Mr. Davis
2018-2019 Freshman Literature and Composition
No Fear Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Friday March 8
1. Watch A&E Biography: Shakespeare
2. Write down 10 facts that you learned or surprised you
3. Complete anticipation guide for Romeo and Juliet
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Week of 12/10-14
Monday
1. EYL
2. Hand back TKAM stuff
-Part 2 quiz tomorrow!
-Ch. 27-31 questions due tomorrow
3. Time to review TKAM and/or work on final exam review guide
4. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade
Tuesday
1. Collect chapters 27-31 questions
2. Part 2 quiz
3. Time to review TKAM and/or work on final exam review guide
-Will cover verb tense tomorrow
4. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade due Friday 12/14
Wednesday
1. Continue final exam review
-Verb Tense
2. Poem cold read practice
-10 in-class participation points
3. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade due Friday 12/14
Thursday
1. Continue final exam review
-Any questions on Verb Tense?
-Talk about “sound sentences”
2. Mock final exam – no points for completion, just a tool to help
3. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade due Friday 12/14
Friday
1. Check final exam review guide for those who completed it
-Provide answer key: page 1, page 2, page 3, page 4
2. Remember - Mock final exam available– no points for completion, just a tool to help
3. Time to answer any questions
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Week of 12/3-12/7
Monday
1. Recap ch. 17 and 18
2. Read ch. 19
3. Read ch. 20 as homework
Tuesday
1. Recap chapter 20
-Watch Gregory Peck’s delivery in the film
2. Read chapter 21-22
3. Tomorrow will be OYO reading of 27-28
-will have summaries for 23-26
-Thursday will be final chapters 29-31
-Part 2 quiz will take place next Tuesday 12/11 (plenty of time to review)
4. Provide final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade
Wednesday
1. Recap chapter 22 briefly
2. OYO reading of 27-28
-will have summaries for 23-26
-Thursday will be final chapters 29-31
-Part 2 quiz will take place next Tuesday 12/11 (plenty of time to review)
3. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade
Thursday
1. Recap 27-28
2. Read chapters 29-31
-Discuss ending of the novel
3. Questions for 27-31 due Tuesday (day of part 2 quiz)
4. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade
Friday
1. Discuss ending of TKAM
2. Questions for 27-31 due Tuesday (day of part 2 quiz)
3. Begin some grammar review
4. Cold read practice – 20 mins after lunch
5. Final exam review guide – will be optional 40 point completion grade
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Week of 11/26-11/30
Monday
1. EYL
2. Recap TKAM thus far
3. Read chapter 7 as a class, begin 8
-Finish 8 OYO
Tuesday
1. Collect Chapter 1-6 questions
2. Recap chapter 8
3. Read chapters 9-11 today
4. Quiz over part 1 (chapters 1-11) on Thursday!
Wednesday
1. Recap chapters 9 and 10
-Answer chapter 11 questions
2. Read chapters 12-14
3. Quiz over part 1 (chapters 1-11) Tomorrow!
Thursday
1. Quiz over part 1 (chapters 1-11)
2. Recap 14, watch 15, summarize 16
3. Read chapter 17
Friday
1. Recap chapter 17
2. Read chapter 18
3. Questions for chapters 7-14 due Monday!
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Week of 11/19-11/23
Monday
1. Collect Discussion make-ups and TKAM anticipation guides
-Last minute thoughts on Scottsboro and Friday's discussion
2. Roulette Writing:
-Thanksgiving gone wrong! – 20 points participation!
3. Be through chapter 6 of TKAM by end of Thanksgiving break!!
Questions for 1-3 here, 4-6 here
Tuesday
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
PT Conferences
Wednesday
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
PT Conferences
Thursday
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
Friday
NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
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Week of 11/12-11/16
Monday
NO SCHOOL - Veteran's day
Tuesday
1. Reminder: complete TKAM anticipation guide O.Y.O. – discussion will take place Thursday (graded whole-class discussion)
2. Begin/continue Scottsboro Documentary
-Complete questions
3. Starting TKAM Friday! Get a copy ASAP
-Books a Million, Afterwords Books, Amazon, upper classmen!
-You WILL have to read over Thanksgiving break
Wednesday
1. Reminder: complete TKAM anticipation guide O.Y.O. – discussion will take place Thursday (graded whole-class discussion)
2. Continue Scottsboro Documentary
-Complete questions
3. Starting TKAM Friday! Get a copy ASAP
-Books a Million, Afterwords Books, Amazon, upper classmen!
-You WILL have to read over Thanksgiving break
Thursday
NO SCHOOL - Inclement Weather
Friday
1. Finish Scottsboro Documentary – collect questions
2. Graded whole-class discussion over TKAM anticipation guide
-4 contributions expected – 5 points each = 20 points
-You can make up any contributions missed by writing 1 well-developed paragraph per contribution missed
-Paragraphs should be about separate statements on anticipation guide
3. Start TKAM over the weekend!
-We can either do some work with TKAM Monday or an in-class writing for points
-Should be through chapter 6 by end of Thanksgiving break
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Week of 11/5-11/9
Monday
1. Review Direct Object and Indirect object and Predicate Adjective Predicate Nominative
2. Do Exercise 9 like a quiz
-Will have a key for afterwards
-Quiz over Grammar Unit Friday (practice quiz on Thursday)
3. Will do a little review on other parts of speech this week, then we move on to TKAM!
Tuesday
1. Review Direct Object and Indirect object and Predicate Adjective Predicate Nominative
2. Do Exercise 9 like a quiz
-Will have a key for afterwards
-Quiz over Grammar Unit Friday (practice quiz on Thursday)
3. Will do a little review on other parts of speech this week, then we move on to TKAM!
Wednesday
1. HW Quiz 4 over complements packet
2. Continue work on other parts of speech review
-Exercises before tomorrow
3. Reminders: practice quiz over grammar unit tomorrow, real quiz on Friday!
Thursday
1. Practice quiz – REAL ONE TOMORROW
2. Continue work on other parts of speech review
Exercises before tomorrow
3. Assign TKAM Anticipation Guide
Friday
1. Real Quiz
2. Continue TKAM Anticipation Guide
3. Begin Scottsboro Documentary
4. Starting TKAM next week! Get a copy ASAP
-Books a Million, Afterwords Books, Amazon, upper classmen!
-Will study Scottsboro Tragedy beginning on Friday
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Week of 10/29-11/2
Monday
1. Review quiz
2. Continue Work with verbs – action vs. linking
-Review Friday’s work
-Continue today’s work
3. HW Quiz coming Wednesday over these assignments
Tuesday
1. Review work from the last 2 days
2. Pick 3 from each section – star it, and make sure you got it right!
3. HW Quiz coming Wednesday over these assignment
Wednesday
1. HW Quiz over Verbs work (#1 and #2)
2. Introduce Direct Object and Indirect Object
-Exercise 1,2,4 done by tomorrow
3. Will do a little review on other parts of speech next week, then we move on!
Thursday
Class Cancelled - Code Move
Friday
1. Review Direct Object and Indirect object
-Examples from exercises 1,2,4
2. Introduce Predicate Adjective/Predicate Noun(nominative)
-Exercises 5,6,7
3. Will do a little review on other parts of speech next week, then we move on to TKAM!
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Week of 10/22-10/26
Monday
1. EYL
2. Discuss Exercise #10, 1-20 and previous topics
3. Introduce inverted order, and implied subjects
-Finish exercise 12 and 13 before tomorrow!
Tuesday
1. Discuss any questions from Exercises 10, 12, or 13
2. Final work for first mini-section
3. Practice quiz tomorrow and review!
-Real quiz on Thursday!
4. Hand-back lots of assignments…
Wednesday
1. Questions from yesterday’s review?
2. Practice quiz
-Trade, grade, review
3. Quiz tomorrow
-BE PREPARED!
Thursday
1. Questions from yesterday’s review?
2. Quiz
3. Work with verbs – action vs. linking
-Exercise 1,3,4 should be completed before tomorrow
4. Homework quiz tomorrow over subject/predicate homework!
Friday
1. HW Quiz
2. Continue Work with verbs – action vs. linking
-Exercise 1,3,4 should already be completed
-Finish exercise 5,6,7,8,9
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Week of 10/15-10/19
Monday
1. EYL
2. Grammar pre-test
3. Review 8 parts of speech and subject/predicate
Tuesday
1. Review the 8 parts of speech and talk about subject and predicate
-Create a sentence that incorporates all 8 parts of speech
-Check intro sheet tomorrow at beginning of class!
2. Continue work with subject and predicate
Wednesday
1. Check grammar intro sheet (the one with definitions on it)
2. Review the 8 parts of speech
3. Continue work with subject and predicate
-Work with complete subject vs. simple subject
-with complete predicate vs. simple predicate
4. Introduce Compound subjects and compound verbs
Thursday
1. Collect yesterday’s work (4 sections, 5 sentences each)
2. Continue work with subjects and predicates
-Homework quiz tomorrow!
Friday
1. Continue work with subjects and predicates
-Homework quiz today
-Last 20 minutes
2. Exercise #10, 1-20 – complete before monday
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Week of 10/8-10/12
Monday
NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day
Tuesday
1. EYL
2. Vote on Tableaus
3. Fishbowl discussions over unit
-Can be about end of unit essay questions, reader’s choice, any piece we read, about suspense and surprise, etc.
