English III - Week of April 27
Mondy - April 27
Quiz on Chapter 1
Discussion and begin Chapter 2 - 3
Read and answer questions on chapters 2 and 3
Tuesday - STATE US History test
Homework complete chapters 2-3 and answer questions
Wednesday, April 29
Quiz on chapterw 2-3
In class completer chapter 4 and questions
Thursday, April 30
Quiz on chapter 4
Begin 5 and complete through 6 for Monday
Friday - Quiz on 4
Complete through chapter 5
Monday Quiz on chpater 5
Complete 6 and 7 and questions
Tuesday, Quiz on chapters 6 and 7
Complete chapters 8-9 for homework
Wednesday - Quiz 8-9
Homework - Test on Gatsby
Thursday - Test
Begin notes on research paper
We are so excited to have a student teacher here; she will begin to teach
today and for the next two weeks We are beginning the reading of Faulkner's
UNVANQUISHED. Depending on class discussion, the assignments may change a
little from what you see here. We will update at the end of each day.
Monday - March 2
Classwork: Discuss questions from group work on Friday. Read in class.
Homework: Read to page 192.
Tuesday - March 3
Classwork: Quiz. Discuss the reading from homework. Read in class. Discuss
activities on Wednesday.
Homework: Read through page 232, group work questions.Quiz tomorrow.
Wednesday - March 4
Classwork: Quiz. Group work questions. Discuss in class.
Homework: Read pages 232-259.Quiz tomorrow.
Thursday - March 5
Classwork: Review for test.
Homework: Study for test. Open book.
Friday - March 6
Classwork: Open book test on The Unvanquished.
Homework: To be determined by Mrs. Stotts.
Monday,
February 23
Classwork: Quiz on "A Rose for Emily"
Watch and discuss "A Rose for Emily"
Discussion and assignment of "Character Description List"
Homework: Read Parts One - Three "Ambuscade" in Faulkner's UNVANQUISHED
Quiz will be given on Tuesday
Tuesday February 24
Classwork: Quiz
Discussion of material read
Homework: Read Parts 4-5 of "Ambuscade" Prepare for quiz
Wednesday Febraury 25
Classwork: Quiz and Discussion
Homework: Continue reading: Parts 1-2 of "Retreat" Prepare for quiz
Thursday - February 26
Classwork - quiz and discussion
Homework - continue reading novel...assignments will be given in class
quiz on whatever is assigned
Friday - February 27
Classwork - quiz and discussion
Homework - continue reading with quiz on assignment
Februray 16 - 20
Monday, Februrary 16
Do Now: Vocabulary book work on pages 25 - 26 (TEST ON FRIDAY)
Classwork: Take notes on Jack London
Read to Build a Fire - page 496 - Complete for homework
Homework: Complete the reading and answer questions page 509
Tuesday, Februry 17
Do Now: Vocabulary page 27 -
Classwork: Quiz on story To Build a Fire"
Discussion of reading'
Take notes on John Steinbeck - page 606
Read Leader of the People" answer questions at end of story
Wednesday:
Do Now: Vocabulary review
Classwork: Quiz on Leader of the People
Discussion of reading assignment
Homework: Author notes on James Thurber
Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" pg 624 answer questions
at end of story
Thursday: Vocabulary review
Classwork: quiz on "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Homework: Author notes: Eudora Welty
Read "A Worn Path" - page 634 answer question
Friday; Vocabulary Test
Open note and open book test on stories read this week
February 9 - 13
SCARLET LETTER TEST ON FRIDAY
Monday February 9 - complete St. Jude Letters
Tuesday, February 10
Classwork - begin review of Scarlet Letter
Homework - Assign Vocabulary books - Unit One
Wednesday - February 11
Do Now: Page 1 Pronoun packet - indefinite pronouns
Classwork - Review Scarlet Letter
Homework - Vocabualry book unit one complete Completing Sentences pg 24, 25
Thursday - February 12
Classwork - Complete Review of Scarlet Letter
Homework - Vocabulary book unit one - Compelte Synonyms and antonyms pge 25
Study for Scarlet Letter test
Friday - February 13
Do Now: Subject and Verb Agreement - 1-10 on page 2
Classwork: Scarlet Letter Test
Homework: Vocabulary book unit one complete Choosing the right word - page 26
Febraury 2 - 6
Monday - Scarlet Letter - complete part 2
Homework: quiz on part 2
Tuesday - Part 3 Scarlet Letter
Homework - work on questions for part 3
Wednesday - complete -part 3
Homework - quiz on part 3
Thursday - begin part 4
Homework - work on questions for part 4
Friday - complete part 4
Homework - quiz on part 4
Monday - February 9 - Work on St. Jude letters
Tuesday - February 10
Do Now:
January 26 - 30th
Monday - Complete The Crucible
Homework Study for test
Tuesday - Test on Crucible
Homework - work on inaugural letters
Wednesday - Friday begin The Scarlet Letter movie - worksheets to
complete
Homework for week Have two letters ready to turn in on Friday
January 20 - 23
Do Now: Students will read the Project and ask questions for
clarification
PROJECT DETAILS: Presidential Inaugural Address can be seen on CNN or
other local channels, the internet, etc.)
