Week of August 1st - 5th:
Monday:
Syllabus distributed
Students were provided with No Red Ink usernames and passwords. Diagnostic test was assigned.
Tuesday:
Students took notes over the American Literary Periods (Native American period only).
Oral tradition project was assigned. Projects are due Friday August 5th.
Wednesday:
Project work day.
Thursday:
Review No Red Ink
Students took notes over A.L.P. (Colonial Period only).
Students used the remainder of class to finish Native American Projects.
Friday: Presentations
Week of August 8th through August 12th:
Monday: Read William Bradford's "Of Plymouth Plantation" and complete reading log.
Tuesday: Continue "Of Plymouth" and Reading Log
Wednesday: Complete text based questions for the reading log.
Thursday: Begin Mary Rowlandson's "Captivity Narrative" and complete the reading log.
Friday: Complete "Captivity Narrative: and Reading Log.
Week of August 15th through August 19th:
Monday: Begin "Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10, 1666" and complete TP-CASTT
Tuesday: Complete TPCASTT, Review annotation handout, read and annotate "On Being Brought from Africa to America."
Wednesday: Complete and discuss The Crucible anticipation guide.
Thursday: Finish Class discussion
Friday: Begin The Crucible web quest.
Week of August 22 through August 26:
Monday: Work day for Web Quest
Tuesday: Begin reading Act 1 of The Crucible
Wednesday: Read The Crucible
Thursday: Read The Crucible
Friday: Act 1 Quiz Read The Crucible (begin Act 2)
Week of August 29th through September 2nd:
Monday: Read Act 2
Tuesday: Distribute guided reading questions.
Wednesday: Read Act 3 Hysteria Activity
Thursday: Read Act 3
Friday: Reading Quiz
Finish Act 3
Letter Writing Assignment: Write a Letter to Abigail OR Elizabeth. Pretend you are John Proctor at the end of Act III. You have an opportunity to write a letter to EITHER Abigail or Elizabeth. Which do you choose? Write a letter (at least one page front and back) to either Abigail or Elizabeth pretending you are Proctor. Given the current circumstances, what do you have to say?
Week of September 5th through September 9th:
Monday: Labor Day
Tuesday: Work Day Letter Writing Assignment
Wednesday: Read Act 4
Thursday: Film Day
Friday: Film Day
Week of September 12th through September 16th:
Monday: Finish The Crucible, RACE writing assignment: How has Rev. Hale changed over the course of the play?
Tuesday: Watch The Crucible noting the similarities and differences between the film and the drama.
Wednesday:Watch The Crucible noting the similarities and differences between the film and the drama.
Thursday: Watch The Crucible noting the similarities and differences between the film and the drama.
Friday: Think - Pair - Share activity: Which scene in the film had the most impact on your understanding of the drama? Why?
Week of September 19th through September 23rd: Fall Break
Week of September 26th through September 30th:
Monday: The Crucible Essay assignment, Complete outlines
Tuesday: Complete rough draft
Wednesday: Write Final Draft: Due at the end of class!
Thursday: Distribute Socratic Seminar questions: Pick 5 to answer using the A.C.E. method
Friday: Socratic Seminar
Week of October 3rd through 7th:
Monday: Notes over rhetorical devices
Tuesday: Continue Notes over Rhetorical Devices and Notes over A.L.P.: Revolutionary Period Only
Wednesday: Read and annotate Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention"
Thursday: Continue with Patrick Henry's Speech, answer questions 1-13 with a partner. Friday: Begin reading and annotating D.o.I.
Week of October 10th through 14th:
Monday: Teacher Work Day.
Tuesday: Continue annotating The Declaration of Independence.
Wednesday: Begin Teenage Declaration of Independence.
Thursday: Work Day for the Teenage Declaration of Independence.
Friday: Teenage Declaration of Independence Due; Notes over American Literary Periods: Romantics only.
Week of October 17th through October 21st:
Monday: Watch A&E Biography over Edgar Allan Poe
Tuesday: Finish A&E Video; begin reading "The Fall of the House of Usher" and complete Reading Log.
Wednesday: Finish reading "The Fall of the House of Usher" and complete Reading Log.
Thursday: Open Note Quiz over A&E Edgar Allan Poe Biography; assign narrative writing assignment: Pretend you are Roderick Usher's treating psychiatrist. Detail your evaluation and diagnosis of Roderick. You must use dialogue and textual evidence to support your diagnosis.
Friday: Narrative Work Day
Week of October 24th through 28th:
Monday: Narrative Work Day
Tuesday: Narrative Work Day
Wednesday: Narrative Work Day
Thursday: Read "The Raven" complete paraphrasing activity
Friday: Group activity - identify internal rhyme, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and repetition in "The Raven."
Week of October 31st through Nov. 4th:
Monday: Read "The Black Cat" Review Plot diagram
Tuesday: Review sample GA Milestone Responses and Scoring
Wednesday: Begin "Rip Van Winkle" complete reading log.
Thursday: Complete Reading Log
Friday: Visual rhetoric: Coke ad.; Finish "Rip Van Winkle"
Week of November 7th through 11th:
Monday and Tuesday: Teacher Work Day
Wednesday: Visual rhetoric Cadillac ad.; Begin reviewing Expository Writing see expository notes - Draft one paragraph using a summary
Thursday: continue summary paragraph
Friday: Discuss paraphrasing - draft one paragraph using a paraphrase
Week of November 14th through 18th:
Monday: Review direct quotations, insertions, and omissions - draft one paragraph using a direct quotation
Tuesday: WriteScore - pretest for the writing portion of the GA Milestone
Wednesday: Peer Review of expository paragraphs
Thursday: Write final draft of expository paragraphs
Friday: Writing focus topic - varied by class period
Week of November 21st through the 25th: Thanksgiving Break
Week of November 28th through December 2nd
Monday: Assign group poetry project; begin "Old Ironsides" TPCASTT
Tuesday: Continue working on TPCASTT for "Old Ironsides"
Wednesday: Finish TPCASTT; review elements of Romantic literature
Thursday: Work day Poetry Project
Friday: Work day Poetry Project
Week of December 5th through the 9th:
Monday: Poetry Presentations
Tuesday: Poetry Presentations
Wednesday: Read and discuss "Self-Reliance" by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thursday: Review
Friday: Review
Week of December 12th through 16th:
Monday: Review
Tuesday: Review
Wednesday: Exams
Thursday: Exams
Friday: Exams
