Week of November 28, 2016
Read TKAM chapters 18-21
Complete note-taking chart with vocabulary and response questions
Non fiction analysis: Based on True stories-The Scottsboro Trials and the murder of Emmett Till-
Classwork Tuesday: Courtroom Terminology and the Judicial System
Classwork Thursday: Standards focus: Rhetoric
Week of December 5, 2016
Read TKAM chapters 22-25
Complete note-taking chart with vocabulary and response questions
Non fiction analysis: "Girl Repeats Story in Scottsboro Case
Classwork Tuesday: Analyzing poetry-Langston Hughes
Classwork Thursday: Analyzing the rhetoric in Atticus's speech
Week of December 12, 2016
Read TKAM chapters 26-30
Complete note-taking chart with vocabulary and response questions
Non fiction analysis: no non-fiction
Classwork Tuesday: TKAM socratic seminar
Classwork Thursday: Figures of speech
Week of January 2, 2017
Classwork Tuesday: Character analysis instructions-outline due by Thursday
Classwork Thursday: Writer's workshop
First draft of essay due on Tuesday,
Give back on Thursday-final due next Thursday.
Week of January 9, 2017
Tuesday: Literary Devices Academic League/study guide
Thursday-Final draft essay due/ final written test
Week of January 16, 2017
At Home:
The Mask of the Red Death Literature Unit
One page response to class novel
Week of January 23, 2017
Introduction to Rhetorical unit
Structure of an argument
Analyzing arguments: rhetorical devices
Week of January 30, 2017
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
Continue analysis of arguments: opposing points of view
Week of February 4:
Read TKAM chapters 18-21
Complete note-taking chart with vocabulary and response questions
Non fiction analysis: Based on True stories-The Scottsboro Trials and the murder of Emmett Till-
Classwork Tuesday: Courtroom Terminology and the Judicial System
Classwork Thursday: Standards focus: Rhetoric
Week of December 5, 2016
Read TKAM chapters 22-25
Complete note-taking chart with vocabulary and response questions
Non fiction analysis: "Girl Repeats Story in Scottsboro Case
Classwork Tuesday: Analyzing poetry-Langston Hughes
Classwork Thursday: Analyzing the rhetoric in Atticus's speech
Week of December 12, 2016
Read TKAM chapters 26-30
Complete note-taking chart with vocabulary and response questions
Non fiction analysis: no non-fiction
Classwork Tuesday: TKAM socratic seminar
Classwork Thursday: Figures of speech
Week of January 2, 2017
Classwork Tuesday: Character analysis instructions-outline due by Thursday
Classwork Thursday: Writer's workshop
First draft of essay due on Tuesday,
Give back on Thursday-final due next Thursday.
Week of January 9, 2017
Tuesday: Literary Devices Academic League/study guide
Thursday-Final draft essay due/ final written test
Week of January 16, 2017
At Home:
The Mask of the Red Death Literature Unit
One page response to class novel
Week of January 23, 2017
Introduction to Rhetorical unit
Structure of an argument
Analyzing arguments: rhetorical devices
Week of January 30, 2017
"The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
Continue analysis of arguments: opposing points of view
Week of February 4: