Week 4
Monday 8/17
Goal: SWBAT explain the function of a specific event in a plot by analyzing and discussing key quotes from the novel.
11-12.RL.5
11-12 L. 1&2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: If you got a choice, would you rather vacation at the beach or the mountain? Why?
Instructional Sequence:
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front Ch. 10
Reading Quiz (TBD)
Review Expectations & Rubric for Socratic Seminar
Due Tuesday:
Read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Ch. 11-12
Tuesday 8/18
Goal: SWBAT make at least two comments during the socratic seminar, one of which demonstrates analysis.
11-12.RL.2
11-12 L. 1&2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: Your best friend has just given you the best present ever. Write a thank you card to them.
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar Practice - Sentence #3 (due Friday)
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front Ch. 11-12
Socratic Seminar
Note for students regarding seminars: Absent the day of the seminar? You must write a two-paragraph analysis on two of the Socratic Seminar questions and utilize two pieces of textual evidence from the text for 60% of the seminar grade. Then, you will need to coordinate a Conference period with Mrs. Cherry to make up a small discussion to receive 40% of the seminar grade.
Due on Block Day (Wednesday or Thursday):
Wednesday/Thursday 8/19-20
Goal: SWBAT apply their understanding of a novel’s theme by writing an essay with textual evidence.
11-12.RL. 1
11-12 L. 1&2 (grammar practice)
11-12 W. 2
Bellwork: How have the characters in All Quiet on the Western Front lost their humanitas? In what ways have any characters maintained aspects of humanitas?
Instructional Sequence:
Finished early? Begin reading HW.
Due Friday:
**(reading homework directions)
Friday 8/21
Goal: SWBAT make at least two comments during the socratic seminar, one of which demonstrates analysis.
11-12.RL. 1, 2, 5
11-12.SL. 1
11-12 L. 1&2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: Analyze poem and connect to novel
Instructional Sequence:
Exit Question: Describe the authoritarian government and society that Winston lives in. In what ways does this society reflect our modern day experience?
Due Monday:
1984 excerpts in the 12th Grade Reader: Book I: Ch. II, IV, V, and VII
**(reading homework directions)
Vocabulary (week 4): expository, bolster, daunt, inclined, uniform, perceptive, superficial, lucid, immune, aesthetic
Previously, in English...
Week 3
Monday 8/10
Goal: SWBAT identify and explain the function of point of view and voice/style in a narrative by discussing and analyzing textual evidence.
11-12.RL.6
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: What virtues do you align with the most? What comes easy to you? What areas in your life do you think you could improve on? Explain.
Instructional Sequence:
Exit Ticket: How do Paul and his friends talk about their school knowledge? Describe the voice. What impact does this have? (Small Groups)
Begin reading ch. 7
Due Tuesday:
Tuesday 8/11
Goal: SWBAT explain the function of a metaphor by answering questions with textual evidence.
11-12.RL.4
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: What have you noticed so far from All Quiet on the Western Front. Has anything stood out to you or made you wonder about the war, soldiers, etc?
Instructional Sequence:
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & characters
Mini Writing Workshop: Topic and Concluding Sentences (will hold off on this mini workshop until I return from leave based on their writing habits so far)
Due on Block Day (Wednesday or Thursday):
Wednesday/Thursday 8/12-13
Goal: SWBAT explain how a character’s actions and speech reveal complexities in that character.
11-12.RL. 1
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: WW1 Image Analysis
Instructional Sequence:
Reading Check
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & Paul’s leave
Symbolism Analysis (small groups & then whole group discussion)
Due Friday:
Friday 8/14
Goal: SWBAT write an analysis paragraph in response to a prompt by including a topic sentence, integrated quotes as evidence, and reasoning.
11-12.W. 1
11-12. W. 4
Bellwork: What have you learned about Paul, his comrades, and the brutalities of WWI so far in AQWF? How can you connect ideas from this novel to the values of BFHS?
Instructional Sequence:
Focus Question: Consider Paul’s conversation with his comrades or his interaction with the Frenchmen. How does Remarque display the soldier’s relationship with the war and the enemy?
Literary Analysis HW Paragraph: How have Paul and his generation changed? What have they gained? What have they lost?
