English 11B Honors

English 11B Honors Syllabus
March 06 – March 10, 2006
Trimester III – Week 2

Monday, March 06

• Distribute Vocabulary 11.
• Alienation vs. alliance with the audience in Thoreau – handout & discussion.
• Complete PowerPoint presentations with your partners.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 84-98. Reflect in DEJ.
 Complete PowerPoint if you haven’t already.

Tuesday, March 07

• PowerPoint presentations on civil disobedience.
• Quickwrite.

 Read Of Mice and Men pp. 99-107. Reflect in DEJ.
 Vocabulary 11.

Wednesday, March 08

• Review Vocabulary 11.
• Red Dot Book test on Of Mice and Men.
• Assign film analysis paper.
• Watch first part of Of Mice and Men.

 Brainstorm ideas for paper.

Thursday, March 09

• Watch the rest of Of Mice and Men.

 Write rough draft of film paper.
 Study Vocabulary 11.

Friday, March 10

• Vocabulary 11 Quiz.
• Peer edit film paper drafts.
• Quickwrite.

 Revise film paper – final draft due Monday.
 Read Emerson 216-23 in your text.



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.
• 11.3.6 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.
• 11.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers.
• 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.
• 11.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
o demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or passages.
o analyze the use of imagery, language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text.
o support important ideas and viewpoints through accurate and detailed references to the text and to other works.
o demonstrate an understanding of the author’s style and an appreciation of the effects created.
o identify and assess the impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text.
• 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.
• 11.7.17 Deliver oral reports on historical investigations that:
o use exposition, narration, description, persuasion, or some combination of those to support the thesis (the position on the topic).
o analyze several historical records of a single event, examining each perspective on the event.
o describe similarities and differences between research sources, using information derived from primary and secondary sources to support the presentation.
o include information on all relevant perspectives and consider the validity (accuracy and truthfulness) and reliability (consistency) of sources.
• 11.7.19 Deliver multimedia presentations that:
o combine text, images, and sound by incorporating information from a wide range of media, including films, newspapers, magazines, CD-ROMs, online information, television, videos, and electronic media-generated images.
o select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation.
o use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring for quality.
o test the audience’s response and revise the presentation accordingly.