Post on 16-Jan-2016
Day 1 (orientation)
EQ: What do I need to know to survive and thrive in Mr. Broxson's English Lit class?
1. Do Now! Find your seat
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Who am I?
4. Who are You? (info sheet)
5. What to expect: Syllabus
6. Rules, Rules and more Rules
7. Have you ever...
8. Student interest sheet
Day 2 (Orientation)
• 1. Tub Braid Heap Hunch (Clue: TV show)
• 2. Sand Tackle Laws (Clue: fictional character)
• 3. Tall Mischief Her Sun (Clue: person)
• 4. Buck Spun He (Clue: cartoon character)
EQ: What do I need to know to survive and thrive in Mr. Broxson's English Lit class?
1. Do Now! Write a page on What you did on your summer Vacation
2. Roll Call / Check I.D.s
3. Check for signed Syllabi
4. Rules,5. Have you ever..
6. Student interest sheet
7. English Lit Book Scavenger Hunt
Day 3 Short Story
EQ: What do I already know about Short Stories? What
are the Elements of Fiction? 1. Do Now! Finish Student Interest Survey 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Thinkgate Benchmark test??4. Grade Short Story Pre-test5. Text Book scavenger hunt6. On back--'Have you ever...'7. Assign Text books8. Three Little Pigs--plot
diagram9. Fiction intro--pg 2310. H.W. The Necklace Vocab
(words to know)
Day 4 Short StoryEQ: How much Short Story
vocabulary do I know? What are the Elements of Fiction? 1. Do Now! The NecklaceVocabulary Sheet pg 282. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Accolade (Pre-test)3. Three Little Pigs--plot diagram4. Elements of Fiction--Safari
Montage (22 min)5. Fiction intro--pg 236. Read The Necklace in class7. H.W.--Vocabulary
SHORT STORY VOCAB--Figurative Language
Day 5 (Short Story)EQ: Can I identify the plot,
characters, setting and theme of The Necklace?
1. Do Now! Read the footnote definitions in The Necklace (pg. 28-34)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Check H.W.--S.S.Vocabulary4. Finish reading The Necklace
pg. 285. Video of The Necklace 24 min6. H.W. The Sniper Vocabulary
Thinkgate pre-test & M.C. orientation tomorrow
Day 6 Short StoryEQ: What is the situational
irony in The Sniper? What can the Media Center do for me?
1. Do Now! Write an "ending"
or sequel to The Necklace2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Check H.W.--Sniper
Vocabulary4. 1 Mile Sniper Shot5. Read The Sniper pg. 163-
1666. Media Center Orientation
(0905 hrs); (1225 hrs); (1430)
Day 7 Short StoryEQ: What is the situational
irony in The Sniper? What do I know about Three Little Pigs, The Necklace & The Sniper?
1. Do Now! Finish Thinkgate & Write an "ending"or sequel to The Necklace
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Check H.W.--Sniper
Vocabulary4. Video: 1 Mile Sniper Shot5. Read The Sniper pg. 163-
1666. Jeopardy7. Review & take Big Phat
Quest!
Day 8 Short StoryEQ: What is the Conflict and
Tense of Charming Billy?
1. Do Now! Read definitions & footnotes in Charming Billy (pgs
62-70)2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Grade Quests 4. Vocabulary: Charming Billy5. Audio song6. Read: Where have you Gone
Charming Billy? pg. 62-707. H.W: Read The Utterly Perfect
Murder pgs 799-805
Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?Oh, where have you been,Charming Billy?I have been to seek a wife,She's the joy of my life,She's a young thingAnd cannot leave her mother.
Day 9 Short StoryEQ: What is the Conflict and Tense
of Charming Billy? What is the *theme of The Utterly Perfect Murder?
1. Do Now! Write about a "Bully" incident in your life 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Accolades4. Finish Reading "Charming Billy"
pg 675. Plot characters on Spider
Diagram6. Audio: The Utterly Perfect Murder
pgs 799-805 (16 min)
Day 10 Short StoryEQ: How do I learn best? What
is *Meta Cognition? What are the Genres of Fiction? What is a Cask of Amontillado?
1. Do Now! Vocabulary Sheet for "Cask...(pgs 209-214) 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Multiple Intelligence test4. S.M. Genres of Fiction--(24 min) 5. Read: Cask of Amontillado pg.
2076. Study Guide for Unit Test
Friday:
Short Story Quest
Charming Billy & Cask of Amontillado
Day 11 Short StoryEQ: Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
What is a Cask of Amontillado? Is there such thing as a 'Stupid' question?
