ENGLISH II AA 2ND 6 WEEKS CALENDAR 2015-2016
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
October 5
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Introduce Glass Castle Vocab 1
Define Vocab
Grammar Lesson: Objective
Complement, note taking
Guided Practice: Objective
Complement
Hmwk: read pp. 54-75—due
10/6; finish defining vocab—due
10/7, do objective complement
individual practice—due 10/8
Warm-Up: Using Objective
Complement
Novel Quiz: comprehension quiz
over pp. 3-75, daily grade 5
Literary Lesson: Theme, note
taking
Hmwk: read pp. 76-93—due
10/7; finish defining vocab—due
10/7; do objective complement
individual practice—due 10/8
Warm-Up: Vocab Practice 1
Literary Lesson: Symbols &
Allegories
Literary Analysis of The Glass
Castle; Q&A
Short Answer Practice
(Dialectical Journal), daily grade
6
Hmwk: study for Grammar Test;
finish short answer practice—
due 10/8; read pp. 94-115—due
10/8; do objective complement
individual practice—due 10/8
Grammar Test: Subjects, Direct
Objects, and Indirect Objects,
1st Major Grade
Review: Objective Complement
hmwk, daily grade 7
Literary Analysis of The Glass
Castle; Q&A
Short Answer Practice
(Dialectical Journal), daily grade
6
Hmwk: study for vocab &
grammar quiz; finish short
answer practice; read pp. 116135—due 10/9
Vocabulary & Grammar Quiz, 25
mins, daily grade 8
Literary Analysis of The Glass
Castle; Q&A
Short Answer Practice
(Dialectical Journal), daily grade
6
Hmwk: finish short answer
practice; read pp. 136-188—due
10/12
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15
16
Introduce Glass Castle Vocab 2
Define Vocab
Grammar Lesson: Subject
Complement, note taking
Guided Practice: Subject
Complement
Hmwk: read pp. 189-217—due
10/13; finish defining vocab—
due 10/14; do subject
complement individual
practice—due 10/15
Warm-Up: Using Subject
Complements
Novel Quiz: comprehension quiz
over pp. 76-217, daily grade 9
Literary Lesson: Key Elements of
a Good Memoir, note taking
Hmwk: read pp. 218-241—due
10/14; finish defining vocab—due
10/14; do subject complement
individual practice—due 10/15
Warm-Up: Vocab Practice 1
Literary Analysis of The Glass
Castle; Q&A
Short Answer Practice
(Dialectical Journal), daily grade
10
Hmwk: finish short answer
practice—due 10/15; read pp.
245-268—due 10/15; do subject
complement individual
practice—due 10/15
Warm-Up: Vocab Practice 2
Review Subject Complement
hmwk, daily grade 11
Literary Analysis of The Glass
Castle; Q&A
Short Answer Practice
(Dialectical Journal), daily grade
10
Hmwk: finish short answer
practice—due 10/16; read pp.
268-288—due 10/16
Vocabulary &
Grammar Quiz, 25 mins. daily
grade 12
Literary Analysis of The Glass
Castle; Q&A
Short Answer Practice
(Dialectical Journal), daily grade
10
Hmwk: finish short answer
practice—due 10/19; study for
Glass Castle Vocab Test
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Practice Vocab Test
Grammar Lesson: Review of
Complements—group practice
Do Individual Practice of
Complements
Hmwk: study for Glass Castle
Vocab Test and Grammar Test—
both due 10/20
The Glass Castle Vocab Test, 2nd
Major Grade
Grammar Test: Complements,
3rd Major Grade
Hmwk: read article, “But Enough
About Me”—due 10/21; study for
test over memoir—due 10/22
Quiz on “But Enough About
Me,” daily grade 13
Class Discussion
Read as a class article, “’The
Glass Castle’: Outrageous
Misfortune”
Class Discussion
Hmwk: study for test over
memoir—due 10/22
The Glass Castle Test, 4th Major
Grade
Hmwk: NONE
No Vocab or Grammar Quiz
Assign Essay Topic—Major
Grade for 3rd 6 Weeks—due
11/3
Persuasive Essay Writing Lesson:
Organization of Essays &
Composing the thesis
Pair/Ind. Practice: Brainstorm
Pair/Ind. Practice: Thesis
Hmwk: finish brainstorming and
thesis—due 10/26
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No new vocab or grammar
Persuasive Essay Writing Lesson:
Plan the Introduction, Organize
your arguments, Add
Counterarguments
Pair/Ind. Practice: Plan the
Introduction, Organize your
arguments, Add
Counterarguments
Hmwk: finish intro, arguments,
and counterarguments –due
10/27
Persuasive Essay Writing Lesson:
Use argumentative language,
choose support, & make a
detailed outline
Pair/Ind. Practice: use
argumentative language, choose
support, & make a detailed
outline
Hmwk: rough draft--due 10/30,
study persuasive essays
District Assessment, 5th Major
Grade
District Assessment, continued
Persuasive Essay Rough Draft
due, daily grade 1
Persuasive Essay Writing Lesson:
Add support & Improve the
conclusion
Pair/Ind. Practice: Add support
& improve the conclusion
Peer Feedback: Form
Hmwk: Revise & Edit essay, type
it up and submit it to
turnitin.com—due 11/3
November 2
3
4
5
6
Introduce SAT Lesson 4 Vocab
Vocab Practice 1
Grammar Lesson: Modifiers,
note taking
Guided Practice: Modifiers
Hmwk: study vocab, do
modifiers individual practice—
due 11/5; read U.S. Latinos:
Their Culture and Literature pp.
1- 6B
Persuasive Essay due, 1st Major
Grade
Warm-up: Using Modifiers
Introduction to Chicano
Literature: A Class Apart
Documentary, 60 mins
Hmwk: study vocab, do modifier
individual practice, read U.S.
Latinos: Their Culture and
Literature pp. 6C-9A
Warm-up: SAT Vocab Practice 2
Continue Introduction to
Chicano Literature: A Class
Apart Documentary, 60 mins.
Class Discussion: A Class Apart
Hmwk: study vocab, do modifier
individual practice, read U.S.
Latinos: Their Culture and
Literature pp. 9B-18C
Warm-up: SAT Vocab Practice 3
Review: Modifier hmwk, daily
grade 1
Review District Assessment: go
over multiple choice and
critique several essays on
document camera
Hmwk: study for vocab &
grammar quiz—due 11/6, read
U.S. Latinos: Their Culture and
Literature pp. 18D-21D
End of 2nd 6 Weeks
Vocabulary & Grammar Quiz, 25
mins, daily grade 2
Independent Silent Reading:
“How to Date a Brown Girl . . .”
by Junot Diaz and finish reading
U.S. Latinos: Their Culture and
Literature pp. 21IV-26, daily
grade 3
Hwmk: finish reading if not
finished in class—due 11/9