English+3+-+Past

Week of Wednesday, August 26, 2009

 * 3 Index Card questions
 * Materials List - [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Materials.aug09.doc"]] [|Materials.aug09.doc]
 * Materials Checks - Tuesday, September 1, and Thursday, September 3 (27 points)
 * Suggested Independent Reading books - Immigrants to the U.S. //and/or// those oppressed in the U.S. or other countries
 * Course Syllabus [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Syllabus+English+3.aug09.doc"]] [|Syllabus English 3.aug09.doc]
 * **Homework** - Information page - Be ready with a one-minute explanation of "Why?" for each question (because...)
 * Thursday, August 27**
 * Individual interests and values = motivations
 * A "Perfect Game" - What goes into it?
 * What is passion? Why is it so significant in our lives? When time stands still...
 * How //have// you or how //will// you use your passions to lead you to your "perfect game?"
 * **Homework -**
 * Materials Checks for September 1 and 3
 * 3 Articles - Passions and Goals
 * Highlight words or phrases: What is the person's passion? What is the goal? What challenges had to be met/overcome?
 * Friday, August 28**
 * Focus on You - Chart of personal interests, values, motivations
 * Prewriting - 3 Top passions
 * In-class Writing - Choose 1 passion
 * Draft 1-2 pages explaining WWWWW/How has it/could it lead you to your "perfect game?" Past, Present, or Future
 * **Homework -** Type Draft 1 for Monday

Week of August 31, 2009

 * Monday, August 31**
 * Getting to Know //Writers Inc -// scavenger hunt. Label starred items with post-its.
 * Review Paragraph Structure, Order of Details, Transitions
 * Draft 2 - Revisions
 * **Homework** -
 * Revise structure, organization, transitions
 * Type Draft 2
 * Materials Check - 27 points (including Reading book)
 * Tuesday, September 1**
 * Materials Check - 27 points
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Draft 2 - Editing Concerns - Capital letters, contractions, complete sentences, spellchecking, proofreading
 * **Homework -**
 * Editing practice
 * Draft ready to edit
 * Wednesday, September 2**
 * LRC -
 * Edit "My Perfect Game"
 * Peer proofreading
 * **Homework** -
 * Materials check - 27 points
 * Finish - Turn in 2 drafts with Final Copy
 * Thursday, September 3**
 * Turn in "My Perfect Game" - Drafts 1, 2, and Final Copy
 * Materials Check - 27 points
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Friday, September 4** - Teachers' Institute Day - No School for Students

Week of September 7

 * Monday, September 7** - Labor Day - No School
 * Tuesday, September 8**
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Planner Vocabulary - See Tuesdays and Fridays in your STCE planner [Test on September 17]
 * **Homework** - Vocabulary practice
 * Wednesday, September 9**
 * What is Ahead in English 3? [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Common+Questions+about+English+3TT.aug09.doc"]] [|Common Questions about English 3TT.aug09.doc]
 * Unit 1 - The American Dream
 * American Immigrants
 * **Homework -**
 * Parent page
 * Family Tree completed and signed by Friday
 * Thursday, September 10** [Last Day for using Late Slip for Personal Writing]
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Living in America + and -
 * Emma Lazarus - "The New Colossus"
 * **Homework** - Find synonym or definition for "Colossus" vocabulary
 * Friday, September 11**
 * Poetry and Prose - What others say about the American Dream
 * "Europe and America" "What is Poverty" etc.

Week of September 14, 2009
[] Essay's Introduction and Conclusion [|Intro and Conclusions handout with triangles.sep09.doc] ====
 * Monday, September 14**
 * Journaling - Could this happen in the U.S.?
 * The Problem of Child Labor
 * "How to Buy a Child - Part 1" []
 * "How to Buy a Child - Part 2" []
 * "Child Workers at Risk in Dangerous Jobs" []
 * Graphic organizer for 3 videos and article
 * **Homework -**
 * Graphic Organizer for Child Labor paragraph[[file:Child labor graphic org.doc]]
 * 20 Planner Vocabulary sentences (if not already turned in)
 * Tuesday, September 15**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Thought questions for //paragraph's topic sentence//
 * Why is it necessary to know about the problem of child labor?
 * How do you feel about this problem?
 * Topic Sentence for Child Labor paragraph
 * **Homework -**
 * Using the above sentence(s) as your working topic sentence, write your 1-page typed paragraph about what you have learned about child labor. Use your graphic organizer for your paragraph support.
 * Vocabulary test on Thursday - Fill in our sentences (using context clues) //and// write your own sentences (review your sentence homework)
 * Wednesday, September 16**
 * Vocabulary Pitfalls for Thursday's test
 * The Problem of Child Soldiers
 * "Everywoman Child Soldier" video []
 * Articles
 * "'Ezra,' Tragic Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa"
 * "Child Soldiers Briefing" [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/'Ezra,'%20Tragic%20Tale%20of%20Child%20Soldiers%20in%20Africa.mht"]] 'Ezra,' Tragic Tale of Child Soldiers in Africa.mht
 * **Homework -**
 * Graphic organizer for Child Soldiers paragraph [[file:Child soldiers graphic org.doc]]
 * Vocabulary Test - Fill in our sentences (using context clues) //and// write your own sentences (review your sentence homework)
 * Thursday, September 17**
 * Vocabulary Test
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Topic Sentence for Child Soldiers paragraph
 * **Homework** - Using the above sentence(s) as your working topic sentence, write your 1-page typed paragraph about what you have learned about childsoldiers. Use your graphic organizer for your paragraph support.
 * Friday, September 18**
 * The One-Child Policy in China
 * Video: "The High Cost of the One-Child Policy" []
 * Video: "Dying Rooms" Part 1/4 []
 * Article: Uyghur Women Faces Forced Abortion"
 * Homework** - For Monday:
 * Graphic Organizer for One-Child Policy [[file:One-child Policy graphic org.doc]]
 * //Re-watch// previous videos, //re-read// previous articles, //re-write// either or both previous paragraphs //for specific, plentiful information//
 * Monday, September 21**
 * World Issues Assignment page
 * Check One-child Policy Charts [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/World%2BIssues%2BEssay%2BAssignment.sep09.doc"]] [|World+Issues+Essay+Assignment.sep09.doc]
 * Planner Vocabulary 2 - 10 new words and word roots, definitions, and sentences [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/vocabWord+Root2.doc"]] [|vocabWord Root2.doc]
 * **Homework** -
 * Complete Vocabulary 2 chart, using dictionary, thesaurus, planner
 * Type One-Child Policy paragraph, using all the information on your chart
 * Tuesday, September 22**
 * Turn in One-child paragraphs
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * aragraph Development - Writing in Cycles [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Paragraph_Development.ppt"]] [|Paragraph_Development.ppt]
 * **Homework** - Reiise first 2 paragraphs (Child Labor and Child Soldiers) for all 4 parts of their cycles
 * Wednesday, September 23**
 * Peer Sharing - Highlighting and doublechecking peer's draft paragraphs for 4 cycle parts
 * **Homework** -
 * Revise all 3 body paragraphs using peer observations and suggestions (to turn in)
 * 20 Vocabulary sentences - Avoid 2 vocabulary pitfalls
 * Thursday, September 24**
 * Collect body paragraphs
 * Clarify vocabulary definitions and strategies for sentences
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Vocabulary spelling - pretest
 * **Homework** - 20 sentences for 10 vocabulary words
 * Friday, September 25**
 * **Homework** - Type intro and conclusion paragraphs written in class

Week of September 28, 2009
vocabWord Root2.doc
 * Monday, September 28**
 * Turn in Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
 * World Issues Essay Evaluation page
 * World Issues Essay - Writing Process PowerPoint
 * Spelling Pretest and Checking[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/World%20Issues%20Essay%20ppt.sep09.ppt"]] World Issues Essay ppt.sep09.ppt
 * Tuesday, September 29**
 * LRC to edit with Edit Sheet
 * **Homework** - World Issues essay due with all components, edited
 * Wednesday, September 30**
 * World Issues Essay due with all components
 * The American Dream - Immigration
 * Our Heritage - Family Trees
 * "Pledge of Allegiance"
 * **Homework -**
 * Study for Vocabulary Test - spelling, sentences, definitions.
 * Family tree filled out and signed

Paraphrasing New Colossus.sept09.doc
 * Thursday, October 1**
 * Vocabulary Test - spelling, sentences, definitions
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework** - Family tree filled out and signed
 * Friday, October 2**
 * Family trees - place colored pin on the location in the world where the first (second, third, fourth generation was born)
 * Emma Lazarus, "Colossus"
 * poetry stanza, rhyme scheme
 * narrator, speaking to whom[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Emma%20Lazarus%20The%20New%20Colossus.sept09.doc"]] Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc
 * vocabulary
 * Paraphrasing
 * **Homework** - Paraphrase each line of "Colossus," using //only your own words// for each line

Week of October 5, 2009

 * Monday, October 5**
 * Collect - September Reading Journals, Late "Pledge of Allegiance" paraphrasing/World Issues essays
 * "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus
 * Vocabulary and Paraphrasing[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Emma%20Lazarus%20The%20New%20Colossus.sept09.doc"]] Emma Lazarus The New Colossus.sept09.doc
 * **Homework -**
 * Write a one-sentence summary of the statue's thoughts.
 * Explain the hopes that Emma Lazarus' had for those who would immigrate to the United States.
 * Complete the analogy: The Statue of Liberty is to early immigrants as is to me (1/2-page).
 * Tuesday, O****ctober 6**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Planner Vocabulary list 3 - Highlight word roots and vocabulary words in planner. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Planner%20Vocab%20Word%20Roots%203%20oct09.doc"]] Planner Vocab Word Roots 3 oct09.doc
 * Capital letters
 * **Homework -**
 * Capital letters worksheet
 * Finish Vocabulary chart for Thursday
 * Wednesday, October 7**
 * "Ellis Island" - 2 perspectives of freedom
 * Video clip - __Godfather 2__
 * **Homework** - Illustrate 2 halves of the poem
 * Thursday, October 8**
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Planner Vocabulary Chart 3
 * **Homework** - 20 sentences for 10 vocabulary words
 * Friday, October 9 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students**

Quarter Notebooks due -

 * Period 1 - Wednesday, October 21
 * Period 3 - Thursday, October 22
 * Period 7 - Friday, October 23
 * Requirements
 * Have //all// work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
 * All papers with holes must be on rings.
 * All paper without holes must be in the folder

All 1st Quarter Late Work is due by Wednesday, October 28

 * Work that is up to 3 days late may be turned in with a Late Slip.
 * Work that is older than 3 days must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208.


 * Monday, October 19 -**
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Spelling Pretest - I Before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh
 * Correct the spelling pretest using the Spelling Worksheet
 * **Homework** - Complete Spelling Worksheet, page 1[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Spelling%20list%20and%20worksheet%20ie%20cei.oct09.doc"]] Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc
 * Tuesday, October 20**
 * Take the Personal Ideology quiz [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Personal%20Puritan%20ideologies%20quiz.doc"]] Personal Puritan ideologies quiz.doc
 * Puritanism and the American Dream
 * Choose //**one**// of the 7 Guiding Research Questions [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Puritan%20research%20questions.doc"]] Puritan research questions.doc
 * LRC - research your chosen question using the online sites suggested [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Online%20sites%20for%20Puritanism%20oct09.doc"]] Online sites for Puritanism oct09.doc
 * Assignment: Take at least 1/2 page of notes that you can contribute to a chart of research findings
 * **Homework** - Complete at least 1 page of research notes


 * Monday, October 12 - Columbus Day - No School**


 * Tuesday, October 13**
 * World Issues Essays returned
 * Personal Assessment
 * Writer's Assessment (p. 1)
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Writing+Process+-+Writer%27s+Assessment.oct09.doc"]] [|Writing Process - Writer's Assessment.oct09.doc]
 * **Homework** -
 * Study for Thursday's Vocabulary Test 3 - spelling, sentences, definitions
 * Writer's Assessment (p. 2)[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Planner+Vocab+Word+Roots+3.oct09.doc"]] [|Planner Vocab Word Roots 3.oct09.doc]
 * Wednesday, October 14**
 * Vocabulary - Spelling practice for Vocabulary/Spelling Test
 * "Europe and America" - Comparison/contrast of 1st and 2nd generation of American immigrants
 * Positive and negative connotations, causes and effects
 * Homework** -
 * Study for Vocabulary Test 3 - spelling, sentences, and definitions
 * Finish the Writer's Assessment (p. 2) [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Connections+-+The+New+Collosus%2C+Europe+and+America.anna09.doc"]] [|Connections - The New Collosus, Europe and America.anna09.doc]
 * Homework - Finish pink Comparisons from "The New Colossus" and "Europe and American" (Father and Son)
 * Thursday, October 15**
 * Planner Vocabulary Test 3 - Spelling/Vocabulary Test 3
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Friday, October 16**
 * Act Timed Writing - diagnostic for essay construction, content, and editing
 * Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student Illness**

Week of Monday, October 19

 * Monday, October 19 -**
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Spelling Pretest - I Before E except after C or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh
 * Correct the spelling pretest using the Spelling Worksheet
 * **Homework** - Complete Spelling Worksheet, page 1[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Spelling%20list%20and%20worksheet%20ie%20cei.oct09.doc"]] Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc
 * Tuesday, October 20**
 * Take the Personal Ideology quiz [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Personal%20Puritan%20ideologies%20quiz.doc"]] Personal Puritan ideologies quiz.doc
 * Puritanism and the American Dream
 * Choose //**one**// of the 7 Guiding Research Questions [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Puritan%20research%20questions.doc"]] Puritan research questions.doc
 * LRC - research your chosen question using the online sites suggested [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Online%20sites%20for%20Puritanism%20oct09.doc"]] Online sites for Puritanism oct09.doc
 * Assignment: Take at least 1/2 page of notes that you can contribute to a chart of research findings
 * **Homework** - Complete at least 1 page of research notes


 * Wednesday, October 21 - Friday, October 23 STCE Closed due to Student Illness**

NOTE NEW DUE DATES - Quarter Notebooks due -

 * Period 1 - Tuesday, October 27
 * Period 3 - Wednesday, October 28
 * Period 7 - Thursday, October 29
 * Requirements
 * Have //all// work, classnotes, handouts that we have done so far this year. If you missed anything due to absence, borrow someone else's so that your notebook is complete.
 * All papers with holes must be on rings.
 * All paper without holes must be in the folder

All 1st Quarter Late Work due by Wednesday, October 28

 * Work that is //up to 3 days late// may be turned in with a Late Slip.
 * Work that is //older than 3 days// must be made up before or after school. Sign up on the clipboard in B208.

