Helix Charter High School2000200120022003captured Aug 23, 2003

English - 5C


Assignments - Quarter 4
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April
3/31
4/1
4/2
4/3
4/4


No School
*First Day Quarter 4
*Email-Who I Am!
*Email-Media Control
*Email-Positive and
negatives of laws and rules?
Do they limit us or make
us free?
*Email-Describe individuals
that you admire?
*Mind Map-"Harrison
Bergeron"
4/7
4/8
4/9
4/10
4/11

*Email-What are the
most difficult issues
connected with being a
teenager in America
today?

*Email-Evaluate
Harrison as a Hero!
*Creative Rewrite
*Formal Email #1 & R.D.
*In Class Timed Writing
on "Harrison Bergeron"
*Analyze "Harrison Bergeron"
based on Literature Terms
*In Class reading of "Masque
of Red Death"
*Mind Map-"Masque of Red
Death"
*Analyze "Masque of Red
Death" based on
Literature Terms
4/14
4/15
4/16
4/17
4/18
*Typed 1 page Compare
and Contrast of
societies of "Harrison"
and "Masque" (No Emails)
*10 Mind Maps
on Vocab Words from
"Harrison"
*Creative Rewrite
*Formal Email #2 & R.D.
*In Class Timed Writing
on "Masque of Red Death"
*10 Mind Maps on
Vocab Words from "Masque"
*In Class reading of
"The Lottery"
No School
4/21
4/22
4/23
4/24
4/25
*Mind Map-"The Lottery"
*Analyze "The Lottery"
based on Literature Terms
*Thesis Development
Activity
for "Harrison,"
"Masque," and "Lottery"
(Use Key Thesis Words)
*Creative Rewrite
*Formal Email #3 & R.D.
*In Class Timed Writing
on "The Lottery"
*10 Mind Maps on Vocab
Words
from "Lottery"
*In Class reading of
"Those Who Walk Away
From Omelas"
*Analyze "Omelas" based
on these Literature Terms.
*Mind Map on "Omelas"
4/28
4/29
4/30
 
*Typed 1 page
Compare and
Contrast of societies
of "Lottery" and
"Omelas" (No Emails!)
*Bio Poems (Use All
4 Types-Once Each)
for all Stories!
*10 Mind Maps on
Vocab Words
from "Omelas"
*Creative Rewrite
Spring Fling
*Formal Email #4 & R.D.
*In Class Timed Writing on "Omelas"


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May
 
5/1
5/2
*Group Fish Bowls on "Harrison," "Masque," "Lottery," and "Omelas"
(Levels of Questioning)
*Video-Matrix (No permission
slip or if a day is missed, must
summarize and write reaction to
Plato's Cave)
*Quote Integration Activity for "Harrison," "Masque," and "Lottery," and "Omelas"
(Sample Quote Integration)
*Video-Matrix (No permission slip or if a day
is missed, must summarize
and write reaction to
Plato's Cave)
5/5
5/6
5/7
5/8
5/9

Progress Report Grades Due
*Begin Persuasive Essay
*Prompt
*In Class Thesis
Development

*Transitions Activity
-Sample #1
-Sample #2
-Sample #3
*Matrix/Reality Group Timed Writing
College Day 
*Formal Email #5 & R.D.
*Thesis Paragraph
*Conclusion Paragraph
*Written Rough Draft
*In Class Essay Enhancement
*Formal Essay Format
*Works Cited Page
*Typed Rough Draft
*In Class Peer Editting
*Active Voice
*Guidelines for Rough Draft Revision Assessment
5/12
5/13
5/14
5/15
5/16
*Begin Reading Ayn Rand's Anthem
*PIE Activity
*Avoiding
UghWords
!
  *Essay Yes Test
*Integrate Your "Quotes"  
*Formal Email #6 & R.D.
(Email is Extra Credit Due
Draft of Persuasive Essay)
*Prompt Analysis Activity (R.U.G.S.)
*10 Mind Maps on Vocab Words from Anthem *Persuasive Essay Due
*Essay Evaluation Form
*Late Work Policy
*Essay Revision Policy
*Essay Revision Form
5/19
5/20
5/21
5/22
5/23

*Analyze Anthem based on these Literature Terms.
*Mind Map on Anthem
  *Anthem Chapter Mind Maps (ALL!)
*In Class Timed Writing on Anthem and "Harrison Bergeron"
*Formal Email #7 & R.D.
*In Class Timed Writing on Anthem 
*Begin Sample
Essay/Portfolio Unit
*Anticipation Guide #1
*Begin Sample Essay
Scavenger Hunt
5/26
5/27
5/28
5/29
5/30
No School

*Anticipation Guide #2
*Begin Working on Formal Speech
(Speech Rubric)
*Speech Prompt

*Formal Email #8 & R.D.
*Creative Rewrites
based on Choice Story
(3-5 Pages Typed!)
*10 Vocab Mind Maps from
Sample Essay (List 1)
*Charting of
Sample Essay
(Resource Words)
*Sample Essay
Scavenger Hunt Due
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June
6/2
6/3
6/4
6/5
6/6
*Speech Slot Draft
*Anticipation Guide #3

*10 Vocab
Mind Maps (List 2)
 
Senior Awards Night
*Formal Email #9 & R.D.
*In class Tmed Writing
on Sample Essay

*Speech Presentations
 
*Speech Presentations
*Copying of Sample Essay and Sample Proposal
(Yes, the whole entire essay...word for word, including the works cited page!)
6/9
6/10
6/11
6/12
6/13
*Review for Final
Timed Writing and
Final Exam!
*Final Timed Writing and Short Answer Exam!
(Based on all
Literature!)

Finals
*Formal Email #10
*2 Hour Final Exam
(Based on Sample Essay)

Finals

Graduation
No School

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