Daily Agendas English I H
8/20 Wednesday Traditional -- First Day of School
1. Introductions, policies, grading, supplies needed, etc.
2. Parent letter (sent to your email and your parent's email)--returned signed for points
3. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens -- what to expect -- read/review 3 chapters per weeknight
(Wed: 1-3; Thurs: 4-6; Fri 7-9)
expect short quiz for each reading--quiz on Friday on chapters 1-6
Homework:
a. return parent letter with signature, (parents can either print out email and sign, or email me to tell me they read the
material--make sure to include your name if last name is different or if last name is common like "Jones.")
b. review Great Expectations chapters 1-3, and 4-6, quiz next class)
Note: check the class web page daily (not google classroom) for assignments--bookmark the web page or go
to link from any google classroom assignment---google classroom will only have assignments submitted
electronically, however most writing assignments will not be electronic--thus the need to check the class web
page ;)
8/22 Friday Block
1. Great Expectations quiz chapters 1-6
2. Seating charts
3. Parent letter
4. Study sync--go to your district email, click on the 9 dot square waffle top right, click on McGraw Hill, click on the top study sync box, and click to open the assignment on the Victorian Age in History and Literature ; complete the work there by end of class.
5. Now, return to study sync and complete the assignments for Great Expectations ch. 1, due midnight
Saturday
6. Read or review the next set of Great Expectations chapters (7-9) quiz Monday
Homework:
a. Finish Study Sync work on Great Expectations ch. 1 by midnight Saturday
b. read/review Great Expectations ch. 7-9, quiz Monday
8/25 Monday Traditional
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1400/1400-h/1400-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYodU8Gwik&list=PLdiacl_Q6LOZAv-wDvnltDYn5ZUXXvu1c
1. Great Expectations quiz ch. 7-9
2. Quote gathering for Great Expectations Essay--submit what you have by end of period:
your essay thesis topic is: Pip evolves from a callow child into a thoughtful and responsible adult through
the life lessons he learns. Your quotes should focus on 3 different ways in which Pip evolves---you are not limited to these,
but my suggestions would be: what he learns about leisured life (the life of gentleman); what he learns
about responsibility to family; and what he learns about love.
For each quote, give the age number if reading a hard copy book; give the chapter number if reading
an online version without page numbers.
3. Read/Skim Great Expectations ch. 10-12 Monday; 13-15 Tuesday
4. Vocabulary introduction (vocabulary is cumulative--each week you'll be quizzed on a few of the new words
and a few of the old words, with a semester vocabulary final that covers all).
Homework:
a. Finish above reading in Great Expectations, quiz on chapters 10-15 next class
b. vocabulary quizzes begin 9/8...go to "vocabulary" tab from web page, study first batch of words--need to spell, define, and use in a sentence---part of speech is not required, just given for your information. Quizzes are cumulative--each work quizzed on two new words and any two old words.
8/26 Wednesday Block
Great Expectations:
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1400/1400-h/1400-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYodU8Gwik&list=PLdiacl_Q6LOZAv-wDvnltDYn5ZUXXvu1c
1. Great Expectations quiz chapters 10-15
2. Quote gathering for Great Expectations--unsubmit your first quote sheet, add to it, and resubmit.
3. Study Sync: "A Modern Man from the 1800's: The Influential Life of Charles Dickens"-complete work by end of class
Homework:
a. Great Expectations- read/skim chapters Wed: 16-18, Thurs 19-21, Fri 22-24
b. finish above work
8/29 Friday Block
Great Expectations:
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1400/1400-h/1400-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYodU8Gwik&list=PLdiacl_Q6LOZAv-wDvnltDYn5ZUXXvu1c
1. Great Expectations quiz chapters 16-21
2. Great Expectations film (partial) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itQq8q9VIgg&t=3601s
3. Quote gathering for Great Expectations--add and resubmit to GC
4. Read/review Great Expectations ch. 22-24 Friday
5. Respond to the prompt with one half page double spaced and post to GC:
Of Joe and Biddy, Pip says "there was a certain touch of sadness in their congratulations (over Pip's becoming a "gentleman" that I rather resented"..."Dissatisfied with my fortune, of course I could not be; but it is possible that
I may have been, without quite knowing it, dissatisfied with myself."
Why might Pip resent their sadness?
