October 2008

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1

Quiz: “Marigolds”

Introduce Autobiographical Essay pages 42 - 49

HW: Typed Rough Draft of Autobiographical Narrative due Friday (If you do not have a typed draft, you will receive 2 zeros – one for the draft and one for peer editing.)

PACKET

 

2

Diction pages 50 - 55

HW: Typed Rough Draft of Autobiographical Narrative due Friday (If you do not have a typed draft, you will receive 2 zeros – one for the draft and one for peer editing.)

Diction Quiz on Tuesday, 10/7

REVIEW HERE

(Also look over pages 51 & 55!)

 

PACKET

3

Peer Editing

HW: Autobiographical Narrative due Monday

Diction Quiz on Tuesday

REVIEW HERE

(Also look over pages 51 & 55!)

 

PACKET

 

6

Tone 56 – 63

Introduce Tone Paragraph pages 63 – 65

HW: Diction Quiz on Tomorrow; REVIEW HERE

(Also look over pages 51 & 55!)

 

Typed Tone Paragraph due Wednesday in class and on turnitin.com

 

 

PACKET

 

7

Diction Quiz

Work on Tone Paragraph pages 63 – 65

 

HW: Typed Tone Paragraph due Tomorrow, in class and on turnitin.com

PACKET

 

 

8

Style pages 66 – 68

Style Model pages 69 – 70

 

HW: Read “The Story of an Hour” and complete the chart on pages 74 – 75; Due Tuesday

Quiz: “The Story of an Hour” on Tuesday

PACKET

 

 

9

Yom Kippur: No School

10

Teacher In-service: No School

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No School

14

Quiz: “The Story of an Hour”

Introduce Style Essay pages 76 – 78

HW: Typed Rough Draft of Style Essay due on Friday; failure to complete a typed draft will result in two zeros, one for the draft and one for the peer edit

Final copy due on turnitin by Monday night; Final copy, edited rough draft, and peer editing sheet due in class on Tuesday.

PACKET

 

15

Finish LISTENING & NOTE-TAKING ACTIVITY: The Antebellum South & Slavery (pgs. 3 –4)

Begin reading the first three slave narratives by Henry Box Brown, Lewis Clark, and Harriet Jacobs. Be sure to identify examples that represent the suffering and attitudes slaves endured (pgs. 5 – 11).

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

HW: Typed Rough Draft of Style Essay due on Friday; failure to complete a typed draft will result in two zeros, one for the draft and one for the peer edit

Final copy due on turnitin by Monday night; Final copy, edited rough draft, and peer editing sheet due in class on Tuesday.

PACKET

 

16

Finish reading the first three slave narratives by Henry Box Brown, Lewis Clark, and Harriet Jacobs. Be sure to identify examples that represent the suffering and attitudes slaves endured (pgs. 5 – 11).

Begin filling out charts (pgs. 18 – 20) with quotes from the narratives. Source and page number must be identified.

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

HW: Finish filling out charts.

 

Typed Rough Draft of Style Essay due on Friday; failure to complete a typed draft will result in two zeros, one for the draft and one for the peer edit

Final copy due on turnitin by Monday night; Final copy, edited rough draft, and peer editing sheet due in class on Tuesday.

PACKET

 

17

Peer Edit: Style Essay

 

HW: Final copy due on turnitin by Monday night; Final copy, edited rough draft, and peer editing sheet due in class on Tuesday.

 

20

Actively read the segment from Frederick Douglas’s slave narrative (pgs. 11 – 17). Again, look for and identify examples that will help you fill out the charts on pages 18 – 20.

Continue filling out charts (pgs. 18 – 20) with quotes from Douglas’s narrative.  This must be completed by tomorrow!

HW:

Finish narrative charts

 

Final copy due on turnitin by tonight; Final copy, edited rough draft, and peer editing sheet due in class tomorrow.

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

21

Read Chapters 1 – 3 of Nightjohn (pgs. 13 – 41).

Fill out the second set of charts (pgs. 21 – 23) using quotes from Nightjohn.

 

HW: Finish any incomplete classwork

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

22

Finish Nightjohn (pgs. 42 – 92). 

 

Finish filling out charts (pgs. 21 – 23).

 

HW: Finish any incomplete classwork

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

23

Introduce essay (pg. 27).

Choose topics (p. 27) and form topic sentence (pg. 28)

Begin outline (pgs. 29 – 31), using quotes already accumulated. You should select quotes that represent all of the assigned material (Minimum = 3 of the sources for body paragraphs 1 & 2).

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

24

Finish outlining / prewriting for body paragraphs 1 & 2 (pgs. 29 – 31).

Read “Race in America” (pgs. 24 – 26) and use the information in it to complete the outline for body paragraph #3 (pg. 32).

Review remaining steps (pgs. 33 – 36).

HW:

Typed rough draft and typed Works Cited due Monday, 27 October.

 

Complete packet, typed rough draft with revision and editing marks, and final typed paper (with Works Cited) are due Wednesday, 29 October. 

 

You must complete the self-assessment on page 37.

 

This paper must also be submitted to turnitin.com by Tuesday night.

 

Nightjohn PACKET

 

27

Peer Edit

 

HW:   

Tuesday night: Essay due on turnitin.com

Wednesday:

·        Final Copy[1], Rough Draft, Peer Edit, Packet, and Nightjohn will be collected.

 

28

Review: Run-on and Fragments

HW:   

Tonight: Essay due on turnitin.com

Tomorrow:

·        Final Copy[2], Rough Draft, Peer Edit, Packet, and Nightjohn will be collected.

·        Quiz: Run-ons and Fragments

 

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Quiz: Run-ons and Fragments

 

30

Scenario (1 – 2)

 

TKaM Studyguide

31

Historical Perspective of To Kill a Mockingbird

HW: Find a picture, poem, or lyrics to a song that reflect one of the concepts described as part of the Historical Perspective of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is advisable that you do some outside research on the topic you choose. Describe or summarize your choice and explain how it is reflective of the event.

 

TKaM Studyguide

 



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