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.
M: School Holiday
T & W: The students will research the casting, location, music, set decoration, and props for a memo detailing pre-production plans for a movie version of The Raven.
Th: The students will complete SAT-based Vocabulary Lesson 17 Size and Shape
F: The students will type drafts of their Raven memo.
M: Counselor Jack Hale will meet with all classes to distribute and discuss the ASVAB results.
T: The student will complete the A.P. Literary Terms Test Part I A – H. Note: This test was announce the second week of school and can not be replaced by a nine weeks test.
W – F: The students will be in the library researching To Kill a Mockingbird and preparing their chapter lesson for the Student-Led Learning Project.
M: The students will complete the SAT-based vocabulary Lesson 8 from Sunny Spain.
T: The students will be grouped to begin work on a Powerpoint presentation on topics relevant to To Kill a Mockingbird. The presentations will serve as an introduction to the novel and count as a test grade. Discussion of requirements and assignment of topics.
W – F: The students will conduct library research on the To Kill a Mockingbird Powerpoint presentations.
M: School Holiday
T:Announce Rhetoric Test for Thursday, September 17. Assign extra-credit project due Oct. 1 for A.P. literary terms test. Teacher-generated notes on the three tenets of the American Dream. Define narrative and historical narrative. Read Captain John Smith biographical sketch, pg. 64 and introduce selection vocabulary and footnotes.
W: Postcards from Summer Reading due.(test grade)
W – F: The students will present their rhetorical analysis of selected editorial cartoons to the class. (test grade)
Th: SAT-based vocabulary lesson 3 due.
M: Summer Reading Test breakdown. The students will be introduced to the Art of Rhetoric unit. Notes and discussion.
T: Reading Survey due. Notes and discussion of the Rhetorical Appeals. Analysis of editorial cartoons and the rhetorical appeals utilized by the cartoonists.
W: The students will research and and choose individual editorial cartoons in the computer lab.
Th: SAT Vocabulary Lesson 2 due. Assignment requirements of rhetoric project: editorial cartoon analysis and presentation.
F: Timed Universal Screening.