Unit Plan Calendar Bridget, Jessica, & Lesley
January 31st
Title: Introduction to In the Skin of a Lion by Surfing the Web
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 1st
Title: Webquest Discussion
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 2nd
Weekend
February 3rd
Weekend
February 4th
Title: Immigration in the Early 20th Century
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read p. 5-23 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 5th
Title: In the Skin of a Lion Part I
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read p. 23-51 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 6th
Lesson Plan that will focus on the author
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read p. 51-75 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 7th
Title: Literature Circles, Analyzing the Text
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read 75-103 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 8th
Lesson Plan that will focus on the characters in Part 1
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 9th
Weekend
February 10th
Weekend
February 11th
Title: Themes in Part 1
HW: Start Book Two of In the Skin of a Lion; read up through page 120
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 12th
Lesson plan analyzing language from last night’s reading homework
HW: Read up through page 140 of In the Skin of a Lion
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 13th
Lesson plan that focuses on the author’s style of writing
HW: Read up through page 160 of In the Skin of a Lion (finish the chapter “Palace of Purification”)
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 14th
Title: “Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Making connection between characters, places, themes, and events in In the Skin of a Lion”
HW: Read up through page 173 of In the Skin of a Lion (finish Book Two)
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 15th
Title: In the Skin of a Lion Books One and Two: Review Day. We will take a reading check quiz, go over the answers, and hold a whole class discussion about the conclusion of Book Two.
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: None for weekend
February 16th
Weekend
February 17th
Weekend
February 18th
President’s Day-- no class
February 19th
Title: “Silent Conversations to Discover the Significance of a Novel’s Title”
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 20th
Title: Making and Reevaluating Predictions: In the Skin of a Lion, “Book Three”
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Read through page 220 in n the Skin of a Lion
February 21th
Title: “Speaking to You (From Rock Bottom)” by Ondaatje: Relating poetry to In the Skin of a Lion
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Read In the Skin of a Lion page 200-224
February 22nd
The Epic of Gilgamesh: How is Patrick a hero like Gilgamesh?
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Catch up on all In the Skin of a Lion reading, reading should be complete
February 23rd
Weekend
February 24th
Weekend
February 25th
Students will begin “Character Continuation” handout for next class’ Lesson Plan on Feb. 25th--for homework they must complete the left column of the worksheet.
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 26th
Title: “Character Continuation: How we can use characterization and analysis to help us predict
the outcome for characters over two different novels”
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 27th
Title: Ragtime, “Make Them Hear You:” Silent conversations on the importance of telling one’s story
Bridget DiGioia will teach
February 28th
Title: Theatrical Performances
Jessica Marovich will teach
March 1st
Title: Theatrical Performances
Jessica Marovich will teach
March 2nd
Weekend
March 3rd
Weekend
March 4th
I will assign the prompt for the Essay to the student. I will go over the directions and the due date.
Jessica Marovich will teach this lesson
March 5th
Writers Workshop for Essay, creating drafts for their papers
Bridget DiGioia will teach this lesson
March 6th
Students will read Chapters 3 & 4 of The Jungle in class to prepare for a class activity for the next day’s class period.
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 7th
Title: “Comparing Characters to Learn about Conditions for Immigrants across the Continent”
HW: Finish “Post Character Sketch Assignment” and turn in at the beginning of class tomorrow
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 8th
Title: Creative Writing: Letters for change or sharing
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Work on Papers, paper due Monday
March 9th
Weekend
March 10th
Weekend
March 11th
Title: Sharing your work! We will get into groups and share the final copies of our papers. Students will comment on each other’s papers both good comments and suggestions for even further improvement.
Bridget DiGioia
HW: none
March 12th
Title: Post Secret: Teaching students to share their stories and their identities
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Complete Post Secret Postcard and 1 paragraph with connection to reading
March 13th
Title: Fivel: An American Tail, movie about immigrant mice from Russia who come to America for the American dream
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Complete Exam Study Guide
March 14th
Title: Review Day for Exam: We will play a review Jeopardy game and go over any questions the students have
Bridget DiGioia Will Teach
HW: Study for Exam
March 15th
Exam: I will administer the exam, which will take the whole period
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Have a great spring break!
March 16th--March 24th
SPRING BREAK
March 25th
Title: “Social Activism Project: How do we give those suffering from silent injustices a voice?”
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 26th
Students will be in the computer lab, researching information for their Social Activism Project.
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 27th
Students will have the whole class period to work on their Social Activism Projects with their groups.
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 28th
Students will have the whole class period to work on their Social Activism Projects with their groups.
HW: *Do not forget to turn in completed Social Activism Research Guide tomorrow along with projects!*
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 29th
*End of the Unit*: Students will be presenting their Social Activism Projects to the 9th graders during the 9th grade lunch period.
