World Literature (12th Grade English)
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All assignments are due the following
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ATTENTION: DON’T WORK TOO FAR AHEAD AS FUTURE ASSIGNMENTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
NOTE: Vocabulary List ulary and Spelling Quizzes are every Friday: Lists Practice Resources
Updated: Tuesday, March 3, 2014
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After the classroom greeting (handshake) and 5 minute Journaling, |
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students have a 2-3 minute daily activity: |
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Mondays: Minute Mystery |
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Tuesdays: Good News |
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Wednesdays: Community Builder - Variety of group exercises intended to promote trust, respect and community within the classroom. |
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Thursdays: Minute Mystery -Develops analytical thinking, deductive reasoning, and problem solving skills |
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Fridays: Good News -Three students are chosen to stand and state something good that has happened to them this week. |
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Focus / Central Idea Common
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Subject / Notes / Lesson |
Read / Website |
Assignment |
Journal |
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10 WORD VOCABULARY LIST ULARY QUIZZES ARE EVERY FRIDAY --------------------- **Every Monday the Vocabulary
Words List for the week will be explained. As partners: look-up
the definitions using the classroom dictionaries (10 min) |
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Introduction to Course / |
Course Description Social Patterns:
“Greeting / Handshake” Community Builder
Exercise: Rules, Procedures First Day Power Point -------------- Learning Modality Test Learning Styles
Testing: |
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Modality Testing Handout
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Introduction to Course / |
True Colors
Personality Testing |
Test Handout
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True Colors Reaction
paper Due Day 4 -------------- Day 4 |
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Introduction to Course / |
Part 2: True Colors
Testing Roller Coaster
Exercise |
True Colors Reaction
paper Due Day 4 ---------------- Day 4 |
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VOCABULARY LIST ULARY: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.11-12.4 |
Vocabulary List ulary Words Given Vocabulary Words List #1 explained --------------------- Brown Bag Speech 1 minute minimum 2 minutes max. |
------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words |
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SPEECH: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6 |
Writing Journals
Explained & Distributed ---------------- Brown Bag Speech 1 minute minimum 2 minutes max. |
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Day 5: “My goals for this semester are:” |
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SPEECH: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6 |
Brown Bag Speech 1 minute minimum 2 minutes max. |
------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words |
Day 6: “On Saturdays, I like to…” |
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SPEECH: CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.6 |
Brown Bag Speech 1 minute minimum 2 minutes max. |
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Day 9: If I had twenty-four hours to live, I…” |
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Short Story / Plot Review 1
– Part 1 Plot diagram – Parts
of a Short Story Exposition: Setting,
Characterization |
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Notes ------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words |
Day 7: This video presentation was one person’s viewpoint and reaction
to 911. What is your reaction to 911? How did you feel when it
happened? Who did you blame? How do you feel today – over 10 years later? How
do you feel about |
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Short Story / Plot Review – Part 2 Inciting Moment:
conflict |
Notes ------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words |
Day 9: If I had twenty-four hours to live, I…” |
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Short Story / Plot Review – Part 3 Rising Action; Climax
and Dénouement |
Notes ------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words |
Day 10: “If I had my own car, I…” |
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Read in class: "The Art of
Translation" (RTW 1-2) |
Notes ------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words |
Day 11: “Secretly, I wish…” |
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Explain Blog Assignments ------------------ Literature Review and Analysis:
Steps ------------------ Samples |
Notes ------------- Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 12: “My children won’t have to…” |
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Student will be able to write an impromptu minimum 5
paragraph persuasive essay with an introduction, clear thesis, at least 3 distinct
criteria with 3 corresponding body paragraphs, and an appropriate conclusion
within 30 minutes. |
On Demand #1: a 30 minute 5 paragraph
impromptu persuasive (opinion) essay on a designated topic ---------------- Introduce the book; Read
"Who Are the Strangers" (RTW 1) |
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Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 13: “My most favorite vacation was |
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Student will be able to define and
identify a myth and the cultural hero who embodies the value(s) of the
storyteller and/or audience. |
The Watch / Discuss: Aztec
History Videos |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 14: FREE WRITE |
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Student will be able to define and
identify a myth and the cultural hero who embodies the value(s) of the
storyteller and/or audience. |
Watch / Discuss: Aztec
History Videos |
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Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 15: “I know I am losing my temper when…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify a myth and the cultural hero who embodies the value(s) of the
storyteller and/or audience. |
Watch / Discuss: Aztec
History Videos |
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Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 16: “My most
memorable meal was” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify oral tradition. |
Read in class: Aztec Creation Story (RTW 8-14) ------------- |
Short Aztec
History ------ |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 17: “In my
neighborhood…” |
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Student will be able to write an
impromptu minimum 5 paragraph persuasive essay with an introduction, clear
