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

Week of September 30-October 4

Monday, September 30:

• Warm-Up
• Go over Act I review
• Watch Act I of The Crucible movie

Tuesday, October 1:

• Warm-Up
• Check last month's warm-ups (one week's worth)
• Quiz: Act I
• Sentence Structure Notes

Wednesday, October 2:

• Warm-Up
• Finish Sentence Structure Notes
• Assign parts and begin reading Act II

Thursday, October 3:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading Act II

Friday, October 4:

• Warm-Up
• Begin working on the Act II review in class. You may work with a group or partner and use your literature books.

Week of September 23-27

Monday, September 23:

• There is a substitute teacher today: get started reading Act I of The Crucible aloud in groups.

Tuesday, September 24:

• Warm-Up
• Finish "Virtual Field Trip: Salem, MA" notes
• Assign parts and begin reading Act I of The Crucible. We will change parts after every act of the play.

Wednesday, September 25:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act I 

Thursday, September 26:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading Act I 
• Begin working on the Act I review in class. You may work with a group or partner and use your literature books.

Friday, September 27:

• Warm-Up
• Finish and go over the Act I review
• Begin watching Act I

Week of September 16-20

Monday, September 16:

• Warm-Up
• Notes: Body paragraphs and Jane Schaffer writing
• Whole-class body paragraph practice. The class will choose an opinionated topic to write about. Students will contribute their ideas to form a strong argumentative paragraph.

Tuesday, September 17:

• Warm-Up
• Summer body paragraphs activity: pair up with another students and use colors to underline or highlight the correct usage of topic sentences, concrete details, commentary, and concluding sentences in two different paragraphs. We will discuss this afterward.
• HW: Argumentative body paragraph - due Friday, September 20. Take a stance on an opinion of your choice and construct a properly formatted body paragraph. This must be typed, double-spaced, and use 12 point font. We will get started on this in class.

Wednesday, September 18:

• Warm-Up
• Notes: Puritans and Jonathan Edwards
• Begin reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" aloud in class (p. 120). Look for how Edwards appeals to his listeners by using fear, pity, and vanity. In addition, you should be able to judge how effective he was at getting his message across to the Puritan community. 

Thursday, September 19:

• Warm-Up
• "Sinners" Visual Representations Activity: get into a group of no more than four and find one example of each emotional appeal (fear, pity, and vanity). Write the quotes for each and cite the line numbers. Next, draw an image for each emotional appeal that corresponds to each quote. Finally, explain how both the image AND language in the quote effectively appeals to the audience's emotions and gets Edwards's message across. Use color and creativity! More time will be given at the beginning of tomorrow's class if needed.

Friday, September 20:

• Warm-Up
• Finish "Sinners" Activity: each group will present one of their drawings and read the corresponding caption to the class.
• Notes: Virtual Field Trip: Salem, MA