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E3 – American Literature Lesson Plans – 2011-2012 August 2011 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 10 11 12 15 16 Opening Day Teachers 17 1st Day of School Introduction - Policies & Procedures, Syllabus & Grades (using class web site) Explain Daily Warm- ups Locker Assignments Handbook Review Homework - Student/Parent Course Contract (Due Friday) 18 Assign textbooks Finish Introductions/Review textbooks Intro Facebook Group Page Assign Autobiographical Poem (tech. pts if posted on FB group page) Explain English Only Notebook requirements Homework - Student/Parent Contract Autobiographical Poems Secure English Only notebook 19 Collect Contracts Finish clerical issues (textbooks, lockers, handbooks, etc) Assign/Review vocabulary words Read Welty's A Worn Path & Discuss reading model Homework - Autobiographical Poems Secure English Only notebook 22 Share & Collect Autobiographical poems Review vocabulary words Finish reading/discuss - A Worn Path Homework - Vocabulary words 23 Intro Unit 1- Origins & Encounters pg16-17;18-19- Timeline/Myth-Cause & Effect (overhead) Read p24-30-The World On A Turtles Back -take cause&effect notes Homework - Finish 24 Discuss Cause & Effect notes from The World On A Turtles Back Discuss Think Critically Questions pg 31 - Vocabulary Review Homework - Vocabulary words 25 Vocabulary Quiz Intro Folk Tales/Trickster Tales Begin reading - Coyote & the Bu ffalo p40-42; Fox & Coyote & Whale p43-45; (notes- cause&effect ) Homework - Answer Questions 2 & 4 on Page 26 Notebook Check - in Eng. Only Notebook (should contain daily prompts & class notes (i.e. cause&effect) Review & Collect HW pg 46 Questions Wrap-up Coyote Tales- Coyote & the Buffalo p40-

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August 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 2 3 4 5

8 9 10 11 12

15 16 Opening Day Teachers 17 1st Day of SchoolIntroduction - Policies & Procedures, Syllabus & Grades (using class web site) Explain Daily Warm-upsLocker AssignmentsHandbook Review

Homework - Student/Parent Course Contract (Due Friday)

18 Assign textbooksFinish Introductions/Review textbooksIntro Facebook Group PageAssign Autobiographical Poem (tech. pts if posted on FB group page)Explain English Only Notebook requirements

Homework - Student/Parent ContractAutobiographical Poems Secure English Only notebook

19 Collect ContractsFinish clerical issues (textbooks, lockers, handbooks, etc)Assign/Review vocabulary wordsRead Welty's A Worn Path & Discuss reading model

Homework - Autobiographical Poems Secure English Only notebook

22 Share & Collect Autobiographical poemsReview vocabulary wordsFinish reading/discuss - A Worn PathHomework - Vocabulary words

23 Intro Unit 1-Origins & Encounters pg16-17;18-19-Timeline/Myth-Cause & Effect (overhead) Read p24-30-The World On A Turtles Back -take cause&effect notes Homework - Finish reading & notes on The World On A Turtles Back & Vocabulary words

24 Discuss Cause & Effect notes from The World On A Turtles Back Discuss Think Critically Questions pg 31 - Vocabulary ReviewHomework - Vocabulary words

25 Vocabulary Quiz Intro Folk Tales/Trickster TalesBegin reading - Coyote & the Buffalo p40-42; Fox & Coyote & Whale p43-45; (notes- cause&effect) Homework - Answer Questions 2 & 4 on Page 46 / Continue reading Coyote Tales-Coyote & the Buffalo p40-42; Fox & Coyote & Whale p43-45; (notes- cause&effect)

26 Notebook Check - in Eng. Only Notebook (should contain daily prompts & class notes (i.e. cause&effect) Review & Collect HW pg 46 QuestionsWrap-up Coyote Tales-Coyote & the Buffalo p40-42; Fox & Coyote & Whale p43-45

Homework - Brainstorm 4 modern day tricksters.

