Weekly Agenda: 10/21/13-10/25/13
Learning Goals
Objectives
Agenda
& Activities
Homework/
In-class
Assignment
Honors English 9/ Mrs. Chen
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday & Friday
Students are able to establish and
maintain a formal style and
objective tone while attending to
the norms and conventions of the
discipline in which they are
writing. W.9-10.2
TSW: 1.identify simple sentence
structures; 2.explain and label a
block format business letter;
3.construct a business letter based
on the chosen prompt with a
proper format and voice.
Students are able to establish and
maintain a formal style and
objective tone while attending to
the norms and conventions of the
discipline in which they are
writing. W.9-10.2
TSW: 1.identify independent
clause and dependent clause;
2.revise sentence fragments;
3.take notes based on The Big
Read Audio Guide.
Students are able to analyze how
complex characters develop over
the course of a text, interact with
other characters, and advance the
plot or develop the theme.RL.9-10
Students are able to analyze how
complex characters develop over
the course of a text, interact with
other characters, and advance the
plot or develop the theme.RL.9-10
TSW: 1.revise sentence fragments
& run-on sentences; 2.conduct a
group discussion: biography;
3.complete a quick write: The novel
TSW: 1.revise run-on sentences;
2.evaluate the format and voice of
a business; 3.complete writing
portfolios; 4.identify examples of
literary elements using Cornell
notes format.
1.
1.
Grammar: Review IC & DC;
sentence fragment (A)
TKAM Audio Guide track one:
a. What do you learn about
Harper Lee from her
biographer Charles J. Shields
and other contributor?
b. What are the three most
important points on the Audio
Guide?
1.
Business letter rough draft,
due: Wed., 10/23/13
Sentence fragments (B), due:
Wed., 10/23/13
1.
2.
3.
1.
2.
Grammar: The Six Basic
Sentence Patterns
Annotated article review
Business letter: block format
and writing prompt intro.
Unit 6 vocabulary packet, due:
Tue., 10/22/13
Business letter rough draft,
due: Wed., 10/23/13
2.
1.
2.
*The daily activities in the weekly agenda may change due to the teacher’s discretion.
begins with an epigraph by Charles
Lamb: “Lawyers, I suppose, were
children once.” Based on what you’ve
learned from the Audio Guide, why
do you think Lee chose this quote to
begin her novel?
2.
3.
2.
Grammar: review fragment
homework; run-on sentences
(A)
Group discussion and
presentation: a. Harper Lee; b.
The Friendship of Harper Lee
and Truman Capote; c. How
the Novel Came to Be Written
Quick write in-class
assignment
1.
Run-on sentences (B), due:
Thur., 10/24/13( P1, 3, 5), Fri.,
10/25/13 (P4, 6)
Quick write, due: Thur.,
10/24/13( P1, 3, 5), Fri.,
10/25/13 (P4, 6)
1.
2.
3.
4.
2.
Grammar: review run-onsentences revision (B)
Unit 6 vocab. review & quiz
Student Essay Workshop:
Business Letter
TKAM: Chap. 1-3 (P1-42)
Cornell Notes: point of view,
characters, setting, conflict,
meaningful notes, etc.
Business letter final draft,
due: Mon., 10/28/13.
TKAM Cornell notes, due:
Mon., 10/28/13