Language Arts 11 Schedule
AUGUST 2016
Monday, 8/29 Syllabus Icebreaker HW: Return a signed syllabus (student and parent/guardian(s)) to me ASAP
Tuesday, 8/30 DUE: Signed syllabus Narrative assignment/rubric HW: Choose a topic and craft a thesis statement
Wednesday, 8/31 DUE: Thesis statement Review MLA first page format Review attention-getters Create an outline
SEPTEMBER 2016
Thursday, 9/1 Finish the narrative outline Work on rough draft
Friday, 9/2 Rough draft Peer Review session scheduled for Tuesday, 9/6 – finished rough draft must be complete HW: Finish the rough draft
Monday, 9/5 LABOR DAY – NO SCHOOL
Tuesday, 9/6 Peer Review session (15 points) DUE: Rough Drafts checked for completion (5 points) HW: Work on narrative, due Friday, 9/9
Wednesday, 9/7 Historical Background – Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literary Periods 55 B.C.-449 A.D. AS Period Growth of Christianity/Literacy Danish Invasions
Complete Review Questions 1-4; review as a class Beowulf Background/Study Guide with Literary Devices (alliteration, kenning, epithet, caesura) HW: Narrative Essay, due Friday
Thursday, 9/8 Informal Quiz/Comprehension Check on Historical Background/Beowulf Read Beowulf “Grendel” – p. 38-41 Complete analysis questions Explain Literary Device journal; due at the conclusion of Beowulf (approx. Friday, 9/23); begin HW: Narrative Essay, due tomorrow Friday, 9/9 DUE: Narrative Essay Read Beowulf “Beowulf” – p. 42-50 Complete appropriate analysis questions
Monday, 9/12 DUE: Late narratives Finish “Beowulf” – p. 42-50 Read “The Battle with Grendel” Complete appropriate analysis questions Literary Devices journal with remaining time
Tuesday, 9/13 DUE: Late narratives Epic Characteristics Review worksheet – small group work Literary Devices Journal HW: Study for Beowulf Quiz 1 (tomorrow) – Grendel, Beowulf, The Battle with Grendel Format: Matching literary devices to definitions and examples, character matching, multiple choice, short answer
Wednesday, 9/14 QUIZ – Beowulf Quiz 1 Work on Literary Devices Journal with remaining time in class period (if any)
Thursday, 9/15 Make-up Quizzes: Beowulf Quiz 1 Read “Grendel’s Mother” and complete questions Begin “The Battle with Grendel’s Mother” and complete appropriate questions
Friday, 9/16 Finish reading “The Battle with Grendel’s Mother” and discuss remaining questions Review Beowulf Quiz 1 Complete Epic Conventions Worksheet and hand in Work on Literary Devices Journal – due in 1 week HW: Study for Beowulf Quiz 2, scheduled Monday – Grendel’s Mother, The Battle with Grendel’s Mother **Matching, Multiple Choice, Short Answer
Monday, 9/19 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage QUIZ: Beowulf Quiz 2 Work on Literary Devices Journal with any remaining time
Tuesday, 9/20 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Read/discuss “Beowulf’s Last Battle” p. 58-61 Complete Analysis Questions
Wednesday, 9/21 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Read/discuss “The Death of Beowulf” – p. 62-65 Complete Analysis Questions
Thursday, 9/22 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Finish Beowulf – “Mourning Beowulf” p. 66 Complete Analysis Questions Modern Hero Comparison Worksheet – PREP for Essay Question on Test HW: Study for SAT Quiz 1 tomorrow, Literary Device Journal due by end of period tomorrow Friday, 9/23 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage QUIZ 1 FINISH Literary Device Journal; due today at end of period HW: Beowulf Test Tuesday – Start Studying!
Monday, 9/26 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Lesson 2 Wrap up period: Hero Comparison Chart and Literary Device Journal – both due at end of period Test Wednesday on ALL sections of Beowulf, Literary Devices, relevant AS Historical Background Format: Matching, MC, Short Answer, 1 Essay
Tuesday, 9/27 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Lesson 2 Beowulf Review
Wednesday, 9/28 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Lesson 2 Beowulf Test
Thursday, 9/29 SAT Bellwork – End Punctuation and Comma Usage Lesson 2 Exercises; review Beowulf Test Make-ups Read historical background of Medieval Period p. 136-139 and take notes for discussion Read the following sections of “The Prologue” of “The Canterbury Tales” – the Nun Prioress ( ), the Skipper, the Merchant, and the Doctor – and complete the characterization/irony charts Review charts; discuss reading
Friday, 9/30 Bellwork Quiz 2 Finish the characterization/irony chart from “The Prologue” Review Chaucer background reading and guided questions worksheet
Monday 10/3 Makeup Bellwork Quiz 2 Read Medieval Literature Historical Background and Literature of the TImes – p. 24-29 Read Chaucer background - p. 136-139 – and complete provided guided reading questions Complete Vocab definitions by examining word usage in context of a sentence (6 terms) HW: Vocab sentence sheet
Tuesday, 10/4 Makeup Bellwork Quiz 2 Check HW: Vocab sentences; review Review “Literature of the Times” questions – p. 27-29 Review “Medieval Narratives/Geoffrey Chaucer” discussion questions – p. 136-139 Review “Background” of The Canterbury Tales – Prologue Read the Prologue – The Knight p. 140-143
Wednesday, 10/5 Review Chaucer’s techniques re: “Knight” Continue Prologue – Squire, Yeoman, Nun, Monk, Friar; p. 143-148 Discuss
Thursday, 10/6 Continue Prologue – Merchant, Oxford Cleric, Sergeant at Law, Franklin, Haberdasher/Dyer/Carpenter/Weaver/Carpet-maker, Cook, Skipper, Doctor, woman from Bath; p 148-152 Discuss
Friday, 10/7 Prologue – Parson, Plowman, Reeve/Miller/Manciple/Pardoner/Summoner, Miller, Manciple, Reeve, Summoner; p. 152-157 Discuss Finish Tuesday, 10/11 Test Thursday, 10/13
Monday, 10/10 In-service – No school for students
Tuesday, 10/11 Finish “The Canterbury Tales – Prologue” p. 157-162 Discuss
Wednesday, 10/12 Canterbury Review Test tomorrow
Thursday, 10/13 Test – Canterbury Prologue
Friday, 10/14