Unit 7: Children's Books
Essential Questions:
1. How to I write a short (very short) story using all elements of a story? 2. How do I design a conclusion in a creative text that reflects on what is experienced in the story? 3. How do I utilize a writing process (brainstorm, draft, edit, revise, publish) to strengthen my writing? 4. How do I "publish" something that can be shared with an age-appropriate audience? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can use all elements of a story to write a children's book. 2. I can determine what is learned in a story and draw out that lesson in a conclusion. 3. I can use a writing process (brainstorm, draft, edit, revise, publish) to strengthen my writing. 4. I can publish my children's book and read it to an age-appropriate audience. |
April 23-27
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Apr 23: No Class, finish working on Children's books in Ms. P's room.
Apr 24: Punch, highlight, and collect scripts; Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream Apr 25: Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream Apr 26: Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream Apr 27: Watch A Midsummer Night's Dream |
April 16-20
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 20: Children's Book |
Apr 16: Work on Children's Book
Apr 17: Work on Children's Book Apr 18: Work on Children's Book Apr 19: Work on Children's Book Apr 20: Talk about senior trip |
April 9-13
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 20: Children's Book |
Apr 9: Dollars for Scholars work
Apr 10: Children's books assignment Apr 11: Brainstorm children's book plots Apr 12: Decide on characters in book Apr 13: Decide on plot in book |
April 3-6
This Week:Important Due Dates:
April 20: Children's Book |
April 3: Sign up for AMND characters; discuss expectations for filming; print off rest of scripts; make a costume plan.
April 4: Discuss Scholarships April 5: Start children's book activity; read children's books; choose partner and start brainstorming ideas for book April 6: Work on children's book from yesterday. |
Unit 6: Shakespeare
Essential Questions:
1. How do I determine meaning from Shakespearean writing? 2. How do multiple interpretations of a story differ from each other? 3. How do plays differ from prose in structure, reading, etc? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can interpret and determine meaning in Shakespearean writing. 2. I can analyze various renditions of one text. 3. I can determine differences between drama and prose. |
Essential Texts:
1. A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare |
March 26-28
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Mar 26: Finish/Print Scripts
Mar 27: Dollars for Scholars work Mar 28: Dollars for Scholars work |
March 19-23
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Mar 23: Scripts Due |
Mar 19: Writing Scripts
Mar 20: Writing Scripts Mar 21: Writing Scripts Mar 22: Bell Ringer Exam Mar 23: Half Day; Teen Lit Con; Scripts Due |
March 12-16
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Mar 23: Scripts due |
Mar 12: Writing Scritps
Mar 13: Writing Scripts Mar 14: Writing Scripts Mar 15: Paul CEP guy; Jayne discussing scholarships Mar 16: Dollars for Scholars work |
March 6-9
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Mar 8: Scripts due |
Mar 5: Writing Scripts
Mar 6: Writing Scripts Mar 7: Writing Scripts Mar 8: Discuss Career Fair Mar 9: Career Fair |
February 26-March 2
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Feb 26: Read AMND, Blog
Feb 27: Read AMND, Blog Feb 28: Read AMND, Blog Mar 1: Advisory, No Class Mar 2: Intro filming project |
February 19-23
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Feb 19: NO SCHOOL
Feb 20: Read AMND, Blog Feb 21: Read AMND, Blog Feb 22: Read AMND, Blog Feb 23: 2 HR Late; Class in Library |
February 12-16
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Feb 12: Read AMND, Blog
Feb 13: Read AMND, Blog Feb 14: Read AMND, Blog Feb 15: Read AMND, Blog Feb 16: NO SCHOOL |
February 5-9
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Feb 5: GONDRINGER GONE; Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Feb 6: GONDRINGER GONE; Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt Feb 7: Present Paper Dolls Feb 8: Read AMND, Blog Feb 9: Read AMND, Blog |
January 29-February 2
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Jan 31: Act I Blog Due |
Jan 29: Introduce blog format, start Act I.i
Jan 30: Finish Act I.i, Read Act I.ii Jan 31: Paper Dolls activity Feb 1: Paper Dolls activity Feb 2: Paper Dolls activity |
January 22-26
This Week:Jan 25: Scavenger Hunt
Jan 26: AMND Blog #1 Jan 29: AMND Blog #2 |
Jan 22: No school
Jan 23: Shakespeare Scavenger hunt Jan 24: Shakespeare Scavenger hunt Jan 25: Set up Blogs; AMND Blog #1 Jan 26: Start Play; AMND Blog #2 |
Unit 5: Academic (Argumentative) Research Paper
Important Note: Many of the resources linked to this page are also linked to the "Research" page under the "Resources" tab as well.
