Dual Enrollment English - Quarter 4
Week 9
Monday, May 15
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Tuesday, May 16
Establish
SWBAT STAR TEST
Engage
- Bellwork: how can you ensure your STAR test is successful?
STAR TEST
Wednesday, May 17
Establish
SWBAT work on book review
Engage
- Bellwork: Why is it important to read over the summer?
- Individual Work: Work on book summary (due tomorrow)
Thursday, May 18
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Friday, May 19
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Monday, May 8
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: How do you like your draft?
Tuesday, May 9
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: How will you effectively argue?
- Analyze draft:
1. Count sentences
2. Write code
3. Analyze code (how can you vary sentence length?)
4. Circle "salt" words
5. Revise!
Wednesday, May 10
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: How is your life going?
- Peer edit draft
Thursday, May 11
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: What grade would you like on your draft? How will you achieve this grade?
- Work on draft (fill out revision worksheet)
Friday, May 12
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: What are you proud of in your draft? Explain.
- Work on draft (fill out revision worksheet)
Week 7
Monday, May 1
Establish
SWBAT explore effective uses of evidence
Engage
- Bellwork: Should opinions without evidence be considered valid? Explain why or why not.
- Whole Class: PowerPoint on opinion without evidence
- Whole Class: Agree/Disagree activity
- Individual Work: Read the following articles for preparation of discussion tomorrow:
Billerica Parents Plead for Return to A-B-Cs
Boston Globe, February 10, 2013
NACAC Survey: Grades Matter Most in College Admision
National Association for College Admission Counseling
Many Elementary Schools Abandon Letter GradesWashington Post, September 23, 2011
No Grading, More Learning
Inside Higher Ed, May 3, 2010
Tuesday, May 2
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What evidence did you find to support your stance on the statement "instead of letter grades, teachers should give feedback"?
- Whole Class: Go over "Philosophical Chairs" procedure
- Discussion
Wednesday, May 3
Establish
SWBAT explore arguments
Engage
- Bellwork: How are you? Describe.
- Complete Argument Cards
1. If you agree with the statement, state your position clearly
2. Then, CLEARLY state the three reasons you have that support your position
- Tour cards, vote on best "Agree" and best "disagree"
- Final Argumentative Paper – Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“Adnan Syed is guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee”
Thursday, May 4
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What major tips can you recall from this year in English to help you with your argumentative paper? Describe.
- Vote on argument cards - "Adnan Syed is guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee" (do you agree or disagree?)
- Begin working on 1st draft of argumentative essay (5 paragraph essay)
- Example of Argument for Serial
Remember- this last paper should demonstrate what you have learned this year including
1. Research methods
2. Correctly including/citing evidence
3. Structuring paragraphs
4. PEE
5. Topic and Concluding sentences
6. Sentence fluidity/length variety
7. Strong thesis
8. MLA
Friday, May 5
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: Why is it important to learn how to argue effectively?
-
Week 6
Monday, April 24
Establish
SWBAT Engage with narrative, explore vocabulary
Engage
- Bellwork: How good is your memory? Explain.
- Pick up binders
- Collect homework
- Individual work: In this story, a high school boy named Adnan is accused of murder and is asked to
provide a detailed account about one particular afternoon in his past. How difficult
would this be for you?
On a loose piece of paper: Fold paper into 3 boxes
1. Give a detailed account of your second class of the day, three days ago. Who was
missing? Who left the classroom? What were you wearing? Name as many
particular details of that class as you can.
2. Do the same thing, but in regards to your lunch break, exactly two weeks ago.
3. Do the same thing, but in regards to the first two hours after school, exactly six
weeks ago. If you can remember very much, explain why that day stood out for you.
Partner Work:
1. Pair or group up with other students who have been at the same event as you in the
past six months (birthday party, school event, etc.). Decide on the event, but don’t
share any details
2. Then quietly, on your own, write down significant details, including
what everyone was wearing, if/when anybody left the scene (and for how long), if/
when you left the scene (and for how long), and any other details that you think your
partner(s) will also write down
3. When you’re all done, compare the details with your partner(s). If you each told the story to police in separate rooms, would the police be suspicious?
Individual Work:
Look up the following words and define them (on a loose piece of paper):
Example:
Word: Mosque
Definition: A traditional Muslim place of worship.
Context: “He led prayers at the mosque.”
