Lessons & Assignments (Homework is to be done before class starts on date listed at left)

 WEEK ONE (Spring Semester 2020)

Happy New Year! Welcome Back to School!

• Hand out 2nd semester passes and bonus
• Assignment: "Reflection and Goals" worksheet - due Tuesday, 1/7
• Discuss John A Logan Writing Contest
• Review spring syllabus and clean out binders  

• English IV Writing PreTest (MLA and APA formats) = 10 points for participation
• Introduce 28-Day Challenge / APA Research Project (handout) 
• Assign: Two habit formation articles - read, highlight, and annotate for Wednesday, 1/08 

• Habit Formation articles due! = 20 points 
• APA Research Writing notes (PPT) 
• Assign Topic Worksheet - due next Thursday, 1/15 
• Assign Source #1 and Credibility worksheet - due Friday, 1/10  
• E4 APA CRAAP Method Worksheet 2019.docx  

• Discuss "Fake News" and CRAAP Method - checking source credibility 
• Go to Computer Lab B 
• Print Source #1 - read, highlight, and annotate
• Complete the Credibility worksheet for Source #1 (move this due date to Monday, next year)

Spring Semester Kick-off Party - Afternoon Assembly Schedule - All classes will still meet! 

• Source #1: annotated copy of source and completed Credibility worksheet due = 25 points
• You will complete a Credibility worksheet (in place of a typed annotated bibliography) for each of the first 4 sources
• Review APA reference citation for an internet article
• Go over APA citation and Credibility worksheet example for Article #1: "Habit Formation: 21-Day Myth" 
• Have students complete their Credibility worksheet for Source #1 - turn in at the end of class or on Monday, 1/13, if more time needed

WEEK TWO - Advisory (Blue)

Meet in Computer Lab B 

• Review the APA Research Project Assignment packet / Topic Worksheet 
• Turn in Source #1 and Credibility worksheet
• Find 3 additional sources for preliminary research and complete Credibility worksheets - due Wednesday, 1/16 (moved to Thursday, 1/16 since Mrs. Burkey was out sick today) 

• Review APA Research Project Topic Worksheet assignment - due Thursday, 1/16 
• Examine credibility of Article #2 - sometimes, you will need to search beyond the article page to get credibility and source information 
• Assign Vocabulary #1, Book C - work on lesson in small groups
• turn in lesson at the end of class - students can finish on Thursday, 1/16 if more time is needed 

Wednesday 

Early Release Day - Meet in Computer Lab

• Finish gathering sources and work on Topic Worksheet and Credibility worksheets
• Students must also complete two "support group" interviews for 28-Day Challenge 

28-Day Challenge: Day One 

• APA Research Project Topic WS and Source Credibility worksheets due! 
• Research Log - Entry #1: What are your thoughts/expectations/concerns as you begin this challenge?
• E4 Research Journal Entries Example Day One 2020.docx  
• Discuss Habit Formation articles - content & suggestions 
• Finish Vocabulary #1 Lesson, if needed - due today! 

28-Day Challenge: Day Two

• Research Log - Entry #2: Discuss how you started your 28-Day Challenge.  What have you accomplished so far?
• Review Archetypes - Epic Hero 
• Read Beowulf and answer questions 

REMINDER: No School Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! 

• Students should take their Research Log home for the 3-day weekend 

• No School Monday - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!  

28-Day Challenge: Day Six - Journals for 3rd Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #6
• Hand back Vocabulary #1 WS 
• Finish reading Beowulf and discuss 

28-Day Challenge: Day Seven - Journals for 4th Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #7
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28-Day Challenge: Day Eight - Journals for 8th Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #8
• Review traits of an epic hero
• Group Activity: Beowulf's Epic Journey
• Create an epic hero and his monster - we will present these in class on Monday 

28-Day Challenge: Day Nine

• Research Log - Entry #9
• Vocabulary #1 Quiz
• Work on epic hero poster 

WEEK FOUR - Advisory (Blue) - The Catcher in the Rye (novel) 

28-Day Challenge: Day Twelve

• Research Log - Entry #12
• Introduce APA Literature Review assignment
• Lit Review Prewriting 
• Groups: present epic hero and monster 

28-Day Challenge: Day Thirteen - Journals for 3rd Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #13
• Computer Lab to type APA Lit Review - due Friday, 1/31

Early Release Day - 28-Day Challenge: Day Fourteen - Halfway! - Journals for 4th Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #14
• Introduce The Catcher in the Rye 
• Salinger background notes

