Daily Agendas English III
8/21 Wednesday
1. Introductions
2. Seating charts
3. Web page address and google classroom codes
4. Parent signature letter
Homework:
a. return parent letter signature
b. class expectations quiz
8/23 Friday Block
1. Parent letter due
2. Seating chart formalized
3. Plagiarism: video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk1pq8sb-eo
4. Plagiarism packet (cut and paste the document to the right into agoogle doc
so you can type on it; put your answers in a different colored font (no yellow or pink)
and post to GC.
5. Thesis statements:
6. Reading: "Tideline" by Native American author:
and be thinking about a good thematic thesis
for this story.
It may help to look up the word "Chalcedony"
and see what it's properties are supposed to be ;)
Homework:
a. plagiarism packet due midnight tonight to GC
b. finish reading "Tideline" before Monday
c. quiz on late work rules and attendance Monday
8/26 Monday Traditional
1. class expectations quiz
2. With your table group, write a thematic thesis sentence and 3 major claims that would help you prove your
thesis for "Tideline"; create one document, type everyone's name on your team, then 4 sentences labeled
Thematic Thesis Sentence:
Claim 1:
Claim 2:
Claim 3:
put a blank space between the thesis and first claim and between each claim.
Everyone on team submit a copy to google classroom...but make sure everyone's names
are on each paper.
Homework:
a. ask parents to see email tonight regarding potentially sensitive material
in the next story.
8/28 Wednesday Block
1. Native American background
2. Read the story by Native American author Rebecca Roanhorse, "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience":
https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/
if you'd like to listen as well, start here at timestamp 1.26: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z0nTaWsFho
3. Now, draft an outline for a thematic essay on this story, using the 5 paragraph outline format to the right;
highlight the doc, cut and paste it into a google doc, and type in your ideas in a different colored ink
and post to GC. Use single sentence quotes for the evidence
(don't integrate yet) and post your work to GC--due today.
Homework:
a. post outline for essay on "Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience"due tonight
8/30 Friday Block
1. Thesis statements and major claims/review--read carefully through the thesis and claims
students samples and the comments provided to the right; then compare these to your own
and revise thesis and claims that need work.
2. Rewrite your thesis and claims; then rewrite rest of outline to match your adjustments and submit
to the "second draft outline" assignment to GC
3. Go to the link and read the story about the Wendigo by S.E. Schlosser:
https://www.americanfolklore.net/windigo/
Now write one paragraph telling what you think is the message of the story and why and post to GC
4. Watch "Legend of the Indian Paintbrush" by Nate King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyaifWkUWr0&list=PL4-JV5FNLVID8rNNnoOQyk5wmYddnWaI8&index=1
5. Watch "The Girl who Loved Wild Horses" by Paul Goble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ji0lb9XgUY&list=PL4-JV5FNLVID8rNNnoOQyk5wmYddnWaI8&index=4
Homework:
a. finish the above work--Wendigo paragraph due midnight tonight
9/4 Wednesday Block
1. write your essay on Welcome to Your Authentic Indian Experience and hand in to teacher.
Homework:
a. vocabulary study--learn the first ten words (spell, define, use in a sentence) for weekly cumulative quizzes
starting Monday (from this page, hover over English III, click on "vocabulary" and begin learning
"aberrant" through "jubilation").
b. ORB selection--from the DEI (diversity/equity/inclusion) section in the media center,
choose one non-fiction grade appropriate book and be ready to show me Monday. DEI
selections are in one location, and have a sticker on the spine labeling it as DEI. Make sure it's non-fiction;
you'll select a fictional version second semester.
9/6 Friday Block
1. Finish writing essay and post to GC.
2. Study sync response--read the assigned article, respond to the writing prompt.
Your response does not need to be overly long but it DOES need integrated quote
support (no he said/she said or any variation of that, and use only part of one sentence
of quote, never multiple sentences, no matter how short the sentences seem) and it
does need to answer every part of the prompt.
3. Read the chapters from Braiding Sweetgrass, "Windigo Footprints" and
"Defeating Windigo" by Native American author Robin Wall Kimmerer--
then type up an bulleted list/outline of the two chapters
(these should be somewhat detailed--(pretend you are studying for an exam
which in a way, you are) and make sure you get all the important ideas. Submit to
google classroom.