Week of Monday, October 26, 2009
[]
 * Monday, October 26**
 * Research Presentations in small groups
 * Presentations - Aspects of Puritanism[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Puritans+graphic+organizerdoc.doc"]] [|Puritans graphic organizerdoc.doc]
 * notetaking on group presentations using the Puritans graphic organizer
 * **Homework -**
 * Spelling worksheet, p. 2 (Spelling test, Friday, 10/30/09)
 * Period 1 Notebooks/Folders and Planners due
 * Tuesday, October 27**
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * Finish presentations
 * Mnemonic devices - Spelling exceptions
 * **Homework -**
 * Complete the Spelling Worksheet, page 2[[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.oct09.doc"]] [|Spelling list and worksheet ie cei.oct09.doc]
 * Period 3 - Notebooks/Folders due
 * Planners due Thursday
 * Wednesday, October 28**
 * Puritan Post-quiz (similar to the Personal Ideologies quiz
 * "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - Puritan beliefs
 * Education
 * Theocracy
 * **Homework** -
 * Period 7 - Notebooks/Folders and Planners due
 * Thursday, October 29**
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * New England Primer PowerPoint
 * Re-design assigned letter to more contemporary significance
 * **Homework** -
 * Spelling test (rule + words on worksheet)
 * Re-design assigned letter to more contemporary significance
 * Friday, October 30**
 * Spelling test
 * New England Primer - What was its double use?
 * Student presentations of letters

Week of November 2, 2009

 * Monday, November 2**
 * Overview of justice issues as topics for the research paper
 * Selection of base articles from newspapers and magazines - Is it fair that.......?
 * **Homework** - Fill out your index card with the following information -
 * **Is it fair that ?**
 * **What** is the issue of justice?
 * **Who** is involved?
 * **Where** is the issue occurring?
 * **When** has the issue occurred?
 * Tuesday, November 3**
 * LRC for library presentation of using databases for research
 * **Homework** - Use the LRC databases to find 1-2+ articles relevant to your issue.
 * Wednesday, November 4**
 * Essay focus - Issues of justice
 * //Writers Inc// - p. 307. Works Cited page in MLA format. Number each bibliographical part (1-7) of the first source listed.
 * On one of the articles you have found, number the bibliographical parts 1-7.
 * On a new word document, type your Works Cited page.
 * At the top of the page, center and type the title Works Cited. Skip 2 lines.
 * Click Format, Paragraph. In the Special window, select Hanging. In the Line Spacing window, select Double.
 * Reset cursor position to the left margin. Begin typing number 1 - the Last Name, First Name of the author of your source, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
 * On the same line, type number 2, the article title in quotation marks, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
 * On the same line, type number 3, the source title underlined, followed by a period. Skip 2 spaces.
 * Continue in the same way with numbers 4-7. Let the computer do the automatic hanging indent.
 * **Homework** -
 * Complete the Works Cited entries for both of the sources you have already found.
 * Find the rest of your articles on the LRC databases, aiming at 5 i//nformative// sources. Short articles do not provide much information
 * Thursday, November 5**
 * Overview one article - Read the first paragraph and the last paragraph. Read the topic sentence of all the other paragraphs. On the back of the article, write 2 sentences that tell what you have learned about the issue so far. Think: What is the issue about? Who is involved? Where is/was it occurring? When is/was it occurring?
 * Read the first article carefully, highlighting any sentence or phrase that informs you about the issue itself (__//not//__ any opinions yet).
 * Do the same for 2 more sources: Overview, then highlight..
 * Homework - Complete the highlighting of the information about your issue in your 3 articles. (Remaining articles will be done on Monday).
 * Friday, November 6**
 * When you have overviewed and highlighted the article, write 1-2 sentences somewhere on the prinout that summarize the article's ideas or main points.
 * Start a new article by numbering the bibliographical information 1-7.
 * Continue overviewing and highlighting details about your justice issue: What? Who? Where? When? Why? How? (no opinions yet).
 * Reading Minutes if you have finished all highlighting of at least 5 articles.
 * **Homework -** Finish all highlighting about your justice issue in all 5+ of your sources.

Week of Monday, November 9, 2009

 * Monday, November 9**
 * Look over all highlighting about the **//Issue//** to remind yourself of what to include in the upcoming brainstorming.
 * Brainstorm for 2 minutes. Review highlighting. Brainstorm 2 more minutes.
 * Folders and index cards for all research materials: articles, handouts, index cards.
 * Notecards = to be your reminders, too much to remember. Notecard format. Tape sample inside back cover of folder.
 * Notetake from one source: review paragraph content, especially highlighting. Then select significant information (highlighting and things you won't remember otherwise) about the **//Issue//**, using notecard format.
 * NOTE: Maximum grade for fewer than 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
 * **Homework**: - Periods 1 and 3:
 * Notetake from //all// sources for Wednesday.
 * **Homework** - Period 7: Notetake from //3// sources for Tuesday.


 * Tuesday, November 10 - Standardized Testing (Periods 1-3)**
 * Period 7** - Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Re-read Monday's brainstorming from class. Look back over highlighting. Add anything to brainstorming. Look through notecards. Add anything to brainstorming.
 * **Homework** - Notetake from rest of sources (3-5 depending on the goal you have set for yourself).
 * NOTE: Maximum grade for fewer than 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.


 * Wednesday, November 11 Computer Lab**
 * Re-read Monday's brainstorming from class. Look back over highlighting. Type anything to add to brainstorming. Look through notecards. Type anything to add to brainstorming.
 * Type all brainstorming into the same document.
 * **Homework** - Finish your draft - at least 1 page, typed, double-spaced.


 * Thursday, November 12**
 * Look over all highlighting. Add to freewriting draft. Look over all notecards. Add to freewriting draft.
 * Work Time - Sources, highlighting, notetaking, freewriting.
 * Homework - Finish freewriting draft for the **Issue** section of your research paper.
 * Friday, November 13**
 * Read over your **Issue** freewriting draft. If you have any notecards whose information //you have already used// in your freewriting draft, put them back in your folder. You no longer need them.
 * Take the rest of your notecards, and number them on the back of the cards. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
 * On any notecards that should be cited (percentages, numbers, statistics, quotes, the author's personal ideas), write the citation on the bottom left of the card. Last name and page number. (Smith 15). or First word of the article title and page number. ("Schools" 34).
 * Find a spot in your freewriting draft for each card. Put its number in the draft right where you want it. If there is no specific spot yet, put the number in the margin near its general location.
 * **Homework** - Type your new **Issues** draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about each idea, using all of your notecards. Include the citation for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed //**Issue**// draft to turn in.

Week of Monday, November 16, 2009

 * Monday, November 16**
 * Draft of the Issue section of Research Paper due
 * Freewrite about what you have learned about **Side One** of the justice argument.
 * Select one of your sources.
 * In a color //__other than__// the one you used to highlight your **Issue** information, highlight any ideas and facts that are about **Side** **One** of the argument.
 * __Who__ supports **Side One**?
 * __What__ are their opinions?
 * What __reasons__ do they have for their opinions?
 * //Highlight// all facts, opinions, and reasons about **Side One** //in 2 more sources// during class.
 * **Homework** - Finish //highlighting// all facts, opinions, and reasons about **Side One**in //all sources// for Tuesday.
 * NOTE: Maximum grade for 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
 * Tuesday, November 17**
 * Look over highlighting in 2 of your sources. For one minute, write down anything you can remember about **Side One:** __who__ supports Side One, what are their **opinions,** and what are the **reasons** for their opinions? Look over the highlighting in the rest of your sources. Add to your freewriting.
 * Computer Lab - 1. Type brainstorming for **Side One**. Think in cycles. 2. Type Works Cited page. 3. Begin notetaking.
 * **Homework** - Notetake from the information you highlighted about **Side One**. Since this is the second portion of your research paper, use II. in the upper left corner of each notecard.
 * Wednesday, November 18**
 * Look over your notecards for **Side One** from all your sources. For 2 minutes, add anything you can remember to your **Side One** freewriting: __who__ supports **Side One**, what are their __opinions__, and what are the **reasons** for their opinions?
 * Choose any source. Take notes on notecards from your **Side One** highlighting in all of your sources. Since this is Section 2 of your research paper, use II. in the upper right corner of each card.
 * Continue taking notes during class.
 * Add to freewriting for 2 minutes.
 * **Homework** - Finish all notetaking of **Side One** information in all your sources for Thursday.
 * NOTE: Maximum grade for 3 sources = D, for 3 = C, for 4 = B, for 5+ = A.
 * Thursday, November 19**
 * Look over all **Side One** highlighting. Add to **Side One** freewriting for one minute. Look over all of your notecards. Add to your freewriting for 2 minutes.
 * Read over your **Side One** freewriting draft. If you have any notecards whose information //you have already used// in your freewriting draft, put them back in your folder. You no longer need them.
 * Take the rest of your notecards, and number them on the back. 1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
 * On any notecards that //should be cited// (percentages, numbers, statistics, quotes, the author's personal ideas), write the citation on the bottom left of the card. Last name and page number. (Smith 15). or First word of the article title and page number. ("Schools" 34).
 * Find a spot in your **Side One** freewriting draft for each card. Put its number in the draft right where you want it. If there is no specific spot yet, put the number in the margin near its general location.
 * **Homework** - Type your new **Side One** draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about your ideas until you have used all of your notecards. Include the citations for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed **Side One** draft to turn in.
 * Friday, November 20**
 * Computer Lab -
 * Finish **Side One** draft to turn in (if not already completed for homework).
 * Type the **Works Cited** page for all sources you have used. Use the computer to do the formating for you.
 * Format -- Paragraph -- Hanging Indent -- Double-space.

[[file:A Sample Works Cited Page.nov09.doc]]

 * ==Week of Monday, November 30, 2009==
 * Monday, November 30**
 * Highlighting for Side 2
 * **Homework** - Finish highlighting all sources for Side 2 of your issue.
 * Tuesday, December 1**
 * Good and Poor Notecards
 * Notecards for Side 2 of your issue.
 * **Homework** - Finish all notetaking from all sources for Side 2 of your issue.
 * Wednesday, December 2**
 * Freewrite about what you have learned about **Side Two** of your issue
 * Number your notecards for Side 2. Place the numbers into your freewriting where you want them to belong. If you have a notecard that belongs in a general area of your freewriting, write the card number in the margin. If you have a notecard but have no freewriting for it to fit into, write the card number at the bottom of the page.
 * **Homework** - Add to your freewriting to provide enough of your ideas and explanation to incorporate all your Side 2 notecards.
 * Thursday, December 3**
 * LRC time to build cycles from your 1's and 3's.
 * **Homework** - Type your new **Side Two** draft, replacing each card number with the card's actual information. Write about your ideas until you have used all of your notecards. Include the citations for the cards that must give credit to the authors. Finish typed **Side Two** draft to turn in.
 * Friday, December 4**
 * Side Two draft due

Week of Monday, December 7

 * Monday, December 7**
 * Paragraph Unity - Obey Your Topic Sentence!
 * Paragraph Development - 2-4 cycles in each paragraph, __//**obeying your topic sentence!**//__
 * Group and reorganize cycles to make sense in each paragraph. You will end up with 3-4 paragraphs for the Issue, 3-4 paragraphs for Side One, and 3-4 paragraphs for Side 2.
 * Introduction and Conclusion paragraphs
 * Hook, brief explanation of the justice issue, your view, thesis I think that...
 * When you have written your sentence, add a meaningful, general reason, using because... or since ...
 * Move the "Because..." part of the sentence to the beginning, and end with the "I think that..."
 * Cross out the "I think that" part, and you have a useful thesis statement. Because...., the ....
 * //Writers Inc// p. 55 - hook suggestions, sample intro paragraph's hook
 * //Writers Inc// p. 58 - concluding paragraph with reference to hook
 * **Homework** -
 * Organize cycles into paragraphs (2-4 cycles in each)
 * Create topic sentences for new paragraphs (4-5 paragraphs in Issue section, 4-5 in Side One section, 4-5 in Side Two section
 * Type Intro and Conclusion paragraphs to turn in.
 * Tuesday, December 8**
 * Collect Intro and Conclusion paragraphs
 * Transitions (//Writers Inc//, p. 109) - highlight transitions that you can fit into your cycles.
 * Blending quotes into your paragraphs using transitional phrases - acknowledge where the quote is from, who said it, when it was said to give reader a context for understanding it (rather than just dropping the quote into your cycle).
 * Workshop time - 1. Cycles into paragraphs with topic sentences 2. Fill out cycle "skeletons" with additional explanation and expertise 3. Insert transitions to make cycles read smoothly
 * **Homework** - Turn in 1 of the 3 drafts, revised - paragraphs and topic sentences, filled out cycles
 * Wednesday, December 9**
 * Turn in 1 of the 3 drafts
 * Edit Sheet attention
 * Review IC, fanboys IC IC;DC. and other editing items on edit sheet
 * Spellcheck, Proofread out loud!
 * Workshop time - 1. Cycles into paragraphs with topic sentences 2. Fill out cycle "skeletons" with additional explanation and expertise 3. Insert transitions to make cycles read smoothly
 * **Homework** - Drafts revised and ready to edit
 * Thursday, December 10**
 * Evaluation page
 * LRC - Typing and editing final copy
 * **Homework** - Complete Justice Research Paper, including Works Cited page
 * Turn in with outline, all sources, drafts, notecards in research folder
 * Friday, December 11**
 * Turn in Justice Research Paper in folder
 * All sources and drafts in the left pocket
 * The final research paper and Works Cited in the right pocket

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Week of Monday, December 14
[|Subordinate Conjunctions rule worksheet.dec09.doc]
 * Monday, December 14**
 * Grade slips
 * **__Crucible__** unit
 * Puritan Salem - 1690s
 * "Salem Witch Trials" video []
 * Username - __chrisschmidt6__ Password - __hawkins6__
 * Click on __My Content__ Click on __Crucible__
 * Side 1 of the 1/2 sheet - Fill out details for bullets - Information about the girls, Rev. Parris, Sarah Goode, Tituba, Rebecca Nurse, Thomas Putnam, and the victims[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Salem+Witch+Trials.unitedstreaming+wksh.dec09.doc"]] [|Salem Witch Trials.unitedstreaming wksh.dec09.doc]
 * Side 2 - details about the WWWWWH of the Salem Witch Trials
 * **Homework**-
 * Write one well-developed paragraph (at least 2 complete, informative cycles) using the details and explanation on your 1/2-sheet from the video. Paragraph will be used as a diagnostic, so proofread, spellcheck, check topic sentences, add transitions, edit for punctuation, etc.
 * Bring binder from now on
 * Bring ID to check out **__Crucible__** from the bookroom
 * Get gradeslip signed for 5 points extra credit, if you wish
 * Tuesday, December 15**
 * Collect paragraphs for cycle double-check
 * Sentence structures
 * Complex sentences - DC, IC. IC DC.
 * Subordinate conjunction worksheet
 * **Homework** - Revise paragraph to include 2 complex sentences (1 IC DC. and 1 DC, IC.)
 * Wednesday, December 16**
 * Contemporary Witch Hunts Joseph McCarthy - Complete 1/2-sheet Side One - on the McCarthyism videos and Japanese internment camps. Complete 1/2-sheet Side Two using the Japanese Internment Camps announcement to the Japanese-Americans in 1942.
 * Video: "Documentary: Better Dead than Red" []
 * Video: "The Red Scare" []
 * Video: "The Red Scare" []
 * Video: "No Sense of Decency" (Edward R. Murrow) []
 * **Homework** - Write paragraph (at least 2 cycles) about McCarthy and/or the Japanese internment camps (2 cycles total)
 * Add 1 IC DC. and 1 DC, IC. Check topic sentence, transitions, spellcheck, proofread.
 * Thursday, December 17**
 * Review complex sentences - DC, IC. and IC DC. No comma near a because.
 * Obvious contractions - ex. Marys a girls dress
 * Review compound sentences - IC ,fanboys IC. and IC; IC.
 * No 'you' in formal writing.
 * **Homework** - Add 2 compound sentences to each paragraph (1 IC ; IC. and 1 IC, fanboys IC.)
 * Finalize paragraphs to turn in with 3 Drafts - Paragraph 1 on Justice in Salem, Paragraph 2 on McCarthyism and/or Japanese internment camps
 * Double-check according to Mini-essay Evaluation slip
 * Friday, December 18 - Candy Cane Day!**
 * Turn in justice paragraphs[[image:candy_canes.jpg width="107" height="65" caption="candy_canes.jpg"]]
 * Opening scenes of **__Crucible__** || Save DraftText EditorPreviewSave#|Cancel ||

