Ms. Lawson's English 11 American Literature Quia Page
Back-to-School Open House: August 16th 6--8 p.m.
Upcoming English 11 students will need the following materials:
1. 3-ring binger with loose-leaf paper 2. black or blue pens 3. pencils 4. a different color pen or colored pencil (for editing) 5. an enthusiastic attitude, ready to learn!
*******************************************************
Students,
Welcome to the 2010—2011 school year! I am excited about working with you to accomplish the goals encountered in the course of English 11. We certainly have a lot of work to do in order to achieve these goals and become prepared for the SOL Reading test. My job is to provide you with instruction and opportunities to learn skills that are important in developing a well-educated individual. I will do my part. However, your role is the most important. You must want an education in order to receive a good one. Be serious about your education and your future at Marion Senior High School. At any time, when you are unsure of expectations, assignments, or experience problems with the course, make sure that you come to me for clarification and assistance. Come before there is a major problem and do not wait until the problem worsens!
Course: The focus of this year’s English class will be a study of American Literature. You will continue to study literary genres (poetry, drama, short stories, and novels) while applying a historical analysis to each. We will be reading and learning about a lot about research not only in preparation for the VA SOL End of Course Reading test you will take in May of 2011, but also to prepare for the critical reading that comes with most jobs you will find after you graduate from high school. While your written work is crucial for your achievement in this classroom, you will additionally be responsible for participating vocally in small group or class discussions.
Contact Information:
susanlawson@scsb.org
(work) 783-4731
***************************************************************
NOTE: Please use the following plans as guides and reminders as to what is being covered in class. However, just as the best intentions in life are subject to change, so are these.
***************************************************************
Tuesday, May 31
Make-up workday
Wednesday, June 1/b>-- Friday, June 3 End of the year activities and exam review
***************************************************************
Monday, May 16
1. Go over Literary movements packet 2. Finish practice SOL (started Friday)
Tuesday, May 17
Go over SOL released test finished yesterday
Wednesday, May 18/b> and Thursday, May 19
SOL worksheets on lit terms, text organization patterns, context clues, etc.
Friday, May 20
GO over work (SOL Review) from May 18 and 19
*****************************************************************
Monday, May 9 --Friday, May 13
1/2 of class: SOL Practice and REVIEW
1/2 of class: "The Story of an Hour"
"We Wear the Mask"
"Richard Cory"
***************************************************************
Due to more SOL review than 1/2 of the class, we did not get to "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" last week. Plans have been altered:
Monday, May 2
1st half SOL Practice Reading Comp exercise
2nd half: Continue with Twain's story
Tuesday, April 27
1st half SOL Practice Reading Comp and Lit Term Practice
2nd half: Finish "Jumping Frog" questions
Wednesday, April 28/b>
1st 1/2 of class: SOL Review (lit terms, tone, purpose, context clues, Internet reliability, main ideas, text organization patterns, etc.)
2nd 1/2 of class: Bret Harte's story and notes
Thursday, April 29
1st 1/2 of class: SOL Review (lit terms, tone, purpose, context clues, Internet reliability, main ideas, text organization patterns, etc.)
2nd 1/2 Brete Harte and story
Friday, April 30
1st 1/2 of class: SOL Review (lit terms, tone, purpose, context clues, Internet reliability, main ideas, text organization patterns, etc.)
2nd 1/2 Continue with "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"
********************************************************************
Tuesday, April 27
1. April Benchmark 2. When finished, "Notorious Jumping Frog..."
Wednesday, April 28/b>
1st 1/2 of class: SOL Review (lit terms, tone, purpose, context clues, Internet reliability, main ideas, text organization patterns, etc.)
2nd 1/2 of class: Finish "Notorious Jumping Frog..."
Thursday, April 29
1st 1/2 of class: SOL Review (lit terms, tone, purpose, context clues, Internet reliability, main ideas, text organization patterns, etc.)
2nd 1/2 Brete Harte: "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"
Friday, April 30
1st 1/2 of class: SOL Review (lit terms, tone, purpose, context clues, Internet reliability, main ideas, text organization patterns, etc.)
