Weekly outline

  • January 13 - January 19

    Monday:

      • Welcome back.
      • Seating Chart.
      • Classroom Climate
        • Respect
        • Presence
        • Rigor
        • Whimsy
        • Community
      • Kardashian Kave request.
      • Riddle exercise with a partner. 
      • Group work on "Emily Dickinson Riddles"
      • ASSIGNMENT:   using Google, find an Emily Dickinson poem you appreciate.  Save it and be ready to share it tomorrow--along with your best understanding of what it's about. 

      Tuesday/Wednesday: WORD WEDNESDAY FOR SOPHOMORES!

      • Devotions: James 3:3-12, as well as Emily D's poem, "A Word is Dead"
      • Discuss Emily's riddles.
      • Introduction to Emily Dickinson
      • John Green's introduction to Emily Dickinson
      • 3 Poems that Alter our view of Success (in small groups)
      • ASSIGNMENT: Complete first 4 poems on Discussion guide for Thursday.
      Thursday
      • More Dickinson poems to unlock
      • Go to library for outside reading novel.
      • ASSIGNMENT: Finish all Dickinson poems for tomorrow.  

      Friday:

      • Quiz on Emily Dickinson's poetry
      • January 20-27

        MONDAY:

        No school for MLK day.

        TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

        • Wrap-up Emily Dickinson with 3 poems on Faith and Doubt
        • Introduce MLK and "Letter from Birmingham Jail," with Reading Guide.
        • ASSIGNMENT: Finish reading and guide for tomorrow.

        THURSDAY:

        • Discuss MLK letter and various concepts. Collect.
        • Begin with Walden Video.
        • "Imagining Your Own Walden."
        • ASSIGNMENT: Finish "Imagining Your Own Walden" for class tomorrow.

          FRIDAY:

          • ASSIGNMENT: Read Walden excerpts for Tuesday/Wednesday with Reading Guide.  Also, get into the novel you're reading outside of class. The due date will be in about three weeks from today, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 
          • January 27 - February 2

            MONDAY:

            • Finish Walden Reading and guide for Tuesday/Wednesday
            • ASSIGNMENT: Complete "Walden" and reading guide for tomorrow. 

              TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

              • Discuss key points of "Walden." 
              • Walking with Thoreau.  
              • ASSIGNMENT: Quiz on Walden and Dickinson on Friday. 

              THURSDAY:

              • Wrap up unit with discussion of Romantics and Rationalists.
              • Talk about quiz.
              • ASSIGNMENT: Review for quiz.

                FRIDAY:

                • Quiz
                • Begin Dead Poets Society.
                  • February 3 - February 9


                    MONDAY: 

                    • Hand out viewing guide to "Dead Poets," and discuss.
                    • View movie.
                    • ASSIGNMENT: Keep reading novel outside of class.  

                      TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY: 

                      • 2 Whitman poems
                      • Discuss reading guide. 
                      • View Dead Poets.
                      • ASSIGNMENT:  Read novel. 
                      THURSDAY:
                      • Finish watching film.
                      • ASSIGNMENT: Finish viewing guide for tomorrow.

                        FRIDAY:

                        • Discuss movie using viewing guide.
                        • Talk about Manifesto essay.   

                        • February 10 - February 16

                          MONDAY:

                          • Hand back quizzes
                          • Finish Dead Poet's Discussion
                          • Reminder about renewing outside reading books and due date next Tuesday. 
                          • ASSIGNMENT: Keep reading your novel.

                            TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                            • "Manifesto," by Wendell Berry
                            • Introduce "Sophomore YAWP" essay
                            • ASSIGNMENT: Rough draft for end of class on Thursday. 


                              THURSDAY:

                              • Continue working on YAWP essay. 
                              • ASSIGNMENT: Finish your outside reading over the long weekend. We will have a short activity in class about it, which will count for credit. So, just be prepared by having it all read.   

                              FRIDAY:

                              • No school today or Monday for Winter Break
                            • February 17 - February 23

                              MONDAY: NO SCHOOL

                                TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                                • Final Draft suggestions for YAWP Essay
                                • Introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
                                • Begin reading together and annotating in class. 
                                • ASSIGNMENT: Final Draft of YAWP essay due Friday. Outside novel due MONDAY. 

                                  THURSDAY:

                                  • Read and annotate Huck Finn together in class.
                                  • ASSIGNMENT: Final Draft of YAWP essay due Tomorrow (title read). Outside novel due MONDAY.

                                    FRIDAY:

                                    • ASSIGNMENT: Outside Novel Due MONDAY.
                                  • February 24 - March 1

                                    MONDAY:


                                    • Hand out Sign Post sheets for Huck Finn: For each chapter you read, find one good signpost and write a detailed response, using the questions provided on the sheet. 
                                    • Discuss Huck as First-Person narrator, using signposts
                                    • Read Chapter 3 together
                                    • ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapters 3-5 for tomorrow. Find a signpost for each chapter.  You will have 4 then.  

                                      TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                                      • Devotions
                                      • Song
                                      • Google Classroom Login to write novel response.
                                      • Mark Twain's "The Golden Arm" (he was a humorist)
                                      • Discussion of signposts in 3-5
                                      • Reading of 6-7 and class signposts. 
                                      • ASSIGNMENT: Read through Chapter 8 and signposts for Thursday.

                                        THURSDAY:

                                        • Discuss chapters and signposts.
                                        • ASSIGNMENT: Read through Chapter 9-10 for tomorrow, with signposts.

                                          FRIDAY:

                                          • Hand Papers back
                                          • Discuss chapters and signposts.
                                          • ASSIGNMENT: Read through Chapter 13 for Monday, signposts for each chapter.
                                          • March 2 - March 8

                                            MONDAY:

                                            • In small groups, share signposts from Chapters 9-13
                                            • I will share several signposts as well.
                                            • ASSIGNMENT: Quiz tomorrow on Chapters 1-13. Know characters, events, discussion points from our class discussions and signposts. 

                                              TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY:

                                              • Devotions
                                              • Song
                                              • Quiz on Huck, Chapters 1-13.
                                              • Read aloud together chapters 14-15 for tomorrow. 
                                              • ASSIGNMENT: Read and annotate Chapters 14-15 for tomorrow.

                                              THURSDAY:

                                              • Discussion of Chapters 14-15
                                              • Read aloud together Chapters 16-18 for Monday. 
                                              • ASSIGNMENT: Read and annotate chapters 16-18 Monday.

                                              FRIDAY:

                                              • Reading day
                                              • ASSIGNMENT: Read through Chapter 18 for Monday, with signposts. 
                                              • March 9 - March 15

                                                Monday:

                                                • Discuss Chapters 17-18
                                                • ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapters 19-20,  finding one signpost for each chapter. 

                                                  Tuesday/Wednesday: 

                                                  • Discussion of Chapters 19-20
                                                  • ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapters 21-22 for tomorrow. One signpost per chapter. 

                                                  Thursday:

                                                  • Discussion of Chapters 21-22
                                                  • ASSIGNMENT: Read Chapter 23 for tomorrow. Quiz on 14-23. 

                                                  Friday:

                                                  • Quiz on Chapters 14-23
                                                  • Begin viewing Harriet.
                                                  • ASSIGNMENT: Read Chaptes 24-30 for next week Friday, with a signpost for each chapter. 
                                                  • May 4 - May 10

                                                    MONDAY:

                                                    • Decide which day each group will present.
                                                    • 15 minutes to huddle with your group and make sure you are--or will be--ready.
                                                    • Introductions to Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
                                                    • Read aloud time
                                                    • ASSIGNMENT: Bring your book each day this week. We will hear movie reviews and we will read this great novella silently. 

                                                    TUESDAY:

                                                    • Two film presentations
                                                    • Reading time

                                                    THURSDAY:

                                                    • Two film presentations
                                                    • Reading time

                                                    FRIDAY:

                                                    • Two film presentations
                                                    • Reading time.
                                                    • ASSIGNMENT: Finish reading Of Mice and Men for Monday. 
                                                  • May 25 - May 31

                                                    • June 1 - June 7

                                                      • June 8 - June 14

                                                        • June 15 - June 21

                                                          • June 22 - June 28

                                                            • June 29 - July 5

                                                              • July 6 - July 12