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ENGLISH II
Week of Janusry 12th- 16th
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| Monday January 12th |
| Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will present the new words and review the instructions. Discuss NMHSCE packet pages. |
| Student Activities | The students will copy the definitions, write one original sentence for each word, and write one POEM using all ten words. Students will complete practice pages 5, 7, and 8 from the NMHSCE packet. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
| Academic Vocabulary | Oxymoron, paradox, personification, pun, simile, synecdoche, irony, imagery, synesthesia, symbol |
| Additional Resources | NMHSCE packet |
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| Tuesday, January 13th |
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| Teacher Activities | NMHSCE—ALL SOPHOMORES TESTING!! |
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| Wednesday, January 14th |
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| Teacher Activities | MAP TESTING |
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| Thursday, January 15th |
| Objective | The students will evaluate a given poem using a reading strategy and practice sentence composing. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will handout and explain Activity 9 (Killgallon-Green) Matching Sentence Structures. Discuss student answers with class. The teacher will then model TPCASTT with the class using pages 244 and 245 in the Literature book. |
| Student Activities | Students will complete Activity 9 from Killgallon workbook. Students will work as a class to TPCASTT demonstrated poem and on their own will TPCASTT one of the poems on pages 244-245. Answer the Critical Thinking Questions on page 245. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Students will turn in their TPCASTT and the Critical Thinking questions for a grade. |
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| Additional Resources | Sentence Composing by Don Killgallon and Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes |
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| Friday January 16th |
| Objective | The students will understand the difference between poetry and prose. The students will also be evaluated on the literary terms for this week. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will give a short lecture on the differences between poetry and prose using the Norman Morrison pieces. SOAPStone Morrison pieces as a class. |
| Student Activities | Students will understand the differences between poetry and prose and use that knowledge to turn one of the poems from yesterday into a prose piece. Students will write ½ to 1 page of prose based on one of the poems from pages 244-245. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Prose will be turned in to the teacher. |
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| Additional Resources | Norman Morrison handouts and Literature book |
Week of January 5th, 2009
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| Monday Jan. 5th |
| Objective | The students will learn and utilize new poetry terms |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out vocabulary terms to students and preview the Poetry Unit. |
| Student Activities | The students will write the definitions, write one original sentence for each word, and write one POEM using all words. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
| Academic Vocabulary | Denotation, connotation, literal, figurative, meter, rhyme, apostrophe, hyperbole, metaphor, metonymy (from Glossary of Poetry Terms) |
| Additional Resources | Glossary of Poetry Terms |
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| Tuesday Jan. 6th |
| Objective | The students will become familiar with an analysis method. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will hand out copies of TPCASTT and preview in class. A poem will be analyzed using this method (for practice). The teacher will model this practice poem. |
| Student Activities | The students will complete Cornell Notes on TPCASTT and will analyze (for practice) a poem chosen by the teacher. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Class participation |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources | Poem of teacher’s choice |
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| Wednesday Jan. 7th |
| Objective | To compare two poems and an excerpt from Things Fall Apart |
| Teacher Activities | Teacher SB pages 268-272. Break students into three groups for this activity. |
| Student Activities | Group one will read the excerpt from TFA and answer the questions, group two will read poem number one and answer the questions, and group three will read poem number two and answer the questions |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Teacher will go over questions with the class; class participation |
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| Additional Resources | Springboard book |
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| Thursday Jan. 8th |
| Objective | Students will practice poem analysis technique: TPCASTT |
| Teacher Activities | As a class, students will TPCASTT “Prayer to Masks” from yesterdays assignment |
| Student Activities | Individually the students will TPCASTT “The Second Coming” and turn in their work |
| Assessment/Evaluation | TPCASTT turned in and recorded |
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| Additional Resources | Springboard book |
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| Friday Jan. 9th |
| Objective | Students will be able to utilize poetry terms |
| Teacher Activities | Teacher will hand out Poetry Terms 1 Vocabulary Test |
| Student Activities | Students will review for NMHSCE in class |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Vocabulary tests will be graded and recorded |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources | NMHSCE practice packet |
ENGLISH II - SPRINGBOARD
Week of December 15-19, 2008
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| Monday, December 15 |
| Objective | The students will review for final exams. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students through a review of the first semester. |
| Student Activities | The students will complete a review for final exams. Exemption exams given in 1st, 4th, and 6th periods. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade exams, classroom observation |
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| Tuesday, December 16 |
| Objective | The students will review for final exams. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students through a review of the first semester. |
| Student Activities | The students will complete a review for final exams. Exemption exams given in 3rd, 5th, and 7th periods. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade exams, classroom observation |
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| Wednesday, December 17 |
| Objective | The students will assess their knowledge of information from the 1st semester. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will proctor the semester exam. |