Listen to the President's Inaugural Address and note
the following:
His vision for public education
His ideas on national security
His ideas concerning the challenges that face our
families and our communites
His views on the American worker and the economy
His ideas on what divides us as a country, and
his ideas for unifying and strengthening the
country.
THEN - write a letter to President Obama concerning
the issues from the above list that most interest
you. In this letter, address your own personal views
and ideas on the issues chosen, and on how these
situations should be handled by us as a nation. In
your letter offer our President suggestions on how
to better our country. (Be reminded that in this
letter, you are addressiing The President of the
United States. The issues tht you addressshould be
handled ernestly and sincerely giving respect to
the man and the office he holds.)
ALSO - write a letter to Judge Danforth, the man who
headed the proceedings at the Salem Witch trials
and to the magistrates at Salem Village.
In this letter, address the issues that have been
listed in #1. In your letter suggest ways in which
these issues can be used to change conditions in
government and society in Salem in 1692.
Literature - Since students will be working on their letters, all reading
and disucssion of THE CRUCIBLE will be done in class. My hope is
to complete the play and have the TEST on FRIDAY. This way
their weekend can be utilized to comnplete their project.
Week January 12 - 16
PRONOUN PACKET ONE TEST ON THURSDAY
Monday January 12
Do Now: Review for pronoun quiz
Grammar: Quiz on demonstrative, interrogative, indefinite pronouns that
can be singular or plural, and indefinite pronouns that are
always plural.
Literature: Begin Act One of The Crucible; We will begin reading Act
One in class. Students have been given a packet of questions
to answer as they read. My goal here is to help you (students)
learn to be active readers - thinking as you read. To
benefit the most from the assigned questions work them as you
read. I know you want to read the entire assignment and then
work the questions. Please try to avoid doing this...many of
the questions are "think as you read" questions - not "tell me
what happened" questions
HOMEWORK: Grammar: work pages 9-11 in pronoun packet
Literature Complete reading through page 839 Answer questions
1-27
Tuesday, January 13
Do Now: Skills reviewed: recognizing effective word choice,
tense usage, result of adding sentences to a
passage, semicolon use, subject-verb agreement,
use of verbals, and effective transitions
Grammar: Check pages 9 - 11 in packet
Literature: Quiz on reading assignment
Continue reading Act One
HOMEWORK: Grammar: Complete pronoun packet one
Literature Complete Act One and questions
Wednesday, January 14
Do Now: Skills reviewed: comma usage, pronoun antecedent agreement
revising sentences, commas and dependent clauses, author's
purpose, pronoun usage, verbal usage
Grammar: Check homework for accuracy
Literature: Quiz on Reading Assignment
Check questions for Act I, begin watching Act I
HOMEWORK: Grammar: Study for Grammar Test - Pronoun Packet I
Literasture: Correct or complete questions from Act I
Thursday, January 15
Do Now: Look over pronoun notes for test
Grammar: Test on Pronoun Packet One
Literature: Complete viewing Act One
HOMEWORK: Read Act Two through page 858. Stop at "Hale Stares at Her"
Complete this set of questions
Friday, Janaury 16
Do Now: Skills reviewed: subject and verb , pronoun antecedent
agreement, verbal usage, correcting comma splice, correcting
redundancy, commas and coordinating conjunctions, using
interrogative pronouns, coherence, determining main idea of
passage.
Grammar: Receive Pronoun Packet Two Study rules
Literature - Discuss Act Two and continue reading Act II in class
HOMEWORK: Grammar: review rules
Literature Complete Act Two reading and questions
Tuesday, January 6
Do Now: ACT Practice - Skills - reorganizing paragraphs; apsotrophe usage
and additional details
Grammar: Pronoun Handout Students will need to keep this handout in the
Front of the Grammar Section of their Notebook. We will be using
it daily. It will be the resource they will need for their quzzes
and tests.
Review: What is a pronoun and why do we need to use it.
What is an antecedent?
Personal Pronouns: focusing on Case - Nominative, Objective
and Possessive Cases
Focsing on case, person, number, gender
Literature: Today we will begin an introduction to Drama -We will be working
on Pages 1 and 2 of the handout. This will not be homework; if
we do not complete in class, we will continue discussion on Wed.
