August, September, October, November, December

This calendar is constantly evolving according to the needs of the students.

August
11-  poll questions, mini thesis lesson (save for Tuesday), show essays,  class support and elaboration

 

12 - hooks, explaining, rough drafts 13 - Type rough draft, upload to Gaggle,  mobile lab 2, pass out books, sign up for turnitin.com  class id is 2339748 class password is house7 14-  Color coding of drafts, EDIT and REVISE,   15-  Essay due, lab, Puritanism notes
18 -  class outline of Puritanism notes "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (45) LCD 19 - Puritanism, drama, McCarthyism, Red Scare, and Arthur Miller (computer lab)  20 - Discuss web questions, Despicable people exercise, Act One of "The Crucible"  , Start vocab. maps for 10 words - due 8/27

HWK - At least one relevant, logical, developed, thoughtful reply to one of the four messages on our GAGGLE  message board by Friday.

21 - Act One and Two, Character motives,   Make sure you have a topic sentence, an explanation, and specific proof from life AND text

Quiz Act II

22 -  Act II and III

Chose a reflection paragraph for  II 

25 - Finish III and IV 26- Finish play, Allegorical connections, CRUCIBLE PPT review, quizzes Reflection paragraph 27- Test over CRUCIBLE  28- Notes over Rationalism, Poor Richard's Almanac No school
September
1 - Labor Day 2 - Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues, Rhetorical devices

3 - "Speech to the Virginia Convention"  "The Crisis," anticipation guide

4 - Analyze speeches for propaganda and rhetoric using SOAPS

Palin

Obama

McCain

Titans

Lean on Me

Field of Dreams

We Were Soldiers

 

5 - "Yankee Doodle" , "Declaration of Independence" 
8 - Broadsides and self-declaration 9 - Major test:  Rationalism notes, "13 Virtues", "Poor Richard's Almanac", Rhetoric and Propaganda, "The Crisis", "Speech to the VA Convention", Declarations and constitutions

 

10 - Romanticism notes and Video, "Tom Walker"  Shout Out, allegory, theme, irony 11 - "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment" Characterization, allegory, figurative language. 12 - "The Raven", Pit and Pendulum"  allusions, symbolism
15 - "Thanatopsis"  TPCASTT 16 -"El Dorado", "The Tide Rises and The Tide Falls" 17-"Minister's Black Veil"  Essay topics for literary analysis 18 - Review and work on essay (flee map)

 

19 - Major test over all of Romanticism    

Handout lit. essay prompt

 

22 - No school

 

23 - Work on rough drafts 24 - Transcendentalism 25 - Edit Drafts 26 -Final copy due, Rubric

 

 

29- Transcendentalism notes, "Self Reliance" 30 - "Walden",  Henry Takes a Hike      
October
    1-Finish "Walden"  2 - 1 and 7 midterms 3 - Correct and revise essays, 4 and 9 midterms
6 -Research terms, "Nature" 7 - "Civil Disobedience" Group work on research, note cards, and bib. cards 8 -Begin Research, library

Requirements, MLA, Outline, Checklist, Rubric 

9 - library 10 - bib and note cards due library
13 - No school 14 Work on draft 15 - 16 - library and lab 17 - library and lab, Grades mailed home
20 - Compose rough draft, MUST BE SAVED IN GAGGLE

 

21  - Compose rough draft, MUST BE SAVED IN GAGGLE  Realism notes 22-  "Jumping Frog" "Lowest Animal"  23 - Rough draft due to me and turnitin.com,"To Build a Fire"   24 - Fredrick Douglass
27 -Realism poetry "War is Kind"  "Richard Cory" "Miniver Cheevy" and songs 28 - "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 29 - Conference and correct rough drafts, pass out rubrics and checklist 30 -Realism test over "Lowest Animal", "Jumping Frog", "Story of an Hour" Songs, "Richard Cory", "Miniver Cheevy", notes, "Occurence at Owl Creek", "To Build a Fire", "Battle with Steven Covey", "War is Kind" 31 - No school
November
3-Work on final  4- ELECTION DAY 5- FINAL COPY OF RESEARCH PAPER, Begin Gatsby, PPT The Roaring 20s 6 - FINAL COPY OF RESEARCH PAPER, 7 - FINAL COPY OF RESEARCH PAPER,
10 - Continue with Gatsby  Character maps 11- Continue with Gatsby Quiz 4-5 12- Continue with Gatsby  13-Continue with Gatsby Finish 7, Accident report, report a crime 14 - Interim Grades Home
17- Continue Gatsby 18- Prop review, Study Stacks, Work on journals 19 -View Gatsby, message board and blog. 20 - Test over Gastby 21 - Response Journals due, 9 vocabulary maps due View Gatsby
24 - Modernism notes

Hemingway

25- Steinbeck Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
December
1 -  2 3 -  4 5
8 9 10 11 12
15 - 1 and 7 Finals 16  - 4 and 9 Finals 17 18 19

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JANUARY, February, march, April, may

JANUARY
      3 - Introduction, Expectations, Syllabus, "What's the question," myFakespace assignment 4 - Notes to keep forever,  work on rough draft
7 -myFAKEspace due at end of class, finish notes on your own using website. (Lab) 8 -Class Flee map, group flee maps, individual flee maps of body paragraphs

