FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Aug. 23 Week 1 Monday 24 1st Day Bell Schedule pg. 1 of 2 Objective: Students will be introduced to the routines and structures of the class. Tuesday 25 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Wednesday 25 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences 1 Thursday 27 Objective: (8) Reading/Comprehe nsion of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose. Friday 28 Objective: Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity (17AC) Students will use the writing process to create a poem. Sat 29 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Aug. 23 Week 1 pg. 2 of 2 Monday 24 Hand out class syllabus & Introduce Class Routines Tuesday 25 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 1 Course Commitment Form Edmodo/ Twitter/ Remind 101 Required Texts Students will review summer reading (criteria/ rubric) expectations Launch Letter Writing Assignment: formatting of a formal letter. Give student handout. Assign draft of letter to be completed by Friday Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and Pre-AP/AP Course Commitment Form are due Tuesday 09/01/15) HOMEWORK: 7 Habits Comprehensive Exam (8/27/15) Assign the book: Speak (9/10/15) and Vocabulary Power Plus Due: Week 4 Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and Pre-AP/AP Course Commitment Form are due Tuesday 09/01/15) HOMEWORK: 7 Habits Comprehensive Exam (8/27/15), Letter due (8/28/15) and begin reading Speak (required - out of class read) Wednesday 25 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 2 Review formatting of a formal letter expectations and guidelines. Give student handout. Thursday 27 Students will hand-in their summer reading assignment [hard copy] (1st Daily [Quiz] Grade) Summer Reading Comprehensive Exam (Major #1) Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and Pre-AP/AP Course Commitment Form are due Tuesday 09/01/15) Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and PreAP/AP Course Commitment Form are due Tuesday 09/01/15) HOMEWORK: 7 Habits Comprehensive Exam (8/27/15), Letter due (8/28/15) and begin reading Speak (required - out of class read) HOMEWORK: Letter Due Friday and continue reading Speak (required - out of class read) 2 Friday 28 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 3 Finish Summer Reading Comprehensive Exam (if needed) (Major #1) Letter Due (2nd Daily [Quiz] Grade) Students will use the writing process to create a poem about them. Emphasis will be centered on descriptive writing. Go over I AM Project (criteria/ rubric)– students will create a poem about themselves using descriptive language Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and PreAP/AP Course Commitment Form are due Tuesday 09/01/15) HOMEWORK: I AM Poem Due Monday (8/31) and continue reading Speak (required - out of class read) Sat 29 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Aug. 30 Week 2 pg. 1 of 2 Monday 31 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox). Tuesday Sept. 1 Objective: (8) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose. Wednesday 2 Objective: (8) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose. 3 Thursday 3 Objective: (8) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose. Friday Sat 4 5 Objective: (8) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose. FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Aug. 30 Week 2 pg. 2 of 2 Monday 31 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 4 Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and Pre-AP/AP Course Commitment Form are due Tuesday 09/01/15) Students will hand-in their I AM Poem (3rd Daily Grade) Show students the video trailer for “Sound of Thunder” Begin reading (audio) the opening of “Sound of Thunder” (pg. 36-46) together. Students will have the story read by Wednesday. HOMEWORK: Continue reading Speak Tuesday Sept. 1 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 5 Wednesday 2 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 6 Due: Syllabus Parent/ Student Signed Form and Pre-AP/AP Course Commitment Form Finish (audio) reading the “Sound of Thunder” (46-57) Continue reading (audio) “Sound of Thunder” (36-46) together. Students will have the story read by the end of the class period on Wednesday. Students discuss foreshadowing in the story and complete chart Students discuss foreshadowing in the story and complete chart Analyze literary short answer rubric (yellow paper) HOMEWORK: Continue reading Speak Thursday 3 Bell Ringer: Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens Habit 7 “ASoT” Vocabulary wks. (4th Daily Grade) Model how to write a short answer response using the following question: What is the purpose of the above piece? 