2020 Teen Class (Scroll down for Thursday Elementary class)
Friday Class
Class 1 9/4
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Love that Cat"
2. Book: Chicken Sunday
3. Student sample: 1st page of Gracie's bike story
4. Students write while I edit.
Class 2 (9/11)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Dog in Bed" pg. 107
2. Book: Chapter one of My Life in Dog Years, Gary Paulsen
3. Student sample: Rest Gracie's story
4. Students write while I edit.
Class 3 (9/18)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Primetime"
2. Book: Excerpt from Boy. (The chapter about the bike and the candy shop)
3. Student sample: "The Toaster"
4. Discuss how a tiny moment can produce a page of writing.
Class 4 (9/26)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Cat"
2. Book: Excerpt from Boy.
3. Read a student example: (The high schooler who gets lost going to Scituate, Mass.)
4. Students write.
Class 5 (10/2)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Jumping in Hay"
2. Read Boy, the "revenge chapter
3. Read a student memoir called "My Mother, the Moon and I"
4. Students write.
Class 6 (10/9)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Dog's Death"
2. Read: The first 3 chapters of Knots in my Yo-Yo String by Gary Spinneli.
3. Share a student narrative about a sculpture in a window.
4. Students write.
Class 7 (10/16)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Shelter"
2. Read more of 3 Knots in My Yo-Yo String.
3. Read a student narrative.
4. Students write.
Class 8 (10/23)
Personal Narrative/Fiction
1. Poem: Sonnet for Shoelace
2. Read "The 3 Musketeers"
3. Share completed personal narratives.
2. Read "The 3 Musketeers"
3. Share completed personal narratives.
4. Brainstorm fiction ideas.
Class 9 (10/30)
Fiction
1. Poem: "Tree Heartbeat"
2. Fiction: "Valediction"by Sherman Alexie.
3. Student story: "3 Musketeers"
4. Work on stories.
Class 10 (11/6)
Fiction
1. Poem:
2. Short story:
3. Read more of the "3 Musketeers"
5. Write.
Class 11 (11/13)
Fiction
1. Poem: "Peaches"
2. Read a short story: "Flowers for Algernon" (Part of it)
3. Share stories so far.
4. Write.
Class 12 (11/20)
Fiction
1. Poem: "I Can't Forget You"
2. Read more "Flowers for Algernon"
3. Write.
Thursday Elementary Class
Class 1 (10/8)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Jumping in Hay"
2. Read Fireflies.
3. Discuss watermelon stories and seed stories.
4. Read a personal story about moon jellies at the aquarium.
5. Students will write a personal narrative (true story).
Class 2 (10/15)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Remembrance of a Friend"
2. Read Earthquake.
3. Share a student story about a kid using matches.
4. Students will write.
Class 3. (10/22)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "The Little Boy"
2. Author example: Digging to China
5. Students will write a personal narrative (true story).
Class 2 (10/15)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Remembrance of a Friend"
2. Read Earthquake.
3. Share a student story about a kid using matches.
4. Students will write.
Class 3. (10/22)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "The Little Boy"
2. Author example: Digging to China
3. Read a student story about Bashert the dog.
4, Students write.
Class 4 (10/29)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Unlucky" (pg 39)
2. Read a book:
3. Read a student story about a girl getting a make-over from her sister.
4. Students write.
Class 5 (11/5)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Guilt"
2. Read Jabari Jumps.
3. Read a student example. "Hamster for a Day"
4. Students write. Students will start copying a small moment story.
Class 6 (11/12)
Class 4 (10/29)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Unlucky" (pg 39)
2. Read a book:
3. Read a student story about a girl getting a make-over from her sister.
4. Students write.
Class 5 (11/5)
Personal Narrative
1. Poem: "Guilt"
2. Read Jabari Jumps.
3. Read a student example. "Hamster for a Day"
4. Students write. Students will start copying a small moment story.
Class 6 (11/12)
Personal Narrative/Fiction
1. Poem: "Mail Call"
2. Book: The Other Side
3. Student Example: "Spencer Bellhorn is a not a Wimp"
4. Share personal narratives.
5. Do character trait chart.
Class 7 11/19)
Fiction
1. Poem: "Long Dream"
2. Read a fiction picture book: Last Stop on Market Street.
3. Read a student example: "Mirror Magic"
Fiction
1. Poem: "Long Dream"
2. Read a fiction picture book: Last Stop on Market Street.
3. Read a student example: "Mirror Magic"
4. Students write.
