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| Syllabus
| Assignments | Revised:
Oct. 22, 2007 | |
Week
of August 20 to 24 |
| Mon |
Teacher In-Service Meetings |
| Tues | First
day of class: Course syllabus. Class introductions.
E-mail to teacher assignment. Organize English
class notebooks. Intro English 9 website.
Hmwk: E-mail
to teacher assignment. Due Friday, Aug. 24. Put together English class notebook
as per instructions in syllabus ("Additional
Materials" section). |
| Wed | Finish
going over E-mail to teacher assignment. Journal
#1 (untimed: "My Summer" questions). Sharing. Literature survey.
Hmwk: Complete literature survey (if not done in class today).
E-mail to teacher assignment. Finish organizing
and decorating English notebook. |
| Thurs | Due:
Literature survey (if not turned in yesterday). Introduce timed journaling. Journal
#2 (Best/worst "first day of school" story). Grammar pre-test.
Hmwk (due before class tomorrow): E-mail to
teacher assignment. |
| Fri | Due
(before class): E-mail to teacher assignment.
Journal #3 (What I want out of Prep. What I want to accomplish this year. How
I'm going to make it happen). Complete grammar pre-test, if not completed yesterday.
Syllabus quiz. No hmwk. |
| Week
of August 27 to 31 |
| Mon | Journal
#4 (My first week at Prep: the good, the bad, the ugly--stuff that needs to be
changed/rearranged). Spelling pre-test.
Complete syllabus quiz, if not completed on Friday. Begin "Underdogs"
unit, a collection of stories from various cultures about underdogs. Read "The
Brave Little Tailor."
Hmwk: Finish reading "The
Brave Little Tailor." |
| Tues | Quiz:
"The Brave Little
Tailor." Discuss story: What are the circumstances of the story that
allow the tailor to be successful? What has to happen for him to be successful
at each turn? What about the tailor's life would lead you to expect him to lose
(be unsuccessful)? What about the tailor himself makes him successful? Begin reading
story of David and Goliath from I Samuel 16 & 17. [I
Samuel 16] [I
Samuel 17]
Hmwk: Finish reading story of David and Goliath from
I Samuel 16 & 17. You could try looking at the story in a couple of different
translations . . . |
| Wed |
Reading quiz: David and Golaith story. Discuss story: What are the circumstances
of this Bible story that allow David to be successful? What about David would
lead you to expect him to lose against the giant? What do David's brothers think
of his abilities? Compare this story to "The Brave Little Tailor." Begin
reading Jacobs
version of "Jack and the Beanstalk." (Students can draw while listening
to story.)
Hmwk: Read
Lang version of "Jack and the Beanstalk." |
| Thurs | "Jack
and the Beanstalk" reading quiz (Jacobs & Lang). Read
Hartland version
of "Jack and the Beanstalk." (Students can draw while listening
to story.) Questions: How does magic make Jack's success possible? Compare Jack
with main characters in other stories. Are the underdogs smart? Do they rely on
coincidence for their success? What is Jack's reward at the end? Why do you think
we have variations on this tale? Do all three "Jack and the Beanstalk"
tales have the same theme/moral? Compare this to the rewards in other stories.
Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz.
Leave English notebooks in the classroom for initial
check. |
| Fri | Spelling
quiz. Read aloud "Lazy
Jack" (an Appalachian Jack tale). Pass back papers. No hmwk. [About Jack
tales: "Wonder
Tales in Appalachia"] |
| Week
of September 3 to 7 |
| Mon | No
class: Labor Day. |
| Tues | Bring
Bibles to class. Spelling pre-test. Read
Esther 1 & 2 (silently to self or quietly to a partner). Begin Esther
Reading Comprehension Questions. (Answers need to be filed in "Notes"
section of your English notebook.)
Hmwk: Read Esther 3 & 4 (any
version of the Bible). [Extra help: advice/advise
and adviser/advisor] |
| Wed | [Publications
Wksp] Bring Bibles to class. Reading quiz: Esther 1-4. Continue reading Esther.
Continue working on Esther Reading Comprehension
Questions. (Answers need to be filed in "Notes" section of notebook.)
Recommendation: Complete Chpts. 3-5 today. |
| Thurs | [Publications
Wksp] Bring Bibles to class. Continue reading Esther. Continue working on Esther
Reading Comprehension Questions. Recommendation: Complete Chpts. 6-8 today
so that you can complete Chpts. 9 & 10 tomorrow and be able to enjoy a English-homework-free
weekend.
Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. [Extra help: advice/advise
and adviser/advisor] |
| Fri | Bring
Bibles to class. Spelling quiz. Finish
reading Esther. Finish Esther Reading Comprehension
Questions. The answers to ALL of the Esther
Reading Comprehension Questions should be in the "Notes" section
of your English notebook by Monday. No hmwk (as long as you have finished reading
Esther and the Esther Reading Comprehension
Questions). |
| Week
of September 10 to 14 |
| Mon | Esther
reading quiz (Chpts. 5-10). Spelling pre-test.
Check off completed answers for Esther
Reading Comprehension Questions. Begin other "Cinderella" tales.
Read the Charles
Perrault version of the Cinderella tale, "Cinderella; or, The Little Glass
Slipper." For study and discussion questions: What do you think the Cinderella
tale is really about? Is it about bravery? rags to riches success? beauty? goodness?
nobility of spirit? surviving adversity? Do different versions have different
moral/themes? Why might a society want its children to understand the story of
Cinderella?
Hmwk: Finish reading "Cinderella;
or, The Little Glass Slipper" --if you didn't finish in class. |
| Tues | Journal
#5 (Untimed: Write preparation notes for the discussion questions.) Questions
for discussion about "odd" messages of best-known Cinderella tale:
- Are only beautiful people good?
- Is every woman's supreme
ambition to marry a prince/king?
- Can
one pick a spouse by appearances?
- Does
"goodness" mean being a doormat for unpleasant people?
Read
aloud another version of the Cinderella tale: Princess Furball, by Charlotte
Huck. Work on study and discussion questions (listed Mon). |
| Wed | Read
aloud another version of the Cinderella tale: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters,
by John Steptoe (an African version of the Cinderella tale). Continue with study
and discussion questions for underdog stories. |
| Thurs | Read
aloud The King's Equal by Katherine Paterson.
Hmwk: Study for
spelling quiz. |
| Fri | Spelling
quiz. Journal #6 (Untimed: Is The King's Equal a Cinderella story?
Why/why not?). Read individually: "Fair,
Brown, and Trembling" (an Irish version of the Cinderella tale). No hmwk. |
| Week
of September 17 to 21 |
| Mon | [ITED/CogAt
Testing] Spelling pre-test. Discuss "Fair,
Brown, and Trembling" as a Cinderella tale. Read Sleeping Ugly,
by Jane Yolen--a tale in which the ugly girl gets the prince and the beautiful
princess gets just what she deserves. Is this a parody of the Cinderella story?
Begin test
review questions about underdog stories
Hmwk: Complete reading
of any underdog stories that you haven't finished. |
| Tues |
[ITED/CogAt Testing] Test
review questions about underdog stories.
Hmwk: study for test over
underdog stories. |
| Wed |
[ITED/CogAt Testing] Continue review
for test over underdog stories. Test
review questions about underdog stories.
Hmwk: study for test over
underdog stories. |
| Thurs | Test:
underdog stories.
Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. |
| Fri | Spelling
quiz. Journal #7 (Midterm self assessment). Read "The
Lumber Room," Saki (H. H. Munro). No hmwk. |
| Week
of September 24 to 28 |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. Read "The
Open Window," by H. H. Munro (pp. 19 - 21 in lit text). Journal #8 (Have
you ever thought up a story like Vera in "The Open Window"? Do you assign
life stories to strangers you observe?) No hmwk. |
| Tues |
Do Analyzing Lit qstns. #1-8 & 10-14 on p. 22. Due in class. Begin homework
reading.
Hmwk: Read "The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty," by James Thurber (pp. 116 - 120). Read
about "Walter Mitty" in real life: "In
the British Fallout Over Iraq, Even Walter Mitty Has a Part to Play." |
| Wed | Reading
quiz: "The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty." Journal #9 (Do you ever daydream about
being amazing or someone other than yourself? What are you like in your daydreams?)
Discuss "The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty" as a "frame story." Write a Walter-Mitty-type
daydream for yourself. Be as amazing as you want. Include at least two episodes
in your "frame story."
Hmwk: Finish first draft, and bring
story to class tomorrow to share in a small group. |
| Thurs | Due:
first draft of Walter-Mitty-type daydream story. Share daydream story with a partner.
Can you identify the boundries between the frame story and the daydreams? Do the
daydreams seem as realistic as the real-life frame? Can you "see" the
action of the daydreams? Revise and polish as needed.
Hmwk: Study for
spelling quiz and word process Walter-Mitty-type
daydream story. (Academic style: 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, 1" margins
all around, double spacing, name in upper right-hand corner). |
| Fri | Spelling
quiz. Work on illustration for Walter-Mitty-type daydream story during class.
(Final draft with illustration due on Monday.) No hmwk, as long as your illustration
is done and you have finished word-processing your story. |
| Week
of October 1 to 5 |
| Mon | Due:
Final draft for Walter-Mitty-type daydream story with illustration. (Hard copy
must be in class at the beginning of class for assignment to be on time.
