American Street PLANNING CALENDAR

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

x American Street x Discuss reading; Reading Quiz on Grammar Focus: Parts x Annotation Check
Introduction: immigration, the character of chapters 1-4 of Speech review and
Students will be introduced Fabiola, sentence diagramming Discuss reading; Papa Legba
to the text and begin dependence/independence,
discussing the theme of Discuss reading; Family, Discuss reading; Round Table review about
immigration Dray and Donna, English Fabiola’s experience at Voodoo
language and its treatment, school, Matant Jo’s story
Students select and close crossroads, Princess’ Story Introduce students to Voodoo,
read a passage Fabiola writes a letter to show informational video about
Read chapter 1 in class S Manman activity Voodoo practices

Homework: Read and Homework: Read and Homework: Read and Homework: Read and Homework: Read and annotate
annotate chapters1-2 annotate chapters 3-4 annotate chapters 5-6 annotate chapters 7-8 Voodoo articles
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x Discuss reading; What Introduce Narrative Grammar Focus: Annotation Check

is Voodoo? What are key Essay: review elements of x Reading Quiz on chapters Affect vs. Effect
takeaways? Importance of writing a narrative essay 5-12
Voodoo in Haiti. How does Discuss reading; Kasim,
Voodoo appear in the text? Discuss reading; Fabiola and Discuss reading; Papa Discuss reading; Dray, Manman, Papa Legba, American
her mom, immigration, Legba, crossroads, Primadonna’s story, Fabiola and Joy crossroads, Q and Dray,
Detective Shawna Stevens, symbolism of Joy Road and and Kasim’s date, Fabiola, Manman, Matant Jo,
Kasim American Street, Chantal’s American Street Marjorie and Valerie’s Story
Envelope Please Activity x story, school, Detective
x Stevens
Homework: Read and
annotate chapters 11-12 Homework: Read and Round Table review about Haiti
x Homework: Read and annotate chapters 15-16 x
annotate chapters 13-14 x
Homework: Read and x
annotate chapters 9-10 Homework: Read and annotate
x Toussaint/Haitian Revolution
articles
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Discuss reading; Discuss reading; Three Reading Quiz on Grammar Focus:

Narrative Essay Due
history of Haiti, Haitian Bees, the makeover, Dray’s chapters 13-20 Semicolons vs. Colons
x Annotation Check
revolution, Toussaint party
Louverture
Introduce Summative Assessment
Discuss reading; Fabiola’s
Discuss reading; Donna and discovery, the story of 8800
Discuss reading; Thanksgiving,
Peer review of narrative Dray, Fabiola’s fight, Papa American Street, Family,
letter to Manman, Donna and
essay draft Legba, the breakup
Dray, abuse
Homework: Read and
annotate chapters 17-18
Homework: Begin
Homework: Read and Homework: Read and Homework: Read and
brainstorming/pre-writing ideas
annotate chapters 19-20 annotate chapters 21-22 annotate chapters 23-24
for summative assessment
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x Questions for the x Reading Quiz on Grammar Focus: x Annotation Check

x Discuss reading;
author activity chapters 21-30 Accept vs. Except
Imani’s change, Fabiola’s
Discuss reading; 2010
fight, the Four Bees, Fabiola
Introduce Socratic Seminar Earthquake, Dray, Drayton’s
and her name, Fabiola, Dray,
story, Papa Legba, Family,
and Detective Stevens
Class time to begin Discuss reading; Papa America
reading/ask questions about Discuss reading; Papa Legba, the party, Kasim,
Summative Legba, Voodoo, Kasim’s 2010 Earthquake, Dray End of the novel wrap-up, final
Sandra Cisneros name
x story thoughts
excerpt from House on
Mango Street
Homework: Read and write
Homework: Read and Homework: Read and Homework: Read and down a takeaway for 5 different
Homework: Read and
annotate chapters 25-26 annotate chapters 29-30 annotate chapters 31-32 stories from
annotate chapters 27-28
x x x https://myimmigrationstory.com/
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x x Peer Editing of
class time to work on their x Summative Assessment Due
Socratic Seminar Day 1 Socratic Seminar Day 2 Summative Assessment
revisions for the summative
Focus: Symbolism, Focus: Tie-up conversations Draft
assessment and receive x
character arcs, major themes from previous day, unit more teacher and peer
essential questions Students will work with at
feedback
least 2-3 peers before class
is over
Class in a computer lab or
using school devices
x x x
Homework: Work on Homework: Work on Homework: Work on
Homework: Work on
Summative Assessment Summative Assessment Summative Assessment
Summative Assessment
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