Honors Freshman English with Mrs. Evans 2019-20

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FINAL/Last Things

Penelope Comparison Questions (due May 26) and FINAL Penelope comparison ESSAY (due June 5)
Penelope Student EXAMPLE essay #1
Penelope Student EXAMPLE essay #2

Fun and Educational Videos (might help with your final essay, too!)

VIDEO: The Science behind the story
VIDEO: Spark Notes Summary
VIDEO: Crash Course "The Odyssey"
VIDEO: What you need to know about The Odyssey (general)

Unit 5: The Journey is the Point--The Odyssey

REFLECTION paper (from Journaling Assignment) (DUE 5-18)
How to cut content--a "measuring stick" phrase to help (5-12)
Ways to cut word count (5-12)
READ: Version 1--Book 23 (full story, modern translation) (5-11)
READ: Version 2--Book 23 (more difficult, but closer to the original) (5-11)
READ (Version one): Book 22 (full story, modern translation) (5-4)
READ (Version two): Book 22 (more difficult, closer to original version) (5-4)
Paragraph REVISION DIRECTIONS (due May 8)
READ (Version 1): Book 21 (full story, but modern translation) (4-27)
READ (Version 2): Book 21 (more difficult, but closer to the original version) (4-27)
Paragraph ASSIGNMENT (Write 2, revise, submit BEST paragraph 4-24, thru 4-27 on turnitiin)
BEGIN 4 week JOURNAL assign (20 min per week) Reflection assigned May 11, due May 18)
Optional: theme and character review sheet for Books 9-12 (week of April 20-24)
READ: Book 12, The Odyssey. HW: poem/question #6 on last page in a paragraph (submit to turnitin.com 4-17)
COMPLETED hero cycle student example (Your book due Monday, 4-13, Odyssey hero cycle due end of April)
HW Version 2: Make a copy, mark the Book 11 text in googledocs (share via email link by April 10)
HW Version 1: Print, read, mark the text for Book 11 (due via email pics April 10)
READ: Book 10, The Odyssey. HW: last page, questions 2-4 (submit to turnitin.com by April 7)
READ: Book 9, The Odyssey. HW: last page, questions 3-5 (due April 2)
READ: The Invocation (Book 1, The Odyssey, 1 pg.)
NOTES: Trojan War, characters, the epic
Hero's Cycle BOOK PROJECT assignment (Book finished April 9 or sooner, Due April 13)
Greek "Religious" Beliefs NOTES (3-10/3-11)
Defining a hero NOTES and activity (3-9)

Mini-Unit: Transitions

Hero's Journey explained (NOTES) (3-2/3-3)
Montag's Hero's Journey explained (3-2/3-3)

Unit 4: The Power of Words (Fahrenheit 451)

Essay prompts for IN-CLASS essay (3-4/3-5)
PREWRITING for Socratic Seminar (2-27/2-28)
HW: Allusions activity from the text (pick 5 allusions) (2-24)
Plato's "The Cave" (2-20/2-21)
Quote Analysis Practice #3 (2-18/2-19)
Optional Extra Close Reading Practice (2-13/2-14)
Close Reading Practice #2 (2-13/2-14)
Close Reading Practice SAMPLE (Meet/Exceeds) (2-13/2-14)
Close Reading RUBRIC
Quote analysis practice #2 (guided quotes) (2-11/2-12)
HANDOUTS: The Fifties, Science Fiction, the Book of Ecc. allusion (2-4/2-5--on-going)
Hands--MOTIF leads to meaning practice (2-10)
Literary tools (vocab) for F451 (2-6/2-7)
Summary of the book, Parts 1, 2, 3 (on-going)
3 Sample analysis paragraphs for p. 29 quote (2-4/2-5)
Demo of close reading/marking the text (Per 3,6, 8) (2-3)
Basic Close Reading Steps (guide for practice) (2-3)
Pre-reading Socratic Seminar QUESTIONS & REFLECTION (1-30/1-31, reflection due by Mon., 2-3)
EXAMPLE Partially marked up articles for discussion (all week, 1/27-1/31)
HANDOUT: Ways to mark margin notes (1-27)

