2016 Term 1 Calendar

Mrs. Loveless   2016 Honors/IB English 11 Term 1 Calendar (August 24-October 28)            You are welcome!

YOU MUST BRING THE FOLLOWING TO CLASS EVERY DAY: AN AMERICAN NOVEL THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY ME, A DEDICATED SPIRAL NOTEBOOK, YOUR ENGLISH BINDER WITH PLENTY OF PAPER, PENCIL, AND BLACK OR BLUE PEN.
		Aug. 24 A	Aug. 25 B Substitute will distribute calendars, disclosures, and Monday’s reading assignment. Discuss “I’m the Expert” reports, Native American literature, and outside reading.	Aug. 26 A
Aug. 29 B Have read Captivity Mary Rowlandson Narrative Bring an outside reading book, American novel. Discuss cake, academic integrity, dress code. Collect signed disclosures.	Aug. 30 A	Aug. 31 B I am the Expert due for last names E-H, In class we will read Sinners, Jonathan Edwards, who/whom Quirk Quiz	Sept. 1 A	Sept. 2 B Substitute will read with you in class: Olaudah Equiano, (There will probably be an “academic celebration” afterward. Discussion
Sept. 5 LABOR DAY No School	Sept. 6 A	Sept. 7 B I am the Expert due for last names I-M Mrs. Fager’s Magic Top Ten Concerns samples Argumentation	Sept. 8 A	Sept. 9 B New Vocabulary (Crucible) Brainstorm Topics/ main ideas, three working thesis statements, who/whom quiz, library time
Sept. 12 A	Sept. 13 B Discuss three topics, library time, rough draft due at the end of the period.	Sept. 14 A	Sept. 15 B I’m the Expert N-Z DERJ accounting, peer edit rough draft, begin The Crucible by Arthur Miller	Sept. 16 A
Sept. 19 B I am the Expert Reports due for last names A-D, Vocab Quiz The Crucible	Sept. 20 A	Sept. 21 B Final Draft of Argument Paper Due, The Crucible	Sept. 22 A	Sept. 23 B  The Crucible
Sept. 26 A	Sept. 27 B Half-way through  The Crucible quiz	Sept. 28 A	Sept. 29 B Commonly confused words    The Crucible	Sept. 30 A
Oct. 3 B The Crucible, Crucible Projects due	Oct. 4 A	Oct. 5 B DERJ accountability The Crucible Final New Vocabulary	Oct. 6 A	Oct. 7 B Individual Research:  if your last name starts with A-D, Ben Franklin, E-H, Patrick Henry, I-M, Thomas Paine,N-Z, Thomas Jefferson
Oct. 10 A	Oct. 11 B DERJ accounting John and Abigail Adams letters, The Chosen  packet due	Oct. 12 A	Oct. 13 B Commonly confused words quiz, Adams Letters, Lay vs. Lie	Oct. 14 A
Oct. 17 B Outside reading must be finished by this date! Adams letters	Oct. 18 A	Oct. 19 B Vocab Quiz Adams letters, Letters and projects due today. NO Late work accepted after today!	Oct. 20 Fall Break	Oct. 21 Fall Break
Oct. 24 A	Oct. 25 B Lay vs. Lie Quiz Introduce the Romantics, begin The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne	Oct. 26 A	Oct. 27 B Have read the first two chapters in The Scarlet Letter End of term 1	Oct. 28 A

 

 Major Assignments for Term 1:

I’m the Expert Report, written and oral:  100	DERJ accounting:  20 points per entry
Vocabulary (3): 150	Outside Reading: 100, plus 20 per day
Grammar (3): 150	The Chosen Packet (Summer Reading): 100
Argument Paper: 400	The Crucible Final and Project: 200
Letter: 75	Reading Quizzes: 50 per