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 * **Oct. 1, 2012**

WITD

Revision of essays using P-Q-S--Demonstrate with "fishbowl"

Grammar practice via [|Study Island] Login:firstlastname@OHS Password: password || ** Oct. 2, 2012 **

WITD

Continue revision of essays using P-Q-S || **Oct. 3, 2012** WITD
 * 1) Writer's Notebook--Use yesterday's WITD or any previous piece.
 * 2) Write draft of second college/scholarship essay. || **Oct. 4, 2012**

Discussion of social class & the American Dream ([|Article 1], [|Article 2], [|Class Matters--NY Times]

Reading from R. Payne

3-2-1 and pair-share. || **Oct. 5, 2012** WITD

Grammar practice via Study Island.

Turn in draft of second essay at the end of class ||
 * **Oct. 8, 2012**

Continue discussion of social class & the American Dream
[|Haves and Have Nots] [|NY TImes--American Dream in a Recession] [|We are the 99%]

[|99% Animation]
[|Proposal 2--Ballotpedia] [|Prop. 2--Detroit News] [|MI Gov info on Prop. 2]

[|ABCs of 1920s] || **Oct. 9, 2012** Videos and responses-
 * [|Opening--People Like Us]
 * [|WASP Lessons]
 * [|All You Need is Cash]
 * [|Trouble in Paradise]
 * [|How to Marry Rich]
 * [|Social Class in America (1957)]

Work on ABCs Links for 1920s: [|American Cultural History]

[|History.com]

[|Roaring Twenties]

[|Webquest List] || **Oct. 10, 2012**

Finish ABCs of 1920s--Due today

Argumentative Essay || **Oct. 11, 2012**

Read the following:

**[|Article "Jazz Must Go!"]**



**Review 1920s and Literary History**

//The Great Gatsby// -- Begin novel and start journaling/examining craft

Record craft/What we're noticing || **Oct. 12, 2012**

Record craft & grammar mini-lessons based on novel

Finish Ch. 1 and journal || **This week we will be reading the novel and journaling.** || **Oct. 16, 2012** || **Oct. 17, 2012** || **Oct. 28, 2012** || **Oct. 19, 2012** || Read and respond to [|Info. on flappers]. Do the female characters in the novel fit the description of a flapper? Explain.
 * **Oct. 15, 2012**
 * ** Oct. 22, 2012 **

Watch movie based on novel.

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|| **Oct. 23, 2012**

**WITD**

[|Create Comic]based on novel.

Students read portion of Ch. 5 of novel. After reading, groups will complete text-rendering activity (see slides below calendar).

Homework: Complete Ch. 5 || **Oct. 24, 2012**

WITD: [|Read "A Flapper's Appeal"] and respond on the 3-2-1 template below. [|Template]

Ch. 6 of novel & prepare for tomorrow's lit. circle.

Create rubric for lit. circle

Grammar activities . || **Oct. 25, 2012** WITD Lit. circle over novel. Begin resume instruction Discussion of [|genres] brainstorming Brainstorming on genres || **Oct. 26, 2012**

Discuss/[|assign multi-genre project].

Sample project: [|#1]

Ch. 7 of novel

Discussion of [|genres]

[|Brainstorming on genres] ||
 * **Oct. 29, 2012**

Continue to work on [|multi-genre project]. Sample project: [|#1]

[|Proposal]

Read Ch. 8 of novel || Oct. 30, 2012 || Oct. 31, 2012 ||  ||   ||

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