Daily Schedule
English 11
Tuesday, Jan. 7
- Introduction to course; syllabus
- Activity: Six-word memoirs (video / instructions)
- Homework: Introduction Letter
Wednesday, Jan. 8
- Preview Vocab List 1 & begin mastery practice on vocabulary.com
- Writing Lesson: Simple Sentence Patterns 1-3 (fill-in-the-blank notes)
- Practice identifying subjects, direct objects, and indirect objects on noredink.com (due by end of period)
DUE TONIGHT: Introduction Letter
Thursday, Jan. 9
- Warm up: Identifying Sentence Parts (Patterns 1-3)
- Writing Lesson: Sentence Patterns 4 & 5 (notes continued on same Google Slideshow from yesterday)
- Practice
- Writing Lesson: Identifying Sentence Parts in Tricky Situations
- New practice on noredink & complete yesterday's practice
Friday, Jan. 10
- Warm up writing
- Lesson: Enlightenment vs. Romanticism
- Notes
- Activity: Analyzing Period Artwork
PERIOD ART & ARCHITECTURE
Enlightenment:
- Paul Revere (1768)
- The Rotunda, University of Virginia
- US Supreme Court building (scroll down a little)
Romanticism:
- Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818)
- House at Strawberry Hill
- Holy Name Cathedral (pic 1) (pic 2) (pic 3)
Monday, Jan. 13
- Warm up: Sentence Patterns Practice #2
- Contextualizing Frankenstein, Part Two: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
This poem is a quintessential work of Romantic literature and it was a key influence on Mary Shelley when she wrote Frankenstein. She even mentions it in the first chapter of the book. You're going to hear an abridged version of this poem today, and we will look for evidence in the poem of its connection to Romantic themes.
Tuesday, Jan. 14
- Warm up: Sentence Patterns Practice #3
- Vocab List 2 Preview (Kahoot) & 10 minutes to practice on vocab.com
- Video introductions to Frankenstein
- Begin reading & annotating Letter 1
HOMEWORK:
- Finish Letter 1 and read Letter 2
- Annotate: Find at least three more pieces of evidence from pages 12-17 that proves that Robert Walton is a Romantic.
I will come around and check your annotations during the warm up and vocab practice tommorrow!
Wednesday, Jan. 15
- Warm up: Sentence Patterns Practice #4 & Vocab practice
- Go over annotations & discuss Letter 2
- Lesson: The Byronic Hero
HOMEWORK:
- Read Letters 3 & 4
- Annotate: In Letter 4, Walton explains that while stuck in the ice, his crew finds a man stranded and they take him on board. Based on Walton's descriptions, what makes this stranger a Byronic hero? Mark at least three passages that correspond to three different traits of the Byronic hero, one passage per trait at least. Use your notes on the Byronic hero.
Thursday, Jan. 16
- Warm up: Sentence Patterns Practice #5
- Evaluating evidence from Letter 4
- Vocab Jam
HOMEWORK:
- Read & annotate Chapter 1
- How does Victor Frankenstein (the new narrator of the story) portray women? Pay close attention to how he describes his mother, Caroline, and his "more than sister," Elizabeth.
- Complete / master Vocab List 2
- Study for Tuesday's vocab quiz (lists 1 & 2)
Tuesday, Jan. 21
- Vocab Quiz (lists 1 & 2)
- Writing lesson: Sentence Types (fill-in-the-blank notes / practice)
- Analyze/discuss Ch. 1 (we'll use the questions on your bookmark to guide our analysis)
HOMEWORK: Read & annotate Ch. 2 using the questions on your bookmark as a guide
Wednesday, Jan. 22
- Warm up: Sentence Types Practice #2
- Analysis/annotation of Ch. 2
HOMEWORK: Read & annotate Ch. 3 using the questions on your bookmark as a guide
Thursday, Jan. 23
- Writing Lesson: Punctuating Complex & Compound Sentences
- Begin practice on noredink.com (due next Wed. 1/29 by 8:25 AM)
- Open-book quiz
- Discuss Ch. 3
HOMEWORK: Read & annotate Ch. 4 using the questions on your bookmark as a guide
Friday, Jan. 24
- Warm up: Sentence Types Practice #3
- Discuss Ch. 4
HW: Read & annotate Ch. 5 using the questions on your bookmark
Monday, Jan. 27
- Warm up
- Preview Vocab list 3
- Discuss Ch. 5
- Lesson & discussion: Physiognomy & Characterization in Frankenstein
HW: Read & annotate Ch. 6
Tuesday, Jan. 28
- Warm up: Practice test questions
- Discuss Ch. 5
- "It's Alive!"
