Schedule | 11/16-19 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| Of Mice & Men
-Reading Log
| Of Mice & Men
-Reading Log | Of Mice & Men
-Reading Log | Of Mice & Men
-Reading Log
-Letter
| English 2
| Night
-Packet, Wikispace posts
| Night
-Packet, Wikispace posts | Collage and Writing
| Collage and Writing | English 3
| Macbeth: Persuasive Writing: Letter
-Fate/Free Will Unit Essay Outline
| Fate/Free Will Unit Essay Rough Draft
| Fate/Free Will Unit Essay Revise | Fate/Free Will Unit Essay Final Draft Due
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| 11/9-12 | Monday
| Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| -Turn in District Assessment, -Research Great Depression, Images, Euthanasia, Kevorkian
-Set up edmoto.com account
| Anticipatory Questions, Discussion
| Great Depression info and photographs: discussion
Persuasive Paragraph
| Persuasive Paragraph | English 2
| Set up edmoto.com, wikispaces.com
-read Night
| Wikispace posts, packet
Read Night
| Wikispace posts, packet
Read Night | Wikispace posts, packet
Read Night | English 4
| Macbeth | Macbeth | Macbeth | Macbeth |
| 11/2-5 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| Short Story District Assessment | Short Story District Assessment | Short Story District Assessment
Rough Draft Due
| Review of Grammar and Conventions
Short Story District Assessment | English 2
| Present Debates
| Present Debates
| Discussion: Injustice
-Genocide
| Night
Hand out assignment packet
| English 4
| Discussion: Oedipus
| Discussion: Wayfarer, Allegory of the Cave
| Macbeth
Questions for Act 1 assigned
| Macbeth |
| 10/26-29 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| Short Story District Assessment
| Short Story District Assessment | Short Story District Assessment | Short Story Activity
| English 2
| Debate District Assessment
| Debate District Assessment | Debate District Assessment | Debate District Assessment | English 4
| Oedipus | Oedipus | Oedipus
Allegory of the Cave
| Short Story Activity
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| 10/19-22 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| Root Test
| Handout Short Story Assessment
"The Chaser"
"The Story of an Hour"
| Read multiple short stories
Sort into themes
| Read multiple short stories
Sort into themes | English 2
| Handout Debate District Assessment
| Research, prepare source notes
| Research, prepare source notes | Outline 4 minute speech
| English 4
| Intro to Socratic Discussion
Anticipatory Questions
"The Road Not Taken" | "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Socratic Discussion
| "Hay for the Horses"
"Death of a Tsotsi"
Socratic Discussion
| "The Bamboo Trick"
Socratic Discussion
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| 10/12-15 | Monday | Tuesday
| Wednesday
| Thursday | English 1
| "The Sniper"
| Patograph Rough Draft
| Final Draft
| Root Review
| English 2
| "Perils of Indifference"
| Type Final Draft
| Root Review
| Root Test
| English 4
| "Cyborgs" | Final Draft due
| Book Review Due
| Root Test
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| 10/5-8 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| "Hans My Hedgehog"
Take notes
| "The Three Ravens"
Take notes
| 2 story theme comparison Outline and Rough Draft
| Final Draft Due
| English 2
| Practice Impromptu debates
| Watch sample debates
| Practice impromptu debates
| Practice impromptu debates
| English 4
| Don Quixote and questions
| Don Quixote and questions | Don Quixote and questions | Don Quixote and questions |
| 9/28-10/1 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| Pass back graded Patographs & feedback
"The Rules of the Game"
| Patograph Summary
| Patograph Explaining Sentences, Topic and Concluding sentences
| Type Patograph, Revise and Edit
| English 2
| Computer Lab: WYLD online resource
| Present Persuasive Speeches
| Present Persuasive Speeches
| Read Independent Novels
| English 4
| Sir Gawain Extended Written Response
| Written Response Due
| Compare/Contrast Paragraph: "Loss of Shield" and "Soul Soul"
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| 9/21-9/24 | Monday | Tuesday | WEdnesday | Thursday | English 1
| Theme Patograph Outline
| Theme Patograph
Rough Draft
| Self and Peer Revision
Final Draft due
| "Golden Kite, Silver Wind"
p.396-400
#1-3, Is Conflict Necessary a,b
| English 2
| -Persuasive Speech Prep
-Logical Fallacies
| -Persuasive Speech Prep
-Logical Fallacies | -Persuasive Speech Prep
-Practice Evaluating -Persuasive Speeches Using Rubric
| Prepare note cards & practice speech
| English 4
| O Brother Where Art Thou, Connections to The Odyssey
| -Introduction to Chivalry and Courtly Love
| -Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
| -Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Writing
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| 9/14-9/17 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| "Cask of Amontillado"
| Cask: Foreshadowing, Irony, Setting Poster
| "The Cold Equations" (handout)
Theme, Setting, Conflict
| finish "The Cold Equations"
Questions, Writing
| English 2
| Prepare Persuasive Speeches: Research, Source Notes
| Research, Source Notes
| Research, Source Notes, Persuasive Speech Outline
| Persuasive Speech Outline, Insert Evidence
| English 4
| Odyssey p. 471-485
| Odyssey p. 520-542
| Writing Assignment
| Make Up Day/O Brother Where Art Thou/Connections to The Odyssey
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| 9/8-9/10 | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| "The Gift of the Magi"
Short Story Graphic Organizer
| "Sonata for Harp and Bicycle"
Foreshadowing/Prediction Chart
| Writing: Reflective/Expressive Paragraph
| English 2
| Evaluating Sources
| -Primary and Secondary Sources
-Evaluating Sources Practice Worksheet
| -Source Page Information
-Choosing a Persuasive Topic
| English 4
| -Essay due
- "The Meaning of Greatness" and "Conversation with an American Writer"
(Handout)
-Odyssey p. 370-383
| -Check notes
-Odyssey p.384-397
| Odyssey p.413-434
-Check notes
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| 8/31-9/3 | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | English 1
| finish "The Most Dangerous Game
| MAP TESTING
| -Plot Diagram (groups)
-Summary Paragraph Outline
| -Type, Edit, and Revise Summary Paragraph
| English 2
| Plan & Practice Informational Speeches
| MAP TESTING (p.7)
Stage Fright, Present Informational Speeches
| MAP TESTING (p.6)
Stage Fright, Present Informational Speeches | Present Informational Speeches
| English 4
| Iliad p.227-47
| Iliad
p.248- | Writing | Writing |
Ms. Barnett
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8/24-8/27
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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English 1
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Rules, Procedures, Syllabus
“The Human Experience”
HW: Interview a parent/grandparent about heritage,
beliefs, traditions
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Paragraph Outline: What makes my family unique? -conflict or unity?
-Begin reading "The Jade Peony"-textbook p.201-208
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-finish "The Jade Peony" -p.209 #3a &b Literary Terms-notes
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Continue Literary Terms notes,
"The Most Dangerous Game" Plot and Foreshadowing
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English 2
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-Rules, Procedures, Syllabus
-Communication Power Point, notes
-Nonverbal Activity
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-finish Communication Power Point
-Active Listening handout
-Paragraph (summary or personal response)
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-Presentation Skills: eye contact, voice (tempo, pitch, etc.), gestures & body language, filler words
-Critique sample speeches for presentation
-Practice delivery (children's story with a partner)
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Informative Speech Criteria, choose topic and begin research -Interest Catcher -Body -Conclusion
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English 4
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-Rules, Procedures, Syllabus
-“The Human Experience”
-Group Brainstorm: Greatness/Heroism
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Introduction to Greek Mythology and Heroes
-HW Norton Anthology p.169-171, p.176-190
Take notes: Achilles, Paris, Hector, Agamemnon, Patroclus
-Research assigned god/goddess
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-discuss yesterday's reading, add to notes -share god & goddess research and display -continue Iliad p.191-216
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-discuss yesterday's reading, add to notes -continue Iliad
p.216-227
-share god & goddess research and display |
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