Syllabus

General Writing Checklist used for rough drafts

MLA Citations from OWL@Purdue use for MLA works cited

TKAM links for full book and each chapter 

Full Book

Part 1

CH 1      CH 2      CH 3      CH 4      CH 5      CH 6      CH 7      CH 8       CH 9      CH 10      

CH 11     

Part 2

CH 12      CH 13      CH 14      CH 15      CH16      CH 17      CH 18      CH 19      CH 20 and 21      

CH 22      CH 23      CH 24 and 25          CH 26      CH 27      CH 28      CH 29     CH 30

CH 31

Every Friday is Achieve 3000 (sometimes Thursdays)  

- Students need to complete one Article and activity in addition to a stretch article and activity each week

Classwork

 1/6 - 1/10 

- Welcome Back Writing Practice Essay  (Intro, P1-with family over break, P2 - with friends over break, P3 - look forward to in 2nd semester, Conclusion)

- A Time for Justice Documentary with guiding questions.

1/13 - 1/17

- Conferences with teacher about English final (students evaluated and reflected upon their writing from their first semester.  We will conference about their reflection.  Students will lead the conversation according to the rubric).

 - Jim Crow Laws (Springboard pg. 197)

- Begin reading Ch. 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM)

1/15

- To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) book check in.

1/21 - 1/24

- Read, Annotate, and answer chapter 1 questions.

- Chapter 1 vocabulary

- Character Sheet (Similarities / Differences)

- Read Ch. 2  (Ch. 3 for weekend homework)

- Five Finger Summary Practice

1/27 - 1-31

- Ch. 3 annotations and summary practice

2/3 - 2/7

- Read ch. 4  (ch. 5 weekend homework)

- Students complete annotations, questions, and summary work 

*****Reminder, students will have some homework each night and each weekend******

2/10 - 2/14

- Go over ch. 5 annotations and summary

- Ch. 7 and 8 Vocabulary

- Read ch. 6-8 (Ch. 9for weekend homework)

- Character Chart

2/18 - 2/21

- Go over Ch. 9 annotations and questions

- Characterization

- Ch. 10 and 11 Vocabulary 

-Read Ch. 10 (Ch. 11 for weekend homework)

- Turn in 8-11 questions and summaries 

2/24 - 2/28

- Ch. 11 go over annotations, questions, and summary

- Thematic Statements

- Ch. 12 and 13 vocabulary

3/2 - 3/6

- Socratic Seminar Prepare

- Socratic Seminar over part 1

- Ch. 12 and 13 (Ch. 14 for homework)

3/9 - 3/13

- Ch. 14 - 16 Questions, annotations, vocabulary

3/17 - 3/20 (Out of school)

- Ch. 17-19 Questions, annotations, vocabulary

 3/23 - 3/27 (Spring Break)

3/30 - 4/3

E-learning begins 4/1

- Complete form in google classroom

KEEP READING! :)

- Ch. 17 - 19 Discussion with questions

- Meet in google hangouts time during scheduled time

- Begin Literary Analysis Essay

- Begin Literary Analysis Embedded Assessment 

"Getting Organized"

Graphic organizer (Rough Draft)

 Vocabulary (TKAM) Students will have chapter vocabulary to help them navigate the text, by practiceing using a dictionary, thesaurus, using words uncommon to the students.

All chapters may not have vocabulary due to work demands in different parts of the novel.

Ch. 1

Ch. 4 and 5

Ch. 6 and 7

Ch. 8 and 9

Ch. 10 and 11

Ch. 12 and 13

Ch. 14 and 15

Ch. 16 and 17

Question Packets (TKAM)

Ch. 1-3 

Ch. 4-7

Ch. 8-11

Ch. 12-15

Ch. 16 - 19

Ch. 20 - 23

Ch. 23 - 31

Grammar Practice  (given to students Mondays and due Fridays)

1/6 - 1/10  No Grammar

1/13 - 1/17  Commas

1/ 21 - 1/24  No Grammar

1/27 - 1/31 Vocabulary instead of grammar

2/3 - 2/7 - Vocabulary instead of grammar

2/10 - 2/14 - Vocabulary instead of grammar

2/18 - 2/21 -  Vocabulary 10 and 11

2/24 - 2/28 - Vocabulary 12 and 13

3/2 - 3/6 - There, their, they're (Round 3)

3/17 - 3/20 - Vocabulary Ch. 14-15

3/23 - 3/27 - Spring Break

3/30 - 4/3 - No Grammar

Students have requested vocabulary.  It will come through their google classroom.