Objective: Students will know character terms and be able to identify character traits in literature.

GET INTERACTIVE READER

1. CAT6 #16
2. Lit Chp. 2 Notes: Character and Characterization
3. Video scene5. Continue Notes
4. "Everyday Use" IR

Homework: Outside Book

Objective: Students will know character terms for Chapter 2 and begin a short story in interactive reader.

1. CAT6 #15
2. Lit Chapter 2 Notes: Character
3. Interactive Reader: "Everyday Use"

Homework: Outside Book

Objective: The students will look at other students'persuasive essays and critique them as a teacher would.

1. Turn in essays with rubric stapled to top.
2. Share two or more essays on LCD from Weblockers.
3. Complete "Everyday Use" vocabulary
4. Folder Check/Weblockers check #1

5. Outside Book. First report due in 20 days!!

Have a great weekend! Go Oregon! HAAAAAAAA USC!

Objective: Students will know denotations of important words for upcoming stories and be able to use them correctly in ecercises.

1. CAT6 #14
2. "Everyday Use" vocabulary
3. Homework: Essay due typed tomorrow.

Objective: The students will review nouns, pronouns and adjectives and then complete their outline of the persuasive essay.

1. CAT6 Activity #13
2. Correct Adjective side of grammar worksheet.
3. Complete Determining Parts of Speech side of worksheet
4. Work on essay. Due typed and edited on Friday.

Homework: Outside Book.

Objective: The students will know how to write a persuasive essay and begin writing one that uses one of our stories.

1. Persuasive Essay Prompt
2. Plan your essay.
3. Homework: Outside Book

Objective: The students will complete review for test on Monday.

1. Complete and grade Lit Book Chp. 1 Review

Homework: Outside Book

Be good for sub on MOnday!

Objective: The students will review all parts of Chp. 1 (Plot and Setting) and complete review activity.

1. Get folder and lit book.
2. CAT6 #12
3. Discuss "Long Way Home" assignment and turn in.
4. Chapter 1 Review pages 66-71

Homework: Outside Book

Objective: The students will read a science fiction story and be able to idetify all parts of plot, the theme and make a connection between it and "The Pedestrian."

1. Get folders.
2. NO CAT6 today.
3. "Long Way Home" assignment.
4. Folder Prep (all work inside folder and CLEAN and NEAT)

HOmework: Outside Book Reading... Less than a month!!!

Objective: The students will read a new story and compare and contrast the plot, tone and theme with "The Pedestrian."

1. CAT6 #11
2. Complete "The Pedestrian" assignment.
3. "Long Way Home"

Homework: Outside Book Reading.... Are you (anyone) doing it?

The students will complete writing a paragraph in a romantic tone.

1. CAT6 #10
2. Turn in CAT6 Packet 1-10
3. "The Pedestrian" Activity

Objective: The students will discuss how Bradbury created the tone of "The Pedestrian" and be able to change the tone in an original paragraph.

1. Get folder and lit book.
2. No CAT6
3. Correct Vocabulary
4. "The Pedestrian" assignment

Homework: Read Outside Book

Objective: The students will discuss how Bradbury created the tone of "The Pedestrian" and be able to change the tone in an original paragraph.

1. Get folder and lit book.
2. No CAT6
3. Correct Vocabulary
4. "The Pedestrian" assignment

Homework: Read Outside Book

Objective: The students will read a story by Ray Bradbury and describe in writing how the author creates tone through the setting.

FIRST BOOK REPORT DUE IN 35 DAYS... ARE YOU READING A BOOK YET?

1. Get folder and lit book.2.
CAT6 #9 "The Pedestrian" intro
3. Complete "The Pedestrian" vocabulary (due tomorow for points)
4. "The Pedestrian" Assignment

The students will know important words in "The Pedestrian" and use them correctly to complete exercises.

1. No CAT6 Today.
2. Score "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket"
3. "The Pedestrian" Vocabulary
4. Homework: Outside Book Reading

The students will know the meaning of nine important prefixes and be able to use them correctly to change the meaning of a word.

1. CAT6 #7 (or is it 8) Prefixes

2. Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket

Homework: You need to have an outside reading book by tomorrow!!! Get it approved by me!

The students will get back their first essays and know expectations of re-writes.

1. NO CAT6 Today but get folder and Interactive Reader
2. Discuss the problems with the first essays and how to make them better.
3. Interactive Reader "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket"
4.

Objective: Students will be able to identify how an author uses time sequence and suspense in a short story.

1. CAT6 #7 (Pronouns)
2. Interactive Reader Checkout
3. Begin Story and read through p. 15
4. Homework: Outside Book

Objective: Students will be able to identify common and proper nouns in sentences and begin a story in the interactive reader.

1. Roll and Lit Books. Cover the books, put your name on it, get 100 points, put books on shelf.
2. CAT6 #6 Nouns
3. Grammar Handout: Proper and Common Nouns
4. "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" IR.
5. Homework: Get outside book and bring to class for approval by Monday.

The students will know all the parts of a plot and create a plot graph for "A Hero's Story."

1. Turn in sylabus for 100 points
2. New assignment: Bring your lit book to class with a cover TO LEAVE IN CLASS!!
3. CAT6 #5 (Periods 2 and 3 need to do #4 also)
4. Chapter 1 notes continued.
5. Plot graph assignment.

The students wil know the important parts of a plot.

1. CAT6 #4
2. Syllabus, Book Report Format and Honors Book List
3. Correct and Score Vocabulary
4. Plot Notes
5. Homework: Download and sign syllabus.