Learning Objectives: You will practice the reading process.

1. Monday, 13 September 2010 Due Today: The Reading Process: Helen Keller’s The Story of My Life Bell-work:Please get ready to show evidence of having completed the Reading Process handout for Helen Keller’s The Story of My Life. Learning Objectives: You will practice the reading process. You will understand a writing prompt by “TTAPP”ing it. You will begin the writing process by developing a plan for your essay. • Agenda: • Helen Keller’s The Story of My Life • Most Important Day Writing Assessment Homework: Ø

2. TTAPP a Prompt • Type: What type of response is it? Circle the type. • Topic: What is the topic of the essay? Draw a box around the topic. • Audience: Who is your audience? A = • Purpose: What is your purpose? Underline the purpose. • Parts: How many parts make up the prompt? Number the parts. 1 2 3

3. Tuesday, 14 September 2010 Due Today: Ø Bell-work:Please pick up the work you completed yesterday for your Most Important Day Writing Assessment. Learning Objectives: You will demonstrate your ability to write and construct a five paragraph essay. You will continue the writing process by developing a plan and rough draft. You will answer a prompt completely with specific and detailed examples from your personal life. • Agenda: • Most Important Day Writing Assessment • Planning & Rough Draft Homework: Ø

4. Wednesday, 15 September 2010 Due Today: Ø Bell-work:Please pick up the work you completed yesterday for your Most Important Day Writing Assessment. Learning Objectives: You will finish the writing process by revising and editing your rough draft and creating a final draft for your essay. You will answer a prompt completely with specific and detailed examples from your personal life. • Agenda: • Most Important Day Writing Assessment • Revision & Final Draft • Analogies Lesson #4 pg. 129 Homework: Ø

5. Literary Elements Quiz 5th Period • 5, 5, 5 • 4.9 • 4.8, 4.8 • 4.6, 4.6, 4.6 • 4.5, 4.5 • 4.4 • 4.3, 4.3 • 4.2, 4.2, 4.2 • 3.9, 3.9 • 3.7, 3.7 • 3 • 1.7 7th Period • 5, 5, 5, 5 • 4.9 • 4.8, 4.8 • 4.5, 4.5, 4.5, 4.5 • 4.4 • 4.1 • 4, 4 • 3.9 • 3.7, 3.7 • 3.6 • 3.3 • 3.1, 3.1 • 2.8 • 1.8 • 1.5

6. Friday, 17 September 2010 Due Today: Ø Bell-work: Please pick up the Of Mice and Men informational packet from the stool on the way to your seat. Learning Objectives: You will assemble an idea of what Of Mice and Men is about based on background information concerning the novel and biographical information about John Steinbeck. You will develop an understanding of themes found in the novel. • Agenda: • Of Mice and Men Novel Distribution • Of Mice and Men 7:6:5:4:3:2:1 Activity • OMM Reading Log, Bookmark, & Vocabulary Chart • Writer’s Notebook #1: OMM Thematic Quickwrites • Homework: • OMM Reading Log, Bookmark, & Vocabulary Chart

7. Writer’s Notebook #1September 17, 2010 Of Mice and Men Quick-Writes • Explain a time in your life when you felt alienated and left out. Use specific details to show what happened and how you felt. • Describe the importance of friendship. Provide specific examples from your own life to illustrate this importance. • Explain a dream you have for your future. What is your plan? How will you accomplish this dream? Why is this dream so important to you? • “The American Dream” is a phrase that you’ll hear a lot during your time in English classes at BCHS and beyond. What does this phrase mean to you?

8. Writer’s Notebook #1September 17, 2010Social Justice & The American Dream • For the first Writer’s Notebook entry, I’d simply like you to define two terms in your own words. Take a minute to define the following terms in your own words: • Social Justice • The American Dream

9. Social Injustice • Social Injustice is a concept relating to the purported unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens and other incidental inequalities. Social injustice arises when equals are treated unequally. Social injustice is caused by certain barriers that prevent full social justice. Some of the major barriers include: prejudice, discrimination, oppression, racism, classism, ableism, ageism, and sexism.

10. The American Dream • The American Dream is a national concept that this country holds a promise of prosperity for its people. In the American Dream, citizens at every level feel that they can achieve a "better, richer, and happier life.“ • The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the second sentence of the Declaration of Independence which states that "all men are created equal“ and that they have "certain inalienable Rights“ including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.“ • The accuracy and validity of the American Dream is highly debated. • The American Dream has been credited with helping to build a cohesive American experience but has also been blamed for overinflated expectations. • The presence of the American Dream has not historically helped minority groups or citizens in low economic status. Instead, the American wealth structure has often been observed to sustain class differences in which well-positioned groups continue to be advantaged. • The American Dream is often used as a synonym for home ownership since homes have historically been seen as status symbols separating the middle class from the poor.