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SAT-Verbal/3rd Block |
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2 Parent-Teacher Conferences |
3 Review new vocabulary list Finish going over essays |
4 What have you learned? SAT students will
demonstrate the ability to apply what they have learned regarding proper SAT
essays by writing a timed essay Numeracy: Grading SAT tests – how to calculate scores |
5 Working through the SAT
textbook Identifying sentence errors |
6 Vocabulary
test New
vocabulary list Continue
working from SAT workbook Paired
questions |
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9 Present new SAT words; review words with class – look for ways to enhance recall Prefixes and suffixes Continue working from SAT workbook; sentence completion |
10 Paired workbook exercises |
11 SAT calendar game |
12 Review Paired work; check
answers; go back and re-work the ones that were missed Class discussion and
comparison |
13 Vocabulary test SAT workbook exercises and
class review |
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16 Review vocabulary Students will explain the
answers to the Calendar game and demonstrate to the class how they got the
right answer |
17 Students will explain the
answers to the Calendar game and demonstrate to the class how they got the
right answer |
18 SAT workbook – paired
exercises and results |
19 The
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English 2H/ 1st block
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November |
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2 Parent-Teacher Conferences |
3 Homework: vocabulary words
should be written in ORIGINAL SENTENCES Review Vocabulary; students
will be able to exhibit appropriate vocabulary usage within sentences Return Benchmark tests
… review results and scores Continue reading Julius
Caesar; students will be able to interpret text and provide a storyboard of
the first two acts Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary
words Homework: Study
notes from Shakespeare and terminology for tomorrow’s test |
4 Storyboards of Julius
Caesar, Acts I and II Shakespeare test View video of Julius
Caesar, Acts I and II Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: groupwork Homework: Study
notes and text for text tomorrow, Acts I and II |
5 Test on Julius Caesar, Acts
I and II Continue reading Julius
Caesar, Act III Class discussion Class discussion and
comparison of text and video Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: test,
Julius Caesar Homework: Study
vocabulary |
6 Vocabulary Test Receive new vocabulary
list; students will prepare a powerpoint slide or
drawing for Monday. Continue reading Act III Julius Caesar Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary
test Homework: Complete
Act III of Julius Caesar, be prepared for test on Monday; vocabulary word |
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SC Standards Addressed:
E4-4, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1-2.4; 2.7-2.9; RS 1.1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 3.4; W 1.1-1.5;
1.6.3; 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1; E4-R 3.1-3.4; C 1.1, 1.10 Click
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9 Present vocabulary word
projects; project should reveal students’ understanding of vocabulary
word; student must interpret word for class and offer strategies of word
recall Read Act III, Julius Caesar Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Review Act III, Julius Caesar, for quiz
tomorrow |
10 Act III, Scenes 2-3 Video and class discussion Class discussion of play up
to this point; questions for pairs to apply to their understanding of text Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Study Act III; answer questions 1-11 at the end of
the Act |
11 Test, Julius Caesar, Act
III Class discussion of Act III Review vocabulary words Begin Act IV, Julius Caesar Discussion of Roman
Republics and Roman Dictatorships Class work on what type of
government we have Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Review vocabulary |
12 Complete Act IV, Julius Caesar Work on questions related
to the play Discussion of archaic words Your Turn, page 945 Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays;
vocabulary Homework: Study for vocabulary test |
13 Vocabulary test Read Act V, Julius Caesar Class discussion of final
act Review new vocabulary list Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays;
vocabulary Homework: review
notes for quiz on Acts IV-V Monday |
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SC Standards Addressed:
E2-1.4, E2-1.5, E2-1.6, E2-1.7, E2-1.8, E2-2.6, E2-2.7, E2-2.8, E2-3.1,
E2-3.2, E2-4.3, E2-4.4 Click here to see SC
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16 Review
vocabulary Act
V, Julius Caesar Complete
the Act, class discussion Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Study Acts IV-V Julius Caesar |
17 Discuss research paper
deadlines; review list of short stories available Test, Acts IV-V Julius Caesar Students will be given
essay questions to answer at home Selection of research paper topics Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Essay questions for Julius
Caesar |
18 Students will sign up for a
particular short story from the attached list; this short story will be your
subject for your research paper; you will select two elements from the
provided list to analyze the short story. Writing a research paper Rubric Expectations and grading policy
for research paper Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: |
19 How to write a thesis statement Supporting materials Documenting sources Avoiding plagiarism Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Read chapters 9-12, And
Then There Were None Study for midterm |
16 Media
Center Research
paper Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: essays; vocabulary Homework: Read
chapters 9-12, And Then There Were None |
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23 Media Center Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary Homework: Read the remainder of And Then There Were None |
24 Research paper Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary Homework: Read the remainder of And Then There Were None |
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26 Benchmark test, part one Vocabulary review exercise Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: benchmark Homework: |
