English 10
The grades were updated 11/16 with all assignments. The grades posted are the 15-week grades. There are many missing assignments; an "NM" in the gradebook means "No Mark." That means I never received the assignment from that student and it is averaging in as a 0.
Calendar of assignments
Th., Aug. 14: Hand out and discuss syllabus; discuss class rules; “Introduce yourself paper to be done in class
Fri., Aug. 15: Collect signed syllabus forms; writing rules; spellcheck; "What is a high school diploma worth?"; spelling article with “ghoti” – students create their own new spellings of words.
Mon., Aug. 17: MLA format; Timed write rules, directions, etc. – Karen Finucan’s discussion of technology.
Tu., Aug. 18: (seating charts); discuss foreshadowing/foreboding; journal rules; Journal #1: (Three wishes – what would they be and why); read pgs. 48-49; Begin “Monkey’s Paw” pg. 50-51.
Wed., Aug. 19: Read “Monkey’s Paw” pgs. 51-bottom of 56 – stop and have students answer these questions: 1. Will Mr. White make the wish to get his son back?; 2. If so, how will he phrase the wish?; 3. How should he phrase the wish?; 4. Will Herbert return – and in what form?; 5. How will Mr. and Mrs. White react?; 6. What will the third wish be?; (Finish story on own)
Th., Aug. 20: Journal #2: “What do you rally need to live a happy life?”; Read 136-137 together; On own, read “Land” story, pages 138-152 and answer questions 1-7 on page 152.
Fri., Aug. 21: Colons/semicolons notes; semicolons/commas worksheets; finish “Land” story and questions if not done on Thursday.
Mon., Aug. 24: Collect any papers not turned in Friday; Journal #3: “Think about your best friend(s). Describe why that person is so special to you. Why are you best friends? What do you do together?”; Together, read 100-101 and “Two Friends” on 102-108.
Tu., Aug. 25: Journal #4: Describe a characteristic of a family member or friend by describing a situation in which that person showed that trait. (do not say, “He’s smart”; describe a time when he showed his intelligence.); English 10 pretest; Read “Damon and Pythias” pgs. 109-112 and discuss.
Wed., Aug. 26: Journal #5: If a friend or family member were in debt due to careless spending, would you help him or her financially? Why or why not?; Read 180-190 “A Visit to Grandmother" and discuss
Th., Aug. 27: Read 594-603 and respond to the following:
Fri., Aug. 28: Distribute study guide for short story quiz; Read “The Masque of Red Death” pgs. 80-88; begin symbolism project – Choose any story we have read and look for something symbolic in that story. On a blank piece of paper, draw the object or character. On a piece of lined paper, explain the object/character, what it symbolized in the story, and why that is important to the story (about half of a page), then staple them together back-to-back.
Mon., Aug. 31: Finish symbolism project and other missing work.
Tu., Sept. 1: Read 428-438 “Widow and the Parrot” and discuss exposition, rising action/conflict, climax, resolution
Wed., Sept. 2: Short story quiz; Journal #6: “How do you feel about our society in America today? If you were the leader of our society, what would you feel were the best qualities AND what would be the most important issues to fix? Why?” Discuss journal at length; pick up Lord of the Flies; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 5-14 beginning ch. 1 (7-15 green cover)
Th., Sept. 3: (Minimum Day – staff development); Journal #7: “What are the most important basic rules for starting a society like the one in the book? Explain why.”; discuss journal; Lord of the Flies and Golding background/notes; Review Lord of the Flies discuss main issues to be looked at in the novel; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 15-27 finish ch. 1 (16-31 green cover)
Fri., Sept. 4: Journal #8: Freewrite;Quiz Lord of the Flies Ch. 1; review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 28-42 ch. 2 (32-47 green cover)
Mon., Sept. 7: Labor Day
Tu., Sept. 8: Journal # 9: How do you feel about what is happening in the story so far?; Quiz Lord of the Flies Ch. 2; review (Ralph, Piggy, events); essay assignment; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 43-52 ch. 3 (48-57 green book)
Wed., Sept. 9: Journal #10: “What do you think of Jack so far? What has he done and said to give you this impression of him?”; discuss tracking Jack; review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 53-69 ch. 4 (58-75 green book)
Th., Sept. 10: Quiz Lord of the Flies Ch. 4; Journal #11: A few significant events occurred in chapter 4; how will these affect the story?; review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 70-87 ch. 5 (76-94 green book)
Fri., Sept. 11: Journal #12: “What is happening to the boys’ society? Why is it happening? Who is the driving force behind the change?”; review; one-on-one talks; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 88-100 ch. 6 (95-108 green book)
Mon., Sept. 14: Review Lord of the Flies Ch. 6; continue one-on-one talks; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 101-114 ch. 7 (109-123 green book)
Tu., Sept. 15: (Minimum day – Back to School Night) Journal #13: “Describe the significant, but brief, change in Ralph during chapter 7.”; collect journals; Quiz Lord of the Flies Ch. 7; review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 115-128 beginning ch. 8 (124-139 green book)
Wed., Sept. 16: quiz;review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 129-142 finish ch. 8 and ch. 9 (140-154 green book)
Th., Sept. 17: Quiz Lord of the Flies Ch. 8-9; Journal #14 "Describe what happened to the parachutist near the end of chapter 9. Describe what happened to Simon near the end of chapter 9. Predict how this will affect the boys: hint, they may not all react the same." review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 143-155 ch. 10 (155-168 green book)
Fri., Sept. 18: (Grades due) Journal #15: “What would be the best thing(s) for Ralph to do now after Jack’s attack?”; review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 156-168 ch. 11 (169-182 green book)
Mon., Sept. 21: MLA format/Schaeffer format (CDs and CM's) for essay; citing quotes handout; review; HW - read Lord of the Flies pages 169-187 ch. 12 (183-202 green book)
Tu., Sept. 22: Journal #16: “What did you think of the ending of the book? How else could the book have ended?”; begin Lord of the Flies movie
Wed., Sept. 23: finish Lord of the Flies movie; review for test
Th., Sept. 24: Lord of the Flies TEST
Fri., Sept. 25: Lord of the Flies essay rough drafts due for peer evaluations
Mon., Sept. 28: FALL BREAK
Tu., Sept. 29: FALL BREAK
Wed., Sept. 30: Lord of the Flies in-class project
Fri., Oct. 2 : Lord of the Flies in-class project – due today
Mon., Oct. 5: Return and discuss Flies test; Journal # 17: "When you see someone with an obvious disability, what do you think? How do you react? Why?"; read excerpt from My Left Foot pg. 169-174
Tu., Oct. 6: Journal #18: “What goal(s) have you set for yourself? Why is that goal important for you? Explain what will be the easiest and most difficult parts of reaching that goal.”; Read pages 28-36 together and discuss.
Wed., Oct. 7: Journal #19: “Describe a situation when there were two sides to a story (an argument maybe). What were some of the differences in perspective about what happened? Why do you think there were those differences?”; Read pages 37-44 together and discuss.
Th., Oct. 8: Journal # 20: "What do you think of police/sheriffs? Why do you feel that way? Describe an experience you or someone you know has had with law enforecement and explain why that was positive or negative."; “Frank Serpico” article
Fri., Oct. 9: Journal #21: “What movie have you seen that you think is the best movie of its time or kind? Describe the movie and explain why you think that is such a landmark film.” Read 732-742 and answer questions 4-7 on page 743.
Mon., Oct. 12: Journal #22: “What do you think is the best invention ever created? Explain why. What do you think is the worst invention ever? Explain why. What needs to be invented soon? Explain why.” Discuss Rube Goldberg and begin Rube Goldberg assignment.
Tu., Oct. 13: Journal #23: "What types of jobs require workers to carefully follow directions? Give examples of directions that must be followed and what might happen if those directions are not followed. What types of jobs do not require following directions? Explain why."; Return and discuss “Serpico” article; "Beneath the Rubble” article. continue Rube Goldberg assignment.
Wed., Oct. 14: School-wide writing prompt; continue Rube Goldberg assignment. turn in journals.
Th., Oct. 15: collect journals and make-up work; finish Rube Goldberg assignment; Cause-effect group work
Fri., Oct. 16: (Grades due) Phrases overview handout; participial phrases powerpoint notes; participial phrases worksheet - do alone, check with partner, correct as whole class. Finish Goldberg and/or cause-effect group work.
Mon., Oct. 19: Return and discuss Flies essay; cause-effect powerpoint notes; cause-effect essay handout.
Tu., Oct. 20: Journal #24:“Pick one of the possible topics for the cause-effect essay and write a practice thesis statement with three points that will be made in the essay. Then write three topic sentences, one for each point. Write sub-points or details for each of the body paragraphs. You may write this in outline form if you wish” Sample cause-effect essays – read and grade in class.
Wed., Oct. 21 : "Saved by the Mob" article; time to work on cause-effect essay.
Th., Oct. 22: (Minimum Day – staff development) Participial phrase worksheet; time to discuss and work on cause-effect essay.
Fri., Oct. 23: Appositive phrase notes; appositive phrase exercise; discuss and work on cause-effect essay;
Mon., Oct. 26: Cause-effect essay rough drafts due for peer evaluations.
Tu., Oct. 27: Return and discuss 10th grade writing assignment; prepositional phrases; mind traps?
Wed., Oct. 28: Final draft and rough drafts of cause-effect essay due; go over appositive and participial phrase worksheets; infinitive phrase worksheets.
Th., Oct. 29: Journal #25: “Describe your best Halloween ever. What made it so great? What was your worst one ever? Why?"; Correct infinitive phrase worksheets; gerund phrases; mind traps; (shake out - lose one class, have the other)
Fri., Oct. 30: (due to Thursday's shake-out,) Journal #26: “What can be done to improve disaster drills in schools? Explain why.”; Discuss journal; Correct infinitive phrase worksheets; gerund phrases; practice phrases quiz;
Mon., Nov. 2: Journal #27: "What are the most important things you should learn in high school? Explain why."; review phrases; phrases quiz.
Tues., Nov. 3: Using the textbook, write the following terms and definitions: allusion, autobiography, biography, character (antagonist, protagonist, dynamic, static, flat, round), characterization (direct and indirect), critical review, dialogue, genre, motivation, parable, suspense, symbol.
Wed., Nov. 4: Alphabet stories
Th., Nov. 5: (Every 15 Minutes) Discuss "Every 15 Minutes"
Fri., Nov. 6: (Every 15 Minutes) Commas and run-ons.
Mon., Nov. 9: Journal #28: "What is the most destructive human trait? Why?"; Pearl powerpoint notes; check out The Pearl by John Steinbeck.
Tues., Nov. 10: Journal #29: "Describe the advantages and disadvantages of living in a place and/or time when/where life is 'simple' - living off the land in a small community of people who have been there for generations." discuss allusion; H.W. Read chapters 1-2 of The Pearl (pages 1-20).
Wed., Nov. 11: Veteran's Day - no school
Thurs., Nov. 12: review The Pearl (pages 1-20); return and discuss papers; read The Pearl chapter 3 (pages 21-40)
Fri., Nov. 13: Journal #30: "Kino looks into his pearl like a crystal ball and sees changes in his life. What five changes does he se? Which of those is most important? Why?"; review The Pearl (pages 21-40); return and discuss papers; read The Pearl chapter 4 (pages 41-57)
Mon., Nov. 16: Quiz; Journal #31: "Describe how Kino deals with the pearl buyers and Juana in chapter 4. How much is Kino offered for the pearl and how does he respond? Explain who is being greedy."; review Pearl chapter 4; read Pearl chapter 5 (pages 58-67); return and discuss cause-effect essays.
Tues., Nov. 17: Quiz; Journal #32: "Describe what occurs in the first few pages of chapter 5. What changes do we see in Kino and Juana? Why?"; review; HW: finish reading The Pearl.
Wed., Nov. 18: The Pearl test; 10th grade post-test
Th., Nov. 19: : Journal #1: "What were your favorite children's books when you were a child? What made those your favorites?" Randomly describe at least four of each of the following story elements: characters, setting, plot summaries (story idea), and conflicts (problems). Do not try to connect them - they should be random - and make sure you include details. Bring these to class Friday.
Fri., Nov. 20: Persuasive essay final drafts due; Get into groups of four. Randomly select at least one character from each person (at least four total characters) and then at least one setting, at least one plot summary, and at least one conflict; these should be from different lists, not the same person. Using those, create a story that is at least two hand-written pages long and draw a scene from the story. You have until Monday at the end of class to finish the story and the drawing of the scene. The story must have a positive holiday season message. The "holidays" available for you to use are Halloween, Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or New Year's.
Mon., Nov. 23: Finish the story and drawing from Friday.
Tu., Nov. 24: Journal #2: "Write a personal narrative looking back on your own life from some point in the distant future as you hope it will be seen by others."; distribute and discuss "Elements of a short story" handout and the short story requirements; students will tell each other a story from two different points of view.
Wed., Nov. 25: Wish - What do you truly wish for assignment with audio tape and video tape in class.
Th., Nov. 26: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Fri., Nov. 27: THANKSGIVING BREAK
Mon., Nov. 30: Journal #3: "In your own words, define 'irony' and explain an ironic situation that has happened to you or that you have heard or read about."; discuss irony, foreshadowing, opening, point of view, and coherence in stories; read "The Man Who Had No Eyes" and discuss.
Tu., Dec. 1: Journal #4: "Is it ever O.K. for a writer to use stereotypes? Why? When? Where? What stereotypes have you seen in movies or on TV that worked well or didn't work at all?"; stereotyping names in-class activity; homework - stereotyping activity.
Wed., Dec. 2: Journal #5: "What kinds of stories revolve around settings? Describe a setting for such a story."; share and discuss stereotype homework and perception vs. reality;
Th., Dec. 3: (Minimum day – Senior projects) Journal # 6: "Imagine you are a hero or heroine for one day during any time in history. Describe your experience."; Picture write in-class. Develop a complete three-dimensional character based on a poster.
Fri., Dec. 4: Quotes rules; quotes assignment.
Mon., Dec. 7: Journal #7: "What is your favorite fairy tale or holiday story? Describe what makes that story one of your favorites." collect journals; compare politically correct stories/various versions to each other.
Tues., Dec. 8: Journal #8: "Define foreshadowing. Explain a situation in your life or something you have read about and explain what foreshadowing took place."; read "Fragments of Papyrus" in play format.
Wed., Dec. 9: clichés game; time to work on story if needed
Th., Dec. 10: time to work on short stories or have peer evaluations
Fri., Dec. 11: Peer evaluations on short stories; short stories due by midnight through turnitin.com
Mon., Dec. 14: present stories?
Tu., Dec. 15: FINALS - present stories
Wed., Dec. 16: FINALS - present stories
Th., Dec. 17: FINALS - present stories
Fri., Dec. 18: Teacher work day