| 3/26 to 3/29: Week's Objectives: Before Spring Break, we will do a short unit on poetry and learn to evaluate song lyrics. | Due/Deadlines: Song Lyric worksheet and presentation due Thursday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 3/26 | T/O: Word Bank p 791. Go over figurative language p 795. Read "The Eagle," "'Hope' is the thing with feathers," "Dream Deferred," and "Dreams" pp 796-799. Do Comprehension page 797 and 798, Literary Focus, p 800. | |
| 3/27 | T/O: Grammar/Writing Application p 800. Go over Imagery p 803. Read "Blackberry Eating," "Memory," "Woman's Work," "Meciendo," and "Eulogy for a Hermit Crab" pp 804-809. Do Comprehension pp 805, 807 and 810, and Literary Focus p 810. Go Over Song Lyric Rubric | Song Lyric Worksheet due Thursday |
| 3/28 | T/O: Word Bank p 810. Go over sound devices p 813. Read "Uphill," "Summer," "Ecclesiastes 3:1-8," and "The Bells," pp 814-821. Do Comprehension p 814, 815, 817 and 821 and Literary Focus p 823. | |
| 3/29 | T/O: Grammar p 823. Song lyric presentations. | |
| 3/30-4/9 | NO SCHOOL, SPRING BREAK | |
| 3/19 to 3/23: Week's Objectives: We conclude our study of the Short Story and CSPCT. | Due/Deadlines: CSPCT Movie project due Wednesday. 1D Short Story due Friday. | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 3/19 | T/O: Grammar p 494. Group: Literary Focus, p 494. Read "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird" pp 498-503. Go over CSPCT. | CSPCT Movie Review due Wednesday |
| 3/20 | T/O: Word Bank p 494. Group: Literary Focus p 573. Read "Uncle Marcos" pp 504-511. Go over CSPCT. | |
| 3/21 | T/O: Grammar p 513. Go over turned in Movie Reviews. Group: Literary Focus, p 513. Read "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" pp 522-525. Go over CSPCT. | 1D Short Story due Friday |
| 3/22 | T/O: Grammar p 532. Read "The Necklace" PP 536-541. Go over CSPCT. | |
| 3/23 | T/O: Grammar p 546. Grade each others' turned-in Short Stories. Read "I wandered Lonely as a Cloud" pp 789-790. Time in the library to check out a book. | |
| 3/12 to 3/16: Week's Objectives: We begin the Final 9 Weeks with a study of the elements of the short story. | Due/Deadlines: | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 3/12 | T/O Review of 1st 9 Weeks. Go over Rules. Discuss the elements of CSPCT: Conflict, Setting, Point of View, Character and Theme. | |
| 3/13 | T/O: Writing Application p 465. Read "The Gift of the Magi," pp 459-464. Go over CSPCT. | |
| 3/14 | T/O: Word Bank, p 465. Group: Literary Focus, p 465. Read "Sonata for Harp & Bicycle," pp 470-479. Go over CSPCT. | |
| 3/15 | T/O: Word Bank, p 480. Read "The Scarlet Ibis" pp 483-493. Go over CSPCT. | |
| 3/16 | T/O: Watch a movie and discuss ways that CSPCT are evident. | |
| 3/5 to 3/9: Week's Objectives: We wrap up the 9 Weeks with our Final RBL and our final essay: The Critical Evaluation. | Due/Deadlines: 1st Draft Critical Evaluation due Wednesday. Final draft and in-class RBL Review for Friday. | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 3/5 | T/O: Word Bank, p 337. Analysis: Critical Thinking question 1 p 336. Read poems "Macavity," "Problems with Hurricanes," and "Jabberwocky" pp 345-353. In-class: write a poem that ends with the line, "Macavity's not there!" RBL on 1 poem. | |
| 3/6 | T/O: Word Bank p 354. Real-World Reading Skills, p 377. Analysis do critical thinking #s 2 & 5 p 353. Read "Talk" pp 357-359. Intervention: write a story bringing objects in Mr. Dittes's room to life. Go over rubric for the Critical Evaluation | 1st Draft Critical Evaluation due Wednesday |
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| 3/8 | Go over portfolios from 1st Nine Weeks. | |
