Monday

Icebreaker activity
people finder
worksheet

Tuesday
Draft classroom
mission statement

Review syllabus &

calendar

Write
autobiography
poems

Introduce
classroom mission
statement

Present
autobiography
poems

Wednesday

Thursday

Unit 1 Reading &

Writing
Contemporary
Fairytales

Finish unit
introduction Prezi
presentation with
guided notes

Journal entry
Write a character
sketch for a
fairytale character.

Create journal
cover collages

Vocabulary activity
complete Frayer
model graphic
organizer in groups
of 3-4

Share character
sketches in groups
of 3-4

Journal entry
What is your
favorite fairytale
and why?

Gallery walk

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Friday

Popcorn read Becca

Rothfelds The
New Fairytale is
Trying to Escape its
Past
Whole group
discussion about
article

Frontload with
images
Begin unit
introduction Prezi
presentation with
guided notes
Journal entry Are
you familiar with
any contemporary
fairytales? What is
your impression of
these fairytales?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Popcorn read Lydia
Millets Snow
White, Rose Red

View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Partner read
Timothy
Schafferts The
Mermaid in the
Tree
Whole group
discussion about
fairytale

Journal entry
Write a dialogue
between two
fairytale characters.
Share dialogues in
groups of 3-4
Dialogue mini
lesson
Complete dialogue
worksheet in pairs

View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Partner read Aimee
Benders The
Color Master
Whole group
discussion about
fairytale
Exit ticket What
fairytale are you
most interested in
adapting?

Exit ticket List

the fairytale
attributes from
The Mermaid in
the Tree.

Journal entry
What fairytale
attributes do you
think are most/least
important to
incorporate into a
fairytale and why?
Fairytale adaptation
assignment
overview/rubrics
Complete
brainstorming
planning sheet

Whole group
discussion about
fairytale

Journal entry
Which aspects of
the traditional
fairytale that you
are adapting are
you maintaining?
Which aspects of

In-class writing
time
Exit ticket Briefly
summarize your
fairytale.

Journal entry
What do you want
your classmates to
focus on as they
workshop your
fairytale?

Workshop time
Complete revision
checklist for
classmate(s)

Journal entry
How has the
workshop process
benefited you?
Share journal entry
response with a

the traditional
fairytale that you
are adapting are
you changing?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

partner

In-class writing
time

Complete revision
checklist for
classmate(s)

Workshop time

Homework:
Complete revision
checklist for self

In-class writing
time
Journal entry Did
you incorporate all
of the feedback that
your classmates
provided you? Why
or why not?

Share journal entry

response in groups
of 3-4

Finish sharing
fairytales
Small group
discussion about
writing process

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Journal entry
Which aspects of
this assignment
were difficult for
you? Which aspects
of this assignment
were easy for you?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

4
Begin sharing
fairytales

Homework:
Compete final draft

Unit 2 Lois
Lowrys The Giver

Journal entry
Describe the perfect
community.

Play movie trailer

Whole group
discussion about
free will
Small group
context clues
vocabulary activity

Complete in-class
reflection

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
View inference
wall
Discuss inference
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Begin popcorn
reading Chapters 12
Homework: Finish
reading Chapters 12

Journal entry If
you were attending
the Ceremony of
Twelve like Jonas
did, what
Assignment do you
think the Elders
would select for
you and why?

Share journal entry

response in groups
of 3-4
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters 34
Homework: Finish
reading Chapters 34

Quiz over Chapters

1-4
Watch movie up to
corresponding point
in the novel

Journal entry Do
you think its a
good or a bad thing
for a society to
have a lot of rules?
Why?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Small group
context clues
vocabulary activity
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters 56
Homework: Finish
reading Chapters 56

Popcorn read
Chapters 7-9
Exit ticket Briefly
summarize what we
read in class today.

Journal entry
What do you think
it would be like if
nobody could lie?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
10-11
Homework: Finish
reading Chapters
10-11

Journal entry
What impractical
things in your life
would you have
trouble giving up?
Why are these
things important to
you?

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Small group
context clues
vocabulary activity
Popcorn read
Chapters 12-13
Exit ticket What
did you find most
shocking from the
reading today?

