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Crandall’s Honors American Literature - Week of August 1-3, 2018

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

Thursday, August 2, 2018 in class Six word memoir due and presentations in class; syllabus quiz in class

Friday, August 3, 2018 by class time Complete technology sign up

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 in class Pre-course project due

Due Today In Class Activities Homework Tonight

Opening: Collect syllabus and welcome sheet. Complete six word memoir writing
task and prepare to present on
Wednesday, Thursday, August 2nd.
August 1, Work Session:
Bring vocabulary payment.
2018 1. Introductions, TRSS sheets, Welcome sheets, class expectations
2. Review MLA formatting for today’s writing task.
3. Begin six word memoir writing assignment. Prepare to present tomorrow. Get syllabus signed. Prepare for a
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.

Thursday, Signed syllabus Complete technology sign-up

August 2, Work Session: (must be completed by tomorrow,
$10 vocabulary payment Friday, August 3rd.
2018 1. Student presentations for six word memoir writing task
2. Discuss the American Dream. What is it? What does it mean to you?
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Syllabus quiz (completed in 3. View “The New American Dream” by Courtney E. Martin: Work on vision board, due
class) https://www.ted.com/talks/courtney_martin_the_new_american_dream Monday, August 6th.
4. Create your own “vision board” of your American Dream.
5. Begin overview of American literature presentation and take notes. (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE.)

Closing: Syllabus quiz. Assign technology sign-up for homework, due tomorrow.

Due Today In Class Activities Homework Tonight

Technology sign-off
Friday, Bring prerequisite vocabulary
August 3, and skills tracking sheet from
precourse assignment
2018
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: Complete vision board, due
Monday.
1. Review prerequisite sheet from pre-course assignment.
2. Complete Overview of American Literature presentation and note (see Thursday’s plans).
3. SpringBoard Grade 11 Activity 1.4: America’s Voices. Read “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too, Sing America.”
4. Completed “Second Read” activities and “Working from the Text” chart.
5. 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 Monday in class.