11th grade English

 
English 11
Thursday and Friday, September 4-5
SSR
Write 150 words about your book
Watch Rosa Parks, and take notes

Tuesday and Wednesday, September 2-3
SSR
Talk about and take notes on Diction found in "Instant Replay." Create a list of strong words and define their connotative meaning
Mad Lib handout to explain the importance of diction
Begin watching Rosa Parks video

Friday, August 29
SSR
Look at grades
Handout: what's the question, exercise #2
Discussion: The high price of fashion

Wednesday, August 27
SSR
Listen to Grammar Girl Podcast and take notes for a grade
Supply check for a grade
Watch Ethyl Kennedy and Read poem, "Instant Replay" Discuss and write about it in two paragraphs. We will explicate this poem next time

Monday, August 25
SSR
Textbook Tour

Friday, August 22
Discuss Fashion and write about it, after viewing John Stossel's report on how much we spend on clothes. If you are absent for this assignment, 
write a one-page discussion of your own on "Why do we spend so much money on clothes and shoes?"
SSR

Wednesday and Thursday, August 20-21
SSR
Write about a time you didn't get it right and use your six vocab words. Be sure to highlight them. Type for extra credit. Due Monday, Tuesday
Tell me what you want to study and learn this year

Monday and Tuesday, August 18-19

1. SSR for points
2. Information sheet
3. Finish vocabulary by adding antonym, synonym and a sentence for each word
4. Make a list of times you "didn't get it right the first time."

Thursday and Friday, August 14-15
1. Write 2-4 paragraphs about "Mayor Shut it Down," in relation to Club 7
2. Read poem, "Did I Miss Anything" -Write about the tone of this poem, and find two lines to prove this tone. -Why did I assign this poem of all 
the poems I could chose from?
Notes on the following when looking for tone: Simile, Metaphor, irony, understatement, rhythm, sentence structure, connotative and denotative 
meaning
Define the following words: perplexed, curmudgeons, proliferation, insidious, solipsism, bemoan
HW: your life paper and email me after visiting my site at TeacherWeb.com

Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12-13
Ask questions; get answers

Read letters
Read "Dumb and Dumber," and assert your opinion with support in beautiful, yet brief writing.
Think about Solipsism as you wander about today.
Plot the action of your life. Write a personal essay about it, type it for extra credit. Be sure to use and highlight the words from our transitions 
list. This is worth ten points. Due in one week.

Supply list
1.5-2' three-ring binder with three dividers ( Literature, Writing, Gram and Vocab)
blue/black pens
Pencils
Small, portable Hole punch
HW: bookmark my website, and email me



Wednesday  and Thursday, August 20-21
SSR
Write about a time you didn't get it right and use your six vocab words. Be sure to highlight them. Type for extra credit. Due Monday, Tuesday
Tell me what you want to study and learn this year

Monday and Tuesday, August 18-19
1. SSR for points
2. Information sheet
3. Finish vocabulary by adding 
    antonym, synonym and a sentence for each word
4. Make a list of times you "didn't get it right the first time."

Thursday and Friday,  August 14-15
1. Write 2-4 paragraphs about "Mayor Shut it Down," in relation to Club 7
2. Read poem, "Did I Miss Anything"
-Write about the tone of this poem, and find two lines to prove this tone.
-Why did I assign this poem of all the poems I could chose from? TeacherWeb.com

Notes on the following when looking for tone: Simile, Metaphor, irony, understatement, rhythm, 
sentence structure, connotative and denotative meaning

Define the following words:
perplexed, curmudgeons, proliferation, insidious, solipsism, bemoan

HW: your life paper and email me 



Tuesday and Wednesday, August 12-13
Ask questions; get answers
Read letters
Read "Dumb and Dumber," and assert your opinion with support in beautiful, yet brief writing.
Think about Solipsism as you wander about today.
Plot the action of your life. Write a personal essay about it, type it for extra credit. Be sure to use and 
highlight the words from our transitions list. This is worth ten points. Due in one week.
Supply list
   1.5-2' three-ring binder with three dividers ( Literature, Writing, Gram and Vocab)
   blue/black pens
   Pencils
   Small, portable Hole punch 
HW: bookmark my website, and email me