Thursday, October 27, 2011

Week of October 31- November 3


Juniors- October 31-Nov. 3

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C2.PO3 I can discover significant major literary periods of American literature that affect history and culture.

 

Monday- Quote:  “If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.” Charles Bukowski. The class will discuss responses from the previous days assignment. The class will then finish watching the dramatization of Ethan Frome, another short story by Edith Wharton.

 


Tuesday- Students will write an essay discussing the importance of setting, the marriage problem, and symbolism from the film.   

 


Wednesday- The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores.  Students will read Henry James’s Persons and Places and Who Lives Here: Setting and Character and answer the corresponding questions.

 


Thursday- Everest College Presentation   

 

ALL Seniors October 31-Nov. 3

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 12R3- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures. 12W17- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 12W22-27- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 12R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G12.3W.C6.PO1 I can write a research paper.

 

Monday- Quote Analysis: “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” Hermann Hesse. Read pg. 42 in Literature book regarding The Epic and the Epic Hero. Have class devise a list of heroic traits of present time and put on the board. Have students then discuss traits that would have been considered in the 500s or 600s. Discuss which qualities are the same and which are different.  Have students take notes on Literary Devices on pg. 43 and read the Background Information.  In cooperative groups have students select a modern-day hero and make a poster promoting their nominee utilizing persuasive text learned in the previous week. 

Tuesday- Seniors will attend College Fair. Students who do not attend and 8th hour will have a make-up day. 

Wednesday- Students will take a randomized essential facts test and graph their scores. Read Beowulf pgs. 44-47 and then have students paraphrase lines 1-53 of the poem in 10 to 12 sentences. Then the students will work in cooperative groups to brainstorm descriptions of the characters and settings. Students will then create cartoon strips to illustrate their sentences.


Thursday- Everest College Presentation

Honor Juniors- October 31-Nov 3.  

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C2.PO3 I can discover significant major literary periods of American literature that affect history and culture.


 Monday-Quote Analysis: “Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” Hermann Hesse. The teacher will provide background information on Edith Wharton. The class will then read one of her short stories and complete examination questions worksheet.



Tuesday- Students will read Henry James’s Persons and Places and Who Lives Here: Setting and Character and answer the corresponding questions.


Wednesday- The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. The class will then watch the dramatization of Ethan Frome, another short story by Edith Wharton. Students will write an essay discussing the importance of setting, the marriage problem, and symbolism from the film.   

 


 

Thursday- Everest College Presentation

 

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Week of October 24

Juniors- October 17-21

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C2.PO3 I can discover significant major literary periods of American literature that affect history and culture.

 

Monday- Students will write essential questions. 

1. What is the importance of history and cultural in literature. How does history and culture
develop/influence the literary work?
2. What are the literary movements? How do literary movements develop/influence traditions in society?

Students will create a thesis statement for the following topic:  What is a paradox?  Quote Analysis: “Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.” Publilius Syrus.  The teacher will provide background information on Edith Wharton. The class will then read one of her short stories and complete examination questions worksheet.


Tuesday- Quote Analysis: “Money will not make you happy, and happy will not make you money.” Groucho Marx. The class will discuss responses from the previous days assignment. The class will then watch the dramatization of Ethan Frome, another short story by Edith Wharton.


 


Wednesday- The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. Continue film.


Thursday- Students will write an essay discussing the importance of setting, the marriage problem, and symbolism from the film.    

 

Honor Juniors- October 24-27  

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C2.PO3 I can discover significant major literary periods of American literature that affect history and culture.


 Monday- Students will watch the movie, “The Help” as the culminating activity to the novel completion.


Tuesday- Students will finish watching the movie, “The Help” and discuss its theme and the differences between the written works versus the film. Focusing on the importance of setting, historical period, and how the events of the time have impacted current societal expectations.

 


Wednesday- The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. The teacher will provide background information on Edith Wharton. The class will then read one of her short stories and complete examination questions worksheet.



 

Thursday- The class will discuss responses from the previous days assignment. The class will then watch the dramatization of Ethan Frome, another short story by Edith Wharton. Students will write an essay discussing the importance of setting, the marriage problem, and symbolism from the film.    



ALL Seniors October 24-27

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 12R3- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures. 12W17- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 12W22-27- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 12R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G12.3W.C6.PO1 I can write a research paper.

