2021-2022 Lesson Plans
I use Google Classroom and PowerSchool for all of my courses. Lesson plans are posted on my teacher website and are constantly updated during the week. The taught curriculum follows the ELA Common Core Standards. My classroom procedures follow the Rock Hills Jr/Sr High Student Handbook. If you have any questions, I am available by email at jwalker@usd107.org.
Week of May 9th
English 10
Monday
Macbeth Review + Discussion
Tuesday
Macbeth Test (assessment grade)
Wednesday
Read Manga Shakespeare: Macbeth
Read Shakespeare and Samurai (and Robot Ninjas?)
Friday
Video
English 11
Monday
Memory Assignment – Timeline + Detailed Memory DUE at the end of class
Tuesday
Share about Assignment
Read "Chicago"
Wednesday
Level-up tutorial imagery
"Chicago" Test
Thursday/Friday Block
Video
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Completed Weeks
Week of May 2nd
Vocabulary Word: Demeanor
English Composition
Monday & Tuesday
Write Essay #5
Wednesday
Essay #5 DUE at the end of class
Thursday
TBD
English 12
Monday
Student Choice
Tuesday-Thursday
Video
Psychology
Monday-Wednesday
Concurrent Essay
Study for Final
Wednesday
Concurrent Essay DUE at the end of class
Thursday
FINAL due for all students
Friday
Video
Writing
Monday – Friday
Play Acting
English 10
Monday
Read Act V
Tuesday
Finish Reading Act V
Act V Assignments
Wednesday
Act V Questions
Act V Choices
Thursday
Act V Test
Macbeth Extras
Friday
Watch Act V Student Performance
English 11
Monday
Read Book V – Chapter III (pages 368-372)
My Antonia Test (assessment grade)
Cather Video
Tuesday - Friday
Memory Assignment - Timeline
Memory Assignment - Detailed Memory
Monday, May 9th
Memory Assignment – Timeline + Detailed Memory DUE at the end of class
Week of April 25th
Vocabulary Word: Illustrious
English Composition
Monday
Read and discuss assigned poetry (pages 807-824):
“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning
“Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” by E.E. Cummings
“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“For Malcolm, a Year After” by Etheridge Knight
“Her Kind” by Anne Sexton
“Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota” by James Wright
“The Pasture” by Robert Frost
“Mowing” by Robert Frost
“The Wood-Pile” by Robert Frost
“The Oven Bird” by Robert Frost
“The Need of Being Versed in Country Things” by Robert Frost
“The Most of It” by Robert Frost
“Design” by Robert Frost
Tuesday
Poem Selection DUE
Wednesday
Essay #5 Thesis Statement
Thursday
Write Essay #5
Friday
Write Essay #5
English 12
Monday
Finish Fastbridge
Verse Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Verse Share
Tuesday
Read “Living Like Weasels”
Wednesday
Finish Reading “Living Like Weasels”
Analyze the Text Assignment
Thursday
Living Like Weasels Test (assessment grade)
Fortune’s Cookie
Friday
Student Choice
Psychology
Monday
GC Question
Finish Erikson
Moral Development in Childhood
3. Adolescence
Tuesday
GC Question
Chapter catch up (if needed)
Wednesday
Test Review
Thursday
Test over Chapter #9
Friday
Concurrent Students Work on Essay
Select Final Test
Writing
Monday-Thursday
A Week of Poetry Assignment
Reading Poetry
Friday
Week of Poetry DUE &
Haiku Series
English 10
Monday
Finish Fastbridge Testing
Read Act IV
Tuesday
Read Act IV
Wednesday
Finish Act IV
Start Act IV Assignments
Thursday
Act IV. Questions
Act IV. Choices
Act IV Test (assessment grade)
Friday
Act IV. Questions & Choices DUE at the beginning of class
Act V. Google Classroom Question
Act V. Summary
Act IV. Choices Share
Begin Act V.
English 11
Monday
“The Lowest Animal” Choices DUE at the end of class
Test for those who need to take it
Tuesday
Finish Fastbridge
Satire Share
Wednesday
Read My Antonia
Read Book I – Introduction + Chapters VI + VII - pages 38-49
Thursday
Read My Antonia
Read Book I - Chapter XVI (pages 114-119) + Chapter XIX (pages 137-140)
Read Book V – Chapter I (pages 327-353)
Friday
Read Book V – Chapter III (pages 368-372)
Monday
Finish My Antonia (catch up, if needed)
My Antonia Test (assessment grade)
Cather Video
Week of April 18th
English Composition
Tuesday
Final Draft DUE at the end of class on Tuesday, April 19th
Wednesday
Essay #5 Overview
Poetry Explication Information
Read “Explication” - pages 175-187. Checklist on page 182.