28-Day Challenge: Day Fifteen - Journals for 8th Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #15

28-Day Challenge: Day Sixteen

• Research Log - Entry #16 

WEEK FIVE - Advisory (Orange) - The Catcher in the Rye (novel) 

28-Day Challenge: Day Nineteen

• Research Log - Entry #19

Williamson County English Teacher Workshop at CHS - Substitute Teacher in Mrs. Burkey's English classes today

28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty - Journals for 3rd Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #20

NHS Interviews - Substitute Teacher in Mrs. Burkey's English classes today

28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty-One - Journals for 4th Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #21
• The Catcher in the Rye chapters 1-4 and study guide questions due 

28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty-Two - Journals for 8th Period due!

• Research Log - Entry #22

28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty-Three

• Research Log - Entry #23

WEEK SIX - Advisory (Blue) - The Catcher in the Rye (novel) 

Monday

28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty-Six

• Research Log - Entry #26 
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Tuesday

28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty-Seven 

• Research Log - Entry #27
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Early Release Day - 28-Day Challenge: Day Twenty-Eight - Last Day of the Challenge

• Research Log - Entry #28
• The Catcher in the Rye chapters 5-9 and study guide questions due 
• Watch Love and Happy Days, Episode 1 on YouTube - 1950s teenage sitcom

Thursday

• Research Log - Entry #29: Reflection on 28-Day Challenge 
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1/2 Day - Happy Valentine's Day! - Senior Citizen's Valentine's Day Banquet at CHS

• All 28-Day Challenge Research Journals due! 

WEEK SEVEN - Advisory (Orange) - APA Research Writing 

• No School - President's Day 

Go to Computer Lab B 

• Type RP APA Literature Review - due Friday, 2/21 

Go tot Computer Lab B 

• The Catcher in the Rye chapters 10-14 and study guide questions due 
• Type RP APA Literature Review - due Friday, 2/21

• Bellringer: If you wanted to get away and "lay low" for four days with a pocket full of cash like Holden Caufield, where would you go and what would you do? 
• Get in Catcher groups and discuss study guide questions 
• Vocabulary #3 Words -
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Go to Computer Lab B

• Type APA RP Literature Review - due by the end of class! 
• Read Catcher and answer study guide questions - chapters 15 - 19 due Wednesday, 2/26 

• Vocabulary #3 Quiz 
• Assign Vocabulary #4 WS 
• Discuss drafting of APA Research Paper 

• Discuss APA format and typed outline
• APA Review notes (handout)
• Typed outline due on Thursday, 2/1
• Students who will be absent on Friday still need to have worked submitted.  Typed outlines can be emailed.
• Discuss essay plagiarism and APA citations (in-text and References page)
• Direct quotes / paraphrase / summary
• Use Google Chromebooks to type outlines
• Students may adapt the APA report template on Google Docs to set up their essay 
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Early Release Day  

• The Catcher in the Rye chapters 15-19 and study guide questions due 
• Vocabulary #4 WS due! 
• Type Rough Draft 
• Check to make sure all students completed the Macbeth WebQuest 

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• Make sure you have three credible sources 
• Type Rough Draft 

• Bring 2 copies of the Rough Draft for Peer Revision  APA 30 Day RP Self-Revision.docx  APA 30 Day RP Peer-Revision.docx
• The final draft of the research paper is due on Friday March 1 

Computer Lab B 

• Hand back Vocabulary #4 WS - Quiz on Thursday, 2/28 
• Students should complete and hand back their peer revisions (you must show Mrs. Burkey your two complete peer revisions by Wednesday, 2/27)
• Work on revising rough draft  

Math Computer Lab 

• Work on final draft 
• Assign Submission Notes
• APA Research Paper Final Draft & completed Submission Notes are due on Friday, 3/1  

Early Release Day 

• Introduce MyShakespeare.com online text and resource  https://myshakespeare.com/macbeth
• Discuss background notes for Shakespeare and Elizabethan England
• Remember to show Mrs. Burkey your completed Peer Revisions by today! = 20 points 

•  Vocabulary #4 Quiz (review lessons #1, #2, #3, and #4)
• Assign Macbeth background articles 
• (After reviewing student rough drafts for the APA Research paper, we will be reviewing APA format in class on Friday.  The Final Draft and submission notes will be due on Tuesday, 3/05, but students may turn in the Final Draft and submission notes before Tuesday for 5 Bonus points.  We will begin reading Macbeth, Act I on Monday, 3/04)

