Freshman Literature & Composition
"Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen." -John Steinbeck
Daily Schedule
Wednesday, 5/16
Tuesday, 5/15
Monday, 5/14
Friday, 5/11
Thursday, 5/10
Wednesday, 5/9
Tuesday, 5/8
Monday, 5/7
Friday, 5/4
Thursday, 5/3
Wednesday, 5/2
Tuesday, 5/1
Monday, 4/30
Objectives: Students will understand the main characters of the play and traits about them and be able to answer plot questions in the Study Guide
Friday, 4/27
Objectives: students will be assessed over sentence type formulas, correctly categorizing sentence types to given examples, and writing their own sentence examples following the given sentence type
Thursday, 4/26
Wednesday, 4/25
Romeo and Juliet characters: https://prezi.com/_8g8ofp5vvuv/romeo-and-juliet-characters/ Sentence Types Quiz this Friday, 4/27 Tuesday, 4/24
Objectives:
Monday, 4/23
Objectives: Students will categorize sentence types; students will be knowledgeable about Shakespeare's background/life;
Friday, 4/20
Objectives: Students will know the difference between simple, compound, and complex sentences; students will learn about Shakespeare
Thursday, 4/19
Objectives: students will do examples labeling compound or complex sentences; students will gain an understanding of the historical context of Shakespeare's time
Wednesday, 4/18
Objectives: Students will learn about sentence types; students will gain an understanding of the context of the background of Shakespeare's era
Tuesday, 4/17
Objectives: Students will be assessed over their knowledge of characters, plot events, Homeric similes, etc. over the Odyssey; students will answer an Anticipation Guide over Romeo and Juliet to be familiarized with themes in the play
Monday, 4/16
Objective: Students will pick a prompt of their choosing and find evidence to back up a claim based on their chosen prompt. Evidence will be from The Odyssey and will be cited in MLA format. Students will write a four paragraph essay using their chosen prompt.
Part II Test is tomorrow, 4/17 Friday, 4/12
Objectives: Students will be able to identify and punctuate conjunctive adverbs; students will be able to categorize subordinate clauses as Noun Clauses, Adj Clauses, or Adv Clauses; students will analyze a chosen aspect of The Odyssey and write an essay using evidence for support
Thursday, 4/12
Objectives: students will read the last section of Part II in Odyssey and answer questions over inferences, description of imagery, analyzing, and summarizing the end of the story.
Wednesday, 4/11
Objectives: students will read Odyssey and answer questions over plot, characterization, make inferences, and act out scene from the reading
Tuesday, 4/10
Testing Day - Watched other episode of Clash of the Gods - Warrior's Revenge and took notes over new facts and information Monday, 4/9
Objectives: students will understand errors from Friday's quiz, students will read and answer study questions over Odyssey
Friday, 4/6
Objectives: students will be assessed over eight vocabulary terms and definitions (matching) and understanding Independent and Dependent Clauses, finding subjects and verbs, and finding subordinating conjunctions
Thursday, 4/5
Objectives: students will be able to pick out independent and dependent clause when prompted and find both the subject and verb of a clause; students will read Part II of the Odyssey and answer study questions during reading
Wednesday, 4/4
Objectives: students will determine whether a given piece of a sentence is a phrase, independent clause, or dependent clause; students will read Part II of Odyssey
Tuesday, 4/3
Objectives: students will combine two sentences into complex sentences by writing them as an independent and a dependent clause; students will read Part II of The Odyssey and answer plot questions throughout
Monday, 4/2
Objectives: students will be able to find independent and dependent clauses in a given sentence example; students will read Part II of The Odyssey
Friday 3/23
Objectives: students will be able to pick out independent and subordinate clauses, and subordinate conjunctions in a sentence; students will obtain knowledge about the connections of reality and mythology of The Odyssey
Thursday, 3/22
Objectives: students will chose between independent clause, dependent clause, or phrase in grammar exercise; students will obtain knowledge about the connections of reality and mythology of The Odyssey
Wednesday, 3/21
Objectives:
Tuesday, 3/20
Objectives: apply knowledge of clauses - be able to identify independent or dependent clauses, and phrases or clauses; chart real and imaginary places from the Odyssey using text as guide
Monday, 3/19
Objectives: overview of clauses: independent v. dependent, conjunctions v. subordinating conjunctions, how to combine both types, write our own examples; use textbook map on p. 1013 to chart Odysseus' journey
Friday, 3/16
Take Part 1 Odyssey Test - multiple choice and essay Thursday, 3/15
Objectives: Review for part 1 test, plot, characters, vocabulary, and literary devices.
Wednesday, 3/14
Objectives: Review Part 1 of Odyssey and identify and analyze literary devices in text
Tuesday, 3/13
Objectives: read The Odyssey and answer plot and analysis questions over the text; identify and analyze literary devices in the text
Monday, 3/12
Objectives: read The Odyssey and answer plot and analysis questions over the text
Friday, 3/9
Objectives: read The Odyssey and answer plot and analysis questions over the text
Thursday, 3/8
Objectives: analyze the text to find textual examples of foreshadow, metaphor, simile, and personification
Wednesday, 3/7
Objectives: analyze the text to find textual examples of foreshadow, metaphor, simile, and personification
Tuesday, 3/6
Objectives: read The Odyssey and answer guided questions in Study Guide Part 1
Monday, 3/5
Objectives: read The Odyssey and answer guided questions
Friday, 3/2
Objectives: assess students' knowledge of phrases (gerund, participle, prepositional, infinitive, and appositive); read Odyssey and answer plot questions
Thursday, 3/1
Objectives: students will review phrases; students will read The Odyssey and answer questions over the plot
Wednesday, 2/28
Objectives: students will practice finding infinitive phrases and noting if they are noun, adjective, or adverb; students will continue to expand knowledge of the Trojan War (in context with The Odyssey)
Tuesday, 2/27
Objectives: build and apply knowledge of phrase; students will gain an understanding of the Trojan War (in context with The Odyssey);
Monday, 2/26
Objectives: build and apply knowledge of phrases; student context of mythology knowledge; students will gain an understanding of the Trojan War (in context with The Odyssey)
2/23
Objectives: build and apply knowledge of phrases; define significant terms used in The Odyssey; understand and apply the components of the epic hero character
2/22 Objectives: students will use online resources to build background knowledge of The Odyssey; build and apply knowledge of phrases
2/21
Objectives: students will be assessed over the "Introduction to the Odyssey" reading; apply knowledge of phrases through constructing examples; begin using online resources to build background knowledge of The Odyssey
2/20
Objectives: begin grammar notes over phrases; understand background knowledge of The Odyssey; annotate a text to further understanding
2/15
Objectives: apply knowledge of research terms; students will reflect on their own performance and write advice on completing the research unit and having a successful freshmen year for incoming eighth graders
2/14
2/13
Objectives: presenting students will present their unbiased research over pros/cons of their topic; audience students take down thoughtful questions for each presenter Finish Presentations Reminder: Research Terms Quiz will be Thursday, 2/15. The vocab terms are in the downloadable file under the assignments column. -----> 2/12
Objectives: presenting students will present their unbiased research over pros/cons of their topic; audience students take down thoughtful questions for each presenter Continue presentations Research Terms Quiz: Thursday 2/15 2/9
Objectives: presenting students will present their unbiased research over pros/cons of their topic; audience students take down thoughtful questions for each presenter Continue presentations and audience note taking 2/8
2/7
Objectives: go over how to give an effective presentation; students begin presenting research presentation PowerPoints
2/6
Objectives: complete your presentation and email it to me: [email protected] by 7:00 am Wednesday morning.