Quiz over Chapters

5-11

Journal entry
What is your
favorite memory
and why?
Share journal entry
response in groups
of 3-4

Quiz over Chapters

12-17
Watch movie up to
corresponding point
in the novel

Journal entry Do
you think that the
people in Jonas life
love him? Are the
characters in this
novel capable of
experiencing love?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
14-17

Small group
context clues
vocabulary activity

Homework: Finish
reading Chapters
14-17

Watch movie up to
corresponding point
in the novel

Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
18-19
Homework: Finish
reading Chapters
18-19

Journal entry
How do you think
the novel will end?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

7
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
20-21

Popcorn read
Chapters 22-23
Adjective mini
lesson
Complete Mad Libs
worksheet
Share Mad Libs in
groups of 3-4

Homework: Finish
reading Chapters
20-21
Journal entry
Identify one
important symbol
in the novel. Draw
a picture of this
symbol and explain
its significance.

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Mini book work
time

Mini book work

time
Exit ticket If you
were provided with
more time, what
other information
would you include
in your mini book?

Journal entry
Were you satisfied
with how the novel
ended? Why or why
not?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

Whole group
discussion about
novel
Write alternative
ending to novel
Share alternative
endings to novel in
groups of 3-4

Journal entry
Identify 2-3 major
themes from the
novel.
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

Quiz over Chapters

18-23

Mini book
assignment
overview/rubrics

Watch the rest of

the movie

Mini book work

time

Journal entry Has

creating a mini
book enhanced
your understanding
of the novel? Why
or why not?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Jeopardy review
game for book test
Homework: Study
for book test

Book test

Mini book due

Sustained Silent
Reading

Gallery walk

Homework:
Complete mini
book

Mini Unit Six

Traits of Writing

Journal entry
What characterizes
exemplary writing?
Expert groups

Review word
choice

Review
conventions

Review
organization

Review voice

Review sentence
fluency

Journal entry Do
you agree with your
expert group
placement? Why or
why not?

Whole group
discussion about
ideas and
organization

Whole group
discussion about
word choice and
voice

Whole group
discussion about
conventions and
sentence fluency

Grade sample
narrative on Six
Traits Rubric as a
class

Review ideas

Introduction to Six
Traits of Writing

Monday

10

Overused adjectives
graveyard activity

Tuesday

Unit 3 Personal
Narrative

Review good/bad
models

Journal entry
Write about a
pivotal moment in
your life.

Exit ticket What

are some key
traits of
outstanding
personal
narratives?

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Personal narrative
overview/rubrics

Wednesday
Journal entry
Write about an
important choice
that you have
made and how it
impacted you.

Thursday
Continue composing
rough draft
Conferences with
teacher

Friday
Journal entry What
areas of the Six Traits
Rubric do you believe
your personal
narrative will be
scored high in? Why?

Nonstop write
brainstorming

Finish composing
rough draft

Begin composing
rough draft

Conferences with
teacher

Conferences with
teacher

Complete revision
checklist for self

Review good/bad
models

11

Journal entry
What areas of the
Six Traits Rubric
do you believe
your personal
narrative will be
scored low in?
Why?

Workshop time
Complete revision
checklist for
classmate(s)
Homework:
Complete final
draft

Workshop time

Journal entry
How did you
incorporate your
peers feedback to
better your
writing?
Final draft due
Complete in-class
reflection

Complete revision
checklist for
classmate(s)

12

Journal entry
How do you deal
with problems in
your life? Do you
think that your
strategies are
effective? Why or
why not?

Finish popcorn
reading Chapters
3-4
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
5-6

Journal entry
Why does Jess
like Miss
Edmunds so
much? Have you
ever had a teacher
that you really
liked? Why did

Unit 4 Katherine
Patersons Bridge to
Terabithia

Journal entry Who

is your best friend?
Why is this person
your best friend?

