Aug 29/30

Student Interview Introduce Teacher

Classroom Rules Course Guidelines

Go to Library to pick up books

CA Standards for English

Student Scavenger Hunt

(Listening & Speaking Skills)

Print out Class Syllabus from www.geocities.com/jeanders17; Print out Table of Contents from Stylebook online;

Have parents sign Course Guidelines; cover books

Aug 31 /Sep 4

Using a Dictionary, Spelling Rules, p. 307-310 Grammar WB

Ch. 9 Diction – Concrete Words worksheet; (Reading 3.11; W&O 1.3)

Review Summer Reading - Jigsaw Discussion of Frankenstein;

Stylebooks (Reading 2.1); Agenda – why use it/how to?

How to write in a Journal;

Journal #1 Your Animal Personality

Sign students up to “Adopt an Actor” at the Globe Theatre http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/globeeducation/onlinelearning/

Purchase Agenda from AAC/Student Store; complete Textbook Treasure Hunt; Prepare for Test on Frankenstein

Sep 5/6

Plurals of Regular and Irregular Nouns, writing out numbers

Ch. 9 Diction – Abstract Words Exercise/Drawing

and discuss Figurative Language Usage

Frankenstein Test;

Round Robin Discussion of Pride and Prejudice

Journal: In Frankenstein, was the monster good or evil?  Explain why you believe this is true.

Pass back Frankenstein essay; Review writing an expository essay in the Stylebook

Prepare for Test on Pride and Prejudice;

Submit Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice on turnitin.com;

Grammar p. 114, Ex. 1

Sep 7/10

Origins of English,  Grammar WB p. 113-114

Ch. 9 Diction – Synonyms;

Denotation and Connotation Worksheet (anthill)

Pride and Prejudice Test

Journal: Which characters in the novel display either pride or prejudice?  Describe how they are characterized in this way.

In Class Expository Essay

Read The Wanderer p. 42 of Literature Anthology

Sep 11/12

(13^th Rosh Hashanah & Ramadan begins)

Vocab. Prefixes 1-17

History of Roots worksheet

(Reading 1.3)

Ch. 9 Diction – Formal and Informal English, Grammar WB pgs. 115-116

Discuss The Wanderer; Handout Group Work: Anglo-Saxon Poetry;

Distribute Assignment regarding Outside Readings (Journaling)

Journal: Are we in control of our destiny?

Summarizing; Teams Present Outline of pgs. 2-13

Read The Seafarer p. 49;

Read Norse, Greek mythological stories – write about derivation of words from mythology;

Grammar p. 116, Ex. 2

Sep 17/18 (SDD)

Vocab. Prefixes 1-17

Worksheet (Reading 1.1)

Ch. 9 Diction – Specific and Vivid Words; Grammar WB p. 117; Good/Bad Handout

Discuss The Seafarer

Review what students should pay attention to: Power Point with Lit. Terms: conflict, epic, symbol, alliteration, kennings, etc.

Beowulf Paragraph Assigned; Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Begin outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Song of Roland;

Grammar p. 117, Ex. 3

Sep 19/20

Quiz 1-17

(Reading 1.1)

Ch. 9 Diction – Levels of Meaning, Grammar WB pgs. 119-120

Team Share (11 groups);

read Beowulf, p. 14-?; review map of Northern Europe (England-Denmark); listen to Old English Version

Lesson on highlighting and annotating (use one outside reading as an example)

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Poema del Cid;

Grammar p. 120, Ex. 4

Sep 21

(9/22 Yom Kippur)

Vocab. Prefixes 18-35

Worksheet

Ch. 9 Diction – Trite expressions

Begin Beowulf, assign readers (17); assign characters on p. 13 Beowulf , p. ?-22

Feudal Systems and Comitatus (the ring); characterization chart;

Peer Grading of Frankenstein/Pride & Prejudice In-Class Essay in groups of three;

Review elements of a paragraph;

Good and Evil Paragraph assigned

Finalize Good and Evil Paragraph

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Plato’s Repulic or Phaedrus

Sep 25

Vocab. Prefixes 18-35

Sentences

Ch. 9 Diction – Informal English: Jargon, cockney slang, collo-quialisms & idioms