Chapter #15: Reading and Writing about Poems - pages 766-783. Checklist on pages 783-785.
Thursday
Writing an Explication Paper - pages 785-798. Checklist on page 786 (condensed from page 182).
Sample Explication Student Essay - pages 795-798.
Revised Sample Explication Student Essay - pages 803-807.
Friday
Fastbridge Testing
Read some of the poems -
Read and discuss assigned poetry (pages 807-824):
“My Last Duchess” by Robert Browning
“Anyone Lived in a Pretty How Town” by E.E. Cummings
“Daddy” by Sylvia Plath
“We Real Cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks
“For Malcolm, a Year After” by Etheridge Knight
“Her Kind” by Anne Sexton
“Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota” by James Wright
“The Pasture” by Robert Frost
“Mowing” by Robert Frost
“The Wood-Pile” by Robert Frost
“The Oven Bird” by Robert Frost
“The Need of Being Versed in Country Things” by Robert Frost
“The Most of It” by Robert Frost
“Design” by Robert Frost
English 12
Tuesday-Wednesday
Verse Assignment
Thursday
Fastbridge Testing
Verse Assignment
Friday
Verse Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Mead Hall Verse Share
Psychology
Tuesday
GC Question: Nature vs. Nurture
Intersection, page 321
1. Exploring Human Development
-Ho Do Nature and Nurture Influence Development?
Wednesday
2. Child Development
-The Brain
-Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood
Thursday
Finish Cognitive Development in Infancy and Childhood
Psychological Inquiry, page 300
Friday
Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Childhood
Erikson’s Stages
GC Question: Identity
Writing
Tuesday
Poetry Bracket
10 minute Journal/Copywrite
Finish 150th Anniversary Poems
Noun Assignment, Step 1 & 2
Wednesday
Poetry Bracket
10 minute Journal/Copywrite
Finish Noun Assignment, Step 3 & Select a Follow-up Activity to complete
Thursday
Poetry Bracket
Vivid Verbs Activity
Friday
Poetry Bracket
Haiku Information
Haiku Series Assignment
English 10
Tuesday
Act III Analyze the Text
Act III Choices
Wednesday
Act III Discussion
Read Act III Test (assessment grade)
Act III Choices
Thursday
Act III. Choices DUE
Fastbridge Testing
Read Act IV
Friday
GC Question: Act IV
Read Act IV
English 11
Tuesday
Finish reading “The Lowest Animal”
As You Read: Analyze Tone Assignment DUE at the end of class
Wednesday
Analyze the Text Assignment
Choices Assignment
Thursday
“The Lowest Animal” Test (assessment grade)
Friday
Fastbridge Testing
Choices Assignment DUE at the end of class
Week of April 11th
Weekly Word: Vocabulary Review
English Composition
Monday
Thesis Statement DUE
Essay #4 Work time
Tuesday
Essay #4 Work time
Wednesday
1st page DUE at the end of the hour
Thursday
Essay #4 Work time
Tuesday
Final Draft DUE at the end of class on Tuesday, April 19th
English 12
Monday
Canterbury Tales - Engage Your Brain Assignment
Expand Your Vocabulary
Read Canterbury Tales
Tuesday
Read Canterbury Tales
Wednesday
Analyze the Text Assignment
Thursday
Canterbury Tales Test (assessment grade)
Analyze the Text Assignment DUE at the end of class
Psychology
Monday
Read 6. Personality Disorders
Read 7. Suicide
Tuesday
Case Study Assignment DUE @ the end of the class (only need to complete 3)
Wednesday
Finish Chapter (if needed)
Test Review
Thursday
Test over Chapter #15
Writing
Monday
Poetry Bracket
Poetry Assignment Share & Feedback
Tuesday
Poetry Bracket
10 minute Journal/Copywrite
Noun Catalogue Activity
Wednesday
Poetry Bracket
10 minute Journal/Copywrite
Vivid Verbs Activity (paper activity)
Thursday
Poetry Bracket
Poetry
English 10
Monday
GC Question: Act II
Act II Questions & Discussion
Tuesday
Act II Test
Act II Choices
Wednesday
Read Act III Summary
