Tuesday 1/21

1. SSR

2. Small Group Collaboration: "Nature" Close Reading Analysis #4

HW - Independently finish "Nature" #4

Wednesday 1/22

1. SSR

2. Correct "Nature" #4 Questions

3. Paper Pass Back

Monday 1/13

1. SSR

2. Walden Video

3. Walden Close Reading Analysis #1

HW - Finish Analysis Questions and read Walden (pp 382-391)

Tuesday 1/14

1. SSR

2. Correct Walden Close Reading Analysis #1 Questions

3, Begin Walden Study Questions (pp 382-391)

HW - Complete Walden Study Questions (pp 382-391) & read "Self-Reliance" (pp. 364-366)

Wednesday 1/15

1. SSR

2. Correct Walden Study Questions (382-391)

3. Begin "Self-Reliance" Study Questions (364-366)

HW - Complete "Self-Reliance" Questions and read "Civil-Disobedience" (pp 370-377)

Thursday 1/16

1. SSR

2. Correct "Self-Reliance" Questions

3. Begin "Civil-Disobedience" Study Questions (pp 370-377)

HW - Complete "Civil-Disobedience" Study Questions

Friday 1/17

1. SSR

2. Correct "Civil-Disobedience" Study Questions

3. Paper Pass Back

HW - None

 

WEEK 16

Monday 12/6

1. SSR

2. Introduction to Transcendentalism

3. Small Group Discussion Questions

HW - None

Tuesday 12/7

1. Whole Class Discussion Questions

2. 5 Major Beliefs of Transcendentalism

3. Terminology: Metaphor, Simile, Personification, Imagery, Allusion, Symbolism

4. Begin Close Reading Analysis of Passage #1 "Nature"

HW - None

Wednesday 12/8

1. SSR

2. Terminology

3. Finish Passage #1 "Nature"

4. Correct Passage #1 "Nature"

5. Begin Passage #2 "Nature"

HW - Finish Passage #2 "Nature"

Thursday 12/9

1. SSR

2. Correct Passage #2

3. New Terminology

4. Distribute Passage #3

HW - Complete "Nature" passage #3

Friday 12/10

1. SSR

2. Correct Passage #3

3. New Terminology

4. Paper Pass Back

HW - Read "Walden" in Yellow Textbook (pp 382-391)

 

WEEK 15

Monday 12/16

1. SSR

2. Libarary Computers - Polish Prezi Presentations

Tuesday 12/17

1. SSR

2. Begin Prezi Presentations

WEEK 14

Monday 12/9

1. The Great Gatsby Unit Exam Make-Up Day

2. The Great Gatsby Movie analysis

HW - None

Tuesday 12/10

1. The Great Gatsby Movie analysis part 2

HW - None

Wednesday 12/11

1. SSR

2. Gatsby Setting Analysis Prezi Presentation Day 1

Thursday 12/12

1. Gatsby Setting Analysis Prezi Presentation Day 2 - On Computers

 Friday 12/13

1. SSR

2. Finish Gatsby movie analysis

WEEK 13

Monday 12/2

1. SSR

2. Comprehension Check Gatsby Chapters 5-8

HW - Begin reading chapter 9

Tuesday 12/3

1. SSR

2. Chapters 4 & 5 Analysis Questions

HW - Finish reading Chapter 9 (finish novel)

Wednesday 12/4

1. SSR

2. Comprehension Check Chapter 9

3. Gatsby Symbols & Themes (Puzzle & Battle of the Sexes)

4. Gatsby Review Sheet

Thursday 12/5

1. SSR

2. Gatsby Review Session (Themes & Study Guide)

HW - Study for Gatsby test
Friday 12/6

1. The Great Gatsby Comprehension Exam (75 points)

 

 