Play movie trailer

Whole group
discussion about
friendship
Small group context
clues vocabulary
activity

Finish popcorn
reading Chapters 7-8
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters 9-10
Complete reading
comprehension packet

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Begin popcorn
reading Chapters 1-2
Complete reading
comprehension packet
Journal entry
Identify an example
of figurative language
from the novel.
Describe its
significance.
Share journal entry

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Finish popcorn
reading Chapters
1-2

you like this

teacher?

responses in groups of
3-4

Share journal
entry response
with a partner

Finish popcorn
reading Chapters 9-10
Small group context
clues vocabulary
activity

Finish popcorn
reading Chapters
5-6

Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
3-4

Begin popcorn
reading Chapters 1112

Small group
context clues
vocabulary
activity

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Complete reading
comprehension packet

Begin popcorn
reading Chapters
7-8
Complete reading
comprehension
packet
Journal entry
What is the
treatment of
gender roles in
Bridge to
Terabithia?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

13
Finish popcorn
reading Chapters
11-12

Explain Socratic
seminar
requirements
Model questions
for Socratic
seminar
Exit ticket Write
one question you
might pose during
the Socratic
seminar.

Journal entry
Would you
recommend this
book to a friend?
Why or why not?
Share journal
entry response
with a partner

Socratic seminar

Book test

Exit ticket What did

you learn from
todays Socratic
seminar?

Sustained Silent
Reading

Homework: Study for

book test

Prepare for
Socratic seminar

Popcorn read
Chapter 13
Complete reading
comprehension
packet

14

Journal entry
Should a movie
adaptation of a
book stay true to
the novel? Why or
why not?

Continue
watching movie
Exit ticket
Summarize what
you saw today.

Journal entry
What is your
impression of the
movie thus far?
Does it stay true
to the novel?

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Share journal
entry response
with a partner

Begin watching
movie

Finish watching
movie

Model how to
complete a Venn
diagram

Journal entry Did

you prefer the novel
or the film? Why?

Complete Venn
diagram
comparing/contrasting
text to film in pairs

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Whole group
discussion
comparing/contrasting
text to film

Unit 5
Persuasive Writing

15

Journal entry
Have you ever had
to convince your
parents to let you
do something?
Describe what you
did to persuade
them to take your
side.

Persuasive
techniques
PowerPoint
lecture with
guided notes

Journal entry
Write an argument
for or against
year-round
schooling

Write arguments
for or against
homework

Share journal
entry response
with a partner

Share arguments
in groups of 3-4

Project
overview/rubrics

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Choose topics
from list of
approved topics

Mini lesson on
evaluating digital and
print sources
Practice evaluating
digital and print
sources in pairs
Exit ticket Do you
feel confident in your
ability to effectively
evaluate digital and
print sources? Why or
why not?

Journal entry What

should an individual
do and/or say during a
debate to persuade the
audience to take his or
her side?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Watch debates
Discuss debates

Watch
advertisements
Whole group
discussion about
persuasion

16

Computer lab
work time

Computer lab
work time

Computer lab
work time

Complete
brainstorming
planning sheet

Continue filling
out information
source sheet

Finish filling out

information
source sheet

Begin filling out

information source
sheet

Complete
conventions map

Journal entry
What is grammar?
Why is it
important?

Grammar game
work time

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Grammar game
overview/rubrics
Begin working on

Finish debates

Fill out feedback

forms for peers

Fill out feedback

forms for peers
Whole group
discussion about
debates

Homework:
Finish preparing
for debate

Mini Unit
Grammar Games

17

Begin debates

Journal entry
What grammatical
concepts does
your grammar
game address?
Why did your
group choose to
address these
concepts?
Share journal
entry response
with a partner
Grammar game
work time

Grammar game work

time
Exit ticket What
was your contribution
to your groups
grammar game?
Homework: Complete
grammar game

Journal entry What

did you learn from
creating a grammar
game?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Play grammar games
Provide feedback on
grammar games

conventions map

Unit 6 Literature
Circles

18

Form groups

Main character
diary entry #1

Literature circle group

discussion

Main character diary

entry #2

Exit ticket What did

your group discuss
today?

Literature circle group

discussion

Literature circles
overview

Model discussion
question
expectations

Literature circle
group discussion

Briefly introduce
books

In-class reading
time

In-class reading
time

In-class reading time

Top three book

choices (used to
make groups)

Monday

20

Tuesday

Thursday

Friday

Main character
diary entry #3

Literature circle
group discussion

Main character
diary entry #4

Literature circle
group discussion

Main character
diary entry #5

Literature circle
group discussion

Exit ticket What

did your group
discuss today?

