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 * MP Breakdown Applied 2015-2016**

Position Paper Submit summer reading assignments Mystery of the Missing Colony: reading assignment and film Death on the Unsinkable Titanic Presentation of oral summer reading Autobiography Unit: modeling of autobiography; directions; google.doc setup; write: rough draft, editing lesson, final copy; presentations Death of a Dream Student Introduction to Vocabulary Vocabulary 1-2,3-4,5-6,7-8 Reading for Comprehension Pompeii Custer’s Last Stand Search on line for article on Battle of Little Big Horn and print for future reference in historical fiction piece Lesson on Paragraphs Historical fiction piece on Custer's Last Stand: rough draft, editing lesson, final copy, sharing Take to the Hills Film on Main Idea- Main Idea Worksheet Film on Context Clues -Context Clues Worksheet Video on Elements of Plot – worksheet on elements of plot Video on Theme – worksheet on theme Video on Characterization – worksheet on characterization Video on Tone – worksheet on Tone Video on Author’s Purpose - Author’s Purpose Worksheet Video on Figurative Language - Figurative Language Worksheet Reading Packet with questions: Yellowstone, Television, Fingerprints, Mosquitos
 * Marking Period 1**

Online Benchmark Keystone Test Vocabulary 9-10,11-12,13-14,15-16 Addressing the PSSA Open Prompt Six Months on Mir- reading and writing assignment A Second Legacy – reading and writing assignment Death on the Unsinkable Titanic Rules for capitalization Capitalization Worksheet 141-142 Capitalization Worksheet 1-6 rules of capitalization Elements of a Short Story The Tell Tale Heart The Landlady Read Haven’t I Made a Difference Haven’t I Made a Difference Essay Broken Chain Coma Unit
 * Marking Period 2**

Hiroshima Unit Begin Research Paper Unit
 * Third Marking Period**

Conclude research paper Review for Final Exam
 * Fourth Marking Period**