Concept with Standards

Benchmarks

Students will be able to:

Activities

Students will:

Assessments

12.1.1-3; 12.5.6

Causal Analysis Essay  reading and lab work

Longman Reader"Americans and Food" - Carl Novack            "Why We Crave Horror Movies" - Stephen King    12. 2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5        

MLA Style - Longman Reader 623-634           12.4, 12.5

 Interpretmeanings of  vocabulary words bygeneratingsentences with appropriate context clues thatrelateto the meaning  of words.

(Continued) Organize and write  a causal analysis essay,applyingthe peer edit process toevaluateandcritiqueone another,  andrevisepaper for submission.

Analyze essay toidentify (level 4)material that must be citedand selectproper MLA formatting style,applyingproper technique to citations.

 Determine parts of speech of words; analyze study methods and techniques for vocabulary retention.

Read selections from text and analyze the pattern of development.  Then they will craft their own causal analysis essays.

Become acquainted with MLA information location in their handbooks and readers so that they can consult them as they progress in their writing endeavors.

Test                                              

                                                 Participation in small group and partner activities as well as classroom discussion.  

Written proposal for paper and daily progress. 

Use of proper MLA headings, margins, and other formatting requirements on their proposals.

Turn in revised Causal Analysis Essays.

12.4, 12.5

Completed peer edit sheets.

Finished causal analysis papers.

Week 12 - 13

Vocabulary 661-680 and 681-700

12.1.1-3; 12.5.6

Argumentation essay assigned (formal tone, objective third person, three sources with documentation-MLA style)

Longman Reader Ch. 11 Argumentation - Persuasion

Ethos, pathos, logos

Logical fallacies

Argumentation essay peer edited, revised, and turned in .

12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Research, organize, and write argumentation essay using multiple sources, applyingthe peer edit process toevaluateandcritiqueone another,  andrevisepaper for submission.

 Identify (level 4)material that must be citedand selectproper MLA formatting style,applyingproper technique to citations.

Students willidentify and analyze elements of ethos, pathos, logos, and logical fallacies in reasoning.

Determine parts of speech of words; analyze study methods and techniques for vocabulary retention.

Submit a proposal for their papers, then find appropriate sources for their topic, write and finish their rough drafts, peer edit using a peer edit evaluation sheet, and revise their essays for submission.

Submitted proposal

Rough draft with peer edit sheet

Finished paper

Weeks 14, 15

12.1.1-3; 12.5.6

Personal Narrative essay assigned (750 words), crafted, edited, submitted

Longman Reader, Chapter 4 "Narration"

Narrative elements

Consistency of tense

"Sister Flowers" - Maya Angelou

"If Only" - Paul Monohan

12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Organize and write  a personal narrative essay,applyingthe peer edit process toevaluateandcritiqueone another,  andrevisepaper for submission.

Read essays that follow this pattern of development, then submit a proposal for their papers,  write and finish their rough drafts, peer edit using a peer edit evaluation sheet, and revise their essays for submission.

Tests

Typed proposal

Rough draft with peer edit sheet

Finished composition

12.1.1-3; 12.5.6

Beowulf and the heroic cycle

Beowulf the movie

Longman Reader-  "The Ugly Truth about Beauty" - Dave Barry

"A Fable for Tomorrow" - Rachel Carson

"The Virtues of Growing Older" - Carol Siskin

Comparison-Contrast essay assigned, drafted, edited, and submitted

12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5

Read The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans  12.3

Analyzeelements of the epic genre, the heroic cycle, andread, interpret,andsummarizethe translated text of Beowulf,relatingthe heroic concepts of the story to our own idea of heroes today.

Compare and contrastthe text of the epic poem with Beowulf the movie,organizingandcategorizingelementsusinga graphic organizer.

Organize and write  a comparison-contrast essay,applyingthe peer edit process toevaluateandcritiqueone another,  andrevisepaper for submission.

In groups,read, analyze,  andexplain (level 6)sample essays' uses of comparison-contrast, supporting claims with details.

Determine parts of speech of words; analyze study methods and techniques for vocabulary retention.

Take notes on the heroic cycle.

Model reading then group reading using various reading strategies (collaborative reading, notetaking, questioning, predicting...)

Write a journal entry about attributes of a hero.

Read essays that follow the comparison/contrast pattern of development, then submit a proposal for the focus of their papers.  They will then write and finish their rough drafts, peer edit using a peer edit evaluation sheet, and revise their essays for submission.

Tests

Notes

Graphic organizer

Proposal for paper

Rough draft

Peer edit

Finished paper

Final Exams

Vocabulary

Essay test based on reading of The Christmas Box (RPE)

12.1,2, 3, 4, 5

Compose and supportan essay with a clear focus onanalysisof one of a list of suggested themes for an in-class essay test.

Write an essay with a clear focus on one of list of suggested themes for an in-class essay test.

Vocab test

In-class essay