Foundation
Adamant
Staunch
Problematic
Tangible
Alibi
Confide
Affidavit
Undermine
Discredit
Bloodhound
Trawling
Diligence
Heinous
Demeanor
Elation
Manipulate
Tuesday, April 25th
Establish
SWBAT listen to Serial
Engage
- Bellwork: What kinds of elements should you take note of while listening to the podcast? Remember, we are exploring argumentative writing.
- Listen to Serial
Wednesday, April 26th
Establish
SWBAT listen to Serial
Engage
- Bellwork: How are you finding Serial so far?
- Listen to Serial
Thursday, April 27th
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: Are bears evil or are they ok? Explain.
Friday, April 28th
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What makes true crime so engaging? Explain.
Week 5
Monday, April 17
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Explore documentaries
Tuesday, April 18
Establish
SWBAT reflect on blog and begin thinking about argumentative styles
Engage
- Bellwork: What element of your blog post are you proud of? Explain.
- Individual Work: Write a reflection on your blog post - what are you proud of? What did you struggle with? What would you change? Should be 1 full page
- Whole Class: View Pet Fooled on Netflix to examine argument style, take notes
Wednesday, April 19
Establish
SWBAT Earth day!
Engage
- Earth Day!
Thursday, April 20
Establish
SWBAT Explore argumentative styles
Engage
- Bellwork: What elements of the documentary do you find effective? Explain.
- Continue exploring arguments in documentaries (take notes)
Friday, April 21
Establish
SWBAT Begin reflecting on arguments
Engage
- Bellwork: What form of punishment do you think is most effective for high school students at school? Explain.
- Pair Work: Discuss the following with your partner and then share with the class
1. Did you ever have recess taken away as a punishment when you were younger? How did it feel? Do you think taking away recess is an effective punishment?
2. How do you feel about kids getting suspended for misbehavior? Do you think getting suspended teaches a student not to misbehave again?
- Whole Class: Read the following essays: "Students Who Lose Recess" and "School Suspensions Don't Work" and note what the writers do to persuade the reader to think a certain way
- Pair Work: Complete "Looking at Real World Writing" worksheet
- Table Work: Discuss the following:
1. Apart from the topic, how are the articles different? What was the different approach each author took to persuade the reader?
2. In your opinion, which article was more effective? Why?
3. If you could give each author some advice for improving his or her article, what would you tell them to do?
Week 4
Monday, April 10
Establish
SWBAT peer edit and revise
Engage
- Bellwork: What do you want your peer edit partner to focus on today?
- Individual Work: Peer Edit and revision
Tuesday, April 11
SWBAT design blog
Engage
- Bellwork: What kind of design would be appropriate for you blog? What kind of colors, images, styles do you want to have?
- Individual Work: Design blog
Wednesday, April 12
Establish
SWBAT Locate images
Engage
- Bellwork: How do you insert images into your blog? Describe.
- Work on posting blog and placing images appropriately
Blog post should look professional and clean
Consider headings for clarity
Consider adding links in text for more credibility
Make sure images are placed in appropriate area of text
Make sure images are captioned correctly (give credit to source or link image to source)
Thursday, April 13
Establish
SWBAT Complete blog
Engage
- Bellwork: How do you feel about your final blog? What do you need to work on today to finalize?
- Individual work: Finalize blog
Friday, April 14
No School - Spring Holiday!
Week 3
Monday, April 3
Establish
SWBAT outline article with structure
Engage
- Bellwork: List out the components of an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion.
- Work on outlining your article
Tuesday, April 4
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What can you do individually to make sure you remain respectful and not all antsy and full of senioritis in Ms. Burk's class because it annoys her a lot to have to discipline your behaviors when y'all are almost legal adults
- Complete email etiquette worksheet
- Complete rough draft
Wednesday, April 5
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- BEllwork: Why do we love Ms. Schultz? Explain.
- Peer edit - On a blank sheet of paper (FILL IN THE ENTIRE section), divide into 3 sections
SECTION 1: What did partner do well?
SECTION 2: What could partner work on?
SECTION 3: What questions can you ask the author to help guide them to a more effective blog post?
Thursday, April 6
Establish
SWBAT work on rough draft
Engage
- Bellwork: Would you rather go fishing with your younger self or your future self?
- Individual Work: Work on making edits from peer edit for your article. If you feel like you have completed this most recent draft, begin searching for images to enhance your article (refer to original assignments for instructions)
Friday, April 7
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Week 2
Monday, March 27
Establish
SWBAT create a tutorial
Engage
- Bellwork: What do you want your peer edit partner to look at today?