- Begin homework reading
HW: Read & annotate Chs. 6 & 7
Wednesday, Jan. 29
DUE by start of class: practice on noredink (all three assignments)
- Warm up: Practice test questions
- Discuss Chs. 6 & 7
HW: Read & annotate Ch. 8
Thursday, Jan. 30
TBD
Friday, Jan. 31
- Writing Test
Monday, Feb. 3
- Return Writing Tests & discuss corrections (due Friday, 2/7)
- work time
HW: finish Frankenstein Mini-Essay (due by start of class tomorrow)
Tuesday, Feb. 4
Mini-essay due: submit a shareable link to your Google doc here
- In-class mini-workshop: You're going to exchange your essay with two different people today and help each other with the following:
- Did the writer choose the BEST evidence from the novel? (If so, why is it the best? If not, what might be a better piece of evidence?)
- Scrutinize the type of evidence: quotation or summary? Could the writer have summarized instead of quoting? Or vice versa?
- Did the writer set up the evidence in the most effective way? Explain why or offer a suggestion.
- You'll then spend the remainder of the period fixing up your essay before submitting your final revisions on Google classroom.
Google Classroom Class Code: js6z57n
HW: Read & annotate Frankenstein Ch. 9
Wednesday, Feb. 5
- Vocab List 4 preview & practice
- Discuss Frankenstein Ch. 9
- Notes on Gothic Motifs (video; notes worksheet)
- We will pause the video periodically to discuss evidence of these motifs in Frankenstein
HW: Read & annotate Ch. 10
- Look for more evidence of the SUBLIME
- Pay close attention to the conversation between Victor and the Creature
- parallels between the end of this conversation and the end of Letter 4
- the creature's use of language
Thursday, Feb. 6
- Discuss Ch. 10
- Work time: finish test corrections
Friday, Feb. 7
Snow day
Monday, Feb. 10
- DUE: Writing Test Corrections
- Lesson: Run-ons (comma splices & fused sentences)
- Read & annotate Frankenstein Ch. 11 together in class
- Vocab Jam (if time)
HW: Read & annotate Frankenstein Ch. 12
Tuesday, Feb. 11
- Warm up: practice correcting comma splices and fused sentences
- Make your voices heard survey
- Discuss Frankenstein, Ch. 12
- Vocab Jam
HW: Read & annotate Frankenstein Ch.13
Wednesday, Feb. 12
- In-class writing
- Discuss Ch. 13
- Vocab jam
HW:
- Read & annotate Frankenstein, Ch. 15 (you can skip 14) -- BE READY FOR A READING QUIZ!!!
- Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz
Thursday, Feb. 13
- Vocab Quiz (on vocab.com)
- Reading Quiz (Frankenstein, Chs. 13 & 15)
- Go over quiz & discuss chapters 13 & 15
- Practice with fixing comma splices & fused sentences
Friday, Feb. 14
- Practice with fixing comma splices & fused sentences
- SAT Prep Tips & Resources
- khanacademy.org/sat
- longform.org/random (use this to read one random article per day, or more!)
