Collaboration, Engagement, Integrity,

Creative & Critical Thinkers

Our school-wide core values

Mr. David Ambrose

Medford High School

English Language Arts Department

Mister Ambrose
489 Winthrop St.
Medford, MA 02155
ph: 781.393.2345
dambrose@medford.k12.ma.us

Sophomores 2015-2016

Day 177: Thursday, June 16, 2016

Honors:

Distribute summer reading list
Finish sharing soundtracks
Jeopardy review game
Small group test review
HW: Prepare for final exam.

Standard:

Distribute summer reading list
Final Day Celebration
Touch base with students about missing work
HW: Prepare for final exam.

Day 176: Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Honors:

Review Graphic Organizer
Final Exam Review - Actual Questions
Share Songs

Standard:

Outdoor lesson and exam review

Day 175: Tuesday, June 14, 2016

Honors:

Finish Catcher SRS questions
Read and discuss Salinger bio excerpt
Graphic organizer
Distribute exam review

Standard:

Jenna's song
Distribute exam review
Final Exam review - first 15 questions
All Along the Watchtower

Day 174: Monday, June 13, 2016

Honors: Catcher in the Rye

Standard: Ballads

Day 173: Friday, June 10, 2016

Honors: Catcher in the Rye

Standard: Ballads

Day 172: Thursday, June 9, 2016

Honors:

Personality Test Activities

Standard:

Schoolboy Q
J. Cole
Queen
Bob Dylan

Day 171: Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Standard:

Piano Man
Long Black Veil

Honors:

Three Levels of Personality: Supposed Self, Persona, True Self
Small Group: Identify a scene in which Holden's three levels of personality are not in accord.
Large Group Discussion
HW: Read ch. 11-15

Day 170: Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Honors:

Do Now: Read passage about Allie Caulfield from ch. 5. Write the composition that Holden writes for Stradlater. Share.
Small Groups: Characterization

D.B.
Phoebe
Allie
Spencer
Haas
Stradlater
Ackley
Jane

Discussion: Present out on how each is characterized and what this characterization says about Holden.
HW: Read ch. 6-10

Standard:

Amazing Grace
Stan

Day 169: Monday, June 6, 2016

Honors:

Discuss and submit Earnest Essay
Catcher in the Rye introductory activities

PowerPoint Intro
Agree/Disagree
Book Review

Begin Reading Catcher in the Rye
HW: Read through ch. 6 or Catcher.

Standard:

Discuss and submit Comedy Essay
Ballad Introduction

Rapping, Deconstructed
Discussion and Takeaways
Ballad PPT

Ballad of the Day - Gilligan's Isle
HW: No HW

Day 167 & 168: Thursday & Friday, June 2 & 3, 2016

Computer Lab to work on Earnest Essay

Day 166: Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Honors Essay Topics

Wilde wrote many poems. Select three of his poems and offer a comprehensive literary analysis. Compare Wilde’s poetry to The Importance of Being Earnest, with particular attention to literary devices and ironic wit.

Discuss how Wilde’s life experiences may have impacted the views expressed in his works, particularly in The Importance of Earnest.

The Importance of Being Earnest is often lauded as a terrific satire of the Victorian Age. In a well-developed essay, define the term satire and provide particular examples of how the play satirizes Victorian society.

Day 165: Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Earnest Test

Day 164: Friday, May 27, 2016

Both Classes:

Day 2 of Earnest movie
Submit guided viewing sheet as ticket out
HW: Study for Earnest Test

Day 163: Thursday, May 26, 2016

Standard:

Day 1 of Earnest movie

Honors:

Alternate assignment because of field trip

Speed Dating from Sanford?
Comedy handout from Sanford?

Day 162: Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Standard:

Act 3

Honors:

Day 1 of Earnest movie

Day 161: Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Standard:

Finish Reading Act 2
"Quiz Two"
Quiet Writing About Act 2

Honors:

Share writing about Act 2
Read Act 3
Answer Act 3 questions
HW: Act 3 journal

Day 160: Monday, May 23, 2016

Standard:

Check off questions from Friday (Act 1)
Finish reading Act 1
Read Act 2

Honors:

Read Act 2
Act 2 Questions
HW: Act 2 Writing Prompt

Day 159: Friday, May 20, 2016

Standard:

Finish reading Act 1 (last half page)
Discussion questions in small groups
Review discussion questions and submit as ticket out the door
NO HW - Congratulations on finishing MCAS!

Honors:

Share and submit HW (letter to friend)
Finish reading Act 1 (last two pages)
Discussion and analysis questions
Review discussion questions and submit as ticket out the door
NO HW - Congratulations on finishing MCAS!

Day 158: Thursday, May 19, 2016

Standard:

Read Act 1 (first half) of Importance of Being Earnest
Take notes on characterization as we go
NO HW

Honors:

Read Act 1
Take notes on characterization as we go
HW: Write a one page letter to a friend explaining how you will get out of your commitments (i.e. Bunburying)

Day 157: Wednesday, May 18, 2016

MCAS Recovery

Day 156: Tuesday, May 17, 2016

All Classes:

Today's Objective:

To learn about various types of comedy.

Today's Agenda:

Review 10 Comedy Characteristics
Comedy Clippage

Burlesque - Fresh Prince
Absurdism - Napoleon Dynamite
Sentimental Comedy - Grinch
Mistaken Identity - Parent Trap
Blocking Figure - Meet the Parents
All-Inclusive Resolution - WaterBoy

Honors - Vile Victorians

Tonight's HW:

Get a good night's sleep for MCAS!

Day 155: Monday, May 16, 2016

All Classes:

Today's Objective:

To introduce the Victorian Age to provide context for The Importance of Being Earnest.

Today's Agenda:

Who needs to finish satire test?
Opener: excerpt from Literary 100

Honors: Silently read, annotate, discuss
Standard: Read aloud, discuss

Notes on the Victorian Age

Tonight's HW:

Get a good night's sleep because you have Math MCAS tomorrow!

Day 154: Friday, May 13, 2016

All Classes:

Satire Test
Hand in Modest Proposal Essay

HW: Enjoy the weekend!

Day 153: Thursday, May 12, 2016

Standard:

When does satire go too far? - PPT
When does satire go too far? - handout

Borat
South Park
Colbert Report
Sassy Gay Friend

Quietly Work on Modest Proposal Essay
Share Modest Proposal Essay with Partner
Satire Test Review - large group
Satire Test Review - small group
HW: Finish Modest Proposal essay. Study for test.

Honors:

Wrap up discussion of Swift's Gulliver's Travels (from yesterday)
When does satire go too far? (See above.)
Small Groups: Consult with partners on Modest Proposal Essay
Satire Test Review - large group
Satire Test Review - small group
HW: Finish typing your own Modest Proposal Essay. (Honors, don't forget the meta-cognitive reflection.) Study for Test.

Day 152: Wednesday, May 11, 2016

Standard:

Write fourth paragraph of your essay - your legitimate ideas for suggestions to solve your problem
In small groups, create study guide for tomorrow's test and begin to study for tomorrow's test.
HW: Study for tomorrow's test. Work on essay (Due Friday).

Honors:

Work on Modest Proposal essay assignment (due Friday)
In small groups, create study guide for tomorrow's test and begin to study for tomorrow's test.
HW: Study for tomorrow's test. Work on essay (due Friday).

Day 151: Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Standard:

Share Eggplant Satirical Newspaper Projects

Rohan's group
Thaisa's group
Jenna's group
Hannah's group

Quiet Journal Time:

Finish graphic organizer
Write first paragraph - make the image vivid!

Share Introductory Paragraphs with Group
Quiet Journal Time:

Describe your satirical solution
Write your six "logical reasons" why it will work

Share in Small Groups
HW: Continue working on your Modest Proposal essay

Honors:

Small Groups to wrap up yesterday's questions (10 minutes)
Large Group to review questions (10 minutes)
View 2081 film adaptation of story (25 minutes)
Discuss film adaptation
HW: Continue working on your Modest Proposal essay

Day 150: Monday, May 9, 2016

DOWNLOAD ASSIGNMENT SHEET AND RUBRIC FOR MODEST PROPOSAL ESSAY HERE!

Standard:

Scaffolding for Your Own Modest Proposal

Revisit requirements for essay
Share ideas from HW
More mentor texts - Shoot hooligans, not hoops
Graphic organizers for all five parts of the proposal
Silently write intro paragraph
Share and workshop

HW: Continue work on essay

Honors:

Revisit requirements for essay
Opener: Modest Proposal AP Questions
Harrison Bergeron
HW: Continue to work on essay

Day 149: Friday, May 6, 2016

Today's Agenda:

Wrap up the Week

Standard: Review Ms. Sanford's Handout

Present Satirical Newspaper Projects
Review Your Own Modest Proposal Assignment
Rubric
Mentor Text - Nicole Avella's essay
Begin work on Your Own Modest Proposal

HW: Begin work on Your Own Modest Proposal (due Friday, May 13)

Day 148: Thursday, May 5, 2016

A Modest Proposal, Day 2

Standard:

Opener: Vocabulary - individually (look up on your phone what you don't know), then all together
Finish Reading A Modest Proposal

Review yesterday's material
Italics
Conclusion

Small Groups: Ms. Sanford's Handout
Large Group: Review Ms. Sanford's Handout
HW: Finish Eggplant Satire Project; be prepared to present tomorrow

Honors:

Opener: Vocabulary - small groups, then all together
Small Groups: Ms. Sanford's Question Sheet
Review Ms. Sanford's Questions Sheet
HW: Finish Eggplant Satire Project; be prepared to present tomorrow

Day 147: Wednesday, May 4, 2016

A Modest Proposal, Day 1

Standard:

Large Circle: Read Modest Proposal - use Mr. Ambrose's guided notes to annotate and to discuss
Textbook Discussion Questions or Ms. Sanford's Handout (scaffold as appropriate)
Review Questions
HW: Work on Eggplant Satire Project

Honors:

Large Circle: Read Modest Proposal - use Mr. Ambrose's guided notes to annotate and to discuss
Ms. Sanford's Handout
Review Ms. Sanford's Handout (jigsaw as appropriate)
HW: Work on Eggplant Satire Project

Day 146: Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Standard:

Humanities Computer Lab to Work on Satirical Newspaper Project

Honors:

Comparing Twain and Dylan

The War Prayer
With God On Our Side

Political Cartoons

Small groups: Find a good political cartoon on your phone and tweet it at me
Large group: Present out and explain the commentary/techniques of your political cartoon

HW: Work on Eggplant Satirical Newspaper Project (due Friday)

Day 145: Monday, May 2, 2016

Humanities Computer Lab reserved for this day.