2nd 1/2 Continue with "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"
****************************************************************
Monday, April 18
SOL Packet (not completed last week)
Tuesday, April 19
Inferences (not completed last week)
Wednesday, April 20/b>
go back over stories read and studied last week; make sure all work from last week has been turned in
Thursday, April 21 school dismissed two hours early
no class due to early dismissal
Friday, April 22 NO SCHOOL
***************************************************************
Monday, April 11
1. "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" video and video analysis
Tuesday, April 12
Mark Twain notes (fill in the blank) and video with worksheet
Wednesday, April 13/b>
1. Finish Twain video 2. SOL Practice Packet (Reading Comprehension)
Thursday, April 14
1. Inference SOL practice worksheet 2. Literary Terms Puzzle
Friday, April 15
"The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" and questions
*******************************************************************
Monday, April 4
1. Spirituals (notes, discussion/interpretation/listening) 2. Begin Frederick Douglas (notes, reading, guided notes)
Tuesday, April 5
Continue with Frederick Douglas
Wednesday, April 6/b>
"An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" 1. watch opening scene 2. make predictions 3. take notes about the author 4. begin reading and filling in guided notes
Thursday, April 7
1. Watch "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" 2. Discuss differences and point of view 2. Worksheet about Point of View and Unreliable Narrators
Friday, April 8
Open note Quiz on Crane, Douglas, Spirituals, and Bierce
******************************************************************
Monday, March 28
1. Finish Walt Whitman (turn in poems from Fri.) 2. Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman Open-Note quiz
Tuesday, March 29
Background Notes (Guided/Fill-in-the-Blanks) for Unit 4
Wednesday, March 30/b>
Stephen Crane's "An Episode of War" and Naturalism/Realism
Thursday, March 31
1. Open Note Quiz on Unit 4 Background Notes
2. Spirituals (Listen/Watch performances) Discuss
Friday, April 1
Frederick Douglass--Reading and Notes
*******************************************************************
Monday, March 21
Emily Dickinson Guided Notes and Discussion
Tuesday, March 22
Continue with Emily Dickinson; Begin reading Walt Whitman (may watch several clips from United Streaming for background)
Wednesday, March 23/b>
Emily Dickinson Quiz; Whitman Guided notes/reading/discussion
Thursday, March 24
Continue with Whitman
Friday, March 25
Unit 4 Review for test
********************************************************************
Monday, March 14
1. " Nature" 2. Self-Reliance and study guide questions
Tuesday, March 15
1. "Concord Hymn" and worksheet 2. "Snowstorm" and discuss use of personification 3. If time "Civil Disobedience" pre-reading questions
Wednesday, March 16/b>
1. Discuss "Civil Disobedience" pre-reading questions 2. Read "Civil Disobedience" and fill out study guide worksheet 3. Walden pre-reading questions
Thursday, March 17
Walden
Friday, March 18
1. Walden and discussion/activity 2. If time, move into Emily Dickinson
*******************************************************************
Monday, March 7
1.Transcendentalism PowerPoint (Guided Notes--fill-in-the-blanks) 2. Discuss Song Lyrics and Quotes Transcendentalist Project
Tuesday, March 8
Emerson (Reading, Discussion, and NOTES) p. 386--393
Conformity VS Nonconformity (Advantages and Disadvantages)
Wednesday, March 9/b>
open note test on Unit 3 Part I and II (Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville)
Thursday, March 10
1. Update on Transcendentalist Project (any outstanding quotes, what song lyrics?) 2. Thoreau (Reading, Discussion, and NOTES) p. 400-- (Walden)
Friday, March 11
Continue with Walden
******************************************************************
Monday, February 28
1. Discuss differences between video and short story ("The Fall of the House of Usher") 2. Finish reading "The Minister's Black Veil" and worksheet
Tuesday, March 1
1. Poe and Hawthorne quiz 2. Melville and Moby Dick selection
Wednesday, March 2/b>
Moby Dick selection
Thursday, March 3
Moby Dick selection and video
Friday, March 4
Moby Dick video
*****************************************************************
Monday, February 21
1. Last page of "The Fall of the House of Usher" 2. Text Messages from the Characters" due Thursday 3. "The Raven" 4. Parody notes 5. Simpson Parody
Tuesday, February 22
1. Poe and his writings quiz 2. Hawthorne background (notes and preview of "The Minister's Black Veil)
Wednesday, February 23/b> "The Minister's Black Veil" with discussion and questions
Thursday, February 24 "The Minister's Black Veil" with discussion and questions
Friday, February 25
Finish Hawthorne and take quiz (if time allows)
****************************************************************
Monday, February 14
Today guidance will be scheduing classes for next year. Make sure that you have looked at the course offerings on the Guidance web page. Know that this is a preliminary schedule; no classes scheduled are written in stone!
