DAILY ASSIGNMENTS
*calendar subject to change.*
Wednesday, 8/21
*Introduction
-Collect Into the Wild summer project
-Check-in F451 papers
-Icebreaker Activity
-Assign seats + distribute syllabus
*Homework = Summer Reading Test Monday, 8/26
Thursday, 8/22
*Writing
-Peer edit F451 papers --> introduction + first body paragraph (powerpoint)
*Homework = Summer Reading Test Monday 8/26 / Final Draft of F451 Paper due Thursday 8/29
Friday, 8/23 (Extended Homeroom Schedule)
*Writing
-Review literary devices --> powerpoint + handout (graded)
*Homework = Summer Reading Test Monday 8/26 / Final Draft of F451 Paper due Thursday 8/29
Monday, 8/26
*Summer Reading
-Unit Test
*Homework = Final Draft of F451 Paper due Thursday 8/29
Tuesday, 8/27 (12:15 Dismissal)
*F451
-Blending quotes -->powerpoint + handout
*Homework = Complete Blending Quotes Worksheet / Final Draft of F451 Paper due Thursday 8/29
Wednesday, 8/28
*F451
-Review homework
-Review tests
-Group discussion questions + present to class
*Homework = Final Draft of F451 Paper due Thursday 8/29
Thursday, 8/29
*F451
-Collect papers
-Finish Group discussion questions + present to class
*No Homework
Friday, 8/30 (Activity Schedule)
*Summer Reading
-Test extra credit --> passages
*F451
-Character and Themes handout
*No Homework
Monday, 9/2
*No School - Labor Day
Tuesday, 9/3 (Professional Development)
*F451
-Finish discussion on Character and Themes handout
*Into the Wild
-Quote Analysis --> review quotes online and examine analysis
*Homework = Finish Quote Analysis
Wednesday, 9/4
*Into the Wild
-Chronology of Events (open book)
*No Homework
Thursday, 9/5 (Meet the Faculty)
*Into the Wild
-Transcendentalism --> powerpoint + handout + song
*Homework = Epigraph
**No Homework due to IT presentation on apps
Friday, 9/6
*Into the Wild
-Finish reviewing Quote Analysis homework
-Discuss Transcendentalism --> powerpoint + handout + song
*Homework = Prepare for Into the Wild Presentation
Monday, 9/9
*Into the Wild
-Finish discussion on Transcendentalism
-Summer Assignment Presentations
*Homework = Epigraph (print out hard copy)
Tuesday, 9/10 (Professional Development)
*Into the Wild
-Collect homework
-Summer Assignment Presentations
*No Homework
Wednesday, 9/11 (Activity Schedule)
*Into the Wild
-Summer Assignment Presentations
-Hand back Chronology of Events + discuss
*Jonathan Edwards
-Introductory notes --> PowerPoint
*No Homework
Thursday, 9/12 (Activity Schedule)
*Jonathan Edwards
-Appeals in Commercials
-Begin reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
*Homework = Finish Reading Edwards' Sermon + Complete Rhetoric Chart
Friday, 9/13
*Jonathan Edwards
-Review homework
-Appeals in Advertisements
*Homework = Complete Chart of Appeals in Advertisements (print out hard copy)
Monday, 9/16
*No School - Faculty Retreat
Tuesday, 9/17 (Professional Development)
*Jonathan Edwards
-Collect homework
*Writing
-Hand back F451 essays
-Review Sentence Revisions --> powerpoint
*Homework = Jonathan Edwards Application of Persuasive Techniques
Wednesday, 9/18
*Writing
-Grade sentence revision
*Jonathan Edwards
-Review homework
*Anne Bradstreet
-Introductory notes --> powerpoint
-Read "Upon the Burning of our House"
*Homework = Complete Summary Chart for "Upon the Burning of our House"
Thursday, 9/19
*Anne Bradstreet
