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=English 11 Lesson Plans= (Subject to change)

Week Seven

 * Monday** (9/15): [|SAT Vocabulary 5]. Complete Great Gatsby movie. Begin Literary Dominos activity.


 * Tuesday** (9/16): AYP: Identify Main Ideas. Read "The Jiliting of Granny Weatherall." Do Questions 1-8 and Reading Strategy 1-2. Unit 15 Verbs: Do Review Exercise 1.


 * Wednesday** (9/17): Complete page 773 Literary Element 1-2 and Reading Strategy 1-2 for "Soldiers of the Republic." Unit 15 Verbs: Do excercises 6, 7, and 11. Do Review exercise 2. Turn in Literary Domino activity. Watch A&E version of The Great Gatsby.


 * Thursday** (9/18): Essay Revision.


 * Friday** (9/19): Vocabulary 5 Test. Unit 5: Modern Ficition Short Story Test. Notebook Due. Essay Revision Due. Continue Great Gatsby.

Week Six

 * Monday** (9/08): SAT Vocabulary 4. Unit 12 Appositive Phrases: Do Ex 5 (1-5) and Review Ex 2 (1-10). Read Gatsby Chapter while completing detailed summary and question list.


 * Tuesday** (9/09): AYP: Follow Directions. Unit 12: Participal Phrases. Do Ex 8 (1-5) and Review Ex 3 (1-20). Gerund Phrases. Do Ex 9 (1-5) and Review Ex 4 (1-5). Read "Soldiers of the Republic." Do 1-9, Setting 1-2, and Visualizing 1-2. Complete Gatsby Chapter Summary & Question list.


 * Wednesday** (9/10): Unit 12: Infinitive Phrases. Do Review Ex. 5 (1-5). Share Great Gatsby summaries and watch movie.


 * Thursday** (9/11):Unit 12: Absolute Phrases. Do Review Ex. 6 (1-5). Watch Great Gatsby movie.


 * Friday** (9/12): Vocabulary Test. Grammar Test. Complete Great Gatsby movie.

Week Five

 * Monday** (9/01): **Out of School**. No Vocabulary this week.


 * Tuesday** (9/02): Hemingway's "In Another Country." Do 1-8. Unit 12 Phrases: Do Ex 3 (1-10) and Review 1 (1-20). Handout: [|Revision Lesson 1] Details 1-5 & Paragraph.


 * Wednesday** (9/03): AYP: Determine Sequence of Events. Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams."


 * Thursday** (9/04):Watch Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." Do 2-page handout. Finish questions 1-11 "Winter Dreams."


 * Friday** (9/05): Winter Dreams Test. Do Conjunctions 1-8 p 741 and Active/Passive Voice 1-4 p 761. Read "The Perfect Hour." Do 1-6. Begin Great Gatsby. Individual chapter assignments.

Week Four

 * Monday** (8/25): [|SAT Vocabulary 3] Poetry: Stevens, Cummings, & Sandburg. Do pg 693 1-8. Do pg 698 1-9. Do pg 703 1-8. Read Library Book.


 * Tuesday** (8/26): AYP: Identify Supporting Details. Read all Robert Frost poems. Do study guide 1-50. Compound & Complex Sentences [|Lesson 25].


 * Wednesday** (8/27): Study Guide. Poetry Review. Reading Handout. Read Library book.


 * Thursday** (8/28): Poetry Test. [|Notebook Due.] Study Guide 1-88 Due. Read Library book.


 * Friday** (8/29): Vocabulary Test. Grammar Workbook lessons due. Grammar Test (Sentence Structure). Read Library book.

Week Three

 * Monday** (8/18): [|SAT Vocabulary 2]: Journals Due. Begin persuasive essay -- dress code.


 * Tuesday** (8/19): //Of Mice & Men// Test. Rough draft due. Watch Steinbeck Biography (Do Handout).


 * Wednesday** (8/20): Review Unit 5 Intro. Journal: (Quick Write) What impression do the statistics, charts, maps, & photos on pg 638-39 give you of this time period? HW: (Journal) Interpret the quote on pg 649. Sentence Fragments & Run-Ons [|Lesson 30 & 31].


 * Thursday** (8/21): Watch Literature Launcher Unit 5 pt 1. Read Ezra Pound & T.S. Eliot poems. Do pg 655 1-7 & Lit Elem 1-2. Define Allusion & list 5 allusions as we read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Do pg 663 1-9 & Visual Lit #2. Main & Subordinate Clauses [|Lesson 23].


 * Friday** (8/22): SAT Vocabulary 2 Test. Read Williams & Lowell poems. Do pg 670 1-8 & Author's Purpose 1-2. Do pg 676 1-8. Simple & Compound Sentences [|Lesson 24]. Go to library. HW: Read pg 677-688. Do pg 688 1-3.

 Week Two
 * Monday** (8/11): [|SAT Vocabulary 1]: Record terms and definitions. //Of Mice & Men// Ch 2. Define __Foreshadowing__ and record 2 examples from chapter 2. Write a one-page [|reading response for Chapter 2.] Write a response from # 7 or # 8.


 * Tuesday** (8/12): //Of Mice & Men// Ch 3. Define __Climax__ and list/discuss the climax for ch. 3. No Journal assignment today.


 * Wednesday** (8/13): //Of Mice & Men// ch. 4. Define __Idiom__ and list 5 examples from ch 3 and/or 4 (record the quote, the chap/page, and explanation). Write a one-page reading [|response for chapter 4]. Choose from # 3, # 4, # 5, or # 11.


 * Thursday** (8/14): //Of Mice & Men// ch. 5/6. Journal: Should //Of Mice & Men// be a banned book, or should people be allowed to read it?


 * Friday** (8/15): SAT Vocabulary 1 Test. All Literary Element assignments will be turned in today (animal imagery, foreshadowing, etc.) Journal (Reading Responses) due Monday (8/18).

Week One


 * Thursday** (8/7): Write a personal essay with the body paragraphs to include basic info, your goals and your plans to achieve those goals, and something suprising about yourself.


 * Friday** (8/8): Begin //Of Mice & Men//. Write a 4 minute topic blast of the Great Depression. Read Chapter One. Record 5 examples of __Animal__ __Imagery__ as we read the text (record the quote, the chap/page #, and an explanation of the example). In your journal record a one page [|ch 1 reading resonse] to # 2 or # 4.