Topics Dates Major Outcomes Materials & Evaluation &

and Activities Resources Assessment

September- General Learning Malala Yousazais Summative:
Introductions October 25 Outcomes 1-5 autobiography Autobiography
assignment,
Autobiography Writing their own Sightlines 8 and the short story
autobiography. teacher guide packages,
Short Stories and tandem short
Creative writing Studying short Teachers pay story, short story
stories and teachers online writing
creating their own resources assignment, unit
piece. exam.

Developing Formative:
creative writing Checklists,
and editing observation,
abilities. drafts of
summative
Enhancing assignments,
paragraph writing discussions,
abilities that will journals.
prepare them for
the essay writing
unit.

Working
independently
and in groups
through learning
packages in a
similar fashion to
literature circle.
Essay Writing (late) General Learning Worksheets Summative: One
and Research in October 25- Outcomes 1-5 developed by Ingrid final essay, visual
Essays December Hoveling (my PS2 TA) essay, and unit
Breaking essay exam.
Visual Literacy writing into parts Teachers pay
and spending teachers online Formative: drafts
appropriate resources of summative,
(Will be similar amount of time on observations,
to the grade 7 each part. Final Time for writing discussion,
unit) assignment will online resources journals,
be writing an checklists.
essay. We will Essay maps from
spend much of read, write, think
our time working online resources
on how to
incorporate Visual essay examples
 research into from Christa
essays, where to Henderson (my high
get research, and school ELA teacher)
in making essays
more developed.

To break this up
we will do fun
visual literacy
activities and
discuss how to be
visually literate
and why it
matters in this
digital age. They
will create a visual
essay and a
written essay by
the end of the
unit.

Poetry January- General Learning Teaching Matters Summative:

March Outcomes 1-5 online resources: Poetry analysis,
Figurative http://www.teaching figurative
Language Study a variety of matters.org/files/poe language chart,
types of poem. tryunit.pdf unit exam, a
Letter Writing formal letter to
Create a chapbook Sightlines 7 and the modern day
of poetry with a teaching guide politician.
glossary that
identifies the Lady Blue Publishing, Formative: drafts
figurative how to make a of summative,
language used in chapbook observations,
the poems. Have https://www.ladyblu discussion,
poems be peer epublishing.com/sing journals,
edited. le-post/how-to- checklists
make-a-simple-
Write a letter to a chapbook
politician or
world leader Poems from Rapi
asking for change Kaur, RH Fowler,
in an area you are Sherman Alexie
passionate about (FNMI), Elizabeth
or thanking them Bishop, and other
for doing work in contemporary
an area you are popular poets.
passionate about.
Include a lesson Poets.org,
prior to this on poetryfoundation.co
 research and m,
identifying poetsandwriters.com
reliable sources.

Novel Study March - General Learning Hatchet by Gary Summative:

April Outcomes 1-5 Paulson Essay on novel,
Biography make their own
Assignment Study Hatchet by soundtrack for
Gary Paulson Teachers pay Hatchet, unit
teachers online exam
Write in journals resources :
throughout about Short mini unit
different themes https://www.teacher on biographies
from the novel: spayteachers.com/Pr with a biography
alienation, class oduct/Hatchet-by- assignment.
issues, how these Gary-Paulson-Open-
issues still persist ended-Response- Formative:
today, ect. Questions-for-Each- checklists, drafts
Chapter-2616443 of summative,
Make a observations,
soundtrack for the https://www.teacher discussion,
movie and spayteachers.com/Pr journals,
annotate each oduct/Hatchet-by- discussions
song to explain Gary-Paulson-Novel- connecting real
where in the Study-Final-Test- world
movie they would 3285722 applications to
use this song and the themes of the
how it relates to https://www.teacher novel.
the themes in the spayteachers.com/Pr
novel. oduct/Hatchet-Book-
Packet-320841

April- June General Learning Summative

Newspaper Outcomes 1-5 http://staff.argyle.esc assignments:
Writing 11.net/cms/lib/TX21
(Editorials, Study the 000387/Centricity/D Identifying parts
Reviews) elements of film. omain/113/Dead%2 of film
0Poet%20Society%2 (cinematography,
Film Study Study the film 0Handouts.pdf lighting, music,
Dead Poets etc how all these
Narrative Society https://www.teacher elements
Writing spayteachers.com/Pr enhance plot of
oduct/ARGUMENT- Dead Poets
Create a class WRITING- Society.
 newspaper where NARRATIVE-
students each WRITING- Newspaper
write individual INFORMATIONAL- articles
reports and WRITING-BUNDLE-
segments to make 822900 Narrative writing
a complete paper. assignment
https://www.teacher
Write a narrative spayteachers.com/Pr Formative: drafts
piece of their own. oduct/News-Writing- of summative,
Studying-the- observations,
Newspaper-Writing- checklists,
a-News-Article-A- discussion,
Unit-Plan-308258 checklists,
journals
Review June General Learning Kahoot.com Summative: Final
Outcomes 1-5 Exam, portfolio
Exam Jeopardy labs to make reflection
Preparation All assignments a review game assignment
and tests from the https://jeopardylabs.
year should be com/ Formative:
kept in your checklists,
portfolio and be Crumple and Shoot observations,
marked with a discussions,
sticky note to journals.
identify if the
assignment uses
reading, writing,
viewing,
representing, or
listening skills.
There should also
be a reflection in
the portfolio
highlighting the
biggest things
they learned and
how this year may
have changed
their
Autobiography.

Prep and write a

final exam that
reviews the main
topics from the
year.