-Review homework
-Puzzle activity
*No Homework
Friday, 9/20 (Mass Schedule)
*Anne Bradstreet
-Review answers to puzzle activity
-Read "To My Dear & Loving Husband" + Answer Discussion Questions
-Assign Position Paragraph
*Homework = Bradstreet Position Paragraph due Wednesday, 9/25 (submit to Turnitin + Print receipt) / Bring Scarlet Letter to Class
Monday, 9/23
*The Scarlet Letter
-Read Chapter 1 Aloud in Class + Use PowerPoint to Discuss
-Introduce vocabulary assignment --> due Thursday
*Homework = Bradstreet Position Paragraph due Wednesday / Read SL Chapters 1-3 / SL Vocabulary for Chapters 1-6 due Thursday
Tuesday, 9/24 (Professional Development)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Review readings from homework --> Study Guide questions for Chapters 1-3
-Complete Irony Worksheet
*Homework = Read SL Chapters 4-6 / Bradstreet Position Paragraph due Wednesday (Please bring to class: printed rubric, paragraph, and receipt all stapled together) / SL Vocabulary for Chapters 1-6 due Thursday
Wednesday, 9/25 (Extended Homeroom) - Meet in Room 218
*The Scarlet Letter
-Significant Passage --> work in group and type response
-Study guide questions for chapters 4-6
*Homework = SL Vocabulary for Chapters 1-6 (Print out hard copy) / Quiz on Chapters 1-6
Thursday, 9/26
*The Scarlet Letter
-Quiz on Chapters 1-6
-Review significant passages from chapters 4-6
-Grade vocabulary
*Homework = Read SL Chapters 7-9 + Study Guide Questions
Friday, 9/27
*The Scarlet Letter
-Complete Vocabulary for Chapters 7-12 --> graded
-Review study guide questions for Chapters 7-9
*Homework = Read Chapters 10-12 + Complete Discussion/Command Questions
Monday, 9/30
*The Scarlet Letter
-Assign Vocabulary for Chapters 13-18
-Review Chapters 10-12 utilizing Discussion/Command Questions
*Read Chapters 13-15 + Annotations / Vocabulary due Wednesday
Tuesday, 10/1 (Professional Development)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Quiz on Chapters 7-12
-Review chapters 13-15 with annotations
*Homework = Vocabulary for Chapters 13-18 due Wednesday (print out hard copy)
Wednesday, 10/2 (Activity Schedule)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Finish discussion on chapters 13-15
-Explain Bloom's Taxonomy
*Homework = Read SL Chapters 16-18 + Bloom's Questions
Thursday, 10/3
*The Scarlet Letter
-Complete puzzle activity
-Review chapters using study guide questions
-Assign vocabulary for chapters 19-24
*Homework = Read Chapters 19-21
Friday, 10/4
*The Scarlet Letter
-Quiz on chapters 13-18
-Discuss format of unit test
-Review chapters 19-21 with study guide questions
*Homework = Read Chapters 22-24 + Create Vocabulary for Chapters 19-24 (Due Tuesday)
Monday, 10/7
*The Scarlet Letter
-Review chapters 22-24
-Read article "Companies Named and Shamed for Bad Behavior"
*Homework = Unit Test Wednesday & Thursday / Vocabulary for Chapters 19-24
Tuesday, 10/8 (Professional Development)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Introduce Unit Project + Work in Class
*Homework = Unit Test
Wednesday, 10/9 - Meet in Room 218
*The Scarlet Letter
-Essay portion of unit test
*No Homework
Thursday, 10/10 (Special Assembly Schedule)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Multiple Choice portion of test
*No Homework
