Mrs. Thompson - 4th Six Weeks - English I and II
Essay Writing, EOC Reading and Grammar Review
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
13
Eng. I—III— Read
Gathering Blue Ch. 14-16
14
Eng. I—III— Read
Gathering Blue Ch. 17-19
15
Eng. I—III— Read
Gathering Blue Ch. 20-23
16
Eng. I—III— Begin
Gathering Blue Essay Test
(1 daily grade rough draft)
17
Eng. I—III— Complete
Gathering Blue Essay Test
1 major grade—final draft)
20
Eng. I— EOC Lessons 16,17
(author’s purpose; summary)
Eng. II— EOC Lessons 14,15
(main ideas, details, summary)
21
Eng. I— EOC Lesson 18,19
(fact/opinion; text structure)
Eng. II— EOC Lesson 16
(arguments and evidence)
22
Eng. I— EOC Lesson 20
(persuasive text)
Eng. II— EOC Lesson 16
(inferences, conclusions)
23
Eng. II— EOC Lesson 21
(procedural texts)
Eng. II— EOC Lesson 18
(procedural texts)
(1 daily grade)
24
Eng. - EOC Lesson 22
(graphics and media)
Eng. II— EOC Lesson 19
(media literacy)
(1 daily grade)
27
Eng. I - EOC Lesson 23
(Tone)
Eng. II— EOC Lesson 20
(synthesize/make connections)
28
29
Eng. I - EOC Review Ch. 3 Test Eng. I— EOC Lesson 35 (verb
Eng, II - EOC Review Ch 3 Test tenses)
Eng. II—EOC Lesson 32 (parts of
(1 major grade—multiple choice)
speech)
30
Eng. I—EOC Lesson 36
(voices and moods)
Eng. III– EOC Lesson 33
(sentence variety)
31
Eng. I—EOC Lesson 37
(pronouns)
Eng. III– EOC Lesson 33
(sentence variety)
3
Eng. I (and II from same book)
—EOC Lesson 37 (pronouns)
4
Eng. I (and II from same book)—
EOC Lesson 37 (pronouns)
(1 daily grade)
5
Eng. I (and II from same book)—
EOC Lesson 38 (clauses, sentence
structure)
6
Eng. I (and II from same
book)—EOC Lesson 38
(clauses, sentence structure)
(1 daily grade)
7
Eng. I—EOC Lesson 39
Eng. II—EOC Lesson Lessons
34, 35 (capitalization, punctuation, spelling)
11
10
Eng. I - EOC Review Ch. 4 Test Catch up day
Eng. II-EOC Review Ch. 4 Test
(1 major grade)
12
Essay Writing—Rough Draft
13
Essay Writing— Begin Final
Draft
14
Essay Writing— Complete
Final Draft
(1 major grade)
17 Holiday
19
Six Weeks Test
20
Discuss graded essays
21
Discuss Six Weeks Test
18
Six Weeks Test Review
(1 daily grade)
(Six Weeks Test Grade)
Mrs. Thompson - 4th Six Weeks - English IV
Connecting Classic Poetry with
Modern Music, Media, & Entrepreneurship
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
13
Poet Ben Jonson - ppt
“On My First Son” p. 526
“To Celia” p. 528
(quiz - 1 daily grade)
14
Poet Ben Marvell - ppt
“To His Coy Mistress” p. 532
15
Poet Robert Herrick
“To the Virgins, Make Much
of Time” p. 534
(quiz - 1 daily grade)
16
Film—Dead Poet’s Society
17
Film—Dead Poet’s Society
20
Film—Dead Poet’s Society
21
Personal narrative writing and
embedded quote review
22
Dead Poet’s Society essay
23
Dead Poet’s Society essay—
begin final draft
24
Dead Poet’s Society essay—
complete final draft
(2 major grades)
(1 daily grade - rough draft)
27
Poet William Blake - ppt
“The Lamb” p. 770
“The Tyger” p. 774
28
Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley
“Ozymandius” p. 862
(1 major grade - theme paragraph)
29
Poet Robert Browning - ppt.
