English 11 week of April 6

Monday - Thursday - As an introduction to the "Declaration of Independence" students will be viewing The Patriot movie.

Friday - Thinking about College? Baker College will be presenting information to guide students in understanding the process and first year of college.

Technical Writing week of April 6

Monday - Information regarding Senior Newsletter
Tuesday - Friday - Groups work on Senior Newsletter

Formatting for Essay - in text citations and language

Authors's Names
Use Steinbeck and Whitman for the remainder of the essay after the first time you reference them by the first and last name. Beyond introduction you should only use their last names.

Titles
"Leader of the People" and "Song of Myself" in quotation marks and written out each time during the ENTIRE essay.

Transitions

            EVERY paragraph starts with transition except introduction.

Language Choice

            Avoid casual language usage such as gonna, many, thing, and any contractions (don’t)

Examples from text
Remember to explain every example from the story or poem. You must include why you used it as an example and how it's relevant to your essay.

Creating Works Cited

You will need to include a Works Cited page that is separate from your essay

This is a format for creating EACH of the entries.

You will need two entries on your Works Cited:

1. John Steinbeck
2. Walt Whitman

Information needed
Anthology is Elements of Literature
Editors Dr. Kylene Beers
City of Publication is Austin, TX
Year of Publication is 2007
Name of Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Page numbers :
       Leader of the People (744-756)
       Song of Myself (370-371)

English 11 week of March 16

Monday - wrap up "Leader of the People" discussion.

Tuesday - Summarize and create powerpoint for "Song of Myself" poem. 6th and 8th hour complete Old Man and the Sea test.

2nd hour: https://docs.google.com/a/homeoftheshamrocks.org/presentation/d/1Nt4QgKp2ZdCMqrVX97ISy1R5-WEBLLwdUvRta_rMsd4/edit?usp=sharing

3rd hour: https://docs.google.com/a/homeoftheshamrocks.org/presentation/d/1MTfEj13vtsr4HL0P8Ay5_AqgZ_KBbZK3vSMQ2eVlot4/edit?usp=sharing

5th hour: https://docs.google.com/a/homeoftheshamrocks.org/presentation/d/1AKgoWd-mo0AzRXI-q_v1uAWVxccBpgjOXEWrlzIst_o/edit?usp=sharing

Taking notes: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Nt4QgKp2ZdCMqrVX97ISy1R5-WEBLLwdUvRta_rMsd4/pub?start=false&loop=true&delayms=60000

Wednesday - Notes on "Song of Myself" poem.

Thursday - Friday Comparison matrix. Expectations of essay.

Technical Writing week of March 16

Students will be working to create a sample newsletter. They will be using information from their Travel project.

Students who did not complete a travel project will be allowed access to others' completed projects with they expectation that they will create a APA Works Cited to go with any images they use.

English 11 week of March 9

Monday - Steinbeck notes shared. Videos on writing periods:

Introduction to the Romantic period (2:24) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAA0d1lmz-M

American Literature - Modernism (1914-1946) (5:05) at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVNBy5GHuqo

Supplement notes for Whitman and Steinbeck.

Tuesday- Comparison matrix for Whitman and Steinbeck.

Wednesday - Thursday - Notes will be focused on 757. Read silently John Steinbeck's The Leader of the People. Take notes.

Friday - Group work - paraphrase stanzas of Whitman poetry.

Technical Writing week of March 9

Monday - wrap up brochures. Final touches for client's needs.
Tuesday - Final brochure emailed to client with note. BCC Luttke.
Wednesday - Reflections and evaluations.
Thursday - Notes on newsletters.
Friday - Practice newsletters with report from Travel project from Semester 1.