Friday, 10/11 (Special Assembly Schedule)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Work on Facebook Project
*No Homework
Monday, 10/14
*No School
Tuesday, 10/15 (Professional Development)
*The Scarlet Letter
-Work on Facebook Project
*No Homework
Wednesday, 10/16
*No Classes - All School Testing
Thursday, 10/17
*The Scarlet Letter
-Hand back unit test and review
-Present Facebook Projects
*No Homework
Friday, 10/18
*The Scarlet Letter
-Finish presenting Facebook Projects
*Revolution Period
-Introduction to Literary Movement --> PowerPoint
-Before reading Ben Franklin --> PowerPoint
*Homework = Read The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (page 417 in textbook)
Monday, 10/21 (Mass Schedule)
*Ben Franklin
-Reading Quiz
-Complete Study Guide Questions
*Homework = Finish Franklin's Study Guide Questions
Tuesday, 10/22 (Professional Development)
*Ben Franklin
-Review Franklin's Biography & Aphorisms + homework from last night
-Read Franklin's Aphorisms
-Assign Aphorism Assignment
*Homework = Aphorism Assignment due Thursday
Wednesday, 10/23
*Ben Franklin
-Complete Franklin's Aphorisms Chart
-Review Printer's Epitaph + Complete Study Guide Questions
-Assign Epitaph Assignment
*Homework = Aphorism Assignment due Thursday / Epitaph Assignment due Monday
Thursday, 10/24
*Ben Franklin
-Share aphorisms with class
*Thomas Paine
-Biography + Rhetoric Appeals --> PowerPoint
-Read "The Crisis, No. 1" (page 397 in textbook) + Complete Rhetoric Chart
*Homework = Epitaph Assignment due Monday
Friday, 10/25
*Thomas Paine
-Review Appeals Chart
*Equiano
-Discuss Milgram Experiment --> PowerPoint + YouTube Videos
*Homework = Epitaph due Monday
Monday, 10/28
*Ben Franklin
-Collect Epitaphs
*Equiano
-Biography --> PowerPoint
-Read Equiano's Slave Narrative (The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano on Page 177 in Textbook) + Complete Descriptive Details Chart
*Homework = Finish Equiano's Descriptive Details Chart
Tuesday, 10/29 (Professional Development)
*Equiano
-Reading Quiz
-Graffiti Wall
*No Homework
Wednesday, 10/30 (Activity Schedule)
*Equiano
-Finish Graffiti Wall + Discuss responses
*No Homework
Thursday, 10/31 - Happy Halloween!
*Phillis Wheatley
-Read poem "On Being Brought from Africa to America" + Discussion Questions
*No Homework
Friday, 11/1
*Phillis Wheatley
-Review Discussion Questions on poem
*Revolutionary Period
-Review study guide for essay test
*Transcendentalism
-Introductory Notes --> PowerPoint
*Ralph Waldo Emerson
-Biography + Annotations Assignment
*Homework = Essay Test on Revolutionary Period Monday
Monday, 11/4
*Revolutionary Period
-Essay Test --> Meet in Room 218
*Homework = Complete Emerson's Annotations on Concept Maps (Print Maps)
Tuesday, 11/5 (Professional Development)
*Emerson
-Review concept maps
*No Homework
Wednesday, 11/6
*Thoreau
-Assign Aphorism Narrative (due Monday)
-Biography notes + Simplicity Exercise
-Begin reading Walden + Answer study guide questions
*Homework = Finish Thoreau Questions (do not complete Part V) / Aphorism Narrative due Tuesday
Thursday, 11/7 (12:00pm Dismissal)
*Thoreau
-Review homework
*Homework = Emerson Aphorism Narrative
Friday, 11/8
*No School
Monday, 11/11
*No School
Tuesday, 11/12 (Professional Development)
*Revolutionary Period
-Hand back Unit Tests + Review
*Emerson
-Collect Aphorism Narrative
*Thoreau
