Tuesday, January 23, 2007

English 9A

English 9A
January 22-26, 2007
Trimester II
Week Nine
Monday, January 22, 2007

Vocabulary 7 words are due on Wednesday. Test is on Thursday.
PowerPoint presentation on plagiarism.
Discuss “Annotative Bibliographies” and summary writing.
Model form.
Have students read articles and highlight information.
Reading strategy.
English Workshop book should be brought to class on Tuesday.

Tuesday, January 23, 2006

Students should continue with note taking and summaries.
These are due on Thursday.
Introduction to subject/verb agreement-chapter 14 in English Workbook Handbook.
Cover pp. 173-178 for homework on Wednesday.

Wednesday, January 23, 2006

Continue with subject/verb agreement pp. 179-184.
We will complete the Review Exercise on p. 185.
Quiz over subject/verb agreement on Thursday.
Reminder- “Annotative Bibliographies” are due on Thursday.

Thursday, January 24, 2006

Quiz over subject/verb agreement.
Vocabulary 7 test.
Work on organizing mythology presentation-story board.

Friday, January 25, 2006

In lab for PowerPoint project- mythology unit.


Power Standards/Objectives:

Vocabulary

9.1.2 Distinguish between what words mean literally and what they imply and interpret what the words imply
Writing Application:

9.4.4 Use writing to formulate clear research questions and to compile information from primary and secondary print or Internet sources.
9.4.8 Use appropriate conventions for documentation in text, notes, and bibliographies, following the formats in specific style manuals.
9.4.9 Use a computer to design and publish documents by using advanced publishing software and graphic programs.
9.5.9 Write or deliver a research report that has been developed using a systematic research process (defines the topic, gathers information, determines credibility, reports findings)
demonstrates that information that has been gathered has been summarized, that the topic has been refined through this process, and that conclusions have been drawn from synthesizing information

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

English 9A

English 9 A
January 15-19, 2007
Trimester II
Week Eight
Monday, January 15, 2007

Vocabulary 6 words are due on Wednesday. Test is on Thursday.
Introduction to the short story “The Necklace.”
Discuss the story guide. This is due on Tuesday. Quiz on Tuesday over story.
If have time, complete Rainbow Revision/color coding exercise over rough drafts.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Go over the study guide “The Necklace.”
Discuss mythology guidelines for Friday; we are in the lab. I will discuss annotated bibliographies and note taking/summary writing.
Mythology material needs to be selected.
Quiz over “The Necklace.”
Rainbow Revision.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Discuss Vocabulary 6 words.
Hand out vocabulary 7 words.
Discuss Pronouns Chapter 16.
Red dot book testing and questions are due on Wednesday, January 31, 2007.
In class working peer editing.
Begin to revise essays.

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Vocabulary 6 test.
Revise essays.
Reading mythology material.
Run-on sentence assessment.

Friday, January 19, 2007

In lab to work on mythology research material.
Enter essay into Criterion.


Power Standards/Objectives:

Vocabulary

9.1.2 Distinguish between what words mean literally and what they imply and interpret what the words imply.
Reading

9.3.5 Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.
9.3.8 Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, and ironies (the contrast between expectation and reality), in a text.

Writing: Processes

9.4.5 Develop the main ideas within the body of the composition through supporting evidence, such as scenarios, commonly held briefs, hypotheses, and definitions

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
Writing: English Language Conventions9.6.2 Demonstrate an understanding of sentence construction, including parallel structure, subordination, and the proper placement of modifiers, and proper English usage, including the use of consistent verb tenses

English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
January 15-19, 2007
Trimester II
Week Eight

Monday, January 15, 2007
Vocabulary 6 test.
Hand out Vocabulary 7 words. Test is on Thursday.
Discuss Act III of The Crucible.
If have time, work on Act IV.
Annotative Bibliographies are due tomorrow (Tuesday), and we will begin PowerPoint presentations.

Tuesday, January 16, 2007
PowerPoint presentations
Collect Annotative Bibliographies.
Act IV of The Crucible is due on Thursday.

Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Half day- no class (**)

Thursday, January 18, 2007
Continue with PowerPoint presentations if needed.
Discuss Act IV of The Crucible.
Vocabulary 7 test.
Possible assessment for Acts III/IV.
Hand out sheet for research.

