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 September 20th
Weekly Word: Ambivalence
English Composition I
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand and apply the essential components that compromise a formal essay, including a thesis statement, organizational outline, and introductory and concluding paragraphs.
(2) Revise an existing text by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
(3) Understand the concept of propaganda in written and visual media, specifically different forms of propaganda: Name-calling, glittering generalities, plain-folks appeal, argumentum ad populum, argumentum ad hominem, transfer (guilt or glory by association), bandwagon, faulty cause and effect, false analogy, begging the question, the two extremes fallacy (false dilemma), card stacking, and testimonial.
(4) Understand the concept of slanting by selection of facts, slanting by use of charged language, and slanting by use of emphasis.
(5) Understand the concept of doublespeak, specifically: Euphemism, inflated language, gobbledygook or bureaucratese, and jargon.
Monday
Read Intro to Chapter #8 (page 245)
Overview of Essay #2
Tuesday
Finish “Propaganda: How Not to be Bamboozled” by Cross (page 247)
Complete both Cross Assignments
Wednesday
Read “Selection, Slanting, and Charged Language” (page 261)
Complete Birk assignment
Thursday
Read “The World of Doublespeak” (page 277)
Complete Lutz assignment
Friday
Final Draft of Essay #1 DUE at the beginning of class
Ackerman Essay + Assignment
English 12
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the romantic literary movement and its main components, including that romantics valued emotion over reason.
(2) Understand the poetry genre of an ode.
(3) Analyze the romantic poetry of Keats, specifically analyze the stanza structure, rhyme scheme, and apostrophe.
(4) Identify how Keats’ poetry emphasizes the romantic literary movement’s philosophies.
Monday
Poetry Assignment - DUE at the beginning of class
Ode Introduction
Ode to a Grecian Urn: Engage Your Brain
Wordsworth Response Log
Tuesday
Read “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
Analyze the Text
Wednesday
Discuss "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
Assessment Practice
Thursday
Ode on a Grecian Urn Test
Keats Response Log
Friday
Choices
Speech
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Write a speech by completing an outline with an introduction, three main points, a conclusion, and a MLA Works Cited page with complete sentences.
(2) Prepare and practice a 4-6 minute speech that effectively represents "who you are" in the context of three events or your hometown.
(3) Understand the categories of informative speeches, how to convey informative information in a speech, and strategies for explaining complex information.
(4) Identify the main components of an informative speech including, but not limited to the introduction, body, conclusion, thesis statement, and organizational pattern.
Monday
Watch Informative Speech
Read Chapter #23 + Workbook
Tuesday
Chapter #23 Workbook DUE at the beginning of class
Read Chapter #7
Chapter #7 Workbook
Wednesday
Chapters #23 & #7 Workbook DUE at the beginning of class
Working Outline DUE at the beginning of class for designated students
Speech Practice Time
Thursday
Speech Time for designated students
Friday
Working Outline DUE at the beginning of class for designated students
Speech time for designated students
Self-Evaluation
Writing
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand and apply every plot stage to a short story: Exposition: Rising action; Climax; Falling action; and denouement/resolution.
(2) Understand and apply components to create complex, well-rounded characters in a short story (how your characters look, where they're from, and what motivates them, among many other features/characteristics).
(3) Understand and apply character dialogue in a short story.
(4) Understand and apply how to “show and not tell” in a short story.
(5) Journal in stream of consciousness style.
Monday
Plot Exemplar Story
Tuesday
10 minute Journal
Read 22 Rules of Storytelling
Read Believable Characters & Dialogue
Wednesday
10 minute Journal
Show, Not Tell Lesson
Thursday
10 minute Journal
Show, Not Tell Lesson Continued
Friday
Spooky Story Reads
English 10
Weekly Objectives
(1) Identify theme/s in a short story. (Theme: underlying message or messages that an author wants to convey.)
(2) Understand the memoir genre.
(3) Analyze the historical and cultural context on a short story.
(4) Analyze the author’s purpose for writing a short story.
