English 7H Tuesday, August 31 1. Welcome and brief introduction of Honors English a. Write down website http://sduhsd.net/atickle - and do demo b. Model how to set up notebook 2. 4 x 6 information cards a. Your first and last name and class period b. Home phone number c. Both parents names first and last, work phone #s and cell #s. If your parents are divorced, with which parent do you live? If you go back and forth between both parents, do you need two sets of books? d. What languages are spoken at home? Are you fluent in any other languages? e. What school did you attend last year? Who was your teacher? f. Do you have internet access and a working printer at home? g. Is there anything you can tell me about yourself that will help me to be a better teacher for you? 3. Students take down names of study buddies 4. Quotation critical thinking activity H/W Complete 4 x 6 card and glue a current photo on the back for Wednesday! Go on to the website and go to the Assignments page and click on the link to the syllabus, print it up (bring to class tomorrow), and begin reading through it with your parents. Also, print up the Course Expectation Agreement to bring to class tomorrow. If you cannot print it, then go to the Course Guide tab and begin reading through the syllabus with your parents and set up your notebook with dividers or post-its for vocabulary, grammar, and notes by Thursday! Wednesday, September 1 1. Check h/w 4 x 6 cards with pictures and syllabus 2. Brief get-to-know-me activity talk and quiz 3. Go over syllabus - Give overview of curriculum explain portfolio system late work - explain h/w points - go over classroom expectations discuss rules 4. Pass out and explain contract due signed on Friday 5. Nobody else can walk it for you. discuss quickwrite for meaning and relate it to a specific event in your life share remember to be specific keep for activity tomorrow H/W Finish quickwrite if necessary. Set up notebook for tomorrow. Begin going through and initialing contract with a parent due Friday. Print up literary terms list and reading log from website for Friday. You will have additional homework Thursday, so get head start with the tasks for Friday. Thursday, September 2 1. Check h/w notebooks 2. Introduce Word of the Day 3. Read Foul Shot and discuss 4. Have students begin writing their own poems using yesterday s quickwrite as a topic and Foul Shot as a model one moment in time H/W Poem due in final draft form (pen or typed) Friday! Signed contracts due Friday. Go online and print up the list of literary terms and the reading log for Friday. Friday, September 3 1. WOD 2. Check h/w poems and contracts collect lit. terms and reading logs 3. Introduce million word reading goal and how to complete reading logs 4. Explain grammar system pass out grammar books exercises done at home for either block day or Friday model how to set up notebook we will go over them Q & A tests every other Friday 5. Check out grammar and lit. books 6. Quick review of parts of speech 7. Pass out literary terms list test on 10/13 or 10/14 8. Powerpoint presentation on literary terms H/W By block day, read p. 24-33 in grammar book (Ch. 2) read these carefully, don t assume you know it complete only the odds of exercises 1, 4, 5 & 6 in your grammar notebook section. Print up independent reading assignment and story map from the website for Tuesday. Begin studying literary terms.
Long-term Assignments fill in books you ve read on your reading log and be studying for literary terms test on 10/13 or 10/14 Monday, September 6 ~No School Labor Day Tuesday, September 7 2. Introduce independent reading assignment due 12/13 3. Finish literary terms powerpoint 4. Explain story maps 5. Begin reading Miss Awful p. 369, filling in the story map H/W Finish reading Miss Awful p. 369 and complete the story map there will be a quiz. Print up Integrating Quotations handout. Grammar p. 24-33 ex. 1, 4, 5 & 6 odds by block day. Find an independent reading book for your assignment. Wednesday/Thursday, September 8/9 2. Check h/w grammar and story map Integrating Quotations 3. Go over ex. 1, 4, 5, & 6 and do Review A p.29 and Oral Practice p.33 write out and label pronoun types correct 4. Go over story map 5. Quiz on Miss Awful 6. Introduce quotations as hooks and evidence 7. What is Miss Orville s character? Teach chunking find a quote that illustrate Miss Orville s strictness H/W Find a quotation using indirect characterization showing how Roger feels about Miss Awful at the end of the story. Create a chunk (lead-in, quote, citation, and analysis) for Friday. Print Miss Awful Essay instructions for Friday. Continue working on Ch. 2 in your grammar book, p. 34-43 ex. 7 and 9 odds. Also do Chapter Reviews (red pages) A, B, C, and D (odds only) all grammar due block day. Find an independent reading book. Friday, September 10 - assembly 1. Check/collect h/w chunk 2. Check chunks for required elements share 3. Introduce three-paragraph essay requirements for Miss Awful 4. Write introduction together 5. Begin working on essays H/W Finish three-paragraph essay on Miss Awful due Monday. Grammar due block day. Ch. 2 test next Friday! Be studying your literary terms! Bring your independent reading book to class Monday for h/w points. Print Story Map for Monday. Be reading your book.
