Expository Reading and Writing Course (Seniors)

What has been going on? 2nd Semester

 January 30: Introduction to class. Discussed syllabus. Passed out syllabus, calendar, and passes. Hwk: get syllabus signed by parent and complete research test

January 31: Timed Writing

February 1: Took notes on SOAPSTone (see ppt). Read and text marked "Underage Drinking Epidemic" and then completed a SOAPSTone.

February 2: In groups of 4, you read "Writing on the Wall", text marked it, and completed a SOAPSTone.

February 3: Took notes on how to write an analysis paragraph. Looked at a sample, and then began the paragraph writing for "Writing on the Wall". hwk: find your own article and bring it to class on Tuesday.

February 6: Today you finished writing your paragraph from Friday. You received your work back from last week to put in your binder.

February 7: Today you used your own article to do the following: text mark, complete a SOAPSTone, and write a purpose analysis paragraph. Due at the end of the period.

February 8: Learn about how to answer questions, especially opinionated questions. Then read "panel" article.

February 9: Answered questions in group about "Panel" article.

1. What do you think the author's opinion is about the current policy toward women serving in combat?

2. What is discrimination? Is the ban on women in combat the last area of discrimination in the military?

3. Why does the author think it is important that the contemplated change comes "generations after racial barriers fell"?

4. Why do you think that historically countries have usually had men fighting? Were these good reasons? Do they currently apply?

5. What is the overall purpose of the article?

February 10: Read Twitter article. Text Mark it and answer questions.

February 14: Tell me about a time that you tried to persuade someone to do something. Were you successful? Explain.

Then, fill in the blanks of this statement: I am not _____, but I am _____. Then write a paragraph persuading me to believe what you are.

February 15: Read "Three Ways to Persuade". Then we watched persuasive appeals on teacher tube. Finally, we viewed Shamwow and found the elements of ethos, pathos, and logos in the article.

February 16: Create a skit where you try to convince someone to either let you borrow the car, go to a concert, get money for new clothes, or change a due date. Write a script and be read to perform.

February 17: Perform skits.

February 21: In a well-developed essay write on the following: It has been said, "not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion which source is more important? Why?

February 22: We analyzed a Kraft cheese ad together. Then you got into groups and analyzed an ad.

February 23: Present ads

February 24: Analyze self ad. Get handout from Mrs. Gonzalez.

February 27: Answer the 12 prediction questions from the Rhetoric Unit found under the ERWC tab. Hwk: Find 2 facts about Jeremy Rifkin.

February 28: Read "A Change of heart" and mark the right side with your reactions. Then highlight 7 words you don't know and come up with context clue definitions. hwk: Crossword puzzle

February 29: Divide the essay into sections. Show its structure. Label the sections ethos, pathos, or logos. Hwk: Outline the essay.

March 1: Check outline. Go to computer lab to find facts for your essay.

March 2: Complete the questions for word choice found in the rhetoric powerpoint.

March 5: Discussed the Letters to the Editor. Then constructed an outline for the paper you will be writing. Turned in packet.

March 6: Finished outline. Constructed intro paragraph. Got it edited and rewrote it. Constructed main paragraph 1 and got it edited.

March 7: Wrote the remainder of the essay and got it edited.

March 8: Typed essay

March 9: Learn to use rubric and graded essays and commented on them. Binder check

March 12: Completed anticipation guide and the quickwrites found in the Language Unit packet under the ERWC tab.

March 13&14: Completed a chart on effective and ineffective communication and answered 2 prediction questions. Read Tannen's article and text marked it

March 15: Completed SOAPSTone. Then completed the 1st read questions for Tannen's article. Lastly, completed vocabulary trees for indirect and direct communication. See Language Unit under the ERWC tab to get directions.

March 16: Completed structure, epl and response questions for Tannen. Turned in Tannen packet. Hwk: Find 5 facts about Internment Camps.

March 19: Kingston quickwrite. Then answered 2 prediction questions for Kingston. COmpleted the give one get one. Homework: vocabulary.

March 20: Read Woman Warrior and text mark.

