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1 CP English lesson plans Betteridge Aug. 26 Class procedures/overviews Cheating Policy 27 Library Common Application Log in and begin filling in the application Complete real application for college Copy down the essays HW begin the RD of the essay due at the end of the period tomorrow Target: Students will use the internet to produce a writing product. W Classroom Common Application Write the rough draft of the application essay Collect RD of essays Unit 1 RL W SL L Pass out textbook Unit 1 Legend to History AD Introduction - Power Point (p 4-12) Target: Students will gather and filter information and write down important facts. W.12.8 Sept. 2 Library Common Application Return essays type essays and finish questions Complete real application for college HW finish Common Application on your own Target: Students will use the internet to produce a writing product. W Pretest OTES 4 Unit 1 Legend to History AD Introduction - Power Point (p 4-12) (45) Finish taking notes Look at timeline (p 2-3) The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife s Lament (p 17-26) Intro Anglo Saxon Poetry power point (p 14) (17) HW - The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife s Lament Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will gather and filter information and write down important facts. W.12.8

2 5 The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife s Lament (p 17-26) Read together Discuss questions p 20, 24, HW - The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife s Lament Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due tomorrow Target: Students will identify the common themes in the Medieval poetry. RL Trade, check, collect The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife s Lament Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO The Seafarer, The Wanderer, The Wife s Lament (p 17-26) Finish reading together Discuss questions p 20, 24, Start tomorrow s essay if time Target: Students will determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the Medieval poetry. RL Autobiographical/Narrative Essay p Go over directions Write PW & RD in class Target: Students will write a narrative essay. W Autobiographical/Narrative Essay p Review directions Write FC in class (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) HW Finish FC Target: Students with develop and strengthen their writing through revision and editing. W Collect Essay Beowulf (p 38-60) Intro power point (p 36-7) (17) Read together The Wrath of Grendel p Coming of Beowulf p Discuss as we read HW - Beowulf Voc/Gr HO due in 3 days Finish reading up through page 46 Target: Students will analyze the importance of the structure in an epic poem. RL Beowulf (p 38-60) Read Beowulf together The Battle With Grendel p The Monster s Lair p 49 The Battle With Grendel s Mother p 50-53

3 HW - Beowulf Voc/Gr HO due in 2 days Finish reading up through p 53 Target: Students will recognize the importance of the setting in an epic poem. RL Beowulf Read Beowulf together The Last Battle p The Spoils p The Funeral p Discuss as we read HW - Beowulf Voc/Gr HO Finish reading up through p 60 Target: Students will demonstrate understanding of the examples of figurative language used in an epic poem. L Beowulf (p 38-60) Trade, check, collect Beowulf Voc/Gr HO Go over questions p Written Essay in class due at end of period if possible if not done, HW What heroic characteristics of his time did Beowulf display? Would he still be considered a hero today? Why? Emphasize his heroic qualities. (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Target: Students will write an informative essay explaining what made Beowulf heroic in his society. W Collect Beowulf Essay The History of the English Church & People & The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Intro Anglo Saxon Prose and History power point (p 72-73) (14) Read together The History of the English Church & People (p 74-78) Discuss questions p 78 HW - The History of the English Church & People & The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will gather and filter information and write down important facts. W Finish The History of the English Church & People (p 74-78) Discuss questions p 78 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Read together (p 79-82) Discuss questions p HW - The History of the English Church & People & The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will determine the author s point of view. RI Collect HW - The History of the English Church & People & The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO

4 Intro Power Point (p 90-93) (28) 23 The Canterbury Tales Read together Prologue (aprox 14 lines) in Old English p 94 Read and Discuss together Prologue p Discuss the pilgrims as we read HW Prologue from Canterbury Tales Voc/Gr & RS HO due in 2 days Target: Students will analyze how the author chose to introduce his characters. RL The Canterbury Tales Finish reading and discussing the Prologue p The Canterbury Tales Assign one pilgrim per student HW read assigned lines find personality of pilgrim (good or bad person basically, does Chaucer respect this person or not) Read from both book (line numbers in parentheses) to find out about your pilgrim Write a paragraph the pilgrim s personality. Is he/she a good guy or not? What impression does Chaucer give you? print in ink! (FC only) Knight Squire Yoeman Prioress nd Nun Monk Friar Merchant Clerk Sergeant at Arms Franklin Haberdasher/Dyer/Carpenter/Weaver/Carpet Maker Cook Skipper Doctor Wife of Bath Parson Plowman Miller Manciple Reeve Summoner Pardoner Narrator- Chaucer HW Prologue from Canterbury Tales Voc/Gr & RS HO Target: The students will use textual support to determine the personality of the pilgrim. RL Collect Pilgrim Paragraph The Canterbury Tales Trade, check, collect Prologue from Canterbury Tales Voc/Gr & RS HO Read together Nun s Priest Tale Summary HO (text p ) Discuss as we read HW - The Nun s Priest s Tale Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and NPT ARC HO Finish reading The Nun s Priest s Tale Target: The students will use textual support to determine the moral of the stories. RL The Canterbury Tales Trade, check and collect The Nun s Priest Tale Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and NPT ARC HO Video Canterbury Tales s I: Nun s Priest Tale, Knight s Tale, Wife of Bath Tale (30 min) Video Canterbury Tales s II: Merchant s Tale, Watch each tale, discuss Target: The students will use textual support to determine the moral of the stories. RL.12.1