29 Open Response Lesson/Practice

30 Review Graphic Organizer - re: Coyote Video

31 Quiz - Turtle/Coyote Stories Peer Review-Open Response

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Show Coyote DVD - OR Practice Graphic Organizer re:Coyote Video OR Assignment - Compare modern trickster to Coyote

Homework - Finish Graphic Organizer - re: Coyote Video

Review Unit Stories for Unit Quiz (Turtle/Coyote Stories)

Homework - Quiz ReviewOpen Response Writing Assignment

Writing

Homework - Open Response Writing Assignment

* STAR DAY - Students will be dismissed 3 hours early.

September 2011Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 Open Response Check-UpRead -The Man to Send Rain Cloudsp49-52 and summarize the rituals surrounding Teofilo's death in EON(Eng. Only Notebook)Homework - Open Response Writing

2 Open Response Assgnmt DUERead - The Way to Rainy Mountain -p56-61Assign Vocabulary Words/ReviewHomework - Create a 3-column chart with the headings - The Landscape, The Kiowa and Momaday's Grandmother. As you read, write down one or two things you learn about any of these topics using your EON (Eng. Only Notebook)

5 No School - Labor Day 6 Create a 3-column chart with the headings - The Landscape, The Kiowa and Momaday's Grandmother. As you read, write down one or two

7 Unit 1 /Part 1 Review

Native American Mythology

8 Unit 1/Part 1 Test

Homework - Read Intro First

9 9/11 Observation

Morning Classes 1-4 - Meet in the Millennium Center.

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things you learn about any of these topics using your EON (Eng. Only Notebook)

Discuss Rainy Mountain ChartRemind students - Notebook check on Tuesday, 9/13

Homework - study EON notesfor Unit 1-Part 1 Test

Trickster Tales

All assigned reading selections

Writing/Grammar skills - sentence correction (Standard English)

Encounters - Part II p 66-71Intro La Relacion p 73-76

Finish reading La Relacion p 73-76 - In your EON (Eng. Only Notebook) List 4 physical & 4 mental challenges Cabeza de Vaca faced during his ordeal.

Afternoon Classes - 5-7 - Meet in Room 217

12 Discuss MAP testing schedule9/15 - 2nd/4th On schedule M-T Thursday work to FRI9/16 - 5th On schedule M-T

All Classes Move WED 9/14 to MONDAY 9/19, FRI 9/16 to TUE 9/20.

Listen to audio CD - La Relacion

Discuss HW assignmentFormative Assess of Slave Knowledge - 5 statements about Slavery Assign Vocabulary Words - Quiz Thursday 9/22

Read "from Of Plymouth Plantation" p. 81-87

Homework - Write usable summaries of La Relacion &

13 9/13 - 1st Move Tuesday work to Thursday

Periods 2, 4, 5

Formative Assessment - La Relacion & Of Plymouth Plantation (Summaries Reviewed)

EON Check - First 5, Notebook Completion, NA notesLa Relacion 4 Mental & Physical Challenges

Give background and discuss Slave Narratives (EON)Begin reading Olaudah Equiano p93

Homework - finish reading Oladah Equiano All students will create an individual spider web of sensory details of the slave ship - Literary Analysis

14 Star Day - 24 minutes/Sub in Room.

poss. Grammar and Vocabulary exercises

15 1ST period QUIZ - La Relacion & Of Plymouth Plantation (Summaries Permitted)Collect HW Summaries

Notebook Check - First 5, Notebook Completion, NA notesLa Relacion 4 Mental & Physical Challanges

Give background and discuss Slave Narratives (EON)Begin reading Olaudah Equiano p93 Homework - finish reading Oladah Equiano All students will create an individual spider web of sensory details of the slave ship - Literary Analysis

Periods 5Review Slave Ship Imagery/Sensory Details chart.

Intro Autobiographyand My Soujourn in the Lands of My

16 1ST/ 2ND / 4TH period Review Slave Ship Imagery/Sensory Details chart.

