Explain how an argument demonstrates understanding of an audience’s beliefs, values, or needs.
Lit.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Macbeth Vocabulary; Meaningful Sentences
Wednesday: Meaningful Sentences Due; Shakespeare Stations
Thursday: Shakespeare Stations
Friday: Bellringers Due; Shakespeare v. Hip Hop; Begin Macbeth
Lang.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: The Crucible Vocabulary: Meaningful Sentences
Wednesday: Introduction to the Crucible; Red Scare webquest
Thursday: The Crucible Act I
Friday: The Crucible Act I
Lit.
Monday: Literary Argument writing – rubric, exemplars
Tuesday: Reading Check Frankenstein Ch. 7 – 14
Wednesday: Literary Argument Thesis Statements
Thursday: Literary argument group essay build
Friday: Literary Character Secret Santa; Peer Edit/Review
Lang.
Monday: Review Rhetorical Analysis – passage from The Things They Carried
Tuesday: Graded Discussion The Things They Carried
Wednesday: Test The Things They Carried
Thursday: Vietnam Presentations
Friday: ASVAB
Lit.
Monday: Jane Eyre reading check chapters 13-22; “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Tuesday: “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Wednesday: “The Yellow Wallpaper”
Thursday: Prose Analysis Essay, Rubrics, templates
Friday: Trip to Kilgore College to see “The Importance of Being Earnest”
Lang.
Monday: Rhetorical Analysis Essay; rubrics, templates
Tuesday: Rhetorical Analysis Essay thesis statements
Wednesday: Topic sentences and evidence integration
Thursday: Group essay build practice
Friday: Supported Timed Writing
Lit.
Monday: Setting in Jane Eyre
Tuesday: Characterization in Jane Eyre
Wednesday: Poetry Analysis “The Barren Moors”
Thursday: Poetry Analysis “The Barren Moors”
Friday: Quiz – Poetry Terms and Biblical Allusions
Lang.
Monday: Julius Caesar Act IV
Tuesday: Rhetorical Device Weeklies Due; Julius Caesar Act IV/V
Wednesday: Finish Reading Julius Caesar; Julius Caesar Project
Thursday: Review
Friday: Julius Caesar Test
Lit.
Monday: Poetry Group Essay Build
Tuesday: Poetry Analysis
Wednesday: Poetry Timed Writing
Thursday: Jane Eyre reading check Ch. 1-12; Poetry essay review
Friday: No school
Lang.
Monday: Finish Rhetorical Analysis; Continue Reading Julius Caesar Act II
Tuesday: Julius Caesar Act III
Wednesday: Julius Caesar Act III
Thursday: Rhetorical Analysis Marc Antony’s speech
Friday: No School
Lit.
Monday: Review Poetry Terms; AP Poetry Analysis Rubric
Tuesday: Introduction to Jane Eyre
Wednesday: Poetry Analysis
Thursday: Poetry Analysis
Friday: Poetry Group Essay Build
Lang.
Monday: Quiz Rhetorical Devices and Methods of Development; Begin Reading Julius Caesar
Tuesday: Julius Caesar Act 1
Wednesday: Half Day
Thursday: Julius Caesar Act 1 and 2
Friday: Rhetorical Analysis – Cassisus’s Speech
Lang.
Monday: Rhetorical Analysis “He Showed us the Way” and Bush’s 9/11 Speeches; Discuss Rhetorical Device weekly assignment
Tuesday: Rhetorical Analysis Bush’s 9/11 Speeches
Wednesday: Vocabulary for Julius Caesar; Meaningful Sentences due tomorrow
Thursday: Meaningful Sentences Due; Introduction to Julius Caesar
Friday – Quiz – Methods of Development and Rhetorical Devices; Begin reading Julius Caesar
Lit.
Monday: Reflection Paper Due; The intersection of setting and character in 1984
Tuesday: 1984 thematic connections
Wednesday: Test Review
Thursday: 1984 graded discussion
Friday: 1984 Test; MWDS Due
Lit.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Beowulf Song Work Day
Wednesday: Characterization of Winston and Julia
Thursday: Setting and Character integration in 1984
Friday: Reading Check 1984 Part 4; Beowulf song performance day.
Lang.
Monday: No School
Tuesday: Rhetorical Analysis – Fast Food Nation
Wednesday: Graded Discussion Animal Farm
Thursday: Animal Farm and Rhetorical Devices test
Friday: RA – “He Showed Us the Way”
Lang.
Monday: SPACECAT; Rhetorical Analysis of Old Major’s Speech
Tuesday: Methods of development
Wednesday: Rhetorical Analysis Fast Food Nation excerpts
Thursday: Rhetorical Analysis Fast Food Nation excerpts
Friday: Reading Check Animal Farm Ch. 7 – 10 (Test and MWDS Due Wednesday, 9/6); Rhetorical Analysis “He Showed us the Way”
Lit.
Monday: Archetypes and Hero’s Journey; Introduction to Beowulf
Tuesday: Read Beowulf
Wednesday: Read Beowulf
Thursday: Read Beowulf
Friday: Reading Check 1984 Part 2 + Biblical Allusions; Beowulf project assignment – Due 9/8