English III Honors 1st 9 Weeks – 2015-2016
August 24
25
Class Intro
“The Lottery”
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26
27
Septmeber 1
2
Sentence types review
Possom
Drop
extended
paragraph instruction (Shaffer
style format with embedded
quotes and limited to be
verbs)
Path Through the Cemetery
SAT
Fill-in-the-blank Lit Term
Notes
Lottery:bloom’s
taxonomy questions (1D,
2M & must have the
“because” part)
3
4
Tell students to buy Scarlet
Letter
Vocab 1: choose 10 words and
write 10 sentences about the
lottery with those words (3M)
Go over AP analysis rubric
The
Lottery
paragraph (2D)
7
Labor Day
8
14
15
Plagiarism PPT
Finish short analysis paragraph
Annotation instruction with
passage(s)
from
OMAMprobably from ch.1 and
beginning of ch. 2
HMK: Annotate “Why Don’t
We Complain”
28
Start Vocab 1 (quiz on 8/21)
Lottery group questions (NG)
Turnitin.com
HMK: Writing Portfolio (1D,
due 8/9)
analysis
9
10
Vocabulary SAT
Finish The Lottery MG
11
16
17
18
Portfolio Due!
Lottery MG
Vocabulary
SOAPSTONE:“Complain”
together (NG)
Complete Sentence starters
over Complain
Vocab 1 Quiz (1D, 1M)
OMAM Discussion (use
study
guide
as
guide…maybe):
themes,
characters, chapter focal
points (make them name
the chapters), use pushpin
graphic organizer
21
22
23
Revising and Editing questions
Steinbeck
OMAM AP style questions
(50% MG) together. Can
retake on their own.
HMK: vocab 2, packet due
30/1)- 1M completion, 2M
section
28
29
24
Ch. 6 OMAM Analysis (50%
MG)
Can retake MC questions
HMK: Annotate “Fable of a
Lazy Teenager”
30
1
Finish Essay
In class Persuasive Essay over
OMAM
25
2
Fable of a Lazy Teenager
(3D, 2M)
50% sentence starters
(Open “to err” extra credit, 10
2 word sentences and
sentence starters) due by 10/5
5
50% short analysis
paragraph
6
7
Flex Day
12
Vocab 2 Quiz (1D, 1M on next
9 wks)
Pilgrim History
Puritan Ideals
13
8
9
9 wks Test
14
PSAT
Vocab 3 due 26/27
15
16
Half Day
Bradford and Puritan
streaming
Major Grades
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Lottery MG
OMAM Test
OMAM Essay
9 wks test
Quiz/Daily
Grades
1. SAT 11
2. SAT 12
3. SAT 13
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