Students in Language Arts will experience different opportunities in writing, reading, listening, and speaking.
Syllabus High School Language Arts
What’s New In Language Arts
- 11th Grade Lesson Plans - April 20, 2012 - Ms. Mills
11th Grade Lesson Plans https://docs.google.com/a/lgamn.org/document/d/1S29TBH-zmmmpBQCLERnts–JQC2CjnUpXFcwrwIiCtY/edit
- February 11th Grade Lesson Plans - January 26, 2012 - Ms. Mills
February Lesson Plans
February 1st
Finish movie to go along with Knife of Never Letting Go
February 2nd
Finish movie to go along with Knife of Never Letting Go
February 3rd
Metaphor Worksheet
Research Paper Guidelines
February 6th
Metaphor Worksheet
Research Paper Guidelines
February 7th
Research
February 8th
Research
February 9th
Research
February 10th
Start writing
February 13th
Start writing
February 14th
Complete rough draft
February 15th
Partner Editing
Teacher Editing
February 16th
Complete rough draft
February 17th
Make any last corrections
Turn in final draft
February 20th-24th
No School
February 27th
Partner Editing
Teacher Editing
February 28th
February 29th
Make any last corrections
Turn in final draft
- January 11th Grade Lesson Plans - January 10, 2012 - Ms. Mills
January 11th Grade Lesson Plans
B Day is split into two groups
January 3rd
Read 36/37
Read 30/31
Complete comprehension questions
January 4th
Read 38/39
Read 32/33
Using more vivid adjective in writing lesson
January 5th
Book Report Work Day-Due Jan. 19th
January 6th
Book Report Work Day-Due Jan. 20th
January 9th
Read 32-33
Using more vivid adjective in writing lesson
January 10th
Read 40-41
Read 34-35
Interrupter Commas
January 11th
Read 34-35
Interrupter Commas
January 12th
Read 36-37
Complete comprehension questions
January 13th
Read 42, then take 26-42 Test
Read 36-37-Complete comprehension questions
January 16th
No School
January 17th
Read 38-39
January 18th
Read 40-42
January 19th
Read 38-39
Comma worksheet
January 20th
Test/Start Research
January 23rd
Read 40-42
January 24th
Movie
January 25th
Test
January 26th/27th
No School
January 30th
Movie
January 31st
Finish movie
- December 11th Grade Plans - November 30, 2011 - Ms. Mills
December 11th Grade Lesson Plans
Novel: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Dec. 1st
Read 17 & 18
Vocabulary Words in Context- figure out vocabulary words by using context
Dec. 2nd
Test for students who have finished reading Chpts 1-25
Other students: Read the rest of chapter 22 & 23
Dec. 5th
Read 19 & 20
Adjectives
Dec. 6th
Students who finished test read 26 & 27/Adjectives
Other students read 24 & 25 and complete Vocabulary Words-In context
Dec. 7th
Chapter 19 & 20 Questions
Read 21 & 22
Dec. 8th
Read 23, 24, 25
Dec. 9th
Students read 28 & 29 (Complete chapter Questions)
Students who haven’t taken test for novel will take it today
Dec. 12th
Test on Knife of Never Letting Go
Dec. 13th
Read 26 & 27 (Adjectives)
Read 30-31 (Avoiding Double Comparisons)
Dec. 14th
Read 28-29 (Complete Chapter Questions)
Read 32-33 (Journal- Todd could be considered nice, use specific examples from the text to show this)
Dec. 15th
Read 26 & 27
Adjective Worksheet Practice
Rewrite paragraph adding in own adjectives
Dec. 16th
Read 30-31 (Journal- Todd could be considered nice, use specific examples from the text to show this)
Read 34-35 (Questions for Chapters Read)
Dec. 19th
Reading Day/Make Up Day
Dec. 20th
Earned Free Day
Dec. 21st
TBD
Dec. 22nd
Earned Free Day
- November 11th Grade Lesson Plans - November 1, 2011 - Ms. Mills
November Lesson Plans
Word of the Month: Summary
November 1st
Contractions
Read 2 chapters
Write a summary of the chapters read
November 2nd
Read chapters 4 & 5
Students who haven’t blogged on first question will respond
November 3rd
Read next 2 chapters
Contractions
Respond to blog question
November 4th
Read 2 chapters
Answer questions for chapters 9 & 10
November 7th
Read
Answer questions for chapters 9 & 10
November 8th
Read 2 chapters
Nouns
Journal Topic
November 9th
Answer questions for 13 & 14
Read 2 chapters
November 10th/11th
No School
November 14th
Read 2 chapters
Blog
HW: Students need a book for 2nd quarter book report: Due 11/21
November 15th
Pronouns
Read 2 chapters
Journal
HW: Students need a book for 2nd quarter book report: Due 11/22
November 16th
Pronouns
Read 2 chapters
November 17th
Complete Questions for chapters 13 & 14
Read 2 chapters
November 18th
Read 2 chapters
Answer questions for chapters 16 & 17
November 21st
Go over worksheet of plural nouns
Reading Day of The Knife of Never Letting Go:Read 3 chapters
*Book Report Book Titles are Due Today
November 22nd
Possessives
Read 2 chapters
*Book Report Book Titles are Due Today
November 23rd-25th
No School
November 28th
Make Up Day
November 29th
Make Up Day
November 30th
Read 2 chapters
Journal
- September 11 Grade - August 29, 2011 - Ms. Mills
September 11th Grade Lesson Plans
Word of the Month: Identify
September 6th
Introduction/Syllabus
HW: Find book for 1st quarter book report. Titles are due next Tuesday 9/13.
HW: Parent/Guardian signature on syllabus. Due Friday 9/9
September 7th
Same
September 8th
Sustained Silent Reading (SSR-Class starts with this everyday)
Writing Warm Up: How much do you like writing? How good do you believe you are at writing?
Introduction to first writing assignment (5 paragraph essay )
Discuss writing goals the students have
Make signs of the goals to hang up
Introduce IBOW–Identify Topic/Audience, Brainstorm ideas, Organize thoughts, Write and say more
HW: Find book for 1st quarter book report, due Sept. 12/13th
September 9th
Same
September 12th
Go over IBOW-Identify Topic/Audience, Brainstorm ideas, Organize thoughts, Write and say more
Go through the prewriting process
Review structure of an essay (Intro, thesis, body paragraphs, conclusion)
Review structure of a paragraph (Topic sentence, detail sentences, conclusion)
Each student writes a paragraph
Create IBOW cards
HW: If students did not complete in class, complete paragraph, due 14th/15th
September 13th
Same
September 14th
Writing Prompt: How confident are you using the IBOW?
Start Writing the Paper
September 15th
Reading Inventory
September 16th
Reading Inventory
September 19th
Same
September 20th
Pick topic
Start writing
September 21st
Same
September 22nd
Continue writing
September 23rd
Same
September 26th-28th
Revising/Editing process
Write final draft
September 29-30th
Make Up Day
