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NOVEMBER 2009
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2 Unit 2 Test:
Enlightenment and Revolutionaries HW: Read Chapter 6 of The Scarlet Letter |
3 In class reading of Chapter 7. I will be out of the building, but we will
discuss 6 and 7 upon my return. |
4 Today we only got through discussion of Chapter 6
in 5th, and through part of chapter 7 in 4th. We will conclude discussion for chapter 7
for both classes tomorrow. HW: read Chapter 8.
I will be requiring that each person facilitate class discussion at
some point during the remainder of the novel.
Be prepared to lead discussion at any given time.
Annotate—it’s the best preparation.
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5 Discussion of Chapters 7 and 8 of The Scarlet
Letter There will be some student facilitation today! ARE
YOU READY? HW: Read Chapter 9. |
6 Discussion of Chapter 9. HW: Read chapters 10-12 over the weekend. We will begin discussing these chapters on
Monday. 5th Period: We will be viewing “A Piece
of My Heart” during our class time.
Please meet me in the auditorium. This will put us a day behind, but
we will be caught up by Thursday of next week. |
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9 Journal Entry
# 10 Student facilitated
discussion of chapter 10. Be
prepared with at least two questions and a few quotes to lead our discussion
of Hawthorne’s classic. |
10 Student facilitated discussion of chapter 10
(conclusion) and of 11. |
11 Quiz chapters 1-8 over Scarlet Letter |
12 Student facilitated discussion of Chapter 11. Make sure that 12 and 13 are read by
tomorrow and be prepared to discuss should I call on you to facilitate. |
13 Discussion of chapters 12 and 13. HW: Read through 15. |
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16 Journal Entry
#11 Discussion of Chapters 14 and 15. Be prepared to lead discussions as a
student facilitator! HW: Read 16 and 17 |
17 Discussion of 16 and 17. HW: Read Chapters 18 and 19. |
18 Learning Matters Day You will
have the 30 minutes of class to begins tonight’s homework: Chapters 20 and 21. |
19 Scarlet Letter Chapter Questions This may be used as a study guide for Monday’s
test. Be aware that any discussion we have had in class is fair game on the
test! Discussion of Chapters 18-20. HW: Read 22-23 |
20 Discussion of 21-23 and in class reading of the
Conclusion. Complete Chapter Questions
as study guide. Test Monday. |
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23 Test Today! |
24 Yet to be determined. We may begin viewing The Scarlet Letter, or we may play a vocabulary game… |
25 Thanksgiving Break |
26 Thanksgiving Break
Happy Turkey Day! |
27 Thanksgiving Break |
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October 2009
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(30) GHSWT |
1 Overview of Enlightenment period, thoughts and ideas. In-class reading of part I of Descartes’ “Discourse on
Method.” I will give you time to annotate after we
read it aloud and then we will discuss.
HW: Read parts 2 and 4 of Descartes. |
2 SAT Vocab Quiz for lists 4 and 5. Discussion of Descartes “Discourse on Method.” |
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5 Journal Entry
#7 Conclusion of Descartes. Distribution of Hobbes’s excerpt from “Leviathan” Read and Annotate |
6 Discussion of Hobbes’s essay. HW: None |
7 PSAT Prep. PSAT booklets distributed. Today we will go over strategies for
responding to the various types of English questions. We will work through some questions
together and you will finish on your own. HW: Section 1 of PSAT booklet; read and annotate
Locke’s essay |
8 4th: Review of Section 1 from PSAT booklet;
discussion of Locke’s essay. 5th: Review of Section 1 from PSAT
booklet; read and annotate Locke’s essay in class. You will spend some of the period with Mr.
