Week of October 27-31

Monday, October 27:

• Rough Draft due - a stamp on your completed draft (all 5 paragraphs) will get you 10 points, which is part of your grade for your Final Draft (which is due on Thursday)
• Self and peer-editing in class.  Try and get two other students to your review your essay before the end of the hour.
• Binder Check this week!

Tuesday, October 28:

• Computer lab time to edit essays.  I will be pulling each student aside for a maximum of 5 minutes for essay conferences.  These will continue in the computer lab tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 29:

• Last day of computer lab time and conferences.  If you finish your essay before the end of the hour, please work on organizing your binder.

Thursday, October 30 (2nd hour) OR Friday, October 31 (4th hour)

• Turn in The Crucible Argumentative Essay.  Staple, in order:
• Rubric
• Final Draft
• Stamped Rough Draft
• Peer-edit sheet
• Writing Center sheet (if applicable)
• Binder Check - turn in binders
• Work on John Steinbeck Photo Essay assignment.  Use your American Literature textbook to complete this task.  The page numbers for the assignment are on your handout.  Finish the assignment before the end of the hour and place it in your binder when you get it back.

Week of October 20-24

Monday, October 20:

• Essay due dates:
• Rough Draft:  Monday, October 27
• Final Draft:  Thursday, October 30 (2nd hour), OR Friday, October 31 (4th hour)
• Substitute teacher today:  Choose an essay topic and begin putting portions of your essay together.  Using your literature books, create a thesis statement, two topic sentences, and find 2 quotes for each topic sentence (for a total of six quotes).  You have the class period to finish the activity.  This will be checked for points tomorrow.

Tuesday, October 21:

• Check essay brainstorming
• Notes:  Introduction, Body Paragraph structure, and how to write a Counter-argument/Refutation
• HW:  Write a counter-argument statement for Body Paragraph #3.  Due tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 22:

• Check counter-argument statements
• Pass back and go over Act IV quizzes and group body paragraphs
• Receive essay outline packet.  Take the elements that you wrote and transfer them to the appropriate places in the packet.  Continue to work on filling out the rest of the outline packet.  This is due by the end of the hour on Friday.

Thursday, October 23:

• MLA formatting/Works Cited page tutorial
• Continue to work on essay outline packets

Friday, October 24:

• Finishing working on your essay outline packets.  The completed packet must be shown to me by the end of the hour for points.  Keep the packet and use it to type your essay over the weekend.  Rough Draft due on Monday.

Week of October 13-17

Monday, October 13:

• Quiz:  Act III
• Choose student volunteers for Act IV parts
• Begin reading Act IV

Tuesday, October 14:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading Act IV
• Begin working on the Act IV review
• Act IV quiz on Thursday

Wednesday, October 15:

• Finish and go over the Act IV review
• Pass back and go over the Act III quiz

Thursday, October 16:

• Quiz:  Act IV
• The Crucible Argumentative Essay - due date TBD
• Discuss essay topics
• Discuss rubric and expectations

Friday, October 17:

• The Crucible Group Discussion
• Each poster that you see will have an analytic question from the play.  In your groups, spend no more than 5 minutes writing a written response to each question.  Each group will share one question AND what the best response to the question is, along with why.

Week of October 6-10

Monday, October 6:

• Finish and go over Act II review
• "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.
• Act II quiz tomorrow!

Tuesday, October 7:

• Quiz:  Act II
• Choose student volunteers for Act III parts
• Begin reading Act III aloud in class

Wednesday, October 8:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act III

Thursday, October 9:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading Act III
• Work on Act III review
• Act III quiz on Monday!

Friday, October 10:

• Warm-Up
• Finish and go over Act III review
• Pass back and go over Act II quiz
• Activity:  Quality Quiz Responses - Act II
• In your groups, grade the 5 different versions of the short answer question for the last section of the quiz.  We will share and discuss answers afterward.

Week of September 29-October 3

Monday, September 29:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in character Facebook page
• Quiz:  Act I
• Begin reading Act II

Tuesday, September 30:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act II

Wednesday, October 1:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act II

Thursday, October 2:

• Finish reading Act II
• Read Act II, Scene II.  Consider why Arthur Miller chose not to include this scene in the stage version of the play.  We will discuss these reasons after reading.

Friday, October 3:

• Pass back and go over Act I quiz and discuss quality quiz responses
• Rewrite short answer section on the quiz for half the points back
• Begin working on Act II review

Week of September 22-26

Monday, September 22:

• Warm-Up
• Finish Virtual Field Trip notes
• Begin reading Act I of The Crucible aloud in class.  Students will volunteer for character parts and read them aloud for the duration of the act.  Parts will be changed for Act II.

Tuesday, September 23:

• Warm-Up
• Continue reading Act I

Wednesday, September 24:

• Warm-Up
• Finish reading Act I
• Using the handout provided for you, create a "Facebook" page for any character of your choice.  Provide as many details as possible.  Use your literature books to help you complete this task.  Due on Monday.

Thursday, September 25:

• Warm-Up
• Work on Act I review
• Go over Act I review
• Act I quiz on Monday

Friday, September 26:

• Warm-Up
• Finish going over Act I review
• Practice quote identification and explaining a quote's significance to the story and character
• Work on character Facebook page
• Volunteer for parts in Act II

Week of September 15-19

Monday, September 15:

• Warm-Up
• Turn in argumentative paragraph
• Designate 3 different colors for each paragraph element (TS/CS, CD, CM)
• Using the colors, highlight or underline the sentence elements in your paragraph before turning it in.
• Notes:  Puritans and Jonathan Edwards
• Begin reading "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" aloud in class (p. 120)

Tuesday, September 16:

• Finish reading "Sinners" (p. 120)
• "Sinners" Images Activity (due Thursday):  
• Get into a group of no more than four.
• Find one example of each emotional appeal (fear, pity, vanity) and cite the line number(s). Make sure to include these on your drawings. 
• Draw an image for each quote /emotional appeal you have chosen (must be detailed and creative). You may choose to use three separate pieces of paper for each of your images, or you may keep them all on one sheet.
• For each image, include a caption that explains the following:
• The quote that represents the image
• How both the image AND language in the quote effectively appeals to the audience’s emotions and gets Edward’s message across
• Be ready to present and explain one of your drawings for the class.
• Media center - activate the online textbook and essaysmart

Wednesday, September 17:

• Warm-Up
• Finish "Sinners" Images Activity

Thursday, September 18:

• No warm-up - substitute teacher
• Complete the 3 "McCarthyism" readings beginning on p. 212, and fill out the chart, shown on the same page, on a separate sheet of paper.  We will discuss these notes tomorrow.

Friday, September 19:

• Warm-Up
• Each group will present and explain one of the drawings from the "Sinners" activity to the class before turning in the completed activity
• Discuss "McCarthyism" readings
• Notes:  Virtual Field Trip: Salem, MA