WEEK 12

Monday 11/18

1. SSR

2. The Great Gatsby Chapters 1 & 2 Study Questions

HW - Begin reading Chapter 3

Tuesday 11/19

1. SSR

2. Finish Chapters 1 & 2 Study Questions

3. "Secret Society" Analysis

HW - Finish "Secret Society" Analysis, Extra Credit, & Finish reading Chapter 3

Wednesday 11/20

1. SSR

2. The Great Gatsby Chapter 3 Study Questions

HW - Begin reading Chapter 4

Thursday 11/21

1. SSR

2. Chapter 3 Comprehension check & review

3. Gatsby movie Chapter 1

HW - Finish Chapter 4

Friday 11/22

1. Gatsby Chapter 4 Comprehension Check

2. Chapter 4 Study Questions

3. Gatsby Movie Chapter 2

HW - Read Gatsby Chapter 5-8

WEEK 11

Tuesday 11/12

1. SSR

2. Syntax 71

3. Discuss "Winter Dreams" 1-3 Questions

HW - Syntax 72

Wednesday 11/13

1. SSR

2. Discuss "Winter Dreams" 4-6 Questions

HW - None

Thursday 11/14

1. SSR

2. Gatsby Slang Pre-test & QW

3. Distribute Gatbsy books

HW - Read chapter 1

Friday 11/15

1. Chapter 1 reading check

2. Character Web & Important passages in Ch. 1

3. Narrator Analysis 1st 5 paragraphs

4. Gatsby Chapter 1 study questions

HW - Read Gatsby chapter 2

 

WEEK 10

Monday 11/4

1. Rhetoric Exam make up day

HW - None

Tuesday 11/5

1. SSR

2. Syntax #69

3. Fiction Terms

HW - Syntax #70 & begin reading "Winter Dreams" (part 1)

Wednesday 11/6

1. SSR

2. "Winter Dreams" Part 1 reading check

3. Class Reading "Winter Dreams" Part 2

HW - Read "Winter Dreams" Parts 3 & 4

Thursday 11/7

1. SSR

2. "Winter Dreams" Analysis Questions Parts 1-3

HW - Reading "Winter Dreams" Parts 5 & 6

Friday 11/8

1. SSR

2. Discuss Parts 1-3 Questions

3. "Winter Dreams" Analysis Questions Parts 4-6

HW - None

 

 

WEEK 9

Monday 10/28

1. SSR

2. Quick Write - JFK Stylistic Elements

3. Read Helen Keller's Speech of 1925

4. Stylistic Element analysis

HW - Finish table and quick write.

Tuesday 10/29

1. SSR

2. Introduction to Web Quest

3. Computer Lab - Web Quest Part 1

Wednesday 10/30

1. SSR

2. Susan B. Anthony - Women & the Right to Vote

3. Stylistic Analysis

HW - Finish analysis if not done during class

Thursday 10/31 - Lunchtime Test Prep Session

1. Test Review Sheet

2. Computer Lab - Web Quest Part 2

HW - Study for Test

Friday 11/1

1. Rhetoric Unit Exam

WEEK 8

Monday 10/21

1. SSR

2. Collaborative "Declaration" in-class writing assignment

HW - Read "Stride Toward Freedom" & "Necessary to Protect Ourselves" (pp. 301-306)

Tuesday 10/22

1. SSR

2. "Stride..." & "Necessary..." Analysis Questions

HW - Finish analysis questions

Wednesday 10/23

1. SSR

2. Correct "Stride..." & "Necessary..." questions

3. Listen to & Watch MLK Jr. "I Have a Dream"

4. Rhetorical Device analysis

HW - Finish Rhetorical Device analysis

Thursday 10/24

1. SSR

2. In-Class writing: "I Have a Dream" analysis

HW - Finish analysis paragraph if not done in class

Friday 10/25

1. SSR

2. Listen to & Watch JFK Inaugural Address

3. JFK Stylistic Analysis Activity

HW - Finish analysis table if not done during class

WEEK 7

Monday 10/14

1. SSR

2. Patrick Henry's "Speech at the Virginia Convention"

3. Small Group Analysis Responses

HW - Finish Analysis Responses

Tuesday 10/15

1. SSR

2. "Speech at the Virginia Convention" open response quiz.

3. Imagery Activity

HW - Finish both sides of Imagery activity

Wednesday 10/16

1. SSR

2. Discuss Imagery activity

3. Correct "Speech at the Virginia Convention" open note quiz

HW - Read "Declaration of Independence" pp 271-278

Thursday 10/17

1. SSR

2. "Declaration..." Powerpoint Slides

3. "Declaration..." Team Test

HW - Finish "Declaration..." Test if not completed in class

Friday 10/18

1. SSR

2. Correct "Declaration..." Team Test

3. Your own "Declaration...": 4 parts (preamble, statement of philosophical assumptions, list of reasons/rationale, declaration)

HW - No homework

 

