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

 WEEK ONE (Fall Semester 2019)

• Teacher In-service Day - No student attendance 

Welcome Back to School!

• Discuss Course Overview, Syllabus, and Classroom Procedures
• Assign: "Getting to Know You" worksheet - due by Friday, 8/16
• Classroom supplies and signed Course Overview are due by Tuesday, 8/20 

Continue course introduction

• Note card activity
• Discuss classroom handouts
• Course Overview Scavenger Hunt
• Turn in "Getting to Know You" worksheet by Friday, 8/16 

• Share Course Overview Scavenger Hunt answers and discuss "Writing Do's and Don'ts" handout
• Introduce Bellringer #1: What does it mean to "think for yourself"?  Is this important?  Explain why or why not. 
• Discuss previewing, highlighting, and annotating a text (handout)

• Bellringer #2 
• Notes over Critical Reading vs. Critical Thinking (ppt)
• Introduce "Critical Reading vs. Critical Thinking" (handout) 
• Have students highlight differences between critical reading and critical thinking and then annotate by explaining the difference in your own words
• Think/Pair/Share 
• REMINDER: Classroom supplies and signed Course Overview are due by Tuesday, 8/20 

WEEK TWO - Advisory (Blue)

• Assign Vocabulary Lesson #1 - Group Work
• Discuss "Critical Reading vs. Critical Thinking" annotations
• Discuss "Reading Nonfiction vs. Reading Fiction" (handout) 
• Discuss ASOAPSSTone Chart - read and apply
• Dr. Seuss example (handout)
• "As a Man Thinketh" (handout - excerpt from book) 

• Supplies and signed Course Overview due for English IV! = 10 points 
• Review ASOAPSSTone 
• Assign "Thought and Character" from As a Man Thinketh - 10 highlight/annotations - due Wed., 8/21 

Wednesday 

• "As a Man Thinketh" highlighting and annotating due = 20 points
• Complete ASOAPSSTone Chart with a partner 
• MLA citation for a book 

• Vocabulary #1 practice quiz 
• Writing About Literature (ppt)
• Summary Writing  

Meet the Lions Friday Night: 5-6:00 CHS Open House 

• Bellringer #3
• PWR SIFTTT “Looking for a Rain God” by Bessie Head
• Introduce READ-SIFTTT fiction analysis
• Bessie Head author bio
• Assign highlighting and annotating the short story for Monday, 8/26 

• "Looking for a Rain God" short story annotations due!
• Vocabulary Teams - Vocabulary #2 WS - due in class
• Assignment: Read "The Assignment of my Life" p 416 in textbook and summarize  

• Bellringer #4: Empathy 
• Summary due!
• Watch the Ted Talk: "The Danger of a Single Story" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 
• Discuss PWR SIFTTT and literary terms
• Literary Analysis
• "Looking for a Rain God" 

Early Release Day 

•   Finish discussing the short story "Looking for a Rain God" by Bessie Head
• Introduce Self-Improvement Group Book Project
• Make a criteria list and discuss book options 

• Bellringer #5 
• Review "explication" from Writing About Literature notes
• Discuss class criteria and select class books for group projects 

• Assign book project groups
• Check out books to students
• Divide sections
• Annotations for section #1 due Wednesday, 9/4
• No School Monday - Labor Day! 

WEEK FOUR - Advisory (Blue) - Self-Improvement Book Group Project 

No School - Labor Day

• Finish discussing "Looking for a Rain God"
• Review "explication" from Writing About Literature notes
• Bellringer #5  
• Hand back vocabulary lesson #2 - quiz Thursday over lessons #1 and #2 
• Discuss class criteria and due dates for Group Book Project
• Annotations for section #1 are due tomorrow at the beginning of class 

• Section #1 Annotations due! - - each group member must complete 10 annotations for student led discussion (SLD #1)
• Turn in annotations and notes
• Review for vocabulary quiz (lessons #1 and #2) 

• Vocabulary #2 Quiz 
• Read and annotate section #2 

Meet in Computer Lab 

• Discuss typed summary and explication paragraph
• Section #1 Summary & Explication paragraphs due Monday, 9/9
• Work on section #2 annotations, due Tuesday, 9/10 (if done with section #2, work on section #3 annotations) 

WEEK FIVE - Advisory (Orange) 

•  Meet in Book Groups
• Section #1 typed summary and explication paragraphs due!
• Vocabulary #3 WS - due by the end of class today
• Section #2 annotations due Tuesday, 9/10 

