English 11 Syllabus 2011-12
August 25-September 6
Thursday/Friday
8-24/25
WELCOME TO ENGLISH 11!!!!!!
Information HANDOUT/vocabulary (word parts)
Article of the Week “Kids Who Skip School…”--practice
Annotation—learn to annotate
Articles of week—handed out beginning of week—due at end
of week
Memoir: a record of events written by a person
having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal
observation. 2. Usually, memoirs. a. an account of one's personal life
and experiences; autobiography. b. the published record of the
proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society. 3.
a biography or biographical sketch.
Origin:
1560–70; < French mémoire < Latin memoria; see memory
Synonyms
2a. journal, recollections, reminiscences.
Read Part I in class “A Woman on the Street”
Assignments (posted on web)
Part II—DUE Wednesday, Thursday (9-7/8)
Part III—DUE Thursday, Friday (9-15/16)
Parts IV & V—DUE (9-21/22)
Monday/Tuesday
8-29/30
Vocabulary Word Parts (numbers)
set up turnitin.com accounts
Memoir (handout) “Candy”
Article of the Week—due at the end of the week
(next Tuesday for Gray)
Homework: read The Glass Castle
Wed./Thurs.
8-31/9-1
“Us and Them” David Sedaris
Continue with Memoirs—common ground
Dialogue—use of quotation marks/italics—NOTES
Language Network—notes
Excerpts from Candy and Me and Seinlanguage
Review use of figurative language
Candy Description/memory prompt
Homework: Article of the Week—close reading
AND one-page reflection
Friday/Tuesday
9-2/6
DUE: Article of the Week
Vocabulary Review
Character in Memoirs—Laurie Notaro excerpt
“Professionals” (Haven Kimmel) read in class
Writing Prompt—developing characterization
Homework: The Glass Castle—Part II
Reading Check Quiz
Wednesday/Thurs.
9-7/8
Due: The Glass Castle: Part II
Reading Check Quiz
Discussion
Article of the Week #2
Vocabulary Review
Relationships—Tina Fey excerpt
Seinlanguage—The Date
Relationships-ACT Practice
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz
The Glass Castle—be reading Part III
Friday/Monday
9-9/12
Due: VOCABULARY QUIZ—NUMBERS
Walter Dean Myers Memoir (excerpt)
On web page (link)—read/discuss
Writing Prompt
Homework: The Glass Castle--READ
Article of the Week
Tuesday/Wed.
9-13/14
Due: Article of the Week
Continue with Memoir
Anne Bradstreet (28)
“Incident” Countee Cullen (821)
Remembered Feelings & Thoughts
(confused, humiliated, surprised, etc.)
Recreating conversations (must include at
Least one dialogue)
Vocabulary—List II (numbers)
Homework: Part III The Glass Castle
Thursday/Fri.
9-15/16
Due: Part III
Reading Check Quiz
Review The Glass Castle (Welch)
Review Vocabulary Words—numbers
“All Over But the Shoutin’”—read in class
Review—organizing memoirs
Seeing What You Have (handout)
Setting Goals
Homework: Vocabulary Quiz/Finish The Glass
Castle