Week of Monday, January 4

 * Monday, January 4**
 * //Crucible// unit
 * Getting to know the characters, visualizing scenes and characters from the film viewed before Christmas Break
 * Yellow Character Chart showing pictures of //Crucible// main characters
 * Identify pictures of characters on side 1
 * Set up a 2-column, 3-row chart on side 2. In each box, write a character's name: Mr. Putnam, Rev. Parris, John Proctor, Rebecca Nurse, Abigail, Corey,
 * List characteristics of these characters in boxes as you read assigned pages
 * **Homework** -
 * //Crucible -// Read to page 20
 * On the yellow chart (see Monday), list 5 //characteristics// (not actions or descriptions) of Thomas Putnam: p. 14-15, 1 per paragraph
 * Tuesday, January 5**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Crucible//, to page 26
 * **Homework** - Finish to page 26 for Quick Quiz on Wednesday
 * Wednesday, December 16**
 * Quick Quiz - 5 questions
 * //Crucible//, to page 30
 * **Homework** - Conflicts T-chart
 * List at least 10 conflicts experienced by the following characters in Crucible, Act I, to page 30: Parris, Proctor, Abigail, Rebecca Nurse, Putnams
 * Character - With whom? About what?
 * Thursday, December 17**
 * //Reading Minutes and Journaling//
 * //Crucible//, p. 30-36 (with no loss of credit) or Personal Reading book (for 2 points extra credit)
 * Worksheet of Hale Questions from paragraphs 1-7
 * **Homework** - Finish up to page 36, finish Hale questions
 * Friday, January 8**
 * Crucible - Remaining pages of Act I
 * 3-column chart: Character - Believer in Witchcraft? - Non-believer in Witchcraft?

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**Monday, January 25**

 * Materials List for Second Semester - Materials Check on Friday, January 29. (20 points)
 * Spelling Pretest - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words from __Writers Inc.__
 * **Homework** -
 * Write words missed on the Pretest - write 3 times each
 * Materials Check Friday
 * Tuesday, January 26**
 * !st Semester gradesheets - get signed for 5 points Extra Credit
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Crucible film through Act I
 * **Homework** - Crucible reading
 * Materials Check Friday
 * Spelling Test Friday
 * Wednesday, January 27**
 * Act II (Continued)
 * **Homework -** Read through p. 67. Complete the Character Study chart.
 * Thursday, January 28**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Practice with the Spelling Rule: Do NOT drop the silent E when you add a suffix that begins with a consonant. On the yellow shalf-sheet, find the indicated words on the Misspelled pages in //Writers Inc//.(Starting on page 516). Make sure you choose the words that KEEP THE SILENT E when adding the suffix starting with the consonant. Example: rud__e__ly [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Silent%20E%20-%20Suffix%20with%20a%20Consonant.doc"]] Silent E - Suffix with a Consonant.doc
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish Act II for a Quick Quiz.
 * Have all materials ready for the Materials Check (20 points) - All or nothing. Next week, late.
 * Spelling test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words (from __Writers Inc__)
 * Spelling Rule - Do NOT drop a silent e when adding a suffix that begins with a consonant.
 * Friday, January 29**
 * Spelling Test - 15 Most Commonly Misspelled Words
 * Quick Quiz on the end of Act II
 * Materials Check (20 points)
 * **Homework -**
 * For all of Act II - Write //one// sentence for //each centerfold pair// of pages. For example, when you open the book to pages 50-51, that is a centerfold. There are 30 pages in Act II. Each sentence should summarize the 2 centerfold pages to prove you understand what has occurred on those 2 pages, what the conflicts are, how the plot is developing, what you are learning, etc. You will end up with 15 sentences, p. 50-81.

**Monday, February 1**

 * Review of //Crucible// Act II
 * Significant Moments
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish Significant Moments quote identification - To whom is the speaker talking? About what?
 * Test Weds. Act II - Use 15 centerfold summary sentences, Significant Moments chart [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Significant+Moments+in+Act+II+%28quotes%29+jan10.doc"]] [|Significant Moments in Act II (quotes) jan10.doc]
 * Tuesday, February 2**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling - Acts II-III
 * Questions - Comprehension?
 * **Homework** - //Crucible// Act II Test - Study using the 15 sentences and yellow quote chart
 * Wednesday, February 3**
 * Act II Test
 * Act III
 * **Homework -**
 * Read Act III, p. 83-93.
 * Parris speaks on 7 different pages in this assignment. For each page, tell whom Parris is speaking to and what his lines are showing us.
 * Get "What's Ahead in Second Semester?" Parent Page signed
 * Thursday, February 4**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Act III - Characterization of Parris
 * **Homework -** Read Act III, to bottom of p. 112 for a Quick Quiz.
 * Friday, February 5**
 * Quick Quiz through p. 112.
 * Act III questions
 * **Homework** - Finish blue Handout on Questions for Act III.

Week of February 8

 * Monday, February 8**
 * Collect Comprehension Questions: Act III
 * Review of //Crucible// Act III [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Act%20III%20p%2097-112%20worksheet.feb10.doc"]] Act III p 97-112 worksheet.feb10.doc
 * Attention to the Issues of Justice and Injustice
 * Act IV
 * **Homework** -
 * Read to the bottom of p. 131 for Quick Quiz.
 * Get grade slip signed for Extra Credit.

**Tuesday, February 9**

 * Quick Quiz through p. 131
 * Reading Minutes
 * Brainstorming - Characters who have been treated unjustly
 * Reasons (causes) and results (effects) of injustice.
 * Attention to characterization -
 * what a character looks like
 * what a character does
 * what a character says (and how)
 * what others say about the character
 * **Homework** - Read to the bottom of 137.
 * On the Brainstorming chart - For any 3 characters, freewrite //why and how// each character is being treated unjustly, using evidence through p. 137.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Justice%20Essay%20assignment%20chart%20feb10.doc"]] Justice Essay assignment chart feb10.doc

Wednesday, February 10

 * Finish //Crucible.//
 * Attention - Significance of the title, character's status in the village, one's name as a seal od honor, and the issue of land and property.
 * Review of cycles - 1, 2 - ideas and explanations that are already in your brainstorming. 3 - For example, wrote about a specific situation that illustrates your idea. 4 - Show the relevance of the example to your idea, make some inferences from your example to show why the example is supportive.
 * **Homework -**
 * Read to the bottom of p. 137.
 * Draft 1 - Type all brainstorming ideas and details,into 3 paragraphs (one for each character) to turn in on Thursday

Thursday, February 11

 * Peer edit typed paragraphs to help each other - suggestions, ideas, other support.. Find quotes to support examples for each Step 3. Turn in.
 * //Crucible// film.
 * **Homework -**
 * Find situations and quotes to support your 6 cycles (3 paragraphs, with 2 cycles per paragraph).
 * Integrate and type into your previously typed paragraphs.
 * Draft 1 due - 3 paragraphs for 3 characters. 2 cycles per paragraph.

Friday, February 12

 * Add thesis at the beginning of your 2 typed paragraphs: develop a sentence using the introductory lines on the Justice Essay assignment chart (see link above).
 * Peer checks of 1,2,3,4 of 6 cycles.
 * Turn in typed Draft 1 - Thesis and 6 cycles (with support quotes).
 * Finish //Crucible// film.
 * **Homework** - Complete Draft 1 to turn in for a late grade if you have not already submitted it.

Monday, February 15 - Presidents' Day - No School
=== [|Justice Essay assignment chart feb10.doc]===

Tuesday, February 16
[|Cycle examples.feb10.doc] [|Citing the same source in a paragraph.feb10.doc]
 * Essay Intro sentences and Thesis Statement
 * Cycle Examples - Which ones follow the cycle's 4 steps?
 * Punctuation of quotes and and dialogue tags
 * MLA in-text citations - Citing the same source in a paragraph
 * **Homework** **-** Revise for Draft 2
 * Correctly punctuate quotes and dialogue tags.
 * Place accurate in-text citations into cycles.

