August 2015
MONDAY
27
1
2
3
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
28
29
30
31
Opening of Schools
Convocation
*Teacher In-Service
*Teacher In-Service
*Teacher In-Service
*Teacher In-Service
3
4
5
6
7
“What makes something
American?” Worksheet
Start Letter to Self project
Letter to Self project
Letter to Self project
Letter to Self project DUE
*Syllabus/Pre-assessments
*Syllabus/Pre-assessments
*Syllabus/Pre-assessments
*Syllabus/Pre-assessments
10
11
12
13
14
New World Background/
Research Intro
Native American Research
Citing, paraphrasing, and
summarizing
Native American Research
DUE
Start Creation StoriesNotes on: Myths, Legends,
Oral Tradition
Creation stories
17
18
19
20
21
Creation stories
*Creation Myth Essay
Creation stories
*Creation Myth Essay
Creation Myth Essay Due
The General History of
Virginia
Plantation/Virginia
Compare-Contrast
Start Of Plymouth Plantation
District-Wide PLC
4
26
27
28
29
30
Plantation/Virginia
Compare-Contrast DUE
Puritan Background
Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God
Background to The Crucible
Act 1 of The Crucible
(Analysis Writing Task #2,
Module 1)
Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God
September 2015
MONDAY
5
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
31
1
2
3
4
Act 1 of The Crucible
Act 1 of The Crucible
Act 2 of The Crucible
Act 2 of The Crucible
Act 3 of The Crucible
*Characterization
*Characterization
“Duties of Husband and Wife”
annotation and discussion
“Duties of Husband and Wife”
annotation and discussion
*Written comparison of women who meet
and do not meet the definitions
established by “Duties…”
8
9
10
11
Act 3 of The Crucible
Act 4 of The Crucible
View Act 4 of The Crucible
The Crucible
Socratic Seminar Preparation
7
6 Labor Day –
No School
*Analysis of arguments made in
trial; successes and failures table
from textbook; discussion
7
14
15
16
17
18
The Crucible
Socratic Seminar
The Crucible
Socratic Seminar
Crucible Assessment
Preparation (Essay Outlines)
Crucible Assessment
Preparation (Essay Outlines)
The Crucible In-Class Written
Assessment
*with several options
District-Wide PLC
8
(Analysis Writing Task #3, Module
1)
21
22
23
24
25
Educational Philosophy
Educational Philosophy
Educational Philosophy
Olaudah EquianoExcerpt from Interesting
Narrative...Olaudah
Phyllis WheatleyOn being brought...American
Life Events Narrative
(Narrative Writing, 2 Module
1)
9
28
29
30
1
2
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Trials of Phillis Wheatley
Phyllis WheatleyOn being brought...American
Langston HughesThe Negro Artist and the Racial
Mountain
Slave Narratives Analysis
Writing Essay
Slave Narratives Analysis
Writing Essay
Debate
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The Trials of Phillis Wheatley
Debate
End of 1st Term
October 2015
MONDAY
9
10
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
28
29
30
1
2
Langston HughesThe Negro Artist and the
Racial Mountain
Slave Narratives Analysis
Writing Essay
Slave Narratives Analysis
Writing Essay
Slave Narratives Analysis
Writing Essay
Debate
Debate
5
Fall Break
6
Fall Break
7
Fall Break
8
Fall Break
9
Fall Break
12
13
14
15
16
Patrick HenrySpeech to the Virginia
Convention (1775)
Patrick HenrySpeech to the Virginia
Convention
Patrick HenrySpeech to the Virginia
Convention
Declaration of
Independence (1776)
Declaration of
Independence
End of 1st Term
(Suggested: Frederick
Douglass’ “What, to a Slave
is the Fourth of July?”)
(1852)
District-Wide PLC
11
19
20
21
22
23
Declaration of
Independence
John O’Sullivan
“Annexation”
Today’s Issues and the
Amendments Essay.
Today’s Issues and the
Amendments Essay.
Frederick Douglass:
Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass (1849)
26
27
28
29
30
Intro to
Transcendentalism
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau
Civil Disobedience
Walden
Henry David Thoreau
Walden
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance
Nature
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
Preamble and Bill of Rights
(1791)
12
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
November 2015
MONDAY
13
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
15
FRIDAY
2
3
4
5
6
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Self-Reliance
Free-write on Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature
In class Timed Writing:
“Thoreau Still…my laptop”
How Transcendental are
you?
Elements of
Transcendentalism wrkst.
14
THURSDAY
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
*Transcendentalism Journal Project
DUE
9
10
“Song of Myself”
“I hear America Singing” Whitman
Wrap-up
Transcendentalism
Election Day
12
13
“A Psalm of Life”
“The Tide Rises, The Tide
Falls” -Longfellow
11
Veterans Day –
No School
Cask of Amontillado
Cask of Amontillado
16
17
18
19
20
Cask of Amontillado
Gist Activity
Gist Activity
ACT Prep
ACT Prep
District-Wide PLC
16
23
24
25
26
27
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Thanksgiving Day–
No School
Thanksgiving
Recess–
No School
December 2015
MONDAY
17
18
19
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
30
1
2
3
4
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
7
8
9
10
11
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
Famous Author Research
Project
14
15
16
17
18
ACT Prep
ACT Prep
Semester Exams:
Reading CRT
Semester Exams:
Reading CRT
End of 2nd Term
21
22
23
24
25
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
28
29
30
31
1
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
Winter Recess
January 2016
MONDAY
1
2
3
4
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
5
6
7
8
Gatsby-Chapters 1-3
Gatsby-Chapters 1-3
Gatsby-Chapters 1-3
Gatsby-Chapters 1-3
Gatsby-Chapters 1-3
A: Interactive Notebook
Vocab/Literary Terms
A: Write summary of Ch. 1
A: Write summary of Ch. 2
A: Write summary of Ch. 3
Interactive Notebook Prep
A: Interactive Notebook Page
Entries: Character, Theme,
Summary, Chapter Question,
Personal Response
11
12
13
14
15
Gatsby Chapters 4-6
Gatsby Chapters 4-6
Gatsby Chapters 4-6
Gatsby Chapters 4-6
Gatsby Chapters 4-6
A: Vocab
Interactive Notebook Page
Entries: Character, Theme,
Summary, Chapter Question,
Personal Response
A: Write summary of Ch. 4
A: Write summary of Ch. 5
A: Write summary of Ch. 6
A: Interactive Notebook Page
Entries: Character, Theme,
Summary, Chapter Question,
Personal Response
18
MLK Day
19
20
21
22
Gatsby Chapters 7-9
Gatsby Chapters 7-9
Gatsby Chapters 7-9
Gatsby Chapters 7-9
A: Vocab
Write summary of Ch. 7
A: Write summary of Ch. 8
A: Write summary of Ch. 9
A: Interactive Notebook Page
Entries: Character, Theme,
Summary, Chapter Question,
Personal Response
25
Literary Analysis
Essay
26
Literary Analysis
Essay
27
Literary Analysis
Essay
28
Literary Analysis
Essay
29
A: Critique Analysis Group
Breakdown (Jigsaw)
A: Critique Analysis Group
Breakdown
A: Brainstorm/Plan paper
and create Thesis Statement
for Literary Analysis
A: Using Thesis Statement
for Literary Analysis, create
draft with body paragraphs
A: Literary Analysis work on
Final Draft- Peer Editing
A: Submit Final Literary
Analysis Paper
Literary Analysis
Essay
February 2016
MONDAY
5
6
7
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
2
3
4
5
Intro to Alienation - Richard
Cory, Miniver Cheevy
Intro to Alienation - Art and
Music Interpretation
Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock
Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock
Love Song of J. Alfred
Prufrock
Prufrock essay response
A: Cornell Notes WWI/Modernism PP
Compare “Mood” - 3 Paintings
Begin essay challenge on
Alienation
A: Analyze poems using Step by
Step process
Create analysis paragraph
A: Compare characters of
Prufrock & Cory/Cheevy
A: Find examples of Imagism
(Stream of Consciousness)
Begin writing essay on
Alienation in literary works
(Analysis Writing Task #1, Module
3)
8
9
10
11
12
Hemingway's Lost
Generation
Hemingway's Lost
Generation
Roaring 20s and Jazz Age
Advertising
Roaring 20s and Jazz Age
Advertising
Dust Bowl Photo analysis
A: Read Johnson/Hughes
Imagery Poem about Phoenix
A: Paraphrase two Cummings
poems in pairs
A: Advertising Literacy activities
on Jazz Age
A: Present Great
Depression/Dust Bowl
Compare Grapes v Gatsby - begin
Analysis paragraph
15
President’s Day –
No School
16
17
18
19
ACT Success Practice
ACT Success Practice
ACT Success Practice
ACT Success Practice
A: AIMS/ACT prep
A: AIMS/ACT prep
A: AIMS/ACT prep
A: AIMS/ACT prep
A: Alienation essay due, with
peer editing available in class
A: Class reads & discusses photo
project
3 Column journal on photo essay
District-Wide PLC
8
22
23
24
25
26
ACT Success Practice
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
A: AIMS/ACT
A: AIMS/ACT
A: Harlem Renaissance
PP/Poetic Devices PP
Read Hughes
A: Read Hurston & Cullen
Write narrative memoir
A: Read poems & create analysis
March 2016
MONDAY
9
10
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
29
1
2
3
4
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
Harlem Renaissance
A: Read poem & create analysis
Present to class
A: PP of American Dream
Write modern song of America
A: Article (Jigsaw)
Baldwin analysis on style
A: Write language
autobiography
Compare and contrast essay
A: Compare and contrast essay
DUE
7
8
9
10
11
Literary Criticism - Novel or
Poem(s)
Literary Criticism - Novel or
Poem(s)
CRT Review
CRT
End of 3rd Term
(Research Project #1, Module 3)
11
12
14
Spring Break
15
Spring Break
16
Spring Break
17
Spring Break
18
Spring Break
21
22
23
24
25
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
A: Cornell Notes on AfroAmerican Civil Rights PP
A: Read Wright/Ellison - theme
analysis or compare & contrast
A: Read Baldwin
PP - Parallel Structure - Activity
A: Annotate one of two poems
Poetry presentations - tone
A: Present dramatic reading and
analysis of poem with class
28
Civil Rights Literature
29
30
31
1
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
A: Read MLK
Complete chart compare/contrast X & MLK
A: Read “Parting the Waters”
Awareness chart
A: Watch clip
Narrative writing
A: Read Malcolm X interview
Questions
Philosophical chairs
April 2016
MONDAY
13
14
15
16
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
4
5
6
7
8
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Literature
A: Read Orfield article
Annotate in groups
PP - Civil Rights Lit
A: 2 controversial Newspaper
articles
T-Chart
A: Analyze structure of articles
Persuasive writing worksheet
Annotate Gould & Hearn essays
A: Continue annotations
Essay analysis worksheet
Create representation of analysis
on butcher paper - present
A: Argument essay worksheet
Begin essay
List assertions on newspaper
articles using 4-column chart
11
12
13
14
15
Civil Rights Literature
Civil Rights Project
Civil Rights Project
Persuading with Style / ACT
Prep (social science, literary)
Persuading with Style /ACT
Prep
A: Finish argument essay
Complete persuasive essay
writing scale
A: PP on rhetorical analysis of
commercials
Analyze commercials (groups
optional)
A: Cornell Notes - PP - Argument
fallacies/Emotional fallacies
A: Cornell Notes - PP - Argument
fallacies/Logical fallacies
A: Cornell Notes - PP - Argument
fallacies/Authority fallacies
Read analysis of Doritos
commercial
Begin own commercial
analysis draft
18
19
20
21
22
Persuading with Style /ACT
Prep
Persuading with Style / ACT
Prep
Late Start Day
Persuading with Style / ACT
Prep
Persuading with Style / ACT
Prep
Persuading with Style / ACT
Prep
A: Edit commercial analysis
drafts
(Self-edit sheet)
A: Analyze Stossel
Answer questions on interviews
A: Model database resource
research
A: Main Idea and Detail Graphic
organizer while reading
literature pieces
Write paragraph
Continue Great Debate
25
26
27
28
29
Persuading with Style / ACT
Has America Fulfilled its Promise?
Has America Fulfilled its Promise?
Has America Fulfilled its Promise?\
Has America Fulfilled its Promise?
A: Great debate Research into
persuasive speech
A: Continue working/practicing
Great Debate
Play devil’s advocate
Persuasive Essay
A: Continue working/practicing
Great Debate
Play devil’s advocate
Persuasive Essay
A: THE GREAT DEBATE
A: Great debate packet
Model debate format - choose
debate topic for class
Group brainstorming arguments
Prep
A: Main Idea and Detail Graphic
organizer while reading
literature pieces
Readings
May 2016
MONDAY
17
20
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
3
4
5
6
Has America Fulfilled its Promise?
Potential Writing CRT
window
Potential Writing CRT
window
Research Paper
Research Paper
A: College Multi - Research
Project - do research & narrative
Multi-Genre Project
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
9
10
11
12
13
Research Paper
Research Paper
Presentations
Research Paper
Presentations
Research Paper
Presentations
Flex Days for
Reading/English CRTs
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
16
17
18
19
20
Flex Days for Reading/English CRTs
Final Exam Day
Final Exam Day
Last Day of School
23
24
25
26
27
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
19
WEDNESDAY
2
A: College Multi - Research
Project
Multi-Genre Project
18
TUESDAY