Intro Autobiographyand My Soujourn in the Lands of MyAncestors

As you read- chart Event/Reactionand Impact (EON) Reading NotesHomework - finish reading My Sojourn...p110-115

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Of Plymouth Plantation

Review for reading assessment

Ancestors

As you read- chart Event/Reactionand Impact (EON)

Homework - finish reading My Sojourn...p110-115

19 Fall Testing WindowReview MAPS test days and times.Review Sojourn. Homework for Friday - Create a chart for each NF piece read in Unit 1: Part 2: La Relacion; of Plymouth Plantation; The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano; My Sojourn in the Land of My Ancestors.FOUR CHARTS IN ALL..

Each chart should include:author, title, examples of imagery and figurative language, selection summary, and literary element focus.(found in Before You Read section of text).

Due FRIDAY

20 Fall Testing WindowFIRST PERIOD - MAPS TEST MC LAB

Periods 2/4/5 - Eyewitness Report exercise.(Informative/Explanatory Writing)Assignment p120-125Use graphic organizer to start reportIntroduce SPAM for On-Demand Writing

21 Fall Testing Window

Periods 1 and 5 - ACT Practice English TEST

Periods 2 and 4 - MAPS testing2nd period - MC LAB4th period - ROOM 617

22 Fall Testing Window

Period 1 Eyewitness Report exerciseInformative/Explanatory Writing Assignment p120-125Use graphic organizer to start reportIntroduce SPAM for On-Demand Writing

Periods 2 and 4 - ACT Practice English TEST5th period MAPS TESTINGRoom 617

23 Fall Testing WindowVOCABULARY QUIZ - 1,2,4,5 - COMBINED WITH UNIT TEST ON MONDAY9/26

Assign Eyewitness Report Writing

Homework - fill out graphic organizer on eyewitness event and write a rough draft of the report

Review Rubric (p120), Graphic Organizers and rough drafts

Homework - Write Eyewitness report

26 Fall Testing Window

Unit 1 - Part II Test (only

27 Fall Testing Window

Intro Unit 2 - From Colony to Country

28 Fall Testing Window1st and 5th - Room 617 MAPS Testing

29 Fall Testing Window4th period- Room 615

30 Fall Testing Window2nd period - MC Lab

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notes permitted will be charts turned in Friday 9/23)

English Staff USR orientation in MC Lab 6th period

1st Draft of Eyewitness Reports Tuesday for peer review.

Structural Analysis vocabulary worksheet 1

- p130-136Minimum - 12 sentence-statements.(take notes in EON Reading Notes Section).

Following note-taking (Minimum - 1 full page), student may pair off for Eyewitness Report review. Without copy of ER in hand, no pairing permitted. Students without Eyewitness Reports should work on those individually.

Remind students of upcoming vocabulary test (Thursday for 2nd period; Friday for 1, 4, and 5)

2nd draft of ER due Monday, Oct.

2nd and 4th Review Intro w/PPTFill-in Gaps/Take Notes (EON) -

Listen to the Bradstreet Poems To My Dear & Loving Husband & Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 - pgs 139-141Not finished in class is HOMEWORK.

Discuss examples of meter, Inverted Syntax, and Puritan Language.

Review vocabulary

1st and 5th Take Notes (EON) - Listen to the Bradstreet Poems To My Dear & Loving Husband & Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 - pgs 139-141

Discuss Meter, Inverted Syntax, Puritan Language

2nd period - vocab quizp

THEN -.144-149 -The Examination of Sarah Good. Compile 5 examples of BIAS that are to be found in the transcript and surrounding material.

1,4,5 - Study vocabulary

vocab quiz1,4,5 -

THEN -.144-149 -The Examination of Sarah Good. Compile 5 examples of BIAS that are to be found in the transcript and surrounding material.