Friday, January 19, 2007
In lab for research.
Make up day for any material.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Reading
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
11.3.6 Analyze the way in which authors have used archetypes (original models or patterns, such as best friend, champion, crusader, free spirit, nurturer, outcast, tyrant, and others) drawn from myth and tradition in literature, film, political speeches, and religious writings
Writing Applications:
11.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
· demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or passages.
· analyze the use of imagery, language, universal themes, and unique aspects of the text.
· support statements with evidence from the text.
· demonstrate an understanding of the author’s style and an appreciation of the effects created.
· identify and assess the impact of perceived ambiguities, nuances, and complexities within the text.
Presentations:
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

Thursday, January 11, 2007

English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
January 8-12, 2007
Trimester II
Week 7

Monday, January 8, 2007

• Discuss Act I of The Crucible. Quiz on Tuesday.
• Discuss timeline of reading The Crucible.
• Discuss 6 weeks grades.
• PowerPoint Presentations begin on Tuesday, January 16. Everyone should be ready.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

• Continue with discussion over Act I. Write authentic questions. Quiz over Act I of The Crucible on Wednesday.
• In lab for Criterion Timed Writing.
• Begin reading Act II of The Crucible.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

• Quiz over Act I of The Crucible.
• Continue with Act II. Study guide questions are due on Thursday.
• Go over Vocabulary 5. Test on Friday.
• Go over Vocabulary 6- Test on Monday, January 15.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

• Discuss Act II of The Crucible. Quiz on Friday.
• Begin Act III-due on Monday, January 15.

Friday, January 12, 2007

• Quiz over Act II of The Crucible.
• Vocabulary 5 test.

Reminders:

• Vocabulary 6 test on Monday, January 15.
• Act III of The Crucible due on Monday, January 15.


Power Standards/Objectives:


Vocabulary
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.
11.1.3 Analyze the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons as well as relationships and inferences.
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.
11.3.2 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
11.2.6 Critique the power, validity, and truthfulness of arguments set forth in public documents, speeches, or essays; their appeal to both friendly and hostile audiences; and the extent to which the arguments anticipate and address reader concerns and counterclaims.
Writing:
11.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, achievement of purpose, and mechanics.
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.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

English 9A

English 9A
January 8-12, 2006
Trimester II
Week Seven

Monday, January 8, 2006

• Hand out sheet over Red Dot Book. Explain.
• Show six weeks grade.
• Begin unit on Comparison/Contrast essay.
• Model this in class.
• Homework for tonight is to read the news article “Hundreds of Birds Invade Home in California.” Quiz tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 9, 2006

• Quiz over “Hundreds of Birds…”
• In lab for criterion writing-comparison/contrast.
• Discuss vocabulary 5 words on Wednesday,

Wednesday, January 10, 2006

• Go over vocabulary 5 words.
• Continue working on comparison/contrast essay.

Sunday, January 07, 2007

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

Monday, January 01, 2007

English 9A

English 9A
January 8-12, 2007
Trimester II
Week Seven

Monday, January 8, 2007

• Hand out sheet over Red Dot Book. Explain.
• Show six weeks grade.
• Vocabulary 5 words are due on Tuesday.
• Begin unit on Comparison/Contrast essay. You need to think about a topic.
• Model this in class.
 Homework for tonight is to read the news article “Hundreds of Birds Invade Home in California” p. 76 in literature book. Quiz/exercise over reading comprehension.

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

• We will go over the news article before the quiz’
• Quiz over “Hundreds of Birds…”
• Work on comparison/contrast essays. Rough draft is due tomorrow. We will be in the lab.
• Discuss vocabulary 5 words.
 Homework is to work on Comparison/Contrast essay.

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

• Go over vocabulary 5 words.
• In lab to type rough draft.
• Continue working on comparison/contrast essay.
• We will discuss sentence fragments.
 Homework is sheet over fragments, and exercise 4 on p. 64 in your English Workshop books.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

• Go over fragments. Quiz on Friday.
• Use Rainbow Revision for essay evaluation.
• Go over fragments/run-on sentences. Test on Friday.
 Final essay is due on Friday, January 19.