Begin locating examples of good and evil Beowulf, p. 23-29

Discuss Blood Money; Finn-ished; Hrothulf & Hrethreic (Cain & Able)

Good and Evil Paragraph Due

Creating a Thesis Sentence (arguable, provable, so what?, main idea, tension, responds to prompt [title, author, ideas to be addressed])

Study for Vocabulary Quiz;

Grammar Exs.;

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Francis Petrarch letter to Giovanni Boccaccio and The Story of Griselda

Sep 27 (Sukkot)

Quiz 18-35

(Reading 1.1)

Ch. 9 Review

Beowulf, p. 31-38

Pass out Socratic Seminar Handout

Transition words and phrases (http://www.csupomona.edu/~lrc/crsp/handouts/recognizing_words.html)

Study for Grammar Test;

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Ovid The Art of Love

Oct 1

Staff Development

Oct 2

Sniglets

Ch. 9 Diction – QUIZ

(Reading 3.11; W&O 1.3)

Analytic Essay Assigned on Six Pillars of Character – 1 hour in the computer lab

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Giovanni Boccaccio Il Filocolo (see Mrs. Anderson)  or Il Filostrato; Grammar Exs.

Oct 4 (Back to School Night) (SDD)

Cide & Cred Crossword

Socratic Seminar: comitatus, exile, Beowulf, The Seafarer, The Wanderer (the theme of good vs. evil in literature and the arts)

Anglo-Saxon/Beowulf Quiz

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal:

Geoffroi de Charny The Book of Chivalry;

Read “The Middle Ages,” Lit. Textbook p. 68-76

Create 2 questions on 3x5 cards regarding The Middle Ages;

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Oct 8

Quiz – Cred & Cide

(Reading 1.1)

Ch 8 Sentence Workshops, p. 87 (W&O 1.2)

Read “Geoffrey Chaucer,” p. 84-85

Pass out Chaucer Presentation Assignment; groups meet to discuss Presentation;

Background for the Canterbury Tales

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal:

John Gower Vox clamantis, Book 3;

Read “Ballads,” “The Three Ravens,” and “Lord Randall,”  p. 76-79

Grammar Exs. 1-2

Oct 10

Cur 23-33; Fid 34-44 Crossword

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 89 (W&O 1.2)

Define (One Note) Meter, Rhyme, Rhythm, Figures of Speech, Mood, Tone, Refrain, Incremental Repetion

Pass back essays; Understanding Aesop’s Fable; Chaucer’s Influences

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: William of Saint-Amour The Perils of the Last Times;

Write a four-line poem in iambic pentameter (due next class)

Grammar Ex. 3

Study for Vocab. Quiz

Oct 12

Quiz – Cur & Fid

(Reading 1.1)

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 91

“Ballad Meter,” p. 83; “Pronunciation” p. 86-88; “Get Up and Bar the Door,” p. 81;

Time to work on Chaucer Presentations discuss elements of a presentation/speech

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal:

The Good Woman in Scripture;

Keep working on Group Presentation Projects

Grammar Ex. 4

Oct 16

Flect 45- Fract -58 Puzzle

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 93

The Cantebury Tales, “The Prologue” p. 89-99

Define Allusion – distribute long-term assignment on allusion

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal: Guillaume de Lorris or Jean de Meun Romance of the Rose;

The Cantebury Tales, “The Prologue” p. 100-107;

Grammar Ex. 5

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Oct 18

Quiz – Flect/Fract

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 95

Finish the Prologue; Begin The Cantebury Tales, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” p. 110-115;

Lesson on Irony; Satire

Continue outside reading and work on Reflection Journal:

Saint Augustine The City of God –  Finish Outside Reading Assignment, type it up.