2/5
2/2
Objectives: use fact/detail cards to complete construct sentence outline; use sentence outline to build your research presentation powerpoint
2/1
Objectives: show completed fact/detail cards for a grade by the end of the hour; learn the definition of a sentence outline; learn how to use the template 1/31
Objectives: students will complete fact and detail cards over subtopics 3 and 4
1/30
Objectives: understand the mechanics of writing a thesis statement
1/29
Objectives: Understand the mechanics of writing an introduction for research
1/26
Objectives: be able to integrate credible sources into your writing
1/25
Objectives: continue conducting research by reading, recognizing claims and evidence, and creating fact cards for sub-topics
1/24
Objectives: learn to create in-text citations; continue conducting research by reading, recognizing claims and evidence, and creating fact cards for sub-topics
1/23
Objectives: begin conducting research by reading, recognizing claims and evidence, and creating fact cards for sub-topics
1/22
Objectives: recognize the difference between and understand how to employ paraphrases, summaries, and quotes in your research
1/19
Objectives: understand the purpose of a bibliography and how to organize sources of information; practice MLA citation format
1/18
Objectives: identify an author's purpose and message
1/17
Objectives: organize information into an outline; identify an author's purpose and message
1/12
Objectives: understand and practice the process of checking internet resources for reliability
1/11
Objectives: recognize MLA citations and learn how to cite sources using MLA
1/10
Objectives: organize information into sub-topics and facts
1/9
Objectives: understand how to use search engines effectively
1/8
Objectives: be able to differentiate between facts and opinions; recognize bias and tone in non-fiction; distinguish reliable sources for research
1/5
Objectives: be able to differentiate between facts and opinions; recognize bias and tone in non-fiction
1/3
Objectives: understand the process of the research project; begin researching topics
12/15
Objectives: practice recognizing proper sentence structures; review for the final
12/14
Objectives: practice applying the rules of subject verb agreement; recognize sentence run-ons, fragments, and comma splices
12/13
Objectives: recognize and understand the rules of subject & verb agreement
12/11
Objectives: recognize and understand the rules of subject & verb agreement; assess our understanding of a text
12/8
Objectives: recognize the difference between commonly confused verbs; read and understand classic literature
12/7
Objectives: recognize the difference between commonly confused verbs; read and understand classic literature
12/6
Objectives: understand and apply paragraph structure to our own writing; read and understand classic literature
12/5
Objectives: understand and apply paragraph structure to our own writing; check for reading understanding
12/4
Objectives: understand paragraph structure and its effectiveness; check for reading understanding
12/1
Objectives: assess our knowledge of verb tenses; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/30
Objectives: learn perfect-progressive tense verbs; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/29
Objectives: learn progressive tense verbs; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/28
Objectives: review verb tenses and learn how to use them correctly; assess our knowledge of a text; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/27
Objectives: review verb tenses and learn how to use them correctly; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/20
Objective: apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/17
Objectives: assess our understanding of grammar concepts covered this semester; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/16
Objectives: assess our understanding of sentence complements; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/15
Objectives: understand how sentence complements function in a sentence by learning to diagram them; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/14
Objectives: understand how sentence complements function in a sentence by learning to diagram them; apply vocabulary and background knowledge to understand a text
11/13
Objectives: continue to learn and understand sentence complements; make connections between historical background and literary works
11/9
Objectives: continue to learn and understand sentence complements; make connections between historical background and literary works
11/8
Objectives: continue to learn and understand sentence complements; make connections between historical background and literary works
11/7
Objectives: continue to learn and understand sentence complements; make connections between historical background and literary works
11/6
Objectives: begin to understand sentence complements; make connections between historical background and literary works
11/3
Objectives: assess our knowledge of parts of speech; understand how authors build suspense and apply to our own writing process
11/2
Objectives: review parts of speech; read and understand a literary work; understand how authors build suspense
11/1
Objectives: review parts of speech; read and understand a literary work
10/31
Objectives: acquire new grammatical skills and review previous ones; develop vocabulary and background knowledge to apply to a literary text
10/30
Objectives: acquire new grammatical skills; strengthen reading comprehension skills using the SQR method
10/26
Objectives: memorize prepositions; review and acquire the ability to identify prepositional phrases
10/25
Objectives: memorize prepositions; review and acquire the ability to identify prepositional phrases; be able to critically compare a text to its film version
10/24
Objectives: memorize prepositions; be able to critically compare a text to its film version
10/23