WEEK 6

Monday 10/7

1. SSR

2. Native American Exam Make up Day

3. Final Collaboration Day for Creation Myth

HW - Collaborative Creation Myth Due 3:00 on Tuesday

Tuesday 10/8

1. SSR

2. Introduction to Rhetoric Terminology

HW - Type Terms

Wednesday 10/9

1. SSR

2. Imagery Activity

3. Lou Gehrig Farewell Speech

4. Ethos, Pathos, Logos Analysis

HW - Finish Gehrig Analysis & Imagery

Thursday 10/10

1. SSR

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

3. Analysis - Close Reading

HW - Finish Close Reading Analysis

 

 

WEEK 5

Monday 9/30

1. SSR

2. Begin Creation Myth Collaborative Writing Project

HW - No homework

Tuesday 10/1

1. SSR

2. Diction #5

3. Setting up Google Collaborative Writing

HW - Work on Creation Myth & do Diction #6

Wednesday 10/2

1. SSR

2. Stations: Creation Myth Comparison (West Africa, European, Cherokee)

HW - Extra Credit Google Presentation

Thursday 10/3

1. SSR

2. Creation Myth Comparison Group Presentations

3. Creation Myth Collaboration Status Meeting

HW - None

Friday 10/4

1. Native American Literature Unit Exam

WEEK 4

Monday 9/23

1. SSR

2. Discuss Diction Activity #3

3. Read "Chief Logan's Lament"

HW: Diction Activity #4 & Active Reading for "Logan's Lament"

 Tuesday 9/24

1. SSR

2. Discuss Diction Activity #4

3. Read "Chief Seattle's Oration"

HW: Logan & Seattle Venn Diagram

Wednesday 9/25 (Back to School Night)

1. SSR

2. Class Discussion on Venn Diagram

3. Individual Paragraph Analysis

HW: Active Reading "The Way to Rainy Mountain"

Thursday 9/26

1. SSR

2. "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Imagery Analysis Activity

HW: Finish Analysis Activity

Friday 9/27

1. SSR

2. Discuss "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Analysis

3. Diction Activity #5

HW: None

WEEK 3

Monday 9/16 (Wear Black & Gold - Lunch Drum Line)

1. SSR & Reading Log 

2. "The World on the Turtle's Back" Quick Write & Pre-reading

3. Begin "The World on the Turtle's Back" (pp. 25-30)

HW - Finish "The World on the Turtle's Back" (pp. 25-30)

Tuesday 9/17 (Dress Classy - Lunch Tug-o-War)

1. SSR - Reading Quick Check

2. "The World on the Turtle's Back" Text-Dependent Questions

          - small group collaboration (complete sentences)

HW - Finish Text-Dependent Questions (complete sentences) #1-11

Wednesday 9/18 (Wear White - Lunch Song Team)

1. SSR

2. Discuss #1-11

3. Small group collaboration (complete sentences) #12-22

HW - Finish Text-Dependent Questions #12-22

Thursday 9/19 (Jersey Day - Lunch Watermelon Smash)

1. SSR

2. Discuss #12-22

3. Synthesis Paragraphs - Google Drive Submission Process

HW - Create Synthesis Paragraphs in MLA format & "Share" w/ [email protected] through Google Drive. Due by start of class period Friday.

Friday 9/20 (CRAZY Black & Gold Day - Lunch Face Painting)

1. SSR

2. Close Reading Analysis: DICTION

3. Voice Lessons Diction Activities 3 & 4

HW - Finish Diction Activity #3

WEEK 2

Monday 9/9

1. SSR (check books)

2. ELA Diagnostic Test (MLA, Terminology)

Tuesday 9/10
1. SSR

2. Seating Chart

3. Review Diagnostic Test

4. Check out textbooks

HW - Read TBD by Wed. Sign up for free gmail account by Friday.

 Wednesday 9/11

1. SSR

2. Review MLA test

3. Begin Native American Literature Collaborative Activity

HW: Begin "What is a Myth" list

Thursday 9/12 (Football vs Fullerton)

1. SSR

2. PSAT Information

3. Continue MLA Test Review

4. Continue Native American Literature Collaborative Activity

HW: Finish worksheet

Friday 9/13

1. Portfolio Scramble

2. SSR

3. Whole Class Discussion (Myths)

4. Individual Paragraph (Myths)

HW: None