* STAR DAY - Students will be dismissed 3 hours early. October 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

3 I CAN Statements - I can learn to use USR effectively to increase my own reading comprehension and reading speed.

In Library - ULTIMATE SPEED READER TRAINING

HW -First Draft of Eyewitness

4 First Five - Locate and identify Independent Clauses in On-board sentences.

I CAN Statements - I can recognize and locate independent clauses in a sentence.I can compose a coherent eyewitness report using details, specific images, and relevant

5 First Five - Recognize the uses of adverbs in onboard sentences. Distinguish between adjectives and adverbs (function).

I CAN Statements - I can recognize Loaded Language and discern its import and intent. I can recognize the difference between a transcript and a

6 First Five - subject/verb agreement activityI CAN Statements - I Can recognize problems in subject-verb agreement.I can correct subject-verb agreement issues.I CAN demonstrate my acquisition of vocabulary words.Vocabulary TEST : 1-2 Roots and

7 No School - Flexible EKEA

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Report AND Read Anne Bradstreet's poems -To My Dear & Loving Husband & Upon the Burning of Our House, July 10th, 1666 - pgs 139-141

Find three examples of inverted syntax and Puritan language. Rewrite the inverted phrases into modern language. Explain the meaning of the Puritan language.

Study Vocab.

information.I can recognize and translate inverted syntax. I can scan poetry for meter.

Paired up by random playing cards -Literary Analysis, p. 142. (8 minute activity)

Collect first drafts. Collect in class activity.

Discuss Homework - Examples in EON for checking 10/11/11.

HW - P.144-149 -The Examination of Sarah Good. Compile 5 examples of Loaded Language in the transcript and surrounding material. Explain the impact of such language in the transcript of a legal proceeding.Study Vocab

summary.

Return Eyewitness Reports. First revison due Monday, 10/10.

HW - TAKE NOTES from the Build Background section. COMPLETE all Focus Your Reading tasks - Answer the question in the Literary Analysis section and create the chart in your EON Reading Notes section. Minimum 5 terms/entries in the chart. READ from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" p152-158.

Affixes

IN-CLASS - The Scarlet Letter Anticipation Guide

HW- Vocab 3-4; Review Puritan writings. Make Chart for Puritan Reading Test. Be sure to include Persuasive Writing, Loaded Language, Sermon Vocabulary (p152)Logical & Emotional Appeals (p158)

10 First Five - Copy the sentences from the board and identify the subject and predicate. Indicate any prepositional phrases and the function of each.

I CAN Statements - I can identify specific parts of sentences and explain their purpose and function.I can review another's

11 First Five -

EON CHECK

Puritan READING TEST

I CAN Statements

Take EON Notes - Intro Power Point - The Puritans & The Scarlet Letter

12First Five -I CAN Statements Discuss 1st Scaffold Scene's significanceQUIZ - Chapters 1-4Read/Listen to Chapters 5 & 6 (pgs 81-102)

13

Vocabulary 3-4 QUIZDiscuss assigned worksheet - Literal/Inferential & Opinion

14 QUIZ - Chapters 5-8

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composition and make useful and relevant comments that improve the piece. I can receive criticism and commentary and revise my own writing accordingly.

EYEWITNESS REPT/AUTOBIO INCIDENT- Students may pair off for Eyewitness Report peer review. Without copy of ER in hand, no pairing permitted. Students without Eyewitness Reports will work individually. (20 min. session)

Assign/Distribute copies of The Scarlet Letter. You must bring the novel and your EON to class daily! NO TExTBOOKS NEEDED until 11/1/11Distribute Reading ScheduleExplain Classroom Blog Assignment

lecture/discussion/assignment--time period--values, beliefs--comparison with today’s values & beliefs-- discussion—If Hawthorne wasn’t a Puritan, why did he write about them?

Homework - Finish reading Ch 1-4.Respond to blog by FridayStudy vocabulary

17 I CAN - I can review another's composition and make useful and relevant comments that improve the piece. I can receive criticism and commentary and revise my own writing accordingly.

First 5 - Place the modifying

18 I CAN -

First Five - Explain the function of the prepositional phrases in the 5 sentences on the board.