-Read Magazine Article (textbook) + Discussion
*Transcendentalism
-Review Study Guide for Unit Test
*Homework = Transcendentalism Unit Test Thursday
Wednesday, 11/13 (Activity Schedule)
*Thoreau
-Finish discussing Magazine Article (textbook)
*Romanticism
-Introductory Notes
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Biography (Prezi)
-Listen to audio of "The Raven"
*Homework = Transcendentalism Test
Thursday, 11/14
*Transcendentalism
-Unit Test
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Listen to audio of "The Raven"
-Philosophy of Composition
*No Homework
Friday, 11/15
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Finish discussing Philosophy of Composition
-Review Rhyme Scheme
-Assign Analyses Assignment (Group Project)
*No Homework
Monday, 11/18
*No School - Institute Day
Tuesday, 11/19 (Professional Development)
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Analyses Assignment --> Meet in Room 218
*No Homework
Wednesday, 11/20 (Mass Schedule)
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Analyses Assignment --> Meet in Room 218
*No Homework
Thursday, 11/21
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Analyses Assignment --> Meet in Room 218
*Homework = Read "The Fall of the House of Usher" Part I: Pages 592-605 (stop after sixth stanza of "The Haunted Palace"
Friday, 11/22
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Reading Quiz on "The Fall of the House of Usher"
-Analyses Presentations
*Homework = Read "The Fall of the House of Usher" Part II: Bottom of 605 - end of story / Complete Gothic Elements Worksheet (Print Hard Copy)
Monday, 11/25
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Finish Analyses Presentations
-Watch video of "The Raven"
-Complete Individual Rubric
*No Homework
Tuesday, 11/26 (Professional Development)
*Edgar Allan Poe
-Discuss "The Haunted Palace" and Mad Trist
*No Homework -- Happy Thanksgiving...Gobble! Gobble!
Wednesday, 11/27-Friday, 11/29
*No School - Thanksgiving Break
Monday, 12/2
*Emily Dickinson
-Introductory notes -->PowerPoint
-Analyze poem "Much Madness is Divinest Sense"
-Group assignment to analyze assigned poem
*Homework =Finish Poem Analysis Questions
Tuesday, 12/3 (Professional Development)
*Emily Dickinson
-Review/Grade Poem analysis questions
-Discuss Quiz Format (Friday)
*Homework = Read Huck Finn, Chapter 1
Wednesday, 12/4
*Huck Finn
-Introductory notes --> PowerPoint
-Chapter One Characterizations Worksheet
-Direct versus Indirect Characterizations
*Homework = Read Chapters 2-4 + Finish Chapter One Characterizations Worksheet
Thursday, 12/5
*Huck Finn
-Discuss Satire --> + "The Damned Human Race"
-Assign vocabulary assignment for chapters 1-11
- Review chapters 1-4
*Homework = Quiz on Emily Dickinson / Read Chapters 5-7
Friday, 12/6
*Emily Dickinson
-Quiz
*Huck Finn
-Review chapters 5-7 (Reading Questions)
*Homework = Read Chapters 8-11 + Reading Guide Questions (Identifying Facts only) / Chapters 1-11 Vocabulary Assignment (Print Hard Copy)
Monday, 12/9
*Huck Finn
-Collect Vocabulary
-Finish reviewing chapters 5-7
-Discuss chapters 8-11
*Homework = Quiz on Chapters 1-11
Tuesday, 12/10 (Professional Development)
*Huck Finn
-Quiz on Chapters 1-11
*Homework = Read Chapters 12-15 + Reading Questions (#s 1, 5, 6)
Wednesday, 12/11 (Extended Homeroom)
