Welcome to English 10 Honors!

Monday, August 27/Tuesday, August 28

Target: To learn about each other, to learn about our course, and to begin thinking about our first unit’s topic- the hero

Agenda:

Bellringer –diagnostic quiz, tech slips, name placards

Small group introductions, conversations, Venn diagrams

Course PowerPoint

Journal – Define “Hero.” Who is (or was) your hero? Why was that person so important to you? Why do you think heroes are important to our society? [follow heading norm]

Wednesday, August 29

Target: I will get to know others; I will understand and formulate definitions of a hero

Turn in Homework –six-work memoirs – completed worksheet

SSR

Vocabulary List #1

Example of 6 word memoir; write our first draft of our own; turn in

Definitions of hero - share

Read aloud – “The Man in the Water” Watch video of eventhttp://travel.usatoday.com/flights/post/2012/01/w-usa-1982-crash-report/602793/1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAT5aBaHp8A&safety_mode=true&persist_safety_mode=1&safe=active

Can we refine our definition of a hero?

HW: Read “Jack and the Beanstalk”

Friday, August 31/Tuesday, September 4

Agenda:

Groups – feedback on free-write; rubric and due date

Revisit Hero definition from last class and hero scenarios – we will discuss 3

Discuss “Jack and the Beanstalk” and take notes of Hero’s Journey

Vocabulary practice – on back of list; SSR when finished

Wednesday/Thursday, September 5 and 6

Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in modern literature and media: I will know the Epic Hero characteristics; I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

Bell-ringer:

Vocabulary – sentences (5) and mnemonic devices (3) – turn in

Assign vocabulary task – due Friday Vocabulary practice – find 10 words used professionally. Copy and paste into a Word document. Cite your source correctly.

SSR

After lunch:

Review “Jack and the Beanstalk” and Hero’s Journey notes

Epic Hero and Anglo-Saxon notes

HW: Due Friday: vocabulary task, Memoir;

Friday, September 7

Targets: I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in modern literature and media: I will know the Epic Hero characteristics; I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and

how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

1. Bell ringer – a. Turn in homework assignment: vocabulary b. Pick up classwork from Wednesday. Add 5 more sentences; share mnemonic devices

Start SSR when finished.

2. The Name game…put desks in a circle3. Memoir work4. Anglo-Saxon notes - finish5. Begin Beowulf - Read pages 33-36 in book

HW: find an article (newspaper, magazine, online) about heroes. There should be MANY with the anniversary of 9/11. Bring a hard copy of the article to class by Monday, Sept. 17.

Tuesday, Sept. 11

I will know the Hero’s Journey and recognize it in modern literature and media:

I will know the Epic Hero characteristics

I will know about the Anglo-Saxons’ and their society and how society and culture are reflected in the literature of the period.

Warm-up:

On the slip of paper, write as many steps of the Hero’s Journey as you can remember; on the back, write as many details from the A-S notes are you can remember from last week

Vocab. review game

After lunch:

Review notes from Thursday – Epic, Anglo-Saxons, Beowulf; practice kennings

Read Beowulf starting on page 33- with directed reading/notes activity

HW:

1. find an article (newspaper, magazine, online) about heroes. There should be MANY with the anniversary of 9/11. Bring a hard copy of the article to class by next Monday, Sept. 17.

2. Study for vocab. quiz

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Warm-up:

Based on our reading from the last class, create an image of what YOU think Grendel looks like. (5 min)

Kenning practice Continue reading Beowulf – 3rd – line 190; 4th page 40

After lunch:

Vocabulary quiz; SSR when finished Read: Battle With Grendel’s Mother, Battle with the Dragon

Homework:

find an article (newspaper, magazine, online) about heroes. There should be MANY with the anniversary of 9/11. Bring a hard copy of the article to class by next Monday, Sept. 17.

Read pages:

Monday, September 17

3rd:

Warm-up:

Have homework article out to be checked

Write 3 original kennings

New Vocab list –prefixes – go over ab, circum, en, intra, pre – record

definitions and on a separate sheet of paper, brainstorm words you

already know with these prefixes

Begin Silent Sustained Reading

After lunch:

Hero’s Journey – complete for Beowulf’s first two battles

Read: “Beowulf’s Last Battle” on pages 52-55, “The Death of Beowulf” on pages 56-59 and “Mourning Beowulf” on page 60 ; complete note organizer/checklist

4th

Warm-up:

Have homework article out to be checked

New Vocab list –prefixes – go over ab, circum, en, intra, pre – record

definitions and on a separate sheet of paper, brainstorm words you

already know with these prefixes

Begin Silent Sustained Reading

Hero’s Journey – complete for Beowulf’s first two battles

Read: “Beowulf’s Last Battle” on pages 52-55, “The Death of Beowulf” on pages 56-59 and “Mourning Beowulf” on page 60 ; complete note organizer/checklist

Start hw/Begin Silent Sustained Reading

Wednesday, September 19

Third Period:

Warm-up: Vocabulary –Latin Prefixes

Alliteration and appositive practice

SSR

After lunch – tying together the Epic and the modern concept of the hero

Hero’s Journey for hero news article

Epic characteristics – review; apply to article

“Define” modern era together

Complete lit terms chart – find examples from all parts of the epic (all three battles)

Alliteration and Appositives

1. Create an alliterative sentence for your given letter of the alphabet.2. Write a descriptive appositive for yourself.3. Write two additional appositives for some of your favorite celebrities.