| 3/9 | In-Class: read a handout and write an RBL report. Rewrite 1D Critical Evaluation, correcting errors and adding details. | |
| 2/26 to 3/2: Week's Objectives: We will do the Problem/Solution Essay this week. | Due/Deadlines: 1st Draft Problem/Solution Essay due Wednesday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 2/26 | T/O: Grammar, p 305. Read "The Inspector General" pp 309-313. Do Critical Thinking #s 1, 2 and 4 p 314. | |
| 2/27 | T/O: Word Bank, p 314. Read "Go Deep to the Sewer" pp 317-323. Do Read Between the Lines. Write instructions for a game to play in Mr. Dittes's class. | |
| 2/28 | T/O: Grammar p 328. Play games and evaluate how well the teams prepared them. | RBL due Friday on outside readings. |
| 3/1 | T/O: Word Bank p 328. Read: "Fly Away," pp 324-327. Do RBL on story. Quiz: What are the Four Steps of the RBL? Group: Develop a skit based on a funny experience. | |
| 3/2 | T/O: Connections to Today's World, p 335. Read "An Entomological Study of Apartment 4A" pp 331-336. Do a RBL on the story. Perform skits. | |
| 2/19 to 2/23: Week's Objectives: We will do the Problem/Solution Essay this week. | Due/Deadlines: 1st Draft Problem/Solution Essay due Wednesday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 2/19 | No School: Presidents' Day | |
| 2/20 | T/O: Grammar p 268. Finish productions. Go over Problem/Solution Essay Rubric | 1st Draft Problem/Solution Essay due Wednesday |
| 2/21 | T/O: Word Bank, p 268. Grade each others' essays in class. Read "The Rug Merchant" pp 272-277. do a Read Between the Lines | RBL due Friday on outside readings. |
| 2/22 | T/O: Word Bank p 278. Group work: Reading Strategy p. 278. Read poems "Combing," "Women," "maggie & millie & molly & may," "Astonishment" pp 281-285. RBL on one poem. | |
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| 2/12 to 2/16: Week's Objectives: We begin a study of problem-solving, and we learn a new reading method: "Reading Between the Lines" | Due/Deadlines: Performances of our Teen Soap Opera will take place on Friday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 2/12 | T/O: Word Bank, p 194. Review the Read Between the Lines worksheet. Read "Children in the Woods" pp 215-218. Do an RBL on the story. Go into the woods (or the parking lot) to find objects from which we can make inferences. | |
| 2/13 | T/O: Grammar, p 219. Describe a problem you have had with someone in your family. Read "Rules of the Game," pp 223-231. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking p 231 & 231. | |
| 2/14 | T/O: Word Bank, p 232. Describe a problem you have with love. Read "Checkout" and "Fifteen." Do RBLs on both. Go over the Problem/Solution outline. Group work on Teen Soap Opera, storyboarding. | |
| 2/15 | T/O: Pronouns/Grammar, p 242. Describe something that society uses to keep people down. Read "Sympathy" "Caged Bird," "We Never Know How High We Are," and "from In My Place" pp 245-252. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking on pages 249 and 252. Group work on Teen Soap Opera, scripts. | |
| 2/16 | T/O: Grammar p 253. Describe a problem you have with an enemy. Read "The Interlopers" pp 261-267. Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking p 267-8. Group Performances: Teen Soap Opera. | |
| 2/5 to 2/9: Week's Objectives: We will finish up the Persuasive PowerPoint and the Read?Read,Read! | Due/Deadlines: Presentations on the Persuasive PowerPoint on Wednesday. Read?Read,Read! exercise on Thursday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 2/5 | We will spend the entire block in the library preparing our PowerPoint presentations. | |