DeWeese today. |
9 TEACHER
WORK DAY: Students
Off. |
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12 Journal Entry
#8 Discussion of PSAT questions for sections 3 and 5. |
13 Vocabulary
Test of Lists 1-5. |
14 PSAT Day. No classes.
You will report to your homeroom to take the PSAT. Today is also a half day, so at the
conclusion of testing, you will be released from school. |
15 In Class grading of Vocab Test. Discussion of Locke
and his essay. GHSWT PPT and sample essay with explanations |
16 BRING BOOK TO CLASS In Class Reading of: Ben Franklin’s Poor
Richard’s Almanac and his Autobiography HW: Work on GHSWT Prompt (due next Friday) |
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19 Journal Entry
#9 BRING BOOK TO CLASS We are going to discuss Ben Franklin’s writings in
conjunction with the literature of the Enlightenment studied thus far. HW: Reexamine Franklin’s Almanac and connect his
proverbs to the philosophers of the Enlightenment. |
20 Discussion of Monday’s HW. In class reading of Rousseau. Handouts will be given. HW: Read Rousseau’s philosophy on Education |
21 Apples to Apples…you deserve a vocabulary FUN Day. We will strive to include Enlightenment ideals in
our defense of noun choices for the sour apple adjective cards…woo hoo! |
22 In class reading of “The Declaration of
Independence” (in text). We will compare
the ideas of all of the philosophers we’ve studied thus far with those of
this founding document. |
23 Discussion of Rousseau’s philosophy on
education. PEP RALLY DAY HW: Read Thomas Paine’s “Crisis Number 1” |
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26 GHSWT Paper
Due Journal #10
Due Discussion of Paine’s “Crisis Number 1” (160 in text) HW: Read “Speech in the Virginia Convention” (167?)
and bring Scarlet Letter to class. |
27 New sentence for our intense scrutiny. FUN! Discussion: Patrick Henry’s “Speech at the Virginia
Convention” Bring The
Scarlet Letter to class. We will begin reading—woo hoo! I love the book and hope you will, too! Read and annotate Chapter 1 Print: SAT Vocab List 6. Words will
be on Monday’s Enlightenment Test. |
28 Discussion of The
Scarlet Letter Chapters 1 HW: Scarlet Letter Chapter 2 and Begin Prep for Enlightenment Test. Covered will be:
Theories of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, as well as
Revolutionary thinkers Franklin, Paine, and Henry. Vocab: SAT vocab list 6 in addition to words encountered
during the unit. Grammar: use of commas, identifying prepositional
phrases as adjectivial, adverbial, or nouns. TEST MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2nd |
29 Discussion of Chapter 2. Any left over time will be utilized to read
chapter 3. You may also read your
outside reading novel during this time.
HW: Continue preparing for Enlightenment and
Revolutionaries Test And conclude Reading of Ch. 3 |
30 Discussion of Chapter 3. HW: Prepare for test! |
September 2009
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(31) Journal Entry #3 Introduction to The Crucible. I will distribute
(and we will) read an article on Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible. HW: If necessary, you
will finish this article and annotate for homework for Wednesday. |
1 Discussion of Arthur
Miller article. Assignment of
character parts for today and Friday. Distribution of the
following: ~Character/Vocabulary sheet for The Crucible.
~Unit One
Assessment project.
In class reading of
pages…(Will post once we’ve done the reading for those who are absent). HW: Prepare for Timed
Writing. AP Writing Comments to expect on your timed writings: How? Why? So? So What? Prove. Clarify |
2 AP Style Timed Writing over one of the following: (your choice!) Our Town Ender’s
Game Lord of the Flies A Separate Peace Fahrenheit 451 Twilight Butcher’s Crossing To Kill a Mockingbird You may use the rubric as you write, but no notes
or outlines. For this first timed
writing, you may prepare in advance, but you will not be able to utilize
notes during the class period. |
3 Unit 1 Quiz
which will include SAT Vocabulary
from list #1 Distribution of Outside Reading
Assignment and SAT Vocab. List 2 Prepositional Phrase Review. This will be a basic review. Once I am back next week, we will begin
working on identifying prepositional phrases as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns
and diagramming them. |
4 In class reading.
Goal: Act I will be completed by the end of class. With any extra time, you should fill in the
character/vocabulary sheets for The Crucible. HW: Begin
thinking about your outside reading project.
