August

2014

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

28 July

29

30

31

1 August

2/3

9/10

11

12

13

14

15

16/17

20

21

22

23/24

29

30/31

18

19

School Starts

Start of Unit 1:
Classroom Culture
Classroom Rules

25

26

Note Taking Strategies

1 September
No School Labor Day

Editor's Checklist
Inventories

27

28

Note Taking Strategies

3
Introduction to what
multicultural means and
expectations for the year

Beginning of the year

writing assignment

5
End of Unit 1
Pre-Unit Survey

6/7

September
MONDAY

1 September

TUESDAY

No School Labor Day

2014
WEDNESDAY

16

New Kids from the Block

as a class

22

10

30

Poetry In-Class

6/7

Pre-Unit Survey

11

17

18

12

13/14

19

20/21

24

Socratic Seminar

25

26

27/28

4/5

Buffet Etiquette In-Class

1 October

Introduce Personal
Narrative Assignment

Revised Meaning

SAT/SUN

End Unit 1

Character Cards

23

FRIDAY

Chalk Talk

Character Cards

29

Introduction to what
multicultural means and
expectations for the year

Begin Unit 2: Asian

American Perspectives

15

THURSDAY

Amy Tan Short Story InClass

9
Socratic Seminar

10

11/12

October
MONDAY

29 September

2014
TUESDAY

30

Poetry In-Class

WEDNESDAY

1 October

THURSDAY

Introduce Personal
Narrative Assignment

Introduce Graphic Novel

Aspect of Personal
Narrative

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

4/5

Amy Tan Short Story InClass

10

11/12

17

18/19

Socratic Seminar

Workshop

13

14

Workshop
Work Day

20

15

16

End Unit 2
Due: Personal Graphic
Narrative
Pre Unit Survey for Unit 3

21

Begin Unit 3: Native

American Mythology

22

No School - Parent
Teacher Conferences

23

WebQuest

24

25/26

WebQuest

WebQuest

27

28

29

Exploring Figurative
Language
Introduce
Compare/Contrast

3
A Story Treasure Hunt

30

31

1/2 November

8/9

Proverbs

5
A Story Treasure Hunt

Socratic Seminar

November
MONDAY

27 October

2014

TUESDAY

28

WEDNESDAY

29

Exploring Figurative
Language
Introduce Compare
Contrast

A Story Treasure Hunt

THURSDAY

30

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

31

1/2 November

8/9

Proverbs

A Story Treasure Hunt

Workshop Essays

Story Boards

10

11

12

Puzzle Tale

17

18

24

14

15/16

21

22/23

End Unit 3
Due: Compare/Contrast
Paper

Workshop

Begin Unit 4: Differing

Socioeconomic
Perspectives
The Line Game

13

19

20

Journals

Begin Movie in Class

Journals

25

26

27

28

Continue Movie

No School Thanksgiving
Break

No School Thanksgiving
Break

No School Thanksgiving
Break

29/30

Journals

1 December
No School
Collaboration Day

Three Level Reading

Guide

Socratic Seminar

6/7

December
MONDAY

1 December

2014

TUESDAY

No School
Collaboration Day

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Three Level Reading

Guide

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

6/7

Socratic Seminar

Introduce paper lab

time

10

Nothing Gold Can Stay

Drawing

11

12

13/14

19

20/21

Unsent Letters
Workshop

Lab Time

15

16

Socratic Seminar

17

18

Lab Time

End Unit 4

Workshop

Due: Research Paper

22

23

24

25

26

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

27/28

29

30

31

1 January

3/4

No School Winter
Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

10

No School Teacher
Work Day

Begin Unit 5: Hispanic

Perspectives
Read poems in class

Style rewrite

January
MONDAY

2015
TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

29 December

30

31

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

No School Winter Break

10/11

No School Teacher
Work Day

Begin Unit 5: Hispanic

American Perspectives

16

17/18

3/4

Style rewrite

Read poems in class

12

13

Biopoem

14

15

Style Rewrite

Found poem

In class reading

19

20

No School Martin
Luther King Day

21

22

Socratic Seminar

23

24/25

Guided imagery journal

Introduce poetry
assignment

26

2
Found Poem
Lab Time

27

28

29

Guess Who?

Lab Time

Lab Time

Workshop

4
End of Unit 5
Due: Three Poems
Culminating Text

30

31/1 February

7/8

Beginning of Unit 6:
African American
Perspectives

Family Tree

February
MONDAY

26 January

2015
TUESDAY

27

WEDNESDAY

28

THURSDAY

29

Guess Who?

Lab Time

Lab Time

Workshop

Found Poem

End of Unit 5
Due: Three poem
culminating text

Lab Time

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

30

31/1 February

7/8

Begin Unit 6: African

American Perspectives
Family tree

10

11

Introduce foreshadow log

12

13

14/15

20

21/22

27

28/1 March

Connotation mini-lesson

Annotate imagery

16

17

No School
Collaboration Day

Socratic Seminar

18

19
Class Newspaper
Introduce summaryresponse

23

24

Present day news

25

26

Workshop

3
Workshop

Socratic Seminar

5
End of Unit 6
Due: Summary-Response

7/8

March

2015

MONDAY

23 February

TUESDAY

24

Present day news

WEDNESDAY

25

THURSDAY

26

Workshop

Workshop

FRIDAY

27

SAT/SUN

28/1 March

Socratic Seminar

7/8

13

14/15

End of Unit 6
Due: Summary Response
Pre-unit survey

10

Begin Unit 7: Arab

American Perspectives

11

12

Annotating

Socratic Seminar

16

17

18

19

20

No School Spring Break

No School Spring Break

No School Spring Break

No School Spring Break

No School Spring Break

23

24

25

26

27

28/29

4/5

Unsent letters

30
Trading Cards

31

21/22

Socratic Seminar

1 April
Socratic Seminar

Web Quest

April

2015

MONDAY

30 March

TUESDAY

31

Trading Cards

WEDNESDAY

1 April

THURSDAY

Socratic Seminar

Web Quest

FRIDAY

SAT/SUN

4/5

Web Quest

10

Work Day

No School - Parent
Teacher Conferences

16

17

11/12

Introduce 5 minutes
informational video

13

14

No School
Collaboration Day

15
Work Day

18/19

End of Unit 7
Due: 5 minute
informational video

20

21

22

Begin Unit 8: Student

Perspectives ]

23

24

25/26

1 May

2/3

Introduce Student Choice

Introduce Multigenre
Project

27

28

Brainstorm on
Multigenre Project

29

30

Socratic Seminar

5
Socratic Seminar

Work Day

7
Found Poem

9/10

May

2015

MONDAY

27 April

TUESDAY

28

Brainstorm on
Multigenre

WEDNESDAY

29

12

Work Day

18

30

Socratic Seminar

Socratic Seminar

11

THURSDAY

19

1 May

SAT/SUN

2/3

Work Day

9/10

15

16/17

Found Poem

13

14

Work Day

Work Day

FRIDAY

20

No School Teacher
Work Day

21

Due: Multigenre Project

22

23/24

Share Projects

Share Projects

25

26

No School Memorial
Day

1 June

27

28

Share Projects

29

30/31

Last Day of School Half

Day

6/7