Past English I Blocks E & G Assignments

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DATES DUE

 

 

 DATE

DAY

Block E

Block G

 

NOTES

 

 

1

"Davita's Harp" written response due

In-class sharing responses; discussion of "Davita's Harp"

HW- Due Mon. Vocab Unit 2;

Find symbols in "Davita's Harp"

Write them down and where they appear in the story. Be sure to explain how they are symbols.

 

Handout: Lit. terms handbook;

Writing correction symbols

"Davita's Harp" written response due

In-class sharing responses; discussion of "Davita's Harp"

HW- Due Tues. Vocab Unit 2;

Find symbols in "Davita's Harp"

Write them down and where they appear in the story. Be sure to explain how they are symbols.

 

Handout: Lit. terms handbook;

Writing correction symbols

Short Story Packet

"A&P" due Tuesday; bring work on symbolism and also your vocab Unit 2.

 

Literary Terms

plot, character, setting, theme

conflict

allusion

symbolism

point of view

irony

style

diction

metaphor

connotation

denotation

implicit

explicit

(See Handbook of Literary Terms handout)

 

 Sept 18

Monday

2

Classwork: Symbols in "Davita's Harp"

HW: "A&P" due Tues. and bring vocab Unit 2.

 

No Class

 

 

 

 

Sept 19

Tuesday

3

"A&P" due

Bring vocab

Parts of speech and sentence parts

 

Classwork: Symbols in "Davita's Harp"

"A&P" due

Bring vocab

Parts of speech and sentence parts

 

Applying what you know:

Application of literary terms for analysis.

What we bring to a text--

Text/textile

 

Sept 20

Wed

4  

No Class

 

Discussion: "A&P"

 

 

 

Sept 21

Thurs

5 Vocab Quiz Unit 2

(Complete next unit)

HW- Writing Assignment: Point of View "A&P" due Wed (Include original draft)

Vocab Quiz Unit 2

(Complete next unit)

HW- Writing Assignment: Point of View "A&P" due Wed (Include original draft)

 

 

 

 

Sept  22

Friday

6

Vocab Unit 3

Review grammar.

 

 

No Class

Vocab Unit 3 due today.

 

"A&P" Writing Assignment on P.O.V. (Due Wednesday)

Click here for assignment

PLEASE REFER TO HANDOUT. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A COPY, PLEASE SEE ME.

 

Sept 15

Friday

 

1

"Davita's Harp" written response due

In-class sharing responses; discussion of "Davita's Harp"

HW- Due Mon. Vocab Unit 2;

Find symbols in "Davita's Harp"

Write them down and where they appear in the story. Be sure to explain how they are symbols.

 

Handout: Lit. terms handbook;

Writing correction symbols

"Davita's Harp" written response due

In-class sharing responses; discussion of "Davita's Harp"

HW- Due Tues. Vocab Unit 2;

Find symbols in "Davita's Harp"

Write them down and where they appear in the story. Be sure to explain how they are symbols.

 

Handout: Lit. terms handbook;

Writing correction symbols

Short Story Packet

"A&P" due Tuesday; bring work on symbolism and also your vocab Unit 2.

 

Literary Terms

plot, character, setting, theme

conflict

allusion

symbolism

point of view

irony

style

diction

metaphor

connotation

denotation

implicit

explicit

(See Handbook of Literary Terms handout)

 

 Sept 18

Monday

2

Classwork: Symbols in "Davita's Harp"

HW: "A&P" due Tues. and bring vocab Unit 2.

 

No Class

 

 

 

 

Sept 19

Tuesday

3

"A&P" due

Bring vocab

Parts of speech and sentence parts

 

Classwork: Symbols in "Davita's Harp"

"A&P" due

Bring vocab

Parts of speech and sentence parts

 

Applying what you know:

Application of literary terms for analysis.

What we bring to a text--

Text/textile

 

Sept 20

Wed

4  

No Class

 

Discussion: "A&P"

 

 

 

Sept 21

Thurs

5 Vocab Quiz Unit 2

(Complete next unit)

HW- Writing Assignment: Point of View "A&P" due Wed (Include original draft)

Vocab Quiz Unit 2

(Complete next unit)

HW- Writing Assignment: Point of View "A&P" due Wed (Include original draft)

 

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Sept  22

Friday

6

Vocab Unit 3

Review grammar.

Finish "Davita's Harp" discussion.

 

No Class

Vocab Unit 3 due today.

 

"A&P" Writing Assignment on P.O.V. (Due Wednesday)

Click here for assignment

 

Sept 25

Monday

7 Discussion "A&P"

Bring completed vocab!

Quiz next class.

"A&P" P.O.V. Writing assignment due Wed.

Discussion "A&P"

Bring completed vocab!

Quiz next class

"A&P" P.O.V. Writing assignment due Wed.

