1st Term Calendar 2013

2013/2014  Honors English 11    Term 1 Calendar (August 26-October 31)          You are welcome.

Aug 26   A Disclosures/ Dress code/ Quirk quiz/New vocab	Aug 27   B Disclosures/ Dress code/ Quirk quiz/New vocab	Aug 28   A Disclosure quiz/Native American Lit/Anne Bradstreet/I am the Expert due for last names A-D	Aug 29   B Disclosure quiz/Native American Lit/Anne Bradstreet/I am the Expert due for last names A-D	Aug 30   A I am the Expert due for last names E-H/Have read pp 35-43 Captivity Narrative/ Grammar
Sept 2  Labor Day	Sept 3   B I am the Expert due for last names E-H/Have read pp 35-43 Captivity Narrative/ Grammar	Sept 4   A DERJ Accountability/I am the Expert due for last name I-M/Sinners, Jonathan Edwards/Who, Whom	Sept 5   B DERJ Accountability/I am the Expert due for last name I-M/Sinners, Jonathan Edwards/Who, Whom	Sept 6   A Vocab quiz/I am the Expert due for last names N-Z/ Have read pp. 50-63, Olaudah Equiano/TOP TEN CONCERNS/ Samples
Sept 9   B Vocab quiz/I am the Expert due for last names N-Z/ Have read pp. 50-63, Olaudah Equiano/TOP TEN CONCERNS/ Samples	Sept 10   A Mrs. Fager/Argument	Sept 11   B Mrs. Fager/Argument	Sept 12   A New vocab/Three Topics, main ideas for each, three working these statements/Who,Whom Quiz	Sept 13   B New vocab/Three Topics, main ideas for each, three working these statements/Who,Whom Quiz
Sept 16   A Library Time/Rough draft due at end of period	Sept 17   B Library Time/Rough draft due at end of period	Sept 18   A DERJ acct/Begin The Crucible/Peer-edit/New vocab	Sept 19   B DERJ acct/Begin The Crucible/Peer-edit/New vocab	Sept 20   A The Crucible/Final argument paper due at beginning of period
Sept 23   B The Crucible/Final argument paper due at beginning of period	Sept 24   A Counselors coming/Vocab quiz	Sept 25   B Counselors coming/Vocab quiz	Sept 26   A Crucible half-way quiz/New vocab	Sept 27   B Crucible half-way quiz/New vocab
Sept 30   A  Parent Teacher Conference	Oct 1   B  Parent Teacher Conference	Oct 2   A Crucible/ Grammar	Oct 3   B Crucible/ Grammar	Oct 4   A Crucible/DERJ acct
Oct 7   B Crucible/DERJ acct	Oct 8   A Crucible/Vocab quiz	Oct 9   B Crucible/Vocab quiz	Oct 10 A	Oct 11   B
Oct 14   A Crucible review	Oct 15   B Crucible review	Oct 16   A Crucible Final	Oct 17  UEA--No school!!	Oct 18   UEA--No school!!
Oct 21   B Crucible Final	Oct 22   A Crucible Project Due DERJ Acct/John and Abigail Adams Letters 1&Grammar/Have read: If your last name starts with A-D, Franklin (pp 65-77), E-H, Henry (pp. 78-84), I-M, Paine (pp 85-93), N-Z, Jefferson (pp 95-1052	Oct 23   B Crucible Project Due DERJ Acct/John and Abigail Adams Letters 1&2Have read: If your last name starts with A-D, Franklin (pp 65-77), E-H, Henry (pp. 78-84), I-M, Paine (pp 85-93), N-Z, Jefferson (pp 95-1052	Oct 24   A Grammar/John and Abigail Adams Letters 3&4/Vocab quiz	Oct 25   B Grammar/John and Abigail Adams Letters 3&4/Vocab quiz
Oct 28   A Introduce the Romantics/Begin Scarlet etter/Last day for late work, including your Chosen projects from the summer reading	Oct 29   B Introduce the Romantics/Begin Scarlet Letter/Last day for late work, including your Chosen project from the summer reading.	Oct 30   A Have read Ch 1&2 of Scarlet Letter/DERJ acct/Assign motif groups	Oct 31   B <End of term> Have read Ch 1&2 of Scarlet Letter/DERJ acct/Assign motif groups	Nov 1 Teacher Prep Day--no school

Disclosure

Junior Honors/IB Disclosure

Course Disclosure
Mrs. Loveless
Honors English 11 and IB
2013/2014

Course Objective: To help you learn to read, write, speak, listen, and think clearly and effectively as you prepare for the ACT, for college, and for a rich literary life beyond college and throughout your life.