 

Monday- The students will complete a Quote Analysis:  “We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The teacher will explain that the students will begin their annual research project. The teacher will hand out research paper requirements. The teacher will present a PowerPoint on APA format and students will take detailed notes.  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/17/

Tuesday- Quote Analysis: “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” Vince Lombardi.  The teacher will hand out the APA format cheat sheet. Students will practice citing sources according to the APA format.  The teacher will model how to cite within text and the students will practice. 

Wednesday- Students will take a randomized essential facts test and graph their scores. The teacher will model a suggested outline for the research project. Students will use classroom computer to apply for college.  Students need to bring in research to begin project.


Thursday- Students will be given time to meet with teacher individually, discuss their research, and begin working on their project in class.

 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011


Juniors- October 17-21

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C1.P04 I can explain how the writer uses mixed messages such as irony and paradox in a literary selection to advance the work.

Monday- Students will write essential questions.  Students will create a thesis statement for the following topic:  Why is English important? Quote Analysis: “The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.” J.P. Morgan. The teacher will define “Paradox” and the class will read the short story, “All You Zombies” and discuss the literary paradox within. 

 

Tuesday- Students will create an outline for the following topic:  How does an author effectively use literary elements to connect to the reader?  Quote Analysis: “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” George Washington Carver. The teacher will define situational, verbal, and dramatic irony. Students will create posters with examples of each form of irony in cooperative pairs. Students will begin reading Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour.”


 


Wednesday- Students will create an outline for the following topic:  What are the three types of irony and why are they imperative to literature? The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. Students will finish reading Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour.” The class will discuss the verbal, situational and dramatic irony, which took, place in the story’s plot and will graph their observations.


Thursday- Students will take weekly quiz on concepts learned.  5-paragraph comparison and contrast essay distinguishing between the verbal, situational and dramatic irony, which was incorporated in “The Story of An Hour” Students must utilize examples from the text to support their main points.

Honor Juniors- October 17-21  

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C1.P04 I can explain how the writer uses mixed messages such as irony and paradox in a literary selection to advance the work.


 Monday- Students will create an outline for the following essay prompt:  What makes a written text persuasive?  Quote Analysis: “There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.” Max BeerBohm. The teacher will review ethos, logos, and pathos by viewing a PowerPoint @ teacher.vbsd.us/images/teacher_vbsd_us/sdunn/ethospathoslogos.ppt. The teacher will then explain the rhetorical triangle. Students will read chapters 26 and 27 and complete chapter review.


Tuesday- Students will create an outline for the following topic:  How does an author effectively use literary elements to connect to the reader?  Quote Analysis: “Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.” George Washington Carver. The teacher will define situational, verbal, and dramatic irony. Students will create posters with examples of each form of irony in cooperative pairs. Students will begin reading Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour.” Students will read chapter 28 and complete chapter review.

 


Wednesday- Students will create an outline for the following topic:  What are the three types of irony and why are they imperative to literature? The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. Students will finish reading Kate Chopin’s, “The Story of an Hour.” The class will discuss the verbal, situational and dramatic irony, which took, place in the story’s plot and will graph their observations. Students will read chapter 29 and complete chapter review.

 


 

Thursday- Students will take weekly quiz on concepts learned.  5-paragraph comparison and contrast essay distinguishing between the verbal, situational and dramatic irony, which was incorporated in “The Story of An Hour” Students must utilize examples from the text to support their main points.  Students will finish reading The Help. 


ALL Seniors October 17-21

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 12R3- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures. 12W17- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 12W22-27- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 12R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G12.3R.C3.P01 I can examine techniques used to create powerful arguments in different persuasive texts.

 

Monday- Students will create an outline for the following essay prompt:  What makes a written text persuasive?  Quote Analysis: “There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.” Max BeerBohm. The teacher will review ethos, logos, and pathos by viewing a PowerPoint @ teacher.vbsd.us/images/teacher_vbsd_us/sdunn/ethospathoslogos.ppt. The teacher will then explain the rhetorical triangle

Tuesday- Students will create an outline for the following essay prompt: How does validity and truthfulness contribute to arguments within a persuasive work? Quote Analysis: “Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.” Albert Einstein.  The students will analyze Martin Luther King Jr’s  “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” through the completion of a rhetorical triangle.  Students must bring in song lyrics for Thursday’s assignment.

