English 1H Assignments

1. District Writing Test
   

1. Assign new numbers
2. Hand out Hall passes
   

1. (You must score a 3 or better out of 4 to prove proficiency). Review the "Do/What" chart and planning your essay.
2. Bring sheets of paper and pen/pencils for the test.
   

1. finish Quicktalks
2. In class study for finals.
3. Go over grades, turn in extra credit
   

1. Review for Final Exam (A students are exempt).

1. Hand out Review for Final exam (attached).  We will discuss it on Monday Jan 31.  (Finals are Feb. 2+3).
2. BW: What are keys to strong public speaking? (at the same time,
   Introduce QUICKTALKS (purpose: to improve communication skills and pass the District Writing Assessment).
3. Introduce Quicktalks: Conquer the Fear (video attached) and George Bush (video attached)
4. Begin Quicktalks (attached)

1. Research paper due before Feb.
2. Study for final exam (we will discuss it on Mon. Jan. 31)
3. Review essay/speech format (INTRO=How To Begin This=hook, topic, bkgd, thesis; CONCLU=Really Strong Ending= re-state thesis, summarize TS, end strong)
   

1. Benchmark 2 Test

1. Benchmark 2 review

1. Benchmark 2 tomorrow. Bring a pencil.
   

1. Collect green research packet.
2. Show sample research paper
   
3. Game 10 (Hollywood Squares)
   

1. Work on Research paper
2. Re-write Compare/Contrast essay by end of month. (You must make an appointment first).
   

1. BW: Set up Title page for Persuasive Research: Mysterious deaths
2. Type Research paper (in colors, highlight citations).
   

1. Stamp Body C
2. Collect List 10
3. Peer edit all body paragraphs
4. Write Introduction/Conclusion
   

1. Collect SAT List 9
2. Discuss "The Scarlet Ibis"
3. Do/What chart for "essay" (attached).  The District Writing Assessment is coming soon (1 month).

1. continue research (be prepared to write your thesis statement and 3 topic sentences).

1. Quiz SAT Lists 1-8 or "The Snake game"
   
2. New SAT List 9
   
3. finish "The Scarlet Ibis" group work
   

1. finish SAT list 10 (add antonyms, sentences, clues)

1. bw: sketch 3 pictures (1 for: exposition, rising action, resolution).  Use 3 SAT words that relate to story in any way.
   
2. Group work on "The Scarlet Ibis"

1. Author notes
2. pre-read simile (attached)
3. begin story (exposition)
4. review taking notes (for green research paper)

1. Finish "The Scarlet Ibis" story (p. 343).  Take notes: focus on symbolism/allegory.
2. Continue research. Use GALE database.

1. show how to access online database (GALE)
2. Begin "The Scarlet Ibis" pre-read notes: symbols/vocabulary (attached)
3. sign up for Persuasive Research topics).
4. Hand out green research packet:set up 3 sub topics (attached)

1. Begin your research- use GALE.  go to www.santiagohs.org (click on "Academics", then "Library", then "Links", then GALE. Password= santiago_rpa
2. Continue studying SAT lists

1. BW- sources for research (attached)
2. Present Qtr. 2 district essay: Persuasive w/ research (library Jan 19+20) 

1. sign up for topics tomorrow.
2. study SAT lists 1-9

1. Funeral for characters who passed away
2. White elephant gift exchange
3. Finish presentations
4. Irony/Ambiguity game
   

1. HW: Tutoring form due 2 weeks after school starts again.
2. Have a GREAT BREAK- continue reading :) [Look forward to: Speeches, Persuasive Research papers]
   

1. Independent reading presentations

1. Bring item for funeral + white elephant gift exchange
   

1. Quiz 8 (no new list)
2. Finish independent work on IRONY
   

1. PRACTICE your IRP- look over rubric carefully.

1. Hand out rubric for IRP
2. Quiz "The Gift of the Magi"
3. Finish yesterday's work (due Friday)
   

1. (p.307) #6-8 Each answer: 2 complete sentences
2. (p.308) Vocabulary Development (complete sentences)
3. Diction: Take notes + Your Turn
4. Academic Vocabulary (answer)
   
5. (p.309) Grammar Link (read) + Your Turn- quick answer.
6. Complete Irony Chart (you copied it yesterday).
   

