English III (2013/2014 School Year) August 8th –September 6th: August 8th- September 6th: Foundations of Analysis/Origins & Encounters *WN DUE DATE: August 28th-Wednesday To Cover -Rules/Syllabus/Letter to Parents (8th) -8 Keys/Introductions (9th) -Writer’s Notebook Decoration (12th) -“How to write an essay”/examples/Intro I-search(13th) -Grammar (14th) -Choose I-search topics/discussion/questions(15th) -Current event cards/do together first time(16th) -ACT diagnostic test (19th) -Native American PP/Worksheet (20th) -Grammar (21st) -Coyote stories/Fox/Whale/Worksheets (22nd & 23rd) -Olaudah Equiano/Worksheets (26th) -Slavery video/pix (27th) -Grammar (28th) -Blue Winds Dancing by Whitecloud (29th) -Current event cards (30th) -Indian Father’s Pleas by Lake (3rd) -Grammar (4th) -The Joy of Reading Superman & Me by Alexie (5th) -Test: Analysis summary of The Man to Send Rain Clouds (6th) September 9th-October 4th: Extensions of Analysis: Colony to Country *WN DUE DATE: September 25th -Wednesday To Cover -Ethos/Pathos/Logos PP & Sinners In the Hands…(9th) -Sinners & Bradstress poems (10th) -Grammar (11th) -Bradstreet poems (12th) -Current event cards/I-search(13th ) -ACT practice & Devil & Tom Walker (16th ) -Devil & Tom Walker/ Declaration of Independence(17th) -Grammar (18th ) -Declaration/ “Death & justice: How Capital Punishment affects real life “(19th) -CRUCIBLE UNIT taught by Mrs Reddish (20th -4th) *Grammar on 25th & 2nd October 14th- November 8th: Foundations of Research: Expanding Ideas *WN DUE DATE: October 28th -Wednesday To Cover -Patrick Henry speech (14th) -America Needs Its Nerds by Fridman (15th) -Grammar (16th) -Sharing The American Dream by Powell (17th) -Current event cards/I-search (18th) -ACT practice (21st) -I am an American Day speech by Hand (22nd) -Grammar (23rd) -Franklin’s speech to the convention (24th) -Letter From Birmingham City Jail (25th) -Examples of thesis (28th) -MLA websites/Annotated bib websites (29th) -Grammar (30th ) -Poe-The Raven(31st) -ACT practice (1st) -Current event cards/I-search (4th) -Outline how to argue thesis (5th) -Grammar (6th) *assign test as homework -MLA format & Annotated bibs handouts (7th & 8th) November 11th- December 20th: Foundations of Argument: Individualism *WN DUE DATE: November 18th -Wednesday & December 18th -Wednesday To Cover -Learning to Read & Write by Fredrick Douglas (11th) -On Reading & Writing by Malcolm X (12th ) -Grammar & “Thankful” leaves (13th) -War Prayer by Twain (14th) -Current event cards/I-search (15th) -ACT practice (18th) -Scarlet Letter intro (19th) -Grammar (20th) -Scarlet Letter webquest (21st & 22nd) -Scarlet Letter movie (25th & 26th) -ACT practice (2nd) -Scarlet Letter discussion of themes (3rd) -Grammar (4th) -Argumentative essays (5th) -Current event cards/I-search (6th) -Argumentative essays (9th) -Write essay over valid argument (10th) -Grammar (11th) -College/Job applications in lab (12th & 13th) -ACT practice (16th) -Review for mid-term (17th & 18th) January 6th- February 7th: Developing Analysis: Changing Face of America *WN DUE DATE: January 27th- Wednesday To Cover -Review rules, etc…(6th) -The Yellow Wallpaper(7th) -Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper… (8th) -Dickinson (9th & 10th) - ACT practice (13th) -Of Mice & Men webquest (14th) -Grammar (15th) -Of Mice & Men webquest (16th) -Current Event cards/I-search (17th) -Read Of Mice & Men (21st,22nd,23rd,24th,27th) -Grammar (22nd) -ACT practice (27th) -Of Mice & Men movie (28th & 30th) -Grammar (29th) -Current event cards/I-search (31st) February 3rd –February 28th: Developing Research: Expansion *WN DUE DATE: February 24th -Wednesday To Cover -ACT strategies (3rd, 4th, 6th) -Grammar (5th) -I-search (7th) -ACT practice/Critical Reading (10th, 11th, 13th) -Grammar (12th) -Current event cards/I-search (14th) -ACT game (18th & 20th ) -Grammar (19th) -I-search (21st) -ACT prep (24th) -Grammar (25th, 26th & 27th) -I-search DUE/Current event cards (28th) March 3rd-March 28th: Developing Positions: Melting Pot of America *WN DUE DATE: March 24th-Wednesday To Cover -17 Syllables(3rd) -American Dream(4th) -Obama’s education speech/YouTube (5th) -My Dungeon Shook (6th) -Teach On Demand (7th,10th, 11th, 12th ) -Review OD (13th) -Current event cards (14th) -Huck Finn intro with characters (17th) -Huck Finn webquest (18th & 19th) -Huck Finn excerpts/discuss/racism-Zimmerman (24th-27th) -Current event cards (28th) April 7th- May 16th : Developing Life Skills: Modern Age *WN DUE DATE: April 28th-Wednesday & May 12th-Wednesday To Cover -Intro Lit Circles/Major works data sheet/List of books (7th) -Form groups/discuss roles -Read in groups (9th,10th,14th,15th,17th,21st,22nd,24th,25th,28th,29th,1st & 2nd) -Library (10th, 17th, 24th & 1st) -Major Works Data Sheet/Discussion butcher paper (11th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, 6th-DUE) -Debates over themes (7th, 8th & 9th) -Grammar Review (12th, 13th, 14th, 15th & 16th)