English+3+2010-2011+++Past+Assignments

=English 3 - Past Assignments=
 * Scroll down for most recent dates.**

Week of August 25, 2010
//How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along?// slides 1-20 [|How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along.ppt]
 * 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
 * **Homework** - Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1. Materials must be presented in entirety.

//How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along?// slides 21-38 [|How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along.ppt]
 * Thursday, August 26**
 * 5 Steps of Critical Thinking - Objectives Day 2
 * **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

//How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along?// slides 39-50 [|How is Your Critical Thinking Coming Along.ppt]
 * 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
 * **Homework** - Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1. Materials must be presented in entirety.

Week of August 30, 2010

 * 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+-+English+3.aug10.doc"]] [|Writing Assignment - English 3.aug10.doc]//
 * Mark pages for 5 painting selections
 * Preparation - The //Evidence// chart [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Preparation+-+Letter+of+Recommendation.aug10.doc"]] [|Preparation - Letter of Recommendation.aug10.doc]
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish the //Preparation - Evidence// chart for 4 Hospital Needs
 * Materials due on Tuesday, August 31, and Wednesday, September 1. Materials must be presented in entirety.
 * Be sure to bring your Independent Reading book (immigrants or oppression, fiction or non-fiction) to get Reading credit.


 * Tuesday, August 31**
 * Materials Check
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Warrants - What kinds should you be looking for?
 * Review of terms: mood, tone, characterization, setting, style.
 * Examine paintings 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/Lookiing+Critically+at+Paintings.aug10.doc"]] [|Lookiing Critically at Paintings.aug10.doc]
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish "Looking Critically at Paintings" worksheet,
 * Materials due - Last day for full credit. Materials must be presented in entirety.


 * Wednesday, September 1**
 * //Preparations - Warrants// Chart - Examine the 5 paintings in the text for supportive warrants.
 * Step 4 - Critical Thinking - Idea tumbling with your own experience
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish the //Preparation// - //Critical Thinking// chart and fill in your Claim
 * Be sure to bring your Independent Reading book (immigrants or oppression, fiction or non-fiction) to get Reading credit.


 * Thursday, September 2**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Using your Critical Thinking chart, begin writing the draft of your formal letter of recommendation. Explain each need (evidence), reason (warrant), and example that you have chosen for Mrs. Rogers' understanding.
 * **Homework** - Finished draft of letter to be collected on Tuesday, September 7.


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

==**Week of September 6**== >
 * Monday, September 6 Labor Day - No School**
 * Tuesday, September 7**
 * End of Week 2 Gradesheet - signed for 5 Extra Credit points
 * Period 2 - Drafting the Body paragraphs of your formal letter
 * Review the letter format page
 * Painting title and artist - Body paragraph 2
 * Attention to //specific// details
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework**:
 * Signed gradesheet for Extra Credit
 * Following Critical Thinking chart, write body paragraphs of formal letter of recommendation. Explain each hospital need (evidence), 4 reasons (warrants), and //specific// examples from the painting for Mrs. Rogers' selection.
 * Include transitions, //specific// details
 * Finish draft to type in the LRC on Wednesday
 * Periods 5 and 6 -
 * Turn in 1st draft of body paragraphs
 * The Writing Process - Adding Transitions and //Specific// Details
 * Review formal letter format page - Opening, Body paragraph(s), Closing
 * Painting title and artist - Body paragraph 2
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework** -
 * Be ready to type formal letter from your draft and edit in the LRC on Wednesday
 * //Final Letter of Recommendation due Thursday, September 9 - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder//
 * Wednesday, September 8**
 * Review Purposes of 3 body paragraphs - Opening, Body paragraph(s), Closing
 * Period 2 - Collect gold sheets
 * Addition transitions
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish //typed// draft of revised body paragraphs, with specific details and transitions
 * //Final Letter of Recommendation due Friday - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder//
 * Period 5 and 6 - Collect Period 6 gold sheets
 * Review formal letter format - Mrs. Rogers' address information
 * Evaluation page
 * **Homework**//-//
 * Finish revising, editing, and proofreading your draft //**out loud!!!**//
 * **//﻿//**//Final Letter of Recommendation due - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder//
 * LRC Period 2 - 202 Lab Period 5 - 200C Period 6 - 202 Lab
 * Have Business Letter format page in front of you!
 * Thursday, September 9**
 * Period 2 -
 * Formal Letter format - Mrs. Rogers' address information
 * Evaluation page and Writing Folders[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Critical+Thinking+Eval+page.sep10.doc"]] [|Critical Thinking Eval page.sep10.doc]
 * **Homework -**
 * Finish revising, editing, and proofreading your draft //**out loud!!!**//
 * //Final Letter of Recommendation due Friday - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folder//
 * Period 5 and 6 -
 * Writing Folders
 * //Turn in Final Letter of Recommendation - with all the assignment page, drafts, and gold packet in your Writing Folde//
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * **Homework** -
 * Signed Parent Page
 * Critical Thinking - Read and critically think as you answer questions - "With Her Eyes"
 * Friday, September 10**
 * **//In Memory - 9 Years Ago//**

Week of September 13, 2010

 * Monday, September 13**
 * Frequently Asked Questions - "First Semester English 3"
 * **Homework -** Signed Parent Page [|Common Questions.First Semester-English 3. with Parent Page.aug10.doc]

Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

**Week of September 13**

 * Monday, September 13**
 * Discuss "First Semester - English 3 "
 * Late Slips
 * Yearbook Surveys
 * Preparation for //Crucible -// Getting to Know the Puritans
 * Homework -
 * Have parent or guardian sign blue Parent Page.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Common+Questions.First+Semester-English+3.+with+Parent+Page.aug10.doc"]][|Common Questions.First Semester-English 3. with Parent Page.aug10.doc]
 * Answer questions on the yellow handout, "The Early Puritans," using textbook page 98. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Puritans%2C+text+p.+99.sep10.doc"]] [|Puritans, text p. 99.sep10.doc]
 * Tuesday, September 14**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * From the Native Americans to the Puritans - textbook notes
 * Homework -
 * Read //Of Plymouth Plantation//, textbook pages 100-106.
 * Find the 7 references to God or the Bible. (Pay attention also to margin notes). Write down as much of the sentence as you need to explain why the reference is significant to the reading.
 * Wednesday, September 15**
 * The Puritans - Selected textbook notes
 * Jonathan Edwards, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," textbook pages 118-125.
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish reading "Sinners," p. 120-125. Keep in mind the beliefs that Puritans had towards God.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Sinners...Angry+God+Worksheet.sep10.doc"]] [|Sinners...Angry God Worksheet.sep10.doc]
 * Complete the "Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners" worksheet, using the text to find evidence of Jonathan Edwards' main points.
 * Thursday, September 16**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Powerpoint - Puritans[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/THE+PURITANS.ppt"]] [|THE PURITANS.ppt]
 * Review for Friday's quiz on Early American Writing through the Puritans
 * Use classnotes, homework, and the textbook to review
 * Friday, September 17**
 * Quiz on this week's classnotes, homework, etc.
 * //New England Colonists: Puritans and the Pilgrims//, United Streaming (20 min) []

Week of September 20, 2010
[|Personal Writing Assessment.sep10.doc]
 * Monday, September 20 [[image:http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/salem/images/craftscourt2.jpg width="166" height="140" caption="Witchcraft at Salem Village" link="http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/salem/images/craftscourt.jpg"]]**
 * //Salem Witch Trials//, United Streaming (26 min) [] 26 min.
 * Character map: //Crucible//
 * Tuesday, September 21**
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Character Maps
 * Act I Background
 * **Homework** - Finish __Act I Background__ worksheet started in class, p. 134-137 [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Act+I+Background+text+wksh.sep10.doc"]] [|Act I Background text wksh.sep10.doc]
 * Wednesday, September 22**
 * Writing Folders - Personal Writing Assessment
 * In the first column on the Personal Writing Assessment page, make a check for any error that is marked on your essay (Final Letter of Recommendation). Keep the Personal Writing Assessment in your Writing Folder.
 * Act I - //Crucible[[image:Crucible.jpg width="132" height="131" caption="Crucible.jpg"]]//
 * **Homework**//-// Read //Crucible// from p. 134 -141 (line 205) for a Quick Quiz. (Go as far as the Thomas Putnam paragraphs).
 * Thursday, September 23**
 * Quick Quiz - p. 137-141
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Class Comprehension questions and reading for p. 137-141
 * **Homework** - Read //Crucible// from p. 142-144 (line 372) for a Quick Quiz. (Go as far as the John Proctor paragraphs).
 * Friday, September 24**
 * Quick Quiz - p. 142-144
 * Class Comprehension questions and reading for p. 142-145
 * **Homework** - Complete the 10-question worksheet on Thomas Putnam paragraphs (p. 141) and John Proctor paragraphs (p. 144)

Week of September 27, 2010

 * Monday, September 27**
 * Collect //Crucible// worksheet for Putnam and Proctor paragraphs
 * //Crucible -// Class reading continues from the top of column 2 on p. 145
 * Notes on the Rebecca Nurse paragraphs p. 146-147
 * **Homework** - Conflict Development worksheet - p. 148-150[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Conflict+Development+Quotes%2C+p.+147-151.doc"]] [|Conflict Development Quotes, p. 147-151.doc]
 * Tuesday, September 28**
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Notes on the Rebecca paragraphs - p. 148-149
 * **Homework** - Free Homecoming bonus
 * Wednesday, September 29**
 * //Crucible// - Class reading continues from p. 149 - Conflict development
 * Notes on Hale paragraphs - p. 151-153
 * **Homework**//-// Get all September Reading Journals together and stapled. Double-check that each entry is labeled with the date and pages read, capital letters for all names, and punctuation for titles.
 * Thursday, September 30**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Crucible// - Giles paragraphs p. 155
 * Class reading continues from p. 157
 * Homework** - End of Act I worksheet for pages156-158 [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/End+of+Act+I+quote+selection+wksh.oct10.doc"]] [|End of Act I quote selection wksh.oct10.doc]
 * Friday, October 1**
 * Crucible film for students who have completed the homework
 * Homework** - Free Homecoming bonus! No homework!

Week of October 4, 2010

 * Monday, October 4**
 * End of Act I - from top of column 1, p. 154-158
 * Literary Analysis, p. 159 - #7 - How do the following characters feel about the existence of witches? Abigail Williams, John Proctor, Rev. Parris, Rev. Hale, Rebecca Nurse, and the Putnams
 * **Homework** -
 * Choose 5 quotes from anywhere in Act I, and explain their significance to the whole act (not just to the conversation).
 * Tuesday, October 5**
 * Independent Reading Project
 * Reading and Journaling
 * Book Recommendations?
 * Act II - p. 160-165
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish p. 160-165
 * Column Questions worksheet, p. 162-165
 * Wednesday, October 6[[file:Column questions - Act II.oct10.doc]]**
 * //Crucible// - Groups of 3, p. 166-169
 * Class Group questions[[file:Class Groups p. 266-269.oct10.doc]]
 * **Homework**//-// Individually, complete the critical thinking questions on the Class Groups page.
 * Thursday, October 7**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Crucible// - p. 170-173
 * **Homework** - Reading for Information worksheet [[file:Reading for Information.oct10.doc]]
 * Friday, October 8 - Institute Day - No School for Students**

