Level 1
CACW
Schedule
Week 1
Jan. 7th - 11th - Montaigne & Didion
7th - Intro. to creative non-fiction, Vivan Gornick, writing
8th - Michel de Montaigne "Of the
Custom of Wearing Clothes," "How to Live:"
9th - Montaigne & Joan Didion, "The
White Album"(pg. 11-33 Sections 1-5
10th - Didion documentary The Center
Will Not Hold
11th - STUDIO TIME
Week 2
Jan. 14th-18th - Baldwin & Kincaid
14th - Gornick Quiz pg.6-13 & Writing
16th - I am Not Your Negro
17th - Quiz & discussion of "Letter from
18th - Kincaid, Discussion of "Girl"
19th - STUDIO TIME;
Week 3
Jan. 21nd - 25th, Sontag & F. Johnson
21st - Dr. Martin Luther King Day
22nd - Discussion and quiz: Gornick pg. 13-26 & reading time
23rd - Quiz: Sontag "Unguided Tour"
24th - Discussion of "The Future of
25th - STUDIO TIME
* start reading The Talented Ribkins
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Week 4
Jan. 28th - Feb. 1st
28th - essay due, mark-up essays
29th - WORKSHOP
30th - WORKSHOP
31st - WORKSHOP
1st - STUDIO TIME; submission day
*Directions for submitting
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Week 5
Feb. 4th - 8th
4th - Revision Workshop - Nonfiction -
5th - Making Comics
6th - read The Talented Ribkins (Dr. Campbell out)
7th - Willow Street Lesson Designs
8th - Work on revision of essays,
read The Talented Ribkins
Week 6
Feb. 11th - 15th
11th - Test, The Talented Ribkins
12th - discuss Ribkins, read Fun Home
13th - Revisions of Essays Due
14th - Quiz on Fun Home, discussion
15th - Willow Street Practice, plans due
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Week 7
Feb. 18th - 22nd
**Lesson plan practices with 6th grade
18th - Willow Street Lesson Plan Practice
19th - Willow Street Lesson Plans Cont.
20th - Intro & Reading of Maus, Part 1
21st - Quiz, Maus Part 1 (Maus II)
22nd - Guest lecturer
*Start reading 100 Years of Solitude
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Week 8
Feb. 25th - Mar. 1st
25th - Essay revision workshop; comics
Comic Making, comic scripts due
26th - WORKSHOP of comics
27th - WORKSHOP of comics
28th- Willow Street Workshops
1st - Mardi Gras Break
Week 9
Mar. 4th - 8th,
4th - Mardi Gras Break
5th - Mardi Gras Break
6th - Mardi Gras Break
7th - Test, 100 Years of Solitude (1/2)
8th - Discussion of 100 Years first 1/2
Week 10
Mar. 11th - 15th,
11th - Revision & Review of terms
12th - Pre-ACT, ACT testing
13th - Portfolio due
14th - Terms Test
15th - Records Day; No students
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Quarter 3
Week 11
Mar. 18th-22nd
18th - Beginning playwriting
19th - Begin reading
"Writing the 10-Minute Play" (pg. 247-262)
20th - Quiz over
reading pg. 247-262)
21st - One-Act Plays, Chekhov's Gun
22nd - STUDIO DAY
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*Begin reading second half of 100 Years of Solitude
Week 12
Mar. 25th - 19th
25th - Writing the 10-Minute Play
(pg.262-280)
26th - Writing the 10-Minute Play
(pg.280-298)
27th - Dr. Campbell at AWP,
STUDIO (10-minute plays)
28th - Dr. Campbell at AWP,
Tennessee
Williams Event
29th - Dr. Campbell at AWP, Tennessee
Williams Event
Week 13
Apr. 1st - 5th
1st - Test, second half of 100 Years
2nd - Discuss second half of 100 Years
3rd - 100 Years of Solitude
4th - Decide and research open genre
work
5th - STUDIO
*Begin reading Proof
Week 14
Apr. 8th - 12th
8th - 10-Minute Plays Due (formatting)
9th - Mark-up plays - Workshop Plays
10th - Test, Proof
11th - Proof
12th - Proof
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Week 15 / 16
Apr. 16th - 26th
LEAP TESTING
& Spring Break
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Week 17
Apr. 29th - May 3
29th - Open genre research / work
30th - Open genre presentations
1st - Open genre presentations
2nd - Review of terms for exit exam that
coordinate with open genre work
3rd - STUDIO
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Week 18
May 6th - 10th
6th - STUDIO, Open Genre
7th - STUDIO, Open Genre
8th - Open Genre work due, mark-up
9th - Open Genre Workshop
10th - Open Genre Workshop
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Week 19
May 13th - 15th
13th - Revision / Review for Exit Exam
14th - Review for Exit Exam
15th - Revise / Review
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**EXAMS**
CACW Level 1 Exit Exam / Final Portfolio
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