(5) Understand and be able to apply the following terms in academic writing: precarious, insular, sedately, and tepid.
Monday
“By Any Other Name” Engage Your Brain DUE at the beginning of class
“By Any Other Name” Expand Your Vocabulary DUE at the beginning of class
Read “By Any Other Name” + Complete “As You Read”
Tuesday
“By Any Other Name” - “As You Read” + Analyze the Text
Wednesday
Finish Assignments
Assessment Practice
Thursday
“By Any Other Name” Test (Assessment Grade)
“By Any Other Name” Response Log
Friday
“By Any Other Name” Choices
English 11
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary movement of transcendentalism and its main components, including the inherent goodness of people and nature.
(2) Analyze figurative language within Dickinson’s poetry, including but not limited to metaphor, simile, personification, and paradox.
(3) Analyze structure within Dickinson’s poetry, including but not limited to stanzas, line breaks, em dashes, rhythm, rhyme scheme, and repetition.
(4) Identify themes in Dickinson’s poetry. (Theme: underlying message or messages that a poet wants to convey.)
(5) Connect Dickinson’s poetic themes to the literary movement transcendentalism.
Monday
Finish Give One, Get One Assignment
Begin Analyze the Text
Tuesday
Finish Choices Walt Whitman
Wednesday
Give One, Get One Share
Discuss Poems
Analyze the Text
Assessment Practice
Thursday
Dickinson Test (Assessment Grade)
Analyze the Text DUE at the end of class
Friday
No Class
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Completed Weeks
Week of September 13th
English Composition I
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the concept of speech communities by comparing and contrasting different speech communities as outlined in a series of essays.
(2) Understand and apply the essential components that compromise a formal essay, including a thesis statement, organizational outline, and introductory and concluding paragraphs.
(3) Write a comparison/contrast essay in response to our readings in Chapter #6, Language Communities: Where Do We Belong? on speech communities with a minimum of 3+ pages.
(4) Identify the differences between editing and revising a text.
(5) Revise an existing text by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Monday
Review “23 Ways to Improve your Draft” and “Writing Concisely” (Handouts on Google Classroom)
Review Essay Rubric
Read “First Drafts” by Anne Lamott (page 221)
Language in Action
Tuesday
Read “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Murray (page 226)
Lamott & Murray Assignment
Review “Language in Action” on pages 237-238.
Wednesday
Lamott & Murray Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Language Essay Summary Share
Thursday
Works Cited Page
Individual Conferences
Friday
Individual Conferences
Senior English
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the romantic literary movement and its main components, including that romantics valued emotion over reason.
(2) Understand the genre of lyric poetry.
(3) Analyze the romantic poetry of William Wordsworth, specifically analyze the sensory language and imagery within Wordsworth’s poetry.
(4) Identify how Wordsworth’s poetry emphasizes the romantic literary movement’s philosophies.
(5) Apply sensory and figurative language writing to an original poem that contains a minimum of 20 lines but no more than 50 lines.
Monday
Assessment Practice – Tintern Abbey
Read remaining poems + Assessment Practice
Tuesday
Assessment Practice Discussion
Analyze the Text
Wednesday
Analyze the text DUE at the beginning of class
Wordsworth Test (assessment grade)
Thursday
Response Log -Wordsworth
Poetry Assignment
Friday
Poetry Assignment - DUE at the end of class (assessment grade)
Ode to a Grecian Urn: Engage Your Brain – DUE on Monday, September 13th at the beginning of class
Speech
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Write a speech by completing an outline with an introduction, three main points, a conclusion, and a MLA Works Cited page with complete sentences.
(2) Prepare and practice a 4-6 minute speech that effectively represents "who you are" in the context of three events or your hometown.
Monday
Chapter #10 & 17-19 Workbook Overview & Test Review
Tuesday
"Giving a Presentation: Delivery of Your Presentation"
Wednesday
Chapter #10 & 17-19 Test
Working Outline
Thursday
Rubric Overview
Working Outline
Friday
Working Outline DUE at the beginning of class
Speech Practice Time
FYI Speeches will be delivered on Monday, September 20th and Tuesday, September 21st
Writing
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand and apply every plot stage to a short story: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action; and Denouement/Resolution.