(if absent, ask me for a copy of the chapters when you return to class--this isn't available online)
Homework:
a. study for vocab quiz Monday
b. have your ORB to show me Monday (see 9/4 agenda for details)
c. finish above work by end of weekend
9/9 Monday Traditional
1. vocab quiz
2. ORB check
3. Read the article at the link, outline the main points, and post to GC. Include the material comparing
the US Constitution with the Five Nations Constitution.
https://www.pbs.org/native-america/blog/how-the-iroquois-great-law-of-peace-shaped-us-democracy
Homework:
a. Watch the two examples of creation tales, and be familiar with the stories and which Native American
nation they stem from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMfw1axlUiE&list=PLpqqhBzj11dy9jrJIe4KvDODC-2XXx74P&index=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frGtzDYSq0c&list=PLpqqhBzj11dy9jrJIe4KvDODC-2XXx74P&index=9
b. Begin study of vocabulary batch 2
c. Bring your Wendigo packet next class
d. We're finished with the Native American material, so exam coming soon--be well-familiar with all the pieces we've read
and watched, including author's names, tribes they represent when given, and the power point.
Exam will be first block next week.
9/11 Wednesday Block
1. Native American Exam Review
also, be able to tell about one of the creation tales you watched (see agenda date 9/9 above)
2. Puritan Era:
3. Crucible introduction: read the background to the Crucible until Act 1: (read to page 8)
https://ia801303.us.archive.org/30/items/TheCrucibleFullText/The%20Crucible%20full%20text.pdf
write notes and post to GC.
4. Crucible Act 1 film
Homework:
a. study for Native American Exam first block next week---be well-familiar with the pieces so
you can identify quotes by the ideas in theme (see document above under # 1 this day's agenda
which will be posted at end of the day).
b. if you didn't do the Code Talker assignment, you can do it and submit tonight for full credit--last chance--
see agenda date 9/6 for needed instructions
9/13 Friday Block
1. Crucible Film Act 1
2. Read the Crucible Act 1 and answer the questions in the document to the right as you go
get as far as you can in the time given and save--we'll continue next week.
https://ia801303.us.archive.org/30/items/TheCrucibleFullText/The%20Crucible%20full%20text.pdf
3. Read from this article on real Puritan life--
then write a short paragraph telling what you learned about Puritan life that was different than you've
been led to believe. Post to GC by midnight tonight.
Homework:
a. Finish the paragraph on what you learned about the Puritans from the article and post to GC.
b. study vocab--quiz on batch 1-2 Monday
c. Study for the Native American exam moved to second block next week--see note on agenda date 9/11
9/16 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab quiz batches 1-2
2. Now read the Crucible Act 1, and for each character listed below, keep a running list of quotes that give you information
about their character's personalities (divide the tasks among your table mates and share findings---you'll each need to turn in to google classroom--use both the character's own words and the narrative paragraphs of description):
Reverend Parris
Betty Parris (Parris' daughter)
Abigail Williams (Parris' niece)
John Proctor
Elizabeth Proctor (John Proctor's wife)
Reverend John Hale
Francis Nurse
Rebecca Nurse (Francis' wife)
Giles Corey
Martha Corey (Giles Corey's third wife)
Thomas Putnam
Ann Putnam (Thomas Putnam's wife)
Ruth Putnam (the Putnam's daughter)
Tituba (slave to Reverend Parris)
Mary Warren (servant in the Proctor household)
Mercy Lewis (a girl in Abigail's group of friends)
https://ia801303.us.archive.org/30/items/TheCrucibleFullText/The%20Crucible%20full%20text.pdf
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab # 3
b. study for Native American exam second block (rescheduled)--in addition to the study sheet, also, be able to tell about one of the creation tales you watched (see agenda date 9/9 above)
c. the quote search for Crucible is not homework yet--bring to next class to continue work
9/18 Wednesday Block
1. type up your essay and submit to GC with a works cited page
to create the works cited page, see the following:
MLA works cited: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_periodicals.html and see "article on magazine"
go here for the details about the story: https://apex-magazine.com/short-fiction/welcome-to-your-authentic-indian-experience/
2. Finish your questions for the Crucible (see agenda date 9/13 # 2) and post to GC by Sunday midnight
3. Study for the Native American Exam
Homework:
a. Native American exam next class--study guide see agenda date 9/11
b. submit the Crucible Act 1 questions by midnight Sunday
9/20 Friday Block
1. Native American exam
2. Finish your questions for the Crucible (see agenda date 9/13 # 2) and post to GC by Sunday midnight
Homework:
a. finish above
9/23 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Finish your character quote analysis for Crucible Act 1 and post to gc by midnight (see agenda 9/16 # 2)
Homework:
a. post Crucible Act 1 character quote analysis and post to gc by midnight (see agenda 9/16 # 2)
b. begin vocab 4 study
c. work on ORB:
Fictional interview on non-fiction topic. Remember that though you are writing fiction (made up interviews) you need to reveal the facts you learned from the book you read. You can use direct quotes for your answers if you cite author and page number, but quotes from the book are not necessary.
