Students are able to initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners. (SL.9-10.1)
Students are able to write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective techniques, wellchosen details, and wellstructured event sequences. (W.9-
10.3)
TSW: 1.identify prepositional phrases, subject & predicate;
2.present and explain his/her claim in the group discussion.
TSW: 1.identify prepositional phrases, subject & predicate;
2.use graphic organizer in prewriting process; 3.construct a fiveparagraph essay rough draft.
Students are able to demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. (L9-10.2)
TSW: 1.identify prepositional phrase, subject and predicate;
3.evaulate the sample essay;
4.conduct peer revision and editing using the checklist and the rubric.
Students are able to determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
(RI.9-10.2)
TSW: 1. identify prepositional phrase, subject and predicate;
2.identify and the main idea and critical details using the Cornell notes template.
1.
BW: Sadlier-Oxford vocabulary audio & prepositional phrases
2.
Socratic Seminar: summer read option
3.
Introduction to the webpage
& online textbook access
1.
BW: Prepositional phrase & vocab.
2.
Writing: Personal Narrative
(brainstorming & rough draft)
3.
Self-introduction collage
1.
Unit 1 vocab. packet, due:
Tue. 8/5/14
2.
Summer Read, due: Thur.
8/7/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/8/13
(P2, 6)
1.
Narrative essay rough draft, due: Wed., 8/6/14
2.
Summer Read, due: Thur.
8/7/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/8/13
(P2, 6)
3.
Self-introduction collage, due:
Mon., 8/11/14
1.
BW: Prepositional phrase + subject & predicate (vocab. packet review)
2.
Sample essay evaluation
3.
Writing: Narrative essay (peer revision and editing)
1.
Summer Read, due: Thur.
8/7/14 (P1, 3, 5); Fri. 8/8/13
(P2, 6)
2.
Narrative final draft, due:
Wed., 8/13/14
1.
BW: Prepositional phrase + subject & predicate
2.
Unit 1 vocab. review and quiz
3.
Odyssey intro.: Trojan War
4.
Cornell Notes: Homer’s World
(Lit. 1088-1090) & Homer and
The Epic, Language of Homer
(Lit. 1094, 1096).
1.
Self-introduction collage, due:
Mon., 8/11/14
2.
Unit 2 vocab. packet, due:
Tue. 8/12/14
3.
Narrative final draft, due:
Wed., 8/13/14