(2) Understand and apply components to create complex, well-rounded characters in a short story (how your characters look, where they're from, and what motivates them, among many other features/characteristics).
(3) Understand and apply character dialogue in a short story.
(4) Understand and apply how to “show and not tell” in a short story.
(5) Journal in stream of consciousness style.
Monday
Action Story Activity
Tuesday & Wednesday
Read Exemplar Story
Thursday
10 minute Journal
Exemplar Story
Friday
Exemplar Story
English 10
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Identify theme/s in a short story. (Theme: underlying message or messages that a poet wants to convey.)
(2) Understand the historical and cultural context on a short story.
(3) Understand and be able to apply the following terms in academic writing: ironically, mesmerize, eradicate, contemplate, and spontaneously.
Monday
“Book of the Dead” Analyze text
“Book of the Dead” Assessment Practice
"Book of the Dead" Expand Your Vocabulary - 2
Tuesday
“Book of the Dead” Analyze text and Vocab -2 DUE at the beginning of class
“Book of the Dead” Test (assessment grade)
Wednesday
Choices Letter #1 & #2
Thursday
Choices Letter Reading
Friday
"Book of the Dead" Response Log
“By Any Other Name” Introduction & Engage Your Brain
Expand Your Vocabulary
English 11
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary movement of transcendentalism and its main components, including the inherent goodness of people and nature.
(2) Understand the essay genre. (includes a central idea related to the writer’s argument or purpose; offers details or evidence to develop the central idea; and has a conclusion that summarizes the writer’s view).
(3) Analyze the structure and purpose of an essay. (Essays can be written for many purposes: to inform, persuade, express an idea or feelings, or entertain. An essay can be formal or informal. This essay is informal—it is conversational, personal, and engaging.)
(4) Analyze the development of ideas in an essay. (Authors develop ideas by including a variety of evidence—such as facts, quotations, examples, statistics, or personal experiences. To analyze important ideas, think about how the details support the author’s ideas and purpose.)
(5) Understand and be able to apply the following terms in academic writing: inclination, estrangement, delinquent, bravado, and metaphysical.
(6) Apply effective essay writing to complete an essay about a person whom you admire or whose work you enjoy with a specific focus on why you think that person is important and/or influential to you.
Monday & Tuesday
“My Friend Walt Whitman” Choices Assignment
Wednesday
“My Friend Walt Whitman” Choices Assignment DUE
Optional “My Friend” or “Whitman” Choices Assignment Share (tentative)
Thursday
Response Log - "My Friend Walt Whitman"
Introduction to Dickinson YouTube
Dickinson Engage Your Brain Assignment
Friday
Dickinson Poetry
Week of September 6th
Weekly Word: Brevity
English Composition I
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the concept of speech communities by comparing and contrasting different speech communities as outlined in a series of essays.
(2) Understand and apply the essential components that compromise a formal essay, including a thesis statement, organizational outline, and introductory and concluding paragraphs.
(3) Write a comparison/contrast essay in response to our readings in Chapter #6, Language Communities: Where Do We Belong? on speech communities with a minimum of 3+ pages.
Tuesday - Friday
Essay #1 First Draft - DUE at the end of class Friday
IXL - DUE at the end of class Friday - DD.4 Semicolons, colons, and commas review – NSQ – 85% + 25 minutes
Senior English
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the romantic literary movement and its main components, including that romantics valued emotion over reason.
(2) Understand the genre of lyric poetry.
(3) Analyze the romantic poetry of William Wordsworth, specifically analyze the sensory language and imagery within Wordsworth’s poetry.
(4) Identify how Wordsworth’s poetry emphasizes the romantic literary movement’s philosophies.
Tuesday
First Read of Wordsworth Poetry and Introduction
Wednesday
Engage your Brain Assignment and Activity – DUE at the end of class
Thursday
Class Survey Discussion
Wordsworth Poetry
Friday
Wordsworth Poetry
Speech
Weekly Objective:
(1) Prepare and present a 4-6 minute speech that effectively represents "who you are" in the context of three events or your hometown.
Tuesday
Chapter #10 Workbook DUE
Wednesday
Speech #1: 3 Main Points – DUE at the end of class
Thursday-Friday
Working Outline
Writing
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary style of stream of consciousness in creative writing.
(2) Identify stream of consciousness style in writing.
(3) Apply stream of consciousness style in creative writing.
Tuesday – Friday
Emily’s Journal Assignment
DUE Friday at the end of class
English 10
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Identify theme/s in a short story. (Theme: underlying message or messages that a writer wants to convey.)
(2) Understand the historical and cultural context of a short story.
(3) Understand and be able to apply the following terms in academic writing: ironically, mesmerize, eradicate, contemplate, and spontaneously.
Tuesday
Expand Your Vocabulary Assignment DUE at the end of class
IXL HH.5 – HQU - Commas: Review: 85% + 25 minutes
Wednesday – Friday
Read “Book of the Dead”
As You Read Assignment – DUE at the end of class on Friday
English 11
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary movement of transcendentalism and its main components, including the inherent goodness of people and nature.
(2) Understand the essay genre. (includes a central idea related to the writer’s argument or purpose; offers details or evidence to develop the central idea; and has a conclusion that summarizes the writer’s view).
(3) Analyze the structure and purpose of an essay. (Essays can be written for many purposes: to inform, persuade, express an idea or feelings, or entertain. An essay can be formal or informal. This essay is informal—it is conversational, personal, and engaging.)
(4) Analyze the development of ideas in an essay. (Authors develop ideas by including a variety of evidence—such as facts, quotations, examples, statistics, or personal experiences. To analyze important ideas, think about how the details support the author’s ideas and purpose.)
(5) Understand and be able to apply the following terms in academic writing: inclination, estrangement, delinquent, bravado, and metaphysical.
(6) Apply effective essay writing to complete an essay about a person whom you admire or whose work you enjoy with a specific focus on why you think that person is important and/or influential to you.
Tuesday
Quotes to Live By Assignment
Respond to the Essential Question - Reading Log
“My Friend Walt Whitman:” Expand Your Vocabulary
“My Friend Walt Whitman:” Choices Assignment Introduction and Brainstorm
Wednesday
Read “My Friend Walt Whitman”
Assessment Practice
Thursday
“My Friend Walt Whitman” Analyze the Text
"My Friend Walt Whitman" Vocabulary Assignments (two)
Friday
“My Friend Walt Whitman” Analyze the Text DUE at the beginning of class
“My Friend Walt Whitman:" Expand Your Vocabulary Assignments DUE at the beginning of class
“My Friend Walt Whitman” Test (assessment grade)
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Completed Weeks
Week of August 30th
Weekly Word: Brevity
English Composition I
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the concept of speech communities by comparing and contrasting different speech communities as outlined in a series of essays.
(2) Understand and apply the essential components that compromise a formal essay, including a thesis statement, organizational outline, and introductory and concluding paragraphs.
(3) Write a comparison/contrast essay in response to our readings in Chapter #6, Language Communities: Where Do We Belong? on speech communities with a minimum of 3+ pages.
Monday
Read “Find a Subject and Topic,” pages 23-26
Thesis Statement Assignment for Essay #1.
Tuesday
Thesis Statement Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Read Determine Your Organization, page 34
Review Information on Comparison/Contrast Outlines
Wednesday
IXL B.1 Which text is most formal – J9H – Master 100%
Feedback on Thesis Statement
Essay Outline Worktime
Thursday
Feedback on Thesis Statement
Essay Outline Worktime
Friday
Essay Outline DUE at the end of class
Prepare for 1st Draft
Senior English
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the romantic literary movement and its main components, including that romantics valued emotion over reason.
(2) Identify poetry lines of interest and combine the lines with images to reinforce the words’ power.
