English 1: Koeman

Topic outline

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  Welcome to English 1

  This year in English you will be immersed in The MAISA units featuring Writer's Workshop and Reader's Workshop.  I am excited to get to know you this semester and walk with you on your journey of better figuring out who you are and whose you are. 

   Blessings,

  Mr. Koeman

  • Koeman's Blog URL
  • REAL - Presentation Notes File
  • Nonsense Writing - Sentence Starters URL
  • Nonsense Writing - Guidelines URL
  • Nonsense - Student Example #1 URL
  • Nonsense - Student Example #2 URL
  • GRAMMAR - Noun Phrases URL
  • Announcements Forum
  • Grammar - Verb Phrases URL
  • VERB PHRASE - Help URL
  • Complete Sentences URL
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  Informational Reading/Writing

  
  

  • Teaching Points URL
  • Newsela URL
  • Informational Articles URL
  • Smithsonian TeenTribune URL
  • Understanding the Multiple Purposes of Nonfiction URL
  • Understanding Text Structures URL
  • Understanding Text Features URL
  • The Victims URL
  • Inference Riddle Game URL
  • Inferring - Drawing Conclusions URL
  • GirlsLife URL
  • Boys Life URL
  • Audience, Purpose, Bias URL
  • Audience, Purpose, Bias - Checkpoint URL
  • Topic Brainstorming URL
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  Informational Essay (Researching)

  
  

  • Proper Documentation URL
  • Primary Research Information Sheet URL
  • Primary Research Models URL
  • Collecting Information URL
  • Good sources vs Not good sources URL
  • Outline Example URL
  • Sample Outline - Filled out Version URL
  • Works Cited Example URL
  • Outline Checklist URL
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  Visual Literacy

  • Essential Questions URL
  • Framing the Shot URL
  • Rule of Thirds URL
  • Teacher's Video URL
  • Camera angles URL
  • Wonder Woman Trailer URL
  • Examples and Shot/Angle Types URL
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  Independent Reading

  
  

   

  • Pro-Reading Campaign URL
  • Novel Conversation URL
  • Discussion Goals URL
  • Internal/External World of Characters URL
  • Text Connections URL
  • Theme URL
  • Topic/Theme Chart File
  • Final Project - VLOG URL
  • Wrap Up - Blog Questions URL
  • Vlog Example Script URL
  • Reading VLOG Rubric URL
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  Shakespeare!

  Romeo and Juliet

  • Teaching Points URL
  • Romeo and Juliet - Full Text URL
  • Shakespeare Presentation File
  • Romeo and Juliet - Hook URL
  • Historical Period Research URL
  • The Globe - Interactive URL
  • Shakespearean Compliments File
  • Shakespearean Insults File
  • The Globe Theater URL
  • Reduced Shakespeare Company URL
  • Reading Fiction Strategically URL
  • PART 1 - Questions URL
  • Summary Checklist URL
  • Comprehension Questions URL
  • Romeo and Juliet Timeline URL
  • Character Analysis URL
  • Session 10 - Character Problems URL
  • Session 11 - How characters DEAL URL
  • Act V - Monday, Dec. 11 URL
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  First Semester Exam

  • EXAM Take Home Section/Details URL
  • My Letter to You! URL
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  Our Town

  • Our Town URL
  • Our Town - Character Sketch URL
  • Our Town - Your Turn to Write URL
  • PEER EDITING RUBRIC URL
  • Final Paper due Wednesday, Jan. 24 Assignment
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  Personal Narrative

  • Teaching Points URL
  • Day 1 URL
  • Day 2 URL
  • Day 3 URL
  • Day 4 URL
  • Day 5 URL
  • Day 6 URL
  • Day 7 URL
  • Day 8 URL
  • Day 9 URL
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  Mini - Unit (Giving a Speech)

  • INTRO to SPEECHES! URL
  • Impromptu Speeches URL
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  Literary Essay

  • Lit Essay - Teaching Points URL
  • Stuart Dybek's "The Flu" URL
  • Gary Soto's "The Jacket" URL
  • "The Jacket" - Helpful Questions URL
  • Shirley Jackson - The Lottery URL
  • Day 1 URL
  • Day 2 URL
  • Day 3 URL
  • Day 4 URL
  • Day 5 URL
  • Day 6 URL
  • Day 7 URL
  • Day 8 URL
  • Day 9 URL
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  Argument

  
  

  
  

  End Goal: Sales Pitch (speech)

  
  

  
  

  • Lessons with Teaching Points URL
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  Dystopian Literature

  Thematic Ideas to Notice:

  What theme (statement about life or human nature) do you think the author may want us to understand about each of the ideas below?

  • how we treat people who are different than us (Think about how the characters in the book treat people who are different than them and what effect this has.)

  • characters in a dystopian society being dehumanized and how this impacts them (Look for the ways the characters are treated as less than humans. What basic parts of being human are taken away from them?)

  • the idea of what it means to be a community and belong to a community (Consider how this may be different than being controlled by a community.)

  • the importance of individuality (or lack there of)

  
  

   

  • Dystopian Literature List URL
  • UTOPIA GUIDELINES URL
  • Dystopias: Definitions and Characteristics File
  • Reading Strategies URL
  • Create your own Utopia URL
  • Lesson Plans URL
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  Spring Exam

  • Exam Review Sheet URL
  • AD Practice URL
  • Exam (Day of) URL