| Syllabus
| First Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Sept. 1, 2010
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Week
of August 16 to 20 (Beginning of first quarter and first semester) |
| Mon | First
day of class: Class introductions. Distribute copies of course
syllabus. Discuss who should take Honors English 11/12 and why. Journal
Writing #1 (Be prepared to share #1 & 2 with classmates): - What
was the BEST part of your summer?
- Brag
on yourself about something you've done in the last 12 months of which you are
very proud.
- What I need
to accomplish this school year . . .
- This
year will be the same . . .
- This
year will be different . . .
Hmwk:
Finish reading course syllabus. Finish reading surveys.
Send to Mrs. Dibben (PrepEnglish@yahoo.com)
a photo of yourself doing something fun this summer. Due by Wednesday. |
| Tues | Check
out Honors
English Reading Lists for guidelines. Working together, make book choices
for this year. Generate list
of 10 books (5 British, 5 American) to propose to class tomorrow. Have reasons
for your choices. Guidelines: Shakespeare, Dickens, Brontë, Austen, Hawthorne,
Twain, Potok, and others to be identified in class (notes on board). I'll have
copies of possibilities in class.
Hmwk: Complete your book list. Research,
browse, discuss, read. . . . Figure out what YOU want to read in class this year.
Be ready to share your list with classmates on Wednesday. |
| Wed | Discuss
book choices. Finalize this year's reading list. Click here to see the Proposed
reading list for this year.
Hmwk: Send photo of you having fun
this summer to PrepEnglish@yahoo.com
(for classroom bulletin board). Join Facebook
group: PUC Prep English (for homework updates/reminders, assignment explanations,
sharing student work, interesting links, etc.)
Leave notebooks in classroom
for initial check. (For full credit, you need to have a notebook, your name
on the front cover and/or spine, five tabs--correctly labeled and in right order,
a syllabus in "Handouts" section, and Writing #1 in the "Journal"
section.) |
| Thurs | No
Class: Whole-School Fine Arts Field Trip to SF. |
| Week
of August 23 to 27 |
| Mon | [Week
of Prayer] Re-design of writing bulletin board as review of the stages in the
writing process. Partners? Research components for writing process bulletin board.
Look for options, ideas, processes, etc. that make each step in the process come
alive and seem real. Turn in sketch of your section of the bulletin board by the
end of class. Begin first literary work: A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens.
Hmwk: Begin reading A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens (Book the First,
Chpts. 1-4). |
| Tues |
[Week of Prayer] Continue working on writing process bulletin board. Do rough
layout for writing bulletin board design.
Hmwk: Continue reading A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens (Book the First, Chpts. 5-6). |
| Wed | No
Class: Whole-School Field Trip to Ball Game.
Hmwk: Continue reading
A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens (Book the Second, Chpts. 1-3). |
| Thurs | [Week
of Prayer] Continue working on writing process bulletin board. Begin putting up
definitive elements.
Hmwk: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens (Book the Second, Chpts. 4-9). |
| Week
of August 30 to September 3 |
| Mon | Reading
quiz (through p. 118). Writing bulletin board and/or reading
Hmwk: Continue
reading A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens (Book the Second, Chpts. 10-14).
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| Tues | Complete
writing bulletin board.
Hmwk: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens (Book the Second, Chpts. 15-18). |
| Wed | Discussion
about reading Dickens. What do you need to do to enhance your understanding of
the novel? What conditions? What kind of reading? Read passage (pp. 117-118) to
illustrate some of the challenges and also some of the magic of Dickens' writing.
Hmwk: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens (Book the Second,
Chpts. 19-21). |
| Thurs | Reading
quiz (through Book the Second, Chpt. 21). Research political situation that led
to the French Revolution. Begin developing timeline poster of events significant
to the novel.
Hmwk: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens (through Book the Third, Chpt. 8). |
| Week
of September 6 to 10 |
| Mon | No
School: Labor Day |
| Tues | Reading
quiz (through Book the Third, Chpt. 8). Timeline poster of events significant
to the novel. Essay options.
Hmwk: Continue reading A Tale of Two
Cities, Dickens (through Book the Third, Chpt. 12). |
| Wed | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Timeline poster of events significant to the
novel. Essay options.
Hmwk: Continue reading A Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens (through end of novel AND "Afterward"). |
| Thurs | Finish
reading A Tale of Two Cities before class starts. A Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens. Reading quiz (through end of novel AND "Afterward"). Essay
options. Choose essay option. No hmwk. |
| Week
of September 13 to 17 (Midterm) |
| Mon | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Review of writing process as it applies to Honors
English 11/12 essays. Thinking and organizing. Thinking stage of the writing process.
Hmwk:
Begin organizing stage of the writing process. Cluster
sheet. Thesis statement. |
| Tues | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Check off cluster
sheet and thesis statement. Continue organizing stage of the writing process
with sentence outlines. Model sentence outline for essay about literature.
Hmwk:
Complete sentence outline. |
| Wed | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Check off sentence outlines. Begin drafting.
Hmwk:
Continue drafting. Rough-rough draft should be complete by end of class tomorrow. |
| Thurs | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Finish rough-rough draft (by end of class today).
Print out 2X-spaced hard copy of rough-rough draft for class on Wednesday. No
hmwk (Let your essay sit quietly over the long weekend. Leaving it along for a
few days will make revision easier/better on Wednesday.) |
| Week
of September 20 to 24 |
| Mon | No
Class: Standardized Tests |
| Tues | No
Class: Standardized Tests |
| Wed | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Self evaluation.
Hmwk: Revision based
on self evaluation. Print out NEW hard copy to bring to class tomorrow. |
| Thurs | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Peer evaluation. Teacher essay conferences.
Hmwk:
Revision based on peer evaluation. Print out NEW hard copy to bring to class on
Monday. |
| Week
of September 27 to October 1 |
| Mon | A
Tale of Two Cities, Dickens. Proofreading techniques and tricks. Review for
test. Teacher essay conferences.
Hmwk: Prepare for test. (Continue essay
revision.) |
| Tues | Test:
A Tale of Two Cities
Hmwk:
Final draft |
| Wed | Due:
Final draft of A Tale of Two Cities essay (with all previous drafts, in
a pocket folder). Share with classmates. No hmwk. |
| Thurs | |
| Week
of October 4 to 8 |
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| Week
of October 11 to 15 (End of first quarter) |
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