(3) Write a five-sentence (minimum) formal paragraph that includes a MLA Works Cited page.
Monday & Tuesday
Poetry Collage Assignment
Wednesday
Collage DUE at the beginning of class
Summary Overview and Worktime
Thursday
Works Cited page Overview and Worktime
Friday
Completed Poetry Collage Assignment DUE at the end of class (assessment grade)
Speech
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the importance of becoming a public speaker and the necessary steps in constructing and delivering an introductory speech.
(2) Understand the organization pattern of the body of a speech, the types of organizational arrangements, and how to outline a speech.
(3) Understand the different methods of speech delivery, including speaking from manuscript, memory, impromptu, and extemporaneously.
(4) Understand the appropriate speaking volume and rate, how to use strategic pauses and strive for vocal variety in a speech.
(5) Understand how to enhance a speech through nonverbal cues and body language.
Monday
Chapters #11-13 Workbook DUE at the beginning of class
Chapters #11-13 Test Review and Workbook Overview
Tuesday
Chapters #11-13 Test (assessment grade)
Chapters #17-19 Introduction
Ted Talk
Wednesday
Finish Ted Talk (tentative)
Nonverbal Activity
Chapters #17-19 Lecture
Thursday
Chapters #17-19 Workbook
Friday
Chapter #10 Workbook
Chapters #17-19 Workbook DUE at the end of class
Writing
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary style of stream of consciousness in creative writing.
(2) Identify stream of consciousness style in writing.
(3) Apply stream of consciousness style in creative writing.
Monday
SOC Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Exemplar Author: William Faulker
Tuesday
SOC Share
Wednesday
Read “A Rose for Emily”
Thursday
10 minute Journal
Read “A Rose for Emily”
Friday
10 minute Journal
“A Rose for Emily” Video
English 10
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Revise and existing piece for formal language and proper paragraph structure.
(2) Identify formal language versus informal language in writing.
(3) Identify theme/s in a short story. (Theme: underlying message or messages that a poet wants to convey.)
(4) Understand the historical and cultural context on a short story.
(5) Understand and be able to apply the following terms in academic writing: ironically, mesmerize, eradicate, contemplate, and spontaneously.
Monday
Spark Your Learning Assignment
IXL S.2 Use Words Accurately and Precisely – W6Q: 85% + 25 minutes
Tuesday
Paragraph Revision DUE at the beginning of class
Formal Language Quiz
Spark Your Learning Assignment DUE at the end of class
Finish IXL
Unit Introduction (tentative)
Wednesday
Introductory Activity
Unit Introduction
Response Log
Unit Readings Overview
Essential Question: What differences can’t be bridged?
Thursday
Book of the Dead: Engage Your Brain Assignment (select and complete one)
Introductory Videos
Expand Your Vocabulary Assignment
Friday
HMH Ap
Book of the Dead: Engage Your Brain Assignment (select and complete one) - DUE at the end of class
Begin Expand Your Vocabulary Assignment
Introductory Videos
Begin reading introductory materials to “Book of the Dead"
English 11
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary movement of transcendentalism and its main components, including the inherent goodness of people and nature.
(2) Identify the poetic genre of free verse. (Free verse: uses uneven, unrhymed lines and stanzas that sound like everyday speech; uses elements such as cataloging and repetition to convey meaning and emotion; and includes elements of traditional poetry like imagery and sound devices).
(3) Identify poetic choices within poetry: cataloging, repetition, onomatopoeia, and more.
(4) Identify themes in Whitman’s poetry. (Theme: underlying message or messages that a poet wants to convey.)
(5) Connect Whitman’s poetic themes to the literary movement transcendentalism.
Monday
Choices Assignment Introduction
Tuesday
Finish reviewing Whitman poetry
Work on Choices Assignment
Wednesday
Whitman Test (Assessment Grade)
Whitman Choices
Thursday
Whitman Choices Assignment will be DUE at a later time
CC.5 Commas: review - U8Y - IXL: 85% + 30 minutes
Friday
HMH Ap
My Friend Walt Whitman - Read Introductory Materials
Respond to the Essential Question - Reading Log
My Friend Walt Whitman: Engage Your Brain - DUE at the end of class
My Friend Walt Whitman: Expand Your Vocabulary (1st part of assignment) - DUE at a later date
Week of August 23rd
English Composition I
Weekly Word: Tedious
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the concept of speech communities by comparing and contrasting different speech communities as outlined in a series of essays.
