January 2009 Archives

Monday:

-Finish Reading "Black Veil"

-Homework:  Do Review and Assess questions on page 348  (Due Wednesday)

study for Vocab Quiz

Tuesday: 

-"Black Veil" Vocabulary Quiz

- How to Write a Parable.doc (Collected for a CLASSWORK grade)

Wednesday:

-Questions from page 348 due

-Review Questions from the story

-Begin Reading "Where is Here?" pg 374

Thursday:

-Finish Reading "Where is Here?" pg 374

-Discuss story

Friday:

-Begin reading "The Life you Save May be Your Own" pg 972

The You Save May Be Your Own Questions.doc

Monday:

-Continue Reading Antigone

-Hwk: Finish Reading scene 1 of Antigone- Do questions on page 787

Tuesday: 

-Continue Reading Antigone

-Reading Questions Due

-Distrubute Antigone Vocabulary

Wednesday:

-Continue Reading Antigone

Thursday:

 -Continue Reading Antigone

-Vocab Quiz over 1st 15 Antigone Vocab Words

Friday:

-Typed intro and 1st body paragraph DUE. 

-Library for Research Projects

Monday:

-MLA 101: Lesson on basic MLA citations

MLA Citation Practice Warm.doc 

MLA Style Guide.pdf

MLA in-text citations.doc

  Developing a good thesis statement

Homework:  ThesisStatementWorksheet.doc

 Tuesday: 

PowerPoint:  RESEARCH INTRO THESIS.ppt 

AN INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH WRITING PPT.doc 

Wednesday:

-Introduction to Greek Theater

greektheatre.ppt 

- Introduction to greek theater followalong guide.doc 

Thursday:

-Begin reading Antigone

-Distribute Antigone  study questions

Antigone Study Guide.doc 

Friday:

-Continue Reading Antigone

-Introduction Paragraph for Research Paper due

Monday:

Vocabulary Quiz

Film: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Tuesday: 

 Film: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Wednesday:

Film: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Thursday:

-Begin reading The Minister's Black Veil pg 336

-Distribute "Black Veil" vocab (Not available in electronic form)

-Vocab quiz on Tuesday

Friday:

-Finish reading The Minister's Black Veil  pg 336

-Do Questions on page 348

-Introduction Paragraph for Literary Analysis Essay due

Introduction Paragraph Check List.doc

Due Dates:

Paper Due and "Sleepy Hollow" Questions Due: Monday, February 16th

Downloads:

Sleepy Hollow Citation and MLA cheat sheet.doc

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow rubric and directions.doc

Tuesday: 

 -Continue Reading the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Wednesday:

 -Continue Reading the Legend of Sleepy Hollow

-Review Sleepy Hollow Vocab  Sleepy Hollow Vocab List.doc 

Thursday:

 -Film: Legend of Sleepy Hollow

 Friday:

-Distribute Literary Analysis Essay Topic and Rubric The Legend of Sleepy Hollow rubric and directions.doc

Sleepy Hollow Citation and MLA cheat sheet.doc

-Continue watchingthe Legend of Sleepy Hollow

 -Homework: Vocab Practice Sleepy Hollow Vocab Practice.doc

Tuesday: 

-Introduce Research Paper

Research errors.doc 

Research Paper on WAR.doc 

  RESEARCH PAPER CONTRACT.doc

PERSUASIVE RESEARCH TOPICS.doc

Research Rubric 2008.doc

Persuasive Research ESSENTIAL QUESTION materials.doc

Wednesday:

-Library for "Big Six" Presentation and research

Thursday:

-Library for Research

Friday:

-Library for Research

-Parent Signed Contract Due

Here are all of the attatchments for your research paper that is due on February 18th, 2009

Persuasive Research ESSENTIAL QUESTION materials.doc

Research Rubric 2008.doc

PERSUASIVE RESEARCH TOPICS.doc

RESEARCH PAPER CONTRACT.doc

Research Paper on WAR.doc

Research errors.doc

Monday:

-Distribute E.Dickinson Mini-Project Assignments Dickinson Mini Project.doc

-Dickinson Poem Group Activity Dickinson Group Poem Activity.doc

Tuesday: 

-Finish Group Activity from yesterday (Class Dicsussion on poems)

-"Write Like Emily"  Poem Acitivity  Write Like Dickinson.pdf 

Wednesday:

-EOCT/SAT Warm-up

-E. Dickinson In-Class Writing

Thursday:

 -2nd Period: In-class writing

-3rd, 6th, and 7th Period:  Film:  Fall of the House of Usher in preparation for the Gothic Literary Tradition

Friday:

-E.Dickinson Mini-Project Due

-Power Point: Southern Gothic PP.ppt

-Power Point Follow Along Guide Gothic PPT Notes.doc

- Qualities of Gothic Literature.doc

-Begin reading "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"

Sleepy Hollow Text 1.doc

Monday:

Finish OMM Character Profiles from last Thursday

Tuesday: 

Present Character Proflies/Review for OMM Test

Wednesday:

OMM Multiple Choice Test

Thursday:

Film:  Of Mice and Men

Friday:

Film:  Of Mice and Men

-Winter Project Due Wednesday, 1/6

-OMM In-Class Writing Friday, 1/9

-OMM Exam  Tuesday, 1/13

Tuesday: 

-Review Spring Semester plan 10th grade Spring Unit Plans.doc  

-OMM POP Quiz (see me to make-up)

Wednesday:

Thursday:

-George and Lennie Character Profiles

Mice and Men Character Sketch.ppt 

Friday:

-In-Class Writing (see me to make-up)

n Class Essay Of Mice and Men.doc 

10^th grade Spring Unit Plans

·        January 6^th-16^th:  Of Mice and Men

-In-class writing

-Exam

-Film: Of Mice and Men

·        January 19^th- February 20^th:  Antigone and Research Paper

-Research Paper

-Exam

-Film: Antigone

·        February 20^th-April 3rd : Epics and Legends

-Persuasive Essay

-Epic Unit Project

-Exam

-Film: Don Quixote

-Film: Merlin

·        April 3^rd- end of semester: Macbeth

-Exam

-Film: Macbeth

Tuesday: 

-Review Plan for the rest of the semeter 11th Grade Spring Plans.doc

-Review poetry terms on page 257

-Read "A Psalm of Life" Pg 258  and  "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" page 260

 Wednesday:

-Warm-up:  EOCT/SAT Practice

-Review/Collect Handout from yesterday

-Read "Thanatopsis" page 267- Thanatopsis Questions.doc (Due Tomorrow)

 Thursday:

-Intro to Emily Dickinson PowerPoint

Emily Dickinson Powerpoint.ppt 

Dickinson PPT Guide.doc

 Friday:

-Warm-up:  EOCT/SAT Practice

-Romanticism Quiz

-Group Activity:  Read the three E. Dickinson poems on page 424-425, and each group will answer questions on the poem.  There will also be a class discussion.

11^th grade  American Literature Second Semester Unit Schedule

·       Romanticism/ Transcendentalism (Jan 6^th-Feb 27^th)

-In-class writing on Emily Dickinson

-Essay:  Literary Analysis on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

-Gothic Literature 2-part Project*

-Film:  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

-Exam

·       Realism (Feb 27th-March 20th)

-Film:  Glory

-Exam

·       Modernism (March 20^th - End of Semester)

-The Great Gatsby

-A Raisin in the Sun

-Film:  The Great Gatsby

-Film:  A Raisin in the Sun

-In class writing: Symbolism in A Raisin in the Sun

***ALL plans are tentative and subject to change at the instructor's discretion