SENIOR ENGLISH JOURNALS
Fall 2014
TUESDAY, AUGUST
TH
26
Silent Reading (entire hour)
Staple your research paper information together, paragraphs on top, and leave on
the front middle desk.
I will be calling you up individually to conference about your term paper topic
choices.
Reminder: NO PHONES!
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
TH
27
Answer the following journal in a minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences:
 What STRESSES you out the most about term papers? (Note: I did not ask what you like the least but
what stresses you out. Sometimes these are the same and sometimes these two are different.) What
can YOU do to make this time less stressful?
 Reminder: IF YOU ARE ABSENT, IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE UP YOUR MISSED JOURNAL.
Silent Read while we finish assigning term paper topics
Practice taking notes
THURSDAY, AUGUST
TH
28
Silent Reading
Pass out the rest of your term paper
information
Notes on taking notes?!?!
Look at an example of an old paper.
FRIDAY, AUGUST
TH
29
Please answer the following in a
minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences:
 What do you already know about your term
paper topic?
 What really motivated you to choose that topic?
 If you could write about anything, even if it
wasn’t a current controversial topic, what would
you write about?
Finish looking over old term paper.
Review how to use Infotrac.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER
Silent Reading
Learn how to log into Infotrac
Notes on writing source citations
Practice source citations
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
RD
3
Take out your MLA citation homework and trade it with your partner.
Each citation is worth 5 points total. 1 mistake means you will take away 1 of the 5
points possible. If the person you are grading makes 5 mistakes or more, he or she
will receive 0 out of 5 points on that citation.
Holtzman, Jerome and George Vass. Baseball, Chicago Style. Chicago, Illinois: Bonus
Books, Inc., 2001. Print.
Regan, Tom. “Ill –Gotten Gains.” Taking Sides: Bioethical Issues. Ed. Carol Levine.
Iowa: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2008. 236-242. Print.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
RD
3
CONTINUED
Coulter, Phyllis. “Unit 5 Sixth Graders Receive their Laptops.” The Pantagraph.
Bloomington Pantagraph Newspapers, 22 Aug. 2012. Web. 23 Aug. 2012
www.pantagraph.com
Thompson, George. “Humane Society of the United States.” Education Digest. 16
Oct 2008: 41(3). Gale Opposing Viewpoints. Web. 20 Sept. 2011.
<http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/herscherhs>
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER
TH
4
Get the LAST source you were working on and bring it back to your assigned seat
from yesterday.
Clear you desk of everything except: the source, the paper you are writing on and
your yellow citation guide.
We will work to finish writing citations for the sources.
Sample Outline/Research
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Clear your DESKS of everything except a pencil, your Works Cited page, and your
partner project!
Quiz over citations
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
Clear your desks of EVERYTHING!
Guidance Presentation
Notes on Introduction
Work on Outlines
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15
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
Clear your desks of everything except
something to takes notes with and
something to take notes on.
Collect outlines and works cited
Start having individual meetings over
outlines
THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 25
Clear your desks of everything EXCEPT the copy of the old term paper I gave you.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
CLEAR YOUR DESKS!
Silent Reading
Congratulations on finishing your final term
paper in high school! I am so proud of you for
all of the hard work you have put into this
paper.
OBJECTIVE: By the end of today, you should
have your final term paper checked in or have
made arrangements for a check-in time.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
Silent Reading
Notes on Satire
OBJECTIVE: By the end of the class, you
should be able to correctly label
examples of satire AND say what
method is being used to create satire.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
BELL WORK: In a minimum of 7 “senior quality” sentences, please answer the
following:
 If you were writing a piece of satire about a LOCAL issue, what issue do you feel you would
need to address? GLOBAL?
 Are there any other issues that you feel you would need to write about in order to draw
attention and provoke change?
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Reading examples and identifying elements of satire AS A CLASS!
 Reading examples and identifying elements of satire ON YOUR OWN!
