English 10 Period 1 Lesson Plans

Exam Schedule –May 2008

Monday – May 19

1st   8:00-9:30

            The schedule for the remaining classes will be as follows:

            2nd        9:35 – 10:12

            3rd        10:16 – 10:54

            4th        10:58 – 11:36

            5th/MSlunch – 11:40 – 12:18

            5th/HSlunch – 12:22 – 1:00

            6th        1:04 – 1:42

            7th        1:46 – 2:24

            8th        2:28 – 3:05

Tuesday May 20 – 2nd and 5th

Wednesday May 21 – 3rd and 6th

Thursday May 22 – 4th and 7th

Friday May 23 – 8th (these may be taken early if both teacher and student agree)

 

Exam 1             8:15 – 9:45

Break               9:45 – 10:00

Exam 2             10:00 – 11:30

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of May 12-16

Monday 5/12

 
  • Literature: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; finish class notes
  • Be working on study guide questions and character descriptions for Huck and Jim; due 5/14

Tuesday 5/13
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: continue reading aloud; vocab matching test today

Wednesday 5/14
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: continue reading aloud; review for test tomorrow

Thursday 5/15
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn test

Friday 5/16
  • Review for final exam

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of May 5-9

Monday 5/5

 
  • 15 mins Grammar review
  • Literature: begin reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; take class notes and review vocabulary
  • Be working on study guide questions and character descriptions for Huck and Jim; due 5/13

Tuesday 5/6
  • 15 mins Grammar review
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: review of dialects

Wednesday 5/7
  • 15 mins Grammar review
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; work on map and Mississippi River facts

Thursday 5/8
  • 15 mins Grammar review
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; continue in- class reading aloud

Friday 5/9
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; continue in- class reading aloud; introduce vocab and st guide ques

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of April 28-May 2

Monday 4/28

 
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 22-23; discuss study questions
  • Be ready for quizzes over these chapters!
  • ALL STUDY QUES CH 11-23 TYPED AND DUE ON WEDNESDAY

Tuesday 4/29
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: discuss study questions; ALL STUDY QUES CH 11-23 TYPED AND DUE ON WEDNESDAY – we will have laptops in class for this today

Wednesday 4/30
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: REVIEW  for test on Thursday

Thursday 5/1
  • Review for test today

Friday 5/2
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: TEST TODAY

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of April 21-25

Monday 4/21

 
  • SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Tuesday 4/22
  • 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with phrases
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 9-10ff
  • Following are due WEDNESDAY

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Selected Study Guide Questions

Excerpts taken from Progeny Press reproducible study guide 1994.

All questions/answers should be typed in MLA format, stapled and submitted in sections.

  • Chapters 8-10

Wednesday 4/23
  • 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 11-13; discuss study questions

Thursday 4/24
  • 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 13-16; discuss study questions

Friday 4/25
  • 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 17-20; discuss study questions
  • Be ready for quizzes over these chapters!

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of April 14-18

Monday 4/14

 
  • 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with phrases
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 7,8ff
  • Following are due THURSDAY (this is a date change)

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Selected Study Guide Questions

Excerpts taken from Progeny Press reproducible study guide 1994.

All questions/answers should be typed in MLA format, stapled and submitted in sections.

Chapters 5, 6, 7

1.        Henry notices a contrast between “Nature” and the battling armies.  What is it?

2.        How does Henry view himself after this first engagement with the enemy?

3.        How does Henry react to the enemy’s counterattack?  Why does he react this way?

4.        What does Henry learn about the fate of his brigade in the second attack?

5.        How does Henry justify his actions?

6.        What does Henry conclude from the “signs” that nature gives him?

7.        What words does the author use to suggest that the place where the dead Union soldier is seated is like a church?  (5)

8.        Considering Henry’s philosophical conclusions regarding nature, what lesson from nature is being hinted at by Crane’s image of a corpse in a “chapel”?

9.        What lessons or “laws” can human beings learn from nature? (Consider Romans 1:18-23)

  1.   What is the danger in attempting to look only to nature for clues about right or wrong or rules for living one’s life?

Tuesday 4/15

·        15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation

  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: collect and discussion of above ques

Wednesday 4/16
  • 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 8-10; discuss study questions

Thursday 4/17

·        15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation

·        Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 8-10; discuss study questions

Friday 4/18

·        15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation

·        Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 11-12; discuss study questions

·        Be ready for quizzes over these chapters!

·        Today is a half-day

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of April 7-11

Monday 4/7

 

·        15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation

·        Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 3ff

Tuesday 4/8

·        15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation

  • Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 4.5; begin discussion study questions: chapters 2-4 due on Thursday

The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

Selected Study Guide Questions

Excerpts taken from Progeny Press reproducible study guide 1994.

All questions/answers should be typed in MLA format, stapled and submitted in sections.