HW: Continue work on your satirical newspaper project.

On tap for Satire Unit:

DDM
When does satire go too far?
Mark Twain and Bob Dylan
Harrison Bergeron (honors)
Gulliver's Travels
A Modest Proposal
Political Cartoons

Day 144: Friday, April 29, 2016

Today's Objective:

To take the DDM post-test.

Today's Agenda:

DDM post-test
Read outside reading book

This Weekend's HW:

Work on your satirical newspaper project.

Day 143: Thursday, April 28, 2016

Today's Objective:

To learn the difference between Horatian and Juvenalian satire.
To work on writing our own satire articles.

Today's Agenda:

Small groups to work on ideas for Eggplant satirical newspaper project
Bullet point notes on the difference between Horatian and Juvenalian satire
Horatian Satire

Read bio of Horace
Read and analyze Satire I
Answer discussion questions about Satire I

Juvenalian Satire

Read bio of Juvenal
Read and analyze Satire VII
Answer discussion questions about Satire VII

Independent Writing

Try to write your own poetic satire in the style of either Horace or Juvenal
Share as your ticket out the door

HW: Continue work on satirical newspaper assignment

Day 142: Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Today's Objective:

To analyze a few more examples of satire, including videos and articles.

Today's Agenda:

Mr. Ambrose's choices for satire - how do they employ the four satirical techniques and what is the message?

Student Choices
Onion Articles on overhead (if student choices do not feature articles)
Small Groups to brainstorm ideas for satirical newspaper

Tonight's HW:

Continue work on satirical newspaper assignment.

Day 141: Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Today's Objective:

To share and analyze examples of satire that students have identified.

Today's Agenda:

Student examples of satire
Mr. Ambrose's examples of satire
Review rubric and expectations for Eggplant satirical newspaper project.

Tonight's HW:

Begin work on Eggplant satirical newspaper assignment.

Day 140: Monday, April 25, 2016

Both Classes:

Objective: To learn to identify the four major techniques of Satire.
Introduce Satire Unit
HW:

Standard: Bring in an example of satire (video or print) to share with the class.
Honors: Bring in an example of satire (video or print) to share with the class. Write a two-paragraph analysis of what satirical techniques are used and what the social commentary is.

Day 139: Friday, April 15, 2016

Both Classes:

Animal Farm test
No HW over April vacation

Day 138: Thursday, April 14, 2016

Standard:

Review Chapters 8 and 9
Russian Revolution Symbolism Part 2
Read Chapter 10
Discussion of Moral of Book
Review for Test
HW: Study for Test

Honors:

Round Robin Vocab Exercise
Small Groups: Finish Chapter 8 and 9 Questions; Share Theme of Animal Farm
Review Chapter 8 and 9 Questions
Discuss Chapter 10 (Moral of the Book)
Test Review
Other Propaganda Videos (Sara)
HW: Study for Test

Day 137: Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Standard:

Thank you for being so great with yesterday's activity!
Propaganda Analysis Lesson

notes
video examples

Stalin
Modern

Read Chapter 8
Work with Chapter 8 (questions and activities)
HW: Read Chapter 9

Honors:

Read chapter 9 for this day.
Continue with videos from yesterday (student choice).
Russian Revolution PPT 2.
Chapter 8 and 9 activities and questions.

Small Groups
Review with Large Group

HW: Read ch. 10. Response paper on the moral of the book.

Day 136: Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Standard:

project presentations with Ms. McMahon and Ms. Sanford

5 minutes to touch base with group
5 minute presentations

HW: Read chapter 8; write notes

Honors:

Read chapter 8 for this day.
Review chapter 8.
Stalin Propaganda video - view and discuss techniques
Propaganda videos - students bring in videos (extra credit for students who present) - discuss - decide what propaganda techniques are used.
Notes on the Russian Revolution, part 2.
Begin reading chapter 9.
HW: Read ch. 9 and answer discussion questions.

Day 135: Monday, April 11, 2016

Standard:

10 minutes - announcement: check grades on iPass, award extra credit for food donations and poetry contest participation, super fast review of ch. 7; prep in classes; hand out assignment; overview of project; choose one buddy
remainder - meet in science lecture hall to create projects
HW: Finish project

Honors:

Read chapter 7 for this day.
Announcement: check grades on iPass
Anthem test? submitted?
Award extra credit for food donations and poetry contest participation
Review chapter 7 questions.
Review definition of propaganda.
Examine propaganda techniques.
Examine and discuss modern propaganda videos.

HW: Read ch. 8 and answer discussion questions.
Bonus: Find good propaganda videos.

Day 134: Friday, April 8, 2016

Standard:

Review Chapter 5 Discussion Questions
Russian Revolution PPT notes - Part 1
Read Chapter 6
HW: Read Chapter 7. Answer discussion questions.

Honors:

Shellby's Presentations

Review Prometheus and the Olympics
Types of Government

Review Chapter 4 and 5 Discussion Questions
Russian Revolution PPT notes - Part 1
Read Chapter 6
HW: Read Chapter 7. Answer discussion questions.

Day 134: Thursday, April 7, 2016

Standard:

Opener:

Review chapter 3 questions (last night's HW)

Small Groups:

Review persuasive techniques
Chapter 3 Propaganda Analysis Activity (Squealer's explanation)

Review Squealer's passage from Chapter 3
Read and discuss Chapter 4

Answer Chapter 4 discussion questions

HW: Read Chapter 5. Answer chapter 5 discussion questions.

Honors:

Opener:

Review similarities between "Beasts of England" and "The Internationale" (from yesterday's classwork
Review chapter 2 discussion questions (from HW last night)

Small Groups:

Activity 1: Close Reading Inference Questions - Conversation between Mollie and Snowball
Activity 2: Pros and Cons of the Rebellion

Large Group: Read chapter 3 and answer guiding questions

Perhaps break into small groups after modelling reading aloud

HW: Read ch. 4 and 5 of Animal Farm. Answer discussion questions.

Day 133: Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Standard:

Animal Farm

Review and submit chapter 2 discussion questions
Chapter 2 handout with close reading activities

Vocabulary
Analysis questions
Activity 1: Close Reading inference questions
Activity 2: Pros and Cons

Begin reading chapter 3
Hand back work
HW: Read chapter 3 and answer discussion questions

Honors:

Submit Anthem Essay
Animal Farm Introduction

George Orwell notes (10 min.)
Journal and Discussion (10 min.)
Read chapter 1 (10 min.)
Small groups: Compare Beasts of England and The Internationale (10 min. in groups, 10 min. to review)

HW: Read chapter 2. Answer discussion questions.

Day 132: Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Standard:

Animal Farm

Review and submit chapter 1 questions
Small Groups: Analyze "Beasts of England" vs. "The Internationale"

Honors:

Anthem Test
HW: Finish Anthem 600-word essay

Day 131: Monday, April 4, 2016

Standard:

Introduce Animal Farm

Honors:

Anthem Day 6: Final Discussion
Do Now: Read passage about Prometheus; identify similarities; Discuss
Small Groups: Questions from ch. 10-12; ID passages from Ch. 12 to read
Wrap up Circle Discussion with "further discussion" questions.
Discuss Symbolism
Test Review; Distribute Anthem essay assignment.
Bow-Fly comes to talk about AP
HW: Prepare for Anthem test (for Tuesday).
HW: Work on Anthem 600-word essay (Due Wednesday).
Here are the prompts for the Anthem essays:

"It is a sin to write this." So begins Anthem. By the end of the story, Equality has a different moral assessment of his action. Do you think Equality's eventual assessment of his sin is correct? Why or why not?
Explain.Anthem portrays a totalitarian world of the future. In contrast to other such portrayals, the world in Anthem is technologically primitive. What does this imply about the nature of science and technology and the conditions for technological progress, and how do events of the story establish that view?

Day 130: Friday, April 1, 2o16

Standard:

Wrap up Anthem projects (Sarah, Savanna, Juliana)
Hand in Anthem books
Outside Reading
Hand back work
Reading Journal Response a la Nancy Atwell
Share
HW: Quarter 3 make-up work and revisions due on Wednesday

Honors:

Anthem Day 5: Chapters 7, 8, and 9
Do Now: Journal on ch. 7-8 discussion sheet; share
Small Groups:

Ch. 7-8 discussion sheets
Quotes from last night's reading

Discuss last night's reading in large circle
Distribute discussion questions.
HW: Finish book. Complete discussion questions.