 

 

 Lit. Terms- P.O.V.

Irony

 

 

 

 

Sept 26

Tuesday

8  

No Class

 

 

 

Vocab Quiz Unit 3

(Complete the next unit)

 

 

 

 

Sept 25

Monday

7 Discussion "A&P"

Bring completed vocab!

"A&P" P.O.V. Writing assignment due Wed.

Discussion "A&P"

Bring completed vocab!

"A&P" P.O.V. Writing assignment due Wed.

 

 

 Lit. Terms- P.O.V.

Irony

 

 

 

 

Sept 26

Tuesday

8  

No Class

 

 

 

Vocab Quiz Unit 3

 

 

 

 

Sept 27

Wed

1

Point of View "A&P" assignment due

Point of View "A&P" assignment due

 

 

 

Sept 28 2  

Vocab Quiz Unit 3

 

No Class

 

 

 

 

 

Sept 27

Wed

 

Day 1

-Vocab Quiz Unit 3 moved to Thursday

(Complete the next unit)

-Point of View "A&P" assignment due

In-class

-Peer review in class and self-evaluation using using rubric.

Final paper with original, rubric, and final paper due Friday

HW- Read "Araby" by James Joyce Find meaningful quote from the story to write about (see handout).

-Vocab Quiz Unit 3 Friday

 

 

-Point of View "A&P" assignment due

In-class

-Peer review in class and self-evaluation using using rubric.

Final paper with original, rubric, and final paper due Friday

-HW- Read "Araby" by James Joyce Find meaningful quote from the story to write about (see handout).

 

Master the literary terms!

plot

character

setting

theme

tone

mood

conflict

point of view

dialect

foreshadowing

style

diction

irony

imagery

flashback

initial incident

rising action

climax

falling action

resolution

protagonist/ antagonist

epiphany (moment of realization, insight, discovery, revelation)

metaphor

simile

symbol

 

 

Sept 28

Thurs

 

2

 

Vocab Quiz Unit 3

(Complete Unit 4- Quiz on Wed, Oct 4)

Revisions of "A&P" papers due;

 

 

 

 

No Class

 

Bring in short story packets daily.

Do not forget to bring in completed vocabulary.

 

 

Sept 29

Fri

3

Discussion "A&P"

Bring in completed Vocab Unit 4.

 

Revisions of "A&P" papers due; Vocab
Quiz Unit 4 on Wed., the 4th

Vocab Quiz Unit 3

(Complete Unit 4)

Discussion "A&P"

 

Revisions of "A&P" papers due

   
Oct 3

Tuesday

4

 

No Class

 

Grammar lesson in class; "Araby" quotes; bring in vocab

Vocab quiz Wed.

 

 

 

 

Oct 4

Wed

5

Unit 4 Vocab quiz

Grammar lesson in class; "Araby" quotes

Unit 4 Vocab quiz

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 5

Thurs

 

6

Homework:

Unit 5 vocabulary;

Bring in "Araby" quote papers

Homework:

Unit 5 vocabulary;

Bring in "Araby" quote papers

 

 

 

Oct 6 7

Classwork: "A&P" questions;

Group short story assignments

Homework for Wednesday, the 11th :

Read and annotate your group's short story.

Bring completed Unit 5 vocab.

 

Classwork: "A&P" questions;

Group short story assignments

Homework for Tuesday, the10th :

Read and annotate "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and also annotate "Araby".

Bring completed Unit 5 vocab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 10

8

 

 

Homework: See October 6.

Finish discussion of "A&P"; begin group work;

Bring completed Vocab Unit 5

   
 

Oct 11

1

Finish discussion of "A&P"; Bring completed Vocab Unit 5 (Quiz on Friday)

 

 

Homework:

Read and annotate your assigned story.

Vocab Quiz on Friday.

 

 

 

 

 

Oct 12 2  

 

 

No Class

Homework: Vocab quiz Unit 5 tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

Oct 13 3

Vocab Quiz Unit 5 today; Group work

Vocab Quiz Unit 5 today; Group work

 

 

 

Oct. 23

Mon.

1

Presentation: "The Found Boat"

HW- Vocab Unit 7; be sure that you have annotated all of your stories

Presentation: "The Found Boat"

HW- Vocab Unit 7; be sure that you have annotated all of your stories

 

 

Be sure that you have annotated all of the stories in your packet.

Review:

 Literary terms

Approaching a short story

What we bring to a story, and what we take away from a story.

 

Oct. 24

Tues.

2

Presentation: "Marigolds"

No Class

 

 

 

 

Oct. 25

Wed.

3

In class: "Girl";

Group work to prepare for short story unit assessment on Oct. 31st

Presentation: "Eveline"

 

 

 

 

Oct. 26

Thurs.

4 No Class Presentation: "Marigolds"

 

 

 

Oct. 27

Fri.

