English I Pre-AP
1st Quarter 2015-2016
R. Feudo
Late formative assignments will a receive a 20-point deduction per day until the 5th day, when a 0 will be recorded.
Late summative assignments will receive a 20-point deduction per day until the 3rd day.
For all other course and grading policies, please refer to the course syllabus.
Make-ups will be administered on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings ONLY.
Aug. 24
25
Introductory Lesson: Classroom Policies &
"There is no frigate
Procedures
like a book"
Email Guidelines
Introductions &
Class Expectations
HW: Formal Email
due Fri.
31
26/27
Lit. Elements and Lang. Terms Set #1
SAM Chart - Prep. Phrases, Verbs, Subj.
28
Archetypes Intro:
Symbols &
Situations
Ender's Game Lit. Term Scavenger Hunt
HW: Complete Scavenger Hunt by Mon.
1-Sep
4
2/3
Assign Latin Roots
Character Archetypes Notes: The Monomyth (The Hero's Journey) Archetype Dialectical
Archetypes
Journals Due
"Jason and the Golden Fleece" Analysis
Archetypes:
Colors & Numbers
Ender's Game
Hero Discussion
Ender's Game Monomyth Application
Final Discussion
Assign DJs
HW: Dialectical
Test Review
HW:Hero Articles
Journals due Fri.
11
7
8
9/10 PR Cutoff
PICTURE DAY!
QUIZ: Latin Roots
UNIT 1 TEST:
Ender's Game , Lit. Terms, Archetypes,
Grammar: Run-ons
Prep. Phrases, Verbs, & Subjects
Paragraph Writing
Instruction
and Fragments
Close Reading: Opening of "TMDG"
Begin Class
DIDLS & Tone
Paragraph
Introduction
HW: Read/Annotate "TMDG" (pp. 59-80)
14
Assign Greek Roots
Complete Paragraph
15
"TMDG" Analysis
Annotation Tribes:
Close Reading of
"Cask of
Amontillado"
HW: "TMDG"
Paragraph
HW: Read/Annotate
"Cask" (pp.371-379)
21
Test Review
Brainstorming &
Prewriting
Short Story
Writing Workshop:
Structuring the Plot
and Putting
DIDLS to Work
Short Story
Rough Draft Due
Writing Workshop
Assign Affixes
HW: Read Trojan
War Article
29
Lit. Elements & Lang.
Terms Set #2 - Epics
18
Library Orientation
"The Cask of Amontillado" Analysis
Introduce Short
Story Assignment
HW: "TMDG" Paragraph Revisions
22
Computer Lab Day
28
16/17
Poe Biographical Lecture
Brainstorming &
Prewriting
23/24
UNIT 2 TEST:
Short Stories, Paragraph Writing
Story Writing, and Grammar
Grammar: Agreement
25
QUIZ: Greek Roots
Intro. to Greek
Mythology: The
Olympians and
Death Beliefs
Intro. to Greek Mythology: Belief Systems
30/Oct. 1 PR Cutoff
Grammar: Indirect Objects
Invocation of the Muse
Odyssey Translation Comparison
Analysis of Odyssey Book 1
HW: Read/Annotate
Book 1 of Odyssey
HW: Read/Annotate Odyssey Book 5
2
SHORT STORY
FINAL DRAFT DUE
Odyssey Book 5
Analysis
Intro AP-style MC ?'s
HW: AP Questions;
Odyssey Book 8
5
6
7/8 Eligibility
9
AP Question Review
Begin Timeline
HISD Benchmark #1 - Reading
QUIZ: Affixes
Odyssey Book 8
Analysis
Wanderings Motifs
Book 9 Analysis to
Cyclops episode
Grammar: Objective Complements
Odyssey Book
11 Analysis
Odyssey: Analysis of Books 9 & 10
HW: Read/Annotate
HW: Odyssey Book 9 Odyssey Book 10
12
HW: Read/Annotate
HW: Read/Annotate Book 11
Odyssey Book 12
PSAT
Administration
(Weds.)
13
14/15
16
Odyssey Book 12
VOCABULARY TEST:
Thesis Conferences
Analysis
Greek and Latin Roots, Prefixes, &
Suffixes and Agreement
Writing Workshop:
Intro. Essay
Topic Sentences &
Grammar: Direct Objects
Evidence for Odyssey
Writing Basics Packet
HW: Read 13, 16,
Analytical Essay
& 17 by Tues.
Odyssey Essay Thesis Workshop
19
Odyssey Essay
Thesis Statements
Due
21
20
Odyssey RCQ
Odyssey Book 19 Group AP Activity
Grammar: Indirect Objects
MLA Formatting &
Shaping Sheet Work
Analysis Samples
HW: Read/Annotate
Books 18 & 19
Discussion/Analysis:
The Homecoming of Odysseus
HW: Read/Annotate Books 21 & 22
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Texts Studied
"There's no frigate like a book" - Dickinson
Ender's Game - Card
"Kobe Bryant: A Hero By Definition" - del Muro
"Post-9/11, Few Besides Superheroes…" - Coyle
"The Most Dangerous Game" - Connell
"The Cask of Amontillado" - Poe
Odyssey - Homer (Fagles translation)
22
23
QUIZ: VW Unit 1
Discussion/Analysis:
Test & Slaughter
HW: Read/Annotate
Books 23 & 24
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Summative Grades (70%)
Unit 1 TEST: EG , Terms, Archetypes
Unit 2 TEST: Short Stories
Essay: Short Story Final Draft
Affixes and Agreement TEST
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