Day 129: Thursday, March 31, 2016

Standard:

3 presentations of Anthem projects

Jenna, Arielle, Jenisse - The Giver
Kim, Schneider, Najha, Thaisa - The Maze Runner
Tre, Rohan, Claudia, Fiori - The Maze Runner

HW: Bring in your Anthem book and your outside reading book. Don't forget!

Honors:

Anthem Day 4: Chapters 5 and 6
Review ch. 3-6
Review graphic organizer (containing terms from yesterday)
Invictus vs. Anthem lesson
HW: Read Chapters 7, 8, 9. Complete discussion questions.

Day 128: Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Standard:

3 presentations of Anthem projects

Honors:

Anthem Day 3: Chapters 3 and 4
Small Groups:

Review HW discussion questions (ch. 3 and 4)
Complete graphic organizer for term definitions

Large Group Review

Ch. 3 and 4 Discussion Questions
Review Graphic Organizer

Begin Reading Ch. 5
HW: Read Chapters 5 and 6. Take notes as you read.

Day 127: Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Standard:

Computer Lab reserved to work on Anthem projects
Be prepared to present tomorrow
HW: Work on Anthem project. Presentations on Wednesday, 3/30, and Thursday, 3/31.

Honors:

Anthem Day 2: Chapters 1 and 2
Collect Othello Books
Small Groups to Confer on HW
Large Group Circle Discussion on Ch. 1 and 2 - reading passages, guided questions, student questions, discussion, etc.
Begin ch. 3
HW: Read Chapters 3 and 4. Complete discussion questions.

Day 126: Monday, March 28, 2016

Standard:

Review expectations for Anthem group project
Divide into 6 groups
Computer Lab reserved to work on Anthem projects
HW: Work on Anthem project. Presentations on Wednesday, 3/30, and Thursday, 3/31.

Honors:

Anthem Day 1: Introduction
Anthem Journal and Discussion
Tenets of Objectivism (Review)
Begin Reading Chapter 1
HW: Read Chapters 1 and 2. Complete discussion questions.

Day 125: Thursday, March 24, 2016

Both Classes:

Celebrate! We are done with MCAS!
Eli Roth Documentary: How evil are you?
No HW! Enjoy a great weekend with your families!

Tuesday and Wednesday

Excerpts from previous year's MCAS (2014 and 2015)

Honors: review Othello test

Standard: submit Anthem essays

Day 122: Monday, March 21, 2016

Standard:

Submit take home test
Final MCAS tips day
Quick write with prompts from previous years
Use handouts emailed to Mrs. Saulnier and Mr. Esner
HW: ENTER MCAS MODE!

Honors:

Submit take home test
Final MCAS tips day
Quick write with prompts from previous years
Use handouts emailed to Mrs. Saulnier and Mr. Esner
HW: ENTER MCAS MODE!

Day 121: Friday, March 18, 2016

Standard:

First 15 minutes:

Review open response re: similarities between Anthem and Prometheus and submit
Finish reading ch. 12 and discuss
Review take home test essay prompts

Rest of period: Work with Ms. Sanford's class - nonfiction MCAS prep and long comp quick write
HW: Anthem take home test - write a 600-word essay on one of these two prompts:

"It is a sin to write this." So begins Anthem. By the end of the story, Equality has a different moral assessment of his action. Do you think Equality's eventual assessment of his sin is correct? Why or why not? Explain.
Anthem portrays a totalitarian world of the future. In contrast to other such portrayals, the world in Anthem is technologically primitive. What does this imply about the nature of science and technology and the conditions for technological progress, and how do events of the story establish that view?

Honors:

Discussion on seven statements of Othello
Nonfiction MCAS Prep and long comp quick write
HW: Othello take home test

Day 120: Thursday, March 17, 2016

Standard:

Hand back corrected essays
Do Now: Read story of Prometheus
Talk about ch. 11 summary; submit
Read chapter 12
Latter half: hand back long comp work, meet with Ms. Saulnier's class
HW: 2-paragraph open response about similarity between Prometheus and Equality

Honors:

Hand back corrected essays
Review Seven statements about Othello
Act 5 on DVD
Discussion: questions from logs and submit
HW: One page response to one of seven statemetns on Othello
DOWNLOAD SEVEN STATEMENTS ABOUT OTHELLO HERE.

Day 119: Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Standard:

Submit MCAS long composition
Discuss ch. 9 questions
Read ch. 10; Discussion questions
HW: Read chapter 11. Write a paragraph summary.

Honors:

Review Act 4 logs
Read 5.1
HW: Read 5.2. Write in log for Act 5.

Day 118: Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Standard:

Meeting in science lecture hall
First Half

Meet with Ms. Saulnier's and Mr. Esner's class
Share benchmark essay from DESE
Students share and respond to essays

Second Half

Anthem, ch. 9-10 - read around
Anthem questions and activities

HW: Finish ch. 10 and reading questions

Honors:

Othello log check
Othello Act 3 on video
Read and Act out 4.1
HW: Othello 4.2 and 4.3

Day 117: Monday, March 14, 2016

Standard:

Touch base to make sure we are all set for long comp
Read ch. 5-8
Ch. 5-8 graphic organizers and handout questions
HW: Finish ch. 9 and 10 reading questions

Honors:

With Esner's class

peer edits
brainstorming

Day 116: Friday, March 11, 2016

Standard:

Go to library to work on typing and revising long composition essay
HW: Make sure your MCAS long composition is typed and printed for class on Monday.

Honors:

Meet with Mr. Esner in first cafe
Review Long Comp Anchor Paper from DESE
Self-score and edit long comp from last night in small groups
2014 on the MCAS - complete packet and review

Merchant of Venice
Obsession

HW: Finish MCAS open reponse or TGAS (per Esner)

Day 115: Thursday, March 10, 2016

Standard in computer lab to work on typing essay (1 of 5 essay prompts)

Honors:

Return to 3.3. Review Othello as dynamic character.
Daily Paraphrase 3.4 - complete individually, review as group
3 Small Groups: Prepare passing the handkerchief scenes
3.4 Act out Passing the handkerchief scenes
HW: Have your final version of your essay typed for tomorrow

Day 114: Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Standard and Honors:

In-class handwritten essay in response to one of the five most recent long comp prompts

Day 113: Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Standard:

Hand back work - revise for more points
Share, discuss, and submit HW (metaphor of light)
Read "Invictus" - process main idea, journal on it, dissect lines
Small Groups: ID similarities between Invictus and Anthem; write open response graphic organizer
HW: Open response (1-2 paragraphs) - synthesis question re: "Invictus" and Anthem

Honors:

Hand back work - revise for more points
Finish completing Act 2 handout in small groups
Discuss Act 2 questions
Quickly review 3.1-3.3 (using handout)
Othello 3.3

read aloud excerpts to complete in relay - focus on Othello as a dynamic character within the scene

HW: Othello 3.4

Day 112: Monday, March 7, 2016

Standard:

First 15 minutes with Ms. Sanford's Class

Get with your group from Friday
Share your open response paragraphs
Report back to group and submit

Revisit questions about chapter 3 (discovery of electricity)
Read ch. 4 in large group, discuss names

Journal and discussion for names if time allows

HW: Open response (1-2 paragraphs) - How does Ayn Rand use the metaphor of the discovery of light to convey theme in chapter 3-4?

Honors

Score, share, and submit HW (passage about Whitman and Lincoln)
Small Groups: Complete Looking Back at Act 2 Handout, then Report Out to Large Group
HW: Finish reading Othello 3.3. Write in your journal log book.

Day 111: Friday, March 4, 2016

Standard:

Class potentially meets with Mrs. Saulnier and Ms. Sanford's classes
Review Long Composition Prompt Ideas
The Fountainhead MCAS questions
Graphic Organizer
HW: Formalize your MCAS open response prompt (The Fountainhead)

Honors:

Review Long Composition Prompt Ideas
Whitman vs. Lincoln MCAS (use graphic organizer)
HW: Formalize your MCAS open response prompt (Whitman vs. Lincoln)

Day 110: Thursday, March 3, 2016

Standard:

Small Groups:

Discuss chapter 2 discussion questions
Complete graphic organizer
HW check for chapters 1 and 2.

Large Group:

Review chapter 2 discussion questions
Review graphic organizer
Read aloud passages from chapter 2

Read Chapter 3 as we read, answer discussion questions.
HW: Long Comp Prompt "Matchbox" Outline for 5 prompts
Download prompts here

Honors:

Review Long Comp Prompts
Small Groups to Prep for Performance
Perform 2.3
View 2.3 on DVD
HW: Long Comp Prompts - Outline 5 prompts - include (1) name of book, (2) name of character, and (3) three talking points
Download prompts here

Day 109: Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Standard:

Large Group: Reread highlighted passages of Anthem

Students share quotes

Journal: Describe Society
Small Groups: 7 questions (or large group)
Begin Reading Chapter 2
HW: Read chapter 2 of Anthem. Answer 5 discussion questions from sheet. Complete graphic organizer.

Honors:

Daily Paraphrase 2.1
Othello's Shortest Scene
Blocking and Stage Direction
Performing the Remainder of the Scene - Make Assignments
HW: Finish prepping scene.