Second Scaffold Scene - Importanceof Repetition of the Image.

Late Work makeup day

19 First five - Correct the sentences in Section 1.

END OF FIRST GRADING PERIOD Reading Quiz - 11-12

20 First Five - Correct the sentences in Section 2.

21 First Five - Summarize the main idea and two supporting ideas from the reading in Section 3.

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phrases in the proper place.I chased a mouse - base sentence.modifying phrases - with a broom; through the kitchen; in my bathrobe

Chapter 1-10 Quiz SLHand out Vocab List 5-6

Peer Review -ER/AI writings*Second Peer Review Wednesday - before final copy turn in 10/21. Final turn-in must include all revisions and all peer-reviews. (min. 5 pages- 1st GO, 1st draft, peer review #1, Peer Review #2, Final copy) DUE OCTOBER 21, 2011.Homework - Ch. 11-13

Homework-

24First Five - ACT style Sentence Correction

I CAN statements -I can recognize tone in an author's diction.I can infer meaning from situations without explicit text.

25First Five - Spot the errors/slide show

26 Report Cards / Star Day

FIELD TEST -ON DEMAND WRITING

27First Five - Adjective activity

28First Five - Write around

* STAR DAY - Students will be dismissed 3 hours early.

November 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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10/31First Five - Vivid Language.The [adjective] kitten and the [adjective] puppy [adverb][verb][prepositional phrase] .

I Can -Present my work to a group.evaluate and reflect upon workcompare the treatment of a common subject by two different sources.

In-class presentations - Scarlet Letter projects. Retake Vocab 5-6 THURSDAY - Prefixes/Roots/Suffixes - the power of structural analysis

1 First Five - Create a sentence using words with common features.

In-Class presentations - Continue

2 Create list of 10 LOADED words.

Conclude In-Class presentations

Crucible Anticipation Guide

Informational Discussion - The Puritans as cultural symbol and the visions of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Arthur Miller.

Distribute viewing guide for comparison writing.Begin viewing of The Crucible.

3 Ten words using Studied Roots/ Prefixes/Suffixes

Vocab Quiz - 5-6 reTake.

Continue viewing Crucible

4 Crucible - discuss common images; contrasting themes.

Tone vs. Mood -

Heroic images -

Distribute list 7-8

7NO SCHOOL 8 NO SCHOOL 9 Conclude Crucible 10 Inclass writing workshop Comparisons/Contrasts

11 1st Midterm/2nd qtr

VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY

Writings due

Vocabulary Quiz

14 The Transcendentalists - Romantics On Steroids!

15 SUB DAY Vocab Review

16 Supporting Details Exercise (wrksheet)

17 Article Review Exercise (Main Point/Idea)

18 SUB DAY Vocab Quiz

21Thanksgiving Week - NO SCHOOL 22 NO SCHOOL 23 NO SCHOOL 24 NO SCHOOL 25 NO SCHOOL

28 Write 'Why Is English Important?" 29 College Essay Evaluation Who would you select?

30 Romantic and Transcendentalist Lecture - take notes

December 2011

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 The Devil and Tom Walker - p. 349. Guiding Question - What is the Romantic notion of material wealth?

2 IN-Class Assignment -Emerson - Read "from Self-Reliance" Summarizing / Aphorism worksheets.

Homework - Finish the class assignment above.

5 Intro Thoreau (pg380) -read Civil Disobedience (note 3 ways Thoreau says a citizen can serve the state).

Homework - finish reading Civil Disobedience (pgs370-376).

6 Discussion - Thoreau's views on Government, Taxes, Slavery, War w/Mexico & Civil Disobedience

Intro Nature Writing(pg 381 & 392), and Walden. Read Walden (pgs 382-391) As you read chart the image of nature and its meaning to Thoreau.

Homework - Finish the class assignment above.