Homework:
a. finish reading above, including chapters 25-27 for Monday; 28-30 Tues; quiz first day next week
9/3 Wednesday Block
1. Great Expectations quiz 22-30
2. Great Expectations film
3. Begin vocab study (see "vocabulary" drop down under English I H on class web page); quiz Monday on
first batch of 10 words...spell, define, and use in a sentence.
4. Quote integration how to:
5. Now unsubmit your quote list from GC, choose 4 quotes,
cut and paste the quotes into a new google doc
and integrate a part of each quote with the meaning you need into a sentence written mostly by you.
Post the new work to the GC quote integration assignment, and repost your quote list---
comments will be added to let you know how your quote integration worked.
6. Read/skim in Great Expectations: ch. 31-33 Wed; ch. 34-36 Thurs; 37-39 Fri
Homework:
a. Finish above work
b. quiz on Great Expectations 31-36 Friday
9/5 Friday Block
1. Great Expectations quiz 31-36
2. Great Expectations film
3. Add quotes to your quote list on google classroom (unsubmit your original, add, resubmit)
4. Read/Skim Great Expectations: ch. 37-39 Friday
Homework:
a. finish Great Expectations reading above
b. Study for vocab quiz Monday
9/8 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1 quiz
2. Begin study of vocab 2
3. Read comments on your quote integration practice if you haven't already
4. Read/Skim Great Expectations: Mon 40-42, Tues 43-45, Wed 46-48, Thurs 49-51, Fri 52-54
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1400/1400-h/1400-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYodU8Gwik&list=PLdiacl_Q6LOZAv-wDvnltDYn5ZUXXvu1c
Homework:
a. finish reading -- quiz on Great Expectations ch. 37-45 Wed.
b. begin study of vocab week 2
9/10 Wednesday Block
1. Great Expectations 37-45 quiz
2. Great Expectations reading: Wed 46-48, Thurs 49-51, Fri 52-54
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1400/1400-h/1400-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYodU8Gwik&list=PLdiacl_Q6LOZAv-wDvnltDYn5ZUXXvu1c
3. Essay outline format: Freshmen Essay Outline:
4. Essay rubric:
5. Now read a 9th graders sample essay (it may not follow the same format you will be using, but the basic needs of an essay
are the same...read the essay and look at the accompanying rubric and see if you can determine why the paper earned the grade it did:
6. Continue Great Expectations Reading and add quotes from last few chapters to your google classroom quote doc
7. Great Expectations film
Homework:
a. finish reading Great Expectations: Wed 46-48, Thurs 49-51, Fri 52-54, quiz Friday on 46-51
b. study vocab weeks 1-2
c. Outside reading book due for approval 9/15...must be DEI (diversity, equity, or inclusion) related and Non-fiction--consider
a biography or autobiography. Book must be grade level appropriate for approval. Get parents permission before submitting to me...you can use commonsensemedia .org to preview acceptability of various options.
9/12 Friday Block
1. Great Expectations quiz ch. 46-51
2. Great Expectations film
3. MLA style and where to find what you need:
4. Great Expectations reading: Wed 46-48, Thurs 49-51, Fri 52-54
Text: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1400/1400-h/1400-h.htm
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeYodU8Gwik&list=PLdiacl_Q6LOZAv-wDvnltDYn5ZUXXvu1c
add quotes to your google classroom quote sheet from last few chapters (skim through end of
book for final quotes)
Homework:
1. Vocab quiz weeks 1-2 Monday
2. Finish Great Expectations reading: Fri chapters 52-54
3. ORB book due to show teacher 9/15 Monday
9/15 Monday Traditional
1. ORB due to show teacher
2. Vocab weeks 1-2 quiz
3. Skim remaining chapters (55-59) and add any good quotes to your quote sheet.
4. Great Expectations read/skim 55-57
Homework:
a. Begin study of vocab week 3
b. Finish reading skimming Great Expectations chapters: Mon. ch. 55-57; Tues ch. 58-59; quiz on 55-59 next class
c. Print out your quote sheet to use when writing the essay (by hand) and lined paper to write draft next class
(you can have only your quote sheet when writing)
9/17 Wednesday Block
1. Great Expectations 55-59 quiz
2. Great Expectations essay writing...thesis writing (power point on "references" section of class web page)
3. One paragraph essay outline format..."references" section of class web page
4. Now write your one paragraph format paper. Double space, cite your quotes. Hand in your handwritten
essay for initials, then type a copy and submit to google classroom, and hand the handwritten copy
back in to teacher.
