Daily Agendas

Mon. 5.21.2018 & Tue. 5.22.2018 (Finals Review Days)

1. Collect books late work (if you have them)
2. Have you turned in your This I Believe essay? I'm missing a TON of them! Yikes!
3. Jeopardy literary terms review
4. Student choice:
   • You may complete the annotation portion of your final today, if you'd like
     • There is a 45 minute time limit for this portion
   • Or you may complete that portion on finals day and continue studying for the literary terms exam now

HW: Prepare for your open note annotation & analysis exam and your closed note literary terms exam

Mon. 5.14.2018 & Tue. 5.15.2018 (Block Days)

1. Final Huck Finn Quiz (Quiz #7 / Chapters 40-end)
2. Work time for This I Believe essay rough draft
   • Due midway through next class so we can work on peer editing
3. Dice review game for final!
4. Continue watching The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (30 minutes)

HW: Prepare for your final exam with this Quizlet. Rough draft of essay due midway through next class. Final draft of This I Believe essay due by midnight on Friday, 5/18.

Tue. 5.8.2018 & Wed. 5.9.2018 (Block Days)

1. Information about your final
   • Part I will be a cumulative Honors English 9 terms exam
     • Here is the Quizlet to study for it. All 75 terms will appear on the exam.
     • The exam will be a combination of matching terms & definition, matching terms & examples, multiple choice, and true/false.
   • Part II will be an annotation and analysis portion
     • You will receive one page of a text we read in the Fall Semester and one page of a text we read in the Spring Semester
     • You will annotate both pages for Honors English 9 terms
     • You will choose one page to analyze in writing (thesis + one body paragraph)
2. Pass out This I Believe brainstorming sheet
3. MAP Testing

HW: Work on This I Believe brainstorming sheet (due Thu. 5/10 or Fri. 5/11). Reading #7 (Ch. 35-39) now due Thu. 5/10 or Fri. 5/11. Prepare for your final with this Quizlet.

Mon. 5.7.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Reading Quiz #5 (on Ch. 30-34)
2. Introduce This I Believe essay
3. Begin critiquing This I Believe essay exemplars (assignment on Schoology)

HW: Finish critique of This I Believe essay exemplars for next class (Tue. 5/8 or Wed. 5/9). Turn critique in on Schoology. Reading #7 (Ch. 35-39) now due Thu. 5/10 or Fri. 5/11.

Tue. 5.1.2018 & Wed. 5.2.2018 (Block Days)

1. Huck Finn Reading Quiz #4
2. Group work on bildungsroman and picaresque
3. Use Quizlet and Pear Deck Flashcard Factory to study for a satire terms quiz on Thu. 5/3 or Fri. 5/4.

HW: Reading #6 (Ch. 30-34) due Mon. 5/7. Study for a satire terms quiz on Thu. 5/3 or Fri. 5/4 with the Quizlet sets below:

• Quizlet with satire terms, definitions, and examples
• Quizlet with satire terms & definitions only
• Block 2 Flashcard Factory Quizlet
• Block 6 Flashcard Factory Quizlet (password = vjhs)
• Block 5 Flashcard Factory Quizlet
• Block 7 Flashcard Factory Quizlet

Mon. 4.30.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Huck Finn Reading Quiz #3
2. Notes on elements of bildungsroman and picaresque novels
3. Start group work (see last slide on bildungsroman/picaresque notes) for directions

HW: Reading #5 (Ch. 24-29) due Tue. 5/1 or Wed. 5/2.

Mon. 4.23.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Go over character relationships in Sense and Sensibility
2. Consider information in the Arvada Center's Sense and Sensibility study guide
3. Work time to complete any work you'll be missing due to the field trip for Blocks 2, 4, 6
4. Reminders about tomorrow's field trip
   • Meet me in the lobby at 9:10 AM
   • We will be back by 2:00 PM
   • We will not eat lunch, so eat a large breakfast and bring snacks if you know you'll get too hungry

HW: Huck Finn Reading #4 (Ch. 18-23) due Thu. 4/26 or Fri. 4/27.