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills; memorize prepositions; be able to critically compare a text to its film version
10/20
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills; edit others' writing and offer constructive criticism; develop our interpersonal skills
10/19
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills; review how to write an effective conclusion
10/18
Objectives: learn to cite contextual evidence and MLA formatting in a literary essay
10/17
Objectives: learn to effectively write an essay introduction; develop thesis statements; organize information to prepare for essay writing
10/16
Objectives: assess our knowledge of a literary work's content, vocabulary, literary tools, and characters
10/13
Objectives: review OMM's content, characters, vocabulary, and literary terms
10/12
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills; analyze themes and support them with textual evidence
10/11
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills; read and comprehend literary classics; analyze themes and support them with textual evidence
10/10
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills; read and comprehend literary classics
10/5
Objectives: understand, analyze, and create your own direct characterization
10/4
Objectives: review and acquire grammatical skills, read and comprehend literary classics
10/3
Objectives: assess grammatical skills and acquire new ones; understand the connotation of words and its effect on author's tone; read and comprehend classics
10/2
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; read and understand literary classics
9/29
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; analyze characterization; read and understand literary classics
9/28
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; analyze characterization; read and understand literary classics
9/27
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; read and understand literary classics
9/26
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; read and understand literary classics
9/25
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; read and understand literary classics
9/22
Objectives: practice grammatical concept for mastery; read and understand literary classics
9/21
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; apply vocabulary in context; read and understand literary classics
9/20
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; apply vocabulary in context; read and understand literary classics
9/19
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; understand the historical context of a novel in order to better comprehend the text
9/18
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; understand the historical context of a novel in order to better comprehend the text
9/15
Objectives: review grammatical concepts and acquire new ones; understand the historical context of a novel in order to better comprehend the text
9/14
Objectives: continue learning pronouns; read, interpret, and comprehend a narrative essay
9/13
Objectives: review capitalization rules and begin pronoun review; read, interpret, and comprehend a speech
9/12
Objectives: recognize proper and common nouns for capitalization; demonstrate understanding of literary terms; read and summarize a text effectively
9/11
Objectives: recognize proper and common nouns for capitalization; review and summarize a text using plot structure
9/8
Objectives: begin learning parts of speech; use knowledge of context clues and literary tools in order to better comprehend a reading
9/7
Objectives: diagram sentences in order to more easily identify sentence parts; recognize and understand literary terms
9/6
Objectives: diagram sentences in order to more easily identify sentence parts; recognize and understand literary terms
9/5
Objectives: practice identifying subjects and predicates; recall and identify important events in a text in the correct order; recall literary tools or spatial details from a text
9/1
Objectives: practice identifying subjects and predicates; recall and identify important events in a text in the correct order
8/31
Objectives: to apply knowledge of context clues and literary terms in order to comprehend a text; to review subjects and predicates
8/30
Objectives: to apply knowledge of context clues and literary terms in order to comprehend a text; to review subjects and predicates
8/29
Objectives: to apply knowledge of context clues and literary terms in order to comprehend a text; to review subjects and predicates
8/28
Objectives: to apply knowledge of context clues and literary terms in order to comprehend a text; to review subjects and predicates
8/25
Objectives: to apply knowledge of context clues and literary terms in order to comprehend a text
8/24
Objectives: to apply knowledge of context clues and literary terms in order to comprehend a text
8/23
Objectives: to utilize context clues and annotation skills to better comprehend a text
8/22
Objectives: to learn and apply knowledge of literary terms; to review and apply using context clues to support understanding
8/18
Objectives: to review/learn plot structures and literary terms
8/17
Objectives: to practice our writing skills and review literary terms
8/16
Objectives: to get to know each other and familiarize ourselves with course curriculum and expectations
8/15
Objectives: to get to know each other and familiarize ourselves with course curriculum and expectations
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5/16 Objectives: review concepts from the semester in order to prepare for the final
5/15
Objectives: to review pronoun usage and other grammatical concepts; to read and comprehend R&J
5/12
Objectives: to assess our knowledge of literary devices; to practice proper pronoun usage; to read and comprehend R&J
5/11
Objectives: review subject-verb agreement; read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
5/10
