| Syllabus
| Second Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Jan. 13, 2009 |
|
| [First
Quarter's Assignments] |
Week
of October 27 to 31 (Beginning of Second Quarter) |
| Mon | [CR]
Read text intro to "New Nation" section, pp. 120 to 128. Discuss Americanism
and British expressions.
Hmwk: Research Benjamin Franklin and find
at least one interesting thing to share. Write at least a page of notes: in your
own handwriting, in your own words, and with sources. |
| Tues | [CR]
Due: research notes on Benjamin Franklin. Journal __ (How are you blessed?) Share
research. Begin reading selection
from Franklin's autobiography. Begin worksheet
on Franklin's 13 virtues in class.
Hmwk: Finish reading selection
from Franklin's autobiography. |
| Wed | [CR]
"New Nation" unit. Read selection
from Franklin's autobiography (pp. 131-133). Continue working on worksheet
on Franklin's 13 virtues. (Due Thurs)
Hmwk: Complete worksheet
on Franklin's 13 virtues. (Due Thurs)
[Enrichment:
The
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (from Wikisource.org)] |
| Thurs | [PUC
Volleyball Tournament] [CR] "New Nation" unit. Due: completed worksheet
on Franklin's 13 virtues. Discuss worksheet questions. Ben
Franklin's Funeral and Grave handout. Franklin's epitaph. How would you like
to be remembered? Express visually or in prose or poetry. No hmwk. |
| Week
of November 3 to 7 |
| Mon | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Group
research on the Constitution.
Hmwk: Do as much as you need to do
on the group
research on the Constitution to be ready to present your research on the board
tomorrow. |
| Tues | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Present group
research on the Constitution on board in classroom. Read extracts
from the Constitution and discuss. Introduce SA constitution project.
Hmwk:
Think about what would need to be in a good student association constitution. |
| Wed | [Noon
Dismissal: Parent-Teacher Conferences] [CR] SA Constitutional Convention (Writing
Committee) unit. Discuss purposes/goals of a constitution. Generate lists of characteristics
of a good SA constitution and things a good SA constitution should do. Type up
and distribute Characteristics
of a Good SA Constitution document to class to use for assessment and planning.
Hmwk:
Finish reading the sample student association constitution you were given. Answer
the questions in the Student
Constitution Review Guide. |
| Thurs | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Begin outlining sample
constitutions. Constitution
Outlines handout. No hwmk. |
| Week
of November 10 to 14 |
| Mon | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Reflection
on process. Constitution
Outlines handout. Outline sample constitutions on board. Characteristics
of a Good SA Constitution document (compiled in class) Self-evaluation.
No hmwk. |
| Tues |
[CR] SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Developing an outline. |
| Wed | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. |
| Thurs | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. |
| Week
of November 17 to 21 |
| Mon | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. What features do we need
in our constitution? What do we keep? What do we let go? Wrap up outline decisions. |
| Tues | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Outlining the constititution. |
| Wed | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Work out details of Assembly
period presentation. What kind of input do we need? How do we get that info? No
hmwk. |
| Thurs | [CR]
SA Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Finalize details for Assembly.
Good-By Party for Mr. Rasmussen. No hmwk.
[NB: English III students will be
leading out at Assembly on Friday. The topic is the SA Constitution they are writing.] |
| Week
of November 24 to 28: Thanksgiving Vacation |
| Week
of December 1 to 5 |
| Mon | SA
Constitutional Convention (Writing Committee) unit. Assessing feedback from Assembly.
Identify feedback useful to the consititution process. Determine how to best move
ahead with writing. How do we get buyin from all stateholders? Create write-up
about process for this week's PrepAgenda.
Hmwk: Complete rough
draft of PrepAgenda write-up. |
| Tues | Check
off rough drafts of PrepAgenda write-ups. Self evaluation of
rough drafts per guidelines on board. Revise and word process rough drafts. Double
space.
Hmwk: Complete revision and word processing of PrepAgenda
write-up. (Please double space document.) Due: beginning of class tomorrow. |
| Wed | Due:
revised, word-processed, double-spaced draft of PrepAgenda write-up. (These
write-ups will be put together in a bound collection for our classroom, Mr. Rasmussen,
and for the person who takes over the constitution process.) Peer review of PrepAgenda
write-up. Read your writing to a partner. Identify strong parts: good paragraphs,
well-crafted senteces and turns of phrase. Rearrange partners and select best
passages for various sections (identified on board) of the final draft.
