English 11 (Period 5 & 6)

Course Description

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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Halloween!!!!!

Go to Datawise and take the "English 11th midterm retake."

Go to our class website, take the 2 surveys posted there.

Homework: Finish Act 1 over the weekend.  Quiz on Act 1 on Tuesday!

(pages 1246-1263)  Read only the dialogue.  Don't read the prose on pages 1252-1255!

Agenda, Oct. 29

Please see me at lunch or brunch if you want to work on your midterm some more...

Vocabulary 4

The Crucible-

Fill in "Reading for Meaning" handout

Read page 1237 out loud

Homework pages 1237-1241

SLO

Can I identify the  significant  elements of the plot of The Crucible?

Can I use textual evidence to support my claim?

 

Agenda, Oct. 25

Midterm on Monday!!!!!!!!

Period 5

Poster Review Activity

Period 6

Turn in homework, PASTORI for Text #2

Present yesterday's activity...

Review for Midterm

SLO

Can I identify the author's claim in each text?

Can I identify the effect of the author's use of rhetorical devices in each text?

Agenda, OCt 24

Period 5- Take out your homework and I will check it.

Period 6- Your homework tonight is to complete a PASTORI form on text #2.

Text #2 fun class activity!!!!- quick

SLO
 Can I successfully present the meaning of my assigned text to the class?

Agenda, Oct. 23

Period 5 and 6

Fill out PASTORI for text #1.

Read assigned section of text #2- Act it out, Create a visual description of what it means, paraphrase it,

Agenda, Oct.21

Happy Monday! Yay!

New seating chart!

We will finish quizzes on Wednesday.

Review for midterm tomorrow.

Read and highlight main ideas.

Fill in connotation and denotation part of PASTORI together.

Homework:

Finish PASTORI's for both midterm texts.

Agenda, October 18

Vocabulary test 3

Review connotation/denotation ppt on this website

Take quiz on connotation/denotation and textbook page 1234-1236

Turn in notebook

SLO

Can I identify and explain Miller's use of connotation in The Crucible?

Agenda, Oct. 17

No warm up

Tomorrow- vocabulary test/ quiz on pages 1234-1236/ Notebooks Collected

 

Finish "Setting GO"

SLO

How is the setting related to the plot and theme of the play?