Course Requirements: Read your assignments carefully.  Come prepared to participate in class     discussions.  Work diligently on your writing. Never fall in love with your first draft. Nearly any piece of  writing can be improved.
 Commit yourself to academic integrity.

 Supplies and Materials:
 Pencils and pens with black or dark blue ink  only
 A spiral notebook for in-class journal writing (Please no messy, frayed edges)
 A loose leaf binder with plenty of paper, divided into five sections: Assignments, Notes,  Vocabulary, Grammar, Literary Terms
 Our literature textbook
 You will also need to bring your own reading book each day.

Citizenship: Davis School District Policies will apply.   Be positive and respectful.
 Be prepared for class.   Use appropriate language while speaking and writing.
 Absences: Three or more unexcused absences result in an automatic U.
 Tardies will have a negative effect on academic grades as well as citizenship.
 One to two tardies could be an H or an S. Three could be an N, but four or more is an automatic U.  Citizenship grades can be a combination of inappropriate behavior, unexcused absences, and tardies.  Inappropriate cell phone use in class is considered to be a citizenship matter. Cell phones should be turned off while in the classroom. Texting, calling, receiving texts, or texting may result in a U.

Grading:

A 93% A- 90%

B+ 85% B 83% B- 80%

C+ 75% C 73% C- 70

D+ 65% D 63% D- 60%

F 59% and below

Late Work Policy:  Work is due on the assigned due date, regardless of whether the student was present when the assignment was given or when it came due. Late work may be accepted for half credit, if it is submitted within seven calendar days of the original due date. When I am absent, I have to get a substitute. When you are absent, you will need to get a substitute to take your class notes and to turn in your major assignments.  Pick someone on whom you can rely.

Missed Tests: Missed tests may be made up only if the teacher is notified prior to the test. The student or parent must notify the teacher personally or may call the business office at 402-3900 and leave a message. Tests may be
made up on the first day the student returns to school during class or after school, at the teacher’s convenience.
Tests may not be made up after that test has been returned to the class. Quizzes must be taken within five days of your return.

Academic Integrity:  Plagiarism and other forms of cheating will result in a loss of both academic and citizenship credit. Cutting and pasting other people’s research from the Internet or other sources without correctly citing sources is also considered to be a form of plagiarism. Lifting phrases, sentences, whole paragraphs, and entire essays is wrong. Parents and administration will be contacted.

Hall Passes:  Each student will receive one hall pass per term. If it is returned at the end of the term, the student will receive 20 extra credit points to be added to his/her academic grade.

Movies:  The following is a list of movies from which I will select a few that may be shown in part or in full. If you object to any of these movies, please notify me within ten days, so that I may find a suitable, alternative activity. The Crucible (an edited version), The Scarlet Letter, (The Meg Foster version, not the Demi Moore version) The Simpson’s Do The Raven, A&E Biographies (Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, and F. Scott Fitzgerald), selected sections of American Literary History, Inherit the Wind,  Tell-Tale Heart, The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, Bernice Bobs Her Hair.

I am genuinely excited about teaching this year. I absolutely LOVE this stuff! And I love to share it with my students. I will work for the success of each one of my students. Please feel free to contact me at school during my preparation periods, 3^rd and 6th. See the bell schedule for exact times. After school is also a good time to catch me. Please email me with any concerns, and I can usually get back to you that very day.
mloveless@dsdmail.net

MRS. LOVELESS’ DISCLOSURE FORM TO RETURN
Please keep the above portion for your records and return the following portion to me.

I have read, understood, and will support the policies explained in this disclosure statement, including the policy about late work, cell phone use, and missed tests.
Student signature ____________________________Date_______

Parent signature ___________________________Date________

Please print student’s name __________________________ Period  _____

Bring this back to class for points.

