The Odyssey (English 9-H)

Packet Cover and Goals
List of Characters
Timeline
Hero vs. Celebrity
Heroic Qualities
Heroic Qualities of Odysseus Chart
Elements of an Epic Hero Cycle
Comparative Poetry AP Test Prompt
Comparative Poetry Organizer
Literary Terms
Final Discussion Questions

Weekly Lesson Plans (Semester 1)

Weekly lessons plans are detailed descriptions of what goes on in our classroom. This is the best place to look if you are absent.

Week of 8-18-14
Week of 8-25-14
Week of 9-1-14
Week of 9-8-14
Week of 9-15-14
Week of 9-22-14
Week of 9-29-14
Week of 10-6-14
Week of 10-13-14

Week of 10-20-14
Week of 10-27-14
Week of 11-3-14
Week of 11-10-14
Week of 11-17-14
Week of 11-24-14
Week of 12-1-14
Week of 12-8-14
Mid-Terms!
Winter Break!

Gothic, Romanticism, &Transcendentalism (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals
Intro Notes
Terms
Author Study Requirements
Author Study Example
"The Masque of the Red Death" Vocabulary
"The Fall of the House of Usher" Study Guide
Audio Version of "The Fall of the House of Usher"
"Dr. H's Experiment" Allegory Chart
"A Psalm of Life" Analysis Worksheet
"Thanatopsis"
"The Over-Soul"
"Civil Disobedience" Guided Reading
Best of Walden

• Transcendentalism Connection to Today: Due Friday, 12/12
• Lyric Chart
• Link to Cartoon Maker

Aphorism Research Paper (English 9-H)

Packet Cover and Goals
Requirements
Step 1: Research Terms
Book Pages
Step 2: Reliable Sources
Step 3: Thesis
PowerPoint - All About Thesis Statements
Step 4: Works Cited
Step 5: Highlighting
Step 6: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
Step 7: Note-Taking
Notes Organizer
Supplemental Info: Introducing people and quotes
Step 8: Outlining
Outline Rubric
Step 9: Writing the Paper
Intro Examples
Self and Peer Editing

Final Paper Rubric

Cleveland Rocks Project (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals
Letter to Parents
Requirements, Dates, and Steps
Source Information and Works Cited
Reminders!
Types of Writing Lessons
Presentation and Infographic Information
Infographic Examples
Article Rubric
Presentation and Infographic Rubric
OPTIONAL: Research Aid

The Alchemist (English 9-H)

Letter to Parents

Packet Cover and Goals
Character Explication
Genre Exploration: Parables
Parable Requirements
Parable Pre-Writing
Using Details to Infer
Themes, Values, Ideas
Collage Requirements and Rubric
Mini-Lesson on Works Cited Pages

Short Stories (English 9-H)

Literary Terms PowerPoint
"The Most Dangerous Game" Worksheet
"The Sniper" Worksheet

The Crucible (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals
Crucible Vocab Packet
Character Boxes
Character Conflicts
Act 1 Study Guide
Act 2 Study Guide
Character Weaknesses
Theme Exploration

Socratic Seminar Info
Seminar Grade Sheet 

Reading Blog (English 11)

Blog Basics
How to Create a Blog using Blogger
How to Create a Link List
Reading Blog Rubric

Blog Entries
#1: Due 9-8-14

The Count of Monte Cristo (English 9-H)

All Summer Reading Notes will be collected on Friday, August 29th. 

• Summer Reading Requirements
• Objective Test Review
• Socratic Seminar Basics
• Socratic Seminar Grading Sheet
• In-Class Essay Prep Sheet 
• AP Aligned Rubric
• Packet Cover and Goals
• What is a Romantic Hero?
• Romantic Hero Questions
• "I am" Character Poem
• "I am" Character Poem Example
• Character Performance and Pamphlet
• Performance Rubric
• Pamphlet Rubric
• Movie Review and Rubric 
• Movie Review Examples: 1, 2

"Danger of the Single Story" (English 11)

Link to Chimamanda Adichie's TED Talk
Assignment: Due Monday, August 25th
Link to turnitin.com

Welcome Back! (All Grades)

Welcome to the 2014-2015 school year! Below, you can find information to help start off the school year:

Materials for all classes:

• Loose Leaf Paper 
• Notebook
• Binder or Folder
• Pen or Pencil
• 2-3 Highlighters
• Pack of small Post-it Notes
• Flashdrive

Course Expectations 

• English 9 Honors
• English 11
• Film and Literature

Open House Info

• English 9 Honors
• English 11
• Film and Literature

Final Exam Review and Summer Reading

Final Exams:

• English 9-Honors Review
• English 11 Review

Summer Reading Link

Have a great summer!

War Lit and Post-Modernism (English 11)

War Lit

• Link to "A Loyal Soldier Doesn't Deserve This"
• Fill out the Article Analysis for "A Loyal Soldier..."