Read Act III
Thursday
Read Act III
English 11
Monday
Analyze the Text Questions
Ending Vote
Tuesday
Story Discussion
“To Build a Fire Test” (assessment grade)
Begin work on "The Lowest Animal Assignments"
Wednesday
“The Lowest Animal” Engage Your Brain
“The Lowest Animal” Expand Your Vocabulary
Read “The Lowest Animal”
Thursday
Read “The Lowest Animal”
Analyze Tone DUE at the end of class
Week of April 4th
Weekly Word: Idyllic
English Composition
Monday
Essay #3 DUE at the beginning of the hour
Overview of Essay #4
Read Chapter #12: Reading and Writing about Stories on pages 443-450
Read Checklist: Getting Ideas for Writing about Stories on pages 457-459
Tuesday
Read “Senior Picture Day” by Michele Serros (pages 51-54)
Read “On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning” by Haruki Murakami (pages 55-58)
Wednesday
Read “A & P” by John Updike (pages 58-63)
Read “Love in L.A.” by Dagoberto Gilb (pages 95-97)
Thursday
Read Ray Bradbury + Student Essay
Friday
Finish any leftover reading
Short Story Responses Assignment DUE at the end of class
Select Story to focus on for Essay #4
English 12
Monday & Tuesday
Read Beowulf
Wednesday
Analyze the Text Assignment
Thursday
Final discussion over Beowulf
Analyze the Text DUE at the end of class
Beowulf Test (Assessment Grade)
Friday
Beowulf - Choices Assignment
Canterbury Tales - Engage Your Brain Assignment
Psychology
Monday
Test Review
Tuesday
Chapter #10 Test
Wednesday
Chapter #15: 1. Defining and Explaining Abnormal Behavior
Critical Controversy: ADHD
Thursday
2. Anxiety and Anxiety-Related Disorders
3. Disorders involving Emotion and Mood
Friday
4. Dissociative Disorders
5. Schizophrenia
Psychological Inquiry
Writing
Monday
Sweet Sixteen: Round 1
Finish Grant
Tuesday
Sweet Sixteen: Round 2
10 minute Journal/Copywrite
Poetry Introduction Quiz and Discussion
Read What Makes a Great Poem? Article
Wednesday
Sweet Sixteen: Round 3
Poetry Introduction Youtubes
Read “Beginning with Poetry,” in Writing Poetry by Barbara Drake, pages 1-12.
Thursday
Sweet Sixteen: Round 4
Poetry Assignment
Friday
Sweet Sixteen: Round 5
Poetry Assignment
English 10
Monday
Finish reading Act I
Tuesday
Small Group Assignment: Act I Questions
Small Group Share
Act I Discussion
Wednesday
Act I test (assessment grade)
Act I choices
Thursday
Begin reading Act II
Friday
GC Question: Act II
Finish Reading Act II
English 11
Monday
Class 1 - Claim Paragraph 2
Class 2 – Counterclaim Paragraph
Tuesday
Class 1 – Introduction & Conclusion
Class 2 – Works Cited Page & Revisions
Wednesday
Completed Essay DUE at the beginning of class Wednesday, April 7th
Introduction to Unit 5: “America Transformed”
Group Discussion over the Essential Questions
Read Textbook Introductory Materials
“To Build a Fire” Vocabulary
Thursday
“To Build a Fire” Engage Your Brain
Begin reading the story
Friday
Finish the story
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Completed Weeks
Week of March 28th
Weekly Word: Adversary
English Composition
Monday
Essay #3 - 1st page DUE at the end of the hour
Tuesday
Absent
Wednesday
Essay #3 Work Time
Thursday
Essay #3 - 2nd page DUE at the end of the hour
Friday
Final Draft DUE at the beginning of the hour on Monday, April 4th
English 12
Monday
Panel Discussion
Tuesday
Absent
Wednesday
Answer final 36 Questions for a total of 6
36 Questions DUE
36 Questions Discussion
Beowulf Introduction
Thursday
Finish Beowulf Introduction
Engage Your Brain Assignment
Friday
Expand Your Vocabulary Assignment
HMH Stream to Start Video
Begin reading Beowulf
Psychology
Monday
Introduction to Chapter #10: Motivation and Emotion
Maslow Personality Quiz DUE at the end of class
Section 1: Theories of Motivation
