English I
1st Six Weeks
Writing Effectively About What We Read: Making Commentary Matter
Mon
27
Introduction to class
Tue
28
Writing Terms to Know
Wed
29
Writing an Effective Thesis
Statement
Thu
30 Concrete Detail versus
Commentary
Supply money due ($1)
Parent letter due (Daily)
31 Test - Writing
Vocabulary (Major)
What makes a good story:
Characters, Setting, Plot,
Conflict, Resolution
Quiz - “A Scarlett Ibis” (Daily)
5
6
Identify Characters, Setting, How to embed quotes as a CD
Plot, Conflict, Resolution in
“A Scarlett Ibis”
10
Test - Write “Scarlett Ibis” chunk
paragraph with embedded quote
(Major)
11
Read “The Most Dangerous
Game” p. 58
12
Quiz - “The Most
Dangerous Game” (Daily)
13
14
Discuss paired paragraph
Test - write “The Most
Dangerous Game” chunk para- format
graph with embedded quote
(Major)
17
Test—Write “Scarlett Ibis” and “The
Most Dangerous Game” paired paragraph with embedded quotes (Major)
18
Begin Triplet Study:
Read “The Necklace” p. 222 and
complete paragraph (Daily)
19
Read “Spending Spree”
p. 237 and complete
paragraph (Daily)
20
Read “Debt” p. 238 and
complete paragraph (Daily)
21
Catch up day
(Use It or Lose It!)
24 End of Course Vocabulary Glossary—
Chapter 1:
denotation, connotation, affix, prefix and
suffix
25 End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary— Chapter 1:
analogy, antonyms, synonyms,
homonyms
26 End of Course
Vocabulary Glossary—
Chapter 1: dictionary,
glossary, thesaurus
27 End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary— Chapter 1
Test: Chapter I (Major)
28
Discuss Chapter 1 Test
results and upcoming
Six Weeks Test
1 Begin End of Course Practice Test:
2
Continue Practice Test
3
Continue Practice Test
4
Complete Practice Test
5
View “The Necklace”
Holiday
Reading (Major Grade),
Editing (Major Grade), and
Paragraph Writing (Six Weeks Test)
4
Read “A Scarlett Ibis” p. 460
Fri
7
Sample “Scarlett Ibis” chunk
paragraph
English II
1st Six Weeks
Writing Effectively About What We Read: Making Our Voices Heard
Mon
27
Introduction to class
Tue
28
Writing Terms to Know
Wed
29
Writing an Effective Thesis
Statement
Thu
30 Concrete Detail versus
Commentary
Fri
31 Test - Writing
Vocabulary (Major)
Supply money due ($1)
Parent letter due (Daily)
Holiday
10
View “Harrison Bergeron” film
Persuasive Essays Returned
4
Read “Harrison Bergeron” p. 36
And have class discussion
5
Test - Paragraph writing
with embedded quote (p.
45, # 8 ) (Major)
6
Test - Persuasive Essay
(p. 45, #11) Prewrite (Daily)
Rough Draft (Daily)
7
Test - Final Persuasive
Essay Due (Major)
11
Read “Everyday Use” p. 50
12
Test: Paragraph writing
with embedded quote
(p. 61, # 9) (Major)
13
Read “To Build a Fire” p. 78
14
Complete reading “To Build
a Fire” p. 78.
Test: embedded paragraph
writing p. 105 (Major)
Quiz - “Everyday Use” (Daily)
17
Read “Deep Survival” p. 99
Test: Write expository paragraph with
embedded quote (p. 105) (Major)
18
Write literary and expository
crossover paragraph with embedded quotes (p. 105) (Major)
19
Catch up day!
(Use It or Lose It!)
20
Discuss End of Course English I
Writing Samples
21
All writing returned and
discussed
24 Tests: Begin
End of Course Practice Reading Test
(major), Editing Test (Major), and
embedded paragraph writing
(Six Week’s Test)
25
Continue Practice Test
26
Continue Practice Test
27
Continue Practice Test
28
Complete Practice Test
1
End of Course Vocabulary Glossary—
Chapter 1: denotation, connotation, affix,
prefix and suffix
2
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary—Chapter 1:
analogy, antonym, synonym
3 End of Course
Vocabulary Glossary—
Chapter 1:
etymology, glossary,
thesaurus
4
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary— Chapter 1
5
View “To Build a Fire”
Test: Chapter I (Major)
English III
1st Six Weeks
Writing and Reading Effectively about the Puritan Tradition
Mon
27
Introduction to class
Tue
28
Writing Terms to Know
Wed
29
Writing an Effective Thesis
Statement
Thu
30 Concrete Detail versus
Commentary
Supply money due ($1)
Parent letter due (Daily)
Holiday
4 Puritan Tradition:
Read The Crucible and
“McCarthyism” p. IR 76
Fri
31
Test - Writing
Vocabulary (Major)
5
Read The Crucible
Act I
6
Read The Crucible Act I
7
Complete The Crucible
Act I
Quiz - Act I (Daily)
12
Complete Act III reading
13
Read The Crucible Act IV
14
Quiz: The Crucible
Act IV
(Daily)
Reading Quiz: (Daily)
10
Read The Crucible Act II
11
Quiz: The Crucible Act II
(Daily)
Read The Crucible Act III
Quiz: The Crucible Act
III (Daily)
17
The Crucible Unit Test (Major)
18
The Crucible open ended
paragraphs (Major)
19
The Crucible Essay
(prewrite—Daily)
20
The Crucible Essay
(rough draft—Daily)
21
The Crucible Essay
(final draft—Six Week’s
Test)
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26
27
28
Begin TAKS Release—reading
Complete TAKS Release—
reading (Major)
Begin TAKS Release—
writing
Complete TAKS Release—
writing (Major)
Complete TAKS Release—
editing (Major)
1
2
3
4
Catch up day (Use It Or Lose It!)
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5
Discuss test results/ graded
writing completed this six
weeks.
English IV
1st Six Weeks
Written, Spoken, and Visual Commentary:
The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Mon
27
Introduction to class
Holiday
Tue
28
Writing Terms to Know
4
Anglo Saxon Period:
Wed
Thu
Fri
29
Writing an Effective Thesis
Statement
30
Concrete Detail versus
Commentary
Supply money due ($1)
Parent letter due (Daily)
31
5
Discuss Beowulf
6
Test: Complete Beowulf
(Major—writing section)
(Daily- multiple choice section)
7
Read Beowulf—IR p. 3-16
Test - Writing
Vocabulary (Major)
Medieval Period:
Read from “Sir Gawain and
the Green Knight” IR p. 56-72
10
Discuss “Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight”
11
Test: “Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight” (Major- writing section)
(Daily- multiple choice section)
12
Read and Discuss from “Le
Morte D. Arthur” —p. 246
13
Test:
“Le Morte D. Arthur” (Major- writing section)
14
17
View King Arthur
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19
Introduction to the
Black Plague
Multi-Media Project
20
Discussion Historical context:
The Black Plague; research The
Black Plague
21
Research The Black Plague
(Daily Lab Grade)
24
Develop Black Plague PowerPoint
(researched based)
25
Begin Photography - commentary
through a lens: The Black Plague
26
Complete Photography commentary through a
lens: The Black Plague
27
Begin Music: commentary
through lyrics: The Black Plague
28
Complete Music:
commentary through lyrics: The Black Plague
View King Arthur
(Daily Lab Grade)
(Daily Lab Grade)
1
Complete Black Plague Multi-Media
Project
2 Present Black Plague
Multi-Media Project
(Six Weeks Test grade)
(Daily Lab Grade)
3
4
5
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