e.g.
John Doe, interviewer: What did you learn from your research?
Casey Smith, interviewee: Through reading Roland Fryer, I learned that though blacks aren't killed by police more often than whites, they are subjected to more violence when being arrested.
Native American exam make ups first block
9/25 Wednesday Block
1. Vocab 1-3 quiz
2. Crucible Act 2 film
3. Read the Crucible Act 2: https://ia801303.us.archive.org/30/items/TheCrucibleFullText/The%20Crucible%20full%20text.pdf
(page 49-81)
4. Answer Crucible Act 2 questions
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 4
b. finish Crucible Act 2 questions by midnight Thursday and post to GC
9/27 Friday Block
1. Study Sync Benchmark 1
from your district email, click on the square box of 9 dots in the upper left to get a drop down box
in the drop down box, click on McGraw Hill
click on study sync
click on launch study sync
click on benchmark 1 (if there are more then one benchmark 1s, it doesn't matter--choose either and take it
make sure to finish submitting when done
* if you cannot access, see me in class and show me
2. Go to this site, read the material; create a document with labels for each section, e.g. "Tensions in Salem," and "The Witch Hunt Begins," etc. and for each section, take a few notes:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-salem-witch-trials-175162489/
Now watch the youtube video linked to tie site, and add a few notes from the video to the bottom of your document and post to GC
3. Now do the same as you did for # 2 above for this site, but put in your notes only new material you didn't already
see in the previous web site--post to GC. Watch the video links, and read though each of the three sections in the table of contents: What caused the Salem witch trials, Salem witch trial victims how the hysteria spread, and Conclusion and legacy
https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trials
Homework:
a. finish above for homework if not in class
9/30 Monday Traditional
1. Vocab 1-4 quiz
2. Read the Crucible Act 3: https://ia801303.us.archive.org/30/items/TheCrucibleFullText/The%20Crucible%20full%20text.pdf
(p. 83-120) expect short quiz on reading next class
Homework:
a. Finish reading Crucible Act 3--quiz
b. begin study of vocab batch 5
10/2 Wednesday Block
1. Crucible Act 3 quiz
2. Study Sync Death in Salem: the private lives behind the 1692 witch hunt.
Complete the assignment today, using integrated quote support if you want credit.
3. Crucible Act 3 film
Homework:
a. vocab 1-5 quiz Monday
b. study Puritan material
10/7 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-5 quiz
2. Read the Crucible Act 4 https://ia801303.us.archive.org/30/items/TheCrucibleFullText/The%20Crucible%20full%20text.p
(pages 121-146 including "Echoes Down the Corridor")
Homework:
a. finish the reading--quiz on Act 4 next class
b. Go to the "references" section of this page and read the document on writing essay hooks
c. begin study of vocab batch 6
d. we're close to finishing the unit on the Puritans--expect an exam next week, including:
The Crucible (material begins on agenda date 9/11)
"Death in Salem" from Study Sync
Smithsonian and History channel material agenda date 9/27
Puritan Era power point (agenda date 9/11)
a few items to come this week
10/9 Wednesday Block
1. Crucible Act 4 quiz
2. PSAT check
3. Crucible film
4. Study Sync: The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy -- read and take the quiz--due today
Homework:
a. finish above work
10/11 Friday Block
1. Crucible video - take notes for your exam on Candace Green's video about John Proctor as a Tragic Hero:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZaWDD5iu3U
2. Read the Puritan poem at the link by a women who lost her home and all her belongings in a fire:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43707/verses-upon-the-burning-of-our-house-july-10th-1666
3. Now read the summary and analysis of the poem here:
4, Now write a response to this prompt, and use at least two pieces of integrated quote in your response:
Bradstreet was able to continue with hope after a tragedy because of two things:
1. her belief in God's justice, and
2. her belief in the afterlife, she would have a new "home" of some sort, superior to anything on earth.