“My Last Duchess” p. 946
(quiz - 1 daily grade)
30
Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning
“Sonnet 43” p. 954
Discuss Poetry Project—handout
31
Poet A E Housman - ppt
“When I Was One-andTwenty” p. 1064
3 Poet A E Housman - ppt
“To an Athlete Dying Young”
P. 1062
(quiz—1 daily grade)
4 Poet Thomas Hardy - ppt
“Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave”
p. 1072
(1 daily grade - analysis handout)
5
Poetry Project Lab Day
6
Present Poetry Project
(1 daily grade)
(Six Week’s Test Grade)
7
Entrepreneurship, Dead
Poet’s Society and You: Study
Overview (handout)
10
Entrepreneurship:
“Big Mac: Inside the
McDonald’s Empire” - dvd
(41 mins)
11
Entrepreneurship:
“Swoosh: Inside Nike” - dvd 59 mins)
12
Entrepreneurship:
Complete “Swoosh”
Coca-Cola: The Real Story—
dvd (100 mins)
13
Entrepreneurship:
Complete “Coca-Cola: The Real
Story”—dvd (100 mins)
14
Entrepreneurship:
“The Call of the
Entrepreneur” - dvd (58 mins)
17
18
Entrepreneurship:
Complete “The Call of the
Entrepreneur” - dvd (58 mins)
19
Entrepreneurship, Dead
Poet’s Society and You: Tying it Altogether Project Lab
Day
20 Entrepreneurship, Dead
Poet’s Society and You: Tying
it Altogether Project
Presentation Day
((1 major grade—writing,
1 major grade—presentation)
21
Dead Poet’s Society Essay
returned and discussed
Holiday
Begin working on related project
Mrs. Thompson - 4th Six Weeks - English III
Connecting F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby with
Modern Music, Media, & Entrepreneurship
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
13
Introduction to The Great
Gatsby
14
Read GG—chapter 1
15
Read GG—chapter 2
16
GG—Test Chapters 1-2
(1 daily grade)
Read GG—chapter 3
17
Read GG—chapter 4
20
GG—Test chapters 3-4
(1 daily grade)
Read GG—chapter 5
21
Read GG—chapter 6
22
GG—Test Chapters 5-6
(1 daily grade)
Read GG-chapter 7
23
GG—Test Chapter 7
(1 daily grade)
Read GG-chapter 8
24
Read GG—chapter 9
27
GG—Test Chapters 8-9
(1 daily grade)
28
Review GG
Overview of two GG Projects:
Soundtrack and Entrepreneur projects
29
Complete major test
(Six Weeks Test grade)
30
Begin The Great Gatsby Sound
Track Project—Lab Day
31
The Great Gatsby Sound
Track Project— Lab Day
3
Present The Great Gatsby
Sound Track Project
4 Complete presenting The Great
Gatsby Sound Track Project
(1 major grade—writing,
1 major grade—presentation)
5
View—The Great Gatsby
(143 mins)
6
View—The Great Gatsby
7
View—The Great Gatsby
10
Entrepreneurship:
“Big Mac: Inside the
McDonald’s Empire” - dvd
(41 mins)
11
Entrepreneurship:
“Swoosh: Inside Nike” - dvd 59 mins)
12
Entrepreneurship:
Complete “Swoosh”
Coca-Cola: The Real Story—
dvd (100 mins)
13
Entrepreneurship:
Complete “Coca-Cola: The Real
Story”—dvd (100 mins)
14
Entrepreneurship:
“The Call of the
Entrepreneur” - dvd (58 mins)
17
18
Entrepreneurship:
Complete “The Call of the
Entrepreneur” - dvd (58 mins)
19
Entrepreneurship and the
America Dream Study
Tying it Altogether Project
Lab Day
20
Entrepreneurship and the
America Dream Study: Tying it
Altogether Presentation Day
(1 major grade—writing,
1 major grade—presentation)
21
Last thoughts about author
F. Scott Fitzgerald and
The Great Gatsby
Holiday
Begin working on related project