4 “ASoT” Grammar Activity (clickers) (5th Daily Grade) Focus on how to answer the question. Comprehension Check Class discussion/ scoring using the literary OER rubric (0 or 1) “ASoT” HOMEWORK: Continue reading Speak HOMEWORK: Continue reading Speak HOMEWORK: Continue reading Speak Friday 4 Bell Ringer: Compile and Submit Journey Project - Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens (Major #2) Sat 5 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 8 Week 3 Monday 7 pg. 1 of 2 No School Labor Day Tuesday 8 Objective: (8) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose. (9) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: Wednesday 9 Objective: (8) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author's purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author's purpose (9) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: 5 Thursday 10 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox). Students will identify the Author’s Purpose and identify cause and effect (9C) (9) Reading/ Comprehension of Informational Text/Expository Text. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about expository text and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to: Friday 11 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox). Due: Progress Report Grades Sat 12 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 8 Week 3 Monday 7 pg. 2 of 2 No School Labor Day Tuesday 8 Bell Ringer: Sample Scoring between a 0/1 Wednesday 9 Bell Ringer: Sample Scoring between a 0/1 Guided Practice: “A Sound of Thunder” focus on how to answer an open ended question. Model how to write a crossover answer: Suppose “A Sound of Thunder” were a true story. Whose theories in the Class discussion/ scoring magazine article would its plot using the literary OER contradict”? rubric (0 or 1) Focus on how to answer the Discuss elements of question. non-fiction Read (audio)“The Class discussion/scoring using Physics of Time Travel” the literary OER rubric (0 or 1) and view “Time Travel” visual Submit “ASoT” Short Answers (6th Daily Grade) HOMEWORK: Continue reading Speak HOMEWORK: Speak must be completed by tomorrow! 6 Thursday 10 Speak Comprehensive Exam (Major #3) Friday 11 Bell Ringer: “A Sound of Thunder” (7th Daily [Quiz] Grade) Launch: Speak Project: Motif/Visual Analysis (rubric, criteria chart, and exemplar examples provided) (1st Major Grade for the 2nd Six Weeks) Due: Tuesday (9-22) HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project is due 9/22 as well as Power Plus Lesson One Sat 12 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 13 Week 4 pg. 1 of 2 Monday 14 Open House Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Tuesday 15 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Wednesday 16 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing 7 Thursday 17 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Friday 18 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Sat 19 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 13 Week 4 pg. 2 of 2 Monday 14 Open House Writing Workshop Speak Tuesday 15 Writing Workshop Speak Wednesday 16 Writing Workshop Speak Thursday 17 Writing Workshop Speak Friday 18 Writing Workshop Speak Roll-out literary analysis essay criteria chart and rubric on Speak Submit thesis statement (8th Daily Grade) Speak: Literary Analysis Planning Guide: Step One (10th Daily Grade) Speak: Literary Analysis Planning Guide: Step Two (Introduction) Select Essay Topic Speak: Literary Analysis Planning Guide: Step Two (Body & Conclusion) Submit claims (9th Daily Grade) HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project is due 9/22 as well as Power Plus Lesson One HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project is due 9/22 as well as Power Plus Lesson One HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project is due 9/22 as well as Power Plus Lesson One Thesis mini-lesson HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project is due 9/22 as well as Power Plus Lesson One Open House Claims mini-lesson Launch Power Plus Introduce Power Plus – Lesson 1 - Introduce the words and lesson expectations - Lesson will be due on Tuesday of every week. - Lessons will be graded on Thursday of every week. - Quiz every Monday. (They are timed) - Four Major’s throughout the year. - First lesson is due on the following Tuesday (Week 5) HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project is due 9/22 as well as Power Plus Lesson One 8 Sat 19 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 20 Week 5 pg. 1 of 2 Monday 21 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences (12) Reading/Media Literacy. Students use comprehension skills to analyze