If you were confronted with tragedy of some sort, how well do you think you would deal with the
circumstances ,and what would help you continue with hope? Compare/contrast your reactions with
Bradstreet's. Address both the ideas of justice (what is fair) and hope (what gives reason to move forward
with optimism) in your response. Double space, and integrate quotes.
*this is a small point value assignment, but it will go in the essay category, which means it weighs more in your
grade than other assignments--put your best foot forward, but be relatively brief--two paragraphs, one
for the idea of justice and one for hope, using one quote per paragraph. You may use first person.
Post to GC--don't use AI
5. Crucible video--take notes for your exam from Thug Notes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CjMRooWaQU
Homework:
a. vocab 1-6 quiz
b. study for Puritan exam second block next week--it will include:
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (see agenda date 10/7 for text link)
"Here Follow Some Verse Upon the Burning of Our House" by Anne Bradstreet (see agenda date 10/11 above)
"Death in Salem: the private lives behind the 1692 witch hunt" by Diane Foulds (see Study Sync)
"The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy" by James Cross Giblin (see Study Sync)
Smithsonian's "A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials" by Jess Blumberg (see agenda date 9/27)
History Channel's "Salem Witch Trials" by the editors (see agenda date 9/27)
Puritan Era power point (agenda date 9/11)
Candace Green's youtube video (see today's agenda above)
Thug Notes Crucible youtube video (see today's agenda above)
"Upon a Spider Catching a Fly" b Samuel Taylor (agenda date 10/14)
"Did the Puritan Have Fun?" by Bruce Daniels (agenda date 10/14)
and still to come: two more videos
Check out from the library/media center Kindred by Octavia Butler before next week!!!
10/14 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-6 quiz
2. Samuel Taylor's "Upon a Spider Catching Fly" -- read this Puritan poem, and with the team
at your table, answer the questions and post to GC.
3.Read through the article "Did Puritans Have Fun?" by Bruce Daniels and understand the basic
gist for your exam (these are ideas we have discussed before in class--this is simply reinforcement)
Homework:
a. finish above
b. begin study of vocab 7
c. study for Puritan era exam--(see list of works on exam agenda date 10/11)
10/16 Wednesday Block
1. Post the topic you plan to research for your ISP (Independent Study Project) essay to google classroom;
if there is a problem with your topic I'll email you. Off limits topics: abortion, euthanasia, any religious topic.
Topics must be researchable with some factual evidence available.
2. Watch the following videos with the class, take notes, and post notes to GC
Lisa's Study Guides: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlgv-mq2pqc
Course Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEgbRChtTLs
3. Class review of "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"
4. Puritan Era exam class review
5. Introduction to the Age of Reason (The Enlightenment):
6. Reading in Octavia Butler's Kindred : "Prologue" and "The River"
Homework:
a. Study for Puritan Era exam next class. Exam will be in two parts: Multiple choice and quote identification
next class period, short essay on Proctor as a tragic hero on Monday.
* Everyone will need a College Board Account for the PSAT on Wednesday. If you've taken/are taking an AP class,
you should already have one, but make sure you have an account before this coming Wednesday.
Go to https://www.collegeboard.org
It's recommended that you use a private email rather than a school email, since this account will follow you through
your high school career, but if you change schools or move, you wont be able to continue to use current school
email.
10/18 Friday Block
1. Puritan Exam
2. Read in Kindred chapter 2 "The Fire" and chapter 3 "The Fall"
3. Read the bio of Phyllis Wheatley, take a few notes, add to them your response to # 4-5 below, and post to GC:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/phillis-wheatley
4. Now read one of her poems, "On Being Brought from Africa to America"and the accompanying analysis:
5. Write a one paragraph response to this prompt: Is Wheatley's poem, which seems to suggest
her enslavement has a positive result (her religious conversion) reflective of Stockholm Syndrome,
or is the view that she's been "brainwashed" to believe this disrespectful of her understanding and
her beliefs? Explain your answer, and use/find a modern day, similar example you can use
to help explain your opinion (perhaps from the world of politics?)
