Mr. Ard’s Weekly Syllabus
Class: Pre-AP English II Period(s): 3 & 8 Date: Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 2015
Tuesday
Monday
Warm-Up
Daily
Language
Practice
(DLP)
2.1
& Check
DLP
2.2 & Check
Vocabulary
Writing/Literature/Projects/Activities
Put together Notebooks/Label Materials
Finish - Discussing Procedure Packet (if needed)
Lesson #2
Discuss Words
Discuss - “Exploring Ideas in Literature” (pp. 4-11)
**Handout (HO) #I-2, HO #9, HO #10, & Support
HO #51
Reading Quiz - "Everyday Use"
Journal - "Saving a Valuable Object"
Lesson #2
Check Exercises
Begin
HO #A-2
Discuss - Literature Lenses Supplemental Handout
Literary Devices - Conflicts (types of...)
Discuss - Literary Analysis of Conflict, Setting, &
Mood in "Everyday Use"
Friday
Thursday
Wednesday
Journal - "Taken for Granted"
DLP
2.3 & Check
Reading Quiz – “Searching for Summer”
Reminder
Do Extra Credit
Flash Cards
Check/Discuss – Reading Quiz and HO #73
Literary Devices – Archetypes: Characters,
Settings, Plots, & Themes (use Carl Jung Handout)
Writing – Discuss Annotation Techniques
(Ten required on tonight’s reading)
DLP
2.4 & Check
Lesson #2
Quiz
Journal – “Rite of Passage”
Introduce – “By the Waters of Babylon” (pp. 310321) – PowerNotes Presentation & Video Trailer
**Link to Archetypal Journey Handout from
yesterday
Check – Annotation Project
DLP
2.5 & Check
Reading Quiz – “By the Waters of Babylon”
Check & Discuss – Reading Quiz
(Point out tie of story to history)
DLP Quiz
#2
Literary Device Analysis – Point of View, Narration
(Naïve), Tone, Allusion – Psalm 137, Foreshadowing
TEKS
Homework
1.A-E
8.A
13.A-E
17.A-B
18.A
19.A
24.A-B
26.A
Figure 19.A-B
Vocabulary
Lesson #2 – All
Exercises on your
own paper!!!
1.A-E
8.A
13.A-E
17.A-B
18.A
19.A
24.A-B
26.A
Figure 19.A-B
1.A-E
8.A
13.A-E
17.A-B
18.A
19.A
24.A-B
26.A
Figure 19.A-B
1.A-E
8.A
13.A-E
17.A-B
18.A
19.A
24.A-B
26.A
Figure 19.A-B
1.A-E
8.A
13.A-E
17.A-B
18.A
19.A
24.A-B
26.A
Figure 19.A-B
Literature
Begin Tuesday
night’s homework…
Vocabulary
Finish HO #A-2
Literature
Read "Searching
for Summer" (pp.
66-74) & Answer
questions 4-9 on
Question Support
HO #73
Vocabulary
Study for Vocabulary
Lesson #2 Quiz!
Literature
Begin Thursday night’s
homework…
Study
for DLP Quiz #2
Literature
Read Benét’s “By
the Waters of
Babylon” (pp. 310321) **Do ten (10)
annotation post-its
Literature
For Tuesday,
read “There Will
Come Soft Rains”
(pp. 326-333) &
poem (p. 778)
**Do ten (10)
annotation post-its
Weekly Notes
Next Week
"Before anything else, preparation is
the key to success."
Labor Day holiday on Monday!
DLP – Week #3
Vocabulary Lesson #3
Finish Short Story Unit (Possible Test on Friday)
Continue Journaling
Annotation Models & Short Answer Expectations
Alexander Graham Bell
Wallop Windthorst!