ADVANCED AMERICAN CLASS SYLLABUS
Monday - Wednesday, June 13th - 15th
Last week of school!
Monday - Peer edit essays & turn them in.
Tuesday - Letter to your senior self,
Wednesday - Class feedback survey.
Monday - Friday, June 6th - 10th
Monday - Finish Apocalypse Now.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Begin final essay. Assignment to be posted on Google Classroom.
Thursday - Work day.
Friday - Work day.
Tuesday - Friday, May 31st - June 3rd
No school Monday for Memorial Day.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Final poetry step! Movie:
Thursday - Movie: Apocalypse Now.
Friday - Movie: Apocalypse Now.
Monday - Friday, May 23rd - 27th
Monday - Poetry Project continues: working on drafts.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Poetry drafts.
Thursday - Done?
Friday - Wrapping up poetry drafts and typing the final. Reading The Things They Carried.
Monday - Friday, May 16th - 20th
Monday - Begin Poetry Project with imagery. Best lines. P2: 1 & 2, P4: 1-3.
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Work with abstractions. Metaphor building.
Wednesday - Work with persona & audience.
Thursday - Work with rhythm. Slam Poetry for "I AM" prompt: Saul Williams Sha Clack Clack and Shappy Seasholtz I Am That Nerd.
Poetry Project - Day 3: RHYTHM
Poetry Project - Day 4: FIRST DRAFT
Monday - Friday, May 9th - 13th
Monday - Work/notes on line. Read Survival: Infantry and The Pit.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Poetic Imagery Exam & found poetry.
Thursday - Work/notes on persona. Listen to some spoken word. Read Vietnam #4 and Death of the Ball Turret Gunner. Love Poem.
Friday - Short persona poem. Next week: The Poetry Project. Look for images today.
Monday - Friday, May 2nd - 6th
Monday - Last day on imagery. Metaphor Builder & best lines.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Rhythm. Read, listen, practice.
Thursday - Rhyming poems in pairs.
Friday - Game day (most students gone for AP testing, games, etc).
Monday - Friday, April 25 - 29th
Monday - Can we be done with state testing please? Hoping this is the last day.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Nope, still testing.
Thursday - Back to poetry! Review of imagery - NEVER-HEARD-BEFORE activity.
Friday - CARDS OF DESTINY! THE BIRTHDAY EDITION!
Monday - Friday, April 18th - 22nd
State Testing until it's done! We've blocked out the whole week.
Monday - Thursday, April 11th - 14th
Monday - Internal punctuation review - The Rats' Revenge Part 1. Brief intro to poetry: imagery, rhythm, line & persona.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Practice Quiz - The Rats' Revenge Part 2. Begin The Poetry of War. Talk about themes, read some pretty famous ones: Dulce et Decorum Est, Here, Bullet, etc.
Thursday - End of the 3rd Quarter. Take a look at the practice test online.
Friday - No school: 3rd Quarter grading day.
Monday - Friday, April 4th - 8th
Monday - Last work day for the Grapes of Wrath project.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Start presentations.
Thursday - Finish presentations.
Friday - Self-evaluation on state test preparedness. Plus a quick lesson by Freske HERE
Monday - Friday, March 28th - April 1st
Monday - The Grapes of Wrath: discuss themes, characters, dramatic & structural choices.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Have the novel finished! We are starting our projects! Project link HERE.
Thursday - Project work day.
Friday - Project work day.
SPRING BREAK!
SPRING BREAK! Monday - Friday, March 14th - 18th
Monday - Goodbye letters to Noah, Grandma or Connie.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Small group discussion on Chapters 17-20 - link HERE.
Thursday - Respond & discuss quote on Page 151: And this you can know - fear the time when Manself will not suffer and die for a concept, for this one quality is the foundation of Manself, and this one quality is man, distinctive in the universe.
Friday - The Slings & Arrows of Outrageous Fortune
Monday - Friday, March 7th - 11th
Monday - Book notes!
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Skills demo on part two of the reading (through Ch 16).
Thursday - Finish skills demo and play a vocab review game.
Friday - Vocab exam! Link below.