Post your response to google classroom. (Your paragraph should be below the notes you took on the bio above, on the same document)
*here's a definition of Stockholm Syndrome: https://www.britannica.com/science/Stockholm-syndrome
Homework:
a. Finish above reading
b. vocab 1-7 quiz next class
c. short Kindred quiz (Prologue-ch. 3)
10/21 Monday Block
1. PSAT prep video
2. vocab 1-7 quiz
3. Kindred reading: chapters 4-5
4. Kindred Prologue-ch/ 3 quiz
5. Study Sync Speech to the Second Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry (Study Sync TV)
6. Study Sync Speech to the Second Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry ("Think" responses)
Homework:
a. begin study of vocab 8
College essay writing workshop Thursday:
10/25 Friday Block
1. Read in Kindred chapters 6-7 (quiz Monday) ("The Rope" and "Epilogue")
2. Research for your next essay--locate two articles on JSTOR (see "references"section of web page
for the log in codes) and locate two articles on your topic (on different aspects of your topic
so you get a range of ideas). For each article you locate, create a Works Cited entry for that article
(on owl purdue mla, first see "article in a scholarly journal"
complete the work for this, then go to "article in an online database" to see how to add the
database information to your citation: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_electronic_sources.html
3. Now, underneath each citation, single space a paragraph telling about the important things you learned from that source.
post to google classroom (this goes in the essay category of your grade--so attention to details matters)
Homework:
a. finish above
b. vocab 1-8 quiz
c. Kindred 6-7 quiz
10/28 Monday Traditional
1. vocab 1-8 quiz
2. Kindred 6-7 quiz
3. Create a list of things you'll need to know/questions you'll need to answer to write an effective argumentative
paper on your topic (keep in mind you'll need to know views on both sides)
post to GC -- this needs to be thorough
Homework:
a. start studying vocab 9
b. finish reqading Kindred if you haven't already
10/30 Wednesday Block
1. FIAB CAASPP
2. Handout--Jefferson questions. Read the document and answer the questions on a google doc;
post to GC (for the short essay, one long paragraph with two pieces of integrated quote support.
3. Create 2 more MLA citations for JSTOR articles, along with summaries. Use your question guide
to help you better target your research. See instructions on agenda date 10/25.
(you may also use pubmed database if your topic is somewhat medical in nature)
Homework:
a. study vocab 9
b. finish above
11/4 Monday Block
1. vocab 1-9 quiz
2. Find 4 total sources from "Opposing Viewpoints in Context" from the school's library (2 each from one side,
2 from the other side) use owl purdue mla to find out how to cite the specific sources you decided to use; create an MLA
citation for each and then read and write a thorough summary for each and post to GC
*if Opposing Viewpoints wont work for you, get help at media center on your own time and in meantime
use JSTOR or PUBMed
Homework:
a.vocab 1-10 next week (vocab final coming soon)
b. finish above by midnight before next class
11/6 Wednesday Block
1. Read through the pamphlet handouts (Thomas Paine's "Crisis # 1," Benjamin's Franklin's
"The Sayings of Poor Richard" and Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention"and
answer the questions assigned and post all on one document to the "Founders" assignment on GC
a. Read Thomas Paine's "Crisis # 1, and answer questions # 1-10 on page 99 of handout on a google doc
b. Read Benjamin's Franklin's "The Sayings of Poor Richard," an answer questions # 1-5 on page 85 of the handout
c. Read Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" and answer questions 1-8 page 91 of the handout
(to answer # 7 watch this video about the Sirens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E8EhD70gDE
and read the two bible passages linked here:
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Ezekiel%2012&version=NIV (read Ezekiel 12:1-17)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2022&version=NIV (read Luke 22:1-52)
Post all answers on one document and post to the "Founders" assignment on GC
2. Read through the rubric for an informative essay (see "references" section on this web page from
drop down box under grade level at top of home page:)
3. Go to the link about how to write an informative essay and watch the short video:
https://study.com/learn/lesson/informative-essay-steps-parts.html
4. Now read through the essay format for a 5 paragraph paper--(see "references" section on this web page from
drop down box under grade level at top of home page:)
cut and paste a copy into a google doc, and fill in the outline format
and post to GC (one sentence per item, do not integrate quotes, just post the one sentence quote itself in the
outline). This MUST be completed before the next class, or you will have to write your paper without an outline.
