Anthem Unit Calendar 2012-13
Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday9/4
Welcome- get to know you activity:
What’s in a shoe / 9/5
Knowing your job and the nuts and bolts of English 9: the blog, accessing documents at home, syllabus / 9/6
Intro to writing: types of writing, paragraph components / 9/7
Paragraphing: Personal response paragraph
SIGNED SYLLABUS DUE
9/10
Paragraphing: analysis- creating an argument
PERSONAL RESPONSE PARAGRAPHS DUE / 9/11
Paragraphing: expository paragraphs and presenting the facts
ANALYSIS PARAGRAPHS DUE / 9/12
Paragraphing review: reflect on strengths and weaknesses thus far / 9/13
Paragraphing: Persuasive paragraphs- using ethos, pathos and logos to persuade / 9/14
Paragraphing: evaluate persuasive paragraphs
PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPHS DUE
9/17
Grammar- basic parts of speech- online study / 9/18
Grammar- nouns and adjectives
Introduce Anthem – themes, Pink Floyd
Vocabulary list #1 / 9/19 LATE START
1,3,5
Anthem: Chapters 1 and 2
Grammar: nouns and adjectives handout
VOCABULARY LIST #1 DUE / 9/20 LATE START
2,4,6
Anthem: Chapters 1 and 2
Grammar: nouns and adjectives handout / 9/21
Grammar quiz (adjectives and nouns)
Anthem: Chapter 3
9/24
Personal Response to chapters 1-3
Grammar-Adverbs / 9/25
Grammar/Anthem quiz
Begin theme handout / 9/26
Vocabulary list #2
Anthem chapters 4 and 5
VOCABULARY LIST #3 DUE / 9/27
Analysis paragraph- are we cutter ants or individuals?
Work on theme handouts
Grammar- verbs / 9/28
Grammar- verbs
Anthem chapters 6 and 7
10/1
Grammar review- adverbs and verbs
Anthem chapter 8 and 9 / 10/42
Anthem/grammar quiz (adverbs and verbs)
Work on theme handouts / 10/3
Finish Anthem
Finish theme handout- writing response on the importance of themes presented in Anthem / 10/4
Anthem compare/contrast assignment / 10/5
ANTHEM COMPARE CONTRAST ASSIGNMENT DUE
Discuss free will- create your own argument for free will
THE
10/8
Begin Free Will essay
Discuss essay requirements and brainstorm ideas
*You will receive points for handing in each essay component. THESE CANNOT BE HANDED IN LATE! / SIX WEEK
10/9
Discuss and write thesis statements and introductions / GRADING PERIOD
10/10
THESIS STATEMENTS AND INTRODUCTIONS DUE
Begin body paragraphs / ENDS NEXT
10/11
Continue working on body paragraphs
ALL BODY PARAGRAPHS DUE BY THE END OF CLASS / WEEK!
10/12
Edit body paragraphs in class
Discuss and begin writing conclusions
10/15
CONCLUSIONS DUE
Edit conclusions- last minute essay edits and formatting / 10/16
Anthem Socratic seminar (graded discussion)
HOMEWORK- Final essays due AT THE START of class on Wednesday. / Free Will essays due at the start of class
*Scores on late essays will be reduced one letter grade.