Week of November 18-22

Monday, November 18:

• Warm-Up
• Receive reading schedule for To Kill a Mockingbird
• Notes: TKAM background

Tuesday, November 19:

• Begin reading Chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird aloud in class
• HW: Read Ch. 2-4 by Thursday!

Wednesday, November 20:

• Symbolism Activity: In your small groups, brainstorm deeper meanings of the 50 general symbols given on your handout. Try not to over-think each item; just go with what your intuition tells you. We will go over potential meanings as a whole class and define the term "general symbol."

Thursday, November 21:

• Warm-Up
• Discuss major themes and specific symbols in Ch. 1-4
• HW: Read Ch. 5-7 by Monday

Friday, November 22:

• Reading and work day - complete Chapter 7 and work on the discussion questions. Both the reading and questions are due on Monday.

Week of November 11-15

Monday, November 11:

• New Essay Due Date: Wednesday, November 13
• (Last one, I promise; we needed time to go over punctuation and sentence structure)
• Notes: Fragments and Run-On Sentences
• Practice: Avoiding Fragments and Run-Ons
• Correct your own essays for fragment and run-on errors

Tuesday, November 12:

• Warm-Up
• Watch "The Sneetches" in class
• Link to the full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3yJomUhs0g&feature=share&list=FLYUhm1KwbU_nBk-pkM4fFRg
• Discuss the video in small groups, with a whole-class discussion to follow. We will be sharing personal reactions and analyzing the video with how it relates to real-world issues.
• HW: "The Sneetches" Journal Response due Thursday
• The Crucible Essay due tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 13:

• Turn in essay. Have the following components ready to go, printed AND stapled, in order:
• Rubric
• Final Draft + Works Cited
• Writing Center sheet (if applicable)
• Peer-editing sheet
• First quality (rough) draft
• *Highlight ALL of your sentence starters!
• Writing reflection: Quarter 1
• Notes: Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia (with video)
• Link to the video: http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/index.htm

Thursday, November 14:

• Turn in "The Sneetches" Journal Response
• John Steinbeck - The Grapes of Wrath Excerpt and Photo Essay
• Complete the activity in class. You must access the online textbook and finish the activity at home if you do not finish by the end of the hour. Due tomorrow.

Friday, November 15:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in John Steinbeck activity
• To Kill a Mockingbird opinionnaire and debate on the major themes/issues in the novel. Bring your To Kill a Mockingbird book to class by Monday!

Week of November 4-8

Monday, November 4:

• First Quality Draft due
• Draft will be stamped - please save this to turn in with your final draft.
• Self and peer-edit sessions
• Final Draft now due on Monday, November 11
• Check Warm-Ups

Tuesday, November 5:

• No school - enjoy your day off! :)

Wednesday, November 6:

• Discuss essay "No-nos"
• Edit drafts for "No-nos" and other grammar mistakes

Thursday, November 7:

• Computer lab time to edit essays

Friday, November 8:

• Notes: Comma Rules
• Comma practice: Add commas to the 20 different sentences with your partner or group members. Some sentences may not require any commas.
• Go over comma practice
• Edit essay drafts for comma mistakes
• New essay due date TBA on Monday. We need time to edit for punctuation.

Week of October 28-November 1

Monday, October 28:

• MLA heading instructions
• Thesis statement example
• Computer lab time to type essays
• Binder check this week!

Tuesday, October 29:

• Works Cited/EasyBib instructions
• Computer lab time to type essays

Wednesday, October 30:

• Introduction and Conclusion tips
• In-class time to work on introduction and conclusion in class and organize binders

Thursday, October 31:

• Happy Halloween! There is no need to come to this class today - go to your 4th, 5th, and 6th hours this morning.

Friday, November 1:

• Binder Check
• In-class time to work on revising essays
• First Quality Draft due on Monday! This is worth 10 points of your final essay grade.

Week of October 21-25

Monday, October 21:

• Warm-Up
• Watch Act IV
• Act IV quiz on Wednesday!

Tuesday, October 22:

• Warm-Up
• The Crucible round-table discussion:
• Each group will receive a large sheet of paper with a discussion question. Groups will only have 5 minutes to write down an answer to the question. Once time is up, the large sheet and discussion question will be passed to the group on the right. Groups will now have another 5 minutes to answer the new question. This will continue until each group has answered every questions. Groups will then share which answers they liked best with the whole class.

Wednesday, October 23:

• Warm-Up
• Finish round-table activity
• Quiz: Act IV

Thursday, October 24:

• Discuss The Crucible argumentative essay assignment
• First Quality Draft: Due Monday, November 4
• Final Draft: Due Friday, November 8
• Class time to begin choosing quotes from the literature book for the essay

Friday, October 25:

• In-class time to work on shaping sheets for the essay. You will have time to type your essay in the computer lab on Monday (10/28) and Tuesday (10/29).

Week of October 14-18

Monday, October 14:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading Act III
• Go over Act II quiz
• Work on Act III review. Finish the review before class tomorrow!
• Act III quiz on Thursday

Tuesday, October 15:

• Warm-Up
• Go over Act III review
• Quality Quiz Responses (Act II): In your groups, score sample student responses for the last question of the Act II quiz. We will discuss what it takes for a written response to receive full credit and how to make inferences from the text.
• Begin watching Act III

Wednesday, October 16:

• Warm-Up
• Finish watching Act III
• Assign parts and begin reading Act IV - quiz postponed to Thursday

Thursday, October 17:

• Quiz: Act III
• Continue reading Act IV

Friday, October 18:

• Finish reading Act IV
• Work on and go over Act IV review

Week of October 7-11

Monday, October 7:

• Warm-Up
• Go over Act II review
• Pass back and go over Act I quiz
• Watch Act II
• Act II quiz tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 8:

• Warm-Up
• Read extra scene (Act II, scene 2) of The Crucible. Arthur Miller cut out this extra scene for the final version of the play (to be shown on stage). Why do you believe that this scene didn't make the final cut? In your answer, consider how it would change the story and/or your perception of the characters.We will discuss this as a whole class.
• Quiz: Act II

Wednesday, October 9:

• The Crucible Group Body Paragraph
• Directions: In your groups, complete a body paragraph based on one of the topic sentences (TS) given below.  Use the two-chunk format you have learned in class (CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS).  You only need this one sheet per group with all of your names on it.  Make sure all of your CDs have the proper background, the quote itself, and the citation.  This is due by the end of the hour.

(TS) John Proctor feels that Elizabeth does not trust him.

OR

(TS) Elizabeth Proctor feels that John is not honest about his feelings.

Thursday, October 10:

• Warm-Up
• Pass back and go over group body paragraphs
• Assign parts and begin reading Act III

Friday, October 11:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act III