Day: Monday, 19 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Understand Expectations, Guidelines, and Strategies for Success
Due: NA
"Learn your language well and command it well, and you will have the first
component to life.“ -Edward Roscoe Murrow
Word of
the Day
Immutable (adj.): unchanging,
Mr. Kirkley’s immutable laws
unalterable, fixed, stable, enduring,
of behavior are fair and
immovable [immutability, immutably] simple to follow.
Warm-up
Create your “Card of Death” by following these instructions:
1. On one side of the card, write your name (as you wish to be called)
in the center, write your expected grade in this class in the lower
right corner, and write your email address (optional) in the lower
left corner.
2. On the other side of the card, write down your greatest fear.
Learning
Activities
1. Introductions
2. Review Syllabus, Course Outline, Common Procedures,
Expectations, and Mr. Kirkley’s Immutable Laws of Behavior.
3. Lecture: Habits of the Mind
Due Dates: 8/22/13
8/23/13
Signed Syllabus
Silence Assignment (see handout)
Day: Tuesday, 20 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Determine General and Personal Purpose for English Class
Due: NA
"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find
talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.“ –Francis Bacon
Word of
the Day
Enigma (n): A person or
thing that is mysterious,
puzzling, or difficult to
understand. [enigmatic,
enigmatically]
“But now I have come to believe that the
whole world is an enigma, a harmless
enigma that is made terrible by our own
mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
an underlying truth.” -Umberto Eco
Warm-up
Journal #1: What is the point of English class? First, identify all the
possible positive reasons for having English class, then identify all of the
problems with English class.
Learning
Activities
1. Discussion: What English Class is For
2. Classwork: Goals for this Class
3. Classwork: Personal English Inventory (handout)
Due
Dates:
8/21/13
8/22/13
8/23/13
Personal English Inventory Completed (handout)
Signed Syllabus (handout)
Silence Assignment (handout)
Day: Wednesday, 21 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Refine Our Understanding of Purposeful Reading
Due: Personal English Inventory
"Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the
liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and
to the profit of the community to which your later work belongs." -Albert Einstein
Word of
the Day
Apathy (n.): Lack of interest,
enthusiasm, or concern;
indifference [apathetic,
apathetically]
“The death of democracy is not likely to
be an assassination from ambush. It will
be a slow extinction from apathy,
indifference, and undernourishment.”
-Robert M. Hutchins
Warm-up
Read and Summarize, in one sentence, the excerpt from Dr. Nagy’s
“Fast and Slow Reading”
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Read – Seven Strategies; Silence, Time, Purpose; Fast
and Slow Reading.
2. Classwork: Start Slow Reading Practice – Slow Read “The Art of
Slow Reading”
Due
Dates:
8/22/13 Slow Reading Practice – Slow Read “The Art of Slow Reading”
8/22/13 Signed Syllabus
8/23/13 Silence Assignment (see handout)
Day: Thursday, 22 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Learn to Read Closely
Due: Signed Syllabus; Slow Reading Practice
"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then
you will lose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life."
-Dr. David M. Burns
Word of
the Day
Indifferent (adj.): having no preference,
interest, or sympathy for. NOTE: one
can be indifferent or indifferent to
something. [indifference]
“Those whom we can love,
we can hate; to others we are
indifferent.” -Henry David
Thoreau
Warm-up
Surprise! Reading quiz on “The Art of Slow Reading” by Patrick
Kingsley (handout)
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Read – Close Reading
2. Classwork: Close Read “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes
together
Due
Dates:
8/23/13
Silence Assignment (see handout)
Day: Friday, 23 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Understand what to look for in literature
Due: Silence Assignment
"The more you read, the more you know.
The more you know, the smarter you grow.
The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice,
When speaking your mind or making your choice."
-seen at the Sebastopol Library
Word of
the Day
Revere (v.): to worship; to feel deep
respect for; to venerate; to honor
[reverence, reverent, reverently]
Warm-up
Vocabulary Review: Write a paragraph about the Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles using (properly, of course) all five of the vocabulary words so far.
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Read – finish Close Reading discussion
2. Lecture: How to Read – What to Look for in Literature: Pattern,
Memory, Symbol
3. Classwork: Slow Read “Introduction” to How to Read Literature…
Due
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NA
NA
“It is difficult to free fools from the
chains they revere.” -Voltaire
Day: Monday, 26 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Identify and Understand Writing Expectations and Considerations
Due: NA
"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence."
-Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English poet, critic, lexicographer, creator of first
English dictionary
Word of
the Day
Candor (n.): frankness; blunt honesty
[candid, candidly]
Warm-up
Make a list of everything a good writer must remember when writing a
paragraph.
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Write – General Approach and MLA Format
2. Classwork: One Good Paragraph
Due
Dates:
8/27
8/30
One Good Paragraph
Vocabulary Quiz #1
“All faults may be forgiven of
him who has perfect candor.”
-Walt Whitman
Day: Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Review Methods of Writing About a Text
Due: One Good Paragraph
"Words are the voice of the heart."
-Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BC), Chinese philosopher
Word of
the Day
Reticent (adj.): not
revealing one’s feelings
readily;
uncommunicative;
restrained [reticence,
reticently]
“Neil Armstrong, reticent, soft-spoken, and
heroic was our only choice. He had no ego.
