English+2++2010-2011+++Past+Assignments

=English 2 - Past Assignments -=

Week of August 25

 * Wednesday, August 25**
 * Materials List
 * **General Announcement - Cellphones will not be tolerated during classtime. Please turn all cellphones OFF!**
 * 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 1
 * //How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along?// slides 1-20 [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/How+is+Your+Critical+Thinking+Coming+Along.ppt"]] [|How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along.ppt]
 * **Homework** - Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1. Materials must be presented in entirety.


 * Thursday, August 26**
 * 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 2
 * //How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along?// slides 21-38 [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/How+is+Your+Critical+Thinking+Coming+Along.ppt"]] [|How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along.ppt]
 * **Homework -**
 * Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1. Materials must be presented in entirety.
 * Quiz - __List and explanation__ of the 5 Steps of Critical Thinking


 * Friday, August 27**
 * Quiz - List and explain the 5 Steps of Critical Thinking
 * Bookroom to get //Literature, English 2// textbook
 * 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 3
 * //How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along?// slides 39-50 [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/How+is+Your+Critical+Thinking+Coming+Along.ppt"]] [|How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along.ppt]
 * **Homework** - Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1 Materials must be presented in entirety.

Week of August 30
> **Monday, October 25** > **Tuesday, October 26** - Pre-Plan, Plan, Pre-ACT Testing > **Wednesday, October 27** > **Thursday, October 28** > **Friday, October 29** > Preparation - Letter of Recommendation [|Preparation - Letter of Recommendation - English 2.aug10.doc]
 * Monday, August 30**
 * Critical Thinking Writing Assignment - //A Letter of Recommendation [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Writing+Assignment+-+Eng+2.aug10.doc"]] [|Writing Assignment - Eng 2.aug10.doc]//
 * ==Week of October 25, 2010==
 * Chapter 23 - Read in class
 * //Color of Water// - "Hills and Valleys of Ruth Jordan's Life" worksheet - Chapters 21-23
 * **Homework -**
 * Complete "Hills and Valleys" worksheet[[file:Chapter 21, 23.oct10.doc]]
 * Read through Chapter 24 for Wednesday
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Color,// Chapter 24
 * **Homework** - Chapter 24-25
 * Themes - religion, hard work, persistence during struggles, racial conditions, interracial families, family values, education, effects of childhood (positive and negative), etc.
 * **Homework** - From the list of themes developed in class, //choose 5//. Find //3 examples (//quotes or specific moments) that support each of the 5 themes.
 * Double-check gradesheet for 1st Quarter
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * End of 1st Quarter
 * Mark pages for 5 painting selections
 * Preparation - The //Evidence// chart
 * Examine paintings in the text for positive and negative qualities
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish the //Preparation - Evidence// chart (in the packet) for 4 Hospital Needs
 * Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1. Materials must be presented in entirety.


 * Tuesday, August 31**
 * Materials Check
 * Warrants - What kinds should you be looking for?
 * Review terms - tone, mood, characterization, setting, theme, artist's style.
 * Examine paintings in the text for artistic features. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Looking+Critically+at+Paintings.aug10.doc"]] [|Looking Critically at Paintings.aug10.doc]
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish "Looking Critically at Paintings"
 * Materials due - Last day for full credit. Materials must be presented in entirety.
 * Be sure to bring your Independent Reading book (must be written in 1st person point-of-view) to get Reading credit.


 * Wednesday, September 1**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Using terms to evaluate paintings - mood, tone, setting, characterization, theme
 * Completing the //Preparation// - The //Warrants// Chart in the packet
 * **Homework -** Fill in the //Critical Thinking// chart and state your Claim (back page of your green packet).
 * Thursday, September 2**
 * Significance of painting's title and specific detail
 * Review the assignment - highlight key ideas
 * Formal Letter format - 3 body paragraphs
 * Using Addition Transitions to guide your reader
 * **Homework:** Using your Critical Thinking chart, type your formal letter of recommendation. Explain each hospital need (evidence), reason (warrant), and specific examples from the painting that you have chosen for Mrs. Rogers' selection.
 * Typed draft of formal letter due on Tuesday, September 7.


 * Friday, September 3 Teacher Institute Day - No School for Students**

Week of September 6, 2010
[|Critical Thinking Eval page.sep10.doc]
 * Monday, September 6 Labor Day - No School**
 * Tuesday, September 7**
 * Evaluation page and Writing Folder
 * Attention to Specific Details
 * Review purpose of 3 body paragraphs
 * Peer double-check: Formal letter format, transitions, logical sequence of critical thinking: hospital needs, reasons, //specific// details
 * **Homework -**
 * Revise 1st draft - transitions, //specific// details, peer comments
 * Spellcheck and Proofread __//out loud!!//__
 * //Final Letter of Recommendation due - with all the assignment page, drafts, and green packet in your Writing Folder//
 * Wednesday, September 8**
 * //Final Letter of Recommendation due - with all the assignment page, drafts, and green packet in your Writing Folder//
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Common+Questions+-+English+2+Expectations.with+Parent+Page.aug10.doc"]] [|Common Questions - English 2 Expectations.with Parent Page.aug10.doc]
 * Frequently Asked Questions - "First Semester - English 2"
 * **Homework** -
 * Signed parent page (10 homework points)
 * Bring reading book on Thursday (instead of Friday)
 * Thursday, September 9**
 * Signed gradesheet? Signed Parent Page?
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling (in place of Friday)
 * Critical Thinking - Understanding a Poem
 * **Homework** -
 * Critical Thinking - Read and think critically to answer questions - "With Her Eyes"
 * Friday, September 10**
 * //In Memory - 9 Years Ago//