| Student Activities | The students will complete their semester exams in 1st. 4th, and 6th periods. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade exams |
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| Additional Resources |
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| Thursday, December 18 |
| Objective | The students will assess their knowledge of information from the 1st semester. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will proctor the semester exam. |
| Student Activities | The students will complete their semester exams in 1st. 4th, and 6th periods. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade exams |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources |
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| Friday, December 19 |
| Objective | Enjoy a wonderful holiday with your families!! |
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| Student Activities | MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! |
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| Academic Vocabulary |
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ENGLISH II - SPRINGBOARD
Week of
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| Monday, December 8 |
| Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. The students will assess knowledge of the 2nd 9 weeks. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will introduce this week’s words and review proper format. Words will include: listless, esoteric, specious, eluded, effusive, eloquent, manifest, inadvertent, chaos, defiant. The teacher will give the common assessment for the 2nd 9 weeks. |
| Student Activities | The students will create vocabulary squares using the words provided by the teacher. They will identify the word, definition, part of speech, a picture, and a sentence. The students will take the common assessment test for the 2nd 9 weeks. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
| Academic Vocabulary | Vocabulary analysis |
| Additional Resources | Common assessment handout |
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| Tuesday, December 9 |
| Objective | The students will compare/contrast two missionaries from Things Fall Apart. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students through close reading to complete SB TE pg. 260-261, ST pg. 173. |
| Student Activities | The students will compare contrast Mr. Brown and Mr. Smith on |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
| Academic Vocabulary | Close reading |
| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
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| Wednesday, December 10 |
| Objective | The students will examine the concept of “cultural relativity” and discover the importance of understanding another’s language |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will guide the students through steps 3-4 of “Analyzing a Paragraph” SB TE pg. 262-263, ST pg. 174. |
| Student Activities | Students will mark the text and complete a writing assignment on SB pg. 174. Students should have read Chapter 23 in Things Fall Apart. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
| Academic Vocabulary | Marking the text |
| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
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| Thursday, December 11 |
| Objective | Students will assess their knowledge of Allusions 16-20. The students will explore cultural relativism and compare Ibo culture with twenty-first century |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will give the students an allusion quiz. The teacher will guide the students through “Culture Clash” in SB TE pg. 264-267. |
| Student Activities | The students will complete an allusion quiz. The students will complete a tuned writing on “Culture Clash” in |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade quiz, Grade SB page |
| Academic Vocabulary | Timed writing |
| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel, allusion quiz |
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| Friday, December 12 |
| Objective | The students will assess their knowledge of new vocabulary. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will give the students a vocabulary quiz. |
| Student Activities | The students will take a vocabulary quiz. The students should have read Chapter 25 in Things Fall Apart. The students will be given the remainder of class to catch up on their reading. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade quiz |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
Week of
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| Monday, December 1 |
| Objective | The students will learn and utilize new words. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will introduce this week’s words and review proper format. Words will include: effeminate, accorded, indulgently, coiffure, thatch, elusive, copiously, feigned, restrain, pestle |
| Student Activities | The students will create vocabulary squares using the words provided by the teacher. They will identify the word, definition, part of speech, a picture, and a sentence. |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade and record |
| Academic Vocabulary | Vocabulary analysis |
| Additional Resources | dictionaries |
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| Tuesday, December 2 |
| Objective | The students will identify the major themes and the turning point in the novel. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will guide the students through SB TE pg. 242-243, ST pg. 162. |
| Student Activities | The students should have completed reading Chapters 11-20 in Things Fall Apart by tomorrow. The students will complete |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
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| Wednesday, December 3 |
| Objective | The students will reflect on the effect of Okonkwo’s violence. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will guide the students through SB TE pg. 249-250, ST pg. 167. |
| Student Activities | The students will use information from the novel to complete |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel |
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| Thursday, December 4 |
| Objective | The students will become familiar with the literary idea of a tragic hero and the hero’s journey. |
| Teacher Activities | The teacher will remind students to follow their reading log bookmarks for outside reading assignments. The teacher will guide the students through SB TE pg. 255-257, ST pg. 170-171. |
| Student Activities | The students will use information from the novel to complete |
| Assessment/Evaluation | Grade SB page |
| Academic Vocabulary |
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| Additional Resources | Springboard Level V textbook, Things Fall Apart novel, allusion handout |
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| Friday, December 5 |
| Objective | Assess knowledge of new vocabulary words, compare/contrast the two missionaries, identify stereotypes of European colonists in |
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