*Huck Finn
-Review Chapters 12-15 --> plot diagram + questions
*Homework = Read Chapters 16-19 + Annotate Specified Chapter
Thursday, 12/12
*Huck Finn
-Review chapters 16-19 --> student led
*Homework = Quiz on Chapters 12-19 (Plot Based)
Friday, 12/13
*Huck Finn
-Quiz on Chapters 12-19
-Vocabulary Assignment for Chapters 12-19 (graded)
-Review Plot Diagram for Sir Walter Scott Episode
-Begin Irony discussion
*Homework = Read Chapters 20-22 + Reading Guide Questions (Identifying Facts Only) / Chapters 20-34 Vocabulary due Tuesday
Monday, 12/16 (Mass Schedule)
*Huck Finn
-Finish Irony discussion
-Review chapters 20-22
*Homework = Read Chapters 23-25 / Chapters 20-34 Vocabulary (Print Out Hard Copy)
Tuesday, 12/17 (Professional Development)
*Huck Finn
-Collect Vocabulary for Chapters 20-34
-Annotations --> graded
-Review chapters 23-25 --> powerpoint
*Homework = Read Chapters 26-27 / Quiz on Chapters 20-27
Wednesday, 12/18 (Extended Homeroom)
*Huck Finn
-Quiz on Chapters 20-27
-Introduce Writing Assignment for Unit
-Quote integration practice
*Homework = Read Chapters 28-30
Thursday, 12/19
*Huck Finn
-Review chapters 28-30 --> reading guide questions
-Complete Satire review worksheet
*Homework = Read Chapters 31-33
Friday, 12/20
*Huck Finn
-Review chapters 31-33 --> reading guide questions
-Read summaries of Chapter 34-End
*Final Exam
-Review study guide
*No Homework - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Monday, January 6
*No School due to inclement weather.
Tuesday, January 7 (Professional Development)
*No School due to inclement weather.
Wednesday, January 8
*Final Exam
-Review study guide for final exam
*Writing
-Sentence Construction/Variation
*Homework = Huck Finn Essay Rough Draft due Friday
Thursday, January 9 - Meet in Room 218
*Huck Finn
-Work on essay in computer lab
*Homework = Huck Finn Essay Rough Draft due Tomorrow
Friday, January 10
*Huck Finn
-Peer review rough drafts
*Homework = Huck Finn Essay Must Be Submitted to Turnitin by 12:00pm
Monday, January 13
*Final Exam
-Review for exam
*Homework = Study for Final Exam
Tuesday, January 14 (Professional Development)
*Final Exam
-Review for exam
*Homework = Study for Final Exam
Wednesday, January 15
*Final Exam Schedule
-Periods 8, 2, 6
Thursday, January 16
*Final Exam Schedule
-Periods 7, 3, 5
Friday, January 17
*Final Exam Schedule
-Periods 1, 4
Monday, January 20
*No School
Tuesday, January 21 (Professional Development) - Mrs. Kottra Absent Today
*Writing
-Login to Turnitin and read comments on Huck Finn Essays
*Ambrose Bierce
-Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" in iBooks
*No Homework
Wednesday, January 22 (Activity Schedule)
*Ambrose Bierce
-Reading Quiz on "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
-Introductory Notes --> PowerPoint
-The Devil's Dictionary
-Introduce group presentations explanation sheet
*Homework = Devilish Definitions due Friday
Thursday, January 23
*Ambrose Bierce
-Work on group presentations
*Homework = Devilish Definitions due Friday
Friday, January 24
*Ambrose Bierce
-Present Devilish Definitions to class
-Continue working on Group Presentations + Start Presentations
*No Homework
Monday, January 27 (Assembly Schedule)
*No School due to weather.
Tuesday, January 28 (Professional Development)
*No School due to weather.
