Weekly Agenda 6/1 - 6/4

Tuesday 6/1
-Last Day!
-Share stories and poems
-Reflect on year
HW - E-portfolio due Friday at 2:30pm

Weekly Agenda 5/24 - 5/28

Monday 5/24
-Write Vocab story or poem
HW - Work on journals (Due Friday)
-Revise workshopped poem

Tuesday 5/25
-Vocab quiz
-Workshop poems
HW - Create Gmail account

Wednesday 5/26
-Computer lab to work on electronic portfolio
HW - Journals due Friday
-Portfolio due Tuesday

Thursday 5/27
-Computer lab to work on electronic portfolio
HW - Journals due tomorrow
-Portfolio due Tuesday

Friday 5/28
-Computer lab to work on electronic portfolio
HW - Portfolio due Tuesday
-Bring in a poem or short story to share
-Bring in food for last day celebration

Weekly Agenda 5/17 - 5/21

Monday 5/17
-My favorite poem
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem
*Journals due 5/28

Tuesday 5/18
-My favorite poem
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem

Wednesday 5/19
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem

Thursday 5/20
-Workshop
HW - Revise workshopped poem

Weekly Agenda 5/10 - 5/14

Monday 5/10
-My Favorite Poem Project
-Watch Videos
-William Carlos Williams
HW - Write a poem in the style of "This is Just to Say"

Tuesday 5/11
-Two students will share their favorite poems
-Write a "be" poem
HW - Write/type "be" poem

Thursday 5/13
-Two students will share their favorite poems
-Meter
HW - Finish/ type meter poem

Friday 5/14
-Two students will share their favorite poems
-Rhyme scheme
HW - Finish/ type poem with rhyme scheme

Weekly Agenda 5/3 - 5/7

Tuesday 5/4
-Workshop Poems
HW - Vocabulary worksheet

Wednesday 5/5
-Workshop Poems
-Review vocab
-Each student will write poem inspired by a vocab word
HW - Study Vocab
-Extra credit = Write poem with all vocab words

Thursday 5/6
-Vocab quiz
-Workshop poems
HW - None

Friday 5/7
-Read poems
-Hyperbole/ Euphemism
HW - Finish/ type poem/s

Weekly Agenda 4/26 - 4/30

Monday 4/26
-Read "Parents"
-Found newspaper article
HW - Finish/ type poem

Tuesday 4/27
-Metaphor/ simile exercise
-Read "Digging" and "Mother to Son"
-Write a metaphor poem
HW - Finish/ type poem

Wednesday 4/28
-Alliteration and sound
-Read "The Bells"
-Alliteration activity
HW - Turn past poem into an exercise in alliteration
-Bring in typed poem you want workshopped

Thursday 4/29
-Read haikus
-Write haikus
HW - Write a third haiku, typed

Friday 4/30
-Workshop poems
HW - Write in journal

Weekly Agenda 4/12 - 4/16

Monday 4/12
-Vocab quiz
-Prose vs. Poetry
-Handout
HW - Bring in one of your favorite books or short stories

Tuesday 4/13
-Found and parallel poem
HW - Finish and type up poems

Wednesday 4/14
-Visit Spring Art Exhibit
-Write poem inspired by artwork
HW - Finish and type up poem

Friday 4/16
-Read "We Real Cool"
-Line breaks, enjambment
HW - Bring in newspaper or newspaper article

Weekly Agenda 4/5 - 4/9

Monday 4/5
-Collect Journals
-Discuss "A Small Good Thing"
-Characterization worksheet
HW - Read "The Bath"
-I will accept journals on Wednesday

Wednesday 4/7
-Discuss "The Bath"
-Which do you like better? Are they the same story?
HW - None

Thursday 4/8
-Extend "A Small Good Thing"
HW - Type up story (2-3 pages, double-spaced)
-Vocab worksheet

Friday 4/9
-Edit -> extend "The Bath"
-Vocab game
HW - Type up edited story (1/2-1 page, double-spaced)
-Study Vocab

Weekly Agenda 3/29 - 4/1

Monday 3/29
-Peer-editing
HW - Work on story

Tuesday 3/30
-Computer lab 322
HW - Work on story

Wednesday 3/31
-Computer Lab 322
HW - Story due TOMORROW
-Read A Small Good Thing by Raymond Carver

Thursday 4/1
-Collect stories
-Read "The Bath" by Raymond Carver
-Discuss which works better
HW - Journals due Monday

Weekly Agenda 3/22 - 3/26

Monday 3/22
-Share picture-inspired stories
-Read excerpt from Sin and Syntax
-Rewrite sentence
HW - Bring in 1 page of your story

Tuesday 3/23
-Switch pages, replacing nouns, verbs, and adjectives
HW - Bring in 3 copies of your draft

Wednesday 3/24
-Peer-editing
HW - Continue working on story

Friday 3/26
-Peer-editing
HW - Continue working on story
-By Thursday, read A Small Good Thing by Raymond Carver

Weekly Agenda 3/15 - 3/19

Monday 3/15
-Workshop Catherine and Shanetta's stories
HW - Print, read, and comment on Jacob and Talia's stories