5 29 The Canterbury Tales Read together Pardoner s Tale p Discuss as we read Canterbury Tales II Pardoner s Tale begin when done with the reading Target: The students will determine the theme of the story. RL The Canterbury Tales Video Canterbury Tales s II: finish Pardoner s Tale, Franklin s Tale (30 min) Video Canterbury Tales s III: All of it Watch each tale, discuss Target: The students will determine the theme of the story. RL.12.2 Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. Oct 1 The Canterbury Tales Quiz Ms. Mermis - Senior stuff or Access with Ms. Steele Date may vary even into mid Oct. 2 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & Morte d Arthur Intro Power Point (p ) (21) Read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight p HW Finish reading Gawain for tomorrow Read Morte d Arthur p Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & Morte d Arthur Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will analyze the author s use of structure (3 s) in presenting the story. RL Morte d Arthur Quiz Discuss Gawain from reading p Discuss Morte d Arthur p HW - Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & Morte d Arthur Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze multiple interpretations of a the story. RL Trade, check, collect Sir Gawain and the Green Knight & Morte d Arthur Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Written Essay Pass out the King Arthur Essay HO (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Due after the movie. from the movie. Excalibur Video Watch Movie take notes Target: Students will write a reflection over time. W Excalibur Video Watch Movie take notes

6 Target: Students will gather textual support to use in their writing. RL Excalibur Video Watch Movie take notes Target: Students integrate multiple sources of information to make an informed decision about which Arthur they prefer. SL.12.2 Blood Drive sometime in early Oct. 9 Excalibur Video Watch Movie take notes Written Essay Pass out the King Arthur Essay HO (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Due after the movie. from the movie. HW finish essay Target: Students will evaluate the different versions of King Arthur as portrayed in multiple sources. RL Collect King Arthur essay Letters of Margaret Paston & Four Ballads Intro Power Point (p ) (18) pass out copies of power point instead of doing power point Read together - Four Ballads: Two Corbies, Lord Randall, Get Up and Bar the Door, Barbara Allen (p ) Discuss questions p 195,197, If time, read Letters of Margaret Paston together HW - Letters of Margaret Paston & Four Ballads Voc/Gr HO Read Letters of Margaret Paston (p ) Target: Students will evaluate the speaker s point of view, using evidence such as tone to determine the position. SL Collect Letters of Margaret Paston & Four Ballads Voc/Gr HO Unit 1 Test (2 day test including essay) 14 Unit 1 Test Begin after Test Begin working on essay for common application after test Target: Students will write routinely over a period of time. W Unit 2 RL W SL L Unit 2 Celebrating Humanity: The English Renaissance ( ) Intro Power Point (p ) (33)

7 Target: Students will integrate information from a variety of media (text and pp). RI Unit 2 Celebrating Humanity: The English Renaissance ( ) Intro Power Point (p ) Finish taking notes Look at timeline p Target: Students will integrate information from a variety of media (text and pp). RI Spenser & Sydney Intro Power Point (p 234-5) (17) Sonnet 1, Sonnet 35, Sonnet 75, Sonnet 1, Sonnet 39 Read together Discuss questions p 238 & HW - Sonnets Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will apply their knowledge of language to recognize how syntax affects meaning in a poem. L Marlowe & Raleigh Intro Power Point (p ) (14) The Passionate Shepherd to his Love, The Nymph s Reply to the Shepherd, Read together Discuss Work on Sonnet HO HW - Sonnets Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due tomorrow Target: In the homework, students will use general academic vocabulary. L Trade, check, collect Sonnets Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Shakespeare Intro Power Point (p ) (7) Sonnet 29, Sonnet 106, Sonnet 116, Sonnet 130 Read together Discuss questions p 254 & HW - Shakespeare Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will apply their knowledge of language to recognize how syntax affects meaning in a poem. L Trade, check, collect Shakespeare Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO More & QE I Intro Power Point (p 264-5) (21) Read together Utopia (text p 266-7) Discuss HW More & QE I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will determine the central idea of the text. RI.12.2

8 24 More & QE I Read together Speech Before her Troops (text p ) Discuss Work on More & QE I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO HW More & QE I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the effectiveness of the structure of the text. RI Review More and QE I Discuss Point of View Trade, check, collect More & QE I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO King James Bible Intro Power Point (p 274-5) (17) Target: Students will determine the author s point of view and how the rhetoric added to it. RI Trade, check, collect More and QE I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO King James Bible Read together Psalm 23 (p 277) Discuss questions p 277 Read together Sermon on the Mount (p 278) Discuss questions p 278 Read together Parable of the Prodigal Son (p ) Discuss questions p 280 HW King James Bible Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: The students will analyze how ideas interact throughout a sermon. RI Collect King James Bible Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Unit 2 Test 30 Unit 2 Test Finish HW test essay Target: Students will write routinely over a period of time. W Unit 2 Macbeth RL W SL L End of first nine weeks Early Dismissal Collect test essay Macbeth Intro Power Point (p ) (29) HW Macbeth Act I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due at the end of Act I Macbeth Act II Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due at the end of Act II

