Teacher: S. J. Cordell-Robinson
Subject
Monday/ 11-11
Tuesday/11-12
Classroom management
and expectations always
emphasized…
Wednesday/11-13
LARGER CLASSES, but
essays are being analyzed
and writing practice
increased…
The Beginning…
The average students
will concentrate very hard
on the drama, THE
CRUCIBLE as we need to
close out this work and
prepare to begin reading
our novel.
Today’s work will cover
the second act with a discussion and review of the
first act. Students will
focus on ironic situations
and the types of irony that
Miller uses to accentuate
the difficulties of the
period he chose to expose
by using the events of this
time period in America.
I am certain we will be
able to get through this act
and review our information to answer the comprehension questions.
We shall also review
the vocab for tomorrow
Vocabulary Power Plus
for the New SAT will
have its TENTH unit of
testing on today. Upon
completion of the test,
they shall prepare the
background for unit #11.
At this tenure of their
work, students will continue to maintain a spread
sheet of their performance. This maintance is
is ongoing and students
are growing in expectation
and application of the
vocabulary program. I
believe the benefits of
such intense work is preparing them for application across the curriculum.
Upon completion of the
testing, they will continue
the background of unit 11
in preparation for the
vocabulary flash cards that
A discussion of the comprehension questions for Act
2 of THE CRUCIBLE will
be first on our list of morning
events. Students are doing
quite well on the in-class
reading and interpretation of
this great drama.
When this is completed, we
shall continue with the reading of Act 3 and upon
completion, will answer the
comprehension questions and
focus on the vocabulary →
of this act and how it continues to define the characters and the events. In
addition, students should
read at home the final Act so
as to expedite the comprehension and prepare for
testing which will occur on
Friday. They will also
prepare to begin the reading
of the novel: Fred Douglass.
The students in the
advanced class will take
their unit test on the
drama, THE CRUCIBLE,
and should be able to
apply dramatic terms as
well as delineate the
events of the play. In addition, they should be able
to analyze and make comparison of Miller’s intention for this drama as a
caveat to the Red Scare in
America.
These students will be
reminded of the vocabulary test on unit #10 for
tomorrow…
will be due on Friday.
I will also remind the
students of the packet of
literary terms that will be
due on Friday, as well.
They have had more than
a week to complete this
literary review and or
evolve the meaning of
terms with which they are
unfamiliar. All of these
terms are essential to
literary analysis and
application.
In the remaining time,
we shall display our
literary depictions of THE
SCARLET LETTER…
The advanced class will
present the background of the
Romantic Period in
American Literature by
discussing the overview and
the works of this period as
delineated by their text. I
have divided them up into
small groups of 4 to cover
the eight different aspects of
this period.
Once this is completed, we
shall work the short story,
“The Devil and Tom
Walker” by Washington
Irving. Students are
expected to answer the comprehension questions.
Planning
1:05-2:45
English 11
Period 1
(Inclusion)
7:45-9:20
English 11
Period 2
9:25-11:00
Adv. English
11
Period 3
11:05-12:40
Week Beginning: Nov. 11-15, 2013
Teacher: S. J. Cordell-Robinson
Subject
English 11
English 11
Advanced
English 11
Thursday/11-14
See the display of creative
THE SCARLET LETTER
in the library windows.
Week Beginning: 11/11-11/15, 2013
Friday/11-15
Parent Conferences are
also this week. We look
forward to talking with all
parents…
Notes*
Text for Adv. English 11
and English 11:
We will complete the
reading of THE CRUCIBLE
today and prepare ourselves
to test on this great work on
tomorrow.
In addition, students will
review dramatic terminologies and apply their skills in
this area on tomorrow’s
testing.
I will encourage them to
review very thoroughly at
home by looking back over
all the acts and ensuring that
they can delineate the events
of each act and how all tie
together to explain
→
the author’s discourse on the
events of the Red Scare era in
America. The reflection of
literary analysis is the key to
bringing attention to events
that otherwise may remain
unnoticed, unsettled, or
whatever course they may
take.
The students will take the
eleventh spelling quiz of
the term.
The vocabulary flash
cards are also due today
on the eleventh unit of
work. Students are also
encouraged to practice
stronger writing skills by
applying the vocabulary
that they are learning.
We shall then go over
the literary terminologies
as we prepare daily for
applicative standardized
testing as well as for a
better understanding →
of the daily literature in
our lives.
This will take most of
the period, but I will also
give the students an
opportunity to complete
their tests from yesterday
if they were not able to.
This will have been quite
a week of work—as usual.
SOL’S for this week are as
follows:
 11.4a Describing
contributions of
different cultures to the
development of Am.
literature
 11.4b historical
context of the dev.
 11.4d Analyzing
social/cultural function
 11.5a Using info to
clarify concepts
 11.3 (all) vocab
development
These students will have
their test on the novel, THE
SCARLET LETTER with an
in depth analysis of the
events and characters of the
story. They may make direct
comparison of this great
classic to the great drama that
we just completed: THE
CRUCIBLE. We shall relax
and prepare for tomorrow.
We shall also continue
Romanticism selections
after we complete the
work on spelling, the
vocabulary flash cards for
the next unit of work, and
the literary packets.
Groups will now present
the works of the transcendentalists and the fireside poets…
Holt McDougal Literature:
American Literature

11.6 writing in a
variety of forms,
emphasizing
persuasion
The Holidays are
almost upon us…