Honors English 9 Semester 1 Daily Lesson Plans (Fall 2016)
*due to life, all lesson plans are very subject to change.
MondayAug. 29
No School. |
TuesdayAug. 30
No School. |
WednesdayAug. 31
No School. |
ThursdaySep. 1
Goal: To do all that first day stuff. Seating charts. Syllabus. Hand out textbooks. First day survey. |
FridaySep. 3
Goal: To understand note-taking expectations AND to discuss why we read. How to Take Notes notes. View "Why We Read and Write" video. Discuss. |
Sep. 5
No School. Labor Day |
Sep. 6
Goal: To review basic lit. elements. Lit. elements notes. Journal and discuss. Start reading "The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant." Assignment: finish reading and prepare for quiz. |
Sep. 7
Goal: To apply basic lit. elements AND to identify theme. Quiz on "The Bass..." Discuss story and lit. elements. Theme identification wkst. Assignment: Theme identification wkst due Thursday. |
Sep. 8
Goal: To closely read text AND to analyze vocab and diction. Discuss homework. Lit. elements notes. Hand out close reading and brainstorming wkst. Assignment: Finish Close Reading wkst AND complete brainstorming wkst due Monday. |
Sep. 9
Goal: Te get better at high school. S.P.A.R.K. Day. |
Sep. 12
Goal: To asses baseline writing skills. Meet in CWL. Write in-class writing assessment due at the end of the hour. |
Sep. 13
Goal: To read closely. Discuss close reading wksts. Journal. Assignment: Read "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" due Wednesday. |
Sep. 14
Goal: To review basic lit. elements. Quiz on "Sidewalk..." Discuss story. Theme wkst. |
Sep. 15
Goal: To review and identify the parts of the literary analysis. Literary analysis notes and example. Assignment: Label the parts of the example essay due Friday. |
Sep. 16
Goal: To review and identify the parts of the literary analysis. Finish literary analysis notes. Hand out and start discussing lit. analysis example. Assignment: label parts of lit. analysis example essay. |
Sep. 19
Goal: To identify the parts of a literary analysis. Discuss do's and don't's of literary analysis - focus on body paragraphs. Hand back and discuss paragraphs. Assignment: Complete self reflection about paragraph due Wednesday. |
Sep. 20
Goal: To identify the parts of a literary analysis. Complete and discuss Close Reading for lit. analysis example. Vocab wkst and discussion. |
Sep. 21
Late Start. Goal: To calibrate theme identification. Collect reflection assignment. Review Theme Identification wksts and notes. |
Sep. 22
Goal: To review and apply basic lit. elements. Lit elements notes. Journal. Reading time. Hand out and practice poems for parent day. Assignment: read "The Cask of Amontillado" and quiz due Monday. |
Sep. 23
Early Release. Parent's Day. Goal: To impress the parents and read some poetry. Introduce parents to Honors English 9. Read and discuss poems and metaphors. |
Sep. 26
Goal: To review mood. Quiz on "Cask..." Lit. elements notes. Discuss story. Assignment: identify the climax, protagonist, and theme of "Cask..." |
Sep. 27
Goal: To review mood AND to apply basic lit. elements. Discuss homework. Hand out and start Mood wkst. Assignment: Complete Mood wkst due Wednesday. |
Sep. 28
Goal: To review mood AND to apply basic lit. elements. Discuss Mood wkst. Conduct background research on the Masai warriors. Assignment: Read "Brothers are the Same" due Thursday. |
Sep. 29
Goal: To write a formal paragraph. Meet in CWL. Start Protagonist Paragraph due Wednesday. Assignment: Protagonist Paragraph due Monday. |
Sep. 30
Homecoming Weekend. Goal: To read 'em book. Show off the class library. |
Oct. 3
Goal: Meetings with Guidance. |
Oct. 4
Goal: Meetings with Guidance. |
Oct. 5
Goal: To review basic lit. elements. Collect paragraphs. Discuss "Brothers." Catch up on lit. elements notes. Assignment: Read "The Scarlet Ibis" due Thursday. |
Oct. 6
Goal: To review basic lit. elements. Quiz on "Ibis." Discuss story. Review climax to protagonist to theme. Assignment: Theme wkst on "Ibis" due Friday. |
Oct. 7