(2) Analyze exemplar essays to identify what components are required to write an effective formal essay on speech communities.
(3) Compare and contrast words within different speech communities.
(4) Identify thesis statements.
(5) Write a summary in correct paragraph structure with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence.
Monday
Finish Roberts Essay
Introduction to Thesis Statements – page 31
Thesis IXL - G.2 Identify thesis statements -QYP – Master 100%
Introduction to Roberts Assignments: Thesis Statement and Speech Community
Tuesday
Roberts Assignments: Thesis Statement and Speech Community DUE at the end of class
Rewrite Lederer (assessment grade) DUE at the end of class
Wednesday
Read assigned essay
Essay response DUE at the end of class
Work on summary (assessment grade)
Thursday
Summary assignment
Thesis Test (assessment grade)
Friday
Complete Fastbridge aReading
Summary assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Summary discussion
Homework: Come to class prepared to write an thesis statement for Essay #1.
Senior English
Weekly Word: Tedious
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the romantic literary movement and its main components, including that romantics valued emotion over reason.
(2) Identify poetry lines of interest and combine the lines with images to reinforce the words’ power.
(3) Write a five-sentence (minimum) formal paragraph that includes a MLA Works Cited page.
Monday
ELA Pre-test
Tuesday
Unit Introduction: "The Flowering of Romanticism Emotion and Experimentation"
Review Essential Questions
Preview Unit Texts
Review Response Log
Start “Spark Your Learning”
Wednesday
Finish Pre-Test
Complete Fastbridge aReading
Thursday
Finish Pre-Test
Complete Spark Your Learning
Introduction to Poetry Collage Assignment
Friday
Read "The Flowering of Romanticism Emotion and Experimentation"
Complete Assessment Practice
Speech
Weekly Word: Strategy
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the importance of becoming a public speaker and the necessary steps in constructing and delivering an introductory speech.
(2) Understand what makes speakers anxious about public speaking.
(3) Identify the onset of anxiety and create a plan to overcome it.
(4) Understand proven strategies to build confidence in public speaking.
(5) Understand the organization pattern of the body of a speech, the types of organizational arrangements, and how to outline a speech.
Monday
Chapter #2 Workbook – complete one as a class
Chapter #2 Workbook – Speech – complete as a class
Finish Chapter #2 Workbook
Both Chapter #2 Workbooks DUE at the end of class
Tuesday
Speech Anxiety Videos
Read Chapter #3
Wednesday
Chapter #3 Workbook DUE at the end of class
Chapter #1-3 Test Review
Thursday
Chapters #1-3 Test
Review Chapters #11-13
Chapters #11-13 Workbook
Friday
Chapters #11-13 Workbook DUE at the end of class
Writing
Weekly Word: Conscience
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary style of stream of consciousness in creative writing.
(2) Identify stream of consciousness style in writing.
(3) Apply stream of consciousness style in creative writing.
Monday
Introduction to Stream of Consciousness Writing + SOC: Journals
Read the “The Morning Pages” + Watch the videos
Tuesday
10 minute journal
SOC Point of View Assignment & Video
Walk to Gain Inspiration
Wednesday
10 minute journal
SOC Assignment
Thursday
10 minute journal
SOC Assignment
Friday
10 minute journal
SOC Assignment DUE at the beginning of class on Monday
English 10
Weekly Word: Tedious
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Apply MLA-style to formal papers.
(2) Understand proper paragraph structure: a topic sentence, body, and concluding sentence.
(3) Apply proper paragraph structure in writing.
(4) Write a nine-paragraph introductory paper complete with introductory and concluding statements.