Unit 3: Nonfiction and Fiction about humanitarian problems

Creating better transitions VIDEO--take NOTES (1-13)
FLAWED Examplar of Group essay format (Proficient, but not an "A") (1-9/1-10)
Steps to Analyze Two Texts video (1-7/1-8)
Writing a strong theme paragraph video lesson/example (12-17/12-18)
Help Finding a Theme HANDOUT (12-9)
Inferences Practice (website) (12-9)
Group Conversation Log (beginning on 12-3/12-4)
During Reading REQUIRED activities (beginning 11-21/11-22)
Book CHOICES (pick your top 3 by 11-19/11-20)
Unit Overview, Standards, and Goals (on-going)

Unit 2: Ender's Game and Manipulation

Examples for improving quote INTRO and ANALYSIS (11-7/11-8)
Thesis development model (11-5/11-6)
NOTES outline from Ch. 11-12 discussion (11-4)
Class notes about how to narrow your "big idea" from dialectic journal entries (10-31/11-1)
Class generated list of TYPES of manipulation #2
Class generated list of TYPES of manipulation #1
Dialectic journal: speculative example from class (on-going)
Dialectic journal: in class example (on-going)
Ender's Game READING Schedule/expectation (on-going until Nov. 11)
EG: competing viewpoints in ch. 1-3 (guided reading) (10-17/10-18)
ARTICLE: "Why the difference between persuasion and manipulation matters" (10-21)
Dialectic Journals on Manipulation in EG (begins 10-22/10-23)

Just in case, for Oct 14-22

Lesson plan backup copy

Unit 1: Shakespeare--love, fate, and death

Basic MLA paper FORMATTING reminders
Student EXAMPLE essays (low to high) (10-8/10-9)
"All are punished" in class reminder (10-8/10-9)
UNIT ASSESSMENT: Argumentative essay--was it love or lust?
Analysis Lecture on dichotomies in R&J, Act III (10-2)
Analysis lecture on dichotomies R&J, Act III (10-1)
Analysis of Act III (practicing summary and notetaking for theme) (10-1/10-2)
Summary of Act 4 for activity (9-30)
Improving theme statements class example--Per. 6 (9-25)
Improving theme statements class example-Per.3 (9-24)
Read a novel/compare in a letter ASSIGNMENT (9-12/9-13, DUE 10-4)
Formatting a formal letter NOTES (9-19/9-20)
Student EXAMPLES of persuasive letter assignment (9-19/9-20)
RUBRIC for persuasive letter assignment (DUE 10-4)
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES: Extra help with language (Optional, on-going)
NOTES: Tips for a better understanding (put in your own words) (9-16)
No Fear Shakespeare (modern translation help if you miss class or don't understand the language well) (Study Aid)
NOTES: Background part 1 (9-5/9-6)
NOTES: Background part 2 (9-5/9-6)
Notes: How Shakespeare Saw the World (9-9)

ASSIGNMENT CALENDAR FOR SPRING 2020

REVISED 5-11, for end-of-year requirements
Assignments and deadlines? Click HERE

OFFICE HOURS

When can you expect to hear back from me quickly?
9-11 Email only (M-F)
1:30-3:30 Phone calls (made/received) (M-F)
3:30-4:30 Email only (M-F)
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When won't you hear from me?
Weekends--I need to take these back for my family
During non-office hour times (I am grading or in meetings)

Ebook ACCESS

Gutenberg Press (classics/public domain books)
Free Audible content (use your student email/password as the login and password)
NY Times article on how to get books without libraries/bookstores
West HS Library ebooks (use your student email as the login, password is same as your email password)

Yearlong Handouts / Information

NoRedInk (on-going assignments)
Grade chart conversion from SBAC 4pt. grade scale

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