English 11B Honors

English 11B Honors Syllabus
February 27 – March 03, 2006
Trimester III – Week 1

Monday, February 27

• Welcome to English 11B – review expectations and guidelines.
• Distribute American Literature textbooks and Of Mice and Men.
• Discuss double entry journal assignment on Curley’s wife.
• Distribute Vocabulary 10.
• Distribute “The Simple Life” prompt.
• Of Mice and Men introductory activity.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 1-16. Reflect in DEJ.
 Prepare for Criterion – “The Simple Life” handout.

Tuesday, February 28
We will be in the lab today.

• Criterion – come prepared with your “The Simple Life” handout.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 17-37. Reflect in DEJ.
 Read pp. 230-31 and 249-54 in your textbook.
 Come to class with five questions you have about the Thoreau reading.

Wednesday, March 01

• Vocabulary 10 Due.
• Introduction to civil disobedience. Discuss Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Read and discuss “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.”
• Quickwrite.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 38-65. Reflect in DEJ.

Thursday, March 02
We will be in the lab today.

• WebQuest on civil disobedience.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 66-83. Reflect in DEJ.

Friday, March 03

• Vocabulary 10 Quiz.
• Socratic seminar on Of Mice and Men.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 84-98 for Monday. Reflect in DEJ.


Indiana State Standards covered this week:

• 11.2.4 Make reasonable assertions about an author’s arguments by using elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.
• 11.2.5 Analyze an author’s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.
• 11.3.2 Analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on life, using textual evidence to support the claim.
• 11.3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author’s style, and the “sound” of language achieve specific rhetorical (persuasive) or aesthetic (artistic) purposes or both.
• 11.3.5 Analyze recognized works of literature (American, British, world) representing a variety of genres and traditions that:
o trace the development of the major periods of literature.
o contrast the major themes, styles, and trends in different periods.
o evaluate the influences (philosophical, political, religious, ethical, and social) of the historical period for a given novel that shaped the characters, plot, and setting.
• 11.3.6 Analyze the way in which authors have used archetypes (models or patterns) drawn from myth and tradition in literature, film, political speeches, and religious writings.
• 11.3.7 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic.
• 11.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, achievement of purpose, and mechanics.
• 11.4.11 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist.
• 11.4.12 Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and form of writing.
• 11.5.6 Use varied and extended vocabulary, appropriate for specific forms and topics.
• 11.6.1 Demonstrate control of grammar, diction, paragraph and sentence structure, and an understanding of English usage.
• 11.6.2 Produce writing that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation and capitalization.
• 11.6.3 Apply appropriate manuscript conventions in writing — including title page presentation, pagination, spacing, and margins — and integration of source and support material by citing sources within the text, using direct quotations, and paraphrasing.