**Week of September 13, 2010**
> || mohsin hamid || [|Why Do They Hate Us.Washington Post.nov07.doc] > || external image andrew-lam.jpg || Overview "Letter From One Refugee to Another," Andrew Lam, text p. 456-549. What is the author's perspective and purpose?
 * Monday, Sept. 13**
 * What is Point of View?
 * Why would an author choose to use first-person point of view?
 * Classnotes - Text p. 282-283
 * Multiple perspectives - Why should we care?
 * Follow-up to student's 9/11 question: "Why do they hate us?"
 * News article: 2001 - "Why Do They Hate Us?"
 * **Homework -**
 * Read the article. //Highlight// phrases that explain reasons for resentment other countries feel toward the U.S.
 * Write 5 questions that the article makes you want to ask.
 * Tuesday, Sept. 14**
 * Author's perspective in a personal essay
 * Classnotes - Text p. 223
 * || [[image:http://www.mohsinhamid.com/images/516_Mohsin_Photo_1.jpg width="201" height="119" caption="mohsin hamid"]] ||
 * Personal Essay: 2007 //Washington Post// -"Why Do They Hate Us?"
 * **Homework -**
 * Highlight phrases that tell why other countries resent the U.S.
 * Underline phrases that tell what the author thinks Americans can do about it.
 * Critical Thinking - Write 5 sentences of your own about how and why the U.S. is viewed by other countries.
 * Wednesday, Sept. 15**
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Text - Author's Perspective and Purpose, text p. 482
 * Perspectives and Identity - What is identity? What do our identities come from?
 * **Homework** - List 10 questions that you would like to know about your mom and/or dad during their childhoods.
 * Thursday, Sept. 16**
 * Critical Thinking -
 * What is happening in this picture? p. 457
 * List 5 specific details that support your answer.
 * How do these details satisfy the author's purpose?
 * Reading Strategy - Overviewing
 * || [[image:http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/people/andrew-lam.jpg caption="external image andrew-lam.jpg" link="http://www.pacificnews.org/lam/"]] ||
 * Independent reading of the letter
 * **Homework** - Complete the 7 questions on the worksheet.
 * Friday, Sept. 17**
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Classwork - Define perspective. Multiple Perspectives - Who cares?

Week of September 20, 2010
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 * Monday, September 20**
 * Attention to Headings and Formality for all homework assignments
 * Author's Purpose: Memoire
 * Multiple Perspectives - "A Celebration of Grandfathers," by Rudolpho Anaya (textbook p. 222)
 * Author's past/present
 * Author and his grandfather
 * **Homework -**
 * List 5 people that you know who are at least 2 generations older (usually about 50 years) than you are.
 * For each person, explain your relationship.
 * Then write at least one sentence about a personal memory you have of that person.


 * Tuesday, September 21**
 * Memoire - Self-awareness gained from the values, wisdom, traditions, experiences, lifestyle, or decisions of an experience with another person
 * Share memories in rotating pairs
 * Free-write how the experience in the memory affected you: what did you learn, begin to appreciate, etc.?
 * **Homework -**
 * Read the brief editorial, "Different Drug Problem," which shares the perspective of someone whose childhood was many years ago.
 * Highlight any word, phrase, or sentence in the paragraph that //is similar// to the experiences you have had.
 * Wednesday, September 22**
 * Capitalization review
 * Handout, p. 80-82. Highlight 20 types of words that require a capital letter.
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework** - Give one additional example for #1-20 on the handout for which a capital letter is required.
 * Thursday, September 23**
 * Writing Folders
 * Editing marks
 * Personal Writing Assessment - Go through the final Letter of Recommendation, and check the first column of the Assessment page if you find the error anywhere on your final paper. You do //not// have to make a check for every time you made the error; check it only once.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Personal+Writing+Assessment.sep10.doc"]] [|Personal Writing Assessment.sep10.doc]
 * Spelling Pre-test and Rule - "I comes before E" //except// after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh.
 * **Homework** - Type 1 - 1 1/2 page summary of your dream and its significance, what you learned from it, how you got to know yourself or others


 * Friday, September 24 [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Spelling+list+and+worksheet+ie+cei.sept10.doc"]] [|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.sept10.doc]**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework -** Complete the pink " I comes before E" spelling worksheet
 * **Test on the 30 words //and// the spelling rule will be next Wednesday, September 29.**