Tuesday, February 15
1. "The Devil and Tom Walker" questions due 2. Longfellow notes and poem 3. William Cullen Bryant notes and poem
Wednesday, February 16/b>
1. "The Devil and Tom Walker" quiz 2. James Russell Lowell notes and poem 3. Poe notes
Thursday, February 17
1. Poe and "The Fall of the House of Usher"
Friday, February 18
"The Fall of the House of Usher"
*************************************************************
Monday, February 7
1. Turn in writing assignment from Fri 2. Unit 3 Fill in the Blank Notes (Background History and Literature) Due Thursday for an open note quiz.
Tuesday, February 8
1. "The Devil and Tom Walker" with Guided Notes
Wednesday, February 9/b>
Continue with "The Devil and Tom Walker" Quiz Thursday--part of background notes quiz
Thursday, February 10
1. Quiz 2. Begin with Longfellow's "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" and "Thanatopsis" Guided Notes
Friday, February 11
Computer Lab to work on SOL practice test
********************************************************************
Monday, January 31
1st Period 8:25 – 9:20
2nd Period 9:25 – 10:15
3rd Period Will Not Meet
4th Period Will Not Meet
5th Period 10:20 – 11:10
6th Period 11:15- 12:30 (Lunch)
7th Period 12:35 – 3:15 (Review / 7th Period Exam)
Lunch: Eat Lunch Out of 6th Period 11:15 – 12:30
1st Lunch Upstairs
2nd Lunch 1st Floor
3rd Lunch Basement/ Gym/ Shop/ Hort.
Regular PM Vocational Students Report to the Auditorium during 5th & 6th Period (10:20)
Eat Third Lunch/ Leave For Vocational School Regular Time 12:30 pm.
PM Exploratory Report to Auditorium for 5th & 6th Period, Eat 3rd Lunch Report to 7th Period Review/Exam.
Tuesday, February 1
1st Period Exam 8:25 – 10:25 ; 5th Period Exam 12:00 – 2:00
Wednesday, February 2
2nd period exam 8:25--10:25; 6th period exam 12:00--2:00
Thursday, February 3
3rd period exam 8:25--10:25; 4th period exam 12:00--2:00
Friday, February 4
Speeches cont'd: JFK
****************************************************************
Monday, January 17
1. Franklin and Paine Open note Test (Finish?) 2. p. 170-176 Phyllis Wheatley reading and guided notes
Tuesday, January 18
1. Discuss Wheatley's poetry and influence 2. M.L. King's Letter ffrom Birmingham City Jail and Guided Notese (p. 180--182)
Wednesday, January 19
1. Discuss Speeches and importance during American Revolution 2. Patrick Henry's Speech at the Convention with Guided Notes (p. 184--190)
Thursday, January 20
1. Open Note quiz on M.L. King 2. Continue with Speeches and Patrick Henry
Friday, January 21
Open Note Quiz on Speeches and Patrick Henry
********************************************************************
Monday, January 3 to Friday, January 7
assignments carried over from December and REVIEW
Monday, December 6
1. Ben Franklin Aphorisims activity continued from last week--pick 3 to apply to modern times, pick three to apply to your life (ones you like) and explain, pick two that you don't like or don't agree with and tell why (p. 147 as well as supplement page)
2. SCOPE Magazine: Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday
Tuesday, December 7
p. 156 The Declaration of Independence--Read and fill in reading guide
Wednesday, December 8
p. 160 The Crisis Number 1--Read and fill in Reading Guide
Thursday, December 9
Test on Franklin, Jefferson, and Paine
Friday, December 10
p. 170-176 Phyllis Wheatley reading and guided notes
********************************************************************
Monday, November 29
Unit 2 Notes Packet (Fill in the Blank)
Tuesday, November 30
Last 1/2 of class to finish notes packet
1) Ben Franklin United Streaming clips (take notes for a quiz) 2) Notes from p. 139 on autobiography and aphorism
Wednesday, December 1
1. Open note quiz on note packet 2. p. 140 The Autobiography by Franklin
Thursday, December 2
Poor Richard's Almanack and activity
Friday, December 3
1. p. 152-153 Colonial Newspapers
2.p. 156 selection from Declaration of Independence
********************************************************************
Monday, November 22
Online research scavenger hunt and MLA Works Cited practice
Internet Scavenger Hunt
Tuesday, November 23
Continue with scavenger hunt and practice internal citations
******************************************************************
Monday, November 15
1. Research Basics using Writing/Grammar book (fill-in-the-blank handout) 2. Determine a working thesis statement (due tomorrow)
