September 25

Lesson Plans: September 28 – October 2

Honors English I

9/28  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech:  Subordinating Conjunctions Review; Greek Mythology:  Fall of Icarus discussion activity

9/29  LTOTW:  tone; Parts of Speech Review – TEST Tomorrow

9/30  Parts of Speech TEST; Greek Mythology:  Orpheus with 3 flashcards and QuickWrite #6

10/1  Grammar:  Complements Introduction; Greek Mythology:  Midas with 2 flashcards

10/2  Grammar:  Direct & Indirect Objects:  Greek Mythology:  Theseus with 7 flashcards and QuickWrite #7; Book Talks (TEST grade) on 10/7 and 10/8

English I

9/28  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech:  Prepositions with Google Classroom assignment

9/29  LTOTW:  tone; Parts of Speech:  Prepositions Review

9/30  Parts of Speech:  Conjunctions Introduction

10/1  Parts of Speech:  Conjunctions & Interjections with Google Classroom assignment

10/2  Sustained Silent Reading; Book Talks (TEST grade) on 10/7 and 10/8

September 21

Lesson Plans – September 21 – 25

Honors English I

9/21  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech:  Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb Quiz and Prepositional Phrases practice; Greek Mythology:  Pandora with 1 flashcard; SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST on Friday – Quizlet review in Google Classroom

9/22  LTOTW:  rhetoric – a argumentative method developed by the philosopher Aristotle which includes the following:  1.  ethos – credible sources, 2.  pathos – touching emotions, and 3. logos – using logical arguments or facts; Greek Mythology:  Demeter with 2 flashcards and QuickWrite #3 in Google Classroom; SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST on Friday

9/23  HALF DAY; Greek Mythology:  Psyche & Eros with 2 flashcards and QuickWrite #4 (7th period:  the flashcard list and QuickWrite prompt will be in your Google Classroom); SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST on Friday

9/24  Parts of Speech:  Conjunctions and Interjections; Greek Mythology:  Daedalus with 4 flashcards; SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST tomorrow

9/25  SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST; Greek Mythology:  Narcissus & Echo with 2 flashcards and QuickWrite #5

English I

9/21  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech:  Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb Quiz; SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST on Friday – Quizlet review in Google Classroom

9/22  LTOTW:  rhetoric – a argumentative method developed by the philosopher Aristotle which includes the following:  1.  ethos – credible sources, 2.  pathos – touching emotions, and 3. logos – using logical arguments or facts;  Parts of Speech:  Adjectives & Adverbs – Students will take notes over the modifiers and work through assignment in the Google Classroom

9/23 HALF DAY; Vocabulary Gimkit review game

9/24  Parts of Speech:  Students will review adjectives and adverbs

9/25  SAT Vocabulary List 2 TEST

September 12

Lesson Plans: September 14 – 18

Honors English I

9/14  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Revising & Editing – students will take notes over revision and editing techniques and then use these skills to proof their TEXXEXXT paragraph in response to “The Scarlet Ibis.”  Final Draft DUE Tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards are DUE Friday 9/18 and TEST is Friday 9/25

9/15  LTOTW:  Point-of-View – a vantage point from which a story is told; Greek Mythology Unit Introduction – Quick Write #1; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards are DUE Friday 9/18 and TEST is Friday 9/25

9/16  Greek Mythology – Uranus; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards are DUE Friday 9/18 and TEST is Friday 9/25

9/17  Parts of Speech Review – Students will review nouns, pronouns and their cases, along with verbs and helping verbs – QUIZ on Monday 9/21; Greek Mythology – Kronos & Zeus; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards are DUE Tomorrow and TEST is Friday 9/25

9/18  Parts of Speech – Students will take notes over prepositions and their uses before searching for and using them in sentences; Greek Mythology – Prometheus

English I

9/14  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards are DUE Friday 9/18 and TEST is Friday 9/25

9/15  LTOTW:  Point-of-View – a vantage point from which a story is told; Parts of Speech:  Pronouns – Students will review pronouns and their cases

9/16  Parts of Speech:  Verbs – Students will be introduced to helping verbs and work through assignment in the Google Classroom; QUIZ Monday 9/21

9/17  Parts of Speech:  Verbs – Students will review helping verbs and continue through assignment in the Google Classroom; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards are DUE Tomorrow and TEST is Friday 9/25

9/18  Students will read their self-selected novel for sustained silent reading; Book Talks in October

September 8

Lesson Plans: September 10 – 11

Honors English I

9/10  “Daughter of Invention” by Julia Alvarez:  Students will take a Quiz in Edgenuity over the short story which was read during at-home learning; TEXXEXXT writing:  Students will take notes over the TEXXEXXT style of writing and write a paragraph following this method and answering the question, “Why didn’t James Hurst, the author of “The Scarlet Ibis,” give Brother a name in the short story?” DUE Monday, September 14.

9/11  Counselor Visit

English I

9/10  Students will catch up in Edgenuity and complete any missing work from the first four weeks of school; Book Talks for anyone finished with their self-selected novel

9/11  Counselor Visit

August 21

Lesson Plans: August 24 – 28

Honors English I

8/24  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech – Students will take notes over the pronoun case chart and work through correctly choosing appropriate pronouns to complete sentences in Google Classroom – Case Chart Quiz 8/31; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Friday 8/28

8/25  LTOTW:  Protagonist & Antagonist; Parts of Speech – Students will be introduced to state of being and helping verb lists and begin memorizing them – Quiz 8/31; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Friday

8/26  Parts of Speech – Students will be introduced to adjectives and adverbs and then work to identify and add them into sentences; Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb QUIZ Monday 8/31; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Friday

8/27  Greek Mythology – Unit Introduction and Expectations; QuickWrite #1; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Tomorrow; Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb QUIZ Monday 8/31

8/28  SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST; Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb QUIZ Monday 8/31

English I

8/24  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech – Students will take notes over the pronoun case chart and work through correctly choosing appropriate pronouns to complete sentences in Google Classroom – Case Chart Quiz 8/31; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Friday 8/28

8/25  LTOTW:  Protagonist & Antagonist; Parts of Speech – Students will continue working through the correct use of pronoun cases in assignment in Google Classroom – Quiz 8/31; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Friday

8/26  Parts of Speech – Students will be introduced to state of being and helping verb lists and begin memorizing them; Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb QUIZ Monday 8/31; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Friday

8/27  Parts of Speech – Students will be introduced to adjectives and then work to identify and add them into sentences; SAT Vocab List 1 TEST Tomorrow; Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb QUIZ Monday 8/31

8/28  SAT Vocabulary List 1 TEST; Pronoun Case Chart & Helping Verb QUIZ Monday 8/31

 

August 6

Lesson Plans: August 10 – 14

Honors English I

8/10  Summer Reading:  Students will submit their book of vignettes and their study packet for grading; Policies & Procedures:  Students will review department and classroom policies and procedures, subscribe to teacher blog, and join Google Classroom and Remind; HOMEWORK:  Raisin in the Sun TEST Tomorrow

8/11  Summer Reading:  Raisin in the Sun TEST; Edgenuity training and lesson

8/12  Continue Edgenuity training and lesson

8/13  Think About it Thursday journal response to weekly quote; Edgenuity:  Students will read the short story “The Initiation” by Sylvia Plath and answer questions about character development, conflict, and plot elements.

8/14  First Chapter Friday; Edgenuity:  Students will read the short story “The Initiation” by Sylvia Plath and take a quiz over character development, conflict, and plot elements; Summer Reading:  Students will read one vignette from their book on Flipgrid

English I

8/10  Policies & Procedures:  Students will review department and classroom policies and procedures, subscribe to teacher blog, and join Google Classroom and Remind

8/11 Edgenuity:  Students will read the short story “The Initiation” by Sylvia Plath and answer questions about character development, conflict, and plot elements.

8/12 Edgenuity:  Students will read the short story “The Initiation” by Sylvia Plath and answer questions about character development, conflict, and plot elements.

8/13  Think About it Thursday journal response to weekly quote; Edgenuity:  Students will complete the summary activities over “The Initiation” by Sylvia Plath and take a quiz.

8/14  First Chapter Friday; Book Talks:  Students will be introduced to quarterly self-sustained reading expectations