7 Discuss the paradoxes in Thoreau (pg392) Extended Interpretations.

Intro Poetry(pg394-5), Walt Whitman(pg405), Free Verse(pg404),

Read 3 Whitman poems -'I Hear America Singing' (pg397),'I Sit & Look Out' from 'Song of Myself' (pg399-403)

Homework - Finish the class assignment above, if necessary.

8 Vocabulary Quiz

Quiz - Romantic/Transcendentalist notes and readings (Poe, The Devil & Tom Walker, Self-Reliance, Civil Disobedience, Walden, & Whitman poems)

9 Intro Personal NarrativeWriting PPT (Notes)

Assignment Intro -Rubric ReviewPrompts/Graphic Organizer

Homework- 1st Draft of Narrative

12 Thoreau - Civil Disobedience

13 Homework- Walden 14 Intro Annotation UnitDefine & Benefits of Annotation

15 Continue Annotations - Group practice

16 Annotations Quiz

19 NO SCHOOL 20 NO SCHOOL 21 NO SCHOOL 22 NO SCHOOL 23 NO SCHOOL

26 NO SCHOOL 27 NO SCHOOL 28 NO SCHOOL 29 NO SCHOOL

January 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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2 Intro/Review Sem Finals 3 EON review for FInalsBradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

4 Final Review - Bradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

5 Final Review- Bradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

6 Final Review- Bradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

9 Review Game for EC 10 Semester Finals 11 Intro Unit Conflict - Expansion 12 A House Divided 13 A House Divided

16 17 18 19 20

23 24 25 26 27

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January 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Intro/Review Sem Finals 3 EON review for FInalsBradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

4 Final Review - Bradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

5 Final Review- Bradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

6 Final Review- Bradstreet, Edwards, Essays, MLK, Vocab, Etc.

9 Review Game for EC 10 Semester Finals 11 Conflict - Expansion A House Divided

12 13

16 Continue Unit 4 - Conflict & Expansion

17 A. Bierce - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge -The last thoughts of a condemned man

Homework - Continue reading Owl Creek Bridge

18 An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - cont.

19 Stephen Crane's- A Mystery of Heroism

Homework - Continue reading A Mystery of Heroism

20 Mystery of Heroism - A hero or a fool? - continued

23 USR 1, 5 (half classes)MAP TESTING 2,4 RM. 615.

24 USR 1, 5 (half classes)& 2ndELA MEETING (STEPP OUT)

25 Gettysburg Address p605 / Discuss Parallelism

26 "We Shall Overcome" Intro / Protests in PicturesAnne Moody - Coming of Age in Mississippi p609

27 Vocab Quiz 7-8 /Review Gettsyburg Address & Coming of Age

30 USR 1,4,5 (half classes)Assign Vocab Unit Word ListBallad of Birmingham p618 / Discuss Theme

Homework - Finish reading Ballad of Birmingham

31 USR 1,4,5 (half classes)& 2nd Finish Ballad of Birmingham p618 / Review Unit 4 - Part I

Homework - Study for Unit 4 - Part I test

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February 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

1 Unit 4 Test Part I Vocabulary Review

Homework - Study vocabulary for Unit Qz

2 Writing

Homework - Study for Vocab unit Quiz

3 Vocab Unit Quiz

6 All periods - In Library for Research

7 All periods - In Library for Research

Research Proposal Due - Dropbox 11:59 pm.

8 All periods - In Library for Research USR 1,4,5 (half classes)

9 All periods - In Library for ResearchUSR 1,4,5 (half classes) 2nd -A-K to Library / L-Z to 207

10 - In class MLA documentation practice

Due in Drop box -* 5 sources (MLA format) w/parenthetical form

* Introduction/Preface/Dear Reader

13 All periods - In Library for Research

Due in Drop box 11:59 pm. -* 5 sources (MLA format) w/parenthetical form

14 All periods - In Library for Research

15 All periods - In Library for Research USR 1,4,5 (half classes)

16 All periods - In Library for Research USR 1,4,5 (half classes) 2nd -A-K to Library / L-Z to 207

17 Practice ACT

Due in Drop box 11:59 pm.-* Selected genres / Table of Contents

20 First Five - Sentence Correction

Review ACT Practice

Due in Drop box 11:59 pm.-* Informative Essay Draft

21 First Five - Pronoun - Antecedent agreement

Practice Weaknesses of ACT Practice Test

Begin Unit Review -Vocab.

