Junior College Lit.

Welcome new College Literature students!  I am looking forward to this school year.  Here is copy of the summer work you need to do for the first day of school.  Enjoy your summer!

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Colorado State Standards for 11th Grade https://www.cde.state.co.us/sites/default/files/documents/coreadingwriting/documents/rwc_11th_grade.pdf

FALL SEMESTER- LIT 1015: INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

AUGUST 16, 2023

  • (Abbreviated schedule due to assembly and advisory)
  • Welcome
  • Join our Google classroom; first assignment will be to share contact information. Make sure ALL internet forms are handed into the office. https://forms.gle/iP8aTq2ZCupWUcrg6
  • Check binders and notes
  • 10 min. read/Reading Rate Assessment
  • Lit term- quiz, quiz trade
  • Lit term quiz tomorrow!

AUGUST 17, 2023

  • 10 min. read/Reading rate assessment
  • Lit term 1 Quiz
  • Parent notification/syllabus; notifications due on Monday!
  • Getting to Know You- What’s on your plate? (Finish for homework)

August 21, 2023

  • 10 min. read, Set reading goals
  • Reader’s notebooks setup/check binder labeling
  • Review the elements of literature; https://prezi.com/jj0rl6963vmb/elements-of-fiction/
  • Handout Mythology books
  • Homework: Rd. Ch. 1 in Mythology and take notes on the 12 Olympians (due Wed.) (CO Standards 2.2. c & e)

August 22, 2023

  • NWEA Reading

August 23, 2023

  • NWEA Language

August 24, 2023

  • Check mythology notes on gods during Writing prompt- Which God interests you the most? Give your reasoning.
  • NWEA continuation will be completed by Mr. Donovan & Ms. Curry
  • During class, read: Prometheus & Io, p. 95-100; Orpheus & Eurydice, p. 138-143; Daedalus, p. 193-195; take notes on stories (CO Standards 2.2. c & e)
  • Homework: The Trojan War, p. 253-276 + notes (CO Standards 2.2. c & e) DUE MONDAY

August 28, 2023

  • RRA/10 min. read
  • Check Trojan War notes
  • PPSSSTTT method of analyzing poetry
  • Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus”; annotate poem; research a bit about Plath- how are her life experiences reflected in this poem; begin discussing analysis of this poem, touching on Nazi references.
  • Homework: House of Atreus p. 345-372 + notes (due Thurs.)

August 29, 2023

  • Writing prompt for RN
  • Poetry analysis of “Lady Lazarus” using the PPSSSTTT method
  • If time, students can work on mythology readings.

August 30, 2023

August 31, 2023

  • Writing prompt for RN?; Show Mrs. T your House of Atreus notes!
  • PCC presentation
  • Hand out study guide for Bible/Mythology MythologyBibleQuizStudyGuide (1) Test will be TUESDAY, Sept. 8.
  • Homework: The Royal House of Thebes p. 373-389 + notes (due Tues.); begin reviewing all Bible and Mythology notes for test, which will be next Tues.

September 4, 2023

  • No school/Labor Day

September 5, 2023

  • RRA/Check Royal House of Thebes notes
  • Mythology/Bible Test

September 6, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • Lit terms #2 (due Monday)
  • Intro to Literacy Narrative- focused on development as a reader

September 7, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar- Sentence combining using Commas between Independent Clauses
  • Prereading project for Kiterunner
  • Homework: Lit terms due Tuesday (no school on Mon.); 1 page in your reader’s notebook

September 11, 2023

  • No School/Teacher Inservice Day

September 12, 2023

  • RRA/10 min. read
  • Ensure access to McGraw Hill’s Connect site.
  • Lit terms 2 due/turn in reader’s notebook
  • Kiterunner pre-reading group work

September 13, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Writing workshop- Literacy narrative

September 14, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • Kiterunner pre-reading group work (Final day to work on this will be Monday)
  • Lit term quiz will be Thurs.

September 15, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Lit term quiz #2
  • Writing workshop- Literacy narrative (1st draft due Tuesday)

September 18, 2023

  • RRA/10 min. read
  • Grammar (2nd side- Commas)
  • MLA citations on final slide
  • Kiterunner pre-reading group work (Final day to work on this will be Monday)

September 19, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Peer edit Literacy Narratives (2nd draft due Thursday)
  • Ensure access to StudySync for all
  • Kiterunner presentations Thursday if Mrs. T is here!

September 20, 2023

  • No class due to Mock Trial.