**Monday, October 11 - Columbus Day - No School** **Tuesday, October 12 -**
[|Act III Character Assignments Period 2.oct10.doc] [|Act III Character Assignments Period 5.oct10.doc] [|Act III Character Assignments Period 6.oct10.doc]
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Act III assignments
 * Large group - Starting Act III -p. 176.
 * **Homework** -
 * Complete the //Act III Character Assignments// worksheet for your assigned part.
 * Wednesday, October 13**
 * //Crucible//, p. 178-183 - Character readings
 * **Homework** - Write a 1-page explanation on Danforth's attitudes (p. 184-185), according to instructions on "Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details."[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Supporting+Your+Writing+with+Author%27s+Details.oct10.doc"]] [|Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details.oct10.doc]
 * Thursday, October 14**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * //Crucible//, p. 186-187 - Character readings
 * **Homework** - Write a 1-page explanation on the turning points of the 3 main external conflicts (p. 188-189), according to instructions on "Supporting Your Writing with Author's Details."
 * Friday, October 15**
 * //Crucible//, p. 190-194 - Character readings
 * **Homework** - Paragraph Essay: What does John Proctor Stand to Lose?"
 * Think about the internal conflict that John Proctor is struggling with in Act III.
 * While organizing your thoughts, think about some possibilities: Elizabeth, Abigail, Giles and Francis, Rebecca, Hale, Danforth, all of the townspeople.
 * Using specific details, discuss the consequences if he confesses as well as the consequences if he doesn't.
 * Edit, proofread out loud, and spellcheck.

Due Thursday, October 21: Course Binders, Notebooks, Folders, Planners

 * ====== //Everything// we have done all quarter - classnotes, handouts, tests, quizzes, planner assignments ======
 * All papers with holes on the binder rings. All ofher papers in your folder! Classnotes may be in a notebook.
 * Planner and Binder, etc. are worth a test grade.
 * Monday, October 18, 2010**
 * Extra! Extra! Read All About It!! - Contractions, Capital letters!
 * Continue //Crucible -// Act II Character ReadingsI[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/No+More+Contractions%2C+Capital+Letters.oct10.doc"]] [|No More Contractions, Capital Letters.oct10.doc]
 * **Homework** - List all 40 contractions on a piece of looseleaf paper. Next to each one, write out the full words that the contraction represents.
 * Tuesday, October 19, 2010**
 * Reading and Journaling
 * //Crucible//, Act III - Character Readings
 * List all 15 kinds of common nouns that are listed on the "No More Contractions" handout on a piece of looseleaf paper. Next to each one, write 2 specific examples of words that require capital letters.
 * Wednesday, October 20, 2010**
 * Act III
 * **Homework -**
 * Read pages 188-189. Using the information on those 2 pages, write 1 paragraph that explains each sentence below.. Each paragraph should be at least 1/2 page of informative and explanation.
 * Explain how Abigail handles the //2 times// when the judge almost finds out that she is lying.
 * Explain why Proctor's speech (lines 874-878) is so significant to what is happening.
 * Binder, Notebook, Folder, Planner Due
 * Thursday, October 21, 2010**
 * Reading and Journaling - Planners graded
 * Test Review - Examples of test items
 * Turn in Binder, Notebook, Folder
 * Homework -
 * Study your 2 looseleaf lists, classnotes, and "No More Contractions" handout for a quiz.
 * Write two informative paragraphs with textual evidence that answer the following questions:
 * How does Elizabeth's lie on page 190 lie change //everything?//
 * How does Mary Warren's lie on p. 194 change //everything?//
 * Friday, October 22, 2010**
 * Punctuation Test - No More Contractions, Capital letters
 * //Crucible//