Tue. 4.17.2018 & Wed. 4.18.2018 (Block Days)

1. Information about next week's field trip
2. Practice identifying satire terms with a Quizlet
3. Review satire terms with a class "baseball" game
4. Reading time for Huck Finn (last 15 minutes)

HW: Huck Finn Reading #2 (Ch. 6-11) due Thu. 4/19 or Fri. 4/20.

Thu. 4.12.2018 & Fri. 4.13.2018 (Block Days)

1. Huck Finn Reading #1 Quiz
2. Class competition
   • In groups of 2-3, work to identify and explicate as many satirical devices and critiques in the New Yorker satire "Uber Review for Charon, Boatman of Hades" and The Onion satire "CIA Realizes It's Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years" as you can

HW: Huck Finn Reading #2 (Ch. 6-11) due Thu. 4/19 or Fri. 4/20.

Wed. 4.11.2018 (shortened class period for testing week)

1. Hand back sonnet explications and discuss opportunity for revision
   • You may revise your explication, as long as you turn in both your original and revised explication (including the rubric/feedback sheet), by the end of ICE next Tuesday, April 17th
2. Hand out bookmark for Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and distribute books
   • If you have your own copy or want to read on a PDF, I'm offering extra credit! Let me know if this is you!
3. Reading time / preparation time for a discussion next class on several poems by African American poets born after the emancipation of slaves in 1865

HW: Huck Finn Reading #1 due Mon. 4/16 (Notice, Explanatory Note, & Ch. 1 − 5).

Mon. 4.9.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Let's talk about tomorrow's PSAT test
2. Class practice of writing & language concepts that will help you on the PSAT
3. Reading time to start The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

HW: None!

Tue. 4.3.2018 & Wed. 4.4.2018 (Block Days)

1. (40 minutes) Work time for Twelfth Night portfolio
2. Background on Mark Twain and intro to his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
3. New vocab/terms for Unit 6
4. Create a timeline antebellum, bildungsroman for a picaresque novel in small groups
   • You'll know what all these words are at the end of class! See the last slide of the slideshow linked under #2 on this agenda for timeline directions.

HW: Your Twelfth Night portfolio is due Thu. April 5th or Fri. April 6th.

Mon. 4.2.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Overview of how we'll wrap up this unit
   • Today is practice for a post-assessment (a timed explication of a random Shakespeare sonnet)
   • The post-assessment will be on this Thursday/Friday
   • The Twelfth Night portfolio is due at the start of class on Thursday/Friday
2. In pairs, create a game plan for how you would write a multi-paragraph explication of Shakespeare's Sonnet 116
3. Work time for your Twelfth Night portfolio

HW: Your Twelfth Night portfolio is due this Thu. April 5th or Fri. April 6th.

Tue. 3.20.2018 & Wed. 3.21.2018 (Block Days)

1. Read Act IV in small groups, pairs, or individually
2. Read Act V as a class
3. Work together to generate ideas for an Act V Structure Analysis Paragraph (Block 2 link, Block 6 link, Block 5 link, Block 7 link)
4. Work time for your Twelfth Night portfolio
5. Continue watching She's the Man (15 minutes)

HW: Your Twelfth Night portfolio is due Thu. April 5th or Fri. April 6th.

Mon. 3.19.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Read summaries of Act III, Scenes ii and iii together and briefly discuss key lines from these two scenes
2. Read Act III, Scene iv together

HW: Your Twelfth Night portfolio is due Thu. April 5th or Fri. April 6th.

Tue. 3.13.2018 & Wed. 3.14.2018 (Block Days)

1. Finish reading Act II in Twelfth Night as a class
   • Finish reading Act II, Scene iv and Act II, Scene v
2. Work time to compile entries from Acts I & II for your Twelfth Night portfolio
3. Watch 10 minutes of She's the Man

HW: Your typed, 1-2 page end-of-novel response is due this Thu. (3/15) or Fri. (3/16) at the start of class.

Mon. 3.12.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Book Club #3
2. Look at sample AP Lit essay responses and consider how they were scored
3. Begin working on your end-of-novel response
   • Critic Roland Barthes has said, “Literature is the question minus the answer.” Considering Barthes’ observation, write a 1-2 page response (MLA format) after reading your novel in which you analyze a central question your novel raises and the extent to which it offers answers. In your response, explain how the author’s treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary. (2004 AP Literature Open-Ended Essay Prompt)

HW: Your typed, 1-2 page end-of-novel response is due this Thu. (3/15) or Fri. (3/16) at the start of class.

Tue. 3.6.2018 & Wed. 3.7.2018 (Block Days)

1. (15 minutes) Choice novel reading time
2. Look at sample portfolio entries Ms. Norman wrote based on Act I
3. Finish reading Act I in Twelfth Night
4. Work time to compile entries from Act I for your Twelfth Night portfolio
   • Remember that your word cloud is already completed! No need to add to it; it's okay that it only reflects words from Act I, Scene i.

HW: Read the last third of your choice novel for Monday, March 12th & type your book club prep for meeting #3.

Mon. 3.5.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Book Club Meeting #2
2. Turn in your printed discussion preparation
3. Continue reading Act I in Twelfth Night and begin working on the Twelfth Night portfolio

HW: Read the last third of your choice novel for Monday, March 12th & type your book club prep for meeting #3.

Tue. 2.27.2018 & Wed. 2.28.2018 (Block Days)

1. Choice book reading time (15 min)
2. Check in with a partner about Sonnet 130
3. Mini timed explication of Sonnet 130
4. Introduction to Shakespeare’s play Twelfth Night

HW: Continue reading in your choice novel. The second third of your choice novel is due next Monday, 3/5.

Mon. 2.26.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Choice novel book club meeting #1
2. Turn in your printed discussion preparation
3. Read and annotate Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130”

HW: Continue reading in your choice novel. The second third of your choice novel is due next Monday, 3/5.

Tue. 2.20.2018 & Wed. 2.21.2018 (Block Days)

1. Unit 5 Pre-Assessment
   • On Schoology
2. Intro to Shakespeare & Sonnets
3. Dig into--and discuss--Shakespeare's "Sonnet II" as a class
4. Fun Sonnet Stuff - chances to win candy for Thu. / Fri.

HW: Read the first third of your choice novel for Monday, February 26th & type your book club prep for meeting #1.

Tue. 2.13.2018 & Wed. 2.14.2018 (Block Days)

• Block 2 only: Course registration instructions & handouts. Click here for step-by-step instructions for registering in Campus. Registration materials due February 22 to your Block 2 teacher.

1. Evaluate a research paper example (an excerpted New York Times Magazine article called "The Resegregation of Jefferson County [Alabama]") with our research paper rubric in small groups
   • Directions for this activity can be found here
2. Work time for your research paper rough draft

HW: Continue researching. Research paper rough draft due Thu. 2/15 or Fri. 2/16.

Mon. 2.12.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Go over research paper assignment sheet & rubric
2. Work time for research paper

HW: Continue researching. Research paper rough draft due Thu. 2/15 or Fri. 2/16.

Tue. 2.6.2018 & Wed. 2.7.2018 (Block Days)

1. Fireman Discussion #5 (Power of Education)
2. Assign choice novel and book club meetings
   • Look at our list of novels from which to choose and choose your favorite to read
3. Read sections of research paper examples to look for good organizational and writing techniques the authors use to convey information

HW: Continue researching. Bring your choice novel to class on Monday, 2/12.

Mon. 2.5.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Quiz on Fahrenheit 451 Part Three: Burning Bright
2. Conference individually with Ms. Norman about your research paper proposal
3. Work on creating an outline for your paper and on continuing to gather sources

HW: Continue working on your research paper by continuing to gather sources and beginning to write.

