3rd Quarter- Sophomore English 2013
Ms. Dobbs
Monday
28
Professional Development- No
Students
Tuesday
29
First Day of Spring Term
Pass back Writing Folders
Do Now: Reflect on first
semester writing/ set goals for
second semester
Wednesday
30
Do Now: Read Satirical Essay #1
Thursday
31
Book Distribution
Intro. to Satire- Notes/ ppt.
Do Now: Read Satirical Essay
#2
Friday
1
FEBRUARY
Select Satire Groups/ Book
groups
Do Now: Discuss chart
information
Create satirical essay chart
Discuss as a class
Pass back Uniform exams
Fill out charts for Essays 1 and 2
Review Resubmission
Guidelines/ sign up for tutorial
time slot
HW: Finish charts for
homework.
HW: Revise/ edit paragraphs
for resubmission- due back by
Friday 2/8!!
5
Do Now: Share Journal 3-1
6
Do Now: Share Journal 3-2
7
Do Now: Share Journal 3-3
Read Satirical Essay #4/ add to
chart
Read Satirical Essay #5 (King)/
add to chart
Intro. “A Modest Proposal” by
Jonathan Swift
Assign Journal 3-1: “Why Does
Everybody Hate Me?”
Discuss essay as a whole class
Discuss essay as a whole class
Begin reading
Assign “Modest Proposal”
Writing Assignment
HW: Finish Journal 3-1
(minimum one page)
HW: Journal 3-2: “Why I Want
a Wife” (minimum one page)
HW: Journal 3-3 “A Modest
Proposal” (minimum one page)
11 Faculty Meeting
Outlines due for 1XH!!
Do Now: Share outlines with
groups/ peer revise
12 Report Card Distribution
13
Rough Draft of Modest
Proposal due!- 1XH
HW: Begin adding “Modest
Proposal” to chart.
14
Do Now: Read “Training for
Dystopia” poem & add to chart
HW: Outline essay- TYPED
outline due Monday for 1XH!
15
BNW enrichment Activity:
Defining Capitalism
Modest Proposal Peer Revision
Journal 3-4: Dystopia theme
questions
1XC
HW: Finalize Modest Proposaldue Wednesday for 1XM!
HW: Finish Modest Proposal/
Read BNW
20
Modest Proposal Essays due1XM
21
Reading Check #1: 1XQ
4
Do Now: Discuss Satirical Essay
#3 in groups
Discuss Essay #3 as whole class
Begin reading BNW/ begin
answering discussion questions
Intro. Brave New World- notes
HW: Type rough draft of
Modest Proposal due
Wednesday for 1XH!
18
Mid-winter Recess
HW: Rough draft of Modest
Proposal due tomorrow for
1XH! Read BNW chapters 1-5
by 2/21.
19
Mid-winter Recess
Read aloud
25
North Korea: Inside the
Shadows Documentary
HW: Journal 3-5
4 Faculty Meeting
Mini-lesson: Outlining
Journal 3-8: Practice outlining
8
Essay resubmissions due!
Finish Reading “Modest
Proposal”
22
BNW Book Group Challenge #1
Book Groups: Answer study
questions/ discuss as class
26
Discuss Journal 3-5
HW: Finish reading and
prepare for reading check.
27
Discuss article
HW: Read BNW chapters 6-10
by next Thursday!
28
Reading Check #2: 1XQ
Intro. Critical Lens Essay- SAT/
REGENTS
Mini-Lesson: Unpacking the
prompt/ quotations
Book Groups: Answer study
questions/ discuss as class
Look over prompts &
brainstorm works of literatureJournal 3-6
Journal 3-6 continued: unpack
multiple quotes/ agree or
disagree/ formulate thesis
statements
HW: Read article- tips for the
timed essay.
HW: Journal 3-7/ time yourself
sheet to unpack prompt and
select evidence.
6
Mini-lesson: How to transition
quickly between paragraphs
5
Mini-lesson: Parts of the Essay
Review/ how to begin the
timed essay quickly & how to
HW: Read Satirical Essay #3/
add to chart
HW: Read BNW chapters 11end by next Thursday!
7
Reading Check #3: 1XQ
Book Groups: Answer study
HW: Read BNW & work on
vocabulary pages.
1
March
BNW Book Group Challenge #2
HW: Read BNW chapters and
add to vocabulary pages.
8
BNW Book Group Challenge #3
3rd Quarter- Sophomore English 2013
Ms. Dobbs
quickly in response to several
prompts.
HW: Finish Journal 3-8.
11
Intro. We the People- notes
Assign mini-research topics for
book groups
end quickly
Journal 3-10: Timed Essay #2
Journal 3-9: Timed Essay #1
HW: Finish BNW by tomorrow!
HW: Finish BNW reading by
Thursday!
12
Do NOW: Share information/
prepare a mini presentation on
your topic for tomorrow.
13
Group history presentations2XC
Students take notes in their
Writer’s Notebooks
HW: Prep presentations
HW: Print out research about
your topic! Use encyclopedias
and NOT just wiki!
18 Department Meeting
Reading Check- 1XQ
Book Groups: answer
questions/ discuss as class
HW: Read Rand novel chapters
5-15 by 4/4 after break!!
25
Spring Break
1
April
Spring Break
HW: Read tenets of Rand’s
philosophy & respond- 1XH
19
Workday/ catch up on reading,
Writer’s Notebooks OR
studying for test tomorrow!
20
Writer’s Notebooks Due- 1XM
26
27
Spring Break
2
Spring Break
questions/ discuss as class
14
Check homework- 1XH
Discuss Rand’s philosophy/
Agree or Disagree
Reading check- 1XQ
Begin reading
We the People
HW: Finish reading chapters 1
and 2 by tomorrow.
21
Dystopia Enrichment Film
28
Spring Break
3
Reading Day- catch up on
reading as needed for 2XQ
tomorrow!
8
Rand Novel Challenge #1
9
Journal 4-1: Timed Essay #3
Practice
10
Journal 4-2: Timed Essay #4
Practice
HW: Read Rand novel chapters
by Friday!
HW: Read.
HW: Read.
16
Intro. Rand Essay Competition
HW: Read Rand novelchapters 3 & 4.
22
Dystopia Enrichment Film
29
Spring Break
4
Reading Check- 2XQ
Book groups: answer questions
over chapters 5-10
& discuss as class
17
Select a prompt & free write:
Journal 4-3.
11
We the People Enrichment
Activity- looking closer at
socialism
18
Rand Novel Enrichment Activity
Book groups: discuss possible
answers to prompts
22
Catch up reading day
Book groups: answer
questions/ discuss as a class
Quarter Test- 1XM
HW: Catch up on reading as
needed.
15
Rand Novel Challenge #2
15
Pass out Writer’s Notebook
Rubric
Spring Break
5 End of Marking Period
Book groups: answer questions
over chapters 11-15 & discuss
as class
HW: Read Rand novel chapter
16 through Part 2 chapter 5 by
4/12!
12
Reading Check- 1XQ
Book groups: answer questions
& discuss as class
HW: Read Rand novel through
Part 2 chapter 8 by 4/18!
19
Reading Check- 1XQ
Book groups: answer questions
& discuss as class
23
Reading Check- 1XQ
24
Final Rand Novel Challenge- #3
Book groups: answer questions
& discuss as class
HW: Solidify essay competition
prompt to respond to.
25
Outline essay/ Teacher
conferences
HW: Type outline by tomorrow1XH.
HW: Finish Rand novel by
Tuesday of next week!!
26
Outline due- 1XH/ add quotes
to outline
Teacher conferences continued
HW: Type rough draft of essay
by Monday!
***Calendar is subject to change at any time. The teacher will provide ample notice if/when the calendar changes.***