Day 1 (orientation)
EQ: What do I need to know to
survive and thrive in Mr.
Broxson's English Lit class?
1. Do Now! Find your seat
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3.
4.
5.
6.
Who am I?
Who are You? (info sheet)
What to expect: Syllabus
Rules, Rules and more
Rules
7. Have you ever...
8. Student interest sheet
Day 2 (Orientation)
EQ: What do I need to know to
survive and thrive in Mr.
Broxson's English Lit class?
1. Do Now! Write a page on What
you did on your summer
Vacation
2. Roll Call / Check I.D.s
•
3. Check for signed Syllabi
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4. Rules,5. Have you ever..
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6. Student interest sheet
7. English Lit Book Scavenger Hunt •
1. Tub Braid Heap Hunch (Clue: TV show)
2. Sand Tackle Laws (Clue: fictional character)
3. Tall Mischief Her Sun (Clue: person)
4. Buck Spun He (Clue: cartoon character)
Day 3
Short Story
EQ: What do I already know
about Short Stories? What
are the Elements of Fiction?
1. Do Now! Finish Student
Interest Survey
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Thinkgate Benchmark test??
4. Grade Short Story Pre-test
5. Text Book scavenger hunt
6. On back--'Have you ever...'
7. Assign Text books
8. Three Little Pigs--plot
diagram
9. Fiction intro--pg 23
10. H.W. The Necklace Vocab
(words to know)
Day 4 Short Story
EQ: How much Short Story
vocabulary do I know?
What are the Elements of Fiction?
1. Do Now! The Necklace
Vocabulary Sheet pg 28
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Accolade (Pre-test)
3. Three Little Pigs--plot diagram
4. Elements of Fiction--Safari
Montage (22 min)
5. Fiction intro--pg 23
6. Read The Necklace in class
7. H.W.--Vocabulary
SHORT STORY VOCAB--Figurative
Language
Day 5 (Short Story)
EQ: Can I identify the plot,
characters, setting and
theme of The Necklace?
1. Do Now! Read the footnote
definitions in The Necklace
(pg. 28-34)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Check H.W.--S.S.Vocabulary
4. Finish reading The Necklace pg.
28
5. Video of The Necklace 24 min
6. H.W. The Sniper Vocabulary
Thinkgate pre-test & M.C.
orientation tomorrow
Day 6 Short Story
EQ: What is the situational
irony in The Sniper?
What can the Media
Center do for me?
1. Do Now! Write an
"ending"
or sequel to The Necklace
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Check H.W.--Sniper
Vocabulary
4. 1 Mile Sniper Shot
5. Read The Sniper pg. 163166
6. Media Center Orientation
(0905 hrs); (1225 hrs);
(1430)
Day 7 Short Story
EQ: What is the situational
irony in The Sniper? What
do I know about Three
Little Pigs, The Necklace &
The Sniper?
1. Do Now! Finish Thinkgate &
Write an "ending"or sequel
to The Necklace
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Check H.W.--Sniper
Vocabulary
4. Video: 1 Mile Sniper Shot
5. Read The Sniper pg. 163-166
6. Jeopardy
7. Review & take Big Phat
Quest!
Day 8 Short Story
EQ: What is the Conflict and
Tense of Charming Billy?
1. Do Now! Read definitions &
footnotes in Charming Billy (pgs
62-70)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Grade Quests
4. Vocabulary: Charming Billy
5. Audio song
6. Read: Where have you Gone
Charming
Billy? pg. 62-70
7. H.W: Read The Utterly Perfect
Murder pgs 799-805
Oh, where have you been,
Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been,
Charming Billy?
I have been to seek a wife,
She's the joy of my life,
She's a young thing
And cannot leave her mother.
Day 9 Short Story
EQ: What is the Conflict and Tense
of Charming Billy? What is
the *theme of The Utterly
Perfect Murder?
1. Do Now! Write about a "Bully"
incident in your life
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Accolades
4. Finish Reading "Charming Billy"
pg 67
5. Plot characters on Spider Diagram
6. Audio: The Utterly Perfect Murder
pgs 799-805 (16 min)
Day 10 Short Story
EQ: How do I learn best? What
is *Meta Cognition? What are
the Genres of Fiction? What is
a Cask of Amontillado?
1. Do Now! Vocabulary Sheet
for "Cask...(pgs 209-214)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Multiple Intelligence test
4. S.M. Genres of Fiction--(24 min)
5. Read: Cask of Amontillado pg.
207
6. Study Guide for Unit Test
Friday:
Short Story Quest
Charming Billy & Cask of Amontillado
Day 11 Short Story
EQ: Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
What is a Cask of
Amontillado? Is there such
thing as a 'Stupid' question?
