English Lab A

English Lab A
January 8-12, 2007
Trimester II
Week Seven

Monday, January 8, 2007

• Go to media center to get a red dot book. Discuss nonfiction choices.
• Explain the red dot book project.
• Show six weeks grades.
• Work on annotative bibliographies.
• Annotative bibliographies are due on Wednesday.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

• In lab to work on criterion writing.
• Cut and paste criterion to Word for proof reading and peer editing.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

• Red dot book reading.
• Annotative Bibliographies due.
• Work on Rainbow Revision.
• Introduction to Unit 2 “The Inspiration of New England: 1837-1860.”
• Jigsaw reading exercise pp. 73-75.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

• Introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson and from Self-Reliance.
• Read from Self-Reliance out loud. Write authentic questions.
• Vocabulary focus-meaning of words and antonyms. Work on vocabulary activity.

Friday, January 12, 2007

• Red dot book reading and first graphic organizer due.
• Go over After Reading the Selection on pp. 80-81.
• Assessment over this.


Power Standards/Objectives:

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.
11.2.4 Make reasonable assertions about an author’s arguments by using elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.
11.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or passages.
Writing
11.4.11 Edit and proofread one’s own writing, as well as that of others, using an editing checklist.
11.4.12 Revise text to highlight the individual voice, improve sentence variety and style, and enhance subtlety of meaning and tone in ways that are consistent with the purpose, audience, and form of writing.
11.4.8 Use systematic strategies to organize and record information, such as anecdotal scripting or annotated bibliographies