ERWC - Senior English

Weekly Agenda (Week 17)

Monday 12/8

• Reading Quiz (Grendel - Chapters 7-9) makeup: please makeup your quiz at an agreed time today or tomorrow.

• Grendel Chapter 10

• NWEA

Tuesday 12/9

• Grendel Chapter 10 (Key Questions & Vocab. are posted on Canvas)

• NWEA

• Reminder: chapter titles are due upon finishing the novel (next Monday)

• Note: don't forget to keep track of the zodiac signs associated with each chapter

Wednesday 12/10

• Grendel Chapter 11

Thursday 12/11

• Chapter 11

Friday 12/12

• Read all of chapter 12 - then complete chapter Key Questions, posted on Canvas

• Take home reading quiz: chapters 10-12

next week

Monday - Grendel, novel test Part I (timed essay)

Tuesday - Grendel,  novel test Part II (multiple choice/ short response)

Wednesday - Christmas wish (extra credit)

Thursday - A Christmas Carol

Friday - A Christmas Carol

Weekly Agenda (Week 16)

Monday 12/1

• What to expect for the final three weeks of the semester

• Chapter 8 - Grendel

  • Respond to key questions (during the reading)

  • Summarize (in a one sentence) each of the four scenes

  • Do a comparison of Grendel and Hrothulf

Tuesday 12/2 

• Chapter 8 - Grendel

  • Chapter 8 Questions & Vocabulary (posted on Canvas)

Wednesday 12/3

• Chapter 9 - Grendel (questions and vocab are posted on Canvas... due by 3pm tomorrow)

• NWEA

Thursday 12/4

• Chapter 9 - Grendel: Key Questions & Vocab. (posted on Canvas)

• NWEA

Friday 12/5

• Chapter 7, 8, 9 Reading Quiz

Weekly Agenda (Week 15)

Monday 11/17

• Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday 11/18 

• Thanksgiving Break

Wednesday 11/19

• Thanksgiving Break

Thursday 11/20

• Thanksgiving Break

Friday 11/21 

• Thanksgiving Break

Weekly Agenda (Week 14)

Monday 11/17

• CFA  (theme)

• Grendel - chapter 7

  • review your titles chart - make sure you have completed chapters 1-6

  • review the zodiac signs for the chapters we have covered

Tuesday 11/18 

• Grendel - chapter 7

• quickwrite

Wednesday 11/19

• Grendel - chapter 7

Thursday 11/20

• Grendel - Chapter 7 questions & vocab.

Friday 11/21 

• Due: Grendel - Chapter 7 questions & vocab.

Weekly Agenda (Week 13)

Monday 11/10

• Grendel - finish chapter 6

• Grendel - chapter 6 questions & vocabulary (posted on Canvas)

Tuesday 11/11 

• *NO SCHOOL 

Wednesday 11/12

• Grendel - Reading Quiz (Chapters 4, 5, 6)

• DUE - chapter 6 questions & vocab.

Thursday 11/13

• Grendel - Chapter 7 

• Activity

Friday 11/14 *QUARTER 2 PROGRESS GRADES

• Grendel - Chapter 7 

• Grammar Exercise - posted on Canvas

• Postponed to Monday CFA  (theme)

Weekly Agenda (Week 12)

Monday 11/3

• Grendel - finish chapter 5 

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Arturo, Isaiah, Bernadette, Kaycee

    • [period 5] Armando, Andre, Angela, Daniela

Tuesday 11/4

• Grendel - chapter 5 questions & vocabulary (posted on Canvas)

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Jaylen, Jocelyn, Paola

    • [period 5] Isaac V, Valeria, Damaris, Azul, Benji, Makenzie

Wednesday 11/5 *UC Merced trip

• DUE: Grendel - chapter 5 questions & vocabulary (posted on Canvas)

• Grendel - Chapter 5 Extended Activity

Thursday 11/6 *Merced Trip

• Grendel - chapter 6 (pages 75-79)

