All Classes:
Goals Writing Sample: Each student was asked to write a one-page explanation of their goals (academic and personal) for this year and, when possible, for the remainder of their high school career, as well as their post-graduation plans if known.
English 9: Storytelling
Read "Man to Send Rain Clouds"
- Story elements (setting/characterization/plot)
- Imagery/sensory details
- Cultural details
- Answer #4a, 4b, 5, 6
Homework: Syllabus signature page (due 8/22) Nouns packet (due 8/26)
*All English 9 students began MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) testing for Reading and Language Usage
English 10: Telling Our Stories
Write a short account of a story from your life (autobiographical writing)
Write the account of a student as told to you in class (biographical writing)
Read "from My Left Foot"
- First-person perspective
- Epiphany
- Imagery/sensory details
- Reading aloud
- Answer #4a, 4b, 4c, 1,3,6
Autobiographical Narrative
- Brainstorm ideas for a developed story from your life
- Focus on signifance (epiphany, if possible)
- Outline characters/plot/setting
- Include imagery/sensory details
- Draft due 9/2
Homework: Syllabus signature page (due 8/22); Sentence fragments (due 8/23); Run-on-sentences (due 8/25)
English 11: Early American Literature
Read "World on Turtle's Back"
- Cultural details/values
- Answer #4, 5
Read "When Grizzlies Walked Upright"
- Cultural details/values
- Answer Reading Strategy #1
Read "Navajo Origin Legend"
- Cultural details/values
- Answer Reading Strategy #1, 2
Read "Iroqouis Constitution"
- Cultural details/values
- Answer #1,3,5,6
Origin Myth Creation
- Create an origin myth that explains something unexplainable (or not complete common knowledge)
- Express at least one value in the telling of the story
- Be creative and descriptive
- Ex: How humans were given colored eyes; Why humans have five fingers
- Draft due 8/30
Homework: Syllabus signature page (due 8/22); SAT vocabulary packet (due 8/26)
English 12: Anglo-Saxon Literature
Read "from Beowulf"
- Allusion
- Cultural details/values
- Epic poetry/epic heroes
- Annotate your copy of the text, showing your thinking as you read
- Underline main characters and event and important details
- Make margin notes identifying allusion, evidence of cultural values, and questions/comments
- Answer p.39 LA, p. 43 LA #2, p. 45 LA, p. 55 LA, p. 61 #3,4
- Challenge questions: p.43 LA #1, p. 61 #9
- Journal: How do heroes in literature and film express our values today?
View excerpts of History Channel's "Clash of the Gods: Beowulf"
Homework: Syllabus signature page (due 8/22); SAT vocabulary packet (due 8/26)
