10th English

WEEK OF 05-03 TO 05-07:

    Monday, 05-03--

• Study guide for Animal Farm (exam Wednesday!!)
• Review of study guide
• Political ad campaign examples (project due Thursday, 05-13)

WEEK OF 04-26 TO 04-30:

    Thursday, 04-29--

• Monument/anthem project due!
• Introduce political campaign project (due 05-13)
• Animal Farm chapter 9--read and discuss
• Animal Farm exam next Wednesday!!

    Wednesday, 04-28--

• Read and discuss Animal Farm chapter 8
• Vocabulary 9-10 due Thursday
• Review works cited entries
• Group projects due Thursday!!

    Monday, 04-26--

• Misplaced modifier practice
• Animal Farm vocabulary 7-8 due (9-10 due Wednesday)
• Read and discuss Animal Farm chapters 7 and part of 8
• Country competition
• National Anthem/Monument project due Thursday!!

WEEK OF 04-19 TO 04-23:

      Thursday, 04-22--

• Read and discussed Animal Farm chapter 6
• Worked in groups on group project
• Review chapters 1-6
• Group projects due Thursday!
• Vocabulary for chapters 7-8 due Monday

    Wednesday, 04-21--

• Editing practice
• Editing practice
• Country projects--share
• Introduce group project #2

    Monday, 04-19--

• Animal Farm vocabulary 5-6 due!
• Animal Farm--read and discuss chapters 4 and 5
• Work on country project (due Wednesday)

WEEK OF 04-12 TO 04-16:

 Thursday, 04-15--

• Country competition policies reviewed
• Worked on country projects
• Animal Farm ch. 1-4 quiz
• Animal Farm ch. 5-6 vocabulary due Monday.

    Wednesday, 04-14--

• Read and discussed chapter 3 Animal Farm
• Shared propaganda projects
• Introduced country competition

     Monday, 04-12--

• Animal Farm ch. 2 (read and discuss)
• Work on propaganda project (due Wednesday)

WEEK OF 04-05 TO 04-09:

    Thursday, 04-08--

• Read and discussed Animal Farm, chapter 1.
• Vocabulary for Animal Farm chapters 1 and 2 due.
• Worked on propaganda project (due Wednesday).

    Monday, 04-05--

• Russian Revolution-- Power Point and discussion
• Work on propaganda project (due Wed., 04-14)

WEEK OF 03-29 TO 04-02:

     Thursday, 04-01--

• Read and discussed "The Speeches" by Winston Churchill
• Reviewed logical fallacies
• Evaluated and analyzed 2 ads
• Identified the fallacies in presidential campaign ads
• DON'T FORGET TO WORK ON YOUR PROPAGANDA PROJECT!!

    Monday, 03-23--

• Dangling modifiers BW
• Propaganda--
  • notes and discussion
  • influence of media
  • advertising tricks
  • propaganda project (intro)--due April 14

     Thursday, 03-25:

• Dangling and misplaced modifiers practice (due Monday, 03-29)
• Work day: Students who had previously edited and revised their Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde essays used laptops to type final drafts. Those who needed to edit and revise worked in groups to complete the task. Those who were a bit behind used the time to write their rough drafts. Final drafts are due Monday, 03-29.

    Wednesday, 03-24:

• Edit and revise rough drafts of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde essays (Final drafts are due Monday, 03-29). Some students, who were not ready with their rough drafts, completed a prewrite, wrote their thesis statements, found quotes for support, and planned out their rough drafts. They will edit and revise tomorrow, while those who have finished editing and revising type their final drafts on laptops.
• Practice identifying dangling and misplaced modifiers (Due tomorrow!)
• Introduction to unit on propaganda (You can find the video we viewed in class at youtube.com. Do a search on that site for prop commercials.)

WEEK OF 03-08 TO 03-12:

• Dr. J and Mr. H chapter 9 and chapter 10 discussion logs due.
• Dr. J and Mr. H chapters 9 and 10 group discussion.
• Dr. J and Mr. H exam, essay prewrite and first draft tomorrow!
• Dr. J and Mr. H annotation grade--turn in books tomorrow.

WEEK OF 03-01 TO 03-05:

    Thursday, 03-04--

• Dr. J and Mr. H chapter 7 & 8 logs due.
• Dr. J and Mr. H chapters 7 & 8 discussion.
• Dr. J and Mr. H chapter 9 and chapter 10 discussion logs due Wednesday, 03-10.

Wednesday, 03-03--

• Dr. J and Mr. H story board activity
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, chapters 5 and 6 discussion
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde chapters 5 and 6 logs due!
• Dr. J and Mr. H chapter 7 logs due tomorrow.

    Monday, 03-01--

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde discussion log chapter 2-3, 4 due!
• Dr. jekyll and Mr. Hyde group discussion chapter 4
• Mr. Hyde eye witness account and sketch
• HW: Chapters 5-6 discussion logs due Wednesday, 03-03.