March 21: Complete the first reading and rereading questions for Kingston found in the powerpoint under ERWC tab.

March 22: 1. Infer what Kingston believes are important qualities to develop as one grows up. 2. Write one page explaining your persepectives in regards to Kingston's view. make sure to use at least 2 quotes, properly cited, within your response.

March 23: Complete the slide with the chart comparing Tannen and Kingston found in the Language powerpoint.

March 26: Complete the quick write and two language questions for Ehrlich. Read and text mark also.

March 27: Complete a thorough SOAPSTone on Ehrlich's article.

March 28: Highlight words that prove that Ehrlich is part of the cowboy community. Make a list of words traditionally used to describe cowboys. Make a list of words that are not traditionally used to describe them. What happens when you put the tow lists together to describe cowboys? Then, complete an epl on the article.

March 29: Essay on communities. See language powerpoint for the prompt.

March 30: Take quarter exam and get binder checked.

April 9:

Period 1: What is the difference between discipline and punishment? What makes a good parent?

Periods 2,4,6: Do the quickwrite for Juvenile Justice and contruct a tri chart of characteristics for child, juvenile, adult.

April 10

Period 1: Watched youtube clip about Hot Sauce Mom and answered the following: What did she feel she was accomplishing? What did she do wrong? What could she have done? Then completed the quickwrite for Childhood Injustice. Lastly completed key concept slide.

Periods 2,4,6: discussed levels of homocide and began documentary.

April 11

Period 1: Complete survey and prediction questions for Hooks' article

Periods 2,4,6: Watch documentary

April 12

Period 1: Text mark article

Periods 2,4,6: Finish documentary. Then complete survey questions

April 13

Period 1: Answer questions and complete chunking activity

Periods 2,4,6: Read and mark  and highlight"Kids are Kids" and "Supreme Court". Then complete vocabulary.

April 16

Period 1: Complete SOAPSTone on hooks's article.

Periods 2,4,6: Complete chart and SOAPSTone for a chosen article. Get the chart from Mrs. G.

April 17:

Period 1: COmplete structure slide in the powerpoint.

Periods 2,4,6: Complete Looking at language slide in the powerpoint

April 18:

Period 1: Complete style slide in the powerpoint

Periods 2,4,6: complete the predictions for Krilorian and Thompsons articles. Read the articles and text mark them.

April 19:

eriod 1: complete the ethos, pathos, and logos questions.

Periods 2,4,6: complete the vocabulary and sentence structure slides in the powerpoint.

April 23

Period 1: Research to find an article that follows your perspective on "Can love and punishment coexist?"

Period 2,4,6: Watch clips to introduce Cyntoia Brown. Then read Secours article.

April 24

Period 1: Create a vocabulary assignement for you article

Periods 2,4,6: Read Hargrove's article about Cyntoia Brown

April 25

Period 1: Create a SOAPSTone assignment for your article

Periods 2,4,6: Answer questions about Brown.

April 26

Period 1: Create a structure and style assignment

periods 2,4,6: go to www.andyspeaks.com and answer questions about the website.

April 27

Period 1: Create EPL assignment. Turn in week work.

Periods 2,4,6: See video clip and read Time articles about Charles Andrew Williams.

April 30 and May 1: Brainstorm and outline for essay.

May 2: Write introduction and edit. Hwk: Write first 2 body paragraphs.

May 3: Edit body paragraphs and rewrite what has been corrected

May 4: Finish the essay and edit. Hwk: final draft due typed on Tuesday. 

May 7-June 1: Work on writing project. See your calendar for due dates. You are in charge of your own grades.

Due Dates... (check calendar)

January 31: Test due

February 3rd: syllabus signed is due

February 7: Bring your own article

march 19: Internment camp findings due

English 2

What has been going on?2nd Semester

January 30: Journal: Which disease known to human kind do you hate the most? Explain why.

Expository Essay introduction. Hwk: essay due Thursday

January 31: Journal: What does death teach us about life?

Body Language packet.

February 1: Journal, then complete Pictures Packet.

February 2: Journal: What is the funniest joke that you know and why?

Completed a comic box.

February 3: Journal: What is your facorite comic strip? Why?

Completed a comic strip.

February 6: Journal: Tell me about a time you tried to persuade someone of something. Were you successful?

Then we looked at the new writing prompt for the week. Essay due Thursday.

February 7:Journal: what makes a person successful in persuasion?

Completed communication packet.

February 8: Journal: What are your struggles in English this year?

Worked on finding errors in sentences.

February 9: Journal: Freewrite.

Discussed Julius Caesar. Then read and marked Brutus's speech. Then listened to his speech. Finally, answered questions.

February 10: Journal: if you could counter Brutus, what would you say and why?

Read and Marked Antony's speech. Then answered questions on his speech.

February 14: Journal: Tell me what your favorite story is and what makes you want to read it over and over again.

Then do work with THe Giving Tree. essay due Friday.

February 15: Journal: Which character in the story do your relate to the most and why?

Completed part of the packet for CAHSEE prep.

February 16: Journal: Describe your favorite picture.

Wrote a story based off of a 1930s photograph.

February 21: In a well-developed essay write on the following: It has been said, "not everything that is learned is contained in books." Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion which source is more important? Why?

 February 22: Journal: If you had to write a biography, who would you choose to research and why? What would you hope to learn?

Then take CAHSEE test.

February 23-24: King work.

February 27: Prejudice and Stereotype activity and a quickwrite.

 February 28 & 29: Read and text mark Black Boy. Then complete the questions and highlighting directions.

March 1: Read The Nature of Prejudice and complete a question from the page. Then watch documentary on the Holocaust.

March 2: Journal: If you could interview a Holocaust survivor what would you ask him? Why?

Continue the documentary.

March 5: Journal: "Silence helps the oppressors."

Read "50 years after the Eve of distruction."

March 6: Journal. Read about propaganda. Construct propaganda poster.

March 7: Journal. Finish poster. check out books and read chapter 1. Pass out hwk sheet.

March 8: Journal: Quiz on chapter 1. Passage 1 Analysis and characterization.

March 9: Journal. Never Again lyrics analysis and video analysis.

March 12: Journal: Reflect of the pictures shown in the video on Friday. Then Read and discuss chapter 2. COmplete passage analysis 2.Hwk: question for chapter 2.

March 13: Passed back papers and read chapter 3.

March 15: Watched Oprah part 1 and then wrote a reflection about the viewing. Then read chapter 4

March 16: Watched part 5 of Oprah and reflected. Then read Frankl's article and answered questions. Finally read chapter 5.

March 19: Journal: What does savagry mean and apply it to night. Then read chapter 6.

March 20: Journal: Explain the following simile "The foot was lost to me. It had detached itself from my body like the wheel of a car." Create extended similies.

March 21: Journal: Choose your own statement from the book that you deem important. Reflect on quote.

Then read chapter 7 and work on homework questions.

March 22: Watch Oprah. Read chapter 8.

March 23:Journal: reflect on the last paragraph of chapter 8. Then write a letter to Elie and fill out the conflict handout.

March 26: How is Moshe the Beadle seen throughout the book? Read chapter 9. Watch the rest of Oprah.

March 27: Watch liberation video. Then in groups analyzed an ironic statement and presented it.

March 28: Journal: What wouldyou ask Weisel to add to his story if you were his editor? Why?

Complete symbol and change handout

March 29: Night Exam

March 30: Turn in homework and books. Take benchmark exam.

April 9: Journal: what was your spring break like?

Look at the picture titled "Gassed". Write everything that you notice and what do you think it is trying to tell you.

Read Excerpt 1 and answer the 4 questions.

April 10 Journal: what is your life motto?

Discussed excerpt 1 and completed excerpt 2.

April 11: Read Poem and dissected the poem. Introduced project.

April 12: Answered Poem questions and read All Quiet on the Western Front.

April 13: Discussion of AQWF. Answered 1 question in paragraph format. Then watched clips about the gassing.

April 16: Journal: could the world ever be at peace?

Brainstorm and outline for essay.

April 17: Write your intro paragraph

April 18: Write your essay and turn in your packet.

April 19 and 20: work on career project in the computer lab.

April 23: Journal: If you were stranded on an island, how would you survive?

Chain activity. Complete reflection questions to activity.

April 24: Finish questions. Read chapter 1 of Lord of the Flies.

April 25: What should the boys do to survive?

Worked with a partner to complete chapter 1 analysis.

April 26-27: Work in the computer lab to write the research paper.

 April 30 and May 1: read chapters 2 and 3

May 2: Complete quiz on chapters 1-3

May 3&4: Work on research paper and turn in on May 4th.

May 7: Read chapter 4

May 8: Answer questions for chapter 4

May 9: Read chapters 5 & 6

May 10-11: work on career project. Licence plate due on 11th. Brochure due next week

May 14-16: chapters 7-8

May 17-18: work in computer lab. Brochure turned in Friday

May 21: chapter 8 questions (see powerpoint)

May 22: read chapters 9 and 10

May 23: read chapter 11. Hwk: finish reading the book.

May 24-25: computer lab. Powerpoint due Friday.

Due dates... (check

calendar) 

.Curriculum Letter

February 17: Response to literature Essay due 

March 6: CAHSEE packet due.

March 9: Collage due

March 30: Night questions and project due.

English 1

February 15: Introduction to the class.

Journal: Tell Mrs. Gonzalez about the reason why you have to be in credit recovery.

Finally, brainstorm, outlined, and wrote and essay for The Hiking Trip

February 22: Journal: If you could go back in time and change a moment what would it be? why? How would life be different?

Read "Face Time" article. Text Marked it. Then learned SOAPSTone and how to cite properly.

February 27: Journal. Then read Cancer article, text mark, and answer soapstone and questions. Brainstorm and outline opinion paper.

February 29: Journal: What government rule is unfair? How would you change it?

Took notes on how to write a paragraph.

Wrote a paragraph for "Cancer" article.

Wrote draft 1 of Opinion Essay

March 5: No journal. Wrote Draft 2 of essay. hwk: Read "Who Should Have Access". Text Mark it. Complete a SOAPSTone and answer 3 questions.

March 7: Type essay. Then come back to class and complete journal  and paragraph on purpose. Visual representation of the essay.

March 12: Article Test

March 14: Video Analysis

March 19: Complete slides 1-7 of the HOuse on mango Street powerpoint. .

March 21: Complete slides for the day found in the powerpoint. You also completed a packet of handouts.

March 26: Complete Hairs activity. Then read to page 20 and text mark. Finally, complete the packet for the reading. Turn in all work including family tree.

March 28: Complete journal. Then finish packet. Answer family tree questions. Describe your neighborhood. Then begin chapter titles and autobiographical incident.

April 9: Read Meme and Louie and Louie's cousin. Text Mark it. Analyze 2 chapter titles of the book. Write your first vignette. Edit vignette.

April 11: Journal: Lemons

Read to page 38. Complete handouts. Rewrite your chapter 1.

April 16: Journal: What is your American Dream? How will you achieve it?

REad and analyze article.

Construct a visual to represent your chapter 1. Then write chapter 2

April 17: If you could go anywhere in teh world where would you go and why?

edit chapter 2. Rewrite chapter 2

Complete homes handout and go over extra credit.

April 23: How are teenage boys like new apartnments or homes?

Read to page 55 and complete questions for each chapter.

April 25: Write chapter 3. Edit and create questions. Then type chapters one-three. Homework: chapter 3 visual.

May 2: Journal: reflect on gender roles. Then read thru Rafaela chapter. Complete handout. Hwk: read article, text mark it and complete a SOAPSTone

May 7: Journal: tell about a time that you felt like an outcast. Then read to page 87 and answer questions. Finally write chapters 4 & 5 of your book.

May 9: Journal: Choose a character from the book who shows signs of domestic violence. Then edit your chapters. Finally, type your chapters.

May 14: work on book.

May 16: read to page 101. Questions. Write chapter 7

May 21: Finish book. Answer questions. Write chapter 8

May 23: Final Exam