Week 1 "Flowers for Algernon" Part One by Daniel Keyes pg 45 (10 & 1/2 pgs) Internet Textbook
Monday: Each student will find an Internet picture that exemplifies each word's meaning. The student must then copy and paste the pictures into a PowerPoint show prepared by the teacher. This assignment also includes finding synonyms and antonyms for words. Vocabulary: (R.WS.08.04) misled tangible refute invariably regression verified obscure deterioration hypothesis introspective
Tuesday:
Literary Terms: foreshadowing narrator point of view (See English Terms.)
Week 4 "The Inn of Lost Time" by Lensy Namioka Pg 227 (6 pgs) Internet Textbook
Monday: Explore prior knowledge of the samurai. Watch documentary: "The Samurai." (2003). The History XX Channel. Retrieved from YouTube: XX janisjai. http://youtu.be/Qjduob4Fri0. XX (9:52). Each student will then find an Internet picture that exemplifies each word's meaning. The student must then copy and paste the pictures into a PowerPoint show prepared by the teacher. This assignment also includes finding synonyms and antonyms for words. Vocabulary: (R.WS.08.04) alcove decrepit desolate elapsed grueling poignant ravenous ruefully remit traumatic
Tuesday: Begincreative writing assignment. In this document find sixteen sentences and sentence fragments from the story. Read them and then write your own story including these sentences.
Wed: Read and discuss "The Inn of Lost Time" by Linsey Namioka.
Homework: Complete Graphic Organizer 1, which focuses on the organization of the story (the frame story and its two imbedded stories). This will help you with your summary tomorrow.
Thursday: Write a summary of the story.
Vocabulary exercise unless using the alternate Monday lesson plan, at right.
Homework: Complete this Graphic Organizer 2, which focuses on the genres of the stories.
Week 5: "The Dogs Could Teach Me" By Gary Paulsen. autobiography pg 277 (3 1/2 pgs) Internet Textbook
Mod: Each student will then find an Internet picture that exemplifies each word's meaning. The student must then copy and paste the pictures into a PowerPoint show prepared by the teacher. This assignment also includes finding synonyms and antonyms for words. Vocabulary: (R.WS.08.04) alleviate chagrin contention Mystified exultation clarity burr bluster passive posturing
Using a standard five-paragraph essay, answer the question: Is hunting ethical? The body will have three reasons, arguments, or examples.
Tues: Writing assignment Option 2: Watch this video: "Dog Intelligence Science." National Geo- XXX graphic. Retrieved from YouTube: XXX omgwtfbbqstfu. XXX http://youtu.be/OJu2Qkbxes0. (5:49).
Using a standard five-paragraph essay, discuss the intelligence of a specific animal, such as a horse, dog, or cat. The body will have three reasons, arguments, or examples.
View this nonfiction video: "Mush, Mush, Mush: Training for XXX the Iditarod." Good Morning XXX America. Retrieved from XXX YouTube:emwcee. XXXhttp://youtu.be/AYwlbx_zlBk. XXX (3:47).
Thurs: Read and discuss "The Dogs Could Teach Me" an autobiographical narration by Gary Paulsen on pg 277 (3 1/2 pgs) or on our Internet Textbook
Fri: Take the quiz. Writing assignment is due today.
Week 6: "The Tell-Tale Heart" By Edgar Allen Poe pg 202 (4 pgs) Internet Textbook
Mon: Each student will find an Internet picture that exemplifies each word's meaning. The student must then copy and paste the pictures into a PowerPoint show prepared by the teacher. This assignment also includes finding synonyms and antonyms for words. Vocabulary: (R.WS.08.04) acute vexed refrained gesticulations wary hearken stifle audacity vehemently derision
Tues: Begin an original short story by creating a three-point plot summary for a pre-write.
The story must focus on a single character and on a time span of a few hours.
Read and discuss "The Tell-Tale Heart" By Edgar Allen Poe on pg 202 (4 pgs) or on our Internet Textbook. Edgar Allen Poe, American master of horror, is sometimes considered the inventor of the short story. This story tied for favorite story in 2006-2007.
Week 7 (December): "Coming to America" By Janet Bode pg 684 (about 5 3/4 pgs) Internet Textbook
Mon: Each student will find an Internet picture that exemplifies each word's meaning. The student must then copy and paste the pictures into a PowerPoint show prepared by the teacher. This assignment also includes finding synonyms and antonyms for words. Vocabulary: (R.WS.08.04) monsoon dowry Hindu ROTC sari bindi dietician
Tues: explore the literary terms of non-fiction narrative. =Read and discuss "Coming to America" by Janet Bode on pg 684. It is not on our Internet Textbook.
Documentary: "Being Asian in American Schools." Retrieved from www.YouTube.com/user/ XXX http://youtu.be/XEuavgDq2C0. (1:13).
Culture Shock - International Students in the United States." Retrieved from www. XXX YouTube.com/user/sbotchev. http://youtu.be/FQtzQn1Rvc8. (2:00).
Video Blog: "Living life as an immigrant." Retrieved from www.YouTube. XXX com/user/ThePinkSonata. http://youtu.be/7U3QlI4zHIM. (5:01).
Also read "Refugee in America" by Langston Hughes on pg 677 and on our Internet Textbook.
Wed: Take the quiz.
Thurs-Fri: Merry Christmas!
Week 7 (January): "O Captain! My Captain!" by Walt Whitmanpg 626 (1 pg)
Vocabulary (R.WS.08.04) exult grim keel object (goal) Sought (seek) trill victor wrack
Literary Terms: "O Captain!" metaphor elegy Poetry Presentation: narrative poem free verse meter refrain rhyme scheme speaker stanza rhythm tone
The Poem: Walt Whitman, one of America's most important poets, wrote "O Captain, My Captain!" upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Comparing the nation to a ship and the president to the ship's captain, Walt Whitman mourns the death of the leader after he has successfully guided the ship through the storm and into port. Understanding this metaphor will help students identify how authors and poets use literary devices to support the reader's understanding of situations and characters (R.NT.00.04 -- see GLCEs).
Choose a Poem for Oral Presentation and be prepared to read and explain the poem in front of the class. "Grandpa" 148 "The Time We Climbed Snake Mountain" 326 "Points of View" (Reed) 327 "Points of View" (Silverstein) 327 "Go Down, Moses" 568 "Refugee in America" 677 You may also choose any poem that was not done by a student first marking period. WARNING: Presentations are due at the beginning of the hour Friday. There will be no preparation time allowed on Friday--NONE! There will be no make-up!
Week 8-9
Student-Selected Novel
In the last weeks of October, we will be working on novel projects.
No vocabulary
Literary Terms: Students will write about their novels using the literary elements we have been studying this quarter, namely: setting plot point of view conflict character development foreshadowing theme (See English Terms.)
Review Checklist for the 2nd Quarter Test
Our glossary is on pgs 705-718 or see English Terms.
Poetic Text
Range of Genre Narrative poem free verse elegy
Poetic Elements meter refrain rhyme scheme speaker Stanza rhythm tone
Narrative Prose Text
Range of Genre novel short story autobiography
Literary Elements character plot theme setting conflict foreshadowing imagery personification point of view suspense frame story motivation unreliable narrator