• Section #2 annotations due!
• SLD #2 - complete group notes WS 
• Start section #3 annotations, due Monday, 9/16

• Early Release Day - Meet in Computer Lab A
• Discuss and share Google Slides for group presentation
• Read and annotate section #3 

Computer Lab B 

• Review project roles and assignments 
• Section #2 typed summary and explication paragraphs due! 
• Work on section #3 annotations - due Monday, 9/16 

•   Teacher In-service Day

WEEK SIX - Advisory (Blue) 

Monday

• Bellringer #6: Discuss a life lesson from your group book
• Section #3 annotations are due!
• Review due dates for project
• SLD #3 - complete in class 

Tuesday

• Vocabulary #1-3 review worksheet
• Hand back vocabulary #3 lesson
• Discuss visual aides and presentation rubric
• Work in groups on book project 

Meet in Computer Lab A

• Section #3 typed paragraphs due!
• Work on group presentation
• Section #4 annotations due Friday 

Thursday

• Vocabulary #3 Quiz = 50 points (lessons 1, 2, and 3)
• Work on section #4 annotations and visual aide 

Meet in class and then go to Computer Lab A

• Section #4 annotations due
• SLD #4
• Section #4 typed paragraphs due Monday, 9/23
• Visual aides due Tuesday, 9/24 
• Presentations begin Wednesday, 9/25 

WEEK SEVEN - Advisory (Orange) - National Banned Books Week

Computer Lab A 

• Section #4 typed paragraphs due!
• Work on section #5 annotations 

• Discuss Banned Books Week - "Censorship leaves us in the dark.  Keep the light on!" 
• Video "Top 11 Books for 2018" 
• Group project visual aide due!
• Section #5 annotations due - SLD #5 
• Discuss public speaking tips and professional dress 
• Work on group project 

Early Release Day 

• Presentations and peer evaluations 

• Southern Illinois Association of English Teachers Conference in Carbondale - Substitute Teacher 
• Vocabulary #4 lesson - complete in class  

• Presentations and peer evaluations 

• Self-Improvement Book Group Project 
• Presentations and peer evaluations 

• Finish speech presentations, if needed 
• Presentations and peer evaluations 
• Introduce evaluation essay 

• Discuss essay expectations and format  
• Review "MLA Style Guide" and "Writing Do's and Don'ts" handouts
• Make sure students have necessary Google Slides from group presentations  
• Work on evaluation essay prewriting worksheet 
• Turn in group books 

Meet in Computer Lab A 

• Bring prewriting notes and handouts for evaluation essay 
• Type evaluation essay rough draft

PICTURE DAY at CHS! 

• Vocabulary #4 Quiz = 30 points (lessons 1, 2, 3, and 4) 
• Work on evaluation essay 
• Assign self-revision handout 
• Discuss group speech peer evaluations in small groups  

* CHS Homecoming is next week!

Sunday, October 6

Student Bonfire 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

The bonfire is for CHS students only and will be behind the visitors stands at Lions Field.

Students are encouraged to bring the following items:

Freshmen - hotdogs/buns,      Sophomores - dessert,      Juniors - drinks,      Seniors - chips

All items must be pre-packaged and should not contain nuts of any kind.

Spirit Wear Theme: Hawaiian vs. Gothic

     Hawaiian: dress in tropical theme OR Gothic: dress in black

Go to Computer Lab A

• Evaluation essay rough draft due!
• Swap with at least two partners and peer revise 
• Work on final draft 
• Assign Submission Notes  

Spirit Wear Theme: Country vs. Country Club

     Country: wear your western wear OR Country Club: wear your “yuppie” attire

• Vocabulary #5 lesson - complete in class
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Early Release Day 

Spirit Wear Theme: Class vs. Class

     Wear your class color: Freshmen - Black, Sophomores - Yellow, Juniors - Blue, Seniors - Pink

• Computer Lab B - type final draft
• Return all peer revisions
• Assign evaluation essay submission notes (worksheet to submit with final draft) - Evaluation Essay Final Draft due Wednesday, 10/16 

Spirit Wear Theme: Rock vs. Rap

     Rock: dress like a rock star OR Rap: dress like a rapper

CHS Homecoming Parade Day!

