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TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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First Day of School!

Class Intro.

HW-personal info sheet and e-mail teacher; refresh summer reading

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Curriculum Discussion

THE ONLINE CLASSROOM

HW-get online classroom permission slip signed

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Summer reading activity

HW-summer reading quiz tomorrow

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Summer reading quiz

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Elements of the Short Story:  Character, Plot, Setting

Groups: Practice Story analysis

HW-Choose a group story and agree via e-mail; read story to work on analysis tomorrow

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COMPUTER LAB

Work on PowerPoint Presentation story analysis

POWERPOINT DUE TOMORROW!

(10 slide pres. No more no less.  Must include reference list)

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POWERPOINT

PRES. IN CLASS!

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SCHOOL CLOSED

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POWERPOINT

PRES.  IN CLASS!

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Tone/Mood

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Tell Tale Heart” at www.geocities.com/short_stories_page

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HW – Read story

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“Tell Tale Heart”

Activity

HW-Create own setting that depicts a specific mood (NOT HORROR)

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Setting presentations:  Can you guess the mood?

HW-Read “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant

at geocities web site

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Discuss tone and mood of the story

Choose 3 different songs to go with 3 different moods of the story

HW-bring in songs

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Songs presentations

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Point of View

Stephen Crane’s “The Boat”

HW – Read story

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Discuss “The Boat”

Activity-Groups apply alternate points of view to the story

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1^st Person Point of View

James Joyce’s “Araby”

HW – Read story

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Discuss 1^st person Pt. of View

HW-Choose a short story and discuss pt. of view

October 1

Pt. of view discussions

Discuss your stories and pt. of view

MONDAY

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

FRIDAY

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Theme/symbolism

HW-Read “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst (hard copy)

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Discuss theme in “The Scarlet Ibis”

Group Activity-pull quotes for support of theme

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Themes/morals

Aesop’s fables

HW- Read “The Last Unicorns” by Edward Hoch (hard copy)

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Discuss themes/morals in “The Last Unicorns”

HW-Write your own children’s story with a theme

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COMPUTER LAB

Computer generate children’s story

Due Tuesday (print out hard copy)

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No School for Students

Teacher’s In-Service

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Irony

“The Open Window” by Saki

Story time:  Read aloud in class

HW-write down an ironic story from own life

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Personal Ironies

Activity:  Satire

Show video of satire

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Satire/Irony

“The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin

The Agenda of Satire…

HW-find a political/satirical cartoon which addresses a current issue

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Activity:  Make your own political cartoon!

Groups

Due at the end of class today!

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Short story review!

Plot maps, literary analysis

HW-review the stories

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Group/class review

HW- Test tomorrow

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Short Story Test

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Self-Evaluation of portfolio assignments and writing

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Peer Editing

HW-Hand in chosen pieces (2) Due Tues. Oct. 26

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RESEARCH PAPER

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