Homework: Grammar: Find examples of pronouns in newspapers, magazines,
letters, any written material. Identify the person
(1st,
2nd, 3rd) number (sg./ pl) gender (masculine, feminine,
neuter)Case (Nominative, Objective, Possessive) and the
pronoun's use in the sentence (S. P.N., DO., IO, OP,
App),
Possessive: Must be used as a pronoun not as an
adjective
Example: I found this sentence in a magazine:
For most of us, Janury 1 represents an annual check-up of
sorts, a time when we reevaluate priorities, set goals,
think through our intentions for the year ahead.
us - first person, plural, objective, object of
preposition
we - first person, plural, nominative, subject
YOUR ASSIGNMENT: Find Five (5) examples of each case. Paste them onto
notebook paper and bring to class. Make sure you identify
each pronoun.
Wednesday, January 7
Do Now: ACT Practice - Skills - Correcting Sentence Fragments, Using
Adjectives Correctly, Comma Use, Correcting Redundancy, Using
Transitional Words
Grammar: Share your findings with a partner. Talk about the ease or
difficulty of finding examples. Did you use newspaper, magazine?
What section of the source seemed to have the most examples?
Read some of your identification of pronouns to your partner, see
if he/she can identiy the pronoun.
Literature: With your partner, discuss the material talked about yesterday.
Share your answers to the questions.We will be completing pages
3 - 5 in class today. What is not completed will be homework.
Homework: Grammar complete pages 5-6 in pronoun packet; complete literature
assignment pages 3-5. Stop after you have read "Why I Wrote the
Crucible."
Thursday, January 8
Do Now: ACT Practice - Skills - Sentence organization, verb tense usage,
Subject and Verb Agreement, Using specific/concrete words;
Possessives
Grammar: Quiz on Nominative Case
Review Objective and Possessive Case begin work on pages 7, 8, 9
Stop at Demonstrative, Interrogative, and Indefinite Pronoun
Literature: We will review homeworkpaged 3-5; With a partner write an
explanation of why Arthur Miller wrote "The Crucible"
We will be reading "A Brief History of Salem Hysteria' in class
What we do not complete will be homework
Homework: Complete pages 7, 8, 9 in pronoun packet
Complete "A Brief History of Salem Hysteria"
Friday, January 9
Do Now: ACT Practice - Skills - Sentence order, use of idioms, transitional
Words, Supporting Author's Purpose
Grammar: Quiz on Objective and Possessive Cases
We will review Reflexive, Intensive, Demonstrative, Interrogative
and indefinite pronouns
Literature: With a partner respond to your reading of "Hysteria" Think
about the events and why they happened? Do we have such "hysteria"
in America today? Do we have "fears" that can cause us to
accuse someone of something without having proof?
Introduction of characters in the play - NOT the real characters
Homework: Be able to list the demonstrative, interrogative,
indefinite pronouns that are always plural; indifinite
pronouns that may be singular or plural.
Be able to give a brief description of the characters we will
be meeting in the play
December 8-12 VERB TEST ON FRIDAY
Monday, December 8
Do Now: Reading Comprehension packet
Grammar: Look at verb packet pg 19 conjugation of a verb
In class conjugate a verb
Homework: Study progressive and emphatic verbs and the six tenses
for definition quiz
Work through page 18
Tuesday, December 9
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Quiz on homework
Homework: Complete through page 24
Wednesday, December 10
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Go over homework
Quiz
Go over sequence of tense and
Homework: Complete through pages 28
Thursday: ACT Practice
Go over troublesome verbs
Complete package in class
Homework: TEST on VERB PACKET
December 1-5
Monday, December 1
Do Now: ACT Practice
Literature: Complete questions on Thomas Paine
Homework: Complete Author Facts on Phillis Wheatley
Tuesday, December 2
Do Now: Act Practice
Literature: Discuss "To His Excellency George Washington"
Homework: Complete author facts on Thomas Jefferson
Wednesday, December 3
Do Now: ACT Prctice
Literature: Check Author Facts
Read page 127 - Revolutionary English
Homework: Test on Revolutionary Period
Thursday: Test
Homework: Complete pages 1-4 of grammar skills packet
Friday: ACT Practice
Grammar: Check pages in packet and continue practice
Homework: Next four pages in grammar packet
Monday: December 8
Do Now: Reading Comprehension
Grammar: Check homework - pages 1 - 10
Using page 19 as a guide conjugate the verb "Ride"
Homework: Pages 11-18 in verb packet
Study pages 19-22 and be prepared for a definition quiz on
progressive and emphatic verbs, 6 tenses
Tuesday: December 9
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Check homework
Discuss skills needed for homework review
Homework: Next four pages in grammar packet
Wednesday: December 10
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Check homework
Discuss skills needed for homework review
Homework Next four pages in grammar packet
Thursday: December 11
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Review all grammar skills covered
Homework: Test on Grammar