  • FreeWrite (5-7 minutes)

  • During reading: Grendel's Shift

Friday 11/7

• Grendel - chapter 6

  • activity (extra credit - to be completed in class)

Weekly Agenda (Week 11)

Monday 10/27

• Grendel - chapter 5 reading

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Glenda, Angel

    • [period 2] Priscilla, Melissa

    • [period 4] Fredy, Anthony D, Gio

    • [period 5] Emma, Jessica, Noah

Tuesday 10/28

• Grendel - chapter 5 reading

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Ismael, Kelly, Jesus S, Gurvinder 

    • [period 2] Veronica, Giovanny, Alexis, Jayden

    • [period 4] Erick, Melissa, Anthony L, Michael

    • [period 5] 

Wednesday 10/29

• Grendel - chapter 5 questions & vocabulary

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Ayden M, Luis, Stephanie, Hector 

    • [period 2] Brooke, Trevin, Julian

    • [period 4] Brandon Perez, Dassia, Emily, Cristian

    • [period 5] Camila, Giovanni, Joshua, Hamilton

Thursday 10/30

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Kimberly, Chelsea, Erika, Oscar 

    • [period 2] Javier, Leo, Hannah, Maria

    • [period 4] Jacobi, Allison, Ramon, Jorge

    • [period 5] Ajay, Damian, Ethan, Ian

Friday 10/31 Halloween

• Career Research Presentations

  • • [period 1] Bernabe, Levi, Omar, Aldo

    • [period 2] Drake, Jesus T, Emily P

    • [period 4] Hector, Brandon R, Bryan

    • [period 5] Zeus, Diego, Anthony A

Weekly Agenda (Week 11)

Monday 10/20

• Timed Write - The World According to Me

• Work on your Career Research Project

Tuesday 10/21

• Grendel - chapter 4

• Work on your Career Research Project

Wednesday 10/22

• Grendel - chapter 4 -> vocabulary & key questions

• Work on your Career Research Project

Thursday 10/23

• Grendel - chapters 5 

• Work on your Career Research Project

Friday 10/24

• Grendel - chapter 5 key questions

• Homecoming!

Weekly Agenda (Week 10)

Monday 10/13

• Work on your Career Research Project

Tuesday 10/14

• Grendel - chapter 3

• Work on your Career Research Project

Wednesday 10/15

• Grendel - chapter 3 -> vocabulary & key questions

• Work on your Career Research Project

Thursday 10/16

• Grendel - chapters 1-3 Reading Quiz

• Work on your Career Research Project

Friday 10/17

• No school for students

Weekly Agenda (Week 9)

Monday 10/6

• Grendel - chapter 1 vocabulary (assignment on Canvas)

  • Begin chapter 2 (stop top of page 19)

• Introduction to Career Research Project: full instructions are listed under the sub page to this page

Tuesday 10/7

• Guest speaker: Mrs. Conger

• Grendel Chapter 2 (pages 19-24)

  • key question: which zodiac sign do you believe applies to this chapter? Why? and How do you know?

• Work on your Career Research Project

Wednesday 10/8

• Finish reading Grendel Chapter 2 (pages 24-29)

  • key question: which zodiac sign do you believe applies to this chapter? Why? and How do you know?

• Work on your Career Research Project

Thursday 10/9

• Grendel - chapter 2 questions & vocabulary

• Work on your Career Research Project

Friday 10/10

• Grendel - chapter 3

• Work on your Career Research Project

Weekly Agenda (Week 8)

Monday 9/29

• Quarter 1 CFA

Tuesday 9/30

• Moral code chart

• Grendel Chapter 1

  • preview (zodiac signs)

  • natural philosophers

Wednesday 10/1

• Begin reading chapter 1

  • read to page 10

  • what is your impression of Grendel?

  • reading response: what are three themes that are emerging so far (based on paragraph 1)?

