English 11, American Literature, Period 6 Ms. Lockwood Course Calendar - Sept. 10 - 28, 2012 Date In-class activities Homework Mon., 9/10 SSR; journal: time of shame 5-week grades; QQR Reading Log “Shame” by Dick Gregory - read & discuss Read your book and finish your QQR #2 (due Tuesday) Tues., 9/11 Short day Hand in QQR #2 (peer check) “Shame” practice analysis Read your book Write in your journal (choice of topic) Wed., 9/12 SSR; journal: 10 worst moments Setting of book - instructions & example Read memoir; discuss Personal dictionary #2 is due Thursday – 20 words total; 2 vocab cards Thurs., 9/13 ✔ PD #2 - 20 words, 2 cards Vocab “quiz” Journal outside of class, select one topic for your memoir and write details (below) Fri., 9/14 SSR; journal: details of second topic Beginning a memoir; plan out memoir Describe the setting of your book (due Wednesday) Mon, 9/17 School Holiday Tues., 9/18 SSR; Class secretary Work on memoir in class Setting description is due Weds. Write two entries in your journal this week (one related to course) Wed., 9/19 SSR: Secretary: Hand in Setting description Work on memoir in class Personal dictionary #3 is due Thursday – 30 words total, 2 new vocab cards Thurs., 9/20 Secretary: ✔ PD #3 - 30 words, 2 cards; vocab “quiz” Finish first draft of memoir by Friday (type) SSR; Secretary: ✔ memoir; edit memoir Edit your memoir; revise typed version Read your book (no writing assignments) Back-to-Sch ool; College Fair Fri., 9/21 Class website: www.mslockwood.com Ms. Lockwood’s e-mail address: courtney.mo3@verizon.net Personal dictionary is due each Thursday. Put 10 words in your dictionary and make 2 vocab cards. Journal: Bring your journal to class each day and answer the prompt in class. Outside of class, write two journals each week, one on your choice of topic, one on some aspect of the class. A list of journal topic ideas is available on the class website. http://www.mslockwood.com See “Grade 11 English” or “Resources” page. Independent reading book: Bring your book to class each day. Most days (not Thursday) we will read for the first 10 minutes of class. It is expected that you read at least 1/5 of your book per week. Independent reading book, Describe the setting (place and time) and explain why it is important to this story. Could this story happen anywhere else? Where? Why/why not? How would it change the story if the setting were changed? (2 paragraphs typed) Journal: Detail one experience: Take one experience from your list and write all of the details that you can remember about that moment. Write with the senses in mind: sight, smell, taste, sound, and touch. Think of a time you were embarrassed or ashamed about your actions. Describe that experience. What led to your shame? What did you feel like? What did you do? Did it change how you acted later? Think of a time you were frustrated or angry with yourself. Describe that experience. What led to your frustration? What did you feel like? What did you do? Did it change how you acted later? What Is a memoir? Write everything you know (or think you know) about memoirs. 1. Think of something you have learned to do over a period of time and describe the process of learning that and what it felt like at different stages until you mastered it. 2. Focus on your relationship with one family member or long-term friend...and make a list of stories connected to that person (the trip you took together to...; the argument ovre....; the time when...; etc.). Draw a line like a graph showing the “ups and downs” of the relationship over time, with notes on the peaks and valleys denoting times of closeness, fun, difficulties, etc. 3. Think of an event in your life when you were less than 12 years old. Pick a summer from your early life and write an account of it all in summary. Describe two scenes from that summer. 4. Think of a place where you lived as a child. Draw your neighborhood with street names, geographical features, stores, businesses, etc. Write about living in that neighborhood or about walking home from school through the neighborhood. 5. .Pick an age between eight and 15. Focus on being that age and list the names of ten people who were part of your life, excluding parents, grandparents, and siblings. Close your eyes and point to the list, selecting one name at random. Generate as much detail as you can about that person in the form of notes; then select from your notes to create a portrait not more than two pages long.