Grade 11 - September

  Grammar Review; MLA Format; Thesis Ladder; Informational Essay Format; Informational Essay Rubric; Persuasive Essay Version 1 Format; Persuasive Essay Version 2 Format; Persuasive Essay Rubric; Verbs for Essays; Writing Don'ts    

9-01 Monday

Labor Day 9-15 Monday Laptop Cart: Creating PPLNs (Professional/Personal Learning Networks); Create, verify, and link Edublogs student accounts

9-02  Tuesday

10th Grade Orientation 9-16 Tuesday Laptop Cart: Creating PPLNs: Finish creating, verifying, and linking Edublogs; customize blogs; Create an Edmodo account; join your class period; add class to your "locker"

9-03 Wed.

Opening Day Activities; Abridged Schedule; English 11 Course Outline; PPLN Online Survey [complete by 9-19]; AM/PM Adjusted Schedule 9-17 Wed. Laptop Cart: Create an English 11 folder on H Drive; use Edmodo to transfer files/links into English 11 folder; finish

 

9-04  Thurs. Laptop Cart: Discuss Social Media, PPLN Survey, and Building a Community of Learners; Create Skype accounts and develop class communities; Create Pageflakes accounts; import widgets, customize home page 9-18 Thurs. Laptop Cart: Complete file downloads/transfers to English 11 Folder on H Drive using Edmodo: Grammar Review, MLA Format; Thesis Ladder; Informational Essay Format; Informational Essay Rubric; Persuasive Essay Version 1 Format; Persuasive Essay Version 2 Format; Persuasive Essay Rubric; Verbs for Essays; Writing Don'ts; final completion assessments for Edublogs and English 11 Folder on H Drive (name changes); set up students' MLA  essay templates and rubrics; verify and link Edublogs accounts to Learning Curve; continue Grammar Review [Periods 7, 8]
9-05  Friday Laptop Cart: Complete Skype accounts/friend exchange; Complete  Pageflakes accounts; Import widgets, customize home page, and add English 11 and Grade 11 blog to students' home page 9-19  Friday Laptop Cart: Final completion assessments for Edublogs; set up English 11 Folder on H Drive using Edmodo: Grammar ReviewMLA Format; Thesis Ladder; Informational Essay Format; Informational Essay Rubric; Persuasive Essay Version 1 Format; Persuasive Essay Version 2 Format; Persuasive Essay Rubric; Verbs for Essays; Writing Don'ts; set up students' MLA  essay templates and rubrics (name changes); verify and link Edublogs accounts to Learning Curve;  PPLN Survey at end of the blog) due today--must be taken online; continue Grammar Review [Periods 1, 3, 4]; continue Grammar Review
9-06   9-20  
9-07   9-21  
9-08  Monday View/discuss Common Craft Social Media and Twitter, TwittEarth universe; Distribute and record book numbers 9-22  Monday Picture Day--Classes Abridged:  Period 1 [8:05--8:15]; Period 3 [9:39--9:49]; Period 4 [10:15--10:25]; Period 7 [1:10--1:20]; Period 8 [2:15--2:25]; Grammar Review: Grammar for More Effective Writing: Punctuation [Comma, Semi-Colon, Colon; Hyphen, Dash]; Connecting Grammar and Punctuation to Effective Writing; Class Work: Warriner's p. 480, Exercise 2: rewrite with proper capitalization and punctuation [may not add / delete any words] and submit for grading; Connecting Grammar and Punctuation to Effective Writing; Class work: Warriner's p. 445 Exercise 1 to "hand."-- rewrite with proper capitalization and punctuation [may not add / delete any words] and submit for grading
9-09  Tuesday Revisit PPLN Survey [due 9-19] and Spreadsheet; Discuss Google Docs; Grammar Curriculum: How can I respond personally and effectively?  How does my audience affect my writing? Grammar for More Effective Writing: Sentences According to Content; Sentence Classification Advance Organizer 9-23 Tuesday Library: Reading Apprenticeship / Academic Literacy Curriculum: Reading / Literature Curriculum: What Lies Beneath?  What can I do to make sense of the text?  Review metacognition; establish climate; role modeling; interactive visual think-aloud; report out on RA strategies used; model talking to the text with students completing the activity
9-10  Wed. Grammar Curriculum: How can I respond personally and effectively?  Grammar Review: Grammar for More Effective Writing: Sentences According to Form; Review Parts of Speech 9-24 Wed. Library: Academic Literacy: How do I make the invisible visible? Discuss and model 4 Kinds of Schema; explore schema via cartoons and headlines; complete a "Before and After" with a challenging text
9-11  Thurs. Grammar Review: Grammar for More Effective Writing: Punctuation [Comma, Semi-Colon, Colon; Hyphen, Dash]; connecting Grammar and Punctuation to Effective Writing 9-25 Thurs. Open House; Library: Academic Literacy: What can I do to make sense of a text? Discuss reading strategies for understanding nonfiction / academic texts; baseline survey of AL strategies
9-12   Friday Guest Teacher Mrs. Toth: Understanding/Registering for the PSAT 9-26 Friday Early Dismissal 12:15; P/SAT/PSSA Curriculum: How can I respond personally and effectively?  Reading Comprehension Strategies for Critical Reading Test, Examples, and Sample Test; Homework: complete sample test
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9-14   9-28  

 

    9-29  Monday Review / Collect Homework; PSAT: Reading Comprehension Strategies for Sentence Completion, Five-Steps, Examples, and Sample Test; Homework: complete sample test
    9-30  Tuesday Review / Collect Homework; PSAT; Reading Comprehension Strategies for Multiple Choice Questions, Examples, and Sample Test; Homework: complete sample test