• Discuss APA Research Paper
• Macbeth article annotations due!
• Discuss background PPT and packet 

• No Vocabulary Lesson this week 
• Early Bird Bonus for APA Research Paper and submission notes! 
• Macbeth Act I 

• APA Research Paper final draft and submission notes due! 
• We will read Macbeth Acts I this week and complete discussion questions 

• Read and discuss Macbeth  

JALC Art & Writing Contest Awards Day 

• Read and discuss Macbeth 

1/2 Day - Teacher In-service 

• Read and discuss Macbeth 

No School 

No School 

No School 

No School 

No School 

Curriculum information will be updated as soon as we know how Carterville Unit #5 School District needs to progress during the coronavirus outbreak.  Below you can find Assignment #1 for March 17 - 24.  An additional assignment will be sent on Monday, March 23.  Have a great week and stay calm and safe.  I look forward to seeing you all soon!

E4 March 17 Assignment.pdf

WEEK ELEVEN

• Assign Vocabulary #5 Lesson 
• Macbeth Acts I review activity  
• Group work - in class assignment 

• Macbeth Act I and background quiz = 50 points
• Introduce Macbeth Act II
• Reminder: Vocabulary #5 is due Wednesday, 3/20 

• Bellringer #31: What makes a good leader? (8th period needs to complete this Bellringer)
• Vocabulary #5 is due! 
• Read and discuss Macbeth Act II   

• Bellringer #32: Who is to blame for Duncan's death?
• Read and discuss Macbeth Act II  

• Read and discuss Macbeth Act II 
• Finish Act II for Monday, 3/25 

• Bellringer: Premonition 
• Read and discuss Macbeth Act III 

• Read and discuss Macbeth Act III  

• Macbeth Acts I - III Quiz = 50 points 
• Review vocabulary lessons #1 - #5 

• Vocabulary #5 Quiz 
• Watch movie of Macbeth Act III 

•   Read and discuss Macbeth Act IV
•   We will finish Macbeth next week.

• Vocabulary #6 Lesson 
• Read and discuss Macbeth Act IV 

• Read and discuss Macbeth Act V  

• Finish reading Macbeth and review for test

• Review Macbeth and watch various interpretations 
• Watch movie ending 

• Macbeth Unit Test = 50 points 
• Assignment: Bring an example of humor to class on Monday, 4/8 

• Humor example due! 
• Take notes on humor and examine examples 

Early Release - Teacher Meeting 

• Share student examples of humor
• Hand back vocabulary #6 worksheet
• Continue notes on humor and Mark Twain
• Assign Twain quote activity 

Early Release - PLC Teacher Meeting - Grade Improvement Opportunity Class from 2:15-3:05 - ALL English IV students are welcome to attend! 

• Show examples of humor
• Introduce The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn excerpts  

3rd and 4th periods meet in Computer Lab  

• Work on Twain quote activity - due Monday, 4/15
• CHS Musical in the afternoon 

8th period meet in Computer Lab 

• Vocabulary #6 Quiz
• Show student examples of humor
• Read and discuss Huck Finn excerpts 
• Twain quote activity due Monday, 4/15 

• Vocabulary #7 Lesson - due in class
• Twain quote activity and Huck Finn vocabulary worksheet due! 

• Show humor examples 
• Background notes on Twain 
• Dialect worksheet 

• Background notes on Twain  
• Summary of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer  

• Introduce background to Huck Finn excerpts
• Discuss novel guide talking points about key quotes and scenes 

No School - Good Friday!  

No School - Happy Easter!  

• Read and discuss The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn excerpts, chapter 1

Early Release Day 

• Present Twain Quotes 
• Read and discuss The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn chapter 2 

• Hand back vocabulary #7 - quiz next Thursday, 5/02 = 50 points 
• Discuss end of the semester - calendar of events & lessons
• Finish discussing Twain & The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn excerpts, chapter 3
• Notes on science fiction 
• Assign the short story "The Cold Equation": read, highlight, and annotate - due Monday, 4/29
• Assign Fahrenheit 451, Part 1 and study guide - due Tuesday, 4/30 

• Read and discuss "The Cold Equation"
• Moral dilemmas 

• Introduce Fahrenheit 451
• background notes 
• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 1, pp 3-32 
• We will begin reading and discussing the study guide in class 
• Finish reading for Tuesday, 4/30 

• Movie trailer – V for Vendetta – totalitarian society 
• Fahrenheit 451 - Part 1, pp 3-32 due!
• In-class activity
• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 1, pp 32-40 and study guide questions 