Print it out, since you wont have access to electronics, and don't wait to go to library in class, since library may not be open
Homework:
a. finish above
b. bring printed outline of essay to class
11/8 Friday Block
1. Essay writing--double space, use only one side of paper, ink only. Essay must be finished today unless you have
extended time as part of a legal agreement (504/IEP)
Homework:
a. vocab 1-10 quiz next week
b. Founders exam coming soon...will include:
Age of Reason power point agenda date 10/16
Octavia Butler's Kindred (novel) - think about whether Rufus is a good representation of a slave owner, and what
in the novel you might use to prove your point
Phyllis Wheatley bio and poem (agenda date 10/18)
Thomas Paine's "Crisis # 1" handout (bio and the text)
Benjamin Franklin's "Poor Richard's Almanac" handout (bio and the text)
Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" handout (bio and the text)
Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia and "Letter to John Adams" (packet handout)
c. vocab final for weeks 1-10 week after next (no spelling; definitions and sentence usage only)
11/13 Wednesday Traditional
1. vocab quiz
2. Type up and submit your essay to GC--include a Works Cited page (take your citations, alphabetize them, format them)
---see example of what your page should look like:
https://www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/library/docs/MLAWorksCited7.pdf
hand back in your hard copy
Homework:
a. vocab final Monday next week
b. Age of Reason/Founders era exam second block day next week---see list for exam agenda date 11/8
11/15 Friday Block
1. Finish essay
2. Romantic Era introduction:
3. Romantic Era Author Bios:
4. Study Sync - American Romanticism
5. Study Sync: Walden, by Thoreau
Homework:
a. vocab final Monday
b. Age of Reason final second block
11/18 Monday Traditional
1. vocab final
2. First read, the Genesis chapters 2-3 account of the Garden of Eden:
chapter 2: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%202&version=NIV
chapter 3: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Genesis%203&version=NIV
2. Read the story "Rappaccini's Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne:
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/english/f1124y-001/resources/Rappaccinis_Daughter.pdf
Homework:
a. finish story at home; short quiz next class; be thinking about how the Genesis story relates to
"Rappaccini's Daughter"
b. Age of Reason final second block this week
c. ORB due before winter break---see instructions here:
11/20 Wednesday Block
1. IAB
2. Answer the following questions for "Rappaccini's Daughter" and post to GC:
a. Name three early hints in the story that Beatrice has deadly powers.
b. Cite the passages (give the quotes) from the story that show Beatrice's relationship to the large purple flower.
c. As a result of his first talk with Beatrice, how does Giovanni begin to feel about her?
d. After Baglioni's visit, what physical change does Giovanni notice in himself?
e. What change in attitude toward Beatrice begins to grow in his mind?
f. What does Giovanni accuse Beatrice of?
g. What did Rappaccini try to do for Beatrice and Giovanni with his science?
h. In Beatrice's last words, what does she imply is the real poison that has spread through Giovanni's nature?
i. What do you think actually killed Beatrice?
j. During Beatrice's first meeting with Giovanni, what warning does she issue about truth and appearances?
k. Considering Beatrice's physical appearance, her physical nature, and her soul, explain the moral about beauty and appearances the story might be teaching:
Homework:
a. study for Age of Reason Exam next class
b. Finish your personal narrative and post to GC...bring back your hard copy after Thanksgiving break (if you don't return it, you'll have to write a new narrative...so be CAREFUL to save hard copy and return it to class.
11/22 Friday Block
1. Age of Reason exam
2. Read through the analysis of "Rappaccini's Daughter" here:
https://interestingliterature.com/2023/03/nathaniel-hawthorne-rappaccinis-daughter-summary-analysis/
3. First, watch the Prometheus story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u91SjrEOE
4. Now, watch the video version of Edgar Poe's "The Raven"...and read through the test
film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K6-wO94-6I
text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven
5. Now, with your table team, explore how "The Raven" is a retelling of the Prometheus legend...come up
with claims, evidence, and analysis to prove the connection and post work to GC, each person on team post
your own copy.
