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LA 8H - 1st nine weeks syllabus

Calendar: August 11 to October 6

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Aug. 8

NO SCHOOL

 

 

 

 

9

NO SCHOOL

10

NO SCHOOL

11 A

Introduction to class, guidelines, and procedures

HW: (1) Get guidelines signed (2) Get syllabus signed (3) CEA, p. 176 (Semicolons) Odds (summer reading assignment)

12 B

 

15 A

·                   Get vocab. handout for “pre”  (DUE 8/29)

·                   Formulating theme statements for literature

·                   Go over behavior contract

HW: (1) Get behavior contract signed (2) Prepare for summer reading test over Cold Sassy Tree and Edgar Allen Poe stories

16 B

17 A

·   Summer Reading Journals DUE

·   Summer Reading test

·   Review sentence parts

·   HW:  (1)  LN: p. 4 (odds); p. 7 (odds); p. 10 (odds); p. 13 (odds)  (2) Bring Edgar Allen Poe book

18 B

 

19 A

·   Review pronouns

·   Introduce DIDLS and literary analysis

·   Go over Poe stories: analyze tone and symbolism; formulate theme statements

HW:  LN: p. 49 (all); A&B on p. 52 (all); A&B on p. 55 (all)

22 B

 

 

 

 

 

23 A

·   Review pronouns

·   Discuss diction and imagery

·   Close reading from “Tell Tale Heart,”  “The Pit and the Pendulum,” and “The Masque of Red Death”

·   HW:  LN: A&B on p. 58 (all); A&B on p. 61(all); p. 67 (all); p. 7 0 (all)

24 B

25 A

·   Using vivid verbs

·   Analyze diction and imagery in "The Giant Water Bug" by Annie Dillard

·   HW:  (1) LN: p. 79 (all); A&B on p. 80 (all); p. 88 (all); p. 100 (all) (2) Complete “Pre” handout  and study for quiz (3) Bring Crafting Expository Argument

 26 B

 

 

29 A

·   Vocab. Quiz: "pre"

·   Writing to Show: Turning telling sentences into showing sentences

·   HW:  Writing to Show Assignment #1, pp. 42 (or 43-44 for white 4th edition)

30 B

 

31 A

·  WTS #1 Due

·   Get vocab. handout for “non” (DUE 9/13)

·  Review adjectives and adverbs

·   Introduce E3 and SH editing symbols

·   Peer edit WTS #1

·   HW:  (1) LN: p. 106 (all); p. 115 (all); A on p. 116 (odd); A on p. 122 (all) (2) Get progress report signed

Sep 1 B

 

 

2 A

·  Review prepositions and prepositional phrases

·   Introduction to shared inquiry discussion using "Jack and the Beanstalk"

·   HW:  LN: A & B on p. 127 (all); A on p. 128  (all); p. 130 (all); A on p. 131 (all)

 

5

 

NO SCHOOL:

Labor Day

 

 

6 B

 

7 A

·  Review prepositions and prepositional phrases

·   Discuss "Jack and the Beanstalk"

·   HW:  WTS #2 p. 44

 

8 B

 

9 A

·   WTS #2 Due

·   Review action and linking verbs and subject and object complements

·   Peer Edit WTS #2

·   Read “Gaston” and annotate

·   HW:  (1) Complete “Non” handout  and study for quiz (2) Get progress report signed

 

 12 B

 

13 A

·   Vocab. Quiz: “Non”

·   Get vocab. handout for “uni” (DUE 10/3)

·   Review subject complements

·  Graded discussion: “Gaston”

·   HW:  L.N. pp. 22-23 (all)

14 B

 

15 A

·   Assign WTS revision

·   Review object complements

·  Read “The Lady or The Tiger” and discuss

·   Close reading: analyze diction, imagery and details

·   HW:  (1) L.N. pp. 25-26 (all); p. 215 (all) (2) Get progress report signed

16 B

 

 

19 A

·  Review complements

·  Discuss the levels of questioning

·   “The Dinner Party” : formulate questions

·   HW: WTS revision due next class (major grade)

20 B

 

21 A

·   Writing to Show Revision DUE (major)

·  Tone: Analyzing author’ s tone in passages

·  Review complements

·   HW:  Grammar Review sheet

 

22 B

 

23 A

·   Grammar Review

·  Review diction, imagery, and details in passages

·   HW:  Study for grammar test

 

26 B

 

27 A

·   Grammar Test

·  Review writing to show

·   HW:  Read “The Monkey’s Paw” (Interactive Reader) and write two discussion questions

28 B

 

29 A

·  Reading Check Quiz

·   Dependent vs. independent clauses

·   Discuss “The Monkey’s Paw”

·   Analyze irony, suspense

·   HW: Study for “uni” quiz

30 B

 

 

Oct 3 A

·   Vocab. Quiz: “Uni”

·   Dependent vs. independent clauses

·  Read and discuss “Raymond’s Run”

·   Close reading: characterization and tone

·   HW:  L.N. p. 148 (all); p. 150 – A & B (all)

4 B

 

5 A

·   Review plot

·   Look at story beginnings

·  “Harris Burdick” story starters

·   HW:  Plot and sensory details chart for story

6 B

 

7

NO SCHOOL:

Staff Development

 

Major Grades:                           

(1) Summer Reading Journals  + Summer Reading Test = 1 major

grade

(2) Grammar Test                                                                    

(3) Writing to Show Revision   

 

Quiz Grades:

(1) Writing to Show Assignment #1 

(2) Writing to Show Assignment #2

3) Quizzes for “pre,” “non,” and “uni”

(4) “The Monkey’s Paw” reading quiz