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English 11 CP

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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

 

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

- 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

1. Finish Presentations

2. Poetry Friday- Reading Like a Tourist

- Explain

- Samples

- Work Time

HW: Have a Great Break!