Junior+English

=Junior English =

//Activities -//
 * 4.28.09-4.29.09**
 * Discuss Final Paper - Year Long Study of Read Material
 * Notes on Chapter 4

//Homework -// Read Chapter 5

//Activities -//
 * 4.24.09-4.27.09**
 * Notes on Chapters 2-3
 * Read on your own Chapter 4

//Homework -// Complete Chapter 4

//Activities -//
 * 4.22.09-4.23.09**
 * Handout [|Final Syllabus for Junior English - Spring 09.docx] and [|Great Gatsby Study Guide.docx]
 * Notes on Chapter 1

//Homework -// Read Chapters 2-3

//Activities -//
 * 4.20.09-4.21.09**
 * Watch Biography on F. Scott Fitzgerald
 * Hand out "The Great Gatsby"
 * Notes on the Intro. to "The Great Gatsby"

//Homework -// Read Chapter 1

//Activities -//
 * 4.16.09-4.17.09**
 * Finish 5 Characteristics of Topeka
 * Read "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy"
 * Handout [|Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy SG.docx]
 * Discuss and Hand in at the end of the hour

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 4.14.09-4.15.09**
 * Notes on "Elements of Modernism" [|Modernism.pptx]
 * Read "Chicago" and "Lucinda Matlock"
 * Begin 5 Characteristics of Topeka

//Homework -// Work on 5 Characteristics

//Activities -//
 * 4.9.09-4.10.09**
 * Discuss "First Wave Feminism" - Notes
 * Read and discuss "The Story of an Hour"

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 4.7.09-4.8.09**
 * Finish "The Yellow Wallpaper"
 * Journal #10: After reading "The Yellow Wallpaper," what do you think your response might be if those surrounding you didn't believe you?
 * Handout "The Yellow Wallpaper" Analysis Worksheet - [|The Yellow Wallpaper Study Guide Analysis.docx]

//Homework -// Complete Assignment if Needed

//Activities -//
 * 4.3.09-4.6.09**
 * Complete Poems and Hand in
 * Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 4.1.09-4.2.09**
 * [|Choose Your Own Poem of Emily Dickinson.pptx]
 * Work on Assignment in Class

//Homework -// Work on Poems (if needed)

//Activities -//
 * 3.30.09-3.31.09**
 * Discuss Test to Absent Individuals
 * Begin Unit 5 - Read pp. 742-744
 * Journal #9: How would you describe the following topics: Life, Death, Hope, Success, and Fear?
 * Read intro. to Emily Dickinson pp. 746-748
 * Notes: [|Review Literary Terms (Poetry) Emily Dickinson.pptx]
 * Read Emily Dickinson Poems - pp. 750-759

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 3.26.09-3.27.09**
 * Test: Midterm
 * Begin Unit 5

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 3.24.09-3.25.09**
 * Hand in Study Guide (ALL)
 * Complete "Huck Finn" the Movie
 * Hand back all work for Review of Test
 * Review for Test

//Homework -// None; Review for the Test

//Activities -//
 * 3.13.09-3.23.09**
 * Take Notes on Chapters 40-The End
 * Begin "Huck Finn" the Movie

//Homework -// Study Guide on Chapters 32 - The End is due Next Time

//Activities -//
 * 3.11.09-3.12.09**
 * Take Notes on Chapters 36-39
 * Read Chapters 40-41 and Discuss in Class
 * Allow Time to Work on Study Guide
 * Go Over Grades for 3rd Nine Weeks

//Homework -// Read Chapters 42-43 (The End); Work on Study Guide

//Activities -//
 * 3.6.09-3.10.09**
 * Take Notes on Chapters 32-35
 * Read Chapters 36-37 and Discuss in Class
 * Handout Study Guide - [|Huckleberry Finn Study Guide 35-The End.docx]

//Homework -// Read Chapters 38-39

//Activities -//
 * 3.4.09-3.5.09**
 * Take notes on Chapters 30-31
 * Read Chapters 32-33 in Class

//Homework -// Read Chapters 34-35

//Activities -//
 * 3.2.09-3.3.09**
 * Take notes on Chapters 17-29
 * Read Chapters 26-27 in Class

//Homework -// Read Chapter 28-31

//Activities -//
 * 2.23.09-2.26.09**
 * Pre-enrollment

//Homework -// Read through Chapter 25 for Friday (2.27.09)

//Activities -//
 * 2.20.09**
 * Discuss Chapters 14-16 and Notes
 * Handout Chapters 17-25 Study Guides - [|Huckleberry Finn Study Guide 17-25.docx]

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 2.18.09-2.19.09**
 * Discuss Chapters 9-11
 * Read Chapters 12-13 in class
 * Notes on Chapters 7-13

//Homework -// Read Chapters 14-16 and Work on SG; Will have approximately 15 min to complete in class next period.