Grapes of Wrath Vocabulary Quizlet
Grapes of Wrath Reading
Schedule
Due
Weds, March 3rd - Ch 1-9
Due
Weds, March 9th - Ch 10-16
Due
Weds, March 16th - Ch 17-20
Due
Weds, March 23rd - Ch 21-25
Due
Tues, March 30th - Ch 26-30Monday - Friday, February 29th - March 4th
Monday - Grammar Day! Focus on phrasal adjectives and semicolons.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - First section of Grapes of Wrath is due. Small group discussion - link HERE.
Thursday - Grammar practice for internal punctuation - tiny baby hedgehog adventure.
Friday - Character illustrations.
Monday - Friday, February 22nd - 26th
Monday - Self-guided research on the 1930's. Please follow this LINK.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Intro to Steinbeck. Check out the book + notes.
Thursday - "Life in a Migrant Laborer's Camp" and questions - link HERE.
No school on Monday for President's Day!
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Final ESSAY DAY - wrap it up & peer edit. Assignment HERE.
Thursday - Author's purpose: The Jungle (textbook, pages 351-355).
Friday - Intro to the 1930's. Just kidding - experimental storytelling game: CARDS OF DESTINY!
Monday - Friday, February 8th - 12th
Monday - Outline writing, checks & feedback. Final day!
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Essay writing.
Thursday - Wrap it up & peer edit.
Friday - Valentine Haiku Showdown!
Monday - Friday, February 1st - 5th
Monday - Scenes from Midnight in Paris and writing style assignment.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Socratic seminar on the analogy of the bullfight. Theme essay! Assignment HERE.
Thursday - PSAT results and advice from Ms. Ruiz.
Friday - Outline writing, checks & feedback.
Jose Thomas - God of the Bullring Made Human (New York Times article from Tuesday!)
Monday - Thursday. January 25th - 28th
The first semester ends on Thursday!
Monday - Vocab study day. Study Quizlet HERE.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Presentations on Book 2. Discussion topics HERE.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Presentations on Book 2. Discussion topics HERE.
Thursday - Optional vocab exam. You can take this quiz to replace your Great Gatsby vocab grade, as you wish.
Tuesday - Friday, January 18th - 22nd
No school Monday in honor of Martin Luther King Junior.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Practice assignment on part two of The Sun Also Rises. Article: "With Hemingway as a Friend, Who Needed Enemies?"
Thursday - Text comparison: Fitzgerald and Hemingway.
Friday - Imagined conversations.
Next week:Sun Also Rises OPTIONAL vocab skills demo: study Quizlet HERE.
Next week:Sun Also Rises OPTIONAL vocab skills demo: study Quizlet HERE.
Monday - Friday, January 11th - 15th
Monday - SAR vocab.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Practice assignment on Book I of The Sun Also Rises.
Thursday - Article on bullfighting. Discuss the final essay and take some notes.
Friday - "Blood Brothers" - a 60 Minutes special on bullfighting.
Tuesday - Friday, January 5th - 8th
Tuesday - Turn in the "Ever Elusive, Gatsby..." assignment about the film. Link to Modernism PowerPoint
Wednesday - New novel: The Sun Also Rises. Intro to Hemingway - YouTube clip. Reading schedule.
Thursday - Reading and book notes.
Friday - Reading and book notes.
Winter Break!
Monday - Friday, December 14th - 18th
GATSBY FILM RESPONSE IS DUE WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK - DON'T FORGET!
Monday - MOVIE TIME!
Monday - MOVIE TIME!
Tuesday (BLOCK) - Finish the last bit of the film and take home the assignment. Begin writing for the Worst Christmas Story Ever Contest.
Thursday - Finish up stories.
Friday - WORST CHRISTMAS STORY EVER CONTEST!
Monday - Friday, December 7th - 11th
Monday - Book notes. Finish the book for Wednesday.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - The Great Gatsby FINAL.
Thursday - Vocab exam. Study link HERE. 4th Period - all y'all who are going to the Cadaver Lab, please be ready at the start of class on Thursday.
Friday - Start the MOVIE!
Monday - Friday, November 30th - December 4th
Monday - Discussion questions from Part 1 (Chapters 1-3).
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Chapters IV-VI due today. Be ready for a close reading assignment.
Thursday - The Great Gatsby vocabulary - link HERE.
