Honors American Literature - Week of January 7-11, 2019 

Weekly Learning Goals  Focus Standards 

Learn how to be successful in this class. Reflect on personal qualities and characteristics that
will guide study habits. Create a visual representation of your American Dream. Analyze
characteristics of American literary movements. Work collaboratively with classmates.
ELAGSE11-12W4: ​Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style
are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined
in standards 1–3 above.)​ ELAGSE11-12W7: ​Conduct short as well as more sustained research projects to
answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry
when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the
subject under investigation.​ ELAGSE11-12W8: ​Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative
print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of
each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to
maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance on any one source and following a
standard format for citation.

Upcoming Due Dates 

Tuesday, January 8, 2019 in class Six word memoir​ due and presentations in class;​ syllabus quiz​ in class

Wednesday, January 9, 2019 by class time Complete​ technology sign up

Monday, January 14, 2019 American Dream Socratic seminar in class: Use your ​socratic seminar preparation chart.

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 in class Pre-course project due: scrapbooks + prerequisite skills and vocabulary tracking sheet

Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight 

  Opening​: Collect syllabus and welcome sheet. Complete six word memoir writing
task and prepare to present on
Monday, 
Work Session​: Tuesday, January 8, 2019.
January 7, 
1. Introductions, TRSS sheets, ​Welcome sheet​s, class expectations
2019  2. Review syllabus:​ 1 of 3​, ​2 of 3​, 3​ of 3 Bring vocabulary payment.
3. Discuss requirements for ​pre-course assignment
4. Review MLA formatting for today’s writing task. Get syllabus signed. Prepare for a
5. Begin ​six word memoir writing assignmen​t. Prepare to present tomorrow. syllabus quiz ​tomorrow​.

Closing​: Answer any final questions regarding this class.

  Six word memoir Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Collect vocabulary payment.
Tuesday, 
Signed syllabus Work Session​: Complete ​technology sign-up
January 8,  (must be completed by tomorrow,
1. Student presentations for six word memoir writing task
2019  $10 vocabulary payment 2. Discuss the American Dream. What is it? What does it mean to you? Wednesday, January 9, 2019.

Syllabus quiz (completed in
class)
Due Today  In Class Activities  Homework Tonight
  Technology sign-off
Wednesday, 
Bring prerequisite vocabulary
January 9,  and skills tracking sheet from
2019  precourse assignment
  Come to class having
completed NoRedInk.com
Thursday, 
diagnostic.
January 10,  Friday, January 11, 2019.
2019  Bring independent reading
text.
 
Friday, 
January 11,  John de Crèvecoeur (SpringBoard
2019  p. 31).
Honors American Literature - Week of January 7-11, 2019 
3. View “The New American Dream” by Courtney E. Martin: Work on ​vision board​, due Friday,
https://www.ted.com/talks/courtney_martin_the_new_american_dream January 11, 2019.
4. Create your own “​vision board​” of your American Dream.
5. Begin ​overview of American literature presentation​ and take n
​ otes​. (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE.)
Closing​: Syllabus quiz. Assign​ technology sign-up​ for homework, due tomorrow.
 
Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Complete NoRedInk.com
diagnostic.
Work Session​:
Work on vision board, due Friday,
1. Review prerequisite sheet from pre-course assignment.
2. Complete Overview of American Literature presentation and notes (see Tuesday’s plans). January 11, 2019.
3. Introduce American Dream Socratic seminar requirements.
4. SpringBoard Grade 11 Activity 1.4: America’s Voices. Read “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too, Sing America.”
5. Completed “Second Read” activities and “Working from the Text” chart.
6. Add notes to socratic seminar preparation chart.
7. Constructed response: write a 7-10 sentence constructed response ​comparing and contrasting what the two poems “I
Hear America Singing” and “I, Too, Sing America” mean in referring to singing. This is due by the end of class.
Closing​: Homework introduction: complete NoRedInk.com diagnostic .Vision board due Friday in class.
Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Collect vocabulary payment.
Work Session​: Complete vision board, due
1. Introduce ​New Fiction Friday​ project.
2. Read “America and I” short story by ​Anzia Yezierska (SpringBoard p. 19) and ​ad​ d notes to socratic seminar preparation
chart.
3. Introduce Native American assimilation unit.
4. Begin guided reading of ​“Kill the Indian, and Save the Man”​ and ​“The Cutting of My Long Hair”​ (​Native American
Assimilation Annotation Assignmen​t; ​T-chart​; ​Purpose Terms​). - Evaluated using this ​rubric
Closing​: Independent reading.
Opening​: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day: ​https://jmotsinger.weebly.com/test-prep-questions-of-the-day1.html Read “What is an American?” letter
(​excerpt from L​ etters From an
1. Present vision boards. American Farmer​) by J. Hector St.
2. Complete guided reading of ​“Kill the Indian, and Save the Man”​ and ​“The Cutting of My Long Hair”​ (​Native American
Assimilation Annotation Assignmen​t; ​T-chart​; ​Purpose Terms​). - Evaluated using this ​rubric
3. Discuss Synthesis and Native American Assimilation. Answer “Key Idea and Details” and
4. Introduce ​Sadlier Vocabulary Unit ​1: U
​ nit Passage​. Anticipate meanings of words using context clues from passage. “Craft and Structure” questions
1-4, and create the “Working from
Closing​: Independent reading. Plan for Socratic seminar. the Text” graphic organizer (pp.
33-34). ​Add notes to socratic
seminar preparation chart.
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