English Lab

English Lab A
Syllabus
December 11-15, 2006
Trimester I
Week Five


Monday, December 11, 2006

• Tuesday we will finish typing paragraphs and checking compound sentences because we will be in the lab for Criterion Writing.
• Introduction to “The American Crisis, Number 1,” by Thomas Paine- pp. 21-24.
• Before reading the selection, you need to read the introduction and write a summary over it.
• The Literary Terms are page 22 need to be written on your Vocabulary sheet of new words and definitions.
• Complete the activities on page 22: “Reading on your Own,” Writing on your Own,” “Vocabulary Focus,” and “Think Before You Read.”

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

• In lab for Criterion Writing.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

• Vocabulary from selection :
tyranny, consolation, esteem, celestial, impious, infidel, relinquished, pretence, inevitable, martial, fortitude, and unlamented need to be written and defined on you “Word Study Sheet.”
• If have time, we will read the selection from American Crisis- pp. 23-24.
• Discuss the introduction from American Crisis.
• Go over vocabulary words and use them in a sentence.
• Go over the activities from page 22. SQR 3 reading strategy.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

• Continue with from American Crisis.
• Work on vocabulary words- defining, writing in sentences.
• We will work on Comprehension: Identifying Facts, Comprehension: Putting Ideas together, and Critical Thinking.

Friday, December 15, 2006

• Selection quiz over from American Crisis.
• Work on correcting essays.
• Grammar check.
• Discuss pamphlet project.

Power Objectives/Standards:

Vocabulary.
11.1.1 Understand unfamiliar words that refer to characters or themes in literature or history.
Writing:
11.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, achievement of purpose, and mechanics.
11.5.4 Write historical investigation reports.
11.5.9 Write academic essays, such as a research report, a summary, an annotative bibliography that: includes accurate information from primary and secondary sources and excludes extraneous information uses technical terms and notations correctly.
11.2.1 Analyze both the features and the rhetorical (persuasive) devices of different types of public documents, such as policy statements, speeches, or debates, and the way in which authors use those features and devices.
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.
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