English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
Syllabus
November 27-December 1, 2006
Trimester II
Week Three


Monday, November 27, 2006
• To Kill A Mockingbird Check/discussion. Need to set due date for end of novel.
• Introduce Olaudah Equiano p. 56. Listen to the selection from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano pp. 57-65. Quiz on Tuesday.
• Hand out article over “Out of Africa.” You need to read and “talk to the text” for Wednesday. We will use this article for practicing annotative bibliographies.
• You might want to have some sort of rough draft or some thoughts over what your first Reading Transactional Journal might be.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
• In lab to type first Reading Transactional Journal. Final is due on Friday attached to rubric.
• Quiz over from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
• Go over vocabulary 2 words today (if have time). Test is on Friday.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006
• Test over Part I of To Kill A Mockingbird.
• Introduce annotative bibliography writing.
• Work with article “Out of Africa.”

Thursday, November 30, 2006
• Work on annotative bibliographies from web sites.
• Discuss project.
• Finish any work not covered.

Friday, December 1, 2006
• Test over vocabulary 2 words.
• Final Transactional Reading Journal #1 is due.
• Read To Kill A Mockingbird novel.


Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
11.1.1 Understand unfamiliar words that refer to characters or themes in literature or history.
11.1.3 Analyze the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons as well as relationships and inferences
Reading
11.2.2 Analyze the way in which clarity of meaning is affected by the patterns of organization, repetition of the main ideas, organization of language, and word choice in the text.
11.2.4 Make reasonable assertions about an author’s arguments by using elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.
Read and interpret autobiographical narratives
Identify Allusions
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.
11.3.5 Analyze or evaluate works of literary or cultural significance in history
Writing:
11.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, achievement of purpose, and mechanics.
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
11.4.5 Enhance meaning using rhetorical devices, including the extended use of parallelism, repetition, and analogy and the issuance of a call for action.