English Room 144 -- Mrs. Burgess



Overcoming Obstacles—Facing MonstersEnglish 9R – Sept. 5 – Oct. 19, 2018Mrs. Burgess and Mrs. JantzenWORK IS DUE THE NEXT CLASS & MUST BE DONE INDEPENDENTLY Sept. 5introduction to the course and each other – who we areHW: memory map of at least ten important locations, events & key(two points for each location, plus up to extra five points if in several colors and one point each for five extra locations)—due Friday, 9/7Sept. 6definition of obstacles and solutionsHW: about me assignment – due Mon., 9/10Sept. 7obstacles in nature—far away and close byHW: signed overview AND about me assignment due Mon., 9/10 *******************************************************************************Sept. 10notebook set upbegin “The Interlopers” pages 95-99 HW: finish reading “The Interlopers” and complete WS Sept. 11discuss “The Interlopers”HW: read “Poison” (pgs. 80-89) & complete It says/I say WS Sept. 12discuss “Poison”; introduction to “The Most Dangerous Game” HW: read “The Most Dangerous Game” (13-20) and complete WSSept. 13Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game” up to page 20HW: finish reading “The Most Dangerous Game” (21-28) and complete WSSept. 14discuss “The Most Dangerous Game” ending and notesExplain “My Client, Sanger Rainsford” writing task and outline explainedHW: “My Client, Sanger Rainsford” outline due Sept. 17 and writing due Sept. 20*******************************************************************************Sept. 17 & 18check “My Client” outline 9/17HW: “My Client” writing due Sept. 20Library orientationSept. 19OFF – Yom KippurSept. 20“Whirlwind of Disaster” handout and anticipation guide Sept. 21introduction to “The Birds”– anticipation guideHW: read “The Birds” pages 50-59 and annotate with sticky notes by 9/24OVER PLEASESept. 24discuss “The Birds” up through page 59HW: read “The Birds” 60-67 and annotate with sticky notes by 9/25Sept. 25discuss briefly “The Birds” through page 67 HW: finish “The Birds” 68-75 and annotate with sticky notes by 9/26Sept. 26 reading quiz on “The Birds” then discussion and notesHW: read and annotate “Hundreds of Birds…” handoutSept. 27discuss “Hundreds of Birds…” and explain paragraph assignmentHW: begin paragraph writingSept. 28paragraph writing assignmentHW: finish paragraph if not completed by end of class today*******************************************************************************Oct. 1explanation of humans vs. nature research projectfinding sourceschecking citation information and competing It Says/I SayOct. 2 & 3in library: complete research and completing It Says I Say chartsOct. 4& 5making a claim and backing it up – what I knowHW: write up supported claim (analysis and cited information) of three to five well-developed paragraphs citing at least three facts from each source, interpreting their meaning and explaining how they support the claim– due Oct. 9 at the beginning of class with notes packet and sources*******************************************************************************Oct. 8OFF – Columbus DayOct. 9read “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury (pgs. 34-44)HW: do page 47: 2, 4 and 7, all parts, complete sentences Oct. 10discuss “A Sound of ThunderHW: read “Black Boy” (pgs. 105-108) and complete It Says/I Say WS w/ page #sOct 11discuss “Black Boy”HW: Overcoming Obstacles—review w/ prewriting sheet to do for essay test *******************************************************************************Oct. 15 PREWRITING SHEET DUE -- approaches to writing an essay – draftingOct. 16 & 17essay test – written in class and due at end of class Oct. 17HW: short story test review sheetsOct. 18short story objective test reviewOct. 19short story objective test ................
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