If you are really ambitious, begin the project over the weekend. As for The Crucible, we will pick up where
we left off when we get back on Tuesday.
Enjoy your three day weekend! |
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7 LABOR DAY—NO SCHOOL |
8 Journal Entry
#4 Begin discussion of character sheet for ACT I of The Crucible |
9 Conclusion of discussion for ACT I character
sheet. We will view ACT I of The Crucible Film and
discuss distinctions between the film and the play, paying particular
attention to the opening scene, on Thursday.
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10 Conclusion of ACT I film clip and discussion. SAT Vocab Quiz
2 |
11 We will begin reading ACT II if time allows,
keeping the same speaking parts as we had for ACT I. HW: Unit One Project and Conclude reading ACT
II. |
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14 Pop Quiz over ACT II. With remaining time we will focus our attention on
the dynamic characters we have encountered thus far in The Crucible. HW: Be working on your Unit I project. |
15 Grammar…fun times, promise! Discussion of Static Characters from ACT II. Keep your annotations in your books
going! I may check them at ANY TIME! HW: Be working on your Unit I project. |
16 EARLY RELEASE DAY In class reading of ACT III. HW: Unit one project due tomorrow. |
17 Unit One
Project Due. This is an
extension from the original due date of September 15th. Discussion of ACT III and distribution of test
Study Guide. |
18 SAT Vocabulary Quiz Question and Answer session for Monday’s test. |
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21 We will conclude our viewing of The Crucible today
in class. Study Guides will be distributed but are also available here. |
22 FLOOD DAY!
(There’s a first!) |
23 In Class review.
You must come with answers prepared and I will help you ensure your
responses are correct. |
24 Unit One Test Crucible
Vocabulary Due Today Crucible
Annotations Due Today |
25 We will begin preparations for the GHSGWT which is
next Wednesday during 1st and 2nd periods. We will postpone an SAT vocab quiz until next
Friday. We will quiz over weeks 4 and
5 at that time. |
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28 Journal Entry
#5 Continuation of preparation for Graduation Writing
Test. |
29 Continuation of preparation for GHSGT. Today we will discuss questions/points of
difficulty you had as you wrote and provide solutions. We will spend some time reviewing the following
sentence for all things significant: “His room smelled of cooked grease,
Lysol, and age.” What makes this sentence work? How would changing word order change the
meaning? What is unusual about the
diction? What do we know about the
boy/man who inhabits this room? What
can we say structurally about the sentence?
Grammatically? This exercise
will be the foundation of most of our learning concerning grammar. |
30 GHSWT We will play a game in class today to celebrate
the successful writing of the GHSWT.
Relax! You deserve itJ |
(1) Overview of Enlightenment period, thoughts and
ideas. In-class reading of part I of Descartes’ “Discourse on Method.” I will give you
time to annotate after we read it aloud and then we will discuss. HW: Read parts 2 and 4 of Descartes. |
(2) SAT Vocab Quiz for lists 4 and 5. Discussion of Descartes “Discourse on Method.” |
August 2009
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3 Summer Break |
4 Summer Break |
5 Summer Break |
6 Teacher Work Day |
7 Teacher Work Day |
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10 Introductory Activity Distribution and discussion of Class Syllabus In Class reading of the poem “The Vanishings,” by
Stephen Dunn. |
11 Conclusion of discussion for Monday’s
reading. Overview of purpose and process of annotating Turn It In Info.: Class
ID: 4th-2803127 5th-2803143 Password: 4th:
Emerson 5th:
Thoreau |
12 In Class reading and discussion of “Chief
Seattle’s Letter to President Pierce.” HW: Read the poem: “Sure You Can Ask Me a Question”. Annotate
and respond to questions.; continue working on Personal Narrative; Our Town test tomorrow. |
13 Our Town Test Our Town Books are due with annotations. |
14 Our Town books returned today. Bring books to class: we will read pages 16-21 in
class after discussing the definition and purpose of Origin Myths. Collection of “Sure…” for a grade. I will be checking your annotations as well
