Welcome to English 10 Honors!

Monday, August 27/Tuesday, August 28

Target: To learn about each other, to learn about our course, and to begin thinking about our first unit’s topic- the hero

Agenda:

Bellringer –diagnostic quiz, tech slips, name placards

Small group introductions, conversations, Venn diagrams

Course PowerPoint

Journal – Define “Hero.” Who is (or was) your hero? Why was that person so important to you? Why do you think heroes are important to our society? [follow heading norm]

Wednesday, August 29

Target: I will get to know others; I will understand and formulate definitions of a hero

Turn in Homework –six-work memoirs – completed worksheet

SSR

Vocabulary List #1

Example of 6 word memoir; write our first draft of our own; turn in

Definitions of hero - share

Read aloud – “The Man in the Water” Watch video of eventhttp://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2012/01/w-usa-1982-crash-report/602793/1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAT5aBaHp8A&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Can we refine our definition of a hero?

HW: Read “Jack and the Beanstalk”

Friday, August 31/Tuesday, September 4Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in classic and modern literature and in current media:

Agenda:

Groups – feedback on free-write; rubric and due date

Revisit Hero definition from last class and hero scenarios – we will discuss 3

Discuss “Jack and the Beanstalk” and take notes of Hero’s Journey

After lunch:

Vocabulary practice – on back of list; SSR when finished

Wednesday/Thursday, September 5 and 6

Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in classic and modern literature and in current media: I will know the Epic Hero characteristics; I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

Bell-ringer: Name game

To Do:

Review “Jack and the Beanstalk” and Hero’s Journey notes

Epic Hero and Anglo-Saxon notes

Begin Beowulf

After lunch:

Vocabulary – go over from Tuesday; sentences (5) and mnemonic devices (3) – turn in

SSR

Assign vocabulary task – due Vocabulary practice – find 10 words used professionally. Copy and paste into a Word document. Cite your source correctly.

Due Friday: vocabulary task, Memoir

Monday, September 10

Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in classic and modern literature and in current media: I will know the Epic Hero characteristics; I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

1. Bell ringer – a. Turn in homework assignments: vocabulary and six-word memoirsb. On the little slip of paper you have, list as many steps of the Hero’s journey as you can.

On the back, list as many characteristics of the Anglo-Saxons as you can remember.c. Put your name on the slip and turn in.

2. Anglo-Saxon notes - finish3. Begin Beowulf - Read pages 33-36 in book; practice kennings4. After lunch: vocab. review, SSR

Wednesday, September 12

Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in classic and modern literature and in current media: I will know the Epic Hero characteristics; I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

1. Bell ringer – write 3 original kennings; we’ll get into groups to see if classmates can guess your kenning – share the best

2. Begin Beowulf - Read pages 33-40 and beyond 3. After lunch: vocab. review, SSR

HW: Vocabulary – find 10 words in professional publications (online newspapers); study for Vocab. Quiz; find news article about a hero (contemporary) and bring to class on Monday, Sept. 18th.

Friday, September 14

Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in classic and modern literature and in current media: I will know the Epic Hero characteristics; I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

1. Turn in Vocab. HW2. Vocabulary quiz – turn in when finished and read/SSR3. Books!4. Continue with Beowulf – page 40 and beyond; fill in chart from Wednesday; examine

Beowulf’s Hero’s Journey

HW: find news article about a hero (contemporary) and bring to class on Tuesday, Sept. 18th. Read Beowulf to page 51.

Tuesday, September 18

Warm-up:

Appositives and Alliteration practice

Reading Check – to page 51 – Battle with Grendel’s Mother

Finish Beowulf: Read: “Beowulf’s Last Battle” on pages 52-55, “The Death of Beowulf” on pages 56-59 and “Mourning Beowulf” on page 60

CW/HW - apply hero article to Hero’s Journey – complete page 1 of packet

After lunch:

New Vocabulary

SSR

Alliteration and Appositives

1. Create an alliterative sentence for your given letter of the alphabet.2. Write a descriptive appositive for yourself.3. Write two additional appositives for some of your favorite celebrities.