Tuesday, November 16
1. Get thesis statement approved 2. In-text citation practice worksheet 3. Sources and reliability of sources
Wednesday, November 17
Labwork--getting sources
Thursday, November 18
Labwork--getting sources
Friday, November 19
Begin drafting and organizing sources
******************************************************************
Monday, November 8 Act III worksheet due
Continue reading Act IV
Tuesday, November 9
Act IV reading
Wednesday, November 10
Finish Act IV and watch film
Thursday, November 11
1. Finish watching film. 2. Compare and contrast play with film. 3. Introduces research assignment.
Friday, November 12
1. Instruction on MLA, PPT, handouts 2. Test on the Crucible next Tuesday.
*****************************************************************
Monday, November 1
Continue watching film version of The Crucible (through Act II)
Tuesday, November 2
No school
Wednesday, November 3
Continue reading Act III--when finished give open-book quiz
Thursday, November 4
Read Act IV as a group with assigned parts
Friday, November 5
Continue with Act IV
***************************************************************
Monday, October 25
Take up work from Thursday and Friday; Read Act II aloud
Tuesday, October 26
Continue reading Act II
Wednesday, October 27
Continue reading Act II
Thursday, October 28
Continue reading Act II
Friday, October 29
Watch Act I and Act II on film
*****************************************************************
Monday, October 18
1.Guidance Faculty visit 2. If time, continue reading The Crucible
Tuesday, October 19
1. Continue reading (with assigned parts) The Crucible
Wednesday, October 20
2. Hopefully finish reading Act I of The Crucible-- Quiz tomorrow
Thursday, October 21
1. Take Act I Quiz 2. When finished with quiz, students will complete comic strip assignment for Act I
Friday, October 22
Watch Act I on video--make notes of similarities and differences
******************************************************************
Monday, October 11
1. Finish watching Discovery DVD about Salem Witch Trials
2. Anticipation Guide and Prereading Questions/Discussion (Preparing for The Crucible)
3. If time, PowerPoint: Fears and Hysteria
Tuesday, October 12
1. PowerPoint: The Crucible--Background and History (and supplemental transparencies)
Students have a guided notes sheet to fill in that goes along with PPT
2. Go over characters and vocabulary (handouts)
Wednesday, October 13
Act I, answering study guide questions as we read
Thursday, October 14
Act I, answering study guide questions as we read
Friday, October 15
Act I, answering study guide questions as we read AND taking quiz at end of ACT one
*************************************************************
Monday, October 4
1. On LCD projector, show questions that assess context clues. 2. p. 14-16 (Prep for VA SOL book) worksheet. 3. Finish questions to Anne Bradstreet poem read Friday
Tuesday, October 5
1. PowerPoint on Jonathan Edwards (see plans for las week)--adding p. 38-41 of VA SOL Prep book (Critica Reading)
Wednesday, October 6 and Thursday, October 7
plans for last week RE: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Friday, October 8
If finished with "Sinners," we will watch a video (with accompanying worksheet for listening comprehension) about the Salem Witch Trials (Anticipation for The Crucible)
********************************************************************
Monday, September 27 Picture Day in English Class
United Streaming (5:02) John Glenn--"This was the adventure of the twentieth century." How does this pioneering compare to other narrative accounts? 2. Continue reading "The Right Stuff"
Tuesday, September 28
1. Refer back to pp. 5-6 and 8-10 (Puritan background) 2. Edward Taylor and "Huswifery" p. 98 background p.99 literary notes (add to handout) p. 100--101 add notes as reading to my handout (work through conceit together) 3. Paraphrase "Huswifery" 4. Writing Minilesson p. 105 (DUE FRIDAY) What is a common household chore that suggests a larger meaning? (as Taylor shows in the process of making cloth).
