English I

September 20th through 24th Monday 20th Syllabus Review and Name Tags Tuesday 21st Procedure Review and “Find your Match” game Wednesday 22nd Personalizing Portfolios Thursday 23rd Friday 24th Book Pass

September 27th through 31st Monday 27th Binders Due! Binder Assembly and Procedures review Tuesday 28th Idea wave and discussion on statements about childhood Wednesday 29th Edmodo Training in Media Lab Thursday 30th Brainstorming for the Childhood Poem Friday 31st Completing Brainstorm and “Fill-ins” for the Childhood Poem

September 3rd though 7th Monday 3rd Labor Day Tuesday 4th Teacher out sick- Handout Wednesday 5th Teacher out sick- Silent reading with summary Thursday 6th Childhood Poem Revisions and Starting final draft Friday 7th Childhood Poem final draft due at the end of the period

September 10th through 14 Monday 10th Online Poetry Scavenger Hunt/ FAIR Testing in Media Center Tuesday 11th Figurative Language Review & Notes Practicing Writing Figurative Language Handout Wednesday 12th Brainstorming Figurative Language Finishing Practicing Writing Figurative Language Handout Thursday 13th Reading “Storm Country” Annotating Figurative Language in a Text Friday 14th Analysis Chart for “Storm Country”

September 17th through 21st Monday 9/17 Figurative Analysis Chart and Analysis Response for “Storm Country” Tuesday 9/18 Day One of Figurative Language Group Project Wednesday 9/19 Day Two of Figurative Language Group Project Thursday 9/20 Figurative Language Group Project Due! Friday 9/21 No School! Student Holiday/Professional Day for Teachers

September 24th through 28th Monday 24th Volusia Writes Tuesday 25th Discussing the theme “Coming of age” and making a timeline of “coming of age” milestones. Wednesday 26th Finishing “Coming of Age” timeline Thursday 27th Picture day & elements of “Coming of Age” Friday 28th Analyzing “Coming of Age with Akeelah and the Bee film

October 1st through 5th Monday Analyzing Elements of Coming of Age with Akeelah and the Bee Tuesday Wednesday and completing “Defining Coming of Age” Chart Thursday Discovering Voice! Analyzing Diction, Syntax, and Imagery in a text. Friday Organizing Portfolios, Completing Analysis of Diction, Syntax, and Imagery in a text.

October 8th through 12th Monday Analyzing and annotating “Spotlight” text Tuesday Analyzing and annotating “Spotlight” text (Cont’d) Wednesday Analyzing Voice with Spotlight on the iPad Thursday Analyzing Voice with Spotlight on the iPad /Brainstorming for a narrative Friday 28th Brainstorming for a narrative/ “Always Running” & analysis questions

October 15th through 18th Monday Defining Moment Narrative Planning Sheets Tuesday Attention getter review and rough draft Wednesday Rough draft and revisions Thursday Finishing revisions and starting final draft. Homework: Finish final draft over the three day weekend. Friday Teacher duty Day/ Student holiday