Week 3 English 9 2012

Week 3	Class Work	Homework
Monday Vocabulary Words Style Tone Diction Connotation Source Argument Claim Opinion Evidence Elaboration Credibility Intent/Purpose Loaded Language Sensory images Figurative language Anecdotes Emotional appeals Logical appeals	Exam on PP. 3-15	Read Where I Find My Heroes by Oliver Stone 1.   Take Cornell Notes 2.   Make Vocabulary Flashcards Page 16-17
Tuesday	Read Heroes with Solid Feet by Kirk Douglass What is an Op-Ed article?	Take Cornell Notes Answer Questions Reading Check Questions PP. 1-4
Wednesday	Do Test Practice Pp. 21 Persuasion Map to help you outline an argument.	Brainstorm and Complete Persuasion Map Constructed Response Essay #2 Pp. 21 Prompt is on Pp. 21 of Perspectives in Multicultural Literature (PML/Purple Book).
Thursday	Draft 1 of Essay: Prompt: Select either Oliver Stone’s essay or Kirk Douglass’s OP=Ed article, and write an EVALUATION of the author’s argument. First, explain the writer’s purpose, or intent, and the main opinion, or claim, the writer is defending. Then, describe the means of support the author uses ( facts, examples, loaded words, anecdotes…). Next describe the tone, of the piece. Finally, comment on how successful the author was in convincing you with his argument. Was your heart touched? Your mind? Both?	Type Draft 1 Triple space Due Tuesday NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!
Friday	Vacation	Type Draft 1 Triple space Due Tuesday NO LATE PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED!

Week 2 9th Grade English 2012-13

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Vocabulary Words Style Tone Diction Connotation Source Argument Claim Opinion Evidence Elaboration Credibility Intent/Purpose Loaded Language Sensory images Figurative language Anecdotes Emotional appeals Logical appeals	Academic Vocabulary Highlight and Annotate Rising Tides Pp. 6 and 7	Read Rising Tides and  An Artic Floe of Climate Questions Pp. 8-11  Take Cornell Notes
Tuesday	Do reading Check pp. 13 Remember to answer in complete sentences	Complete Test Practice PP. 13
Wednesday	Brainstorm 5-paragraph essay Constructed Response Pp. 14	Outline 5-paragraph Essay in which you evaluate the credibility of Hebert and Cooke’s arguments.  Prompt is on Pp. 14 of Perspectives in Multicultural Literature (PML/Purple Book).
Thursday	Draft 1 of Essay	Type Draft 1 Triple space Remember to go to LACER if you need help
Friday	Peer Review Essay Use Rubric PP. 62 in workbook	Revise Essay Read PP. 15 and Take Cornell Notes.

Say-Mean-Matter Review

Say Mean Matter

SAY-MEAN-MATTER

Say-Mean-Matter is the name for a strategy that helps students question the text, search for deeper meanings, and make connections between text and their lives. It’s effective for all student levels from language learners to honors and AP students. It can be used with academic texts, with fiction, and with non-verbal material as well.

The strategy uses a three-column chart. This can be on an overhead, chart paper, chalkboard or whatever is handy. Once students have learned the method, they can quickly draw the graphic organizer and use it to find meaning and significance. SAY, MEAN, and MATTER are the 3 column titles on the chart.  When initially teaching the strategy, explain what each means using age-appropriate directions and suggestions.

SAY	MEAN	MATTER
What does the text say? What happened? Cite text (quotation) or paraphrase.	What does the author mean? How do I interpret this? Read “between the lines.”	Why does it matter to me or others? Why is this important? What is the significance? What are the implications?

  1.       For each item on the SAY list,  students write what they believe the statement means.   Ask questions, such as, “What makes you think that?” “How do you know that?”

  3.  The third column is the most abstract and may prove to be difficult at first.  . Ask yourself : “So what?” “What is the theme of the piece?” “How does this piece connect to your own life?” “What does it matter to you?”  Or, “What questions does this piece raise?”  “What implications does it hold for a given group of people, or for people in general?” In this column you find the meaning and depth of the piece.

  4.  Use the ideas recorded on the chart to create your thesis and body paragraphs. One way to do this is to start with a statement from the “MATTER” column as a topic or thesis statement, and then draw on the “SAY” and “MEAN” columns for supporting details. The first column provides “text proof,” (what the textsays), while the second column provides student interpretation.

CST Week

CST Week	Class Work	Homework
Monday	CST Prep Syntax Review Clauses	CST Prep Read the Ballad of Birmngham by Dudly Randall pp. 214-218 Do pp. 218 1-9
Tuesday	CST NO Class	Draft 1 Constructed Response pp. 218  Compare and Contrast Randall’s Ballad with Randall’s Historical Account
Wednesday	Draft 1 Constructed Response pp. 218  Compare and Contrast Randall’s Ballad with Randall’s Historical Account	Draft 2 Constructed Response Page 218
Thursday	No Class	Draft 2 Compare and Contrast Randall Branch Ballad with Historical Account *
Friday	Peer Review	Final Draft due

Week Before CSTs

Week Before CST	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	RE-Read The Gift by Li-Young Lee Free Verse-poetry that does not adhere to strict patterns of Rhyme and meter. Pp. 245-247 Syntax Review Clauses	CST Prep Quiz on drama and Literary element Academic Language Read the Ballad of Birmngham by Dudly Randall pp. 214-218 Do pp. 218 1-9
Tuesday	Poetry Analysis Terms Review Correct 1-9 pp. 218 Clauses	Study for Poetry Terms Quiz Draft 1 Constructed Response pp. 218  Compare and Contrast Randall’s Ballad with Randall’s Historical Account
Wednesday	Draft 2 Constructed Response Page 218	Draft 2 Draft 2 Constructed Response Page 218
Thursday	Universal Theme Review	Final Draft of Compare and Contrast Randall Branch Ballad with Historical Account*
Friday	CST PREP	STudy For Exam TBA

CST Review

Poetry Review

Introduction to poetic terms

Week 11

Week 11 CST PREP	Class Work	Homework
Monday Turn in Syllabus the following Monday  for 100 points Extra credit if and only if you have completed all assignments!	Prefix and Drama Terms Quiz Clauses- Grammar Peer Review	Draft 2 of essay on Volar due. Submit to Turnitin.com or  type triple space and place in Inbox. ( 500 Points) How does the historical context, author’s heritage, and literary elements convey the theme?
Tuesday	Grammar: Clauses Correct Barefoot in the Park pp.225	Read pp. 194 High light and annotate Do questions 1-7 page 195
Wednesday	Read Salvador Late or Early pp. 196	Do Activities 1-8 pp. 197
Thursday	Read P. 198 Papa who wakes up in the Dark and Those Winter Sundays Grammar Clauses	Do Activities 1-8 pp. 199 *
Friday	Read The Gift by Li-Young Lee Free Verse-poetry that does not adhere to strict patterns of Rhyme and meter. Pp. 245-247	Do Exercise 1-11 pp. 248 and Constructed Response (Both parts)*.   Write a free-verse poem pp. 248 Constructed response .   B. Analyze the free verse