1) Setting Chart for Pencey Prep
2) Discuss Ch. 7
3) Read Ch. 8-10
4) Journal Response
HW - Diagnostic Chart
1) Introduction to Journal Project
2) Journal Response
3) Read Ch. 5-7
HW - Finish Reading Ch. 7
1) Journal Response
2) Into to Psychoanalysis of Holden + Diagnostic Chart
3) Read Ch. 3-4
HW - Diagnostic Chart
1) Brain Map
2) Introduction to Catcher in the Rye
3) Read Ch. 1-2
No Homework
1) SSR - Kaffir Boy
2) Work on Notes/Outline for General Assembly Speech
3) View Mark Mathabane Talk
HW: 1. Read/Notate Ch. 35-38 (26 pages)
2. Study Questions for Part II Quiz
1) SSR - Kaffir Boy
2) Read/Notate United Nations Resolution: Race Relations Republic of South Africa Nov 1968
3) Research Chosen Member State Position / Reasons for Position on Resolution
HW: 1. Read Ch. 30-34 (30 pages)
2. Continue Researching Member State Position *** See shared document
1) SSR - Kaffir Boy
2) Kaffir Boy Part I Quiz
3) View TED Talk on Racism
HW: 1. Read/Notate Ch.24-29 (31 pages)
2. Begin Research on Member State's Position on U.N. Resolution on
Race Relations in Republic of South Africa
The Power of One
*** A visual introduction to South African history and Apartheid
1) Finish Thoreau Jigsaw
2) Discuss/Review Transcendentalism principles through Thoreau
3) Background to Kaffir Boy
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy
1) SSR
2) Henry David Thoreau Jigsaw
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy
1) SSR
2) Read and Notate Full Excerpts from Henry David Thoreau's Walden
HW: Read / Look up Vocabulary Words for Assigned Section and Answer Questions
*** Be prepared to be the expert for your assigned section next block!
1) Read Shorter Excerpts from Henry David Thoreau's Walden
2) Close Reading: Look up Vocabulary Words / Answer Questions
3) Share Close Reading Findings
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy
1) SSR
2) Introduce McCandless - Into the Wild and Documentary Clips
3) McCandless letter to his friend Ron
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy
1) SSR
2) Reread/Discuss Transcendentalism principles through Emerson's "Self-Reliance"
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy
Have a Safe and Wonderful Spring Break!!! : )
*** Copy of Kaffir Boy
1) SSR
2) Emerson Jigsaw for "Self-Reliance'
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy
1) SSR
2) View A Modern Perspective on Transcendentalism
3) Discussion of Transcendentalism
4) Read/Notate Excerpt from Emerson's "Self-Reliance'
HW: Answer Questions for Assigned Passage from "Self_Reliance" (Prepare to be the expert for your section)
1) Letter to Your Future Daughter: "The Yellow Wallpaper"
2) Writer's Response to Tenets of Transcendentalism
4) SSR
No Homework ! : )
1) SSR
2) View"The Yellow Wallpaper" + Compare/Contrast Lit. and Film Versions
HW: Copy of Kaffir Boy for week after Spring Break
1) Review Elements of a Mimic
2) Work on Original Poem/Mimic
3) Interpretative Research Essay
HW: 1. Finalize Poem/Mimic
2. Locate and Highlight Textual Evidence in "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Secondary Sources for either a psychological or historical interpretation; read steps for essay, prepare preliminary notes to begin writing next block
1) Read Original Fairy Tale (student reader)
2) Discuss Secondary Sources' Influence on Understanding "The Yellow Wallpaper"
3) Read/Discuss/Notate:
Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" Sir Walter Raleigh's "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" Robert Herrick's "To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time"
4) Introduce Mimic Instructions: Students choose one of the three poems to mimic
HW: Begin Mimic of Poem
1) Continue Reading Fairy Tale
2) Revising and Editing of Original Fairy Tale
HW: Polished Fairy Tale DUE Next Block + Marked Rough Draft and Revising/Editing Notes (Handout)
1) Read Fairy Tale
2) Review Elements of a Fairy Tale
3) Work on Original Fairy Tale
HW: Complete Rough Draft of Fairy Tale: DUE Next Block
1) A Nonsense Poem: "Jabberwocky"
2) Peer Feedback: Share Ideas for an Original Fairy Tale
3) Begin Writing Fairy Tale
HW: Continue Writing Original Fairy Tale
1) "Metaphors" by Sylvia Plath
2) Discuss Fairy Tale Elements for Three Fairy Tales
3) Introduce Assignment for an Original Fairy Tale
4) Begin Brainstorming Elements for an Original Fairy Tale
HW: Continue Brainstorming/Sketching Out Ideas for Original Fairy Tale
1) View Disney's "Cinderella"
2) Review Motifs in "The Tale of the Anklet" and "Cinderella"
3) Read "Benizara and Kakezara" and "The Indian Cinderella"
4) Complete Fairy Tale Elements Activity: All Three Fairy Tales
HW: No Homework
1) Introduce the Fairy Tale [Elements and Motifs]
2) Read "The Tale of the Anklet" - an Arabian Fairy Tale
3) Identify Motifs in "The Tale of the Anklet"
HW: No Homework
1) Review Beginning of Act III
2) Finish Reading Act III
3) Act III Close Reading Jigsaw [Due at End of Block]
HW: Act III Study Questions
1) Finish Act III Vocabulary
2) Continue Reading Act III
HW: Act III Study Questions
1) Assign Parts for Act III
2) Act III Vocabulary
3) Begin Reading Act III
HW: No Homework
1) Create T-Chart
2) View Macbeth Act I and II
HW: Have a Wonderful and Safe Thanksgiving Break!
1) Turn in Study Questions
2) Macbeth Test Act I and II
3) Act III Vocabulary
HW: No Homework
1) SSR
2) A Study in Duncan's Murder
3) Review for Act I and II Test
HW; Study for Act I and II Test with Vocabulary
1) Finish Act II Vocabulary with Citations
2) Read Act II
3) Bookmark Notes for Act II
HW; Act II Study Questions
1) Work on Vocabulary with Citations
2) Review and Discuss Macbeth
3) Finish Reading Act I
4) Bookmark Notes for Act I
HW: Act I Study Questions
1) Announcements
2) SSR
3) Finish Bookmarks [if needed]
4) Continue Act I Vocabulary
5)Continue Reading Act I
HW: Act I SQs
1) SSR
2) Macbeth Background Quiz
3) Create Bookmarks and Label
HW: Act I Study Questions [SQs]
1) Introduce Macbeth
2) Begin Act I Vocabulary
3) Assign Parts and Begin Act I
HW: No Homework
1) SSR
2) Introduction to Macbeth
3) Read/Highlight Background Packet for Macbeth
HW: Begin Studying Background Packet for Quiz on the 30th
1) Final Revisions and Edits of Editorial
2) Print Out Editorial and Turn In
HW: Have a Great Weekend and Stay Safe and Dry!
1) SSR
2) Introduce Final Elements of Argument to Incorporate into Editorial
* Choose a Specific Audience * Create a Personal Connection * Validate One Aspect of your Audience's Position * Offer a Counter-Argument
HW: Complete Revisions of Editorial (Final Revisions and Edits will be made in class next block; Final Editorial Due at End of Next Block
1) SSR
2) Format Google Document and Review Elements/Structure of Editorial
3) Continue Working on Editorial
HW: Complete Rough Draft of Editorial if Needed
1) SSR
2) Pre-Writing for Editorial
3) Outline of Editorial ( Turn in for a daily grade today or next block.)
HW - Complete Outline if needed + Write a 3 Paragraph Editorial (condense outline information into three paragraphs)
1) Kennings Activity
2) Work on Monster Project
HW: 1. Work on Monster Project - DUE at End of Next Block for a Major Grade
2. Study notes and kennings handout for Beowulf Quiz
1) Beowulf Quiz
2) Finalize Monster Project - Turn in by end of class
3) Last Day to turn in Late Work!!!
HW: Enjoy your Weekend! Stay Safe and Make Good Choices!