English Lab

English Lab Syllabus
November 20-22, 2006
Trimester II
Week Two

Monday, November 20, 2006

• Go over vocabulary words for from The History pf Plymouth Plantation.
• Assign the reading and information that goes with it.
• Quiz over the selection and words tomorrow.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006
• Review the selection.
• Quiz over the material.
• Work on grammar-adjectives/descriptive words.
• Check to make sure binders are organized.
• Criterion Writing #2.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006
• Introduction to poetry and literary terms.
• Complete the “Before You Read selection,” “To My Dear and Loving Husband,” pp. 10-11.
• Work on Comprehension strategies together.

Power Standards/objectives:
Vocabulary:
11.1.3 Analyze the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons as well as relationships and inferences
11.1.1 Understand unfamiliar words that refer
to characters or themes in literature or history.
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.
11.2.3 Verify and clarify facts presented in several types of expository texts
11.2.4 Analyze an author’s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.
Writing:
11.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers.
11.4.6 Use language in creative and vivid ways to establish a specific tone
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.
11.4.9 Use a computer to integrate databases, pictures and graphics, and spreadsheets into word-processed documents.