Wednesday- Students will create an outline for the following essay prompt: What are rhetorical devices and how do these devices influence the merit of persuasive text/speeches? Students will take a randomized essential facts test and graph their scores. In cooperative groups of 2 or 3, students will analyze a popular song’s lyrics using the rhetoric triangle and creating a poster, which contains their song lyrics.


Thursday- Students will take weekly quiz on concepts learned.  Students will write a persuasive essay on the validity of the AIMS in assessing students achievement utilizing one of Aristotle’s rhetoric devises. 

 



*8th hour will finish reading Brave New World and continue their chapter reviews.


Tuesday, October 4, 2011


Juniors- October 10

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C1.P01 I can use literary elements employed by the author when analyzing various works.

Monday- NO SCHOOL

 

Tuesday- Students will correct the following sentences:

i love enchiladas i eat them everysingle day?
Combine the sentences:
Hey Stranger! Were did you com from.

Quote Analysis: “Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” Lao-Tzu.  Literary elements Powerpoint presentation, students will take notes. Read chapter 20-21; create 4-square chapter analysis in journal…prediction, summary, illustration, assessment question.

 


Wednesday- Students will correct the following sentences:

Going to superstition springs mall is so much fun I go their everyday to buy shirts skirts jeans and so much more do you like it to!
Write a sentence correctly interjecting the transition word moreover.

The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. Play online literary elements game. Read chapter 22-24; create 4-square chapter analysis in journal…prediction, summary, illustration, assessment question.

 

Thursday- Students will take weekly quiz on concepts learned.  5-paragraph essay: Students will write a 5-paragrpah literary element essay addressing theme, tone, and point of view of the Scarlet Letter.


Review essential questions and dance everyday!

ALL Seniors October 10

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 12R3- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures. 12W17- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 12W22-27- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 12R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G12.3R.C3.P01 I can examine techniques used to create powerful arguments in different persuasive texts.

 

Monday-No School

Tuesday- Students will correct the following sentences:

The book over there is theres.
Create a sentence that uses a conjunction (and, nor, or, but)
Quote Analysis: “Problems are not the problem, coping is the problem.” Virginia Satir.  Powerpoint on persuasive techniques, students take notes. The students will analyze persuasive essays as a class and complete fallacies worksheet in cooperative groups.

Wednesday- Students will correct the following sentences:

Everyday i remember who you are and why i don’t want to be your friends. 
How much would does a would chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood.

The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. Begin The Game of Persuasion.


Thursday- Students will take weekly quiz on concepts learned. 

Teacher will model a cover page with and an a title page for their compilation of Gear-up essays, which will be due on Monday. Students will finish Begin the Game of Persuasion.  



*8th hour will finish reading Brave New World and continue their chapter reviews.


Review essential questions and dance everyday!

Honor Juniors- October 10  

Weekly: Standards and Personal Objectives: 11R4- Students will apply knowledge of organizational structures.  11W18- Students will write a multi-paragraph essay, 11W21-26- Students will apply 6-traits of writing, 11R.1.5.1 Students will read a variety of genres. G11.2R.C1.P01 I can use literary elements employed by the author when analyzing various works.

 


 Monday- NO SCHOOL

 


Tuesday- Students will correct the following sentences:

i love enchiladas i eat them everysingle day?
Combine the sentences:
Hey Stranger! Were did you com from.
Literary elements Powerpoint presentation, students will take notes. Read chapter 16 and write paragraph summary and paragraph prediction synopsis stating context clues for the following chapter.

 


Wednesday- Students will correct the following sentences:

Going to superstition springs mall is so much fun I go their everyday to buy shirts skirts jeans and so much more do you like it to!
Write a sentence correctly interjecting the transition word moreover.
The students will take a randomized essential facts quiz and graph their scores. Play online literary elements game. Read chapter 17 and write paragraph summary and paragraph prediction synopsis stating context clues for the following chapter.

 

Thursday- Students will take weekly quiz on concepts learned.  Read chapter 18 and write paragraph summary and paragraph prediction synopsis stating context clues for the following chapter. 5-paragraph essay: Students will write a 5-paragrpah literary element essay addressing theme, tone, and point of view of The Help.



Review essential questions and dance everyday!