1. Work on IRP
   

1. Read "Gift of the Magi" (p.301)
2. Answer #6,7,8 (p.
3. Partner Irony Activity (bottom of Dec. 6 attached)

1. Continue IRP
2. Study 80 SAT words
   

1. Set up new Irony + Ambiguity section in notes.
2. Context Clues (attached) vocabulary for "Gift of the Magi" (p. 298)
3. Author Info (p.300) Top 2
4. Teach types of Irony + ambiguity

1. Continue IRP
2. Add one example for each type of irony

1. Analyze subjects/themes for: film: "Under the Same Moon" and Robert Frost poem (p.330) "The Road Not Taken"
   
2. next year (Hand out directions for "My Life's Theme" Project)

1. Continue on your IRP
   

1. Timed Write: Compare+ Contrast Theme Across Genres (p,333)

1. Continue Independent Reading Project (plan your sales pitch)

1. Continue compare/contrast theme across genres. (see attachment)
2. Prepare for timed write

1. Collect SAT lists 5-8 + 4 articles worksheet
2. poem: "Thoughts of Hanoi" (attached)
3. compare/contrast genre across themes (attached)
4. Hand out rubric for Timed Write (paraphrase Compare/Contrast standards)

1. Plan for Wednesday's Timed Write: Compare/Contrast Theme Across Genres
2. Continue IRP (Independent Reading Project)

1. SAT List 8 (attached)
2. SAT Quiz 7

1. SAT Lists 4-8 due
2. 4 articles worksheet due Mon. Nov. 29

1. Collect study guide for OMAS + return novel
2. BW: "The Sniper" vocabulary (attached) Use p.211 to help you.
   
3. Read "The Sniper" (p.212).  Take notes on Exposition, Types of Irony
   
4. Answer questions: 4,7,8 on page 217 (turn in: highlight each section).
   

1. Study SAT words
2. 4 articles on "The Sniper" background.
3. Begin Independent reading
   

1. Get teacher's approval for Independent Reading Project (went to library).
2. Return OMAS(tmrw because I was out)
3. Begin"The Sniper" powerpoint (attached powerpoint first- hand out 4 articles worksheet due Monday after Thanksgiving break)
4. (next year: share favorite part of Autobiographical Narratives.)

1. Study SAT words
2. Bring textbook

1. Introduce Theme (attached).  Take Cornell Notes.
2. Begin "The Sniper" (don't read the story yet), but do: author notes (read and write down the Top 3 significant things, vocabulary (discuss and write down confusing words, Background for story. (continue notes)

1. OMAS study guide due tomorrow.
2. Bring independent reading book for approval (or check one out from library).
3. Study SAT words (you have 70 words!)

1. BW: OMAS
2. (attached) Present IRP (Independent Reading Project) due: week of 12/13).  We will go to library on Wed. to check out novels.
3. Discuss OMAS
4. Review SAT words

1. Finish OMAS study guide- due Wed.
2. Check out Independent Reading Project (IRP) 
3. Bring textbook

1. BW: SAT Review and quotes
2. SAT words- Positive/Negative Connotations
3. Bellwork: OMAS Paragraph w/ SAT word
4. Return Persuasive Timed Writes (How did Poe die?)
   

HW: **STUDY GUIDE IS DUE Wednesday Nov. 17!**

1. Benchmark 1 corrections.  Hand back scores. (Correct 10- rationale why the right answer is right).
2. Stamp 4
3. Discuss Section 4

1. Study guide due Wed. Nov. 17.
2. Watch Speech Trek competition on Time Warner tonight: Channel 3 at 6pm.

1. BW: 3 pictures so far in OMAS
2. stamp section 3 
3. Discuss Section 2-3: Important Quotes   

1. Section 4 + questions

1. Benchmark Quarter 1
2. Stamp section 3 questions

1. Read section 4-5 and questions.

1. Bellwork/Think Pair Share (see attachment from 11/2)
   
2. OMAS: stamp section 2
3. BM Jeopardy
   

1. Finish section 3 and do section 3 questions
2. Benchmark Qtr. 1 tomorrow.

1. SAT "Last One Standing"
2. Characterization Test Practice: (p. 174-176 #1-8, #9 discuss)
   

1. OMAS Bellwork:Quickwrite (What is the hardest thing you've ever gone through? How did this affect/change you?)
2. Discuss Section 1 
3. Start section 2
4. Review for Benchmark