Wednesday 3/17
-Workshop Jacob and Talia's stories
HW - Work on stories (Due 3/22)

Thursday 3/18
-Media Center
*If need extension, must ask me today. No exceptions.
HW - Work on stories

Friday 3/19
-Computer Lab 322
HW - Draft due Monday

Weekly Agenda 3/8 - 3/12

Monday 3/8
-Read Microfiction
-In pairs, write a new ending
HW - Work on short story (Next draft due 3/22)

Tuesday 3/9
-Workshop Amanda's story
HW - Print out, read, and comment on Peter and Aaron's stories

Wednesday 3/10
-Workshop Peter and Aaron's stories
HW - Write a microfiction using all 10 vocab words
-Read and comment on Ian's story

Thursday 3/11
-Workshop Ian's story
-Peer-edit vocab microfictions
HW - Study vocabulary
-Make pie (optional)

Friday 3/12
-Vocab quiz
-Write about/ eat pie (or pi)
HW - Print out, read, and comment on Shanetta's and Catherine's story

Weekly Agenda3/1 - 3/5

Monday 3/1
-Workshop Peter and Ian's pieces
HW - read Aaron and Shanetta's pieces, com prepared with comments

Tuesday 3/2
-Workshop Aaron an Shanetta's pieces
HW - work on fiction draft

Wednesday 3/3
-Comp lab to work on fiction draft
HW - work on fiction draft (14 pages for A level, 20 pages for Honors)

Thursday 3/4
-Comp lab to work on fiction draft
HW - work on fiction draft (14 pages for A level, 20 pages for Honors)**Due Monday

Weekly Agenda 2/22 - 2/26

Monday 2/22
-Read Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
-Write a Brief Interview with a Hideous Man/ Woman
HW - Type/ edit writing exercise

Tuesday 2/23
-Peer edit brief interview
-Workshop stories
HW - second draft of peer interview

Thursday 2/25
-Work on fiction assignment
(Old Hall - Optional: Get pass to comp lab)
HW- Work on fiction assignment

Friday 2/26
-Work on fiction assignment
(Old Hall - Optional: Get pass to comp lab)
HW- Work on fiction assignment

Weekly Agenda 2/8 - 2/12

Tuesday 2/9
-Sedaris writing activity
-Vocab review game
HW - Type story
-Study Vocab

Wednesday 2/10
-Vocab quiz
-Partner character activity
HW - work on fiction assignment

Thursday 2/11
-Writing activity with your character
HW - work on fiction assignment

Friday 2/12
-Share stories
-Work on fiction assignment
HW - First 7(A) or 10(H) pages due Monday after break

Weekly Agenda 2/1 - 2/5

Monday 2/1
-Tell stories to preschool children
HW - None

Tuesday 2/2
-Tell stories to preschool children
-Write story, part A
HW - None

Wednesday 2/3
-Write story, part B
HW - Type story - combine Part A and B
(250 words combined, 1 sentence of 100 words, 1st person)

Thursday 2/4
-Creating plot with events
-Read stories
HW - Read Sedaris, "See You Again Yesterday"

Friday 2/5
-Short story assignment
-Character tree
HW - Read Sedaris, "Me Talk Pretty One Day"
-Character tree

Weekly Agenda 1/25 - 1/29

Monday 1/25
-Peer edit story boards
HW - Final copy story board
-Bring materials for book tomorrow

Tuesday 1/26
-Work on book
HW - Final book due Monday

Wednesday 1/27
-Work on book
HW - Final book due Monday

Friday 1/29
-Work on book
HW - Final book due Monday

Weekly Agenda 1/19 - 1/22

Wednesday 1/20
-Read children's books
-Fill out plot structure
-Vocab review game
HW - Study Vocab

Thursday 1/21
-Vocab quiz
-Brainstorm conflicts
-Storyboard
HW - Work on storyboard

Friday 1/22
-Work on storyboard
HW - Storyboard due Monday

Weekly Agenda 1/11 - 1/15

Monday 1/11
-Read Cameron excerpt
-Discuss
-Create and write about a side character
HW - Finish side character writing exercise

Tuesday 1/12
-Think like someone else activity
HW - Work on journals

Wednesday 1/13
-Read Curious Incident and Perks excerpts
-Discuss technique
-Writing from child's perspective
HW - Journal topic - Imagine you are five years old. Describe your first day of kindergarten.

Thursday 1/14
-Read journals
-Children's Book Project
HW - Bring in your favorite children's book

Friday 1/15
-Collect journals
-Read your children's book
HW - Create a character for your children's book. Include character tree and picture.
-Vocab worksheet

Weekly Agenda 1/4 - 1/8

Monday 1/4
-Finish Film Guide
-Read "A Shiner Like a Diamond"
-Finish Interior Monologue
HW - See above

Tuesday 1/5
-Discuss Sedaris
-Create conflict between characters with dialogue
HW - Read "Inter-Office"

Wednesday 1/6
-Work on conflict dialouges
-Performances
HW - Finish dialogues
-Reread "Inter-Office"

Friday 1/8
-Letter narration quiz
-Write letter about meeting character
HW - Write letter in response
-Read excerpt of Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron, pages 3-9 ****I will bring copies to class. You do not have to read this for homework****