OBJECTIVE: By the end of today, you will be able to identify the elements of
satire in a piece of writing and explain it in an extended response.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
BELL WORK:
 Answer the following in a minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences:
 Think about different children’s movies you have seen in the past. Are there any movies that you
believe are an example of satire? If so, what lesson were they trying to teach society?
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Review Friday’s satire article
 Watch a video clip and take notes on the satire used in the video
 Class discussion/notes over ‘Bloom’s Taxonomy: Question Words and Stems’
OBJECTIVE:
 By the end of today, you will be able to create a higher level question using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Question Stems.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Go over questions from The Little Blue Leads The Way
 Group Activity:
 Get into 7 groups and work on questions for each of the 7 sources
 Homework: Read article for tomorrow and write 3 questions over article
OBJECTIVE:
 By the end of the class, you should be able to write effective questions using Bloom’s Taxonomy
Question Stems.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
BELL WORK:
 Have your desks cleared.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Notes on answering higher order questions.
 Finish group work
OBJECTIVE:
 By the end of today, you will have the knowledge of how to answer a higher order question.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2014
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading for 10 minutes
TODAY’S AGENDA:
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Silent Reading
Discuss Socratic Seminar
Prep for Soc. Sem. Over children’s book
5 minute Soc. Sem.
OBJECTIVE:
 By the end of today, you should be able to identify the components of a Socratic Seminar and
understand how they will be used for class discussions.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
BELL WORK:
 In a minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences, please answer the following:
 What is the biggest distractions you have when doing work in school or homework? What could you
do to keep yourself from getting distracted?
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 SOCRATIC SEMINAR
 Read the two text and complete prep work.
 Begin Part 1 of Socratic Seminar
OBJECTIVE:
 By the end of today, you should identify the main components of the assigned text.
 By the end of today, you will apply your knowledge of Bloom’s Taxonomy and apply it to a Socratic
Seminar.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading
 DO NOT TOUCH THE TAPE ON YOUR DESK!
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Finish the Socratic Seminar over technology use.
 Reflection
 Pass out Animal Farm novel and study guide.
LEARNING TARGET(S):
By the end of today, you will continue to apply your knowledge of Bloom’s Taxonomy and
apply it to a Socratic Seminar.
By the end of the day, you will have a general idea of the basic characters of Animal Farm.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
BELL WORK:
In a minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences, answer the following:
 What do you like and dislike about the Socratic Seminar? What could YOU do better when preparing
to make the discussion better? What could your GROUP do better?
TODAY’S AGENDA: Discuss writing, Notes on Animal Farm
OBJECTIVES:
Be able to identify some of the main characters in the story and what
historical figures they represent.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2014
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 You will have today to complete your Chapters 1 and 2 reading and study guide.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2014
SCHEDULE: 1, 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3
BELL WORK: Silent Reading
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Graduation Cap/Gown Announcement
 Definition of Utopia
 An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir
Thomas More.
 Prep Sheet
 Group 1: Chapter 1 and Utopias
 Group 2: Chapter 2 and Rebellions
OBJECTIVES:
 By the end of today, you will evaluate the theme in your assigned reading and prepare discussion
points for tomorrow’s Socratic Seminar.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
BELL WORK:
 In a minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences, please answer the following:
 If you were to move to your idea of a perfect utopian society, what would it be like? In order to achieve this utopian society,
what ideas in our current society would you rebel against?
 Definition of Utopia
 An imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia (1516) by Sir Thomas More.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Pair/Share questions you created for Socratic Seminar
 Use this time to make sure you also have a complete understanding of your supplemental articles.
 Socratic Seminar
 Group 1: Animal Farm Chapter 1 and Utopias
 Group 2: Animal Farm Chapter 2 and Rebellions
OBJECTIVES:
 By the end of the hour, you will be able to create and answer higher-order questions over the assigned text.
 By the end of the hour, you will be able to explain the relationship between Animal Farm and the concepts of utopias and
rebellions.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading for 10 minutes
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Quiz over Section 1
 Notes on Allegory
OBJECTIVES:
 By the end of today, you will be able to define and identify examples of allegory.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30TH
BELL WORK: Silent Reading
TODAY’S AGENDA: QUIZ over chapters 5-6
OBJECTIVES: Show your understanding of the reading assigned.
