Tonya Capps
Jennifer Cardwell
Simona Herring
English 12 Unit 1 - Anglo Saxon Unit
August 12 - September 4
Learning Targets are Starred
August 12:
Introduce Classroom guidelines
Distribute Unit Overview (See my webpage for details)
August 13:
Summer Reading
Get-to-Know-You
August 14:
Wrap up first week
August 17:
Power Point
Distribute this week’s vocabulary words
________ I understand the purpose of studying this time period in literature*
August 18:
Begin discussion of Beowulf - Show video in original text
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K13GJkGvDw
Begin reading Beowulf
Block:
Take Kahoot Quiz
Continue reading Beowulf
Wrap-up ACT activity
________ I can analyze the motivation of Beowulf*
August 21:
Vocabulary Quiz/Current Event Analysis
Continue reading Beowulf
________ I can Acquire and use accurately general academic and domainspecific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college
and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge
when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]*
August 24:
Distribute this week’s vocabulary
Continue reading Beowulf
Assign Beowulf project
_____ I recognize the emerging themes in Beowulf*
August 25:
Continue reading Beowulf
Block:
ACT prep discussion
Read narrative unit in Patterns (see Part Two, Chapter 6) and then write your
own. (YOUR PERSONAL NARRATIVE DUE MONDAY, August 31)- library
_____ I can write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. [W.1112.3]*
August 28:
Vocabulary Quiz/Current Events Analysis
Continue reading Beowulf
________ I can Acquire and use accurately general academic and domainspecific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college
and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge
when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]*
Distribute this week’s vocabulary
PERSONAL ESSAY due
Continue reading Beowulf
_____ I can write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. [W.1112.3]
a. Engage and orient the reader by setting out a problem, situation, or observation and its
significance, establishing one or multiple point(s) of view, and introducing a narrator, characters,
or both; create a smooth progression of experiences or events. [W.11-12.3a]
b. Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot
lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters. [W.11-12.3b]*
August 31:
September 1:
Conclude Beowulf
Discuss Block day project presentations
Block:
Assessment of Beowulf - Project Presentations
_____ I can cite textual support, analyze character development, and recognize
the
impact of author’s choices (RL.11-12.1- 3) *
September 4: Vocabulary Quiz/Current Events Analysis
Read “The Wife’s Lament” (page 108)
________ I can Acquire and use accurately general academic and domainspecific words and phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college
and career readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge
when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. [L.11-12.6]*
CCRS Covered this Unit: RL.11-12.4-6; RL.11-12.7; RL.11-12.9; RL.11-12.10