Agenda:
From Colonies to Nation
The Colonies
Unit Plan:
| Thursday, September 5 | Welcome
Agenda English lexicon |
homework: make sure you have your supplies in order and text in class for tomorrow |
| Friday, September 6 | Introduction to vocabulary Writing a precis |
Complete notes and precis on introductory pages 1-3 |
| Monday, September 9 | Review homework Important ideas and themes narrative writing/how are narratives told |
Read "The Third Book" from The General
History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles pages 12-18 |
| Tuesday, September 10 | continue discussion of narrative review work of John Smith |
no homework |
| Wednesday, September 11 | Impromptu writing How does one prepare? annotating a piece for an impromptu |
Prepare sample annotations |
| Thursday, September 12 | Impromptu writing How does one prepare? |
Prepare for first narrative impromptu |
| Friday, September 14 | Impromptu! | |
| Monday, September 17 | make-up quiz Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation Book I, Chapters IX and X (understanding audience) |
complete IX and X |
| Tuesday, September 18 | review IX/discussion
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no homework |
| Wednesday, September 19 (with substitute) | continue Bradford analysis | |
| Thursday, September 20 | class discussion | |
| Friday, September 21 (shortened schedule)
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Analyzing Poetry Bradstreet sample |
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| Monday, September 24 | Bradstreet poetry analysis | |
| Tuesday, September 25 | review Bradstreet Begin Edwards |
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| Wednesday, September 26 | Impromptu review continue Edwards |
no homework |
| Thursday, September 27 | Vocabulary Quiz Impromptu review |
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| Friday, September | Impromptu #2 | |
| Monday, October 1 | Vocabulary
Miller Article Questions: How can you best define McCarthyism?
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Homework: Complete article/questions (you will also have 10 minutes of class tomorrow). |
| Tuesday, October 2 | Discuss Miller Power point on McCarthyism Begin Crucible (if time) |
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| Wednesday, October 3 | Crucible Act One
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Homework: Applicable study guide questions (announced in class) |
| Thursday, October 4 | Review Study guide Continue Act one (if necessary) Watch Act One |
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| Friday, October 5 | Vocabulary Quiz Continue film (if necessary) Begin Act Two
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| Monday, October 8
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Act two | |
| Tuesday, October 9
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Complete Act two and study guide | |
| Wednesday, October 10
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Act two study guide | |
| Thursday, October 11
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Read Scene II of Act two and watch film | |
| Friday, October 12
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Vocabulary Quiz Complete film Begin Act Three |
Impromptu rescheduled for next week Friday |
| Monday, October 15 | Read Act three | |
| Tuesday, October 16 | Complete Act three study guide begin film (if time) |
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| Wednesday, October 17 | Complete film Begin Act four |
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| Thursday, October 18 | Vocabulary quiz Complete act four |
Study guide due on Monday |
| Friday, October 19 | Impromptu | Notice: Impromptu rescheduled for Monday. |
| Monday, October 22 | Impromptu | |
| Tuesday, October 23 | Vocabulary Irony review Crucible essay |
Essay due: Tuesday, October 30 |
| Wednesday, October 24 | Multiple Choice | |
| Thursday, October 25 | Multiple Choice | |
| Friday, October 26 | Multiple Choice |
Revolutionary Period
| Monday, October 29 | Introduction/Precis | |
| Tuesday, October 30 | techniques of persuasion/Jefferson | |
| Wednesday, October 31 | Jefferson | |
| Thursday, November 2 | Jefferson | |
| Friday, November 3 | Impromptu! | |
| Monday, November 6 | Crevecoeur | |
| Tuesday, November 7 | Crevecoeur | |
| Wednesday, November 8 | Crevecoeur Steinbeck |
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| Thursday, November 9 | Steinbeck | |
| Friday, November 10 | Vocab. quiz Steinbeck/Crev. comparison |
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| Monday, November 12 | Vocab. quiz Continue Steinbeck/Crev. |
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| Tuesday, November 13 | Steinbeck/Crev (if necessary) Multiple choice |
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| Wednesday, November 14 | Multiple choice | |
| Thursday, November 15 | quiz Love is a fallacy |
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| Friday, November 16 (with sub) |
Impromptu re-scheduled due to World History presentation | |
| Monday, November 19 | Impromptu/Review | |
| Tuesday, November 20 | Impromptu/Lab time | |
| Wednesday, November 21 | Lab time | |
| Monday, November 26 | Impromptu critique | |
| Tuesday, November 27 | Speeches | |
| Wednesday, November 28 | Speeches | |
| Thursday, November 29 | Speeches Impromptu re-writes due |
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| Friday, November 30 | Vocabulary quiz Poor Richard's Almanac |
Sorry for the delay in the agenda...