Tue. 1.30.2018 & Wed. 1.31.2018 (Block Days)

1. Close Analysis Quiz #3 (over Part Two of Fahrenheit 451)
2. Read Matthew Arnold's poem "Dover Beach" (this is the poem Montag tries to read in Part Two of Fahrenheit 451)
3. Analyze Dover's poem "Dover Beach" in pairs
4. Work time for research paper proposal

HW: Read Part Three in Fahrenheit 451 for Monday, 2/5. Research paper proposal due Monday, 2/5. Contribute to the Apocalypse Book Club Novel Options Google Form before Monday, 2/5.

Mon. 1.29.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Fireman Discussion #3
2. Minilesson on how to create an annotated bibliography + look at a sample annotated bibliography
3. Introduce apocalypse book club

HW: Read Part Two in Fahrenheit 451 for next class (Tue. 1/30 or Wed. 1/31). Be ready to lead your group's fireman discussion on your assigned date. Contribute to the Apocalypse Book Club Novel Options Google Form before Monday, 2/5.

Tue. 1.23.2018 & 1.24.2018 (Block Days)

1. Fahrenheit Quiz #2
   • Over the second half of Part One
2. (10 minutes) Skim back over Beatty's speech to Montag on pp. 53-62 (old books) or 51-60 (new books) and create a venn diagram that tracks where Beatty uses logos, ethos, and pathos (and any combinations thereof) in his speech
3. Rhetoric evaluation comic strip

HW: Complete this research paper topic brainstorming Google Form before next class (it should appear below). Fireman discussion group #2 leaders should prepare to lead their discussion next class. Read Part Two in Fahrenheit 451 for next Tue. or Wed.

Mon. 1.22.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Clarification on the difference between point & intention
2. Begin reading excerpts from Jean Baudrillard’s America as a class
   • I talk through the steps I go through in identifying an author's point and intention
   • We practice together identifying and analyzing how Baudrillard develops his point with rhetoric, using PITA
3. Analyze a passage in Fahrenheit 451 (the first few paragraphs of Part II: The Sieve and the Sand)
   • Use what you learned in class today to identify Bradbury's point & intention and analyzing how Bradbury developed his point

HW: Stick to the reading schedule for Fahrenheit 451 (www.bit.ly/f451pdf). Read all of Part One for next class. Be ready to lead your group's fireman discussion on your assigned date.

Tue. 1.16.2018 & Wed. 1.17.2018 (Block Days)

1. Close Fahrenheit 451 analysis quiz #1
2. Go over fireman discussion expectations and assigned dates
3. (40 minutes) Work time
   • Three options: (1) finish individual article analysis with PITA, (2) work on reading Fahrenheit 451, or (3) start prepping for your fireman discussion
     • Because Schoology was down for maintenance over the weekend, you get work time in class today
     • If you do not finish in class, your article analysis will be due by MIDNIGHT tonight (Tue. 1/16 for White Day classes or Wed. 1/17 for Blue Day classes)

HW: Stick to the reading schedule for Fahrenheit 451 and be ready to lead your group's fireman discussion on your assigned date.

Tue. 1.9.2018 & Wed. 1.10.2018 (Block Days)

1. In pairs, consider how “Allegory of the Cave” functions on four levels: (1) social, (2) political, (3) moral, (4) religious
2. Discuss "Allegory of the Cave" as a class
3. Intro to Fahrenheit 451
4. Distribute reading schedule & copies of Fahrenheit 451

HW: Stick to the reading schedule for Fahrenheit 451.

Mon. 1.8.2018 (Silver Day)

1. Review syllabus (at this link)
2. Discuss Honors English 9 spring semester expectation shifts
3. Four whys: Why is studying English important?
4. Whip around with insights to get to know names
5. Background notes on allegory
6. Start reading Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" together (if we have time)

HW: For next class, read Platos' "Allegory of the Cave" by clicking on this PDF link. After reading, take brief notes (i.e., less than a page) documenting your understanding of what is happening to the prisoners in the cave and what happens to the prisoner who is led out of the cave. Come to class ready to share & hand in your notes.