July 31, 2017 August 1, 2017 August 2, 2017 August 3, 2017 August 4, 2017

First day of
school! Get to
know your
homeroom
teacher.
10:30 dismissal
August 7, 2017 August 8, 2017 August 9, 2017 August 10, 2017 August 11, 2017
-Getting to know -Procedures -Procedures -Wrap up/Collect -SB1.2 Begin our
one another reminder reminder Where Im From study of The
-Classroom rules -Tie up loose ends -Reading Pretest poems Heros Journey
and procedures from previous day -Finish poems -Begin to set up archetype
-Team rules and -Where Im independently ELA folders
procedures From analysis -Assign
-Remind code to and writing our SpringBoard (SB)
be sent home own poem Books
-Introduction to -Unpack unit and
1st Homework discuss important
Assignment: Due vocabulary
8/15

August 14, 2017 August 15, 2017 August 16, 2017 August 17, 2017 August 18, 2017
-Prepositions -Prepositions -Prepositions -Prepositions -Continue
Introduced cont. cont. cont. prepositions
- SB1.2 Continue -2nd Weekly --Presentation of -SB1.5 The -SB1.5 The
our study of The homework The Story of Me Departure Departure
Heros Journey assignment: projects
archetype Readworks -Continue SB 1.4
-Introduction of passage and Onset of the
SB 1.4 Onset of questions:Due Adventure
the Adventure 8/18
-Presentation of
The Story of Me
projects
-Continue SB 1.4
Onset of the
Adventure
August 21, 2017 August 22, 2017 August 23, 2017 August 24, 201 August 25, 2017
No School -Continue -Checkup Quiz -Introduction to -Continue
Eclipse Prepositions (Including Sentence Types Sentence Types
- SB1.5 The Prepositions) -SB1.6 The -SB1.6 The
Departure -SB1.6 The Initiation Initiation
-3nd Weekly Initiation
homework
assignment:
Readworks
passage and
questions:Due
8/25
August 28, 2017 August 29, 2017 August 30, 2017 August 31, 2017 September 1,
2017
-Continue -Continue -Continue -Continue --Continue
Sentence Types Sentence Types Sentence Types Sentence Types Sentence Types
-SB1.6 The -SB1.6 The -SB1.7 A Wrinkle -SB1.7 A Wrinkle -SB1.7 A Wrinkle
Initiation Initiation in Time excerpt in Time excerpt in Time excerpt
-4th Weekly
homework
assignment:
Readworks
passage and
questions:Due
9/1

September 4, September 5, September 6, September 8, September 9,

2017 2017 2017 2017 2017
No School -Quiz over -The Music of My
Labor Day sentence types Life Poetry
-Introduction to Project work day
Homework 4:
The Music of My
Life Poetry
Project Due 9/11
-SB1.7 A Wrinkle
in Time excerpt
Vocabulary Literary Terms
Sound devices Archetype
Alliteration Imagery
Rhyme Setting
Rhythm Point of View
Repetition Conflict
Onomatopoeia Mood
Figurative Language Plot
Simile Pacing
Metaphor Epic
Idiom Tone
Hyperbole Diction
Personification Denotation
Sensory Language Connotation
The five senses Allegory
Imagery
Mood

Academic Vocabulary
Context
Concise
Nuance
Function
Negation
Coherence