• Evaluation Essay due on Wednesday, 10/16 - moved due date from today 10/10 since the Homecoming Parade was moved to today at 1:00 PM
• Introduce A Simple Act of Gratitude (class novel, memoir)
• Bellringer #8: Identify 5 people for whom you are grateful and explain why. 
• NPR interview with author A. J. Jacobs - https://www.npr.org/2019/01/18/686269793/aj-jacobs-how-can-we-thank-those-we-take-for-granted
• TED Talk / Brian Doyle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNfAnkojhoE
• TED Talk / Dr. Laura Tice - https://www.ted.com/talks/laura_trice_suggests_we_all_say_thank_you?language=en#t-184069 

Spirit Wear Theme: Orange & Blue - Show your Carterville Lion Pride!

• REVISED SCHEDULE due to rain today:
• Class periods 1-3 met Thursday before the parade
• Class periods 4-8 will meet in the morning, 8:10 - 11:32
• 5th period is POWER HOUR/Lunch 11:32-12:32
• Meet in 8th period class at 12:32 until released to Homecoming Pep Session
• Pep Session 12:45 - 3:05 

Saturday, October 12

• Coronation Ceremony at 6:30 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium
• Homecoming Dance at 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. in the CHS Auxiliary Gym
•  Tickets for the dance will be sold in the cafeteria before school Monday 10/7 through Friday 10/11
•  Ticket prices: $10 for CHS students or $20 for approved guests 

No School - Happy Columbus Day! 

• Hand back papers and remind students to check grades on Skyward 
• Discuss Group Book Project and speech evaluations
• Notes on A Simple Act of Gratitude literary terms

Meet in Computer Lab A (3rd and 4th periods / Lab B - 8th period 

• Evaluation Essay final draft and submission notes due! 
• Vocabulary Review - Quizlet 

Parent / Teacher Conferences from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM 

• Vocabulary Quiz #5
• Finish introduction notes for A Simple Act of Gratitude 
• A Simple Act of Gratitude, Part 1 - Assign chapters 1 & 2 and discussion questions 

• Discuss chapters 1 & 2 
• Assign chapters 3 & 4 and discussion questions 

• Vocabulary Lesson #6 - complete in class
• A Simple Act of Gratitude, Part 1 - Chapters 3 & 4 and discussion questions due
• Introduce Thank You Thursdays and assign Thank You #1 - rough draft and address due Wednesday, 10/23 

• A Simple Act of Gratitude, chapters 5 & 6 and discussion questions
• Begin reading and discussing in class
• Finish chapter 6 for Wednesday, 10/23 

Early Release Day 

• Thank You #1 rough draft and address due!
• Peer revise in class 
• A Simple Act of Gratitude, Part 1 Quiz = 50 points 

Parent / Teacher Conferences from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

• Thank You Thursday #1
• Summarize chapters 7-10 and discuss chapter notes
• Assign reading and discuss chapter 13 (9 pages) - moved to Monday, 10/28

No Student Attendance - Teacher In-service

• Finish discussing chapters 7-12 and take notes over summaries 
• Read and discuss chapters 13 - 16 (19 pages) 
• Finish reading and annotations for Tuesday, 10/29 

• Discuss annotations for chapters 13 - 16 
• Read and discuss chapter 17, assign chapters 18 - 19 (25 pages) 
• Students should continue to annotate all chapters for Part 2 

• Thank You #2 rough draft and address due
• Peer revise in class 
• Have students share their notes with one another for chapters 17 - 19 
• Assign reading chapters 20 - 21 (16 pages)  
• Assign Socratic seminar questions due Tuesday, 11/05

• Thank You #2
• Vocabulary #6 Quiz
• Students should continue reading chapters 20-21 and complete annotations or work on their seminar responses 

1/2 Day Teacher In-service - Meet in Computer Lab A

• Read chapters 20 - 21 and complete annotations
• Discuss seminar questions
• Type seminar responses
• Typed seminar responses and book annotations for chapters 7-21 are due on Tuesday, 11/5 

• Review vocabulary lessons 1-6 
• No new vocabulary lesson this week 
• Remind students that seminar responses are due on Tuesday, 11/05  
• Discuss chapters 17 - 21 and annotations 
• If time allows watch It's a Wonderful Life on PPT

Computer Lab Work Day - LAB A: 3rd and 4th Periods and LAB B: 8th Period 

• Type A Simple Act of Gratitude Socratic seminar responses - due by 3:15 today
• Students must have completed seminar responses to participate in seminar
• Students can review vocabulary terms (or research possible businesses for cover letter assignment that will be introduced next week) 

Early Release Day 

• A Simple Act of Gratitude Socratic seminar

• Thank You #3 rough draft and address due!
• Watch It's a Wonderful Life movie ending (approx. 90 minutes)

• Finish watching It's a Wonderful Life movie ending (approx. 90 minutes)
• Thank You #3 final draft
• Read and discuss chapters 22 - 25 
• Assign discussion questions - due Tuesday, 11/12 

No School - Happy Veteran's Day!