WEEK OF 02-22 TO 02-26:

Friday, 02-26--

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ch. 2-3 discussion logs due!
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ch. 2-3 group discussion

Wednesday, 02-24--

• Quiz over Victorian Era/Robert Louis Stevenson
• Sample discussion log for chapter 1
• "Fishbowl" discussion-- A group of students demonstrated how to participate in a literature circle discussion
• HW: Read and complete a discussion log entry for chapters 2 and 3 of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (due Friday, 02-26).

   Monday, 02-22--

• Finish "Malachi's Cove" and complete reading comprehension questions.
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
  • Explain literature circles and hand out calendar of reading/discussion log homework
  • Begin reading chapter 1 (finish reading AND complete chapter 1 discussion log for Wednesday)

WEEK OF 02-15 TO 02-19:

    Thursday, 02-18--

• Vocabulary 3 practice
• "Malachi's Cove"--read and discuss story (we will finish on Monday)

     Wednesday, 02-17--

• Vocabulary 3 Homework due!
• Writing prompt practice
• Victorian Era--power point and notes

WEEK OF 02-08 TO 02-12:

     Thursday, 02-11--

• Writing prompt: Students read prompt, completed a R.A.F.T.S., prewrite, and introduction.
• Literary Analysis: Students finished their individual analysis papers on a poem of their choice. They then were assigned groups and completed a poster displaying their findings. Groups will present on Wednesday.

    Wednesday, 02-10--

• Vocabulary list #3 (HW due Wednesday, 02/17)
• Reading comprehension practice: poetry
• Poetry literary analysis activity (Students chose a poem from Unit 4 in their literature books to analyze. We will finish the activity on Thursday.)

    Monday, 02-08--

• R.A.F.T.S. (Role, Audience, Format, Topic, Strong Verb): A system to break down and answer writing prompts
• Vocabulary list 2 quiz
• George Gordon, Lord Byron (read and discussed "She Walks in Beauty" and "When We Two Parted")
• Nature poem due!!

WEEK 0F 02-01 TO 02-05:

  Thursday, 02-04--

• Vocabulary 2 homework due (sentences, antonyms, synonyms)
• Reading comprehension practice
• Poetry of William Wordsworth (782-792)--read and discuss
• HW: Spend 10-15 minutes somewhere in nature. Sit quietly and absorb the sights, sounds, smells, feel of nature. Take notes of the images and ideas that pop into your head. Use your notes to write a poem that reflects nature AND a feeling. Your poem must be at least 14 lines in length. Due Monday, 02-08.

    Wednesday, 02-03-- Students met with counselors to complete the registration process.

    Monday, 02-01--

• vocabulary list #2 (diffident to fiduciary) HW: antonyms, synonyms and sentences for each word...due Thursday, 02-04
• Persuasive speeches (Wednesday is last day)
• Notes on how to analyze poetry

WEEK OF 01-25 TO 01-29:

     Monday, 01-25--

• Introduction to The Flowering of Romanticism, 1798-1832.
• Begin persuasive speeches. (evaluation form)

WEEK OF 01-18 TO 01-22:

Thursday, 01-21--

• Students edited and revised persuasive speeches
• Vocabulary list 1 quiz
• Vocabulary homework due!

Wednesday, 01-20--

• Reading comprehension practice--persuasive
• Work on drafts of persuasive speeches
• HW: vocabulary list 1 activity (due Thursday)

WEEK OF 01-11 TO 01-15:

Thursday, 01-14--

• Vocabulary sentences due!!
• Notes and discussion on how to give an effective speech
• Watched and discussed Dr. Martin Luther Jr. speech, focusing on what he did to effectively convey is message.
• Shared topics for persuasive speeches (prewrite due Wednesday, 01-22)
• Practice reading comprehension, persuasive text (turned in)

     Wednesday, 01-13- students met with counselors to go over registration for next school year.

    Monday, 01-11-

• Quiz over persuasive techniques
• Review persuasive techniques packet (Due today! Last chance for partial points is Thursday, 01-13.)
• Vocabulary list #1 (sentences, synonyms and antonyms due Thursday, 01-13)
• Persuasive Speech Assignment (topics due Thursday, 01-13)

WEEK OF 01-05 TO 01-08:

     Thursday, 01-07-

• If students haven't finished the assignment on evaluating persuasive text, they will have time to finish it today (again, due Monday).
• Students will begin pre-writing and drafting a persuasive essay on a topic of their choice. The first draft is due Monday, 01-11. 

     Wednesday, 01-06-

• Today the focus is on reading and evaluating persuasive text. Students will read, take notes, and discuss section R19-R24 in the literary text book, which focuses on persuasive techniques, logical fallacies, and ways to evaluate persuasive writing. Students will practice identifying these techniques and fallacies by analyzing and evaluating passages and articles. Everything is included in a handout, which is due on Monday, 01-11. There will be a quiz on Monday as well.