Unit1PlanningCalendar

Week 1 8/29- 8/30 8/31 9/1 9/2

Personal Narrative Welcome Classroom Brainstorm Significant Review Cold write Read Roots: Random
about Significant Event Expectations Events Thoughts on Random
Take a Seat, Make a Hair
Friend Set up Google Cold Write Fill out organizer
Classroom

Week 2 9/5 9/6 9/7 9/8 9/9

Finish organizer and Whole group Work on narratives in Work on narratives in
Holiday - Schools & get into groups to instruction on Small groups based on Small groups based on
Offices Closed discuss-jigsaw paragraphing areas of need in areas of need in
Paragraphing/ellipses narrative narrative
Formatting dialogue
Sensory descriptors

Week 3 9/12 9/13 9/14 9/15 9/16

MAP-R MAP-R MAP-R MAP-R(?) Complete Rough Draft
Professional Day #1
Paragraphing
mini-lesson Sensory details
mini-lesson
Continue Rough
Draft Exit card -> What do
you need help with
still?

Week 4 9/19 9/20 9/21 9/22 9/23

Description of a Small group Lesson on sensory Introduce Lit Circle Make revisions and Pass out Lit Circle
Setting in Personal differentiation based details to develop novels and student work on final draft Novels
Narrative on feedback setting selection
Make revisions and
Teacher conferencing Verbals review Verbals Quiz work on final draft
Week 5 9/26 9/27 9/28 9/29 9/30
Comparison of Complete final Read and begin the Lit Circle #1 Finish organizer and
Narrative Elements in narrative draft organizer turn in for Day
Two Texts feedback-use for
Choose two texts for making groups
comparison

Week 6 10/3 10/4 10/5 10/6 10/7

How to write a Lit Circle #2 Begin first draft Continue draft
NI - No school for comparison essay
students & teachers

Week 7 10/10 10/11 10/12 10/13 10/14

Peer Edit and make Lit Circle #3 Final Draft of
revisions NI - No school for Comparison Essay
students & teachers Due

Week 8 10/17 10/18 10/19 10/20 10/21

Final draft of Quick review of Lit Circle #4 Practice writing Review for Quarterly
comparison essay narrative elements extension to a Assessment
Read a story from MR narrative

HW-tutorial review

Week 9 10/24 10/25 10/26 10/27 10/28

Evaluation of a Quarterly Assessment Quarterly Assessment Lit Circle #5 Begin evaluation of
product or experience product or experience

Week 10 10/31 11/1 11/2 11/3 11/4

Last day of MP1

The Contender - 760L

Chinese Cinderella - 960L
My Brother Sam is Dead - 770L
Canyons - 930L
 PlansfortheWeekof:October3,2016(Week6)

Tobedonebeforecohortplanning:
Calendar weekly instructional topics prior to cohort meeting
Preview learning goals for the following week(s)
Plan flexible groups individually prior to cohort meeting

PlanningSession#1:

Clarifying Learning Goals for the week (Common Task): Comparison of Narrative Elements in Two Texts

Requisite Skills and Learning for Success (What do they need to already know and be able to do?):
Elements of a narrative
General idea of comparison

Student Achievement Data: Teaching Up:

Pre-assessments/Assessments Given: Think about what a top student would be able to do with the common
Comparison Narrative Organizer task:
Identify sophisticated elements in the narrative and how they
Criteria for Success: communicate meaning
Exceeding - Identify several elements of similarities/differences Make explicit connections between two narratives
of narrative and support comparison with text evidence
Meeting - Identify two elements of similarities/differences of
narrative and support with details
Approaching - Identify elements in a narrative

Make a Plan (How does data drive your instruction?):

Exceeding - Self constructed graphic organizer
Meeting - Comparison graphic organizer
Approaching - Structured graphic organizer with chunk passages, and limited elements to compare

PlanningSession#2
Considerations for Planning Learning Experiences:
Choice of product and text selection (relevant, culturally responsive, and multiple perspectives)
Learning experiences that demonstrate evidence of the upper level of Blooms taxonomy and Webbs Depth of Knowledge
How will each student group receive instructional time with the teacher?
*How will you scaffold for students who are approaching and beginning mastery? How will you enrich for students who have already met or
exceeded the standard?

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

10/3/16 10/4/16 10/5/16 10/6/16 10/7/16
No School
Mastery SWBAT: Begin SWBAT Participate in SWBAT demonstrate their SWBAT demonstrate their
Objective/ organizing evidence literature circles by understanding of understanding of
Language for their comparison comparing narrative comparison writing by comparison writing by
Objective essay by filling out a elements. beginning their rough draft. continuing their rough draft.
graphic organizer.

Warm Up Identify types of Use transition words or

transition words phrases to create transition
sentences for body
paragraphs.

Daily Agenda 1. Small groups 1. Lit circles 1. Begin rough draft 1. Finish rough draft
with based on 2. Finish graphic
opportunities narrative organizer
for Academic element chart
Discourse 2. Begin graphic
organizer

Differentiation Exceeding: Exceeding - Exceeding: Exceeding - Self Small groups based on

Needed Self constructed areas of need
Meeting: Meeting:
constructed graphic organizer
Approaching: graphic Approaching: Meeting -
organizer Comparison
graphic organizer
 Meeting - Approaching -
Comparison Structured
graphic graphic organizer
organizer with chunk
Approaching passages, and
- Structured limited elements
graphic to compare
organizer
with chunk
passages,
and limited
elements to
compare

Check for Exit ticket-Literature circle Exit ticket-What are you still Collect Rough Draft for
Understanding reflection having trouble with as you feedback
of the Mastery work on your comparison
Objective essay?

Homework for Literature Circles Literature Circles Literature Circles Literature Circles Literature Circles
Practice & Rough Draft Due Friday Rough Draft Due Friday
Preparation

Looking Ahead: Evaluation of a product or review Upcoming Assessments: Final Draft of Comparison Essay