GO TIGERS!!!!!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER
ST
31
BELL WORK:
 Clear desks of everything EXCEPT your poster.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3
BELL WORK:
 In a minimum of 6 “Senior Quality sentences, answer the following:
 Think back to the Pay It Forward movement brought to us from Manteno, what ideas do you have for
our job of paying it forward? What school would you like to bring this to? What would you like to do
for them that would make the most impact?
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Read “Harrison Beregon”
OBJECTIVES:
 By the end of the class, you should be able to identify characteristics of a DYSTOPIA.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading
 Reminder: Your Animal Farms Chapters 7-8 are due on Thursday. As long as you are quietly reading,
you can have the time to read.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Finish the questions with evidence over “Harrison Bergeron”
OBJECTIVES:
 By the end of class, you will be able to support your ideas on utopias and dystopias using evidence
from “Harrison Bergeron”.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH
BELL WORK:
 Silent Reading
 Reminder: Your Animal Farm Chapters 7-8 study guides are due TOMORROW, also a QUIZ
tomorrow over those chapters.
TODAY’S AGENDA: Work on modifiers.
HOMEWORK: Worksheet 201-202
OBJECTIVES: Understand what modifiers are and how they are used in sentences.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6
BELL WORK: Silent Reading
TODAY’S AGENDA: QUIZ TODAY over Chapters 7-8, Then start grammar: modifiers.
OBJECTIVES: To understand what a modifier does and how to use it in a sentence.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7
BELL WORK:
 Get a purple grammar book and clear your desks of everything else!
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Grade Homework
 Continue work on Modifiers
 Homework: Finish packet
OBJECTIVES: To understand what a modifier does and how to use it in a sentence.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10
BELL WORK:
 Put your homework on the first desk in the middle row and get a purple grammar book.
TODAY’S AGENDA:
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Grade Homework
Field Trip
Continue work on Modifiers
Remind101 (for 2nd and 4th hours)
Homework: Finish packet
OBJECTIVES:
 To understand what a modifier does and how to use it in a sentence.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
BELL WORK:
 In a minimum of 6 “senior quality” sentences, answer the
following:
 What did you like about yesterday’s speaker? What did
you dislike about yesterday’s speaker? What new things did
you learn from his speech?
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Grade Homework
 Continue work on Modifiers
 Silent Reading (REMINDER: Chapters 9-10 are due
TOMORROW!)
 Homework: Worksheet 216-218
OBJECTIVES:
 To understand what a modifier does and how to use it in a
sentence.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13
BELL WORK:
 Place your Animal Farm study guide and your grammar
packet in two piles on the front middle desk.
 Silent Read
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Grade Homework
 Study Guide/Quiz
 Review Work
OBJECTIVES:
 To understand what a modifier does and how to use it in a
sentence.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14
BELL WORK:
 Clear your desks!
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Grammar Test
 Animal Farm movie
OBJECTIVES:
 To understand what a modifier does and how to use it in a
sentence.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17
BELL WORK:
 Clear your desks!
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Animal Farm test preparation
 Animal Farm movie
OBJECTIVES:
 To review and prepare for the Animal Farm test.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18
BELL WORK:
 STUDY, STUDY, STUDY!
 Look over the historical comparison for the main characters.
 Mr. Promis is worried, let’s not stress him out. 
TODAY’S AGENDA:
 Animal Farm test
OBJECTIVES:
 To review and assess your knowledge of Animal Farm.
NOVEMBER 25, 2014
Look at my website and complete the career assignment. This will be your 10th
journal.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 1
Bell Work
 Get a purple grammar book from the shelf and
clear your desks!
Today’s Agenda:
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Who is Christian?
Turning in journals on Wednesday
Verbs
JOURNAL DATES: 8/27, 8/29, 10/3, 10/6,
10/15, 10/17, 10/22, 11/3, 11/12, 11/25
(10 TOTAL @ 10 POINTS EACH = 100 POINT
ASSIGNMENT)