Friday, January 12, 2007

• Test over Vocabulary 5.
• Test over fragments/run-on sentences.
• Read “Harrison Bergeron,” pp. 139.

 Go over Vocabulary 6- Test on Tuesday.
• Read dot book reading if have time.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary

9.1.2 Distinguish between what words mean literally and what they imply and interpret what the words imply.

Writing: Processes
9.5.2 Write responses to literature that:
• Demonstrate a comprehensive grasp of the significant ideas of literary works.
• Support statements with evidence from the text.
9.4.3 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, and appropriate modifiers.
9.4.9 Use a computer to design and publish
documents by using advanced publishing software and graphic programs.
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

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.

Monday, December 18, 2006

English Lab

English Lab
December 18-22, 2006
Trimester II
Week Six



Monday, December 18, 2006

• Review letter written by Julie Alvarez.
• Review summary writing.
• In portfolio write a summary over her letter.
• Begin researching Julia Alvarez and Rafael Trujillo.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

• Continue researching.
• You must have at least two articles over the material.
• We will work on Annotative Bibliographies.
• Begin taking notes.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

• Discuss/Share research information.
• Write questions from Bloom’s.
• Begin film if have a few minutes.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

• Continue with film.
• Discuss questions.
• Criterion writing.

Friday, December 22, 2006

• Continue with film.
• Work on Annotative Bibliographies for Presentations after break.

Power Standards/Objectives:

Reading:

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
11.2.6 Critique the power, validity, and truthfulness of arguments set forth in public documents, speeches, or essays; their appeal to both friendly and hostile audiences; and the extent to which the arguments anticipate and address reader concerns and counterclaims
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

English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
December 18-22, 2006
Trimester I
Week Six


Monday, December 18, 2006

• Hand out Vocabulary Five and Six. These will be due after break.
• Continue with To Kill A Mockingbird. Discuss.
• If have time, begin peer editing Annotative Bibliographies.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

• Continue with Annotative Bibliographies if we did not finish.
• Begin Introduction to The Crucible.
• If have time, begin showing Purdue film.
• You should be writing a summary over this material.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

• In lab to work on PowerPoint presentation.
• Finish Purdue film.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

• In lab to work on PowerPoint Presentation.
• Work on Criterion Writing.

Friday, December 22, 2006

• Begin Act I of The Crucible.
• Discuss reading timeline.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday.

Power Standards/Objectives:

Reading:

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
11.2.6 Critique the power, validity, and truthfulness of arguments set forth in public documents, speeches, or essays; their appeal to both friendly and hostile audiences; and the extent to which the arguments anticipate and address reader concerns and counterclaims.
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

English 9A

English 9A
Syllabus
December 18-22, 2006
Trimester II
Week Six


Monday, December 18, 2006

• Test over Vocabulary Four words.
• Finish listening to the short story “The Birds.”
• Go over color words from story.
• Discuss comparison/contrast Venn diagram.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

• Assessment over the story.
• Begin to show the film.
• Discuss note taking and summary writing.

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

• Continue with “The Birds.”
• Discuss comparison/contrast from short story to movie.
• In lab on Thursday, to begin comparison/contrast essay.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

• In lab to do comparison/contrast essay.
• Hand out Vocabulary Five words.

Friday, December 22, 2006

• Continue working on comparison/contrast essay.
• Read news article “Hundreds of Birds Invade Home in California.”
• Go to media center to get another red dot book ( if have time).

Have a very safe and wonderful holiday. See you in 2007.


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.
Reading:
9.3.4 Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration, dialogue, and soliloquy (when they speak out loud to themselves).
9.3.4 Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the views expressed in each work.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

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

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.

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

Monday, December 04, 2006

English Lab

English Lab
December 4-8, 2006
Trimester II
Week Four

Monday, December 04, 2006
• Write in journal.
• Introduction to Benjamin Franklin. Aphorisms on board. Answer questions about them
• Read pp. 15-16. Write vocabulary words and definitions.
• Show introduction to Benjamin Franklin.
• Taking notes strategy.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006
• Summary writing over introduction.
• Read “Poor Richard’s Almanac” using reading strategy.
• Work on “Building Language Arts Skills.”
• Discuss research project.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006
• Research material over “Poor Richard.”
• Work on outlines.