- Peer edit - On a blank sheet of paper (FILL IN THE ENTIRE section), divide into 3 sections
SECTION 1: What did partner do well?
SECTION 2: What could partner work on?
SECTION 3: What questions can you ask the author to help guide them to a more effective instructable?
- Work on Instructable
Tuesday, March 28
Establish
SWBAT create a tutorial
Engage
- Bellwork: What do you need to complete today?
- Work on Instructable
Wednesday, March 29
Establish
SWBAT create a tutorial
Engage
- Bellwork: What are you proud of in your instructable?
- Instructable due
Thursday, March 30
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What topic will you research? Why are you interested in this topic?
- Begin research
- Fill out worksheet
Friday, March 31
Establish
SWBAT work on research
Engage
- Bellwork: Who would play you in a movie?
- Work on gathering research
Week 12
Monday, March 20
Establish
SWBAT reflect on research paper
Engage
- Bellwork: How did you complete your paper? Describe your process.
- Whole class: assemble binder and turn in final draft
- Individual Work: Reflective essay - Read your rough draft and compare it to your final draft.
Paragraph 1: What changes did you make?
Paragraph 2: What struggles/challenges did you encounter?
Paragraph 3: How did you overcome these challenges?
Paragraph 4: What did you learn from this process?
Tuesday, March 21
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What skills do you gain by creating a tutorial and posting it online?
- Whole class: Go over Instructables assignment, view good examples
- Individual Work: Begin drafting tutorial and planning images
Wednesday, March 22
Establish
SWBAT develop assignment
Engage
- Bellwork: As the author of the instructable, what is your goal/purpose? Explain.
- Work on Instructable
Thursday, March 23
SWBAT develop assignment
Engage
- Bellwork: Are you on track with your assignment (do you have a topic, do you know your steps, do you have images in mind?) Explain.
- Work on Instructable
Friday, March 24
SWBAT develop assignment
Engage
- Bellwork: What work do you have left to complete? Write out a plan.
- Work on Instructable
Monday, May 15
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Tuesday, May 16
Establish
SWBAT STAR TEST
Engage
- Bellwork: how can you ensure your STAR test is successful?
STAR TEST
Wednesday, May 17
Establish
SWBAT work on book review
Engage
- Bellwork: Why is it important to read over the summer?
- Individual Work: Work on book summary (due tomorrow)
Thursday, May 18
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Friday, May 19
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Monday, May 8
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: How do you like your draft?
Tuesday, May 9
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: How will you effectively argue?
- Analyze draft:
1. Count sentences
2. Write code
3. Analyze code (how can you vary sentence length?)
4. Circle "salt" words
5. Revise!
Wednesday, May 10
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: How is your life going?
- Peer edit draft
Thursday, May 11
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: What grade would you like on your draft? How will you achieve this grade?
- Work on draft (fill out revision worksheet)
Friday, May 12
Establish
SWBAT develop draft
Engage
- Bellwork: What are you proud of in your draft? Explain.
- Work on draft (fill out revision worksheet)
Week 7
Monday, May 1
Establish
SWBAT explore effective uses of evidence
Engage
- Bellwork: Should opinions without evidence be considered valid? Explain why or why not.
- Whole Class: PowerPoint on opinion without evidence
- Whole Class: Agree/Disagree activity
- Individual Work: Read the following articles for preparation of discussion tomorrow:
Billerica Parents Plead for Return to A-B-Cs
Boston Globe, February 10, 2013
NACAC Survey: Grades Matter Most in College Admision
National Association for College Admission Counseling
Many Elementary Schools Abandon Letter GradesWashington Post, September 23, 2011
No Grading, More Learning
Inside Higher Ed, May 3, 2010
Tuesday, May 2
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What evidence did you find to support your stance on the statement "instead of letter grades, teachers should give feedback"?
- Whole Class: Go over "Philosophical Chairs" procedure
- Discussion
Wednesday, May 3
Establish
SWBAT explore arguments
Engage
- Bellwork: How are you? Describe.
- Complete Argument Cards
1. If you agree with the statement, state your position clearly
2. Then, CLEARLY state the three reasons you have that support your position
- Tour cards, vote on best "Agree" and best "disagree"
- Final Argumentative Paper – Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
“Adnan Syed is guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee”
- If you agree – fill out argument card giving points to support this claim
- If you disagree – fill out argument card giving points to refute this claim
Thursday, May 4
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What major tips can you recall from this year in English to help you with your argumentative paper? Describe.
- Vote on argument cards - "Adnan Syed is guilty of the murder of Hae Min Lee" (do you agree or disagree?)
- Begin working on 1st draft of argumentative essay (5 paragraph essay)
- Example of Argument for Serial
Remember- this last paper should demonstrate what you have learned this year including
1. Research methods
2. Correctly including/citing evidence
3. Structuring paragraphs
4. PEE
5. Topic and Concluding sentences
6. Sentence fluidity/length variety
7. Strong thesis
8. MLA
Friday, May 5
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: Why is it important to learn how to argue effectively?
-
Week 6
Monday, April 24
Establish
SWBAT Engage with narrative, explore vocabulary
Engage
- Bellwork: How good is your memory? Explain.
- Pick up binders
- Collect homework
- Individual work: In this story, a high school boy named Adnan is accused of murder and is asked to
provide a detailed account about one particular afternoon in his past. How difficult
would this be for you?
On a loose piece of paper: Fold paper into 3 boxes
1. Give a detailed account of your second class of the day, three days ago. Who was
missing? Who left the classroom? What were you wearing? Name as many
particular details of that class as you can.
2. Do the same thing, but in regards to your lunch break, exactly two weeks ago.
3. Do the same thing, but in regards to the first two hours after school, exactly six
weeks ago. If you can remember very much, explain why that day stood out for you.
Partner Work:
1. Pair or group up with other students who have been at the same event as you in the
past six months (birthday party, school event, etc.). Decide on the event, but don’t
share any details
2. Then quietly, on your own, write down significant details, including
what everyone was wearing, if/when anybody left the scene (and for how long), if/
when you left the scene (and for how long), and any other details that you think your
partner(s) will also write down
3. When you’re all done, compare the details with your partner(s). If you each told the story to police in separate rooms, would the police be suspicious?
Individual Work:
Look up the following words and define them (on a loose piece of paper):
Example:
Word: Mosque
Definition: A traditional Muslim place of worship.
Context: “He led prayers at the mosque.”
Foundation
Adamant
Staunch
Problematic
Tangible
Alibi
Confide
Affidavit
Undermine
Discredit
Bloodhound
Trawling
Diligence
Heinous
Demeanor
Elation
Manipulate
Tuesday, April 25th
Establish
SWBAT listen to Serial
Engage
- Bellwork: What kinds of elements should you take note of while listening to the podcast? Remember, we are exploring argumentative writing.
- Listen to Serial
Wednesday, April 26th
Establish
SWBAT listen to Serial
Engage
- Bellwork: How are you finding Serial so far?
- Listen to Serial
Thursday, April 27th
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: Are bears evil or are they ok? Explain.
Friday, April 28th
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What makes true crime so engaging? Explain.
Week 5
Monday, April 17
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Explore documentaries
Tuesday, April 18
Establish
SWBAT reflect on blog and begin thinking about argumentative styles
Engage
- Bellwork: What element of your blog post are you proud of? Explain.
- Individual Work: Write a reflection on your blog post - what are you proud of? What did you struggle with? What would you change? Should be 1 full page
- Whole Class: View Pet Fooled on Netflix to examine argument style, take notes
Wednesday, April 19
Establish
SWBAT Earth day!
Engage
- Earth Day!
Thursday, April 20
Establish
SWBAT Explore argumentative styles
Engage
- Bellwork: What elements of the documentary do you find effective? Explain.
- Continue exploring arguments in documentaries (take notes)
Friday, April 21
Establish
SWBAT Begin reflecting on arguments
Engage
- Bellwork: What form of punishment do you think is most effective for high school students at school? Explain.
- Pair Work: Discuss the following with your partner and then share with the class
1. Did you ever have recess taken away as a punishment when you were younger? How did it feel? Do you think taking away recess is an effective punishment?
2. How do you feel about kids getting suspended for misbehavior? Do you think getting suspended teaches a student not to misbehave again?
- Whole Class: Read the following essays: "Students Who Lose Recess" and "School Suspensions Don't Work" and note what the writers do to persuade the reader to think a certain way
- Pair Work: Complete "Looking at Real World Writing" worksheet
- Table Work: Discuss the following:
1. Apart from the topic, how are the articles different? What was the different approach each author took to persuade the reader?