//Activities -//
 * 2.12.09-2.13.09**
 * Journal #7 - Are you superstitious? If so, why/how? If not, why not?
 * Complete and Hand in Study Guides
 * Handout Study Guide - [|Huckleberry Finn Study Guide 8-16.docx]
 * Read Chapter 8 in Class

//Homework -// Read chapters 9-11 and work on Study Guide

//Activities -// Do you believe that all humans have the same definition of right/wrong? If not, how might others (people/cultures) believe in something that we won’t agree with?
 * 2.10.09-2.11.09**
 * Journal #6 -
 * Handout Study Guide - [|Huckleberry Finn Study Guide Chapter 1-7.docx]
 * Read Chapters 5-6
 * Notes on Chapters 1-6

//Homework -// Read Chapter 7 and work on Study Guide

//Activities -//
 * 2.4.09-2.9.09**
 * Watch Great American Author Series, Part 3 (Intro into Realism/Naturalism)
 * Hand out The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn novels
 * Read Chapters 1 and 2 in Class

//Homework -// Read Chapters 3-4 for next class

//Activities -//
 * 2.2.09-2.3.09**
 * Take notes on the Biography of Mark Twain - [|The Biography of Mark Twain.pptx]
 * Read "from The Autobiography of Mark Twain" pp. 659-666

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 1.29.09-1.30.09**
 * Watch Several Videos over Abraham Lincoln - Found [|here] and [|here]
 * Answer this Question: What is one thing that shocked you about Abraham Lincoln, and how important do you think he was to America?
 * Read "The Gettysburg Address" pp. 606
 * Class Assignment: Write a Modern Translation of The Gettysburg Address

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 1.27.09-1.28.09**
 * Discuss ACT with counselors
 * Review Naturalism and Story
 * Answer Questions: "A Mystery of Heroism" S.G.
 * Read "War is Kind" by Stephen Crane

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 1.23.09-1.26.09**
 * Journal #5: Do you believe that we have free will or that your fate is already determined? Why?
 * Discuss Naturalism - Notes on Powerpoint [|Naturalism.pptx]
 * Read "A Mystery of Heroism" pp. 595-601

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 1.21.09-1.22.09**
 * Read Colonel Robert Gould Shaw's Letter: [|Raid on Darien, Georgia]
 * Complete the movie "Glory" and Finish Study Guides

//Homework// - None (but bring journals to hand in).

//Activities -//
 * 1.16.06-1.20.09**
 * Journal #4: What does the word "heroism" mean to you?
 * Begin the movie "Glory" and Work on Study Guide: [|Glory Study Guide - Junior English.docx]

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 1.14.09-1.15.09**
 * Journal #3: If you were about to die, what might be some of the last things you would think about?
 * Read the Story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" pp. 581-590
 * Discuss Point-of-View and Narrative

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 1.12.09-1.13.09**
 * Journal #2: What is one thing that you would protest (social, political, or local) and why?
 * Discuss Ways to Protest
 * Read "Stanzas on Freedom" and "Free Labor" in Class pp. 574-577
 * Discuss Protest Poetry
 * Create your own Protest Poem - Either XBYB or AABB rhyme scheme; 16 lines

//Homework -// Complete Poem (if needed)

//Activities -//
 * 1.08.09-1.09.09**
 * Journal #1: Do you believe that there is a time and place for war? Why or why not?
 * Read pp 558-560 - Introduction "House Divided"
 * Read "The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass" on pp. 563-571 (Link: [|The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.docx])
 * Work on Study Guide: [|Frederick Douglass Narrative Questions.docx]
 * Complete Discussion on Questions and Hand in at the end of the Hour

//Homework -// Complete Discussion Questions (if needed)

//Activities// -
 * 1.06.09-1.07.09**
 * Discuss Classroom Policies and Syllabus
 * Review 1st Semester Literature - [|Junior English Overview.pptx]
 * [|Read and Listen to Fountain Hughes Slave Recording]

//Homework// - None

//Activities-//
 * 12.1.08-12.2.08**
 * Hand out Study Guide on "The Last of the Mohicans" - [|The Last of the Mohicans Study Guide - Junior English.docx]
 * Watch "The Last of the Mohicans" and Discuss

//Homework-// None

//Activities-//
 * 11.18.08-11.25.08**
 * Junior English Presentations
 * On the 24th and 25th, begin "The Last of the Mohicans"

//Homework// - None

[|Junior English American Author Rubric.doc]
 * Junior English Presentation Information (Due 11.18.08):**
 * [|Junior English - Becoming an American Classic Assignment.docx]