Day 108: Monday, February 29, 2016

Standard:

Intro Day for Ayn Rand's Anthem

Journal and Discussion: Purpose in Life
Small Groups: Tenets of Objectivism
Large Group: Present Out Tenets
Distribute Books and Begin Reading Chapter 1
HW: Finsh Reading Chapter 1. Write down 3 quotes that you think are interesting/important and respond to them in their journal.
Read online here!

Honors:

Acting 2.1.1-181
Defining Actor's Objectives
Read-Through and Role-Play
Instant Performance
Spotlighting Lines
Pick any short scene in the play so far and imagine you are playing one of the roles. Figure out the character's objective for that scene, and for the play as a whole.
HW: Read Othello 2.2 and 2.3 and write a short summary in your log book.

Day 107: Friday, February 26, 2016

Standard:

Present Othello projects
Shakespeare on the MCAS (or other MCAS prep)
Outside Reading
HW Read outside reading book for 20 minutes

Honors:

Review Iago's First Soliloquy (last night's HW)
Shakespeare on the MCAS
Outside Reading
HW: Othello 2.1 and 2.2 - read and respond in notebook
Read outside reading book

Day 106: Thursday, February 25, 2016

Standard:

Working period for Othello project (library computer lab)
HW: Project due Friday

Honors:

Review 1.2 Question Sheet
Act 1 on Video
Answer Questions about Act 1.3 (and Act 1 in general)
HW: Daily Paraphrase 1.3: Iago's First Soliloquy

Day 105: Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Standard:

Working period for Othello project
HW: Project due Friday

Honors:

Review 1.1 Quote Sheet
1.2 Questions
Stand Up and Act 1.2
1.2 Quote Sheet
HW: Read 1.3 and take notes.

Day 104: Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Standard:

Clarify any questions re: Othello director's promptbook assignment
Working period for Othello director's promptbook assignment
HW: Continue work on Othello director's promptbook assignment (due Friday)

Honors:

Review Othello Dramatis Personae and Fast Facts
Review Othello Map
Questions from Last Night's Reading
Stand Up and Act 1.1
Small Groups: Review Questions from 1.1
HW: Read Othello 1.2. Write bullet point notes.

Day 103: Monday, February 22, 2016

Standard:

Review Othello director's promptbook assignment
Working period for Othello director's promptbook assignment
HW: Work on Othello director's promptbook assignment (due Friday)

Honors:

Othello Reputation Activity in Small Groups
Discuss Othello Reputation Quotes
HW: Read Othello 1.1. Write bullet point notes.

What's on tap for after break:

Standard:

Othello Director's Promptbook Creative Group Project

Introduce
Work Samples

MCAS Boot Camp (lots of nonfiction articles and long composition practice)

Honors:

Othello Introduction

Reputation Activity
Dramatis Personae
Etc.

MCAS Boot Camp (lots of nonfiction articles and long composition practice)

Honors Options - Look Into Them:

Shakespeare in Love
In Search of Shakespeare
A Room of One's Own - Esner's unit next week
Video about Shakespeare's Globe Theater

Day 102: Friday, February 12, 2016

Standard:

Quarter 2 Reflection: Goals
Peer assess, share, and submit Othello essays
Read O articles (half the class one, half the class the other)
Discuss O articles and film
Outside Reading
NO HW OVER VACATION!

Honors:

Outside Reading
Peer grade, share, and submit Woolf Essays
PSAT Section 1 Review (Reading Comprehension)
NO HW OVER VACATION!

Day 101: Thursday, February 11, 2016

Standard:

O
HW: Finish Othello Essay

Honors:

Laptop Cart Reserved
Work on Woolf Essay
HW: Finish Woolf Essay

Day 100: Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Honors:

Peer revision day on essay
Share ideas, thesis, questions with large group
Quiet response
Small groups to workshop essay
Large group sharing
Work on adding quotes
HW: Essay due Friday

Standard:

O
HW: Work on Othello Essay (Due Friday)

Day 99: Tuesday, Feburary 9, 2016

Honors:

PSAT review section 2
Small groups work on essay
HW: Draft of essay

Standard:

Do Now: Read and annotate Patrick Stewart article. Answer questions.
Discuss article.
Small Groups: Discuss HW (response to 7 statements of Othello)
Large Group: Begin to brainstorm outline for essay on 7 statements on Othello (on board)
HW: Formalize outline

Monday, February 8, 2016

Snow Day

Friday, February 5, 2016

Snow Day

Day 98: Thursday, February 4, 2016

Standard:

Review Daily Paraphrase
Finish Discussing Act 4 on Video Discussion Questions
5.1 and 5.2 on Video?
HW: Be ready for tomorrow.

Honors:

Ambrose has IEP meeting
5 Discussion questions on Woolf essay
Work in small groups on matchbox, outline, etc. for AP-style essay (Find quotes)
HW: Continue work on essay. Bring in outside reading book and PSAT packet.

Day 97: Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Standard (in rows to start):

Review HW (foreshadowing in 4.3)

Have a student summarize the scene
Discuss definition of foreshadowing
Identify particular lines of foreshadowing
Submit HW

View Act 4 (and some of Act 3.4) with guided viewing sheet (1:07-1:33)
Small Groups to answer questions
Discuss interpretation of Act 4 on video
HW: Daily Paraphrase 4.2.

Honors (in rows to start):

Outstanding Ideas from Yesterday's Discussion

Take time to share passages that particularly resonated with you
Take time to answer questions

So, like, what are Woolf's big ideas? Supporting talking points?
Share AP Essay Prompt (use JFK question as a sample)
Review of Basic Rhetorical Strategies - PPT
Small Groups: Work on "matchbox" and outline for essay
HW: Continue work on "matchbox" and outline for essay
Prompt: How does Virginia Woolf use essay structure and rhetorical strategies to convey her main idea in her essay?

Day 96: Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Standard:

Read and act out 4.1
Read and act out 4.2
Discuss HW (language in Shakespeare's world that subjugates women) and submit
HW: Read 4.3. Write about 1-3 particular examples of foreshadowing in the text.

Honors:

Small groups:

Review argument map/outline
ID passages to read
ID questions about the text

Grade consultation
Large Group Discussion

Day 95: Monday, February 1, 2016

Standard:

Review Merchant of Venice MCAS packet
Othello Act 4

Honors:

Share and submit Shakespeare in Love essays
Revisit "A Room of One's Own" (what do we have for argument map so far?)
Continue reading in large circle
Small groups: Argument mapping
On tap: AP style essay outline
HW: Formalize argument map

Day 94: Friday, January 29, 2016

Standard:

Othello video: Act 3.4, discuss Othello as a dynamic character
MCAS Preparation: 2014 Merchant of Venice in small groups
Outside reading
HW: Merchant of Venice open response

Honors

PSAT packet review (See junior honors lesson plan)
HW: Finish Shakespeare in Love essay

Day 93: Thursday, January 28, 2016

Standard:

Hand back work
Share and submit Othello dynamic character paragraph
Small group: Review Daily Paraphrase 3.4
Act 3 on video
Discussion
HW: Read for 20 minutes and write a reader response journal.

Honors:

Introduce Classical Argument
Read "A Room of One's Own"

ID Main ideas
ID vocab for word wall
be cognizant of structure

Small groups: Create argument map
Wrap up: Share argument map
HW: Work on essay (due Monday)

Day 92: Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Standard:

Read 3.4 in small groups and write about the path of the handkerchief

Honors:

Small groups: Work on Shakespeare in Love essay

Day 91: Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Standard:

Small Groups: Review HW
Large Group: Discuss 3.3 - Othello's dynamic change
Stand it up and act it out in relay
HW: 1-2 paragraph response on Othello as a dynamic character

Honors:

Humanities computer lab to work on Shakespeare in Love essay
HW: Work on Shakespeare in Love essay.

Day 90: Monday, January 25, 2016

Standard:

Opener: Write open response for "Sold" (2016 MCAS)
Examine samples of open responses from DESE website
Score your own response
Read "Law of Hippocrates" (2016 MCAS)
Small Groups: Multiple Choice
Ticket Out: Turn in Packet
HW: Read Othello 3.3. Write about Othello as a dynamic character (changes over time)

Honors:

Shakespeare in Love
Discussion
Work on Essay
HW: Outline and brainstorm ideas for Shakespeare in Love essay

Day 89: Friday, January 22, 2016

Standard:

Review questions from 3.3
MCAS preparation
Outside reading

Honors:

Shakespeare in Love
Download Shakespeare in Love essay prompts here.

Day 88: Thursday, January 21, 2016

Standard:

Opener: Daily Paraphrase 2.3
3.1 and 3.2 - Read and discuss
3.3 - Small groups, answer questions on handouts
HW: MIDTERM EXAM PERIOD> PREPARE FOR MIDTERM EXAMS.

Honors:

Shakespeare in Love
Download Shakespeare in Love essay prompts here.
HW: MIDTERM EXAM PERIOD. PREPARE FOR MIDTERM EXAMS.

Day 87: Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Both Classes:

Midterm Exam
HW: MIDTERM EXAM PERIOD. PREPARE FOR MIDTERM EXAMS.

Day 86: Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Standard:

Midterm exam review

How to study
Small groups
Large groups

HW: Study for exam
DOWNLOAD STANDARD REVIEW SHEET HERE.

Honors:

Present and submit five-paragraph essay
Midterm Exam review
HW: Prepare for midterm exam
DOWNLOAD HONORS REVIEW SHEET HERE.

No school on Monday, January 18 (MLK Day).

