| Syllabus
| Second Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Feb. 4, 2010 |
|
| [First
Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's Assignment] |
Week
of January 18 to 22 (Beginning of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | No
School: MLK, Jr. Day |
| Tues | [Week
of Prayer] Go over semester final exam. Check grades on RENweb. Read Learning
Styles Intro. Take Learning
Styles Survey. Print results, read them, and file them in the "Handouts"
section of your English binder. Read Four
Learning Styles. How can you use this information to advocate for your own
academic success?
Hmwk: If not completed in class, take Learning
Styles Survey. |
| Wed | [Week
of Prayer] [Academy Day] No class. |
| Thurs | [Week
of Prayer] Continue work on learning styles. [Four
Learning Styles] Map and box illustrations about learning styles. If you are
in a class where the teacher is not your learning style, what can you do? Pick
the learning style that seems to be your weakness: how do you get around situations
where the info comes in that form? Journal Writing #12 (How can you use this learning
styles info to advocate for your own academic success?
Hmwk: Complete
Journal Writing #12, if not completed in class. |
| Fri
B | [Week
of Prayer] No class. |
| Week
of January 25 to 29 |
| Mon | Give
out semester grade printouts. Return graded papers. Discuss proofreading errors
(examples on board), and discuss proofreading strategies for different learning
styles. Return essay re-writes. No hmwk. |
| Tues | Begin
Evangeline, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Research the historical background
of Evangeline. What countries were involved? What happened? What was the result
for the people? Write at least one page of research notes: in your own handwriting,
in your own words, and with all sources.
Hmwk: Complete Evangeline
historical background research notes--if not completed in class. Due at the beginning
of class tomorrow. |
| Wed | Due:
Historical background research notes. Evangeline. Share research results.
Distribute copies of the poem. Begin work on vocabulary. Define bolded words as
they are used in the context of the poem.
Hmwk: Complete vocab through
Part the First, II (middle of p. 7). |
| Thurs | [Late
"away" game tonight] Evangeline.
Check off vocab definitions. Begin reading poem. Work on vocab through p. 9. No
hmwk (as long as you've completed vocab through p. 9). |
| Fri
A | Evangeline.
Continue working on vocab through end of Part the First, p. 16. Conference survey.
No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 1 to 5 |
| Mon | Evangeline.
Continue reading the poem to the end of Part the First, p. 16.
Hmwk:
Work on vocab definitions through second break on p. 21. |
| Tues | Evangeline.
Continue reading the poem through second
break on p. 21.
Hmwk: Work on vocab definitions through break at top
of p. 28. |
| Wed | Evangeline.
Check off hmwk definitions. Continue
reading the poem through break at top of p. 28.
Hmwk: Work on vocab
definitions through end of poem. |
| Thurs | Evangeline.
Finish reading poem. Journal Writing #13 (Untimed: Plot summary; react to the
story). No hmwk. |
| Fri
B | No
class. |
| Week
of February 8 to 12 |
| Mon | No
School: Teacher In-Service |
| Tues | Evangeline.
Begin literary
terms and figurative language worksheet.
Hmwk: Continue learning
vocab word meanings and usages. |
| Wed | Continue
working on literary
terms and figurative language worksheet. Continue working on definitions and
identifying examples in Evangeline.
Hmwk: Continue working on vocab
and finding examples of figurative language. |
| Thurs | Continue
working on literary
terms and figurative language worksheet. Continue working on definitions and
identifying examples in Evangeline. |
| Fri
A | |
| Week
of February 15 to 19 |
| Mon | No
School: Presidents' Day |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
B | No
class. |
| Week
of February 22 to 26 |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
A | |
| Week
of March 1 to 5 |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
Fri
B | No
class. |
| Week
of March 8 to 12 |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
A | |
| Week
of March 15 to 19 (End of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | |
| Tues | |
| Wed | |
| Thurs | |
| Fri
B | No
class. |