Friday - Character illustrations.
Monday & Tuesday, November 23rd & 24th
Tuesday - The first three chapters of The Great Gatsby due today. Practice assignment HERE.
THANKSGIVING BREAK!
THE GREAT GATSBY
Monday - Friday, November 16th - 20th
Monday - Last work day for Jazz essays.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Peer editing and sharing. Editing guidelines are HERE. Documentary on Fitzgerald.
Thursday - Check out books. Intro to The Great Gatsby.
Friday - People Like Us: Social Class in America. Video exploration.
Monday - Friday, November 9th - 13th
Monday (special conference schedule) - Jazz Essay.
Wednesday - Veteran's Day/No School
Thursday - Jazz Essay
Friday - Jazz Essay/due today
Monday - Thursday, November 2nd - 5th
Monday - Jazz notes and FAMILY TREE.
Wednesday - Finish the novel for today. Discuss final essays and start developing ideas. This assignment will be on Google Classroom. Resources: ESSAY GUIDELINES and the PART 2 CLOSE READING ASSIGNMENT.
Thursday - Socratic Seminar on the NARRATOR.
Friday - Grading Day/No School.
JAZZ
DUE Wednesday, 10/14
DUE Wednesday, 10/21
DUE Wednesday, 10/28
DUE Wednesday, 11/4
Monday - Friday, October 26th - 30th
Monday - Please take a reading period and be ready for tomorrow's assignment.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Book notes on metaphor. Practice assignment on Part 3. Document link HERE.
Thursday - Continue practice assignment and discuss. Notes.
Friday - HALLOWEEN HAIKU SHOWDOWN!
Monday - Friday, October 19th - 23rd
Monday - Present discussion questions.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Skills demo on part two of the Jazz reading on Google Classroom.
Thursday - Finish the skills demo and reading time.
Friday - Character illustrations!
Monday - Friday, October 12th - 16th
Monday - Practice assignment on Jazz. Close reading assignment HERE.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - PSAT Testing all morning.
Thursday - Small group discussion on Part 1 of Jazz. Presentations.
Friday - Finish presentations and illustrations, if there is time.
Monday - Friday, October 5th - 9th
Monday - Check out JAZZ by Toni Morrison. Read the Forward by the author and discuss in small groups.
- What do you make of the quote: “the past might haunt us, but it would not entrap us” on page xvi (2nd page of the Forward)?
- How does Toni Morrison intend the structure of the novel to reflect the setting and content?
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Clips from Ken Burn's documentary on Jazz.
Thursday - Book notes.
Friday - No school/in-service for teachers.
Monday - Friday, September 28th - October 2nd
Monday - Read Blaxicans in the textbook on Page 87 and do selected questions on 94.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Discuss the article from Monday - tone, meaning, purpose. Brainstorm in small groups on questions of "American-ness".
- What is the function of race in America today?
- Consider the central controversies and ironies that surround immigration.
- What does it mean to be "American" even though our people are all from different places?
Thursday - Continue article and skills demo.
Friday - More time needed?
Monday - Friday, September 21st - 25th
Monday - Creative writing from history.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Continue? Peer editing and sharing. Start Balboa, if there is time (Page 77 in the textbook).
Thursday - Read Balboa in the text book, a short story of the conquest.
Friday - Character analysis.
Monday - Friday, September 14th - 18th
Monday - Go over "The Difference between Refugee and Migrant Matters" responses and discuss the standards that are related to them. Bring your text book today. Start with the text book, an excerpt from Of Plymouth Plantation (Pages 5-18). Academic vocabulary on Page 2.
Wednesday (BLOCK) - Read Chapter IX today and discuss. Finish up with notes on purpose, theme, and rhetoric.
Thursday - Skills demo - on Google Classroom.
Friday - Finish up the demo.
Tuesday - Friday, September 8th - 11th
Tuesday - Introductions and class syllabus. Writing diagnostic: What is the American Dream? Is it attainable for everybody? What does it mean to be an American in the 21st century?
Wednesday - Complete diagnostic and discuss. Possibly check out text books.
Thursday - The refugee crisis - in Google Classroom.
Friday - Finish our two article assignments and discuss if time allows.
Friday - Finish our two article assignments and discuss if time allows.
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