| 2/6 | T/O: Word Bank, p 157. We will discuss the Logos-Ethos-Pathos of the Super Bowl advertisements. Read?Read,Read! "The Old Man of the Temple" pp 175 to 181. | PowerPoint due Wednesday |
| 2/7 | T/O: Writing Application (Grammar) p 182. Presentations of PowerPoint Persuasion | |
| 2/8 | T/O: Word Bank, p. 182. Read?Read,Read! exercise with handout from TIME magazine. | |
| 2/9 | T/O: | |
| 1/29-2/2: Week's Objectives: We will spend the week preparing for a Persuasive Project, selling a product using the LEP techniques we learned in class. | Due/Deadlines: 1st Draft of the Persuasive Project due Friday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 1/29 | T/O: Grammar from papers. Read "I have a Dream," "from Rosa Parks: My Story" and "I Hear America Singing" pp 140-146. Go over television ads and evaluate for LEP. | |
| 1/30 | T/O: Word Bank, p 148. 3Rs "Golden Kite, Silver Wind," pp 151-156. Do Public Service Guided Writing Lesson, p 157. Go over Rubric: Persuasive PowerPoint | PowerPoint due Friday |
| 1/31 | The first part of the block, we will be in the library, having an orientation session. In the classroom we will go over the use of PowerPoint and swap ideas for making presentations better. | Read?Read,Read! on At-Home Reading due Friday |
| 2/1 | The first part of the block will be spent in the library, working on our presentations.3Rs "The Old Man of the Temple" pp. 175-181. Bonus presentations (those finished early). | |
| 2/2 | The first part of the block will be spent in the library, completing our presentations. During the last half of the block, we will present our products to the class. | |
| 122-1/25: Week's Objectives: We finish up our Observation Essay and move into our next project: the Persuasive essay | Due/Deadlines: Final Draft Observation Essay due Wednesday, Read?Read,Read! on outside reading due Friday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 1/22 | Tip-Off: Grammar from papers. 3Rs on "Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese," pp 113-115. | Final Draft Observation due Wednesday |
| 1/23 | Tip-Off: Vocabulary, p 116. Context Clues p 123 (do #s 1 & 2 at the bottom). Read "What it Feels Like" handouts and do "I See, I Feel, I Taste, I Hear, I Smell" exercise. | |
| 1/24 | T/O: Grammar p 116. Go over Elements of Persuasion: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos. Use sample ads and evaluate which element they use to persuade. | Read?Read,Read! on At-Home Reading due Friday |
| 1/25 | T/O: Word Bank, Synonyms, p. 135. Go over types of Pathos persuasion. Students will design LEP campaigns to sell a light bulb, pimple cream, and English 1 textbooks. Do 3rs on "A Lincoln Preface" | |
| 1/26 | T/O Grammar, p. 135. Go over writing tricks "Persuasion and the Written Word" Read poems "The Road not Taken," "New Directions (essay)," and "To Be of Use" Do Comprehension + 1 of Critical Thinking on pages 167 & 171. | Bonus: 10 bonus points for students who bring in 2 minutes of advertisements next week. |
| 1/4-1/5: Week's Objectives: In this short week, you will learn about Mr. Dittes's plans for the class, and you will get to show what you can do! | Due/Deadlines: Dream Job Essay due Friday | |
| Date | Class Assignments/ Activities | Homework |
| 1/1 | Happy New Year! | |
| 1/2 | No Class, Christmas Break | |
| 1/3 | No Class, Mr. Dittes is at school preparing for the semester. | |
| 1/4 | Let's Talk About Me handout. PowerPoint notes, "Your Best Year Ever--Backwards," in-class essay: What do you want? | What Do You Want Essay due Friday |
| 1/5 | Go over the Want Essay. Review "Best Year Ever" notes. Go to the library for an activity with Mr. Dittes's web site. | |