Day 85: Friday, January 15, 2016

Standard:

Review Act 2 HW (and collect that HW and stage direction HW)
Othello Act 1 and 2 Quiz
Act 2 on video
Outside Reading
Items to review for midterm exam
HW: Begin to review for midterm exam

Honors:

Sonnet Presentations
Outside Reading (when you are done with your test)
Items to review for midterm exam
HW:

Five-paragraph sonnet analysis essay due Tuesday, January 19.
Begin reviewing for midterm exam

Day 84: Thursday, January 14, 2016

Standard:

Small Groups: Prep 2.3
Perform and discuss 2.3
HW: Complete Act 2 Review Sheets

Honors:

See Monday, January 11.

Day 83: Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Standard:

Small groups (prep your scene)
Act out 2.3 (6 groups)
Discuss
HW: Begin "Looking back at Act 2" handout

Honors:

See Monday, January 11.

Day 82: Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Standard:

Othello 2.1-2.3

Daily Paraphrase
2.2
Blocking and Stage Direction
2.3.1-39
Small Groups
HW: Finish writing your blocking and stage direction for your portion of the scene.

Honors:

See Monday, January 11.

Day 81: Monday, January 11, 2016

Standard:

Download lesson plan here - Othello 2.1
Acting 2.1.1-181
Defining Actors' Objectives
Read-Through and Role-Play
Instant Performance
Spotlighting Lines
HW: Pick any scene in the play so far and write two paragraphs about any character's objective within that scene. Use quotes to support your assertions.

Honors:

Two group presentations on sonnets (project grade)

Shannon
Shellby
Caroline

Be prepared for your group presentation.
Sonnet Test on Friday, January 15.
Five-paragraph sonnet analysis essay due Tuesday, January 19.

Day 80: Friday, January 8, 2016

Standard:

Rewatch Iago's First Soliloquy
Review Paraphrase of Iago's Soliloquy (use No Fear Shakespeare site on overhead)
Small Groups: Multiple Choice Questions on Iago's Soliloquy; brainstorm ideas for open response
Review Multiple Choice with Large Group and collectively write open response
Outside Reading
HW: No HW. Weekend HW Holiday.

Honors:

Outside Reading
Israel Article
Sonnets on the MCAS
Prepare Sonnets in Small Groups (use Bow-Fly analysis sheet)
HW: Work on sonnet presentation (begins Monday)

Day 79: Thursday, January 7, 2016

Standard:

Guided viewing of Act 1 of Othello
Discuss guided viewing questions
Small groups - work on paraphrase of Iago's first soliloquy
HW: Finish your paraphrase of Iago's first soliloquy

Honors:

Shakespeare in Love Trailer
Your clips from last night's HW (re: beauty and sonnet 130)
Discuss and submit HW
Review rubric for sonnet presentation assignment
Assign sonnets - download list of who has what sonnet here
HW: Work on analyzing your assigned sonnet

Day 78: Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Standard:

Opener: Review 3 quotes from yesterday's Othello sheet
Act out and discuss 1.2
Standard fill-in the blank sheet - large group
Honors sheet - small group
Wrap up
HW: Read 1.3 and write in your logs

Honors:

Share and submit HW (open response)
Sonnet 130 lesson
HW: Reflection on sonnet 130 lesson

Day 77: Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Standard:

Acting out Act 1, scene 1 of Othello
Standard 1.1 Review Sheet
Honors Quote Sheet (pick 3) in small groups
HW: Read 1.2 and write a response journal

Honors:

Review Prior Knowledge and HW
Shakespeare Sonnet Series
Small groups: Romeo and Juliet sonnet and sonnet 18; writing an open response
HW: Open response on one of the sonnets (1-2 paragraphs)

Day 76: Monday, January 4, 2016

Standard:

Goal:

To introduce themes of Shakespeare's Othello.

Agenda:

Othello reputation activity.

Small groups.
Journal.
Discuss.

Historical background of Othello.
Dramatis Personae.

Read Act 1, scene 1 on No Fear Shakespeare. Write bullet point summary.

Honors:

Goal:

To introduce the sonnet form.

Agenda:

TED Talk: Hip Hop and Shakespeare
Discuss TED Talk
Introduction to Sonnets PowerPoint

Research Shakespeare's sonnet series and the history of sonnets online. Report out 10 interesting facts to share with the group Tuesday.

After Break:

Standard: Othello Introduction
Honors: Sonnet Introduction

Day 75: Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Holiday Stories (Reilly, others)
HW: HW Holiday! Enjoy the break!

Day 74: Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Standard: Sonnet Test
Honors: Canterbury Tales Test

Day 73: Monday, December 21, 2015

Standard:

Review HW Packet
Beauty Lesson

Clippage
Journal
Discuss
Poem

Test Review
HW: Study for Test

Honors:

Submit Essay
Review (briefly) paragraphs and talking points re: Reeve's Tale
Pardoner's Tale as a Play
Test Review
HW: Study for Test

Day 72: Friday, December 18, 2015

Standard:

Outside Reading
Small Groups to Confer on Sonnets
Present Out Sonnets (and Submit HW)
Shakespeare Notes (Quick)
HW: Sonnet Packet (EBB and/or MCAS)

Honors:

Outside Reading
Miller and Two Clerks in Small Groups
Discuss Talking Points
Prepare Open Response
HW: Knight's Tale vs. Miller's Tale Essay

Day 71: Thursday, December 17, 2015

Standard:

Opener: Share and submit HW
Hand back and revise MCAS paragraphs
Small Groups: Sonnet Preparation
Large Group: Present Out Sonnets
HW: Open response (1-2 paragraph) analysis of sonnet

Honors:

Opener: On your own, read Reeve's Prologue; respond to tone and summary
Read and discuss Reeve's Tale
Answer Reeve's Tale questions
HW: Work on Knight's Tale/Miller's Tale essay. Due Monday.

Day 70: Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Standard:

Review Sonnet Research HW (Access prior knowledge)
Sonnet notes
Romeo and Juliet sonnet
Sonnet 18 (scramble?)
HW: open response on sonnet 18 (2 paragraphs - describe theme, literary devices, sonnet form)

Honors:

Confer on Outline and Thesis Statements
Complete Reeve's Tale Preview Questions in Small Groups
Review Reeve's Tale Preview Questions in Large Group
Read Reeve's Prologue. Discuss.
HW: Work on essay. Due Friday.

Day 69: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Standard:

Submit Globe contest pieces
Share and review open response from HW, submit
Akala TED Talk about Shakespeare and Rap
Discuss Video and Parallels
HW: Ten bullet points of research on Shakespeare and sonnet series

Honors:

Sumit Globe contest pieces
Discuss connections between Miller's Tale and Knight's Tale (based on HW)
Small Groups: Complete Graphic Organizer, Plan out Essay
HW: Work on essay

Day 68: Monday, December 14, 2015

Standard:

Collect permission forms and payment for Globe contest
Return to small groups to work on multiple choice questions and outlining open response (provide graphic organizer) from last week's MCAS (Lincoln and Whitman)
Review multiple choice, brainstorm "matchbox" with large group
Plan quotes, thesis, etc. for open response
HW: Finish/formalize open response for MCAS (Whitman vs. Lincoln)

Honors:

College permission forms and payment for Globe contest
Finish reading Miller's Tale
Miller's Tale vs. Knight's Tale Graphic Organizer

Complete in Small Groups
Review in Large Group

Review Essay Expectations
Outline Essay

Thesis Statement
Three Talking Points

HW: Work on Miller's Tale vs. Knigh'ts Tale Essay (Due Friday)

Day 67: Friday, December 11, 2015

Standard:

Opener: Amnesty International Letters

Alternatively, some students need to finish test

When you're done, Outside Reading
MCAS Preparation Exercise (Whitman vs. Lincoln)
HW: Enter Globe contest at www.artandwriting.org. Bring in permission form and payment ($5 per entry) on Monday.

Honors:

Opener: Amnesty International Letters
When you're done, Outside Reading
Canterbury Tales General Prologue Quiz
Review and correct quiz
HW: Enter Globe contest at www.artandwriting.org. Bring in permission form and payment ($5 per entry) on Monday.

Day 66: Thursday, December 10, 2015

Standard:

Canterbury Tales Test
HW: Holiday

Honors:

How to enter the Globe contest
Review Miller's Prologue Packet
Read Miller's Tale (first half)
HW: Study for quiz (General Prologue)

Day 65: Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Both Classes:

Guest Speaker on the College Process

HW:

Honors: Miller's Tale packet
Standard: Study for test

Day 64: Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Standard:

Submit HW (tone and message of Pardoner's Prologue)
Act out Pardoner's Tale
Pardoner's Tale Questions in Small Groups
Test Review
HW: Canterbury Tales test Thursday.

Honors:

Knight's Tale Introductory PPT
Review and discuss the Knight's Tale (may require reread)
Share and submit HW
Distribute Miller's Tale Handout

Revisit Miller's Tale Prologue
Miller's Prologue

HW: Complete Miller's Prologue Packet

Day 63: Monday, December 7, 2015

Standard:

Canterbury Tales nonfiction MCAS

Review multiple choice
Review open response
Score and submit

Revisit description of Pardoner (notes, reread, etc.)
Read and discuss Pardoner's Prologue
Small groups: What is the tone and main idea of the Pardoner's Prologue? Determine talking points.
HW: Write up 2 paragraph response based on small group notes.

