English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
Syllabus
December 11-15, 2006
Trimester II
Week Five

Monday, December 11, 2006

• Test over the novel To Kill A Mockingbird.
• Hand out Vocabulary Four. We will go over words on Wednesday; the test is on Friday.
• Final Annotative Bibliographies are due on Monday, December 18.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

• We will be in lab for Criterion Writing.
• Transactional Reading Journal Writing #2 is due today.
• Discuss PowerPoint presentations.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

• Discuss vocabulary words.
• Discuss PowerPoint presentations if did not discuss on Tuesday.
• Discuss the film version of To Kill A Mockingbird.
• If have time, we will begin this; you will receive questions on “Looking Critically at Film.”
• Discuss the “Before Viewing Questions.”

Thursday, December 14, 2006

• To Kill A Mockingbird film.
• Discuss “During Viewing Questions.”

Friday, December 15, 2006

• Test over Vocabulary Four words.
• Transactional Reading Journal #3 due today.
• Finish/discuss To Kill A Mockingbird film.
• If have time, discuss “After Viewing Questions.”
• Work on PowerPoint Projects.

Power Standards/Objectives:

Vocabulary:
11.1.2 Apply knowledge of roots and word parts from Greek and Latin to draw inferences about the meaning of vocabulary in literature or other subject areas.
11.1.1 Understand unfamiliar words that refer to characters or themes in literature or history.


Writing:
11.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers.
11.4.7 Develop presentations using clear research questions and creative and critical research strategies, such as conducting field studies, interviews, and experiments; researching oral histories; and using Internet sources
11.4.8 Use systematic strategies to organize and record information, such as anecdotal scripting or annotated bibliographies

Presentations:
11.7.17 Deliver oral reports on historical investigations that:
• use exposition, narration, description, persuasion, or some combination of those to support the thesis (the position on the topic).
• analyze several historical records of a single event, examining each perspective on the event.
• describe similarities and differences between research sources, using information derived from primary and secondary sources to support the presentation. 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:
• 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.
• select an appropriate medium for each element of the presentation.
• use the selected media skillfully, editing appropriately and monitoring for quality.
• test the audience’s response and revise the presentation