Wednesday, September 29
1. Anne Bradstreet--notes, poem, and paraphrasing
2. Persuasion: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" worksheet dealing with power of figurative language and persuasive techniques
Thursday, September 30 SOL Reading Test due
1. "Sinners in the Hands..." PowerPoint
2. Background Handout--Great Awakening
3. Chart to fill out as reading/listening (images, reactions, effectiveness of images)
4. Begin reading/listening to sermon
Friday, October 1 Writing from Tues due
1. Finish lisenting to "Sinners..."
2. Illustration and Quote project
********************************************************************
Monday, September 20
1. Of Plymouth Plantation--Guided Reading worksheet 2. If time, Paraphrasing of B. Franklin's Poor Richard's...sayings
Tuesday, September 21
1. Go back and finish John Smith and watch United Streaming clips about Smith's leadership and Jamestown (notes to fill-ini-the-blanks) 2. Watch clips about Plymouth settlement 3). SOL Practice workbook
Wednesday, September 22
1. former Reading EOC SOL test to serve as a pretest and comparison later on
2. "Plymouth..." continued--Putitain characteristics charted
Thursday, September 23
1.Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" Read and compare to early settlers (see p. 96)
Friday, September 24
Puritain Poetry
******************************************************************** Monday, September 13
1. Olaudah Equiano Quiz 2. Read from Journal of the First Voyage to America
Tuesday, September 14
1 Turn in Olaudah Equiano mind-maps 2. Review Columbus narrative 3. Columbus quiz. 3. notes John Smith 4. Read from The General History of Virginia
Wednesday, September 15
1. notes on William Bradford 2. read from Of Plymouth Plantation
Thursday, September 16
"The Right Stuff"
Friday, September 17
TEST DAY
******************************************************************
Tuesday, September 7
1. Take up reworked Origin Myth quizzes 2. Notes on Exploration Narratives--notes on picture handout of Cabeza de Vaca 3. Read packet about Cabeza de Vaca and answer reading comp. questions 4. Begin reading "The Journey Through Texas"
Wednesday, September 8 Club Day
1. Review notes/reading on Cabeza de Vaca 2. Notes and Read "Boulders Taller Than the Great Towers of Seville" 3. Compare 2 narratives in Venn Diagram
Thursday, September 9
1. Quiz on two exploration narratives 2. Pre-reading activity for slave narrative 3. Read "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" 4. Discuss and answer reading comprehension questions
Friday, September 10
1. Quiz on slave narrative 2. Columbus background
*****************************************************************
Monday, August 30
1. open book/ note quiz on Native American origin myths 2. Iroquois Constitution Pre-reading activity and notes
Tuesday, August 31 PICTURE DAY during class
1. Read Iroquois Constitution excerpt, discuss as a class, and then have assessment (handout)
Wednesday, September
1. notes on exploration narratives (p. 31) 2. notes and reading of "A Journey Through Texas" 3. Class discussion and then assessment (questions)
Thursday, September 2
1. notes on slave narrative (p. 43) and notes on Olaudah Equiano 2. read excerpt from Equiano's narrative --as students read, they will keep a chart of sensory words 3. class discussion--esp. comparing his account to exploration accounts
Friday, September 1
Workbook SOL Test prep practice that goes along with reading selections we have completed thus far (teach paraphrasing, etc.)
********************************************************************
Monday, August 23
1. Class contract with signatures due. Turn in Code of Conduct with Signatures.
2. Hand back graded work. Hand out lit. books 3. Students will read (with teacher) and fill in note handout for pages 2-11 4. If time: p. 12 Activity #1 "Which states have Native American names?"
Tuesday, August 24 Folktales and Creation Myths
1. Students will brainstorm a list of any folktales they can think of that deal with how things are created (Ex. Paul Bunyan and the Grand Canyon) Discuss as a class. 2. p. 15 notes on creation myths (teacher will supplement with more notes) 3. United Streaming Video (5:19) An Iroquois Storytelling (will later compare to Onondaga tribe's version in book--p. 16). 4. Read p.16-18 "The Earth on the Turtle's Back"
Wednesday, August 25
1. Creation Myth creative writing assignment (handout) DUE MON> 8-30 Give example: Creation of Rock 'n Roll 2. Read two more creation myths in book: p. 19-23. 3. Discussion: Compare/Contrast/ questions for assessment.
Thursday, August 26 Creation Myth Writing Workday
If time is not utilized, we will be taking a practice EOC Reading SOL test.
Friday, August 27
The Iroquois Confederation (p. 24-26) with questions
****************************************************************
Wednesday, August 18
1. Welcome to class. 2. Hand out class contract. Students will have until Monday, August Aug. 23 to get this read and signed by parents/guardians for a 100 class grade. 3. Students will fill out Student Information Inventory sheet (if time).
Thurssday, August 19
1. Students will work on the "About Me (Bio Investigation) Activity. Their answers to these questions will help me get to know them better. The students will later be given a choice of several of these questions (these prompts) to develop and elaborate their response in writing.
Friday, August 20
1. Students will complete the "Reading and Writing Interest Survey."
|
|
