English 10 Honors

English 10 Honors
Syllabus
Mrs. Gifford
Week Seven: October 1-5, 2007

Monday, October 1, 2007

Do Now (Bell Activity): Summary The Bean Tree chapters 9-11.

Daily Agenda:
· Vocabulary #6 words due on Wednesday. Test on Friday.
· Chapters 9-11 due over The Bean Trees. Discuss questions/summary
· Introduce appositives/model examples.
· Hand out sheet over this-pictures
· Write sentences using appositives-Sentences need to relate to The Bean Tree.
Homework:
· Read The Bean Trees- chapters 12 & 13 for Friday.
· Appositive homework.


Standards/Objectives: Students will…
10.1.2 Distinguish between what words mean literally and what they imply
10.6.1 Identify and correctly use phrases, including gerund, infinitive, and participial
10.7.17 Deliver oral responses to literature (The Bean Trees)
10.7.7 Make judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments with convincing evidence (The Bean Trees)
10.5.2 Write responses to literature (support with text)(The Bean Trees)
10.3.8 Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and inconsistencies in a text. (The Bean Trees)


Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Do Now (Bell Activity): Appositive Review (Bean Trees or “Life is Sweet at Kumansenu,”)

Daily Agenda:
· Foreshadowing exercise to wrap up standard from first story. In The Bean Trees-examples of foreshadowing.
· Listen to or read “Where Have You Gone, charming Billy? Page 197.
· Work on literature circle tasks.

Homework:
§ Complete literature circle tasks
§ Vocabulary 1-5 test is due tomorrow.

Standards and Objectives – Students will…:
10.3.2 Compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic across genres (different types of writing) to explain how each genre shapes the author’s presentation of the theme or topic (Standards address literature circle tasks-Connector)
10.3.11 Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme. (Standards address literature circle tasks- Illuminator)
10.3.3 Evaluate interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot (Standards address literature circle tasks-Illustrator)
10.6.1 Identify and correctly use phrases, including gerund, infinitive, and participial
Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the views expressed in each work (Standards address literature circle tasks-Discussion Director)
10.3.3 Evaluate interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Do Now (Bell Activity): Vocabulary Review

Daily Agenda:
· Go over Vocabulary #6.
· Complete questions over the story “Where Have You Gone, charming Billy? Page 197.
· Introduce action verbs/hand out sheet over this.

Homework:
§ Finish questions on the story
§ Read The Bean Trees.


Standards and Objectives – Students will…:
10.7.17 Deliver oral responses to literature
10.7.7 Make judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments with convincing evidence
10.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
10.3.6 Evaluate an author’s development of time and sequence, including the use of complex literary devices, such as foreshadowing (providing clues to future events) or flashbacks (interrupting the sequence of events to include information about an event that happened in the past).
10.3.9 Explain how voice and the choice of a narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot, and credibility of a text.

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Do Now (Bell Activity): (not sure)
Daily Agenda:
· Read or listen to the story “By the Waters of Babylon,” page 265.
· Work on literature circle tasks.
Homework:
§ Finish the literature circle tasks.

Standards and Objectives – Students will…:
10.3.2 Compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic across genres (different types of writing) to explain how each genre shapes the author’s presentation of the theme or topic (Standards address literature circle tasks-Connector)
10.3.11 Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme. (Standards address literature circle tasks- Illuminator)
10.3.3 Evaluate interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot (Standards address literature circle tasks-Illustrator)
10.6.1 Identify and correctly use phrases, including gerund, infinitive, and participial
Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the views expressed in each work (Standards address literature circle tasks-Discussion Director)

Friday, September 28, 2007

Do Now (Bell Activity: Summary over chapters 12 & 13 of The Bean Trees.
Daily Agenda:
Vocabulary 6 test.
Discuss the story “By the Waters of Babylon,” page 265.
Complete the questions over the story.


Homework:
· Read The Bean Trees- Chapters 14 & 15.


Standards and Objectives – Students will…:
10.7.17 Deliver oral responses to literature
10.7.7 Make judgments about the ideas under discussion and support those judgments with convincing evidence
10.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
10.5.2 Write responses to literature (support with text)10.3.8 Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, ironies, and inconsistencies in a text.