Ex. Xander went to the zoo, but he was zapped by an electric fence when he tried to sneak into the pandas’ exhibit.

Ex. Mrs. Donahue, an avid photographer, took pictures for the team’s website.

Ex: Tom Brady, the NFL’s passing leader, threw for over 400 yards this weekend.

Thursday, September 20

Warm-up: free-write

Imagine you are 75 years old and your grandchild wants to interview you about life when you were a teen. What would you tell him or her about the people of the early 21st century? What defines us? What defines our times?

Lit term practice

discuss modern times characteristics from journal, complete packets with partner for Beowulf section, by yourself for your hero article.

Literary terms worksheet– review (handout) – with partner

Monday, Sept. 24

Warm-up – chart – quiz review

From last week, using your packet, Work on Thesis practice – notes (on sheet, notecards)

Lit term practice and assignment

CW/HW ~ Parody – read “Grendel” excerpt and answer your assigned

questions – page 149-154; think about a class parody? – due Wednsday

(with book)

CW/HW ~ write 12-25 lines about your hero using the characteristics of the epic and the literary terms that elevate the language (alliteration, kennings, similes, personification, appositives, etc.)

After lunch ~ Vocabulary –add to prefix list; SSR

Wednesday, Sept. 26

Discuss Parody and Grendel, assigned questions, videos;

Review Beowulf, Anglo-Saxons for quiz on Friday – chart, questions

SSR/Vocabulary – after lunch

HW: study!

Bring PSAT booklet for after quiz; bring SSR material for after quiz

Please bring catalogues and $1 for A Christmas Carol. Order Lord of the Flies if you want your own copy.

Friday, September 28

Quiz on Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons

After your quiz, do the following:

Vocabulary practice – copy remaining prefix definitions

SSR

Record HW in agendas!

HW:

Complete and bring 12-25 lines using literary devices to describe the hero from your article

Leave purple books in locker next week.

Bring old catalogues by Thursday, Oct. 4.

Bring PSAT books each day next week!

Bring $1 for A Christmas Carol.

If you wish to have your own copy, purchase Lord of the Flies soon. We will

start in about two weeks.

Monday, October 3

1. Turn in literary device lines about hero – does anyone want to share theirs?

2. PSAT warm-up– improving sentences practice; read pages 8-16; 29-33 in PSAT booklet

3. Portfolio discussion4. Groups – practice Latin prefixes for PSAT review – skits5. HW: complete the Practice Test #3 in your PSAT test

booklet (pages 15-20). Time yourself for 25 minutes.6. After lunch – library for SSR, book checkout, see Banned

Books display

Administrivia - $1 for A Christmas Carol?

Journal – thinking about portfolio

If you could investigate ANY topic, what would it be and why? Explain why this appeals to you. What is your purpose for your investigation? What sources would you use to find your information?

Your task: Write a one minute commercial or PSA using as many words as you can that use your prefixes.

Thursday, October 4

Have a great long weekend!

Bring catalogues! Buy Lord of the Flies if you plan to do so.

1. Vocabulary – 5 minutes to prepare your skit and then present: pick quiz date

2. PSAT practice – sentence completion and check HW3. Big Question Generator4. PSAT Essay practice – look at rubric5. Catalog6. SSR

Tuesday, October 9

1. Catalog and tone – finish – about 25 minutes2. Vocabulary – with a partner – memory game,

tableaux3. Big Question Generator – portfolio – list of questions

– brainstorm more4. PSAT practice – Test booklet – Test Section #55. SSR

Thursday, October 11

1. Vocabulary – prefix quiz2. Journal/SSR when finished with quiz3. Survival activity/notes on Lord of the Flies/video?4. PSAT practice – Test booklet – Test Section #5

Next week: Bring purple books (Ballads); bring Lord of the Flies (SSR)

Journal. Think about the following questions and address them in a journal/free-write response. Turn in when you are finished.

What personality traits do leaders have?

Who are some good leaders that you know personally or from studying or reading about?

What are effective ways to motivate people? What are effective ways to run meetings?

