Monday, January 18, 2016

English 9B Syllabus 2016 Draft (Subject to Change)

Week
Start date
Book/s and Media
Major Assignment/s
Skills 
Week 2    
18
Of Mice and Men

Film: Gary Sinese, Director


Compare and Contrast Book and Film Paper or
Dialogue on Gender

Literary Terms Exam
Skills #1
Skill #2
Skill #3
Skill #8
Skill #10
Skill #11

Week 3      
25
Of Mice and Men
Character Analysis Paper
Skill #3
Skill#4
Skill #6
Skill #11
Skill  #12
Skill #13
Skill #14 -19

Week 4      
1
Romeo and Juliet
Act I
Assessment Questionnaire


Exam on Shakespearean Terms

Analysis of Prologue


Skill #5
Skill#11
Skill #20
Week 5  
8
Romeo and Juliet Act I
Comparing Primary Source Documents
Romeo's speech in 1.5.51-60.

The Academy of Complements

Characteristics of Petrarchan Sonnets

Analysis of Petrarchan Sonnets
1.5.104-23 Romeo and Juliet
Compare and Contrast Sonnet 116 to 1.5.104-23 

Skill #5
Skill#7
Skill#11
Skills # 14-19
Skill#20
Week 6
15
President’s Day
Romeo and Juliet Act II
Act II, Scene II Analysis
The Balcony Scene


Extended metaphors/conceits

Skill #5
Skill#7
Skill#11
Week 7
22
Romeo and Juliet
Act III
Tragic Love Dialogue

Fight Scene


Understanding Character ( STEAL)

Focus on Mercutio

Ambiguity in death of Mercutio

Family arguments
Love or abuse?
Gender and marriage

Skill #5
Skill#7
Skill#11
Week 8
29
Romeo and Juliet

Act IV

Freshman Project begins
Types of Love In Romeo and Juliet

The best laid plans of mice and men…

Skill #5
Skill #25
Week 9
7th
Romeo and Juliet
Act V 

Climax of the Play

Teenagers setting the world straight

Relate types of love to everyday life.

Connection to the Teenage Brain


Skill #5

Skill #23
Skill #24

Week 10
14th
Romeo and Juliet Film Festival

Baz Luhrmann, Director

Zeffirelli, Director 

Gift of The Magi
Short Story  

Gift of the Magi Paper

The Road Not Taken


Compare and Contrast Films and/or Play with film











Irony and Ambiguity
Skill#7

Skill #23
Skill #24











Skills #12-22

Week 11
28th Caesar Chavez Day


What Makes A Good Team Paper

Freshman Project Presentations

Skills #12-22



Skill #23
Skill #24



Skill #26
Week 12
4th
The Pearl
Novella

The Pearl Paper


Skill#7
Week 13
11th
The Pearl
Novella

Skill #6
Skill#7
Week 14
18th
Grapes of Wrath

Skill#7
Week 15
25
Grapes of Wrath

Skill#6-7
Week 16
2nd
Grapes of Wrath

Skill#6-7
Week 17
9th
Grapes of Wrath

Skill #6-7

Week 18
16
Grapes of Wrath Film


Compare and Contrast Film and Book
Skills # 12-22
Week 19
23rd

Portfolio Presentations

Skill #27
Week 20
Memorial Day 30th
Dead Week

Portfolio Presentations
Skill #27
Week 21

Final Exams
Final Exams
Skill #27-28


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