-Remember to include yourself! Be loud enough! Be attentive.
Wednesday
1. Continue Fishbowl discussions over unit
-Can be about end of unit essay questions, reader’s choice, any piece we read, about suspense and surprise, etc.
-Remember to include yourself! Be loud enough! Be attentive.
Thursday
1. Finish Fishbowl discussions over unit
-Can be about end of unit essay questions, reader’s choice, any piece we read, about suspense and surprise, etc.
-Remember to include yourself! Be loud enough! Be attentive.
2. Introduce 8 parts of speech
3. Tomorrow:
-1st hour spirit contest
-2nd hour spirit video – you must go to your 2nd hour teacher first!
-3rd hour assembly – you must check-in with 3rd hour first
Friday
Spirit Day - No class time
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Week of 10/1-10/5
Monday
1. Collect RAP "Most Dangerous Game"
-discuss ending
-due tomorrow by the end of the period
Tuesday
1. Reader's choice assignment
-Pick 2 of the 6 stories allowed and answer questions
-stories:
--"The Birds" in your text book p. 50-82
--"The Case of the Red Headed League" in your text book p. 96-116
--"Big Hand Print" by T.K. Lee
--"Death By Scrabble" by Charlie Fish
--"The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe
--"The Petting Zoo" by Peter de Niverville
Wednesday
1. Continue and finish reader's choice
-due tomorrow!
Thursday
1. Check reader’s choice completion – keep it for discussion Tuesday!
2. Tableau Day
-Work individually, with a partner, or in a small group to create a Tableau
-Definition: a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene from a story or from history
-Create a tableau, email a picture, best one gets extra credit
Friday
NO SCHOOL - Teacher's Institute Day
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Week of 9/24-9/28
Monday
1. Collect RAP "Cask of Amontillado"
2. Watch short film version: here
3. Begin Analysis of "The Raven" by Poe
Tuesday
1. Finish Analysis of "The Raven"
2. Discuss the poem and themes
3. Watch the Simpsons' version (if time allows)
Wednesday
1. FINISH analysis of “The Raven”
-Individually, or in small groups, work on explicating the poem
-Discuss collectively
-Will collect analysis tomorrow
2. Watch the Simpson’s version (if time allows)
3. Begin RAP “The Most Dangerous Game” tomorrow
Thursday
1. Begin RAP “The Most Dangerous Game”!
-Will have class time tomorrow to finish
-RAP will be due Monday!
Friday
1. Finish RAP "The Most Dangerous Game"
-Due Monday!
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Week of 9/17-9/21
Monday
1. Share letters and essays in small groups
-Read through the work that comes to you
-Vote group best
-Vote class best
-Volunteers for +1 EC
Tuesday
1. Collect letter/essay assignment (for those who haven’t yet provided it)
2. Discuss horror/suspense/surprise
-Why do people enjoy this? Do you enjoy this?
3. Introduce conflict and story elements hand-out and 12 ways writers create suspense
4. Read and annotate from Danse Macabre excerpt
Wednesday
1. Check annotation from Danse Macabre excerpt and 12 ways writers create suspense
-Discuss
2. RAP “The Interlopers”
-Due tomorrow
-Watch short film version
Thursday
1. RAP “The Interlopers”
-Watch short film version
-Discuss ways in which suspense was created
-Collect sheet
2. 10 minute free-write story starter
-Keep writing the whole 10 minutes!
-You don’t have to finish the story
-Try to incorporate some of the ways authors create suspense
Friday
1. Begin RAP “The Cask of Amontillado”
-Will watch short film version at conclusion
-RAP Sheet will be collected Monday
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Week of 9/10-9/14
Monday
1. Provide Fishbowl 10 commandments and explain fishbowls
2. Continue and finish the film
3. Will begin fishbowl discussions tomorrow
-6:00 - 7:00 uninterrupted
-groups of 4-6
-discussing end of novel discussion questions
Tuesday
1. Will begin fishbowl discussions today
-6:00 - 7:00 uninterrupted
-Groups of 4-6
-Discussing end of novel discussion questions
-Talk loud! Be resepctful
Wednesday
1. Will finish fishbowl discussions today
-6:00 - 7:00 uninterrupted
-Groups of 4-6
-Discussing end of novel discussion questions
-Talk loud! Be resepctful
2. We will be in MC Café on Friday!
Thursday
1. Finished fishbowls yesterday
-Nice job for the first time
2. Introduce Google Drive
3. Introduce end of unit letter/essay – Due Monday
-Time to pre-write and draft today
-We will be in MC Café tomorrow!
Friday
1. Work on letter/essay
2. Get a google drive (if time allows)