August 22

Welcome students, discuss hopes, aspirations and objectives for students. Discuss contents of syllabus, and highlight certain sections.Hand out forms for the students to fill in.

August 23

Figurative language

Discuss and analyze figurative language

have students decorate their folders with examples of figurative language: Metaphor, simile, oxymoron, personification, hyperbole, alliteration.

August 24-25

Finish folders on figurative language, Do hand out on metaphor and simile.

Have Students edit "My Sarah."

objectives; Editing for spelling, punctuation, and other grammatical mistakes.

Diagnostic Grammar Test

August 26

Warm up: Subject and Verb agreement (on screen)

Read Harrison Bergeron by kurt Vonnbegut, Jr.

objectives:

Understand and appreciate science fiction

Understand the theme of the story

Make inferences

Do Before You Read, Connect to your life and Key to story on page 3.Also do all questions in the margins of interactive reader, and vocab on page 14.

August 29th

Warm up:

Subject/Verb Agreement continued

Vocabulary : Workshop, Fourth Course Lesson #1

Students will do pages 3,4,5,6,

Write 10 sentences, 14 words per sentence(complete for homework)

August 30th

Warm up:Subject/Verb agreement continued

Review esssay writing for BAT prompt on Wednesday

Have students work on "Sound of Thunder." by Ray Bradbury in Interactive Reader

Do Connect to Life, and do Mark it up, All Pause and Reflect questions, and Vocab on page 52.(Finish for Homework)

August 31st.

Warm up: Continue Subject/Verb agreement

Do BAT ESSAY

Sept 1st 

Warm up:Continue Subject/Verb agreement

Watch short film on Harriison Bergeron in preparation for quiz

Do Faulty paralellism and faulty coordination (hand out) Home work if not finished.

Sept 15th(sub plans)

Students will do Vocabulary Lesson # 3 and 4

Sept 16th

Students will read " Son From America." in text book, pages 160-168

Do: Vocab in Action, Exercise A and B on page 168

Do: Connect to Literature, Comprehension Check Only, Think Critically # 3,4,5, and Extended Interpretations # 8

Sept 19th

read "Getting a Job by Maya Angelou, Interactive reader, pages 132-142

Do: Connect to life, Benefits and Drawbacks, all Pause and Reflect questions, mark it up, cause and effect on page 140, and words to know on page 142.

Sept 22 (Early Release)

Warm up: Vague pronoun reference, pages 610, #10-15

Quiz "Son from America."

Sept 23;

Warm up: Vague pronoun reference, pages 610, # 16-20

Test: Vocabulary lessons #1 and 2.

Sept 26:

Warm up: Vague pronoun reference, pages 610, # 16-2

Alice Walker, "Women,""Poem at Thirty Nine." and "In Search of our Mother's Garden." pages 516-527

Objectives

Understand and appreciate two contempory poems

Analyze dicton, and understand denotation and connotation.

Do: Connect to Literature, Comprehension Check Only, Think critically 2, 3, and Extended Interpretations #5 and 7

Sept 27

Warm up:

Ambiguous pronoun reference, page 612, Ex 35 # 1-7

Do: English workout 2(handout)grammar ACT 25mins

Review "In Search of My Mothers Garden." by Alice Walker

Start 'The Pit and the Pendulum." by Edgar Allan Poe.Short story, page 182, Interactive Reader.

Objectives:

Understand and appreciate a short story

Understand ssuspense

Visualize images of character and setting

Do margin notes:All pause and reflect and challenge questions, and Vocab on page 222.

Sept 28-29

Warm up: Distant Pronoun Reference

Review ACT/SAT work from yesterday

Examine the use of the Colon and Semi Colon(Home work)

Review EveryDay Use for a test on Friday

Sept 30

Review Homework (PEP RALLY)

Oct 3rd

Warm up:Vague Pronoun Reference, page 615, Exercise 37, # 1-4

Test: Alice Walker's: EveryDay Use, Selected Poems and "In Search of our Mother's Garden.

Oct 4th

Warm up: Page 616,(Grammar Text Book)Ex 43, # 1-5

Read Drill # 2. Poem 'Brass Spittoons," Answer ralated questions.

