Comp/Lit 9H Course Schedule
January 20 - February 14
Monday, 1/20:
No School - Celebrate the Memory of Martin Luther King, Jr.!
HW: Work on SL Assn. #1
Wednesday, 1/22:
Intro: Multicultural Book Panel
Finish Langston Hughes Poem Presentations
Other Prejudice-Related Poems (Packet 8-9)
Discuss: Civil Rights Movement/History
Class Discussion: TKAM/DEJ Handout
Review Map/Author Connections
HW: Read TKAM, chs. 2-5 (due Tuesday)
Journal #4: Write a Prejudice-Related Poem (due Tuesday)
Finish SL Assn. #1
Friday, 1/24:
Intros: Writing Academic Summaries
Library: Research Articles for SL#2
Sign up for Book Panel/Look for MC Book
HW: Work on SL Assn. #2 (due 1/30)
Finish TKAM, chs. 2-5
Journal #5 (topic #1, Packet 15)
Tuesday, 1/28:
Quiz/Discussion: Family/Education/Understanding/Gender Roles
Comparison Chart: Burris/Chuck/Walter
Venn Diagram: Father vs. Teacher (Packet 8)
Practice with Comparison/Contrast Intro Paragraphs
HW: Read TKAM, chs. 6-11
Complete DEJ, ch. 9 (Packet 9-10)
Finish SL Assn. #2
Thursday, 1/30:
Intro: Sentence Patterns #26-30 (Gerunds/Clauses)
Quiz/Discussion: Gossip/Guns/Mockingbirds/Courage
DEJ Passages/Biblical Excerpts (Packet 9-10, 17)
Metaphor Poster on Prejudice (Packet, pg. 20)
HW: Read TKAM, chs. 12-15
Sentence Patterns #26-30 (2 of each)
Monday, 2/3:
Intro/Practice: Writing Business Letters
Reading Quiz/Discussion: Dialects/Racism/Growing Up/Jail Scene
Watch Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird
HW: Read TKAM, chs. 16-19
Journal #6 (topic 10 or 11, Packet 15)
Study Spelling, weeks 19-20 (quiz Friday)
Study TKAM Vocabulary #1-25 (quiz Friday)
Work on SL Assn. #3 (due 2/7)
Wednesday, 2/5:
In Groups: Reading Quiz/Testimony Comparison Chart
Work on Two Heads (Packet 11)
Movie Excerpt: To Kill a Mockingbird
HW: Read TKAM, chs. 20-24
DEJ, ch. 24 (Packet 12-13)
Friday, 2/7:
Intro: Essay Topics/Outlines (Packet, pg. 20 - due 2/13)
Quiz: Spelling/TKAM Vocab #2
Reading Quiz/Discussion: Testimonies/Alcoholism/Abuse/Masks/
Two Heads/Jury Verdict/DEJ/Being a “Lady”/Hypocrisy
Poems: Hypocrites/Gossip/Courage (Packet, pgs. 18-19)
HW: Finish TKAM, chs. 25-31
Journal #7 (topic 12, 13, or 14, Packet 15)
- Turn in Journals #1-7 on TUESDAY
Tuesday, 2/11:
Reading Quiz/Final Discussion: Threats/Democracy/Hypocrisy/
Mockingbirds/Courage/Growing Up/Understanding
Review Essay Absolutes/Textual Quotes
Movie Excerpt: To Kill a Mockingbird
HW: Finish Essay/Turnitin.com
WEDNESDAY: SPECIAL TUTORIAL FOR PEER EDITING
Thursday, 2/13:
Finish Movie: To Kill a Mockingbird
Video: TKAM Interviews with Actors
In Groups: Preliminary Work on MC Panel
HW: Read Book for Multicultural Panel
Bring MC Book and other Materials on 2/24
Enjoy Your Break! Happy Skiing … or Sleeping!
Extra Credit: Watch a prejudice-related movie from the list in your packet (or approved
by the teacher); then, in one page, discuss how prejudice, stereotypes, and/or
discrimination arise in the movie, how characters deal with these issues, and whether they
fall victim to these problems or overcome them. 10 points - due 3/6