thesis, at least 3 distinct criteria with 3 corresponding body paragraphs,
and an appropriate conclusion within 30 minutes. |
On Demand #2: a 30 minute 5 paragraph
impromptu persuasive (opinion) essay on a designated topic ------------------- Finish: Aztec
Creation Story (RTW 9-14) |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day
18: “I
never knew that…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify flashback within a story. |
The Introduce Canadian Literature (RTW
16) ----------------- Read: Borders by Thomas King |
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Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day
19: “I
wish the president would…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify tone, the attitude of the author within a story or poem. |
Read: At the Tourist Centre in ---------------- Complete Blog #1 ---------------- Read: Day
of the Butterfly by Alice Munro |
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Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- Blog Assignment #1 |
Day 20: “If I had $50,000 right now, I
would…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify tone, the attitude of the author within a story or poem. |
Blog Assignment #1 Due
------------------ Finish: Day
of the Butterfly by Alice Munro The Introduce "The Literature of -------------------- |
----- Short Mexico History ---- |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 21: Many people don’t agree with me
about…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify the use of imagery within a story or poem. |
Theme In-Class Assignment #1 Read: No
Dogs Bark by Juan Rulfo (RTW 46-50) |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day
22: Choose Your
Own Topic |
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Student will be able to write an
impromptu minimum 5 paragraph persuasive essay with an introduction, clear
thesis, at least 3 distinct criteria with 3 corresponding body paragraphs,
and an appropriate conclusion within 30 minutes. |
On Demand #3: a 30 minute 5 paragraph
impromptu persuasive (opinion) essay on a designated topic --------------- Writing Devices Review: |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 23: Using hyperbole, describe
what you had for dinner last night or for breakfast
today. |
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Student will be able to define and
identify the use of imagery within a story or poem. |
Writing Devices Review: |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 24: “Some people seem to want only
to…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify the use of a metaphor or simile as a figure of speech
that imaginatively links two objects. |
In Small Groups: Read: Two Bodies
by Octavio Paz (RTW 51-52) Answer Questions 1-3 (RTW 52) Be prepared to discuss as a large
group. |
Weekly Vocabulary List Words ------------- |
Day 25: I believe…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify the use of a dramatic irony in a story or play. |
Theme In-Class Assignment #2 --------------- Begin -------------- Readers Theatre Style |
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Day 26: If I were five years older…” |
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Student will be able to define and
identify the use of a dramatic irony in a story or play. |
Finish -------------- Readers Theatre Style |
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Day 27: “When I’m alone at home, I… |
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Student will be able to write an
impromptu minimum 5 paragraph persuasive essay with an introduction, clear
thesis, at least 3 distinct criteria with 3 corresponding body paragraphs,
and an appropriate conclusion within 30 minutes. |
On Demand #4: a 30 minute 5 paragraph
impromptu persuasive (opinion) essay on a designated topic --------------- Test Review / Complete Blog #2 |
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Blog Assignment #2 ------------- Unit Test: |
Day 28: “My bluest days are…” |
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Unit Test - Proficiency Evidence |
Unit Test: The -------- Blog #2 Due Today |
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Day 29:”People who drink…” |
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The America’s Part 2: The Caribbean Poetry by Derek Walcott Vocabulary List ulary Quiz #3 |
Day
30: “To
me, racism or prejudice means…” |
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Vocabulary List ulary Words
Explained As partners: look-up
the definitions using the classroom dictionaries (10 min) --------------------- Poetry by James Berry |
Day
31: “A
time when I witnessed prejudice / racism or experienced it on my own was…” |
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Theme In-Class Assignment #3 Poetry by Heberto Padilla |
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Day
32: “When
I wake up in the morning, I…” |
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On Demand Writing #5 The America’s Part 2: Puerto Rico History of San
Juan, Puerto Rico Video Read The Youngest Doll (RTW 81-87) |
Puerto Rican Children’s
Literature |
Day
33: “Before
I go to bed, I…” |
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The America’s Part 2: Colombia Read: The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (RTW 89-96) |
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Day
34: “My favorite smells are…” (Explain
why) |
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Vocabulary List ulary Quiz #4 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (RTW 89-96) |
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Day
35: “The things my Parents always say
are…” |
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Vocabulary List ulary Words
Explained As partners: look-up
the definitions using the classroom dictionaries (10 min) --------------------- The America’s Part 2: Argentina (RTW 105) |
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Day
36: “I think the
world would be better if …” |
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Theme In-Class Assignment #4 --------------------- The Book of Sand by Jorge Luis Borges (RTW 106-111) |
Day
37: “If I were
mayor of my city, the first thing I would do would be…” |
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On Demand Writing #6 The Censors by Luisa Valenzuela (RTW 112-115) |
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Day
38: “Life
without________ would be miserable.” (Explain why) |
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The America’s Part 2: Chile |
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Day
39: “My favorite
season is…” (Explain why) |
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Day
40: “My favorite
weather is…” (Explain why) |
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Day
41: “My
earliest memory is…” |
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Day
42: “My best
friend can be counted on to…” |
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Day
43: “The perfect
movie would include… and would star…” |
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Day
44: “I feel I
earned a grade of ___ for this quarter because…” |
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