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.

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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