Literature circle
group discussion

Exit ticket What

did your group
discuss today?

Literature circle
group discussion

In-class reading
time

21

Wednesday

In-class reading
time

In-class reading
time

Main character
diary entry #6

Literature circle
group discussion

Main character
diary entry #7

Literature circle
group discussion

Main character
diary entry #8

Literature circle
group discussion

Exit ticket What

did your group
discuss today?

Literature circle
group discussion

Exit ticket What

did your group
discuss today?

Read main
character diaries in
literature circle
groups

In-class reading
time

In-class reading
time

Discuss main
character diaries in
literature circle
groups

22

Journal entry
What were the most
important events
that occurred in the
novel that you
read? Why do you
believe that these
events were
significant?
Share journal entry
responses in

In-class work time

Exit ticket What
did your group
accomplish today?

Journal entry
Why should other
students in the class
be interested in
reading your book?
How are you
communicating this
information in your
Television News
Broadcast video?
Share journal entry

Begin watching
Television News
Broadcast group
video projects

Finish watching
Television News
Broadcast group
video projects

Fill out feedback

forms for peers

Fill out feedback

forms for peers
Exit ticket Which
books from the
Television News
Broadcasts are you

literature circle
groups

responses in
literature circle
groups

Television News
Broadcast group
video project
overview/rubrics

interested in
reading? Why?

In class-work time
Homework: Finish
Television News
Broadcast video
project

View models
In-class work time

23

Unit 6 Short
Stories

View inference
wall

Journal entry
Respond to the
following quote
from Neil Gaiman:
Short stories are
tiny windows into
other worlds and
other minds and
other dreams. They
are journeys you
can make to the far
side of the universe
and still be back in
time for dinner.

Discuss inference
wall
Partner read Edgar
Allan Poes The
Tell-Tale Heart
Whole group
discussion about
The Tell-Tale
Heart

Journal entry
How would you
characterize a
good man?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall

Finish popcorn
reading Flannery
OConnors A
Good Man is Hard
to Find
Whole group
discussion about A
Good Man is Hard
to Find
Four corners
activity

Discuss inference
wall
Begin partner
reading W. W.
Jacobs The
Monkeys Paw

Unit introduction
Prezi presentation
with guided notes
Journal entry If
you could have
three wishes, what
would they be and
why?
Share journal entry
responses in groups
of 3-4

24
Finish partner
reading W. W.
Jacobs The
Monkeys Paw
Generate discussion
questions in pairs

Small group
discussions about
The Monkeys
Paw

Journal entry
What do you think
is the purpose of
the lottery?

View inference
wall

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Discuss inference
wall
Begin popcorn
reading Shirley
Jacksons The
Lottery

Finish popcorn
reading Shirley
Jacksons The
Lottery
Whole group
discussion about
The Lottery

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
View inference
wall

Begin popcorn
reading Flannery
OConnors A
Good Man is Hard
to Find

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Journal entry
What stories and/or
movies about
wishes are you
familiar with? What
happens in these
stories/and or
movies?

View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Partner read Donald
Barthelmes Some
of Us Had Been
Threatening Our
Friend Colby
Whole group
discussion about
Some of Us Had
Been Threatening
Our Friend Colby

Journal entry Do
you follow logic or
intuition? Why?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Begin popcorn
reading Richard
Connells The
Most Dangerous
Game

Journal entry
Who is your
favorite character in
the story thus far?
Why is this
character your
favorite?

25

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Finish popcorn
reading Richard
Connells The
Most Dangerous
Game

Whole group
discussion about
The Most
Dangerous Game
Exit ticket What
is the role of
suspense in this
story? Do you think
that all stories
should be
suspenseful? Why
or why not?

Journal entry
Choose one of the
short stories that we
have read in class.
Identify and explain
the five elements of
a story in this work.
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

Begin collaborative
short story writing
activity
Exit ticket
Identify and
describe three of
the elements of a
story.