September 21, 2023

  • 2nd drafts of Literacy Narratives should be submitted in Google Classroom.
  • Kiterunner presentations
  • Read the forward of The Kiterunner.
  • Weekend homework: Ch. 1-4 of The Kiterunner; fill out characters and term review sheet.
  • Writing prompt

September 25, 2023

  • RRA/10 min. read
  • Turn in terms sheet from Ch. 1-4.
  • SAT Vocab, Bk 3, Lsn 1; highlight unknown words
  • Handout Guidelines for creating discussion questions
  • Create ONE question for Ch. 1-4 using the guidelines; share questions and discuss as a class.
  • Hand out Chapter 5-6: Fathers and Sons Reading Comprehension questions.
  • Homework: For Thurs., read chapters 5 & 6, complete reading guide questions that apply to those chapters, and create three discussion questions

September 26, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 1 practice
  • Discussion of first four chapters
  • Revise your literacy narrative and place in your online portfolio

September 27, 2023

September 28, 2023

  • Writing prompt-Respond to the article in your reader’s notebook
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 1 practice
  • Discussion on Ch. 5 & 6
  • Begin working on reading guide for Ch. 5 & 6; get a jump on this weekend’s homework
  • Homework: Read Ch. 7 & 8; Complete reading guide for Ch. 5-8

October 2, 2023

  • RRA/ 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 1 practice
  • Discussion of Ch. 7 & 8
  • Homework for Thursday- Ch. 9 & 10; Create three discussion questions & complete critical thinking questions

October 3, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • “Introduction to Poetry” by Billy Collins (McGraw Hill)

October 4, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 1 quiz
  • Continue with “Introduction to Poetry” in StudySync

October 5, 2023

  • Writing prompt-
  • Grammar
  • Discussion Ch. 9 &10
  • Homework: The Kiterunner Ch. 11 & 12; complete reading guide questions and create three discussion questions

October 9, 2023

  • RRA/ 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk. 3, Lsn. 2; highlight unknown words
  • Discussion on Ch. 11 & 12; turn in packets
  • Homework for Thursday- Ch. 13 & 14; Create three discussion questions and work on critical thinking questions in the packet

October 10, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • SAT Prep (strategies)

October 11, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • Grammar
  • SAT Prep (strategies)

October 12, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Vocab Bk. 3, Lsn. 2 practice (test on Mon.)
  • Discussion on Ch. 13 & 14
  • Homework: The Kiterunner Ch. 15 & 16 and begin working on Ch. 13-18 Reading Guide

October 16, 2023

  • RRA/ 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk. 3, Lsn. 2 quiz
  • Discussion on Ch. 15 & 16 (Teacher-led)
  • Homework for Wednesday- Ch. 17-19; Finish questions (for Ch. 13-18; due WED) and create three discussion questions for our book meeting on Wed. (Note: this will change to Thurs. in 2024)

October 17, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • SAT Strategies

October 18, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Kiterunner Ch. 13-18 questions due TODAY.
  • Discussion on Ch. 17-19
  • Grammar (if time)
  • Homework: The Kiterunner Ch. 20 & 21 and begin working on reading guide questions
  • (Note: Plans changed due to PSAT admin on Thurs. Revise in 2024)

October 19, 2023

  • 2024- PSAT
  • Homework: The Kiterunner Ch. 20 & 21 and begin working on reading guide questions

October 23, 2023

  • RRA/ 10 min. read
  • Hand out lit terms #3; work on in class for 1-5. Will have time in class on Tuesday to work on as well. Due on Wednesday.
  • Discussion on Ch. 20-21
  • Homework for Thursday- Ch. 22 & 23; Create three discussion questions

October 24, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Lit terms #3 (Work on 6-10) Due Wed.
  • “A Poison Tree” by William Blake; 1st reading, vocabulary, think questions

October 25, 2023

October 26, 2023

  • Lit terms due!
  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Discussion on Ch. 22 & 23
  • Homework: The Kiterunner Ch. 24 & 25 (end of book) and complete reading guide questions

October 30, 2023

  • RRA/ 10 min. read
  • Hand back lit terms #3 and discuss terms (quiz on Wed.)
  • Discussion on Ch. 24 & 25

October 31, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Lit term quiz will be Wednesday!
  • Grammar
  • Character analysis essays handout

November 1, 2023

November 2, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Writing workshop- prewriting & thesis statement (show your thesis statement to Mrs. T. by Monday) in your reader’s notebook

November 6, 2023

  • RRD/10 min.
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 3; highlight unknown words
  • Check thesis statements; begin working on first drafts

November 7, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Writing workshop: Character analysis essay 1st draft (due next Tues)

November 8, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 3 practice
  • Hamlet pre-reading activity- characters (you will have today AND Monday to work on this)

November 9, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Writing workshop: Character analysis first draft (due next Tues)

November 13, 2023

  • RRD/10 min.
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 3 practice (quiz on Tues.)
  • Hamlet pre-reading: Character map- final day to work on this; have ready to share on Tues. (this will be Wed. in 2024)
  • Character Analysis Essays due Wednesday (Tues.- 2024)! If you are not in class, you must (A) share your paper with me before class, (B) join class via Google meets at the beginning of class to find out who you need to share your paper with, and (C) work on revising the person’s paper who shares it with you. Failure to do this will result in you getting a zero on your peer edit grade for Wednesday.

November 14, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Character Maps are due. Look at each other’s maps.
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 3 quiz
  • Act 1 Vocabulary for Hamlet (1/2)
  • Discuss features of a play: https://www.slideshare.net/linaizzie/elements-of-drama-12284604
  • Hand out Hamlet books
  • Homework: Read Context, pp. 3-6 of Hamlet. In your notebooks, write down FIVE essentials you learned about the context of this play.

November 15, 2023 (move to Tues, due to pending absence)

  • Peer edit character analysis essays (Moved to Wed, due to absence; should be Tues. in 2024)
  • Use the remaining amount of the period to revise essays (turn 2nd draft into Google Classroom by class time tomorrow)

November 16, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • 2nd draft of Character Analysis Essay due today!
  • Choose parts and read Hamlet, Act 1, Sc. 1; work on reading guide
  • Homework over break: Read your novels!

November 27, 2023

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • Complete Act I Vocab and turn in
  • Read Hamlet Act 1: Sc. 2; work on reading guide

November 28, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Read Hamlet Act 1: Sc. 3 & 4; work on reading guide

November 29, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • Act 1 Vocab Crossword
  • Read Hamlet Act 1: Sc. 5; work on reading guide

November 30, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • Act 1 quiz
  • Writing a news story- the five W’s and 1 H
  • Hamlet news story assignment (due by Monday!)

December 4, 2023

  • News stories due!
  • RRD/10 min. read
  • Act 2 vocabulary
  • Hamlet Act 2, Sc. 1 & 2

December 5, 2023

  • Writing prompt- Would you seek revenge if someone hurt a member of your family? What if they killed someone you love? What kind of punishment would the person deserve?
  • Grammar: Paragraph
  • Continue reading Hamlet, Act 2

December 6, 2023

December 7, 2023

  • Act 2 reading guide due!
  • “To be or not to be” Close Reading (in lieu of a prompt)
  • Act 3 vocab
  • Continue reading Hamlet Act 3; complete reading guide questions; finish Act 3 over the weekend.

December 11, 2023

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • Hamlet Act 3 Quiz
  • Begin reading Hamlet Act 4

December 12, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Act 4 Vocab
  • Continue reading Hamlet Act 4

December 13, 2023

  • 10 min. read
  • Hamlet Act 4 (Finish Act; then complete the Act 4 reading guide)
  • Take Act 4 quiz if time allows

December 14, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Act 4 Quiz if not taken yesterday
  • Act 5 vocab
  • Begin reading Act 5

December 18, 2023

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • Continue reading Act 5
  • Study tips- review Lit terms 2 & 3; review Literary Theory; choose two that relate well to Hamlet and do some prewriting, planning a discussion of how those theories can be applied to our text.

December 19, 2023

  • Writing prompt
  • Finish Act 5
  • Act 5 Quiz

December 20, 2023

  • Final Exam

December 21, 2023

  • Study Period (Finish Act 5 questions if not completed yet)

Welcome to LIT 2012!

Timeline of our Literature:

  • 1860’s- Sylvia Plath’s Poetry (remember “Lady Lazarus”?)
  • 1865- Walt Whitman’s “O’ Captain”
  • 1865- Mark Twain’s “Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”
  • 1884- Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
  • 1894- Kate Chopin’s “Story of an Hour”
  • 1896- Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
  • 1914- Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall”
  • 1916- Carl Sandburg’s “Fog”
  • 1939- William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning”
  • 1950’s- Ginberg’s Poetry
  • 1952- EE Cumming’s “i carry my heart”
  • 1953- Arthur Miller’s The Crucible
  • 2015- Jason Reynolds and Brendon Kiely’s All-American Boys

January 9, 2024

  • Setting new reading goals, 10 min. read
  • LIT 2012 Syllabus
  • Lit terms #4 (due Thurs.)

January 10, 2024

  • Setting new reading goals, 10 min. read
  • Khan Academy, sign in; SAT practice

January 11, 2024

  • Setting new reading goals, 10 min. read
  • Grammar
  • Periods of American Literature
  • Lit terms 4 due!
  • Homework: Write one page in your reader’s notebooks on your independent reading

January 15, 2024

  • RRD
  • NWEA Reading
  • Hand back lit terms 4; quiz on Wed.

January 16, 2024

  • NWEA Language

January 17, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • Lit terms 4 Quiz
  • Walt Whitman’s “O’Captain, My Captain,” close reading

January 18, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar (4th and 5th DOL’s )
  • PPSSSTTT with “O’Captain, My Captain.” Due Monday!

January 22, 2024

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • Intro to Mark Twain (bio)
  • Vocabulary for “The Jumping Frog…”
  • Begin reading the short story
  • Turn poetry analysis into the bin.

January 23, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar- edit paragraph (turn in)
  • Finish reading Twain’s “The Celebrated Jumping Frog…” Work on the “Think” reading guide questions and begin the creative writing prompt. You will get some additional time to work on this prompt tomorrow.

January 24, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 4; highlight unknown words
  • Finish “The Celebrated Jumping Frog” narrative writing- revise and edit your piece; make sure you are attempting to use dialect AND that you are punctuating dialogue correctly.
  • Share stories in pairs.

January 25, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar- SAT
  • Reading schedule for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Remind students of expectations for creating discussion questions (dig deeper, cite page number).
  • Read all prologue information.
  • Homework: For Monday, read Ch. 1-5 and create five discussion questions.

January 29, 2024

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 4 practice
  • Book discussion- Ch. 1-5
  • For Wednesday, Read Ch. 6 & 7

January 30, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar- SAT practice
  • Khan Academy practice

January 31, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 4 practice (Quiz on Mon.)
  • Book discussion Ch. 6 & 7
  • Homework for Mon: Read Ch. 8-13. One page of a dialectical journal, 3 discussion questions.

February 1, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Explain dialectical journals
  • Khan Academy practice
  • Homework for Mon: Read Ch. 8-13. One page of a dialectical journal, 3 discussion questions.

February 5, 2024

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 4 Quiz
  • Book discussion w/ dialectical journals (hand in when done). For Wed., read Ch. 14-16 and create three questions for discussion.

February 6, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar- SAT
  • Writing workshop- Start researching motifs in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; record in your notebook
  • Homework: For Monday, write one page of a DJ in your writer’s notebook AND create three discussion questions.(Ch. 17-23)

February 7, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 5; highlight unknown words
  • Book discussion
  • Homework: For Monday, write one page of a DJ in your writer’s notebook AND create three discussion questions.(Ch. 17-23)

February 8, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Khan Academy practice
  • Homework: for Monday, write one page of a DJ in your writer’s notebook AND create three discussion questions after completing your reading.

February 12, 2024

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 5; highlight unknown words
  • Book discussion w/ dialectical journals & three questions (hand in when done). For Wed., read Ch. 24-26 and create three discussions questions.

February 13, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Grammar
  • Continue research on motifs– expand this to look at themes

February 14, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 5 practice
  • Book discussion
  • Homework: For Monday, read Ch. 27-32; write one page of a DJ in your writer’s notebook AND create three discussion questions.

February 15, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Khan Academy SAT Prep
  • Reading workshop

February 19, 2024

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 5 practice
  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer Book Discussion
  • Homework for Wed: Finish the novel and create 3 discussion questions

February 20, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Continue Theme research
  • Khan Academy SAT prep

February 21, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Bk 3, Lsn 5 Quiz
  • Adventures of Tom Sawyer Discussion group- end of book

February 22, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Writing about theme; Writing a thesis statement
  • Prewriting
  • Lit terms #5 handout (due Monday)
  • Homework: For Monday- prewriting for theme essay; thesis statement must be ready to approve

February 26, 2024

  • RGA/10 min. read
  • Lit terms #5 due
  • Tom Sawyer test
  • Thesis statement approval

February 27, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Khan Academy SAT practice
  • Return lit terms

February 28, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • Lit term 5 quiz
  • Writing workshop: Writing about theme

February 29, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar: SAT prep or Khan Academy practice
  • Writing workshop: Writing about theme

March 4, 2024

  • RRD/10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 6; highlight unknown words
  • Discuss irony
  • Essential question: In what ways does this story provide insight into the time period and a woman’s place in society?
  • Begin reading “Story of an Hour”

March 5, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Grammar
  • Writing workshop- 1st draft of thematic essay

March 6, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 6 practice
  • Essential question: In what ways does this story provide insight into the time period and a woman’s place in society?
  • Read “Story of an Hour”

March 7, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Khan Academy SAT practice
  • Writing workshop- 1st draft of thematic essay
  • “Story of an Hour” questions are due!
  • Homework: Complete the first draft of your essay (peer edit on Tuesday).

March 11, 2024

  • RGA/Writing prompt
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 6 practice (Quiz on Wed.)
  • Essential question: How does the meaning of the phrase “we wear the mask” change throughout the poem?
  • 1st reading Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
  • Annotate the poem (Walk through the first stanza together)
  • Have your 1st draft of your Tom Sawyer essay ready to peer edit tomorrow!

March 12, 2024

  • Peer edit of Tom Sawyer essay

March 13, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 6 Quiz
  • Revise essays (due Thursday)

March 14, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Essential question: How does the meaning of the phrase “we wear the mask” change throughout the poem?
  • Paul Lawrence Dunbar’s “We Wear the Mask”
  • All Tom Sawyer essays should be submitted in Google Classroom.

March 18, 2024

  • RGA/10 min. read
  • Lit terms #6 (Give 15 min. to start); Due Wed.
  • Read Frost’s “Mending Wall” and annotate

March 19, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Grammar
  • Khan Academy practice

March 20, 2024

  • 10 min. read
  • Lit terms #6 are due!
  • “Mending Wall” critical thinking questions

March 21, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Grammar (if finished covering all topics, complete weekend writing assignment!)
  • Khan Academy
  • Weekend writing- 1 pg in reader’s notebook on current novel

Looking ahead… April 17th is the SAT test!

April 1, 2024

April 2, 2024

  • Lit. term #6 quiz
  • Grammar 22/24
  • Khan Academy SAT Prep

April 3, 2024

  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 7 (highlight unknown words)
  • Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Read the overture of The Crucible

April 4, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Khan Academy SAT Prep

April 8, 2024

  • RGA 10 min. read
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 7
  • Begin reading The Crucible

April 9, 2024

  • Khan academy practice (30 min.)
  • Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Work on revising Tom Sawyer essays

April 10, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • SAT Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 7
  • Continue reading The Crucible

April 11, 2024

  • Grammar
  • Khan Academy practice (30 min.)- final in-class practice
  • Work on revising Tom Sawyer essays

April 15, 2024

  • CMAS testing (so this work was put off in 2024)
  • RGA/10 min. read
  • Handout lit terms 7 (due Thursday)
  • Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Continue reading The Crucible; work on the reading guide

April 16, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar- proofreading paragraph
  • Work on revising essays on theme (Tom Sawyer) or begin your reading of AAB
  • Assign reading schedule for All-American Boys

April 17, 2024

  • SAT Test

April 18, 2024

  • Handout lit terms 7 (due Thursday)
  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Revised essay on theme (Tom Sawyer) should be completed and moved to lit folder
  • Homework: Catch up on any Act 1 questions; Read All-American Boys and create three discussion questions for our book meeting!

April 22, 2024

  • Lit terms 7 due!
  • RGA/Book meeting #1
  • Your essay should be in your folder. Make sure you share you FOLDER with me!
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Homework: Complete your Act 1 questions.

April 23, 2024

  • NWEA Reading (2023)
  • (2024) Writing prompt- What do you think really happened with the Salem girls in the forest?
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?

April 24, 2024

  • Book Meeting #2 for All-American Boys; hand in eval & questions.
  • (2023) Turn back Lit terms 7; test on Monday (had to move to Mon. in 2024)
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?

April 25, 2024

  • NWEA Language (2023)
  • Writing prompt- theatrical end to pt. 1
  • Gp. work- go to the Reading Resources section of GC and then to the Literary Theory presentation. Review the slides, then discuss the top three theories to consider when reading The Crucible. Why did you choose those lenses?
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Homework: Catch up on any Crucible questions ; Read All-American Boys and create three discussion questions for our book meeting!