Ex 1. Xander went to the zoo, but he was zapped by an electric fence when he tried to sneak into the pandas’ exhibit.

Ex 2. Mrs. Donahue, an avid photographer, took pictures for the team’s website.

Ex. 3: Brian Orakpo, two-time All-Pro linebacker for the Redskins, is out for the season with a torn pectoral muscle.

Tom Brady, the NFL’s passing leader, three for over 400 yards this weekend.

Friday, September 21

Vocabulary Prefixes – add to list – green words

Silent Sustained Reading

warm-up ~ Practice lit terms; assignment – due Thursday!

Due today = Completed charts for Modern Hero assignment and brainstorm exercise

Work on Thesis practice – notes, notecards

CW/HW ~ Parody – read “Grendel” excerpt and answer your assigned

questions – page 149-154; think about a class parody? – due Tuesday

(with book)

Tuesday, September 25

Warm-up – Beowulf review chart

Vocabulary Prefixes – add to list – purple words

Silent Sustained Reading

Discuss homework~ Parody –“Grendel” excerpt -

questions – page 149-154 in supplemental book; video parody for fun

Review sheet – Anglo-Saxon Quiz on Monday

HW: begin quiz study! 12-25 lines about your modern hero using literary devices from A-S unit

Thursday, September 271. Lots of info for Agendas! See below.2. Turn in lit term practice with your article hero; attach article! Share?3. Vocabulary – finish list; practice – after all review

After lunch = Review for Beowulf and the Anglo-Saxons – Quiz Monday!

Review sheet from Tuesday Christian and Pagan elements Lit term review Review bingo?

Next Week:

Unit 1 Quiz (Anglo-Saxons, Beowulf, Hero’s Journey) Monday

Third Block – eat A lunch on Monday!

Leave purple books in locker next week.

Bring old catalogues by Friday, Oct. 5.

Bring PSAT books each day next week!

Bring $1 for A Christmas Carol.

If you wish to have your own copy, purchase Lord of the Flies soon. We will start in two weeks.

Monday, October 1

1. Anglo-Saxon Quiz2. PSAT Practice – Read pages 8-9 starting with “Critical

Reading” – you can either complete or skip the actual questions – you’ll get practice elsewhere; read page 29 “Writing Section.”

3. PSAT practice ~ Improving sentences exercise4. Do you have all of the prefixes? If not, copy the ones you

need.5. SSR

Homework/PSAT Practice: Take Section 3 Practice Test – pages 15- 20 (24 questions). Time yourself and do not go over 25 minutes. Write your answers right on the test packet.

HW: Bring library books for class on Wednesday.

Wednesday, October 3

Warm-up – Sentence completion

PSAT practice – Check classwork/homework (worksheet and practice test #3)

Portfolio Info – free-write; question generator (if time)

Prefix practice – group skits

SSR/Library – check out the Banned Books display

HW: 25 minutes to complete Section 1 (pages 5 – 9)

Journal/Free-write – Thinking About Portfolio:

If you could investigate ANY topic, what would it be and why? Explain why this appeals to you. What is your purpose for your investigation? What sources would you use to find your information?

Your task: Write a one minute commercial or PSA using as many words with your prefixes as you can.

Friday, October 5

1. Prefix skits ~ five more minutes with group, then perform; tableaus; quiz next week – Friday

2. Visual Media/Tone exercise – need catalogue3. SSR

Enjoy your long weekend!

Get copy of Lord of the Flies if you want your own .

Next week: PSAT review, writing practice; Latin Prefixes practice and quiz, LotF notes and suggested reading schedule

Wednesday, October 10, 20111. Prefix quiz practice – memory game2. Journal3. PSAT practice – Test #5 in booklet

Thursday, October 11

1. Vocabulary – prefix quiz2. Survival in the Desert/SSR when finished with quiz3. Notes on Lord of the Flies/video/vocabulary

Next week: Bring purple books (Ballads); bring Lord of the Flies (SSR)

Tuesday, October 16

1. PSAT practice/SSR2. Finish LotF notes, assign journal prompts and

select due dates (3rd – short video)3. Ballads – notes

LotF Reader Response Journal due dates (can be turned in prior to due dates):

#1 = Oct. 22 (Monday)

#2 = Oct. 26 (Friday)

#3 – Nov. 1 (Thursday - last class day of quarter!)

#4 = Nov. 7 (Wed. – first day after your long weekend)

HW: keep reading LotF; For Monday, Oct. 22 – bring lyrics to a modern ballad (bring link or copy of song on jump drive if possible); bring news article about a tragedy (needs to be from the last two months).

