1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
10/1/2018 – 10/5/2018

2. Essential Questions for the week…
What makes a good story?
How does an author define his/her style?

3. REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH
Monday 10/1/18 Warm-up
Reviewing the elements of a short story: When writing a short story, what elements (parts) should be clear to the reader? Explain.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

4. Monday 10/1/18 Agenda
Short Story Prewrite: Turn to page 98 in your book. Complete the short story brainstorming activity individually.
Short Story Writing: We will head to the lab so that you can start your short story. Use the MLA template on Edmodo to make sure your story is formatted correctly.

5. HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY @8:00am
Tech Tuesday 10/2/2018
Short Story Writing: We will head to the lab so that you can start your short story. Use the MLA template on Edmodo to make sure your story is formatted correctly.
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE

6. Wednesday (lab again) 10/3/2018
Short Story Writing: We will head to the lab so that you can start your short story. Use the MLA template on Edmodo to make sure your story is formatted correctly.
HW: USA TEST PREP DUE FRIDAY

7. USA TEST PREP IS DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!
Thursday 10/4/2018 – NO WARM UP
Touchstone Testing: Place your phone in the collector and clear off your desk. Wait for further instructions.
IR Project: You will have class time to work on your independent reading project. USE YOUR TIME WISELY!
USA TEST PREP IS DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!

8. Friday 10/5/2018 TED Talk (moved from Thursday?)
IR Project: You will have class time to work on your independent reading project. USE YOUR TIME WISELY!

9. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL3: Analyze how complex characters develop over the course of a text, interact with other characters, and advance the plot or develop the theme.
ELAGSE9-10RL5: Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise.
ELAGSE9-10W3: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
ELAGSE9-10W9: Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
CCRS L : Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words.
CCRS L b: Analyze nuances in the meaning of words with similar denotations.

10. Unit Assessments…
Formative Short Story Prewrite TED Talk Summative Personal Short Story Independent Reading project