English+12+September+2017


 * Objectives listed below calendar
 * **Monday** || **Tuesday** || **Wednesday** || **Thursday** || **Friday** ||
 * ** Sept. 4 **

No school || ** Sept. 5 **

Introduction to class [|syllabus] --Submit response

Review computer norms

Review reading strategies and review calendar.

Students read and annotate Walt Whitman's [|"There Was a Child Went Forth"] (What do you notice? Look at craft and reading strategies).

If time allows: Mix-N-Match Students given cards--Move--Pair-Share "noticings" of craft. Whole group discussion. || ** Sept. 6 **

Students will take beginning-of-the-year assessments to establish baseline.

Today, we complete the written assessment.

Discuss/Assign: [|Introductory collage assigned] including [|Six-Word Memoir] ( If time allows, brainstorm 6-word stories) || ** Sept. 7 **

Mix-N-Match Students given cards--Move--Pair- Share "noticings" of craft. Whole group discussion.

[|Discuss Methods of Annotation]

Discuss/Assign: [|Introductory collage assigned] including [|Six-Word Memoir] (If time allows, brainstorm 6-word stories)

View examples: [|Overview of 6-Word Stories (How-to)]

[|Youtube example]

[|Example #2]

Brainstorm 6-word stories

After again reading, annotating, and discussing Whitman's "There Was a Child Went Forth," students will begin drafting a poem of their own. || ** Sept. 8 **

College, Career, Training Readiness


 * Terminology
 * Complete paperwork

Students continue drafting a poem of their own.

[|Scaffolds available]

Work on collage ||
 * ** Sept. 11 **

Multiple Choice Pretest on Pearson: [|Pearson Realize Login] User Name: last name first initial ID# (example: mcdougallj12345) Password: owlsID# (example: owls12345)

Students may work on poem or collage when done with pretest.

[|Sample poem] || ** Sept. 12 **

Students continue to work on collage and drafting a poem of their own

[|Scaffolds available] || ** Sept. 13 **

Collage due at the beginning of class

Students share through interview process

Writing groups to give feedback on poems || ** Sept. 14 **

Finalize poem

College/training readiness

Match and Fit || ** Sept. 15 **

Submit poem and share with small group

College/training readiness — the application process ||
 * ** Sept. 18 **

Review Google Docs File naming Sharing MLA format Download as pdf or Word Docx

Scanning and uploading a file— Scanner Pro Free

College/training readiness — the application process

Watch [|video] on College Options and on [|college application]

Review [|Application Tips] and Steps

View applications (GVSU, SVSU, Eastern, WCCC)

Time to work on and find applications || ** Sept. 19 **

Reminder: Seek two letters of recommendation [|(video)] [|Form]

Application/Scholarship Essays: [|Tips for essays]

[|What’s the Secret?] (video)

Examine other [|tips] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;"> for this type of essay.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Discuss <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|University of Chicago's Prompts]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Brainstorming for college essays]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|College or Interview Prompts] || ** Sept. 20 **

Revisit essay prompts and applications

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Review steps and tips

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue with <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Prompts to choose from (unless you have your own)]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Attack a Prompt] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">(taken from MSU, U of M, and GVSU apps)

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Common Application Prompts and Tips] || ** Sept. 21 **

Videos: [|Why College?]

[|College is...]

[|Who can succeed?]

SVSU App to Print available on Edmodo

Time to work on applications and meet with teacher

Continue writing and completing applications || ** Sept. 22 **

Continue with applications and writing

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Overview]
[|Google Templates]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Resume template #1]

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Resume template #2]

[|Resume sample #3] ||
 * ** Sept. 25 **

Begin résumé writing:

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Overview]

 * [|Google Templates]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Resume template #1]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #1155cc; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Resume template #2]
 * [|Resume sample #3]

Draft and revise essays || ** Sept. 26 **

Post to [|Padlet] - Discuss

Students draft and revise essays

Finalize résumé || ** Sept. 27 **

Revisit essay prompts and applications / Revise

Goal Setting || ** Sept. 28 **

Revisit essay prompts and applications / Revise

Explore background of Anglo Saxon Culture:


 * [|Websites to visit]


 * Notes on background and culture || ** Sept. 29 **

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #202020; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Essay and résumé are due

Explore background of Anglo Saxon Culture:


 * [|Websites to visit]
 * [|Video] on language
 * Notes on background and culture

Monday: Begin reading p.3-15, 18. 34, 36-39 in [|Pearson Realize]

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">[|Pearson Realize Login] <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #383d48; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">User Name: last name first initial ID# (example: mcdougallj12345) <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #383d48; font-family: Arial; font-size: 8pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Password: owlsID# (example: owls12345) || *Objectives for Sept. 5 - 15th: Objectives for Sept. 18th - 22nd: Objectives for Sept. 25th - 29th:
 * establish a baseline for learning and growth
 * critically interpret, analyze, and evaluate reading selections.
 * draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection
 * determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words, phrases, and passages based on reading and content, choosing from a range of reading strategies.
 * participate effectively in collaborative discussions building on others’ ideas and expressing own.
 * become familiar with the concept of college match and fit
 * identify own academic credentials and personal preferences and determine how to compare to chosen colleges/training
 * become familiar with the concept of college match and fit
 * identify own academic credentials and personal preferences
 * determine how to compare chosen colleges/training
 * produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
 * participate effectively in collaborative discussions building on others’ ideas and expressing own
 * identify own academic credentials and personal preferences
 * produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
 * participate effectively in collaborative discussions building on others’ ideas and expressing own
 * use reading strategies to comprehend early Anglo-Saxon texts
 * draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis and reflection
 * determine or clarify the meaning of unknown words, phrases, and passages based on context and reading strategies
 * describe the elements of an epic