Long Term Work Literary term test 10/13 or 10/14 and be reading your book assignment due 10/18 Monday, September 13 2. Check h/w three paragraph essay for Miss Awful collect and independent reading book 3. Begin Song of the Trees p. 29, filling in story map discuss sample thesis statements H/W Finish Song of the Trees p. 29 and complete story map for Tuesday there will be a quiz. Continue working on Ch. 2 in your grammar book, p. 34-43 ex. 7 and 9 odds. Also do Chapter Reviews (red pages) A, B, C, and D (odds only) all due block day. Tuesday, September 14 (assembly) 2. Check h/w story maps go over 3. Introduce Foreshadowing activity 3 column journal (lead-in, quote, analysis) of examples of foreshadowing 4. Quiz on Song of the Trees H/W Complete grammar and three chunks in foreshadowing journal (including model from class) due block day. **Print up Thesis Statement and Character Journal for Cassie handouts. Wednesday/Thursday, September 15/16 2. Check h/w grammar and foreshadowing journal 3. Go over grammar 4. Questions for test 5. Go over foreshadowing journal 5. Introduce thesis and workshop samples 6. Explain character journal for Cassie and begin in pairs H/W Study for grammar test on Ch. 2 on Friday! Character journal for Cassie due Monday! Friday, September 17 2. Grammar Test Ch. 2 - Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives 3. Work on character journals for Cassie 4. Walk class through p. 45-53 H/W Finish character journal for Cassie for Monday. Begin grammar h/w p. 45-53 ex. 2, 3, 4, 5, and Oral Practice (written) on p. 53 odds only for block day. Helpful hint - Memorize linking verbs p. 46 & 47 and helping verbs p.50
Long Term Work Literary term test 10/13 or 10/14 and read your book assignment due 10/18 Monday, September 20 2. Check h/w character journal for Cassie 3. Explain vocab review sheet 4. Peer evaluate character journals for Cassie 5. Begin reading The Smallest Dragonboy individually pass out take-home quiz H/W Print up and complete the Vocab Review One. Read The Smallest Dragonboy p. 48 and do take home quiz for Tuesday. Print up Mr. Baumer Dialectical Journal for class Tuesday. Grammar -p.45-53 ex. 2, 3, 4, 5, and O.P. on p.53 odds only - due block day. Word of the Day test on block day. Tuesday, September 21 1. Grammar warm-up 2. Check h/w vocab review and take-home quiz on The Smallest Dragonboy 3. Go over vocab review sheet 4. Trade and grade quizzes 5. Share some sample thesis statements for The Smallest Dragonboy 6. Begin reading Bargain p. 231 6. Divide class in half to argue whether or not Mr. Baumer is a good role model 7. Explain dialectical journal assignment for Bargain H/W Study for WOD test block day. Finish Bargain, keeping in mind your side of the argument choose some quotes for your side of the argument and complete grammar for block. Wednesday/Thursday, September 22/23 2. Check h/w grammar 3. Correct grammar work I give answers to save time questions 4. Review thesis and journal assignment 5. Word of the Day Test 6. Work on Mr. Baumer journals with partners H/W Mr. Baumer journal due Friday. Grammar p.54-71 ex. 8, 11, 12, and 13. Also do chapter review A, B, C, D, E, and F on pgs. 69-71 all odds only all due block day. Friday, September 25 1. Check h/w Mr. Baumer journals 2. Go over formality of debating, proper language use, and rules of debate 3. Debate on whether or not Mr. Baumer is a good role model H/W Grammar due block day. Study your literary terms. Be reading your book and studying your literary terms. Print up Crafting Your Thesis handout.
