Author Archives: Deborah Walker

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for September 7 – 11, 2015

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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.

 

English IV Lesson Plans for August 31 – September 4, 2015

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BEOWULF

M: The students will read and discuss pgs. 47 – 51, The Wrath of Grendel. Assignment: Read The Monster’s Lair, pgs. 51 – 52 paraphrasing lines 411 – 448 and determine the main idea (five major points). Due Tuesday.

T: Main Idea assignment due. The students will read and discuss The Battle with Grendel’s Mother, pgs. 52 – 56.

W: The students will complete Study Guide 1.

Th: The students will complete Beowulf, pgs. 56 – 64 and write kennings about students in the classroom.

F: The students will complete Study Guide 2.

ELA 12.o1, 12.02, 12.03, 12.05, 12.13, 12.14, 12.17, 12.18, 12.24, 12.25, 12.26

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for August 31 – September 4, 2015

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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.

English III Lesson Plans for August 31- September 4, 2015

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M: The students will read background information of the Onandaga tribe, pg. 19. Literary terms myth and origin myth will be defined and discussed. The class will read The Earth on Turtle’s Back, pages 20 – 23. Notes and discussion. Summarizing Texts exercise.

T: A Journey Through Texas. Introduce vocabulary, pg. 46 and exploration narrative literary term. Read Cabeza de Vaca biographical sketch, pg. 47. Read selection pgs. 48 – 51 and complete Critical Reading  questions 1 – 3, pg. 54.

W: Students will view the SAT-based vocabulary video, QUACK! Lesson 1 and complete its accompanying 40-question exercise.

Th & F: Discussion of history of the totem pole and continuation of Native American mythology. Given an outline of a totem pole, the students will design a five-part personal totem pole, with each section representing him-/herself, the family, school, hobby and goals, with written commentary for each section. Totem will be a test grade.

English IV Lesson Plans for the week of August 24 – 28, 2015

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

M: The students will be introduced to the time period A.D. 499 – 1485 in Great Britain and the types of literature prevalent during those years. Read and discuss pages 4 – 5; complete Names and Terms to Know handout.

T: The students will discuss the background of the epic, Beowulf. They will define and discuss the terms epic and kenning, and read and discuss Focus of Literary Forms on pages 34 – 35. Copy Beowulf vocabulary, pg. 38.

W: The students will read and discuss Beowulf, pgs. 40 – 43. They will find kennings and discuss their meanings. The students will identify examples of pagan and Christian ideas represented together.  Group activity.

Th: The students will read pgs. 44 – 51 of Beowulf and identify and analyze kennings. The students will continue to find examples of Christian and pagan ideas. Students will set up their journals.

F: The students will review part one of Beowulf and complete its study guide.

ELA 12.01, 12.02, 12.03, 12.05, 12.17, 12.24

A.P. English III Lesson Plans for August 24 – 28, 2015

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

AP English III Topics: AP Literary Terms, SAT-Based Vocabulary, Summer Reading, The Art of Rhetoric

M: The students will be introduced to the reading survey (due Weds.), SAT-based vocabulary (due Thurs.), and the study of analytical literary terms.

T: The students will complete the first portion of the summer reading test.

W: Reading Survey due at the beginning of class. The students will complete the second portion of the summer reading test and be given the grading rubric and requirements for the Summer Reading Postcard Project.

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

F: The students will be introduced to the three elements of Aristotle’s Triangle and discuss their application to reading, speaking and effective argument.

 

English III Lesson Plans for August 24 – 28, 2015

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

English III Topics: What makes American literature American? The Exploration Journal, SAT-Based Vocabulary

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 pgs. 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 accompanying 40-question exercise.

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

 

 

WOHS English Dept. Nine Weeks Test Policy

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The department will give a nine weeks test at the end of each grading period.

  • All students will take the nine weeks test.
  • If the nine weeks test grade is higher than any pen-and-paper test grade for that nine weeks, it will replace the lowest test grade.
  • If the nine weeks test is lower than any pen-and-paper test grade for that nine weeks, it will not count against the student.
  • The nine weeks test grade will not replace a summer reading test grade.
  • The nine weeks test grade will not replace an A.P. literary terms test grade.
  • The nine weeks test will not replace a composition test grade.
  • The nine weeks test will not replace a project test grade.

 

English Department Grade Posting Policy

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Below, please find the time frame the WOHS English department will be following in posting its grades in the grade book.  The  time frame has  been approved by the WOHS administration.

The teacher is allotted the following amounts of time in which to grade assignments before posting the grades:

Research Papers – three weeks; Essay Tests – one week; Essays/Journals – one week; Tests – two days; Homework – two days