• Discuss Semester Exam
• Movie clip – old F451 and new HBO 2018 F451 trailer 
• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 1, pp 40-68 and study guide questions
• We will begin reading and discussing the study guide in class 
• Finish reading for Thursday, 5/02  

Mrs. Burkey will be gone for a Google Teacher Conference - Substitute Teacher 

• Vocabulary #7 Quiz = 50 points
• Turn in F451 Part 1 study guides  
• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 2, pp 71-80 and study guide questions  

• All Spring Semester Bonus due!  
• Fahrenheit 451 - Part 2, pp 71-80 due!
• Assign: "The Lesson that Stuck & What I Learned"  
• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 2, pp 80-110 and study guide questions
• We will begin reading and discussing the study guide in class 
• Finish reading F451 Part II for Monday, 5/06 

Caps and gowns will be distributed by the CHS office during advisory periods.  Seniors will not be given their cap and gown if they still have a balance due with Balfour. 

• Fahrenheit 451, Part 2 due - discuss study guide and big ideas 
• Review for Semester Exam
• F451 Part 3 will be due on Thursday, 5/09 

Scholarship Night Information Sheet is due back to the guidance office by the end of the day.

• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 3, pp 113-145 and study guide questions
• We will begin reading and discussing the study guide in class 
• Finish reading for Wednesday, 5/08 

Early Release Day

(AP English Literature Exam) 

• Assign Fahrenheit 451 - Part 3, pp 145-165 and study guide questions
• We will begin reading and discussing the study guide in class 
• Finish reading F451 Part III for Thursday, 5/09 
• "The Lesson that Stuck & What I Learned" worksheet due - begin presenting in class

(AP Chemistry Exam)

• Discuss Fahrenheit 451 - Part 3, pp 145-165
• If we have time, we will read and discuss the "Afterword" pp 167-173 and "Coda" pp 175-179
• Turn in ALL CHS books and borrowed materials
• Share "The Lesson that Stuck & What I Learned" 
• Senior Farewells - 8th period 

Senior Exams for periods 6, 7, & 8 (Must attend 1-5): 8th Period English IV Semester Exam

• Share "The Lesson that Stuck & What I Learned" 
• Senior Farewells - 3rd period and 4th period
• Watch Fahrenheit 451 movie

Senior Exams for periods 1, 2, 3, & 4 (May leave after last exam): 3rd Period and 4th Period English IV Semester Exam

(AP Calculus Exam)

Graduation Pictures: 

• Students who want individual pictures should arrive by 9 am.
• A class picture will be taken at 10 am in the auxiliary gym.
• All pictures will be taken in caps and gowns.  No decorations are allowed on caps.
• Immediately following the group picture, graduates will walk to Tri-C to do the Graduate Hallway walk.

MANDATORY Graduation Practice:

• Practice will be held in the competition gym, following the Tri-C Graduate Walk.
• Students who do not attend graduation practice will not be allowed to participate in the graduation ceremony unless they have received prior approval from Mr. Rogers.

All Obligations Due:

• All obligations such as uniforms, cafeteria account balance, library books/fines, textbooks, detentions must be taken care of before you leave graduation practice.  Graduates with remaining obligations will not be given a diploma

Senior Trip to Six Flags St. Louis.  Meet in the competition gym at 8 am.

Graduation will be held at 7 pm in the competition gymnasium.  Graduates should start arriving at 6 pm; Graduates must be present and in the cafeteria by 6:30 pm.

• Doors will open to the public and graduates at 6 pm.
• General Graduation Information…
• Participation in the graduation ceremony is a privilege, not a right.  Any senior who is suspended out of school through graduation will not be allowed to participate in the ceremony.
• Graduation is a dressy occasion.  If assistance is needed to purchase appropriate clothing, please see a counselor.  Again, there are to be no decorations on caps.
• A complimentary picture will be taken of you receiving your diploma from Mr. Rogers during the ceremony.  No parents will be allowed on the gym floor for this purpose.  All guests are welcome onto the floor at the completion of the ceremony.
• Graduation is for the graduates, families, classmates, and all community members.  Enjoy the moment, but please do not do anything to distract others from enjoying the moment as well.

Final Thoughts for Graduates from CHS…

• Enjoy your achievement and be proud of your accomplishments, but remember this is just one of many achievements yet to come in your lifetime.  Please make good decisions as you move forward.  Congratulations, and let’s finish this semester strong and look forward to moving into the next phase of your life!