1. Do Now! Label your paper and
prepare to go to Media Center
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. DO NOW: Write two paragraphs
describing your favorite genre of
fiction
4. Discuss Poe Research
Today:
Media Center for
1st half of block
Day 12 Short Story
Today:
EQ: Am I prepared for a Quest?
What is my Coat of Arms?
1. Do Now! Study, Study,Study!
(Charming Billy & Cask
Vocabulary & Poe info)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Poe intro: pg 194-196
4. Audio: Cask of Amontillado pg.
207 (18 min)
5. Quick Vocab review
6. Take Quest!
7. Create your Coat of Arms
Short Story Quest
Vocabulary: Charming Billy &
Cask of Amontillado & Poe Info
Day 13 Short Story
EQ: What is the *Theme of
Cask of Amontillado?
What is my Coat of Arms?
1. Do Now! Make-up Quest
& Finish Coat of Arms
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Grade Quests
4. Poe Autobiography (15:20)
5. Read the story behind
"Cask.." pg 215
6. Video: Cask...(20 min)
Today:
Make-up:
Short Story Quest
Vocabulary: Charming Billy & Cask
of Amontillado & Poe
Day 14 Short Story
EQ: What are the literary elements
in Cask...? What are the content
vocabulary words to know in
The Most Dangerous Game?
1. Do Now! Dangerous Game
Vocabulary & pre-read
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Accolades
4. Think out of the Box
5. Discuss "Cask" questions* Take
notes
6. PPT: Cask... * Take notes
7. Read (H.W): "The Most
Dangerous Game" pg. 38-57
Day 15 Short Story
EQ: What are the content
vocabulary words to know in
The Most Dangerous Game?
What is the plot? The
conflict?
1. Do Now! Finish reading
Most Dangerous Game
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
4. Review 'Game' vocabulary
5. Questions on 'Game'
6. Audio: "The Most Dangerous
Game" pg. 38-57 (1 hr)
7. H.W. Study for Unit Test
Friday
•Short Story Unit Test
•The Necklace
•Charming Billy
•Poe biography
•Sniper
•Cask of Amontillado
•Most Dangerous Game
Hint: Study your short Story Pre-test
Day 16 Short Story
EQ: What do I know about
Short Stories, specifically
Necklace, Sniper, Charming
Billy, Cask & Game?
1. Do Now! Study! Study!
Study
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
4. Review 'Game' questions
5. Review Short story
vocabulary
6. Jeopardy
7. Short Story Unit Test
Today
Short Story Unit Test
•The Necklace
•Charming Billy
•Poe biography
•The Sniper
•The Cask of Amontillado
•The Most Dangerous
Game
Day 17 TKAM
EQ: What do I know about Novels?
What are Jim Crow
Laws? What is the setting of "To Kill a
Mockingbird"?
1. Do Now! Write 2 para about your
reaction to this picture
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Make-up Test & Accolades
4. Novel Pre-test
5. Pass out TKAM books
6. Jim Crow & The Depression
7. TKAM info sheets
8. Read chapter one (pg 1-19)
9. Vocab H.W. & Finish Chapt 1
Whites only!
Day 18 TKAM
EQ: Who is Harper Lee? What is
the setting of To Kill a
Mockingbird? Who are some
of the characters?
1. DoNow! SSR
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
4. Review TKAM info sheets
5. Video "Harper Lee" (6 min)
6. TKAM opening Credits-3 min
7. Read page 6 "Maycomb" 4 min
8. Review chpt one
9. Audio chpt 2 (18 min)
10. H.W. Read chpt 3 & matching
Day 19 TKAM
EQ: What is the exposition of To
Kill a Mockingbird? What is
Scout's "crime" at school?
Who are the Major and Minor
characters in TKAM?
1. DoNow! SSR (Chpt 2-3)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Character Matching &
question 1-3
4. Read chapter 2 aloud
5. Review Chapt 2
6. H.W. Read Chapter 3 (9 pgs)
Disclaimer:
Be aware that this
novel contains racial
epithets, graphic
sexual situations and
violence.
Day 20 TKAM
EQ: What is a "cootie"? What is a
Law of Life? What is a Maxim?
1. DoNow! SSR & answer
questions 4-7
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Read chapter 3 aloud
4. Review Chapt 3
5. Introduce LOL ppt
6. Rubric & Example
7. H.W. come up with a Maxim
Laws_of_Life_Powerpoint.ppt
Day 21 TKAM
EQ: What have I learned about
Harper Lee, TKAM vocabulary
and Chapters 1-3? What is
MY Maxim?
1. DoNow! Prepare to go to
Media Center
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Study with a buddy
4. Quest
5. H.W. read chapt 4
Quest Today!
•Chapters 1-3,
•Vocabulary
•Key Facts
•Characters
•Bio of Harper Lee
Rough Draft due--24 Sept
Polished Essay due--29 Oct
Day 22 TKAM
EQ: