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Honors Sophomore English- First Quarter DOCVARIABLE MonthStart \@ yyyy \* MERGEFORMAT 2013MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday9First Day of SchoolDiscuss Course Syllabus & OutlineHW: Supplies & Signature Form due Thursday!10Icebreaker Activity &Writing FoldersPlagiarism Review/ Turn in Honor CodeHW: Supplies & Signature Form due Thursday!11Review Personal Narrative WritingAssign: Personal Narrative Essay due Monday- 3XH!HW: Supplies & Signature Form due tomorrow!/ Personal Narrative due Monday!12Signature Form & Supplies Due- 1XHCondensed Common Core Guide/ discussSet-up Writer’s NotebookJournal 1-1: Discursive Writing/ share in groupsAssign vocabulary pages/ complete first vocabulary page as group & shareHW: Work on vocabulary pages/ Personal Narrative due Monday!13Highlighting & Annotating w/ Non-fiction essay #1: ReviewPass out Non-fiction essay—highlight & annotate for homeworkHW: Personal Narrative due Monday!/ Highlight & annotate non-fiction essay #2./ Work on Vocabulary pages!16Personal Narrative Due- 3XHRead Aloud & Turn inIntro. Levels of Questioning/ create questions over Non-fiction essay #2HW: Read, highlight & annotate Non-fiction essay #3 and create questions- due tomorrow!17Non-fiction essay #3 check- 1XHDiscuss w/ groupsIntro. to Regents Exam ComponentsLiterary Elements & Techniques Review—group activityHW: Anglo-Saxon WebQuest & Wordle Poem due Monday!- 2XH18Book Distribution DayLiterary Elements & Techniques Review- continued Set up chart in Writer’s Notebook for Beowulf reading for L.E. & L.T.HW: Anglo-Saxon WebQuest & Wordle Poem due Monday!- 2XH19Journal 1-2: Beowulf Cultural Discovery & DiscussionAdd to notesHW: Anglo-Saxon WebQuest & Wordle Poem due Monday!- 2XH20Beowulf Cultural Discovery & Discussion continuedIntro. to Beowulf notesHW: Anglo-Saxon WebQuest & Wordle Poem due Monday!- 2XH/ add to vocabulary pages!23Anglo-Saxon WebQuest & Wordle Poem Due- 2XHRead Beowulf—pgs. 23-31 of the poem & complete Journal 1-3: 20 questions activity/ using questions to inquire about a text—model & group activityHW: Read pgs. 31-60 by Wednesday & add to chart/ complete Journal 1-4 with original questions & answers from reading.—be prepared for reading check! IF =A1230 = 0,"" IF =A12 30 < DocVariable MonthEnd \@ d 30 =A12+1 31 "" 24Defining Bias in Propaganda: searching for tone words in BeowulfHW: Read Beowulf & add to chart/ complete Journal 1-4!25Reading Check: Beowulf1XCShare chart findings/ group question challenge activityHW: Read Beowulf—pgs. 61- 81 by Friday & add to chart! Complete Journal 1-5 w/ original questions. Be prepared for a reading check!—for Friday!26Grammar Mini-Lesson #1Complete Journal 1-6 (Beowulf)/ revise for targeted grammar skillHW: Read Beowulf & add to chart/ complete Journal 1-5 for tomorrow!27Reading Check: Beowulf1XCShare chart findingsShare chart findings/ group question challenge activityHW: Finish Beowulf by Monday & finish chart./ add to vocabulary pages!30Final Beowulf Reading Check- 1XCShare final chart findings/ Beowulf ppt.- whole class discussionHW: Catch up on reading as needed if you are not finished.1 OctoberDefining the Epic Hero through Bias—ActivityHW: Non-fiction essay on the epic hero—highlight & annotate for tomorrow.2Discuss epic hero essayJournal 1-7: Beowulf as the epic hero/ discussHW: Intertextuality Lesson w/ Wilbur’s poem- due Friday!- 2XH3Grammar Mini-Lesson #2Complete Journal 1-8 (Beowulf)/ revise for targeted grammar skillHW: Intertextuality Lesson w/ Wilbur’s poem- due tomorrow!- 2XH4Intertextuality Lesson Due- 2XHDiscuss Wilbur’s poemAssign Debate Activity for Monday: Beowulf—Success or Failure?/ Graded Discussion/ Debate Guidelines & ExpectationsHW: Prep for debate Monday/ add to vocabulary pages!7 Faculty MeetingBeowulf Debate- 1XCHW: Read Tolkien Lecture & annotate according to questions for tomorrow!8Tolkien Lecture Activity in groups/ discuss as classHW: Journal 1-9- Take a side for or against the academic study of Beowulf. 9Beowulf Debate- 1XCShould the poem be taught as an academic text?HW: Add to vocabulary pages.10Grammar Mini-Lesson #3Complete Journal 1-10 (Beowulf)/ revise for targeted grammar skillHW: Finish CAP project Beowulf chart for tomorrow’s discussion!11Assign CAP Project—Propaganda & Literature: Beowulf as PropagandaHow does the poem exemplify propaganda?—Textual Evidence ChartHW: Finish chart by Tuesday for class discussion!/ add to vocabulary pages!14Columbus DaySchool Closed15Class discussion: Beowulf & Propaganda- 2XCHW: Prep for test Thursday!16PSAT17Beowulf Test-1XMHW: Journal 1-11—kenning activity.18Share Journal 1-11Closer look at Regents paragraphs/ grading activityIntro. Paragraph Project—due at the end of the semesterHW: Read Grendel Chapter 1 by Monday—complete 20 questions activity for Journal 1-12/ add to vocabulary pages.21 Department MeetingShare Journal 1-12 questions/ discuss—how does the character Grendel compare to that from the epic poem?Handout: Gardener’s Grendel—Philosophical PrimerHW: Research your horoscope & write down what your future holds.22Share horoscopesHandout: Grendel—Astrology Reference ChartApply sign to chapter 1 of Grendel & discussHW: Read Chapter 2 of Grendel by Friday.23Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave” handout—read & discuss as a groupView “Allegory of the Cave” video—time permittingHW: Read Chapter 2 of Grendel by tomorrow!24Finish “Allegory of the Cave” videoJournal 1-13: Regents Style Prompt #1Discuss in groups & present to classHW: Read/highlight/annotate Essay on Solipsism for Monday!25Topic vs. Theme Activity—Constructing the “controlling idea” from topic to theme Revise Journal 1-13HW: Finish reading Solipsism essay/ add to vocabulary pages!28Discuss Solipsism essay/ apply to Grendel in group activityJournal 1-14: Regents Style Prompt #2HW: Read chapters 3-5 from Grendel by Thursday for reading check!29Writer’s Notebook Rubric & Prep Day—due tomorrow for 1XM!HW: Finish Writer’s Notebooks due tomorrow!!/ Read Grendel.30Writer’s Notebooks Due- 1XMEnrichment Documentary on NihilismHW: Read Grendel. 31 HalloweenFinish Documentary Film & discussReading Check- Grendel- 1XCDefining Nihilism: Class activityHW: Nihilism handout- due tomorrow. 1 NovemberMarking Period 1 EndsDiscuss Nihilism handoutHow is Grendel represent Nihilistic philosophy?—group activityHW: Journal 2-1—Regents Style Prompt #3 / add to new vocabulary pages. Read Grendel Chapter 6 for Monday.4 Faculty MeetingIntro. to ExistentialismClass activityHW: Understanding Existentialism handout. Due Wednesday.5Election Day-- No StudentsProfessional Development6 Grades DueUnderstanding Existentialism Handout- 1XH/ discussApply Existentialism to GrendelHW: Journal 2-2- Regents Style Prompt #4/ Read Chapter 7 of the novel by tomorrow.7Basic Biblical AllusionsHandout & group activity/ discussHW: Journal 2-3—Regents Style Prompt #5.8Share Journal 2-3 & discussRead excerpt on Machiavelli’s The Prince/ group activityHW: Read Grendel chapter 8 & complete Journal 2-4—Regents Style Prompt #6Major = 50%Homework = 25%Classwork & Participation = 25%***CALENDAR IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME PER TEACHER DISCRETION. ALL CHANGES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN CLASS. *** ................
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