English III (Spring Semester)

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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)
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