Online Students: Click here to join class via Google Meet during the scheduled class time, second block on black days from 9:54 A.M. to 11:28 A.M.
Week 1 -
Wednesday, August 19th
Classroom rules & safety procedures discussion (20 minutes).
Log in to Google Classroom (use k12 email address and password)
Distribute texts, log using Google form - Book Registration (10 minutes).
Begin reading texts (remaining time).
Friday, August 21st Reading Day
Quizlet Live: Plot Elements (15 minutes)
Model novel annotation using the Cornell note-taking method. (5 minutes)
Lecture: Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction. (15 minutes)
Distribute texts, log using Google form - Book Registration. (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (20 minutes).
Break (5 minutes).
Individual novel reading & annotation (10 minutes).
Discussion (5 minutes).
Week 2 -
Tuesday, August 25th Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (from last class), submit to classroom. (10 minutes)
CommonLit: Read "Soular" by Peter Payak & answer the accompanying questions. (10 minutes)
Lecture: The Robot - from Capek to Asimov. (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (15 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Thursday, August 27th Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (from last class), submit to classroom. (5 minutes)
CommonLit: Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale - & answer the accompanying questions. (15 minutes)
Lecture: The Wasteland (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (35 minutes).
Discussion (15 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 3 -
NO SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 2 (LABOR DAY)
Monday, August 31st Movie Day
Read & annotate "Lost Little Robot" by Isaac Asimov. (25 minutes)
Watch & annotate film: I, Robot. (50 minutes)
Discussion: I, Robot Part 1 (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Wednesday, September 2nd Movie Day
Watch & annotate film (65 minutes).
Discussion: I, Robot Part 2 (15 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday, September 4th Reading Day
Discussion: I, Robot film vs "Little Lost Robot" by Isaac Asimov (10 minutes)
Read & annotate "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (25 minutes)
Discussion "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury & the Wasteland trope (10 minutes).
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 4 -
NO SCHOOL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Wednesday, September 9th Reading Day
Lecture: Invasions, Space Wars, & Zenocide (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday, September 11th Reading Day
Lecture: Encounters with the Alien Other (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 5 -
Tuesday, September 15th Movie Day
Read & annotate "War of the Worlds, Orson Welles, and The Invasion from Mars." (15 minutes)
Watch & annotate film: War of The Worlds (60 minutes)
Discussion: War of The Worlds (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Thursday, September 17th Movie Day
Watch & annotate film: War of The Worlds (60 minutes)
Discussion: War of The Worlds (20 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Week 6 -
Monday, September 21st Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section for Sept 15-17 (10 minutes)
Lecture: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Wednesday, September 23rd Reading Day
CommonLit: Read & annotate "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut (25 minutes)
Discussion: "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut & Dystopias (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes).
Discussion (15 minutes).
Group Activity: Exposition Analysis (25 minutes).
Friday, September 25th Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (10 minutes).
Read & annotate "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
Discussion: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury & Dystopias (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 7 -
Tuesday, September 29th Movie Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section for Sept. 25 (10 minutes).
Watch & annotate Blade Runner film (60 minutes).
Discussion: Questions over Blade Runner (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Thursday, October 1st Movie Day
Watch & annotate Blade Runner film (60 minutes).
Discussion: Questions over Blade Runner (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Week 8 -
Monday, October 5th Reading Day
Lecture: The Spaceship - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Wednesday, October 7th Reading Day
Lecture: From Mars to Arrakis - the Planet, a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday October 9th Reading Day
Lecture: The Artifact - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 9 -
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Wednesday, October 14th Movie Day
Watch & annotate The Martian film (60 minutes).
Break (10 minutes).
Watch & annotate film (30 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday, October 16th Movie Day
Watch & annotate The Martian film (60 minutes).
Break (10 minutes).
Watch & annotate film (30 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
QUARTER 1 ENDS OCTOBER 16th
Wednesday, August 19th
Classroom rules & safety procedures discussion (20 minutes).
