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Day: Monday, 19 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Understand Expectations, Guidelines, and Strategies for SuccessDue: NA

"Learn your language well and command it well, and you will have the first component to life.“ -Edward Roscoe Murrow

Word of the Day

Immutable (adj.): unchanging, unalterable, fixed, stable, enduring, immovable [immutability, immutably]

Mr. Kirkley’s immutable laws of behavior are fair and simple to follow.

Warm-up Create your “Card of Death” by following these instructions: 1. On one side of the card, write your name (as you wish to be

called) in the center, write your expected grade in this class in the lower right corner, and write your email address (optional) in the lower left corner.

2. On the other side of the card, write down your greatest fear.

Learning Activities

1. Introductions2. Review Syllabus, Course Outline, Common Procedures,

Expectations, and Mr. Kirkley’s Immutable Laws of Behavior.

3. Lecture: Habits of the MindDue Dates:

8/22/138/23/13

Signed SyllabusSilence Assignment (see handout)

Day: Tuesday, 20 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Determine General and Personal Purpose for English ClassDue: NA"Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted,

nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider.“ –Francis Bacon

Word of the Day

Enigma (n): A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to understand. [enigmatic, enigmatically]

“But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.” -Umberto Eco

Warm-up Journal #1: What is the point of English class? First, identify all the possible positive reasons for having English class, then identify all of the problems with English class.

Learning Activities

1. Discussion: What English Class is For2. Classwork: Goals for this Class3. Classwork: Personal English Inventory (handout)

Due Dates:

8/21/138/22/138/23/13

Personal English Inventory Completed (handout)Signed Syllabus (handout)Silence Assignment (handout)

Day: Wednesday, 21 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Refine Our Understanding of Purposeful ReadingDue: Personal English Inventory"Never regard study as a duty, but as the enviable opportunity to learn to know the liberating influence of beauty in the realm of the spirit for your own personal joy and to the profit of the community to which your later

work belongs." -Albert EinsteinWord of the Day

Apathy (n.): Lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern; indifference [apathetic, apathetically]

“The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush. It will be a slow extinction from apathy, indifference, and undernourishment.” -Robert M. Hutchins

Warm-up Read and Summarize, in one sentence, the excerpt from Dr. Nagy’s “Fast and Slow Reading”

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Read – Seven Strategies; Silence, Time, Purpose; Fast and Slow Reading.

2. Classwork: Start Slow Reading Practice – Slow Read “The Art of Slow Reading”

Due Dates:

8/22/138/22/138/23/13

Slow Reading Practice – Slow Read “The Art of Slow Reading”Signed SyllabusSilence Assignment (see handout)

Day: Thursday, 22 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Learn to Read CloselyDue: Signed Syllabus; Slow Reading Practice

"Aim for success, not perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will lose the ability to learn new things and move

forward with your life." -Dr. David M. Burns

Word of the Day

Indifferent (adj.): having no preference, interest, or sympathy for. NOTE: one can be indifferent or indifferent to something. [indifference]

“Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.” -Henry David Thoreau

Warm-up Surprise! Reading quiz on “The Art of Slow Reading” by Patrick Kingsley (handout)

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Read – Close Reading2. Classwork: Close Read “Theme for English B” by Langston

Hughes together

Due Dates:

8/23/13 Silence Assignment (see handout)

Day: Friday, 23 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Understand what to look for in literatureDue: Silence Assignment"The more you read, the more you know. The more you know, the smarter you grow. The smarter you grow, the stronger your voice, When speaking your mind or making your choice."

-seen at the Sebastopol LibraryWord of the Day

Revere (v.): to worship; to feel deep respect for; to venerate; to honor [reverence, reverent, reverently]

“It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.” -Voltaire

Warm-up Vocabulary Review: Write a paragraph about the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles using (properly, of course) all five of the vocabulary words so far.

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Read – finish Close Reading discussion2. Lecture: How to Read – What to Look for in Literature:

Pattern, Memory, Symbol3. Classwork: Slow Read “Introduction” to How to Read

Literature…Due Dates:

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Day: Monday, 26 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Identify and Understand Writing Expectations and ConsiderationsDue: NA

"What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence."

-Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English poet, critic, lexicographer, creator of first English dictionary

Word of the Day

Candor (n.): frankness; blunt honesty [candid, candidly]

“All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.”-Walt Whitman

Warm-up Make a list of everything a good writer must remember when writing a paragraph.

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Write – General Approach and MLA Format2. Classwork: One Good Paragraph

Due Dates:

8/278/30

One Good ParagraphVocabulary Quiz #1

Day: Tuesday, 27 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Review Methods of Writing About a TextDue: One Good Paragraph

"Words are the voice of the heart." -Confucius (c. 551-c. 479 BC), Chinese philosopher

Word of the Day

Reticent (adj.): not revealing one’s feelings readily; uncommunicative; restrained [reticence, reticently]

“Neil Armstrong, reticent, soft-spoken, and heroic was our only choice. He had no ego. He was not of a mind that, 'Hey, I'm going to be the first man on the moon!' That was never what Neil had in his head."-Chris Kraft

Warm-up Exchange your “One Good Paragraph” homework assignment with the student next to you. Do a Slow Read of his/her paragraph and circle anything you think may be an error.