- Recommended SAT study guides
HW:
- Read & annotate Ch. 16
- Answer questions (handout)
Tuesday, Feb. 18
DUE: Ch. 16 questions
- Discuss Ch. 16
- Lesson: Combining Sentences with Verbal & Prepositional Phrases
HW: Read Ch. 17
Wednesday, Feb. 19
- Practice with Verbal & Prepositional Phrases
- Discuss Ch. 17
- Begin homework
HW: Read Ch. 18 and answer questions on handout
Thursday, Feb. 20
- Lesson: Combining sentences with absolute phrases
- Go over homework & discuss Ch. 18
- Read Ch. 19 in class
HW (due Monday, 2/24): Read & annotate Chs. 20 & 21
Friday, Feb. 21
Post-secondary with Ms. McKinney
Monday, Feb. 24
- Practice combining sentences with absolutes, verbals, and prepositional phrases
- Lesson: Combining Sentences with Appositives & Relative Clauses
- Preview Vocab List 5
- Discuss Chs. 20 & 21
HW: Read & annotate "Prometheus" & "Pandora"
Tuesday, Feb. 25
- Warm up/Phrases practice
- Discuss homework reading
- Compare Prometheus & Pandora to book of Genesis
- In-class writing
HW: Read & annotate Frankenstein, Ch. 22
Wednesday, Feb. 26
- Warm up
- Discuss Ch. 22
HW: Read & annotate Ch. 23 (we will read together in class tomorrow)
Thursday, Feb. 27
- Lesson: Punctuating Phrases & Clauses
- Begin practice on noredink.com (due Friday at 9:55A AM)
- Read & discuss Frankenstein, Ch. 23
- Take-home quiz (due tomorrow)
HW:
- Finish take-home quiz
- Work on noredink.com & vocab.com
Friday, Feb. 28
- DUE: Take-home quiz
- Begin reading & annotating Ch. 24
- Work time: finish noredink.com & work on vocab.com
HW: read & annotate Ch. 24 to end of book (ends on page 241)
Monday, March 2
- Warm up
- Practice punctuating phrases & clauses
- Discuss Ch. 24 to end of book
Tuesday, March 3
- Lesson: Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers
- In-class practice
- In-class assignment: The Two-Sentence Essay (due by end of class or tomorrow morning at the latest)
Wednesday, March 4
- Practice with dangling/misplaced modifiers & phrases
- Discuss second mini-essay assignment & schedule
- Work time:
- Choose your topic for mini-essay 2 & begin finding & analyzing passages
- Practice on vocab.com
Thursday, March 5
- Practice for tomorrow's test
- Preview vocab list 6 & practice
- 550 Alternative Words for "Says"
- Work time
- Due by end of class: thesis statement & list of evidence/passages
Friday, March 6
WRITING TEST: Phrases & sentence combining; fixing dangling/misplaced modifiers; avoiding comma splices and misplaced commas; subordinate clauses
Work time
Monday, March 7
DUE by end of period: Second Frankenstein Mini-Essay
Tuesday, March 8
Depart at 9 for college visits
Wednesday, March 9
- Return & go over Writing Tests; discuss corrections options
- NEW UNIT! Rhetorical Analysis
- Introductory activity (comparing car commercials)
- Notes on Analyzing Rhetoric & the Rhetorical Situation
- Group CAP analysis
HW: Read an article (handout) & analyze the rhetorical situation; fill out the CAP form
Thursday, March 10
DUE: CAP form for homework reading
- Go over homework
- Lesson: Rhetorical Appeals
- Ethos in "Letter from Birmingham Jail" (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
- Ethos in "Bag Ban Bad for Freedom and the Environment" (homework handout)
HW: Work on your test corrections or grammar paper
Tuesday, March 17
English 11 online begins today!
The virtual discussion has been cancelled, so here is the rundown:
- You can still submit your test corrections via Google Classroom (there is an assignment just for those). Please also take photos of each page of your test--or scan it--and submit those with your corrections.
- The rhetorical analysis unit is cancelled. We will begin the 1984 unit starting today. (See below)
- Vocabulary will continue on vocab.com, but without our Kahoot previews (*wipes away a tear). There's a new list today; it's due Saturday
Today's Agenda:
- Go to Google Classroom to get today's "attendance tracker" assignment and the webquest due tomorrow.
- Classroom code: js6z57n
- Assignments:
- 1984 Introductory Webquest (due tomorrow, 3/18, by 9:00 AM)
- Begin Vocab List 7 (due Saturday, 3/21)
Wednesday, March 18
DUE TODAY:
- 1984 Introductory Webquest (9:00 AM)
- Attendance tracker: see Google Classroom
DUE TOMORROW by 9:00 AM:
- Read & annotate 1984, Part One, Chapter I (pages 1-20): Your attendance tracker assignment for tomorrow will be based on Chapter I, so be ready.