Wednesday, February 17

 * PSAE - Review
 * Independent Clause, Dependent Clause, Sentence Fragment
 * Compound Sentences - IC,fanboys IC. IC;IC.
 * Complex Sentences - IC DC. DC, IC.
 * **Homework** **-**
 * Revise Draft 2 to turn in
 * Add and **bold** the following - 2 **IC, fanboys IC.** 2 **IC;IC**. 2 **IC DC.** 2 **DC, IC.**

Thursday, February 18

 * LRC - Final editing with Edit Sheet[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Edit+Sheet+-+Crucible+3+Characters.feb10.doc"]] [|Edit Sheet - Crucible 3 Characters.feb10.doc]
 * Evaluation pages for Final essay
 * **Homework** - Essay due: //Crucible's// Injustices[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Eval+page+3+Characters+Essay.feb10.doc"]] [|Eval page 3 Characters Essay.feb10.doc]

Friday, February 19

 * //Crucible's// Injustices Essay due
 * Dialects of Zora Neale Hurston

Monday, February 22
[|Comma splices and run-ons ex.feb10.doc]
 * ACT Punctuation - Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
 * Zora Neale Hurston - Dialect
 * Troubleshooting
 * //Every Tongue Got to Confess// selection
 * **Homework** - Green worksheet: Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences

Tuesday, February 23

 * Distribution of //Their Eyes Were Watching God// and daily assignment bookmark
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Hurston's Dialect (selection continued)
 * **Homework** **-** Read //Their Eyes//, Chapter 1 - p 1-7

Wednesday, February 24

 * ACT Review - Fragments, Comma Splices, Run-ons
 * Highlights Ch. 1, Chapter 2
 * **Homework** -
 * Study for ACT Quiz - Dependent Clauses as Fragments, Comma Splices, Run-ons
 * *** Review sentence patterns - IC, fanboys IC. IC;IC. IC DC. DC, IC. and conjunctions**
 * Finish //Their Eyes//, Chapter 2 - p. 8-20
 * Quote worksheet for Chapter 2[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Ch.+2-3+comprehension+wksh.feb10.doc"]] [|Ch. 2-3 comprehension wksh.feb10.doc]

Thursday, February 25

 * ACT quiz - Compound and Complex Sentences, Comma Splices, Run-ons
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * //Their Eyes -// Chapter 3
 * **Homework** -
 * For Tuesday - //Their Eyes//, Chapter 3-4 - p. 21-33.
 * Quote worksheet for Chapter 3.
 * Review Chapters 1-4 for a 4-question quiz (1 question per chapter).

Friday, February 26 - School Improvement Day - No School for Students

 * ==Week of Monday, March 1, 2010==

Monday, March 1

 * ACT Punctuation - Agreement of Subject and Verb, Agreement of Noun and Pronoun
 * Singular nouns and pronouns[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/ACT%20-%20Agreement.mar10.doc"]] ACT - Agreement.mar10.doc
 * Plural nouns and pronouns
 * **Homework -**
 * green Agreement worksheet (use the //blue// classwork page to help with the //green// homework worksheet)
 * Review Chapters 3-4. p. 21-33.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/ACT%20Practice%20-%20Agreement%20worksheet.mar10.doc"]] ACT Practice - Agreement worksheet.mar10.doc
 * Be ready for a 4-question quiz (one question from each chapter) after all students' questions have been answered

Tuesday, March 2

 * Collect Ch. 2-3 quote pages
 * Questions about Ch. 1-4?
 * Quiz on Ch. 1-4/Reading Minutes
 * **Homework -**
 * Gather all January and February Reading Journals to turn in
 * Read Chapter 5 p. 34-46
 * List **__5__** quotes in p. 34-46 that show the theme of power and control
 * Memorize //all// singular pronouns
 * Wednesday, March 3**
 * ACT Review - Agreement of Subject and Verb, Agreement of Noun and Pronoun
 * Quickcheck for Thursday's quiz
 * Review last week's ACT quiz
 * //Their Eyes// discussion
 * **Homework** -
 * Memorize //**__all singular pronouns__**//
 * Study classnotes, 2 green, 1 blue, and 1 yellow worksheets on Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent
 * Review sentence patterns - IC, fanboys IC. IC;IC. IC DC. DC, IC. and all conjunctions. Review how to fix comma splices and run-on sentences.
 * //Read Their Eyes//, Chapter 5 - p. 47-50, Ch. 6, 51-62.

Thursday, March 4

 * ACT quiz - Review of sentence patterns and conjunctions, comma splices, run-on sentences. Agreement of subject and verb. Agreement of noun and pronoun.
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * //Their Eyes -// Listen to Ch.6, p. 63-75.
 * **Homework** -
 * //Their Eyes//, Finish Ch. 6. (to p. 75).
 * Quiz on Ch. 5-6 (1 question for each of the last 3 reading assignments - Tues, Wed, Thurs)

Friday, March 5
==Week of Monday, March 8, 2010==
 * //Their Eyes// comprehension quiz, Ch//. 5-6//
 * Listen to Chapter 7
 * Zora Neale Hurston's Metaphors
 * **Homework** - Read Ch. 7-9 for Tuesday, p. 76-93.
 * Complete Metaphor worksheet for Tuesday

Monday, March 8

 * ACT Punctuation - The Apostrophe
 * Contractions
 * Possessives
 * **Homework -**
 * Apostrophe worksheet [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Apostrophe+for+Possession.mar10.doc"]] [|Apostrophe for Possession.mar10.doc]
 * Chapters 7-9 and Metaphor worksheet

Tuesday, March 9

 * Ch. 7-9, Metaphor worksheet questions
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Metaphors+in+Ch.+7-9.mar10.doc"]] [|Metaphors in Ch. 7-9.mar10.doc]
 * **Homework -**
 * Read Chapter 10-11, p. 94-109 for Quick Quiz
 * Find 5 examples of how or when Tea Cake is courting Janie (page number and example)
 * Wednesday, March 10**
 * ACT Review - The Apostrophe worksheet corrections
 * Review last week's ACT quiz
 * Quickcheck for Thursday's ACT quiz
 * //Their Eyes// Ch. 10-11
 * **Homework** -
 * Study for ACT Apostrophe Quiz + Review
 * Practice!! Here are some Apostrophe online practice sources -
 * [] [//Very good// PowerPoint!]
 * [] [with answers]
 * [] [show me for correct answers]
 * [] [with answers]
 * Review past ACT worksheets - Sentence types, comma splices, run-on sentences, and agreement
 * //Read Their Eyes//, Chapter 12-13, p. 110-125

Thursday, March 11

 * ACT quiz - Apostrophes in contractions and possessives
 * Reading Minutes/Journaling
 * //Their Eyes -// Listen to Ch.12-13
 * **Homework** -
 * //Their Eyes//, Finish Ch. 13-14, p. 126-137
 * Quiz on Ch. 7-14