1. Do Now! Label your paper and
prepare to go to Media Center 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. DO NOW: Write two paragraphs describing your favorite genre of
fiction4. Discuss Poe Research
Today: Media Center for 1st half of block
Day 12 Short StoryEQ: Am I prepared for a Quest?
What is my Coat of Arms?
1. Do Now! Study, Study,Study!(Charming Billy & Cask
Vocabulary & Poe info) 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Poe intro: pg 194-1964. Audio: Cask of Amontillado pg.
207 (18 min) 5. Quick Vocab review6. Take Quest!7. Create your Coat of Arms
Today:
Short Story Quest
Vocabulary: Charming Billy & Cask of Amontillado & Poe Info
Day 13 Short Story
EQ: What is the *Theme of Cask of Amontillado?
What is my Coat of Arms?
1. Do Now! Make-up Quest & Finish Coat of Arms 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Grade Quests4. Poe Autobiography (15:20)
5. Read the story behind
"Cask.." pg 2156. Video: Cask...(20 min)
Today:
Make-up: Short Story Quest
Vocabulary: Charming Billy & Cask of Amontillado & Poe
Day 14 Short StoryEQ: What are the literary elements
in Cask...? What are the content vocabulary words to know in
The Most Dangerous Game?
1. Do Now! Dangerous Game Vocabulary & pre-read 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Accolades4. Think out of the Box5. Discuss "Cask" questions* Take
notes6. PPT: Cask... * Take notes7. Read (H.W): "The Most Dangerous Game" pg. 38-57
Day 15 Short StoryEQ: What are the content
vocabulary words to know inThe Most Dangerous Game?
What is the plot? The conflict?
1. Do Now! Finish readingMost Dangerous Game 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s4. Review 'Game' vocabulary5. Questions on 'Game'6. Audio: "The Most Dangerous Game" pg. 38-57 (1 hr)7. H.W. Study for Unit Test
Friday • Short Story Unit Test• The Necklace• Charming Billy• Poe biography• Sniper• Cask of Amontillado• Most Dangerous Game
Hint: Study your short Story Pre-test
Day 16 Short StoryEQ: What do I know about
Short Stories, specifically Necklace, Sniper, Charming Billy, Cask & Game?
1. Do Now! Study! Study! Study
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s4. Review 'Game' questions5. Review Short story
vocabulary6. Jeopardy7. Short Story Unit Test
Today Short Story Unit Test
• The Necklace• Charming Billy• Poe biography• The Sniper• The Cask of
Amontillado• The Most Dangerous
Game
Day 17 TKAMEQ: What do I know about Novels?
What are Jim Crow Laws? What is the setting of "To Kill a
Mockingbird"?
1. Do Now! Write 2 para about your reaction to this picture
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s3. Make-up Test & Accolades4. Novel Pre-test5. Pass out TKAM books 6. Jim Crow & The Depression7. TKAM info sheets 8. Read chapter one (pg 1-19)9. Vocab H.W. & Finish Chapt 1
Whites only!
Day 18 TKAMEQ: Who is Harper Lee? What is
the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird? Who are some of the characters?
1. DoNow! SSR 2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s4. Review TKAM info sheets 5. Video "Harper Lee" (6 min) 6. TKAM opening Credits-3 min7. Read page 6 "Maycomb" 4 min8. Review chpt one9. Audio chpt 2 (18 min)10. H.W. Read chpt 3 & matching
Day 19 TKAMEQ: What is the exposition of To
Kill a Mockingbird? What is Scout's "crime" at school? Who are the Major and Minor characters in TKAM?
1. DoNow! SSR (Chpt 2-3)
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Character Matching &
question 1-3
4. Read chapter 2 aloud
5. Review Chapt 2
6. H.W. Read Chapter 3 (9 pgs)
Disclaimer:
Be aware that this novel contains racial epithets, graphic sexual situations and violence.
Day 20 TKAMEQ: What is a "cootie"? What is a
Law of Life? What is a Maxim?
1. DoNow! SSR & answer
questions 4-7
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Read chapter 3 aloud
4. Review Chapt 3
5. Introduce LOL ppt
6. Rubric & Example
7. H.W. come up with a Maxim
Laws_of_Life_Powerpoint.ppt
Day 21 TKAMEQ: What have I learned about
Harper Lee, TKAM vocabulary and Chapters 1-3? What is MY Maxim?
1. DoNow! Prepare to go to
Media Center
2. Call Roll/Check I.D.'s
3. Study with a buddy
4. Quest
5. H.W. read chapt 4
Quest Today! • Chapters 1-3, • Vocabulary • Key Facts • Characters • Bio of Harper Lee
Rough Draft due--24 SeptPolished Essay due--29 Oct
Day 22 TKAMEQ: