Agenda: H. English I Oct. 17
Presentations on block day
Agenda: H. English I October 18, 2016
Agenda: H. English Oct. 19/20, 2016
Objective: Understand how Lord of the Rings follows the Hero’s Journey utilizing the Monomyth.
Agenda: H. English I October 21, 2016
Daily Journal Prompt #1: After beginning The Road, what do you think has happened to the man and boy? (5 min.)
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 24, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Discuss themes/tone in The Road(moral dilemmas)
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 25, 2016
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 26/27, 2016
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 28, 2016
Journal Prompt #5: What type of genre do you think the novel The Road is? Explain.
OBJECTIVE: Write an analysis essay using strong textual evidence
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust.
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust.
Bellringer: What events can suddenly change the course of someone’s life?
- Get into groups
- Continue working on Prezis
Presentations on block day
Agenda: H. English I October 18, 2016
- Groups
- Work on Prezi project
- ALL paraphrase, summary, and quotes from text must be cited with a page number (at the end of sentence).
- Example: Odysseus and his men met Circe…..(873).
- Example: “Odysseus cried to his men, beware the goddess…”(972).
- ALL paraphrase, summary, and quotes from text must be cited with a page number (at the end of sentence).
- FOR TOMORROW:
- Plan on about 30 minutes of work time before presentations (time to practice presentation--who will say what)
- Begin (and possibly finish) all presentations
Agenda: H. English Oct. 19/20, 2016
Objective: Understand how Lord of the Rings follows the Hero’s Journey utilizing the Monomyth.
- Time to finish prezis (45 minutes)
- Present projects (EdCafe Style)
- Chromebooks and Prezi embedding in websites (15 min.)
- Sign out copies of The Road and reading schedule (10 min.)
- Weekly vocabulary handout and explanation (10 min.)
- Explain daily journal topics (NEED NOTEBOOKS TOMORROW)
Agenda: H. English I October 21, 2016
Daily Journal Prompt #1: After beginning The Road, what do you think has happened to the man and boy? (5 min.)
- Blog #3: Reflect on your Prezi experience. What did you like the most about your Prezi (either content or format)?What would you change about your Prezi (either content or format)? (20 min.)
- Setting up your weebly a little more thoroughly (layout and subpages); page to embed Prezi
- Questions over previous day’s reading/assignments (10 min.)
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 24, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Discuss themes/tone in The Road(moral dilemmas)
- Daily Journal Prompt #2: So far, what do you think is the author’s tone/mood of the story?
- “Are Humans Hardwired for Heroism?”--read article (15 min.)
- Discuss Kohlberg’s Stages of Moral Dilemma (Heinz video) (10 min.)
- https://prezi.com/4itrpgts5nkm/kohlbergs-stages-of-moral-development/
- Turn in vocabulary
- New vocabulary sheet (voc. due Friday)
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 25, 2016
- OBJECTIVE: Discuss themes/tone in The Road(moral dilemmas)
- Daily Journal Prompt #3: So far, what moral dilemmas have been faced?
- Discussion of article (on BLOCK DAY)
- Small groups--work on questions
- Last 10 min. (ind. reading/work on HW)
- Collect questions over 1-50 at the end of class
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 26/27, 2016
- Daily Journal Prompt #4: The book has foreshadowed difficult decisions the man may have to face. What do you think you would do if you were in his situation? Why?
- Discussion on moral dilemma, article and video
- Embed prezi projects
- Blog #4: What, in your opinion, makes a hero? What are qualities of a hero that the man has? How is he different/similar to Odysseus?
- Introduction to Ernest Hemingway (5 min.)
- “Hills Like White Elephants”
Read and annotate text (15 min.)
Agenda: H. English I Oct. 28, 2016
Journal Prompt #5: What type of genre do you think the novel The Road is? Explain.
- Discussion in small groups (10 min.)
- How is McCarthy’s language similar to Hemingway’s (10 min.)
- Questions on reading (10 min.)
- Questions for 50-100 due at the end of class; vocabulary #2 due at the end of class
- HW: Read pages 125-150
VOCABULARY #3 DUE NEXT FRIDAY
- Daily Journal Prompt #6: Predict the outcome of the novel. What makes you think it will end this way? (5 min.)
- Discussion on book (small groups/whole group)
- Work time to complete WS 101-150
- HW:Read pages 150-192
Agenda: H. English I November 1, 2016 - Daily Journal Prompt #7: As we get closer to finishing the novel, what are some of the themes of The Road?
- Discussion of readings (up to page 192)
- Discuss text-rendering assignment
HW: p. 192-211
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 2/3, 2016 - Daily Journal Prompt #8: What excerpt might you use for your text rendering? Why? (summary of excerpt)
- Collect WS 101-150 at the end of class
- Begin Text Rendering Assignment
- Text Rendering Assignment: Identify an excerpt from The Road and analyze how it stands on its own as a piece of writing.
HW: Read 211-238 in The Road
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 4, 2016
- Text Rendering Assignment: Identify an excerpt from The Road and analyze how it stands on its own as a piece of writing.
- Daily Journal Prompt #9: What are some stories/TV shows with a similar mood/theme to The Road?
- Finish text analysis and copy onto website
- Discuss novel analysis project
- Class time to read
HW: Finish Book
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 7, 2016 - Journal Prompts Due Friday
- Discuss final paragraph of The Road using strategies from
last week's close readings - What is an analysis and how do you conduct one?
https://prezi.com/c4bubz7vxnmz/writing-a-literary-analysis-essay/
-choose topics and brainstorm ideas of what you
want to write about - Homework:
Have topic chosen for literary analysis
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 8, 2016 - How to conduct a literary analysis (continue notes).
- Developing a thesis statement (claim)
- HW: Have a strong thesis statement to organize paper for tomorrow
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 9/10, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Write an analysis essay using strong textual evidence - Check thesis statements (small group/share with class)
- Continue notes over writing an analysis essay (paraphrase/ summary/ direct quotations)
- What is the structure of a literary analysis?
- Purpose of intro, body, and concluding paragraphs
Concluding paragraphs - Conference time (check in with topic/writing progress)
Work time to complete rough draft (due Mon. Nov. 14)
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 11, 2016 - Essay: Continue rough draft; 2 pages, double-spaced (about 500-600 words)
- Introduction
- Interest catcher
- Thesis statement
- Body (at least 3 body paragraphs)
- Textual evidence (repeat this process)
- Explain
- Parenthetical citations (Laquet 43). or According to Laquet…(43).
- Textual evidence (repeat this process)
- Conclusion
- Restate Thesis
- Mirror interest catcher
- NO NEW INFO!
- Works Cited--Alphabetical Order
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 14, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Write an analysis essay using strong textual evidence- Conference time (check in with topic/writing progress)
- Work time to complete rough draft (due by midnight tonight)
- Tomorrow: Begin peer editing, revising. Final draft due Friday, November 18.
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 15, 2016
OBJECTIVE: Write an analysis essay using strong textual evidence - Peer review sheet (complete for another student or self)-turn in
- Rough draft checks at the end of the hour
- Essay must be in assignment provided so I can give feedback!!
- Final draft: Friday, November 18
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 16/17, 2016 - OBJECTIVE: Write an analysis essay using strong textual evidence
- Class time to work on final draft of analysis paper
- Final draft due Friday
- If finished-- explore USHMM links
- Introduction
OBJECTIVE: Write an analysis essay using strong textual evidence
- Create a new page on your website
- Make document “public”
- Upload document to Weebly (on new created page)
- Blog #5: Reflect over the writing process for your analysis essay.
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 21, 2016
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust. - Collect books (The Road)/Sign out chromebook
- Finish blog #5: Reflect on writing process for analysis essay
- Documentary over Elie Wiesel/ Auschwitz
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust.
- 5Essentials Survey
- Documentary Elie Wiesel/ Auschwitz
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust.
Bellringer: What events can suddenly change the course of someone’s life?
- Finish documentary/ Weebly page updates
- Read/Listen to Ch. 1 of Night
- HW: Answer questions on analysis WS-Personal Response and Analysing literature #s 1 and 2
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 29, 2016
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust. - Continue listening/reading to Ch. 1 of Night
- HW: Finish chart and questions (do not answer #3)
Agenda: H. English I Nov. 30/Dec. 1, 2016
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust.
BELLRINGER: TURN IN WS FOR CH. 1 - Read Ch. 3 in Night--Fill out comprehension questions
- Read/Listen to Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference"-http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/wiesel.htm
- HW: Blog #6: Respond to Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference." Why do you think Elie Wiesel speaks about indifference being more dangerous than anger or hatred?
Agenda: H. English I Dec. 2, 2016
Objective: Read excerpts of Night to understand the impact of a memoir for historical context during the Holocaust. - Information about the final project
- Blog #6: Respond to Elie Wiesel's "The Perils of Indifference." Why do you think Elie Wiesel speaks about indifference being more dangerous than anger or hatred?
- Book Project #2 Due Dec. 4: GoodReads Book Review
Agenda: H. English I Dec. 5, 2016 - Citations on a webpage (reference page)
- In-text citations/multi-media citations review
- Begin setting up pages
Agenda: H. English I Dec. 6,2016 - Embedding pictures and other multimedia
- Continue working on pages
Agenda: H. English I Dec. 7/8,2016 - Thematic project/portfolio
- Continue working on pages
Agenda: H. English I Dec. 9-21st (final exam prep and finals) - Continue Final Project
- Check 1-6 blogs
- Create pages
- Upload text rendering, analysis, prezi (write up statement)
- Check home/about me page
- Project for final
- Three genres covered; multimedia
- Three genres covered; multimedia