Read R.K narayan, "Like the Sun." short Story, page 848-855

Object ives

Understand and appreciate a short story

Understand source of humor

Predict

Do: Vocab in action - context clues, page 854, 1-5, Connect  to Literature - Comprehension Check only, Think Critically # 2,3,4,5, and extended interpretations # 6 and 8. Finish for HOMEWORK

Oct 5

Warm up: Revise sentences to make compound subjects agree with their verbs, page 616, Ex. #44, # 1-5

Poetry: SAT/ACT: Drill # 3, "There Is No Frigate Like A Book." Drill #4 "The Dying Christian to His Soul." Answer question on Drill # 3, Drill #4 for HOMEWORK

Edgar Allan Poe, " The Pit and Pendulum." Short Story, Interactive Reader,page 182

Objectives:

Understand and appreciate a short story

Understand a suspense

Visualize images of character and setting

Do: Before You Read, Connect to Your Life, Also, All margins questions, including Mark It Up, Jot It Down, pause and Reflect, Read aloud questions. Additionally do pages 220, and Vocab on page 222.

Oct 6th-7th

Warm up: Distant pronouns

Review Home work, DRILL #3 ande #4

Continuing Working on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum."

Do all margin notes and all the other assignments listed above

Oct 10th(Sub Plans)

Students will Read "Night." by Elie Wiesel, pages 593-601 in Text Book

Objectives:

Understand aznd Appreciate a Memior

Recognize how style contributes to the effect of the text

Connect the text with prior experience or knowledge

Do: Vocab on page 601

Do: Connect to Literature #1 and Comprehension Check

Do Critical Thinking #2,3,4,5 and Extend Interpretations #8

Oct 11

Warm up. Review Positive, Comparative and Superlative, pages 619 Exercise 1 and 2m and 621, Ex: A,B and C

Review Edgar Allan Poe's "The Pit and The Pendulum."(Difficult Text for students)

Oct 12 (Sub for the last period)Ms. Ford

Interactive reader, pages 362-375,

Objective

Analysis of FCAT type questions.

Oct 17

Warm up. identifying illogical comparisons

Make up day; Students will make up some of their missing work in order to improve their grades.)

Oct 18th

Warm up:

Using other or else in comparisons, page 633, Ex18 #1-6

Identifying and correcting and correcting sentence fragments (hand out)

Also creative writng(passage on Elvis) (Homework)

Oct 19th

Warm up:Avoiding usage problems, page 647 Ex 11, # 1-10

Review "The Pit and the Pendulaum" for test, and "Like the Sun."

Finish any make up work

Oct 20th

Warm up: Common usage problems, p, 649, Ex12, # 1-6

Quiz: "Like the Sun." and "The Pit and The Pendulum."

Oct 21:

Warm up:

Common usage problems, page 651 exercise 13, # 1-6

Midterm: Essay part of midterm

Oct 24th

Warm up: Common usage problems, page 653, Exercise 14, # 1-6

Review for midterm

Oct 25th

Warm up:common usage problems

Continue review for midterm

Hand out books, John Steinbeck, 'Of Mice and Men." Start reading and answering questions( hand out)

Oct 26th

Midterm exams

Oct  27th

Midterm exams

2nd Quarter

Oct 31

Warm up: Review of common usage problems, page 661, Ex 29 #1-5

Vocab #7 and 8

Objectives: Understand words in context

Enhance reading ability and comprehension

Nov 1-3

Warm up: page 661, Exercise 29, pages 8-13

"Farewell to Manzanar,"(text book) and 'Nite"

Objectives: understad and appreciate a memior

Connect to selection (active reading)

Do connect to Literture: What do you think, and Comprehension Check

Think Critically # 2,3,4,5, and Extended interpretations # 8 and 9.

Activity: As you read fill in a chart similar to the one on page 592. You should have the following on your chart:

1. Cause of situation, 2. How the Author and Other Victims are Treated, 3. Psychological Effects on Victims, 6. how people try to Cope and 5. Author's purpose in telling the story, 6. Lessons learned.

Students will create a similar chart for "Night.' and then write an essay that synthesizes what they have learned from the readings and what lessons they can draw from the injustices exposed by these two works. Why is it important as Wiesel himself said, " to keep memory alive?" Support your ideas by using examples from each work.

Nov 4th

Warm up: Common usage problems

Appositive and Appositive Phrases(compound appositives)

Objectives:

Identifying appositives and compound appositves(hand out)correct as class.

Nov 7

Warm up: Review of grammar for test(on board)

Vocab:Lesson # 9 and 10

Objectives: Understand words in context

Enhance reading comprehension.