Essential Questions:
1. How do I write an argument to support a claim I am trying to make? 2. How do I make informed decisions about scholarly sources to develop, establish, and analyze specific claims? 3. How do I establish and maintain a formal style with writing an academic argumentative research paper? 4. How do I organize an academic argumentative research paper to best fit the needs of the claims I am making? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can use sources of information and my own analysis to make a solid argument, while examining both sides. 2. I can make informed decisions about which scholarly sources I will use in my paper to help me develop and establish my claims and write an informed analysis based on those claims. 3. I can establish and maintain a formal writing style. 4. I can use organization to help my paper flow so my claims are clearly understood. |
Essential Texts:
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January 8-12
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Jan 8: Individual Conferences, Gather Opposing Research
Jan 9: Formatting refresher Jan 10: Work Day Jan 11: Outline Update; Subtopic update Jan 12: Teach: Appendix; Work Day |
January 2-5
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Jan 2: Discuss successes and struggles with first half
Jan 3: Tips for Starting Second half Jan 4: Tips for Starting Second half Jan 5: Teach: Opposing Side; Work Day |
December 18-22
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Dec 19: Research Paper Due
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Dec 18: Drafting Day
Dec 19: Drafting Day; Research Paper DUE Dec 20: Christmas Movie (Tentative) Dec 21: Christmas Movie (Tentative) Dec 22: Christmas Movie (Tentative) |
December 11-15
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Dec 11: Notecards #3 Due Dec 12: Notecards #4 Due Dec 12: Outline Due |
Dec 11: GONDRINGER GONE! Notecards #3 DUE; Work Day
Dec 12: GONDRINGER GONE! Notecards #4 DUE; Outline DUE; Work Day Dec 13: Annotated Bibliography vs Works Cited; Conferences on Outline Dec 14: Title Page; Work Day Dec 15: Drafting Day |
December 4-8
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Dec 4: Proposal Due Dec 6: Notecards #1 Due Dec 7: Notecards #2 Due
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Dec 4: Research Proposal DUE; Conferences on Proposal; Work Day
Dec 5: Conferences on Proposal; Work Day Dec 6: Notecards #1 DUE; Work Day Dec 7: Notecards #2 DUE; Work Day; Outline and Subheadings Dec 8: Parenthetical vs In-Text Citations |
November 27-December 1
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 29: Topic Decision Due
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Nov 27: Research Exploration Day (Start deciding on a topic.)
Nov 28: Research Exploration Day (Start deciding on a topic.) Nov 29: Topic Decision DUE; Research Proposal Nov 30: Scholarly vs Popular Sources Dec 1: Research and Source Notecards |
Unit 4: Creative Writing
Essential Questions:
1. How do writers choose a simple topic and maintain that topic by highlighting complex ideas throughout the entire essay? 2. How do writers choose the most important and relevant facts while writing an essay? 3. How do writers smoothly transition between different sections of an essay? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can choose a topic in which I am passionate and draw complex ideas from this topic to write a cohesive essay. 2. With assistance, I can choose the most relevant facts pertaining to my topic to write my essay. 3. I can use transition words and phrases to smoothly transition between different sections of my essay. |
Essential Texts:
1. Sample POV Essays 2. Sample Charlie and the Choc Factory 3. Charlie and the Choc Factory Movie 4. Sample Dinner Guest Assignment |
November 20-22
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Nov 20: Editing
Nov 21: Editing Nov 22: Introduce Research Project |
November 13-17
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 15: Dinner Guest script Due Nov 21: Bell Ringer Exam Nov 22: Dinner Guest video Due Nov 24: Book Project Due |
Nov 13: Work on Scripts
Nov 14: Introduce Video portion Nov 15: Discuss how to film/edit Nov 16: Filming in Lib Nov 17: Filming in Lib |
November 6-10
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 15: Dinner Guest script due Nov 22: Dinner Guest video Due Nov 24: Book Project Due
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Nov 6: No School!
Nov 7: Qtr 2 Syllabus; Passes; SMART Goals; Chocolate Factory Presentations Nov 8: Chocolate Factory Presentations; Introduce Dinner Guest Assignment Nov 9: Dinner Guest Project Nov 10: Dinner Guest work time |
October 30-November 3
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 3: END OF QUARTER!! |
Oct 30: Essay/Poster Work Time
Oct 31: Essay/Poster Work Time Nov 1: Essay/Poster Work Time Nov 2: No Class: Advisory Nov 3: Essay/Poster Work Time |
October 23-27
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Nov 1: Charlie and the Choc Factory posters/essay due Nov 24: Book Project Due
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Oct 23: Bell Ringer Exam
Oct 24: Introduce Book Project; Introduce Charlie and the Choc Factory essay/poster; Charlie and the Choc Factory Movie Oct 25: Charlie and the Choc Factory Movie Oct 26: Essay/Poster Work Time Oct 27: Essay/Poster Work Time |
October 16-18
This Week: |
Oct 16: POV Essay work time
Oct 17: POV Essay work time/In Library Oct 18: POV Essay work time |
Unit 3: Essay #3
Essential Questions:
1. How do writers choose a simple topic and maintain that topic by highlighting complex ideas throughout the entire essay? 2. How do writers choose the most important and relevant facts while writing an essay? 3. How do writers smoothly transition between different sections of an essay? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can choose a topic in which I am passionate and draw complex ideas from this topic to write a cohesive essay. 2. With assistance, I can choose the most relevant facts pertaining to my topic to write my essay. 3. I can use transition words and phrases to smoothly transition between three very different sections of my essay. |
Essential Texts:
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Unit 2: Essay #2
Essential Questions:
1. How do writers choose a simple topic and maintain that topic by highlighting complex ideas throughout the entire essay? 2. How do writers choose the most important and relevant facts while writing an essay? 3. How do writers smoothly transition between different sections of an essay? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can choose a topic in which I am passionate and draw complex ideas from this topic to write a cohesive essay. 2. With assistance, I can choose the most relevant facts pertaining to my topic to write my essay. 3. I can use transition words and phrases to smoothly transition between three very different sections of my essay. |
Unit 1: Essay #1
Essential Questions:
1. How do writers choose a simple topic and maintain that topic by highlighting complex ideas throughout the entire essay? 2. How do writers choose the most important and relevant facts while writing an essay? 3. How do writers smoothly transition between different sections of an essay? |
Essential Skills:
1. I can choose a topic in which I am passionate and draw complex ideas from this topic to write a cohesive essay. 2. With assistance, I can choose the most relevant facts pertaining to my topic to write my essay. 3. I can use transition words and phrases to smoothly transition between three very different sections of my essay. |
October 9-13
This Week:Oct 11: Essay #3 Due
Oct 18: POV Essay |
Oct 9: Essay work time; editing rough drafts
Oct 10: Writing Tips, essay work time Oct 11: Creative Writing options Oct 12: Introduce POV Essay Oct 13: POV Essay Work Time |
October 2-6
September 25-29
This Week:Important Due Dates:
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Sept 25: In Library-Banned Books Week
Sept 26: Sept 27: Sept 28: Sept 29: EARLY RELEASE!!! |
September 18-22
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 19: Self and Group Evals Sept 20: Essay #1 Due October 2: Essay #2 Due |
Sept 18: Essay Work Time
Sept 19: Finishing touches; Self-Eval Sept 20: Essay #1 Due! Essay #2 Assigned Sept 21: Sept 22: |
September 11-15
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 14: Rough Draft Due Sept 19: Self and Group Evals Sept 20: Essay #1 Due |
Sept 11: In Library checking out books
Sept 12: Individual Conferences; typing essay Sept 13: Individual Conferences; typing essay Sept 14: Rough Draft Due; Group Conferences Sept 15: MLA Formatting; Teacher/Group Conferences |
September 5-8
This Week:Important Due Dates:
Sept 14: Rough Draft Due Sept 19: Self and Group Evals Sept 20: Essay #1 Due
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Sept 5: Introduction to English 12; Classroom Expectations; Puzzle Piece
Sept 6: SMART Goals, Google Classroom, Google Blogger, etc Sept 7: First Essay Introduction: Some Thoughts On...; Read Orwell's "Common Toad"; Watch Marbles' "Avocados" Sept 8: Introduce Book Project; Brainstorming day; Introductions
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