Log in to Google Classroom (use k12 email address and password)
- class code = rsplc45
- class code = 48V3LY
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling (309 pages) / 2001 film adaptation 152 minutes
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (258 pages) / 1982 film adaptation 117 minutes
- The Road by Cormack McCarthy (241 pages) / 2009 film adaptation 111 minutes (must have parental consent or be 18)
- I, Robot by Isaac Asimov (224 pages) / 2004 film adaptation 115 minutes
- The War of the Worlds by Arthur C. Clarke (192 pages) / 2005 film adaptation 113 minutes
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (288 pages) / 1994 film adaptation 123 minutes
- The Princess Bride by William Goodman (456 pages) / 1987 film adaptation 98 minutes
- 1984 by George Orwell (237 pages) / 1984 film adaptation 113 minutes
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (288 pages) / 1980 film adaptation 180 minutes
- The Martian by Andy Weir (384 pages) / 2015 film adaptation 151 minutes
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (366 pages) / 1977 animated film 90 minutes
- Dune by Frank Herbert (661 pages) / December 18, 2020 theatrical release
Distribute texts, log using Google form - Book Registration (10 minutes).
Begin reading texts (remaining time).
Friday, August 21st Reading Day
Quizlet Live: Plot Elements (15 minutes)
Model novel annotation using the Cornell note-taking method. (5 minutes)
Lecture: Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction. (15 minutes)
Distribute texts, log using Google form - Book Registration. (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (20 minutes).
Break (5 minutes).
Individual novel reading & annotation (10 minutes).
Discussion (5 minutes).
Week 2 -
Tuesday, August 25th Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (from last class), submit to classroom. (10 minutes)
CommonLit: Read "Soular" by Peter Payak & answer the accompanying questions. (10 minutes)
Lecture: The Robot - from Capek to Asimov. (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (15 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Thursday, August 27th Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (from last class), submit to classroom. (5 minutes)
CommonLit: Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Sara Teasdale - & answer the accompanying questions. (15 minutes)
Lecture: The Wasteland (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (35 minutes).
Discussion (15 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 3 -
NO SCHOOL SEPTEMBER 2 (LABOR DAY)
Monday, August 31st Movie Day
Read & annotate "Lost Little Robot" by Isaac Asimov. (25 minutes)
Watch & annotate film: I, Robot. (50 minutes)
Discussion: I, Robot Part 1 (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Wednesday, September 2nd Movie Day
Watch & annotate film (65 minutes).
Discussion: I, Robot Part 2 (15 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday, September 4th Reading Day
Discussion: I, Robot film vs "Little Lost Robot" by Isaac Asimov (10 minutes)
Read & annotate "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury (25 minutes)
Discussion "There Will Come Soft Rains" by Ray Bradbury & the Wasteland trope (10 minutes).
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 4 -
NO SCHOOL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7
Wednesday, September 9th Reading Day
Lecture: Invasions, Space Wars, & Zenocide (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday, September 11th Reading Day
Lecture: Encounters with the Alien Other (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 5 -
Tuesday, September 15th Movie Day
Read & annotate "War of the Worlds, Orson Welles, and The Invasion from Mars." (15 minutes)
Watch & annotate film: War of The Worlds (60 minutes)
Discussion: War of The Worlds (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Thursday, September 17th Movie Day
Watch & annotate film: War of The Worlds (60 minutes)
Discussion: War of The Worlds (20 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Week 6 -
Monday, September 21st Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section for Sept 15-17 (10 minutes)
Lecture: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Wednesday, September 23rd Reading Day
CommonLit: Read & annotate "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut (25 minutes)
Discussion: "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut & Dystopias (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes).
Discussion (15 minutes).
Group Activity: Exposition Analysis (25 minutes).
Friday, September 25th Reading Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (10 minutes).
Read & annotate "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury
Discussion: "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury & Dystopias (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 7 -
Tuesday, September 29th Movie Day
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section for Sept. 25 (10 minutes).
Watch & annotate Blade Runner film (60 minutes).
Discussion: Questions over Blade Runner (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Thursday, October 1st Movie Day
Watch & annotate Blade Runner film (60 minutes).
Discussion: Questions over Blade Runner (10 minutes)
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time)
Week 8 -
Monday, October 5th Reading Day
Lecture: The Spaceship - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Wednesday, October 7th Reading Day
Lecture: From Mars to Arrakis - the Planet, a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday October 9th Reading Day
Lecture: The Artifact - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (40 minutes).
Discussion (10 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Week 9 -
STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Wednesday, October 14th Movie Day
Watch & annotate The Martian film (60 minutes).
Break (10 minutes).
Watch & annotate film (30 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
Friday, October 16th Movie Day
Watch & annotate The Martian film (60 minutes).
Break (10 minutes).
Watch & annotate film (30 minutes).
Cornell Note-Taking: Summary Section (remaining time).
QUARTER 1 ENDS OCTOBER 16th