January 2020
Key: All Classes, Seniors, Juniors, Special Announcements
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Monday, January 6
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11 CP: Review the first five slides to the American Literary Periods PowerPoint Presentation, then read pages 117-121.
ERWC: Introduce Joseph Campbell's "Hero's Journey." Discuss all 17 stages using a handout and PowerPoint presentation. |
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Tuesday, January 7
One Hour Delayed Start |
11 CP: The class will be divided into groups of 4-6 students. Each group will be assigned one of six paragraphs from Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" to analyze. Groups will answer eight questions about their paragraph. Students should know the types of persuasive arguments used in their paragraph and be ready to share their findings with their classmates tomorrow during a larger, in-class discussion over the entire essay.
ERWC: Discuss Carl Jung's collective unconscious and his theory regarding archetypes. Review a handout, and view a PowerPoint, and a short video. |
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Wednesday, January 8
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11 CP: The first twenty minutes of the period will be used to finish yesterday's group activity. Afterwards, students will engage in a class reading of Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" and will share their paragraph analysis with the rest of the class. There will be a quiz over the persuasive techniques used in the literary work tomorrow.
ERWC: Introduce the Monomyth Group Project. Information about it can be found on Google Classroom. Watch me model a presentation, and review the project template and grading rubric. |
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Thursday, January 9
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11 CP: Take the quiz over the "Speech to the Virginia Convention." Then read the biographical information about Benjamin Franklin on pages 164-165. Next, read Ben Franklin's "The Autobiography" (pages 166-70). Finish by taking an open-book quiz over the reading.
ERWC: Formulate groups of no more than 4. Choose a move to analyze. Fill out the project guide and divide the share of duties. |
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Friday, January 10
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11 CP: Read the excerpt from "Poor Richard's Almanak" (pages 171-172), then take an open-book quiz over Ben Franklin's work. Pass out "The Third Quarter Master Vocabulary List" and complete next week's Vocabulary 11 worksheet.
ERWC: After groups have completed the monomyth map for their movie and have assigned tasks for their project, student may begin working with Chromebooks to complete their projects. |
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Monday, January 13
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11 CP: Take the Star Reading Renaissance Test. Visit the CAASPP website and review the practice example tests for the SBAC.
ERWC: Work on projects |
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Tuesday, January 14
One Hour Delayed Start |
11 CP: View the first eight slides to the American Literary Periods PowerPoint Presentation, then read "American Romanticism," pages 204-209 and 215-217, and then
ERWC: Work on projects |
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Wednesday, January 15
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11 CP: Read "Gothic Fiction," on page 287 and Washington Irving (pages 288-289)
Watch the following "Faustian" videos as an introduction to Irving's story "The Devil and Tom Walker." http://youtu.be/_PLEFSJzVoA https://youtu.be/qpcykCE1lr8 https://youtu.be/ku4zOtYd-Is Next, begin reading "The Devil and Tom Walker," pages 290-299 and answering the questions 1-10 on page 300. ERWC: Work on projects |
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Thursday, January 16
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11 CP: Use the first twenty minutes of class to finish your "Devil and Tom Walker" questions from yesterday. We will review the story together in class.
ERWC: Work on projects |
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Friday, January 17
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11 CP: Take the Vocabulary 11 quiz and "The Devil and Tom Walker" quiz. Next, choose your "Student's Choice" story: either "The Birthmark" or "Young Goodman Brown." Begin reading and answering the questions for the story that you selected.
ERWC: Work on projects |
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Monday, January 20
No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day |
No School
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Tuesday, January 21
One Hour Delayed Start Substitute |
11 CP: Finish Friday's reading assignment over "Young Goodman Brown" or "The Birthmark." Your guided reading questions will be due by the beginning of tomorrow's class period.
ERWC: Work on projects |
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Wednesday, January 22
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11 CP: Review "Young Goodman Brown" and "The Birthmark"
Watch the following video about Nathaniel Hawthorne: http://khsd-safari.kernhigh.org/?a=293294&d=45289AA Stop at 25 minutes, 30 seconds. ERWC: Work on projects |
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Thursday, January 23
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11 CP: Pass out the STAR Reading Renaissance results.
"Chapter 7: Ralph Waldo Emerson" from the following video: http://khsd-safari.kernhigh.org/?a=220620&ch=7&d=28618AA Then read about Emerson and his work "Nature," pages 238-242. Discuss "What makes a person a lover of nature?" and watch the following video clip: https://youtu.be/4mPEHKdfPuU ERWC: Work on projects |
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Friday, January 24
No School Non Student In-service Day |
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Monday, January 27
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11 CP: Read Emerson's "Self Reliance" (pages 245-247) and take notes over what you read. When finished reading/discussing the piece, we will take an open-note quiz over the writings of Emerson.
ERWC: Present and model project on Harry Potter. View two class projects |
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Tuesday, January 28
One Hour Delayed Start Substitute |
11 CP: Read "Meet the Writer: Henry David Thoreau" on pages 252-253
Read "from Walden, or Life in the Woods," specifically the excerpt on pages 254-256 titled, "from Where I Lived, and What I Lived for" and take an open book quiz. Next, complete this week's Vocabulary 12 worksheet ERWC: Free, working period |
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Wednesday, January 29
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11 CP: Read the handout about Christopher McCandless. While reading the article, think about the similarities between McCandless and Thoreau. Watch the following "20/20" documentary video about Christopher McCandless, and discuss how his story is similar to Thoreau's experience on Waldon Pond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZaRxPsk_M0 You may also want to see this clip from the movie "Into the Wild" about Christopher McCandless' life. (Warning: strong language) https://youtu.be/gAAedFnvnP0 ERWC: Present/view class projects |
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Thursday, January 30
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11 CP: Watch the following video about Thoreau:
http://khsd-safari.kernhigh.org/?a=220621&ch=2&d=28619AA 11 Read "Preparing to Read" (page 268). Break into groups and work on the activity on Thoreau's "Resistance to Civil Government" which is also known as "Civil Disobedience." ERWC: Finish viewing/presenting class projects |
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Friday, January 31
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11 CP: Take the Vocabulary 12 quiz. Work on next week's Vocabulary 13 worksheet while everyone finishes the quiz, then break back down into groups to finish the group work from yesterday.
ERWC: Take the Monomyth Unit Exam. Begin working on the Sumerian WebQuest when finished. (You can find this assignment on Google Classroom). Remember to bring your ID cards on Monday. |
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