Revised Syllabus English 10B 9th
Grade
March 24th_
Exam on Drama Terms
Figures
of Speech, play, tragedy, tragic hero, tragic flaw, comedy, dialogue,
monologue, soliloquy, aside, stage directions, props, inferences, iambic
pentameter, couplet, meter, slant rhyme, rhyme, rhythm
and Begin Looking for Alaska (Book sign-out)
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Beyond
the Bell Tutoring Begins. Bonus
Points 100/hour for completed assignments that meet rubrics.
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Assignment
#1 Complete Dialectical Journal 5 quotes/ Part I and 5 quotes/Part II due
on March 30th. No late work accepted!
March 28
Students turn in Decisions and
Consequences and Hero’s Journey Essay
to Mr. Benainous to be included
in essay portion of web project.
March 28
Students complete parts of the
brain web project
DATES TBA - Charts for web
project (Mr. Benainous and Mr. Maldonado)
Elements of fiction vocabulary: setting, characterization, character: antagonist,
protagonist, main, minor, narrator, voice, point of view: 1st person,
3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient, inference,
foreshadowing, flashback, flash forward
Driving Questions: What is the relationship between
decisions and consequences? How do decisions, actions, and consequences vary
depending on the different perspectives of the people involved? How can a
person’s decisions and actions change his/her life? How does one deal with Ambiguity? How does one live a thoughtful, hopeful life in the face of
unresolvable ambiguity?
March 25th-March
30th Searching For Alaska
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Expectations:
Reading in Class and 50 minutes/night
o Bonus
Points: Pass the AR exam by March 31
March 31-April 4-
· Assignment
#2 For Extra Credit (Optional) Compare and Contrast Essay on Images of Teens in Media Due April 1 to
Turnitin.com
o Two
TV shows or films: What messages do they give about risk-taking and the
consequences?
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Assignment
#3 Grapes of Wrath Expository/Informational Performance Assessment Exam
Begins
·
Read,
Highlight, and Annotate Background Information
o Migrant Farm Workers
o The WPA
o The Dust Bowl
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Watch
Videos and Examine Photographs
April 4 Introductory paragraphs
for web project – first draft due (Dr. Cohen)
April 4 Vocabulary and
definitions due for web project (Mr. Bimanous)
April 8 Introductory paragraphs
for web project – final revisions due (Dr. Cohen)
April 11 Practice Prezi due (Mr.
Benainous)
April 25 Practice Podcast due
(Mr. Benainous)
April 7- 10 Complete
Expository/Informational Performance Assessment
Exam
April 11th-Hollywood
Idol
April 14-18- Spring
Break
Read Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet
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Assignment
#4 Keep Reading Logs in your Reader’s Writers Notebook See Schedule for
Due dates of Logs. No late Logs accepted!
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Assignment
#5 Memorize and Recite
and/or create/post podcast of one of the assigned monologues or dialogues. Due date TBA depending on NMA Project
Deadlines.
April 28th-May
2- Read Romeo and Juliet Act I What is the relationship between decisions and consequences? How do decisions, actions, and consequences vary
depending on the different perspectives of the people involved? How can a person’s
decisions and actions change his/her life?
Prerequisite Skills: setting, characters, stages of plot
(exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution), conflict
(internal and external), irony (situational, verbal, dramatic), cause and
effect, tone, theme, mood, sonnet
Unit Vocabulary: Persuasive Devices
(i.e. bandwagon, loaded words, testimonial, name-calling, plain folks, snob
appeal, misuse of statistics), logical fallacies (appeal to fear, personal
attack {ad hominem}, false dilemma, false analogy}, Figures of Speech, play,
tragedy, tragic hero, tragic flaw, comedy, dialogue, monologue, soliloquy,
aside, stage directions, props, inferences, iambic pentameter, couplet, meter,
slant rhyme, rhyme, rhythm
Romeo and Juliet Reading Log
Schedule
Romeo and Juliet Reading Log Schedule
ACT 1 ACT II ACT III ACT IV ACT V
4-28 1.1 5-5 2.0/2.1/2.2 5-12 3.1 5-19 4.1/4.2 5-22 5.1/5.2
4-29 1.2 5-6 2.3 5-13 3.2 5-20 4.3/4.4 5-23 5.3
4-30 1.3 5-7 2.4 5-14 3.3 5-21 4.5
5-1 1.4 5-8 2.5/2.6 5-15 3.4
5-2 1.5 5-16 3.5
Due 5-2 Due 5-8 Due 5-16 Due 5-23 Due 5-23
May 5-8- Read Romeo and Juliet
May 12-16 Read Romeo and Juliet
May 15 Final Prezis for Web Project due (Mr. Benainous)
May 19-23 Romeo and Juliet
May 22 Final Podcasts for Web Project
due (Mr. Benainous)
Date TBA - Web Project Presentations
May 26- Memorial
Day
May 27-30 Romeo and Juliet Reflection and prep for Finals
TBA
May 29 Final Web Projects due (Mr. Benainous)
Finals will
cover The Odyssey, Looking for Alaska, and Romeo and Juliet
June 2-5 Finals
