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Color Guide: Homework * Major Project * Groupwork * Quiz * Classwork * Multimedia * Active Learning
Opener: link to past to present, p 433 Read "An Episode of War" pp 441-447 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking p 448 (or photograph activity). Watch video on Red Badget of Courage |
Opener: Literary Focus, p 448 Lecture: from Romanticism to Realism Read "An Incident at Owl Creek Bridge" pp 466-475 Do Comprehension _ 2 of Critical Thining, p 475 |
Groups: create a timeline based on pages 216-217 in the book (the years 1800-1850). Identify events that are relevant to the history of Sumner County. Watch part 1 of the movie, Glory |
Groups: create a timeline based on pages 430-431 (1850-1910). Identify events that are relevant to the hitory of Sumner County Glory, part 2 |
Finish Glory, if necessary Socratic Circle: "Weep not maiden, for War is Kind." |
| Bonus assignment: Read "The Master and the Mistress" a book review in the New York Times by Eric Foner. Answer questions about the reading for 7 to 10 bonus points (see Mr. Dittes for the question sheet). | ||||
Master Plan: identify your grade and any missing major assignments. Move Around Lecture: America 1850-1914 Negro Spiritualls: pp 450-453 Practice writing a spritual Listen to some sample spirituals |
Review of History, 1850-1914 Read "from My Bondage" pp 456-463 52 Stephen Douglass |
Slavery as seen by Southerners--Stephen Foster's Music We will write the final drafts of our essays in class as a mid-term exam equivalent. |
Fall Break Parent-Teacher Conferences |
Fall Break No School |
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Lecture: American Painting in the early 1800s Ralph Waldo Emerson Do Literary Focus, p 370 #s 1-3 |
Library: we complete our 2nd Inspiration project--ways that Nature inspires us. Henry David Thoreau Go over Rubric: Outline to Essay HW: 1D Outline to Essay due Thursday |
Emily Dickinson Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, pages 397, 399 and 401 Isn't it Romantic? Preview Complete Outline to Essay to turn in |
Outside: we walk and do an "I see-I feel" activity Walt Whitman |
Homecoming Pep Rally 2nd Block Bonus: Isn't it Romantic? Song lyric analysis. |
Handout: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 52s Handout Video: Essex, the True Story |
Historic Poems: Select a 19th-century career that you will research in the library. We will go to the library to learn how to use the program, Inspiration, to ourline our work. |
Watch a video about the story of Moby Dick Read Moby Dick pp 330-337 52 Outline |
Moby Dick pp 337-345 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 345 52 Portfolio Project due Friday |
Harpooning Activity Outside Socratic Circle |
Read "Crossing the Great Divide" and "The Most Sublime Spectacle on Earth" pp 274 - 281 5-2s outline What's so wild about the West? Go to the library or Plato Lab to complete the Guided writing assignment, p 283 |
More on Lewis & Clark. Watch Lewis & Clark, Great Journey West. Write a 52 outline: What was the Voyage of Discovery like? Walk outside to discover and name new sites in the area. |
Read "Heading West" pp 544-550 View "Into the West, Wagon Trail" on DVD Write an additional diary entry describing the trip. |
God Rush Day "Gold Rush Letters" hand out activity Sweet Betsey from Pike activity
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View short film on the death of the bison herds Socratic Circle: Hunting Bison |
Compare the paintings on page 116 & 214 Pop Quiz: America in the 1st half of the 19th Century Move Around Lecture: History 1800 to 1850 HW: Final Draft Issues Essay due Wednesday |
Grammar from papers HW: Choose one of the following stories to read for Thursday. A quiz will be given on the story of your choice:
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Read "The Devil and Daniel Webster" handout.
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Review the elements of Gothic literature, including three Gothic poems Watch first 30 Minutes of Big Fish, discuss Gothic elementts |
Pep Rally 4th Block will finish the movie, Big Fish Bonus Assignment: Watch a gothic film or write a gothic tale.
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No School Labor Day Holiday
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Go over Rhetorical Techniques from last week. Read 2 speeches: "Speech in the Virginia Convention, " pp 168-171; and "Speech in the Convention" pp 172-173. Do Outline sheets for these speeches Literary Focus, p 174 |
Read "Washington's Speech to his Soldiers" Handout Do a basic outline summary Go over Rubric for the Issues Essay |
View speech: Barack Obama accepts the nomination. IdentifySIX rhetorical devicesObama used in the speech. |
View speech: John McCain accepts the nomination Identify issues raise in the speech Identify rhetorical devices used in the speech. Socratic Circle, if time allows
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Grammar from papers (Mr. Dittes will return first drafts at this time) Move around Lecture: America 1750 to 1800 HW: Final Draft Decision & Consequences Essay due Wednesday |
Identify some quality about yourself you wish to improve. Group: identify a three-step plan for self improvement. Read "from The Autobiography" pp 131 to 135. Use words from the text to analyze Franklin's experienc |
"God Save the King" song exercise Identify a level of independence at school or at home you wish you had. Read "The Declaration of Independence," pp 140-143, or "from Common Sense" pp 144-145. Identify ways Jefferson and Paine supported their ideas. Use one of the techniques to support your independence. |
"Yankee Doodle" lyrics exercise
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Short Video on the life of Thomas Jefferson Socratic Circle: Writings of Thomas Jefferson |
Read Indian mythology: "The Earth on Turle's Back," "When Grizzlies Walked Upright," and "from The Navajo Origin Legend." Do all Comprehension questions and 2 of Critical Thinking on pages 23 and 25. |
Read "from The General History of Virginia" OR "from Of Plymouth Plantation" Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking questions on pages 70 or 75. "You think you have it bad" activity. |
Read "from The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano" pp 42-47 Watch clips from Amistad Go over Rubric for the Decision & Consequences EssayHW: Decision & Consequences Essay due Friday |
Applying Language skills, p 85 Read "from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" pp 96-101 Do Comprehension + 2 of Critical Thinking, p 101 |
Socratic Circle: |