Honors:

Finish reviewing characters from General Prologue
Small Groups: Review Canterbury Tales MCAS HW

Check General Prologue notes for HW grade

Review Canterbury Tales MCAS HW with large group

Record grade and submit for formatic assessment

HW: Read and annotate Knight's Tale. Write 2-3 paragraph response paper (college question about the outcome of the Knight's Tale)

Day 62: Friday, December 4, 2015

Standard:

Outside Reading
Share and submit essay
Canterbury Tales MCAS 2

Warm-up Cook's Tale
Nonfiction

read aloud
small groups for multiple choice and outline

HW: HW Holiday!

Honors:

Outside Reading
Debrief on Holocaust Survivor
Review Canterbury Tales Reading (General Prologue)
HW: Canterbury Tales MCAS packet 1

Day 61: Thursday, December 3, 2015

Standard:

Work on five-paragraph essay in Humanities Computer Lab
HW: Finish five-paragraph essay on Knight's Tale vs. Miller's Tale

Honors:

Presentation from Holocaust survivor
HW: See last night.

Day 60: Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Standard:

Review PDF of Knight's Tale vs. Miller's Tale T-chart on overhead; students share responses
Quietly work on adding to your outline from last night
Small groups: Collaborate to fill out graphic organizer for five-paragraph essay on Knight's Tale vs. Miller's Tale
Wrap up
HW: Continue work on essay (Due Friday)

Honors:

Opener: Read and respond to article about Holocaust survivor
Share and submit HW
Read General Prologue in small groups
HW: For Friday's class, finish reading General Prologue and take 3-5 bullet point notes on each character

Day 59: Tuesday, Decemeber 1, 2015

Standard:

Miller Vocab - Download definitions here
Review and submit HW - How the tale reflects the teller
Small Groups: Complete graphic organizer (Knight's Tale v. Miller's Tale)

Download completed graphic organizer (PDF) here.

HW: Begin work on essay comparing/contrasting Knight's Tale to Miller's Tale

Honors:

Share HW
Continue with General Prologue in small groups
Review characterization in large groups
HW: 2 characterization paragraphs, with quotes

Day 58: Monday, November 30, 2015

Standard:

Distribute writing portfolios
Revisit Miller's Prologue
Read and discuss Miller's Tale
HW: 1-2 paragraphs - How does the tale reflect the teller? That is to say, what are three reasons the Miller's Tale can only be told by the Miller?

Honors:

Distribute writing portfolios
Baba Brinkman Rap
General Prologue

Intro
Knight
Squire
Yeoman
Nun

HW: Pick two characters from today. Write 1-2 paragraphs about each - what do we learn via direct/indirect characterization?
Link to a translation of The Canterbury Tales

Next week:

Standard: Miller's Tale
Honors: Intro and Gen Pro

Day 57: Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving Raps

Day 56: Tuesday, November 24, 2015

All Classes:

Reflection on Goals
Portfolio of Best Work

Standard:

Review and check HW (outcome fair?)
Discuss Knight's Tale and how it is prototypical chivalric romance (maybe work in groups to ID examples, or just in large group)
Miller's Tale - Miller description and prologue handout

Honors:

Turn and talk then share and submit 30 line poem

Day 55: Monday, November 23, 2015

Standard:

Review predictions about the Knight's Tale
Chivalric Romance Notes
Read summary and text of Knight's Tale
HW: Response to Knight's Tale (2 paragraphs)

Honors:

Finish Collaborative Portion of Grendel Test
Canterbury Tales Intro Day (Honors Level)
Download PowerPoint here
HW: 30 line description of your character archetype

Day 54: Friday, November 20, 2015

Standard - Finish Prologue, Canterbury Tales on the MCAS (including paragraph workshopping) HW HOLIDAY
Honors - Grendel Test HW HOLIDAY

Day 53: Thursday, November 19, 2015

Standard

Read Pardoner and Summoner
General Prologue Quiz
Correct and Review Quiz
HW: Make a prediction (2 paragraphs) about the type of story ANY TWO CHARACTERS WILL TELL.

Honors

Finish Chapter 10 Presentation
Chapter 11 Presentation
Chapter 12 Presentation
Test Review
Ticket Out: Submit Letter to Gardner
HW: Study for Test

Day 52: Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Standard - Canterbury Tales General Prologue - share paragraphs, review what we have done, read more characters
HW: Study for Canterbury Tales quiz
Download Ben's class notes on the Canterbury Tales to you can study.
Download more of his notes here.
And still more notes here.
Honors - ch. 8, 9, and 10 of Grendel
HW: Write a one-page letter to John Gardner about Grendel.

Day 51: Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Standard - Canterbury Tales General Prologue
Honors - MCAS style assessment - create your own

Day 50: Monday, November 16, 2015

Standard - Canterbury Tales General Prologue
Honors - ch. 7 of Grendel, MCAS style assessment - create your own

Day 49: Friday, November 13, 2015

Standard

Hand back work
Touch base on Beowulf project and other grades
Small group reading of Canterbury Tales
Review Monk in large group
HW: HW holiday!

Honors

Hand back work
Touch base on grades
Small groups to discuss ch. 5 and 6
Ch. 5 presentation
Ch. 6 presentation
HW: Read and prepare ch. 7 and 8 of Grendel

Day 48: Thursday, November 12, 2015

Standard

Review notes on Canterbury Tales
Read more sections
Discuss direct/indirect characterization
HW: Select a character from today's reading. Illustrate the character. Label with 5 elements and make a prediction about the type of story he/she will tell.

Honors:

Small groups: Review Grendel ch. 1 and 2
Large group discussion of ch. 1 and 2
Ch. 3 presentation
Ch. 4 presentation
HW: Read and respond to ch. 5 and 6 of Grendel.

Day 47: Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Standard:

Share Canterbury Tales facts from last night
Establish what a frame story is
Begin reading prologue

Setting, etc.
Knight
Squire
Yeoman

HW: Illustrate one of the three characters we learned about today, labelling at least five particular details from the text.

Honors:

Small groups to plan out Grendel lessons

Review your notes on the chapter
Outline essential learnings
Set goals for lesson
Plan lesson with objectives

HW: Groups start to present Thursday (ch. 3 and 4)

Day 46: Monday, November 9, 2015

Standard:

Review "An Unfinished Season" MCAS Packet
Small Groups: Share 30 line descriptive poem
Read 30-line character descriptions aloud to class
Listen to Baba Brinkman's General Prologue
Small Groups: Answer questions about Prologue
Large Group: Review
HW: Research The Canterbury Tales online. Write down 10 facts that you learned.

Honors:

Review "An Unfinished Season" MCAS Packet
Share Beowulf Projects
Small Groups to confer on ch. 1 and 2 of Grendel
Discuss ch. 1 and 2 of Grendel
Assign groups and review expectations for Grendel lesson
HW: Read your assigned chapter of Grendel and prepare by filling out chapter analysis sheet

Day 45: Friday, November 6, 2015

"An Unfinished Season" MCAS packet

Day 44: Thursday, November 5, 2015

Standard: Work on 30-line character poem
Honors: Read ch. 2. Complete Grendel Discussion Prep worksheet

Day 43: Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Standard:

Review terms
Journal and discussion
Clippage
Small groups
Compile list
Share Ambrose's example

Honors:

Project extended
PPT
Distribute books
Read ch. 1
Discuss
HW: Work on Beowulf project

Day 42: Monday, November 2, 2015

Standard:

Beowulf Test

Honors:

Submit Essay
Read and Introduce Grendel

Letter from Gardner
PowerPoint and Activity
Read Chapter 1
Assign Groups

Day 41: Friday, October 30, 2015

Standard:

Present Projects
Kennings
Elements of the Epic
Test Review
Bonus Time: Clippage
Outside Reading
Beowulf on MCAS to continue test review
HW: Study for test

Honors:

Beowulf Test
Outside Reading when you're done
HW: Finish Beowulf Essay

Period 4 Students, here are the questions that might appear on the open response section of Monday's test:

Compare and contrast two battles.
What is the role of Wiglaf or Unferth?
How does Beowulf act with honor?
Choose 2 of 3.

Day 40: Thursday, October 29, 2015

Standard:

Work on Projects collaboratively in groups
HW:

Project due Friday
Test on Monday

Honors:

Touch Base on Essay
Battle with the Dragon
Test Review
Elements of the Epic
Kennings
Work on Projects
Bonus time: video clippage
HW:

Test on Friday
Essay due Monday
Project due Friday, 11.6

Day 39: Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Standard:

Work on Beowulf projects

Honors:

Work on Beowulf essays
Work on Beowulf projects

Day 38: Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Honors

Small Groups: Review Battle with Grendel's Mom (and HW check)
Large Group: Review Battle with Grendel's Mom
Female Villain Archetypes
Distribute projects ideas.
HW: Finish reading battle with the dragon. Write a compare/contrast response (with quotes)

Standard:

Collaborate on project in small groups.
View some Beowulf movie scenes.
HW: Continue work on project.