Wednesday, January 29
*Ambrose Bierce
-Finish Group Presentations
*Walt Whitman
-Biography notes
*Homework =Read "Song of Myself" & Answer Questions on PowerPoint Presentation
Thursday, January 30
*Walt Whitman
-Review "Song of Myself"
-Discuss "I Hear America Singing"
-Assign Poetry Writing Assignment
*Homework = Modern Poem due Monday
Friday, January 31 (Activity Schedule)
*Writing
-How to expand analysis in body paragraphs
*Female Realism
-Introductory Notes
*Homework = Modern Poem due Monday / Read "The Story of an Hour" (1062 in iBooks) & "A Pair of Silk Stockings" (Quia Link)
Monday, February 3 (Extended Homeroom)
*Kate Chopin
-Reading Quiz on Chopin's short stories
-Discussion Questions for "The Story of an Hour"
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman
-Introductory Notes --> PowerPoint
*Homework = Begin Reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" (pages 1079 - 1088 in iBooks)
Tuesday, February 4 (Professional Development)
*Kate Chopin
-Finish review Reading questions for "The Story of an Hour"
-Discussion Questions for "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman
-Begin Annotations Chart
*Homework = Finish Reading "The Yellow Wallpaper" (pages 1089 - 1099 in iBooks)
Wednesday, February 5
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman
-Complete Annotations Chart + Review
*No Homework
Thursday, February 6
*Charlotte Perkins Gilman
-Finish reviewing Annotations Chart
*Female Realism
-Distribute viewing guide for movie + Begin viewing movie
*No Homework
Friday, February 7
*Female Realism
-Distribute study guide for unit test (Tuesday)
-Continue Viewing Movie
*Homework = Female Realism Test Tuesday
Monday, February 10
*Female Realism
-Continue watching movie
*Homework = Female Realism Test Tuesday
Tuesday, February 11 (Professional Development)
*Female Realism
-Unit Test
-Introduce Comparative Writing Assignment
*Homework = Formulate T-Chart
Wednesday, February 12
*Female Realism
-Finish watching movie + complete viewing guide
-Update T-Chart + Begin Rough Draft of essay
*Homework = Rough Draft of Comparative Essay
Thursday, February 13
*Research Paper
-Introduce assignment + discuss due dates
*Female Realism
-Peer review Comparative Essays
*Homework = Submit Final Draft of Comparative Essay by Sunday, 2/16 @ 1:00pm. / Three Movie Choices for AFI Research Paper due Tuesday
Friday, February 14
*No School - Faculty Institute
Monday, February 17
*No School - President's Day
Tuesday, February 18 (Professional Development)
*Research Paper
-Collect students' three choices
*Female Realism
-Review unit tests
*Modernism
-Introductory notes
*Fitzgerald
-Biography Notes
*Homework = Read "Winter Dreams" (iBook), Sections I, II, and III + Complete Reading Questions for Sections I, II, III
Wednesday, February 19
*Winter Dreams
-Reading quiz
-Review reading questions
-Begin reading Sections IV, V, VII + Complete Reading Questions for sections
*Homework = Finish Reading Sections IV, V, and VII + Reading Questions
Thursday, February 20
*Winter Dreams
-Review reading questions
-Quote Analysis (divide into groups + present answers to class)
*No Homework
Friday, February 21
*Winter Dreams
-Finish reviewing Quote Analysis
*Research Paper
-Discuss expectations for research material (due Friday, 2/28) + show example
*Great Gatsby
-Begin reading Chapter 1
*Homework = Research Paper Permission Forms due Monday / Begin Finding Research Material (due Friday) / Read Great Gatsby, Chapter 1
Monday, 2/24