Romanticism
| Wednesday, January 2 | The Transcendental Pooh | homework if not completed |
| Thursday, January 3 | Discuss article Begin excerpts from Walden |
Walden |
| Friday, January 4 | Multiple choice Walden due on Monday |
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| Monday, January 7 | Review Walden | |
| Tuesday, January 8 | Civil Disobedience | |
| Wednesday, January 9 | Civil Disobedience | |
| Thursday, January 10 | Self-Reliance Part II | |
| Friday, January 11 | Review ideas of Thoreau and Emerson Multiple Choice practice |
Catcher in the Rye Due |
| Monday, January 14 | multiple choice practice | |
Mid-term schedule:
| Tuesday, January 15 | first and second hour exam | |
| Wednesday, January 16 | fourth and fifth hour exam | |
| Thursday, January 17 | sixth and seventh hour exam | |
| Friday, January 18 | third hour exam and make- up |
| Wednesday, January 23 | Review Mid-term | |
| Thursday, January 24 | Irving's Legend of Sleepy hallow | homework if not completed |
| Friday, January 25 | prep for class discussion | |
| Monday, January 28 | discussion | |
| Tuesday, January 29 | Video on Poe | |
| Wednesday, January 30 | Poe's Usher/letter | |
| Thursday, January 31 | continue Usher | |
| Friday, February 1 | Complete Usher | |
| Monday, February 4 | Impromptu |
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| Tuesday, February 5 | Poe Worksheet Read Rappaccini's Daughter |
Complete Rap. for homework |
| Wednesday, February 6 | Hawthorne worksheet
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grammar due Friday: Exercise One: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences You must identify and fix all examples
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| Thursday, February 7 | Choose Poe/Hawthorne story | |
| Friday, February 8 | grammar and debate (if time) | |
| Monday, February 11 | Poe Poetry | |
| Tuesday, February 12-Friday, February 15 | Gothic short story in lab | |
| Monday, February 25 | final Poe analysis Receive Grammar packets |
Unit Plan: Huckleberry Finn
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Day one: Tuesday 2/26
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Introduction to new unit (note-taking) Background on era and author
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Day two:
Wednesday 2/27 |
Introduction to characters in Huck Finn (baseball)/discussion overview of characters Begin documentary (if time) (90 minutes in length)
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Day three: Thursday 2/28
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Documentary (30 minutes) Receive impromptu/Re-write Impromptu Hughes poetry |
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Day four:
Friday 2/29 (with sub) |
Grammar Due Impromptu/RE-Write Impromptu? Homework: Begin reading chapters 1-3 and study guide |
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Day five:
Monday 3/3 |
Receive Grammar Continue documentary HW: Chapters 1-3 Quiz/discussion finish documentary if necessary Begin chapters 4-7 |
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Day six:
Tuesday 3/4 |
Quiz/Discussion
Begin Chapters 4-7
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Day seven:
Wednesday 3/5 |
Snow Day!!
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Day eight:
Thursday 3/6 |
Quiet reading hour Begin 8-11 |
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Day nine:
Friday 3/7 |
Quiet reading horu Due the scheduling changes, your quiz is now online and due on Monday!
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Day ten: Monday 3/10
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Discussion!
