Activities	Objectives: The student will . . .
Monday 5/3 1.       Continue to read “About the College Application Essay.” 2.       College essay examples read and listen. 3.       College essay guy: Essence Object exercise 4.       Finish prewriting ·         Brainstorming 1 and 2 ·         Outlines 1 and 2	A.      Utilize reading (and listening) for information and active note-taking/listening skills. B.      Demonstrate the ability to organize information for an essay. C.      Demonstrate ability to identify one’s own strengths and attributes.
Tuesday 5/4 Continue working on Membean 15 min * 3 days per week 1.       Continue research skills and notes. 2.       College essay guy: Values exercise 3.       College reading: Chapter 7 – Inference - notes and homework exercises. Ch. 7 1-40 4.       Read Ch. 10 in The Catcher in the Rye. Catcher Text 5.       Continue Themes and Motifs in The Catcher in the Rye.	A.      Comprehend how to avoid plagiarism, summarize and use direct and indirect quotations. B.      Identify inferences/implied ideas in an author’s writing. C.      Comprehend literary devices, themes and motifs in a work of literature.
Wednesday 5/5 College reading: Chapter 7 – Inference - notes and homework exercise Ch. 7 1-40 1.       Continue Catcher chapter 11.  Catcher Text 2.       Continue/complete Themes and Motifs in The Catcher in the Rye.	A.      Identify inferences/implied ideas in an author’s writing. B.      Comprehend literary devices, themes and motifs in a work of literature. C.      Draw conclusions about author's message, and values, and purpose.
Thursday 5/6    Continue working on Membean 15 min * 3 days per week 1.       Essay samples: read in groups, then summarize to class. 2.       John Greene Crash Course on Catcher part 1 3.       Continue Catcher chapter 11.	A.      Utilize reading (and listening) for information and active note-taking/listening skills. B.      Draw conclusions about author's message, and values, and purpose.
Friday 5/7 1.       Quiz on Catcher chapters 10-13. 2.       Discuss questions from chapters 10-13. 3.       Begin reading chapter 14-17. 4.       Meet Membean progress goal of 90 minutes practice Spread over 2 weeks at 15 minutes per day. 5.       Membean test. Final copy of essay due next week.	A.      Demonstrate knowledge of events and characters in a novel’s plot. B.      Draw conclusions about author's message, and values, and purpose. C.      Review and identify 20 vocabulary words and their definitions.