2012 – 2013
Third 9 Weeks
1/7 – 3/28
Monday
7
Inservice
Tuesday
Discuss use of literary
terms, shifts in tone in ch.
3-4
HW: Wasted Words wksht
21
No School – Martin Luther
King Jr day
Friday
8
Review revising and editing
DBA
9-10
Review French Revolution
through outline
11
Read “French Revolution”
article and define vocab
P 236 revising practice—
avoiding overuse of
pronouns
show French Rev. youtube
video
French Rev. quiz
Intro TOTC (Dickens and
French Rev) using PPT
14
Easy Writer p. 110-111:
Avoiding wordiness
Block day
HW: Rd. ch,. 1-2; rd. French
Rev. article and fill in
outline
15
Text p. 683 Grammar
warm-up Using formal
language.
Text p. 658-659 Evaluate
shifts in tone in "Ain't I A
Woman" and JFK's "New
Frontier"
Discuss use of literary
devices, shift in tone,
character and plot
development in ch. 5-6
22
Hw: Read ch.5- 6, sticky
notes; analyze quotations;
identify character
archetypes in TOTC
HW: read Book I ch. 5-6
examine Dickens’s use of
paradox. Fill in TOTC
character log and answer
study guide questions
HW: ch. 3-4
16-17
Text p. R63-64 use variety
of correctly structured
sentences.
18
Book I review
Hw: Read Book II ch. 1-4;
sticky notes--annotate main
ideas
Study guide due
Timed Writing: How does
Dickens use dark and light
imagery used in Book I?
How does it contribute to
the developing story? Use
MLA standards to
document source.
23-24
Read Book II ch. 7-10;
explain antithesis
Rd. “Two Ways of Seeing a
River” MFW p. 479
Relate back to different
perspectives also in ch. 7-9
re: lower class
Book I and TOTC vocab test
Define Book II vocab
25
Review Book II
Summarize ch. 11-14;
Determine persona of main
characters ATOTC
28
Benchmark Writing #1—
Expository Essay
Hw: ch. 17-19 answer study
guide questions, and make
annotations on sticky notes
29
Revising practice: using
participles and participle
phrases p 611
Rd. “The Wounds that Can’t
be Stitched Up” MFW p.
158; relate to ch. 18
(unhealable wounds)
30-31
DBA: Reading
Discuss Book II ch. 20-22
(themes, situational irony,
foreshadowing)
1
Grammar Review: revising
using imperative sentences
p. 679
Book II quiz
HW: Read ch. 23-24
HW: Read ch. 1-2 (15)
6-7
T-P-S Book III ch. 5—Explain
how diction creates tone of
hopelessness
8
Book III ch. 11-13 (23 p)
Text p. 1171-1172
Rewrite a scene from TOTC
as a script w/details that
contribute to a specific tone
or mood
Read “The Prelude” by
William Wordsworth and
“Anonymous Poem” and
relate to TOTC
Discuss Book II ch. 17-19
foreshadowing, subplots
and parallel structure.
4
Read London Times
editorial about French
Revolution.
HW: Rd. ch. 20-22
5
Discuss discuss
foreshadowing, situational
irony, foils mood in Book III
ch. 1-3
Book III ch. 3-5 (16 p)
Vocab 7
HW: Book III ch. 6-8 (21 p)
analyze complication
11
Book III ch. 14-15 (16 p)
12
Socratic Seminar
18
Inservice
19
Vocab 8
25
Vocab 8 quiz
Introduce World Issues
essay
4
HW: Book III ch. 9-10 (25 p)
13-14
TOTC Test
20-21
Persuasive techniques:
ethos, pathos, logos
MJFox “Testimony Before
the Senate” p. 670 ; answer
questions p. 677
Vocab 7 quiz
15
Grammar: imperative
sentences p. 679
22
Read “Supersize Me: It’s
Time to Stop Blaming Fat
People for Their Size” MFW
p. 562. Identify persuasive
techniques. Complete
Thinking Critically about this
Reading and Questions for
Study and Discussion
26
Research World Issues
1300 lab
6 reliable sources
27-28
Research World Issues
1300 lab
6 reliable sources
1
Research World Issues
1300 lab
6 reliable sources
5
6-7
8
World Issues paper due
(print and turnitin.com
11 NO SCHOOL
18
Vocab 9
12 NO SCHOOL
19
13-14 NO SCHOOL
20-21
15 NO SCHOOL
22
Vocab 9 quiz
25
26
27-28
28th- inservice
29
No school
2012 – 2013
4th 9 Weeks
4/1 – 6/7
Monday
Tuesday
Block day
Friday
1
2
3-4
5
8
9
10-11
12
15
16
17-18
19
22 TAKS
23 TAKS
24-25 TAKS
26 TAKS
29
30
1-2
3
6
7
8-9
10
13
14
15-16
17
20
21
22-23
24
27
No School
28
29-30
31
3
Review
4
Review
5-6
Finals
7
Finals