Lesson Plans: January 22 – 26

Honors English I

1/22 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Night: Students will take a reading quiz over chapters 4-5 and read chapter 6, creating a conflict chart and answering study questions as they go; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE 1/26; TEST 2/2

1/23 LTOTW: antithesis; Night: Students will read chapters 7-9, creating a conflict chart and answering study questions as they go; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE 1/26 and TEST 2/2

1/24 Night: Students will complete their conflict chart and begin an analysis project (DUE Monday, 1/29) over the memoir with TEST on Friday 1/26; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE 1/26 and TEST 2/2

1/25 Night: Students will continue working on analysis project (DUE Monday, 1/29) with TEST tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE tomorrow and TEST 2/2

1/26 Night TEST and analysis project DUE Monday; EOC Practice Passage; SAT Vocabulary List 7 flashcards DUE and TEST 2/2

English I

1/22 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Night: Students will take a reading quiz over chapters 4-5; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE 1/26; TEST 2/2

1/23 LTOTW: antithesis; Night: Students will read chapter 6, answering study questions as they go; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE 1/26 and TEST 2/2

1/24 Night: Students will read chapters 7-9, answering study questions as they go with TEST on Friday; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE 1/26 and TEST 2/2

1/25 Night: Students will review memoir for TEST tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 7: flashcards DUE tomorrow and TEST 2/2

1/26 Night TEST; EOC Practice Passage; SAT Vocabulary List 7 flashcards DUE and TEST 2/2

Category: 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.08 Author's Purpose and Craft | LEAVE A COMMENT

December 3

Lesson Plans: December 4 – 8

Honors English I

12/4 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Greek Mythology: Theseus – Students will read the story and create a notesheet and flashcards for Theseus, Aegeus, Ariadne, Corynetes, Pityocamptes, Procrustes, Sciron before completing QuickWrite #7; SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

12/5 LTOTW: irony; Greek Mythology: Theseus; SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

12/6 Algebra I Benchmark; Greek Mythology: Perseus – Students will read the story and create a notesheet and flashcards for Perseus, Danae, Acrisius, Medusa, Gray Sisters, Andromeda, Athena, Hermes before completing QuickWrite #8; SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

12/7 Greek Mythology: Perseus; SAT Vocabulary List 6 GimKit Review for TEST tomorrow

12/8 SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST

English I

12/4 MUGshot Monday; “Gift of the Magi” Author Background Research on O Henry; SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

12/5 LTOTW: irony; “Gift of the Magi” Students will read the short story and answer literary analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

12/6 Algebra I Benchmark; SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST on Friday

12/7 SAT Vocabulary List 6 GimKit review

12/8 SAT Vocabulary List 6 TEST

Category: 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.08 Author's Purpose and Craft | LEAVE A COMMENT

April 1

Lesson Plans: April 4 – 8

Honors English I

4/4 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Shakespeare Background Research Project

4/5 End of Course Exam

4/6 LTOTW: tragedy; Shakespeare Background Research Project

4/7 Shakespeare Background Research Project Presentations

4/8 Shakespeare Background Research Project Presentations for those who are in class but haven’t presented; Shakespearean Sonnets: Students will take notes over Shakespearean Sonnets, read a couple to notice the distinctions, and then write their own

English I

4/4 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; EOC Prep Discussion

4/5 End of Course Exam

4/6 LTOTW: tragedy; Shakespeare Background Research

4/7 Shakespearean Sonnets: Students will take notes over Shakespearean Sonnets, read a couple to notice the distinctions and then write their own

4/8 Shakespearean Sonnets: Students will complete their sonnet; Reading Day: Students will read their self-selected novel for Book Talks in May

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.03 Self-Sustained Reading, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.09 Writing Process, 09.10 Composition Genres, 09.11 Inquiry Research | LEAVE A COMMENT

November 8

Lesson Plans: November 8 – 12

Honors English I

11/8 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Parts of Speech: Complements – direct objects; Author Background Research: Edgar Allan Poe; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/9 LTOTW: theme; Parts of Speech: Complements – direct & indirect objects; Edgar Allan Poe: students will read the short story “Cask of Amontillado”; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/10 Parts of Speech: Complements – predicate nominatives & adjectives; Edgar Allan Poe: students will work in small groups analyzing the short story “Cask of Amontillado”; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/11 Parts of Speech: Complements Review; SAT Vocabulary List 4 Review for TEST tomorrow

11/12 SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST

English I

11/8 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Sentence Structure Review for TEST Wednesday; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/9 LTOTW: theme; Sentence Structure Review for TEST tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST Friday