Goal: To review basic lit. elements. Review homework. Symbolism day. Discuss test. Assignment: Read "The Utterly Perfect Murder" and prepare for test on Monday. |
Oct. 10
Goal: To review basic lit. elements. Catch up day. Start discussing nonfiction options. |
Oct. 11
Goal: To demonstrate reading and analysis skills. Objective test. P/T extra credit. Discuss nonfiction options. |
Oct. 12
Parent/Teacher Conferences 3:30-7:30. Goal: To demonstrate writing and analysis skills. Meet in CWL. Written test. Discuss nonfiction options. |
Oct. 13
Goal: To select a nonfiction book. Meet in Library. Select nonfiction book. Start reading. |
Oct. 14
No School. Parent/Teacher Conferences 8:00-12:00. |
Oct. 17
Goal: To read. Check-in nonfiction books. Reading day. |
Oct. 18
Goal: To identify and review phrases. Start Phrases Unit. Hand out textbooks. Prepositional phrases notes. Assignment: finish Prep. phrases YouTube video and notes due Wednesday. |
Oct. 19
Late Start Goal: To identify and review phrases. Review Prep. phrases notes. Hand out and start Phrases packet. Assignment: Complete wksts due Thursday. |
Oct. 20
Goal: To identify and use Participial Phrases. Review homework. Start participial phrases notes. |
Oct. 21
Goal: To identify and use Participial Phrases. Finish participle notes. Start wksts in class. Assignment: Complete wksts due Tuesday. |
Oct. 24
Goal: To better answer short answer test questions. Meet in World Languages computer lab. Hand back and discuss written portion of the test. Start re-doing one question. Assignment: re-do one question due on Wednesday. |
Oct. 25
Goal: To identify and use gerunds. Start gerund notes. Mixed review. Assignment: wksts and study for quiz notes. |
Oct. 26
Goal: To review how nouns act. Collect re-written test question. Direct and indirect object notes. Assignment: wksts due Thursday. |
Oct. 27
Goal: To review how nouns act. Phrases quiz. Review homework. Subject complements notes. |
Oct. 28
Goal: To identify and use infinitive phrases. Infinitive phrase notes. Assignment: wksts due Monday. |
Oct. 31
Goal: To identify and use appositive phrases. Appositive phrase notes. Complete and discuss Review homework. Mixed phrases review. Practice test after school. |
Nov. 1
Goal: To review for the test. Review for test. |
Nov. 2
Goal: To demonstrate phrase knowledge. Phrase test. |
Nov. 3
Goal: To read. Read nonfiction book. Hand out and discuss Reading Log 1. |
Nov. 4
Early Release. End of Quarter 1. Goal: To write a reaction to nonfiction. Meet in EWL. Work time on Reading Log 1. Assignment: Reading Log 1 due Monday. |
Nov. 7
Goal: To review writing and edit writing. Nonfiction Reading Log 1 due. Hand back and discuss phrase test. Hand back everything else. Hand back and discuss previous writing assignments. Assignment: review Reading Log 1 for errors due Tuesday. |
Nov. 8
Goal: To organize for literary analysis. Identify themes and literary elements related to that theme. |
Nov. 9
Goal: To organize for literary analysis. Review selected literary elements and narrow options to the best two literary elements. |
Nov. 10
Goal: To organize for a literary analysis. Gather quotes for literary analysis. |
Nov. 11
Veteran's Day Program. Goal: To write a literary analysis. Write thesis statements and begin writing essay. |
Nov. 14
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Work time on essay. |
Nov. 15
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Work time on essay. |
Nov. 16
Late Start. Goal: To write an introduction paragraph. Notes on writing an introduction paragraph. Work time on essay. |
Nov. 17
Goal: To write a literary analysis. Meet in CWL. Work time on essay. Essay due at beginning of class on Friday. |
Nov. 18
Goal: To gather background knowledge about R&J. Shakespeare Lady. |
Nov. 21
Goal: To critique nonfiction writing. Hand back and discuss Reading Log 1. Notes on how to better critique. Hand out both Reading Log 2 and 3. Start R&J background notes. |
Nov. 22
Goal: To gather background knowledge about R&J. Finish R&J background notes. View selection from Shakespeare in Love. Assignment: read and take notes on pages 498-503 due Wednesday. |
Nov. 23