Homework"
a. ISP essay due Sunday, midnight
b. return hard copy to me when we return from break (if you don't return it, you'll have to write a new narrative...so be CAREFUL to save hard copy and return it to class.
c. if absent for exam, you will take it the day we return to class, no extensions
12/2 Monday Traditional
1. Age of Reason exam make ups
2. First, watch the Prometheus story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_u91SjrEOE
3. Now, watch the video version of Edgar Poe's "The Raven"...and read through the text
film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K6-wO94-6I
text: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48860/the-raven
4. Now, with your table team, explore how "The Raven" is a retelling of the Prometheus legend...come up
with claims, evidence, and analysis to prove the connection and post work to GC, each person on team post
your own copy to GC--if you don't finish today, finish for homework (have 3 chunks of claim/quote/analysis
in bullets)
Homework
a. be studying Romantic Era material (agenda date 11/15 and on)
b. Finish above for homework
c. work on ORB
12/4 Wednesday Block
1. Age of Reason exam make ups for those who were absent
2. Raven review
3. Read Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher":
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/932/pg932-images.html
4. Now...thinking back over the details of the story...what "sin" are the Usher's being punished for,
and what is your evidence (give bulleted quote evidence from the story) and post to GC
5. Read the 4 options below to see some good examples of narrative essays, and as you read, look to see what techniques the author uses to show a life lesson of some sort without telling. Look for how the character's are developed
into believable people, how setting is used to create mood, and how figurative language is used to create
interest:
https://archive.nytimes.com/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/15/i-know-what-you-think-of-me/
https://aeon.co/essays/what-does-it-mean-to-consider-yourself-a-disabled-person
https://esl-bits.eu/ESL.English.Listening.Short.Stories/TalkPretty/03/design.html
Homework:
a. if you failed the Age of Reason test and want a chance to bring it up to passing, retakes at lunch today or tomorrow, last chance
b. Be studying Romantic era material for exam before break
c. work on ORB due before break
12/5 Friday Block
1. Narrative Essays:
2. Narrative essay story arc explanation and fill in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HEqI3pJIM
3. Fill in the narrative arc on paper and hand in to use when typing up your story next week.
4. Read through the material below to get some tips on various aspects of writing strong narratives
Show vs. Tell: https://jerryjenkins.com/show-dont-tell/
Character Development: https://writers.com/character-development-definition
Dialogue writing: https://www.thenovelry.com/blog/writing-dialogue
5. Study Sync: Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" complete the work and be familiar with the ideas.
6. Study Sync: Emerson's "Nature"
Homework:
a. be studying for the Romantic Era Exam:
Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown"(agenda date 12/9 for story link, agenda date 12/13 for notes)
Thoreau's Walden (handout) and study sync
Thoreau's "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (study sync)
Emerson's "Nature" (study sync)
American Literature and History: American Romanticism (study sync)
Poe's "The Raven" (agenda date 12/2)
Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher" (agenda date 12/4, notes 12/9)
Hawthorne's "Rappaccini's Daughter" (agenda date 11/12 and 11/15)
Romantic Era intro (agenda date 11/15)
Romantic Era author bios (agenda date 11/15)
b. Be thinking about how to write your personal narrative...how can you include character development,
dialogue, sensory details, figurative language, setting that creates mood, and how will you show vs. tell.
You'll have only one class period to write your narrative, so you wont have time to waste planning that
could have been done earlier.
c. ORB project due before winter break:
Fictional interview on non-fiction topic. Remember that though you are writing fiction
(made up interviews) you need to reveal the facts you learned from the book you read.
You can use direct quotes for your answers if you cite author and page number, but quotes from the
book are not necessary.
Start with an MLA citation for the book you chose at top of the page.
Underneath that, write your interview/s (if your book had multiple subjects, you can choose perhaps
the most important 3-4 for a group interview)
Single space individual speakers words, double space between them, and double space your heading
and the MLA citation for the book.
Cite the information from book you use in the interviewee's words, whether quoted or paraphrased
e.g. (Rainford 42).
Should be approximately 1000 words total, and should cover the important points of your outside reading book
e.g.:
Kendi, Ibram and Keisha Blain. Four Hundred Souls: a Community History of African America, 1619-2019.
New York, One World, 2021.
John Doe, interviewer: What did you learn from your research?
Casey Smith, interviewee: Through reading Roland Fryer, I learned that though blacks aren't killed by police more often than whites, they are subjected to more violence when being arrested (Kendi and Blain 142).
