A Night Divided- Syllabus

Day 1- Mini Lesson: Quick Guide to Characterization and P.O.V

READ Chapter 1-4

1.Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete Major/minor characters (add characters throughout the book)
3. Complete Inside and Out
4. Complete one of the journal entries

Day 2- Mini Lesson: A Quick guide to Plot and Structure/conflict

READ Chapter 5-8

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete What’s Happening
3. Complete Character Conflicts
4. Complete An Important Scene
5. Complete one of the journal entries for Plot and Structure

Day 3- Mini Lesson: A Quick Guide to Setting and Genre

READ Chapter 9-12

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete a sense of Place
3. Complete a Timeline of Events from the first 3 chapters
4. Complete one journal entry from Setting and Genre.

Day 4- Mini Lesson: A Quick Guide to Main Idea and Theme

READ Chapter 13-16 (in class)

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete What’s the Big Idea
3. Complete This About Covers It UP
4. Complete All Out of Order
5. Complete one journal entry from Main Idea and Theme.

Day 5-Mini Lesson: A Quick Guide to Author’s Craft

READ Chapter 17-20 (in class)

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete Beginnings and Endings
3. Complete Making the Mood
4. Complete one journal entry from Authors Craft

Day 6-Mini Lesson-review format for journal entries

 READ Chapter 21-24 (in class)

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete Inside and Out
3. Complete Says Who?
4. Complete a different journal entry from Characterization and Point of View

Day 7 Mini Lesson-Point of View- First Person Narrator

READ Chapter 25-28 (in class)

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete An Important Scene
3. Complete timeline of Events
4. Complete a different journal entry from Plot and Structure

Day 8 Mini Lesson: Creating a timeline to help understanding

READ Chapter 29-32(in class)

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete Passage of Time
3. Create a timeline of major events from each chapter you have read so far.
4. Complete a different journal entry from the Main Idea and Theme choices.

Day 9 Mini Lesson: Figurative Language

READ Chapter 33-36 (in class)

1. Find 3-5 vocabulary words you find interesting or are unsure about
2. Complete Overcoming Obstacles
3. Complete Left in Suspense
4. Complete Language Locator
5. Complete a different journal entry from the Authors craft choices.

Day 10-Mini Lesson: Final Project

READ Chapter 37-40

Day 11- Work day and conferencing with Ms. Gottschalk

READ Chapter 41-44

Day 12- Work day and conferencing with Ms. Gottschalk

READ Chapter 45-47

1. Write a review of your book. Be sure to use all of the elements talked about
during opinion writing.