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Whole group
discussion about
the elements of a
story

Complete
collaborative short
story writing
activity

Collaborative short
story writing
activity overview

26

Unit 7 Anne
Franks Anne
Frank: The Diary
of a Young Girl

Complete unit
introduction Prezi
presentation with
guided notes

Journal entry
What do you know
about Anne Frank?
Share journal entry
responses in groups
of 3-4

Finish popcorn
reading June 12,
1942-June 24, 1942

Watch Holocaust
documentary

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Whole group
discussion about
documentary

Complete ten
vocabulary squares
in groups of 3-4

27

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Complete ten

Homework: Finish
reading July 1,
1942-July 10, 1942

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Begin popcorn
reading July 11,
1942-October 9,
1942
Complete reading
comprehension
packet
Homework: Finish
reading July 11,
1942-October 9,
1942

Journal entry
What is life like for
Anne and her
family in the
annex?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Begin partner
reading October 14,
1942-November 20,

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Begin popcorn
reading June 12,
1942-June 24, 1942

Begin unit
introduction Prezi
presentation with
guided notes

Journal entry
Why does Anne
keep a diary? Do
you keep a diary?
Why or why not?

Begin partner
reading July 1,
1942-July 10, 1942

Present vocabulary
squares

Discuss inference
wall

Journal entry
How does Annes
writing style
change with the
transition to her
new life in the
annex?

Read collaborative
short stories

Journal entry
How has racism
impacted your life?

View inference
wall

Journal entry
Explain how your
group is
incorporating the
elements of a story
into your
collaborative
writing project.

Finish partner
reading October 14,
1942-November 20,
1942
Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Journal entry If
you were in Annes
situation, how do
you think you
would react? Why?
Share journal entry
responses in groups
of 3-4
Independently read
November 28,
1942-November 11,

vocabulary squares
in groups of 3-4
Present vocabulary
squares

1942

1943

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Complete reading
comprehension
packet
Homework: Finish
reading November
28, 1942-November
11, 1943

Journal entry
How has Annes
tone changed over
the course of the
novel?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

Begin partner
reading January 28,
1944 (evening)March 11, 1944

Journal entry
What role does
faith play in Annes
life?

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Finish partner
reading January 28,
1944 (evening)March 11, 1944

Complete ten
vocabulary squares
in groups of 3-4

28

Present vocabulary
squares

Discuss primary
source documents
Begin popcorn
reading March 11,
1944-April 11,
1944
Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Begin popcorn
reading November
17, 1943-January
28, 1944

Journal entry
How has Anne
matured up until
this point in the
novel?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Finish popcorn
reading March 11,
1944-April 11,
1944
Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Homework: Read
primary source
documents

Complete reading
comprehension
packet
Homework: Finish
reading November
17, 1943-January
28, 1944

Monday
Journal entry
How have Annes
relationships with
her family members
evolved?

29

Share journal entry

responses in groups
of 3-4
Begin partner
reading April 14,
1944-August 1,
1944

Tuesday

Wednesday

Finish partner
reading April 14,
1944-August 1,
1944

Journal entry
What do you think
of the abrupt ending
of Annes diary?

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Prepare for Socratic
seminar

Thursday

Friday

Socratic seminar

In-class essay test

Exit ticket What

did you learn from
todays Socratic
seminar?

Sustained Silent
Reading

Homework:
Review for in-class
essay test

Complete reading
comprehension
packet

Unit 8 Poetry
Journal entry
What is poetry?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

30

Unit introduction
Prezi presentation
with guided notes

View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Read Paul Laurence
Dunbars We
Wear the Mask
Identify SIFTT in
the poem in small
groups

Journal entry
What masks do you
wear in your life?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Whole group
discussion about
SIFTT in the poem

Homework: Finish
identifying SIFTT
in the poem

31

Journal entry
Which of Richard
Wrights haikus
was your favorite?
Why?

