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
Sunday, December 10, 2006
English 9A
English 9A
Syllabus
December 11-15, 2006
Trimester II
Week Five
Monday, December 11, 2006
• Hand out vocabulary four words. These are due on Wednesday; test is on Friday.
• We will work on literary terms. These can be found in the Handbook Section of your literature book. We will have a test over these on Thursday. We will go over these on Wednesday.
• Red dot book reading. Be sure to make up the list of questions using words from Bloom’s Taxonomy. Be sure to answer the questions.
• Read short story.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
• We will be in the lab today working on a Criterion Descriptive Write. You will need to cut and paste this in word so we can peer edit.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
• We will go over Vocabulary Four words.
• We will begin the short story “The Birds” today.
• We will begin the lesson with a reading strategy.
• You will get information over the story.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
• Today all red dot book questions will be due.
• All students will take a red dot book test.
• Reminder of Vocabulary Four test tomorrow.
• Continue with the short story “The Birds.”
Friday, December 15, 2006
• Finish the story “The Birds.”
• Read article from newspaper over topic and answer comprehension questions.
• Vocabulary Four test.
• Hand out Vocabulary Five words.
Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
Reading: Literary Response and Analysis
9.3.2 Analyze interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.
9.3.3 Explain how voice and the choice of a narrator affect story
Writing: English Language Conventions
9.6.3 Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
9.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.
9.4.11 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors.
9.4.12 Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and perspective, the precision of word choice, and the appropriateness of tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.
9.6.3 Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
Syllabus
December 11-15, 2006
Trimester II
Week Five
Monday, December 11, 2006
• Hand out vocabulary four words. These are due on Wednesday; test is on Friday.
• We will work on literary terms. These can be found in the Handbook Section of your literature book. We will have a test over these on Thursday. We will go over these on Wednesday.
• Red dot book reading. Be sure to make up the list of questions using words from Bloom’s Taxonomy. Be sure to answer the questions.
• Read short story.
Tuesday, December 12, 2006
• We will be in the lab today working on a Criterion Descriptive Write. You will need to cut and paste this in word so we can peer edit.
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
• We will go over Vocabulary Four words.
• We will begin the short story “The Birds” today.
• We will begin the lesson with a reading strategy.
• You will get information over the story.
Thursday, December 14, 2006
• Today all red dot book questions will be due.
• All students will take a red dot book test.
• Reminder of Vocabulary Four test tomorrow.
• Continue with the short story “The Birds.”
Friday, December 15, 2006
• Finish the story “The Birds.”
• Read article from newspaper over topic and answer comprehension questions.
• Vocabulary Four test.
• Hand out Vocabulary Five words.
Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
Reading: Literary Response and Analysis
9.3.2 Analyze interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.
9.3.3 Explain how voice and the choice of a narrator affect story
Writing: English Language Conventions
9.6.3 Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
9.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.
9.4.11 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist with specific examples of corrections of frequent errors.
9.4.12 Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and perspective, the precision of word choice, and the appropriateness of tone by taking into consideration the audience, purpose, and formality of the context.
9.6.3 Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.
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
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
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