5

Vocab Quiz Unit 7; continue group work

HW: Study for short story unit assessment on Oct. 31st (Halloween)

 

Vocab Quiz Unit 7; Group work to prepare for short story unit assessment on Oct. 31st

(Halloween)

 

 

 

 

Oct. 30

Mon.

6

Vocab Unit 8 due

No Class

   
Oct. 31

Tues.

(Halloween)

7

Short Story Unit Assessment

Short Story Unit Assessment

 

 

 

 

Nov. 1

Eary release day

7  

 

 

 

 

 

Nov. 27

Monday

8

No Class

Vocab quiz Unit 9 tomorrow!!!

 

 

   

Nov. 28

Tuesday

1 Vocab quiz Unit 9

Moment in History essay due Thurs.

Vocab quiz Unit 9

Moment in History essay due Thurs.

   
Wed.

Nov. 29

2

Moment in History essay due Thurs.

No Class    
Thurs.

Nov. 30

3

Moment in History essay

HW- Vocab Unit 10 due Mon.

A Separate Peace should be completed

Moment in History essay

HW- Vocab Unit 10 due Fri.

Poem due Mon.

A Separate Peace should be completed

   
Fri.

Dec. 1

4  

No Class

Vocab Unit 10 due; quiz Tues.

Vocab Unit 10 due;

Discussion: A Separate Peace

HW- Poem due Monday

   
Mon.

Dec. 4

5

Vocab Unit 10 due; quiz Tuesday;

Discussion: A Separate Peace

HW- Poem due and vocab

quiz Unit 10

 

 

Vocab Quz Unit 10 Tuesday

 

Discussion: A Separate Peace

   
Dec. 7

Thurs.

8 No Class

Separate Peace presentations

 

Take notes on themes, symbolism, historical context, imagery, and characters.

 

 

Dec. 8

Friday

1

SP presentations

HW: Study for in-class writing on A Separate Peace on Wednesday.

Find quotes.

 

 Memorize the first 18 lines of The Odyssey, and read the first book (1) of The Odyssey. MEMORIZATION DUE NEXT THURSDAY.

SP presentations

HW: Study for in-class writing on A Separate Peace on Wednesday. Find quotes.

Memorize the first 18 lines of The Odyssey, and read the first book (1) of The Odyssey. MEMORIZATION DUE NEXT THURSDAY

 

 

Begin writing your poems for your class mate. Poems are due December 20th (Wednesday).

 

 

Dec. 11

Monday

2

Vocab Unit 11 due

No Class

 

 

 

Dec. 12

Tuesday

3

In -class Writing on A Separate Peace. Come prepared with quotes from the text.

HW: Vocab Quiz and memorization. Thursday.

In -class Writing on A Separate Peace. Come prepared with quotes from the text.

HW: Vocab Quiz and memorization Thursday.

 

Outside reading: The Odyssey.

 

 

Dec. 13

Wed.

4 No Class Vocab Unit 11 due

 

   
Dec. 14

Thurs.

5

Vocab quiz Unit 11

Odyssey MEMORIZATION DUE TODAY

HW: Book 2 of The Odyssey

Vocab quiz Unit 11

Odyssey MEMORIZATION DUE TODAY

HW: Books 2 and 3 of The Odyssey for Monday.

 

 

REMINDER: WORK ON POEMS!!!

 

Dec. 15

Friday

 

6

Finish presentations;

HW: Book 3 of The Odyssey for Monday.

No Class

 

 

 

 

Dec. 18

Monday

 

7

Odyssey Books 1 and 2 Group work

HW: Vocab Quiz Unit 11 on Wednesday

Odyssey Books 1 and 2 Group work

HW: Vocab Quiz Unit 11 on Wednesday;

 

 

 

 

Dec. 19

Tuesday

 

8 No Class

Odyssey presentations;

HW: Vocab Quiz Unit 11; poems on Friday!

 

 If for any reason you will not be in school on Friday, be sure that you submit your poem in advance so no on e will be left out!

Dec. 20

Wed.

 

1

Vocab Quiz Unit 11;

Odyssey group work Books 1 and 2; be sure that you have your books/copies with you!

HW: Poems

Vocab Quiz Unit 11;

Finish Separate Peace presentations

HW: Poems

 

Please note:

Outside reading assignment: The Catcher in the Rye.

Due January 11th.

Jan. 7

Monday

8 No Class

Clauses

Book 4 Odyssey

 

 

 

 

 

Jan. 8

Tuesday

1

Vocab Quiz Unit 12

Clauses

Vocab Quiz Unit 12

Clauses

 

 

 

 

Jan. 9

Wednesday

2

Clauses

Book 4 Odyssey

No Class

 

 

 

Jan. 11

Thurs.

3 Quiz on Clauses Quiz on Clauses

 

Study for the Mid-Year

 

 

Jan. 12

Fri.

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