  • zodiac sign (Aeries): what evidence can you point to that supports 'Aeries' as the sign associated with this chapter

Thursday 10/2

• Finish reading chapter 1

  • respond to key questions

Friday 10/3

• Blog Post #3 (due at the end of the period - instructions posted on Canvas)

• Title's Chart for Grendel - complete chapter 1 section

• For those absent yesterday due to the trip to Fresno State, below are the questions for chapter 1

1. In the epic poem Beowulf, the monster Grendel is depicted as an evil being without human qualities. What evidence is there in this first chapter that the monster Grendel in this novel has emotions and feelings?​

Use the following excerpt from the story to

answer questions 2 and 3.​

 It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of

deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural

things—discounting men. But deer, like rabbits and

bears and even men, can make, concerning my

race, no delicate distinctions. That is their

happiness: they see all life without observing it.

They’re buried in it like crabs in mud. Except men, of

course. I am not in a mood, just yet, to talk of men.​

2. What difference does Grendel observe between men and the

other animals? In what way are they alike?​

​

3. Grendel talks about killing cows because they are in pens and

easy to catch. He also mentions killing an old woman with iron

gray hair. Both incidents are told in a matter of-fact tone. How

does the above passage help to clarify for the reader Grendel’s

seemingly murderous behavior?​

​

4. Briefly describe Grendel’s physical appearance and his home.

What does the following passage imply about the length of

Grendel’s life?​

 The uproar is only my own shriek, and chasms are, like all

things vast, inanimate.​

​

5. How does Grendel describe his mother? How does he feel

about her?​

​

6. Why has Grendel been waging war on the humans for nearly

twelve years?

Weekly Agenda (Week 7)

Monday 9/22

• Exploring Career Options

  • go to the website: californiacolleges.edu

  • complete the character/aptitude tests to determine which careers are best suited to you 

  • The assignment is posted on Canvas

Tuesday 9/23

• Beowulf section 3

  • finish questions for section 3

• Beowulf - the final section

  • complete the assigned questions

Wednesday 9/24

• Beowulf

  • Reading test

Thursday 9/25

• Beowulf 

  • finish reading activities from previous day ... begin with 'Critical Thinking' questions

    1. Video clip of fight 

  • Read pages 36-43

  • Responses to key questions - tomorrow

Friday 9/26

• Due at the beginning of class: section 2 questions (Beowulf)

• Beowulf

  • Respond to key questions for section 3 (Comprehension and analysis) - we will finish section 3 questions on Monday

• Homework: Read pages 44-62 (finish the story)

Weekly Agenda (Week 6)

Monday 9/15

• Beowulf

  • complete the anticipation guide (for each of the 8 statements state whether you agree or disagree with the statement and explain why)

  • Read the prologue (pages 6-17) and respond to the three questions

    1. What values and traits are celebrated in the description of Shield Sheafson (Scyld Scefing)?

    2. How does the structure of the prologue set the tone for the rest of the epic? 

    3. What role does fate or the divine will seem to play in the rise and fall of kings?

Tuesday 9/16

• Beowulf

  • Read pages 18-27

  • Complete the guided reading questions (some will be answered orally and others on paper - make sure to follow instructions). Note, some of the questions for the test will come from my lectures - so pay attention. 

Wednesday 9/17

• Beowulf

  • Read pages 28-35

  • Respond to key questions

  • personal response

Thursday 9/18

• Beowulf 

  • finish reading activities from previous day ... begin with 'Critical Thinking' questions

    1. Video clip of fight 

  • Read pages 36-43

  • Responses to key questions - tomorrow

Friday 9/19

• Due at the beginning of class: section 2 questions (Beowulf)

• Beowulf

  • Respond to key questions for section 3 (Comprehension and analysis) - we will finish section 3 questions on Monday

• Homework: Read pages 44-62 (finish the story)

Weekly Agenda (Week 5)