Chapters 2, 3, 4

1.        What does Henry’s uncertainty about how he will perform in battle suggest about his character?

2.        Other than death, what does Henry seem to fear most?

3.        Why is Henry so eager for the battle to begin?

4.        In Chapter 2, on the morning that Henry’s regiment marches out, Crane uses a series of similes and metaphors to describe Henry’s regiment and the enemy encampment across the river.  (Give 2 of these). What is the general comparison Crane is making?  What do these comparisons tell you about Henry’s mood or attitude toward what is happening?

5.        What “Question” does Henry hope to find answered in the dead man’s eyes?

6.        The Bible generally teaches that Jesus is to be our example, the standard by which we measure ourselves.  (John 10:4; John 13:13-15; I Peter 2:21-23; I John 2:4-6)  What is the danger in doing what Henry is doing: comparing himself to other men?

7.        Can there be a good side to comparing or measuring ourselves against others?  (Consider I Corinthians 4:15-17)

Chapters 5, 6, 7

11.     Henry notices a contrast between “Nature” and the battling armies.  What is it?

12.     How does Henry view himself after this first engagement with the enemy?

13.     How does Henry react to the enemy’s counterattack?  Why does he react this way?

14.     What does Henry learn about the fate of his brigade in the second attack?

15.     How does Henry justify his actions?

16.     What does Henry conclude from the “signs” that nature gives him?

17.     What words does the author use to suggest that the place where the dead Union soldier is seated is like a church?  (5)

18.     Considering Henry’s philosophical conclusions regarding nature, what lesson from nature is being hinted at by Crane’s image of a corpse in a “chapel”?

19.     What lessons or “laws” can human beings learn from nature? (Consider Romans 1:18-23)

  1.  What is the danger in attempting to look only to nature for clues about right or wrong or rules for living one’s life?

Wednesday 4/9
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 6,7; discuss study questions

Thursday 4/10
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 8,9; discuss study questions

Friday 4/11
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading cg 10,11; discuss study questions
  3. Be ready for quizzes over these chapters!

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of March 31-April 4

Monday 3/31

 
  1. Literature: Finish reading “The Open Boat” p 380-383

Tuesday 4/1
  1. Assignment: Find at least 2 passages in this story that express the theme of nature’s indifference to people.  State your own ideas about the relationship of individuals to nature and the universe.  What does the Bible have to say about this? Due on Wed.
  2. Literature: review handouts on “The Open Boat”; test on Wednesday

Wednesday 4/2
  1. Literature: “The Open Boat” test
  2. Bring Lit book to class for this week

Thursday 4/3
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – review diagramming so far
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading
  3. Bring Lit book to class for this week

Friday 4/4
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – continue with commas and punctuation
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading
  3. Bring Lit book to class for this week

 

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

FOURTH QUARTER -Week of March 24-28

Monday 3/24

 
  1. SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Tuesday 3/25
  1. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading chapters 2-6
  2. Be ready for quizzes on Red Badge
  3. BEGINNING OF FOURTH QTR TODAY

Wednesday 3/26
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – daily; beginning of each class period
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading ch 2-6
  3. Bring Lit book to class for this week

Thursday 3/27
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – daily; beginning of each class period
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading 4-6
  3. Bring Lit book to class for this week

Friday 3/28
  1. 15 MINS OF GRAMMAR – daily; beginning of each class period
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading 4-6
  3. Bring Lit book to class for this week

 

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

THIRD QUARTER -Week of March 10-14

SPRING BREAK MARCH 17-24; RETURN TO SCHOOL ON TUESDAY MARCH 25

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC (counts as 2 test grades) yellow folder has samples of most assignments

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Transition words: www.writinghelp-central.com/article-transition-words.html

Citing sources: www.citationmachine.net

Monday 3/10

 
  1. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading
  2. Research paper: FINAL DRAFT due TODAY; TURN IN TYPED HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY
  3. FOLLOW FINAL DRAFT RUBRIC

Tuesday 3/11
  1. Vocabulary: Cum Review and Mastery test completed in class today and tomorrow

Wednesday 3/12
  1. Vocabulary: Cum Review and Mastery test completed in class today
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading

Thursday 3/13
  1. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading

Friday 3/14
  1. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: continue reading
  2. END OF QUARTER TODAY

Student Steps for Research Paper: 25 points deducted for each day late

 

Steps to complete:

Simple description:

Due date:         

Prepare and turn in final copy

 

TURN IN TYPED HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY

Monday March 10

THIRD QUARTER -Week of March 3-7

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC (counts as 2 test grades) yellow folder has samples of most assignments

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Transition words: www.writinghelp-central.com/article-transition-words.html

Citing sources: www.citationmachine.net

Monday 3/3

 
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 15 + review due this Friday 3/7; cum review completed in class next week 3/11
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: intro notes and begin reading ch 1,2
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10
  4. ALL MISSING OR MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY MARCH 7

