M: Student Holiday
T: The students will view the video of Hawthorne’s life, New England’s Puritan Son, complete its accompanying questions, define allegory, and complete the vocabulary for Young Goodman Brown.
W – F: The students will read the allegory, Young Goodman Brown.
M: The students will complete a test on sound devices and will read The Raven.
T & W: The students will explicate The Raven.
Th: The students will read and take notes about the biographical sketch of Nathaniel Hawthorne and discuss the inherited guilt aspect of his work.
F: The students will view the video of Hawthorne’s life, New England’s Puritan Son, define allegory, and will complete the vocabulary for Young Goodman Brown.
M: School Holiday
T: The students will take notes and discuss the elements of Gothic literature.
W: The students will complete the English III Benchmark exam, read “An Appointment in Samara, and complete an irony of situation exercise.
Th: The students will view the Dr. Eliott Engel video on the life of Edgar Allan Poe, the recurring themes in his work, and complete the accompanying exercise.
F: The students will compete the SAT-based vocabulary lesson 16.
M: School Holiday
T: The students will complete the TKAM pgs. 272 – 281 quiz and the 11th grade ELA Benchmark Exam.
W: TKAM Student-Led Learning Project: Discussion of TKAM pages 272 – 281 will include the following points:
TKAM Learning Chart Due Friday
Th & F: The students will view the motion picture, To Kill a Mockingbird, evaluating how messages presented reflect social and cultural views.
The Crucible
M – W: The students will view The Crucible motion picture, comparing and contrasting the play to the screenplay, both of which were written by Arthur Miller.
W: Why I Wrote “The Crucible” commentary analysis due.
Th: The students will demonstrate knowledge of The Crucible in a major test.
F: The students will complete the SAT-based vocabulary exercise, QUACK! Lesson 5.
To Kill a Mockingbird / SAT-based Vocabulary
M: The students will discuss and complete Vocabulary Lesson 15 Appearances and Attitudes II.
T: During the study of To Kill a Mockingbird, each student has been assigned a set of pages which he/she will be responsible for presenting to the class.Project requirements are: a list of five to ten defined vocabulary words from the selection, a ten-question quiz with answer key, and a five-point outline with which they will lead the class discussion. Discussion points must include characterization of Scout, Jem, Atticus or Boo Radley, theme of the mockingbird image, maturation, prejudice or courage, and setting.
T: pages 212 – 226
W: pages 227 – 241
Th: 242 – 256
F: 257 – 271
To Kill a Mockingbird Student-Led Learning Project
During the study of the novel, each student has been assigned a set of pages which he/she will be responsible for presenting to the class. Project requirements are a list of five to ten defined vocabulary words from the selection, a ten-question quiz with answer key, and a five-point outline with which they will lead the class discussion. Discussion points must include characterization of Scout, Jem, Atticus or Boo Radley, theme of the mockingbird image, maturation, prejudice or courage, and setting.
M: Pages 152 – 166
T: 167 – 181
W: 182 – 196
Th: 197 – 211
F: 212 – 226
The Crucible
M: The students will file graded papers and complete the Act IV Vocabulary Builder.
T: The students will read pages 1217 – 1225, citing examples of John Proctor’s role as the tragic hero.
W: The students will read pages 1226 – 1229 and discuss Proctor’s main concerns in this passage.
Th: The students will read pages 1230 – 1233, discuss how Proctor’s statements reflect those of a tragic hero, and complete the Act IV study guide.
F: The students will view the motion picture, The Crucible, with the view of writing a review of it at the conclusion.
To Kill a Mockingbird
M & T: Student-Led Learning Project: Given an assigned section of the novel, the students will select appropriate defined vocabulary, a five-point outline, and will lead a class discussion of setting, characterization, and theme over their assigned section.
W: The students will complete a Learning Experiences chart for the characters Scout and Jem in the novel.
Th: The students will complete the Nine Weeks Test.
F: The students will begin the review for the semester exam.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Student-Led Learning Project: During the study of the novel, each student has been assigned a set of pages which he/she will be responsible for presenting to the class. Project requirements are a list of five – ten defined vocabulary words from the selection, a ten-question quiz with answer key, and a five-point outline with which they will lead the class discussion. Discussion points must include characterization of Scout, Jem, Atticus or Boo Radley, theme of the mockingbird image, maturation, prejudice or courage, and setting.
M: Pages 60 – 74
T: 75 – 89
W: 90 – 104; Quiz over Chapters 1 – 3
Th: 105 – 121
F: SAT Prep Lesson 12