Hmwk:
Complete revision of your writing. Submit your own final-final draft to Turnitin.com
by midnight Thursday. Thinking: what is the best mechanism to use to hand the
constitution-writing process off for drafting? (Mrs. Dibben: compile the three
groups' work to produce a working final draft.) |
| Thurs | Present
working
final draft to class. Is it accurate? Is the process described in the right
order? Is the writing smooth? Finalize hand-off ideas. No hmwk.
Hmwk: Submit
your own final draft to Turnitin.com by
midnight tonight. (I'll retrieve them from Turnitin.com to compile the three collections
referred to above.) |
| Week
of December 8 to 12 |
| Mon | Washington
Irving short stories. Read aloud "The
Devil and Tom Walker" (pp. 203-213). Discuss elements of the story that
make it a great read-aloud story. No hmwk. |
| Tues | Washington
Irving short stories. Begin "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Hmwk: Research Washington Irving.
(At least one page of notes--in your own handwriting, in your own words, with
sources.) Due Wed. [Link
to LibraVox recording of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"] [There are
a couple of free podcasts of this story available at iTunes.] |
| Wed | Due:
Irving research notes. Share Irving research. Continue reading "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow." No hmwk. |
| Thurs | [Egypt
Trip] Washington Irving short stories. Finish reading "The
Legend of Sleepy Hollow." No hmwk. |
| Week
of December 15 to 17 |
| Mon | [Egypt
Trip] Washington Irving short stories. Begin reading "Rip
Van Winkle." Christmas ornaments.
Hmwk: Read enough of "Rip
Van Winkle" so that you'll be able to finish in class on Tuesday. |
| Tues | [Egypt
Trip] Washington Irving short stories. Finish reading "Rip
Van Winkle." |
| Wed | [Egypt
Trip] [No Class: Noon Dismissal] |
| Christmas
Break (Dec. 18 to Jan. 4) |
| Week
of January 5 to 9 |
| Mon |
Read over Episode 1 questions
before viewing. Begin viewing: Do You Speak American? Up North. No hmwk.
|
| Tues | Finish
viewing : Do You Speak American?
Up North. Read over Episode
2 questions before viewing. Begin viewing: Do You Speak American? Down
South.
Hmwk: Journal #8 (Untimed, at least a page on one of the
Episode 1 questions
that interests you.) |
| Wed | Finish
viewing: Do You Speak American?
Down South. Read over Episode
3 questions before viewing. Begin viewing: Do You Speak American? Out West.
Hmwk: Journal #9 (Untimed, at least a page on one of the Episode
2 questions that interests you.) |
| Thurs | Finish
viewing: Do You Speak American?
Out West. Journal #10 (Untimed, at least a page on one of the Episode
3 questions that interests you. No hmwk. |
| Week
of January 12 to 16 (End of Second Quarter) |
| Mon | Test
review. Test fodder: Review
(write out answers in your own handwriting): - Write
a (+/-) 1-page summary of each of the Irving stories.
- Note
similarities in the Irving stories.
- Identify
the central conflict in each story. (Man vs. man, man vs. nature, man vs. himself)
- Identify
the main characters (protagonist, antagonist)
- The
essay question on the test will be: Do you speak American? Answer personally based
on the series we watched in class. Demonstrate that you watched and thought about
what was discussed. (The study
and discussion questions handout should be useful.)
Hmwk:
Continue preparation for the test. Think about the essay question in preparation
for class tomorrow. |
| Tues | Test
review. Focus on essay question: Do you speak American? Discuss: What are the
main points of the series? How do they apply to you personally? What is the evidence
that you speak "American"--as described in the series? What are the
influences on your language? What are your language attitudes? Put your ideas
into essay format: Be sure to craft a thesis statement (at the end of your introduction)
that identifies what you are going to say. Put each new idea in a separate body
paragraph. Then, write a nifty, neat-o conclusion.
Hmwk: Finish preparation
for the test. Complete review questions, and prepare for essay question. Notebooks
are due at time of test. |
| Wed | Semester
Exam: 12:30 to 2 p.m. Review questions and notebooks due at test time. |