Thursday, December 7, 2006
• Introduce/discuss/chart information over “Poor Richard” and Benjamin Franklin.
• Continue with research. Discuss PowerPoint presentation.
• Test over Benjamin Franklin on Friday.

Friday, December 8, 2006
• Test over Benjamin Franklin.
• Work on PowerPoint/research.
• Read red dot books if have time.

Power Standards/Objectives:

Vocabulary
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.

Reading
11.3.1 Analyze characteristics of subgenres, types of writings such as satire, parody, allegory, and pastoral that are used in poetry, prose, plays, novels, short stories, essays, and other basic genres.
• Satire: using humor to point out weaknesses of people and society.
11.3.7 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions (statements that take for granted something is true), beliefs, or intentions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic.
11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.
11.3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author’s style, and the sound of language achieve specific rhetorical (communication) or aesthetic (artistic) purposes or both.

11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the author’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.


Writing Applications:
11.5.3 Write reflective compositions that:
• explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.
• draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer’s important beliefs or generalizations about life.
Writing Applications:
11.5.9 Write academic essays, such as an analytical essay, a persuasive essay, a research report, a summary, an explanation, a description, or a literary analysis that:
• Develops a thesis.
• Creates an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context.
• Includes accurate information from primary and secondary sources and excludes extraneous information.
• Makes valid inferences.
• Supports judgments with relevant and substantial evidence and well-chosen details.
• Uses technical terms and notations correctly.
• Provides a coherent conclusion.

English 9A

English 9 A
December 4-8, 2006
Trimester II
Week Four


Monday, December 04, 2006

• Begin the unit over “Using Modifiers Correctly,” pp. 223-239 Chapter 17 in English Workshop books.
• Go over these in class.
• Review red dot book assignment. Begin reading each day.
• Hand out sheet over “Poison.” This is the problem solving sheet.
• Homework finish- modifiers.
• Vocabulary Four is due on Wednesday.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

• Read red dot books at beginning of hour.
• Continue with misplaced modifiers. Quiz over this on Thursday.
• Discuss the project.
• Update any red dot book material.
• Introduction to the short story “The Birds.”
• Read the story using reading strategy.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006
• Read the first few minutes in class.
• Go over Vocabulary words. Test is on Friday.
• Review for misplaced modifier quiz.
• Begin “The Birds.”

Thursday, December 7, 2006

• Read the first few minutes.
• Quiz over misplaced modifiers.
• Continue with “The Birds.”
• Discuss comparison/contrast.

Friday, December 8, 2006

• Continue with “The Birds.”
• Red dot book reading.
• Vocabulary three test.
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

Red dot books are due on Wednesday, December 13, 2006

English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
December 4-8, 2006
Trimester II
Week Four
Monday, December 04, 2006

• Introduction of Annotated Bibliography.
• Model with article “Out of Africa.”
• Vocabulary three words due on Wednesday with test on Friday.
• You must have articles from web site.
• To Kill A Mockingbird book talk on Friday. Test on Monday, December 11.
• Transactional Journal # 2 due on Tuesday, December 12.
• Final Transactional journal due on Friday, December 15.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

• Discuss Power Point project using research material.
• Read Ellison’s quotation on p. 67 and reflect over what it reveals about seeking an “examined life.”
• Show fine arts transparency “Ben Franklin” by David Martin. We will make predictions about Ben Franklin’s life.
• Read Introduction to Benjamin Franklin.

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

• Go over vocabulary words for Lesson three.
• Continue/finish with Benjamin Franklin. Possible quiz on Thursday.
• Work/finish annotated bibliographies.

Thursday, December 7, 2006

• Quiz over Benjamin Franklin material.
• Work on Power Point presentations. These will be shown on Thursday, December 14, 2006.
• Finish any material we did not cover.
• To Kill a Mockingbird.

Friday, December 8, 2006

• Vocabulary three test.
• Book talk over To Kill A Mockingbird.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
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.