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Write – Integrating Textual References2. Classwork: Practice Integrating Textual References

Due Dates:

8/288/30

Practice Integrating QuotationsVocabulary Quiz #1

Day: Wednesday, 28 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Review Common Mechanical Mistakes to AvoidDue: Integrating Quotation Practice

“Ladies, if you want to know the way to my heart... good spelling and good grammar, good punctuation, capitalize only where you are supposed

to capitalize, it's done.”-John Mayer

Word of the Day

Aesthetic (adj.): having to do with art or beauty; a particular sense of what is art or beauty [aesthetically, aesthete]

“Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual.” -Friedrich Schiller

Warm-up Use some or all of the John Mayer quote above in the following ways:1. Summarize it2. Paraphrase it3. Quote it using an introductory phrase4. Quote a portion of it in a sentence that is mostly your own

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Write – The Deadly Sins of Writing & 5th Grade Spelling

Due Dates:

8/298/30

Deadly Sins / 5th Grade Spelling ParagraphVocabulary Quiz / 5th Grade Spelling Quiz

Day: Thursday, 29 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Identify and Use Sentence PatternsDue: Deadly Sins / 5th Grade Spelling Paragraph"Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean

all your life." -Henry Doherty (1870-1939)

Word of the Day

Ascetic (adj./n.): without indulgence or luxuries; practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline [ascetically, asceticism]

“No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures; no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.”-Robert M. Parker, Jr.

Warm-up Write a short paragraph that breaks at least five of the Deadly Sins. Circle the places where the rules are broken.

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: How to Write – Sentence Patterns2. Classwork: Sentence Patterns Practice

Due Dates:

8/308/30

One Good Paragraph Re-writeVocabulary Quiz #1 / 5th Grade Spelling Quiz

Day: Friday, 30 August 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Prove Mastery of Vocabulary and Deadly SinsDue: One Good Paragraph Re-Write

"Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever."

-Gandhi (1869-1948)Word of the Day

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Warm-up Write a paragraph in the following way:IC. DC, IC. IC; TA IC. IC DC.

Learning Activities

1. Quiz: Vocabulary Quiz #1 (words 1-9)2. Quiz: Deadly Sins / 5th Grade Spelling Quiz

Due Dates:

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Day: Tuesday, 3 September 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Explore the Origins and History of the English Language (Introduction to Etymology)Viewed freely, the English language is the accretion and growth of every

dialect, race, and range of time, and is both the free and compacted composition of all.

-Walt Whitman Word of the Day

Autonomy (n.): self rule; independence

A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment. – Beverly Sills

Warm-up Write 4 Complex Sentences and label the parts.

Learning Activities

1. Video: History of English in 10 Minutes2. Lecture: Why English is Confusing (Saxons, Romans,

Greeks, and Normans)

Due Dates:

9/4

9/6

Slow Read “ ” (pages - ) and answer the questions on page9/6 Vocabulary Quiz #2

Day: Wednesday, 4 September, 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Build Context of American LiteratureDue: “ “ Slow Read and Questions

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the

literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. -Christopher Dawson

Word of the Day

Disdain (n.): contempt; the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one's consideration or respect; contempt[disdainful; disdainfully]

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one. -Bill Murray

Warm-up Review “ “

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: Timeline of American Literature2. Classwork: Begin Autobiographical Incident Essay Graphic

Organizer

Due Dates:

9/5

9/6

Finish Autobiographical Incident Essay Graphic OrganizerVocabulary Quiz #2

Day: Thursday, 5 September 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Build Context of American LiteratureDue: Autobiographical Incident Essay Graphic Organizer

One of the great themes in American literature is the individual's confrontation with the vast open spaces of the continent. -Justin Cronin

Word of the Day

Innocuous (adj.): harmless; not offensive; insignificant[innocuously]

There's an innocuous explanation for everything. Everything is a coin that has two sides to it, and one side is innocuous but the other can be ominous. –Cornell Woolrich

Warm-up Write 4 compound sentences and label their parts.

Learning Activities

1. Lecture: Finish Timeline of American Literature2. Classwork: Review Graphic Organizers

Due Dates:

9/69/10

Vocabulary Quiz #2Best Draft of Autobiographical Incident Essay

Day: Friday, 6 September 2013Unit 0: Foundations of English 11 CPObjective: Review Writing Guidelines

Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. -Ludwig Wittgenstein

Word of the Day

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Warm-up Vocabulary Quiz #2

Learning Activities

1. Lecture / Classwork: Review MLA Format, Writing Guidelines, and Deadly Sins for Autobiographical Incident Essay

Due Dates:

9/10 Best Draft of Autobiographical Incident Essay

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