Nov 8th

Warm up: Review various aspects of grammar for test(on board)

Review Examples of elaboration and supporting details. Also Low scoring FCAT essays -scores of 1 &2 - discuss the severe flaws in the essays and note the criticisms at the bottom of essays.

Nov 9th

Brief review of the elements of essay writing, with special emphasis on elaboration.

Write essay BAT essay (45 mins)

Nov10-11th

Warm up: Review of various aspects of grammar for test next week

"Two Friends." Short Story by Guy De Maupassant, pages 546-558 in text book.

objectives:

Understand and appreciate a short story

Understand situational irony

Make predictions

Do: Vocab in action, page 557, and Writing exercise on page 558 (after reading the story)

Also Do: Connect to Literature, page 556, What do you think, and Comprehension Check.

Think Critically # 12,3,4,5 and # 7under extended interpretations

Additionally do under activities and explorations #3, Short storyboard of events in the story.

Nov16th

Warm up:

BAT essay:

Many people think that the community in which they live can be improved. Think about their own community and improvements that you would like community leaders to make. Now convince your community leaders to accept your suggestions for improving your community.

Nov 17th

Test: Grammar & Also rewrite essay

Nov 18th

Vocab Test #7 & 8

Dec 5th

Warm up: understanding the correct use of commas in a sentence

Vocab # 15 and 16 (to be completed and handed in to sub)

Dec 6th

Warm up. Look at the use of transitions in paragraphs( the mortar that ties the pieces together)

Read 'Of Mice and Men."

Revisit major conflicts in story and its characters.

Dec 7th (Sub lesson plans)

"Montgomery Boycott.' pages 124-132 in (text book)

Do Connect to Literature: Comprehension Check and what do you think.

Think Critically # 2,3,4,5,6 and connect to life 8

Vocab 1-10 on page 34

Dec 8th

Review aspects of writing: organization and its importance in essay writing

Warm up: Writing assignment: "If I could visit one place on earth, where would it be and why." 12 mins

Read ""Of Mice and Men.' by Steinbeck. Discuss characters and various conflicts in novel

Dec 9th

Warm up:

ACT/SAT : Sentences testing correctness and effectiveness of expression(p554, hand out)

"Of Mice and Men." Chapter 4, pages 38-66

Answer questions on Chapter ( hand out)

Dec 12

Warm up: Write 2 paragraphs about "two thing I would change about my school and why." be specific, give good reasons and examples, and make sure you use effective transitions.

Continue "Of Mice and Men" by Steinbeck

objectives; same as above.

Dec 13

Warm up: Write 2 to 3 paragarphs about the secrets of brilliant students. Give specific reasons examples, ect. Remember FRIES.

Continue Reading "Of Mice and Men." by Steinbeck and discuss.

Dec 14

Warm up: Write an opening paragraph with a thesis statement on "the importance of emails."

Finish "Of Mice and Men."

Begin to watch the movie "Of Mice and Men."

Dec 15

Revisit the opening paragraph of persuasive essaym especially "hook and thesis.

Finish read "Of Mice and Men," and continue watching the related movie.

Dec16

Finish watch "Of Mice and Men."

discuss differences and similarities between movie and book

Review of book

Jan 2nd

Review elements of good writing with FCAT focus on supporting details(projection on board)

Begin "Antigone."by Sophocles, Greek dramatic tragedy

Build background: reference to Greek mythology

Story of Oedipus

Objectives: understand and appreciate a classical drama

Apply strategies for reading a greek drama

Examine nature of conflict in a play

Examine irony and figurative language

Jan 3rd

Review again 'Of Mice and Men," for Test on Wednesday

Continue Antigone,Scenes 1, discuss major characters and conflicts

jan 4th : Test on "Of Mice and Men."

Resume Antigone. Finish scene one and start scene two.

Jan 5th

Review for Vocab test 9 & 10

Resume the study of Antigone

Examine foil, irony and figuraative language.

Jan 6h

Test: Vocab 8 & 9

Scene 3 of Antigone

End scene 3 and review

Jan 9-10th Scene 4 of Antigone

Continue the study of Antogone

Objectives same as above

Answer questions in blue in margins of text book

Jan 11 Scene 5 of Antigone

Read text and review questions in margins of Text book

Review major conlicts

Jan 12 Test on Antogone

Jan 13

Writing section of final exam

Students will respond to two essay type questions.

Jan 17 Review for final exam

jan 18 th

Final exam for 10th graders