Term 1 Calendar Honors English

Mrs. Loveless   2015 Honors/IB English 11 Term 1 Calendar (August 24-October 29)            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 Disclosures, Dress Code, Quirk Quiz, Sample Expert Report	Aug. 26 A	Aug. 27 B Disclosure Quiz Native American Lit/Anne Bradstreet I am the Expert Reports due for last names A-D, Discuss The Chosen, Check out textbooks	Aug. 28 A
Aug. 31 B I am the Expert Reports due for last names E-H, Have read pp. 35-42, Captivity Narrative	Sept. 1 A	Sept. 2 B DERJ accountability, I am the Expert due for last names I-M, In class we will read Sinners, Jonathan Edwards, who/whom	Sept. 3 A	Sept. 4 B I am the Expert due for last names N-Z Have read pp. 50-63, Olaudah Equiano, Top Ten Concerns
Sept. 7 LABOR DAY	Sept. 8 A	Sept. 9 B I’m the Expert Vocabulary Quiz Mrs. Fager’s Magic Top Ten Concerns samples Argumentation	Sept. 10 A	Sept. 11 B New Vocabulary (crucible) Brainstorm Topics/ main ideas, three working thesis statements, who/whom quiz, library time
Sept. 14 A	Sept. 15 B Discuss three topics, library time, rough draft due at the end of the period.	Sept. 16 A	Sept. 17 B DERJ accounting, peer edit rough draft, begin The Crucible by Arthur Miller	Sept. 18 A
Sept. 21 B Vocab Quiz The Crucible	Sept. 22 A	Sept. 23 B Final Draft of Argument Paper Due, The Crucible	Sept. 24 A	Sept. 25 B The Crucible
Sept. 28 A	Sept. 29 B Half-way through The Crucible quiz	Sept. 30 A	Oct.  1 B Commonly confused words    The Crucible	Oct. 2 A
Oct. 5 B The Crucible, Crucible Projects due	Oct. 6 A	Oct. 7 B DERJ accountability The Crucible Final New Vocabulary	Oct. 8 A	Oct. 9 B Have read:  if your last name starts with A-D, Franklin (pp 65-77), E-H, Henry (pp78-84), I-M, Paine (pp 85-93m N-Z, Jefferson (pp 95-105)
Oct. 12 A DERJ accounting John and Abigail Adams letters, The Chosen  packet due	Oct. 13 B	Oct. 14 A Commonly confused words quiz, Adams Letters, Lay vs. Lie	FALL RECESS	FALL RECESS
Oct.19 B Outside reading must be finished by this date! Adams letters	Oct. 20 A	Oct. 21 B Vocab Quiz Adams letters	Oct. 22 A	Oct. 23 B Last day for late work. Letters and projects due
Oct. 26 A	Oct. 27 B Lay vs. Lie Quiz Introduce the Romantics, begin The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne	Oct. 28 A	Oct. 29 B Have read the first two chapters in The Scarlet Letter End of term 1	No School

 

Major Assignments for Term 1:

I’m the Expert Report, written and oral	175
Vocabulary (3)	150
Grammar (3)	150
Argument Paper	400
Letter	75
DERJ accounting	20 points per entry
Outside Reading	100
The Chosen Packet (Summer Reading)	100
The Crucible Final and Project	200