Category Archives: ELA 11.02

(2) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Theme and Genre. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about theme and genre in different cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to:

(A) analyze the way in which the theme or meaning of a selection represents a view or comment on the human condition;

(B) relate the characters and text structures of mythic, traditional, and classical literature to 20th and 21st century American novels, plays, or films; and

(C) relate the main ideas found in a literary work to primary source documents from its historical and cultural setting.

English III Lesson Plans for August 22 – 26, 2016

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NOTE: For the first week of school, classroom procedures will be discussed briefly at the beginning of class. The remainder of class time will focus on academics.

M & T: The students will read pages 4 – 8 and will discuss and take notes over the initial influences on American literature.

W: The students will read the Columbus biography on page 12 and be introduced to the selection vocabulary on pages 15 and 27. Notes and discussion of journal. Read from Journal of the First Voyage to America and complete Summarizing Texts exercise.

Th: The students will view lesson 1 of QUACK! SAT-based vocabulary and complete its 40-question exercise.

F: The students will assume the identity of Diego, one of Columbus’ crew and write a 0ne- to two-page journal entry recording his impression of the first voyage to America.

 

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for August 22 – 26, 2016

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All Classes: For the first week of school, classroom procedures will be discussed briefly at the beginning of class. The remainder of the class period will focus on academics.

M: The students will be introduced to the reading survey (due Wednesday), SAT-based vocabulary (due Friday), and the study of analytical literary terms. Distribute English Department policy and A.P. contracts.

T: The students will take the first portion of the summer reading tests.

W: Reading Survey due at the beginning of class. The students will take the second portion of the summer reading tests.

Th: The students will be assigned the Postcard from Summer reading project.

F: SAT-based vocabulary exercise due at beginning of class. The students will be introduced  the study of rhetoric and the three rhetorical appeals.

 

English III Lesson Plans for April 18 – 22, 2016

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The Great Gatsby

M: The students will read pages 85 – 96; notes and discussion the the waining significance of the green light in Gatsby’s life.

T: The students will read pages 97 – 111; notes and discussion on the validity of Gatsby’s previous autobiography. Compete chapter six study guide.

W: The students will read pages 112 to 122 and complete the Twenty Questions exercise.

Th: The students will complete SAT vocabulary Lesson 19 Of  Loves, Hates, and Fears.

F: The students will view an installment of Gone with the Wind, noting examples of survival.

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for April 4 – 8, 2016

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The Crucible

M: The students will read pages 44 – 46. The students will complete the Act I study guide.

T: Notes and discussion on internal and external conflict.

W: The students will complete a test on the factors contributing to the Salem witch hysteria.

Th: Notes and discussion on the tragic hero and the existing conflicts in 1692 Salem. The students will read pages 47 – 59, focusing on the conflict within the Proctor’s marriage.

F: The students will read pages 60 – 76.

 

English III Lesson Plans for April 4 – 8, 2016

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The Great Gatsby

M & T: Notes and discussion of pgs. 33 – 38: affair of Tom Buchanan and Myrtle Wilson, the party at NYC apartment, and Nick’s drunkeness.  Point out how Fitzgerald indicates the passage of time. The students will complete the study guide for chapters 1 & 2.

W: The students will read pages 39 – 44, noting the diversity of the guests to establish characterization. Discuss the personalities and the effects of wealth on them.

Th & F: The students will read pages 44 – 79. Notes and discussion on:

  • the representation of the green light
  • the rumors surrounding Jay Gatsby
  • the corruption of the American Dream

A. P. English III Lesson Plans for March 28 – April 1, 2016.

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The Crucible 

M: The students will be introduced to the contributing factors of the witch hysteria that swept Salem, Massachusetts the winter of 1692. Notes and discussion.

T: The students will complete the A.P. Literary Terms Test, J – Z.

W: Mrs. Donna Jennings will be in all classes assisting the students with ACT preparation.

Th: The students will be introduced to the Act I vocabulary of The Crucible and will read and discuss pages 3 – 7.

F: Mrs. Donna Jennings will be in all classes assisting the students with schedules for the 2016 – 2017 school year.

English III Lesson Plans for February 29 – March 4, 2016.

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M: The students will be introduced to the work of Mark Twain; notes and discussion.

T: The students will view the Dr. Elliot Engel video lecture over the work of Mark Twain and complete its accompanying questions.

W: The students will complete the Shadows of the Imagination test over Poe and Hawthorne.

Th & F: The students will read The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County and complete the exercise on local dialect.

 

 

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for February 29 – March 4, 2016

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M & T: The students will finish reading the allegory, Young Goodman Brown.

W & Th: The students will identify and interpret five faith allegorical statements from Young Goodman Brown.

F: The students will compete SAT-based vocabulary lesson 18 Words with Tales Attached.

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for February 8 – 12, 2016

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M: Student Holiday

T – W: In groups, the students will explicate The Raven, recognizing the sound devices alliteration and repetition, and the four recurring themes in the work of Edgar Allan Poe.

Th – F: The students will do research to write a proposal to produce a movie version of The Raven. The proposal will include setting and location, casting, music, set decoration, and props.