Semester I Plans

Honors Sophomore English

August 17/18
Bell Ringer: Agenda:
“Key” Ideas 1. Investigate the Teacher Activity
2. Student Letters
3. Hexagonal Thinking Group “Get to
Know You” Preparation (creating
personal hexagons)
August 19/22
Bell Ringer: Agenda:
6 word memoirs 1. Syllabus: Introduction to procedures
and expectations
2. Name memory game
3. Hexagonal Thinking Pt. 2
4. Brain Break: Group team building
exercise
August 23/24
Bell Ringer: Agenda:

Answer the 4 “social contract” 1. Social Contracts

2. Library to get IDs and computers
questions to begin thinking about
3. Stations: The Importance of Literature
what you want to discuss in your and Language
small groups when the time comes. 4. Small group discussions about the
conclusions obtained from the station
work.
August 25/26
Bell Ringer: Agenda:
Reflect on the habits you wanted to 1. Classroom tech set up (Google
establish the first day you were in Classroom codes,
class. You’re now two weeks into Studysync/Springboard, Clever, etc.)
the year. Have those habits begun 2. I-Ready Assessment
to stick? Why or why not? Do you
want to continue pursuing them or
do you need to reevaluate and
choose different habits to focus
on?
August 27/29
Bell Ringer: Agenda:

1. Finish IReady
2. Writing Pre-Assessment
Log in to IReady and greet
someone in the room that you don’t
know very well.
August 30/31
Bell Ringer: Agenda:

Cartoon Analysis (Observation + 1. Morning Mindset

inference) 2. Springboard 1.1
September 1/2
Bell Ringer: Agenda:

Vocabulary Study: “memoir” 1. Morning Mindset

2. Intro to Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
3. Read Introduction of the book to learn
about Apartheid
4. Summarize what Apartheid was on a
notecared and add questions that you
have.
5. Finish Springboard 1.1
6. Independent Reading Time
a. Chapters 1+2 due by September 6/7
September 6/7
Bell Ringer: Agenda:

Born a Crime chapter 2 close 1. Morning Mindset

reading analysis worksheet 2. PSAT video from Mrs. Stewart
3. Born a Crime language analysis
group discussions
4. Independent Reading
September 8/9
Agenda:
Bell Ringer:
1. Morning Mindset
Springboard 1.2 cartoon analysis
2. Intro to annotation + argument/claim
through the article in Springboard 1.2
a. Read paragraphs 1-6 whole class and
model annotation
b. Finish the article by reading and annotating
paragraphs 7-14 independently
3. Independent Reading
a. Born a Crime chs. 3+4 are due
Monday/Tuesday
September 12/13
Agenda:
Bell Ringer
1. Morning Mindset
Quickwrite:
2. Born a Crime chs. 3+4 review
Respond to the opening prompt in 3. Finish analyzing the article in
Springboard 1.3 Springboard 1.2 with questions from
the textbook
4. Analyze the article excerpt in
Springboard 1.3
September 14/15
Agenda:
Bell Ringer
Quickwrite: 1. Morning Mindset
2. Springboard 1.4
14th: Cartoon analysis 3. Independent Reading
15th: Quote response (from Born a HOMEWORK:
Crime chs. 3-4)
Read ch. 5 of Born a Crime

Quizlet for Logic/Reasoning Terms

September 16/19
Bell Ringer
Agenda:

Quickwrite: 1. Morning Mindset

16: Logic Puzzle/Riddle
2. Springboard 1.4
3. Independent Reading
19: Mechanics, Usage, Grammar
HOMEWORK:
+ Parts of Speech and
Sentence types review Read ch. 5 of Born a Crime

Quizlet for Logic/Reasoning Terms

September 20/21
Agenda:
Bell Ringer
Quickwrite: 1. Morning Mindset
2. Finish Springboard 1.4
20: Logical Fallacy Practice 3. Independent Reading
+ Parts of Speech and
Sentence types review