22 USR 1,4,5 (half classes)

ACT practice exercises

23 USR 1,4,5 (half classes) 2nd -A-K to Library / L-Z to 207

ACT practice exercises

24 Practice ACT

Due in Drop box 11:59 pm.-* Visual Element submitted

27 28 29 USR 1,4,5 (half classes)

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Due in Drop box 11:59 pm.-* Works Cited Page - all entries in MLA format

March 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

m Finals 1 USR 1,4,5 (half classes) 2nd -A-K to Library / L-Z to 207

2 Practice ACT

Due in Drop box 11:59 pm. -* Multi-Genre Research Project Due.

5 6 ACT 7 First Five - Sentence Correction 8 First Five - Punctuation conventions

9 First Five - Pronoun - Antecedent agreement

12 ACT QUALITY CORE DAY 5

First Five - Sentence Correction

13 First Five - Sentence Combining

14 First Five - Sentence Correction

15 First Five - Punctuation 16 END OF 3rd QTRFirst Five - Sentence Correction

19 20 21 22 23

26 27 28 29 30

March 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

5 6 ACT 7 First Five - Sentence Correction 8 First Five - Punctuation conventionsHuck Finn Unit IntroAnticipation Guide

9 First Five - Pronoun - Antecedent agreementReading Chapters 3-4

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Reading Chptr 1-2

12 ACT QUALITY CORE DAY 5First Five - Sentence Correction Meaning of the Word - NaylorReading Chapters 5-6

13 First Five - Sentence CombiningReading Chapters 7-8

14 First Five - Sentence Correction

15 First Five - PunctuationReading Chapters 9-10

16 END OF 3rd QTRFirst Five - Sentence CorrectionReading Chapter 11-12

19 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 13

20 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 14-15

21 Novel Discussion 22 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 16-17

23 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 18-19

26 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 20-21

27 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 22-23

28 Novel Discussion - Quiz Day 29 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 24-25

30 Huck Finn - Reading Chapters 26-27

April 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 3 4 5 6

9 ODW practice begins -Defining Informative/Explanatory vsArgumentHuck Finn Journals Due Wed.New Unit Vocab List 1 (Quiz Thursday)

10 ODW practice continues ODW Sample writings

Huck Finn Journals Due Wed.

11 Huck Finn Journals due-11:59 pmVocab List Review

12 Vocab List 1 Quiz ODW practice

13 Fourth Quarter 1st MidtermUntimed ODW practice

16 ODW practice ContinuesHuck Finn ODW - InformativeVocab List 2 (Quiz Thursday)

17 18 ODW practice ContinuesHuck Finn ODW - Informative

19 Vocab List 2 Quiz 20 Timed ODW practice

23 Vocab Assigned 24 25 26 Vocab Quiz 27

30 Pre-read Activity

May 2012

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 1 Independent Novel Unit 2 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

3 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

4 Independent Novel Unit2nd MidtermEnd of Course Assessments

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E3 – American Literature Lesson Plans – 2011-2012

7 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

8 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

9 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

10 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

11 Independent Novel UnitEnd of Course Assessments

14 Independent Novel Unit 15 Gr 11 ON -DEMAND WRITING TESTIndependent Novel Unit

16 Independent Novel Unit 17 Independent Novel Unit 18 Independent Novel Unit

21 22 NO SCHOOL (ELECTION DAY) 23 Grade 9 -11 Finals 24 Grade 9 -11 Finals 25 Grade 9 -11 FinalsLAST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS GRADUATION - 7:30 P.M.

28 29 Memorial Day 30 31