Grammar Ex. 6, Review A, B

The Cantebury Tales, “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” p. 115-121

Oct 22

Gress 59-71 Mand 72-76 Puzzle

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 99; One Note: transition sentences between paragraphs (connecting 2 ideas)

The Cantebury Tales, “The Pardoner’s Tale” p. 122-127

Thesis Lesson; Stylebook handout on citing sources

Group Presenation of the Nun’s Tale; read excerpt from “The Clerk’s Tale”

The Cantebury Tales, “The Pardoner’s Tale” p. 127-129;

begin working on Allusion Assignment;

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Grammar Ex. 7

Oct 24

Quiz – Gress Mand

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 101

The Cantebury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale, p. 276-286

Group Presentation of the Pardoner’s Tale; read excerpt from “The Franklin’s Tale;”

The Cantebury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale, p. 287-296 (handout);

Grammar Ex. 8

Oct 26

Mon/Mort

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 103-104

The Cantebury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Tale, p. 297-310 (handout)

Distribute Essay Assignment: Autobiography of their life in relation to Petrarch’s letter to posterity

Group Presentation of the Wife of Bath’s Tale;

Begin Essay: Pass out and review outline form on One Note (revise)

Reflection Journal Due Today

The Cantebury Tales, “The Knight’s Tale” p. 36-47;

Grammar Ex. 9-10

Oct 30

Omin/Ped

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 105

The Cantebury Tales, “The Knight’s Tale” p. 26-35; Casual Socratic Seminar: discuss Petrarch, Gower and Ovid, etc.

Begin arranging Dickens Festival Field Trip

Group work: Discuss Journal Assignments

Transition Words/Phrases Lesson (One Note)

Work on Autobiography

Study for Vocabulary Quiz; Grammar Ex. 11

Nov 1 (COLL)

Quiz – Mon/Mort/ Omni/Ped

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 107

The Cantebury Tales, “The Knight’s Tale” p. 48-57;

Review format for Six Pillars Essay (SmartBoard); elements of MLA format (citations)

Review Fabliau (folktale); pass back papers

Autobiographies due

The Cantebury Tales, “The Knight’s Tale” p. 58-86;

Grammar Ex. 12-13

Continue working on Allusion Assignment

Nov 5

Rupt/String Puzzle

Ch 8 Sentence Workshop p. 109

The Cantebury Tales, “The Miller’s Tale, p. 86-95

Group Presentation of “The Knight’s Tale”

The Cantebury Tales, “The Miller’s Tale, p. 95-106; finalize Structuralist Criticism outline;

Study for Vocab. Quiz;

Grammar Ex. 14

Nov 7

Quiz - Rupt/String

Ch. 8 PowerPoint Review

The Cantebury Tales, “The Reeve’s Tale, p. 123-135 (handout)

Group Presentation of “The Miller’s Tale;”

Study for Grammar Test, Complete Review Exs. A,B,C,D;

Nov 9 (12^th Veteran’s Day Holiday)

Ch 8: Writing Effective Sentences Quiz

“Examples of Chivalry” handouts

Sir Gawain and the Green Night, p. 132-138

Allusion Chart Due

Group Presentation of “The Reeve’s Tale;”

Assign Socratic Seminar Questions; conclusion formats: Agoura Sophomore Stylebook

Sir Gawain and the Green Night, p. 139-145;

Study for Vocab. Quiz;

Create Socratic Seminar Questions; Finalize Criticism Paper – submit on turnitin.com

Nov 14

Ten/Tort Puzzle

Lesson on Note Cards and Source Cards (Allusion Paper)

Discuss Sir Gawain and the Green Night

Socratic Seminar: Apply the ballads/stories read, the history of the time period, and the following elements (Chivalry, Courtly Love, plague, religion, taxes, feudal system) to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Study for Cantebury Tales Test

Study for Vocab. Quiz

Nov 16

Quiz - Ten/Tort

10 Note Cards; 4 Source Cards due (Allusion Paper)

The Cantebury Tales and Middle Ages Test

Read “Shakespeare’s Language,” p. 357-361; “William Shakespeare” p. 247-253

Nov

19-23

Thanksgiving

Break

No School

Read “The English Language” pp. 235-240

Nov 27 (COLL)/28

Vict/Viv/Vor Crossword

Thesis and 3 Statements of Organization due

Macbeth, Introduction to the Renaissance, pp. 166-186; virtual tour of The Globe Theatre “The Globe Theatre,” pp. 241-246; (http://www.shakespeares-globe.org/virtualtour/)

Review Note-taking Skills; Take notes on The Renaissance and present them to the class; Distribute Sonnet Review Packet