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter One --> reading quiz, character analysis
*Homework = Read Chapter Two / AFI Research Materials due Friday
Tuesday, 2/25 (Professional Development)
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter Two --> discuss settings, reading questions (review #s 2 and 7)
*Homework = Read Chapter Three / AFI Research Materials due Friday
Wednesday, 2/26
*Great Gatsby
-Chapters One and Two --> quote analysis
-Chapter Three --> reading quiz, reading questions
*Homework = Read Chapter Four / AFI Research Materials due Friday
Thursday, 2/27
*Research Paper
-Assign introductory paragraph and distribute outline for paragraph
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter Four --> reading questions
*Homework = AFI Research Materials due Tomorrow (bring in six printed articles with analysis and direct quotes highlighted)
Friday, 2/28
*Research Paper
-Peer review research materials + discuss thesis statements
*Homework = AFI Introductory Paragraph due Monday (print hard copy)
Monday, 3/3
*Research Paper
-Peer review introductory paragraphs
*Great Gatsby
-Review chapters 1-4
*Homework = Read Chapter Five
Tuesday, 3/4 (Professional Development)
*Great Gatsby
-Gatsby analysis
-Chapter Five --> quiz
*No Homework
Wednesday, 3/5 (Mass Schedule)
*Research Paper
-Discuss MLA Format, Works Cited Page, and Outline Template
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter Five --> quotations
*Homework = Read Chapter 6
Thursday, 3/6
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter 6 --> Thematic quotes
*Homework = Read Chapter 7 / AFI outline due Monday
Friday, 3/7
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter 7 --> reading quiz, reading questions
*Homework = AFI Outline due Monday (Print Hard Copy)
Monday, 3/10
*Research Paper
-Collect outlines
-Discuss Works Cited Requirements
*Great Gatsby
-Watch scenes from movie
*Homework = Read Chapter 8 / AFI Works Cited due Thursday
Tuesday, 3/11 (Professional Development)
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter 8 -->quote analysis + Wilson's movements
*Homework = Read Chapter 9 / AFI Works Cited due Thursday
Wednesday, 3/12 (Special Assembly)
*Great Gatsby
-Chapter 9 --> reading questions
*Homework = AFI Works Cited due Thursday (Print Hard Copy)
Thursday, 3/13
*Research Paper
-Collect Works Cited
-Discuss rough draft requirements + title page
*Great Gatsby
-Review study guide for unit test on Wednesday, 3/19
-Finish watching movie
-Wrap-up Activity --> trailer + notable lyrics
*No Homework
Friday, 3/14 (Special Assembly - No Sophomore Classes 7th and 8th)
*Great Gatsby
-Watch movie (2013) (periods 4 & 5)
*Homework = AFI Research Paper Rough Draft (Print Hard Copy + bring copy of Works Cited page)
Monday, 3/17
*Research Paper
-Peer edit rough drafts
*Ernest Hemingway
-Biography + writing style notes
*Homework = AFI Research Paper due Thursday
Tuesday, 3/18 (Professional Development)
*Ernest Hemingway
-Biography + writing style notes
-"Hills Like White Elephants" --> read story + discuss topic
*Homework = Great Gatsby Unit Test / AFI Research Paper due Thursday
Wednesday, 3/19 (Activity Schedule)
*Great Gatsby
-Unit Test
*Homework = AFI Research Paper due Tomorrow (submit paper to Turnitin)
Thursday, 3/20
*Ernest Hemingway
-"Hills Like White Elephants" --> group work analysis + presentations
*No Homework
Friday, 3/21
*Great Gatsby
-Review tests
*Ernest Hemingway
-"Hills Like White Elephants" --> present findings to class
*No Homework - Have an Awesome Spring Break!!!