9 Macbeth Act III Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due at the end of Act III Macbeth Act IV Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due at the end of Act IV Macbeth Act V Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due at the end of Act V HW Study Island Macbeth. Work on as HW. Do at least 10 questions per section. Complete this sections by the Macbeth test. Some parts of the HOs will count as quiz grades Target: Students will gather and filter information and write down important facts. W.12.8 Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. Nov. 3 Macbeth Act I (p ) Discuss as we read Target: Students will analyze the impact of Shakespeare s choices in the development of Macbeth. RL Americanism test???? Date may vary We ll make adjustments as needed 5 Macbeth Act I (p ) Finish Act I Discuss as we read Go over questions p 317 Quiz Act I Work on HO HW Macbeth Act I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the text. RL Collect Macbeth Act I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Macbeth Act II (p ) Discuss as we read Target: Students will analyze the POV and how Shakespeare used irony/satire/sarcasm/ or understatement to show what he really meant, not just what he wrote. RL Pass back Act I Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and check Macbeth Act II (p ) Finish Act II Discuss as we read Go over questions p 333 Quiz Act II Work on HO HW Macbeth Act II Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the POV and how Shakespeare used irony/satire/sarcasm/ or understatement to show what he really meant, not just what he wrote. RL Collect Macbeth Act II Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Macbeth Act III (p ) Discuss as we read

10 Target: Students will determine the meanings of words and phrases as they are used in the text. RL Pass back Act II Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and check Macbeth Act III (p ) Finish Act III Discuss as we read Go over questions p 351 Quiz Act III Work on HO HW Macbeth Act III Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the structural choices Shakespeare used, esp. when to end a section or add comedic relief or a tragic section. RL Collect Macbeth Act III Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Macbeth Act IV (p ) Discuss as we read Target: Students will analyze the POV and how Shakespeare used irony/satire/sarcasm/ or understatement to show what he really meant, not just what he wrote. RL Pass back Act III Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and check Macbeth Act IV (p ) Finish Act IV Discuss as we read Go over questions p 371 Quiz Act IV Work on HO HW Macbeth Act IV Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the structural choices Shakespeare used, esp. when to end a section or add comedic relief or a tragic section. RL Collect Macbeth Act IV Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Macbeth Act V (p ) Discuss as we read Target: Students will analyze the impact of Shakespeare s choices in the development of Macbeth. RL Pass back Act IV Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and check Macbeth Act V (p ) Finish Act V Discuss as we read Go over questions p 388 Quiz Act V Work on HO HW Macbeth Act V Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will determine the central theme of Macbeth. RL

11 Collect Macbeth Act V Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Macbeth Quiz Story Elements and Historical Context Hamlet Introductory Power Point (14) Pass out Hamlet Cartoon Summary HO and Hamlet Rap Target: Students will analyze multiple interpretations of Hamlet and evaluate the source. RL.12.7 Writing Unit W.12.2,4-6 L Macbeth Study Island due Pass back Act V HO and go over Macbeth Test Begin if time Persuasive Essay p Go over directions Start PW & RD in class (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Target: Students will write an argument to support a claim using valid reasoning. W Persuasive Essay p Work on RD in class HW finish FC Target: Students will write coherently appropriate to the task given. W Pass out Hamlet summary sheets Hamlet Play Video Hamlet Essay Analyze the use of comedy in Hamlet, paying particular attention to Osric, Polonius, and the gravediggers. Does comedy serve merely to relieve the tension of the tragedy, or do the comic scenes serve a more serious thematic purpose as well? (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Due day after movie is finished. HW Study Island Hamlet. Work on as HW. Do at least 10 questions per section. Complete this sections by two days after the Hamlet test. Target: Students will analyze the impact of Shakespeare s choices in the development of Macbeth. RL Hamlet Play Video Target: Students will analyze the structural choices Shakespeare used, esp. when to end a section or add comedic relief or a tragic section. RL Hamlet Play Video Target: Students will cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says. RL.12.1

12 Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. Dec.2 Hamlet Play Video HW finish Hamlet Essay Hamlet Essay Analyze the use of comedy in Hamlet, paying particular attention to Osric, Polonius, and the gravediggers. Does comedy serve merely to relieve the tension of the tragedy, or do the comic scenes serve a more serious thematic purpose as well? (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Target: Students will cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says. RL.12.1 Writing Unit W.12.1,4-10 L Hamlet Essay Due Hamlet Test Shakespeare Essay Pass out Shakespeare Essay HO. Pick one essay. (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Target: Students will write an explanatory essay using transitions to link ideas cohesively. W Shakespeare Essay Pass out Shakespeare Essay HO. Pick one essay. (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) HW finish essay Target: Students will provide a concluding sentence that supports the information given. W.12.2 Unit 3 RL W SL L (If short of time, the pp can be rushed into one day) 5 Collect Shakespeare Essay Unit 3 A Turbulent Time ( ) Intro Power Point (p ) (38 slides) Target: Students will gather and filter information and write down important facts. W Hamlet Study Island due. Finish Power Point if needed Unit 3 A Turbulent Time ( ) Intro Power Point (p ) Finish taking notes Look at the timeline p Target: Students will produce clear and coherent persuasive essays. W.12.4