Read “Whoso List to Hunt,” (p. 188) Shakespeare “Sonnet 29 & 30” (p. 340-341), “Sonnet 116 & 130” (p. 345-346), “Death Be Not Proud (p. 372); complete packet

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Nov 29/30

Quiz - Vict/Viv/Vor

Ch 18 Correct Use of Modifiers, p. 253

Discuss elements of Sonnets; take turns reading Shakespeare’s sonnets

Distribute Sonnet worksheets

Read “Petrarchan Sonnets,” “Love That Doth Reign,” “The Long Love,” p. 191-192; complete worksheet

Grammar WB Ex. 1

Dec ¾

Distribute Unit 1-6 List; Unit 1 Words Defined and Narrative

Ch 18 Correct Use of Modifiers, p. 255

Review character lists;

Macbeth, Act I, Scenes 1, pp. 255-257 (Define Aristotle’s Pathetic Fallacy)

Distribute Act I worksheet

Allusion Essay: Preliminary Outline Due

Grammar WB Exs. 2-3;

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Read “from Amoretti-Sonnets 30 & 75”; complete worksheet

Dec 5/6

(12/5 Chanukah)

Unit 1 Quiz

Ch 18 Correct Use of Modifiers, p 257

Macbeth, Act I, Scenes 2-3, pp. 258-262 (Define Asides)

Aristotle’s definition of Tragedy from Poetics – Handout;

Transition words; sample Literary Analysis essay

Grammar WB Exs. 4

Complete Sonnet Review Packet

Dec 7/10

Unit 2 Words Defined and Pentameter Poem

Macbeth, Act I, Scenes 4-7, pp. 263-270 (Define Soliloquies); Review Sonnet worksheets

Allusion Essay: Final Outline Due;

Review Works Cited format

Study for Vocab. Quiz; Complete Macbeth Act I worksheet

Dec 11/12 (COLL)

Unit 2 Quiz

Ch 18 Correct Use of Modifiers, p 259

Macbeth, Act II, Scenes 1-3, pp. 272-281 (Define Pun, homonym, homograph, homophone)

MacBeth Project: Write a script of the death scene: who really killed the King?  You can make this a parody, ironic, satirical, or serious.

Allusion Essay: Preliminary Draft Due:  Peer Review

Grammar Ex.5, Rvw Ex. B;

Work on Macbeth script (must have ten syllables per line)

Dec 13/14

Unit 3 Words Defined and Tragic Narrative: Incentive, complication, Climax, Resolution, denoument

Ch 19 Misplaced Modifiers, p 263

Macbeth, Act II, Scene 4, Act III, Scenes 1-2, pp. 282-290

Discuss the Porter – comic relief;

Group work: MacBeth Project Allusion Essay: Final and Works Cited Due

Grammar Ex.1;

Study for Vocab. Quiz

Complete Macbeth Act II worksheet

Dec 17/18

Unit 3 Quiz

Ch 19 Misplaced Modifiers, p 265;

PowerPoint Review

Macbeth, Act III, Scenes 3-6, pp. 291-300

Grammar Exs. 2, Rvw Exs. A, B

Study for Grammar Quiz; Complete Macbeth Act III worksheet

Dec 19/20

Watch MacBeth

Grammar Ch. 17 Quiz on Using Modifiers Correctly

Macbeth, Act IV, Scenes 1-2, pp. 301-308

Discuss The King’s Evil, Hectate

Read Francis Bacon “from The Essays: Axioms” p. 223

Dec 21-

Jan 4

Winter Break

(12/25 Christmas)

No School

Happy New Year

Read Christopher Marlowe’s “from Dr. Faustus”  p. 226 and write a brief reflection on inherent evil

Jan 7

Unit 4 Words Defined and Poem

Chapter 18 – Glossary of Usage, p. 269-70

Macbeth, Catch up

Group work: MacBeth Project

Grammar WB Exs.

Jan 9 (SDD)

Unit 4 Quiz

Ch. 18 Glossary of Usage, 271-72

Macbeth, Catch up

Work on Macbeth missing scene

Complete Macbeth Act IV worksheet

Grammar WB Exs.

Jan 11

Unit 5 Persuasive Speech (see One Note)

Ch. 18 Glossary of Usage, 273-74

Macbeth, Act IV, Scenes 1-3, pp. 309-315

Grammar WB Ex.

