Syllabus First Cycle 2015-16
IB English III—Mrs. Weiler
Week
Date
Assignments Due
Summer Reading Assignment:
Aug 24/25
M/T
1
Aug 26/27
W/R
Classwork
Homework
Introduce the course (syllabus) and each
other (are you anticipated or partial IB?)
1. Course Introduction – Literature
Guide
2. Procedures, Expectations, Rules,
Materials, Binder
(Resources/Rubrics,
Writing/Essays,
Literature/Annotations/Notes,
Vocabulary, Graded Work)
3. Major Works and Assignments
Introductory Power Point from
Administration for each Class Period
Small Group Activity – Literary Time Periods
Group IOP – Summer Reading
You will need your own copy of The
Crucible by Arthur Miller – You must have
this in class with you on Tuesday 9/8 (Aday)/Wednesday 9/9 (B-day).
Review the syllabus, procedures, Late Work
Policy, Rubric for IOP
You will need your own copy of The
Crucible by Arthur Miller – You must have
this in class with you on Tuesday 9/8 (Aday)/Wednesday 9/9 (B-day).
Discuss Vocabulary Types
1. IB Vocabulary – Command terms
(Back of Literature Guide)
2. Genre/Topic specific vocabulary
3. Literary vocabulary
4. SAT vocabulary - Assign Unit 1
due on 9/10-9/11
Jigsaw – How To Read Literature Like a
Professor by Thomas C. Foster (Chapters 1—
15).
Group IOP sign up – Summer Reading
The Crucible – Act 1 Quiz on 9/8-9/9
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations due 9/109/11
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations due 9/149/15
The Crucible – Act 1 Quiz on 9/8-9/9
Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary definitions,
synonyms, antonyms, roots, suffixes, and
prefixes, explanation as to how the word
has been changed . (etc.) due 9/10-9/11
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations due 9/109/11
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations due 9/149/15
Materials/ Signed Syllabus Check
Aug 28/31
F/M
Jigsaw – Presentations of How To Read
Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C.
Foster (Chapter 1-158)
Cornell Notes – Drama Power Point (slides 18)
1.
You will need your own copy of The
Crucible by Arthur Miller – You must have
this in class with you on Tuesday 9/8 (Aday)/Wednesday 9/9 (B-day).
The Crucible – Act 1 Quiz on 9/8-9/9
Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/10-9/11
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations due 9/109/11
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations due 9/149/15
2
Sept 1/2
T/W
Bell ringer – Review Notes from Drama
Power Point formulating questions,
summarizing and discussing.
Drama Activity 1 – Read and act out both
opening acts within your groups and respond
to the written questions discussing the
similarities and differences between the two
opening acts, the way the context is
conveyed, and the likely effect on audiences
in terms of involving them in the play or not.
Jigsaw – Presentations How To Read
Literature Like a Professor (Ch 1-15)
Sept 3/4
R/F
Cornell Notes – Drama Power Point (slides 914) and Conventions of Drama Handout
Drama Activity 1 – Read and act out both
opening acts within your groups and respond
to the written questions discussing the
similarities and differences between the two
opening acts, the way the context is
conveyed, and the likely effect on audiences
in terms of involving them in the play or not.
You will need your own copy of The
Crucible by Arthur Miller – You must have
this in class with you on Tuesday 9/8 (Aday)/Wednesday 9/9 (B-day).
The Crucible – Act 1 Quiz on 9/8-9/9
Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/10-9/11
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations due 9/109/11
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations due 9/149/15
You will need your own copy of The
Crucible by Arthur Miller – You must have
this in class with you on Tuesday 9/8 (Aday)/Wednesday 9/9 (B-day).
The Crucible – Act 1 Quiz on 9/8-9/9
Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/10-9/11
IOP Planning Time
3
Sept 8/9
T/W
Sept 10/11
R/F
The Crucible – Act 1 Quiz
SAT vocabulary - Unit 1 (definition,
synonyms, antonyms, identification of
root, prefix, and/or suffix with
explanation as to how the prefix and/or
suffix affect the root.)