Friday, March 12
===Notebooks due on Thursday, March 18 - No loose papers! All notes, handouts, homework, quizzes, etc. that we have done this semester.=== ===Planners due on Wednesday, March 17 - All assignments, even when absent!=== Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers for transparencies.mar10.doc **Tuesday, March 16** Misplaced Modifiers practice.mar10.doc * Questions about Chapters 15-17?
 * //Their Eyes// comprehension
 * The Muck
 * Monday, March 15**
 * ACT Day - Misplaced Modifiers
 * Modifiers for Nouns (adjectives) and Verbs (adverbs)
 * Cut and paste to reassemble sentences
 * **Homework -**
 * //Their Eyes//, Ch. 15-17, p. 136-153
 * Misplaced Modifier worksheet
 * Foreshadowing the climax in Chapter 18
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Read assigned chapter for Wednesday or start Foreshadowing worksheet
 * Read your own book - extra credit
 * Listen to Chapter 18
 * **Homework -** [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Chapters%2014-18%20foreshadowing%20wksh.mar10.doc"]] Chapters 14-18 foreshadowing wksh.mar10.doc
 * Continue Foreshadowing Worksheeet
 * Read Chapter 18 - p. 154-167
 * Wednesday, March 17**
 * Chapter 15-17 questions?
 * Listen to //Their Eyes, Chapter 18//
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish Chapter 19, p. 168-179
 * Thursday, March 18**
 * ACT Review - Misplaced Modifiers
 * Practice sites -
 * Good review PowerPoint []
 * Questions with answers []
 * Some explanation and practice []
 * []
 * 's for possession
 * agreement of pronoun and antecedent
 * fanboys and 2 patterns
 * it was w because conjunctions and 2 patterns
 * Any Foreshadowing?
 * **Homework** -
 * ACT Quiz on Misplaced Modifiers and all of the above
 * //Their Eyes// - Chapter 19, p. 180-189

Friday, March 19

 * ACT Quiz on Misplaced Modifiers and all of the above
 * //Their Eyes// - Chapter 20

**Monday, March 22**

 * ACT Day - What does it mean to be "college-ready?"
 * college writing expectations []
 * ECC Writing Expectations
 * Verb tense shift
 * **Homework -**
 * Verb tenses
 * Study for //Their Eyes Were Watching God// test
 * short answers - 1 from each chapter
 * quote identification - who said it, what he or she was talking about
 * 2 short essays - based on the 4 focus themes: Janie's hair, pear tree, mule, power and control
 * Tuesday, March 23**
 * //Their Eyes Were Watching God// test
 * Reading Minutes
 * Wednesday, March 24**
 * ACT Practice
 * Film
 * **Homework** -
 * ACT quiz
 * Thursday, March 25**
 * ACT Quiz - verb tenses +
 * agreement of pronoun and antecedent
 * fanboys and 2 patterns
 * "it was w because" conjunctions and 2 patterns
 * 's for possession
 * Film

Friday, March 26

 * Film
 * Hurricane Katrina |||| [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/_/ad4b0f60/i/c.gif width="1" height="1"]] || [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/_/1f60ab45/i/bBR.gif width="8" height="8"]] ||

**Monday, April 5**
[|Sentence Fragments1.mar10.doc]
 * ACT Day -
 * Go over the Quiz - ACT Misplaced Modifiers.
 * Sentence fragments
 * **Homework** - green Sentence Fragment worksheet
 * Bring **each** day - //Writers Inc//, //Their Eyes Were Watching God// novel, index cards, highlighter
 * Tuesday, April 6**
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Literary+Criticism+essay+plan.mar10.doc"]] [|Literary Criticism essay plan.mar10.doc]Go over //Their Eyes Were Watching God// test - attention to potential scenes and quotes for essay
 * Follow the Literary Criticism essay plan to choose one of 4 themes for essay - the Horizon, the pear tree, the mule, Janie's hair, power/voice
 * With partner who is doing the same theme, work together to find 10 quotes from the novel to support the symbol you have chosen. Write the page number for each quote on the gold essay planning page.
 * **Homework** - Finish finding (and highlighting) the 10 quotes from the novel, put the page numbers on the gold planning page
 * Wednesday, April 7**
 * ACT Day - Highlight definitions of Fragment, Comma Splice, and Run-on Sentences in //Writers Inc// - p. 88 in green version, 83 in the gold version
 * Fragment PowerPoint - highlight handout of PPt slides as classnotes
 * [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Fragments.pptadapted.mar10.ppt"]] [|Fragments.pptadapted.mar10.ppt]
 * **Homework** - Write each quote from your gold planning page onto an index card, following the notecard format on the back of the gold page. (10 notecards total)
 * Thursday, April 8**
 * Turn in 10 Quote Cards from the novel in the envelope provided
 * Source information for novel and literary criticism sources - see the back of the gold planning page, card formats 2 and 3).
 * Distribution of manilla folders, pink and blue literary criticism articles - This will be the folder in which all pieces of your essay will be organized
 * Quiz - ATC Fragments
 * **Homework** - Use 3 notecards to create Source Cards for each of the 3 essay sources: novel, 2 literary criticism articles
 * Friday, April 9**
 * Literary Criticism article - What is the purpose of literary criticism? How is literary criticism written?
 * **Homework** - Questions for the article

**Monday, April 12**
POINTS_Parenthetical Elements!.apr10[1].ppt [|Questions for Jon Krakauer background article.apr07.doc]
 * **Bring every day** - Writers Inc, //Their Eyes Were Watching God// novel, index cards, highlighter, essay folder
 * ACT Day -
 * Collect Works Cited pages
 * Parenthetical Elements - using parentheses, commas, and dashes
 * Additional information
 * Sentence Combining
 * In-class Transparencies
 * Homework -
 * Gradesheets signed for Extra Credit (optional)
 * Parenthetical Expressions worksheet
 * Tuesday, April 13[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Literary%20Criticism%20essay%20plan.mar10.doc"]] Literary Criticism essay plan.mar10.doc**
 * 20 minutes - begin highlighting the 2 Literary Criticism articles (Pink and Blue) as quote support for your 2 Main Points
 * Essay Preparation - Week 2: Literary Criticism
 * Essay Thesis, Topic Sentences
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish highlighting both Literary Criticism articles as quote support for your 2 Main Points
 * Write out 10 notecards with source support for both Main Points from the 2 Lit Crit articles (pink and blue). Label with B and C as the 2 source codes.
 * Wednesday, April 14**
 * ACT Day - Return worksheets
 * Review of Sentence Combining using Appositives
 * Review Parenthetical Elements - PowerPoint
 * Notecard selection for gold page
 * Divide all 20 quote cards into 2 piles: I and II
 * Choose any 2 cards to support Hurston's view of your Main Point I (See gold page 1 - #4).
 * Number them 1 and 2. Record them as the 2 cards for Main Point I on the Gold Page #4.
 * **Homework** - Write each quote from your gold planning page onto an index card, following the notecard format on the back of the gold page. (10 notecards total)
 * Thursday, April 15**
 * ACT Test - Parenthetical Elements. as well as fragments, compound and complex sentences, misplaced modifiers. etc.
 * Body Paragraph Two - Main Point I, Literary Criticism (Pink and Blue) according to "Essay Preparation: Week 2" outline handout.
 * **Homework** - Body Paragraphs 3 and 4: Main Point II - one paragraph for Hurston (2 cycles) and 1 paragraph for the Literary Criticism (2 cycles).
 * Friday, April 16**
 * Introduction and Conclusion[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Intro%20and%20Conclusion%20triangles.apr10.doc"]] Intro and Conclusion triangles.apr10.doc
 * **Homework** - Combine 4 body paragraphs, intro and conclusion into full essay draft for Monday
 * Monday, April 19**
 * Turn in 6-paragraph draft of essay
 * ACT Day - Review Sentence Fragment quiz, ACT Readiness Test
 * Item Analysis
 * Colon, Introductory words and phrases, Verb tense shift
 * //Into The Wild// from Bookroom: MONDAY: 7 AM—11 AM [Periods 1 and 3]
 * Homework - Worksheet on the above ACT rules [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Colon%2C+Intro+wds+and+phrases%2C+verb+tense+shifts.apr10.doc"]] [|Colon, Intro wds and phrases, verb tense shifts.apr10.doc]
 * Have an electronic copy of 6-paragraph draft available for editing
 * Tuesday, April 20**
 * Edit Sheet[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Edit+sheet+Lit+Crit+Essay+%28TT%29.apr10.doc"]] [|Edit sheet Lit Crit Essay (TT).apr10.doc]
 * Computer edit draft of essay
 * //Into The Wild// from Bookroom: TUESDAY: 11 AM—3 PM [Period 7]
 * **Homework** -
 * Make all corrections, revisions to Essay. Turn in all components with final copy in Writing folder (see white essay plan).
 * On Jon Krakauer article, In one color, highlight any words or phrases that describe //Christopher McCandless//. In another color, highlight and words or phrases that describe //the author.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Evaluation+-+Literary+Criticism.apr10.doc"]] [|Essay Evaluation - Literary Criticism.apr10.doc]//
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 * Wednesday, April 21**
 * //Intro the Wild// - non-linear nonfiction
 * Who is Jon Krakauer?
 * Read background article about Jon Krakauer WEDNESDAY: 10 AM—2 PM [Periods 2 and 7]
 * **Homework** - //J//
 * Study for ACT quiz.
 * Do //Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild// worksheet, Get //Into the Wild// from the bookroom.
 * Thursday, April 22 -** **For all //Into the Wild// assignments, follow the ple bookmark you received in class.**
 * ACT test on colons, etc
 * Prelude to //Into the Wild//
 * **Homework** - Using the Reviews and Letters in the Jon Krauker article, do the //Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild// worksheet.
 * Friday, April 23**
 * Read Chapter 1
 * **Homework For Tuesday, April 27** - Finish Chapters 1-2. Complete the Dialectical Journal for Chapter 2. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Dialectical+Journal+ch.+1-11.april10.doc"]] [|Dialectical Journal ch. 1-11.april10.doc]
 * [Planning Ahead: Chapters 3-4 for Tuesday. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4].

