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10th Grade English

 

Day

Objective

Procedure

Assessment

Monday 6/6

Students will be able to situate final copies of documents within the writing process.

Time in the computer lab to complete final drafts.

Final Essays

Tuesday 6/7

Students will present final essays to the class.

Students will present final copies.

Presentations

Wednesday 6/8

Students will be able to review and recall past information and semester contents.

Students will review key plots, characters, and themes from semester texts.

Review Games

Thursday 6/9

Students will write moral essays for “Lessons Learned” packet.

Students will brainstorm ideas and outline / layout booklets.

Review Outlines

Friday 6/10

FINALS BEGIN

FINALS BEGIN

FINALS BEGIN

 

10th Grade English

 

Day

Objective

Procedure

Assessment

Monday 5/30

MEMORIAL DAY

MEMORIAL DAY

MEMORIAL DAY

Tuesday 5/31

Students will finish rough drafts of essays in class.

Students will work on rough drafts in the computer lab.

Rough Draft

Wednesday 6/1

Student will learn how to cite information within the text of a research paper.

Use citation translation activity and begin inserting citations in-text.

Citations

Thursday 6/2

Students will use personal and peer edit strategies to revise draft.

Students will read papers aloud to groups and make active edits. 

Aloud Reading

Friday 6/3

Students will use personal and peer edit strategies to revise draft.

Students will use peer edit worksheet and follow guidelines to affectively edit papers.

Peer Edit Worksheet

10th Grade English

 

Day

Objective

Procedure

Assessment

Monday 5/23

Students will outline important key concepts that are important to the informative research paper.

Begin outlining research papers in the lab.

Outlining

Tuesday 5/24

Students will outline important key concepts that are important to the informative research paper.

Learn outlining strategies and restructure current outlines.

Outlining

Wednesday 5/25

TIGERS GAME

TIGERS GAME

TIGERS GAME

Thursday 5/26

Students will be able to write fluent and structured research papers.

Students will work on rough drafts in the computer lab.

Rough Draft

Friday 5/27

Students will be able to write fluent and structured research papers.

Students will work on rough drafts in the computer lab.

Rough Draft

10th Grade English

 

Day

Objective

Procedure

Assessment

Monday 5/16

Students will be able to examine themes and find evidence and statements of them in literature.

Students will write a timed in-class essay for “Raisin in the Sun”.

Essay

Tuesday 5/17

Students will be able to discover research paper topics for informative research papers.

Students will work on drafting a prospectus for their research papers.

Draft Prospectus

Wednesday 5/18

Student will be able to recognize the sources required to research their topics.

Students will work on finding sources for a compiled bibliography.

Bibliography

Thursday 5/19

Students will outline important key concepts that are important to the informative research paper.

Students will work on outlining in the computer lab.

Outlines

Friday 5/20

Students will outline important key concepts that are important to the informative research paper.

Students will work on outlining in the computer lab.

Outlines

10th Grade English

 

Day

Objective

Procedure

Assessment

Monday 5/9

Student will be able to read and interpret literary images and plot progression.

Re-summarize first two acts of “Raisin in the Sun” and continue with act three.

Guided Reading Questions

Tuesday 5/10

Student will be able to read and interpret literary images and plot progression.

Continue reading act three of “Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

Wednesday 5/11

Student will be able to read and interpret literary images and plot progression.

Complete final act of “Raisin in the Sun”.  Discuss ending and the finality of the themes.

Guided Reading Questions

Thursday 5/12

Students will be able to visualize characterization and compare and contrast multiple media interpretations.

Start watching 1968 version of “Raisin in the Sun”.

Compare / Contrast Notes

Friday 5/13

Students will be able to visualize characterization and compare and contrast multiple media interpretations.

Finish watching 1968 version of “Raisin in the Sun”.

Compare / Contrast Notes

 

10th Grade English

DAY

OBJECTIVES

PROCEDURE

ASSESSMENT

Monday 5/2

Students will be able to read and understand social themes and plot elements in  “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Continue Act II of “Raisin in the Sun” in-class.

Guided Reading Questions

Tuesday 5/3

Students will be able to understand compare and contrast societal events with novel events.

Read a historical document on the housing of African Americans and write a question response.

Response Essay

Wednesday 5/4

Students will be able to read and understand social themes and plot elements in  “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Complete Act II of “Raisin in the Sun” in-class.

Guided Reading Questions

Thursday 5/5

Students will be able to revise and edit rough drafts and prewrites.

Revise response essays from Tuesday. 

Revisions

Friday 5/6

Students will be able to read and understand social themes and plot elements in  “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Begin Act III of “Raisin in the Sun” in-class.

Guided Reading Questions

10th Grade English

DAY

OBJECTIVE

ACTIVITIES

ASSESSMENT

Monday 4/25

No School

No School

No School

Tuesday 4/26

Students will be able to relate plot elements throughout multiple genres.

Play first and second acts of “A Raisin in the Sun” for the class.

Compare / Contrast

Wednesday 4/27

Students will understand theme and literary devices while reading.

Continue with Act II of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

Thursday 4/28

Students will acquire test taking strategies and review prior exams.

Finish with Act II of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

Friday 4/29

Students will be able to articulate essays in a timed writing situation.

Essay response to Raisin in the Sun prompt based on week’s reading.

Essay

10th Grade English

DAY

OBJECTIVE

ACTIVITIES

ASSESSMENT

Monday 4/18

Students will understand theme and literary devices while reading.

Continue and complete Act I of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Anticipation Guide

Tuesday 4/19

Students will use historical media to further understanding of literary context.

Discuss the Chicago race riots and black culture of the time period.

Video Responses

Wednesday 4/20

Students will understand theme and literary devices while reading.

Begin Act II of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

Thursday 4/21

Students will acquire test taking strategies and review prior exams.

ACT Prep

ACT Prep

Friday 4/22

No School

No School

No School

10th Grade English

DAY

OBJECTIVE

ACTIVITIES

ASSESSMENT

Monday 4/11

Students will be able to utilize pre-reading and anticipation guide strategies.

Proceed with anticipation guide exercise and social prejudices discussion.

Anticipation Guide

Tuesday 4/12

Students will be able to utilize pre-reading and anticipation guide strategies.

Divide up roles and understand character biographies.

Character Guide

Wednesday 4/13

Students will understand theme and literary devices while reading.

Begin Act I of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

Thursday 4/14

Students will understand theme and literary devices while reading.

Continue Act I of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

Friday 4/15

Students will understand theme and literary devices while reading.

Continue Act I of “A Raisin in the Sun”.

Guided Reading Questions

10th Grade English

 

Day

Objective

Procedure

Assessment

Monday 3/28

Student will be able to review and self-assess general themes and personal progress.

Review of past quarter and pre-reading for next term.

Pre-Reading

Tuesday 3/29

Students will be able to understand the historical context in which a novel takes place.

Use the computer lab to begin Great Migration Webquest.

Webquest

Wednesday 3/30

Students will be able to understand the historical context in which a novel takes place.

Use the computer lab to begin Great Migration Webquest.

Webquest

Thursday 3/31

Student will be able to understand the historical context of which a novel is based.

Read Harlem Renaissance Poetry

Poems Worksheet

Friday 4/1

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES

CONFERENCES