Week of January 31st- Feb 4th
Monday: January 31st: Introduce the unit ideas on slavery using a Webquest, preview vocabulary for the Preface, and points of view.
Tuesday: Lesson 1: Meet the author
Wednesday: Lesson 2: Identify claims
Thursday: Lesson 3: Examine tone to determine theme.
Friday: Lesson 4: Compare and contrast fictional and nonfictional narratives
Week at Glance
February 7- Feb 11, 2022
Monday:
Blocks 1-3 Lesson 1: Meet the author
4th period : African Culture Pre-Slavery Project
Tuesday:
Blocks 1-3 Lesson 2: Identify Claims
4th period: African Culture Pre-Slavery Project
Wednesday:
Blocks 1-3: AR/ Library Day
4th period: AR/ Library Day
Thursday
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 3: Examine tone to determine theme
4tht period: Present African Pre- Slavery Projects
Friday:
Blocks 1-3: Finish Lesson 3: Examine tone to determine theme
4th period: Preview Vocabulary for Chapter 1. Complete Annotation Guide
February 14- February 17
Monday: Finish Lesson 2: Identify claims..
Begin Lesson 3: Examine tone to determine theme
4th: Identify Point of view activity. Grammar vocabulary activity.
Tuesday: Lesson 4: Compare and contrast fictional and nonfictional narratives
4th period: Single Paragraph outline and Grammar Activity
Wednesday: AR / Read Day
Thursday: Lesson 5: Continue to compare and contrast fictional and nonfictional narratives
4th period: Read and annotate "The People Could Fly" answer comprehension questions
February 22- February 25
Tuesday- Lesson 4: Compare and Contrast fictional and nonfictional narratives
4th period: Finish Nearpod Lesson. Review vocab
Wednesday: Lesson 5: Continue to compare and contrast fictional and nonfictional narratives
4th period: Common Lit Aricle
Thursday: Lesson 6: Identify and parphrase claims
4th period: Cold read Task
Friday Section 1 Exam
4th period: Common lit article
February 28-March 4
Monday- Blocks 1-3L Lesson 5: Continue to Compare and contrast fictional and nonfictional narratives
4th : Quizziz Activity, Folk Tales powerpoint and activity
Tuesday:Blocks 1-3 : Lesson 6: Identify and Paraphrase claims
4th period: Continue Activity on Folk Tales
Wednesday: Blocks 1-3: Review for Section 1 Exam
4th period:Comprehension Carousel Activity
Thursday: Blocks 1-3: Section 1 Exam
4th period: Mini Lesson on Identifying claims
Quizziz on "Identifying Claims"
Friday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 7: Read about Keckley's Emancipation
4th period: Mini Lesson on figurative Language
Quizziz activity on "Figurative Language"
March 7-March 11
Monday
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 7: Read about Keckley's emancipation
4th period: Introduce Section 2 Vocabulary.
Jacob versus Keckley Using Primary Sources Activity.
Tuesday
Blocks 1-3: Finish Lesson7: Read about Keckley's Emancipation
4th: Continue Keckley versus Tubman Primary Resources Activity
Wednesday
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 8: Discover how imagery impacts meaning
4th : Lesson 3 A Debate Against slavery
Thursday:
Lesson 9: Read a second account of emancipation
4th: Creative writing using section 2 vocabulary
Friday:
Finish Lesson 9: Read a second account of emancipation
4th: Powerpoint presentation on the Atlantic Slave Trade
March 14- March 18
Monday
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 9: Read a second account of emancipation
4th period: Review chapter 3 vocabulary and write sentences using the vocabulary.
Tuesay
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 10: Compare and contrast emancipation sotries
4th period: Mini lesson on imagery
Wednesday
Lesson 11: Examine a third emancipatory story
4th: Read and annotate Douglass's emancipation
Thursday
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 12: Prepare to write an argument
4th: Quizziz lesson Identifying, claims, evidence, and reasoning
Friday
Blocks 1-3: Lesson 12: Prepare to write an argument
4th: Review vocabulary for vocab test on chapter 3
March 21- March 25
Monday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 12 :Prepare to write an argument
4th period: Slavery research project
Tuesday: Blocks 1-3 Lesson 13: Write an argument
4th period: Slavery research project
Wedensday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 14: Read and summarize
4th period: Slavery research project
Thursday: Lesson 15: Identify main idea, tone, and purpose of selections from the anchor text
4th period: Slavery research project
Friday: Lesson 16: Idenrify main idea, tone, and purpose of a film
4th : Present projects
April 4- April 8
Monday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 16: Identify main idea, tone and purpose of a film
4th period: Slavery essay
Tuesday: Blocks 1-3: Section 2 exam
4th period: Slavery essay
Wednesday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 17: Compare and contrast main idea, tone, and purpose
4th period: peer review/ Finalize essay
Thursday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 18: Examine sentence structures to unlock meaning
4th period: Turn in slavery essay/ Reading comprhension activity
Friday: Blocks 1-3 Finish Lesson 18: Examine sentence structures to unlock meaning
4th: Reading comprhension activity
April 11-April 15
Monday- Blocks 1-3: Lesson 19: Identify and explain evidence
4th period: Lesson on Author's purpose
Tuesday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 20: Examine and write an argumentative essay
4th period: Lesson on Defining Words using context clues
Wednesday: Blocks 1-3: Review for Section 3 Exam/ Lesson 21: Read and show understanding
4th period: Cold read Activity "Transatlantic Slave Trade"
Thursday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 22: Write an essay in response to a prompt
4th period: Read and annotat Elizabeth Keckley Behind the Scene Excerpt: Dressmaker to Mary Todd Lincoln
Friday: No School
April 18- April 22
Monday- No school
Tuesday- Lesson 20: Examine tone and write an argumentative essay
4th : Finish context clues activity. Begin lesson " What Gives Stories Their Power" Read "The People Could Fly"
Wednesday: Blocks 1-3: Section 3 Exam
4th: Complete "Personal Reflection" on "The Narrative of Frederick Douglass"
Thursday: Blocks 1-3: Lesson 21: Read and show understanding
4th: Complete "Extension of Slavery" Reading Comprehension passage
Friday: Lesson 22: Write an essay in response to a prompt
4th: Mini lesson on how to cite text evidence
Reading comprehension activity.
April 24- April 29
Monday- LEAP testing
Tuesday: LEAP testing
Wednesday: LEAP testing
Thursday: LEAP testing
Friday: LEAP testing
May 2- May 6
Monday: Leap Testing
Tuesday:Leap testing
Wednesday:Grammar activity on who versue whom, Cold Read Activity
Thursday:Introduce poetry unit. Review poetry terms, rhyme scheme, and different types of poems
Friday: Poetry blog assignment
May 9- May 13
Monday: Take STAR test and continue working on their Poetry Blog Assignment
Tuesday: Poetry Blog Assignment
Wednesday: Close Reading with Music Activity
Thursday: Abolitonist Project
Friday: Abolitionist Project
May 23- May 26
Monday: Final Exams
Tuesday: Final Exams
Wednesday: Final Exams
Thursday: Final Exams- Make ups