Student Writing Conferences (review Literary Analysis HW #1)
Due Saturday:
Lit Analysis HW Paragraph (due on Google Classroom at 11:59pm)
Due Monday:
Vocabulary (week 3): reprove, pessimism, cursory, profligate, miser, jocular, fracas, caricature, corroborate, precarious
Week 2
Monday
Goal: SWBAT describe the complex relationship between the characters.
11-12.RL.1
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: What is your goal this year? What needs to be done and by when do you want to do this? How can you measure your progress and know if you've successfully met your goal? When should this goal be reached and is it realistic?
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar (sentence 1) - due Friday
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & characters
Exit Ticket - Character Analysis Question - Describe Paul’s relationship with his unit. How are the relationships the same? How is each relationship unique?
Due Tuesday:
Tuesday
Goal: SWBAT explain the function of conflict in a text.
11-12.RL.2
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork : Pretend you are Paul from AQWF. Write a letter to Kemmerich’s mother after Kemmerich’s death. What would you say?
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar (sentence 1) - due Friday
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & the role of authority in the novel
Focus Question: Conflict / Authority Question - Based on the text, how should we feel about the misuse of power and how can we avoid being a bystander when you face it?
Due on Block Day (Wednesday or Thursday):
**(link to reading packet)
Wednesday/
Thursday
Goal: SWBAT explain the narrator’s reliability.
11-12.RL.1
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: Write a short letter to a President of the United States about a topic that concerns you (please be civil). Consider your role, audience, format, and tone before answering the prompt. Followed by grammar practice.
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar (sentence 1) - due Friday
WW1 Images - Reflection Stations
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & narrator’s reliability
Character analysis activity (due at the end of class)
Due Friday:
Friday - Half Day
Goal: SWBAT write an analysis paragraph in response to a prompt by including a topic sentence, integrated quotes as evidence, and reasoning.
11-12.RL.3
11-12 L 2 (grammar practice)
Bellwork: How would you define Salubritas (the virtue of August)? Put it in your own words and provide examples to explain your definition.
Instructional Sequence:
Grammar (sentence 1) - due Friday
Review Literary Analysis Paragraph Requirements
Literary Analysis HW Paragraph: What role does power and the desire for power play in war? Student Writing Conferences.
Due Saturday:
Lit Analysis HW Paragraph (due on Google Classroom at 11:59pm)
Due Monday:
**(link to reading packet)
WEEK 1
Monday
Goal: SWBAT review the course syllabus and procedures on the first day of school by following along and asking questions.
11-12.SL.1
Bellwork: What are three books that have shaped you as a reader? At the end of the day, what is studying literature about?
Instructional Sequence:
Review Homework and Schedule for the Week
Due Tuesday:
Syllabus sign-off form (last page)
Read “Harrison Bergeron” for Baseline Test on Tuesday. P. 205 in the reader.
Tuesday
Goal: SWBAT complete the baseline test.
Bellwork: Write about an idea for a senior gift and its benefits to the school.
Instructional Sequence:
Baseline Test
After test/homework: Letter to your future self
Due Friday:
Letter to your future self due at the end of block class
Gather Q1 reading materials / book check on Block for AQWF
Wed/Thur Block
Goal: SWBAT review key concepts before reading AQWF by engaging in discussions about major ideas presented in the text.
11-12.SL.1
Bellwork: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
Instructional Sequence:
Finish Baseline (if needed)
Pre-book seminar
Intro to AQWF & Notes
Finish:Letter to your future self
Due Block Day:
Read All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque Ch. 1 **(link to reading packet)
Letter to your future self due at the end of class
Friday
Goal: SWBAT explain the function of setting in a narrative.
11-12.RL.1
Bellwork: How would you define humanitas? Put it in your own words and provide examples to explain your definition.
Instructional Sequence:
Discuss All Quiet on the Western Front excerpts & setting.
Exit Ticket: Setting Question - What elements of setting does Remarque focus on? How do these details reveal the realities of war?
Due Monday:
Vocabulary: apathy, ambiguous, fervent, vagrant, undermine, oblivious, indifferent, obscure, objective, revere