2. In your opinion, which article was more effective? Why?
3. If you could give each author some advice for improving his or her article, what would you tell them to do?
Week 4
Monday, April 10
Establish
SWBAT peer edit and revise
Engage
- Bellwork: What do you want your peer edit partner to focus on today?
- Individual Work: Peer Edit and revision
Tuesday, April 11
SWBAT design blog
Engage
- Bellwork: What kind of design would be appropriate for you blog? What kind of colors, images, styles do you want to have?
- Individual Work: Design blog
Wednesday, April 12
Establish
SWBAT Locate images
Engage
- Bellwork: How do you insert images into your blog? Describe.
- Work on posting blog and placing images appropriately
Blog post should look professional and clean
Consider headings for clarity
Consider adding links in text for more credibility
Make sure images are placed in appropriate area of text
Make sure images are captioned correctly (give credit to source or link image to source)
Thursday, April 13
Establish
SWBAT Complete blog
Engage
- Bellwork: How do you feel about your final blog? What do you need to work on today to finalize?
- Individual work: Finalize blog
Friday, April 14
No School - Spring Holiday!
Week 3
Monday, April 3
Establish
SWBAT outline article with structure
Engage
- Bellwork: List out the components of an introduction, a body paragraph, and a conclusion.
- Work on outlining your article
Tuesday, April 4
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What can you do individually to make sure you remain respectful and not all antsy and full of senioritis in Ms. Burk's class because it annoys her a lot to have to discipline your behaviors when y'all are almost legal adults
- Complete email etiquette worksheet
- Complete rough draft
Wednesday, April 5
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- BEllwork: Why do we love Ms. Schultz? Explain.
- Peer edit - On a blank sheet of paper (FILL IN THE ENTIRE section), divide into 3 sections
SECTION 1: What did partner do well?
SECTION 2: What could partner work on?
SECTION 3: What questions can you ask the author to help guide them to a more effective blog post?
Thursday, April 6
Establish
SWBAT work on rough draft
Engage
- Bellwork: Would you rather go fishing with your younger self or your future self?
- Individual Work: Work on making edits from peer edit for your article. If you feel like you have completed this most recent draft, begin searching for images to enhance your article (refer to original assignments for instructions)
Friday, April 7
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
Week 2
Monday, March 27
Establish
SWBAT create a tutorial
Engage
- Bellwork: What do you want your peer edit partner to look at today?
- Peer edit - On a blank sheet of paper (FILL IN THE ENTIRE section), divide into 3 sections
SECTION 1: What did partner do well?
SECTION 2: What could partner work on?
SECTION 3: What questions can you ask the author to help guide them to a more effective instructable?
- Work on Instructable
Tuesday, March 28
Establish
SWBAT create a tutorial
Engage
- Bellwork: What do you need to complete today?
- Work on Instructable
Wednesday, March 29
Establish
SWBAT create a tutorial
Engage
- Bellwork: What are you proud of in your instructable?
- Instructable due
Thursday, March 30
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What topic will you research? Why are you interested in this topic?
- Begin research
- Fill out worksheet
Friday, March 31
Establish
SWBAT work on research
Engage
- Bellwork: Who would play you in a movie?
- Work on gathering research
Week 12
Monday, March 20
Establish
SWBAT reflect on research paper
Engage
- Bellwork: How did you complete your paper? Describe your process.
- Whole class: assemble binder and turn in final draft
- Individual Work: Reflective essay - Read your rough draft and compare it to your final draft.
Paragraph 1: What changes did you make?
Paragraph 2: What struggles/challenges did you encounter?
Paragraph 3: How did you overcome these challenges?
Paragraph 4: What did you learn from this process?
Tuesday, March 21
Establish
SWBAT
Engage
- Bellwork: What skills do you gain by creating a tutorial and posting it online?
- Whole class: Go over Instructables assignment, view good examples
- Individual Work: Begin drafting tutorial and planning images
Wednesday, March 22
Establish
SWBAT develop assignment
Engage
- Bellwork: As the author of the instructable, what is your goal/purpose? Explain.
- Work on Instructable
Thursday, March 23
SWBAT develop assignment
Engage
- Bellwork: Are you on track with your assignment (do you have a topic, do you know your steps, do you have images in mind?) Explain.
- Work on Instructable
Friday, March 24
SWBAT develop assignment
Engage
- Bellwork: What work do you have left to complete? Write out a plan.
- Work on Instructable