English IV AP Kempner High School 1st Nine Weeks 2014-2015 School Year Stevenson MONDAY AUGUST 25 Go over calendar and discuss what makes for a satisfactory ending/ read survivor story TUESDAY 26 Assign Jigsaw groups and sections from How to Read Literature Like a Professor WEDNESDAY 27 All classes meet with Mr. Morgan THURSDAY 28 Present (daily grade) findings from Jigsaw groups to class/ brainstorm essay ideas FRIDAY 29 How to write a good thesis sentence- answer the questions. Construct thesis sentences which apply How to Read Literature Like a Professor to A Life of Pi SEPTEMBER 1 Labor Day - No School 2 Share thesis sentences on ELMO and polish into introductions/ Discussion of plagiarism (daily grade) 3 Life of Pi essay due by midnight to Turnitin.com (Major Grade) Read articles on series endings and develop questions for Socratic Seminar 4 Watch survivor videoWhat survival traits does Pi possess? 5 8 Examine AP Literature open ended prompts from the past and look for patterns/ Methods for breaking down an AP prompt and using the pieces to construct your introduction 15 Timed Writing- open 9 Meeting with Mrs. Campbell to register for Navience 10 AP lit multiple choice diagnostic 11 go over answers/ issue Beowulf books (double daily grade) 12 Notes on Anglo Saxons and Beowulf Video clip: Socratic Seminar over Life of Pi and course readings/ viewings ( daily grade) http://www.bagbybeow ulf.com/video/index.ht ml 16 Read excerpt from Sarum on how Wergild worked and compare to modern day court system 17 ended prompt (Major Grade for next progress report) 18 Assign Beowulf comic books and discuss author’s purpose/ choose theme for this year’s book/ choose roles 19 Progress Report #1 Class time to work on Beowulf comics 22 Class time to work on Beowulf comics 23 Class time to work on Beowulf comics 24 Class time to work on Beowulf comics 25 Class time to work on Beowulf comics / peer evaluations (daily grade) 26 County Fair Day – No School 29 Class time to work on Beowulf comics Comic book project due! (Double Daily Grade) 30 Begin college application essays- examine what makes for a strong essay and a weak essay- as well as why you should write one (you will need to know your prompt by now) OCTOBER 1 Look at good examples of narration essays- what did you learn about the writer? Can you reveal too much? Brainstorm for your own essay 2 Notes on linguistics/ assign readings from “A History of the English Language” 3 Progress Report #2 Watch PBS’ History of the English Language 6 Watch PBS’s Do You Speak American/ mini language study 7 Quiz over Linguistics packet (daily grade) 8 Read “Is Texting Killing the English Language” and “English: it's a neologism thang, innit” 9 Linguistics fishbowlshould America have a national language? (daily grade) 10 Notes on Canterbury Tales and the continuing changes to the English language 13 Read Wife of Bath’s Tale What do women really want? HW: Read Pardoner’s Tale 14 Unit Test (Major Grade) 15 All day testing PLAN (9th grade) PSAT (10th & 11th grade) ASVAB (12th grade) 16 Peer edit college application essays (daily grade for rough draft)/ due by midnight to turnitin.com (double daily grade for next nine weeks) 17 End of 1st 9 Weeks Fishbowl- what is more effective- the system of Wergild or our current justice system (daily grade) Major grades: Owen Meany Essay, Open Ended Timed Writing, Unit Test Daily Grades: Jig Saw Presentations, Fishbowl (2), Socratic Seminar (1), AP MC Practice (2), Peer Evaluation, Beowulf Comic (2), Linguistics Quiz, College Application Essay Rough Draft Kempner High School 2ND Nine Weeks 2013-2014 School Year English IV AP MONDAY OCTOBER 21 TAKS Retest (all week) 22 TUESDAY 23 WEDNESDAY 24 THURSDAY 25 FRIDAY 28 29 30 31 NOVEMBER 1 4 5 DA—ENG I, II, III (Writing) DA—ALG I, ALG II, GEOMETRY, MMA 6 DA—ENG I, II, III (Writing) DA—ALG I, ALG II, GEOMETRY, MMA 7 8 Progress Report #3 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 25 26 27 28 29 DECEMBER 2 3 4 5 6 Progress Report #4 9 10 11 12 13 16 17 18 19 20 THANKSGIVING BREAK End of semester FINAL EXAMS 23 WINTER BREAK 24 WINTER BREAK 25 WINTER BREAK 26 WINTER BREAK 27 WINTER BREAK 30 WINTER BREAK JANUARY 1 WINTER BREAK 2 WINTER BREAK 3 WINTER BREAK 4 WINTER BREAK Kempner High School 3rd Nine Weeks 2013-2014 School Year English IV AP MONDAY JANUARY 6 Campus Staff Development TUESDAY 7 District Staff Development WEDNESDAY 8 2nd Semester Begins 9 10 13 14 15 16 17 20 MLK Day – No School 21 22 23 24 27 Progress Report #5 28 29 30 31 FEBRUARY 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 Progress Report #6 20 21 24 25 DA—ALG I, ALG II, GEOMETRY, MMA 26 DA—ALG I, ALG II, GEOMETRY, MMA 27 28 MARCH 3 TAKS Retest (All Week) 4 5 6 7 10 SPRING BREAK 17 TELPAS assessment window opens 11 18 12 19 DA—BIOLOGY, IPC, CHEM, PHYSICS 13 20 DA—BIOLOGY, IPC, CHEM, PHYSICS 14 21 End of 3RD Nine Weeks Kempner High School 4th Nine Weeks THURSDAY 2013-2014 School Year FRIDAY English IV AP MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 24 25 26 27 28 31 EOC – English I APRIL 1 EOC – English II 2 EOC – Makeup 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 Progress Report #7 TELPAS Window Closes 14 15 16 17 18 Good Friday – No School 21 TAKS Retest (All Week) 22 23 24 25 28 29 30 MAY 1 2 Progress Report #8 5 AP Exams (All Week) 6 EOC—Algebra I 7 EOC—Biology 8 EOC—US History 9 EOC—Make ups 12 AP Exams (All Week) 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 22 23 26 27 28 29 30 3 2nd/ 4th Final Exams 5th/7th Review 4 3rd / 5th Final Exams 5 1st / 7th Final Exams Memorial Day JUNE 2 1st-5th Review 6th Final Exams June 6 Graduation