September 15/16
lab to complete SRI and to take essay pretest for students who were absent
argument terms pretest,
sample for book discussion with handouts to outline notes for the discusssion, rubrics
If extra time, practice alliteration
and assonance
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17-18
lesson about theme,
topic, genre
finish
figurative language
spelling test
PT Conference after school
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21-22 Read one or more short stories: Little Red Riding Hood (fairy tale)?, Amigo Brothers http://vvjh.vviewisd.net/ourpages/auto/2015/8/19/66560233/amigo_brothers_story_by_piri_thomas.pdf (theme, figurative language)– point of view, tone, irony, connotation, allusion, dialogue, flashback, foreshadowing,
Short story: Three Skeleton Key
http://www.mpsaz.org/taylor/staff/bjdavis/short-stories/files/threeskeletonpdf.pdf in case you're curious -- http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-synecdoche.html |
23-24 Book of the Month Discussions
more literary terms |
25-28
review of lit terms -- Figurative Language Quiz --
spelling test
-- Pixar Plot Review Short Story: The Dinner Party?
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29-30 retake
literary terms test
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