English I
1st Six Weeks
Writing Effectively About What We Read: Making Commentary Matter
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
26
Introduction to class
Writing Terms to Know
27
Writing Effective thesis statements
28
Concrete Detail vs
Commentary
29
Test - Writing Vocabulary (major)
30
Timed Writing Practice
2
3
Read “The Scarlet Ibis” page 460
5
How to embed quotes as a cd
6
Sample “The Scarlet Ibis’
chuck paragraph
Quiz - “The Scarlet Ibis” (Daily)
4
Supply Money due ($1.00)
Parent letter due (Daily)
“The Scarlet Ibis” ppt
9
Test—Write “Scarlet Ibis”
chuck paragraph with
embedded quotes (Major)
10
Read “The Most Dangerous Game”
p. 58
11
Quiz—”The Most
Dangerous Game” (Daily)
12
Test—Write “The Most Dangerous Game” chuck paragraph
with embedded quote (Major)
13
Discuss paired paragraph
format
16
Test—Write “Scarlet Ibis”
and “The Most Dangerous
Game” paired paragraphs
with embedded quotes
(Major)
17
Begin Triplet Study:
Read “The Necklace” p. 222 and
complete paragraph (Daily)
18
Read “Spending Spree”
p. 237 and complete paragraph (Daily)
19
20
Read “Debt” p. 238 and complete Catch up day
(Use It or Lose It!)
paragraph (Daily)
23
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary: Chapter 1—
denotation, connotation, affix,
prefix and suffix
24
End of Course Vocabulary Glossary Analogy, antonyms, synonyms,
homonyms
25
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary—Chapter 1: dictionary, glossary, thesaurus
26
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary—Chapter 1
30
Begin End of Course
Practice Test:
Reading (Major Grade)
Editing (Major Grade)
Paragraph Writing (Six
Weeks Test)
1
Continue Practice Test
Holiday
27
Discuss Chapter 1 test
results and upcoming six
Six Weeks Test
Test: Chapter 1 (Major)
2
Continue Practice Test
3
Continue Practice Test
4
View “The Necklace”
English II
1st Six Weeks
Writing Effectively About What We Read: Making Our Voices Heard
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
26
Introduction to class
Writing Terms to Know
27
Writing Effective thesis statements
28
Concrete Detail vs
Commentary
29
Test - Writing Vocabulary
(major)
30
Timed Writing Practice
2
3
Read “Harrison Bergeron” p. 36 and
have class discussion/ class notes
4 Supply Money due ($1.00)
Parent letter due (Daily)
Test - paragraph writing with
embedded quote (p. 45, #8)
(Major)
5
Test—Persuasive Essay –
handout
Prewite (Daily)
Rough Draft (Daily)
6
Test—Final Persuasive
Essay Due (Major)
10
Read “Everyday Use” p. 50
Notes, ppt handout
11
Test: Paragraph writing
with embossed quote
(p. 61, #9) (Major)
12
Read “To Build a Fire” p. 78
13
Complete reading “To
Build a Fire” p. 78
Test: embedded paragraph writing p.105
Holiday
9
View “Harrison Bergeron”
film
Quiz—”Everyday Use” - (Daily)
16
Read “Deep Survival” p. 99
Test: Write expository
paragraph with embedded
quote (p. 105) (Major)
17
Test: Write literary and expository
crossover paragraph with
embedded quotes (p. 105) (Major)
18
Catch up day!
(Use It or Lose It!)
19
Discuss End of Course English I
Writing Samples
20
All writing returned and
discussed
23 Test:
Begin End of Course Practice Reading Test (Major),
Editing Test (Major) and
embedded paragraph writing (Six Weeks Test)
24
Continue Practice Test
25
Continue Practice Test
26
Continue Practice Test
27
Continue Practice Test
30
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary—
Chapter 1: denotation, connotation, affix, prefix and suffix
1
End of Course Vocabulary Glossary Chapter 1:
Analogy, antonym, synonym
2
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary - Chapter 1:
Etymology, glossary, thesurus
3
End of Course Vocabulary
Glossary—Chapter 1
4
View “To Build a Fire”
Test: Chapter 1 (Major)
English III
1st Six Weeks
Writing and Reading Effectively about the Puritan Tradition
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
26
Introduction to class
Writing Terms to Know
27
Writing Effective thesis statements
28
Concrete Detail vs
Commentary
29
Test - Writing Vocabulary
(major)
30
Timed Writing Practice
2
3 Puritan Tradition:
Read The Crucible and
“McCarthyism” p. IR 76
4
Read The Crucible Act I
5
Read The Crucible Act I
6
Complete
The Crucible Act I
Holiday
Reading Quiz: (Daily)
9
Read The Crucible Act II
Quiz—Act I—(Daily)
10
Quiz: The Crucible Act II (Daily)
11
Complete Act III reading
12
Read The Crucible Act IV
13
Quiz: The Crucible Act
IV (Daily)
Read The Crucible Act III
Quiz: Act III (Daily)
16
17
18
19
20
The Crucible Unit Test
(Major)
The Crucible open-ended
paragraphs (Major)
The Crucible Essay
(prewrite—Daily)
The Crucible Essay
(rough draft—Daily)
The Crucible Essay
(final draft-Six Weeks
Test)
23
ACT Test Prep
24
ACT Test Prep
25
ACT Test Prep
26
Practice ACT Test
27
Practice ACT Test
30
Practice ACT Test
1
Practice ACT Test
2
Practice ACT Test
3
Practice ACT Test
4
Practice ACT Test
English IV
1st Six Weeks
Written, Spoken, and Visual Commentary: The Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Periods
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
26
Introduction to class
Writing Terms to Know
27
Writing effective thesis statements
28
Concrete Detail vs
Commentary
29
Test - Writing Vocabulary
(Major)
30
Timed Writing Practice
2
3
Anglo Saxon Period:
Read Beowulf—IR pp. 3-16
4
Discuss Beowulf
5
Test: Complete Beowulf (Major
– writing section)
(Daily—multiple choice section)
6 Medieval Period:
Read from “Sir Gawain
and the Green Knight”
IR pp. 56-72
9
Discuss “Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight”
10
Test: “Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight”-(Major– writing section)
(Daily-multiple choice section)
11
Read and discuss from “Le
Morte D. Arthur” - p. 246
12
Test:
“Le Morte D. Arthur”(Major-writing section)
13
View King Arthur
16
View King Arthur
17
View King Arthur
18
Introduction to the
Black Plague Multi-Media
Project
19
Discussion historical context:
The Black Plague; research the
Black Plague
20
Research the Black
Plague
(Daily Lab Grade)
23
Develop Black Plague
PowerPoint (researchedbased)
(Daily Lab Grade)
24
Begin Photography—commentary
through a lens—”The Black Plague”
25
Complete Photography
commentary through the
lens: The Black Plague
26
Begin Music: commentary
through lyrics: The Black Plague
27
Complete Music:
commentary through
lyrics: The Black Plague
Holiday
(Daily Lab Grade)
30
1
Complete Black Plague Multi- Present Black Plague Multi-Media
Media Project
Project\
(Six Weeks Test Grade)
2
View The Navigator
(Daily lab grade)
3
View The Navigator
4
View The Navigator