DLackey's Lesson Plans 2007-2008

English 11
4-28-08
Read Our Town
HW: Read Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08
Poetry Anthology Requirements and Poetry Rubric- Due 4-30-08.
Poetry Resources
4-29-08
Read Our Town
HW: Read Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08
Poetry Anthology Requirements and Poetry Rubric- Due 4-30-08.
Poetry Resources
4-30-08
Guest speaker - Ray McNiece
5-1-08
Choose a selection from Spoon River Anthology to memorize.
(Alternate source: Spoon River Anthology on Bartleby.com).
HW: HW: Read Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08; work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
5-2-08
Quiz Our Town
HW: Read Independent Novel

AP English 12
4-28-08
AP Exam Review - poetry, short fiction
4-29-08
In-class writing
4-30-08
Guest speaker - Ray McNiece
5-1-08
AP Exam Review - poetry, short fiction
5-2-08
AP Exam Review - poetry, short fiction

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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English 11
4-21-08
Read and discuss poems, pp. 820-831 textbook
HW: Read Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08
Poetry Anthology Requirements and Poetry Rubric- Due 4-30-08.
Poetry Resources
4-22-08 - Earth Day
Read nonfiction related to Earth Day; view excerpts from An Inconvenient Truth; read, define vocabulary and discuss NYTimes essay by Michael Pollan - "Why Bother?" April 20, 2008
4-23-08
Read, define vocabulary and discuss "Farming as a Labor of Love" By Lisa Kerschner, NEWSWEEK Apr 28, 2008 PDF
HW: Read Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08; work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
4-24-08
Choose a selection from Spoon River Anthology to memorize.
(Alternate source: Spoon River Anthology on Bartleby.com).
HW: HW: Read Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08; work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
4-25-08
Quiz over poems, pp. 820-831; "Why Bother? and "Farming as a Labor of Love."
HW: Read Independent Novel

AP English 122
4-21-08
Share Creative Writing Assignment
4-22-08 to 4-24-08
AP Exam Review - poetry, short fiction
4-25-08
Loaded Gun video - Emily Dickinson

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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English 11
4-14-08 to 4-15-08
View Smoke Signals video and complete Study Guide
HW: Choose an Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08; work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
4-16-08
Discuss Smoke Signals Study Guide; define Tribal Affiliation; read selections from Spoon River Anthology
HW: Choose an Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08; work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
4-17-08
Begin reading Our Town
4-18-08
In-class essay over Smoke Signals; Continue reading Our Town

AP English 12
Discuss various short fiction samples from text.
4-14-08
Read selection from Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; Answer questions
Short story unit – Story notes and readings
Read “By and By” p. 597
Work on Creative Writing Assignment
4-15-08
Discuss selection by Don DeLillo “Video Tape” p. 567
HW: Short story unit – Story notes and readings
Read “Class” Sherman Alexie pp. 584
4-16-08
Discuss “Class” Sherman Alexie pp. 584
HW: Read “By-and-by” Amy Bloom pp. 597
“55 Miles to the Gas Pump” p. 603 and “The Whore’s Child” p. 604
4-17-08
Discuss “By-and-by” Amy Bloom pp. 597
“55 Miles to the Gas Pump” p. 603 and “The Whore’s Child” p. 604Short story unit – Story notes and readings
Read “Life is Hell” p. 573
Work on Creative Writing Assignment
4-18-08
Discuss selections by Annie Proulx and Richard Russo; Discuss “Life is Hell” p. 573
Work on Creative Writing Assignment

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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English 11
4-7-08
Discuss novel choices; read poems for extra credit.
4-8-08 to 4-10-08
Read
HW: Choose an Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08; work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
4-11-08
Quiz over poems; independent reading time.

AP English 12
4-7-08
Discuss "St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves"
HW: Review Kafka for in class essay
4-8-08
In class essay
HW: Read Stephen King story from text
4-9-08 to 4-11-08
Discuss various short fiction samples from text.

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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English 11
3-31-08
Read Newsweek and complete quiz or essay for extra credit.
4-1-08 to 4-4-08
Read The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock, pp. 1025-1029; answer questions p. 130 and vocab. p. 1032.
Begin work on Poetry Anthology - Due 4-30-08.
HW: Choose an Independent Novel to read - Due 5-12-08

AP English 12
3-31-08
Discuss postcard poems
HW: Complete Metamorphosis questions
4-1-08 to 4-2-08
Discuss The Metamorphosis
HW: Read The Country Doctor and The Judgment
4-3-08 to 4-4-08
Discuss The Country Doctor and The Judgment
4-4-08
View Kafka parody video.

LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS
OH GLI A.1 "Recognize and identify how authors clarify meanings of words through context and use definition, restatement, example, comparison, contrast and cause and effect to advance word study."
OH GLI D.6 "Recognize characteristics of subgenres including satire, parody and allegory and explain how choice of genre affects the expression of a theme or topic."
OH GLI D.7 Analyze the characteristics of various literary periods and how the issues influenced the writers of those periods.

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