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First Six Weeks |
08-22 to 09-30 |
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Second Six Weeks |
10-01 to 11-11 |
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Third Six Weeks |
11-14 to 12-20 |
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Remainder Weeks |
01-09 to 05-08 |
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Week 1 |
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08.22 Monday: |
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I. |
Introduction to Smith’s English III Class / Course web site |
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• Information on Smith |
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• Introduction Exercise |
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• Classroom Rules /Smith's Axioms |
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II. |
Demonstrate Freewriting |
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• demo |
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• student example |
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III. |
Creating a Digital Footprint |
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Exit Ticket/Daily Grade |
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• Frewriting Exercise: "The Writing Process" |
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Tweet / Daily Grade |
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• Follow @PrufrocksBlues in Twitter |
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• Listing Exercise: "Nobody Knows" |
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• Tweet statement about yourself with #Nobodyknows |
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08.23 Tuesday: |
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Warm-up Exercise: Make-up of Twitter assignment |
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II. |
Ethos • Pathos • Logos |
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• demo |
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III. |
Exit Ticket/Daily Discussion |
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• Identifying Rhetorical Appeals |
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08.24 Wednesday: |
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Puritan Ideologies |
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• demo |
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• Takeaway points regarding Puritan Ideologies |
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II. |
Short Answer Response Exercise |
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08.25 Thursday: |
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Quick Overview of Ray Bradbury |
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II. |
Ray Bradbury, “The Pedestrian”— supplemental |
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• Takeaway points regarding Bradbury |
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III. |
Plot Star Diagram / Theme |
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• demo |
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08.26 Friday: |
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Freytag's Pyramid (Plot Structure Diagram) |
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Women's Roles in Puritan Culture & the Salem Witchtrial— An Quick Overview |
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• demo |
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III. |
Cotton Mather, The Wonders of the Invisible World |
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Week 2 |
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08.29 Monday: |
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Review-video regarding Puritan Ideologies. |
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Jump the timeline to: |
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A. 14:30 mark— for information on Church services |
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B. 16:16 mark— for results of mass migration during 1629 |
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C. 18:08 mark— for brief information on the Salem witch trials |
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II. |
Review-video on Women's Roles in Puritan Culture. |
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See video "Role of Puritan Women" mid-page. |
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III. |
Social Memes as Protest Art as Cultural Art as Social Commentary |
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• Obey the Giant: Shepard Fairey |
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• Obey • Make Art |
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In-class Exercise: Creation of Social Meme |
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Definition of Fable, Myth, Folktale, and Parable |
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• demo |
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08.30 Tuesday: |
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Confirmation of Literary Terms: Fable, Myth, Folktale, and Parable |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” pp. 272-284—part 1 |
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08.31 Wednesday: |
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Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” pp. 272-284—part 2 |
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09.01 Thursday: |
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American Romanticism / American Gothic |
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• demo |
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II. |
Audio Performance of Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil” |
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09.02 Friday: |
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Review Test |
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Week 3 |
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09.05 Monday: |
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School Holiday |
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09.06 Tuesday: |
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Review results from Friday's test |
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SAR and Value Claims exercise |
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09.07 Wednesday: |
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Ursuka K. Le Guin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” —supplemental |
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Comparison Analysis |
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Themes of Segregation, Self-Isolation, Scapegoat |
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09.08 Thursday: |
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Edgar Allan Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” pp. 293-294 (introduction paragraph) |
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09.09 Friday: |
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SAR-Paragraph construction on Poe's Narrator (Test) |
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Week 4 |
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09.12 Monday: |
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Brent Staples, “Just Walk on By”— supplemental |
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Building a Persuasive Essay Thesis |
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• demo |
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III. |
Topic Choices |
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09.13 Tuesday: |
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Declaration of Topic |
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Assignment 1: Persuasive Essay |
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• prompt • rubric |
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III. |
Persuasive Writing Techiniques |
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• demo |
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09.14 Wednesday: |
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Crafting Paragraphs for MLA papers |
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• demo |
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Deductive Arguments |
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• demo • deductive persuasive example |
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III. |
Writing Workshop: Thesis Draft due end of class |
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09.15 Thursday: |
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Formal Thesis due end of class |
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Introduction paragraph Techniques |
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Writing Workshop: Bring Writing Material to class |
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09.16 Friday: |
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Finalized Introduction paragraph due end of class |
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Writing Workshop: Bring Material to class |
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Week 5 |
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09.19 Monday: |
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Teacher-Parent Conferences |
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09.20 Tuesday: |
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Outside Resources for Persuasive Essays |
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Students must chose at least one article per topic for their paper. |
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Be sure to read these items carefully before choosing material to quote. |
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A. Pep Rally |
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• The Oracle (A High School Newspaper) |
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• The Manual RedEye |
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• The Times Free Press |
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B. Performance Enhancement Drugs |
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• Natty or Not |
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• ESPN.com |
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• MassLive |
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C. Dress Codes |
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• The Atlantic |
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• CNN.com |
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• Boston.com |
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D. Bullies |
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• NCAC.org |
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• StopBullying.gov |
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• NVEEE.org |
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Project Portfolios |
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N. Scott Momaday, “The Way to Rainy Mountain”—supplemental |
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09.21 Wednesday: |
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Group Analysis of “The Way to Rainy Mountain” |
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09.22 Thursday: |
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Group Foldable Analogy |
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• demo |
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09.23 Friday: |
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Group Workshop Activity |
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Week 6 |
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09.26 Monday: |
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Elements of Poetry Analysis |
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Anne Bradstreet, “To My Dear and Loving Husband” |
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• Public versus Private Voices |
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• Biography of Anne Bradstreet |
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• Biography of Simon Bradstreet |
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09.27 Tuesday: |
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Poetry Elements and Definitions |
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• demo |
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English Heritage |
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• demo |
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III. |
American Ballads |
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• demo |
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09.28 Wednesday: |
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Guided Song Analysis |
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• demo |
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09.29 Thursday: |
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Assignment 2: Persuasion Essay |
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• prompt • rubric |
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Comparison/Contrast |
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• demo |
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09.30 Friday: |
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Reteach of Assignment 1: Persuasive Essay Expectations |
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• demo |
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Writing Workshop |
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• revision of Assignment 1: Paper outline |
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• completion of drafting exercises for Assignment 2 |
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• begin work on final draft of Assignment 2: paper outline |
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III. |
Declaration of Value Claim (Thesis Statement) |
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