Can leaders be good “leaders” but ineffective at getting work accomplished?

Can leaders be “bad” but effective at getting work accomplished?

What personality traits do followers have?

Are you a leader or a follower? Why? Does it depend on where you are?

Monday, October 15

1. Finish LotF notes, journal assignment, video2. Ballad notes, hw3. SSR/PSAT Section 5

HW: read LotF; get tragedy article within the week.

1. Ballads - o “Barbara Allan” page 193 – tragic love storyo “Sir Patrick Spens” page 194 – public tragedy

2. “Get Up and Bar the Door” page 196 – comedy about domestic squabbling ~

3. Modern ballads – read news article and ballad

Reminders - Write original ballads based on your newspaper article – due October 24

Thursday, October 20

1. Medieval Romance notes2. Medieval Romances – define, Read “Gawain and the Green

Knight” in your textbook, pages 208-223 and complete discussion questionsReminders

Write original ballads based on your newspaper article – due Monday, October 24

Vocabulary Illustration due Monday, October 24 Keep Reading 1984~ Part III - due 10/28

Monday, October 24

1. Original Ballads - Share in small groups, whole class (?) and turn in

2. SSR3. Review Medieval Romance notes4. Medieval Romances – finish “Gawain and the Green

Knight” in your textbook, pages 218-223 and complete discussion questions – pick Ballad and Romance quiz date (Friday, October 28)

5. The Canterbury Tales – intro, if time

1. Reminders Keep Reading 1984~ Part III - due 10/28

find 5 words in a professional publication (DUE: Wednesday, October 26). Include correct documentation of sources please. Copy and paste into a Word Document. Okay to print front and back. Quiz date: Tuesday, November 1

Wednesday, October 26

1. Vocabulary list #3 – share professional use of words

2. Review Medieval Romance and Ballad notes – short quiz Friday

3. SSR4. 1984 Part II Quotations 5. The Canterbury Tales – notes, read beginning of

Prologue

Reminders Keep Reading 1984~ Part III - due 10/28 Vocabulary Quiz date: Tuesday, November 1

Friday, October 28

1. Vocabulary Practice – Quizlet; Canterbury Cathedral Virtual Tour: http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/

2. SSR3. Quiz on Medieval Romance and Ballad 4. The Canterbury Tales – Pictures of CC; start

Prologue – page 1135. HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” for

Wednesday, November 9 – we will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

Tuesday, November 1

1. Vocabulary quiz ~ SSR when you finish

2. After lunch ~ The Canterbury Tales –Monk and Friar – HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” for Wednesday, November 9 – we will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

3. 1984 – Part III; setting and symbols

Thursday, November 3

1. The Canterbury Tales –– Oxford Student, Skipper, Doctor, and Wife of Bath – lines 295-486

HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” We will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.2. 1984 – Part III; finish symbols; work on setting/mood,

and themes (topics vs. theme statements); looks like our quiz will be Friday, 11/11 (tentative); you will complete an in-class essay on a later date.

Wednesday, November 9

Grab a purple textbook on your way in…

1. The Canterbury Tales –– Parson, Plowman, Miller, Summoner, and Pardoner – (page 125-128; 130-136)HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by November 17. We will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

2. 1984 – theme topics to theme statements (find worksheet from last week)

3. 1984 and poetry assignment4. CW/HW – write a one-page narrative about any

appropriate aspect of your life.

Friday, November 11

The Canterbury Tales –– “The Pardoner’s Tale” page 144HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by November 17. We will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

1984 – theme statements (one-pager)

1984 and poetry assignment; review

Quiz Tuesday on 1984

What to study for your quiz…

Section Questions (1,2, and 3) Worksheets/Notes – theme, setting, symbols Know book – e.g. characters, events, plot, setting

You will have a sub on Tuesday. Bring SSR materials for before lunch. You will get a new vocabulary list. The Quiz will be after lunch. See me Monday if you have questions before the quiz.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Vocabulary – worksheet, Quizlet

After lunch – Charles Dickens Scavenger Hunt using subscription databases

DIDLS

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