1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
8/19/2019 – 8/23/2019

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

3. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH
Monday 8/19/2019 Warm-up
What are the elements that make up the plot of a story? Why are each of these items important to a story?
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

4. W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Short Story Elements - Write the definition of each plot term on your handout as we go over them.
Pixar Stories (pick one to diagram) – Watch each short film carefully. Then choose one story to map out on your plot diagram.
1. For The Birds:
2. Lifted:
3. Burn-E:
4. Dug’s Special Mission:
5. Partly Cloudy
Unpack Short story EA assignment (brainstorm web) – During this unit you will write a short story of your own. Turn to page 143 so we can discuss/unpack the requirements for this assignment. You will receive your rubric today as well.
Vocab 2A intro - As we go through each vocab slide, write down a synonym and the part of speech for each word.
Short Story Sentence Starters (if time) – At the bottom of your EA rubric you will find 3 sentence starters. On an index card, create an exposition of a story using ONE of those sentence starters.
Monday 8/19/2019
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

5. Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Plot (definition)
Plot is the organized pattern or sequence of events that make up a story. Every plot is made up of a series of incidents that are related to one another.
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

6. PLOT – Order of events in a story3
3. Climax
2. Rising Action
4. Falling Action 4 2 5 1
5. Resolution
1. Exposition
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

7. Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
1. Exposition
This usually occurs at the beginning of a short story. Here the characters are introduced. We also learn about the setting of the story. Most importantly, we are introduced to the main conflict (main problem).
Official definition: where the characters, setting, and part of the conflict is introduced.
PROTAGONIST – main character or the hero
ANTAGONIST – the villain or anything that is against the main character
SETTING – Where and when the story takes place.
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

8. Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
2. Rising Action
This part of the story begins to develop the conflict(s). A building of interest or suspense occurs.
Official Definition: Where the characters take STEPS in a series of events to try to solve the problem.
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

9. Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
3. Climax
This is the turning point of the story. Usually the main character comes face to face with a conflict. The main character will change in some way.
Official Definition: Where the tension is at its peak and the reader asks, “What will happen next?!” It is the turning point in the story.
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

10. Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
4. Falling Action
All loose ends of the plot are tied up. The conflict(s) and climax are taken care of
Official Definition: Where the characters are still taking steps in a series of events, but the loose ends are being tied up and the answers to our questions are being provided by the author.
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

11. Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
5. Resolution
The story comes to a reasonable ending.
Official Definition: the outcome or conclusion of the story.
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

12. Remember: The PLOT of a story moves like a roller coaster
Rising Action/Excitement builds
Climax of the story is at the most exciting point
Falling Action
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

13. Putting It All Together
1. Exposition
2. Rising Action
3. Climax
4. Falling Action
5. Resolution
Beginning of Story
Middle of Story
End of Story
Learning Target: W5 I can develop and use planning templates.

14. Unit 2A Vocab Words

15. W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
perish (v.)
Definition: to suffer death, typically in a violent, sudden, or untimely way
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: to die, to lose one’s life

16. W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
suffice (v.)
Definition: to be enough or to be adequate
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: to meet requirements; to satisfy demands

17. imputation (n.) Definition: an accusation as of fault or crime
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: insinuation, attribution

18. vestibule (n.)
Definition: hall or lobby next to the outer door of a building
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: entrance; lobby

19. depreciate (v.) Definition: to lessen the value of Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: to decrease, to diminish

20. chaste (adj.) Definition: pure, modest, simple Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: non-sexual, plain

21. laboriously (adv.)
Definition: in a way that takes considerable time and effort
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: strained

22. patent (adj.) Definition: obvious Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: evident

23. enfolded (v.) Definition: to wrap arms around Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: to hold; to surround

24. assertion (n.)
Definition: a declaration or statement, often without proof
Learning Target:
W5 I can develop and use planning templates.
Synonyms: opinion; claim

25. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH
Tuesday 8/20/2019 Warm-up
Draw a picture of fire & a picture of ice. Under your picture of fire write any words you connect with fire. Do the same for ice. Now categorize these words (love, hate, destruction, passion, romance, revenge, despair, anger) into FIRE or ICE or BOTH. Explain your words in paragraph form.
Learning Target: RL4 I can…analyze the use of word choice including figurative words and words with strong connotation and its effect on meaning and tone.

