Weeks 8 and 9 ( subject to change)

Assignment Date	Focus and Key Terms	Class Work	Homework
Sunday 4th Reminder			Make-up papers work due by 5 PM Sunday to turnitin.com with an email note with what you have submitted. Makeup Work highlighted in yellow, attached/stapled in order to your engrade.com print-out Read Ch. 3-6 A Night To Remember Bring a Composition Book to Class (100 Study Skills points). Look at Rubric for Readers Writers Notes Book.
Monday 5th	Dialectical Journal Interpretation Question Lenses/POV (race, class, era, age, gender)	Learn how to set up your dialectical Journal (handout in Box) Finish Character Tables NOVEL and Dialectical Journal come to class daily!	Read Chapter 7 A Night To Remember Begin Dialectical Journal 3 Quotes per Chapter for Dialectical Journal Chapter 1 and 2
Tuesday 6th (Shortened Tuesday)	Driving Questions: How did economic class, race, gender impact the survival rates on the Titanic?   What impact did knowledge or lack of knowledge about science and engineering have on the sinking of the Titanic?	Dialectical Journaling Ch 3 and 4	Read Chapter 8 A Night To Remember Dialectical Journal Ch. 5
Wednesday 7th		Background Documentary on Interim Assessment Topic	Read Chapter 9 A Night To Remember Dialectical Journal Chapter 6 Non-Sponsored Field Trip Academy Goldwyn Guillermo Del Toro 7PM
Thursday 8th		Grade Window Opens for 10 Week Report Card Honors Dialectical Journals for A Separate Peace due Tomorrow. Interim Assessment Exam	Read Chapter 10 A Night To Remember Dialectical Journal Chapter 7
Friday 9th		Interim Assessment Exam	Finish Dialectical Journal for Ch. 8-10 Turn in Monday at Beginning of Class Remember neatness counts Label your table of contents carefully 1st Socratic Seminar will be Monday Honors Students or any interested student:  Read and Annotate New Yorker Article on the Titanic in the A Night To remember Box for Credit!
Monday 12th		Interim Assessment Exam	Socratic Seminar Discussion topics for A Night to Remember 1. Scientific Knowledge/Ignorance 2. Class/economic Privilege 3. Gender Roles Each student needs 10 Index cards with back up quotes/evidence for Socratic Seminar discussion on Thursday. Captains:  Make sure your team has their questions ready. Make sure you identify page numbers of quotes you wish to discuss
Tuesday 13th		Interim Assessment Exam MUST BE FINISHED	Topic on Front of Index Card Quote with Page Number on Back of Index Card Find 5 quotes
Wednesday 14		PSAT Exam Taste of Tomorrow	Topic on Front of Index Card Quote with Page Number on Back of Index Card Find 5 quotes
Thursday		Socratic Seminar on A Night To Remember	Download, Read/Annotate Kristen Talavera News Feature Article
Friday	Dialog Quotation Marks	Discussion of Kristen Talavera Article Distribution of Dialog Handout, Interview Handout,  and Newspaper Feature Article Assignment/Paper Review of how to write dialog: New speaker,  new paragraph	Choose Event and Conduct interview for your Multiple Points of View Story

Weeks 6 and 7 ( subject to change)

Week 6 and 7 Syllabus (subject to change)

Past Due:

·      Focus: Driving Questions:

o   What is the impact of social media on character? 

o   How does a critical thinker evaluate a speech?

o   How do symbols convey meaning?

o   What role do symbols play in transmitting cultural heritage? 

o   Research 3 sources to support your ideas for a class discussion

Monday 21:

Class work:

•        Distribute Reading Logs for AR
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•        Graphic Organizer will be distributed for “I have a Dream” speech
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•        Listen and reread:  Spoken and Written Texts I Have a Dream Speech http://freedomsring.stanford.edu/?view=Speech
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•       Start Graphic Organizer

Homework: Complete Graphic Organizer on “I have a Dream” speech. Be sure to identify all of the items/rhetorical devices Dr. king used in his speech.

Tuesday 22:

·      Class work:

o   Read Dudley Randall “Ballad of Birmingham” pp.217 in PML

·      Honors 9 Lunch meeting (Dialectical Journal distribution for A Separate Peace).

Homework:

·      Read Taylor Branch  “ The History behind the Ballad” p. 217 in PML

Wednesday 23:

NO school

Thursday 24:

Class work:

o   Videos on Birmingham “ Children’s March”

o   Class Discussion

Homework:

Prompt:  Write a paper that evaluates the credibility of King’s argument. In your paper critique the relationship between generalizations and evidence. Also answer these questions: What is King’s intent with the speech? How does King’s intent affect the structure and tone of his speech?

o   Begin1^st Draft of Paper for Peer review on Friday. Paper due  Sunday by 5 PM  to turnitin.com.

Friday 25th:

Class work:   

·       Peer Review

o   Remember to check that you have: 

1.    Multi-spaced so you can edit

2.    Indent your paragraphs

3.    Check that every paragraph has a topic sentence

4.     Pay close attention to use of transition words.

5.    Capitalize Proper Nouns

6.    Use quotation Marks around Titles

7.    Use third person (he, she, it, they)

8.    Avoid colloquial language  (gonna, wanna, shoulda)

9.    Use descriptive language  (avoid stuff, things, thingies).

10.  No contractions in formal papers

11. BACK IT UP! Back up claims with textual evidence.

12. Direct quotes require quotation mark and crediting of sources in an MLA Format bibliography.  Go to Easybib.com

          

Homework: 

·      Read  and Annotate “Walking with the Wind” by John Lewis pp. 103-110

·      On separate sheets of Paper (not in book) Do After You Read questions  and complete Allegory Chart on pp.111-113

·      BUY A COMPOSITION BOOK FOR YOUR DIALECTICAL JOURNAL/READERS WRITERS NOTEBOOK.  You will need it for next Thursday for your team to earn full credit!  It will be part of your portfolio so it MUST be kept neatly ( no tear outs or sloppy writing).

•  Paper due  Sunday by 5 PM  to turnitin.com.

Monday 28th:

Class work:

·      Peer Correction of pp. 111-113

·      Gary Soto’s “The Grandfather”  pp.47-51

Homework:

·      Complete After You Read questions1-10 p. 52

Tuesday 29^th:

Class work:

·      Begin Constructed Response Paper pp. 52 

·      Download and Use Symbolism Essay Structure from the 9th Grade Box.

Homework:

o    Complete Introduction and two body paragraphs

Wednesday 30^th

Class work:

·      Complete Body Paragraphs and Conclusion of Paper

Homework:

·      Proofread and submit paper to turnitin.com by beginning of class on Thursday.

·      Bring “A Night to Remember” to class

Thursday 1^st

Class work:

·      Groups Assigned

·      Chapter by Chapter Character Lists

·      Driving Question:

·      How did economic class, race, gender impact the survival rates on the Titanic?   What impact did knowledge or lack of knowledge about science and engineering have on the sinking of the Titanic?

Homework:

·      Read Chapters 1 and 2 pp. 1-31

Friday 2nd

Class work:  

·      Distribute Dialectical Journal handout

·      Model Journaling Ch. 1

Homework:

·      Read Ch. 3-6 pp 31-85

Weeks 4 and 5 2015-16

Week 4 and 5 Syllabus (subject to change) 

Monday:

Class work:  Labor Day

·      Have Graphic organizer and Draft of Paper completed for Peer review

Focus: Evaluation of an author’s argument Prompt pp. 21 in Purple PML

Homework:

·      Labor Day Have Graphic organizer and Draft completed for Peer Review

Tuesday 8th:

Class work:

·      Turnitin.com Create your account  (graded assignment)

·      Papers due to turnitin.com by 6P.M.

Home work:  Proofread and upload your paper to turnitin.com

·      Get help at LACER afterschool  if needed

Wednesday 9^th:

Class work:

Focus: How do use of primary and secondary sources help us understand multiple points of view?

·      Annotate PML pp. 22-24

Homework:

·      Read and Annotate “ Free Minds and Hearts at Work”   by Jackie Robinson pp. 27-29 and “Jackie Changed the Face of Sports” pp. 30-32

Thursday10th:  Grades due!

Class work:

·      Complete “After You Read” pp. 33-35 PML on separate sheet/s of paper. Answer questions in complete sentences. Use the question to answer the question.

·      Download Graphic Organizer (Character Analysis using STEAL) for Constructed Response Paper in the 9^th Grade folder in the BOX.

Prompt: What characteristic was Dodger President Branch Rickey looking for in his first African American Player?  Pp. 36 Purple PML

Homework:

·      Complete Graphic organizer

Friday 11th

Class work:

·      NMA Field Trip to LACC

Homework

Submit paper to turnitin.com by  5 PM on Sunday

Prompt: What characteristic was Dodger President Branch Rickey looking for in his first African American Player?  Pp. 36 Purple PML

Monday 14:

Class work: NO School

Homework: Papers due Sunday by 5 PM

Tuesday 15th:

Class work:

·      Annotate “Jackie Robinson” by Henry Aaron pp. 37-40

Homework:

·      Complete “After you Read pp. 40 and work on revising papers

Wednesday 16^th:

Class work:

·      Class Meets in Library:  Class Meets in Library STAR READING TESTS 

·      MLA Formatting, Works Cited Lists

Homework:

·      Submit Revised Paper to turnitin.com by 6PM

·      Driving Question: What is the impact of social media on character? 

·      Research 3 sources to support your ideas

Thursday 17th:

Class work:

·      Class Meets in Library:  Star Reading Makeup and MLA Formatting, Works Cited Lists

·      Continue Research to answer Driving Question

·      Review Evaluation of a Speech Handout

Homework:

·      Download Graphic Organizer for Constructed Response Paper pp.46  from the MLK Graphic Organizer Dream folder in the 9^th Grade BOX.

·      Annotate and Take Cornell Notes on “I have a Dream ” by Martin Luther King, Jr.

·      Spoken and Written Texts I Have a Dream Speech http://freedomsring.stanford.edu/?view=Speech 

Click on Link Below

I Have a Dream Speech ( Freedom Ring)

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Back to School Night

Friday 18th

Class work:  

·      Complete Graphic Organizer

Homework:  

·      Write 1^st Draft of Paper for Peer review on Monday

Remember to: 

1.    Multi-space so you can edit

2.    Indent your paragraphs

3.    Check that every paragraph has a topic sentence

4.     Pay close attention to use of transition words.

5.    Capitalize Proper Nouns

6.    Use quotation Marks around Titles

7.    Use third person (he, she, it, they)

8.    Avoid colloquial language  (gonna, wanna, shoulda)

9.    Use descriptive language  (avoid stuff, things, thingies).

10.  No contractions in formal papers

11. BACK IT UP! Back up claims with textual evidence.