Honors American Literature - Week of August 27-31 2018 

Weekly Learning Goals  Focus Standards 

Analyze the literary, aesthetic, and rhetorical effects of both visual and written texts. Make connections between texts from
different literary periods.
ELAGSE11-12RL10:​ By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text
complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the range ​ELAGSE11-12RI7:​ Integrate and evaluate multiple
sources of information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a
question or solve a problem.​ELAGSE11-12RI5:​ Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition
or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.​ELAGSE11-12RI9​: Analyze foundational U.S.
documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of
Rights, and Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features. For British Literature, American
Literature, and Multicultural Literature use comparable documents of historical significance.​ELAGSE11-12RI10:​ By the end of grade 11, read
and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the
range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and
proficiently.

Upcoming Due Dates 

Thursday, August 30, 2018 Sadlier vocabulary exercises due; Sadlier unit 3 vocabulary quiz

Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

  Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Work on activities for Sadlier Unit
3 vocabulary and NoRedInk.com.
Monday, 
Work Session​:
August 27, 
1. Preview: Characteristics of ​Rationalism PowerPoint ​and Cornell Notes
2018  2. Review of fundamental rhetorical terms
3. Re-read “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” and complete rhetorical analysis and visual activity

Closing​: Discuss connections between Puritan and Rationalist writings.

  Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Work on activities for Sadlier Unit
3 vocabulary and NoRedInk.com.
Tuesday, 
Work Session​:
August 28, 
1. View Film: ​The Crucible
2018  2. Discuss differences between the film and the play.

Closing​: Discuss upcoming vocabulary quiz (Thursday, 8/30)

  Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Work on activities for Sadlier Unit
3 vocabulary and NoRedInk.com.
Wednesday, 
Work Session​:
August 29, 
1. View Film: ​The Crucible
2018  2. Independent reading

Closing​: Review vocabulary for tomorrow’s quiz.

 Honors American Literature - Week of August 27-31 2018 
 
Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

Thursday,  Sadlier vocabulary unit 2 Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html
exercises
August 30, 
Work Session​:
2018 
1. Sadlier Unit 3 vocabulary quiz
2. “Rhetorical Ad”s group rhetorical analysis assignment

Closing​: Discuss ​The Crucible​ study guide questions.

Friday,  Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html

August 31, 
Work Session​:
2018 
1. New Fiction Friday presentations
2. Complete “ Rhetorical Ads” group rhetorical analysis assignment
3. “Rhetorical Ads” group presentations
4. Independent reading

Closing​: Independent reading book shares