WELCOME BACK!
It is hard to believe another summer has come and gone and we are now
facing a new school year. I am looking forward to teaching you this year.
Please check this site often throughout the year to keep up with
assignments. It is also a good idea to email me from time to time to get
personal feedback on your progress in class or for any help you may need
with assignments. I also encourage you to write to express your thoughts or
ideas about topics we are covering in class. I welcome your feedback, it
helps me to become a better teacher when I know what helps students learn.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Lynne Vance
Please check the supply link as well as teacher handouts for important
information about both English III and Fine Art Survey!
Where will your English grades come from?
Grades:
Your grades will come from a variety of sources such as:
• Daily Warm Ups
• Homework
• Vocabulary
• Quizzes
• Selection Tests
• Writing Assignments
• Group Activities
• Presentations
• Ability to follow procedures and directions ( see note below)
This year I will be assigning a point per day just for following procedures
and directions. At the beginning of each class I expect students to be in
their seat quietly completing the warm-up for the day. If you are not doing
this you will lose your point for the day. Also, as the class progresses
you will be given additional assignments, many will involve group work. If
you are talking outside of your group or not following directions and
procedures you will also lose your point. This may seem trivial to you now,
but at the end of the semester you have the opportunity to earn 90 points
just for following directions! ( Note you will not be penalized if absent.)
Grading scale:
94-100 A 93 – 87 B 86 – 79 C 78-70 D
Below 70 – FMake Up Work
Make – up work is YOUR Responsibility.
You will have three ways to keep up with important information regarding
English III and Fine Arts Survey.
• Consult Teacher Web Page
http://teacherweb.com/LA/SumnerHighSchool/MrsLVance/
• Consult Study-Buddy ( note you will either choose or be assigned
someone as your study buddy to help you stay informed. You will exchange
phone numbers and email at the beginning of the semester)
• Consult binder in class with information about class assignments
NOTE THAT MAKE-UP TESTS MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ORIGINAL TEST. PLEASE
MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE IN CLASS ON TESTING DAYS!
All make up work must be completed and turned in within three to five days
after an excused absence. Unexcused absences will receive a zero.
Friday August 8, 2008
English III - fill out personal information on card, review supplies and
grades. Read letter from teacher and respond to three questions about rules.
Fine Arts - introduction to course. Lab fees $10.00 due by Labor day
Explore how art affects our lives. View piece of art. Discuss contents and
style.
Monday August 11
English III - warm-up Discussion of expectations/rules
Fine Arts - Chapter one - three main forms of art
Tuesday August 12
English III - warm-up - Walk the line activity - begin Power
of three activity
Fine Arts - Chapter one - different professions in art -
view film clip of make-up artistry
Wednesday August 13
English III - warm -up - assigned study buddies - interview
study buddy and write an introduction
Fine Art View different types of art and identify categories.
Review for test Chapter One Friday
Thursday August 14th
English III - warm-up Read aloud introductions for study-
buddies - Write positive comments about others
Fine Arts - Design logo for your name - Test Ch 1 tomorrow
Friday August 15th
English III - warm-up - Continue introductions for study-buddies
Write a Haiku ( three lined poem with five syllables
on the first line, seven syllables on the second line
and five syllables on the third line)
Fine Arts - Test Chapter one - finish designing logo. Notes on Color
Monday August 18th
English III - warm-up
Create a piece of art to go with Haiku
Fine Arts - create secondary, neutral colors from primary colors and
demonstrate knowledge of all types of colors by painting
Babuska Ladies
Tuesday August 19
English III - warm-up
Cut up the positive comments into strips and insert into
envelopes
Fine Arts - Notes on Line Create art using only straight lines and only
curved lines
Wednesday August 20
English III - warm-up
Begin section on Native American Mythology
Read Christian Creation Myth
Define terms: from pages 46-47 in textbooks
oral literature
myth
creation myth
origin myth
totem
trickster
vault
alight
conjurer
archetype - a pattern seen repeatedly in stories. This
may be similiar characters, symbols, plotlines
Be prepared to answer big questions - What role does myth play in
society? Why is "Myth" important to man?
Thursday August 21
English III - warm-up - Read Native American Myth - "How the World
Was Made" Illustrate storyboard and summarize story
Fine Arts - Art - Scratchboard - preparation Crayon and Black tempra
Friday August 22 -
English III - Warm-up - Read Native American Myth "The Sky Tree"
Students received envelopes, created list of ways
they are seen by peers. Make list - collage for bonus.
Monday August 25th
English III - warm-up
First Essay Assignment - Compare and Contrast
Review how to write an essay, take notes to generate
details and prepare for organization. Review how it will
be graded. Rough Draft Due Wed. Sept 3rd.
Fine Arts - review for test Ch 2 Section one - Wednesday
Tuesday August 26
English III - warm-up
Group Creative Writing assignment. Students worked in
groups and rotated around the room to collaboratively
write origin myths. After writing myths, students
were randomly assigned a myth to revise, edit and perform
orally.
Fine Arts - Students worked on line drawing of George Washington using
a grid.
Wednesday August 27th
English III - warm-up
Students worked in groups to prepare for oral presentation
of myth
Fine Arts - Test - Ch. 2 section one - finish drawing of George Wash.
Thursday August 28th
English III - warm-up
Perform myths - students respond to each other's performance
Fine Arts - Introduce Principles of art - take notes
Friday August 29th
English III - warm-up. Quiz on Vocabulary and discussion of Native
American mythology
Fine Arts - begin Ch 2 - sec. 2 princiles of art
Monday Sept 8 -
English III - warm-up - return papers - prereading activity - imagine
problems/solutions to unfamiliar situation. Intro to
Cabeza de Vaza. Vocabulary assignment. Read story for
homework.
Fine Arts - Disucssion of balance. View art to determine degrees of
emotionalism
Tuesday Sept. 9
English III - warm-up
Students should have read the story. If not, they are
to read the story and respond to the questions that address
problems and solutions. Answers may be either in complete
sentences or placed on the T chart
Fine Arts - Continue discussion of principles. Today will look at
emphasis, harmony, variety - begin collage using elements
to create variety.
Wednesday September 10
English III - Introduce RAFT writing. Using point of view to understand
reading. We did two practice writing activities. Quiz
tomorrow on vocabulary
Fine Arts - continue discussion of principles of art - work on
collage demonstrating variety/harmony/emphasis
Thursday September 11
English III - warm-up -
Vocabulary quiz. Content quiz is another RAFT writing
to use point of view as way to comprehend. For this one
students are a Spanish explorer writing home to wife,
Isabella to tell her of everything that has happened
to you on your journey.
Fine Arts - continue to work on collage
Friday September 12
English III - warm-up
Turn in warm-ups. Watch video on colonial life and
colonists
Fine Arts - review for test on principles of art
Monday September 15
English III - warm-up
Introduce William Bradford and Pilgrims, discuss diction
Introduce new vocabulary words, word independently
Teacher/student conferences on essays.
Fine Arts - review for test tomorrow
Tuesday September 16th
English III - warm-up
Discuss diction further. Read and interpret quotes from
the selection. Finish for homework.
Fine Arts - Test Ch 2 Section 3
Wednesday September 17th
English III - warm-up
Review quotes. Watch animated video of pilgrams
first coming to America. Test tomorrow.
Fine Arts - those that didn't test yesterday, test today.
others work on bulletin board
Thursday September 18th
English III - warm-up
Test on selection "of Plymouth Plantation"
Fine arts - work on bulletin board
Friday September 19th
English III - warm-up
Discuss revision of papers
Read background on William Byrd - complete fill-in-blank
Fine arts - Finish bulletin board - discuss fair project.
Monday Sept. 22
English III - warm-up. REad first portion of William Byrd's
"History of the Dividing Line" Interpret/ define voc.
Fine arts - Fair project
Tuesday Sept 23
English III - warm-up - view video of archeologists and Jamestown
answer study guide questions
Fine arts - fair project
Wednesday Sept 24th -
English III -warm-up - Watch more of video and respond to questions
Fine arts - Fair project
Thursday Sept 25th
Englsih III - warm-up - Read portion of intermarriage/ finish vocab
Fine arts - fair project
Friday Sept 26th -
English III - warm-up - break down the last section about Bearskin's
religion - discuss. Pretest activity - respond to questions
similar to test questions - may use on your test. TEST MONDAY
REVISED ESSAYS DUE WEDENSDAY!
Fine arts - Fair project
Monday Sept 29th -
English III - warm-up - Test
Fine arts - fair project
Tuesday Sept 30 -
English III - warm-up - watch film "The New World"
Fine arts - fair project
Wednesday Oct 1st
English III - warm-up - turn in revised essays - review test - bonus op.
Fine Arts - clean and organize fine arts room
Thursday October 2nd -
English III - no warm-up ESSAYS DUE YESTERDAY - WILL TAKE TODAY!
Monday October 6th
English III - no warm-up watch DVD NEW WORLD
Fine Arts - define terms to know chapter three
Tuesday October 7th - same as yesterday for both classes
Wednesday October 8 -
English III - warm -up ( subject verb agreement)
return essays, distribute vocabulary workbooks
discuss/respond to teacher:student evaluations
Fine Arts - Review Ch 3 for test tomorrow
Thursday October 9
English III - warm-up/ diagnostic vocabulary activity
Fine Arts - test review - draw a still life - test tomorrow
Friday October 10
English III - warm-up/ discussion and application of context clues
Fine Arts - studio - Creating a print using a carving technique
Monday October 13
English III - warm-up / assigned groups/ review procedures/ team activity
complete activities in workbook and handouts on synonyms
Fine Arts - Studio activity / creating relief print - test tomorrow