He was not of a mind that, 'Hey, I'm going
to be the first man on the moon!' That was
never what Neil had in his head."
-Chris Kraft
Warm-up
Exchange your “One Good Paragraph” homework assignment with the
student next to you. Do a Slow Read of his/her paragraph and circle
anything you think may be an error.
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Write – Integrating Textual References
2. Classwork: Practice Integrating Textual References
Due
Dates:
8/28
8/30
Practice Integrating Quotations
Vocabulary Quiz #1
Day: Wednesday, 28 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Review Common Mechanical Mistakes to Avoid
Due: Integrating Quotation Practice
“Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good
grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed to capitalize,
it's done.”
-John Mayer
Word of
the Day
Aesthetic (adj.): having to do with
art or beauty; a particular sense of
what is art or beauty [aesthetically,
aesthete]
“Aesthetic matters are fundamental
for the harmonious development of
both society and the individual.” Friedrich Schiller
Warm-up
Use some or all of the John Mayer quote above in the following ways:
1. Summarize it
2. Paraphrase it
3. Quote it using an introductory phrase
4. Quote a portion of it in a sentence that is mostly your own
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Write – The Deadly Sins of Writing & 5th Grade
Spelling
Due
Dates:
8/29
8/30
Deadly Sins / 5th Grade Spelling Paragraph
Vocabulary Quiz / 5th Grade Spelling Quiz
Day: Thursday, 29 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Identify and Use Sentence Patterns
Due: Deadly Sins / 5th Grade Spelling Paragraph
"Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so
long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life."
-Henry Doherty (1870-1939)
Word of
the Day
Ascetic (adj./n.): without indulgence
or luxuries; practicing strict selfdenial as a measure of personal and
especially spiritual discipline
[ascetically, asceticism]
“No sane man can afford to
dispense with debilitating
pleasures; no ascetic can be
considered reliably sane.”
-Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Warm-up
Write a short paragraph that breaks at least five of the Deadly Sins.
Circle the places where the rules are broken.
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: How to Write – Sentence Patterns
2. Classwork: Sentence Patterns Practice
Due
Dates:
8/30
8/30
One Good Paragraph Re-write
Vocabulary Quiz #1 / 5th Grade Spelling Quiz
Day: Friday, 30 August 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Prove Mastery of Vocabulary and Deadly Sins
Due: One Good Paragraph Re-Write
"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."
-Gandhi (1869-1948)
Word of
the Day
NA
NA
Warm-up
Write a paragraph in the following way:
IC. DC, IC. IC; TA IC. IC DC.
Learning
Activities
1. Quiz: Vocabulary Quiz #1 (words 1-9)
2. Quiz: Deadly Sins / 5th Grade Spelling Quiz
Due
Dates:
NA
NA
Day: Tuesday, 3 September 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Explore the Origins and History of the English Language (Introduction
to Etymology)
Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every dialect, race,
and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.
-Walt Whitman
Word of
the Day
Autonomy
(n.): self rule;
independence
Warm-up
Write 4 Complex Sentences and label the parts.
Learning
Activities
1. Video: History of English in 10 Minutes
2. Lecture: Why English is Confusing (Saxons, Romans, Greeks, and
Normans)
Due
Dates:
9/4
9/6
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the
individual from the tyranny of his culture in the
environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond
it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
– Beverly Sills
Slow Read “ ” (pages page
9/6 Vocabulary Quiz #2
) and answer the questions on
Day: Wednesday, 4 September, 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Build Context of American Literature
Due: “ “ Slow Read and Questions
American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures
of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new
continent but of a New World. -Christopher Dawson
Word of
the Day
Disdain (n.): contempt; the feeling that
someone or something is unworthy of
one's consideration or respect;
contempt
[disdainful; disdainfully]
Warm-up
Review “
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: Timeline of American Literature
2. Classwork: Begin Autobiographical Incident Essay Graphic
Organizer
Due
Dates:
9/5
9/6
Awards are meaningless to me,
and I have nothing but disdain
for anyone who actively
campaigns to get one.
-Bill Murray
“
Finish Autobiographical Incident Essay Graphic
Organizer
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Day: Thursday, 5 September 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Build Context of American Literature
Due: Autobiographical Incident Essay Graphic Organizer
One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with
the vast open spaces of the continent. -Justin Cronin
Word of
the Day
Innocuous (adj.):
harmless; not offensive;
insignificant
[innocuously]
There's an innocuous explanation for
everything. Everything is a coin that has two
sides to it, and one side is innocuous but the
other can be ominous. –Cornell Woolrich
Warm-up
Write 4 compound sentences and label their parts.
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture: Finish Timeline of American Literature
2. Classwork: Review Graphic Organizers
Due
Dates:
9/6
9/10
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Best Draft of Autobiographical Incident Essay
Day: Friday, 6 September 2013
Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CP
Objective: Review Writing Guidelines
Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be
found in the grammar of the language. -Ludwig Wittgenstein
Word of
the Day
NA
Warm-up
Vocabulary Quiz #2
Learning
Activities
1. Lecture / Classwork: Review MLA Format, Writing Guidelines, and
Deadly Sins for Autobiographical Incident Essay
Due
Dates:
9/10
Best Draft of Autobiographical Incident Essay
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