Week of Monday, April 23, 2010

 * Monday, April 26**
 * ACT Day: __//**Final**//__ Review.
 * **Homework**: //Into the Wild//, Chapters 3-4. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4.
 * Tuesday, April 27**
 * Discussion of Ch. 1-2
 * **Homework for Monday, May 3 -** Read Chapters 3-4. Complete Dialectical Journals for Ch. 3-4]
 * Wednesday, April 28 - Thursday, April 29 PSAE/ACT Testing

Friday, April 30 -** Institute Day - No School for Students
 * Monday, April 19**
 * Annotated Bibliography due
 * Continue notetaking for Main Points/LRC individually if further research is needed
 * **Homework** - Finish all notecards for all main points, including from collegiate sources found in the LRC on Monday.

Week of Monday, May 3
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 * Monday, May 3**
 * Reflection on "Their Eyes Were Watching God" essay
 * Reflection on ACT Test: Grammar and Sentence Structure, ACT Essay, and Reading
 * strengths, weaknesses, suggestions
 * //Into the Wild// - Listen to Chapter 4
 * **Homework** - Chapter 5, p. 38-46, and Dialectical Journal (to turn in, completed through Ch. 5)
 * Tuesday, May 4**
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Attention to Chapters 3-5
 * **Homework** - Read Chapter 6, p. 47-60
 * Characterization of Christopher McCandless - From Chapters 1-6, fill in the first bullet in each box with a quote that gives a specific detail about Chris's characterization (positive and negative aspects).
 * Wednesday, May 5**
 * Transcendentalism handout - What is Transcendentalism?
 * Read p.1 and highlight significant characteristics of Transcendentalism
 * p. 2-3 Basic Principles, Quotes by Emerson and Thoreau
 * t**Homework** - Choose 8 of the principles or quotes on p. 2-3. Explain what each one of the 8 means to you.
 * Thursday, May 6**
 * Video - Great Books: Walden
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 * Number 1-6 on looseleaf paper or the back of your Transcendentalism handout. As you watch the video, jot down 6 //characteristics of transcendentalism// that you recognize from our discussions.
 * Add numbers 7-10 to your list. Write down 4 ways that you see any of the characteristics of transcendentalism in your life now or as you would like them to be in the future.
 * Add numbers 11-15 to your list. From Chapter 5 of //Into the Wild//, find **5 quotes** that show the characteristics of transcendentalism that you see in the life of Christopher McCandless. Look particularly at the italics in the chapter since they are the journals of Chris himself.
 * **Homework** - Read and fill in the dialectical journal for Chapter 7.
 * Friday, May 7**
 * In- Class:
 * Highlights of Chapters 7-9, prologues, etc. to show that Chris was not just a kook, but there are a lot of people who feel the same callings. So //**is**// Chris so unusually crazy?
 * Preview of Chapters 11-12 - Christopher's dad and Chris's high school years
 * Listen to Chapter 10 - The process the police went through to find the identify of Chris after his body was found.
 * **Homework** -
 * Chapters 11-12 for Tuesday
 * Using chapters 5-12, fill in 2nd bullet on the Christopher McCandless Characterization worksheet

Week of Monday, May 10

 * Monday, May 10**
 * Return Dialectical Journals for Chapters 1-7, complete Chapter 10 from Friday's in-class listening
 * New Dialectical Journal for Ch. 11-Epilogue
 * Illustrious Review 1st half of the book - Chapters 1-7, 10
 * Report out
 * **Homework** - Chapter 11-12 for Tuesday
 * Tuesday, May 11**
 * Finish and report out - Illustrious Review of Ch. 1-7, 10
 * In-class writing quiz - Ch. 11-12
 * **Homework** - Read Chapter 13-14 for Thursday
 * Wednesday, May 12**
 * Literary Terms - Use //Writers Inc// to find definitions for terms on worksheet [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Literary+Terms+chart+may10.doc"]] [|Literary Terms chart may10.doc]
 * Relevance to Chapers 14-15
 * **Homework** -
 * Chapters 13-14 for 6-question quiz
 * Thursday, May 13**
 * Ch. 13-14 quiz
 * Chapter 14-15 PowerPoint - Krakauer's insights [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Ch._14-15%5B1%5D.ppt"]] [|Ch._14-15[1.ppt]]
 * **Homework** -
 * Chapter 15 for Friday - visualize it
 * Due - 3rd bullet from Chapters 13-15 on Christopher McCandless Characterization page
 * Friday, May 14**
 * Discussion Ch. 15
 * Listen to 16
 * **Homework** - Chapter 16 for Tuesday

Week of Monday, May 17, 2010

 * Notebooks/binders/folders/planners due on Friday, May 21**
 * Monday, May 17**
 * Vocabulary - 1 from each chapter of //Into the Wild// (with page number)
 * **Homework** -
 * Read Chapter 16 for quiz
 * Find definition for your vocab word, making it fit smoothly into Krakauer's sentence (for Weds.)
 * Tuesday, May 18**
 * Chapter 16 quiz
 * What information about his surroundings could have helped Christopher save his own life?
 * **Homework** -
 * Read Chapter 17 for Thursday with handout questions
 * Find definition for your vocab word, making it fit smoothly into Krakauer's sentence
 * Wednesday, May 19**
 * How do you make a definition fit smootly into a sentence? Work with the definition until you can get it to exactly replace the vocabulary word in Krakauer's sentence.
 * Vocabulary words and definitions onto transparencies - First, write Krakauer's sentence from //Into the Wild.// Then, rewrite the sentence with the definition //exactly in the place of// the vocabulary word.
 * Share: 15 vocabulary words and definitions [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/empty.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Word+Bank+Into+the+Wild.may10.doc"]] [|Word Bank Into the Wild.may10.doc]
 * **Homework** -
 * Read Chapter 17 (with handbook questions) for Thursday
 * Quiz on 15 vocabulary words: definitions and fill-in-the-blank using context clues.
 * Thursday, May 20**
 * Finish vocabulary transparencies
 * Listen to Chapter 18
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish Chapter 18 for Friday
 * Finish Dialectical Journal through Chapter 18 (Epilogue to be done in class on Friday).
 * Vocabulary quiz - 15 words - definitions, sentences
 * Notebooks/folders/binders/planners due
 * Friday, May 21**
 * Vocabulary quiz - definitions, sentences
 * Epilogue
 * Turn in Dialectical Journal - Ch. 12- Epilogue
 * Film