13 9 Donne Intro Power Point (p ) Read together Song (p ) Discuss questions p 423 Read together A Valediction Forbidding Mourning (p 425-6) Discuss questions p 426 Read together Holy Sonnet 10 (p ) Discuss questions p 427 HW Donne Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will determine the central themes of the poetry. RL Donne Finish any poems from yesterday Meditation 17 (text p ) Complete exercises Answer question 3c p 430 Discuss - last 10 min. Collect Q 3c Target: Students will determine the central theme of the meditation. RI Trade, check, collect Donne Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Jonson Intro Power Point (p 434-5) Read together On My First Son (p 436-7) Discuss questions p 437 Read together Still to be Neat (p 439) Discuss questions p 439 Read together Song to Celia (p 441) Discuss questions p 441 HW Jonson Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the use of tone. RL Trade, check, collect Jonson Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Milton Intro Power Point (p 460-3) Read together Sonnett VII (p 464-5) Discuss questions p 465 Read together Sonnet XIX (p 467) Discuss questions p 467 HW Milton Voc/Gr & RS/LA Read Paradise Lost p Target: Students will analyze the author s use of structure. RL Quiz

14 Trade, check, collect Milton Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Paradise Lost p Discuss story Target: Students will analyze the impact of how the story is structured and the characters are developed. (epic) RL.12.3 HW Read The Diary p due in 2 days 16 Pepys & Defoe Intro Power Point (p 494-5) Take Notes Read aloud A Journal of the Plague Year (p 503-8) Discuss questions p 508 HW - Pepys/Defoe Voc/Gr HO Finish reading The Diary p Target: Students will evaluate the speaker s point of view. SL Collect Pepys/Defoe Voc/Gr HO The Diary p Discuss Swift Intro Power Point (p 512-3) Read silently Gulliver s Travels p HW Swift Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and finish reading Target: Students will participate effectively in discussion. SL Trade, check, collect Swift Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Swift Gulliver s Travels p Quiz on Reading Discuss Target: Students will evaluate the speaker s POV, reasoning, and use of rhetoric and tone. SL Career Day (Date may vary) Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. Jan.5 Swift A Modest Proposal HO Read HW finish reading Target: Students will distinguish what is directly stated and compare it to what was meant through the author s use of satire, sarcasm and irony. RL

15 Swift A Modest Proposal HO Discuss Begin essay if time Target: Students will distinguish what is directly stated and compare it to what was meant through the author s use of satire, sarcasm and irony. RL Swift A Modest Proposal Essay Pass out A Modest Proposal Essay HO PW, RD, FC normal FC rules Due tomorrow Target: Students will identify the claims Swift made in his proposal. W Collect essay Pope Intro Power Point (p 528-9) Read together Essay on Man (p 531) Discuss questions 531 Show Rape of the Lock Summary Powerpoint Summarize and discuss The Rape of the Lock p Discuss questions p 542 HW Pope Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will read nonfiction. RI Trade, check, collect Pope Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Johnson & Boswell Intro Power Point (p 546-7) Read together A Dictionary of the English Language (p ) (skim through the dictionary) Discuss questions 553 HW Johnson/Boswell Voc/Gr Don t do part B p 114 due in 2 days Target: Students will determine the meaning of words (con. and den.) as they are used in the text. RI Johnson & Boswell Read together Life of Samuel Johnson (p ) Discuss questions 560 HW Johnson/Boswell Voc/Gr Don t do part B p 114 (Read on your own if snow days. we ll cut the class part, but it will still be on the test) Target: Students will read nonfiction (biography). RI Trade, check, collect HW Johnson/Boswell Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Gray

16 Intro Power Point (p 568-9) Read together Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (p ) (If time permits) Discuss questions 575 HW Gray/Finch Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO & read Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (p ) if not finished in class Target: Students will demonstrate an understanding of figurative language. L Discuss Elegy if needed Trade, check, collect Gray/Finch Voc/Gr & LA HO Johnson/Addison Intro Power Point (p 586-7) Read Aims of the Spectator p 592 Read together On Spring (p ) Discuss questions 591 HW Johnson/Addison Voc/Gr & LA HO Don t do ex B p 124 Read On Spring p (Read on your own if we have a snow day. we ll cut the class part, but it will still be on the test) Target: Students will use general academic terms correctly. L Collect Johnson/Addison Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Unit 3 Test 20 Unit 3 Test HW finish essay Target: Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English usage on their essays. L.12.1 Research Unit RI.12.1, 3, 7 W.12.2, Intro to Research Pass out HOs Go over MLA, directions, etc. Target: Students will follow a standard format for research. W Library Research renaissance topics Target: Students will find textual support to answer their research question. RI.12.1,3,7 W Library Research renaissance topics Target: Students will find textual support to answer their research question. RI.12.1,3,7 W