Tuesday 3/4
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 15 + review due this Friday 3/7; cum review completed in class next week 3/11
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: ch 3
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10
  4. ALL MISSING OR MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY MARCH 7

Wednesday 3/5
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 15 + review due this Friday 3/7; cum review completed in class next week 3/11
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: ch 3
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10
  4. ALL MISSING OR MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY MARCH 7
  5. FOLLOW FINAL DRAFT RUBRIC

Thursday 3/6
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 15 + review due this Friday 3/7; cum review completed in class next week 3/11
  2. Literature: The Red Badge of Courage: ch 4
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10
  4. ALL MISSING OR MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY MARCH 7
  5. FOLLOW FINAL DRAFT RUBRIC

Friday 3/7
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 15 + review due this Friday 3/7; cum review completed in class next week 3/11
  2. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10
  3. ALL MISSING OR MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY MARCH 7
  4. FOLLOW FINAL DRAFT RUBRIC

Student Steps for Research Paper: 25 points deducted for each day late

 

Steps to complete:

Simple description:

Due date:         

Prepare and turn in final copy

 

TURN IN TYPED HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY

Monday March 10

THIRD QUARTER -Week of Feb 25-29

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC (counts as 2 test grades) yellow folder has samples of most assignments

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Transition words: www.writinghelp-central.com/article-transition-words.html

Citing sources: www.citationmachine.net

Monday 2/25

 
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due this Friday 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible –study guide ques Acts 2 and 3 due TODAY; Act 4 due on Tuesday; BOOK TEST ON THIS THURSDAY
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10
  4. ALL MISSING OR MAKE-UP WORK DUE BY FRIDAY MARCH 7

Tuesday 2/26
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due this Friday 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible –study guide ques Act 4 due TODAY; BOOK TEST ON THURSDAY
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10

Wednesday 2/27
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due this Friday 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible –review for BOOK TEST ON THURSDAY
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10

Thursday 2/28
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due this Friday 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible –review for BOOK TEST TODAY
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10

Friday 2/29
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due this Friday 2/29
  2. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 10

Student Steps for Research Paper: 25 points deducted for each day late

 

Steps to complete:

Simple description:

Due date:         

Prepare and turn in final copy

 

TURN IN TYPED HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY

Monday March 10

THIRD QUARTER -Week of Feb 18-22

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC (counts as 2 test grades) yellow folder has samples of most assignments

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Transition words: www.writinghelp-central.com/article-transition-words.html

Citing sources: www.citationmachine.net

Monday 2/18

 
  1. SCHOOL HOLIDAY

Tuesday 2/19
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible – finish all acts this week; study guide ques handout due on Wed. Feb 20
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 6
  4. Research paper: Notes will be turned in Thursday, Feb. 21

Wednesday 2/20
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible – finish all acts this week; study guide ques handout due TODAY
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 6
  4. Research paper: Notes will be turned in Thursday, Feb. 21

Thursday 2/21
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible – finish all acts this week; REVIEW FOR TEST ON MONDAY FEB 25
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 6

Friday 2/22
  1. Vocabulary: Unit 14 due 2/29
  2. Literature: The Crucible – finish all acts this week; REVIEW FOR TEST ON MONDAY FEB 25
  3. Research paper: Edit your rough draft when it is returned; final draft due March 6

Student Steps for Research Paper: 25 points deducted for each day late

 

Steps to complete:

Simple description:

Due date:         

Select subject

 

TOPIC – NARROW DOWN IDEA AS MUCH AS CAN

Wed Jan 30

Develop thesis statement

 

THESIS – ONE SENTENCE CLEARLY STATED

Wed Jan 30

Prepare a working bibliography

 

RESEARCH

TAKE NOTES- TYPED OR ON CARDS

Ongoing; notes will be turned in with rough draft

Develop final outline

 

OUTLINE – TYPED ACC TO FORMAT EXAMPLE

Wed Jan 30

Write first draft

 

TYPED – TURNED IN WITH ALL REQ’D ELEMENTS

Wed Feb 13

Evaluate and revise

 

FINE TUNE/MAKE CORRECTIONS; RETYPE

Turn in notes Feb. 21

Prepare and turn in final copy

 

TURN IN TYPED HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC COPY

Thurs March 6

THIRD QUARTER -Week of Feb 11-15

Library dates for research: Wed. Jan 6 and Wed. Jan 13

Extra grammar help: http://aliscot.com/bigdog/mla.htm

You can read books online:  books.google.com OR http://projectgutenberg.org/  OR http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/

RESEARCH PAPER ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC (counts as 2 test grades) yellow folder has samples of most assignments

MLA style help: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/

Transition words: www.writinghelp-central.com/article-transition-words.html

Citing sources: www.citationmachine.net

Monday 2/11