(5) Identify formal language versus informal language in writing.
(6) Apply formal writing to an existing piece of writing.
Monday
Finish Introductory Paper
Edit Introductory Paper
Tuesday
Introductory Paper DUE at the beginning of class
Interactive Lesson on Formal Style
Reducing Informality Handout
English Word Choice Handout
Wednesday
IXL: B.1 Which text is most formal? - 2HC master 100%
Complete Fastbridge aReading
Thursday
Paragraph Revision on Introductory Paper (assessment grade)
Friday
Interactive Lesson on Precise Language and Vocabulary
English 11
Weekly Word: Tedious
Weekly Objectives:
(1) Understand the literary movement of transcendentalism and its main components, including the inherent goodness of people and nature.
(2) Understand the main themes of Emerson’s text including the theoretical concept of self-reliance and spirituality of nature.
(3) Identify the poetic genre of free verse. (Free verse: uses uneven, unrhymed lines and stanzas that sound like everyday speech; uses elements such as cataloging and repetition to convey meaning and emotion; and includes elements of traditional poetry like imagery and sound devices).
(4) Identify poetic choices within poetry: cataloging, repetition, onomatopoeia, and more.
(5) Identify themes in Whitman’s poetry. (Theme: underlying message or messages that a poet wants to convey.)
(6) Connect Whitman’s poetic themes to the literary movement transcendentalism.
Monday
Spark Your Learning DUE at the beginning of class
Finish Emerson
Tuesday
Whitman Introductory Videos
Engage Your Brain Assignment
Wednesday
Engage Your Brain Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
First Read of all poems
Complete Fastbridge aReading
Thursday
Small Group Summary Assignment
Friday
Small Group Assignment DUE at the beginning of class
Small Group Poetry Share
Review of Analyze the Text questions
Assessment practice
Week of August 12th & August 16th
English Composition I
Weekly Word: Imbibe
Weekly Objectives:
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Understand the concept of speech communities by comparing and contrasting different speech communities as outlined in a series of essays.
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Analyze exemplar essays to identify what components are required to write an effective formal essay on speech communities.
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Compare and contrast words within different speech communities.
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Identify plagiarism.
Thursday/Friday
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Google Classroom
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Textbook Review
Monday
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Classroom Expectations
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Syllabus Overview
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Grading
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Textbook
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Plagiarism IXL – Code PUU - 15 minutes
Tuesday
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Watch The Power of Language Videos
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AnswerGarden Assignment
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Essay #1 Overview
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Read: New Words in the English Language
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Slang Assignment
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Slang Assignment Discussion
Wednesday
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Read Introduction: “Language Communities: Where Do We Belong?” page 147
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Yes/No Activity
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Read “All-American Dialects” by Lederer, page 159
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Rewrite Lederer Assignment (Assessment)
Thursday
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Language in Action Assignment
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Language in Action Assignment Discussion
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Finish Rewrite Lederer Assignment (Assessment)
Friday
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Rewrite Lederer Assignment DUE at the beginning of class (Assessment)
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Read “Speech Communities” by Roberts, page 148
English 12
Weekly Word: Accountable
Weekly Objectives:
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Identify plagiarism.
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Identify the theme in the short story “The Deep.”
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Analyze the theme in the short story “The Deep.”
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Apply the theme in the short story “The Deep” to your life.
Thursday/Friday
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Textbook
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Google Classroom
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Grading
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Icebreaker: Speed Questions
Monday
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Classroom Expectations
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Plagiarism IXL – Code PUU - 10 minutes
Tuesday
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Watch “Breathing” Video
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Breathing Goals Assignment DUE at the end of class
Wednesday
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Introduce “The Deep” short story
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Begin reading “The Deep”
Thursday
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Finish reading “The Deep”
Friday
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Watch “Deep Video”
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“The Deep” Discussion
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“The Deep” Quiz (Assessment Grade)
Speech
Weekly Word: Analyze
Weekly Objectives:
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Understand the importance of becoming a public speaker and the necessary steps in constructing and delivering an introductory speech.