9 -Continue with maps, ANT,  Comma review, transtions

10 - Remember these?  That's right.  Your 10th grade writing assessments.  Reverse flee maps with types of elaboration labeled 11-   DOL paragraph,  continue essay work.  You should come to class Monday with a TYPED rough draft, comma practice
14-EDIT and REVISE, work on essays, making sure you have the specific types of elaboration discussed 15 -New "timed" essay - Major essay grade, typed in class, RUBRIC (Lab), Comma grade or DOL paragraph 16 - Class tree map of  Colonialism notes, "Coyote" "The Sky Tree" (24-25) 17 -  class outline of Puritanism notes "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" (45) LCD 18 - Ben, Robert, and Poor Richard (68-75)
21 - MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Day 22 -Rhetorical devices in "The Crisis" (88) 23- "Speech to the Virginia Convention" (81) 24 - Political commercials (Lab LCD) See Gaggle Blog for instructions. 25 - Political Timed Writing using rhetorical devices and propaganda, go Online Textbook complete questions
28 - "The Iroquois Constitution," Finish Stanton's declaration, Write your own Declaration parody 29 - Socratic seminar on constitutions.   We might do this via Gaggle Blog. You must have your questions completed in order to participate.   30 - Broadsides, "Yankee Doodle" Review, tie up loose ends 31 - Major test over Colonialism and Rationalism   1
FEBRUARY
4 - Discuss web questions, Despicable people, Act One of "The Crucible"  Complete and discuss conflicts

HWK - At least one relevant, logical, developed, thoughtful reply to one of the four messages on our GAGGLE  message board by Friday.

5 Act One and Two, Character motives,   Make sure you have a topic sentence, an explanation, and specific proof from life AND text

Quiz Act I

6 STATE WRITING ASSESSMENT 

Act II

Chose a reflection paragraph for Act I and II due Friday!!!!!!! 

7 Quiz Act Two,  Act Three - Analyzing characters

Don't forget your GAGGLE and RAID  homework!

8 Act Four -Character development , reflection paragraphs
11 - Allegorical connections, CRUCIBLE PPT review, quizzes 12 - Crucible Test  13 - Three Sovereigns for Sarah  14- WINTER BREAK 15 -WINTER BREAK
18 -WINTER BREAK  19 -Finish Three... 20 - Gerunds and participles, Crucible prompts (documented essay) 21 - Rough draft due tomorrow, infinitives  22 -edit essay, Save on GAGGLE, upload to turnitin.com , RUBRIC,  appositives
25 -  Final TYPED copy due tomorrow.  review verbals and phrases 26 -Begin Romanticism, view United Streaming intro. video, Read  and view "The Raven" and Poe's analysis" 27 - SNOW 28 - SNOW 29 -  

"The Tide Rises and the Tide Falls," "El Dorado" "Cross of Snow"

Appositives 

MARCH

 

3 - "Pit and Pendulum" 

4 Midterms Midterms  4 and 9 ("The Tide Rises and the Tide Falls," "El Dorado" "Cross of Snow," fragments, gerunds, appositives, infinitives, participles, prepositional phrases, generic reading passages with questions regarding literary terms , such as irony, point of view, rhetoric, allegory personification, etc.)

The Devil and Tom Walker" shout out, view Legos   

5 -Midterms  1 and 7

"The Devil and Tom Walker" shout out, view Legos 

6 -Finish "The Devil and Tom Walker"  Quiz over story 7 -"The Minister's Black Veil" Look at symbolism and parable
10 - "Dr. Heideggar's" Experiment"  -Characterization, allegory, setting, fig. language quiz  11 -"Hop-Frog" "Black Cat"

HWK for the week

 

12 - Begin  literary analysis rough draft- Major essay grade

 

13 -  Edit draft, "Thanotopsis" TPCASTT, Dickinson poems 14 - Transcendentalism notes, Essays due to turnitin.com and to my hand
17 -Transcendentalism notes "Nature" Practice note cards through out section

RESEARCH INFO.

18 - "Civil Disobedience,"  "Self-Reliance" 19 -United Streaming, "Walden" grade  20 -Romanticism/ Transcendentalism test   (Stories, poems, and notes)  21 -Spring Break Starts
24 SPRING BREAK       28 - SPRING BREAK
APRIL
31 -Still Spring Break 1 -It's RESEARCH TIME!!!!!!!!!  Work on outline section I and II 2 - Library - Intro to sources, Work Cited and Bibliography info., Work on Section III 3 -Library, 

RUBRIC Essay

RUBRIC Major

4 - Library- Note cards and source (bibliography) cards due by Tuesday
7 - Library and Lab, type sections I-III, work on IV and V

 

8 -40 Note cards, 10 bib. cards, and outline due today.  Library and Lab - type sections I-III, work on IV and V 9- Library and Lab, type sections I-III, work on IV and V 10 -Library and Lab type title page and begin typing rough draft.  Citation info. 11 - Library and Lab
14 -Rough draft editing 15 - Rough draft with work cited due to me and turnitin.com  Wednesday when you enter class.

Rough Draft check list

16 - Realism, "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 17 - Realism notes, Twain - "Lowest Animal"

Questions for discussion (Print or Save in Gaggle)

18 -Discuss "Occurrence" and "Lowest Animal"

View "To Build a Fire"

21 - "Rose for Emily"

sequential order

22 -Frederick Douglass, Spirituals, Douglass 23 - Library and Lab, "Miniver Cheevy" 24 -Library and Lab,  Richard Cory" No school
28 - Twain -  "Jumping Frog" humor, "War is Kind" 29 - Review for test, all stories, songs, and poems from 4/16 to 4/28 are on the test.  Your notes are also on the test. 30 - Realism Test     
MAY
      1-Final copy due to me and turnitin.com Start THE GREAT GATSBY 2-Read 2-3  Work on response journal
5 -4 , 5, and 6 groups 6- present group info. 7 -Chapter 7, make sure you are up-to-date with your response journal 8 Chapter 8 9 - Finish novel, Quiz 8, message board on Gaggle
12- View Gatsby 13-Journals due, "The Lottery"  Awards 14-Talent Show 15 16
19 Finals 1 and 7 20 Finals 4 and 9