Finalize work on Macbeth missing scene

Jan 15

Unit 5 Quiz

Ch. 18 Glossary of Usage, 275-76

Macbeth, Act V, Scenes 1-5, pp. 317-324

The missing scene: act it out.

Grammar WB Ex.

Read: How the Bible influences literature and allusions “from Genesis” p. 394-399

Jan 17

Unit 6 Words Defined and Poem;

Pass out Final Exam Study Guide

Ch. 18 Glossary of Usage, p. 277

Macbeth, Act V, Scenes 6-8, pp. 324-329, “A Comment on the Play,” p. 330-332

The missing scene: act it out.

Prepare for Socratic Seminar;

Grammar WB Ex. ; Grammar Packet

Read “Temptation of Eve” from Paradise Lost by John Milton, p. 423 (social commentary on society)

Jan 22

(1/21 Islamic New Year)

Unit 6 Quiz

Vocabulary Jeopardy

Ch. 18 Glossary of Usage Quiz

Pass out – things to avoid in an essay, and essay topics

Socratic Seminar

Jan 24

MacBeth Unit Test: scantron

One hour reserved in the computer lab for Macbeth In-class essay

One hour reserved in the computer lab for Macbeth In-class essay

Jan 31

ROP in the

computer

lab

Jan 28,29,30

Final

Exam

Schedule

Half Day

Feb 4

Six Traits of Writing: Style

Journal: Why should a critic be object, rational, balanced, and readable? Explain?

Vocabulary Level F - List 7 (1-20)

Read Of Dramatic Poesy; An Essay by John Dryden, p. 460; read “Elements of Style,” p. 565; read from The Preface to Shakespeare & London by Samuel Johnson 561-564

PowerPoint: The Restoration (1660-1800)

Define: Literary analysis; argumentation, opposing viewpoints, generalization;

Distribute Think Piece Assignment

Grammar, pg. 53-55; Complete Crossword Puzzle; Read Introduction to The Restoration, pgs. 448-457; John Dryden, p. 458;  Samuel Johnson, p. 553

Feb 6 /7

CAHSEE

TESTING

8:00 a.m. – 12: 40 p.m.

Feb 8

Understanding Ideas (One Note): Effective Ideas, Important Details

Vocabulary: Review Crossword

Begin reading Candide (One Note) by Voltaire, pgs. 1-20; Chs. 1-2 (link to Candide on English II-Help Page)

Socratic Discussion of

Think Piece Assignment on “London” by Samuel Johnson

Study for Vocabulary Quiz; Read from Dictionary by Samuel Johnson, p. 555; Denis Diderot’s “Adultery” from Encyclopedia (1760s)

Feb 12

Vocabulary List 7 (1-20) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

reading Candide by Voltaire, pgs. 21-40; Chs.3-9

Socratic Discussion of

Think Piece Assignment on Dictionary and Encyclopedia

Alexander Pope, p. 525 & from An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope, p. 529; Read from An Essay on Man by Pope (wit)

Feb 14

Details (One Note)

Vocabulary Unit 8 Crossword

reading Candide by Voltaire, pgs. 41-60; Chs. 10-18

Socratic Discussion of

Think Piece Assignment

on Pope’s Essay on Man and Essay on Critcism

Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

Read Jonathan Swift, p. 505 & A Modest Proposal (satire) p. 518 & from Gulliver’s Travels, p. 507-514

Feb 19

(18^th Holiday)

Sentence Fluency

Vocabulary Unit 8 Think piece using words with all negative or positive connotation

review Candide by Voltaire, pgs. 41-60 Chs. 10-18

Discuss “Eldorado” and Utopia

Socratic Discussion of

Think Piece Assignment on “A Modest Proposal” or from Gulliver’s Travels

Study for Vocabulary Quiz;

Read Daniel Defoe’s from Robinson Crusoe, p. 482-495

Feb 21

Vocabulary List 8 (1-20) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

reading Candide by Voltaire, pgs. 61-80; Chs. 19-21

SSR Ch. 22

Socratic Discussion of

Think Piece Assignment

on Robinson Crusoe

Jean-Jacques Rousseau  from Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality (1755), and “The Social Compact” from Book I, Ch. 6 of The Social Contract (1762)

