10th Honors English

WEEK OF 05-10 TO 05-14

    Monday, 05-10--

• Analyze political ad campaigns
• Review propaganda techniques

WEEK OF 05-03 TO 05-07

   Thursday, 05-06--

• Work on political ad campaigns in computer lab

   Wednesday, 05-05--

• Animal Farm exam

   Monday, 05-03--

• Complete study guide for Animal Farm exam
• Review study guide (exam Wednesday)
• Examples of political campaigns (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)
• Finish Animal Farm--read and discuss
• Animal Farm exam next Wednesday!!

    Wednesday, 04-28--

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

    Monday, 04-26--

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

WEEK OF 04-19 TO 04-23:

   Thursday, 04-22--

• Read and discussed Animal Farm chapter 7
• Worked in groups on group project, as well as discussion questions
• Group projects due Wednesday!
• Vocabulary for chapters 7-8 due Monday

   Wednesday, 04-21--

• Animal Farm vocabulary 5-6 due
• Editing practice
• Animal Farm chapter 5 (focus on distortion vs. reality)
• Introduction of group project #2 (due Wednesday, 05-28)

   Monday, 04-19--

• Animal Farm vocab 1-4 quiz
• Animal Farm--read and discuss chapters 4 and 5
• Animal Farm 5&6 vocabulary sentences due Wednesday!!

WEEK OF 04-12 TO 04-16:

    Thursday, 04-15--

• Shared propaganda projects
• Country competition policies
• Animal Farm ch. 1-4 quiz on Monday!
• Animal Farm ch. 3-4 vocabulary due Monday.

    Wednesday, 04-14--

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

    Monday, 04-12--

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

WEEK OF 04-05 TO 04-09:

   Thursday, 04-08--

• Read and discussed chapter 1 of Animal Farm.
• Animal Farm sentences for chapters 1 and 2 due (assigned Wednesday).
• Introduced Animal Farm countries project.
• DON'T FORGET: Propaganda projects are due Wednesday!!

   Monday, 04-05--

• Russian Revolution-- Power Point and discussion
• Animal Farm-- Introduction

WEEK OF 03-29 TO 04-02:

   Thursday, 04-01--

• Finish reading "Words and Behavior" by Aldous Huxley.
• Review logical fallacies
• Evaluate and analyze 2 ads
• Identify fallacies in presidential campaign ads
• Please remember to work on your persuasion project, which is due April 14!! 

   Monday, 03-29--

• Dangling modifiers BW
• Propaganda--
  • Impact of media
  • Tricks of advertisers
  • Intro. propaganda project (due April 14)

WEEK OF 03-23 TO 03-26:

     Thursday, 03-25:

• Dangling and misplaced modifiers activity (Due Monday, 03-29)
• Propaganda discussion and notes
• Final draft of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde essays due Monday!!

    Wednesday, 03-24:

• Edit and revise rough drafts of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde essays (Final drafts are due Monday, 03-29).
• 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. 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 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 discussion logs ch. 1-3 due
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde literature circles, ch. 1-3

  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).

   Monday, 02-22--

• Finish "Malachi's Cove" and complete reading comprehension questions.
• Sonnets due!
• 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)
• HW: Read Sonnet 43 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Answer questions and write your own sonnet. (see attachment) Due Monday, 02-22.

     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--

• Vocabulary 3 practice
• Literary Analysis: Students were assigned to read one of six poems and complete a literary analysis sheet. They then met with three or four other students and created a poster based on their literary findings. Students presented their information to the class (four groups will present on Wednesday).

    Wednesday, 02-10--

• Reading comprehension practice: poetry
• Vocabulary list #3 (HW due Wednesday, 02-17)
• Nature poems due!

     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"
• HW: Finish nature poem. Be sure it is 12-14 lines in length, focused on something in nature, and tied to emotion. Include a picture of the inspiration (photo, image, drawing). Due Wednesday, 02-10.

WEEK OF 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)
• Persuasive speeches (final speeches Wednesday)

 

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)

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

     Monday, 01-11-

• Quiz over persuasive techniques
• Persuasive techniques packet due!
• 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.