Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Oct. 26

27

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30

Read Benjamin Franklin's "Aphorisms"  Define aphorisms, provide personal examples

Continue with aphorisms

Practice TAKS test

Early Release

No students

staff development in room 409/grade taks tests

No students

Job alike day/location unknown

Nov. 2

3

4

5

6

Read background information, Stephen Crane, Handout novel copies, Ch. 1-4 study questions, vocabulary  

Begin Red Badge of Courage chapters 1-2  

Continue reading

Chapters 3-4

Discuss, review chapters 1-4

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Test-chapters 1-4.  

Handout-ch 5-7 study questions/vocab begin reading

Nov. 9

10

11

12

13

  Finish reading chapters 5-7

  Handout sq/vocab chapters 8-11, 11-13.  continue reading

Read through ch.11.

Read to end of ch.13

Test-chapters 8-13. Hand out sq/voc. 14-24.  continue reading  

Nov. 16

17

18

19

20

Read through chapter 17.

Read through Chapter 20

Read to end of novel.

Review for Final test.

Final Test-Red Badge of Courage.  

Nov. 23

24

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26

27

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

Thanksgiving Holiday

  Nov   30

Research introduction

   Dec 1

Source cards and thesis

 2

Note cards and thesis

3

Research methods, summarization and paraphrasing

  4

Library     

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Dec. 7

8

9

10

11

Library

Library

Library

RESEARCH PAPER

RESEARCH PAPER

Dec. 14

15

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RESEARCH PAPER

RESEARCH PAPER

RESEARCH PAPER DUE for full CREDIT

RESEARCH PAPER may be turned in with 30 point reduction

  Jan. 4

No school

  5

No school

6

Freewriting exercises

  7

  8

Discuss, view, critique online responses.  Expand prewriting from aphorism.

  Jan. 11

Return research papers for rewrite.

  12

Begin draft of narrative based on aphorism.

  13

Continue with draft of narrative.

  14

Research paper 2nd draft due

  15

Continue with narrative draft.