Unit: Intro to Lit Circles and Plot, Setting, Mood
Please keep track of your grade and your work
Monday
September 15
•Literature Circle
Discussion based on
the short story your
group chose to read
(from last Thursday).
Tuesday
 Check out
textbooks; take home
and bring back
covered with a grocery
bag TOMORROW for
points
Wednesday
•Check book covers
•Correct scavenger
hunts
•Rank literature circle
books.
Work on scavenger
hunts: due tomorrow.
•Homework: Complete
notes on genres and
active reading strategies
(“The Power of Ideas”).
Due tomorrow
Monday
September 22
 Notes on plot,
setting, mood due
today
Close read of “The
Bass, the River, and
Sheila Mant” by
W.D. Wetherall (pg.
27 in textbook)
Tuesday
 Check out
literature circle books
Work in literature
circle groups to
determine reading
schedule
Begin reading
literature circle book
Wednesday
•What if everyone were
the same?
•Read “Harrison
Bergeron” pg. 32 in text
and complete reading
strategy sheet
Thursday
Friday
•Go over notes on genres
and active reading
strategies
•Collect notes on the
writing process
•“Becoming an Active
Reader” pg. 12
•Introduce plot, setting,
and mood unit
•Model close read of
excerpt from Joyce Carol
Oates’ short story “Where
is Here?” on page 13.
•Homework: notes on the
writing process due
tomorrow.
Thursday
Introduction to
Character Unit
Read 158 to 165 in
textbook
Movie clip “Dear
Sweet Emma”
Complete Academic
Vocabulary and
Literary Analysis
Workshop on
Character
Development and
Character Behavior
•Class activity
•Homework: complete
literary analysis notes on
plot setting and mood
(pages 24-26 in textbook)
Friday
Read “The Possibility of
Evil” by Shirley Jackson
on pg. 53 in your critical
reader (page 186 in the
textbook)
Complete Assessment
Practice 1 on pages 6364 in the Critical Reader
workbook for Monday.