Objectives: assess our understanding of sentence types; read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
5/9
Objectives: identify sentence types in order to vary sentence structure; read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
5/8
Objectives: identify sentence types in order to vary sentence structure; read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
5/5
Objectives: read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
5/4
Objectives: identify sentence types in order to vary sentence structure; read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
5/3
Objectives: read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet; watch the film to strengthen understanding
5/1
Objectives: assess our knowledge over clauses and punctuation; read and comprehend Romeo & Juliet
4/28
Objectives: play a game in order to deepen our understanding of clauses and punctuation within sentences
4/27
Objectives: utilize a visual aid to understand a text; play a game in order to deepen understanding of a concept
4/26
Objectives: recognize the role of syntax in comprehension; read and comprehend R&J
4/25
Objectives: review different conjunctions and their functions in sentences; read and comprehend R&J
4/24
Objectives: identify and use conjunctive adverbs appropriately; understand literary devices and how they are employed in literature
4/21
Objectives: to identify types of clauses and use punctuation accordingly; to understand and identify blank verse
4/20
Objectives: to identify types of clauses and use punctuation accordingly; to understand and identify blank verse
4/19
Objectives: to identify types of clauses and use punctuation accordingly; to understand and identify blank verse
4/18
Objectives: to identify types of clauses and use punctuation accordingly; to understand the relationship between history and literature
4/17
Objectives: to understand and recognize phrases and clauses; to understand the relationship between history and literature
4/7
Objectives: to review phrases and begin learning to understand and recognize clauses; to understand the relationship between history and literature
4/6
Objectives: to review phrases and begin learning to understand and recognize clauses
4/3
Objectives: to assess our understanding of a text and ability to recognize literary tools used in the text; to employ transitions in order to structure a paragraph in the correct style
3/31
Objectives: to assess our understanding of a text and ability to recognize literary tools used in the text; to employ transitions in order to structure a paragraph in the correct style
3/30
Objectives: to assess our understanding of a text and ability to recognize literary tools used in the text; to employ transitions in order to structure a paragraph in the correct style
3/29
Objective: to assess our understanding of a text and ability to recognize literary tools used in the text
3/28
Objectives: to assess our understanding of a text; to employ transitions in order to structure a paragraph in the correct style
3/24
Objectives: to assess our understanding of a text and ability to recognize literary tools used in the text; to employ transitions in order to structure a paragraph in the correct style
3/23
Objective: to comprehend text and apply literary analysis through active reading
3/22
Objective: To understand proper paragraph structure; to comprehend text and apply literary analysis through active reading
3/21
Objective: To understand proper paragraph structure; to comprehend text and apply literary analysis through active reading
3/20
Objective: To understand proper paragraph structure; to comprehend text and apply literary analysis through active reading
3/16
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to comprehend text and apply literary analysis through active reading
3/15
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to comprehend text and apply literary analysis through active reading
3/14
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to apply vocabulary and actively summarize to aid in comprehension
3/13
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to apply vocabulary and actively summarize to aid in comprehension
3/10
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to apply vocabulary and actively summarize to aid in comprehension
3/9 Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to apply vocabulary and actively summarize to aid in comprehension
3/8
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to understand and apply literary terms to content
3/7
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to understand and apply literary terms to content
3/6
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to understand and apply background information to new content
3/3
Objective: To recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to understand and apply background information to new content
3/2
Objective: to understand and apply background knowledge to a text
3/1
Objective: to recognize and utilize phrases correctly in writing; to understand and apply literary terms in order to comprehend and analyze texts
2/28
Objective: to present information clearly and effectively to an audience; to learn background to establish context for reading
2/27
Objective: to present information clearly and effectively to an audience; to learn a reading's background to establish context for the text
2/21-2/24
Objective: to present information clearly and effectively to an audience
2/16
Objective: to organize information logically in order to present it effectively to an audience
2/15
Objective: to organize information logically
2/14
2/13
Objective: to understand how to cite resources in an organized, accessible manner
2/10
Objectives: to logically organize ideas and to comprehend and rephrase information
2/9
Objectives: to logically organize ideas and to comprehend and rephrase information 3rd:
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