Teacher: S. J. Cordell-Robinson
Subject
Monday/ 10-12
PlanningPeriod 1(1st
lunch wave[ext. homeroom]
Adv. English
11-A/B
Period 2
9:25-11:00
English
11/Inclusion
Period 4
12:40-2:45
Adv. English
12
Period 3
9:55-11:10
The Beginning…
Upon completion of
the vocab review, this
class will work on practice
SOL writing prompts to
prepare themselves for
hopefully, a well-written
essay when it comes to
testing for the SOL next
week. The substitute will
work with the students,
along with the inclusion
teacher during the 4th
block.
The A-Day students will
their work on language
skills in order to begin
preparing for the writing
SOL which will be in the
spring. As they prepare
for the first benchmark
which will cover writing
skills, we shall begin with
the most basic: capitalization which the substitute
will cover today…
The Substitute will
cover work during this
period for my absence.
Students will work on
“The Pardoner’s Tale”
in class. They will read
it, summarize the work
on each page, and then
answer the questions.
Sub has been given full
details for this work.
They will be reminded of
vocabulary for
tomorrow.
Week Beginning:
Oct. 12-16, 2015
Tuesday/10-13
Classroom management
and expectations will set
the tone for today’s
introductions and
curricular work for the
week and implications for
the year…
Wednesday/10-14
Planning and analyzing student
potential will be the
consideration, as well. I shall
also tweak the focus of the work
for students as the week
unfolds…
Vocabulary Power
Plus for the New SAT
will have its testing on
unit #5 on today. Same
expectation to do well will
be emphasized. However,
even as I have spent last
week with exercises and
assurance to study, students must take it to heart
if they are going to be prepared. As with the previvous vocabulary, (below)
[B day students test today]
[A day will test on
tomorrow.]
they should to be able to
spell the words correctly
as well as use them in and
out of context. Next for
the remainder of the
period will be the
Background for unit #6…
Flashcards and written
work will be due on
Friday.
Prep for the next unit, lesson 6,
will have begun on yesterday
and students will be given
additional time, if necessary.
The A-Day students will test on
the vocabulary and perform the
aftermath of the usual vocab
endeavor.
The 4X4 class will continue to
work on SOL practical application in preparation for the actual
SOL testing next Tuesday and
Wednesday. They will work on
continued practice on the essay.
I cannot emphasize enough that
given the behavioral issues of
some: the distractions and inability or unwillingness to follow
through on assignments will
greatly affect a few of these
students’ overall performance if
they do not settle in.
Vocabulary Power Plus
testing for unit #5 for the
Adv. English 12 class.
The students will be
expected to take on very
challenging work in order
to prepare for whatever
testing and as seniors with
college apps on their
radar.
Upon completion of this
testing, they will complete
the background to unit 6.
The class today will work on
the second Canterbury tale: “The
Wife of Bath” as several of the
class members will be engaged
in the National Honor Society
Induction ceremony. Congrats
to all of these conscientious
students and their achievements.
The remainder will work to paraphrase each section of the tale
and be prepared to discuss in
class on tomorrow.
Teacher: S. J. Cordell-Robinson
Thursday/10-15
PARTNERSHIP FOR ACADEMIC
EXCELLENCE has begun now and
run concurrently through the first of
December. Free SAT tutoring will be
ongoing and students will be working
to perform better on standardized tests.
[College Night at the Mall will allow
Partnership to participate which is
an excellent asset to the program]
Week Beginning: 10/12-10/16, 2015
Friday/10-16
Students are diligently
working on reflection
pieces to be displayed on
the bulletin board in the
hall. Their discovery
pieces will focus around
issues of self-esteem and
motivation. They will
design their own prism…
Notes*
--Text for Adv. English 11 and
English 11:Holt McDougal
Literature:American Literature
--Text for Adv. English 12:
Holt McDougal British Liter.
--Vocabulary Power Plus for
the New SAT: Book 3 (11th)
and Book 4 (12th)
On tap for today is
spelling quiz #6. I shall
also check vocabulary
flash cards for lesson 6.
Working to begin the
new literature unit on
early explorers.
Since this is [EARLY
DISMISSAL], we shall
complete the discussion
on the online practice that
occurred on yesterday.
There were the usual suspects who did not take it
seriously. Those who did
will do well and we can
only hope that the few
others got it, as well…
The B-Day students will be involved The A-D students will
in the Earthquake drill and when that is complete the vocabulary
completed, we will check their vocab
background check and
prep for unit 6 and execute the spelling their spelling quiz already
quiz for the 6th unit.In addition, we will delineated.
begin the language skills review as we
They will continue the
look forward to benchmark testing at
mechanics of language
the end of the month.
skills.
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
If we are able to, we will complete
the reading and discussion of “The
Pardoner’s Tale” even as the students
have already done it because the interactive reading of Chaucer’s powerful
couplets make for great writing. We
will discuss and apply concepts, expecting that we will only complete this
tale today and save the Wife’s tale for
another time. reminder of vocabulary and spelling for tomorrow…
The WIDA component will
focus on enhanced vocabulary to
emphasize language skills for
literal and figurative meanings in
everyday communication and in
assigned reading. The words this
week are CONNOTATION and
DENOTATION as we examine
language skills.
[Good work is occurring with
the PRISMS…]
Good news on last week’s Benchmark. The 4X4 students were successful in that all passed proficient while
four passed advanced. It is hopeful
that these results will prove sufficient
as they prepare to do the actual test
next week.
Today, I will follow up with an
online practice of basic language skills
and writing essentials by using the
released 2015 spring writing test from
the Department of Education.
These students will also be reminded
that they should have their vocabulary
for unit 6 well-prepared for tomorrow
as well as preparation for spelling quiz
#6…
Vocabulary background
for lesson 6 will be
checked; spelling quiz #6
will be given.
The Discussion on the
featured Canterbury tales
will continue…
[early dismissal: periods
4, 1, 2, & 3]


11.6 Writing in a variety
of forms, emphasizing
persuasion
SOL’s 12 4a, b, c reading
and analyzing the
development of British
literature