Honors English 9- section 7
Table of Contents
Date / Title of Assignment/Hand-out / Item # / Completed(Y or N)
Syllabus / 1
9/4/14 / Class Expectations / 2
9/4/14 / Start-of-Class Routine / 3
** / “Miriam”, Truman Capote / 4
9/10/14 / Summary- “Miriam” / 5
9/10/14 / Do-Now: How does Capote create tension in “Miriam”? / 6
9/11/14 / Brainstorm themes- “Miriam” / 7
9/11/14 / 3 quotations and commentary for one theme- “Miriam” / 8
9/11/14 / Do-Now: IR-1 significant quote and commentary / 9
9/12/14 / Do-Now: define the literary term “theme” / 10
9/15/14 / Do-Now: more questions and thoughts about “Miriam” / 11
9/15/14 / Theme- hand-out / 12
9/15/14 / “Miriam”- Identity hand-out- 3 questions / 13
9/17/14 / Do-Now: Why does Miriam come into Mrs. Miller’s life? Cite evidence from story to support your thinking. / 14
9/18/14 / Trace evidence in “Miriam” that shows pacing and effects of mystery, tension or surprise. (annotate every example in story) / 15
9/18/14 / Explain how one piece of evidence shows the effects of mystery, tension or surprise / 16
9/18/14 / Do-Now: IR book-Tone- evidence and explanation / 17
9/18/14 / EXIT SLIP- explain how selected “Miriam” quote supports a theme / 18
9/19/14 / Do-Now: IR-list characters, setting, basic plot, conflict and opinion / 19
9/22/14 / Do-Now: IR-1 significant quote and commentary / 20
9/22/14 / Biography- Kate Chopin: evidence of annotations / 21
9/24/14 / Do-Now: Why do we read about an author’s life? / 22
9/24/14 / Revision of question #1 or #2- Kate Chopin’s biography / 23
9/25/14 / Prediction- “The Story of An Hour” (first line) / 24
9/25/14 / “The Story of An Hour”- with evidence of annotations / 25
9/25/14 / SOAH- lesson 1- hand-out / 26
9/25/14 / Literary Analysis- Asking Questions and Drawing Inferences- Hand-out / 27
9/26/14 / SOAH- Lesson 1 written responses / 28
9/26/14 / SOAH- Level 1, 2 and 3 questions / 29
9/26/14 / Do Now: SOAH- evidence of imagery and tone / 30
9/29/14 / Do Now: Difference btw level 2 and level 3 questions? / 31
10/1/14 / Notes for Socratic Seminar- SOAH / 32
10/1/14 / Irony- well-developed paragraph on irony and its use in SOAH / 33
10/1/14 / Do Now: SOAH- Line Analysis- Irony and its effect / 34
10/2/14 / SOAH- evidence of tone and analysis / 35
10/2/14 / Do Now: Difference btw dramatic and situational irony / 36
10/3/14 / “A Brief Biography of Kate Chopin”- steps 1 and 2 / 37
10/3/14 / STAR ASSESSMENT- room 404 / 38
10/6/14 / “A Brief Biography of Kate Chopin”- final short-constructed response / 39
10/6/14 / Classwork- “The Awakening excerpt”-brainstorming and planning for final written response / 40
10/6/14 / “The Awakening” Literary Criticism- evidence of annotation / 41
10/8/14 / Notes (questions, comments, significant quotations and commentary)- “The Awakening” Literary Criticism / 42
10/8/14 / In-class writing prompt- excerpt of “The Awakening” / 43
10/9 / Class discussion- Emma Jones “The Awakening Criticism”
10/10 / In-class writing prompt- Emma Jones “The Awakening” criticism / 44
10/15 / SUMMATIVE- short story/theme/irony/diction and tone / 45
10/16 / Do Now: IR quotation of emerging theme w/analysis / 46
10/16 / Class notes on Ishmael Beah videos / 47
10/16 / “A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds”- annotations / 48
10/16 / BBC News “Sierra Leone profile”-annotations / 49
10/17 / IR-2 quotations that support emerging theme and ANALYSIS / 50
10/20 / HW due: Independent Research on Sierra Leone Civil War / 51
10/20 / Do Now: List important ideas/quotations in 2 articles:
“A Treasure Found Among Blood Diamonds” and BBC News “Sierra Leone profile” / 52
10/22 / Read and take notes (plot development, characters, setting, emerging themes and significant quotes) on first 4 chapters of A Long Way Gone / 53