Sunday, March 23, 2014

Revised Syllabus



 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)

·      Beyond the Bell Tutoring Begins.  Bonus Points 100/hour for completed assignments that meet rubrics.

·      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

·      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?

·      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

·      Watch Videos and Examine Photographs
o   Voices from the Dust Bowl http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tshome.html
o   Brother Can You Spare A Dime?  Photographs from The Great Depression http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/dime/resources.html
Dustbowl  Era - Timeline


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
·      Assignment #4 Keep Reading Logs in your Reader’s Writers Notebook See Schedule for Due dates of Logs. No late Logs accepted!
·      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 

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