Week of October 25, 2010

 * Monday, October 25**
 * //Crucible//, Act IV - Listen to the act from McDougal-Littel text audio
 * classzone.com
 * **Homework** - //Crucible//, Act IV worksheet questions for the first 1/2 of Act IV (p. 196 - 205)
 * Tuesday, October 26,**
 * Pre-PLAN, Pre-ACT Testing
 * Wednesday, October 27**
 * Finish listening to Act IV and discuss
 * Writing in Cycles - Statement, Explanation, Example (quote or specific moment), Explanation of Example's Relevance
 * **Homework** -
 * Period 2 - Textbook p. 209, #4 - //Infer Character Motives: Explain why each of the following characters wants John and other prisoners to confess. Support your answer with evidence.// Write at least //one informative cycle// (check for //all 4// parts) for each character.
 * Danforth
 * Parris
 * Hale
 * Periods 5 and 6 - Complete the "Last Scenes of Act IV" worksheet questions.[[file:Last Scenes questions.oct10.doc]]
 * Thursday, October 28**
 * Binder/Notebook/Folder double-check
 * Period 2 - Double-check 3-cycle short essay for capital letters, contractions, number the 1,2,3,4 parts of each cycle, and proofread.
 * Reading and Journaling - Planners graded
 * Friday, October 29, 2010**
 * //Good Night, Moon// :-)
 * 1st Quarter gradesheet
 * //Crucible// film

**Week of November 1, 2010**

 * Monday, November 1**
 * Corrections on the "Last Scenes" and "//Crucible//, Act IV" worksheets for Tuesday quiz [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Act+IV+first+half+questions.oct10.doc"]] [|Act IV first half questions.oct10.doc][[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Last+Scenes+questions.oct10.doc"]] [|Last Scenes questions.oct10.doc]
 * //Crucible// film - Continue to collect details for essay and review
 * **Homework -**
 * Quiz on the 2 Act IV worksheets (20 points)
 * Get gradesheet signed for 5 Extra Credit points
 * Tuesday, November 2**
 * Act IV quiz/Reading
 * Essay Choices for the //Crucible// Final Test [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+prompts+for+Crucible+Final+Test.nov10.doc"]] [|Essay prompts for Crucible Final Test.nov10.doc]
 * //Crucible// film for essay and review
 * **Homework** - Decide which essay prompt on the Essay Preparation page you will select for your essay. Then list your THREE specific observations, reasons, or characters on p. 1
 * Wednesday, November 3**
 * //Crucible// test essay planning
 * Essay Planning page - [English 2] sample [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Planning+page+-+sample.nov10.doc"]] [|Essay Planning page - sample.nov10.doc]
 * **Homework** - Study all classnotes and worksheets for the Multiple-Choice portion of the //Crucible// Final Test
 * Thursday, November 4**
 * //Crucible// Multiple-Choice portion of Final Test
 * Reading Minutes
 * **Homework** - Finalize your pink //bulleted// essay Planning page for Friday's timed-writing
 * Friday, November 5**
 * Timed-writing in LRC - Essay for //Crucible// Final Test, using the pink bulleted Planning page only.[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Evaluation.nov10.doc"]] [|Essay Evaluation.nov10.doc][[file:Personal Writing Assessment.sep10.doc]]

**Week of November 8, 2010**

 * Monday, November 8**
 * Turn in October Reading Journals
 * The Great Conjunction Challenge
 * Coordinate Conjunctions - for and nor but or yet so[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Great+Conjunction+Challenge+1-2+sheet+-+coord+and+subord.nov10.doc"]] [|Great Conjunction Challenge 1-2 sheet - coord and subord.nov10.doc]
 * Subordinate Conjunctions - The Big Seven - if, though, when, as, since, while, because
 * //Crucible f//ilm
 * **Homework** - Memorize the 14 main coordinate and subordinate conjunctions for Tuesday, Spelling and Extra Credit subordinate conjunctions memorize (if desired) for Wednesday
 * Tuesday, November 9**
 * Great Conjunction Challenge - 14-point quiz
 * Reading/Journals
 * Fragments vs. Independent Clauses
 * **Homework** -
 * Memorize Extra Credit subordinate conjunctions.(optional)
 * ACT Topic Inventory - ACT book, p. 26-27. Using pages 28-31, mark answers right or wrong.
 * Wednesday, November 10**
 * Highlight problem spots on p. 26-27
 * Put Checks on Study Guide, p. 34
 * Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases - ACT book, p. 33 highlighting
 * Types of Fragments - ACT book notes, p. 38-40[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Fragments+transparencies.mar10.doc"]] [|Fragments transparencies.mar10.doc]
 * **Homework** - OWL worksheet - IC or Frag?
 * Thursday, November 11[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/OWL+-+Fragments%2C+ICs.nov10.doc"]] [|OWL - Fragments, ICs.nov10.doc]**
 * Reading/Journal
 * Review IC and fragments (-ing, -ed, to _