Reading
11.3.1 Analyze characteristics of subgenres, types of writings such as satire, parody, allegory, and pastoral that are used in poetry, prose, plays, novels, short stories, essays, and other basic genres.
• Satire: using humor to point out weaknesses of people and society.
11.3.7 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions (statements that take for granted something is true), beliefs, or intentions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic.
11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.
11.3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author’s style, and the sound of language achieve specific rhetorical (communication) or aesthetic (artistic) purposes or both.

11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the author’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.


Writing Applications:
11.5.3 Write reflective compositions that:
• explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.
• draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer’s important beliefs or generalizations about life.

Monday, November 27, 2006

English Lab

English Lab
Syllabus
November 27- December 1, 2006


Monday, November 27, 2006
• Write in portfolios.
• Go over grades.
• Review summary writing-practice this.
• Introduce “To My Dear and Loving Husband.”
• Write vocabulary words and definitions-go over these.
• Review poetic terms.
• You are to read and write a summary over the introduction about Anne Bradstreet and the poem. These are due on Tuesday.
• If have time, read and go over the poem and complete “After Reading the Selection.”

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
• Write in portfolios.
• In lab to write criterion entry.
• Discuss/collect the summaries and attach to rubric.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006
• Write in portfolios.
• Work on outlining. We will use the material from Bradstreet.
• Selection quiz.
• Work on parallelism and pronouns.

Thursday, November 30, 2006
• Write in portfolios.
• Introduction to Benjamin Franklin.
• Define aphorisms/ discuss if there are any from students’ countries/native language.
• Assign aphorisms. Go over them.
• Use outlining techniques for reading comprehension.
• You will select a quotation to write an essay.
• Discuss red dot books.

Friday, December 1, 2006
• Write in portfolios.
• If ready, quiz over Ben Franklin and aphorisms.
• Red dot book reading/testing/ writing.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
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.

Reading
11.3.1 Analyze characteristics of subgenres, types of writings such as satire, parody, allegory, and pastoral that are used in poetry, prose, plays, novels, short stories, essays, and other basic genres.
• Satire: using humor to point out weaknesses of people and society.
11.3.7 Analyze the clarity and consistency of political assumptions (statements that take for granted something is true), beliefs, or intentions in a selection of literary works or essays on a topic.
11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the authors’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.
11.3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author’s style, and the sound of language achieve specific rhetorical (communication) or aesthetic (artistic) purposes or both.

11.3.8 Analyze the philosophical arguments presented in literary works to determine whether the author’ positions have contributed to the quality of each work and the credibility of the characters.

Writing Applications:
11.5.3 Write reflective compositions that:
• explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies, including narration, description, exposition, and persuasion.
• draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer’s important beliefs or generalizations about life.

English 11 Honors

English 11 Honors
Syllabus
November 27-December 1, 2006
Trimester II
Week Three


Monday, November 27, 2006
• To Kill A Mockingbird Check/discussion. Need to set due date for end of novel.
• Introduce Olaudah Equiano p. 56. Listen to the selection from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano pp. 57-65. Quiz on Tuesday.
• Hand out article over “Out of Africa.” You need to read and “talk to the text” for Wednesday. We will use this article for practicing annotative bibliographies.
• You might want to have some sort of rough draft or some thoughts over what your first Reading Transactional Journal might be.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
• In lab to type first Reading Transactional Journal. Final is due on Friday attached to rubric.
• Quiz over from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano.
• Go over vocabulary 2 words today (if have time). Test is on Friday.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006
• Test over Part I of To Kill A Mockingbird.
• Introduce annotative bibliography writing.
• Work with article “Out of Africa.”

Thursday, November 30, 2006
• Work on annotative bibliographies from web sites.
• Discuss project.
• Finish any work not covered.

Friday, December 1, 2006
• Test over vocabulary 2 words.
• Final Transactional Reading Journal #1 is due.
• Read To Kill A Mockingbird novel.


Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary
11.1.1 Understand unfamiliar words that refer to characters or themes in literature or history.
11.1.3 Analyze the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons as well as relationships and inferences
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.
Read and interpret autobiographical narratives
Identify Allusions
11.2.5 Analyze an author’s implicit and explicit assumptions and beliefs about a subject.
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
Writing:
11.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, achievement of purpose, and mechanics.
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
11.4.5 Enhance meaning using rhetorical devices, including the extended use of parallelism, repetition, and analogy and the issuance of a call for action.