11/10 Sentence Structure TEST

11/11 SAT Vocabulary List 4 Review for TEST tomorrow

11/12 SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.05 Response Skills, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.07 Genres, 09.08 Author's Purpose and Craft, 09.11 Inquiry Research | LEAVE A COMMENT

November 1

Lesson Plans: November 1 – 5

Honors English I

11/1 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Sentence Structure: students will work to identify and write compound complex sentences, review subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs for a QUIZ tomorrow, TEST Wedensday; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: students will read chapter 9, using study questions as a guide, TEST Friday; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 11/12

11/2 LTOTW: paradox; Sentence Structure: students will take a quiz over the subordinating conjunctions, relative pronouns, and relative adverbs before reviewing the four structures for a TEST tomorrow; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: students will read chapter 10, using study questions as a guide, TEST Friday; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST 11/12

11/3 Sentence Structure TEST

11/4 Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: students will review the novella for a TEST tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST 11/12

11/5 Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde TEST

English I

11/1 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 4: students will work on their study flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 11/12

11/2 LTOTW: paradox; Sentence Structure: students will take a quiz over the helping verbs, add notes over the complex sentence structure, and identify parts of a complex sentence; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST 11/12

11/3 Sentence Structure: students will review simple/compound/complex sentence structures; TEST Tuesday 11/9; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST 11/12

11/4 Sentence Structure: students will take notes over compound-complex sentence structure, identify parts of that structure, and write original compound-complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST 11/12

11/5 Sentence Structure Review for TEST Tuesday; Reading self-selected novels for Book Talks in December

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October 19

Lesson Plans: October 18 – 22

Honors English I

10/18 NO SCHOOL – End of first quarter

10/19 Author Background Research: Robert Louis Stevenson

10/20 LTOTW: personification; Robert Louis Stevenson: read and discuss poem, “Travel,” as a class and introduce The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

10/21 Sentence Structure: students will take notes over the four structures and learn to identify simple sentences; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: as a class, students will read chapter 1

10/22 Reading Day: students will visit the library for a self-selected book for the quarter; The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: students will read chapters 2-3 with Reading Check on Monday over chapters 1-3

English I

10/18 NO SCHOOL – End of first quarter

10/19 Author Background Research: Robert Louis Stevenson

10/20 LTOTW: personification; Robert Louis Stevenson: read and discuss poem, “Travel,” as a class

10/21 Helping Verbs: students will list the helping verbs in their notes and begin studying for a QUIZ on Monday; Sentence Structure: students will take notes over the four structures and learn to identify simple sentences

10/22 Reading Day: students will visit the library for a self-selected book for the quarter

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.03 Self-Sustained Reading, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.05 Response Skills, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.07 Genres, 09.11 Inquiry Research | LEAVE A COMMENT

September 12

Lesson Plans: September 13 – 17

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Honors English I

9/13 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24; Personal Narrative Unit TEST Wednesday

9/14 LTOTW: foil; Personal Narrative Unit Review for TEST Tomorrow; Greek Mythology: Unit Introduction students will respond to QuickWrite #1, work on their notesheet for “Uranus,” and create flashcards for Gaea, Uranus, Kronos, Hundred-Handed Giants, Cyclopes, Tartarus, Eros, Chaos; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24

9/15 Personal Narrative Unit TEST; Greek Mythology: students will work on their notesheet for “Kronos & Zeus” and create flashcards for Titans, Zeus, Rhea, Hera, Poseidon, Hades; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24

9/16 Parts of Speech: students will begin memorizing the 23 helping verbs and work on identifying subjects and verbs in sentences; Greek Mythology: students will respond to QuickWrite #2, work on their notesheet for “Prometheus,” and create flashcards for Prometheus, Epimetheus, Hephaestus; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24

9/17 HOMECOMING DAY! Greek Mythology: students will respond to QuickWrite #3, work on their notesheet for “Pandora,” and create flashcards for Pandora

English I

9/13 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24; Personal Narrative Unit TEST Wednesday

9/14 LTOTW: foil; Personal Narrative Unit Review for TEST Tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24

9/15 Personal Narrative Unit TEST; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24

9/16 Author Background Research: Students will do research on the author Langston Hughes; SAT Vocabulary List 2 flashcards DUE Friday and TEST 9/24

9/17 Reading Day: Students will read the short story, “Thank You, Ma’am,” by Langston Hughes