November 17 - 21
Monday - November 17
Do Now - ACT Practice
Patrick Henry
Homework: Complete Questions
Tuesday - Novermber 18
Do Now - ACT Practice
Complete Patrick Henry discussion
Wednesday - November 19
Notes on Thomas Paine -
Begin - Crisis Number One - Complete for homework
Thursday - Complte Thomas Paine questions what is not completed in
class will be homework
ACT Practice
Friday - November 20
Thanksgiving day poems
November 10-14
Monday - November 10
Do now: Daily Oral Language (capitalizing proper nouns, spelling,
apostrophes: possessives)
Grammar: Apostrophe powerpoint
Write apostrophe rules from transparency
Homework: Re-work pages turned in last week
Literature:
Tuesday - November 11
Do Now: ACT Review work
Grammar: Check homework
quiz on apostrophes
Verb packet
Literature: Revolutionary Period powerpoint and handout
Take notes
Homework: Work on Verb packet
Study notes for quiz
Wednesday - November 12
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar Continue Verb packet
Literature Revolutionary Period notes
Homework: Verb packet
Study revolutionary period notes for quiz
Thursday - November 13
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Continue Verb Packet
Literature: Complete notes on Revolutionary period
Homework: Verb packet; study revolutionary period notes
Friday - November 14
Do Now: ACT Practice
Grammar: Turn in verb packet
Literature: begin Patrick Henry's Speech - complete handout
Homework: Study revolutionary period notes and complete Patrick Henry Speech
November 3 - 7
Monday - November 3
Do Now: Short Passage
Grammar: None
Literature: discussion of novel - objective test on Wednesday, essay test on
Thursday
Homework: Work on outline for Of Mice and Men Essay
Tuesday - November 4
Do NOw Short passage
Grammar; none
Literature work on examples of literary terms used in the novel
Homework: Study for test on novel
Wednesday - November 5
Do Now Short passage
Grammar none
Literature Work outline for essay test
Homework Complete outline to be used on essay test
Thursday - November 6
Do Now Short passage
Grammar None
Literature Essay test on novel
Homework None
Friday - November 7
Review grammar rules:
Homework None
October 27-October 31
Monday, October 27
Do Now: Finding Topic Sentences
Novel: Complete Chapter 3
Grammar: Check pages 154-155 156
Homework:
Tuesday, October 28
Do Now: Finding Topic Sentence
Grammar:
Handout Hyphen, Dashes, parentheses and Brackets rules
Novel Quiz Chapter 3
Discussion of Chapter 3
If time: begin chapter 4
Homework: Write hyphen, dashes, parentheses and brackets rules
Work page 157
Work on Notebook newspaper samples
Wednesday, October 29
Do Now: Finding Topic Sentences
Grammar: Review Rules, check page 157
Novel: Continue chapter 4 and discussion
Homework: Work on finding newspaper examples
Thursday, October 30
Do Now: Finding Topic Sentence
Grammar: Work pages 2-7 handout
Turn these pages in before leaving
Work pages 158, 159,
Novel: Work on Literary Terms Chart
Homework: Work on newspaper examples
Friday: October 31
Do Now: finding Topic sentence
Grammar: check pages 158-159
Novel: Continue with chapter 4
Homework: work on newspaper examples
October 20 - 24
ON FRIDAY, I WILL CHECK THE NEWSPAPER EXAMPLES OF UNDERLINING, QUOTATIONS,
AND APOSTROPHE
Monday October 20 - Parent Conference Day
Tuesday, October 21
Do Now: Reading Comprehension
Language: Review quotation rules
Novel: Complete chapter 2 and work on questions
Homework: Work pages 150-153 in Language Handbook
Review Quotation mark rules
Prepare for Quotation mark quiz on Wednesday
Wednesday, October 22
Do Now: Reading Comprehension
Langauge: Check pages 150-153
Quiz on Quotation marks
Novel: Quiz on Chapter 2
Continue chapter 3 and answer questions
Homework: write Apostrophe rules in notebook
Find examples in newspapers and magazines
Thursday, October 23
Do Now: Reading comprehension
Langauge: check homework - writing of rules
Model exercise A and B on page 154-155 (work first two
sentences together, students work independently two
sentences and complete pages for homework
Novel: continue chapter 3 and answer questions
Homework: work pages 154-155 in language handbook
find examples of apostrophes in magazines and newspapers
Friday: October 24
Do Now: Reading Comprehension
Langauge: Turn in rule examples for grading
Novel: complete chapter 3; answer questions; if work is completed, watch the
movie chapters 2 and three
Homework: Write Hyphen, dashes, parentheses and brackets rules in notebook
Find examples in newspapers and magazines
Monday, October 27
Do Now: Finding Topic Sentences
Language: Check Homework writing of rules
Discuss the rules
Model exercises on page 156-157
Students complete for homework
Novel: Begin chapter 4
Monday - October 13
Do Now - Worksheet on Underlining- page 149 in language handbook
Novel: Of Mice and Men - powerpoint introduction to author and novel
Homework: Work on finding underlining examples for notebook
Worksheet on Underlining - will be checking for accuracy
Tuesday - October 14
Do Now - Get folder and turn in homework
Quiz on Underlining- Put quiz in folder
Novel: Get the following handouts out of your folder.