**Week of January 3, 2011**
> ==Week of January 10, 2011== > ===*All notebooks/folders/binders and planners should be brought back to class for the grade double-check on Tuesday, January 11. If they aren't in class, you can't re-check it. Planners will also be graded this week.=== > **Monday, January 10** > [|Intro and Conclusion triangles.jan11.doc] > > **Tuesday, January 11** > **Wednesday, January 12** > > **Thursday, January 13** > **Friday, January 14**
 * Monday, January 3**
 * //Return graded work. Highlight any spelling, proofreading, or capital letter errors.//
 * //Transcendentalism Essay assignment sheet// [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Assignment.jan11.doc"]] [|//Essay Assignment.jan11.doc//]
 * //Examine the "16 Basic Tenets of Transcendentalism" in the Transcendentalism packet. Select any 4 tenets that you would like to use as main points in your// [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Transcendentalism+handout.dec10.doc"]] [|//Transcendentalism handout.dec10.doc//]//essay.//
 * **Homework** - Follow the Transcendentalism Essay assignment page: Review classnotes, textbook notes, and transcendentalism worksheets to review the basic ideas of transcendentalism we covered earlier in the unit. Do not continue until you have done so. Write a 3-4 sentence description of each tenet as Emerson or Thoreau would explain it.
 * Tuesday, January 4**
 * LRC - Naviance presentation by Guidance Department
 * **Homework -** Follow the Transcendentalism Essay assignment page:
 * Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your **__T__**en**et I.** Include at least 2 specific examples.
 * Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your first paragraph about Tenet !.
 * Wednesday, January 5**
 * **LRC to type Paragraph 1 about Tenet I. (Students who are not ready will remain in the classroom to catch up).**
 * Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet 1. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Turn in paragraph 1 by the end of the period.
 * **Homework -**
 * **Finish paragraph 1 about Tenet I if not already done so.**
 * Tenet II - Repeat the process for Tenet I. Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your **__Tenet II.__** Include at least 2 specific examples.
 * Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your second paragraph about Tenet II.
 * Thursday, January 6**
 * LRC to type Paragraph 2 about Tenet II. (Students who are not ready will remain in the classroom to catch up).
 * Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet II. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Turn in paragraph 2 by the end of the period.
 * **Homework** -
 * Finish paragraph 2 about Tenet II if not already done so.
 * Tenet III - Repeat the process for Tenet III.
 * Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your __**T**__en**et III.** Include at least 2 specific examples.
 * Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your third paragraph about Tenet III.
 * Friday, January 7**
 * Write Paragraph 3 about Tenet III.
 * Start paragraph with the explanation of Tenet III. Then build the rest of the paragraph with the bullets you obtained from highlighting in dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing. Have paragraph 3 checked by the end of the period.
 * **Homework -**
 * Repeat the process for Tenet IV - Highlight details from all dialectical journals, blue squares, quizzes and free-writing that relate McCandless to your__Tenet IV.__
 * Include at least 2 specific examples.Find informative details for 5 bullets that you can use to build your third paragraph about Tenet IV.
 * Type paragraph 3 and 4.On Monday, turn in Rough Draft 1 - all 4 paragraphs, proofread, spellchecked.
 * =[[image:http://project810.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/thoreau.jpg width="160" height="112" caption="external image thoreau.jpg"]]=
 * Independent Reading Project presentations
 * Collect Body Paragraphs for Transcendentalism essay[[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Essay+Assignment.jan11.doc"]][|Essay Assignment.jan11.doc]
 * Introduction and Conclusion paragraph
 * **Homework** - From classnotes, the ideas generated in class, and the Introduction and Conclusion triangles, type your intro and conclusion to turn in on Tuesday.
 * Independent Reading Projects
 * Revising the body paragraphs
 * Cycle Editing - Review your body paragraphs so that the structure follows the cycles. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Cycle+of+Development.jan11.doc"]][|Cycle of Development.jan11.doc]
 * 1. Make your statement. 2. Explain it. 3. Give an example/quote. 4. Explain the example.
 * Transitions
 * Verb tenses
 * Think logically about the order of ideas and examples.
 * **Homework -**
 * Revise body paragraphs into 2nd draft.
 * Turn in all 20 bullets for body paragraphs
 * Transitions, cycle development, logical arrangement of details. [[image:http://www.wikispaces.com/i/mime/32/application/msword.png width="32" height="32" link="http://stceschmidt.wikispaces.com/file/view/Transitions.jan11.doc"]][|Transitions.jan11.doc]
 * Review of mechanics and punctuation for the essay/Final Exam
 * Omit repetition of phrase and ideas.
 * Embedding quotations so that they blend with your text. Dialogue tags.
 * In the book, it said... The book said,
 * **Homework -** Full draft, ready to edit in the LRC with the Edit Sheet
 * LRC to edit using the Edit Sheet.
 * Continue to refine and peer proofred.
 * **Homework** -
 * Evaluation page
 * Peer help if time allows
 * Transcendentalism essay due with all components by the end of class on Friday.
 * LRC to complete essay if needed
 * Continue film for those who are finished
 * Homework - Review for Final Exam.

