We will cover the curriculum standards: exploring grammar, literature, informal and informative texts. My expectation is that you will participate in your learning process with curiosity and authenticity. I will lead the class in instruction and lecture, we will also participate in group work and discussion, partner work, independent seat work, and project-based learning exercises. In various units, there will be an opportunity for student-led discussion and individual assignments to demonstrate understanding. Students will have the opportunity for self-assessment as well as for teacher guidance and assessment throughout the course.
The materials include texts that are high quality and engaging, and provide students opportunities to work with texts at the appropriate level of rigor with depth and complexity. Questions and tasks students work with are consistently linked to texts and provide ongoing practice in grade-level reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language. Throughout the units of study, students are exposed to a variety of texts that assist students in answering the unit’s Essential Question. This challenges the traditional use of text in specific grades and allows students to be exposed to a variety of subjects and themes. Genres include memoirs, blog posts, essays, short stories, novel excerpts, news articles, poems, and drama.
English 10
Title: Week of 11/30-12/4
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 9:45 – 10:30 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Share your Find A Poet Findings – How did your poet influence society? · Identify how poetry can influence history
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Due Monday · Ensure all assignments are in · Take the poetry quiz if you have not! |
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New Assignments · Songs of Protest Powerpoint due Wednesday 12/9 |
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 9:45 – 10:30 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Identify elements of a sonnet · Be able to define iambic pentameter · Express and define the figurative language in “O me! O life!” |
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Due Monday · Song/Poem Analysis // Poem/Poem Analysis · |
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New Assignments · Find a Poet · Copy Poe
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**** NO CLASS WEDNESDAY ****
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 9:45 – 10:30 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Identify poetry terms in music. Monday Class · Poetry Term PowerPoint due next week – you will have time in class to divide the terms left to complete but we will spend no more class time on it |
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Due Monday · Poetry Guided Notes |
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New Assignments · Poetry Term PowerPoint due 11/16 · Song/Poem Comparison |
English 10
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 9:45 – 10:30 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· I can connect and identify elements of romanticism. · I can identify important pieces of the book to propel the conversation |
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New Assignments · Read Chapters 7-10 by 11/2 · Prometheus Worksheet Questions
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Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 9:45 – 10:30 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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New Assignments
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English 10
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 9:45 – 10:30 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Identify and self-evaluate yourself in coursework so far |
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New Assignments · Discussion Post · Form Survey (found in assignments) click turn in when finished · At this point you should have read up to chapter 4 of Frankenstein |
EQ: What is the allure of fear?
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday 10:15 – 10:45 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Be able to explain Romanticism and Horror. |
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New Assignments · Ensure all assignments are turned in by Wednesday · Finish reading chapters 1-4 |
EQ: What is the allure of fear?
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday 10:15 – 10:45 AM
(No Class Wednesday)
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Review House Taken Over and identify strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. · Discuss and explain why some brains enjoy fear according to Allegra Ringo. |
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New Assignments |
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EQ: What is the allure of fear?
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday In-Person
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences are drawn from the text. · Analyze how an author’s choices of vocabulary, the order of events, and time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. · Write an analysis of Gothic Elements within stories. |
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New Assignments |
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·2 Discussion Posts ·View: “How to Tell You’re Reading a Gothic Novel—In Pictures” - In-person on Monday · Have Read: “House Taken Over” “The Fall of the House of Usher” "The Yellow Wallpaper" ·Draft your essay - In Person on Monday ·Essay due on Monday 9/21 |
EQ: What is the allure of fear?
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday, 10:15 – 10:45 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Read and comprehend the text “House Taken Over” · Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. · Analyze how an author’s choices of vocabulary, order of events, and time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. |
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New Assignments |
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· 2 Discussion Posts · Read “House Taken Over” · Analysis Questions for “The House Taken Over” |
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Labor Day
No Class
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Complete Reading of The House Taken Over |
Attend Class at 10:15
Complete 2nd Discussion Post |
Question Assignment
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Review weekly assignments – ensure completion/ edit. |
EQ: What is the allure of fear?
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday, 10:15 – 10:45 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Read and comprehend the text complexity independently and proficiently. · Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. · Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. · Review “The Fall of The House of The Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe |
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New Assignments |
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· 2 Discussion Posts · Gothic Element Chart · Read "The Yellow Paper" and answer the questions
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Welcome back to school, distance-style! This week, I ask you the question:
What is the allure of fear?
We will explore Gothic Literature and review unit material and structure of the class.
Here’s what you need to know:
Classes: Monday/Wednesday, 10:15 – 10:45 AM
Zoom ID and password: Check your outlook calendar and/or Teams Files
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Weekly Objectives |
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· Read and comprehend the text complexity independently and proficiently. · Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. · Analyze how an author’s choices concerning how to structure a text, order events within it, and manipulate time create such effects as mystery, tension, or surprise. |
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New Assignments |
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· 2 Discussion Posts · Read the story: “My Gothic Literature” · Read: “The Fall of The House of The Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe · Answer questions analyzing “The Fall of The House…” story · View class videos in stream if asynchronous
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Attend Class at109:15
Complete 1st Discussion Post
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Read “My Gothic Literature” and write a summary |
Attend Class at 10:15
Complete 2nd Discussion Post |
Complete Questions for “The House of the Fall of The Usher” by Edgar Allen Poe
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Read first short story assignment for next week. |