English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
December 4-8, 2006
Trimester II
Week Four
Monday, December 04, 2006

• Introduction of Annotated Bibliography.
• Model with article “Out of Africa.”
• Vocabulary three words due on Wednesday with test on Friday.
• You must have articles from web site.
• To Kill A Mockingbird book talk on Friday. Test on Monday, December 11.
• Transactional Journal # 2 due on Tuesday, December 12.
• Final Transactional journal due on Friday, December 15.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

• Discuss Power Point project using research material.
• Read Ellison’s quotation on p. 67 and reflect over what it reveals about seeking an “examined life.”
• Show fine arts transparency “Ben Franklin” by David Martin. We will make predictions about Ben Franklin’s life.
• Read Introduction to Benjamin Franklin.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

• Go over vocabulary words for Lesson three.
• Continue/finish with Benjamin Franklin. Possible quiz on Thursday.
• Work/finish annotated bibliographies.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

• Quiz over Benjamin Franklin material.
• Work on Power Point presentations. These will be shown on Thursday, December 14, 2006.
• Finish any material we did not cover.
• To Kill a Mockingbird.

Friday, December 8, 2006

• Vocabulary three test.
• Book talk over To Kill A Mockingbird.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
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.

Reading
11.3.1 Analyze characteristics of subgenres, types of writings such as satire, parody, allegory, and pastoral that are used in poetry, prose, plays, novels, short stories, essays, and other basic genres.
• Satire: using humor to point out weaknesses of people and society.
11.3.7 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions (statements that take for granted something is true), beliefs, or intentions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic.
11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.
11.3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author’s style, and the sound of language achieve specific rhetorical (communication) or aesthetic (artistic) purposes or both.

11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the author’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.


Writing Applications:
11.5.3 Write reflective compositions that:
• explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.
• draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer’s important beliefs or generalizations about life.