April 29, 2024

  • RGA (Hand out Lit terms 7– test will be Tues.)
  • Book Club Meeting #2 for All-American Boys
  • Crucible Act 1 questions are due today!
  • Begin NWEA Language test

April 30, 2024

  • Lit terms 7 test
  • Writing prompt
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Catch up with Act 2 questions

May 1, 2024

  • Book Club Meeting #3
  • Finish NWEA Language test

May 2, 2024

  • NWEA Reading
  • Homework: Catch up on any Act 2 questions; Read All-American Boys and create three discussion questions for our book meeting, write a 1 p. dialectical journal!

May 6, 2024

  • RGA
  • SAT Vocab, Bk 3, Lsn 8; highlight unknown words
  • Schedule time for makeups for those who didn’t finish NWEAs
  • Book Club Meeting #4 for All-American Boys (share dialectical journal)
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Homework: Catch up on any Act 2 questions; Read All-American Boys and create three discussion questions for our book meeting!

May 7, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Discussion: Which lens (or lenses) should we view The Crucible?
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?

May 8, 2024

  • SAT Vocab, Bk 3, Lsn 8 practice
  • Book Club Meeting #5
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?

May 9, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Homework: Act 2 questions due by Mon.; Read All-American Boys and create three discussion questions for our book meeting, write a 1 p. dialectical journal!

May 13, 2024

  • RRD/Book Club Meeting #6
  • Reminder of exit forms
  • SAT Vocab, Bk 3, Lsn 8 practice (test on Wed)
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?

May 14, 2024

  • Writing prompt
  • Grammar
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?
  • Literary Terms & Devices #7 test on Wed.

May 15, 2024

  • SAT Vocab, Bk 3, Lsn 8
  • Book Club Meeting #7
  • Continue reading The Crucible; Essential question: How does a collective fear affect the group or individuals?

May 16, 2024

May 20, 2024

  • RGA
  • Final Project
  • The Crucible

May 21, 2024

  • Grammar
  • Final Project

May 22, 2024

  • Finish work on Final Project (Venn Diagram due on Thursday)
  • Study for your finals if needed; review lit theories (in the reading resources section of GC); study lit terms

May 23, 2024

  • Final exam
  • “Fog” by Carl Sandburg

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ASSIGNMENTS BELOW THIS LINE ARE FROM LAST YEAR

  • Poetry analysis of “Half-Hanged Mary”; first reading
  • Continue working on annotating “Half-Hanged Mary;” have this ready for next Tuesday’s class
  • SAT practice pt. 1
  • Discuss annotation of “Half-Hanged Mary.” What did you notice?
  • PPSSSTTT Poetry analysis of “Half-Hanged Mary”; due Thurs.
  • SAT practice pt. 2
  • Independent Book Project guidelines

  • Writing to a timed prompt- Poetry comparison; get bare-bones done for a complete essay TODAY!
  • Revise and edit your essays from Wednesday- must be submitted to Google Classroom by 8:50 AM on Mon.
  • StudySync Vol. 2, “How it feels to be colored me
  • Essential question: In what ways can knowledge be power?
  • Begin reading/discussing “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” by Alice Walker
  • Essential question: In what ways can knowledge be power?
  • Continue reading/discussing “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens” by Alice Walker
  • Writing prompt (reflect on essential questions): Can education be a path out of poverty?Phillis Wheatley’s “On Being Brought from Africa to America” p. 21, V. 1 of text
  • Vocab Bk 3, Lsn 7
  • Writing workshop: Memoir or short story
  • Lit terms #8
  • Lit terms #9

  • Writing prompt: List the ways in which private companies, the government, or any of its agencies, including your school, may infringe on citizen’s right to privacy.
  • Intro to Doublethink Internet Research Project
  • Group work: Doublethink Internet Research Project
  • Biography: George Orwell; in small groups, read through the biography and create your TOP TEN list of interesting facts about Orwell.
  • List of terms for 1984
  • Guidelines for creating discussion questions (CSS 1.2.)
  • Homework: 1984 pp. 1-20 discussion questions; begin reading in class
  • Group discussion: 1984 (CSS 1.2; 2.1)
  • Homework: 1984 pp. + 3 discussion questions
  • Review 1984 terms
  • Book review of 1984 on YouTube
  • Meet in groups to discuss theme
  • Discussing writing about theme
  • Independent Book Project I
  • Reminder of “During Reading” activities for the Independent Book Project