how words, images, graphics, and sounds work together in various forms to impact meaning. Tuesday 22 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences Wednesday 23 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity (17A-C) 9 Thursday 24 Objective: Students use elements of the writing process: planning and drafting structuring ideas (13 A&B), Students write expository and procedural or work-related texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes. Students are expected to: (A) write an analytical essay of sufficient length that includes: (iii) a controlling idea or thesis; (iv) an organizing structure appropriate to purpose, audience, and context; and (v) relevant information and valid inferences. Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity (17A-C) Friday 25 FAIR DAY Sat 26 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 20 Week 5 pg. 2 of 2 Monday 21 Writing Workshop Speak Draft Literary Analysis (use template) Revise (Power Plus 2 words minimum) / Edit Draft One Literary Analysis HOMEWORK: Speak Motif Project and Vocabulary Power Plus Lesson 1 (exercises 1,3 and 5) is due 9/22 and begin reading Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-6) Tuesday 22 Submit: Power Plus Lesson One (Speak Motif Project Due) Writing Workshop Speak Revise (Power Plus 2 words minimum) / Edit Draft One Literary Analysis/ Revision Help Sheet Compose Final Draft Due Thursday HOMEWORK: Read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-6) Wednesday 23 Writing Workshop Speak Revise (Power Plus 2 words minimum) / Edit Draft One Literary Analysis Complete and Submit Revision Help Sheet Compose Final Draft Due Thursday HOMEWORK: Read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-6) Thursday 24 (Speak Literary Analysis Due (2nd Major Grade for the 2nd Six Weeks) Grade: Power Plus Lesson One (11th Daily Grade) Begin District Assessment (4th Major Grade) HOMEWORK: Power Plus Lesson One Quiz 9/28, Power Plus Lesson Two is due on 9/29 and continue reading Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-6) *LCISD Policy: District Assessments cannot be reassessed. 10 Friday 25 FAIR DAY Sat 26 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 27 Week 6 pg. 1 of 2 Monday 28 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry. Tuesday 29 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry. Wednesday 30 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry. Thursday Oct. 1 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry. Friday 2 Objective: (3) Reading/ Comprehension of Literary Text/Poetry. Students understand, make inferences and draw conclusions about the structure and elements of poetry and provide evidence from text to support their understanding. Students are expected to analyze the effects of diction and imagery (e.g., controlling images, figurative language, understatement, overstatement, irony, paradox) in poetry. Grading Period Ends 11 Sat 3 FIRST SEMESTER – FIRST SIX WEEKS – PAP Sun Sept. 27 Week 6 pg. 1 of 2 Monday 28 Bell Ringer: Power Plus Lesson One Quiz Tuesday 29 Bell Ringer: Tone activity Submit: Power Plus Lesson Two Finish District Assessment (4th Major Grade) if needed Launch: Tone and Mood Unit HOMEWORK: Power Plus Lesson Two is due on 9/29 and continue reading Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-6) View Movie Clips (review movie etiquette prior to viewing) Students will utilize the tone/ mood list to assist in completing the graphic organizer. Refer to the tone and mood word list (yellow paper). Students will be responsible to refer to these as the year progresses. Wednesday 30 Bell Ringer: The Most Dangerous Game Vocabulary Study Read “The Most Dangerous Game” pg. 60 -70 HOMEWORK: Read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-7) Partner discussion after review/ analyzing both: 10 Things I Hate About You and The Road Not Taken (students need to identify the primary tone in each stanza and the overall mood) HOMEWORK: Read Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One (Due 10-7) Thursday Oct. 1 Bell Ringer: “TMDG” Vocabulary Practice Grade: Power Plus Lesson Two (12th Daily Grade) Continue reading “The Most Dangerous Game” pg. 71 -80 HOMEWORK: Power Plus Lesson Two Quiz 10/5, Power Plus Lesson Three is due on 10/6 and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One TEST is scheduled for (10-8) Friday Sat 2 3 Bell Ringer: “TMDG” Reading Check “The Most Dangerous Game” Short Answer Quiz Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One Study Guide HOMEWORK: Power Plus Lesson Two Quiz 10/5, Power Plus Lesson Three is due on 10/6 and Edith Hamilton’s Mythology Part One TEST is scheduled for (10-8) (3nd Major Grade for the 2nd Six Weeks) Grading Period Ends 12