1. Finish reading section 2 + questions in study guide

1. Collect SAT List 7
2. Cornell Notes: Fishing Terminology (attached) 
3. stamp section 1 
4. The Old Man and the Sea Introduction PowerPoint (attached)
5. (next year: sensory details)
   

1. Finish Cornell notes for OMAS
2. Study SAT words

1. Quick discuss: Plot of movie Vantage Point.  Watch video clips representing different narrators. 
2. Summarize narrator notes (use sentence frames for Elaboration/Description). 
3. Quiz (on Narrator + Vocabulary)

• Part 1: Narrator: p.260-261 (#1-7 #8=timed 1 paragraph)
• Part 2: Vocab Quiz: Literal Meanings (page 267 #1-8)

1. Narrator/Character game/notes
   

1. Study SAT words

1. Timed write: persuasive essay "How did Poe die?" (see attached).  Use your notes.
   

1. Collect list 6
2. Check notes on 4 Poe articles (are parenthetical citations correct?)
3. ((15 min) Group quiz on Poe's articles (p. 258, #1-11.  Correct for 1/2 points back.
4. (5 min. to read) Analyze sample persuasive essay in text (p.498 "Go Ride a Bike" questions 1-7).  Easy questions: 1,4,5,6,7 
5. Focus: persuasive standards: your argument, counter-arguments and refute them, etc.p.486-497

1. Plan for timed write "How did Poe die?"
2. Bring persuasive rubric
   

1. SAT List 6
2. SAT quiz 5 

1. Finish SAT List 6
2. 4 articles on Poe's death are due Monday
3. Plan for Timed Write (Persuasive essay)- use sentence frames?
4. Need extra points? Last day for Plot diagram of "CoA" is Monday

1. Hand out persuasive essay rubric and paraphrase persuasive standards (see attached).
2. 2 colored paragraphs: one to compare, one to contrast (see attached)
3. Study SAT words

1. Study SAT lists 1-5

1. Set up to read the 4 Poe articles on how did Poe die? (p.750: Biography, Newspaper Article, 2 Letter to the Editor).  Title, main idea, support, support.(see attached). Get notes ready: How did Poe die?
2. Mean Girls clip (:30-2:00, 2:49-5:25, 6:49-7:37).  Analyze Karen, Regina, Gretchen, Cady.

1. Study SAT words +
2. Complete Death theories by Monday.
   
3. Back to School Night

1. BW: What character traits in Fortunado make him easy prey for Montresor?
2. Act out: (producer, Fortunado, Montresor) the scene now- what's happening? (Fortunado is being fettered/chained to the wall; thinking it's fun: Amontillado!)
3. Finish CoA (p.243 "I had scarcely laid the first tier...").
4. Discuss: Think about whether Montresor is an unreliable narrator.  What details suggest that he might have imagined "the thousand injuries" and the insult- or even the whole story?
5. How might Poe's life (pg. 230-231) have informed this story? Could this story have been Poe's way of getting even with his foster father? Consider these facts: Poe's foster father was Scottish, and the Montresor motto is the motto of Scotland.  Also, like Fortunado, John Allan was a businessman and a Mason.  Cite specific examples from Poe's biography and from the story.
   
6. Continue on Characterization chart.
   

1. Complete "Your Own," "CoA," and "MDG" on Characterization chart.
   
2. Back to School Night is tomorrow.

1. Collect SAT list 5
2. BW: What does the dialogue in CoA reveal about the characters, how does it contribute to the mood, and move the plot forward? (attached).  (Act out dialogue: narrator, Montresor, Fortunado)
3. Continue "CoA" ("...I began vigorously to wall up the entrance of the niche.")
4. Choose adjectives for CoA characters (put on your Characterization Chart).
   

