Honors Language Arts 4 - S. Mund -Room B-2
Unit Heroism
“My Left Foot” p.168-177
Wednesday September 7, 2011
Assign seating chart.
Distribute class expectation
– Discuss.
Have students sign expectation.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
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Friday, September 9, 2011
Review Write Source Pretest.
Give Write Source Usage pretest

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Monday, September 12, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 1 - #1 – Correct sentence with partner and then correct and discuss with class. (Answer key is in booklet.)
Write Source Writing Pretest.
Read “Mission Unfinished” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/08/us/sept-11-reckoning/war.html?_r=1&hp http://search.espn.go.com/s/overlay/videoOverlay?searchString=the%20man%20in%20 the%20red%20bandannaearch&id=6929979&dims=6&start=0

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 1 - #2
– Correct sentence with partner and then correct and discuss with class. . (Answer key is in booklet.)
View film: http://myhero.com/go/films/view.asp?film=disabilities&res=high
This Chair is Not Me
10:08 | Documentary | UK | By Andy Taylor Smith
A story about Alan, who overcomes many challenges and finally is able to express him freely.
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Wednesday September 14, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 1 - #3 – Correct sentence with partner and then correct and discuss with class. . (Answer key is in booklet.)
Revise journal #4. Read aloud with pen in hand. Check for plagiarism. Check citation.
Distribute textbooks
Wall of Words - Introduce vocabulary. Complete Vocabulary p.167.

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Create a sentence and a picture representing each word
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Assignment Complete Vocabulary p.167. Create a sentence and a picture representing each word.
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 1 - #4-5 – Correct two sentences with partner and then correct and discuss with class. . (Answer key is in booklet.)
Introduce Prepare to Read autobiography p.166-167.
Use Interest Grabber video Tape 1 to introduce “My Left Foot”.
Read "My Left Foot" p. 168-174.
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Assignment: Write journal #5. Focus: 1. Answer Review and Assess
Questions p.174-175. 2. Use complete sentences.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 1 Quiz - Exchange and correct together.
Collect journals 1-5.
Go to Library – Pick up book for independent reading. Divide book into six parts. Each week read 1/6 of book independently. Bring book to class daily.
Booklist.
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/boost-your-skills/23628.html
 Assignment – Read 1/6 of book.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 2 - #1 – Correct sentence with partner and then correct and discuss with class. . (Answer key is in booklet.)
Write summary #1 = 1/6 of Independent reading book. ( 10 minutes).
Read “Cerebral Palsy Information Page” with partner http://www.ucp.org/ucp_generaldoc.cfm/1/9/37/37-37/447 .
With partner highlight important information and take notes.
Write Journal #6.
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Assignment – Journal #6 . Focus: 1.
Summarize. 2. One page. 5. Cite the web page.

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Daily Language Practice WK 2 - #2 – Correct sentence with partner and then correct and discuss with class. . (Answer key is in booklet.)
Review p.176 Grammar lesson Perfect Past Tense verbs.
Review journal #3 Questions p.174-175.
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Assignment: Write journal #7 . Focus: 1. Explain Christy Brown’s purpose in writing “My Left Foot”. 2. Give details from the text to support. 3. One Page.

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Revise journal #7. Read aloud with read pen in hand. Focus: 1. Explain Christy
Brown’s purpose in writing “My Left Foot”. 2. Give details from the text to support. 3.
One Paragraph. 4. Revise. And then proofread.
Give test on “My Left Foot”.
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Assignment: Write journal #8 Focus: 1. Revise Journal #3. 2. Proofread. 3.
Rewrite.
Daily Language Practice WK 1 Quiz –Exchange and correct together. (Answer key is in booklet.)

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Distribute “The Once and Future King” worksheets. Distribute highlighters, one per table. Students will need to share. Be sure all highlighters are returned.
Tell students to read “The Once and Future King” and highlight main ideas then answer worksheet questions in complete sentences.
Complete “Once and Future King” worksheet.
Collect final draft of Take a Stand Essay.
Discuss handouts “The Once and Future King” article and quiz.
Label as journal #8.
Show film clip of King Arthur.
Read p.1031 to p.1042 “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” from the Once and Future
King.
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Assignment – Answer questions p.1042. Label as journal #15.
Discuss p.1044 together. Vocabulary Development and Quotations Marks.
Complete - Read p.1031 to p.1042 “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” from the Once and
Future King.
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Assignment
– Answer questions p.1042. Label as journal #16. Study for quiz on p.1042 “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” from the Once and Future King.
Quiz on p.1042 “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” from the Once and Future King.
Answer essay question. Label as journal #17. Journals will be collected Monday. 14-16
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Assignment
– Write journal #12. Answer essay question from the Once and
Future King.
Unit 10 Epics and Legends . “Prepare to Read” from Don Quixote.
Revise and rewrite Take a Stand Essay. Final Copy due Tuesday. 1. Number each error. 2. Make a list of error. 3. Revise and rewrite essay. 4. Number corrections on final copy.
Distribute and discuss Shield of Armor activity. See hand out.
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Assignment – Shield of Armor due Monday. Essay rewrite due Friday.
Wednesday, September 25, 2011
Read to class and discuss Shield of Armor instructions. Most already have

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Distribute blank Shield of Armor templates. Ask students to prepare a rough draft of their shield design on the form. The forms are due tomorrow.
Please be sure students stay in their assigned seats. This is NOT a group project.
Students should work independently on their Shield of Armor.
Or, their Take a Stand Essay Rewrite.
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Assignment – Template due tomorrow. Essay rewrite due Friday. Shield of
Armor due Monday.
Distribute Cultural Connection: Spain’s Golden Ages in folder.
Read worksheet and complete six questions at the end of the selection.
Collect worksheets at the end of the hour.
Read silently p.1002 to 1005.
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Assignment - Journal #14 – Focus: 1.What was Miguel de Cervantes’ purpose in writing Don Quixote? 2.
One paragraph.
Review Don Quixote Vocabulary p. 1005 . In small groups create 8 new “group sentences”.
Share journal #9 in small groups.
Present power point lecture on “What is a Hero? Have students take notes.
Complete power point on heroes.
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Assignment - Journal #10 – Focus: 1. Describe three stages of a Hero’s journey. 2. Describe the eight steps of the journey. 3. Give an example of each.

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Epics and Legends from the Once and Future King p.1031-1044
Seating Change.
Return journals.
Revise Don Quixote essay test. Rewrite and proofread.
In small groups revise and rewrite Don Quixote essay. Use rubric as quite.
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Assignment – Rewrite, revise and proofread Don Quixote essay.
Distribute handouts
“The Once and Future King” article and quiz.
Have students read and highlight important ideas in “The Once and Future King” article and then answer quiz questions.
Collect quiz at the end of the hour. Label as journal #14.
Show film clip of King Arthur.
Read p.1031 to p.1042 “Arthur Becomes King of Britain” from the Once and Future
King.
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Assignment – Answer questions p.1042. Label as journal #15.