(use only front side of each paper....choose one of the following character growth essay ideas:
Either:
Show what Pip learns about a gentleman's life (leisured life)
Show what Pip learns about responsibility to others
Show what Pip learns about love
Homework
a. Study Vocab weeks 1-3--quiz first class day next week
b. Watch for the AI review/advice which will appear on your google classroom essay document;
you can revise at home over the next week. We will work on MLA formatting together in class
before the final draft is due.
9/19 Friday Block
1. Finish writing your one paragraph format paper and submit to google classroom
2. Study Sync: Complete all portions of the Odyssey book 1 assignment today (access SS through clever.com)
3. Read from the Odyssey PDF the background and "Sailing from Troy" through p. 737
Homework:
a. watch for AI response which will appear on bottom of your essay document in google classroom--
(you have until Friday next week to submit a revised version for a grade)
b. watch for teacher comments on quote integration, which should be available by Sunday morning
c. study for vocab weeks 1-3 quiz next class
d. short quiz on Odyssey reading next class
9/24 Wednesday Block
1.Odyssey quiz
2. Vocab weeks 1-3 quiz
3. Odyssey notes for "Sailing from Troy":
4. MLA style and MLA works cited page for your essay
5. Read "The Cyclops" to p. 750...quiz next class: (see agenda date 9/19 for Odyssey text)
Homework:
a. Begin study of week 4 vocab
b. Finish reading "The Cyclops" -- quiz next class
c. Be working at home on revising your paper, final draft due Wednesday 10/1
9/26 Friday Block
1. Odyssey quiz
2. Odyssey notes "Cyclops":
3. Finish Works Cited with class
4. Odyssey film
Homework:
a. Study vocab weeks 1-4, quiz first day of class next week
b. Odyssey reading: Circe, and the Sirens: pages 752-766 (document on agenda date 9/19)
c. Work on essay--final draft due Wednesday
* note: morning quiz makeups available next week on Tuesday through Friday
10/1 Wednesday (Even) Block
1. Vocabulary weeks 1-4 quiz
2. Odyssey "Circe" and "Sirens" quiz
3. parent permission slip---get filled out and return next class
4. Read "Cyclops" notes agenda date 9/26
5. Final draft essay with works cited due today
6. Odyssey film
7. Read Odyssey "Scylla and Charybdis" pages 767-769, agenda date 9/19
Homework:
a. Begin study of vocab week 5
b. Finish Odyssey reading above--quiz
c. Be reading your ORB---finish by December 1
d. Parent permission slip---get filled out and return next class
10/3 Friday Block
1. Odyssey film
2. Study Sync: "Odyssey Book IV"
Homework:
a. Study for vocab weeks 1-5 quiz next class
b. Read in Odyssey "The Homecoming" and "Father and Son" (agenda date 9/19) pages 772-775,
quiz on "Scylla and Charybdis" and "Father and Son" next class
c. Work on essay
d. Finish above work if you didn't finish in class
*Mornings teacher is available this coming week: Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
10/6 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab weeks 1-5 quiz
2. Finish reading the excerpts from The Odyssey (agenda date 9/19)....quiz on end material next class
Homework:
a. Finish above work
b. Begin study of vocabulary week 6
c. quiz on final Odyssey material (From Scylla and Charybdis on) next class
*Note--when your essay has been graded, if you want one more chance to bring grade up, leave the final draft in the GC "final draft," assignment cut and paste a new version and edit...once all the essays for the class have been graded, then you will have the opportunity to submit a new version to a different GC assignment (you will not be able to attempt a higher grade if you remove the "final draft" essay or modify that one and resubmit to "final draft" essay. Redone versions will not receive comments or a rubric, only a grade, and I cannot guarantee a higher grade---only another chance.