Thursday, October 18

1. Ballads – notes - review

“Barbara Allan” page 193 – tragic love story “Sir Patrick Spens” page 194 – public tragedy “Get Up and Bar the Door” page 196 – comedy about domestic

squabbling – readers’ theater

4. Modern ballads – start today, if time

Tuesday, October 18

1. Book order reminder – A Christmas Carol $1

2. Vocabulary list #3 – assigned highlighted word for illustration (DUE: Monday, October 24) and find 5 words in a professional publication (DUE: Wednesday, October 26). Include correct documentation of sources please. Copy and paste into a Word Document. Okay to print front and back. Quiz date: Tuesday, November 1

3. Go over 1984 Part I questions in small groups4. Ballads – Modern ballads

Share in groups of three – read aloud, discuss; complete worksheet independently for your ballad

Pick Quiz date for Ballads and/or Ballads and Romances: October _____

5. SSR and/or Romance notes

Reminders - Write original ballads based on your newspaper article – due October 24

Keep Reading 1984 Part II – possible reading check on ThursdayPart III – due 10/28

Thursday, October 20

1. Vocabulary list #3 –practice worksheet (on back of list)

2. 1984 Part II - check questions with a partner (be sure to have 1984 book on Monday)

3. SSR4. Medieval Romance notes5. Medieval Romances – define, Read “Gawain and the Green

Knight” in your textbook, pages 208-223 and complete discussion questionsReminders

Write original ballads based on your newspaper article – due Monday, October 24

Vocabulary Illustration due Monday, October 24 Keep Reading 1984~ Part III - due 10/28

Monday, October 24

1. Vocabulary list #3 –present illustration2. Original Ballads - Share in small groups, whole class (?)

and turn in 3. SSR4. Review Medieval Romance notes5. Medieval Romances – finish “Gawain and the Green

Knight” in your textbook, pages 218-223 and complete discussion questions – pick Ballad and Romance quiz date (Friday, October 28)

6. 1984 Part II Quotations – begin7. The Canterbury Tales – intro, if time

6. Reminders

Keep Reading 1984~ Part III - due 10/28 find 5 words in a professional publication (DUE: Wednesday, October 26).

Include correct documentation of sources please. Copy and paste into a Word Document. Okay to print front and back. Quiz date: Tuesday, November 1

Wednesday, October 26

1. Vocabulary list #3 – share professional use of words2. Review Medieval Romance and Ballad notes – short

quiz Friday3. SSR4. 1984 Part II Quotations 5. The Canterbury Tales – notes, read beginning of

Prologue

Reminders Keep Reading 1984~ Part III - due 10/28 Vocabulary Quiz date: Tuesday, November 1

Friday, October 28

1. Vocabulary Practice – Quizlet; Canterbury Cathedral Virtual Tour: http://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/

2. SSR3. Quiz on Medieval Romance and Ballad 4. The Canterbury Tales – Pictures of CC; start

Prologue – page 1135. HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” for

Wednesday, November 9 – we will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

Tuesday, November 1

1. Vocabulary quiz ~ SSR when you finish

2. After lunch ~ The Canterbury Tales –Monk and Friar – HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” for Wednesday, November 9 – we will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

3. 1984 – Part III; setting and symbols

Thursday, November 3

1. The Canterbury Tales –– Oxford Student, Skipper, Doctor, and Wife of Bath – lines 295-486

HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale.” We will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.2. 1984 – Part III; finish symbols; work on setting/mood,

and themes (topics vs. theme statements); looks like our quiz will be Friday, 11/11 (tentative); you will complete an in-class essay on a later date.

Wednesday, November 9

Grab a purple textbook on your way in…

1. The Canterbury Tales –– Parson, Plowman, Miller, Summoner, and Pardoner – (page 125-128; 130-136)HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by November 17. We will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

2. 1984 – theme topics to theme statements (find worksheet from last week)

3. 1984 and poetry assignment4. CW/HW – write a one-page narrative about any

appropriate aspect of your life.

Friday, November 11

The Canterbury Tales –– “The Pardoner’s Tale” page 144HW: read “The Wife of Bath’s Tale” by November 17. We will have a graded seminar. Read page 154, page 155 = optional, read again beginning on page 156. Bring a good discussion question (written) to class based on your reading.

1984 – theme statements (one-pager)

1984 and poetry assignment; review

Quiz Tuesday on 1984

What to study for your quiz…

Section Questions (1,2, and 3) Worksheets/Notes – theme, setting, symbols Know book – e.g. characters, events, plot, setting

You will have a sub on Tuesday. Bring SSR materials for before lunch. You will get a new vocabulary list. The Quiz will be after lunch. See me Monday if you have questions before the quiz.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Vocabulary – worksheet, Quizlet

After lunch – Charles Dickens Scavenger Hunt using subscription databases

DIDLS

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