English III Work
The Crucible ACT I Quiz
The Crucible ACT II Quiz
Graduation Project Idea Proposal Form
English III Honors Pacing Guide
2016-17
Ms. Burcham-Hall
Day 1 – Wed., August 10: [beginning of 1st quarter] Den & WEC Activities
Day 2 – Thurs., August 11: Den & WEC Activities
Day 3 – Fri., August 12: WAHOO Field Trip
Day 4 – Mon. August 15:
Day 5 – Tues., August 16:
Day 6 – Wed., August 17:
Day 7 – Thurs., August 18:
Day 8 – Fri., August 19 - GRADE LEVEL DAY
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EQ: What is the American Dream, and what is its impact globally?
EQ: Does “crash, burn, and return” relate to American optimism and American Dream?
EQ: How do eco-theoretical terms serve as a lens?
I CAN: I can utilize eco-theory to analyze more deeply any rhetorical situation.
Day 9 – Mon., August 22:
Day 10 – Tues., August 23:
Day 11 – Wed., August 24:
Day 12 – Thurs., August 25:
Day 13 – Fri., August 26: Clubs Today!!
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EQ: What is the American Dream, and what is its impact globally?
EQ: How do eco-theoretical terms serve as a lens to examine Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD?
I CAN: I can utilize eco-theory to analyze more deeply any rhetorical situation.
I CAN: I can create sentences that reveal sophisticated thinking and persuasive argumentation.
I CAN: I can word process a clearly defined graduation project Proposal Letter satisfying all the mandated requirements.
Day 14 – Mon., August 29
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EQ: What is the American Dream, and what is its impact globally?
EQ: How do eco-theoretical terms serve as a lens?
I CAN: I can utilize eco-theory to analyze more deeply any rhetorical situation.
I CAN: I can create sentence structures that reveal sophisticated thinking and persuasive argumentation.
EQ: Does “crash, burn, and return” relate to American optimism and American Dream?
Holiday – Mon., September 05
Day 19 – Tues., September 06
Modern Connection: “Own your face” / Robert Hoge / TEDxSouthBank - Hoge’s book, a memoir – UGLY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbxinUJcLGg
EQs: How does Hoge’s approach to life connect to the speaker in Eliot’s poem? How are the two both similar and in juxtaposition? What is the meaning of “owning your face,” & what does the phrase symbolize? Is there more to it than self-acceptance? Not buying into society’s “beauty culture”? How does the concept fit the American Dream?
The Crucible ACT I Quiz
The Crucible ACT II Quiz
Graduation Project Idea Proposal Form
English III Honors Pacing Guide
2016-17
Ms. Burcham-Hall
Day 1 – Wed., August 10: [beginning of 1st quarter] Den & WEC Activities
Day 2 – Thurs., August 11: Den & WEC Activities
Day 3 – Fri., August 12: WAHOO Field Trip
Day 4 – Mon. August 15:
- Remind.com – Sign Up – Student & Parent (see memo).
- Peruse Syllabus.
- Letter Assignment – Due: Thursday, August 18.
- Student Survey – Collect.
- Coat-of-Arms Assignment – Due Tuesday, August 16. (construction paper) *The most aesthetically pleasing products will hang in the classroom.
- Collect Summer Reading Assignment Monday & Tuesday – may submit online at my website.
- Begin Scratch Beginnings – PPT & Seminar.
- Website Form: Graduation Project Idea Proposal Form
Day 5 – Tues., August 16:
- Picture Day
- Present Coat-of-Arms.
- Continue Scratch Beginnings activities.
- Collect summer reading – LAST DAY.
- Collect parental signatures – detach from class syllabus.
Day 6 – Wed., August 17:
- Instruction: rhetorical devices, argumentation, & eco-theory.
- Introduce Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD & reading schedule.
- Brainstorm graduation project trajectories, i.e., “What topic will I explore?”
Day 7 – Thurs., August 18:
- Collect Letter Assignment.
- THE ROAD
- Graduation Project Idea Proposal Form – Due Wednesday, August 24.
Day 8 – Fri., August 19 - GRADE LEVEL DAY
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EQ: What is the American Dream, and what is its impact globally?
EQ: Does “crash, burn, and return” relate to American optimism and American Dream?
EQ: How do eco-theoretical terms serve as a lens?
I CAN: I can utilize eco-theory to analyze more deeply any rhetorical situation.
Day 9 – Mon., August 22:
- Groups: Write down the name of each group/partner member.
- Review Eco-theoretical terms: View Steve Cutts “Man” & How To Destroy Angels’ “How Long?” in The Pit; analyze each with eco-critical terms & view the only interview with Cormac McCarthy, the Cormac McCarthy Oprah Winfrey Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3kpzuk1Y8I&list=PLKsYK5-xIG0d4ESEHYwc_LG7FUpU0pTe6.
- Begin Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD – Go over reading & annotating assignments & deadlines – HO.
Day 10 – Tues., August 23:
- Fundraiser Money & Order Forms Due
- SUV: Syntax Focus activity.
- Begin graduation project individual meetings to discuss: GP Idea Proposal Form, Proposal Letter, research paper topic (emphasis on ethos & logos), mentor, and possible Product.
- SSR – Silent Sustained Reading: THE ROAD reading & assignments.
Day 11 – Wed., August 24:
- Due today: Website Form: Graduation Project Idea Proposal Form.
- Due today: pages 3 – 41 & annotations for THE ROAD. *Reading Quiz.
- SUV: Syntax Focus activity.
- Graduation project individual meetings to discuss: GP Idea Proposal Form, Proposal Letter, research paper topic (emphasis on ethos & logos), mentor, and possible Product.
- SSR – Silent Sustained Reading: THE ROAD reading & assignments.
Day 12 – Thurs., August 25:
- SUV: Syntax Focus activity.
- Complete graduation project individual meetings to discuss: GP Idea Proposal Form, Proposal Letter, research paper topic (emphasis on ethos & logos), mentor, and possible Product.
- SSR – Silent Sustained Reading: THE ROAD reading & assignments.
Day 13 – Fri., August 26: Clubs Today!!
- Writer’s Workshop: Perfect your graduation project Proposal Letter (due Thursday, September 1).
- SSR (read & make annotations).
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EQ: What is the American Dream, and what is its impact globally?
EQ: How do eco-theoretical terms serve as a lens to examine Cormac McCarthy’s THE ROAD?
I CAN: I can utilize eco-theory to analyze more deeply any rhetorical situation.
I CAN: I can create sentences that reveal sophisticated thinking and persuasive argumentation.
I CAN: I can word process a clearly defined graduation project Proposal Letter satisfying all the mandated requirements.
Day 14 – Mon., August 29
- Introduce Syntax Focus #3: Model – compound sentence with semicolon.
- Thesis & Argumentation – using plot & concepts from THE ROAD (individual & Group).
- THE ROAD (pages 75-100) Quiz and Annotations Discussion.
- Continue individual student meetings (discuss research topic/product/mentor).
- Student choice: read and annotate or word process Proposal Letter.
- Do Now submission. Syntax Focus: Model Syntax #3 – compound sentence with semicolon.
- Thesis & Argumentation – using plot & concepts from THE ROAD.
- Continue individual student meetings (discuss research topic/product/mentor).
- Student choice: read and annotate or word process Proposal Letter.
- Introduce Syntax Focus #4: Model– compound sentence with elliptical construction.
- Thesis & Argumentation – using plot & concepts from THE ROAD.
- Student Speaker, Benjamin Livingston gave a Graduation Project talk (1st period).
- THE ROAD (pages 100-174) Quiz and Annotations Discussion.
- Continue individual student meetings (discuss research topic/product/mentor).
- Student choice: read and annotate or word process Proposal Letter.
- Do Now submission. Syntax Focus: Model Syntax #4 – compound sentence with elliptical construction.
- Due today: Graduation Proposal Letters – submit via e-mail; letter should be in Graduation Project Google folder, too.
- Continue individual student meetings (discuss research topic/product/mentor).
- Student choice: read and annotate or word process Proposal Letter.
- Reading Due: THE ROAD (pages 174-204) Quiz and Annotations Discussion.
- Thesis & Argumentation – using plot & concepts from THE ROAD.
- Continue individual student meetings (discuss research topic/product/mentor).
- Student choice: read and annotate or word process Proposal Letter.
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EQ: What is the American Dream, and what is its impact globally?
EQ: How do eco-theoretical terms serve as a lens?
I CAN: I can utilize eco-theory to analyze more deeply any rhetorical situation.
I CAN: I can create sentence structures that reveal sophisticated thinking and persuasive argumentation.
EQ: Does “crash, burn, and return” relate to American optimism and American Dream?
Holiday – Mon., September 05
Day 19 – Tues., September 06
- Reading Due: THE ROAD (pages 204-287) & minimum 4 annotations (eco-theory; literary device; 2 reader/response commentaries).
- THE ROAD quiz & closing discussion, its ending and messages.
- Partners: Thesis and argumentation practice., using plot and concepts from THE ROAD.
- Writer’s Workshop: Draft – critical analysis essay for assessment of THE ROAD.
- Student meetings: Address concerns if no Proposal Letter has been submitted.
- Do Now submission. Syntax Focus #5: Using theme from graduation project topic, model compound sentence with explanatory statement connected by colon –
- Writer’s Workshop: Polish – critical analysis essay for assessment of THE ROAD. Word process final version of essay into Word Document; submit essay on class website on homepage “Assignment Turn-in Form – English III.”
- Introduce Poetry Packet.
- Poetry Introduction – James Larkin Pearson – Scan, Analyze, Argue, & Explicate.
- Graduation Project Research Paper – Begin exploring and finding strong sources. Hand out – criteria, requirements, and benchmark due dates of research paper.
- Poetry – T.S. Eliot’s “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock.”
Modern Connection: “Own your face” / Robert Hoge / TEDxSouthBank - Hoge’s book, a memoir – UGLY. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbxinUJcLGg
EQs: How does Hoge’s approach to life connect to the speaker in Eliot’s poem? How are the two both similar and in juxtaposition? What is the meaning of “owning your face,” & what does the phrase symbolize? Is there more to it than self-acceptance? Not buying into society’s “beauty culture”? How does the concept fit the American Dream?