GRADING POLICY: 60%- Daily Work, Homework, Quizzes
40%- Major Assignments: Tests and Major Papers/Essays
SIX WEEKS 4
Week 1: Students are self-selecting a novel upon which to base their major
Persuasive Essay Project. The project involves research and relates to the
student deciding on the merit of a novel as well as its appropriate age-level
audience.
Students will begin the study of their MENTOR TEXT, Coleen
Wenke's "Too
Much Pressure", a Persuasive Essay relating to student cheating. This text
will
help guide students through the steps of proper research, citation, use of
evidence, and persuasive tools.
Week 2: Students will analyze the effect of satire and irony on persuasion.
Two essays will be highlighted: Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and a
modern parody of Swift's essay, "How to Combat Women's Rights"
Students will continue their reading of the self-selected novel and
continue discussion of effectively writing a persuasive essay with supportive
research.
Week 3: Continued SSR reading; guided practice on persuasive essays and
speeches. POWERPOINT-satire-and-modest-proposal.ppt
POWERPOINT-Persuasive-Writing.ppt
SSR-Sustained-Silent-Reading-Guidelines.doc
Week 4: PERSUASIVE WRITING/ANALYSIS TEST this week
--Friday/Monday Jan. 20-23 Library Research Presentation and Research in the library
--Tues./Wed. Jan. 24/25 Analysis of Speeches and chart (GRADE)
Persuasive-Speeches-Elizabeth-Churchill-chart.docx
Analysis of Arguments in Persuasive Essay "Make College Admissions a Crap Shoot"
--Thurs./Fri. Jan. 26/27 PERSUASIVE WRITING/ANALYSIS TEST
Persuasive Essay with Research Timeline and Intro Handout
Week 5: Working on the Persuasive Essay Embedded with Research
Research-paper-overview-and-due-dates-banned-books.doc
research-paper-banned-books-intro-paragraph.doc
Research-List-of-Books.doc
Monday/Tuesday Jan. 30/31: Thesis Statement, Introduction, Outline
Research-paper-outline-2012-Persuasion-Map.doc
Wednesday/Thur.Feb 1/2: Rough Draft and Works Cited
RESEARCH-The-Pre-Rough-Draft-Packet.doc
Persuasive-Essay-Title-Page.doc
Persuasive-Research-Paper-Rough-Draft-Template-rev.doc
Friday/Monday Feb.3/6 : Rough Draft and Works Cited (peer editing and checklist)
persuasive-essay-rubric.docx
Week 6: Tuesday/Wed. Feb. 7/8: Final Copy and Works Cited DUE;
Peer-Editing-for-Persuasive-Essay.doc
Thurs./Fri. Feb. 9/10: Prepare for Oral Presentation on Book read for Research
Essay
Oral-Presentation-Rubric-for-Book-Project.doc
Week 7: Persuasive Essay Oral Presentations; Debrief on Persuasive Essay with embedded research
SIX WEEKS 5
Week 1: Viewing Scripts: Oscar Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Reading of Act I; viewing film version
Responding to Essay Questions-- graded for elaboration, examples, extension.
Practicing FIDSSTT with Wilde's "Requiscat"-- Preassessment
Analysis of William Blake's "Chimney Sweeper" poems
Week 2: Introducing 4 Literary Time Periods: Romanticism, Victorian, Modern, International Lit.
Students select partners, poets, and poems for poetry pairs.
POETRY-PAIRS-PROJECT-2012.doc
Poetry-Pairs-Selections-2012.doc
Practice comparing poems
Beginning research on poetry pairs project
Week 3: Preparing Poetry Pairs Projects
POETRY Analysis TEST
Week 4: POETRY Analysis TEST make-up
Final Preparation for Poetry Pairs Presentation
Week 5: Begin POETRY PAIRS PRESENTATIONS
5 BEST JOURNAL ENTRIES DUE Thurs. March 29 for B Day; Fri. March 30 for A Day.
Week 6: Continue and Complete POETRY PAIRS PRESENTATION
Select NOVEL for study in the 6th SIX WEEKS
SIX WEEKS 6
Week 1: Introduction to Brave New World and LORD OF THE FLIES (Period 5 only)
Begin BNW or LOF Read- Sheets for Each Chapter EARLY CHAPTERS
Security vs Individuality Discussion
Week 2: BNW and LOF Read-Sheets EARLY MIDDLE CHAPTERS
Think-Tac-Toe Assignment introduced and assigned
Week 3: SOCRATIC SEMINAR (Fishbowl) -- MAJOR DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT
(20% of SW grade) MAJOR ASSIGNMENT
BNW and LOF Read-Sheets LATE MIDDLE CHAPTERS
Week 4: LITERARY THEME STATEMENTS/THESIS STATEMENTS
BNW and LOF Read-Sheets LATER CHAPTERS
Brave New World Revisited Discussion/ Lord of Flies Mock Trial Preparation
Theme Statement Resources:http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/tccampa-65525-literary-themes-literature-education-ppt-powerpoint/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4qME64SkxM
Brave New World Revisited Link:
http://www.huxley.net/bnw-revisited/
Bill Moyer's Interview: "Marty Kaplan on Big Money's Effect on Big Media"
http://billmoyers.com/segment/marty-kaplan-on-big-moneys-effect-on-big-media/
Brave New World Discussion MAJOR GRADE assignment/directions
BNWdiscussion-summative.docx
Week 5: BNW and LOF Read-Sheets FINAL CHAPTERS
Prep for Final Essay for NOVEL ASSESSMENT
LORD OF THE FLIES Mock Trial
Brave New World: UTOPIAS vs. DYSTOPIAS
Week 6: Major Assessment on the Novels (Theme Statement and Evidence, Primary and Secondary)
ESSAY TEST (20% of SW Grade) MAJOR GRADE
Review for Final Exam