1. Warm- Ups
English 11 CP
Quarter 1

2. Tuesday, August 19th
Describe the most humiliating experience in high school
½ page

3. Wednesday, August 20th
Brochure selling Liberty

4. Thursday, August 21st
Going back to the Writing Territories list from yesterday, explain and describe one of your childhood smells, or tastes.
Be descriptive of the memory and the events surrounding it. We should feel like we share the memory with you.
½ page

5. Friday, August 22nd
King Arthur of the Round Table is a heroic figure of English Legend. Arthur and his knights were said to live by a set of beliefs known as the Code of Chivalry. A few rules of the code include:
Live one’s life so that it is worthy of respect and honor
Live for freedom, justice, and all that is good
Be polite and attentive
Never betray a confidence or a comrade
Protect the innocent
Come up with a modern Code of Chivalry. Write a list of at least ten things people should do today to make modern society more chivalrous- that is, more considerate and courteous.

6. Monday, August 25th
SSR
Or you if you don’t have a book yet: write about what you learned last week in any of your classes
ONE PAGE
…hopefully one thing is to get an SSR book!

7. Tuesday, August 26th
SSR
Or you may QUIETLY finish your comp book cover (last time I will give you class time)

8. Wednesday, August 27th
SSR

9. Thursday, August 28th
SSR

10. Friday, August 29th
Imagine you are moving to a foreign country and won’t see you friends and family for many years. Write a letter to a friend or sibling, giving some words of wisdom and explaining how you would have done certain things differently.
½ page

11. Tuesday, September 2nd
SSR

12. Wednesday, September 3rd
SSR

13. Thursday, September 4th
SSR

14. Friday, September 5th
The former middleweight boxing champion, Sugar Ray Leonard, once wrote of his success, “What helped me develop my quickness was fear. I think the rougher the opponent, the quicker I am.”
Freewrite in your writer’s notebook about an incident in your own life when fear or anxiety motivated you to take action, make a change, or try harder at something.
1/2 page

15. Monday, September 8th
Today is college day. In your writer’s notebook, write about what you want to do after high school. Do you want to go to college? If so, where? Why? What is special about that school? If not, what are your plans? Travel? Trade school? Family? Describe your hopes after college.

16. Tuesday, September 9th
SSR

17. Wednesday, September 10th
SSR

18. Thursday, September 22th
SSR

19. Friday, September 12th
Freewrite in your writer’s notebook about a time when you thought you might be in trouble and you lied to avoid it. What were you potentially in trouble for? What lie did you use to avoid it? The outcome? Did the lie get you into more trouble than would have been before?
3/4 page

20. Monday, September 15th
Many names have special meaning or history. For example, the name Hannah means “favor” or “graceful”. The name Vito means “life”.
Write about your own name, Who named you? What does your name mean? Does it have special ethnic or religious significance? Are you named after someone in your family? If you could change your name, would you?
½ page (you are welcome to look up your name on your phone)

21. Tuesday, September 16th
SSR

22. Wednesday, September 17th
SSR

23. Thursday, September 18th
SSR

24. Friday, September 19th
Think of a time when you made a choice that you later regretted. Did the choice put you in way over your head? Was the outcome not what you expected? If you could go back, would you make a different choice? Why? If not, why?
3/4 page

25. Monday Sept 22nd
SSR

26. Tuesday, September 23rd
SSR

27. Monday September 29th
Write about a time when you pretended to be something or someone you are not. Why did you pretend, what motivated you to take on this persona? What was the outcome?
½ page

28. Tuesday September 30
SSR

29. Wednesday October 1st
SSR

30. Thursday October 2nd
SSR

31. Write about one of your favorites from your writing territories list
Friday October 3rd
Write about one of your favorites from your writing territories list
Explain what it is, how did it become your favorite, why did it make it on your list above other choices?
½ page

32. Monday, October 6th
If you are presenting today, you may QUIETLY prep with your group for your presentation. Please come and load any digital materials onto my computer
If you are not presenting you may: read silently or pick a childhood smell/taste from your writing territory list and write about it

33. Tuesday, October 7th
If you are presenting today, you may QUIETLY prep with your group for your presentation. Please come and load any digital materials onto my computer
If you are not presenting you may: read silently or pick a childhood smell/taste from your writing territory list and write about it (if you did this yesterday- write about your favorite part of school and your least favorite part)

34. Wednesday October 8th
If you are presenting today, you may QUIETLY prep with your group for your presentation. Please come and load any digital materials onto my computer
If you are not presenting you may: read silently or pick a childhood smell/taste from your writing territory list and write about it (if you did this yesterday- write about your favorite part of school and your least favorite part)

35. Thursday, October 9th
SSR