September 5 - September 9

English

7th: “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens”

Tribute

For September 6- Create a video trailer for a tv series based on the story “Two Kinds”

Students must create a trailer, must include two songs in the trailer that match the mood or meaning of the story.

Students can find helpful tips here:

http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Movie-Trailer-on-Windows-Movie-Maker

For Thursday, September 8: Students must bring materials to work on the posters/ banners.

8^th:  “Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom”

Biographical narrative

Grammar: Plural and possessive nouns

Dramatization: writing a dialogue and performing a scene from the story

For Friday, September 9: Students must bring materials to work on the posters/ banners.

9^th: “The Cask of Amontillado”

Short story

Drawing conclusions

For Wednesday, September 7: Students must bring materials to work on the posters/ banners.

For September 22

10^th:  “It was a Dark Stormy Night”

Using context clues to determine meaning of unknown words

Analogies

For Thursday, September 8: Students must bring materials to work on the posters/ banners.

11^th: “The Story on an Hour”

Short story

Irony

For Wednesday, September 7: Students must bring materials to work on the posters/ banners.

Sociology

10^th

Values, norms

Subcultures and countercultures

Technology and Global Village