• SLOT-Classify the 5 Elements of a short story using a Tree Map. The first element that was introduced is characters. We will continue with the other four over the course of this week. You are completing the Tree Map with information from “The Most Dangerous Game.”                         Guiding Question-What are the 5 elements of a short story evident in “The Most Dangerous Game.” Frame Question-Where did I get my information from? Keep the Tree Map in the Bellwork section of your binder.
• Tree Map for SLOT
• SSR-Read your novel for 10 minutes.
• MDG-Begin watching Disturbia. Complete Plot Diagram Flow Map as you watch the movie.         Guiding Question-What events pertain to the plot? Frame Question-Where did I get my information from? Respond to Exit Ticket. Plot diagram is due on the last day of the film.
• Disturbia work for 10-13

REMINDER-Tomorrow is your MDG Test. Be sure to review the vocab, understand plot and themes.

HOMEWORK DUE TOMORROW-Triple entry journal for pages 28-36 and the completed plot diagram for MDG.

Due to the early dismissal today, I am postponing the test covering “The Most Dangerous Game” to Tuesday, October 14th. I would advise you to still use this weekend to study and finish the reading and any of the work that goes along with the short story.

Hours 1-3-You may turn in today’s assignments on Tuesday.

Hours 4 and 6– You may turn in Thursday’s work on Monday and today’s work on Tuesday. Your SLOT Quiz will be on Monday. You must also remember to submit your cardmarking #1 participation form on Monday.

Participation Forms for Cardmarking #1 Due Today!

• SLOT-Quiz #4
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes
• MDG-Read pages 28-36 of “The Most Dangerous Game.” While you are reading, complete a Triple Entry Journal. The requirements are the same as yesterday.
• HOMEWORK-Finish the Plot Diagram Flow Map for “The Most Dangerous Game.” Study for Monday’s test. Make sure to review the vocabulary from Wednesday! The main focus of Monday’s test is vocabulary, plot, and theme.
• The Most Dangerous Game Complete Short Story
• Triple Entry Journal
• The Most Dangerous Game LA 1 VOCAB (1)
• The Most Dangerous Game Honors VOCAB

• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Traits of Conventions and Presentation. Add the most important elements of each trait to your tree map. Make sure you are looking at the 6-exceptional column only!
• Conventions Rubric
• Presentation Rubric
• SSR-Honors Only: Read novel for 10 minutes.
• MDG-Read pgs. 19-27 of “The Most Dangerous Game”. Complete a Triple Entry Journal for pages 19-27 as you read. LA 1-You must have at least 2 examples for inferences and 3 examples for the talk to text column. HLA1-You must have at least 4 examples for inferences and 5 examples for the talk to text column. Once you reach page 23, you will begin a bubble map describing General Zaroff. Guiding Question-How would I describe General Zaroff? F.O.R. Question-Where did I get my information from? You must have a minimum of 6 bubbles. Inside the frame of the map, for each of the bubbles, write and cite the lines from the text that support your description.
• The Most Dangerous Game Complete SS
• Triple Entry Journal
• HOMEWORK-Explain what happened during the exposition and rising action plot points using a plot diagram flow map.

• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Trait of Sentence Fluency. Make sure that you are using the 6-exceptional column only. Add the most important elements of the trait to your tree map.
• Sentence Fluency Rubric
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes.
• MDG-Prediction writing and vocabulary terms. Set up Triple Entry Journal.
• Intro activity-Prediction Writing-Submit to tray at the end of class.
• The Most Dangerous Game LA 1 VOCAB (1)-Keep under the assignments tab in your binder.
• The Most Dangerous Game Honors VOCAB-Keep under the assignments tab in your binder.
• Triple Entry Journal-Keep under the RA tab in your binder.

• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Trait of Voice. Make sure you are using the 6-exceptional column only! Classify the most important aspects of the Voice Trait by adding the information to your Tree Map from last week.
• Voice Rubric
• SSR-Read novel for 10 minutes. You may read your novel outside of school. Your goal is to start a new novel by next Monday for card marking #2.
• MDG-Complete Plot Diagram Flow Map. The Guiding Question is what you must respond to in the thinking map.
• Plot Diagram Flow Map

• SLOT-Quiz #3
• SSR-Read for 15 minutes and respond to the following sentence stems in your Writer’s Notebook: One example of a theme from my novel is…This is a theme in my novel because…
• RA-Complete Box #4 of the Narrative Four Square using the short story, “The Story of an Hour”. Make sure to read the text for the fourth time annotating for connections only.

Reminder-Homework due on Tuesday when you return from the break. Submit the annotated short story, “The Story of an Hour” and your completed narrative four square. They should be stapled together and submitted to the tray before the bell rings! Enjoy your mini vacation!

• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Trait of Word Choice. Using only the 6-exceptional column, identify the most important elements of the trait and add them to your tree map we started on Monday.
• Word Choice Rubric
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes.
• RA-Complete Box #3 of the Narrative Four Square using the short story, “The Story of an Hour”.

Reminder-Study for SLOT Quiz #3! Review the Ideas, Organization, and Word Choice Traits!

• SLOT-Analyze the 6+1 Trait of Organization. Looking at only the 6-exceptional column, add the most important elements of the trait to your tree map from yesterday.
• Organization rubric
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes. Reflect in your writer’s notebook using the following sentence stem: The character in my novel I can most relate with is…I relate to this character because…
• RA-Complete Box #2 of the Narrative four-square using the short story, “The Story of an Hour”. Make sure that you complete a second read of the text annotating for the information asked of you in box #2 (i.e. figurative language, genre, voice, tone, etc.).

• SLOT–Ideas Rubric-Using the 6+1 Traits Ideas Rubric, classify the most important aspects of the rubric using a tree map. Make sure that you are looking at the 6-exceptional column only! Save room on your tree map for the other six traits.
• SSR-Read novel for 15 minutes and log in Writer’s Notebook
• RA-Read the short story, “The Story of an Hour”. Annotate while you read for the central idea of the story. Complete Box #1 of the Narrative four square.
• Narrative 4-Square
• “The Story of an Hour”