Goal: To understand R&J. Review notes. Prologue activity. |
Nov. 24
Thanksgiving. No School. |
Nov. 25
No School. |
Nov. 28
Goal: To understand R&J. Reading Log 2 due. Assign parts and read Act 1.1 in class. |
Nov. 29
Goal: To understand R&J. Hand out Act 1 SG. Finish reading Act 1.1. View Act 1.1 |
Nov. 30
Goal: To understand R&J without the aid of a teacher. Read Act 1.2-3 and complete study guides in small groups. Assignment: read Act 1.4 and complete SG due Thursday. |
Dec. 1
Goal: To understand R&J. Review 1.2-4 Queen Mab day. Assignment: Complete Queen Mab wkst due Friday. |
Dec. 2
Goal: To identify important passages AND to ask the proper questions about important passages. Signpost day 1. |
Dec. 5
Goal: To identify important passage AND to ask the proper questions about important passages. Reading Log 3 due. any time this week. Signpost day 2. |
Dec. 6
Goal: To understand R&J Read Act 1.5. Complete SG questions and turn in SG. Assignment: find 10 signposts and sticky note 'em in Act 1. |
Dec. 7
Goal: To understand R&J. Read Act 2.1-2. Hand out Act 2. SG. Start Dramatic Literary Terms notes. Assignment: Read Act 2.3 due Thursday. |
Dec. 8
Goal: To understand R&J. Finish Dramatic Lit. Elements ntoes. View Act 2.2 and Act 2.4-6. Complete SG questions. Assignment: find 10 signposts and sticky note 'em due Friday. |
Dec. 9
Madrigal Weekend. Goal: To understand R&J. ...what did we do today...? |
Dec. 12
Goal: To understand R&J. Read Act 3.1 in class. View Act 3.1. Hand out Act 3 SG. Assignment: Answer SG questions due Tuesday. |
Dec. 13
Goal: To understand R&J. Read Act 3 in small groups. Assignment: Finish reading Act 3, complet SG questions, and prepare for quiz due Wednesday. |
Dec. 14
Goal: To understand R&J. Quiz on Act 3. Course selection day. Discuss Act 3. Sticky notes for Act 3. |
Dec. 15
Goal: To understand R&J. Read Act 4 in small groups and complete SG questions. Assignment: Finish Act 4, SG questions, and study for quiz due Friday. |
Dec. 16
Goal: To understand how Shakespeare used poetry in R&J. Quiz on Act 4. Discuss Act 4. Start The Poetry of Shakespeare notes. |
Dec. 19
Goal: To understand R&J without help from the teacher. Collect sticky notes. Read Act 4. Assignment: Complete Act 4 and SG due Tuesday. |
Dec. 20
Goal: To understand R&J. Quiz on Act 4. Discuss Act 4 and review SG questions. Start reading Act 5 as a clas. |
Dec. 21
Late Start. Goal: Goal: To understand R&J. Read Act 5. View Act 5. |
Dec. 22
Goal: To locate important moments and literary elements. Sticky notes for Act 4 and 5. Assignment: Have all sticky notes completed due after break. |
Dec. 23
No School. |
Dec. 26
No School. |
Dec. 27
No School. |
Dec. 28
Now School. |
Dec. 29
No School. |
Dec. 30
No School. |
Jan. 2
No School. |
Jan. 3
Goal: To organize ideas for an essay. Impromptu essay. Start organizing for R&J essay. |
Jan. 4
Goal: To organize and gather evidence for an essay. Review impromptu essay and organize ideas into a five body pargraph format. Find quotes to support your ideas. |
Jan. 5
Goal: To write quality thesis statements and topic sentences. Chromebooks day. Write thesis statements. Write topic sentences. Start writing body paragraphs. |
Jan. 6
Goal: To write a well organized analysis essay. Meet in WWL. Work time on essay. |
Jan. 9
Goal: To write a well crafted introduction paragraph. Meet in WWL. Introduction paragraph notes. Write introduction paragraph. |
Jan. 10
Goal: To write a well organized analysis essay. Meet in WWL. Hand out Quotation Integration wkst. Work time on essay. . |
Jan. 11
Goal: To write and edit an analysis essay. Meet in WWL. Edit essays. Work time on essay. Assignment: R&J essay due at the beinning of class on Thursday. |
Jan. 12
Goal: To review for the final exam. Essay due. Collect R&J essay. Start reviewing for final exam. Review phrases. |
Jan. 13
Goal: To reivew for the final exam. Phrases review. Final exam preview. Hand out and assign readings. Make flash cards. |
Jan. 16
Goal: To review for the final exam. Review day. |
Jan. 17
Exams |
Jan. 18
Exams. |
Jan. 19
Exams |
Jan. 20
No School. Teacher In-Service Day. |