Post-Modern

• "Mirror" and "Self in 1958" Questions
• "Letter from Birmingham Jail": Students completed active reading which means they kept bullet points of the argument made by King and wrote down persuasive appeals they noticed throughout the letter.
• Creative Interpretation 

Reading Blog and Online Discussion (English 11)

Reading Blog
How to make a blog spot using Blogger.com
Requirements
How to Create a Link List on Blogger

Blog Entries:

• 1 and 2: Due Friday, 2/7
• Commercial Link for Blog Entry 2 (click the play button once you access the link)
• #3 and Website Check: Due Monday, 3/3
• #4: Due Wednesday, 3/19
• Links to NY Times Example Book Reviews - The Hunger Games, The Fault in our Stars
• #5: Due Friday, 5/2
• #6 and Blog Read: #6 due Friday, 5/23 and Blog Read due Tuesday, 5/27 
• List of Blog Addresses
• Blog Read Evaluation Form

Online Discussion
Edmodo.com
Instructions

• Post 1: Women's Issues
• Post 2: American Dream

Of Mice and Men (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals
Introduction
Chapter Questions
Performance Requirements

Weekly Lesson Plans (Semester 2)

Below are lesson plans for each week. Monthly calendars can be found under the grade level sections in the upper right-hand portion of this website.

Week of 1-20-14
Week of 1-27-14 & Detailed Sub Plans
Week of 2-3-14
Week of 2-10-14
Week of 2-17-14
Week of 2-24-14
Week of 3-3-14
Week of 3-10-14
Week of 3-17-14
Spring Break!
Week of 3-31-14
Week of 4-7-14
Week of 4-14-14
Week of 4-21-14
Week of 4-28-14
Week of 5-5-14
Week of 5-12-14
Week of 5-19-14
Week of 5-26-14
Finals!
Summer Break!

The Great Gatsby (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals

Chapter Questions

Vocabulary 

Character Analysis

Modernism Chart

Close Analysis of a Passage
Movie Review Activity

Memoirs and Non-fiction (English 9-H)

Independent Non-Fiction Book:
Book Requirements
Journal Prompts
Double Entry Journal
Dialectical Journal
Concrete Poetry Assignment
PowerPoint
Informal Presentation

Cover Packet and Goals
Comparative Activity
Borderland:NPR

Independent Novel and Research Paper (English 11)

Novel and Research Paper Requirements
Letter to Parents
List of Books

Packet

• How to Choose a Topic
• Thesis Statements
• Appropriate Sources
• Notes and Outline Requirements
• Rough Draft Writer's Tips

Outline Set-up
Writer's Tips PowerPoint

Romeo and Juliet (English 9-H)

Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt Links:

• Biography
• Google Maps
• Interactive Globe Theater
• Mrs. Ribblett's Visit to the Globe Theater
• No Women Actors?
• Romeo and Juliet Basics
• Filmography
• Authorship Debate
• Great Lakes Theater
• Shakespearean Words

Packet

• Packet Cover and Goals
• Drama Terms
• Characters
• Act 1 Questions
• Act 2 Questions
• Act 3 Questions
• Act 4 Questions
• Act 5 Questions
• Theme Exploration
• Thesis Writing Practice

Other Assignments

• Sonnets
• Sonnet Assignment
• Act 2 Analysis: Due Friday, 3/7

Essay

• Compare and Contrast Essay: Due 4/7 
• Help with citing Shakespeare
• Lead-in words, "Quote" (Act.Scene. Lines).
• In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence claims, "Quote" (II.iii. 50-55).

Videos for Viewing

Author John Green teaches about Romeo and Juliet - Part 1 and 2

Words Created by Shakespeare

Modernism Stories and Poetry (English 11)

Modernism PowerPoint
"A Rose for Emily" Guided Reading
"A Rose for Emily" Short Story Mash-Up
"Mending Wall" Questions
"The End of Something" Style Activity

The Harlem Renaissance (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals
"When the Negro was in Vogue" Chart
"How it Feels to be Colored Me" Chart
"Harlem" Poetry Assignment
The Blues Info and Assignment

Women's Literature (English 11)

Packet Cover and Goals
Kate Chopin Vocab Words
"A Respectable Woman" Questions
"A Pair of Silk Stockings" and Chopin's Style Questions
"The Yellow Wallpaper" Guided Reading

Realism (English 11)

Cover and Goals
Guided Intro Notes
Mark Twain Notes - Blank Page
Notorious Jumping Frog Analysis
Epigrams
Slave Narrative Chart
Owl Creek Theme Analysis Writing Prompt
Theme Writing Rubric
Western Expansion Song Questions

Frederick Douglass Prism
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Revised Schedules

Due to our Snow Days, below are the revised schedules for each class. Please spread the word to your classmates! Enjoy your extra days off and maybe think about reviewing for your midterms :)
The review guides can be found under the "Midterm Review" post.

ENGLISH 9-HONORS
Wednesday: Review for Midterms and meet with Odyssey presentation group
Thursday: 2 group presentations [groups 1 & 2]
Friday: 2 group presentations [groups 3 & 4]
Monday: 7th period = 2 group presentations [groups 5 & 6]; 2nd period = reading of "Through the Tunnel" for the midterm
*7th period must read the story on their own in preparation for the midterm*

ENGLISH 11
Wednesday: Socratic Seminar on The Fault in Our Stars
Thursday: Test on The Fault in Our Stars
Friday: Persuasive non-fiction reading and review
Monday: Review for midterm