English I Pre-AP-GT August 24 [Advisory Schedule] Welcome! Syllabus Plagiarism contract Pre-AP Contract All of above due by Wednesday Reminder about Summer Reading assessment (Sept. (4th) Vocab. Book money--$13.00 Due Friday 25 1st Nine Weeks, 2015-16 [Advisory Schedule] 26 [Advisory Schedule] Collect forms & $13 for vocab. book each day Continue “The Sniper”— briefly summarize story with partner. Create visual spatial map of the layout of story with a partner. (include 3 pieces of text support).. Discuss in context of lit terms; (Ex: irony, characterization, irony, imagery, conflicts, setting, etc.) Focus specifically on irony. Read “The Sniper” in class. Discuss background of Irish civil war. What did you like? Not like? Why? Hw: Read Guy de Maupassant’s short story “The Necklace.” (Literature, p. 224 and note important literary terms). 27 [Pep Rally] Due today Collect signature sheets for documents (syllabus, Pre-AP Contract, Plagiarism). . Distribute literary terms packet and assign for homework. Discuss “The Necklace” in terms of 1-2 literary devices employed by author and its effect on reader. [Use questions about feeling, tone, imagery, diction to begin] Review the poetic form of a haiku and show example. Work with partner to create a haiku to exemplify a literary term. [model with example for suspense] Hw: Finish lit terms packet and haiku, if necessary. Share lit terms haikus. Gallery walk. 28 Advisory Schedule Vocab. Book money due! Distribute “Necklace” study guide and complete with a partner (pairs) Go over “The Necklace” Study Guide” and allow students to revise/correct their Collect vocab. book money while they work on responses. study guide. Turn in “Necklace” Study Guide for accuracy grade. No grade on Lit Terms packet. Hw: Read “The Cask of Amontillado,” Literature, p. 372. Hw: Finish “The Necklace” Study Guide English I Pre-AP-GT 1st Nine Weeks, 2015-16 . 31 Discuss “Cask of Amontillado” ) – Distribute questions to be answered during reading of story. Hw: Bring summer reading book for class activity tomorrow. . September 1 2 3 4 Vocab Unit 1 due Distribute vocab books. Assign Vocab Unit 1 – due Friday Summer Reading Groups: The class will be in book club groups based on summer reading choices and passages will be provided that are important to their novel as a whole. Continue Summer Reading Discussion Groups . They are to use these passages for discussion, along with the focus questions on the handout. Hw: Vocabulary Unit 1 due tomorrow Distribute AP grading rubric and discuss Mini- lesson on paragraph structure, embedding text evidence, using commentary for multiparagraph essay to prepare for Summer Reading Assessment Hw: Students bring their selected passage from summer reading book. Passage should relate to a literary element (point of view, characterization, conflict, symbol, theme, representative of the book as a whole and appropriate for their written analysis Summer Reading – Essay (Quiz) Summer Reading Assessment Why is this passage significant to the novel as a whole? You may use characterization, tone, fig. lang. to support your answer, as well as text evidence. Hw: Read “Most Dangerous Game” in class. (Literature , p. 60) English I Pre-AP-GT 7 1st Nine Weeks, 2015-16 8 9 10 School Pictures 11 Open House Labor Day Holiday Explain that the class will Discuss “The Most Dangerous Game”— [characters’ names— Rainsford, Sanger--, literary devices and their effect, etc. Vocab Quiz 1 Using chart for real-life [Pep Rally] examples, have students apply to current examples from pop Hw: Vocab Unit 2 culture: music, movies, (Due Thursday, Sept. 17) TV to complete sheet, in small groups or pairs. Hw: Study for Vocab. Quiz 1 14 15 Distribute watching guide for Star Wars and let classes know what they will need to be looking for in the movie. [No Homework] [No Homework] SHORT STORY and begin work on LITERARY TERMS archetypes. Give packet TEST as background and generally talk about characteristics and general categories.. 16 17 18 Vocab. Unit 2 due Vocab Quiz 2 Begin Star Wars and look for archetypes. Continue watching Star Wars Continue watching Star Wars and completing chart of archetypes Continue watching Star Wars English I Pre-AP-GT 21 Finish Star Wars Remind students to buy TKAM from Barnes & Noble – needed by SEPT. 30 22 23 25 ARCHETYPES TEST Vocab. Unit 3 due [NO HOMEWORK] 28 29 [NO HOMEWORK] HW: study for Archetypes Test 30 October 1 Begin TKAM – copy of novel due in class Check Vocabulary Unit 4 TKAM Pop Quiz—Book check. Distribute TKAM , Part 1, Vocabulary Hw: S-O Vocabulary Unit 4—Due Thursday 24 [LATE ARRIVAL] Review/discuss archetypes Hw: S-O Vocab. Unit 3 (due Thursday) Vocab. Unit 3 Quiz 1st Nine Weeks, 2015-16 Begin reading Ch. 1 in class/Annotate for setting, tone, etc. (Model for expectations of students’ work) Show TKAM Study Guide on website for students’ use if needed. Hw: Finish TKAM, Ch. 1 Continue Ch. 1 reading/annotating/ Focusing on literary devices and author’s purpose. Practice writing claim For yesterday’s annotation of setting in Ch. 1 Hw: Read/ annotate TKAM, Ch. 2 [PEP RALLY] 2 Discuss Ch. 2 in TKAM Hw: Read/annotate TKAM, Ch. 3 English I Pre-AP-GT 5 6 Vocabulary Unit 4 due Vocabulary Unit 4 Quiz Discuss Ch. 3 in TKM Discuss TKAM, Ch. 4 Hw: Read/annotate Ch. 4 Hw: TKAM, Ch. 5-6 12 13 “Walking in Another’s Shoes” due HOLIDAY 19 Groups: quote analysis of one quote selected from Ch. 1-8 Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 910 1st Nine Weeks, 2015-16 7 8 9 Discuss TKAM, Ch. 56 Class time to review requirements/ expectations for tomorrow’s essay TKAM Process analysis/ essay (Test) Hw: Assign “Walking in Another’s Shoes”— due Tuesday 14 15 16 TKAM Reading Check (Daily grade) Discuss TKAM, Ch. 7 Groups: quote analysis of one quote selected from Ch. 1-8 Discuss TKAM, Ch. 9-10 Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 910 22 Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 11 23 Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 7 Hw: Read TKM, Ch.8 20 Discuss TKAM, Ch. 10 21 Mood/Diction/ imagery/tone in Ch. 9-10 Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 11 Study for TKAM, Part 1 Vocabulary Quiz TKM Part 1 Vocab. Quiz Review TKM Ch. 1-11 (mood, diction, imagery, tone, etc.) Mood/Diction/ imagery/tone in Ch. 9-10 TKAM, Part 1 Test (Ch. 1-11) Hw: TKAM, Ch. 12 English I Pre-AP-GT Oct. 26 Assign TKAM Vocabulary, Part 2 Go over TKAM Vocabulary Quiz, #1 Discuss TKAM, Ch. 12 27 Intro Critical Stances TKAM—Discuss Ch. 1213 1st Nine Weeks, 2015-16 28 Groups: Critical Stances Discuss,, organize, prepare presentations, due on Monday 29 30 TKAM,--Discuss Ch. 15 TKAM—Discuss Ch. 16 Critical Stances Groups Critical Stances Groups Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 16- Hw: Read TKAM, Ch. 17 TKAM—Discuss Ch. 14- Hw: Read TKM, Ch. 13 Hw: Read TKM, Ch. 14 Hw: Read TKM, Ch. 15-