August 2014

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Begin Unit: How
other people view
you and how you
view yourself?
-Class overview
-Expectations
(together)
-Name tags

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Community
Building
-Two truths and a
lie
-Journals

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Community
Building
- Rock, Paper,
Scissors Champ
- All my neighbors
-Ball of Qs

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Community
Building
- Personal Story
(panels:
childhood toy,
memory, etc.)

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Community
Building
-Life boat
survivalist game
(http://www.onli
neexpert.com/ele
arning/user/pdf/n
atsem/managingd
iverseworkforce/t
eambuildinggamesacti
vitiesideas.pdf)
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Where Im From
Poem

Welcome to My
Life - Simple Plan

ReflectionMulan/ Christina
Aguilera

How Others
View Me- Poem

Keep Holding
On- Glee

-Annotation/
reflection

-Annotation/
reflection

-Annotation/
reflection

-Floor is lava

-Annotation/
reflection

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NO SCHOOL!

Wonder (Pg. 1-26)

Wonder (pg. 2750)

Wonder (pg. 5180)

Wonder (pg. 81117)

Journal from
anothers
perspective
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Wonder (pg. 118132)

Wonder (pg. 113157)

Wonder (pg. 158185)

Wonder (pg. 186204)

Wonder (pg. 205234)

Get This I
Believe
Assignment
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RD due- This I
Believe
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Wonder (pg. 235248)

Wonder (pg. 248274)

Wonder (pg. 275293)

Wonder (pg. 294315)

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Wrap up
discussion

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Wonder
Culminating
Activity (Words
and Perceptions)
http://mrwreads.
blogspot.com/201
2/03/wonderread-aloudresources.html
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Wonder
Culminating
Activity (Words
and Perceptions)

Present This I
Believe Essays

Present This I
Believe Essays

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Turn in This I
Believe
Assignment
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Present This I
Believe Essays
(about 15
minutes)
End of unit ,
Begin Outsider
Unit
-Read This I
Believe Essay on
being an outsider
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Discussion- What
does it mean to
be an outsider?

Begin- The
Outsiders

The Outsiders

The Outsiders

The Outsiders

End of novel

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Discussion- What
does it mean to
be an outsider?

Begin- The
Outsiders (Chp.12)

The Outsiders
(Chp.3-4)

The Outsiders
(Chp.5-6)

The Outsiders
(Chp.7-8)

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The Outsiders
(Chp.9-10)

The Outsiders
(Chp.10-11)

The Outsiders
(Chp.12), End,
Book cover
assignment

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Test on The
Outsiders

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Show The
Outsiders Movie,
Book cover
assignment due

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Show The
Outsiders Movie

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Show The
Outsiders Movie,
Give music video
assignment

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NO SCHOOL!

NO SCHOOL!

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Finish Body
Biography
assignment

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Loser Like MeGlee

Freak- David
Bowie

Belle- Beauty
and The Beast

CreepRadiohead

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Start AssignmentWrite own short
story, poem,
song, etc. about
being an outsider

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Continue
assignment

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Continue
assignment

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Assignment due
in class (end of
class),
Music video
assignment due
(turn in online by
10 PM)

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Begin on Body
Biography
assignment (work
time)

Present music
videos
End of unit

November 2014

3
Begin unit- Guilt
and how it
dictates our
actions and
identity.
Discussion- what
is guilt?
Experiences, etc.

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Begin collage on
guilt- find images
to represent guilt
(What is guilt?
What does it look
like? What does it
feel like?)

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Finish collage in
class (if not, finish
for HW).

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This is Just to
Say- William
Carlos Williams

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Begin- Thirteen
Reasons Why

Write a reflection
on what guilt is?
What does it look
like?

Write own
version of poem.

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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 1-2)

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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 3-4)

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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 5-6),
Post Secret
Postcard assigned

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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 7-8)

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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 11-12)

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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 13-14),
End of novel

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Thirteen Reasons
Why- wrap up
discussion
socratic seminar

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The Tell- Tale
Heart -Poe

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RAFT- Someone
who is guilty

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Compare/
Contrast essay
due, End of unit

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When I Was Your
Man- Bruno
Mars ,
Post Secret
Postcard due
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NO SCHOOL!

NO SCHOOL!

NO SCHOOL!

Preview difficulty
of topics
discussed,
Compare/
Contrast essay
assigned
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Thirteen Reasons
Why (Chp. 9-10),

December 2014
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Begin unit- How
does one cope
with
unimaginable
challenges and
how does that
affect their
identity?
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Poetry from
victims- excerpts
from I Never Saw
Another
Butterfly

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Preview
Holocaust- What
is the historical
significance? Who
was affected?

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Continue
discussion on the
events of the
Holocaust,
suitcase
discussion

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What actions
would lead
people to act this
way?- Watch The
Wave (45
minutes)

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http://www.yadv
ashem.org/yv/en/
education/lesson
_plans/poems_pa
intings.asp

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Finish up group
work and
presentations on
poems.

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Create own
poetry inspired by
poems we read

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Group
presentation
work time

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Group
presentation
work time

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Group
presentation
work time

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Presentations

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Discuss The Wave
- What stands
out?,
Begin A to Z
Holocaust
Dictionary
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A to Z Holocaust
Dictionary due,
Group
Presentation
assignment
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January 2015

5
NO SCHOOL!

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 60-90)

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NO SCHOOL!

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Begin new unitLoss of innocence
and how it makes
you grow and
change

NO SCHOOL!

NO SCHOOL!

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Who was affected
in the Holocaust?Diary entries from
victims,
Introduce diary
assignment
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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 90-105)

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Begin- The Diary
of Anne Frank,
context and
background
Significance?

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 1-30)

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 30-60)

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 105
(bottom) -150)

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 151181)

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 181210)

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 210268)

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The Diary of Anne
Frank (pg. 268275), End of book

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The Diary of Anne
Frank wrap up
discussion

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The Diary of Anne
Frank Test

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Never Grow UpTaylor Swift,

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Nurses SongWilliam Blake

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Write a letter to
past self
reflecting on how
you have grown
and changed

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Begin To Kill a
Mockingbird,
Anticipation
guide,
receive reading
response journal
assignment

Why feel this

way?

February 2015
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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 1-3)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 4-7)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 8-10),
receive info on
Creative Final
Project
Assignment
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Act out trial scene
(2 groups)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 11-12)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 13-15)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 16-17)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 18-19)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp. 20-23)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp.26-27)

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp.28-29),
Receive analytical
essay assignment
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To Kill a
Mockingbird test

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To Kill a
Mockingbird
(Chp.29-31), End
of novel

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Watch To Kill a
Mockingbird

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Watch To Kill a
Mockingbird

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Watch To Kill a
Mockingbird,
Body biography
assignment due

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Analytical essay
rough draft due

Workshop for
analytical essay

Workshop for
analytical essay

Analytical essay
due

March 2015
2

Creative Final
Project
work time

Creative Final
Project
work time

Creative Final
Project
work time

Creative Final
Project
work time (due at
end of class)

Creative Final
Project
presentations

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Begin new unit,
how
transformative
events
(awakenings/
epiphanies)
influence
idenitity?
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EpiphanyHarley White

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Wake Up Arcade Fire

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The LotteryShirley Jackson

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The LotteryShirley Jackson

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NO SCHOOL!

NO SCHOOL!

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NO SCHOOL!

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Watch The
Truman Show,
Personal Moment
Essay Assigned

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Watch The
Truman Show

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Watch The
Truman Show,
wrap up
discussion

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Begin The Giver,
Travel brochure
assigned

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The Giver (Chp. 12),

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The Giver (Chp. 34)

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The Giver (Chp. 56), Memory book
assigned

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The Giver (Chp. 78)

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The Giver (Chp. 910), newspaper
assigned

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The Giver (Chp.
11-12)

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The Giver (Chp.
13-14)

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The Giver (Chp.
15-16)

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The Giver (Chp.
17-18)

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The Giver (Chp.
19-20)

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The Giver (Chp.
21-23), End

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Travel brochure,
memory book,
and newspaper all
due!, Test on The
Giver

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Personal Moment
Essay due

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The Danger of a
Single StoryChimamanda
Adiche

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Still I Rise or
Phenomenal
Woman- Maya
Angelou

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Begin new unit:
How does
multiculturalism
influence
identity?,
Interview
assignment
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How to Write a
Great American
Indian NovelSherman Alexie

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Sorry for Not
Being a
Stereotype- Rita
Pyrillis

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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 4-7)

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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 8-11)

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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 12-15)

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Begin The
Absolutely True
Diary of a PartTime Indian,
Graphic novel
assignment
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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 16-19),
Postcard due

NO SCHOOL!

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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 1-3),
Postcard assigned

NO SCHOOL!

May 2015
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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 20-23)

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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 24-27)

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The Absolutely
True Diary of a
Part-Time Indian
(Chp. 28-30), End
of novel
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Graphic novel
assignment due,
Interview
presentations

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Interview
presentations,
End of unit

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Begin new unit:
How beliefs
influence
identity?
(Mythology)

Greek Gods and

Goddesses
(various stories)

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Leda and the
Swan- William
Butler Yeats

Greek Gods and

Goddesses
(various stories),
Map of Olympus
assignment
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The CaveMumford and
Sons

Greek Gods and

Goddesses
(various stories) ,
advice column
assignment
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The Lightning
Thief (Chp. 1-3)

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Greek/ Latin roots
quiz,
Greek God
Jepordy
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The Lightning
Thief (Chp. 4-7)

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The Lightning
Thief (Chp. 8-11)

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The Lightning
Thief (Chp. 12-15)

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The Lightning
Thief (Chp. 16-19)

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The Lightning
Thief (Chp. 20-22)
Board game due

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NO SCHOOL!

Watch Hercules

Watch Hercules

Watch Hercules

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Last day of school
Class wrap up,
turn in final letter

Greek Gods and

Goddesses
(various stories)

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Begin- The
Lightning Thief

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