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