English 4

 

Lesson Plans

Week 1 (8/22-24) Week 2   (8/27 -8/31) Week 3 (9/3 -9/7) Week 4 (9/10-14) Week 5 (9/17-21) Week 6 (9/24-28) Week 7  (10/1- 5) Week 8 (10/10-13) Week 9 End 1st (10/15-19)
Week 10 (10/22 -26) Week 11 (10/29-11/2) Week 12 (11/5 -9) Week 13 (11/12 -16) Week 14 (11/19-23) Week 15 (11/26-11/30) Week 16 (12/3- 12/7) Week 17 (12/10-14) Week 18-End 2nd (12/17-21)
Week 19 (1/2-5) Week 20 (1/7 -11) Week 21 (1/14 -18) Week 22 (1/21 -25) Week 23 (1/28-2/1) Week 24 (2/4-8) Week 25 (2/11 -15) Week 26 (2/18-22) Week 27 (2/25-3/1)
Week 28 (3/4-8) -End 3rd Week 29 (3/11-15) Week 30 (3/18-22) Week 31 (3/25-3/29) Week 32 (4/1-5) Week 33 (4/8-12) Week 34 (4/15 -19) Week 35 (4/22-4/26) Week 36 (4/30-5/3)
Week 37 Last Week  (5/6-10)   Standards   Syllabus  

 

 

Week 1  

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
8-22 Overview of Expectations
8-23 Explain the genres of writing.  Writing Samples.  Brainstorming strategies.
8-24 Brainstorm one page of favorite summer activity.  Start writing rough draft.    Rough Draft will be due on Monday.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 2

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT

8-27

Awareness of overused words Colored Pens

Corrections to rough draft.

8-28

Business Letter Format and Letter of Intent

 

 

8-29

Write rough draft letter of intent

 

Rough draft due on the 30th
8-30 Correct rough draft letter of intent Colored Pens Final draft due on Sept 4th
8-31 No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 3

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
9-3 No School
9-4 Correction of Letters of Intent by Groups Make Need Corrections on Letter of Intent
9-5 Hand in Letters of Intent.  Introduction to Research and Writing Rookies Guide to Research.
9-6 List of Possible Search Terms for Research Writing
9-7 Differences in MLA and APA research format.

 

 

 

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Week 4

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
9-10 Steps in Developing a Research Paper Page 3 in Text
9-11 Select a Topic; Create a Guiding Statement; Utilize Search Techniques will be discussed in detail.
9-12 Evaluate Sources; Databases will be discussed in detail.    
9-13 Practice research on the topic "West Nile Disease" answering the question, "How Does One Prevent West Nile?" Find three articles on Preventing West Nile 
9-14 Evaluate the articles for suitability and reliability of information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 5-Back to Top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
9-17 Research for Senior Paper
9-18 Research for Senior Paper
9-19 Research for Senior Paper
9-20 Research for Senior Paper
9-21 Round Robin Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 6-Back to Top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
9-24 Teacher Inservice-No School
9-25 Students gone to Career Day
9-26 Research for Senior Paper
9-27 Round Robin Writing
9-28 Homecoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 7-Back to Top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
10-1 Senior Paper Research
10-2 Senior Paper Research
10-3 Organizing Notes; Developing a Thesis Statement
10-4 Paraphrasing Research
10-5 Signal Phrase for Citations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 8-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
10-8 Developing a Thesis Statement
10-9 Paraphrasing Research 
10-10 Signal Phrase for Citations
10-11 Formatting the Research Paper
10-12 Free write-creative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 9-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
10-15 Gathering Data
10-16 Paraphrasing Research Thesis Statement Due
10-17 Signal Phrases
10-18 Formatting a Paper
10-19 Starting the Rough Draft

End of Quarter 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 10-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
10-22
10-23
10-24
10-25
10-26 No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 11-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
10-29
10-30
10-31
11-1
11-2

 

 

 

 

 

Week 12-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
11-5
11-6
11-7

 

11-8
11-9

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 13-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
11-12 Facilitating Research Writing
11-13 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-14 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-15 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-16 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 14-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
11-19 Thanksgiving from a Turkey's Perspective-Creative Writing
11-20 Finish Thanksgiving Paper
11-21 No School
11-22 No School
11-23 No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 15-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
11-26 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-27 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-28 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-29 Facilitating Research Writing, Paraphrasing, and Sourcing
11-30 Rough Draft Due at the end of hour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 16-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
12-3 Works Cited Due
12-4 Family Description Using Limited Words
12-5 Hand in Family Writing; Noun and Verb Matching
12-6 Hand in Noun and Verb Matching Writing by the end of the hour.
12-7 Alphabet Sentence Writing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 17-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
12-10 Noun and Verb Matching Writing
12-11 Finish Noun and Verb Matching Writing Hand in at the end of the hour.
12-12 Scholarship Essay-Why I deserve a scholarship
12-13 Finish Scholarship Essay and hand in.
12-14 Descriptive Writing Assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 18-back to top

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
12-17 Descriptive Writing-Directions to your home
12-18 Writing conferences on Scholarship Essays
12-19 Class of 2012-What you need to know when you leave
12-20 Final Draft of Research Paper
12-21 Final Draft of directions to your home