Homework: Read 12-18 |
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Day eleven: Tuesday 3/11
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Quiet reading (no class due to ACT)
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Day twelve: Wednesday 3/12 |
Quiz/discussion HW: 19-25 |
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Day Thirteen: Thursday 3/13 |
Quiet Reading hour at home
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Day Fourteen: Friday 3/14 |
Quiet reading hour (through 25 at the end of the hour) Homework: 26-30/study guide |
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Day fifteen:
Monday 3/17 |
Quiet reading cont’d 26-30
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Day Sixteen:
Tuesday 3/18 |
Check study guides 19-30 Quiz/discussion Discussion hour
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Day Seventeen:
Wednesday 3/19 |
Discussion hour |
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Day Eighteen:
Thursday 3/20 |
Impromptu |
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Day Nineteen: Monday 3/31
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Quiet reading hour 31-33 Grammar packets: Irregular verbs, exercises 1 and 2
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Day Twenty: Tuesday 4/1
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Discussion
19-33 HW: Read 34-44 |
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Day Twenty-one: Wednesday 4/2
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Quiet Reading Hour |
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Day Twenty-two: Thursday 4/3
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Through Study guide by end of the hour |
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Day Twenty-three: Friday 4/4
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Final discussions Assign multiple choice packet |
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Due Tuesday, April 8 |
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Day Twenty-four: Monday, 4/7
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Read Gettysburg address Review techniques of Persuasion
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| Day Twenty-five: Tuesday 4/8
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Read excerpts from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas Multiple choice due! |
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| Day Twenty-Six: Wednesday 4/9 |
Comparison between Twain and Douglas | |
| Day Twenty-Seven: Thursday 4/10 |
Complete documentary | |
| Friday 4/11 | Impromptu
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Poetry Unit
| Monday, 4/14 | Intro to Dickinson Dickinson Poetry (pages 971-986) |
You must analyze one of the following poems: 303, 252, 288, 441, 449 |
| Tuesday, 4/15 | Dickinson poetry Intro to Frost |
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| Wednesday, 4/16 | Frost poetry Intro to Whitman |
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| Thursday, 4/17 | Whitman poetry | |
| Friday, 4/18 | poetry/coffee hour???? |
The Great Gatsby
| Monday, 4/21 | Begin book circles: Grammar due Thursday! Commas exercises one and two Read Introduction The Great Gatsby chapter one due tomorrow |
Please also look to see the extra credit opportunity! |
| Tuesday, 4/22 | discuss chapter one book circles in lab
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| Wednesday, 4/23 | Continue book circles in lab Read Chapter two
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| Thursday, 4/24 |
study guide check/reading time?/class discussion |
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| Friday, 4/25 | Impromptu homework: Chapter 3 |
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| Monday, 4/28 | Book Circles in lab Chapter four for tomorrow
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| Tuesday, 4/29 | book circles: Chapter four read chapters five and six |
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| Wednesday, 4/30 | quiet reading hour | |
| Thursday, 5/1 | quiet reading hour
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| Friday, 5/2 (with sub) |
book circles in lab chapters 4-6 Homework: Read chapter seven over the weekend! |
Extra credit due! |
| Monday, 5/5 | Discussion Read Chapter 8 |
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| Tuesday, 5/6 | Quiet reading/questions Read Chapter nine |
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| Wednesday, 5/7 | Book Circles in lab Chapter nine | |
| Thursday, 5/8 | Final class discussion/assign essay | You will have no homework for the rest of this week so that you can focus solely on your essay. |
| Friday, 5/9
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film comparisons |
Death of a Salesman
| Monday, 5/12 | Gatsby film Essay questions????
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| Tuesday, 5/13 | Intro to Salesman/ Begin Act One |
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| Wednesday, 5/14 | Continue Act One | |
| Thursday, 5/15 | Continue/Complete Act One | |
| Friday, 5/16 | Impromptu | Gatsby essays due!!!! |
| Monday, 5/19 | Watch Act One | |
| Tuesday, 5/20 | Finish act one film Begin Act Two |
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| Wednesday, 5/21 | Continue Act two | |
| Thursday, 5/22 | Continue Act Two (if necessary) Watch Act Two |
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| Friday, 5/23 | Watch Act Two | |
Harlem Renaissance
| Tuesday, 5/27 | Hughes Documentary | |
| Wednesday, 5/28 | Intro to Hughes/DuBois/Hurston |
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| Thursday, 5/29 | Hughes | |
| Friday, 5/30 | no class | |
| Monday, 6/2 | Hughes/Du Bois in lab
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| Tuesday, 6/3 | no class | |
| Wednesday, 6/4 | Du Bois due Hurston |
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| Thursday, 6/5 | Hurston | |
| Friday, 6/6 | TBD |
Final Assessment Schedule
| Monday, 6/9 | second hour exam | |
| Tuesday, 6/10 | third hour exam |