Quarter 3
Week 1 -
Tuesday, January 5th
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).
Thursday, January 7th Reading Day 1
Quizlet Learn: Plot Elements (15 minutes)
Quizlet Live: Plot Elements (10 minutes)
Model novel annotation using the Cornell note-taking method. (5 minutes)
Lecture: Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 2 -
Monday, January 11th Reading Day 2
Lecture: The Robot - from Capek to Asimov (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, January 13th Reading Day 3
Short Story: Read & annotate "Lost Little Robot" by Isaac Asimov.
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, January 15th Movie Day
Film: I, Robot. (50 minutes)
Discussion: I, Robot (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 3 -
NO SCHOOL MONDAY, JANUARY 18 (TEACHER INSERVICE)
Wednesday, January 20th Movie Day
Film: I, Robot. (50 minutes)
Discussion: I, Robot (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, January 22nd Reading Day 4
Lecture: Invasions, Space Wars, & Xenocide (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 4 -
Tuesday, January 26th Reading Day 5
Lecture: Encounters with the Alien Other (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, January 28th Reading Day 6
Short Story: "The Invasion from Outer Space" by Steven Millhauser (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 5 -
Monday, February 1st Movie Day
Film: 10 Cloverfield Lane (50 minutes)
Discussion: 10 Cloverfield Lane (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, February 3rd Movie Day
Film: 10 Cloverfield Lane (50 minutes)
Discussion: 10 Cloverfield Lane (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, February 5th Reading Day 7
Lecture: The Wasteland (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 6 -
Tuesday, February 9th Reading Day 8
Lecture: The Spaceship - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Thursday, February 11th Reading Day 9
Short Story: "Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels" by George R. R. Martin (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12
Week 7 -
NO SCHOOL MONDAY FEBRUARY 15
Wednesday, February 17th Movie Day
Film: Wall-E. (50 minutes)
Discussion: Wall-E (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, February 19th Movie Day
Film: Wall-E. (50 minutes)
Discussion: Wall-E (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 8 - February 24, 2020 to February 28, 2020
Tuesday, February 23rd Reading Day 10
Lecture: From Mars to Arrakis - the Planet, a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Thursday, February 25th Reading Day 11
Lecture: The Artifact - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 9 -
Monday, March 1st Reading Day 12
Short Story: "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, March 3rd Movie Day
Film: The Martian. (50 minutes)
Discussion: The Martian (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, March 5th Movie Day
Film: The Martian. (50 minutes)
Discussion: The Martian (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 10 -
Tuesday, March 9th Reading Day 13
Lecture: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Thursday, March 11th Reading Day 14
Short Story: "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
QUARTER 3 ENDS MARCH 12
Tuesday, January 5th
Classroom rules & safety procedures discussion (20 minutes).
Log in to Google Classroom (use k12 email address and password)
- class code = 2mhcalo
- 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)
- 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)
- The Princess Bride by William Goodman (456 pages) / 1987 film adaptation 98 minutes
- 1984 by George Orwell (237 pages)
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (288 pages)
- The Martian by Andy Weir (384 pages) / 2015 film adaptation 151 minutes
- The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (366 pages)
- Dune by Frank Herbert (661 pages)
- Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (215 pages)
Distribute texts, log using Google form - Book Registration (10 minutes).
Begin reading texts (remaining time).
Thursday, January 7th Reading Day 1
Quizlet Learn: Plot Elements (15 minutes)
Quizlet Live: Plot Elements (10 minutes)
Model novel annotation using the Cornell note-taking method. (5 minutes)
Lecture: Mary Shelley and the Birth of Science Fiction (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 2 -
Monday, January 11th Reading Day 2
Lecture: The Robot - from Capek to Asimov (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, January 13th Reading Day 3
Short Story: Read & annotate "Lost Little Robot" by Isaac Asimov.
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, January 15th Movie Day
Film: I, Robot. (50 minutes)
Discussion: I, Robot (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 3 -
NO SCHOOL MONDAY, JANUARY 18 (TEACHER INSERVICE)
Wednesday, January 20th Movie Day
Film: I, Robot. (50 minutes)
Discussion: I, Robot (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, January 22nd Reading Day 4
Lecture: Invasions, Space Wars, & Xenocide (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 4 -
Tuesday, January 26th Reading Day 5
Lecture: Encounters with the Alien Other (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, January 28th Reading Day 6
Short Story: "The Invasion from Outer Space" by Steven Millhauser (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 5 -
Monday, February 1st Movie Day
Film: 10 Cloverfield Lane (50 minutes)
Discussion: 10 Cloverfield Lane (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, February 3rd Movie Day
Film: 10 Cloverfield Lane (50 minutes)
Discussion: 10 Cloverfield Lane (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, February 5th Reading Day 7
Lecture: The Wasteland (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 6 -
Tuesday, February 9th Reading Day 8
Lecture: The Spaceship - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Thursday, February 11th Reading Day 9
Short Story: "Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels" by George R. R. Martin (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
NO SCHOOL FRIDAY FEBRUARY 12
Week 7 -
NO SCHOOL MONDAY FEBRUARY 15
Wednesday, February 17th Movie Day
Film: Wall-E. (50 minutes)
Discussion: Wall-E (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, February 19th Movie Day
Film: Wall-E. (50 minutes)
Discussion: Wall-E (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 8 - February 24, 2020 to February 28, 2020
Tuesday, February 23rd Reading Day 10
Lecture: From Mars to Arrakis - the Planet, a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Thursday, February 25th Reading Day 11
Lecture: The Artifact - a Science Fiction Icon (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 9 -
Monday, March 1st Reading Day 12
Short Story: "All Summer in a Day" by Ray Bradbury (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Wednesday, March 3rd Movie Day
Film: The Martian. (50 minutes)
Discussion: The Martian (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Friday, March 5th Movie Day
Film: The Martian. (50 minutes)
Discussion: The Martian (10 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Week 10 -
Tuesday, March 9th Reading Day 13
Lecture: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
Thursday, March 11th Reading Day 14
Short Story: "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut (15 minutes)
Discussion (10 minutes)
Individual novel reading & annotation (30 minutes)
Writing: Compose the summary section of the Cornell notes (remaining time).
QUARTER 3 ENDS MARCH 12