English 1

Day 1 C = Mon (August 26) Index Card – warm-up/six word memoir Receive and review syllabus, parent letter, and honor code Discuss 6 week calendar Discuss classroom routines HW: Return syllabus and honor code signed for a daily grade. (Day 2) English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 2 A = Tues (August 27) B = Wed (August 28) Warm-up: Five Favorite Words Collect signed syllabus and honor code Discuss Gradespeed 9 th grade reading assessment Receive: “What’s in a Name?” assignment in class. Research name and bring supplies for day 3. English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 3 A = Thur (August 29) Pep Rally schedule B = Fri (August 30) Warm-up: “Tell me about yourself”/sign up for turnitin.com Work on “What’s in a Name?” assignment Homework: “What’s in a Name” assignment due day 4. English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 4 A = Tues (September 3) B = Wed (September 4) Achieve 3000 – whole class Read, highlight, and mark Sandra Cisneros’ ‘My Name’ from The House on Mango Street. Highlight words that have multiple meanings/attitudes/ideas/feeling and explain those differing meanings in the margins. Discuss Figurative language and examples Present “What’s in a Name” assignments HW: work on “My Name” essay English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 5 A = Thur (September 5) B = Fri (September 6) “My Name” prewriting activities/Discuss “My Name” essay prompt and rubric – work on essay/Distribute sentence stems Achieve 3000 – whole class Present “What’s in a name?” projects HW: work on “My Name” essay English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 6 A = Mon (September 9) B = Tue (September 10) Achieve 3000 Work on “My Name” essay HW: rough draft of “My Name” essay due next class. English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 7 A = Wed (September 11) B = Thur (September 12) Late Start Achieve 3000 Peer edit “My Name” essay Revise/Edit “My Name” essay English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 8 A = Fri (September 13) B = Mon (September 16) “Dinner Party” lesson Type “My Name” essay in class? HW: “My Name” essay due to turnitin.com by Sept. 17 9pm(A)/Sept. 18 9pm(B) English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 9 A = Tue (September 17) B = Wed (September 18) Psycho lesson (foreshadowing, mood, director choices) Right Answer Protocol (BATS, ACE) Practice RAP/model/pairs English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 10 A = Thur (September 19) B = Fri (September 20) Pep Rally Sched. Revenge journal Achieve 3000 “Cask of Amontillado” fiction/non fiction prereading selections English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 10 “Cask” warmup Achieve 3000 “Cask” first paragraph English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 11 A = Mon (September 23) B = Tue (September 24) Achieve 3000 Read/discuss plot of “Cask of Amontillado” HW: “Cask” vocabulary English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 12 A = Wed (September 25) B = Thur (September 26) Late Start Achieve 3000 Irony lesson Reread passages from “Cask”, close reading discussion English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 13 A = Fri (September 27) B = Mon (September 30) Poetry lesson (Wordsworth and Dickinson) English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 14 A = Tue (October 1) B = Wed (October 2) Achieve 3000 “Cask” literar/expository write English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13

Day 15 A = Thur (October 3) B = Fri (October 4) End f 1 st six weeks Fiction Test Elements of nonfiction Achieve 3000 English 1 1st Six Weeks 8/26/13-10/4/13