Feb 25

Conventions: Handout

Vocabulary List 9

Finish reading Candide pgs. 81-100; Chs.by Voltaire, Chs./Socratic Seminar

Socratice Discussion of Think Piece Assignment Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality (1755), and “The Social Compact”

Vocabulary Word Scramble; Read at least a Scene from

Racine’s Phaedra [from Euripides’ play Hippolytus];

Feb 27

Finish Candide

Socratice Discussion of Think Piece Assignment on Racine’s Phaedra

Hand out research project packet and guidelines SRP topic;

Summarizing: Handout Web IQ Article

Journal: How can a work of literature affect history?  Does it still occur today?  How? Where?

Bibliography Worksheets (Rdg 2.2,

Wrtg. 1.3)

(1) Read Web IQ Article, complete Summary by Who, What, When, Where, Why, How (Reading 2.8)

(2) Begin generating questions from literature and history that can be researched (Reading 2.3, Writing 1.3)

Feb 29

Journal: How do historical facts influence literature? Does it still occur today?

Socratice Discussion of Think Piece Assignment on Candide

Summarizing: Review Web IQ Article

and discuss Fact v. Opinion (Lit. Resp. 3)

Stylebook online-review research info;

Keyword searches (Writing 1.3, 1.8)

Read Jimmy Carter Article and distinguish fact from opinion on chart (Lit Resp. 3);

Begin research, keep a Bibliography of Sources, create a Thesis Statement

Mar 4

(1) Go to Library for Research Project Overview (reserved)

Review www.colapublib.org periodicals/index.html ;

Review Fact vs. Opinion (Jimmy Carter Article)

Study for Vocabulary Quiz;

Begin your Annotated Bibliography of Sources and Information;

Mar 6

Vocabulary List 9 (1-20) QUIZ

(Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Read Essay on commas, reading critically, annotating (Lit. Response 3.11)

Review Research Project Yellow Preliminary Worksheet;

Thesis Statement – (a scientific hypothesis) review;

Reading critically

Read “As Time Goes By” ;

Read “The Thesis Statement”;

Revise and finalize your Preliminary Research Worksheet

[Continue your Annotated Bibliography of Sources and Information];

Read Sister Juana Ines de la Cruz - read any work; write a Think

Piece

Mar 10

Pass out Vocabulary Crossword Unit 10

Registration -

Distribute “Evaluating a valid web site”;

What are analysis, evaluation, and elaboration? Analyzing conflicting information (Reading 2.5, Writing 1.5, 2.3c)

Yellow Preliminary Research Worksheets Due;

Collect “As Time Goes By” annotations & rubric;

Keyword searches; teach and practice;

Complete Evaluating a Web  Site Worksheet;

Complete Analyzing the Logic of an Article

Vocabulary Crossword

Grammar, Ex. 1-2

Continue work on your Annotated Bibliography of Sources and Information

Read Moliere Tartuffe (1664); write a Think Piece

Mar 12

Brainstorming, gathering information; narrowing your topic; summarizing information (Writing 2.3a);

Creating an Annotated Bibliography – correct format (see Purdue.edu on English II-Honors Help page);

Review Video-Rhetorical Devices (L&S 1.4, 1.10, 1.13);

Review and Collect Evaluating Web Sites worksheet;

Data, Statistics, Facts and Ideas

Grammar Ex. 3

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Work on Annotated Bibliography;

Reading on How to Conduct an Interview (Writing 2.3);

Read Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Faust; Write a Think Piece

Mar 14

Vocabulary List 10 (1-20) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Arguments: causation, analogy, authority, emotion, and logic - impact on audience;

Sample AP Question and Scoring Rubric

5 Sources for Annotated Bibliography (with at least 10 Quotations) Due (submit to turnitin.com);

Summarizing information (Writing 2.3b);

Review Preliminary Outline – what is included

Grammar Ex. 4-5

Work on Presentations;

Work on Preliminary Outline

Mar 18/19

Show Video: An Inconvenient Truth  Al Gore

 (CA Standards - Rdg. 2.8, 2.9, 3.8, 3.11; L&S 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13)