17 26 Library Research renaissance topics Target: Students will find textual support to answer their research question. RI.12.1,3,7 W Classroom Review research directions Q & A on research Target: Target: Students will write a research paper following MLA format. W.12.2, 4-5 Unit 4 RL W SL L Unit 4 Rebels and Dreamers: The Romantic Period ( ) Intro Power Point (p ) (Can be done in one day if we don t waste time) Target: Students will apply knowledge of language to better comprehend when listening. L Burns Intro Power Point (p 624-5) (9) Read together To a Mouse (p 626-8) Discuss questions p 628 Read together To a Louse (p ) Discuss questions p 631 Put on screen Auld Lang Syne HW Burns Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will demonstrate understanding of figurative language in word meanings. L Trade, check, collect Burns Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Blake Intro Power Point (p 638-9) (11) Look at Artwork Read together The Lamb (p 640) Read together The Tyger (p 641-2) Discuss questions p 642 Read The Chimney Sweeper & Infant Sorrow on own (p 643-4) HW Blake Voc/Gr & LA HO Target: Students will clarify the meaning of unknown words by using reading strategies. L.12.4 Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. Feb.2 Trade, check, collect Blake Voc/Gr & LA HO M. W. Shelley Intro Power Point (p 648-9, 778)

18 Read together Introduction to Frankenstein (p 650-4) Discuss questions p 654 HW Shelley Voc/Gr & LA HO Target: Students will integrate diverse information from the text and pp and evaluate the accuracy of each. SL Trade, check, collect Shelley Voc/Gr & LA HO Frankenstein Movie (123 min) (Ms. Mermis s DVD also a VCR in library) Essay Frankenstein Movie Essay Question - In your opinion, who was the most evil character in the movie, Frankenstein? Explain. Make sure you give examples from the movie to support your opinion. 5 paragraphs PW, RD, FC Essay - Frankenstein Movie Essay Question - What details in the movie show that Frankenstein was a gothic novel? Remember to write in proper essay form: topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding sentence. 3-5 paragraphs PW, RD, FC Essays due two days after the movie ends. Target: Students will analyze the interpretation of a movie version of a story and how it interprets the source. RL Frankenstein Movie Target: Students will analyze the interpretation of a movie version of a story and how it interprets the source. RL Frankenstein Movie Target: Students will analyze the interpretation of a movie version of a story and how it interprets the source. RL Frankenstein Movie Essay complete essay from above Target: Students will analyze the interpretation of a movie version of a story and how it interprets the source. RL Frankenstein Essays Essay Frankenstein Movie Essay Question - In your opinion, who was the most evil character in the movie, Frankenstein? Explain. Make sure you give examples from the movie to support your opinion. 5 paragraphs PW, RD, FC Essay - Frankenstein Movie Essay Question - What details in the movie show that Frankenstein was a gothic novel? Remember to write in proper essay form: topic sentence, detail sentences, concluding sentence. 3-5 paragraphs PW, RD, FC Target: Students will analyze the interpretation of a movie version of a story and how it interprets the source. RL

19 Collect essays Wordsworth Intro Power Point (p 662-5) Read together Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey (text p ) Discuss HW Wordsworth Voc/Gr/RS/LA HO 11 Trade, check, collect Wordsworth Voc/Gr/RS/LA HO Wordsworth Read together The Prelude, The World is Too Much with Us & London 1802 Discuss questions p 674 & 676 Target: Students will determine the central theme of the works. RL Coleridge Intro Power Point (p 684-5) Read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text p ) Discuss HW Coleridge Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 3 days Target: Students will demonstrate the understanding of figurative language in word meanings. L Coleridge Rime of the Ancient Mariner video (60 min) Target: Students will evaluate the speaker s POV. SL Coleridge Finish Rime of the Ancient Mariner video (60 min) Read together Kubla Khan (p ) Discuss questions p 712 HW finish Coleridge Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: The students will analyze the frame story. RL Trade, check, collect Coleridge Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Lord Byron Intro Power Point (p 716-7) Read together She Walks in Beauty (p 718-9) Discuss questions p 719 Read together Childe Harold s Apostrophe (p 720-3) Discuss questions p 723 Read together Don Juan (p 724-6) Discuss questions p 726 HW Byron Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO

20 Target: The students will analyze the setting of the poems and how they affect the development. RL Trade, check, collect Byron Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO P. B. Shelley Intro Power Point (p 730-1, 766) Read together Ozymandias (p 732-3) Discuss questions p 733 Read together Ode to the West Wind (p 734-6) Discuss questions p 736 Read together To a Skylark (p ) Discuss questions p 740 HW Shelley Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will determine the meaning of words from the text. RL Trade, check, collect Shelley Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Keats Intro Power Point (p 744-5, 766) Read together On First Looking into Chapman s Homer (p 747) Read together When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be (p 748) Discuss questions p 748 Read together Ode on a Grecian Urn from the text ( ) Discuss HW Byron Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: The students will analyze the authors choices in developing the poems. RL Trade, check, collect Byron Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Keats & Shelley Read together In Defense of Lower Classes (p ) Discuss questions p 770 Read together A Song: Men of England (p 771) Discuss HW Byron/Shelley/McCauley Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will cite evidence from the essay to explain the author s meaning. RI Trade, check, and collect Byron/Shelley/McCauley Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Austen/Wollstonecraft Intro Power Point (p 778-9) Read together On Making an Agreeable Marriage (p ) HW begin Austen/Wollstonecraft HOs Target: Students will cite evidence from the essay to explain the author s meaning. RI Austen/Wollstonecraft Read together A Vindication of the Rights of Women (p 784-6)

21 Discuss HW Austen/Wollstonecraft Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will cite evidence from the essay to explain the author s meaning. RI Collect Austen/Wollstonecraft HOs Unit 4 test Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. March 2 Unit 4 test HW Finish essay Target: Students will demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling on their essays. L Collect Proposal Biography and Autobiography My Experience with ALS by Stephen Hawking p Read Write a journal entry responding to what you have read (Cut if snow days ) Target: Students will read nonfiction. RI.9.10 Unit 5 RL W SL L Unit 5 Progress and Decline: The Victorian Period ( ) Intro Power Point (p ) Target: Students will sort oral and written information evaluating what is most important. W Tennyson Intro Power Point (p 816-7) Read together In Memorium, A.H. H. (p ) Discuss questions p 820 Read together The Lady of Shalot (p 821-6) Discuss Read together The Princess (p 827) Read together Ulysses (p ) Discuss questions p 830 HW Tennyson Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in two days Target: Students will cite textual evidence to determine what the text is saying. RL Tennyson Read together The Lady of Shalot (p 821-6)

22 Finish and discuss Read together The Princess (p 827) Read together Ulysses (p ) Discuss questions p 830 Start Browning Powerpoint if time HW Tennyson Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in two days Target: Students will cite textual evidence to determine what the text is saying. RL.12.1 OGT Week Short Periods 9 Trade, check, collect Tennyson Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO & Reader s Companion HO Browning Intro Power Point (p 834-5) (10) Read together Sonnet 43 (p 844) Discuss questions p 844 Read together Life in a Love (p 839) Discuss questions p 839 Read together Love Among the Ruins (p ) Discuss questions p 843 Read together My Last Duchess p 837-8) Discuss (If we run out of time, read on own.) HW Browning Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will determine the development of the central idea in the works. RL Trade, check, collect Browning Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and ARC HO Dickens Intro Power Point (p 854-7) (6) Read silently Hard Times (p ) (10 min to read) Discuss HW Dickens/C. Bronte Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 2 days (Read on your own if snow days. we ll cut the class part, but it will still be on the test) Target: Students will analyze the author s development of the character s names. RL C. Bronte Intro Power Point (p 854-7) Read silently Jane Eyre p (give 10 min to read) (Read on your own if snow days. we ll cut the class part, but it will still be on the test) Discuss HW Dickens/Bronte Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and ARC HO Target: Students will determine the meaning of words as they read by using context clues. RL Trade, check, collect Dickens/Bronte Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO and ARC HO Arnold/Kipling Intro Power Point (p 882-3) (15)

23 Read together Dover Beach (p 884-5) Discuss questions p 885 Read together Recessional (p 886-8) Discuss questions p 888 Read together The Widow of Windsor (p ) Discuss questions p 890 HW Arnold/Kipling Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the author s choice to include tragic elements. RL Trade, check, collect Arnold/Kipling Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO E. Bronte/Hardy (12) Intro Power Point (p 916-7) Read together Remembrance (p ) Discuss questions p 920 Read together Ah, Are You Digging on my Grave (p ) Discuss questions p 924 HW E. Bronte/Hardy Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will grasp the POV of the author through his use of satire, sarcasm or irony. RL Wuthering Heights Video Wuthering Heights Essay pass out prompt HO pick one essay (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) Pass out character reference sheet Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the essay. W Wuthering Heights Video Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the essay. W Wuthering Heights Video Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the essay. W Wuthering Heights Video Wuthering Heights Essay pass out prompt HO pick one essay (Follow FC rules: print in blue or black ink, don t write on the back. Write at least five paragraphs. Include a PW, RD and FC.) HW finish essay Target: Students will cite textual evidence to support their opinion. W Collect Wuthering Heights essay Trade, check, collect E. Bronte/Hardy Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO

24 Hopkins/Houseman Intro Power Point (p 928-9) Read together God s Grandeur (p 931) Read together Spring and Fall to a Young Child (p 932) Discuss questions p 932 Read together To an Athlete Dying Young (p 933) Read together When I Was One and Twenty (p 934) Discuss questions p 934 HW Hopkins/Houseman Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will determine the central theme of the poems. RL Collect Hopkins/Houseman Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Conan Doyle Intro Power Point Read The Adventure of the Speckled Band HW finish reading and do the handouts: vocab, multi choice, questions Due in 2 days Target: Students will draw evidence from the story to answer questions. RL The Adventure of the Speckled Band Work on reading and handout HW finish Target: Students will draw evidence from the story to answer questions. RL Trade, check, and collect Doyle HO Discuss The Adventure of the Speckled Band Target: Students will participate effectively in a class discussion. SL Unit 5 Test 27 End of Third Nine Weeks Early Dismissal Unit 5 Test HW Finish essay Target: Students will draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support their essay answer. W.12.9 Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. April 6 Gear Up Survey - only takes min.???? Introduce British novel of choice one person per novel Read give oral report on it in May A few days here and there will be given for reading in class Target: Students will write a media release using narrative style. W.12.3

25 Unit 6 RL W SL L Unit 6 A Time of Rapid Change: The Modern and Postmodern Period (1901- Present) Intro Power Point (p ) (32 slides) Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W NEED LIBRARY CARD Library to find novel Review British novel of choice one person per novel Read write report on it in May A few days here and there will be given for reading in class Target: Students will choose a British novel. RL Intro to World War I Tie in Kipling Introduce WW I poets Read together Kipling s poem. My Boy Jack on screen Read British novel Target: The students will determine Orwell s POV and how it contributed to the tone of the story. RI My Boy Jack Video (93 min) HW Essay: After the death of his son, did Kipling s views on patriotism or World War I change? Why or why not? Explain what caused the changes or why you feel his views did not change. Cite details from My Boy Jack. Due after movie. Normal FC rules, PW, RD, FC Target: Student will take notes/research information to support ideas in an essay. W My Boy Jack Video Target: Student will take notes/research information to support ideas in an essay. W Finish My Boy Jack Video Read together Kipling s poem. My Boy Jack on screen again (look at the meaning of it now after you know the whole story) 15 Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Saki Intro Power Point (p ) HW Read Birds on the Western Front (p ) Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Saki Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO due in 3 days Kipling essay - Due in 2 days

26 Target: Students will integrate the poem and informational movie to address the problem in the essay. RI Collect Kipling essay Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Saki Read together The Soldier (p 1051) Discuss questions p 1051 Read together Wirers (p 1052) Read together Anthem for Doomed Youth (p 1053) Discuss questions p 1053 Discuss together Birds on the Western Front (p ) Discuss questions p 1058 HW Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Saki Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the structure of the essay and how it shows his main idea. RI Trade, check, collect Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Saki Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Churchill/Ghandi Intro Power Point (p ) Read together Wartime Speech (p ) Discuss questions p 1067 HW Churchill/Ghandi Voc/Gr & RS HO due in 2 days Target: Students will determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text. RI Post Test Read British novels or work on Kipling essay Bring novels every day so you can read when there is extra time! Target: Students will read British novels. RL Ghandi Read together Defending Nonviolent Resistance (p ) CD 14/T1 Discuss questions p 1072 HW Churchill/Ghandi Voc/Gr & RS HO Target: The studens will analyze a complex sequence of events and how they developed over the course of the text. RI Trade, check, collect Churchill/Ghandi Voc/Gr & RS HO Yeats Intro Power Point (p 964) Read together When You Are Old (p 967) Discuss questions p 967 Read together The Lake Isle of Insanfree (p 968) Discuss questions p 968 Read together The Wild Swans at Coole (p )

27 Discuss questions p 970 Read together The Second Coming (p 971-2) Discuss questions p 972 Read together Sailing to Byzantium (p 973-4) Discuss questions p 974 HW Yeats Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will examine how Yeats demonstrated his POV through his use of style. RL Trade, check, collect Yeats Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Finish any Yeats poems Eliot Intro Power Point (p ) Read together Preludes (p 982-3) Discuss questions p 983 Read together Journey of the Magi p Discuss Do exercises HW Eliot Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze how Eliot structured the poems to impact his central theme. RL Eliot Read together Critical Commentary on The Hollow Men p Read together The Hollow Men (p ) Discuss questions p 992 HW Eliot Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze how Eliot structured the poems to add a tragic impact. RL Trade, check, and collect Orwell Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Trade, check, collect Eliot Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Orwell Intro Power Point (p )(13) Read Shooting the Elephant (p ) HW Orwell Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the sequence of events and how they affect the author. RI Orwell Finish discussing Shooting the Elephant (p ) if needed Conrad/Joyce Intro Power Point (p ) Read The Lagoon (p ) HW Finish reading the story Conrad/Joyce Voc/Gr HO due in 2 days Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W.12.8