Day 37: Monday, October 26, 2015

Honors:

Small groups: peer revision of essays
Essay workshopping

Thesis
Quotes
Group Needs
Individual Essays

Read "The Monster's Mother" using this link here (chapters 12 and 13)
Write a two-paragraph response:
1 paragraph - similarities to the battle with Grendel
1 paragraph - differences

Standard:

Battle with the Fire Dragon
Beowulf Project - rubric and expectations
Collaborate in Small Groups on Beowulf Project
HW: Work on Beowulf Project

Rest of the Week:

Wednesday: Kennings, Project (Standard), Peer Revision and Project (Honors)
Thursday: Movie Scenes (Standard), Project (Honors), Test Review
Friday: MCAS Preparation (Standard), Test (Honors)
Monday: Beowulf Test (Standard), Introduce Grendel (Honors)

Day 36: Friday, October 23, 2015

Standard:

Review compare/contrast paragraphs, submit
Beowulf on the MCAS (2012 - Unferth's Taunt)
Outside Reading
HW: HW Holiday

Honors:

Beowulf on the MCAS (2012 - Unferth's Taunt)
Work on essay assignment in small groups
Outside Reading
HW: Bring in draft of essay on Monday

Day 35: Thursday, October 22, 2015

Honors

How was college fair?
Review other translations
Thesis workshopping
Small groups: five paragraph essay workshopping
Large groups: issues with writing essay
HW: Continue work on essay. Bring what you have so far tomorrow, as well as your outside reading book.

Standard:

How was college fair?
Finish female villain archetypes
Read Battle with Grendel's Mom
Brainstorm for 2-paragraph open response (compare/contrast battle with Grendel and battle with Grendel's mom)
Write in groups
Workshop it
HW: Finish 2-paragraph response. Bring in outside reading book.

Day 34: Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Honors:

Confer in small groups on translation HW
Discuss differences/similarities/rationale
Distribute two more translations per group
Confer in small groups
Review essay assignment and come up with thesis
HW: Go to College Fair!

Standard:

Wrap up reading battle with Grendel
Female Villain Archetypes
HW: Go to College Fair!

Day 33: Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Standard:

Today's Goals:

To present a boast in the style of Beowulf.
To analyze an epic poem.

Today's Agenda:

Small Group Sharing
Boasts - share and submit
Role of women in Beowulf
Beowulf vs. Grendel
Download the class-generated notes from today here.

Tonight's HW:

HW Holiday! Enjoy the night!

Honors:

Today's Goals:

To discuss Beowulf's first battle.
To examine different choices made by different translators.

Today's Agenda:

Boasts/Taunts

share and submit

Battle with Grendel

kennings, foreshadowing

Crazy Beowulf Man video
Translation Rubric and Small Groups (HW check)

Raffel
Lehmann
Heaney

Tonight's HW:

Read the three translations distributed in class today (Raffel, Lehmann, Heaney). Mark up the text with comments on similarities and differences, reasons for different choices, etc.

Day 32: Monday, October 19, 2015

Standard

Welcome: Background of Drake/Meek Mill conflict
Do Now: Listen to "Back to Back"

lyrics
music
What is the tone of this piece? What are some of the particular details Drake uses to achieve his purpose?
Is this effective? Why?

Read Unferth's Taunt. Take collaborative Notes.
Share models of student boast assignments
Work on your own version of Unferth's Taunt or Beowulf's Boast
HW: Finish your taunt/boast. Be prepared to present tomorrow.

Honors

Small Groups: Review Unferth's Taunt
Large Group: Review Unferth's Taunt
"Back to Back"
Models of taunts
Write your own version in small groups
HW: Read "The Battle with Grendel." Write a two-paragraph summary. Use this link here.

Day 31: Friday, October 16, 2015

Standard:

Share and submit illustrations. Explain rationale.
Finish reading Coming of Grendel. Take collaborative notes.
Read Coming of Beowulf. Take collaborative notes.
Outside Reading
HW: HW Holiday! Enjoy your weekend!

Honors:

Return to small groups. Prepare to present out.
Present out. Take collaborative notes.
Review HW - small groups (w/ HW check), large group

Coming of Grendel
Coming of Beowulf
Reread passages; discuss

Outside Reading
HW: Read "Unferth's Challenge." Write two paragraphs, using quotes: What is the tone of the piece? What particular criticism does Unferth offer of Beowulf? Beowulf of Unferth?
Download the file to read here.

Day 30: Thursday, October 15, 2015

Standard:

Today's Goals:

To learn about the concept of the comitatus and to see it illustrated.

Today's Agenda:

Tolkien and the Comitatus Notes
Turn and Talk: Modern Example of the Comitatus
Video Clippage from Lord of the Rings
Read First Two Stanzas of the Coming of Grendel

Tonight's Standard HW:

Create a vivid illustration or write a vivid description of what you think Grendel looks like.

Honors:

Today's Goals:

To learn about the concept of the comitatus and to see it illustrated.

Today's Agenda:

Tolkien and the Comitatus Notes
Video Clippage from Lord of the Rings
Break into Five Groups to Read Nonfiction Information About Beowulf; Be Ready to Report Out Tomorrow

Germanic Invasion
Anglo-Saxons
Establishment of Christianity
Anglo-Saxon Literature
Beowulf

Tonight's Honors HW:

Read the first two sections of Beowulf - "The Monster Grendel" and "The Arrival of the Hero" (first 232 lines of the poem).
Write one paragraph about each section, using a quote from that section, to summarize the action.
Here's a link to a PDF with the text.
Here's a link to a website with the text.

Day 29: Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Post PSAT

Day 28: Tuesday, October 13, 2015

College Pride Day

HW: Get a good night's sleep for tomorrow's PSAT. Review your PSAT booklet. Eat a good breakfast.

On tap for next week:

Tuesday: College Pride Day, Q and A about college, final review of PSAT materials
Wednesday: PSAT
Thursday: Beowulf
Friday: Beowulf on MCAS

Day 27: Friday, October 9, 2015

Standard: Complete PSAT 1, section 5

Honors: Present Bliss projects, HW: PSAT 2, #1-25

Day 26: Thursday, October 8, 2015

PSAT critical reading activities

Day 25: Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Standard: Bliss essay self-reflection, share with a partner, share with class, submit; PSAT practice test, section 1, passage 1, HW: finish packet (passage 2)

Honors: PSAT boot camp begins, HW: Work on bliss project

Day 24: Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Objective: Assessment of Hero's Journey Unit

Agenda: Hero's Journey Test

HW: Standard: Bliss essay due tomorrow

HW: Honors: Bliss project due Friday

Day 23: Monday, October 5, 2015

In small groups, create study guide for tomorrow's test

On tap for next week:

Monday: In small groups, review materials for Hero's Journey test
Tuesday: Hero's Journey test (different versions for standard and honors)
Wednesday: Standard Bliss 5-paragraph essays due
Thursday: Begin PSAT preparation
Friday: Honors Bliss projects due, English fundamentals: PSAT preparation

Day 22: Friday, October 2, 2015

Archetypes: Heroes and Villains
Outside Reading
HW: Work on Bliss essay/project, begin studying for hero's journey test

Day 21: Thursday, October 1, 2015

Standard:

Share Bliss HW (and HW check)
Review Rubric for Bliss Essay
Heroic Archetypes
HW: Work on Bliss Essay

Honors:

Share Bliss visual
Discuss Bliss Project
Small Groups: Discuss Campbell Reading (and HW check)
Large Group: Discuss Campbell Reading
HW: Work on Bliss Project

Day 20: Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Add to your Bliss essay with substitute

Day 19: Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Honors:

Bliss clip
Record Wave paragraph scores
Presentations
HW: Visual, journal, playlist, etc. on your bliss

Standard:

Presentations
Bliss clip
HW: Two paragraphs on your bliss

Day 18: Monday, September 28, 2015

Honors:

Hero's Journey Presentations
HW: Read excerpt from Joseph Campbell's "The Hero with A Thousand Faces." Write two response paragraphs as instructed on the backside of the handout.

Standard:

Hero's Journey Presentations
HW: List 5-10 Things that you would consider to be "Your Bliss"

On tap for next week:

Monday: Wrap up hero's journey presentations (Honors: additionally, address Wave paragraph - scrore and read Sanford excerpt), HW: Campbell reading?
Tuesday: Wrap up presentations, Honors: Wave paragraph scoring, Honors: Discuss HW, Bliss activity
Monomyth Test, Bliss Essay, Archetypes, Wrap Up

Day 17: Friday, September 25, 2015

Honors:

Submit hero's journey essay
Present hero's journey clips for extra credit
HW: Homework Holiday!

Standard:

Hero's journey presentations
HW: Homework Holiday!

Day 16: Thursday, September 24, 2015

Honors:

Photo Day!
Wrap up Wave paragraph
Campbell Reading
Work on ways to incorporate quotes into your essay
Honors HW: Finish 5-paragraph essay on hero's journey and be prepared to share a clip from your movie. Bring in outside reading book.

Standard:

Photo Day!
Work on laptop computers on visual project for hero's journey.
Standard HW: Finish your visual project and be prepared to present tomorrow. Also, bring in outside reading book.