Discuss An Inconvenient Truth  Fact vs. Opinion & Generalizations vs. Evidence (Rdg. 2.8, 2.9, 3.8, 3.11; L&S 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 1.9, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13)

Do’s and Don’ts: PowerPoint Presentations;

Preliminary Outline Review;

Review on Smart Board: Statements of Organization (Writing 2.3b); Major 1, Context, Quote, Analysis (Writing 1.4); Correctly citing works (W&O 1.5)

Work on Presentations;

Finish Preliminary Outline

Mar 20

Presentations: What are a reader’s potential misunderstandings, biases, expectations (Writing 2.3)

Preliminary Outline due (Writing 2.3a); Peer review of Preliminary Outline

Review format for Final Outline (Paragraph structure, major, context, quote, in-text citations, analysis)

Journal:  How do you achieve wealth in a capitalist society?

Work on Presentations;

Work on Preliminary Outline

Mar 21-28

SPRING BREAK

VACATION

Work on Final Outline and Works Cited

Apr 1/2 (SDD)

Review: The ICD

Using Acronyms [United States (“U.S.”)] (Writing 2.3),

Review of Final Outline (major = proving?; context = who’s speaking?; analysis = analysis, etc.); Review Transition words/sentences (last+next); Final Essay Questions answered

Grammar Ex. 6, Rvw A,B,C

Finish Final Outline and Works Cited

Apr 3/4

Vocabulary List 11 (1-20) Narrative Paragraph – complete complex sentences

Review a sample SRP and Works cited

Final Outline Due; Peer Review of Final Outline

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Grammar, Ex. 7-8

Work on Final SRP

Apr 7/8

Vocabulary 11 Crossword

Posterboard, PowerPoint, and Video Presentations begin

Rough Draft Due: Peer Review for style, voice, flow, transition words/sentences, appropriate quotes/evidence, and analysis

Grammar, Ex. 9-10

Apr 9/10

Vocabulary List 11 (1-20) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Posterboard, PowerPoint, and Video Presentations

Final Essay, works cited, and Packets Due on  4/7/08– no late work accepted! Submit to turnitin.com BEFORE class.

Grammar Ex. 11-12

Apr 11/14

Vocabulary List 12 (1-20) Puzzle

Posterboard, PowerPoint, and Video Presentations

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

Grammar Ex. 13

Apr 15/16

Vocabulary 12 Narrative Paragraph

Class Quiz on Presentations

Grammar: Ex. 14

Apr 17/18

Vocabulary List 12 (1-20) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 1-10; pgs. 1-117

Power Point Presentation on issues to be aware of in Wuthering Heights

Apr 21/22 (SDD)

Vocabulary 13 Crossword

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 11-13; pgs. 118-159

Answer Analysis Questions 1.a.b.c. & 2.a.b.c.

Grammar Ex. 15-17;

Finish Analysis Questions 1 & 2

Apr 23/24

Vocabulary Unit 13 Poem

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 14-17; pgs. 160-206;

Review Analysis Questions 1-2

The Romantic Period (1798-1832)

Journal: Is Heathcliff innately cruel, or merely a victim of the society he was raised in?  Support your assertion with examples from the text.

Study for Vocabulary Quiz;

Grammar, Ex. 18-19

Answer Analysis Questions #3

Apr 25/28

Vocabulary List 13 (11-20) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 18-21; pgs. 207-250

Distribute Analysis Questions #3;

Journal: Was Emily Bronte an advocate for assisting the poor, or, contrarily, did she believe the rich should isolate themselves from the poor?  Support your assertion with examples from the text

Grammar Ex. A-C, pgs. 91-92

Finish Analysis Question 3

Apr 29/30

STAR Review

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 22-26; pgs. 250-289

Journal:  Is Catherine the evil antagonist in this story or the heroine protagonist?  Defend your argument.

Answer Analysis Questions #4

May 1/2

STAR Testing?

Testing Today

Show Movie

(Per. 1 only 12:55-1:52)

Distribute Analysis Questions #4

Finish Analysis Question 4 on Chs. 18-27

May 5/6

STAR

Vocabulary List 14 Poem

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 27-31; pgs. 289-333

 Wuthering Heights

Grammar-study for quiz

Begin 1984 by George Orwell

May 7 (COLL)/8

Vocabulary 14 Crossword

Read Wuthering Heights Chs. 32-34; pgs. 334-370

Study for Vocabulary Quiz;

Finish Analysis Question 5

May 9/12

AP Testing?

Vocabulary List 14 (1-10) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Wuthering Heights/Romantic Period Quiz

Answer Analysis Questions #5

On Google look up William Golding’s Biography – summarize in your own words

May 13/14

AP Testing?

Vocabulary List 15

Pass out timeline; character list, Introduction to Lord of the Flies: read Ch. 1; Survival Guide Assigned: table of contents, drawings with descriptions (choose roles)

Grammar: Ex. 1-2

May 15/16

AP Testing?

Vocabulary 15 Crossword

Literary Analysis Guideposts – The Quest, Christ Figure.

Critical reading/analysis of newspaper article with a highlighter

Journal: What is a better form of government: democracy, dictatorship, or anarchy?

Essay Assigned (why are planning & strong leadership necessary to the success of a society?)

Read Lord of the Flies Ch 2

Literature Circles Questions; Cut out a current political event from the newspaper

Grammar: Ex. 3;

Study for Vocabulary Quiz

May 19/20

Vocabulary List 15 (1-10) QUIZ (Reading 1.1, 1.2)

Read Lord of the Flies Ch 3

Read Articles and highlight important points

Journal: What are the first three things you would do if you were LOST on an island?

Define: Setting and Foreshadowing

Grammar, Ex. 4-5

May 21 (COLL)/22

Essay – pass out outline, discuss ICD, Thesis statement, Statement of Organization, persuasion; Review body paragraph structure, topic sentence, major, context, quote, analysis, concluding sentence, transition sentences

May 27/28

(23^rd / 26^th Memorial Day)

May 29/30

(5/? Shavuot)

Watch Lord of the Flies on May 21

Begin Video (1-2);

Literature Circles Mtg 1 (Chs. 1-3);  Group No. 1 presents what they found to the class

Read Lord of the Flies 4 & 5

Grammar: Ex. 6

June 2/3

Watch Video (3-4)

Lord of the Flies

Survival Guide Meeting: define steps, troubleshooting

Journal:

Review Persuasive Essay: definitions

Read Lord of the Flies 5 & 6

Work on Brainstorming persuasive arguments for Essay

Grammar: Ex. 6

Bring in Literature Books

June 4/5

Lord of the Flies

Literature Circles Mtg 2

(Chs. 4-6)

Group No. 2 presents what they found to the class

Survival Guide Due

Journal:  Does a “civilized” society require rules?  Explain why, what kind of rules.

Review restating your thesis, S of O, conclusion; Bibliography, citing quotes, transitions sentences

Read Lord of the Flies 7

Study for Grammar Quiz

Bring in Literature Books

June 6/9

Take Literature Books to Library

Watch Video (5-7)

Journal:  How is man different from any other mammal in the animal kingdom?

Read Lord of the Flies 8

Complete Outline

June 10/11

Review Vocabulary

Jeopardy! Units 7-9

Watch Video (8-9)

“The Second Coming” p. 1094; discussion of Joan Didion Slouching Toward Bethlehem

Journal: Define fair play and good sportsmanship.  Are they important

Life skills?  Why or why not.

Lord of the Flies 9 & 10

Complete Rough Draft, add transitions;

Grammar, Ex. 1-4 (first 5)

June 12/13

Review Vocabulary

Jeopardy! Units 10-12

Literature Circles Mtg 3 (7-9)

Group No. 3 presents what they found

Journal: When is it acceptable to kill another human being?

Lord of the Flies 11 & 12

Grammar, Ex. 5-7 (first 5)

June 16-18

Pass out Grammar Review Packet

Review Vocabulary

Jeopardy! Units 13-15

Literature Circles Mtg 4 (10-12) Group 4 Presents

Lord of the Flies

Journal: What are the benefits and pitfalls of mankinds’ ability to reason and judge?

Peer Review Rough Draft:  transition words, spelling, frag/run-on, capitals, citing and quoting correctly

Date

Review Grammar

DAY

FINAL

Journal: Is cruelty a learned behavior, or are some people born evil?

Finalize Essay Due

HALF

EXAMS