1. August 28, 2017
Essential Question: How do we make sense of our world?
Warm-Up: Sentence Sense– Copy this sentence EXACTLY as it is below.
His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age. ~Maya Angelou
What do you notice about this sentence? Make a list.
Introduce Myths/Early American Literature (p. 26; 36 & 37)
Word Bank– ambiguous, reverent, condescending, sympathetic, harmonious, indifferent, combative, nonexistent

2. August 29, 2017
Essential Question: Why is it important to analyze myths in cultural context?
Warm-Up: Look at your sentence from yesterday, now write your own sentence using same style as Maya Angelou– punctuation and all!
His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age. ~Maya Angelou
What grammar rules did you use to write your sentence? Make a list.
Create Pentad
Read & annotate “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
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3. August 30, 2017
Essential Question: Why is it important to analyze myths in cultural context?
Warm-Up: Look at your sentence from yesterday, now write your own sentence using same style as Maya Angelou– punctuation and all!
His room smelled of cooked grease, Lysol, and age. ~Maya Angelou
What grammar rules did you use to write your sentence? Make a list.
Finish reading & annotating “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
Fill out Pentad together
What is the most dramatic moment in the story? Circle this on your Pentad
Write about the moment that you chose
Any academic risk takers?? Share your writing
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4. August 31, 2017
Essential Question: Why is it important to analyze myths in cultural context?
Warm-Up: More advanced grammar practice… open your composition book to a clean page.
Introduce short Essays for “The World on the Turtle’s Back”
Choose one of the three options
Be sure to write a well-developed paragraph (7-10 sentences, not including your text evidence).
Be sure to include text evidence to support your responses.
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5. September 1, 2017 Warm-Up: PSAT Warm- Up
Essential Question: Why is it important discuss what you read?
Warm-Up: PSAT Warm- Up
Talk, Read, Talk, Write
Talk: When do you lie? Why?
Read: “The Ways We Lie”
Talk: What do you agree/disagree with so far in the reading?
Write: What are some of the problems associated with lying?
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