Monday, 3/24 - 3/28
*No School - Spring Break
Monday, 3/31
*Ernest Hemingway
-"In Another Country" --> read story + complete reading guide questions
*Homework = Finish Hemingway Reading Questions
Tuesday, 4/1 (Professional Development)
*Ernest Hemingway
-"In Another Country" --> Finish reviewing discussion questions
-"Cat in the Rain" --> read story + reading questions
*No Homework
Wednesday, 4/2
*Ernest Hemingway
-Review study guide for quiz
*The Things They Carried
-Introduction to Vietnam War
-Explain Student-Led Chapters
*Homework = Ernest Hemingway Quiz Tomorrow
Thursday, 4/3
*Ernest Hemingway
-Quiz
*Homework = Read TTTC Chapter One
Friday, 4/4
*The Things They Carried
-Mrs. Kottra leads lesson of Chapter One --> passages, characterization worksheet, and hump items
*Homework = Read Assigned Chapter(s)
Monday, 4/7
*The Things They Carried
-Work on Chapter Lesson Plans
*No Homework
Tuesday, 4/8 (Professional Development)
*The Things They Carried
-Work on Chapter Lesson Plans
*No Homework
Wednesday, 4/9
*The Things They Carried
-Work on Chapter Lesson Plans --> ALL materials due at the end of the period
*Homework = Read "Love" / "Spin" / "Friends" / "Enemies" / "Stockings"
Thursday, 4/10
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapters
*Homework = Read "On the Rainy River"
Friday, 4/11
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapter
*Homework = Read "How to Tell a True War Story" / "The Dentist"
Monday, 4/14
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapters
*Homework = Read "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong"
Tuesday, 4/15 (Professional Development)
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapter
*Homework = Read "Church" / "The Man I Killed" / "Ambush" / "Style" / "Good Form"
Wednesday, 4/16
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapters
*Homework = Read "Speaking of Courage" / "Notes"
Thursday, 4/17 - Monday, 4/21
*No School - Easter Break
Tuesday, 4/22 (Professional Development)
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapters
*Homework = Read "In the Field" / "Field Trip" / "Night Life"
Wednesday, 4/23
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapters
*No Homework
Thursday, 4/24 (Mass Schedule)
*Homework = Read "The Ghost Soldiers"
Friday, 4/25
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapter
*Homework = Read "The Lives of the Dead"
Monday, 4/28
*The Things They Carried
-Student-led presentations on chapter
*No Homework
Speech Unit
Wed., Apr. 30
-Communication Intro PPT & Guided Notes
-Introduce Pet Peeve Speech Assignment
Homework: Pet Peeve Speeches on Friday
Thurs., May 1 (Extended Homeroom)
-Nonverbal Communication PPT
-Great Train Robbery Activity
Homework: Pet Peeve Speeches tomorrow
Fri., May 2
-Give Pet Peeve Speeches
-Hearing vs. Listening PPT
Homework: None
Mon., May 5
-Introduce Demonstrative Speech Assignment
-Ethos, Pathos, Logos PPT
-Ethos, Pathos, Logos Ads Activity
-Small Groups: Find and share an ad that demonstrates Ethos, Pathos, Logos
Homework: Demonstrative Speeches begin on Weds.
Tues., May 6
-Freewrite: What makes a good/bad speech?
-Speech Analysis Activity
-View Speeches/Worksheets
Homework: Demonstrative Speeches begin tomorrow
Weds,. May 7
-Students 1-8 give their Demonstrative Speeches
Thurs., May 8
-Students 9-16 give their Demonstrative Speeches
Fri., May 9
-Students 17-24 give their Demonstrative Speeches
Mon., May 12
-Remaining Demonstrative Speeches
-Fallacies PPT
-Fallacies Worksheet
Homework: None
Tues., May 13
-Editorial Assignment
-Begin Research
-Topic and thesis due today, turn in at end of class.
Homework: Editorials due Thurs., submitted to TurnItIn.
Weds., May 14
-Continue research and citations for Editorial.
-Begin writing the Editorial.
Homework: Editorial due tomorrow, submitted to TurnItIn.
Thurs., May 15
-Selling Odd Products Activity
-Present commercials today
Homework: Editorials due tonight, submit to TurnItIn.
Fri., May 16
-Introduce Persuasive Speeches
-Work on introductory outline and begin research.
-Intro outline due at the end of class.
Homework: None
Mon., May 19
-Work on body of Persuasive Speech
Homework: Body of Speech due tomorrow.
Tues., May 20
-Work on concession and conclusion.
Homework: Completed outline is due tomorrow. Persuasive speeches begin tomorrow.
Weds., May 21
-Students 1-10 present Persuasive Speeches.
Thurs., May 22
-Students 11-20 present Persuasive Speeches.
Fri., May 23 (Extended Homeroom)
-Remaining students present Persuasive Speeches.
-Sign-ups for Impromptu Speeches (Extra Credit)
Homework: None
*Begin reviewing for finals.
*Final Exams.
Thanks for a great year!
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