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Honors Sophomore English- Second Quarter DOCVARIABLE MonthStart \@ yyyy \* MERGEFORMAT 2013- 2014MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday4 NovemberDiscuss Nihilism in GrendelJournal 2-1: Regents Paragraph #5HW: Read Nietzsche & Existentialism for Wednesday.5Election DayNo Students6Do Now: Nietzsche & Existentialism RecapDiscussHW: Journal 2-2: Regents Paragraph #6/ Read Grendel chapters 7 & 8 for Friday and add to zodiac chart. Print/read/ annotate excerpt on Machiavelli’s Prince from teacher page.7Do Now: Apply existentialism to Grendel & and discussFilm clip: Machiavelli’s PrinceHW: Read Grendel chapters 7 & 8 for tomorrow and add to zodiac chart.8Do Now: Writing Mini-lesson: The Topic/ Summary Sentence/ ReviseDiscuss Machiavelli & Grendel chapter 8HW: Add to NEW quarter vocabulary pages/ Read Grendel chapters 10 & 11 and add to zodiac chart for Tuesday./ Typed Regents Paragraph due Wednesday for 2XH. (TWS: theme, paragraph structure, topic & summary sentences, compound & complex Sentences).11Veterans DayNo School12Do Now: Sentence Imitation #3Discuss zodiac in chapters 10 & 11Discuss nihilism & existentialism in new chaptersHW: Read chapter 12 of Grendel and add to zodiac chart for tomorrow/ complete Regents Style Paragraph due tomorrow for 2XH.13Regents Style Paragraph Due- 2XHDo Now: Empiricism vs. Solipsism- notesDiscuss in GrendelJournal 2-3: Regents paragraph #7 (finish for homework)HW: Read “The Twelve Traps of Grendel” and write one quote about each “trap” to notes for graded discussion next Thursday!14Do Now: Read “House of Asterion” & apply to GrendelAmanda Knox case studyHW: Add to vocabulary pages/ continue reading “Twelve Traps” and adding quotes to log in the notes section. Parent Teacher Conferences- 6:00-8:3015Enrichment ActivityParent Teacher Conferences- 1:00-3:2018 Department MeetingDo Now: The Grendel Discussions- 1XMHow to Detect Bias & Propaganda- compile notes on Grendel for discussion tomorrow.HW: Prep for Grendel discussion #1: “How could Grendel provide commentary about propaganda? How does this apply to the ‘real world’? Make connections to current/ historical events.”19Grendel Discussion #1HW: Prep for Grendel discussion #2: “Is Grendel a nihilist or an existentialist?”20Grendel Discussion #2HW: Prep for Grendel discussion #3: “What is Gardner’s point in including all of the philosophy in the novel? Be prepared to use evidence from ‘Twelve Traps’ literary criticism.”21Grendel Discussion #3HW: Journal 2-4 = Common Core Reflection #222Do Now: Discuss Journal 2-4Sentence Imitation #4Intro. Project: Detecting Bias & PropagandaHW: Add to vocabulary pages & work on project.25 Faculty MeetingIntroduce Poetry out Loud for Extra Credit! Sign up for a poem by Wednesday!Project Workday26Project Workday27Sign up for Poetry Out Loud!Project WorkdayHW: Project is due Tuesday for 1XM!28Thanksgiving Break29Thanksgiving Break2 Faculty MeetingDecemberCorruption in the Medieval ChurchReligion & PropagandaAssign Medieval Period & Canterbury Tales WebQuestHW: WebQuest due Friday- 3XH./ Project due tomorrow!3Detecting Bias & Propaganda Projects due- 1XMShare & respond to projectsMedieval PropagandaHW: Continue to work on WebQuest.4Do Now: Sentence Imitation #5Writing Mini-lesson: Blending Quotes with TCSPractice blending quotesHW: Continue to work on WebQuest. Type up a Regents Paragraph due Monday for 2XH!(TWS: theme, paragraph structure, topic & summary sentences, grammar items, blended quotes).5Do Now: Intro. 3 Levels of Thinking/ practicePropaganda & Rhetoric Set up CT pilgrim chartHW: WebQuest due tomorrow/ Regents paragraph due Monday!6 WebQuest Due- 3XHDo Now: Share findings from WebQuestJournal 2-5: StereotypesRead CT Prologue: Knight & Squire/ Discuss & add to chartHW: Add to vocabulary pages. Regents paragraph due Monday for 2XH!9Regents Paragraph Due- 2XHDo Now: Journal 2-6: Regents Paragraph #8Read Nun, Monk, & Friar/add to chart & discussHW: Read Wife of Bath, Parson, & Miller/ add to chart.10Do Now: Journal 2-7: Regents Paragraph #9Discuss Wife of Bath, Parson, & MillerHW: Read Summoner, Pardoner, & Host/ add to chart11Do Now: Journal 2-8: Regents Paragraph #10Discuss Summoner, Pardoner, & Host/ add to chartHW: Read “The Pardoner’s Prologue & Tale” pgs. 125-134 & “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” pg. 139-150 for Monday. Be prepared for a reading check.12Do Now; Sentence Imitation #6Writing Mini-lesson: CommentaryHW: Read “Pardoner’s Tale” & “Wife of Bath’s Tale” for Monday.13Commentary lesson continuedHW: Read “Pardoner’s Tale” & “Wife of Bath’s Tale” for Monday & be ready for a reading check./ add to vocabulary pages.16 Department MeetingDo Now: “Pardoner’s Tale” & “Wife of Bath’s Tale” reading check- 1XCJournal 2-8: Regents Paragraph #11HW: Regents Paragraph due Wednesday for 2XH. (TWS: theme, paragraph structure, topic & summary sentences, grammar items, blended quotes, commentary).17Assign Stereotype Poem & Tale Project using rhetorical techniquesProject WorkdayHW: Regents Paragraph due tomorrow for 2XH!18Regents Paragraph Due- 2XHProject Workday19Project Workday20Projects Due- 3XHShare Poems & TalesWinter Recess4572001111250012 January- Classes ResumeDo Now: Macbeth Anticipation GuideThe Rhetoric of Totalitarian LeadersHW: Prop. Essay deconstruction.3Do Now: Discuss Essay #1Essay #2/ deconstruct and discussHW: Print/ Read/ annotate notes on the values of the Renaissance Englishman. 6 Faculty MeetingDo Now: Share values of the EnglishmanIntro. Macbeth & Rhetoric- notes & set up rhetoric chart Reading Macbeth as propagandaHW: Read Act I, scene 1 & be able to discuss theme introduced in at the beginning.7Read Act IHW; Finish Act I & add to chart.8Do Now: Journal 2-9: Regents Paragraph #12Read Act IIHW; Finish Act II & add to chart.9Do Now: Acts I & II Reading Quiz- 2XCRead Act III HW; Finish Act III & add to chart.10Do Now: Journal 2-10: Regents Paragraph #13Read Act IVHW; Read Acts IV & V & add to chart/ add to vocabulary pages.13 Department MeetingDo Now: Acts III-V Reading Quiz- 2XCDiscuss the last parts of the playHW: Read Macbeth & Totalitarian Rulers literary criticism & take notes for discussion on Wednesday.14Do Now: Journal 2-11: Regents Paragraph #14Sentence Imitation #7HW: Prep for graded discussion tomorrow!15Macbeth Discussion #1- 2XCHow can Macbeth be considered a totalitarian leader? How does Macbeth use rhetoric as a leader?HW: Read about Hitler’s Propaganda tactics & Macbeth as “royalist” propaganda for discussion on Friday.16Do Now: Journal 2-12: Regents Paragraph #15Writing Mini-lesson: Word choice & transitionsFormally Assign Paragraph Portfolio Project- 3XM HW: Prep for discussions tomorrow. Select 10 paragraphs to use for project. Type up all paragraphs (2 per page) & bring to class on Thursday of next week!17Macbeth Discussion #2- 2XCHow does Macbeth employ Hitler’s Propaganda tactics? How can the play be considered “royalist” propaganda?HW: Select 10 paragraphs to use for project. Type up all paragraphs (2 per page) & bring to class Thursday!/ add to vocabulary pages20MLK DaySchool Closed21Writer’s Notebook Rubric/ prep notebooks for submissionPrep for test tomorrow!!22Macbeth & Canterbury Tales Test1XMWriter’s Notebooks Due- 1XM23TYPED PARAGRAPHS DUE- 2XHDo Now: Revision Activity #124 MP2 EndsDo Now: Revision Activity #2Mini-lesson on MLA format & recap final requirements for projectHW: Paragraph Portfolio Project- 3XM DUE February 4th!***CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME PER TEACHER DISCRETION. ALL CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN CLASS. *** ................
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