Quarter 1 Calendar

Grades 9-10
Due Homework Test Handout No School
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Aug. 18-21 First Day of
Quarter 1.
Introduced bell
work; reviewed
literary elements.
Finished
identifying literary
elements for given
short films; did a
quickwrite on
what it means to
be human.
Read different
scholarly opinions
on what it means
to be human and
identified a list of
ten traits.
Began writing
Guide to Being
Human for a Non-
Human.
Week 1 Bell Work
Due
Aug. 25-28 Guide to Being
Human for a Non-
Human.
Guide to Being
Human for a Non-
Human. Due
Questions about
being non-human.
Discuss non-
human questions.
Begin reading The
Metamorphosis
taking notes on
character traits.
Continue reading
and taking notes
on the organizer
given
Week 2 BW Due
Sept. 1-4 Labor Day!
No school.
Continue reading
chapter 1
Read final two
pages in chapter 1,
finish character
traits and
summary.
Quiz on chapter 1.
Begin reading
chapter 2, making
a list in how his
family treats him
and how he feels.
Week 3 BW Due.
Sept. 8-11 Write a story on
myaccess about
Gregor catching up
to the chief clerk.
Diagramming
notes.
Vocab Quiz 1
(weeks 1-3 words)
Week 4 BW Due.

Family Days!
No school.
Sept. 15-18 Continue reading
chapter 2 and
taking notes.
Finish chapter 2
and take the open-
book quiz.
Vocab Quiz 2
Write about
predictions you
make for the end
of the book.
Week 5 BW Due.
Read and
summarize
chapter 3.
Sept. 22-25 Finish reading
chapter 3 and
taking notes.
Chapter 3 quiz.
Notes due with
the quiz.
Vocab Quiz 3
Create outline for
final essay on
What did The
Metamorphosis
show you about
what it means to
be human?
Week 6 BW Due
Begin final essays.
Sept. 29-Oct. 2 Continue working
on essays.
Vocab Quiz 4 Week 7 BW Due
Diagramming test.
Oct. 6-9 Vocab Quiz 5 Week 8 BW Due
Last Day of
Quarter 1.
All work due.