Day 15: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Today's Objective:

To view scenes from Finding Joe to help us to better understand the hero's journey and to consider ways to incorporate these ideas into

Today's Agenda:

View chapters 1 and 2 from Finding Joe

Standard: Complete guided viewing sheet
Honors: Additionally, ID a quote to use in the essay

Honors: Distribute Sanford reading packet

Tonight's HW:

Standard: Work on visual
Honors: Work on essay

Day 14: Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Honors:

Finish summer reading presentations
Return to Wave paragraph
Review project and essay assignment
Campbell Reading assignment
Small Groups: Share graphic organizer (and HW check)
HW: Work on essay assignment (with visual, due Friday)

Standard:

Review sample hero's journey projects
Work on creating hero's journey visual on laptops
HW: continue work on visual (due Friday)

Day 13: Monday, September 21, 2015

Honors:

Present summer reading projects (immediate feedback on iPass)
Wrap up "The Wave"

Small groups write paragraphs
Share with large group, record scores

Distibute and review Hero's Journey graphic organizer
HW: Complete Hero's Journey graphic organizer

Standard:

"The Wave" open response

share and discuss strengths and weaknesses
score
record score

Review expectations for hero's journey project
Small Groups

Share and add to list of possible films for project
Begin to collaboratively fill out hero's journey graphic organizer

HW: Finish graphic organizer

On tap for next week:

Monday:

Honors: Summer Reading Group Presentations, Finish "The Wave" (small group to write paragraphs, share with large group, revise), Distribute Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer, HW: Complete Hero's Journey Graphic Organizer
Standard: Share and discuss HW (one paragraph on "The Wave"), Review Expectations for Hero's Journey Project, Small Groups: Brainstorm Ideas for Films, Begin to Complete Graphic Organizer, HW: Finish Graphic Organizers

Tuesday:

Honors: Finish summer reading presentations, Review rubric for essay, Wave paragraph, Share Graphic Organizers, Campbell Reading Passage, Ms. Sanford's Campbell Quote Activity, HW: Work on essay about how your film fits into hero's journey (due Friday)
Standard: Laptops reserved; work on creating your visual presentation of the Hero's Journey

Wednesday:

Honors: Scenes from Finding Joe relevant to the history of the hero's journey, getting quotes and dsiscussion, HW: draft of essay
Standard: Scenes from Finding Joe relevant to the history of the hero's journey, guiding questions, HW: work on visual

Thursday:

Honors: Hand back work, Sanford reading, Wave paragraph, Essay peer revision, photo day, HW: final draft of essay
Standard: Hand back work, More clips and activities, work on visual (practice presenting?), photo day HW: finish visual

Friday:

Honors: Present essays with clips, review DDM
Standard: Present visuals, review DDM

Following Monday: Bliss activity (see Day 13 from 2014)

Day 12: Friday, September 18, 2015

Standard:

Outside Reading
Laird Hamilton Surfing Video
Read "The Wave" aloud
Small Groups:

Answer multiple choice
Complete graphic organizer

Review multiple choice answers with large group
Standard HW: Write one paragraph about "The Wave" based on the graphic organizer you created in class.

Honors:

Laird Hamilton Surfing VIdeo
Silently Read "The Wave," Outside Reading
Small Groups

Answer multiple choice
Complete graphic organizer
Write paragraph open response

Share model paragraph open response; review multiple choice answers
Honors HW: Finish summer reading group project (Due Monday)

Day 11: Thursday, September 17, 2015

Unit: The Hero's Journey

Both Classes

Prezi notes and video clips of Initiation and Return stages

Tonight's HW:

Honors: Work on summer reading group project (due Monday, 9.21.15)
Standard: Begin to compile a list of movies and books that fit the model of Joseph Campbell's hero's journey

Day 10: Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Unit: The Hero's Journey

Standard

Today's Objective:

To introduce the conept of the hero's journey.

Today's Agenda:

Present and submit "I" raps from HW
View and discuss Finding Joe trailer
Hero's Journey Introductory Prezi - Separation Stage notes

Tonight's HW:

Next week, you'll be working on a project in which you explain how your favorite movie, book, comic, or other story fits into this theory.
So tonight, start to brainstorm a list of stories you like that you think would fit this model.

Honors

Today's Objective:

To introduce the concept of the hero's journey.

Today's Agenda:

View and discuss Finding Joe trailer
View and discuss Matrix Monomyth video
Hero's Journey Introductory Prezi - Separation Stage notes
Touch base with small groups for summer reading project

Tonight's HW:

Continue work on summer reading project (due Monday).

Day 9: Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Standard

Today's Objective:

To share our poems in the style of Langston Hughes.
To imagine how our school could incorporate Kendrick Lamar's poetry into class.
To create our own "i" poem.

Today's Agenda:

Share and submit "Theme for English B" poem
Kendrick Lamar visits Mr. Mooney's Class (See sidebar for link)
Discussion on video
Write your own "i" poem (while listening to Kendrick Lamar or Drake style beat - see sidebar for links)
See Drake beat link here

Tonight's HW:

Finish your "i" poem

Honors

Today's Objective:

To collaborate with your group to create a visual representation of your summer reading book.

Today's Agenda:

Review expectations for project
Work collaboratively
Finalize expectations

Tonight's HW:

Work on group summer reading project. Final project due MONDAY, September 21, 2015.

Day 8: Monday, September 14, 2015

Standard

Today's Objective:

Read and write an identity poem.

Today's Agenda:

Read and write poem together
Get into group - analyze
Discussion: What does this poem show about identity? How?
Work on writing your own version

Tonight's HW:

Finish your own version

Honors

Today's Objective:

To analze summer reading text.

Today's Agenda:

Distribute OEQs
Figure out groups
Book Club Discussion
Wrap up: Brainstorm ideas for projects for books

Tonight's HW:

Write out answers for 5 of the OEQs

On tap for next week:

Standard:

Monday: Identity Poems (Langston Hughes)
Tuesday: Share and submit "Theme for English B," view Kendrick Lamar high school visit video, discuss possible applications, work on an "I Am" Cipher, HW: Finish your "I Am" Cipher
Wednesday: Hero's Journey Intro
Thursday: Hero's Journey Intro
Friday: Review DDM/MCAS

Honors:

Monday: Summer Reading Groups
Tuesday: Collect Discussion Question Responses, Small Groups Plan Presentation, Solidify Expectations for Presentations, HW: Summer Reading Presentation Due: Monday, 9.21.15
Wednesday: Hero's Journey Intro
Thursday: Hero's Journey Intro
Friday: Review DDM/MCAS

Day 7: Friday, September 11, 2015

Today's Objectives:

Honor 9/11
Share writing
Pre-test - what do we know/what don't we know?

Today's Agenda:

Read "Four of a Kind"
Share and submit letters
DDM 1
Outside Reading

This Weekend's HW:

Honors: Bring in two summer reading books and any notes you have on them.
Standard: No HW.

Day 6: Thursday, September 10, 2015

Today's Objectives:

To present an original skit that conveys our core values.
To analyze two TED Talks that reflect our school's core value system.

Today's Agenda:

Skits about Core Values

Small Group Prep Time
Present Out and Put In Context

TED Talk: Marshmallow Challenge

View and Discuss - What does this say about the nature of (a) collaboration and (b) critical and creative minds?

TED Talk: Everyday Leadership (Lollipop Moments)

View and Discuss

Tonight's HW:

Write (type) a letter (one page) to the person who gave you one of your "lollipop moments."

Announcements:

Bring in your outside reading book tomorrow.
DDM tomorrow.

Day 5: Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Today's Objectives:

Students will be able to identify and explain four core values and will create a skit to demonstrate understanding.

Today's Agenda:

Readings on Integrity and Critical Thinking
Read, turn-and-talk, discuss
Core Values Quotes
Review PPT
Small Group Task: Create skit

Tonight's HW:

Finish the plan for your skit for tomorrow's class

Day 4: Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Today's Objectives:

Summer reading assessment - did you read the book?
Diagnostic - what is your writing process?

Today's Agenda:

In-Class Essay
When youare finished, hand in...

rubric
outline
essay

Tonight's HW:

Stay cool.
Swim in a pool.
You made it through a hot day at school!

On tap for next week:

Summer Reading Assessment
Learning About the Core Values - Skits, Presentations, Reflections
DDM
Introduction to Unit 1

Day 3: Friday, September 3, 2015

Today's Objectives:

To get into our Friday routine - outside reading, fundamentals and test prep, wrap up the week.

Today's Agenda:

Browse the books
10 minutes of outside reading
Brief MCAS exercise (Law of Hippocrates, 2015 MCAS)
Small groups to work on summer reading essay outline

This Weekend's HW:

Finish your one-page outline for your summer reading essay.

Day 2: Thursday, September 2, 2015

Today's Objectives:

To get to know everyone's name.
To review expectations for essay assignments.

Today's Agenda:

Submit Parent Form
Share Name History and Do Ice-Breakers
Review MCAS Rubric for Writing and What Mr. Ambrose Looks for in an Essay
Review Summer Reading Essay Prompts
Brainstorm Ideas and Outline Your Essay in Groups (according to what you did for summer reading

Distribute Graphic Organizer if necessary

Homework (due Tuesday):

One page outline for your summer reading essay - 3 talking points to suppor thesis and quotes

Day 1: Wednesday, September 1, 2015

Today's Objectives:

To learn about the material we will cover in class.
To set some goals for the school year.

Today's Agenda:

Welcome
Accomplished Alumni
Setting Goals
Review Syllabus
Review Website and Twitter
Review Letter Home to Parents/Guardians
Complete Get-to-know-you Survey
"We All Have Powers" Cartoon
Rita Pierson Mantra

Tonight's HW:

Research the meaning/history of your name. Ask your family members. Go online. Find out as much as you can about the signicance of your name. Write two paragraphs on this, and be prepared to share it with the class tomorrow.

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Collaboration, Engagement, Integrity,

Creative & Critical Thinkers

Mr. David Ambrose

Sophomores 2015-2016

Links to Unit Plans

Introductory Material

Core Values

College Pride

English Fundamentals and MCAS Preparation

The Hero's Journey

Beowulf

Grendel

The Canterbury Tales

Sonnets

Shakespeare

Othello

Rhetoric

Satire