Weeks 10 and 11 ( Subject to change)

Assignment Date	Focus and Key Terms	Class Work	Homework
Sunday 18th Reminder			Choose Event and Conduct interview for your Multiple Points of View Story Interview Notes Due Tuesday at beginning of class Last chance to turn in Dialectical Journal on A Night to Remember” Print out Blog for 100 points in study skills Last chance to turn in Avid Binder Check signed by parent/guardian.
Monday 19th		Socratic Seminar Rules	Prepare for Socratic Seminar Bring Cards On scientific Knowledge/Ignorance, class/economic privilege, gender roles, Your novels and Dialectical Journals Write the first 2 paragraphs of your feature news story “ Write Alike Kristen Talavera” multiple points of view
Tuesday 20th (Shortened Tuesday)		Return  “ A Night to Remember to Textbook room Socratic Seminar Discussion topics for A Night to Remember 1. Scientific Knowledge/Ignorance 2. Class/economic Privilege 3. Gender Roles Participants:  Make sure your team has their questions ready. Make sure you identify page numbers of quotes you wish to discuss Observers:  You will be taking notes and excellent behavior is expected.	Write the next 3 paragraphs of your feature news story. Make sure you punctuate your dialog correctly
Wednesday 21		Finish your feature news story	Type your feature news story Multi-space so it can be edited!
Thursday 22		Peer Review Feature News story	Submit story to turnitin.com by 6 PM
Friday 23	Authors Covered:  Richard Rodriguez, Rennecike, Smithsonian Institution                                                       PROJ:  Academy Vocabulary for Exposition                                                       PROJ:  Synthesizing Sources Table Driving Question: How does the era one lives in determine point of view?	Read and Annotate Academic Vocabulary and Homecoming by Richard Rodriguez pp. 65 -72 in PML	Read Wild AS IT Ever Was by Jeff Rennicke pp. 73-76 in PML and The Repatriation of Ishi pp. 77-78 On a separate sheet/s of paper Answer  After You Read Questions pp. 79-80
Monday 26		Do pp. 81 and 82 A and B Paraphrase Handout	Do p. 82 C. Constructed Response Write neatly or type Bring Catcher in the Rye to class
Tuesday 27	Driving Questions: What does it mean to be a phony? How do we know what is genuine and what isn’t? What is the difference between a child and an adult? What experiences lead a person to grow up? Driving Questions: How does the Biochemistry of the Teenage Brain Influence Decision Making?  How would this information help the characters in the novels and plays solve their problems and/or make better decisions? Proj:  800 Word Research Essay on The Teenage Brain due Nov. 8h	Complete Anticipation Guide Read Chapter 1 Catcher in the Rye	Finish Chapter 1 and Complete 1 Reading Log and 1 Dialectical Journal entry
Wednesday 28		Read Chapter 2 Complete 1 entry in your reading log and 1 in your dialectical journal	Read Chapters 3 and 4 Complete 1 reading log entry and 2 dialectical journal entries
Thursday 29		Read Chapters 5 and 6  Complete 1 entry in your Reading Log and 2 in your dialectical journal	Read Chapter 7 Complete 1 reading log entry. Reading logs due at beginning of class
Friday 30th	Dialog Quotation Marks	Pick up new reading log after turning in log for Ch. 1-7	Read Chapter 8 Study for Quiz on Chapters 1-7.

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