Print before class starts.) Spelling
pre-test. Read "The Leap" (pp. 57-63), . Read "Flashback"
on p. 64 and discuss answers to the 3 questions after the explanation.
Hmwk:
Do some research to discover what the 5 W's and 1 H of journalism are. (Resource
options: online search, encyclopedia, journalist, etc.) List 5 W's and H for a
journalistic report about the dramatic rescue at the end of "The Leap."
|
| Tues | Check
off and discuss homework. Discuss journalistic style with notes on board. Using
the 5 W's & 1 H in the first paragraph, write a newspaper article about the
last time the narrator's mother saved her life (from the burning house).
Hmwk:
Complete and word process newspaper article. (Academic style: 12 pt. font, Times
New Roman, 1" margins all around, double spacing, name in upper right-hand
corner). |
| Wed | Due:
newspaper article, using the 5 W's & 1 H in the first paragraph, about the
rescue from the burning house. Journal #10 (Fall in the Napa Valley). Peer review
article. Make adjustments, as necessary. Work on #1-5 & 13-15 (p. 64).
Hmwk: Complete revision of newspaper article. Word process. (Academic style:
12 pt. font, Times New Roman, 1" margins all around, double spacing, name
in upper right-hand corner). |
| Thurs | Due:
Word-processed draft of newspaper article. Journal #10 (Fall in the Napa Valley;
best thing about fall). Complete #1-5 & 13-15 (p. 64).
Hmwk: Study
for spelling quiz. |
| Fri | Spelling
quiz. Read "The
Lady, or the Tiger?" (pp. 45-50), Frank R. Stockton. No hmwk. [WOPAM
this weekend] |
| Week
of October 8 to 12 |
| Mon | Journal
#11 ( WOPAM). Spelling pre-test. "The
Lady, or the Tiger?" (pp. 45-50) response option (pick one): Do qstns
#2-4, 6-9, 14 (p. 51) OR "Creative Writing" (p. 52).
Hmwk:
Complete response. |
| Tues |
Due: "The
Lady, or the Tiger?" response option. Journal #12 ("Honesty is the
best policy" is a common saying. Why do people sometimes ignore this good
advice?) Read "The
Necklace," Guy de Maupassant (pp. 169-175).
Hmwk: Complete
reading of "The
Necklace," Guy de Maupassant. |
| Wed | Reading
quiz: "The Necklace,"
Guy de Maupassant (pp. 169-175). Read "Symbol," p. 176. Discuss
answers to "Symbol" qstns #1-3. Response options (pick one): Do qstns
#3-10, 14 (p. 176) OR "Personal Writing" (p. 177).
Hmwk: Complete
"The Necklace,"
Guy de Maupassant response option. |
| Thurs | Due:
"The Necklace,"
Guy de Maupassant response option. Mrs. Dibben gone.
Hmwk: Study
for spelling quiz.
[Journal (Have you
ever wanted something so badly that you made a mistake to get it?)] |
| Fri | Mrs.
Dibben gone: work period. No hwmk. |
| Week
of October 15 to 19 (End of First Quarter) |
| Mon | Journal
#13 (Church in the Redwoods, Rio Football Tournament, your wknd). Spelling
pre-test. Begin test review. [Test fodder: "The
Open Window," "The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "The Leap," "The
Lady, or the Tiger?" and "The
Necklace," and writing]. Test Review Questions: - Write
a paragraph summary of each story's plot line.
- List
the main characters and identify each as protagonist, antagonist,
or supporting.
- Identify
the initial problem, situation, or conflict that starts the action.
- What
has to be resolved for the story to end successfully?
- Moral/s,
theme/s?
- Is this an underdog
story? Explain.
- Several
of the stories involve a desire to be or to have something other than the life
the protagonist is currently living. Identify and explain.
Hmwk:
Continue preparation for test. |
| Tues | Make-up
spelling quiz from last Friday. Continue
test review.
Hmwk: Study for test. Test review only accepted for credit
just before test session. |
| Wed | Due:
Test review. Test review only accepted for credit just before you take test.
Test:
"The Open
Window," "The
Secret Life of Walter Mitty," "The Leap," "The
Lady, or the Tiger?" and "The
Necklace," and writing. No hmwk. |
| Thurs | Journal
#14 (End-of-1st-qtr. self assessment. What went well? What needs to change?) Right-brain,
creative response to short stories. Options: - Drawing
or a word drawing
- Poem
or a "found" poem (using magazine words and letters)
- Song
(set to well-known music)
- Re-write
beginning (!). How would story be different?
- Collage
(pictures and/or words)
- Your
idea? 3-D response?
Hmwk:
Study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri | Spelling
quiz. Complete creative responses to short stories. Due by end of class. No
hmwk. |