Transcendentalism and Romanticism**




 * Student Teacher in Charge until 11.18.08**

//Activities -//
 * 10.13: Tuesday (1st Hr)**
 * Unit 2 Test
 * Read "Self-Reliance" by Emerson pp. 363-366
 * Discuss Think Critically Question #3 in class (pg. 367)
 * Essay over Discussion

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 10.10: Friday (2nd and 6th Hr)**
 * Unit 2 - Revolutionary Period Test
 * Watch 1776

//Homework -// None

//Activities -//
 * 10.8-10.9: Wednesday/Thursday**
 * Library for "Becoming an American Classic" Project (Discuss w/ Mrs. Goheen)

//Homework -// Study for the test over Unit 2 - The Revolutionary Period

//Activities-//
 * 10.7: Tuesday (1st Hr Only)**
 * Homecoming Assembly in Auditorium
 * Watch //1776//

//Homework// - None //Reminder -// We will be meeting in the reference room of the library next class period. Also, there will be a test the FOLLOWING class period (next Tuesday 10.14).

//Activities// -
 * 10.3-10.6: Friday/Monday**
 * Hand in Declarations of Independence (if needed)
 * Begin watching film 1776
 * Review Unit 2 - Notes Completed in Class

//Homework// - None //Reminder// - Start looking over the different pieces of literature we have read together on Unit 2. There will be a test on October 10th (for even classes) and October 14th (for odd classes). Be prepared!!!

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//Activities -//
 * 10.1-10.2: Wednesday/Thursday**
 * Journal #10: If there was one thing that you could declare your independence from, what would it be and why?
 * Hand-in and Grade Homework: Speech in the Virgina Con and Dec. of Indep. Study Guide (See Below)
 * __Complete__ Your Own Declaration of Independence: Example made by Mr. Daniels - [|Declaration of Independence Example.doc]
 * Use all four sections of The Declaration of Independence
 * Use all types of Persuasive Rhetoric - Logical Appeal, Emotional Appeal, Ethical Appeal
 * Hand in Journals

//Homework -// None

//Activities-//
 * 9.29-9.30: Monday/Tuesday**
 * Journal #9: In your own words, define "justice." Do you believe that "justice" means always doing what is "right?" Why/why not?
 * Read "Persuasive Rhetoric" pp. 260-262
 * Read "Speech to the Virginia Convention" pp. 263-266
 * Discuss Patrick Henry's conviction and purpose (Persuasive Rhetoric)
 * Watch Youtube Video: [|Drafting the Declaration of Independence in "John Adams"]
 * Read "The Declaration of Independence" pp. 270-276
 * Watch Youtube Video: [|Congress Approves the Declaration of Independence]

//Homework// - [|Speech in the Virginia Convention and The Declaration of Independence Study Guide - Junior English.docx]

//Activities -//
 * 9.24-9.25: Wednesday/Thursday**
 * Journal #8: What is the most recent advice that you received from a friend or family member, and what was the situation that led to said advice? Did it help or hurt your situation?
 * Discuss The Book of Virtues Assignment and Reflection Paper (refer to previous lesson plan for assignment)
 * Discuss MLA format for Reflection Paper
 * Read "Sayings of Poor Richard" found at the end of "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" (refer to previous assignment for the pdf file)
 * In Class Assignment: [|Explaining and Creating Aphorisms.docx], and hand in at the end of the hour.

//Homework// - Complete the The Book of Virtues assignment and Reflection Paper (Due 9.29-9.30: Monday/Tuesday).

//Activities// -
 * 9.22-9.23: Monday/Tuesday**
 * Journal #7: Where do you think your ethics/morals come from? How well do you think you follow them? Why/Why not?
 * Read pp 256-258 in Literature Books
 * Discuss Benjamin Franklin - YouTube Video: [|Ben Franklin]
 * Read the [|Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.pdf]

//Homework// - Follow the instructions on [|The Book of Virtues.doc]; completion of this activity will be on 9.29 for the odd class and 9.30 for even classes. //Reminder// - If you were absent on the day of the test, you must make that up in the E.L.C. by 9.25.08.



//Activities// -
 * 9.18-9.19 : Thursday/Friday**
 * Test on Unit #1 - Pilgrims and Puritans; Review for the Test: [|Junior English Review - Unit 1.pptx]
 * Journal #6 - What do you think it means to be a citizen of the United States of America?
 * Read from the Textbook - "What is an American?" by Michel-Guillaume-Jean De Crevecoeur pp. 290-291

//Homework -// None //Reminder -// For those who were absent, the test will be sent to the E.L.C. and must be completed by 9.25.08.



Intro to Puritanism - [|The Puritans.pptx]
 * Puritan Notes/Literature:**