as reviewing the questions you answered. HW: Finish Personal Narratives and bring a
composition notebook to class. |
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17 Personal Narratives due. Composition notebooks due in class today. We will write our first journal entry. I will return “Sure You Can Ask…” and well will
discuss the poem. (We will go over the
test together in class Tuesday.) Discussion of “Earth on a Turtle’s Back” and other
reading (pps 16-21) |
18 Conclude discussion if necessary. Discussion concerning Rhetorical Devices Today we will go over the Our Town Test. HW: Butcher’s Crossing Test tomorrow and annotated books due. |
19 Butcher’s Crossing Test HW: None |
20 Checkpoints: We will meet in lab 3301 (4th period) and 4301 (5th period) HW: None |
21 Checkpoints has been cancelled. Please meet in P105 as usual. We will go over the Butcher’s Crossing Test
and we will discuss what will be due Monday, which includes Annotations for
“Earth on a Turtle’s Back” and “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” as well as
Excerpt from “The Interesting Life of Olaudah Equiano” (all are in your text). |
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24 Journal Entry
#2 Discussion of three texts from Friday. I will give you a final decision on question 32
and 50 concerning the Butcher’s
Crossing Test. (Update: #32 I will give credit for, but
question 50 remains as is per class discussion on literal and figurative
meaning.) HW: Pick up a copy of
The Crucible so that you are able
to annotate in the text. Additionally, use the information on Rhetorical Devices given in class today to assess your annotations
for “The Interesting Life…” |
25 Discussion of AP Style of writing: How to approach
the prompt Conclusion of discussion concerning “Interesting
Life of Olaudah Equiano…” HW: “To My Dear and
Loving Husband”
(102) and “Upon the
Burning of our House” (print here); AP Style Timed writing Friday. |
26 Discussion of Poetry readings. Personal Narratives returned by today. Pictures taken 35 minutes into class. |
27 Discussion of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God” Discussion of Unit 1 Quiz |
28 CHANGE: I
have decided based on class concerns to wait to have our timed writing early
next week. The Timed writing will
therefore be completed on Tuesday instead of Today. Today we need to conclude discussion on “Sinners…”
and I will give you a grammar assessment to determine areas of weakness. This will not be graded and is strictly
informative for me. No stress! Don’t even study. |
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31 Journal Entry #3 Introduction to The Crucible. I will distribute
(and we will) read an article on Arthur Miller, author of The Crucible. HW: If necessary, you
will finish this article and annotate for homework for Wednesday. |
(1) Discussion of Arthur
Miller article. Assignment of
character parts for today and Friday. Distribution of the
following: ~Character/Vocabulary sheet for The Crucible.
~Unit One Assessment project. In class reading of
pages…(Will post once we’ve done the reading for those who are absent). HW: Prepare for Timed
Writing. AP Writing Comments to expect on your timed writings: How? Why? So? So What? Prove. Clarify |
(2) AP Style Timed Writing over one of the following: (your choice!) Our Town Ender’s
Game Lord of the Flies A Separate Peace Fahrenheit 451 Twilight Butcher’s Crossing To Kill a Mockingbird You may use the rubric as you write, but no notes
or outlines. For this first timed
writing, you may prepare in advance, but you will not be able to utilize
notes during the class period. |
(3) Unit 1 Quiz
which will include SAT Vocabulary
from list #1 Distribution of Outside Reading
Assignment and SAT Vocab. List 2 Prepositional Phrase Review. This will be a basic review. Once I am back next week, we will begin
working on identifying prepositional phrases as adjectives, adverbs, or nouns
and diagramming them. |
(4) In class reading.
Goal: Act I will be completed by the end of class. With any extra time, you should fill in the
character/vocabulary sheets for The Crucible. HW: Begin
thinking about your outside reading project.
If you are really ambitious, begin the project over the weekend. As for The Crucible, we will pick up where
we left off when we get back on Tuesday.
Enjoy your three day weekend! |