**Monday, January 24**

 * First semester grade sheets
 * Binder clean-out
 * The Wonderful World of Pronouns!
 * Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents
 * __//Subjective pronouns//__ for __//subjects in sentences//__/__Objective pronouns__ for __objects in sentences__
 * Deciding which pronoun to use
 * In compound structures that may cause confusion:
 * __//She and I//__ laughed at __him and her__.
 * **Homework** - Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet[[file:Pronoun and Antecendent worksheet.jan11.doc]]
 * Front - Use classnotes to fill out p. 1 (or consult any online source for Pronouns and Antecedents)
 * Back - Testing each pronoun separately, decide if a pronoun is incorrect. If so, cross it out and write the correct one above it.
 * Tuesday, January 25**
 * Reading Minutes
 * Pronoun Review
 * Double-check homework's Pronoun and Antecedent worksheet [using transparency]
 * ACT review book - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive pronouns on p. 58
 * Pocket Manual - highlight the Subjective, Objective, and Possessive Pronouns on p. 36. Study the bottom of p. 36 "Compound Word Groups" for a review of how to test for the correct pronoun.
 * **Homework** - For each of the listed Compound Word Groups, write 1 sentence that uses the phrases correctly.[[file:Using Subj and Obj Pronouns Correctly.jan11.doc]]
 * Wednesday, January 26**
 * Review of Pronouns for Thursday's quiz - Using Subjective and Objective Pronouns Correctly
 * PowerPoint [[file:Pronouns - adapted version.jan11.ppt]]
 * Warriner's, p. 185, Ex. 7 and p. 186, Ex. A
 * **Homework** -
 * From any newspaper or magazine, copy sentences that have 5 subjective and 5 objective pronouns in them. More than one pronoun may be in each sentence, but you will still end up with 5 and 5. Label each subjective and objective pronoun.
 * Study classnotes, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
 * Practice listing the Subjective and Objective pronouns from memory.
 * Thursday, January 27**
 * Reading Minutes and Journaling
 * Materials list for Second Semester. //Materials check on Tuesday, February 1. [[file:Materials list.full page.jan11.doc]]//
 * **Homework** -
 * Study classnotes, definitions, mnemonic device, memorize subjective and objective pronouns, ACT and Manual pages, and pronoun homework worksheets for Friday's quiz
 * Online Practice