Monday - DO NOW on essential question from the short story we will be reading and working with, "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." Share out and discuss student responses. Pre-reading analysis questions based on the upcoming story. Begin reading as a full class.
Tuesday - Independent reading time to begin class. After independent reading, we will finish reading "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" together as a class. After reading questions in groups. Go around and share out answers as a full class to help with comprehension. Pass out graphic organizer for watching the film adaptation of the short story. The graphic organizer will aid in the students' upcoming creative essay based on the short story and movie. Wednesday/Thursday - DO NOW: Summarize the setting, conflict, and characters in the movie so far. How does the movie differ from the short story? Review graphic organizers for the movie thus far. Continue with the viewing of the film adaptation. Friday - Begin finishing up the movie. Make sure you're completing your graphic organizers and movie questions. Exit slip on which version the students liked better and an explanation as to why. We will begin writing our first formal papers on the short story next week. Students will have at least two days in the computer lab to work on their papers.
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