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Day 1: Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5

o Intro: Youth and Identity o Quick Write: o Quick Write: Parents o Quick Write: Sticky o Ch. 1-6 Quiz (Free Response)
Exploration Expectations vs. o Lit Circle on Ch. 3 Situations o Whole Class
o Whole-Class Reality o Small-Group Activity: o Reading Groups o Read: Ch. 7 (pp. 60-
Activity: QR o Handout: Reading Visualizing/Explaining the o Read: Ch. 6 (pp. 51- 70)
Codes and Guide Scene 59) o Answer: Reading
Discussion o Reading Groups o Random Topic o Answer: Reading Guide Questions for
o Handout: Anticipation o Read: Ch. Selection Guide Questions Ch. 7
Guide 1-2 (pp. o Whole-Class for Ch. 6 o Intro: Creative Mini-Project
o Book Trailer: American 1-26) Presentation o Whole-Class Activity: (Individual/Group)
Panda o Answer: o HW: Read Ch. 5 (pp. 44-50); Concentric Circles o Review: Expectations,
o Assign Reading Groups Reading Answer Reading Guide o Teacher-Provided Possible Mediums,
o HW: Obtain Copy of Guide Questions for Ch. 5 Prompts; 2 etc.
American Panda Questions Minutes Per Topic o HW: Think about Project Ideas
for Ch. 1- o HW: Review for Ch. 1-6 Quiz
2
o Preview:
Lit Circle
o HW: Read Ch. 3
(pp. 27-43);
Answer Reading
Guide Questions
for Ch. 3; Lit Circle
Prep
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10
o Student-Teacher Mini o Project Workshop o Work Day Choices o Large Groups (Split Class) o Video/Quick Write:
Conferences Day 1 o Project Workshop Day o Activity: Socratic Envisioning Yourself during
o Small Groups o HW: Continue 2 Seminars MITHenge
o Read and Working on o Reading o HW: Finish Project; Begin o Whole Class
Annotate: Ch. 8 Project; Begin Groups/Individual – Reading/Preview Ch. 12-14 o Gallery Walk: Creative
Excerpt Reading/Preview Read: Ch. 9-11 (pp. 89- (pp. 125-142) and Answer Mini-Projects
o Rotation Ch. 9-11 (pp. 89- 124); Answer Reading Reading Guide Questions  Teacher and
Activity: Silent 124) and Guide Questions for for Ch. 12-14 Peer
Discussion Answering Ch. 9-11 Evaluations
Questions Reading Guide (ENGAGE IN ONE OR BOTH ACTIVITIES) o HW: Continue/Finish Reading
 5 Questions for Ch. o HW: Continue Working on Ch. 12-14 (pp. 125-142) and
Minutes 9-11 Project; Prepare for Socratic Answer Reading Guide
Seminar on Ch. 9-11 Questions for Ch. 12-14
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Per
Station
o HW: Read All of Ch. 8 (pp.
71-88); Answer Reading
Guide Questions for Ch.
8; Send Revised/New
Project Proposals (if ever)
via Email by 11:59PM
Day 11
o Whole Class
o Read: Ch. 15 (pp.
143-153)
o Answer: Reading
Guide Questions
for Ch. 15
o Whole-Class Activity:
Using Messages/Social
Media to Enhance a Story
o DIY: Possible
Conversation
Between Mei
and Another
Character, As
Shown in Ch. 15
(Individual)
o HW: Read Ch. 16 (pp.
154-164); Answer
Reading Guide Questions
for Ch. 16; Review for Ch.
7-16 Quiz
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Day 12 Day 13 Day 14 Day 15
o Ch. 7-16 Quiz o Reading Groups o Student-Teacher Mini o Partners/Neighbors
(Free Response) o Continue/Finish Conferences o Discussion:
o Survey: Lies and Reading Ch. 19 (pp. o Reading Groups Reconciliation
Truths 185-208) o Read: Ch. 21-22 o Reading Groups
o Reading Groups o Answer: Reading (pp. 217-236) o Read Ch. 25-26 (pp.
o Read: Ch. Guide Questions for o Answer: Reading 256-276)
17-18 Ch. 19 Guide Questions o Answer: Reading
(pp. 165- o Small Groups for Ch. 21-22 Guide Questions for
184) o Activity: Character o Whole Class Ch. 25-26
o Answer: Connection Mapping o Activity: Expressing o Revisit: Character
Reading o Intro: Authentic Writing Reactions through Connection Mapping
Guide Assignment (Individual) Padlet  How have
Questions o Review: Expectations, o HW: Read Ch. 23-24 (pp. the dynamics
for Ch. Potential Options, etc. 236-255); Answer Reading between
17-18 o HW: Read Ch. 20 (pp. 209-216); Guide Questions for Ch. 23- characters
o HW: Begin Answer Reading Guide 24; Begin Working on Essay changed?
Reading/Preview Questions for Ch. 20; Think Any
Ch. 19 (pp. 185- about Essay Ideas expansions?
208) and Answer o HW: Continue Working on
Reading Guide Essay; Review for Ch. 17-26
Questions for Ch. Quiz
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Day 16 Day 17 Day 18 Day 19 Day 20

o Ch. 17-26 Quiz o Writer’s o Reading Groups o Unit Assessment o Split Work Day
o Writer’s Workshop Day 1 Workshop Day 2 o Read: Ch. 28 (pp. 288- o Open Book, Open o Individual Activity:
o HW: Continue Working o HW: Complete 304) Note Taking the Weight
on Essay Essay and Submit o Answer: Reading o Short Essay Format Off Your Chest
to Google Guide Questions for (1-2 Paragraphs Per  Stuffing
Classroom by Ch. 28 Prompt) Felt
11:59PM; Read o Revisit: Anticipation o Select 4/7 Prompts Dumplings
Ch. 27 (pp. 277- Guide to Answer with
287); Answer o Large Group (Split Class)  Additional Written
Reading Guide o Discussion: Ending, Responses Hopes,
Questions for Ch. Thoughts/Impressions, are Extra Secrets,
27 Themes, etc. Credit etc.
o HW: Prepare for Unit o Handout: Writing the o Writer’s
Assessment Author Closing Assignment Workshop:
o Open Book, Open o 3 Options: Continue/Finish
Note Handwritten/Typed Letter to the
o Short Essay Format (1- Letter for Mailing, Author
2 Paragraphs Per Direct Email, or  Use time
Prompt) Social Media in class to
Contact get peer
o HW: Review Handout; Begin and
Letter to the Author teacher
feedback
(ENGAGE IN BOTH ACTIVITIES)
o HW: Share “Dumpling
Fillings” (if not already
done); Complete Letter
o Share electronic
file, screenshot(s),
or picture(s) of
physical copy with
teacher via Google
Classroom
All HW due dates are 11:59PM