27 Benchmark test, part two: students will exhibit knowledge base from first of
the year until mid-point. Test will count the same as a unit test Begin Julius
Caesar: students will practice reading aloud and will demonstrate ability to
understand archaic language through context Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: benchmark Homework: Vocabulary homework: only
for those who bombed Friday’s test Complete Act I, Julius Caesar |
28 Complete And Then There Were None video:
students will be able to evaluate the video on its own merits,then
make a comparison with the novel Research paper: Elements of
a research paper Introducing the topic:
Analysis of a particular element of a short story Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: Homework: Study for vocabulary test Finish reading Act II |
29 Vocabulary Test –
only for those who bombed last week’s test Quiz, Act I, Julius
Caesar Know characters from the act as well as action Continuation of research
paper: Class discussion of the
various elements involved in a short story – how to incorporated into a
research paper Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary Homework: Read Act III, JC |
30 New vocabulary list\ Continuation of research
paper How to avoid plagiarism; Paraphrasing exercises Documentation exercises Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary Homework: |
English 2CP/ 2nd block
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October |
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2 Parent-Teacher Conferences |
3 Vocabulary test New vocabulary list: pun, literal, verbose,
simulate, errant, hiatus, callow, drivel, lassitude, inadvertent, epitome,
infringe, exhort, misconstrue, occult, permeate, stringent, surmise,
interloper, predatory Return Benchmark tests and
review results and scores; implications Watch video of Julius
Caesar, up to the end of Act II Paired questions, page 892;
1-10 Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary
test Homework: Define new vocabulary words |
4 Check vocabulary words Continue reading Julius
Caesar, Act II Class discussion on class
readings Paired work on storyboards
from the beginning of Act I until the middle of Act III; students should be
able to create a visual storyboard of all important components of play up to
this point Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: test,
Act II Homework: prepare
vocabulary drawing to show to class tomorrow |
5 Test, Act II Review vocabulary; students
will show a graphic representation of an assigned vocabulary word Continue reading Act III Class discussion of Act III
up to this point Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: Homework: Study for Act III test |
6 Test, Act III Watch video up to the end
of Act III Class discussion, comparing
and contrasting the text to the video Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: test,
Act II Homework: study vocabulary |
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SC Standards Addressed:
E4-4, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 2.1-2.4; 2.7-2.9; RS 1.1, 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 3.4; W 1.1-1.5;
1.6.3; 2.1, 2.3, 3.1, 3.3, 4.1; E4-R 3.1-3.4; C 1.1, 1.10 Click
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9 Continue reading Julius Caesar, Act III Class discussion and paired
questions of the play Watch video of Act III and
discuss entire act; take notes on important points Return and review graded
work New vocabulary list: Materials:
Holt Elements of Literature Assessment: class
discussion and observation Homework: Prepare for quiz on Act III
tomorrow |
10 Discuss
anachronisms and locate within Act IV – offer ways in which Shakespeare
could have written each example with proper, timely items Review
vocabulary list Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: quiz Homework: review vocabulary for quiz tomorrow – anyone
making a 100 on the quiz will not have to take the formal test Friday |
11 Vocabulary quiz–
anyone making a 100 on the quiz will not have to take the formal test Friday Quiz,
Act III, Julius Caesar Begin
Act IV, Julius Caesar Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: quiz Homework: Review
notes for Act IV quiz |
12 Complete Act IV, Julius Caesar Watch video of Act IV Class discussion and plot outline
of Act IV Notetaking on important parts of these scenes Class discussion Vocabulary review Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: quiz Homework: review
vocabulary for test tomorrow |
13 Vocabulary test Quiz, Act IV, Julius Caesar Begin Act V Groupwork on questions. Each group must present findings to
class; class takes notes on findings Class discussion on entire
play; test will be Tuesday, after viewing the final portion of the video Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: vocabulary test Homework: review
notes for Julius Caesar |
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SC Standards Addressed:
E2-1.4, E2-1.5, E2-1.6, E2-1.7, E2-1.8, E2-2.6, E2-2.7, E2-2.8, E2-3.1,
E2-3.2, E2-4.3, E2-4.4 Click here to see SC
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16 Complete
Act V, Julius Caesar Class
discussion Watch
video Further
discussion and analysis of entire play Discuss
possible questions for final test tomorrow Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: Homework: Study
for test tomorrow |
17 Final test, Julius Caesar Research papers:
expectations and grading points How to write a thesis
statement Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: final test Homework: Bring in the name of a
well-known person that you would like to research |
18 Class-work on thesis
statements; students will meet with teacher and work on refining thesis
statement. Supporting materials Practice exercises on
locating materials Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: Homework: Write
10 questions that you would like to answer that will guide your research |
19 Media Center, first part of class Documenting
sources Avoiding
plagiarism Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: questions
for research paper Homework: Work on research paper |
20 Media Center Materials: Holt
Elements of Literature Assessment: Homework: work on research paper |
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Elements of Literature Assessment: Homework: |
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