Advanced English 11 Period 1 Mon/Thurs reading/writing days **These plans may change depending on the pace and needs of the class. Updates will be posted as needed. Mon 1/20 No School – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Tues 1/21 Thoreau – bio p. 400. Read together from Civil Disobedience p. 412-413 – discuss questions Assn: Comma worksheets 220-222 – “Quiz” Wed 1/22 Colon worksheet 153-4 Research paper work time – 2nd notes checks -11 Thurs 1/23 Activity – for 3rd Qtr writing: 1. Go through past essays & determine your weakest format 2. Go to wikispace & read essays in that format/category 3. Written response: What do you notice that’s good about the samples? Explain something specific that you can do to better your score on this type of essay. Homework: Walden paks – read & complete shaded areas by Monday Fri 1/24 3rd Quarter writing lists Research paper – 2nd notes checks – 10 Mon 1/27 Talk about upcoming thesis/outline checks. HO w/ sample Read/write Tues 1/28 Discuss Walden - do metaphor work beginning w/ page 414 #3 Punctuation review: parentheses 159-60 Wed 1/29 Early Release Begin Emily Dickinson – notes, then HO w/ #824 & “Because I Could not Stop for Death” -discuss, annotate poems Thurs 1/30 Read/write Thesis/Outline checks - 11 Fri 1/31 Go through examples of Response to Poetry essays… Mon 2/3 Read/write Thesis/Outline checks – 10 Tues 2/4 Plagiarism paks – citing sources Dickinson “The Soul Selects Her Own Society” – use HO 101 for notes Dickinson activity in pairs – annotation, definition, symbols, style/tone… Wed 2/5 Early Release Finish Dickinson posters Thurs 2/6 Read/write – all bibliographies due Fri 2/7 Present Dickinson poems/posters Punctuation review – Parentheses/Ellipses 229-230 Mon 2/10 Read/write *rough drafts due - 5 Tues 2/11 rough drafts due - 4 Walt Whitman notes, bio p. 432 Read Preface to Leaves of Grass together p. 434-5 Begin “Song of Myself.” Assn: skim through the rest & jot down some notes by section Wed 2/12 Early Release Whitman’s poetry p. 440-444 Assn: HO 105-106 Thurs 2/13 Read/write *rough drafts due - 4 Fri 2/14 *rough drafts due – 5 Review Transcendentalist authors/ titles Assn: OBT 67-68 – test on Wednesday next week Mon 2/17 No School – President’s Day Tues 2/18 * rough drafts due – 3 Practice w/ multiple choice questions – read Emerson text, answer 10 questions -we’ll go through answers before end of class Wed 2/19 Transcendentalism TEST Thurs 2/20 Read/write Fri 2/21 Give a little background on McCarthyism as context for Salem Witch Trials & The Crucible Assn: Read McCarthy’s speech. Annotate text. Note what McCarthy does – rhetorical strategies or techniques. Mon 2/24 Read/write Tues 2/25 Discuss McCarthy’s speech, use textual examples for support in analysis of McCarthy as a speaker/communicator Ms. H – next steps? Wed 2/26 Early Release