CP English IV – Week 13
November 25 – 27, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students presented their non-fiction book.
2. Students presented their logical fallacy.
3. Students read aloud H.L. Mencken’s “On the Death Penalty” and Michael Kroll’s “The
Unquiet Death of Thomas Harris”.
4. Students analyzed Mencken and Kroll’s selections in terms of their content,
genre/style, and significance.
5. Homework:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. If you haven’t presented your book and facilitated an activity, be prepared to do
so on Monday, 12/2/2013.
CP English IV – Week 14
December 2 – 6, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students continued to present outside reading books and facilitated activities.
2. Students chose a non-fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or
began writing their journal entries.
3. Students wrote a timed essay, comparing and contrasting Mencken and Kroll
selections, analyzing rhetorical strategies.
4. Students signed up for debate topics: Power of Persuasion Project.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. If you haven’t presented your book and facilitated an activity, be prepared to do
so on Monday, 12/9/2013.
C. Begin researching for your debate topic.
CP English IV – Week 15
December 9 – 13, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students continued to present outside reading books and facilitated activities.
2. Students chose a non-fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or
began writing their journal entries.
3. Students researched their debate topics: Power of Persuasion Project.
4. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. If you haven’t presented your book and facilitated an activity, be prepared to do
so on Monday, 12/16/2013.
C. Finish researching for your debate topic.
CP English IV – Week 16
December 16-20, 2013
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students continued to present outside reading books and facilitated activities.
2. Students chose a non-fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or
began writing their journal entries.
3. Students worked on a rough draft of their debate topics: Power of Persuasion
Project.
4. Students learned how to write a movie review.
5. Students viewed “The Book Thief” (field trip) or “The Boy with the Striped Pajamas”.
6. Students drafted and submitted their movie reviews.
7. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. If you did not complete your movie review, complete over the break. Due
1/2/2014.
C. Rough draft of persuasive essay (debate topic) due 1/2/2014.
CP English IV – Week 17
January 2-3, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students chose a non-fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or
began writing their journal entries.
2. Students participated in peer editing of their rough drafts of their debate topics:
Power of Persuasion Project.
3. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. Finish peer editing rough draft of persuasive essay (debate topic) due
1/6/2014.
CP English IV – Week 18
January 6-10, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students read their MP 2 books, and/or began writing their journal entries.
2. Students worked on final draft of their debate topics: Power of Persuasion
Project.
3. Students worked on their oral presentation/debate: Power of Persuasion
Project.
4. Students began reading section 1 of NIGHT and study guide questions.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. Final draft of persuasive essay (debate topic) due 1/13/2014.
C. Read Section 1 of NIGHT and complete study guide questions due
1/14/2014.
CP English IV – Week 19
January 13 - 17, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students chose a non-fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or
began writing their journal entries.
2. Students submitted final drafts of their debate topics: Power of Persuasion Project.
3. Students worked on oral presentations/debate: Power of Persuasion Project.
4. Students began reading Sections 2 and 3 of NIGHT and worked on study guide
questions.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your non-fiction book. Journals due 1/21/2014.
B. Oral Presentations/debates will begin 1/21/2014.
C. Read Sections 2 and 3 of NIGHT and study guide questions due 1/22/2014.
CP English IV – Week 20
January 21-24, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students submitted non-fiction outside reading journals.
2. Students chose a fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or began
writing their journal entries
3. Students presented debates.
4. Students began reading Section 4 of NIGHT and worked on study guide questions.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your fiction book. Journals due 3/26/2014.
B. Oral Presentations/debates will begin 1/21/2014.
C. Read Section 4 of NIGHT and study guide questions due 1/29/2014.
CP English IV – Week 21
January 27-31, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students chose a fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or began
writing their journal entries
2. Students presented debates.
3. Students began reading Section 5 of NIGHT and worked on study guide questions.
4. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your fiction book. Journals due 3/26/2014.
B. Read Section 5 of NIGHT and study guide questions due 2/4/2014.
CP English IV – Week 22
February 3 - 7, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students chose a fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or began
writing their journal entries
2. Students began reading Section 6 of NIGHT and worked on study guide questions.
3. HOMEWORK:
A. Read your fiction book. Journals due 3/26/2014.
B. Read Section 6 of NIGHT and study guide questions due 2/12/2014.
C. Test on NIGHT 2/18/2014
CP English IV – Week 22
February 10-14, 2014
WHAT WE DID THIS WEEK:
1. Students participated in a “book talk” (2 minutes or less) on their Marking Period 2
non-fiction selection.
2. Students chose a fiction outside reading, began reading their books, and/or began
writing their journal entries
3. Students finished reading NIGHT and completed study guide questions.
4. Students began drafting essay for NIGHT.
5. HOMEWORK:
A. If you didn’t present your book talk, be prepared to present on 2/19.
B. Read your fiction book. Journals due 3/26/2014.
C. Test on NIGHT 2/18/2014.
D. NIGHT essay due 2/18.