Lesley Nagle will teach
Title: Introduction to In the Skin of a Lion by Surfing the Web
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 1st
Title: Webquest Discussion
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 2nd
Weekend
February 3rd
Weekend
February 4th
Title: Immigration in the Early 20th Century
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read p. 5-23 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 5th
Title: In the Skin of a Lion Part I
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read p. 23-51 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 6th
Lesson Plan that will focus on the author
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read p. 51-75 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 7th
Title: Literature Circles, Analyzing the Text
Jessica Marovich will teach
Homework: Read 75-103 in In the Skin of a Lion
February 8th
Lesson Plan that will focus on the characters in Part 1
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 9th
Weekend
February 10th
Weekend
February 11th
Title: Themes in Part 1
HW: Start Book Two of In the Skin of a Lion; read up through page 120
Jessica Marovich will teach
February 12th
Lesson plan analyzing language from last night’s reading homework
HW: Read up through page 140 of In the Skin of a Lion
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 13th
Lesson plan that focuses on the author’s style of writing
HW: Read up through page 160 of In the Skin of a Lion (finish the chapter “Palace of Purification”)
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 14th
Title: “Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together: Making connection between characters, places, themes, and events in In the Skin of a Lion”
HW: Read up through page 173 of In the Skin of a Lion (finish Book Two)
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 15th
Title: In the Skin of a Lion Books One and Two: Review Day. We will take a reading check quiz, go over the answers, and hold a whole class discussion about the conclusion of Book Two.
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: None for weekend
February 16th
Weekend
February 17th
Weekend
February 18th
President’s Day-- no class
February 19th
Title: “Silent Conversations to Discover the Significance of a Novel’s Title”
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 20th
Title: Making and Reevaluating Predictions: In the Skin of a Lion, “Book Three”
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Read through page 220 in n the Skin of a Lion
February 21th
Title: “Speaking to You (From Rock Bottom)” by Ondaatje: Relating poetry to In the Skin of a Lion
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Read In the Skin of a Lion page 200-224
February 22nd
The Epic of Gilgamesh: How is Patrick a hero like Gilgamesh?
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Catch up on all In the Skin of a Lion reading, reading should be complete
February 23rd
Weekend
February 24th
Weekend
February 25th
Students will begin “Character Continuation” handout for next class’ Lesson Plan on Feb. 25th--for homework they must complete the left column of the worksheet.
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 26th
Title: “Character Continuation: How we can use characterization and analysis to help us predict
the outcome for characters over two different novels”
Lesley Nagle will teach
February 27th
Title: Ragtime, “Make Them Hear You:” Silent conversations on the importance of telling one’s story
Bridget DiGioia will teach
February 28th
Title: Theatrical Performances
Jessica Marovich will teach
March 1st
Title: Theatrical Performances
Jessica Marovich will teach
March 2nd
Weekend
March 3rd
Weekend
March 4th
I will assign the prompt for the Essay to the student. I will go over the directions and the due date.
Jessica Marovich will teach this lesson
March 5th
Writers Workshop for Essay, creating drafts for their papers
Bridget DiGioia will teach this lesson
March 6th
Students will read Chapters 3 & 4 of The Jungle in class to prepare for a class activity for the next day’s class period.
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 7th
Title: “Comparing Characters to Learn about Conditions for Immigrants across the Continent”
HW: Finish “Post Character Sketch Assignment” and turn in at the beginning of class tomorrow
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 8th
Title: Creative Writing: Letters for change or sharing
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Work on Papers, paper due Monday
March 9th
Weekend
March 10th
Weekend
March 11th
Title: Sharing your work! We will get into groups and share the final copies of our papers. Students will comment on each other’s papers both good comments and suggestions for even further improvement.
Bridget DiGioia
HW: none
March 12th
Title: Post Secret: Teaching students to share their stories and their identities
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Complete Post Secret Postcard and 1 paragraph with connection to reading
March 13th
Title: Fivel: An American Tail, movie about immigrant mice from Russia who come to America for the American dream
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Complete Exam Study Guide
March 14th
Title: Review Day for Exam: We will play a review Jeopardy game and go over any questions the students have
Bridget DiGioia Will Teach
HW: Study for Exam
March 15th
Exam: I will administer the exam, which will take the whole period
Bridget DiGioia will teach
HW: Have a great spring break!
March 16th--March 24th
SPRING BREAK
March 25th
Title: “Social Activism Project: How do we give those suffering from silent injustices a voice?”
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 26th
Students will be in the computer lab, researching information for their Social Activism Project.
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 27th
Students will have the whole class period to work on their Social Activism Projects with their groups.
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 28th
Students will have the whole class period to work on their Social Activism Projects with their groups.
HW: *Do not forget to turn in completed Social Activism Research Guide tomorrow along with projects!*
Lesley Nagle will teach
March 29th
*End of the Unit*: Students will be presenting their Social Activism Projects to the 9th graders during the 9th grade lunch period.
Lesley Nagle will teach