September Lessons
Monday, September 3
No School!
Homework:
1.) Complete your summer reading book by September 28th. (Bring to class now!)
Tuesday, September 4
Objective: Students will be able to unpack Unit 1.
Plan:
1.) Introduction to Independent Reading (IR)
2.) Unpack Unit 1
3.) Summer Reading evidence tracker
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Wednesday, September 5
Objective: Students will be able to define archetype and evaluate the 10 most common.
1.) IR
2.) Archetype jigsaw
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Thursday, September 6 - Friday, September 7
Objective: Students will be able to analyze the stages of the Hero's Journey and its relation to plot.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.2: Understanding the Hero's Journey Archetype
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Monday, September 10th - Tuesday, September 11th
Objective: Students will be able to analyze a story for archetypal structure and narrative techniques.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.5: The Departure (with Fiction SignPost review)
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Wednesday, September 12th
Objective: Students will be able to analyze a film for archetypal structure and narrative techniques.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.7: The Return (adapted)
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
2.) Hero's Journey and Archetype quiz on Tuesday.
HURRICANE DAYS!
Tuesday, September 18th
Objective: Students will be able to analyze an excerpt from a epic for archetypal structure and narrative techniques.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.6: The Initiation
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Wednesday, September 19th
*Today is a Teacher Workday. No school!
Friday, September 21st
Objective: Students will be able to properly embed and cite quotations.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.14: TLQC
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th..
Monday, September 24th- Wednesday, September 26th
Objective: Students will be able to defend a thesis that answers "Does Atalanta follow the Hero's Journey" through a DBQ process.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) DBQ: Does Atalanta follow the Hero's Journey? (formal grade)
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th..
Thursday, September 27th - Friday, September 28th
Objective: Students will be able to set an 8th grade baseline for MAP.
Plan:
1.) MAP Testing
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due Friday!
No School!
Homework:
1.) Complete your summer reading book by September 28th. (Bring to class now!)
Tuesday, September 4
Objective: Students will be able to unpack Unit 1.
Plan:
1.) Introduction to Independent Reading (IR)
2.) Unpack Unit 1
3.) Summer Reading evidence tracker
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Wednesday, September 5
Objective: Students will be able to define archetype and evaluate the 10 most common.
1.) IR
2.) Archetype jigsaw
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Thursday, September 6 - Friday, September 7
Objective: Students will be able to analyze the stages of the Hero's Journey and its relation to plot.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.2: Understanding the Hero's Journey Archetype
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Monday, September 10th - Tuesday, September 11th
Objective: Students will be able to analyze a story for archetypal structure and narrative techniques.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.5: The Departure (with Fiction SignPost review)
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Wednesday, September 12th
Objective: Students will be able to analyze a film for archetypal structure and narrative techniques.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.7: The Return (adapted)
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
2.) Hero's Journey and Archetype quiz on Tuesday.
HURRICANE DAYS!
Tuesday, September 18th
Objective: Students will be able to analyze an excerpt from a epic for archetypal structure and narrative techniques.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.6: The Initiation
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th.
Wednesday, September 19th
*Today is a Teacher Workday. No school!
Friday, September 21st
Objective: Students will be able to properly embed and cite quotations.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) SpringBoard 1.14: TLQC
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th..
Monday, September 24th- Wednesday, September 26th
Objective: Students will be able to defend a thesis that answers "Does Atalanta follow the Hero's Journey" through a DBQ process.
Plan:
1.) IR
2.) DBQ: Does Atalanta follow the Hero's Journey? (formal grade)
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due September 28th..
Thursday, September 27th - Friday, September 28th
Objective: Students will be able to set an 8th grade baseline for MAP.
Plan:
1.) MAP Testing
Homework:
1.) Summer reading evidence tracker due Friday!