1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
2/4/2019 – 2/8/2019

2. Essential Questions for the week…
What makes a good story?
How does an author define his/her style?

3. Monday 2/4/19 Agenda
Literary Terms Review: We will play a game of Jeopardy to review for the Lit. Terms quiz.
Short Story Peer Review: Using the peer review form you were given, read and review a partner’s rough draft. Be sure to label examples of the literary elements you see in their story
Short Story Writing (if time): We will head to the lab so that you can start your short story. Use the MLA template on Edmodo to make sure your story is formatted correctly.

4. HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY @8:00am
Tech Tuesday 2/5/2019
Short Story Writing: We will head to the lab so that you can start your short story. Use the MLA template on Edmodo to make sure your story is formatted correctly.
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE

5. Wednesday (lab again) 2/6/2019
Short Story Writing: YOUR SHORT STORY IS DUE TODAY! We will head to the lab so that you can start your short story. Use the MLA template on Edmodo to make sure your story is formatted correctly.
Lit. Terms Quiz: Phones in the collector. Clear off your desks. Write your information on the BLUE side of the scantron.
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY

6. USA TEST PREP IS DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!
Thursday 2/7/2019 – NO WARM UP
Unit 2 Test: Place your phone in the collector and clear off your desk. Write your information on the GREEN side of the scantron Wait for further instructions.
TED Talk Thursday: Complete the graphic organizer as you watch the “How to Write Descriptively” TED Talk
Lit Terms retakes: If you have already earned a 100 on the Lit. Terms Quiz, read your IR book.
Intro to CEI (if time):
USA TEST PREP IS DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!

7. Friday 2/8/2019 Warm Up
What are the characteristics of a strong interview? What elements should the interview include?
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

8. Friday 2/8/2019 1.7 Character interview questions-class discussion
-1.6 Complete Interview First Steps questions 1-7
-1.10 Chuck Liddell Interview transcript
-1.12 Planning the Interview

9. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCRS L : Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words.
CCRS L b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

10. Unit Assessments…
Formative Short Story Prewrite TED Talk Summative Personal Short Story Independent Reading project