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1. Show interactive map of Salem and the placement of accusers and accused
2. Read the end of The Crucible, Act II as a class
3. Work on Journal #13: The Crucible 2.2 Reading Log
4. Read article on American drama
- Respond to Journal #14: John Proctor Today
HW: Finish Journals #13 and #14 at home if not complete |
1. Read Arthur Miller's "Are You Now or Were You Ever?" excerpt
- Complete Venn Diagram showing the differences and similarities between Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism
2. Read Act III as a class
HW: Complete the reading for Act III and finish Journal #15- The Crucible 3 Reading Log |
1. Process Papers PPT
- Questions and Points of Clarification
2. The Crucible Essay Introduction
3. Go over skeleton of outline for Essay
- Select a topic for essay
HW: Work on Essay outline for Friday |
1. Finish Act IV and the play
2. Go over Research assignment expectations
- Choose one of the following characters upon which to base your research:
Cotton Mather
Bridget Bishop
Rev. Samuel Parris
Judge John Hathorne
Tituba
Abigail Williams
Mercy Lewis
Mary Warren
Sarah Good
Rebecca Nurse
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor
Martha Cory
Giles Cory
-Use the links below to find information
Salem Witch Trials Documentary Archive
Salem Tour
If you have time, take a trip through the hysteria
HW: 1. Finish outline for Essay
2. Complete Research Worksheet
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1. Research Review
- Pulling relevant material out of historical texts
2. Poetry Friday: Sonic Devices
- Read Robert Hayden's "Those Winter Sundays" out loud
- Answer Poetry Analysis Questions 1-7 for Hayden's work
- Review Close Reading of the poem
- Create 14 line "Memory Composition" of your own
HW: Finish Poetry Analysis and Memory Composition Activities |
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1. Journal Collection
2. EAP Talking Points
3. Watch the first half of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
HW: Rough Draft for The Crucible Essay due Wednesday |
1. EAP Testing
2. Continue watching Arthur Miller's "The Crucible"
HW: Rough Draft for The Crucible Essay due Tomorrow |
1. Peer Edit for The Crucible Essay
2. Quotation- incorporation quotations effectively
3. Continue watching The Crucible
HW: Final Draft for The Crucible Essay due Friday |
1. Finish Arthur Miller's The Crucible
2. Review Formatting Guidelines
- MLA style
- Writing with an Academic Tone
3. "Burn Her"- The Crucible through political cartoons
HW: 1. Final Draft for The Crucible Essay due TOMORROW
2. Finish cartoons and paragraph |
1. Turn in Crucible Essays
2. Finish Anticpation Guide Part III
3. Poetry Friday- Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
- Annotations as a class
- Begin Analysis and 14th Way Poem
HW: Finish Poetry Friday Work |
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1. Journal #16- The American Dream
- Discuss
2. Judge a book by its cover
- Look at cover of original publication of The Great Gatsby
- Respond using worksheet
3. Read "Gatsby's Green Light Beckons a New Set of Strivers"- New York Times
HW: Finish Journal if not finished in class |
1. American Literature Timeline- listen and ask questions
2. Journal #17: Fitzgerald and Gatsby
- Take Notes
HW: None |
1. Finish Journal #17: Fitzgerald and Gatsby
2. Distribute novels and review Annotation Project
3. Read first two pages of Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
HW: Finish Ch.1 and start Annotation Journal |
1. Discuss initial impressions of The Great Gatsby
2. Review Elements of Setting and Symbolism
3. Start Ch. 2 as a class
4. Work on The Great Gatsby Map Project in groups
HW: Finish Ch. 2 and 3 and complete Annotation Journal entries for Monday |
1. Watch Spellbound
- Pay attention to connections to conversations about the American Dream
HW: Finish through Ch. 3 of The Great Gatsby and complete Annotation Journal entries |
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1. Check Annotations
2. Finish Gatsby Setting Maps with Rubrics
3. Read Ch. 4 of The Great Gatsby as a class to page 69
4. Journal #18: A Day in the Life...
HW: Finish Ch.4 and complete Annotation Journal Entry |
1. Discuss class tensions in The Great Gatsby
- What defines a San Diegan? How do we recognize someone of our own "class"?
- What makes a teacher?
- Secret Society
2. Journal #19: The Vocab of Class
HW: Finish Handouts and Journal |
1. Writer's Workshop (Day
1)
- Journal #20: Correction Codes and Rules for Formal Writing
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Paramedic Method
HW: None |
1. More
Active
Vs. Passive Voice Practice
2. Exploring the American Dream
- Watch PBS video of American Dream Connection
- Review
Exploring the American Dream Assignment
- Sample interview of Mr. K
3. Start reading Ch. 5 of The Great Gatsby
HW: Finish Ch. 5 and complete Annotation
Journal Entry |
1. Essay Returns and
Writing Goal Sequence
2.
Rhetorical Précis Overview
- Sample with Mr. Kortman's "How to Write a Rhetorical Précis"
Speech
3. Poetry Friday:
When
Non-fiction and Poetry Collide
- Expectations
- Review Tasks
HW: Finish Poetry Friday Work for Monday |
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1. How to turn an
interview into an article
- Journal #21:
Practice Interview and article
2. Assign Group Projects for Research tomorrow and explain
expectations
HW: Review first five chapters of The Great
Gatsby for test tomorrow |
1. Group Research time in
the LMC
2. Take The Great Gatsby first half quiz
HW: Exploring the American Dream Article due
tomorrow |
1. Review
Rules for MLA citations and Works Cited Page
2. Work in LMC on group research
rpojects
HW: Finish group research projects for
presentations tomorrow |
1. Final Prep time for
projects
2. Start group research project presentations
- Audience takes notes on presentation components
3. Start Journal 22:
An American Dream Gone Wrong
HW: Finish Journal if not completed in class
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1. Finish Presentations
2. Poetry Friday- Reading Like a Tourist
- Explain
- Samples
- Work Time
HW: Have a Great Break! |
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