1. Dr. George’s 9th Lit. Agenda
9/4/2018 – 9/7/2018

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

3. Monday 9/10/18 Warm-up
What makes a good story? What literary elements should a good story include? Explain.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

4. Monday 9/10/18 Agenda
Independent Reading: work on your purple Independent Reading handout as you read silently.
Vocab. 2 Intro
Unit Two Intro. (plot/lit. terms and how to write a story – 2.1 and 2.2)
Unit 1 Test Retakes: Erase your old and answers and replace them with new answers.

5. How does an author define his/her style? Explain.
Tuesday 9/11/18 Warm-up
How does an author define his/her style? Explain.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

6. Tuesday 9/11/2018
Literary Terms QHT: Complete the QHT handout to determine which terms you are already familiar with.
Literary Terms: We will work through the salmon literature terms sheet to make sure you have all the definitions you need.
Point-of-View: We will discuss the different points-of- view that are found in literature. Be sure to take notes on your yellow sheet as we go over the PowerPoint.

7. Wednesday 9/12/18 Warm-up
Describe the difference between each of the points-of-view and provide ONE example for each.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

8. Wednesday 9/12/18
Vocabulary Bingo: We will play a quick game of Bingo to see how familiar you are with the Vocab. 2A list. When you hear a definition read aloud, mark the space that has the word that matches the definition that was read. The first person with 4 across, down, or diagonally wins.
2.1 Reviewing Elements of a Story: Label the diagram on page 97 using the Literary terms you learned yesterday.
2.2 Comparing Points-of-view: We will read through the points-of view examples on page 99, then you will work with a partner to answer questions 3-6.
Independent Reading: Work on your purple Independent Reading handout as you read your IR book silently.

9. Thursday 9/13/2018 Warm-up
Draw a picture of fire & a picture of ice. Under your picture of fire write any words you connect with fire. Do the same for ice. Now categorize these words (love, hate, destruction, passion, romance, revenge, despair, anger) into FIRE or ICE or BOTH.
REMEMBER: ALL WARM-UPS SHOULD BE AT LEAST ONE PARAGRAPH IN LENGTH

10. USA TEST PREP IS DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!
Thursday 9/13/2018
Categorize love, hate, destruction, passion, romance, revenge, despair, anger into one of the following categories.
Fire
Ice
USA TEST PREP IS DUE BY TOMORROW AT 8:00 am. No exceptions!

11. Thursday 9/13/2018 Fire and Ice BY ROBERT FROST
Some say the world will end in fire,
Some say in ice.
From what I’ve tasted of desire
I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To say that for destruction ice
Is also great
And would suffice.

12. Thursday 9/13/2018
TED TALK TIME!: I know you missed it. Complete the graphic organizer based on this writing episode.
Independent Reading: Work on your purple Independent Reading handout as you read your IR book silently.

13. Friday 9/14/2018
Vocabulary 2A Quiz: Clear off your desk and place your phone in the collector. All you need is a writing utensil.
Gift of the Magi: We will read the story on page 107 as a class. As you read:
Underline references or allusions.
Highlight words or phrases that create tone.
Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues.
Independent Reading: Work on your purple Independent Reading handout as you read your IR book silently.
REMINDER: LITERARY TERMS QUIZ MONDAY! Here’s the quizlet link:

14. This week’s standards…
ELAGSE9-10RL1 (CCRS RI ): Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
ELAGSE9-10RL2: Determine a theme and/or central idea of text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text
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.

15. Unit Assessments…
Formative Vocab. bingo TED Talks Summative Vocab. 2A Quiz