Tuesday
Absent
Wednesday
Section 3. Approaches to Motivation in Everyday Life
Thursday
GC Question: Theory of Emotion
Section #4: Emotion
Friday
Section 5: Motivation, Emotion, and Health and Wellness: The Pursuit of Happiness
Emotional Intelligence Quiz DUE at the end of class
Psychological Inquiry: Emotions DUE at the end of class
Writing
Monday
Grant Exchanges & Edits
Tuesday
Absent
Wednesday
Final Grant DUE
Thursday
Answer GC Poetry Question
Sweet Sixteen Poetry Selections Assignment
Friday
Sweet Sixteen Poetry, Round 1
Community Poems Assignment
English 10
Monday
Finish Allusions Presentations
The Last Will and Testament
Tuesday - Sub
Fate vs. Freewill Assignment
Finish The Last Will and Testament
Wednesday
Introduction to Macbeth (GC Materials)
Thursday
Read textbook preliminary information on Macbeth
Begin reading Act I
Friday
Answer GC Question
Read Act I
English 11
Monday
Mr. Cox’s and Mrs. Walker’s class
Two Sources DUE by the end of class
Tuesday
Field Trip
Wednesday
Joint Class in Mrs. Walker’s room first and then Split
Introduction to Thesis Statements
IXL G.2 Identify thesis statements Q8K – Master
Outline Work Time
Thesis Statement DUE
Thursday
Joint Class in Mrs. Walker’s room first and then Split
Short Quiz (assessment grade) over claims, counterclaims, rebuttals, and thesis statements
Mrs. Walker goes over In-text citations & plagiarism
Class 1 - Outline Work Time
Class 2 - Outline Work Time
Friday
Outline DUE at the beginning of class
Begin work on 1st Draft of Dream Essay in Mr. Cox's and Mrs. Walker's classes
Class 1 - American Dream Definition Paragraph
Class 2 - Claim Paragraph 1
Monday, April 4th
Class 1 - Claim Paragraph 2
Class 2 – Counterclaim Paragraph
Tuesday - April 5th
Class 1 – Introduction & Conclusion
Class 2 – Works Cited Page & Revisions
Wednesday, April 6th
***Completed Essay DUE at the beginning of class Wednesday, April 7th
Week of March 21st
Weekly Word: Idiosyncrasy
English Composition
Monday & Tuesday
Read Death of a Salesman
Wednesday
Death of a Salesman test (assessment grade)
Literary Analysis Information – read handout and sample paper
Thursday
Death of a Salesman thesis statement
Begin working on essay
Friday
Essay #3 Work Time
English 12
Monday
Business Plan DUE at the end of the day
Tuesday-Thursday
Fate versus Determinism Debate
Friday
Debate Written Materials DUE at the end of class (assessment grade)
Psychology
Monday
Section 4. Personological and Life Story Perspectives
Section 5. Social Cognitive Perspectives
Tuesday
Section 6. Biological Perspectives
Section 7. Personality Assessments
Wednesday
Chapter Catch up
Thursday
Test Review
Friday
Personality Test (assessment grade)
Writing
Monday
Grant: 2nd Draft
Tuesday
10 minute Journal or Copywrite
Grant: 2nd Draft
Wednesday
SMART Goal Writing
Thursday
SMART Goal Writing
Friday
10 minute Journal or Copywrite
SMART Goal Writing
English 10
Monday
Business Plan DUE at the end of the day
Tuesday
Allusions Visual Aid DUE
Allusions Presentations Practice
Wednesday-Friday
Allusions Presentations
English 11
Monday
Business Plan DUE at the end of the day
Tuesday
Dream PowerPoint
GC Dream Question DUE
Dream YouTube
Dream Essay Introduction
Wednesday - Mrs. Walker’s class
Dream “Price Tag” Article Read
Claims and Counterclaims information
Wednesday - Mr. Cox's class
Overview of options for looking for primary sources
Look for sources
Thursday - Mrs. Walker's class
IXL H.3 - Choose the best evidence to support a claim – GVQ - Master
Essay Outline Overview
Research and Outline Introduction
Thursday - Mr. Cox's class
Find one source to use - due at the end of class on Google Classroom
Friday
Early Out - No Class