12/9 Monday Traditional
1. Read though "Fall of the House of Usher" notes:
2. Fall of the House of Usher: Thug Notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taJq013z5uQ
Course Hero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDT2ZdscxfA
3. The Raven: Thug Notes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14b_CkurswY
post notes on the above videos to google classroom on one document
4. Read "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathanial Hawthorne (quiz and writing assignment next class)
https://www.columbia.edu/itc/english/f1124y-001/resources/Young_Goodman_Brown.pdf
Homework:
a. finish above
b. work on ORB--due end of next week (before winter break)
c. next class you will need to write your narrative--you'll have only one class period and MUST complete it
in that time, so have clearly in your mind before then what you plan to say, where you plan dialogue,
description, figurative language, etc. After this, you will have a second class period to refine/revise, but
your complete story must be finished the end of the first period we work on it.
d. study for coming Romantic Era exam (see 12/5 for list)
12/11 Wednesday Block
1. We'll bump "Young Goodman Brown" quiz to Monday--notes for story will be posted this weekend
so you have them to study for final
2. Type your essay and post to GC---you need to complete the essay in class today in order to have time
to revise/edit and add any refinements on first block next week.
Homework:
a. ORB project due end of next week (see 12/5 agenda date)
b. study for Romantic Era Exam end of next week (see agenda date 12/5)
12/13 Friday Block
1. Choose a partner or group of 3--(four is too large a group)
2. Trade narratives with your partner
3. Then read your partner's narrative, and type up the following feedback for them
(and post your feedback to GC as well)
cut and paste these questions into a doc and answer each one:
a. did you like the story? why or why not?
b. what do YOU think is the life lesson?
c. Are their character's well-developed (i.e. can you see clear differences in the personalities of the various
characters...and for this question, tell them where in the story you saw the different personalities...did you
see it in certain lines of dialogue? or were a character's reactions described in away that conveys personality?
d. was the dialogue used to do more than just add dialogue or just move the story forward...did you
get hints about character's personalities through seeing what they said?
e. did they show or tell the life lesson (if they explain it anywhere, especially at the end, they are telling
instead of showing?
f. if they show the life lesson, is the life lesson clear enough? If not, what could they SHOW to make it clearer?
g. Is there a new paragraph indent every time a new speaker of dialogue says something?
h. are there at least two places in story where there is some figurative language, and are those examples fresh
and original or are they cliches you've heard before?
i. Is there a place n the story where they describe a setting in such a way that it conveys the appropriate
mood for that place in the story?
4. When finished, use the remaining time to revise/refine your story
*you may keep your story arc at this point
Homework:
a. Young Goodman Brown quiz Monday--see notes to the right
b. ORB project due end of next week (see 12/5 agenda date)
c. study for Romantic Era Exam end of next week (see agenda date 12/5)
Note* at this point, feel free to work on essay as needed---you'll have part of period Monday, and all period first block;
due end of first block
12/16 Monday Traditional
1. "Young Goodman Brown" quiz
2. Exam tips--things you should be sure to know:
match works to authors
match quotes to works
match authors to bio facts
what American movement led to a wide series of reforms?
what did Romantic writers value?
differences between early and late (dark) romantics, including traits of early vs. late (dark) romantic heroes
the three central ideas of American Romanticism (from SS)
when and where Romanticism began
what was Transcendentalism's ideas and where did they come from?
what is the Lyceum movement?
what is the difference between ambiguous and concrete ideas?
interpretational details from "The Raven," "Fall of the House of Usher," "Young Goodman Brown,"
"Rappaccini's Daughter"
3. Revise/Refine your essay--due end of next class period.
Homework:
a. ORB project due Friday (see 12/5 agenda date)
b. study for Romantic Era Exam end of next week (see agenda date 12/5, and today's date for tips)
c. Essays due end of the day first block this week
English Honor Society Essay workshop
12/18 Wednesday Block
1. Review of ORB formatting--due Friday
2. Essay revision--due midnight tonight
Homework:
a. Essay due midnight tonight
a. ORB project due Friday (see 12/5 agenda date)
b. study for Romantic Era Exam end of next week (see agenda date 12/5, and today's date for tips)
English Honor Society Essay workshop today:
12/20 Friday Block
1. Romantic Era Exam
Homework:
a. ORB due midnight tonight
Have a wonderful break!