Topic outline
- General
- Topic 1
Topic 1
Syllabus/Grading Policy/Parent Letter
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Topic 2
Homework Assignments
Monday: May 16 - read poet information about Poe/Komunyakaa/Carroll on page 653 due on Tuesday, read the three poets' poems on pages 655/660/662 due on Tuesday, do a poem analysis for each of the three poems in three English Notebook entries (required content and format is on whiteboard in classroom) due on Tuesday, complete 12 Poem Analysis entries in English Notebook due on Google Classroom on Thursday, independently read A Day No Pigs Would Die novel for Novel Test to be taken on Moodle in class on Friday
Tuesday: May 10 - read poet information about Myers/Tennyson/Swenson on page 645 due on Thursday, read the three poets' poems on pages 646/647/648 due on Thursday, do a poem analysis for each of the three poems in three English Notebook entries (required content and format is on whiteboard in classroom) due on Thursday, independently read A Day No Pigs Would Die novel for Novel Test to be taken on Moodle in class on Friday/May 20
Wednesday: May 11 - read poet information about Myers/Tennyson/Swenson on page 645 due on Thursday, read the three poets' poems on pages 646/647/648 due on Thursday, do a poem analysis for each of the three poems in three English Notebook entries (required content and format is on whiteboard in classroom) due on Thursday, independently read A Day No Pigs Would Die novel for Novel Test to be taken on Moodle in class on Friday/May 20
Thursday: May 12 - discuss poet information about Myers/Tennyson/Swenson on page 645 due today, check poem analysis for each of the three poems on pages 646/647/648 in English Notebook entries due today, read poet information about Poe/Komunyakaa/Carroll on page 653 due on Tuesday, read the three poets' poems on pages 655/660/662 due on Tuesday, do a poem analysis for each of the three poems in three English Notebook entries (required content and format is on whiteboard in classroom) due on Tuesday, independently read A Day No Pigs Would Die novel for Novel Test to be taken on Moodle in class on Friday/May 20
Friday: May 13 - read poet information about Poe/Komunyakaa/Carroll on page 653 due on Tuesday, read the three poets' poems on pages 655/660/662 due on Tuesday, do a poem analysis for each of the three poems in three English Notebook entries (required content and format is on whiteboard in classroom) due on Tuesday, independently read A Day No Pigs Would Die novel for Novel Test to be taken on Moodle in class on Friday/May 20
- Topic 3
Topic 3
Elizabeth McCracken
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Topic 4
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Topic 5
Maya Angelou
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Topic 6
Joan Aiken
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Topic 7
Grammar Pronouns
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Topic 8
Rylant/Stafford
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Topic 9
Singer/Angelou/Aiken Vocabulary
- Topic 10
Topic 10
Coming of Age Short Story Project
- Topic 11
Topic 11
Rylant/Aidoo/Johnson/Alvarez
- Topic 12
Topic 12
The House On Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
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Topic 13
Grammar Conjunctions
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Topic 14
Rebecca Walker
- Topic 15
Topic 15
Richard Connell
- Topic 16
Topic 16
Roald Dahl
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Topic 17
Paul Zindel
- Topic 18
Topic 18
Saki
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Topic 19
Amy Tan
- Topic 20
Topic 20
Guy de Maupassant
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Topic 21
Connell/Saki/Tan
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Topic 22
First Semester Exam
- Topic 23
Topic 23
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
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Topic 24
Romeo & Juliet - William Shakespeare
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Topic 25
Rudolfo Anaya
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Topic 26
Lorraine Hansberry
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Topic 27
Grammar Pronoun Case
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Topic 28
Robert Peck
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Topic 29
Second Semester Exam