26. Tuesday 8/20/2019
Categorize love, hate, destruction, passion, romance, revenge, despair, and anger into one of the following categories. Volunteers will come write their ideas on the board.
Fire
Ice
Learning Target: RL4 I can…analyze the use of word choice including figurative words and words with strong connotation and its effect on meaning and tone.

27. Tuesday 8/20/2019 Fire and Ice Learning Target:
RL4 I can analyze the use of word choice including figurative words and words with strong connotation and its effect on meaning and tone.
Fire and Ice 
BY ROBERT FROST
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

28. Tuesday 8/20/2019 cont’d
Learning Target:
RL4
I can analyze the use of word choice including figurative words and words with strong connotation and its effect on meaning and tone.
Vocab 2A Bingo – As Dr. George reads the definitions for each word, place your bingo piece on the correct word space. Don’t worry, we will play a few rounds.
Independent reading - Today is an independent reading day. Take this time to continue reading your independent reading book.

29. What is a theme? Describe the theme of your movie, TV show, or book.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH
Wednesday 8/21/2019 Warm-up
What is a theme? Describe the theme of your movie, TV show, or book.
Learning Target:
RL3 I can show how the complex character and his/her interactions with other characters advance the plot.

30. Wednesday 8/21/2019
Learning Target:
RL3 I can show how the complex character and his/her interactions with other characters advance the plot.
Literary Terms Part 2: Fill in the missing literary terms on the Unit 2A chart. You can get the definitions from the textbook, the computers, dictionaries, or your phone.
The Stolen Party: Turn to page 118 to read the next short story as a class. Here is the link for the audio version:
Once we have finished reading, answer questions 2, 3, 5, 7, and 8, which start on page 122.
Short Story Brainstorm: Plan out your short story using the “Planning a Story” outline on page 98.
Independent reading - Take this time to continue reading your independent reading book.

31. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH
Thursday 8/22/2019 Warm-up
What is irony? What are the different types of irony? How do each of the types of irony differ from the other?
Learning Target:
RL5 I can figure out the structure of the text and the order of events.

32. I can figure out the structure of the text and the order of events.
Thursday 8/22/2019
Learning Target:
RL5
I can figure out the structure of the text and the order of events.
TED TALK THURSDAY: Complete the TED Talks graphic organizer as you watch the fiction writing episode (fast forward to
Gift of the Magi: We will read the story on page 107 as a class. As you read, complete a chart like this one.
Gift of the Magi Analysis: With a partner, answer questions 2-6 on page 111.
Independent Reading: Work on your purple Independent Reading handout as you read your IR book silently.
Words that create tone
Unknown words

33. Friday 8/23/2019 Learning Target: RL 2
I can determine a theme and explain its development throughout the text using specific details.
Vocab Quiz 2A: Turn off your cell phones/devices and place them on your bookbag. Place all bookbags in the front of the room. Clear your desk of everything except a writing utensil. Write all of your quiz answers on the actual quiz. DO NOT DRAW LINES FOR THE MATCHING! Write the appropriate letters for each definition.
Theme Statements: After watching this short video about how to write a theme statement, we will use the theme statement handout to write a theme statement about “The Gift of the Magi”. Then, you will construct your own theme statement for “The Stolen Party”.
Independent Reading: Work on your Independent Reading Log handout as you read your IR book silently.

34. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH
Friday 8/23/2019 Warm-up
Now that you have a better understanding of what irony is, what was ironic about the events in “The Gift of the Magi”? What type of irony is this an example of?
Learning Target:
RL5 I can figure out the structure of the text and the order of events.

35. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL1 (CCRS RI ): Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
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.

36. Unit Assessments…
Formative Vocab. bingo TED Talks Summative Vocab. 2A Quiz