Language Arts Calendar

April, 2003
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
1

No school

2

No school

3

No school

4

No school

5
6

Daylight Savings Time begins - set your clock an hour forward!

7
  • Collect extra credit complement worksheets
  • Introduction to writing fiction
  • Genres
  • Elements
    • Conflict
    • Plot
    • Characters
    • Setting
    • Other elements
    • Brainstorm conflict, plot, characters, and setting using graphic organizer
  • Homework: Finish graphic organizer and turn in for a grade tomorrow
8
  • Check graphic organizers for completeness
  • Plot planning - use plot map and plot events graphic organizer
  • Think, pair, share
  • Homework: Revise plot ideas based on feedback given by peers today and bring tomorrow
9
  • Meet in Tech Lab
  • Brainstorm character and setting ideas using Inspiration
  • Think, pair, share plot, conflict, character, and setting ideas
  • Begin drafting your short story using Microsoft Word
  • Homework: Make revisions to plot, conflict, character, and setting ideas and bring tomorrow
10
  • Meet in Tech Lab
  • Continue typing rough draft
  • Homework: Continue working on rough draft at home and bring to class tomorrow
11

Recycling Day

  • Continue work on rough draft of short story
  • Share with a friend to get more ideas
  • Homework: Rough draft of short story is due Tuesday
12
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  • Continue work on rough draft of short story
  • Share with a friend to get more ideas
  • Homework: Rough draft of short story is due tomorrow (preferrably typed)
15
  • Meet in Tech Lab
  • Check rough drafts for completeness
  • Using Track Changes and Comment features in Word, edit peers' papers for content, organization, style, sentence formation, usage, mechanics
  • Homework: Start making revisions based on peer feedback and bring all changes tomorrow
16
  • Meet in Tech Lab
  • Using Track Changes and Comment features in Word, edit peers' papers for content, organization, style, sentence formation, usage, mechanics
  • Homework: Continue making revisions based on peer feedback; final changes will be made in Tech Lab on April 21
17

Passover

  • Send up to 5 students to TRC to finish drafts
  • Review fiction story project description and grading rubric
  • Begin making revisions to stories
  • Homework: Final draft of short story is due Wednesday, April 23; Recycling day tomorrow
18

Recycling Day

  • Continue working on revisions to short stories
  • Get further feedback from peers if you wish
  • Clarke Scholars follow-up
  • Homework: Final draft of short story is due Wednesday, April 23; Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1; bring light colored tee shirt and fabric paint if you can on Monday
19
20

Easter

21
  • Collect tee-shirts and fabric paint
  • Work in Tech Lab
  • Make final changes to your story
  • If finished, print a final draft
  • If you need a copy sent home, give Mrs. H-B email address and filename before you leave today
  • Homework: Brainstorm ideas for an Earth Day slogan; Final draft of short story is due Wednesday; Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1; bring a light colored tee shirt and some fabric paint tomorrow if you can
22

Earth Day!

  • Create an Earth Day slogan
  • Put the slogan on a tee shirt or poster
  • Homework: Final draft of short story is due tomorrow; Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1
23
  • Turn in short stories
  • Finish Earth Day tee-shirts and posters
  • Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1
24

Tyler's Birthday!

  • Opener 18: Days 1-3.1
  • Begin test preparation for CRCT next week
  • Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1; recycling day tomorrow
25

Recycling Day

  • Opener 18: Days 3.2-5
  • Continue test preparation for CRCT next week
  • Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due May 1
26
27

Maggie's Birthday!

28
  • Opener 19: Days 1-3.1
  • Continue test preparation for CRCT tomorrow
  • Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due this Thursday
29
  • CRCT testing
  • Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due this Thursday
30
  • CRCT testing
  • Homework: Clarke Scholars booklets due tomorrow