~ January 2015 ~

Dec 2014

Sun

Mon

5
Teacher Work Day
No Students

11

18

Tue

6
First day of class
Introduce myself,
Overview of course,
Students complete Pretest

12

13

Continue/close out
discussion.
Present and discuss
the Iceberg theory
How does the story
demonstrate this?

Intro to Poe
Present Poes theory
on the short story
Anticipatory set for
reading of William
Wilson Define and
discuss
Doppelgnger

19

20

MLK Day No School Finish and review

reading questions.
Class discussion of
story examining SS
elements and Poes
critical theory of the
SS.

25

26

27

Anticipatory activity for

The Lottery present
fun facts about story
and author, have a
lottery drawing.
Begin reading story.

Finish reading The

Lottery
Class discussion
analyzing story.
Students begin Postreading Questions.

Wed

7
Service Learning
No Class

14
Service Learning
No Class

21
Service Learning
No Class

28
Service Learning
No Class

Feb 2015

Thu

Fri

Sat

10

Intro to the Short Story History and

Background
Defining the form

Reading of A Clean
Well-lighted Place
Background info on
Hemingway
Read and Discuss
story

15

16

Begin close reading of

William Wilson,
analyze text as we
read.

Finish Reading William

Wilson
Brief discussion on the
story.
Students begin work on
Post-reading questions

22

23

William Wilson Web

Quest

Finish work on web

quest.
Individual student
check-ins while class
works.
Group discussion of
answers to web quest.

29

30

TWIST lesson
Whole-class guided
practice with The
Lottery

Student work Day

students complete
reading questions
and/or any missing
assignments.

17

24

31

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~ February 2015 ~

Jan 2015

Sun

Mon

Tue

Introduce Independent
Story Analysis Project.
Students search for
and begin reading their
stories.

Mini lesson on writing

summaries.
Students finish stories
and write their
summaries.

10

Project Presentations.

Wed

Mar 2015

Thu

Fri

Sat

Students work on
project finalize
summaries and begin
analysis.

Finalize work on
Projects.
Begin Presentations if
time allows.

11

12

13

14

Service Learning
No Class

Begin Unit 2

End of Unit 1

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28