Week of September 27, 2010
//**Test on the IE Spelling Rule and 30 words - Wednesday, September 29**//
 * Monday, September 27**
 * High scoring Progress Report grades
 * Practice - Spelling Rule and 30 words[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Spelling+list+and+worksheet+ie+cei.sept10.doc"]] [|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.sept10.doc]
 * ACT books overview - p. 10, 12, 13 Sample test items
 * **Homework -**
 * Have an adult give you a practice spelling test on the rule and 30 words, using the top of the pink page
 * Use looseleaf paper with the proper heading
 * Have the tester check and sign the practice test
 * Tuesday, September 28**
 * Practice - Spelling Rule and 30 words
 * ACT Topic Inventory - ACT book, p. 26-27
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish Topic Inventory if not completed in class
 * Spelling Test - Have anyone quiz you on the IE Rule and any words you have misspelled on pretests (class or adult one)
 * Wednesday, September 29**
 * Spelling Test - IE Rule and 30 words
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Highlight problem spots on the Topic Inventory
 * **Homework -** Get all September Reading Journals together and stapled. Double-check that you have labeled dates and pages for each entry, capital letters for all names, and punctuation for all titles.
 * Thursday, September 30**
 * Answers to Inventory + Study Guide
 * Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases - ACT book, p. 33 highlighting
 * Classnotes - Independent Clause (IC) and fragments
 * **Homework** - OWL worksheet - IC or Frag?
 * Friday, October 1 - Homecoming Parade Day**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling

Week of October 4, 2010

 * Monday, October 4**
 * Review IC and fragments (-ing, -ed, to _
 * student's name
 * student's name__ on the spelling, definitions, and sentences for Act I and II vocabulary words. Signed ."
 * Friday, December 10**
 * Vocabulary Test for Acts I and II
 * Reading and Journaling
 * **Homework** - Act III Summary Sentences [[file:Act III Scenes for Summarizing.dec10.doc]]

=English 2 - This Week=

Week of December 13, 2010

 * Monday, December 13**
 * Dissection of Brutus - Internal Conflicts
 * Act II Brutus speeches (see handout)
 * 3 metaphors - the adder, ladder, and serpent
 * To kill for the good of Rome //or// maintain loyalty for Caesar
 * **Homework** - On page 1 of the Julius Caesar Quotes packet: for the 1st 10 speeches (Act I only), give the following information -
 * Speaker
 * Person or group spoken to
 * Meaning or significance of the speech to the act as a whole
 * Meaning or significance of the speech to the act as a whole
 * Tuesday, December 14**
 * Finish Brutus speeches for Brutus' characterization and building internal conflict
 * A Look at the Wives - Portia
 * **Homework** -
 * Textbook - In the following speeches by Portia, write 1 summary sentence for every 5 lines (10 total):
 * p. 1123 l. 237-256
 * p. 1124 l. 258-259 l. 279-287
 * To access the online textbook [[file:Accessing and Using the English Textbook Online.oct10.doc]]
 * Wednesday, December 15**
 * Book Presentations
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * A Look at the Wives - Calpurnia
 * **Homework** -
 * Textbook - In the following speeches by Calpurnia, write 1 brief sentence summarizing each sentence (from period to period) - 12 total
 * p. 1127-1128 l. 13-26 l. 30-31 l. 48-54
 * Nov.-Dec. Reading Journals due Friday
 * Thursday, December 16**
 * Act II from top to bottom -
 * Textbook audio
 * Film
 * **Homework** -
 * Complete the Act II Active Reading Guide - Attention to Brutus' characterization and Act II questions
 * Nov.-Dec. Reading Journals due Friday
 * Friday, December 17 - CANDY CANE DAY!**
 * Book Presentations[[image:candy_canes.jpg width="107" height="62"]]
 * Reading and Journaling
 * **Homework** - Have a Happy Holiday!

Week of January 3, 2011
===***Notebooks, binders, folders, and planners are due on Wednesday, January 5. All papers from the semester must be included, papers with holes on rings, etc.**===

**Monday, January 3**
[|Act III Scenes for Summarizing.dec10.doc]
 * Return graded papers - highlight all spelling, proofreading, and capital letter errors
 * Review (classnotes): Shakespeare's Purposes for Act I and Act II
 * Act III - The conspirators carry out their plan (Textbook pages)
 * **Homework** - Write one sentence that summarizes each paragraph of the Act III scene summaries, paragraphs 1-9.
 * Tuesday, January 4**
 * Book presentations
 * Act III - "Et tu, Brute?" (Textbook pages)
 * Video, starting with Calpurnia's speech to Caesar
 * **Homework** -
 * Write one sentence that summarizes each paragraph of the Act III scene summaries, paragraphs 10-16.
 * Wednesday, January 5**
 * Book Presentations
 * Julius Caesar video through the Antony speech at Caesar's funeral.
 * **Homework** - [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Act+IV+Summary+Sentences.jan11.doc"]] [|Act IV Summary Sentences.jan11.doc]
 * Write one sentence that summarizes each paragraph of the Act IV scene summaries, paragraphs 1-7.
 * Thursday, January 6**
 * Selections from Acts III-IV.
 * **Homework** -
 * Complete the Act III Active Reading Guide
 * Friday, January 7**
 * Act V Summary Sentences, paragraphs 1-10.
 * Book Presentations