Monday:

1.      DEAR – Students will read AR books for 15 minutes.

2.      Vocabulary (Word to Own) Students will record the ten Words to Own into their class binder.

a)      Conviction

b)      Proportionate

c)      Imparted

d)      Manifest

e)      Predominating

f)        Transcendent

g)      Benefactors

h)      Conspiracy

i)        Aversion

j)        integrity

3.      Guided Reading Activity:

a)      Objective:

·        Identify the meaning of metaphors based on literary allusions and conceits.

b)      Read the Make the Connection on page 224 and complete the Quick-write.

c)      Read the excerpt from “Self-Reliance” p. 224-225.

d)      Use a two-column chart to record highlight metaphors.  In the second column explain each metaphor in your own words.

e)      Assessment: In your paragraph, write your opinion of Emerson’s version of self-reliance.  Do you agree with him or disagree with him?  What is self-reliance in your mind and how would you describe it to other?

 

Tuesday – District benchmark testing

Objective: to determine students’ on-grade-level skills and knowledge.

Activity:

1. Students will take the district test on reading in English
2. Students who miss will receive a zero for the benchmark test unless the district arranges a alternative day of testing.
3. Results of the test will be reflected in five percent of the overall English 11 grade.

 

Wednesday

1.      DEAR – Students will read AR books for 15 minutes.

2.      DOL – Record Words to Own

a)      Fill in-the-blank sentences

3.      Guided Reading: aphorisms

a)      Objectives:

·        Critique the consistency and clarity of the text’s purposes.

·        Analyze the power, validity, and truthfulness of the arguments advanced in persuasive text

b)      Activity:

·        Answer the Making Meaning questions for “Self-Reliance” on page 228 on the Elements of Literature book.

c)      Assessment: Journal entry: “Trick or Truth” (Choices 2) on page 229 of the text. 

 

Thursday

A       DEAR – students will read AR books for 10 minutes.

B       Guided Reading: excerpt from “Nature”

1.      Objectives:

·        Make relevant inferences by synthesizing concepts and ideas from a single reading selection.

·        Analyze culturally or historically significant literary works of American literature that reflect our major literary periods and traditions.

2.      Test over Emerson’s excerpts from “Nature” and “Self-Reliance”.

a.       Transcendentalism genre questions

b.      Comprehension check on literary selections

c.       Words to Own – 20 words from both stories

C       Assessment: Student performance on test

 

Friday

1.      DEAR – students will read AR books for 10 minutes.

2. Vocabulary (Words to Own) Students will record the ten Words to Own into their class binder.

a)      Alacrity

b)      Effectual

c)      Expedient

d)      Impetuous

e)      Inherent

f)        Insurrection

g)      obstruction

h)      Penitent

i)        Perverted

j)        Posterity

3. Guided Reading: Transcendentalism
1. Read about Henry David Thoreau on pages 230-231 in textbook

·        Read about Ralph Waldo Emerson to answer the following questions:

·        What was his profession?

·        When and where was he born?

·        Where did he attend school?

·        Why is he famous?

2. Students are to write a response to the Quickwrite in their journals.
3. Discuss paradox and background.