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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

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