28 29 Conrad/Joyce Quiz The Lagoon (p ) Discuss questions p 1046 Read together Araby p Discuss as we read HW - Conrad/Joyce Voc/Gr Target: The students will determine the central theme of the works. RL Trade, check, collect Conrad/Joyce Voc/Gr HO Woolf Intro Power Point (p ) Read The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection (p ) Discuss questions p 1163 HW - Woolf Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will analyze the author s choice of how the character is developed. RL.12.3 Study Island Due May 12, 7:00 A.M. May 1 Trade, check, collect Woolf Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Review The Lady in the Looking Glass: A Reflection Lawrence Intro Power Point (p ) Read The Rocking Horse Winner (p ) HW finish reading the story Lawrence Voc/Gr & LA HO due in 2 days Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W Lawrence The Rocking Horse Winner (p ) Finish reading for first 20 min Discuss story rest of period Discuss questions p 1189 HW - Lawrence Voc/Gr & LA HO Target: Students will analyze what is being directly stated from what is being implied. RL Trade, check, collect Lawrence Voc/Gr & LA HO Thomas Intro Power Point (p ) Read together Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night (p 1207) Discuss questions p 1207 Read together Fern Hill (p )

29 Discuss questions p 1209 HW Thomas Voc/Gr & LA HO Target: Students will analyze what is being directly stated from what is being implied. RL Trade, check, collect Thomas Voc/Gr & LA HO Clarke Intro Power Point (p ) Read together We ll Never Conquer Space (p ) Discuss questions p 1294 HW Clarke Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Target: Students will cite textual evidence to determine the main idea. RI Trade, check, collect Clarke Voc/Gr & RS/LA HO Agatha Christie Intro Power Point Read an Agatha Christie Short Story, The Wasp s Nest from HO Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W Christie Read an Agatha Christie Short Story, The Wasp s Nest from HO Discuss Target: Students will participate effectively in a discussion. SL Christie Murder on the Orient Express video Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W Study Island Due 7:00 A.M. Christie Murder on the Orient Express video Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W Christie Murder on the Orient Express video Target: Students will sort information and take notes for use on the test. W Christie Murder on the Orient Express video Discuss the movie Target: Students will integrate information from the movie and readings to discuss Agatha Christie s writing.

30 SL James Herriot Intro Power Point Read the handout The Christmas Kitten Discuss Target: Students will participate in a discussion. SL Unit 6 Test Target: Students will comprehend literature by the end of 12 th grade. RL Unit 6 Test HW finish essay Target: Students will comprehend literary nonfiction by the end of 12 th grade. RI Independent Reading/ Written Report Unit RL W SL L Don t print essays questions on kid syllabi! 20 Book Report Quiz Characters Write an essay of at least 5 paragraphs Who is the protagonist? Was he a flat or a round character? Was he static or dynamic? Describe the personality of the character. Add any additional information that you can about the main character. Target: Students will analyze character development in a novel. RL Book Report Plot Write an essay of at least 5 paragraphs. What was the initial incident or the beginning of the conflict? What was the most important conflict in the novel? How was it resolved? Was there any unusual or interesting plot twists or plot structures? Explain. Target: Students will analyze how the author structured the plot. RL Book Report Theme - Write an essay of at least 5 paragraphs. What was the theme(s) of the novel? Explain. What lesson did the author teach or what was the moral of the novel? Target: Students will determine the central ideas or themes of a novel. RL Senior Finals 27

31 Senior Finals 28 Sr. Trip? 29 Graduation Practice? 30 Graduation

32 ? If time watch the Canterville Ghost. (needs 2 periods plus 15 min.)? If time watch the Canterville Ghost. Essay In what ways did this movie blend aspects of medieval times with modern times? What elements of the gothic style were evident? What examples of the supernatural were used. Five paragraphs, normal FC rules, PW, RD, FC Extra Assignment if needed Final Essay Final Essay Who is your favorite author from this year s readings? Why? Explain in at least five paragraphs. Make sure you mention the works that you liked and explain why you liked them. Due tomorrow. PW, RD, FC Final Essay Who is your favorite author from this year s readings? Why? Explain in at least five paragraphs. Make sure you mention the works that you liked and explain why you liked them. Due at end of period. PW, RD, FC Add an extra day if needed Write Recommendation letters for each other Writing Unit W.12.1,4-10 L Alumni Day??? or Five Paragraph Writing Which three characters that we have read about this year are you most like? Explain. Think about personality, actions, motivation, etc. In a five paragraph essay explain how and why you are like these three characters. Include a PW, RD and FC. or Which three characters that we have read about this year are you most like? Explain. Think about personality, actions, motivation, etc. In a five paragraph essay explain how and why you are like these three characters. Include a PW, RD and FC. Due Jan 6 Target: Students will write an informative paper citing evidence from the text. W.12.2 There s an extra day in Jan on this syllabus cut or combine. 17 If we have an Alumni Day, this will be completed in one class day and then finished as HW. Character Essay Write final copy print, ink, blue or black, don t write on the back HW finish essay - due in 2 days Target: Students will strengthen their writing by choosing details appropriate to the audience and task.

33 W make this more time to write or move it to end of month and make it something to do that can be cut to make up for a snow day. Choose two works we have read. Write an essay comparing and contrasting them. PW (venn diagram), RD, FC (print in ink; don t write on the back) Some ideas to think about: form, hero/heroine, other characters, theme or message. 3-5 Paragraphs long. 4-5 paragraphs PW, RD, FC HW finish Compare Contrast Essay for tomorrow Target: Students will write informative essays comparing and contrasting two works. W.12.2

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