Week 2 2016 ( Subject to change)

Date	Class work	Homework
1/18 MLK Day What does the author have to say about these topics? Identify the Themes: •    Friendship •    Loyalty •    Weak vs. Strong •    Disabilities •    Jealousy •    Ignorance •    Wisdom •    Sacrifice •    Disappoint-ment •    Racism •    Frustration	·      Bring your novel, journal, and a mini-stapler to class daily! ·      Complete Short Writing prompt Warm-Up Driving Questions: Should there be parity in treating mental and physical health? What is the “American Dream”? What are the characteristics of the knight/hero? What is the impact of gender “stereotyping”? Do ethics change with changing circumstances? How important is it to have a place where you belong, where there are people who know you and love you?	Interviews due at beginning of class to turnitin.com
1/19	·      Warm-up ·      Turn in Literary Terms Worksheet ·      Turn in dialectical journal ·      Last chance for partial credit Review Symbols Handout Read, Highlight, and Annotate Of Mice and Men Film Packet Review framework for Looking at of Mice and Men  1992 Film Version ( Handout In OF Mice and Men Folder in Box. It is entitiled MiceandMenfilmeducation.pdf) Review Choices within a Shot  ( Handout In Box.  MiceandMenfilmeducation.pdf)	1. Review and Study Literary Terms for TEST on Friday 2. Complete Symbols Handout
1/20	Warm-up ·      Of Mice and Men Screening Day 1  Finish Annotating Of Mice and Men Packet Make Flash Cards for Vocabulary Film Terms (either by hard or electronic using quizlet.com)	3.Create Flash Cards  or quizlet.com  site of Film Terms Vocabulary
1/21 Vocabulary Test can be used to demonstrate competency in English 9B Skill #1	·      Warm-up Of Mice and Men Screening Day 2 Review Literary Terms and Symbolism Handouts. Test on Literary Terms is Friday	Finish Flash Cards  due at beginning of class. 4.Clearly Labeled Warm-ups due on Friday at beginning of class
1/22	·      Warm-Up Of Mice and Men Screening Day 3 Vocabulary Test  (closed book). Prompt:  Choose 1 • Compare and contrast the opening of the book with the opening of the film focusing on how the writer and the director achieve their effects. Be sure to provide textual evidence and use your notes from the film. • The press-kit for the film claims that 'The character of Curley's Wife was written more sympathetically in the screenplay than in the book The film version is intended to allow audiences to discover some insights into her motivation." Write a dialogue between two students discussing the differences in the way Curley's wife is represented in the book and in the film. Mr. Manriquez’s Room has Final Draft on the computers.  Use of room is by his permission only! Compare and Contrast Paper Model   I. Introduction A. Briefly introduce the significance of subject matter B. Thesis Statement First supporting point Second supporting point Third supporting point II. First work A. Summary of work Relationship of work to first point Relationship of work to second point Relationship of work to third point III. Second work (same structure) IV. Third work (same structure) V. Conclusion A. Restate thesis B. Summarize how you proved your argument	Complete “ I will Statement” and first draft of Paper  or Dialogue. Compare and Contrast Paper Rubric (Common Core Argument Rubric) Dialogue Rubric is in Box in of Mice and Men Folder

English 9B

Date	Class work Handouts can be downloaded from "Of Mice and Men" Folder in the Box on Main page of Blog. Bring your novel, journal, and a mini-stapler to class!	Homework
1/11 What does the author have to say about these topics? Identify the Themes: •    Friendship •    Loyalty •    Weak vs. Strong •    Disabilities •    Jealousy •    Ignorance •    Wisdom •    Sacrifice •    Disappoint-ment •    Racism •    Frustration	·      Complete Short Writing prompt Warm-Up ·      Register for new turnitin.com account and Engrade.com ·      Turn in Of Mice and Men Gist Questions and Dialectical Journal. ·      Code for Credit updates Driving Questions: Should there be parity in treating mental and physical health? What is the “American Dream”? What are the characteristics of the knight/hero? What is the impact of gender “stereotyping”? Do ethics change with changing circumstances? How important is it to have a place where you belong, where there are people who know you and love you?	Short Constructed Response: Why are dreams important? Would the quality of our lives be diminished if we did nothing but dream about what life could be like? Would it be drearier if we did not speculate, imagine or dream?
1/12	·      Complete Short Writing Prompt Warm-Up ·      Pair/Share your Responses on Importance of Dreams. ·      Read Aloud with students Lennie and George’s dream. Complete Handout #25	Read and Complete “ A Look at a Dream that Never Came True” handout. Complete and Label Skill #1 Select and explain new Vocabulary/Terms used in article. 5words. Use Google docs so you can create and easily enter in an electronic portfolio.  If you handwrite you will eventually have to scan in!
1/13	·      Complete Short Writing Prompt Warm-Up Daytime Dreaming:  Timed Paper Do you have a dream? Is there a goal or a circumstance that you envision for yourself, or for someone else, for the community, or for the world? Write your dream.  In your conclusion discuss the steps you are taking to realize it.	Study for Quiz on Of Mice and Men
1/14 Vocabulary can be used to demonstrate competency in English 9B Skill #1	·      Complete Short Writing Prompt Warm-Up Quizzes on Of Mice and Men Begin Literary Terms Worksheet in pairs	Complete Literary Terms Worksheet Due at beginning of class
	·      Complete Short Writing Prompt Warm-Up What does the “ American Dream” mean to you? Class develops 10 interview questions. 1. What does the “American Dream” mean? 2. How has the American Dream been a part of your life? … Assignment:  Interview a parent/guardian or family member.    Pass Out Critical Analysis Paper Assignment	Interview a family member and write up the interview. Reflect whether your idea about the American Dream has changed. Submit to turnitin.com

Revised Blog Weeks 15-17 ( subject to change).

Date	Class work	Homework
Weekend of 13th -15th	The Mysterious Workings  of the Teenage Brain  14:23 Sarah Blakemore https://www.ted.com/ TED TALKS are available for free on both IOS and Android Apps.	Watch Blakemore Video again and compare your class notes with transcript (click on transcript icon) Add to your notes. Complete Graphic Organizer for Essay. Organizer is located in the Catcher in the Rye folder in the BOX on the main page of the blog. It is titled “Catcher in the Rye Organizer”.  Based upon the Blakemore video and your reading of Chapter’s 1-10 write a 5-paragraph paper arguing that Holden’s behaviors indicate that he is not thinking about the consequences of his decisions. Submit to turnitin.com by 11/18 6PM
Monday 16th	Complete Blakemore Vocabulary List worksheet Begin Anticipation/ Pre Reading Questions Looking For Alaska worksheets (All worksheets are part of handout distributed 11/13 and in Looking for Alaska Folder in Box).	Complete Looking for Alaska Pre Reading Questions. Work on paper draft or
Tuesday 17th	Read Looking For Alaska Read pp. 1-29 Begin reading Log #1	Finish Paper due to turnitin.com by 18th 6PM:
Wednesday 18th	Reading pp. 29-74 Add entries to Reading Log  #1 Class Meets in Library for MLA Format Citation Training Day 1	Finish Reading Log #1 Turn in at beginning of class.
Thursday 19th	Reading Pp.  75-92 Reading Log #2 Class Meets in Library for MLA Format Citation Training Day 2	Reading Pp.  75-92 Reading Log #2 due at beginning of class Friday
Friday 20th  Objectives are to understand:  ·        The role of symbolism in how people give value to their lives ·       Examine the symbolic meaning of texts, analyze character and theme development, participate in  small group discussions and Socratic seminars, write and present personal narratives.	Reading pp. 93-133 Reading Log #3	Read 134- 169 Reading Log #3 Turn in at beginning of class on November 30th Prepare for Epic and Myth Unit: Describe 3 experiences, initiations, ceremonies, adventures, and crises in your life that has moved you from one phase of their life to the next. How has it contributed to your identity and to become more mature? Submit to turnitin.com by 6 PM 11/29.
Thanksgiving Break		Submit Answers to Myth Unit Preparation Questions by 6 PM 11/29.
Monday 30th	Epic and Myth Unit The Odyssey by Homer Driving Questions: How do humans find/search for identity? How do we face “tests”? Does mythology hold up a mirror to our modern selves? Objective: to understand the characteristics of the EPIC HERO and the hero within ourselves. Create Character Tables in your Dialectical Journal Notebooks Create Character Tables for for Odysseus, Penelope, Telemachus, Calypso, Alcinous, The Lotus Eaters, The Cyclops, Circe, Tiresias in the Land of the Dead, The Sirens, Scylla and Charybidis, and Helios the Sun God.	Epic and Myth Unit The Odyssey Begin Character Table in your Readers Writers Notebooks For skilled artists-Illustrate for extra credit. Model is in Odyssey Folder in Box. STEAL What a character says What a character thinks Effects on others A characters actions How a Looks or appears. BRING TEXTBOOKS TO CLASS!!!
Tuesday December 1	Reading the Odyssey in Class Vocabulary Plunder, squall, dispatched, mammoth, bereft, cherishes, insidious Dissemble, lithe, incredulity, bemusing, glowering, maudlin, contempt.	Begin Character Tables and figurative language and Vocabulary worksheets
Wednesday December 2	Reading the Odyssey in Class	Character Tables
Thursday December 3	Reading the Odyssey in Class	Character Tables, figurative language, and Vocabulary worksheets due at beginning of class. NO LATE WORK!
Friday December 4	Reading the Odyssey in Class Distribute Hero’ s Journey Story Template and Hero’s Journey Short Story Outline (This is a storyboard)   All Handouts are also in  Box on main page of blog inside  9th grade folder labeled Odyssey.	Complete Hero’ s Journey Story Template and Hero’s Journey Short Story Outline (storyboard activity)  Prepare for Portfolio Defense.  Final Exam will cover The Odyssey Short answers questions, understanding of vocabulary, and an essay. Focus is on figurative language (similes, metaphors, personifications- the comparisons of two unlike things and