English IV –Morgan - 1st Nine Weeks – 2016
Monday
(Subject to Change)
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
Friday
August 22
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Student Expectations
(Handouts online:
Syllabus, Turnitin.com
Instructions, Calendar
& Literary Terms
Packet)
Finish Discussing
Student Expectations
Beowulf Journal
Group Discussion of
Beowulf Journal
PICTURE DAY
Icebreakers
HW: Study Lit. Terms
Packet
Review the features of
turnitin.com
TEXTBOOK
CHECKOUT
HW: (Opt.) Bring out
of state college
application essay
prompt to class
Monday, August 29
Opt.: Acquire personal
copy of Beowulf (only
Burton Raffel trans. &
Signet Classic Pub.)
HW: Enroll in my
English IV
Turnitin.com class
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September 1
2
Discuss College
Application
Essay/Brainstorm
Topics
Beowulf Background
Pre-Reading Activity
(Library Day)
Literary Terms Test
Begin reading Beowulf;
Complete Study Guide
Questions & review
Vocab. (available on
my CHS website)
Continue reading
Beowulf
College Essay
Prewriting
(due at end of class)
Review College Essay
Rubric
HW: Study Lit. Terms
Packet
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Labor Day Holiday
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Continue reading
Beowulf
Typed, completed
College Essay 1st Draft
Due
(Also, upload to
Turnitin.com by 11:59
pm)
Beowulf Activity #1
Continue reading
Beowulf (Ch. 13)
Class Discussion of
Main Ideas from
Beowulf
Self & Peer Edit
College Essay
End Progress Report 1
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Continue reading
Beowulf
Continue reading
Beowulf
Quiz: Beowulf,
Prologue-Ch. 23
Continue reading
Beowulf
Continue reading
Beowulf
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Holiday/Fort Bend
County Fair Day
Final College Essay
Due
(Also, upload it to
Turnitin.com by
11:59 pm)
HW: Study Reading
Questions for Beowulf,
1st 17 Vocab. & review
Literary Terms Packet
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Beowulf Activity #2
Counselor’s visit
Beowulf SAR
Continue reading
Beowulf
Class Discussion of
Main Ideas from
Beowulf
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Study for Beowulf Test
Test: Beowulf, Ch. 2443
Intro. Canterbury Tales
Character Analysis
Read Prologue to
Canterbury Tales
Read Prologue to
Canterbury Tales
Return Beowulf Book
Begin reading selection
of Prologue to
Canterbury Tales
(Study guide and
vocab. handouts)
Remember to Keep
Track/Record
Vocabulary bolded in
text
HW: Review Study
Guide Questions and
Vocab. for Beowulf;
Make sure you can
identify Poetic Devices
in Literary Terms
Packet
End Progress Report 2
October 3
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Finish reading the
Prologue to Canterbury
Tales
CT Prologue
Characterization
Activity (due at the end
of class)
Begin reading “The
Pardoner’s Tale” in
Canterbury Tales
Finish reading/Class
Discussion of
“Pardoner’s Tale”
“Pardoner’s Tale”
Activity (Plot Map)
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Begin reading “The
Wife of Bath”
in Canterbury Tales
Finish Reading/Class
Discussion of “Wife of
Bath”
“Wife of Bath” Activity
(Found Poem)
Quiz: Canterbury
Tales
CT Journal
EARLY RELEASE
(Student Holiday on
Monday)
End 1st Nine Weeks
Tutorials
 2:45-3:15pm Tuesdays and Thursdays or by appointment.