Grade 11 - January

  Mid-Term Exam Persuasive Essay Template   Mid-Term Exam

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  1-17 Mid-Term Exams; No PM Classes

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Computer Lab: [Check classroom door for Lab Schedule]: Work on American Dream Essay; submit American Dream essay to your account on www.gomyaccess.com and then print from there; Essay Due: 1-14 1-18 Mid-Term Exam; Computer Lab 2: Open Lab; Class Meetings in PM; Period 8 for 10 minutes

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Computer Lab: [Check classroom door for Lab Schedule]: Work on American Dream Essay; submit American Dream essay to your account on www.gomyaccess.com 1-19  
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Computer Lab: [Check classroom door for Lab Schedule]: Begin Persuasive Essay Format

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1-21 School Closed: Teacher In-Service
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1-22 Review Revised Book Review Podcast directions; and Rubric;  begin scripting podcast; due 1-23 end of class
1-07 Book Review Podcast Handout; Independent Reading Class to finish reading and to begin scripting the podcast 1-23 Collect Podcast Scripts; begin www.gomyaccess.com Persuasive Essay on A Changing Society; due 2-4
1-08 Review Podcast Directions; Distribute School Board Persuasive Essay Sample [started but needs to be finished by Friday, 1-11] 1-24 Work on finishing & practicing Podcast Script; work on www.gomyaccess.com Persuasive Essay on A Changing Society; due 2-4
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Computer Lab: [Check classroom door for Lab Schedule]: Work on American Dream Essay; submit American Dream essay to your account on www.gomyaccess.com and then print from there; American Dream Essay Due: 1-14; then, copy 8 Ways to Begin Sentences; distribute Subordinate Conjunctions handout; work on hard copy School Board Essay; School Board Essay due 11-10

1-25 Begin Podcasting; work on www.gomyaccess.com Persuasive Essay on A Changing Society; due 2-4; begin PSSA Reading Test Prep
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Revolutionary Unit: Paine's Common Sense Number 1 and Henry's "Speech in the Virginia House of Burgess"

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Review for Mid-Term Exam

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1-28 Continue Podcasting; work on www.gomyaccess.com Persuasive Essay on A Changing Society; due 2-4; begin PSSA Reading Test Prep; return Mid-Term Exams and Grade Sheets
1-13   1-29 Finish Podcasting at home--due today by 9 PM; work on www.gomyaccess.com Persuasive Essay on A Changing Society; due 2-4; begin PSSA Reading Test Prep
1-14 Computer Lab 2: American Dream Essay due today 1-30 Begin A Growing Nation: 1800--1840 Unit on American Romanticism and Southern Gothic: What is Romance?  Discuss what students consider romantic: moment, movie, book?  America as Personal Analogy and Connection to England; Introduce traits of American Romanticism
1-15 Review for Mid-Term Exam

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American Romanticism: Does Art Imitate Life?  Analyze and Discuss representations of the devil in "The Devil and Tom Walker"; Reading Apprenticeship: Identify how struggling for an identity can result in bias and oppression in literature and life in any time period
1-16 Mid-Term Exam English: Consult Room 120 and Door for Schedule