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Course Calendar American Lit Modified Part B
Schedule is subject to change at any time. Be flexible! **Homework is due the next day unless otherwise noted.**


 * If you are absent, please make sure to check the course calendar and email me!

-Common Assessment -Background information/review -Unit 5 notes || -Review Unit 5 notes -Begin background web quest to Great Gatsby -Web quest should be in MLA format, complete sentences, and your own words/work || -Review web quest -Background to 1920’s -Begin GG 4 corner posts || -4 corner discussion -Pass out The Great Gatsby -Begin reading. || -GG 1-2 quiz -Characters -Setting || -Join wikispaces (if not a member of class wiki) || -Finish web quest. Keep on your computer saved as Last name and GG WQ (Smith GG WQ.docx) || -complete 3 4 corner posts by class time Thursday. 100 word min. each. -Remember, you must be signed into and be a member of the wiki to post. || -Great Gatsby chapters 1-2 || -Great Gatsby Vlog 1 Due on Monday -Great Gatsby 3 || Mass Day || -GG 3 quiz -GG wiki posting || -GG chpt 4 quiz -GG character chart || -GG 5 quiz -Literary techniques || -GG 6 quiz -GG locations mapping || -GG 7quiz -GG character chart -GG wiki posting || -GG Vlog 2 due on Monday || -GG Vlog 2 due -Discussion -Review Chapter questions || -Great Gatsby review and theme -Movie comparisons || -GG literary themes and techniques || -GG Test -Begin Unit 5 short story unit || -“A Worn Path” quiz and discussion ||
 * Week 1: Nov. 27th-Dec. 1st **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * In Class || -Intro to class
 * Homework || -Finish Unit 5 notes
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 2: Dec. 4th-8th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday
 * In Class || -GG Vlog 1 due
 * Homework || -GG chpt 4 || -GG chpt 5 || GG chpt 6 || GG chpt 7 || -GG 8-9
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 3: Dec. 11th-15th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * In Class || -GG 8-9 quiz
 * Homework || -GG study guide || -GG themes and literary techniques || Study for GG test || -Read “A Worn Path” pg. 820 || -Read “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” pg. 846 ||
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   || [|audio]

[|Full Text] || -Begin unit 6 background notes || CHRISTMAS || BREAK || BEGINS! || Classes Begin || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * Week 4: Dec. 18th-22nd **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * In Class || -Review Jilting of Granny Weatherall || -Unit 5 short story quiz
 * Homework || -Review for Short Story quiz || -Unit 6 background notes ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 5: Jan. 1st-5th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday
 * In Class || No School || Cold weather day

-Watch the Edpuzzle video on Subject Verb agreement and complete the questions within it before class on Wednesday || -Subject verb agreement worksheet -Unit 6 Notes review || -Subject Verb agreement practice

-complete the SVA worksheet that was homework Wednesday -Watch and complete the Pronoun Antecedent video
 * ONLINE PLAN**

-In the grammar book, please complete pg. 594 ex. 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13

-Review SVA wkst 1 || -Pronoun antecedent practice

**Online learning day** see email || -PAA wkst 1 || -SVA review -PAA review -Agreement study guide || -Vocab 1 -Agreement review || -Agreement and Usage test || -Vocab 1 quiz -Introduce research paper || -select topics -MLA review worksheet || Midterm Grades Due || -MLA review worksheet - Create NoodleTools account -Thesis statement review || Library Day Goal: Cite 1 book, 1 website || -Vocab 2 -Library Day Goal: cite 2 articles || -Note card explanation -Outline explanation
 * Homework ||  ||   || -SVA wkst 1 || -pronoun antecedent notes on EdPuzzle || -Vocab 1 (due Wednesday)
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 6: Jan. 8th-12th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * In Class || -Pronoun usage notes and practice || -Pronoun usage review
 * Homework || -Pronoun usage worksheets || -complete Agreement study guide || -study for agreement test || -study for Vocab quiz || -Vocab 2 (due Wednesday)
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 7: Jan. 15th-19th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday
 * In Class || -Pick topics

- Templates for note cards and outlines -Review The First Seven Years || -Vocab 2 quiz

- Note card work time || [|Full Text Link] || - Cite 1 more source ||  || -Read Everyday Use pg. 1056 due on Wednesday
 * Homework || - Read The First Seven Years pg. 988 due on Thursday

[|Full text link]- || -Vocab 3 (due Wednesday) -Complete 10 note cards for Monday || Goal: Create 15 note cards || Library Day Goal: Create 15 note cards || -Vocab 3 - Outline work day -All 50 note cards due -Everyday Use and Hiroshima due || -Vocab 3 quiz
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 8: Jan. 22nd-26th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * In Class || Library Day

-Citing sources and integrating quotes review || -Work Day in library on outline -Outline due Monday-printed before class || -Read Hiroshima pg. 1162 due Wednesday || -complete 5 note cards || -study for vocab quiz (Thursday this week!) || -Punctuation Day 1 videos || -Vocab 4 (due Wednesday) -Outline due Monday. Please have printed before class. -Punctuation Day 2 videos || Mass Day || Friday || -Individual conferences || -Punctuation Review -Study and review for Punctuation quiz on Thursday || -Vocab 4 -Rough drafts work day || -Rough drafts due -Review punctuation || -Vocab 4 quiz -Rough drafts back
 * Homework || -complete 5 note cards
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 9: Jan. 29th-Feb. 2nd CSW **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday
 * In Class || -Outlines due

-Punctuation quiz || -4 Corner posts due on Tuesday -OMM Webquest due on Tuesday || 2:00 dismissal || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday Junior Retreat || Friday || -Work time on OMM webquest || -Research Paper final draft due! -4 corner discussion -Intro to OMM || -Vocab 5 -OMM 1 quiz || -OMM chapter 3 || -Vocab 5 quiz -OMM Vlog 1 due -OMM 2-4 quiz -character chart || (Please have printed before class) Turn in rough draft and outline with final draft || -read OMM 1 || OMM 2 -Vlog 1 due Friday || -OMM chpt 4 || -OMM chpt 5-6 -OMM Vlog 2 due Monday || Mass Day || Thursday || Friday || -OMM essay || [|-RitS intro and background] -Final exam study guide passed out || No School || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday || Act 1 || RitS Act 2 -Study guide || RitS Act 3 Review for test || RitS test -Final exam study guide work time ||
 * Homework || -Punctuation Day 3 video || -Work on Rough Drafts || -MUST have rough draft printed before class Thursday || -Punctuation work || -Vocab 5 (due Wednesday)
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 10: Feb. 5th-Feb. 9th **
 * || Monday
 * In Class || -Final questions on Research Paper
 * Homework || -complete research paper
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Week 11: Feb. 12th-Feb. 16th **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday
 * In Class || -OMM quotes and characters || -OMM Socratic seminar || -OMM review || -OMM test
 * Homework || -finish character chart ||  ||   || -Complete OMM theme essay (due on Friday-keep online) || -Begin working on Final Exam Study Guide ||
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   || [|Final Study Guide] ||
 * Week 12: Feb. 19th-Feb. 23rd **
 * || Monday
 * In Class ||  || RitS
 * Homework ||  || -Character and dreams worksheet || -Complete 1-2 study guide ||   || -Complete Final Exam study guide ||
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   || [|Final exam essay prompts] ||
 * Week 13: Feb. 26th-March 2nd **
 * || Monday || Tuesday || Wednesday || Thursday || Friday ||
 * In Class || -Common Assessment || -Portfolio Review || -Review || FINALS || FINALS ||
 * Homework ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Supplements ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||