English 9A

English 9 syllabus
November 27-December 1, 2006
Trimester II
Week Three


Monday, November 27, 2006
• Test over “The Most Dangerous Game.”
• Remind/review information over the “I AM” poem. This is due on Tuesday.
• Introduction to Personal Narrative. Go over ideas. Rough draft is due tomorrow. We will be in lab on Tuesday to enter it.
• Vocabulary is due on Wednesday. Test is on Thursday.
• Reminder about red dot book tests/projects.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006
• Collect “I Am” poems; be sure to attach rubric.
• Type rough draft of Personal Narrative. Peer edit these on Thursday.
• Show grades.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006
• Begin the short story “Poison.” Work on study guide. Quiz on Thursday.
• Work on “Rainbow Revision” on Personal Narratives.
• Go over Vocabulary Two words-quiz on Thursday.

Thursday, November 30, 2006
• Quiz over vocabulary 2 words.
• Quiz over the short story “Poison.”
• Hand out vocabulary three. This is due on Wednesday, December 6.
• Homework for Monday, December is Chapter 17- Using Modifiers Correctly- pp. 223-230.

Friday, December 1, 2006
• In-service for teachers.
• Periods 1 and 2 do not meet.

Power Standards/Objectives:

Vocabulary
9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
9.1.2 Distinguish between what words mean literally and what they imply and interpret what the words imply
Reading: Literary Response and Analysis
9.3.6 Analyze the trace 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).
9.3.7 Determine character traits by what the characters say about themselves in narration.
9.3.8 Interpret and evaluate the impact of ambiguities, subtleties, contradictions, and ironies (the contrast between expectation and reality), in a text.
9.3.11 Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style, including the impact of diction and figurative language on tone, mood, and theme.

Writing: Processes
9.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers and develop drafts alone and collaboratively.
9.4.2 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, and appropriate modifiers.
9.4.3 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.
9.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.
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
Reminders:

 Don’t forget to read red dot books.
 Chapter on modifiers is due on Monday, December 4.
 Due date is Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Monday, November 20, 2006

English 9A

English 9 A Syllabus
Mrs. Gifford
November 20-22, 2006
Trimester II- Week Two

Monday, November 20, 2006

• Red dot book tests will be on Monday, December 11. Red dot book projects are also due...
• Begin unit over “The Most Dangerous Game.” You need to complete the parts of study guide to the story. Review summary writing and reading strategies.
• Begin listening to the story and use the reading strategy “dialogue with text.”
• Finish “The Most Dangerous Game” for homework.
• Vocabulary word “Lesson Two” due on Tuesday-Test on Wednesday.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary and Concept Development
9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
9.3.3 Analyze interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot.

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

• You will finish your first criterion writing.
• We will go over Vocabulary Two words. Test is on Wednesday, November 22, 2006
• Review study guide for “The Most Dangerous Game.” Quiz on Wednesday.
• Read your outside reading book each night.
• Introduction to Chapter 15 Verbs.

Power Standards/Objectives:
Vocabulary and Concept Development
9.1.1 Identify and use the literal and figurative meanings of words and understand the origins of words.
9.3.6 Analyze and trace 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).
9.3.3 Analyze interactions between characters in a literary text and explain the way those interactions affect the plot
9.4.3 Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, and appropriate modifiers.

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

• We will review for the quiz “The Most Dangerous Game.”
• We will go over verbs.
• Quiz over “The Most Dangerous Game.”
• You will be introduced to the “I Am” poem for you and a character from “The Most Dangerous Game.” This is due on Tuesday, November 28.

Power Standards/Objectives
Evaluation and Revision
9.4.10 Review, evaluate, and revise writing for meaning, clarity, content, and mechanics.
9.3.5 Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the views expressed in each work.
Organization and Focus
9.4.1 Discuss ideas for writing with classmates, teachers, and other writers and develop drafts alone and collaboratively.


Dates to Remember:
• Red Dot Book test and project due on Monday, December 11, 2006
• “I Am” poems due on Tuesday, November 28, 2006
• Be sure to read your red dot books each night.