March+Eleventh+Grade

- Discuss gender roles article in class
 * Thursday, March 1**

HW: - Study for Unit 9 vocabulary quiz tomorrow and complete exercises

- Complete Unit 9 vocabulary quiz - Complete PSSA practice poetry questions
 * Friday, March 2**

- Complete non-fiction PSSA practice test
 * Monday, March 5**

Tuesday, March 6 - Finish discussing PSSA responses - Introduce Emily Dickinson

Wednesday, March 7 - Assign Emily Dickinson poems - Analyze poem and complete worksheet

Thursday, March 8 - Form groups and discuss poetry - Present poem and analyze its meaning

Friday, March 9 - Read "Story of an Hour" and complete open-book, PSSA-style quiz

Week of March 12 - Read and explore a number of works by Charlotte Perkins Gilman - "The Yellow Wallpaper" with worksheet - Poem and speech to congress

Monday, March 26 - Introduce Unit 10 vocabulary HW: complete exercises for Unit 10 and study for quiz on Friday

Tuesday, March 27 - Understand and discuss PSSA persuasive essay evaluation rubric - Read and evaluate sample student essays

Friday, March 30

Respond to the following questions in a thoughtful paragraph or two: 1. How do you feel about the critical paper process? Your effort? Struggles? What did you learn? 2. Looking at the paper and my feedback, what do you need to work on for the future? How do you think you've grown as a writer?
 * Critical paper reflection: