1st Nine Weeks 2015-2016
Monday
Tuesday
August 24
First Day of School
- syllabus
- expectations and
procedures
Wednesday
25
Discipline Meetings
Thursday
26
Friday
27
“Crowning of King
Arthur”
- read and analyze
- Archetype Grid
Cont. Archetypes
- Archetype Grid
Introduce
Archetype Unit
Introduce Chivalry Unit
- Code of Chivalry
- Arthurian Legend
31
“Crowning of King
Arthur”
- discussion questions
September 1
“Sir Lancelot du Lake”
- read and analyze
- Archetype Grid
2
“Sir Lancelot du Lake”
- discussion questions
3
“Acts of King Arthur”
- Archetype Grid
- discussion questions
8
Wrap up
Chivalry Unit
LABOR DAY
9
Chivalry Unit Exam
- read and annotate text
10
Chivalry Unit Exam
- answer questions
Work on
Archetype Project
15
Work on
Archetype Project
Grade Check
16
Finish
Archetype Project
11
Introduce
Archetype Project
*Archetype Grid DUE
14
4
“Mists of Avalon”
- read and analyze
- Archetype Grid
- discussion questions
“Acts of King Arthur”
- read and analyze
7
28
17
18
Antigone
- read and analyze
introduction, Prologue, and
Parados
- Study Guide
Antigone
- read and analyze Scene 1
and Ode 1
- Study Guide
*Archetype Project Due
21
22
23
24
25
*Study Guide Check
Antigone
-read and analyze Scene 2
and Ode 2
- Study Guide
28
Antigone
- read and analyze Scene 4
and Ode 4
- Study Guide
Antigone QUIZ
(Prologue – Ode 2)
Antigone
- read and analyze Scene 3
and Ode 3
- Study Guide
29
30
Antigone
- read and analyze Scene
5, Paean, and Exodus
-Study Guide
Antigone QUIZ
(Scene 3 – Exodus)
Persuasive Text
- read and analyze
October 1
2
*STUDY GUIDE DUE
Sophomore
School Pictures
during ELA classes
Wrap up
Antigone Unit
Antigone Exam
- Read & annotate passage
5
Beastie Moment
- complete rough draft
Students No School
12
Beastie Moment
- Add dialgoue
6
7
Introduce Found Poem
- read and analyze text
13
DCA
- read and annotate text
Antigone Exam
- Answer Questions
- Write response to SAR
prompt
Beastie Moment
- Brainstorm
- Outline
- Write first paragraph
8
Complete Found Poem
- write poem
14
Grade Check
9
Beastie Moment
-Add imagery
15
PSATs
Beastie Moment
Quiz Check:
- Imagery/ Dialogue
DCA
- answer questions
Beastie Moment
- Add vivid verbs
16
Beastie Moment
- revise to eliminate
repetition
End of 9 weeks