December 7

December 7 – 11

Honors English I

12/7 Expository Essay: Students will share their rough drafts with a classmate who will identify the various parts of an essay and use the correction codes for revision and edit; SAT Vocabulary List 5 TEST Friday

12/8 LTOTW: aside – a comment made by a character directly to the audience (breaking the fourth wall); Expository Essay: Students will revise and edit their rough drafts with final draft DUE Thursday

12/9 Expository Essay: Students will complete their revision and edits for their final draft DUE Tomorrow; Book Talks: As students complete their essays, they can read their novels for Book Talks on Dec 14 & 15; SAT Vocabulary TEST Friday

12/10 Quizlet Review for Vocab List 5 Test Tomorrow

12/11 SAT Vocab List 5 Test; Book Talks December 14 & 15

English I

12/7 Short Story: “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami – Students will begin reading the short story and working through comprehension questions in response; SAT Vocabulary List 5 TEST Friday

12/8 LTOTW: aside – a comment made by a character directly to the audience (breaking the fourth wall); Short Story: “The Seventh Man” by Haruki Murakami – Students will finish reading the short story and working through comprehension questions in response; SAT Vocabulary List 5 TEST Friday

12/9 Sustained Silent Reading: Students will spend the day reading their novel in preparation for Book Talks on Dec 14 & 15; SAT Vocabulary List 5 TEST Friday

12/10 Quizlet Review for Vocab List 5 Test Tomorrow

12/11 SAT Vocab List 5 Test; Book Talks December 14 & 15

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.03 Self-Sustained Reading, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.05 Response Skills, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.08 Author's Purpose and Craft, 09.09 Writing Process, 09.10 Composition Genres | LEAVE A COMMENT

November 29

November 30 – December 4

Honors English I & English I

11/30 MUGshot Monday – editing exercise (corrected sentences are posted in Google Classroom); SAT Vocabulary List 5 flashcards are DUE Friday, TEST Friday 11/11

12/1 LTOTW: soliloquy – a long speech made by a character in a play while no other characters are on stage; Students will read “Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry, taking notes over the character traits of Jim and Della as well as their relationship with one another before answering questions about the short story (assignment can be accessed in the Google Classroom); List 5 Flashcards DUE Friday

12/2 “Gift of the Magi” by O. Henry: After completing assignment from yesterday, students will complete a Direct & Indirect Characterization graphic organizer about either Jim or Della; List 5 Flashcards DUE Friday

12/3 Expository Writing: All students will take notes over the TEXXEXXT method of writing before writing – Honors English I: Review rubric and correction codes for expository writing and write an essay about the greatest gift you have ever given or received with rough draft DUE Monday; English I: write a paragraph about the greatest gift you have ever given or received DUE Monday; List 5 Flashcards DUE Tomorrow

12/4 SAT Vocabulary: Students will upload their flashcards into the Google Classroom by taking pics of the cards (they will need to use their phones); Expository Writing: Students will continue writing their essay/paragraph DUE Monday; when finished they can read their novels for Book Talks DUE 12/14 & 15

Category: 09.01 Oral Language, 09.02 Vocabulary, 09.04 Comprehension Skills, 09.05 Response Skills, 09.06 Literary Elements, 09.09 Writing Process | LEAVE A COMMENT

November 2

Lesson Plans November 2 – 6

Honors English I

11/2 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: Students will work on plot diagram DUE 11/4 Test 11/5

11/3 Band is at competition all day; LTOTW: characterization; Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: Students will work on plot diagram DUE Tomorrow Test 11/5

11/4 Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Gimkit Review for Test tomorrow

11/5 Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde Test

11/6 Short Stories: Students will listen to author Neil Gaiman read his story, “Click Clack the Rattlebag,” answering comprehension/analysis style questions as a class; Expository Writing: students will receive the mythology essay back and review corrections procedures/expectations; Essay Corrections DUE Tuesday 11/10

English I

11/2 MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Short Stories: Students will read “The Cask of Amontillado” before individually answering comprehension/analysis style questions DUE Wednesday

11/3 Band is at competition all day; LTOTW: characterization; Author Background Research: Edgar Allen Poe; HOMEWORK: Complete comprehension/analysis style questions over “The Cask of Amontillado” DUE Tomorrow

11/4 Short Stories: Students will finish reading “The Cask of Amontillado” and answering comprehension/analysis style questions DUE Tomorrow

11/5 Short Stories: Students will participate in group discussion over “The Cask of Amontillado”

11/6 Short Stories: Students will listen to a reading of “Click Clack the Rattlebag” by Neil Gaiman before answering comprehension/analysis style questions as a class; Book Talks on December 14 & 15