View inference
wall

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Read Langston
Hughes Mother to
Son

Write haikus

Identify SIFTT in
the poem in small
groups

Share haikus

Discuss inference
wall

Homework: Finish
identifying SIFTT
in the poem

32

View inference
wall
Discuss inference
wall
Jigsaw puzzle prereading activity
Read E.E.
Cummings
maggie and milly
and molly and
may
Whole group
discussion about
maggie and molly
and molly and
may

Journal entry
What do you
believe it the most
important piece of
advice that your
parents have given
you? Why?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Whole group
discussion about
SIFTT in the poem

Response to spoken
word poetry journal
entry

Spoken word
poetry assignment
overview/rubrics

Response to spoken
word poetry journal
entry

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

In-class writing
time

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Watch spoken word

poetry videos

In-class writing
time

Whole group

Homework: Finish

Modifiers mini
lesson
Read I Am poem
models
Whole group
discussion about
models
Whole group
particle phrases
practice activity

Edit spoken word

poems in pairs
Practice performing
spoken word poems
in pairs
Homework:
Practice performing
spoken word poem
for poetry slam

Journal entry
What do you know
about haikus? Are
you familiar with
any haikus?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Haiku information
sheet
Read Richard
Wrights haikus
Whole group
discussion about
haikus

Journal entry
What career path
would you like to
pursue? Why?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Compose I Am
poems
Share I Am
poems in groups of
3-4

Response to spoken
word poetry journal
entry
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Poetry slam
Exit ticket What
did you learn about

discussion about
spoken word poetry

33

writing spoken
word poem

Unit 9 Dramatic
Monologues

View inference
wall

Journal entry
What is a dramatic
monologue? What
dramatic
monologues are
you familiar with?

Discuss inference
wall

Watch dramatic
monologue video

Whole group
discussion about
Eye Contact

Read Deborah
Karczewskis Eye
Contact

Whole group
discussion about
dramatic
monologue video

Response to
dramatic
monologue video
journal entry
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

yourself from the

process of
composing and
performing a
spoken word poem?

Read Deborah
Karczewskis
Roommate
Whole group
discussion about
Roommate

Response to
dramatic
monologue video
journal entry
Share journal entry
response with a
partner

Read Deborah
Karczewskis
Snob

Read Deborah
Karczewskis Too
Young for

Whole group
discussion about
Snob

Whole group
discussion about
Too Young for

Unit introduction
Prezi presentation
with guided notes

34

Response to
dramatic
monologue video
journal entry

Practice performing
dramatic
monologues in
groups

Share journal entry

response with a
partner

Exit ticket Is your

group going to
utilize any props
during your
dramatic
monologue
presentation? If so,
who is bringing
them?

Group dramatic
monologue
presentation
overview/rubrics
Select
monologues/groups

Journal entry
Describe an
emotional moment
in your life.

35
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
Independent

In-class writing
time
Exit ticket What
is your dramatic
monologue about?

Journal entry
How is your group
incorporating
gestures into your
dramatic
monologue
presentation?

Group dramatic
monologue
presentations
Fill out feedback
forms for peers

Share journal entry

response in
dramatic
monologue groups

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Group dramatic
monologue
presentations

Practice performing
dramatic
monologues in
groups

Journal entry
What is the tone of
your dramatic
monologue?
Share journal entry
response with a
partner
In-class writing

Journal entry
What has been
effective/ineffective
in other groups
dramatic
monologue
presentations?

Fill out feedback

forms for peers

Workshop time
Complete revision
checklist for
classmate(s)
Homework: Revise
dramatic
monologue

Journal entry
How did you
incorporate your
peers feedback
into your dramatic
monologue?
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response with a
partner

dramatic
monologue
presentation
overview/rubrics

time

In-class writing
time

Journal entry
How do you utilize
language for effect
in your dramatic
monologue?

36

Share journal entry

response with a
partner
Independent
dramatic
monologue
performances
Fill out feedback
forms for peers

Practice performing
dramatic
monologues in
groups of 3-4

Homework: Finish
writing dramatic
monologue rough
draft

Homework:
Practice and
memorize dramatic
monologue

Independent
dramatic
monologue
performances
Fill out feedback
forms for peers

Journal entry
What was the most
valuable thing you
learned in
Language Arts this
school year? Why
do you feel this is
important?
Share journal entry
responses in groups
of 3-4
Wipe out review
game
Homework: Review
for final exam

Final exam

Potluck

Silent Sustained
Reading

Short story writing

activity in pairs
Share short stories