Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10
Monday: Review available resources; start researching in lab
Tuesday: Blog and continue researching in lab
Wednesday: Outline essay
Thursday: Review parenthetical citations; write rough draft in lab
Friday: Write rough draft in lab; printed copy due on Monday at the beginning of class

Composition I
Monday: Arthur Miller bio; begin reading Death of a Salesman
Tuesday: Continue DOAS
Wednesday: Written reflection #1; discussion
Thursday: Continue DOAS
Friday: Finish Act I of DOAS; written reflection #2

Creative Writing
Monday: Introduce zine unit
Tuesday: Write advice article in lab
Wednesday: Write horoscopes in lab
Thursday: Partner interviews
Friday: Type partner articles in lab

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10:
Tuesday-Vocabulary, notes, speech
Wednesday-Blog in lab
Thursday-Vocabulary practice, appeals
Friday-Vocabulary quiz, introduce persuasive essay and brainstorm

Senior English:
Tuesday-TIB essay in lab
Wednesday-TIB essay in lab
Thursday-TIB essay in lab
Friday-TIB essays due; critique

Creative Writing:
Tuesday-Finish Dead Poets Socety
Wednesday-Carpe Diem essay in lab
Thursday-Carpe Diem essay in lab
Friday-Carpe Diem essay in lab

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10

Monday: Freedom Writers movie
Tuesday: Freedom Writers movie
Wednesday: Freedom Writers movie
Thursday: Set up blogs in lab
Friday: Line Game & Toast for Change

Comp. I

Monday: "The Millenials Are Coming" article and response
Tuesday: Discuss article; TIB 1-3 and SOAPSTone in partners
Wednesday: Finish SOAPSTones for This I Believe essays
Thursday: Find TIB essay to bring to class on Friday
Friday: Share TIP essays and brainstorm

Creative Writing

Monday: Start Wheaties autobiography
Tuesday: Finish Wheaties autobiography
Wednesday: Share Wheaties autobiography & turn in; SSR
Thursday: Dead Poets Society
Friday: Dead Poets Society

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to school! Hope you had a great summer! I will be posting weekly lesson plans on Monday of every week. Remember, though, that sometimes things take longer or not as long as planned, so be flexible if these aren't 100% accurate.

Lesson Plans for 8/24/11-8/26/11

Language Arts 10
Wednesday: Introduction, ice breakers (HW: Get Freedom Writers permission slip signed)
Thursday: Syllabus, pick out fiction free reading books
Friday: Partner introductions, SSR (Permission slips are due!)

Composition I
Wednesday: Essay #1
Thursday: Syllabus, rubric & evaluate real examples
Friday: Share essays, critique

Creative Writing
Wednesday: Introduction, ice breakers
Thursday: Ice breakers, pick out fiction free reading books, SSR
Friday: "I Am From Poems," share, SSR

Lesson Plans

LA 10
Monday & Tuesday - Work on Fractured Fairy Tales in computer lab
Wednesday & Thursday - Present Fractured Fairy Tales
Friday - Begin watching To Kill a Mockingbird to review for final exam

Senior English
Monday - Final Exam (Last Day!)

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10
Monday: Social ritual speeches-take notes and plan
Tuesday: Perform social ritual speeches
Wednesday: Make vocabulary flash cards; study for final
Thursday: Twisted fairy tales
Friday: Poetry Out Loud

Senior English
Monday: Share songs
Tuesday: Share songs
Wednesday: Review critical theories
Thursday: Macbeth analyses
Friday: Macbeth analyses

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10


Monday-Finish demonstrative speeches

Tuesday-Finish reading classic book

Wednesday-Vocabulary review/flashcards

Thursday-Computer lab/work on classic book project

Friday-Computer lab/work on classic book project (due on Monday)


Senior English


Monday-Gary Soto and Naomi Shihab Nye; bring songs & lyrics on Tuesday

Tuesday-Share music and lyrics; interpret as a class

Wednesday-Share music and lyrics; interpret as a class

Thursday-Find poetry to share

Friday-Share poetry to class

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10

Monday-Introduce demonstrative speeches

Tuesday-Demonstrative speech outline

Wednesday-Vocabulary quiz #10

Thursday-Practice demonstrative speeches

Friday-Present demonstrative speeches




Senior English

Monday-Interpreting Poetry

Tuesday-Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton

Wednesday-Discussion

Thursday-Andrei Codrescu and Maxine Chernoff

Friday-Russell Edson

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10

Monday-Informative speech worksheet
Tuesday-Create speech outline and note card
Wednesday-Week 9 vocabulary quiz; take week 10 notes
Thursday-Practice informative speech
Friday-Present speeches

Seniors

Monday-"Tough Guise" video; discussion
Tuesday-Native Son movie
Wednesday-Native Son movie
Thursday-Native Son movie
Friday-Final discussion; Native Son project due

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10
Monday: Work on research paper in lab
Tuesday: Work on research paper in lab
Wednesday: Community Service Day
Thursday: Work on research paper in lab
Friday: Finish paper; turn in by the end of the period
*Continue reading classic books. Students should be up through page 100 by Monday, 4/18


Senior English
Monday: Cycle of oppresion; tragic hero; Kohlberg's theory of morality
Tuesday: Read p. 325-392
Wednesday: Community Service Day
Thursday: Finish book
Friday: Discussion

Lesson Plans

Language Arts

Monday-Work on rough draft, 1 page due; grammar activity

Tuesday-Work on rough draft, 2 pages due

Wednesday-Week 8 vocab. quiz; Week 9 vocab. notes; SSR

Thursday-Work on rough draft, due at end of period; grammar activity over subject/verb agreement

Friday-Workshop rough drafts; grammar activity over affect/effect; verbal quiz over first 50 pages of classic book (10 points)

Senior English

Monday-Discussion

Tuesday-Read 250-276

Wednesday-Discussion

Thursday-Read 276-325

Friday-Discussion

Using Blogs in the Classroom

For the past year, I've been having students keep blogs to respond to literature or just to reflect on daily life. Although the blogs allow students to practice their writing, it is impossible for me to "mark up" the blogs unless I have the kids print off hard copies. Blogs are more useful for assessing reading comprehension (in journal responses) or conducting online discussion.

This is my teacher blog. You might notice, along the right side, I have links to useful websites, as well as a bookshelf to showcase what I've been reading lately. Students are able to comment on my blog entries, as you'll see in the "Favorite Poems" post.

Below, I've posted some links that might be helpful if you're interested in using blogs in the classroom:

50 Useful Blogging Tools for Teachers

Internet Safety Rules

Blogging Cafe in the Classroom

100 Seriously Cool Classroom Blogs (Organized by Subject)

Lesson Plans

Language Arts 10

Monday-Fill out third page of notes.

Tuesday-Complete Works Cited page.

Wednesday-Take notes over Week 8 Vocabulary. Play vocabulary charades.

Thursday-Peer edit Works Cited page.

Friday-Fill out fourth page of notes. Revise Works Cited page. Begin rough draft.

Senior English

Monday-Class discussion

Tuesday-Read pg. 120-165

Wednesday-Class discussion

Thursday-Read pg. 166-200

Friday-Class discussion

Welcome, Ms. Calkins!

Starting on February 28th, we will be welcoming Ms. Calkins, a student teacher from Simpson College, into our classroom. For a few weeks, she will be observing, and then she'll teach the I-Search unit to the sophomores and Native Son to the seniors. She's very friendly, so make sure to say hello when you see her!