Week of: 9/16/13 – 9/20/13 Teacher: T. Moser Team: English II Pre-AP
Objective : I can identify the author’s tone and purpose in non-fiction using a dialectical journal
Agenda:
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Diction warm-up (“lipsticked”)
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Vocabulary Lesson 2 review new vocabulary
 Complete “I Am” poem (due today)
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Outliers Introduction – Dialectical Journaling
Materials:
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Diction packet
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Vocabulary packet
 Completed “I Am” poem
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Outliers introduction handout
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Dialectical Journal handout
Homework: Vocabulary Packet – due Tuesday, 9/17; Read Outliers , chapters 1-3. Dialectical
Journal over chapters 1-3 due Monday, 9/23.
Objective : I will use the TPCASTT strategy to break down the parts of a poem to determine the overall theme and analyze the rhetorical devices used.
Agenda:
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Diction warm-up (“bold/dusty”)
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Turn in Vocabulary homework
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Warm-Up vocabulary paragraph (in journal)
 TPCASTT “Theme for English B” by Langston Hughes poem
Materials:
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Diction packet
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Journals
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TPCASTT Handout
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Hughes Poem
Homework: Continue reading chapters 1-3 of Outliers
Objective : I will write a thesis statement, topic sentences and outline as the basis for organizing an interpretative response essay.
Agenda:
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Diction warm-up (“thirsty”)
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Vocabulary review (in journal)
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Writing a thesis statement/topic sentences ( Laying the Foundation p. 398-399)
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Creating an outline
Materials:
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Diction packet
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Journals
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Laying the Foundation p. 398-399 handout
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Hughes Poem
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Pen/Paper
Homework: Continue reading chapters 1-3 of Outliers; Dialectical Journal entries over chapters 1-3 due Monday, 9/23

Objective : I can write an interpretative response to a literary text (poem) that analyzes the aesthetic effects of an author’s use of stylistic and rhetorical devices
Agenda:
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Warm-Up – vocabulary (in journal)
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Diction review – “outstanding”
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Timed Writing Interpretative Response Essay – (“Theme for English B” – Langston Hughes)
Materials:
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Journals
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Diction packet
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Outlines (students created on Wed/Thurs)
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Lined paper (provided)
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Pens (blue or black ink)
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Hughes Poem
Homework: Continue reading chapters 1-3 of Outliers ; Dialectical Journal entries over chapters 1-3 due Monday, 9/23
(Subject to change.)