10/8 Wednesday Block
1. caaspp
2. Odyssey end material quiz
3. Study Sync "Odyssey Book XII (12)" -- complete by midnight Thursday
4. Odyssey complete notes:
Homework:
a. read ORB
b. study vocab
c. study Odyssey material for exam second block next week
10/10 Friday Block
1.Odyssey film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Fm_mGDUTjA
(left off at 1:16:43)
2. Course Hero on Odyssey--take notes as we go to study for exam next week
Characters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AL7NSGxFVI&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BTT6cHpSFM3HnK9ongAYDBl&index=20
Symbols: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVduXNagwJM&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BTT6cHpSFM3HnK9ongAYDBl&index=21
Themes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaBdVSDSrSE&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BTT6cHpSFM3HnK9ongAYDBl&index=22
Context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wgcrYTB1HA&list=PLz_ZtyOWL9BTT6cHpSFM3HnK9ongAYDBl&index=23
Homework:
a. read ORB
b. study vocab weeks 1-6, quiz first day next week
c. study Odyssey material for exam second block next week
*note: from this point forward I will not be reassigning anyone for support--sign up for the supports
you want the week before, or stay where assigned by admin.
10/15 Wednesday Block
1. vocab weeks 1-6 quiz
2. Odyssey film--finish
3. For the following videos, answer the questions for each provided and post to GC in one document:
(answer key posted later today)
a. John Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4jk5kavy4
+ The Odyssey was composed __________________after the Trojan war.
+ Homer's version of the Trojan war was the only one to survive the burning of what?
+ An epic poem includes the following 4 things:
It is a long ________________ poem.
It is on a ________________ subject.
It has an _______________style.
It has a larger than life ___________.
+ It takes Odysseus 20 years to return home because the Trojan war took ________years
and then it takes Odysseus _________ years to return home from the war.
+ The Odyssey is concerned with 3 primary ideas:
Odysseus' _____________ characteristics.
The double standard for ___________ as compared to men.
The human cycle of ______________ and how it can be stopped.
+Odysseus primary characteristic is ____________ or skill/cunning
+An irony in the poem is Odysseus' expectation that the Cyclops will treat them as guests, vs.
Odysseus treatment of __________________.
+ For the ancient Greeks, heroism was not about goodness but about some extraordinary ____________.
+ Agamemnon warns Odysseus that Penelope may___________________.
+ What does Odysseus plan to do if Penelope was "unchaste"?
+ _____________ is the only one who stops the violence on Ithaca, suggesting a thematic message that only the gods
can end human violence.
b. Ted Ed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z9FQxcCAZ0
+ The Odyssey was composed before there even was a Greek _________________.
+ It was composed by "rhapsodes"(oral poets)....the term means _________________________
because rhapsodes often pulled stories from various places together into one larger work.
+ The Odyssey is a sequel to_______________________/
+ The human characteristic that gets most of the Odyssey's characters into trouble is _____________
over feeling themselves equal to the Gods
+ The ancient Greek practice of generosity/hospitality was called Xenia, and the purpose was to ensure
one treated gods and goddesses well in case ____________________________________.
+ A primary thematic message in the tale is that one should never make the god's ______________.
c. Thug Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qf3XrZW2o4I
+ Odysseus takes 10 years to return from a 10 year war because he infuriates the god ____________________
by blinding the god's son Polyphemus.
+ __________ stops the violence on Ithaca after Odysseus returns.
+ Odysseus cunning is part of a motif called the ________________ motif.
+ According to the video, even the heroic Odysseus can't succeed without____________________
(consider Penelope, Circe, and Athena)
4. Intro to Romeo and Juliet
5. Read Prologue and Act 1 scenes 1-5 of Romeo and Juliet -- :
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab week 7
b. study for Odyssey exam next class:
Course Hero work (agenda date 10/10)
Youtube videos (agenda date 10/15)
Odyssey notes (agenda date 10/8)
Odyssey text (agenda date 9/19)
c. Read your ORB--finish by 12/1
d. read carefully through Odyssey videos answer key:
10/17 Friday Block
1. Odyssey Exam
2. Complete the study guide for Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet and post to GC:
3. Read Romeo and Juliet Act 2 --finish before Monday
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. study for vocab 1-7 quiz Monday
b. finish Romeo and Juliet reading
10/20 Monday Block (Even)
1. Vocab weeks 1-7 quiz
2. Review Romeo and Juliet Act 1 guide
3. Romeo and Juliet film
4. Romeo and Juliet Act 2 guide
https://www.litcharts.com/shakescleare/shakespeare-translations/romeo-and-juliet
Homework:
a. Finish Romeo and Juliet Act 2 guide and submit to GC by Tuesday night
b. Begin study of vocab week 8