7th
Grade Short Story Unit
(Discoveries In
Literature, Scott Foresman green book)
Day One:
Elements of a short story
Review page 12 and handout
Read “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin – handout (www.members.accessus.net/~bradley/storyofanhour.html)
Outline the short story as a class
Review a completed outline of the story
Short Story Outline Assignment
Day Two:
Complete Vocabulary for “The Widow and the Parrot”
Begin reading “The Widow and the Parrot” pages 13-20
Day Three:
Conclude “The Widow and the Parrot”
Answer questions 1, 2, 4, and 5 page 20
Complete vocabulary for “Raymond’s Run”
Day Four:
Read “Raymond’s Run” pages 23-27
Answer questions 1-6
Composition: Being a Story Character – ˝ page
Day Five:
Complete vocabulary for “One Night Stand”
Read “One Night Stand” pages 29-34
Day Six:
Answer questions 1-5 page 35 from “One Night Stand”
Review for spelling and vocabulary test tomorrow – covers words from “The Widow and the Parrot,” “Raymond’s Run,” and “One Night Stand.”
Composition – Writing a Journal Entry
Day Seven:
Spelling and Vocabulary Test #1
Complete vocabulary for “Gentleman of Rio en Medio”
Day Eight:
Read “Gentleman of Rio en Medio” pages 37-41
Answer questions 1-5
Composition – Describing a Character
Day Nine:
Begin watching Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Day Ten:
Conclude Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Take quiz on movie
Day Eleven:
Complete vocabulary for “Stolen Day”
Read “Stolen Day” pages 54-58
Answer questions 1-4, 6-7
Day Twelve:
Complete vocabulary for “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”
Begin reading “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” pages 60-70
Day Thirteen:
Conclude “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”
Answer questions 1-6
Day Fourteen:
Watch “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi”
Composition: Describing An Animal page 72
Day Fifteen:
Begin vocabulary for “The Fallen Angel”
Begin reading “The Fallen Angel” pages 80-90
Day Sixteen:
Conclude “The Fallen Angel”
Answer questions 1-4, 6-8
Composition – Describing How Friends Help – ˝ page
Review for spelling and vocabulary test #2 tomorrow: Covers words from “Gentleman of Rio en Medio,” “Stolen Day,” “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” and “The Fallen Angel.”
Day Seventeen:
Spelling and vocabulary test #2
Read “I’ll Give You Law” pages 105-110
Answer questions 1-7 Think and Discuss and 1-5 Reviewing Literary Terms
Day Eighteen:
Begin watching Call of the Wild
Day Nineteen:
Conclude Call of the Wild
Take quiz on movie
Day Twenty:
Review Elements of a Short Story
Begin writing a short story
Outline your short story
Day Twenty-one:
Peer edit short story
Revise short story
Day Twenty-two:
Watch Cask of Amontillado and The Necklace
Take quiz over movie
Day Twenty-three:
Turn in completed short story
Elements of a Short Story Test