January+11th+grade

- Introduce Unit 6 vocabulary
 * January 2 Monday**

- Read "There are Roughly Zones" and "Acquainted with the Night" by Robert Frost and answer questions
 * January 3, Tuesday**

Period 8: Finish "Mending Wall" and answer questions for homework

Period One: Discuss the two poems from yesterday; begin reading "Mending Wall" and answer questions for homework
 * January 4, Wednesday**

Period Eight: Read/briefly discuss "Mending Wall"; Write a 250 word response to the following question: Whom do you empathize with more, the speaker in the poem or his neighbor? Why? Explain your thoughts.

HW: Finish writing response if you didn't finish in class

- Discuss purpose and strategies for conclusions - Discuss works cited format
 * January 5, Thursday**

- Give turnitin.com information Period One: class id: 4687382 password: period1

Period Eight: Class ID: 4688591 password: period8 Period One: Collect Poetry Assignments Period Eight: Collect Writing Assignment



HW: Complete Unit 6 exercises and study for vocabulary quiz

- Complete Unit 6 vocabulary quiz - Read "Out, Out" and complete questions in textbook
 * January 6, Friday**

HW: Complete Rough Draft of critical paper for Monday

- Peer edit rough drafts in class - All students (regardless of field trips) are to stop by today to show their rough draft for points and receive a peer edit check list
 * January 9, Monday**

Choose one of the following peer edit sheets to complete

This one is a bit more extensive, so I would encourage you to use this one or at least simply look it over to ensure that your paper includes all the necessary components:

I have also attached the Evaluation Sheet so that you know how each aspect of the paper will be graded when you submit the final draft:

- Continue working on critical papers
 * Tuesday, January 10**

Final submission of critical paper should include the following: - Title page - At least four pages of text/essay - Works Cited Page - Rough Draft - Detailed Outline - Turnitin.com receipt

HW: Finish critical paper for tomorrow!

- Submit critical papers - Discussion prompt
 * Wednesday, January 11**

- Introduce tenets of Transcendentalism - Begin reading "Self-Reliance" and answer questions from worksheet
 * Thursday, January 12**



- Discuss "Self-Reliance" reactions - Complete Anticipation Guide for "Civil Disobedience"
 * Friday, January 13**

Discuss responses.

- Finish discussing anticipation guide - Introduce Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"
 * Wednesday, January 18**

HW: Read "Civil Disobedience" (pg. 370) and complete worksheet

- Discuss topics from "Civil Disobedience"
 * Thursday, January 19**

HW: Read Gandhi's "On Civil Disobedience" - Write one paragraph that summarizes the essay - Write one paragraph that compares Gandhi's essay with Thoreau's

- Answer analytical questions about "Civil Disobedience" - Finish discussion of Thoreau's message and reasoning
 * Friday, January 20**

HW: Finish assignment for "On Civil Disobedience" if you have not done so yet (see Thursday's assignment)

- Introduce parallelism (grammar concept) - Practice applying rules of parallelism; review previous grammar rules
 * Monday, January 23**

__Reminder: Midterm will be this Wednesday__

- Begin reading "Walden" after reading a brief bio on Thoreau -Complete front of worksheet
 * Tuesday, January 24**

HW: Finish reading "Walden" and complete worksheet for THURSDAY

- Complete midterm
 * Wednesday, January 25**

- Discuss responses to questions/passages from "Walden"
 * Thursday, January 26**

- Write a multi-paragraph response to a passage from "Walden" and explain your thoughts on Thoreau's experiment in the woods - Introduce Walt Whitman - Read "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" - Answer questions regarding the poem and discuss responses
 * Friday, January 27**

- Introduce Unit 7 vocabulary
 * Monday, January 30**

- Complete exercises for Unit 7 - Vocabulary quiz on Friday
 * HW:**

- Read "I Hear America Singing" and "I Sit and Look Out" by Whitman - Respond to questions from power point - Discuss responses
 * Tuesday, January 31**