SNOW DAY! 

• Finish discussing A Simple Act of Gratitude 
• Review cover letter and resume assignment
• Interview skills 

• Finish discussing A Simple Act of Gratitude 
• Review cover letter and resume assignment
• Assign Dream Job worksheet - due Thursday, 11/14 
• Interview skills

Computer Lab Work Day - LAB A: 3rd Period & 4th Period / LAB B: 8th Period

• Thank You #4 rough draft and address due 
• Type resume and reference list
• Research a business for cover letter
• Dream Job worksheet due! 
• Review for A Simple Act of Gratitude/Writing for Real Life Unit Test  

• A Simple Act of Gratitude Unit Test (Mrs. Burkey was out sick and the substitute had issues with giving the test - Retake on Tuesday, 11/19)
• Cover Letter and Resume due Wednesday, 11/20
• Thank You #4 FD 

• Vocabulary #7 lesson 
• Discuss any remaining questions over A Simple Act of Gratitude 
• Discuss Resume, Reference List, and Cover Letter (adjust due dates)
• Resume and Reference List due Wednesday, 11/20
• Cover Letter due Friday, 11/22 

• Thank You #5 rough draft and address due - peer revise in class
• Pick out your thank you card since we will be in the computer lab on Wednesday 
• Retake A Simple Act of Gratitude and Writing for Real Life Test = 100 points

Early Release Day - Go to Computer Lab (3rd & 4th - Computer Lab A / 8th - Computer Lab B) 

• Resume and reference list due! 
• Thank You #5 FD  

Attend CHS Fall Play - A Miracle on 34th Street in the afternoon 

• 3rd and 4th - Meet in Computer Lab A / 8th period will have access to Chromebooks in classroom after the Fall Play
• Thank You #6 RD and address due - peer revise
• Review requirements and example for writing a Cover Letter
• Type Cover Letter - due Friday, 11/22 

• Thank You #6 FD 
• Introduce science article for cross-curricular activity - we will be examining rhetoric and reviewing literary terms and devices for persuasive argument
• Rhetoric PPT E4 PERSUASIVE WRITING Review.pptx
• ASSIGNMENT: Read, highlight, and annotate the article for Monday, 11/25 E4 student notes Persuasive Writing Review - Science Article.docx

3rd & 4th - Computer Lab A / 8th - Computer Lab B  

• Thank You #7 rough draft and address due - peer revise in class
• Discuss science article
• Type paragraph - annotated article and paragraph due Tuesday, 11/26 

Meet in classroom 

• Typed paragraph - literary analysis of science article - and annotated article due (staple annotated article, notes, and annotated article) 
• Thank You #7 FD
• Introduce Forging a Hero / History of the English Language
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No School - Enjoy the holiday weekend! 

No School - Happy Thanksgiving! 

No School - Black Friday!  

• Introduce and discuss The Oral Tradition - early storytelling
• Assign: read, highlight, and annotate two creation stories 
• Go to Computer Lab
• Type science article paragraph 
• Vocabulary 1-7 review  

• The Bible as/in Literature
• Introduction to World Literature notes (PPT)  E4 Archetype PPT 2018.ppt
• Creation stories due 

• Thank You #8 rough draft and address due 
• The Bible As/In Literature notes (PPT) Bible Intro PPT (1).ppt
• What is literature?
• Allusion / Motif / Archetype  

• Thank you #8 final draft
• Vocabulary #7 Quiz (lessons 1-7) = 50 points

• Discuss stories
• Creation stories
• "Cain and Abel"
• Introduce Beowulf 

• Beowulf  

• Beowulf 

Early Release Day

• Thank You #9 rough draft and address due 
• Finish discussing Beowulf 

• Thank You #9
• Transition from Old English to Middle English 
• Notes on The Canterbury Tales

• All Fall Semester Bonus due!   
• The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue 

• Thank You #10 rough draft and address due
• The Canterbury Tales: The Prologue 

• Thank You #10 and Thank You Tracking Sheet due! 

• Semester Exams

• Semester Exams