DAILY ACTIVITIES

Warm-Up Journal Entries

Use that day’s lit story or previous day’s lit story to decide prompt

Sentence Corrections Daily

Use DOL that came with text

Lesson Plans for 1^st 9 Weeks

8.15-16.2005 – <Journal entry: What are your goals?, DOL, TAKS Practice>  Rules, procedures and policies, Issue GUM books (for classroom use only), Pass out syllabi, lit terms wkshts, Letter to parents, Testing Dates (PSAT, TAKS, etc.), Salary schedule brochures, Restroom passes, student handbooks, Student info. sheets, Annual theme (Goals)  Homework:  Have Journal folders ready to use for next class period.  Be prepared for rules and procedures quiz!!!

8.17-18.2005 – <Journal entry: Write about a time when you felt negatively judged, DOL, TAKS Practice>  Introduction to Scarlet Letter, Discuss: Nathaniel Hawthorne, Historical Background, The Prison Door.  Read: Ch. 1.  Analyze Symbolism (colors, 3, etc.).  Set up novel: characters, background plot.  Hand out Study Guide Packet.  To be turned in day of test for completion grade.  If time: Watch Part I of Scarlet Letter.

8.19-22.2005 – <Journal entry:  Would you a lie for a friend, why or why not? DOL, TAKS Practice> Watch Part I of Scarlet Letter video.  Grammar- Diagnostic handout; review parts of speech, p. 26 in lit. book; Assign part A (“finding” or “identifying” section) for each question missed as homework; see chart on p. 5 in grammar for guideline on what to assign to whom. (If student misses more than 4 questions, only 4 will be due next class period.  The remainder of the assignment will be due next time, and tutoring will be recommended.)

8.23-24.2005- <Journal entry: What one person means the most to you and why? DOL, TAKS Practice> Discuss Part I of Scarlet Letter (5 questions activity). Quiz over Part I.  Begin Watching Part II of Scarlet Letter (don’t go past Ch. 12 scaffold scene).  Discuss Symbols, completing packet as we go.  Grammar: Review and quiz over parts of speech.  Take up grammar HW from last time.

8.25-26.2005- <Journal entry: Describe a time in your life when you felt bitter toward another person. DOL, TAKS Practice>  Complete Part II of  Scarlet Letter (except for Scaffold scene ch. 12). Grammar: Diagnostic quiz for parts of a sentence, p. 25 grammar book; Study Subjects and Predicates p. 26, show how to diagram subj/verb.

8.29-30.2005- <Journal entry: Describe a time in your life when you felt betrayed. DOL, TAKS Practice> Read Ch. 12… Second Scaffold Scene. Grammar: Study Compound sentence parts, pp.29-31 grammar book, show how to diagram compound sentence parts.  Practice; Complete parts A and B on GUM p. 23

8.31-9.1.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>  Review and complete yesterday’s activities (Part II of Scarlet Letter and Reading of Ch. 12… Second Scaffold Scene.)  Go over worksheet pp.33-34 together.  Grammar: Complements, pp.35-37.  Show how to diagram direct objects, indirect objects, objective complements; subject complements.

9.2-6.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>  Quiz over Part II of Scarlet Letter. Begin watching Part III of Scarlet Letter.  Discuss characterization (4-part grid).  Homework:  Students will complete characterization comparison wksht. p.34.  Grammar: Review Complements and diagramming.  Homework: GUM pp. 31-32

9.7-8.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>  Continue watching Part III of Scarlet Letter.  Discuss characterization wksht. p. 34 in groups.  Compare and share answers and present them to class.  Quiz next time over Part III of Scarlet Letter. Grammar:  Practice diagramming.  Grammar Test next time over diagramming!!

9.9-12.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice> Grammar Test; Quiz over Part III of Scarlet Letter.  Begin watching Part IV. 

9.13-14.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>      Continue Watching Part IV of Scarlet Letter.  Read 3^rd Scaffold scene excerpts from ch. 22-24, Discuss and complete scaffold handout.  Review for test next time. 

9.15-16.2005 - <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice> Review and Test: Scarlet Letter  Hand in  Scarlet Letter  packet. 

* * (No more activities added after test due to probable counselor information meetings within these first several weeks).

9.19-20.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice> “The Crucible” Background information.  Arthur Miller, Salem-Witch Trials, McCarthy Hearings, Characters and plot background.  Assign Parts.  Begin Reading Act I.  Remind students of expectations and consequences regarding behavior (will not be here on the 21^st).

9.21-22.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice> Continue Reading Act I.  Watch Act I. 

10.3-4.2005-  <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>    Begin Indian Literature; Define Lit. Terms:    Background Notes; Read “The World on the Turtle’s Back” Discuss balance and symmetry in painting on p. 27; wksht group activity

10.5-6.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>    Read “Song of the Sky Loom” and “Hunting Song” discuss

10.7-10.2005- <Journal entry  (What is the best trick you’ve ever played?), DOL, TAKS Practice>    Watch “Coyote’s Eyes,” discuss folk tale, trickster tale, and Okanogan Storytelling. Use “Legends, Myths, and Folktales” transparency (#24).

10.11-12.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   Read “The Man to Send Rain Clouds,” Discuss and analyze conflict in the story (transparency T14);

10.13-18.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

10.19-20.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

10.21-24.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

10.25-26.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>

10.27-28.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

10.31-11.1.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

11.2-3.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

11.4-7.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>    

11.8-9.2005- <Journal entry, DOL, TAKS Practice>   

First 9 Weeks

Puritan Literature

-         Scarlet Letter

-         The Crucible

TAKS Benchmark

Indian Literature (Indian Myths, Legends, and Rituals)

-  The World on the Turtle’s Back

-  Song of the Sky Loom/ Hunting Song

-  Coyote’s Eyes

-  The Man to Send Rain Clouds

American Pilgrim Literature (American Encounters from 3 different cultures)

-         La Relacion (4 pgs.)

-         Of Plymouth Plantation (6 pgs)

-         The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (4 pgs.)

Second semester

Research papers

Day 1- Research paper notes, Research paper deadlines and guidelines handout, Assign topics, Assign 3 resources to be checked at end of class, go to library or computer lab 153

Day 2- Assignment due at end of class; 5 more resources, begin highlighting notes. 

Day 3- Practice  Assignment due at end of class; 2 more resources (total of 10), continue highlighting notes

Day 4- Assignment due at end of class; all notes highlighted; begin outline

Day 5- Assignment due at end of class; Complete Outline; begin working on rough draft.

Day 6- Assignment due at end of class; 2 pages of Rough Draft; Due next time at beginning of class; completed rough draft

Day 7- Assignment due at end of class; Type Final Draft, Works Cited, Title Page

Day 8- Assignment due at end of class;  Type Final Draft, Works Cited, Title Page Research Paper due Next time at beginning of class!!

Day 9- Research Paper due