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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Agenda, OCT 2

Vocabulary 3.3

The Crucible- teaser

PPt Group project

What background information will help me with The Crucible?

Can I SOAPSTone the directions for my project?

Agenda, October 1

Vocabulary 3.2

Quiz

SLO

Can I identify ethos, pathos, logos, restatement, repetition, parallelism, and rhetorical questions?

Agenda, Sept. 25

In class essay...

Turn in pre-writing packet and essay at the end of class.

SLO

Can I identify the effectiveness of the rhetorical devices from our two texts?

Can I use quotes to support my claims?

Agenda, Sept 24

Review ethos, pathos, logos

quiz

SLO

Identify and state the affect of ethos, pathos, logos

In class essay tomorrow!

Agenda, September 23

Review Socratic Seminar from Friday! :)

Pre-writing for essay

Student learning objectives:

Can I identify purpose, tone,and rhetorical devices in a text?

Do I know what I'm writing about?

Agenda, Sept 19

Intervention Reminder, Today, Room 205 at lunch!!!

Period 5

PASTORI- Iroquois Constitution and TDOI

Prepare for SS tomorrow

Period 6

Rhetorical Precise For TDOI

PASTORI- Iroquois Constitution and TDOI

 

Agenda, Sept. 18

Vocabulary Sort:

Choose one of the following ways to categorize the vocab. words in your notebook:

1) Words I know, Kind of know, Don't know

2) Group the words by syllables

3) Group the words by part of speech

4) Alphabetize the words

 

Finish presentations

Review FATT sentence

Write Rhetorical Precise

 

Agenda, September 17

Quiz on TDOI

Read one section and paraphrase it

Present to the group

Student Learning Objectives

Can I determine the meaning of words and phrases from TDOI?

Can I evaluate Thomas Jefferson's claims and his evidence?

 

Agenda-September 16

Vocab. 2.5

Soapstone as a class

Read one section and paraphrase it

Present to the group

Student Learning Objectives

Can I determine the meaning of words and phrases from TDOI?

Can I evaluate Thomas Jefferson's claims and his evidence?