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The Book Thief Novel by Markus Zusak  

Grammar in Literature 
Personal Dictionary
The Book Thief Study Guide ALL PAGES

Week of February  26-March 2

Monday-

  • Copy HW

  • Grammar warm up- Verb Moods 

  • Anticipation Guide

 

HW:

  1. Read till page 122 by Friday

  2. USATTESTPREP due March 1st 

Tuesday-

HW:

  1. Read till page 122 by Friday

  2. USATTESTPREP due March 1st 

Wednesday-

  • Grammar warm up-Verb Moods

  • In class reading

  • The Book Thief...Death according to Death

HW:

  1. Read till page 122 by Friday

  2. USATTESTPREP due March 1st 

Thursday-

  • Death Be Not Proud poem analysis

  • Compare/Contrast Death in Two Mentor Texts- Graphic Organizer

HW: 

  1. Read till page 122 by Friday

  2. USATTESTPREP due March 1st 

Friday-​​

  • Grammar

  • Create parallel poem, Human, Be Not Proud

HW:

  1. Work on personal dictionary

  2. Commonlit.org Death, Be Not Proud By John Donne

Orlando & Nashville trip Packet

Week of March 5th 

Monday-

  • Copy HW 

  • Work on the poem a Dialogue with death, a response to John Donne's poem "Death, be not proud"

  • Create an original poem in the same format as the other poem but with an abstract concept. 

 

HW:

  1. USATESTPREP x4 Due 3/8

  2. Work on the poem inspired by John Donne

  3. Read to Page 170 in The Book Thief

Tuesday-

  • Grammar warm up- Verb Moods

  • Continue to work on the poem and do peer edits 

  • In class reading of Novel

 

HW: 

  1. USATESTPREP x4 Due 3/8

  2. Work on the poem inspired by John Donne due tomorrow 

  3. Read to Page 196 in The Book Thief

 

Wednesday-

HW:

  1. USATESTPREP x4 Due 3/8

  2. Read to Page 238 in The Book Thief.

  3. Don't forget to continue to work on your personal dictionary and your grammar in content worksheets. 

 

Thursday-

  • BENCHMARK

HW: 

  1. USATESTPREP x4 Due 3/8

  2. Read to Page 266 in The Book Thief.

  3. Don't forget to continue to work on your personal dictionary and your grammar in content worksheets. 

Friday-

  • Work on Sociogram on Book Thief

  • Quiz

HW:

 

  1. Commonlit.org Adolf Hitler Article.

  2. continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of March 12th

 

Monday-

  • Copy HW 

  • Finish Sociogram 

  • Twitter Activity 

 

HW: 

 

  1. Continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

  2. Usatestprep Due Verb Mood 3/14

  3. QUIZ Wednesday 

  4. Continue Reading Schedule 

  5. GRAMMAR TEST WEDNESDAY

 

Tuesday-

  • Character Chart 

  • Irony Chart

  • Theme Tracking sheet 

  • Read if possible 

HW: 

  1. continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

  2. Usatestprep Due Verb Mood 3/14

  3. Continue Reading Schedule 

  4. GRAMMAR QUIZ WEDNESDAY

Wednesday-

  • Verb Mood TEST

  • Theme Tracking Chart Continuation

  • Paired Reading 

HW:

 

  1. continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

  2. Usatestprep Due 3/16 Parallel Structure

  3. Continue Reading Schedule 

Thursday-

  • Theme Tracking Chart Continuation

  • Paired Reading 

  • working on Theme Chart

HW:

 

  1. continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

  2. Usatestprep Due 3/16 Parallel Structure

  3. Continue Reading Schedule 

Friday-

  • Quiz on Part 5 & 6

  • Finish theme chart

  • Found Poem Activity​​

HW:

 

  1. Finish Found Poem and upload to Google Classroom 

  2. continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

 

Week of March  19th 

 

Monday-

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HW: 

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continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

 

Tuesday-

  • Grammar warm up- gerund

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  • Finish worksheets 

  • Independent reading 

HW: Poem Quiz "Because I could not stop for Death" Emily Dickinson. 

Read till page 303 by 2/2

continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

Wednesday-

  • Grammar warm up-gerunds

  • Pick a poem for memorization

HW:

Read till page 350 by 2/7

continue to work on grammar in content and Personal dictionary.

Thursday-

  • Begin Participles 

  • Large group discussion on Book 

  • Begin working on Theme Chart

HW:

Verbal Test

Friday-

  • Verbal Test

HW: Read till 350 by 2/7

 

 

Week of February 20-24

 

Monday-

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NO SCHOOL ENJOY THE DAY OFF

 

HW: 

Read till page 455 by 2/22

Study Parallel Structure Tuesday 

 

Tuesday-

HW:

  1. Read till page 539 by 2/27

  2. Grammar in content due 2/27

  3. Book Thief Questions from packet due 2/27

  4. Personal Dictionary Due 3/1

 

Wednesday-

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HW:

  1. Read till page 539 by 2/27

  2. Grammar in content due 2/27

  3. Book Thief Questions from packet due 2/27

  4. Personal Dictionary Due 3/1

Thursday-

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HW:

  1. Read till page 539 by 2/27

  2. Grammar in content due 2/27

  3. Book Thief Questions from packet due 2/27

  4. Personal Dictionary Due 3/1

Friday-​​

HW:

  1. Read till page 539 by 2/27

  2. Grammar in content due 2/27

  3. Book Thief Questions from packet due 2/27

  4. Personal Dictionary Due 3/1

 

 

 

Week of February 27-March 3

 

Monday-

  • Collect work

  • Finish Found Poem/ACE and upload to Google Classroom

  • Read Epilogue of The Book Thief

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HW: 

  1. Book Mark Due 3/1

  2. Found Poem Due 3/1

  3. Personal Dictionary Due 3/1

  4. Group Theme Tracking Sheet Due 3/1

 

Tuesday-

  • Literature Circle Meeting Discuss end of Book

  • Work on Group Theme Tracking Sheet 

  • Work on Irony Sheet

HW:

  1. Book Mark Due 3/1

  2. Found Poem Due 3/1

  3. Personal Dictionary Due 3/1

  4. Group Theme Tracking Sheet Due 3/1

 

Wednesday-

  • Peer reviewing Personal Dictionaries

  • Work on Cell Phone voices of Holocaust assignment 

  • Introduce/Work Text Base Analysis assignment 

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​​​ ​HW:

  1. Work on Cell Phone voices of Holocaust assignment Due 3/3

  2. Work on text Based analysis  essay 3/6

Thursday-

  • Work on Cell Phone voices of Holocaust assignment 

  • Introduce/Work Text Base Analysis assignment 

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HW:

  1. Work on Cell Phone voices of Holocaust assignment Due 3/3

  2. Work on text Based analysis  essay 3/6

Friday-

  • Work on text Based analysis  essay

HW:

  1. Work on text Based analysis  essay 3/6

 

 

 

Week of March 6-10

 

Monday-

  • Review Game for Test 

  • Study Buddies 

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HW: 

  1. Study for test 

 

Tuesday-

  • Book Thief Test 

HW:

  1. No Homework 

 

Wednesday-

  • ​Review Active Passive 

  • Quick USATEST Prep 

​​​ ​HW:

  1. USATESTPREP Review 

Thursday-

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HW:

  1. ​

Friday-

  • Work on text Based analysis  essay

HW:

  1. ​

 

 

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