High School English Long Term Sub Plans, 4 Weeks, 9th 10th 11th 12th Grade ELA, 20 Days, No Prep, 342 Pages

From Norse myths to MLA citations, I wrote a month of English your sub can run. These high school English sub plans are long term sub plans for four full weeks of 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade ELA: a reading set and a writing set every day, on original stories, articles, poems and speeches. Every reading and writing set lists the Common Core standards it practices, and every task (each reading set, writing set, calm block, team task, game and Monday opener) starts with a "Say this to the class" box: two or three sentences that tell students what to do and how to start. Every day has individual work (the two sets and a calm block) and a team task for groups of four, plus an optional game on that day’s reading and writing as a fun way to end the class. Every student page has a core task and a ★ challenge for fast finishers. No prep and no tech: print and go for a long-term sub, a medical or family leave, or any absence of about a month.

Perfect For

• Four weeks out: surgery or medical leave, a family leave, a long illness
• A long-term sub who is not an English teacher: every task has a script, and every answer is in the key
• A vacancy or a late hire, when a high school English class needs a month of solid lessons
• English 9, 10, 11 and 12, with a core task for everyone and a ★ challenge for fast finishers
• Your sub tub or emergency sub folder, ready before you need it

How It Works

1. Print the four binders and leave them on your desk. Week 1 covers days 1 to 5, Week 2 days 6 to 10, Week 3 days 11 to 15 and Week 4 days 16 to 20. Each binder has its own week plan on page 4, already filled in with page numbers.
2. The sub reads the "Say this to the class" box at the top of the task, then runs the day’s reading set in every English period. Each set is one period (45 to 55 minutes). The writing set is the second period of a double block, or extra work. Only one period a day? Run the reading set.
3. Every student does the core task; fast finishers go on to the ★ challenge. The calm block (learn 8 words, then a quiet self-test) is for early finishers or a loud moment, the team task for groups of four fills a block period or extra time, and the game is optional fun for the last 15 minutes.
4. Every set stands alone, so each plan is only a sample order: move any set to any day. Every answer is in the key at the back of each binder, so the sub needs no English background. Prefer your own order? Each binder includes a blank weekly schedule.

What the Sub Gets

• A note to the substitute in each binder: the daily routine, how the core task and the ★ challenge work, what to do with one period or a double block, and what the Common Core line on each set means
• A "Say this to the class" script for every task: the Monday opener, each reading set, writing set, calm block, team task and game (104 in all), two or three sentences that say what students do, how (on their own, in pairs, in groups of four or as a whole class) and the first step
• A step by step sub script for each Monday opener, and a "Read this out" box on most games
• Each week plan already filled in with page numbers, a blank schedule, a class list and a "how it went" page
• Every answer in the key, including the ★ challenges, with sample answers and what to accept for the open writing

What’s Inside: 342 Pages, Four Binders

• Week 1 binder, 87 pages: a binder cover, important information, a note to the substitute, the week plan filled in Monday to Friday with page numbers, a blank weekly schedule, a set index, class list and dismissal, a "how it went" sheet and a Monday opener (Meet Your Sub)
• Week 1 reading sets (solo, one period each): The Box That Moved the World; Second Chair; Rachel Carson and the Right to Be Told; The Grid Has No Warehouse; Argument and Rhetoric
• Week 1 writing sets (solo, one period each): Thesis and Evidence; Rhetorical Analysis; Argument Essay Plan; Narrative Writing; Summarize and Cite
• Week 1 team tasks (groups of four): The Scrambled Essay; The Device Poem; The Spring Issue; The Unsigned Winner; Listen or Read
• Week 1 calm blocks (solo, learn 8 words plus a quiet self-test): Nonfiction Terms; Story and Style Terms; Argument Terms; Narrative Terms; Research Terms
• Week 2 binder, 88 pages: its own binder cover, important information, note to the substitute, filled-in week plan, blank schedule, set index, class list, "how it went" sheet and a Monday opener (Monday Reset)
• Week 2 reading sets (solo, one period each): Two Poems About One Street; The Smallest Drawer; The Wrong Side of the Window; Seven Fifty-Two; Paired Texts: The Garden on Birch Street
• Week 2 writing sets (solo, one period each): Write an Imagery Poem; Write a Character Sketch; Write a Personal Essay; Write a Dialogue Scene; Compare and Contrast Essay
• Week 2 team tasks (groups of four): The Open Mic Lineup; The Yearbook Superlatives; The Shoebox; Places in Ten; The Judges’ Table
• Week 2 calm blocks (solo, learn 8 words plus a quiet self-test): Poetry Terms; Character Terms; Memoir Terms; Theater Terms; Comparison Terms
• Week 3 binder, 83 pages: its own binder cover, important information, note to the substitute, filled-in week plan, blank schedule, set index, class list, "how it went" sheet and a Monday opener (Monday Restart)
• Week 3 reading sets (solo, one period each): The Seed Jar; I Saw It Coming; This Wall Could Talk; One Event, Three Accounts; Two Versions of One Paragraph
• Week 3 writing sets (solo, one period each): Theme Analysis Paragraph; Retell It From Another Point of View; Write a Two Minute Speech; Evaluate a Source; Revise for Sentence Variety
• Week 3 team tasks (groups of four): Objects That Mean More; Lights Out at the Assembly; The Speech Judges; The Fact Check Desk; The Style Relay
• Week 3 calm blocks (solo, learn 8 words plus a quiet self-test): Theme and Symbol Terms; Narrator Terms; Speech Delivery Terms; News and Media Terms; Style and Editing Terms
• Week 4 binder, 84 pages: its own binder cover, important information, note to the substitute, filled-in week plan, blank schedule, set index, class list, "how it went" sheet and a Monday opener (Monday Restart)
• Week 4 reading sets (solo, one period each): Thor and the Hall of Illusions; School Solves Hallways, Finally; A Research Packet: The Later Bell; The Third Floor; Two Poems, Two Forms
• Week 4 writing sets (solo, one period each): Map a Modern Hero’s Journey; Write a Short Satire; Research Notes and MLA; Write a Suspense Scene; Sonnet or Free Verse
• Week 4 team tasks (groups of four): Archetype Casting Call; The Spoof Box; The Citation Checkup; Midnight at Cabin 6; The Poetry Safe
• Week 4 calm blocks (solo, learn 8 words plus a quiet self-test): Myth Terms; Comedy Terms; Research Tool Terms; Gothic Terms; Verse Terms
• Optional English games for the last 15 minutes of each day, a fun way to end the class or something for extra time; every game reviews only that day’s reading and writing: Whiteboard Quiz Game; Paper Password; Class Feud; Classroom Millionaire; Mystery Box
• Answer keys for every set (core and ★ challenge), calm block, team task and game, at the back of each binder

Here is a quick look at all four weeks: