English 11 (Period 5 & 6)
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English 11- American Literature. This year we will begin to address the new Common Core State Standards for English 11. Our focus questions for the year are: What is America? What does it mean to be an American?
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Socratic Seminar
LO
Can I communicate and support my claims in a academic discussion?
Vocabulary Categories- Vocabulary Test on Thursday!! Tomorrow!!!
Finish Act 4
LO- Can I identify the significant events in Act 4?
Vocab.
Turn in essays
***Notebooks collected on Friday***
All Make up work needs to be turned in by next Wed, December 11th.
Pass out Act 4 textbased questions and listen to Act 4
LO
What are the significant events in Act 4?
Vocabulary
*** Essays due tomorrow
*** Notebooks collect on Friday
Finish Act 3 and flowmap
LO
Can I identify the significant events in Act 3?
Agenda, Nov. 26
Vocab.
Finish Reading Act. 3
Complete "Text-based" questions and begin essay.
Act 3 essay is Due, in one week on Tuesday, Dec. 3.
*** Please come to class tomorrow. ***
Agenda, Nov. 25
Vocab. 5.3
Finish Act 3 pre-reading activity
Read Act 3 in pairs
Can I identify the significant events in Act 3?
Agenda, November 22, 2013
Vocabulary 5.2
Turn in essays
The week in review...
Act 3 opening activity
Learning Objectives
Can I predict and support my predictions with textual evidenc?
Agenda, November 21, 2013
Please meet in the library!
Don't forget your essay on the two themes from "The Crucible" is due on Friday.
Agenda, November 18
Vocabulary 5.1
Period 5
"Line up Activity"
Group presentation Activity
Can I identify significant plot events and themes in Act 2.
Period 6
5 minutes- Get into "Friday's groups" and decide who is going to present and practice it one time.
Remember: *Eye Contact with the audience * Speak 3 times louder than when you are doing partner work * Speak slowly
Audience responsibilities: Take notes to prepare for writing assignment
Pass out writing assignment
Presentations
Begin Writing assignment
Learning Objectives:
Can I identify significant events and themes in Act 2?
Can I use textual evidence to support my claims?
Agenda, November 14
Vocabulary Test on Friday and notebooks due!
Please check IC- Grades will be submitted today!
Group Activity for Act 2
Can I identify the important events in Act 2?
Agenda, Nov. 13
Vocabulary test tomorrow or Friday- It depends...
Homework: Write a Rhetorical precis on Act 2 based on the film.
Vocabulary- Categories
Watch Act 2 and create a flow map of the significant events.
SLO
Can I identify the definitions of most of the vocabulary words?
Can I identify the significant events in Act 2
Agenda, Nov. 12
Happy Tuesday!
Vocabulary 4.2
Test this week...
Notebooks collect on Friday!
Catch Up Day..
Finish quiz from a long time ago
Finish quiz from last week on Act 1
Finish character mind map
SLO
Have I turned in all my work?
Act 2 tomorrow! :)
Agenda, Nov. 4
Vocabulary 4.3
Read and annotate pages 1241-1245
Page #
2 sentence summary:
3 significant quotes:
Explain why each quote is significant: 3-5 sentences for each quote
Homework
Read up to page 1247