Long Term Work Literary term test 10/13 or 10/14 and read your book assignment due 10/18 Monday, September 27 2. Begin Crafting Your Thesis Statement 3. Students write thesis statements and turn them in 4. Begin marking potential quotations as evidence for your thesis each subpoint is its own color post-it be sure to write the subpoint, page number, and paragraph on the post-it H/W Grammar due block (p.54-71 ex. 8, 11, 12, and 13 and Chapter Reviews A, B, C, D, and E odds only) Ch. 3 test Friday. Print up Character Map for class tomorrow. Tuesday, September 28 2. Pass back thesis statements and introduce character maps 3. Work on character maps H/W Grammar due block day begin studying for your Ch. 3 test. Character Map due Monday. Wednesday/Thursday, September 29/30 2. Check h/w grammar 3. Correct grammar do review C p.66 and review D p.67 4. Work on character maps time to ask for help 5. Literary term review H/W Study for grammar test on Ch. 3 Friday. Character Map due Monday. Print up Literary Analysis Essay Instructions. Friday, October 1 1. WOD 2. Introduce essay expectations 3. Grammar Ch. 3 Test H/W Character map due Monday. Review your literary terms! Be reading your book!
Long Term Work Literary term test 10/13 or 10/14 and read your book assignment due 10/18 Monday, October 4 2. Check h/w character journals 3. Key sample essay using essay instructions H/W Begin your rough draft (intro. and start first body paragraph), due Friday. Print Essay Guide and Response to Literature Essay Rubric. Tuesday, October 5 2. Explain Essay Guide - MLA lesson 3. Go over Response to Literature Essay Rubric 4. Writing time H/W - Print story map for block day. Rough draft of essay due Friday (try to finish body paragraphs by Thursday). Be studying your literary terms. Wednesday/Thursday, October 6/7 2. Listen to ½ of Three Skeleton Key completing story map. Stop at p.71 3. Three Skeleton Key group extension activity H/W Rough draft of essay due Friday. Continue reading Three Skeleton Key from p. 71 and complete the story map by Tuesday. Friday, October 8 2. Check h/w rough drafts 3. Peer editing H/W Begin revising your essay. Bring it to class on Monday with a highlighter. Literary Terms test on 10/13 or 10/14 be sure to finish reading Three Skeleton Key and complete the story map for Tuesday there will be questions on the test based on the story. Begin Ch. 1 grammar read p. 2-12 and complete ex. 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 odds only for block day. Finish your book and complete the independent reading assignment for 10/18. There will be a Ch. 1 grammar pre-test on Monday.
Long Term Work Literary term test 10/13 or 10/14 and work on your book project due 10/18 Miss Awful rewrites due Monday, October 11 1. Check h/w essay w/highlighter 2. Fine-tuning, guided self-editing activity 3. Finish Three Skeleton Key activity in groups H/W Finish Three Skeleton Key and story map for tomorrow. Literary elements test and grammar (read p. 2-12 and complete ex. 2, 3, 4, 6, and 7 odds only) on block day. Final draft of essay and process packet due Friday (final on top, peer editing sheet, rough draft, character map, and thesis). Bring independent reading book to class tomorrow. You will have time to work on it. Tuesday, October 12 2. Check h/w story map 3. Go over story map and discuss literary elements and Three Skeleton Key 4. Re-visit independent reading project due next Monday H/W Study for literary elements test block day and finish your grammar. Vocab Review 2 due block day print it up and complete it. Final draft of essay due Friday. Wednesday/Thursday, October 13/14 1. Check h/w grammar and vocab review 2. Go over vocab review 3. Go over grammar 4. Literary elements test H/W Final draft of essay and packet due Friday. Study for your word of the day test Friday! Bring your Miss Awful essay to class Friday. Essay packet order On top rubric Final draft in MLA format Peer editing sheet Rough draft Character map Thesis statement Continue Ch. 1 grammar P. 14-23 ex. 8, 10, 11, and 12 and Chapter Reviews A, B, C, and D odds only due next block day. Friday, October 16 2. Turn in essay packets 3. WOD Test 2 4. Time to work on rewrites due 10/26 and/or begin AF Key Terms H/W Book talk due Monday. Historical background questions are posted on the website. You do not need to print this up, just answer them, beginning each answer by re-stating the question due Monday. Get 4 x 6 cards for research by Monday after next. Grammar due block day.