1. Fill in Characterization Chart: (Montresor, Fortunado, Rainsford, Zaroff)

1. List 5
2. In groups, draw SAT word, visual and clue on butcher paper.

1. Share Plot diagrams
2. Make characterization T-chart (Fortunado+Montresor) (see attached)
3. Discuss Exposition
4. vocab. pg 237
5. continue COA pg. 238

1. Begin "Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allen Poe.
2. Author bio
3. Re-write exposition in terms of different narrator.  Change from 1st person to 3rd person limited narrator and paraphrase Poe's words.
   

HW:

1. Study character/narrator notes
   

1. Collect SAT Lists 1-4
2. Collect Plot diagram on a tv show, etc.
3. Discuss quizzes on Plot/Setting.  Write a rationale why the right answer is right (not why you got it wrong).
4. Take notes on CHARACTER (p.186-187) and NARRATOR (p.112-113)

1. Plot worksheet both sides due tomorrow.
2. Study character and narrator notes.
   

1. SAT List 4
2. Act out assigned word in pairs

1. List 1-4 due Monday
   
2. Plot diagrams due Monday
   

1. Plot + Setting Quiz: PART 1) Literary Skills (p.100-102).  Answer #1-6 
   
2. PART 2) VOCAB ~ Context Clues (p.107) #1-8
   
3. (PART 3) Time write (1 paragraph: construct your Topic sentence carefully to answer the question) p. 102 #7 on separate sheet.
   
4. finish plot/setting worksheet (see Tues. Oct. 5 attachment)

1. SAT quiz (Lists 1-3)
   
2. Plot diagrams due Tuesday!
   

1. Pay for PSATs
   
2. Plot/Setting notes/game (see attached)

1. Essay due
2. Study SAT words
   
3. Fill in a plot diagram with events from a movie, tv show, song or story.  (Due Monday)
   

1. BW: Use 3 SAT words to review MDG
2. On board: List Zaroff + Rainsford's 6 "Encounters" + Outcomes [1. The Meeting --> gun to R's heart; 2. Hiding in tree --> Zaroff's smile; 3. Malay man-catcher --> Z gets hurt; 4. Burmese Tiger Pit --> dog dies; 5. Uganda knife trick --> Ivan dies; 6. The bedroom --> R wins!
3. Discuss the ending of "MDG"  (Play CD @ 16:44)
   
4. Complete Plot Diagram worksheet (see attached)
   

1. Theme Day for Homecoming
2. Bring $13 for PSAT on Wed.
3. study SAT words
4. Essay due this week
5. Finish worksheet (plot diagram side only)
   

1. collect List 3
2. Introduce "EXPOSITION" (Setting, Conflict/Bkground, Characters).  What is exposition for MDG?
   
3. Continue "MDG" (characterize: Ivan, Rainsford, Gen. Zarofff

1. Finish "MDG"
2. Sports day tomorrow (for Homecoming)
3. Essay due any time this week (rubric on top- fill out the back side, final draft, then on the bottom: rough draft).
   

1. SAT Quiz 2
2. List 3
3. Go over autobiographical quiz
   

1. Complete List 3 (5+ clues on left; red antonyms on right; highlight the word in your original sentence).
2. Autobiography is due all next week.
   

1. BW: Use SAT to relate to "Most Dangerous Game"
2. Finish vocab preview (see attachment from yesterday)
   
3. Continue reading "Most Dangerous Game"
   

1. SAT Quiz tomorrow
2. Essay due next week (Rubric on top, final, rough drafts)
3. Read "MDG" up to p. 17 (2nd column) "You'll find this game worth playing."
   

1. Quiz: Autobiographical standards.
2. Begin "Most Dangerous Game" by: Richard Connell (see attached)
   
3. Complete Author notes and vocab Review (see attached)

1. Read exposition of "Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell (Old Holt: p.6; New Holt: p.18) "Right. Good night, Whitney."
2. Study SAT words
3. REMEMBER: Bring $13 on Oct. 6 for PSAT
   

1. Autobiographical Narrative standards (focus: adding dialogue, internal monologue, and sensory details)

1. Fix up your essays.
2. Study SAT lists
3. Quiz tomorrow on Autobiographical standards
   

1. Collect SAT List 2
2. Library Orientation: take notes and meet Mrs. Dela-Xiong
   

1. Do not print your essay yet.  We are going to review the autobiographical standards (adding dialogue, interior monologue, and sensory details).  Due next week.
   

1. SAT Quiz #1
2. Get List #2

1. Finish SAT List 2 (Antonyms on right in red, 5 or more clues on the left, use word in sentence and highlight it).
2. Essay due the week of Monday Oct. 3
   

1. Finish typing essay in computer lab

1. Type essay in Computer Lab rm. 115.  Set up MLA heading and header (see attached).
2. Peer edit Body C, Intro, Conclusion

1. Review SAT 1
2. Peer edit Body B
3. Write Body C
4. Correct body B (add adverbs and adjectives- highlight what you added)
5. Sample introduction paragraphs (see attached)
   

1. Write Introduction (Thesis: hint at the significance of experience) and Conclusion (Did experience change you? how? Did you learn anything? Perspective changed/shifted over time? how? What did the experience mean to you?)
2. Bring flashdrive to type
   

1. Go over/collect SAT List 1
2. Hand out Autobiographical Rubric
3. Peer Edit Body A (Need help? Put your number on board for conference)
   
4. Write Body B in colors
   

1. to Body A: add adjectives to nouns and adverbs to verbs.  Highlight the changes.
   

1. Collect List 1
   
2. Hand out Fictional Autobiographical Narrative rubric.
3. Peer edit Body A
4. Write Body B (in colors)
   

1. Correct Body A (add adverbs to verbs, adjectives to nouns).  Highlight what you added.
   

1. Collect Body A paragraph.
   
2. Show sample SAT List (5 words on each side, spaced out; word = blue; POS = red; define = green.  Use in a sentence- any color and highlight the SAT word.  Antonyms in red (same part of speech) in right margin, 5+ clues on left= any color.
3. SAT List 1 (see attached)

1. Discuss common mistakes in writing that you made on your paragraphs.
2. Share your essay topic's person and 3 subtopics.
3. Show a sample Autobiographical Essay (see attached). 
   
4. Whiteboard Review Game: on essays/writing.(see attached)
   

1. Write Body A in colors.

1. Rotate papers and peer edit your paragraphs within your group.
2. Rewrite the paragraph you wrote.
3. Label and highlight each section.  Staple group essay together w/ prompt.
   

1. Study how to write an essay.  Know all the parts like a "Verbal Machinegun": (Intro= How To Begin This? / Hook, Topic, Bkgrd, Thesis; CONCLUSION = Really Strong Ending / Re-state Thesis, Summarize TS, End strong).
   

1. Set up Writing Portfolios (former students, come get their portfolios).
2. Each group gets 1 essay prompt.  Create a Do/What chart for it.  Then, complete the Essay Outline (you received yesterday) on a separate sheet of paper.  Write Body A together.  Then, one person gets: Intro, Body B, Body C, and Conclusion. 7 minutes to write your paragraph! (We will peer edit tomorrow).
   

1. Continue to research your Autobiographical subject.
   

1. Think about your reading level.  Are you a high, medium, or low reader? I will be asking you about it later for "Book Clubs" 
   
2. Hand out the basic format for an essay (attached)
   
3. Explain Do/What chart (#1 = I Do, #2 = We Do, #3 = You Do).  (Attached)
   

1. Create Do/What charts #4-6.  Left side: list all verbs.  Right side: paraphrase the directions in your own words.  When done, put a line through all the obvious directions.  Put stars by the important ones.
   

1. Collect information cards
2. Sign up for autobiographical essay topic
   
3. Go over syllabus
4. Finish speeches
5. Give out hall passes
   

1. Get your supplies by Monday (if you already haven't)
2. Begin researching on your famous person
   

1. Fill out information cards
2. Go over syllabus
3. Make a speech about a friend
   

1. Get your supplies by Monday
2. Choose the historical figure you're going to write about