4th Term 2013

April 8 b Review Inherit Vocab, play to page 88	April 9 a Review vocab, finish play	April10 b begin log of significant quotes, discussion groups	April 11 a vocab quiz, begin log of significant quotes	April 12 b vocab quiz Intro #1
April 15 a root word quiz Intro #1 due	April 16 b root word quiz Intro #1 due	April 17 a discussion groups, Intro #2 due	April 18 b discussion groups, Intro #2 due Huck Finn book card due	April 19 a movie discussion groups, Intro #3 due, Huck Finn book card die
April 22 b movie discussion groups, intro #3 due	April 23 a Inherit Final Due: 21 citations with justifications	April 24 b Inherit Final Due: 21 citations with justifications	April 25 a Turn in best intro for fine-tooth grading, 100 points, introduce Gatsby	April 26 b Turn in best intro for fine-tooth grading, 100 points, introduce Gatsby
April  29 a Great Gatsby, have read ch. 1 and 2 before class.	April 30 b Great Gatsby, have read ch. 1 and 2 before class	May 1 a GG, have read ch 3 and 4. Bring in 3 significant citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 2 b GG, have read ch 3 and 4. Bring in 3 significant citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 3 a GG, have read thru ch. 6.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.
May 6 b GG, have read thru ch. 6.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 7 a GG, have read thru ch. 8.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.  CRT tests in 3rd floor lab.  Meet there if you are in 2nd period, Tech Lab, otherwise.	May 8 b GG, have read thru ch. 8.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.	May 9 a GG, have read thru ch. 9  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards.  CRT tests in 3rd floor lab.  Meet there if you are in 2nd period, Tech Lab, otherwise.	May 10 b GG, have read thru ch. 9.  Bring in 3 citations on 3 3x5 cards. CRT tests in Tech Lab.  Meet there.
May 13 a Have finished Great Gatsby by the time you come to class. Bring 3 citations to class on 3 3x 5 cards.  VOCABULARY QUIZ	May 14 b Have finished Great Gatsby by the time you come to class. Bring 3 citations to class on 3 3x 5 cards. CRT tests in Tech Lab.  Meet there.	May 15 a Bring in all your cards.  Final on GG.	May 16 b Bring in all your cards.  Final on GG	May 17 a Parade of 20th Century American Poetry Prufrock by T.S. Eliot
May 20 b Parade of 20th Century American Poetry Prufrock by T. S. Eliot	May 21 a Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks Explication explicated, practiced in pairs, and alone. Review Poetic vocab.	May 22 b Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks Explication explicated, practiced in pairs, and alone. Review Poetic vocab.	May 23 a Frost, William Carlos Williams	May 24 b  Frost, William Carlos Williams
May 27 Memorial Day: NO SCHOOL	May 28 a In-class Cold Explication 100 points	May 29 b In-class Cold Explication 100 points	May 30 a Hemingway, six word short story	May 31 b Hemingway, six word short story
June 3 a Your six word short story is due at the beginning of class. Alice Walker short story	June 4 b Your six word short story is due at the beginning of class.  Test Day: Poetic terms and devices Bravestock	June 5 a Test Day: Poetic terms and devices Swan Song, Yearbooks	June 6 b No classes	June 7 Graduation All Night Senior Party, after which you magically turn into seniors.

                       

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Topic for Inherit the Wind

1.  Freedom of Thought
2.  Ideas clash/friendships lost
3.  Separation of church and state
4.  This play was written during the period known as McCarthism.  What’s the significance?
5.  The politically powerful attempting to impose ideas that may be abhorrent to the less powerful.
6.  Local control over education
7.  Has the idea of freedom of religion gone too far, so as to mean freedom from religion?
8.  The role of women as they attempt to support the men in their lives
9.  North vs South
10.  Hubris: if Drummond and Brady switch personalities but not convictions...
Does the likability of main characters make a difference?
11.  “Right has no meaning.  Truth has meaning, as a direction.”  Is that true?
12.  Business trumps ethics, morals, and even one’s own ideas and opinions?  The Storekeeper says opinions are bad for business.
13.  Fear of new ideas
14.  Science/Religion: mutually exclusive?
15.  Faith/empirical evidence
16.  Breaking away from traditions
17.  It takes a wise man to say, I don’t know.
18.  Standing up for what you believe
19.  Hillsboro on trial for what?
20.  What influence did the changing of the townspeople’s opinion have on the outcome of the play?
21.  Has Science ever made errors that were later proven to be wrong?
22.  “An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.”
23.  What should teachers teach?  Who should decide?
24.  Are children harmed by learning an array of theories, some of which may not turn out to be true?
25.  What harm, cynicism?

Book Cards

Book cards need to be created for each major work we complete.  They should be handwritten on the largest size of lined cards.  Please include the title, the author, the year of publication, and literary movement.  Discuss plot, theme, tone, mood, motifs, shifts in action, climax, symbols, diction, character development, writing style.  Do not submit a skimpy card.  I'm looking for density.  Get as much information on the card as you can.  It will help you in the future.  I promise.