December 17 - December 20
Monday, December 17
Write Argument Essay
Tuesday, December 18
Review for Final
Due: Argument Essay (Will be graded for: Hook, Claim, Support, Concession, Call to Action, and Conventions)
Wednesday, December 19
2nd Hour final: 10:10-11:40
Thursday, December 20
5th Hour final: 8:00-9:30
December 10 - December 13
Monday, December 10
Read Silently -- No Reading Logs this week.
Read "Dave Barry Does Japan"
Tuesday, December 11
Read Silently -- No Reading Logs this week.
Read "Going to Japan"
Wednesday, December 12
Read Silently -- No Reading Logs this week.
Read "Everyday Use"
Thursday, December 13
Read Silently -- No Reading Logs this week.
Complete Concern Quilt
December 3 - December 6
Monday, December 3
Reading Question -- Pick a phrase from your reading that made you think. Write it down and explain how it made you think.
Overview of this section in terms of argument: hook, claim, refutation, support, and call to action.
Read Pico Iyer's "Where Worlds Collide"
Tuesday, December 4
Reading Question -- List the events in order that have happened so far.
Wednesday, December 5
Reading Question -- Identify the antagonist (bad guy) and say why you believe the character is the antagonist.
Read Robert Lake's "An Indian Father's Plea"
Thursday, December 6
Reading Question -- If there is to be a movie about your book who would play the main character and why?
Read "Dave Barry Does Japan"
Due: Reading Logs
November 26 - November 29
Monday, November 26
Silent Reading -- What are the two most important ideas from what you’ve been reading?
SoW#2
Pros and Cons Prereading for "Matrimony with a Proper Stranger"
read "Matrimony with a Proper Stranger"
Due: LAL Essays
Tuesday, November 27
Silent Reading -- What are two emotions the main character has felt? What made the main character feel that way?
Finish reading read "Matrimony with a Proper Stranger"
Wednesday, November 28
Silent Reading -- What have you found boring about what you’ve been reading? What made it boring? If you were the author, what would you do to make it more interesting?
Read Poem "Father and Son"
mimick poem
Thursday, November 29
Silent Reading -- What is the mood of what you’re reading (happy, sad, funny, serious, etc.)? Defend your idea.
Quiz on SoW#2
Continue "Father and Son" Poems
Due: Reading Logs
November 19 - November 20
Monday, November 19
Silent Reading
Revise Letters about Literature Essays
Tuesday, November 20
Workshop Letters about Literature Essays
Sentence Inventory
Due:Second Draft of LAL
No Calendars or reading logs due this week.
November 12 - November 15
Monday, November 12
Silent Reading -- What was going through your mind as you read?
Sentence of the Week
Continue to write Letters about Literature Essays
Tuesday, November 13
Silent Reading -- What is something you have learned from your reading?
Workshop Letters about Literature Essays and Revise
Wednesday, November 14Silent Reading -- Why do you think the author wrote this?Work on LAL Essays
Thursday, November 15
Silent Reading -- What motivates the character's behavior?
Sentence of the Week Quiz
Work on LAL Essays
Due: Reading Logs and LAL (drafts at the end of the hour)
October 29- November 1
Monday, October 29
Humor and Satire
Read "Us and Them"
Tuesday, October 30
Continue reading "Us and Them"
Wednesday, October 31
Review Grammar
Write Reviews about your book
Work on Letters about Literature
Thursday, November 1
Review Grammar
Work on Letters about Literature
Due: Reading Logs
October 22-25
Monday, October 22
Pretest for Unit II
Learning Focus
Introduce Letters about Literature
Tuesday, October 23
Reading Art: First Impression, Closer Look, Questioning, Artistic Technique, Subject Matter, Putting It All Together
Topic Sentences
Wednesday, October 24
Reading Art: First Impression, Closer Look, Questioning, Artistic Technique, Subject Matter, Putting It All Together
Thesis statements
Thursday, October 25
In-class essay
October 15-18
Monday, October 15
Finish Monologues
Go over Stereotype of Voice Assignment (due)
Tuesday, October 16
Introduce Two-Voiced Poem
Write Two-Voiced Poem
Wednesday, October 17
Review for Test
Two-Voiced Poem due
Thursday, October 18
Test on Modern Voice Unit
Due: Reading Logs
October 8-11
Tuesday, October 8
Read Silently
Revise Monologue and Practice
Wednesday, October 9
Read Silently
Revise Monologue
Thursday, October 10
Read Silently
Stereotype Activity
Friday, October 11
Read Silently
Perform Monologue
Homework for Monday: Blueprint of house Question 3 on p. 47 of the packet. Also finish question 2 on p.47 of packet (The answer to this question should be added to your quadrant from Thursday.)
October 1-4
Monday, October 1
Read Silently
Review Grammar from last week.
Learn Subordinating Conjuctions
Homework: Finish SOAPSTone for your monologue.
Tuesday, October 2
Read Silently
Student put punctuation in Monologue to give it voice
Wednesday, October 3
Read Silently
Assign monologue writing assignment
Thursday, October 4
Read Silently
Work on Monologues
Due: Reading Logs
September 24-27
Monday, September 24
Review Parts of Speech
Silent Reading
Tuesday, September 25
Quiz on Parts of Speech
Silent Reading
Simple Sentences
Wednesday, September 26
Quiz on Simple Sentences
Silent Reading
Clauses v. Phrases
Thursday, September 27
Silent Reading
Quiz on Clauses
How does Voice affect monologue?
Due: Reading Logs
September 10-13
Monday, September 10
Silent Reading
Share Shields with class
Food
Object
Tradition
Music/Dance
5 Symbols -- around the outside
Your shield can be in whatever shape is appropriate.
Due: Family Shields
Tuesday, September 11
Silent Reading
Shield Writing Assignment
Wednesday, September 12
Silent Reading
Voice and writing
Read "Legal Alien"
Thursday, September 13
Silent Reading
Analyze Voice
Voice and Style
September 4-7
Tuesday, September 4
Silent Read
Revisit Culture
Discuss "Funny in Farsi"
Wednesday, August 5
Silent Read
Perception of the world
Thursday, September 6
Silent Read
Culture and Art
Friday, September 7
Silent Read
Read and Discuss "Theme for English B"
August 27 - August 30
Monday, August 27
Silent Read
Pretest
Tuesday, August 28
Silent Read
Culture Quilt
"My Mother Pieced Quilts"
Wednesday, August 29
Silent Read
Analyzing "My Mother Pieced Quilts"
Contemplating Culture
Thursday, August 30
Silent Read
Define Culture
"Funny in Farsi"
Homework: Finish Reading "Funny in Farsi"
August 20 - August 23
Monday, August 20
No School, Freshman Academy
Tuesday, August 21
Introduction
Wednesday, August 22
Policies and Procedures
Thursday, August 23