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Identify components of an effective and ineffective speech.
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Compare and contrast components of an effective versus ineffective speech.
Thursday/Friday
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Google Classroom
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Syllabus Overview
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Textbook Review
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Grading
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Icebreaker: My Friend’s Fictional Life
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Watch Importance Videos
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AnswerGarden Assignment
Monday
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Speech Reflection Assignment
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Speech Reflection Discussion
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Past Speeches Assignment
Tuesday
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Watch Good vs. Bad Speech & Discuss
Wednesday
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Watch Snoopy
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Speech #1 Overview
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Read Chapter #1
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Begin working on Chapter #1 Workbook
Thursday
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Finish Chapter #1 Workbook
Friday
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Chapter #1 Workbook DUE at the beginning of class
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Read Chapter #2
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Chapter #2 Workbook
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Chapter #2 Workbook – Speech – complete as a class
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Both Chapter #2 Workbooks will be DUE Monday at the end of class
Writing
Weekly Word: Exemplar
Weekly Objectives:
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Identify and create personal writing goals for the course of the 2021-2022 school year.
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Understand the literary style of stream of consciousness in creative writing.
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Identify stream of consciousness style in writing.
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Apply stream of consciousness style in creative writing.
Thursday
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Read Welcome
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Grading
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Complete Continuous Story
Friday
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Classroom Ground Rules
Monday
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“I Am” Poetry Assignment
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Share “I Am” Poetry Assignment (optional)
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Questions Assignment
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Share Questions Assignment
Tuesday
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Share “I Am” Poetry Assignment (optional)
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Share Questions Assignment
Wednesday
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Read “My Life as a Bat” by Atwood
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Exemplar Author: Margaret Atwood
Thursday
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Simile Assignment
Friday
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Six-Word Story Information
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Six-Word Story Assignment
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Six-Word Story Share
English 10
Weekly Word: Accountable
Weekly Objectives:
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Identify plagiarism.
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Apply MLA-style to formal papers
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Understand proper paragraph structure: a topic sentence, body, and concluding sentence.
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Apply proper paragraph structure in writing.
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Write a nine-paragraph introductory paper complete with introductory and concluding statements.
Thursday/Friday
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Google Classroom
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Textbook Review
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Grading
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Icebreaker: Speed Questions
Monday
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Classroom Expectations
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Plagiarism IXL – Code H48 - 25 minutes + 80% - DUE Friday by the end of the day
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(tentative) IXL LL.1 Correct capitalization errors - ES9
Tuesday
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Complete ELA Pre-test
Wednesday
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Plagiarism IXL – Code H48 - 25 minutes + 80%
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Paper Guidelines Overview
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Paragraph Overview
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Begin Work on Introductory Paper: Paragraphs 1 and 2
Thursday
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Introductory Paper: Paragraphs 3-5
Friday
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Introductory Paper: Paragraphs 6-9
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Edit Introductory Paper
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Introductory Paper DUE at the beginning of class on Monday, August 23
English 11
Weekly Word: Individuality
Weekly Objectives:
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Identify plagiarism.
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Understand the literary movement of transcendentalism and its main components, including the inherent goodness of people and nature.
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Understand the term “individuality.”
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Apply the term “individuality” to your own life.
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Understand the main themes of Emerson’s text including the theoretical concept of self-reliance and spirituality of nature.
Thursday
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Google Classroom
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Textbook Review
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Grading
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Icebreaker: Speed Questions
Friday
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Classroom Expectations
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Plagiarism IXL – Code VPU - 10 minutes
Monday
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Plagiarism IXL – Code VPU - 15 minutes (total 25 minutes) + 80%
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The Individual and Society Introduction
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Complete “How Transcendental Are You Quiz"
Tuesday
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Star Exercise
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Read Transcendental Information
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Spark Your Learning
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Preview Unit Texts
Wednesday
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Complete ELA Pre-test
Thursday
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Read “The Individual and Society”
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Complete Assessment Practice
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Review Response Log
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Read Emerson
Friday
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Finish Emerson