Monday 9/8

• FAQ's - instructions are posted on Canvas

  • thinking about life after high school 

Tuesday 9/9

• College/Career: considering your option

  • you will write a cover letter based on the option you select

• Beowulf (graphic novel)

  • start reading the story of Beowulf and Grendel

  • background/ historical context

Wednesday 9/10

• College/Career - considering your rhetorical situation

  • based on your RS, you will begin crafting a cover letter

• Beowulf (graphic novel)

  • character list

  • how to read a graphic novel

Thursday 9/11

• College/Career - drafting your cover letter

  • remember - it's due tomorrow

Friday 9/12

• NOTE - Progress Grades are due (the report will come out next week by Tuesday or Wednesday)

• College/Career - final

  • proofreading your cover letter

Weekly Agenda (Week 4)

Monday 9/1

• No School - Labor Day

Tuesday 9/2

• Reminder - Blog Post #2 (view Canvas for Instructions)

• Main Lesson (College & Career) - we will be reading the article "Want to Get Into College? Learn to Fail"

  • guided lesson

  • annotations and reading chart will be collected at the end

Wednesday 9/3

• Main Lesson (College/Career) - today we will read the 2nd article in this unit "Hidden Intellectualism"

  • this lesson may take up to three class periods

    • pre-reading activity

    • making connections

    • key vocabulary

Thursday 9/4

• Main Lesson (College/Career) - today we will read the 2nd article in this unit "Hidden Intellectualism"

  • continued... 

    • 1st reading + annotations

    • 2nd reading...

Friday 9/5

• NOTE - I will out for a tennis tournament. All instructions and resources needed, such as slides, will be posted on Canvas

• Main Lesson (College/Career) - today we will read the 2nd article in this unit "Hidden Intellectualism"

  • continued... 

    • finish 2nd reading + T-chart (turn in)

• DUE: Blog Post #2 (instructions are posted on Canvas)

• Let's Reflect

Weekly Agenda (Week 3)

Monday 8/25

• NWEA Testing - ELA

Tuesday 8/26

• NWEA Testing - ELA

Wednesday 8/27

• Senior Sunrise @6:15am

• Where Am I and Where Am I Going chart 

• ERWC Learning Goals

• College/Career - the importance of failing (to succeed)

Thursday 8/28

• College/Career - the importance of failing (to succeed)

Friday 8/29

• Last day to earn credit for your Self Portrait Essay

• Upcoming

  • Book - Grendel (anticipation guide)

• Main Lesson: College/Career - the importance of failing (to succeed)

• Blog Post #2 (instructions are posted on Canvas)

• Let's Reflect

  • Each group should discuss what they are grateful for this week or something you want to celebrate (for this week). Then write what you are celebrating on your assigned whiteboard on the wall (period 1, period 2, period 3... etc.)

Here are the slides for Friday's main lesson

Weekly Agenda (Week 2)

Monday 8/18

• Unit 1 overview

  • portfolio

  • college readiness

• Self Portrait

Tuesday 8/19

• Self Portrait

  • finish answering the key questions

  • begin drafting your essay

Wednesday 8/20

• Where Am I and Where Am I Going chart (moved to a later time)

• ERWC Learning Goals

  • NWEA chat (how did you do the last time?)

  • I will share your scores with you

  • You will be testing for ELA & Math

• Continue your draft (Self Portrait)

Thursday 8/21

• We are an early release schedule to day due to the excessive heat

• ERWC Learning Goals (we will discuss these after you take the NWEA next Monday and Tuesday

• Self Portrait essay

Friday 8/22

• I will be out for a tennis tournament (Madera) 

• We are an early release schedule to day due to the excessive heat

• DUE: Self Portrait Essay

• Let's Reflect

  • Each group should discuss what they are grateful for this week or something you want to celebrate (for this week). Then write what you are celebrating on your assigned whiteboard on the wall (period 1, period 2, period 3... etc.)