron) in context and analyze their role in the text. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

10. Quiz  Answer all questions to the best of your ability.  If you don’t know an answer, guess.  Make sure your number is at the top and that you’ve completed the quiz with integrity and academic honesty.  When complete, work on your study guides for the novel or read.

11. Block Days

12. Warm Up  Find the writing you marked yesterday.  On a separate sheet of paper, make a list of five simple sentences (pairs of 10) that appear side-by-side in your writing.  Create five new sentences that are anything BUT simple by combining the sentences. Use correct punctuation.  Correctly and quietly identify and write in the next five minutes.

13. Target for Wed/Thurs  Target: I will analyze how mystery writing and narration impacts the reader. Conditions: I will compare Manhattan Murder Mystery to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Criteria: participate in discussion  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7 Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus). CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7

14. Manhattan Murder Mystery  What are the elements of mystery writing that Christopher has discussed?  What are the elements Haddon uses?  What are some red herrings?  What are some clues early on?  View the film and look for elements of mystery. What techniques do writers/filmmakers do to create suspense? Why is it effective?

15. Film discussion and reading time

16. Target for Friday  Target: I will analyze how mystery writing and narration impacts the reader. Conditions: I will compare Manhattan Murder Mystery to The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. Criteria: participate in discussion  CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5 Analyze how an author's choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it (e.g., parallel plots), and manipulate time (e.g., pacing, flashbacks) create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.5

17. Finish Manhattan Murder Mystery  Finish the film  Discuss—make comparisons between book and movie  Reading time

18. Exit  Make a character parallel between book and movie. Be prepared to defend your assertion.