Weekly Agenda: 9/9/13-9/13/13
Monday
Honors English 9/ Mrs. Chen
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday & Friday
Learning Goals
Students are able to construct a
personal narrative essay.
Students are able to construct a
personal narrative essay.
Students are able to construct a
personal narrative essay.
Students are able to construct a
personal narrative essay.
Objectives
TSW: 1.identify and distinguish
auxiliary and linking verbs;
2.interpret common core standard
requirements for a personal
narrative essay; 3.brainstorm
details for constructing a narrative
essay (writing process: prewriting).
TSW: 1.revise sentences using the
proper verb tenses; 2.evaluate the
given narrative essays using the
rubric and support it with relevant
reasoning.
TSW: 1.construct proper perfect
tense verbs; 2.compose the rough
draft of the personal narrative
essay (writing process: rough
draft).
TSW: 1.label underlined verbs with
the proper name; 2.conduct peerediting to evaluate each other’s
rough draft (writing process:
revision and editing).
Agenda
& Activities
1.
Grammar: auxiliary & linking
verbs.
Narrative writing: essay
prompt intro (common core
standard, narrative elements,
etc.)
Narrative essay pre-writing
template
1.
Grammar: verb tenses
(present, past, future).
The Odyssey Assessment
Practice Answer key with
explanation
Group activity: use the
grading rubric to analyze and
score sample narrative essays
1.
Grammar: perfect tense verbs
& verb tense chart
Personal narrative essay:
rough draft.
1.
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3.
Grammar: verbs review 1
The Odyssey Unit Assessment
Narrative essay peer editing
Narrative essay pre-writing
template, due: Tue., 9/10/13
1.
Review Epic characteristics &
the structure of a literary
analysis essay (thesis,
transitional words, word
choices, parallel structure,
etc.)
1.
Personal narrative essay
rough draft, due: Thur.
9/12/13 (P1, 3, 5); Fri.
9/13/13 (P4, 6)
Prepare for The Odyssey Unit
Assessment
1.
Personal narrative essay final
draft, due: Mon. 9/16/13
Unit 5 vocab. packet, due:
Tue. 9/17/13.
2.
3.
Homework/
In-class
Assignment
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*The daily activities in the weekly agenda may change due to the teacher’s discretion.
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