Handout 1. Questions for Reading novel
2. Copy of Powerpoint notes
3. Literary terms for the novel
Novel, novella, parable, allegory, theme, symbolism,
plot, characterization and methods of characterization,
static character, dynamic character, flat character,
round character, atmosphere, conflict - external and
internal, connotation, dialect, dialogue, diction,
fable, figure of speech, flashback, foreshadowing,
imagery, irony - verbal, situational, and dramatic,
point of view, protagonist, antagonist, setting, suspense
tone
AS STUDENTS READ THE NOVEL, THEY WILL BE COMPLETING A WORKSHEET ON THE
TERMS. THEY ARE TO FIND EXAMPLES OF SPECIFIC TERMS AND WRITE THOSE EXAMPLES
ON THE WORKSHEET. THIS WORKSHEET WILL BE DUE THE DAY OF THE TEST.
Begin Reading Chapter 1
Homework: Write Quotation rules 1-6 in notebook. Leave room for examples
to be glued in.
Look up vocabulary words for chapter one
Wednesday, October 15
Do Now - Write rules 7-13 in your notebook - leaving space for examples
Novel - Continue reading Chapter one - discussing and answering questions as
we are reading.
Homework: Work on finding examples to quotation rules
Worksheet on Quotation Use - pg.150 in language handbook
Continue answering questions for Chapter One
Thursday, October 16
Do Now - Quotation worksheet
Novel - Quiz on Chapter One
Complete questions on Chapter One
Begin Chapter Two
Homework:
October 6-10
NOTEBOOKS ARE DUE THE DAY OF THE NINE WEEK TEST. THIS NOTEBOOK COUNTS AS A
TEST GRADE.
Monday - October 6
Unit vocabulary test
Review: capitalization, commas, semicolons, colons
Tuesday - October 7
Review Literature
Wednesday - Last time for students to ask questions about work
Thursday - nine week tests
Friday - introduction to Of Mice and Men
September 29- October 3
Monday, September 29
Literature - continue discussion of Examined Life. Discuss how we deal with
losses in life is perhaps the greatrest test of our inner
strength.
Read Historical account of Anne Bradstreet and complete
handout on "Here follow Some Verses Upon the Burning of Our
House"
Literary skills: Inversion and its purpose, rhetorical questions,
identifying details, interpreting meaning - "pelf", analyze
writer's attitude
Tuesday, September 30
Literature - read life of Edward Taylor
read "Huswifery" and complete packet
Literary skills: interpreting, determining speaker, extended metaphor,
transformation within the poem
Wednesday, October 1
Literature: Read history of Jonathan Edwards complete for homework
Begin "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Discuss the power and affect of fear
Begin reading and complete "Sinners..."
