R. Voss

West Florence High School

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                    SAT-Verbal/3rd Block

 

 

November

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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Parent-Teacher Conferences

 

 

 

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Review new vocabulary list

 

Finish going over essays

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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

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Working through the SAT textbook

 

Identifying sentence errors

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Vocabulary test

 

New vocabulary list

 

Continue working from SAT workbook

 

Paired questions

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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

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SAT calendar game

12

Review Paired work; check answers; go back and re-work the ones that were missed

 

Class discussion and comparison

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Vocabulary test

 

SAT workbook exercises and class review

16

Review vocabulary

 

Students will explain the answers to the Calendar game and demonstrate to the class how they got the right answer

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Students will explain the answers to the Calendar game and demonstrate to the class how they got the right answer

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SAT workbook – paired exercises and results

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The ACT

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The ACT

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Thanksgiving Holidays

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Thanksgiving Holidays

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

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English 2H/ 1st block

 

November

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

2

Parent-Teacher Conferences

 

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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 here to see SC State Standards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

 

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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

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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

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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

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 State Standards

 

 

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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

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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

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Short story list

 

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.

 

Research paper instructions

 

Writing a research paper

 

Rubric

 

Expectations and grading policy for research paper

 

 

Materials: Holt Elements of Literature

 

Assessment: essays; vocabulary

 

Homework:

 

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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

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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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Media Center

 

Materials: Holt Elements of Literature

 

Assessment: vocabulary

 

Homework:

Read the remainder of And Then There Were None

 

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Research paper

 

Materials: Holt Elements of Literature

 

Assessment: vocabulary

 

Homework:

Read the remainder of And Then There Were None

 

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

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Benchmark test, part one

 

Vocabulary review exercise

 

 

Materials: Holt Elements of Literature

 

Assessment: benchmark

 

Homework:

 

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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

 

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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

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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

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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

 

October

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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

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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

 

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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

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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

 

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 here to see SC State Standards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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 State Standards

 

 

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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

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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

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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

 

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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

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Media Center

 

Materials: Holt Elements of Literature

 

Assessment:

 

Homework: work on research paper

 

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Media Center

 

 

Materials: Holt Elements of Literature

 

Assessment:

 

Homework:

 

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

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Thanksgiving Holidays

 

 

 

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