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations
Quiz – The Crucible – Act 1(20 min)
Cornell Notes – Drama – Day 2
Drama Activity 2 – Read the excerpts. Create
a t-chart brainstorming adjectives that
describe each of the protagonist. Write a
paragraph explaining the ‘tragic dilemma’
faced by each protagonist.
Unit 1 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/10-9/11
IOP Planning Time (30 minutes)
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations due 9/149/15
Unit 2 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/22-9/23
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations
1. 45-60 minutes
2. Audience should be adding notes
to their selections from the
summer as groups present their
analysis.
The Crucible – Act 2 Quiz on 9/14-9/15
IOP Group (1-3) Presentations due 9/109/11
The Crucible – Act II Quiz on 9/14-9/15
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by 9/28-9/29
Turn in SAT Vocab. Unit 1
Assign SAT Vocab. Unit 2 – words and
definitions.
Cornell Notes – Drama – Day 3
Sept 14/15
M/T
The Crucible Act II Quiz
IOP Group (4-6) Presentations
4
Sept 16/17
W/R
Picture Day!
Quiz – The Crucible – Act II
IOP Group 4-6 Presentations
1. 45-60 minutes
2. Audience should be adding notes
to their selections from the
summer as groups present their
analysis.
Cornell Notes – Drama – Day 3
Timed Writing – Summer Reading
1. You may use your annotations
and commentary during this 30
minute Timed Writing.
Cornell Notes – Drama – Day 4
Drama Activity 5
Jigsaw – How to Read Literature Like a
Professor (Ch 16-24)
Unit 2 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/22-9/23
The Crucible – Act III Quiz on 9/18-9/21
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by 9/28-9/29
Unit 2 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
due 9/22-9/23
The Crucible – Act III Quiz on 9/18-9/21
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by 9/28-9/29
Sept 18/21
F/M
Sept 22/23
T/W
5
The Crucible – Act III Quiz
SAT vocabulary - Unit 2 (definition,
synonyms, antonyms, identification of
root, prefix, and/or suffix with
explanation as to how the prefix and/or
suffix affect the root.)
Quiz – The Crucible – Act III
Jigsaw – Presentations of How to Read
Literature Like a Professor (Ch 16-24)
Print off and read The Garden Party by
Katherine Mansfield
http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/a
ssets/KM-Stories/THE-GARDENPARTY1921.pdf by 9/24-9/25
Unit 2 SAT Vocabulary definitions (etc.)
Return Timed Write (Summer Reading)
1. Review Teacher Comments
2. Review Rubric
Turn in SAT Vocab. Unit 2
Assign SAT Vocab. Unit 3 – words and
definitions.
The Crucible – Act IV Quiz on 9/28-9/29
The Crucible – Act IV Quiz on 9/28-9/29
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by 9/28-9/29
Print off and read The Garden Party by
Katherine Mansfield
http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org
/assets/KM-Stories/THE-GARDENPARTY1921.pdf by 9/24-9/25
Unit 3 SAT Vocabulary definitions etc. due
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by 9/28-9/29
Print off and read The Garden Party by
Katherine Mansfield
http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org
/assets/KM-Stories/THE-GARDENPARTY1921.pdf by 9/24-9/25
Sept 24/25
R/F
6
Print off and read The Garden Party by
Katherine Mansfield
http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.or
g/assets/KM-Stories/THE-GARDENPARTY1921.pdf
The Garden Party by Katherine Mansfield
http://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/a
ssets/KM-Stories/THE-GARDENPARTY1921.pdf
The Crucible – Act IV Quiz on 9/28-9/29
The Crucible – Act IV Quiz
Quiz – The Crucible – Act IV
Assign The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-8 Journal due
by 10/6-10/7.
The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-8 Journal by 10/610/7.
Sept 30/1
W/R
Socratic Seminar
The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-8 Journal by 10/610/7.
Oct 2/5
F/M
Oct 6/7
T/R
Socratic Seminar
The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-8 Journal by 10/610/7.
The Scarlet Letter Ch. 9-12 Journal by
10/16-10/17.
Sept 28/29
M/T
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel
Hawthorne
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
by 9/28-9/29
1
The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-8 Journal
Labor Day School Holiday Monday, September 7, 2015
End of grading Cycle Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Syllabus subject to change.
Quiz - The Scarlet Letter Ch. 1-8