End Quarter 2

End Semester I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 19

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
01-02 Scholarship Essay Conference and Rewrite
01-03 Scholarship Essays/Research Final
01-04 Scholarship Essays/Research Final

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 20

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
01-07 Introduction to British Literature Literature Book, Pages 4-9  Select the period of time from the reading that interested you the most.
01-08 Comprehension Strategies for Reading British Lit; Exile Reading Introduction; Read "The Seafarer" on pages 15-19 "The Seafarer"
01-09 Fill in discussion question notes on "The Seafarer"
01-10 Finish "Seafarer" discussion; Read "The Wanderer" and fill in the discussion questions. "The Wanderer"
01-11 Discuss "The Wanderer"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 21

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
1-14 Complete scholarships and essays
1-15 Complete scholarships and essays
1-16 Complete scholarships and essays
1-17 Reading day
1-18 Ovid and the Far Corners of the Earth Discussion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 22

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
1-21 No School
1-22 Ovid and the Far Corners of the Earth discussion; Review for test.
1-23 Seniors meet with Mr. Reindl
1-24  Test over exile stories.
1-25 Introduction of epic stories; Read "Beowulf"-The Wrath of Grendel and complete study guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 23

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
1-28 Small group sharing of "Wrath" information; class discussion of "Wrath" 
1-29 Read and complete study guide on "The Coming of Beowulf" Lines 105-226.
1-30 Small group discussion followed by class discussion; finish study guide on "The Coming of Beowulf".
1-31 Small group and class discussion on the second half of "The Coming of Beowulf".
2-1 No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 24

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
2-4 Small group and class discussion on the second half of "The Coming of Beowulf"; Read "The Battle with Grendel".
2-5 Small group and class discussion on "The Battle with Grendel."
2-6 No School-Music Contest
2-7 Read "The Monster's Lair" and design a poster portraying what the lair looks like.
2-8 Discussion of the "Monster's Lair"; Read "Battle with Grendel's Mother"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 25

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
2-11 Snow Day
2-12 Battle with Grendl's Mother-Study Guide and Discussion
2-13 Continued discussion on Grendl's mother; The Last Battle Study Guide
2-14 Discussion of the Last Battle
2-15 The Spoils Study Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 26

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
2-18 Discuss the Spoils and Farewell; revisit study guide questions; test review
2-19 Test over Beowulf
2-20 Scholarship essays
2-21 Essays for Lezlie; scholarships
2-22 Reading of Gilgamesh and Iliad 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 27

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
2-25 Mr Reindl meets with seniors
2-26 Discussion of Gilgamesh and Iliad; read the Anglo Saxon Chronicle and the English History
2-27 Discuss the Anglo Saxon Chronicle and English History
2-28 Canterbury Tales Lines 1-80; Introduction and the Knight
3-1 Canterbury Tales and Guided Notes for lines 81-168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 28

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
3-4 Discussion of Canterbury Tales Prologue and the Knight
3-5 NAEP Testing
3-6 Discussion of the Yeoman, Nun and the Monk; Study Guide for Friar, Cleric, and the Franklin.
3-7 Discussion of the Friar study guide; Study guide for the working class travelers
3-8 Writing assignment-What types of pilgrimages do people take today?  What is the purpose of these pilgrimages?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 29

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
3-11 Discussion of the Friar and Working Class Travelers
3-12 Continued discussion of the Friar; Study Guide for the Woman
3-13 Discussion of the Woman, Parson and Plowman
3-14 Discussion of the Woman, Parson and Plowman
3-15 No School

End 3rd Quarter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 30

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
3-18 Complete study guide for the Manciple and Reeve
3-19 Discussion of the Manciple and Reeve; complete the Summoner study guide
3-20 Discussion of the Summoner, Pardoner, and Host
3-21 Continued discussion of the Host; Review for test
3-22 Canterbury Tales test.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 31

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
3-25 Correct the Hinky Pink assignment; Overview of the change in national spirit in England; Introduction to "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight"
3-26 Study Guide #1 for Sir Gawain.
3-27 Discussion of Study Guide #1; Assign study guide #2    
3-28 Discussion of study guide #2
3-29 No School

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 32

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
4-1 No School
4-2 Sir Gawain Study Guide #2
4-3 Discussion of Sir Gawain study guides; Complete study guide #3
4-4 Discussion of Sir Gawain #3 
4-5 Discussion and completions of Sir Gawain #4

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Week 33

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
4-8 Finish Sir Gawain Study Guide #3
4-9 Vocabulary and Writing Activity; Sir Gawain Study Guide #4
4-10 Discussion of Study Guide #4
4-11 Review for Sir Gawain Test
4-12 Test over Sir Gawain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 34

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
4-15 Test over Sir Gawain
4-16 Reading Day and Scholarship Work Day
4-17 Morte de Arthur Reading
4-18 Morte de Arthur Reading
4-19 Morte de Arthur Reading

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 35

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
4-22 No School
4-23 Finish Morte de Arthur
4-24 Reading Day
4-25 Reading Day
4-26 Video-Macbeth

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 36

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT
4-29 Macbeth Video
4-30 Macbeth Video
5-1 Assign Macbeth Work Groups-Play
5-2 Senior Project Work Day
5-3 Macbeth Work Groups-Play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 37

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week 38

Week 38

DATE LESSON NOTES ASSIGNMENT

End Quarter 4

End 2nd Semester