Literary skils: use of parallelism, author's purpose, figures of speech
metaphors, main ideaue of words-repetition
Thursday, October 2
Literature: Benjamin Franklin background
September 22-26
Monday September 22
Byrd Vocabulary: procure, allay, eminent, reprobates, disdained, prudent,
populous, squeamish, propgated, venerable
Literature: Begin reading William Byrd " from The History of the
Dividing Line" Complete reading and packet for homework
Literary skills: tone, satire, comparing and contrasting, style,
Tuesday, September 23
Literature - Continue the discussio of Byrd - stressing satire
Wednesday, September 24
Review for literature test - Visions and Voyages
Homework study for test
Thursday, September 25
In class Test on Visions and Voyages
Friday, September 26
Literature - begin discussion of "the Examined Life" Discussion meaning of
quotation from Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- discuss what the quotation reveals about seeking an exmined life
- discuss the question can people find themselves only by looking
inward
September 15-19
Monday, September 15
Bradford Vocabulary: profane, haughty, execrations, reproved, consultation,
sundry, relent, discourse, confederates, compromise
Literature: Begin reading "Of Plymouth Plantation and answer
packet
Complete for homework
Literature skills: Plain style, determining author's purpose,
finding main idea, making inferences, setting,
connotations, shift in tone
Tuesday, September 16
Literature - continue discussion of Bradford
Wednesday, September 17
Rowlandson Vocabulary: entreated, oplunder, melancholy, decrepit, savory
affliction, bewitching, wearisome, tedious,
lamentable
Literature: Begin reading " A Narrative of Captivity" complete
the reading and packet for homework
Literature skills: Analyzing chronology, allusions, making
inferences, Character, analyzing details, analyzing
motivation,
Thursday, September 18
Literature - continue the discussion of Rowlandson
Friday, September 19
Byrd Vocabulary: procure, allay, eminent, reprobates, disdained, prudent,
populous, squeamish, propgated, venerable
Literature: Begin reading William Byrd " from The History of the
Dividing Line" Complete reading and packet for homework
Literary skills: tone, satire, comparing and contrasting, style,
Friday, September 19 - Catch up and review all material covered so far.
Week September 8-12
Library Work on William Bradford
Daily grammar review
Project due Monday, September 15
Of Plymouth Plantation Internet Project Directions
Introduction
Imagine that you are on the Mayflower, setting out in 1620 on a journey of
more than two months to a country you know little about. Answer the
following questions:
1. What would you need for the journey?
2. What would will you need once you get to the New World?
3. What dangers should you provide for, both on the journey and once you
arrive?
Step 1
Go to www.pilgrimhall.org/bradfordwilliam.htm
Read the brief biography of William Bradford at the website. Follow the
links
in the text. Take notes on the significant information about Bradford, the
colony, and the Mayflower Compact
Step 2
Create an outline of Bradfords life. Include any factors that influenced
his behavior or impacted his beliefs or life.
Step 3
Go to http://www.mayflowerhistory.com/History/history.php
Read and take notes on the following sections this site. These sections are
on the right side of the screen.
History of the Mayflower
About the Voyage itself
Girls on the Mayflower
Women on the Mayflower
Common Mayflower Myths
The Pilgrims Religious beliefs
Crime and Punishment
The First Thanksgiving
Clothing of the Pilgrims
Weapons of the Pilgrims
Step 4
You have been collecting information and taking notes as part of a group.
Your writing assignment will be both individual and group. Each group
becomes a Pilgrim family on the Mayflower. As a group, create names for
your
family members and a brief family history (why you are on the Mayflower,
what
the family is like that you are leaving behind, etc). As individuals, you
re
to create three journal entries: one before the trip, one during the trip
and one after the trip. Each journal must be at least one full page in
length. These journal entries will need to include references to the other
family members on the Mayflower and information gathered from the Internet
research. (The other family members are the other members of the group)
Remember to imitate the style of writing you have seen in the primary source
documents.
Step 5
Share your best journal entry with the class.
Assessment of Journal entries:
15 Points imitation of Pilgrim style
40 points journal uses details and information gathered from research to
present a realistic picture of life as a Pilgrim
15 points - journal entry makes references to the other family members
30 points journal entries are creative and informative
Tuesday - September 2
Grammar - Review all comma rules
Review pgs 139-142 in Language Handbook
Literature Read "The Journey" pg. 19
Responding to the Poem
1. Connect - where is the speaker going?
2. Symbolism - branches and stones on the road
3. Conclusion - do you agree or disagree with it and why
4. Puritan attitudes - how does the oem reflect Puritan
world
Wednesday - September 3
Grammar - Evaluation of comma knowledge
Write semicolon rules and put in notebook - find examples
Literature Read Sky Tree - pg. 22
1. Determining purpose - creation story
2. Critical Thinking: relate creation story to another
creation story
3. Symbol of creation(tree with fruit)found in other
cultures...why
4. Literary connections - Earth diver myths
5. Literary element - symbolism
Thursday - September 4
Grammar Review semicolon rules
Model finding in sentence page 143-144 work first 5 sentences
together - complete individually for homework
Literature Class discussion of Sky Tree
Introduce Coyote Finishes His Work
1. Elements of literature - myth, characterization
2. Critical thinking: making inferences
Friday - September 5
Vocabulary: Introduce vocabulary for William Bradford's work
Grammar: Semicolon quiz to see if understanding skill
Model again semicolon by working 1-5 of page 145
Literature: Determining important information
Read and take notes on William Bradford's life - page 26
Complete Author Fast Fact Sheet (may need to use internet to
find some of the author facts)
August 25-29
Presentations
Grammar review
Review all comma rules:
items iin a series,
commas separating two or more adjectives preceding a noun
commas before and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet when they joing
independent
clauses
commas with nonessentialclauses and phrases
commas with introductory elements: one word adverb, introductory clauses and
prepositonal phrases
commas to separate items in dates and addresses
commas in letters
commas to set off abbreviations
work pages 137 - 142
Work 5 page comma review handout
August 18 22
Monday, August 18
Arrow Point for the day: Write comma rules in notebook
Capitalization Test
Begin Punctuation Review Comma
Items in a series
When conjunction joins two sentences
Coordinate adjectives
Commas and Compound Sentences Worksheet
Comma rules worksheet students write the rule number explaining the
placement of each comma
Remind student to find examples in print
Remind students projects are due on Monday, August 25
Handout Beginning of American Literature questions
Tuesday, August 19
Arrow Point: The Statue Liberty
Emma Lazarius wrote a sonnet called The New Colossus in 1883. Lazarus
compares Lady Liberty to Colossus of Rhodes, a giant bronze statue that was
one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Look at the final lines of
the poem:
Give me your tired, your poor;
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
These words are inscribed in the base of the Statue of Liberty. How doe
these words affect you? Why do you think the statue has become a symbol of
freedom around the world?
Review comma worksheets
New Comma rules:
Use commas to set off nonessential clauses and nonessential phrases
Worksheet identifying essential and nonessential clauses and phrases
Teacher notes on Early American Literature: Native American
Wednesday, August 20
Arrow Point: Using Commas with Introductory Words
Use commas to set off introductory words like Well, No, Next, Yes,
Use a comma after introductory participial phrases
Use a comma after one long introductory prepositional phrase or two
or more short introductory prepositional phrases
Use commas after introductory adverb clauses
Discuss worksheets on Beginning of American Literature: Explorers
Thursday, August 21
Arrow Point: Using commas to set off elements that interrupt a sentence.
Appositives and appositive phrases ( Steven, a man of his word,
denied any theft)
Words used in direct address (What, David, is the meaning of this
parable?)
Parenthetical expressions remarks that add minor information or
that relate ideas to each other. (It is, I believe, about generosity.)
Continue discussion of Early American Literature: the Colonial Period
Friday, August 22
Arrow Point:
Use commas to separate items in dates and addresses
Example: My sister was born in Akron, Ohio, on May 7, 1991.)
Kates new address is 945 Oak Drive, Covington,KY 41011
Use a comma after the salutation of a friendly letter and after the
closing of any letter
Use a comma after a name followed b an abbreviation such as Jr.,
Sr., or M.D. Follow such an abbreviation with a comma unless it ends the
sentence.
Discussion of completed handout
Lesson Plans for 11th grade August 11-15
Monday August 11
Welcome students as they enter room.
Arrow Point:
Pick up folder
Read instructions for the first project of the year.
Thorough explanation of the expectations of student project.
Discussion of the importance of students determining what they want
to include in the presentation: characteristics, likes, dislikes, interest,
hopes, dreams, goals,
Important: discuss the importance of determining how students see
themselves, not how others see them.
Discuss points in the handout
Talk to students: After reading their questionnaires, I found that
many students have a goal of maintaining As; some As and Bs and some just
want to make sure they pass. Many students do volunteer work or charity
work, and many of you want a successful year in other activities you are
involved in.
Researching the internet, I found the following quotations. Through
discussion, students will see how they could be incorporated in their
presentation:
The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to
it.
Mack R. Douglas www.quotations.com
Every great achievement is the victory of a flaming heart. Ralph Waldo
Emerson www.quotations.com
In faith and hope the world will disagree, But all mankinds concern is
charity. Alexander the Great www.quotations.com
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation
Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither good nor avarice
Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety or doubt.
St. Francis of Assisi www.quotations.com
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the
determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of
ourselves to the task at hand. Vince Lombardi www.goodquotes.info/sports-
quotes-determination
I always feel pressure. If you dont feel nervous, that means you dont
care about how you play. I care about how I perform. Ive always said the
day Im not nervous playing is the day I quit. Tiger Woods
wwww.quotemonk.com/quotes/famous-s/sports-quote
Give other websites to students
Remind them of books as well as websites that are appropriate
Discuss importance of documentation and how to compete a works cited page
Below is a copy of the project students will be doing
First Project of the Year
Objectives
Students will research famous quotes that in some way describe them; then
they will explain to the class the reasons for the selection of quotations.
Students will make a presentation to the class.
Students must document the source of their quotations.
Introduction to Project
Wow, first weeks of school and we are already getting a PROJECT. Arent you
excited! I am because this is a project that is going to give you an
opportunity to introduce yourself to the class through someone elses
words. What! You exclaim. I am used to filling out a questionnaire or a
note card with things like the name I want to be called, my family and if I
have brothers and sisters, my hobbies, my favorite movie, my favorite book,
favorite color, what I expect to learn this year
etc. (and there is
absolutely nothing wrong with the note cards and questionnaires
I have used
them many times myself). However, this year we are going to get to know you
through the words of famous people. Now, dont panic
..we will discuss the
expectations in class.
This project is going to require some brainstorming and decision making
before you ever go to the library to begin your research.
1. The first thing you must do is determine who you are and what makes
you that person. What are your characteristics, your likes and dislikes,
your hobbies, etc. Not how others see you, but how you see yourself.
2. Once you have made the decision of what you want to tell us, you are
ready to begin research. (I suggest keeping your brainstorming available in
case you need it later).
Research: With these decisions made, you are ready to begin your research.
1. You will be researching famous quotes from short stories, plays,
novels, literature books, poetry books, etc. that express the person you are.
2. Major rule the quotes must come from famous people.
3. You may have some favorite books at home that you remember that
would be perfect for this project.
4. Dont forget to utilize books of quotations like Bartletts
Familiar Quotes.
5. The internet will also be a good source.
6. Document where you find your quotations
Guidelines
1. Your presentation is to be 3-5 minutes long.
2. You will need to read the quotations or passages that describe you
and then explain why.
3. Explain to the class why the quotation describes you without
reading to the class.
4. Be creative in developing your presentation - use pictures to help
with your explanation of yourself; make a slide show of who you are
whatever creative talent you have. Use technology!
5. Students will be randomly selected on the day of presentations.
Everyone must be ready!
6. After your presentation you must turn in any notes and a
bibliography of your quotations.
Things to remember about the delivery of your presentation
1. Walk confidently to the front of the room.
2. Do not start your presentation while walking
3. Have good posture
4. Have good use of floor space (no pacing)/ good use of visual aids
5. Good use of gestures (not a detraction from information)
6. Good eye contact with entire audience
7. Good voice rate, volume, articulation, variety, etc.
Grading Rubric is located on next page
A/A B/C Range D/F Range
Strong Introduction and conclusion
An introduction and a conclusion
No introduction or conclusion
Information pertains to a single topic Who you are!
Information pertaining mainly to a single topic
Information pertaining to more than one topic
Information is presented in a logical order.
Some attempts to present information in a logical order
Information presented in random order
Connected and related main points
Attempts to connect ideas/main points
Inadequate, missing, or indiscernible connections
Between ideas and main points
Many supporting details provided through explanations. (quotations)
Some supporting details providing examples
Inadequate or no detail to explain meaning.
Good use of descriptive language
Some use of descriptive language
Limited or no use of descriptive language
Effective and varied words
Some attempts to vary words
Repeated words, mechanical use of words and phrases
Strong eye contact
Some eye contact
Infrequent or no eye contact
Good use of visual aids
Attempted use of visual/audio aids
No use of visual aids
Documentation of sources used
Some documentation of sources
No source documentation
Met time limit
Close to time limit
Extremely over/ under time limit
Tuesday, August 12
(meeting about handbook be flexible
Arrow Point:
Pick up folders
Work on finding examples of capitalization rules (The rules will be
in their notebooks)
Review Capitalization I rules (Proper Nouns and words formed from proper
nouns
Students will write rules in notebook and find an example in
newspapers. They will highlight the example of the rule.
If they find a word capitalized incorrectly, they are to put this on
a page labeled extra credit and highlight the error.
Homework
Capitalization practice sheet
Work on finding examples of rules
Work on quotations presentation
Literature : read pages 1-6 and answer questions 1-3 of packet
Wednesday, August 13
Arrow Point
Pick up folders
Work on Capitalization Rules I
Classwork
Go over homework
Quiz on capitalization rules I
Discuss Capitalization Rules II (Titles, I,O, poetry
Discussion of pages 1-6
Homework
Worksheet on Capitalization Rules II
Continue getting examples for Capitalization Rules I and II
Continue working on presentation
Literature: read pages 7 11 answer questions 4-7 of packet
Thursday, August 14
Arrow Point
Work on examples of rules
Classwork
Review all capitalization rules for test on Friday
Discuss literary reading
Homework
Review for capitalization test
Work on examples for rules (all examples should be completed by
today)
Work on presentation
Friday August 15
Test on Capitalization
When test is completed work on rules or homework
Homework
Read pages 12-18 and complete package of questions
