JUNIOR ENGLISH JUNIOR ENGLISH
Welcome to Junior English!!! This year will be the study of American literature--no Shakespeare! We will begin with John Smith and the founding of Jamestown and hopefully end the semester with the American Renaissance and writers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. We will also spend much time preparing for the Writing Assessment in February.
Needed supplies for this class are a three-ring notebook; white, loose-leaf paper, and blue or black ink pen.
Week of August 11-15
Monday--overview of junior English
Tuesday--anticipation guide for the settlement of America--not for a grade; homework--Common Mistakes worksheet--for a grade
Wednesday--took up Common Mistakes sheet; notes from the overhead projector--copy from someone
Thursday--Read The General History, by John Smith, and fill out a study guide
Friday--continue the study guide
Week of August 18-22
Monday--finish the study guide on The General History, take up for a grade; begin going over the Common Mistakes worksheet
Tuesday--go over the Common Mistakes worksheet to make a correct copy
Wednesday--finished going over and correcting the sentences on the Common Mistakes sheet and turned in for a second grade; hand out: Pronouns in Compound Construction
Thursday--go over the Pronouns in Compound Construction worksheet; discuss and give out Pronouns as Predicate Nominative worksheet
Friday--read Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford, open-book test and essay
Week of August 25-29
Monday--Computer Lab to research for Rhea County Projects; these project will be due around the end of September
Tuesday--finish test and essay over Of Plymouth Plantation
Wednesday--go over the study guide from The General History and discuss
Thursday--video--Pocahontas--even though this is a Disney animation, it does a good job (except for the elements of fantasy) of depicting what life was like in Jamestown in 1607
Friday--finish the video
Week of September 1-5
Monday--NO SCHOOL--LABOR DAY
Tuesday--finish going over The General History
Wednesday--go over Of Plymouth Plantation and the peace treaty on page 23
Thursday--You will receive a hand out of literary terms concerning poetry. There will be a test over these terms in approximately two weeks.
Friday--pronoun review sheet; gave out and went over the list of literary terms
Week of September 8-12
Monday--Library and Computer Lab to work on Rhea County projects
Tuesday-Library and Computer Lab to work on Rhea County projects
Wednesday---practice rhyme scheme, meter; explain the remainder of the literary terms
Thursday--Anticipation Guide for "Mary Rowlandson;" make up during lunch one day next week, either Tuesday or Wednesday
Friday--explanation and practice of rhyme scheme--quiz on Monday
Week of September15-19
Monday--review rhyme scheme; rhyme scheme quiz--make up during lunch one day this week; explanation and practice of meter
Tuesday-- School Pictures taken; blank verse, free verse
Wednesday--metaphor and simile worksheet; go over remainder of literary terms;
Thursday--Anne Bradstreet's poetry; quiz
Friday--Edward Taylor's poetry; write an explanation of each stanza of "Huswifery"
Week of September 22-26 Projects Due Thursday!
Monday--conceit in Edward Taylor's poetry; "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"
Tuesday--guest speaker, John Mincy--the train wreck of Spring City in 1955; explanation and discussion of the paradox in "Upon a Spider Catching a Fly"
Wednesday--"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"--find figurative language and discuss persuasive techniques
Thursday--; turn in projects
Friday--NO SCHOOL
Week of September 29-Oct 3
Monday--Discuss the American Revolution
Tuesday--Read Franklin's Autobiography and complete a study guide
Wednesday--Discuss Ben Franklin
Thursday--
Friday--
Week of October 6-10
Monday--Read Patrick Henry's speech and complete a written assignment
Tuesday--Discuss Patrick Henry's speech
Wednesday--Read Thomas Paine's speech and complete a written assignment
Thursday--Read the Declaration of Independence
Friday--no class due to field day
Week of October 13-17
NO SCHOOL--FALL BREAK
Week of October 20-24
Monday--group assignment over the Declaration of Independence
Tuesday-oral presentations from the Declaration of Independence
Wednesday---review for unit test; Read in class from The Prairie, by James Fenimore Cooper
Thursday--read Chapter 6 of The Scarlet Letter; review for unit test
Friday--Unit Test over Colonial Literature (counts three times)
Week of October 27-31
Monday--discuss unit test; you will be able to re-take it during lunch tomorrow, Wednesday, or Thursday; read Letters from an American Farmer
Tuesday--Read chapter 7 of The Scarlet Letter
Wednesday--take notes over the new spirit of nationalism
Thursday--take notes over Classicism and Romanticism; read Chapter 9 of The Scarlet Letter
Friday--assigned literature books; homework--read "The Devil and Tom Walker;" quiz Monday
Week of November 3-7
Monday--quiz over "The Devil and Tom Walker;" discussion of Faust and satire
Tuesday--read "Rip Van Winkle"
Wednesday--finish reading and discuss "Rip Van Winkle"
Thursday--read chapter ten of The Scarlet Letter
Friday--open-book test over Chapter X of The Scarlet Letter
Week of November 10-14
Monday--discuss The Scarlet Letter
Tuesday--Read Chapter XI of The Scarlet Letter
Wednesday--Read The Praire by James Fenimore Cooper; complete study guide
Thursday--