Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Resources:
The Essay Guide
Research Paper Assignment Page (most requirements are detailed in the RUBRIC)
Research Paper Timeline and Requirements Document
Research paper rubric SP22.docx
Research Paper Collaboration Contract
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Tuesday, Mar. 29: Vocab Journal #7 Due
-Thursday, Mar. 31: Feedback Analysis FA20.docx Due
-Saturday, April 23: Research Paper Due (all other dates in Research Paper Timeline and Requirements Document)
-Monday, April 25: Begin Brave New World
-Tuesday, April 26: Vocab Journal #8 Due
 
Monday, March 28, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W5, SL3, L4, L5, L6
 
Reminder: Vocab #7 due tomorrow.
 
Go over “A Modest Proposal” and hand in U4L1A5 Contemporary Satire
Look at the Rhetorical Slanters on page 393 of your SpringBoard text. In groups, students will try to find assigned slanter in two videos and present findings to the class.
- Watch video 1: “Fox News Ben Shapiro on Fox and Friends_ 'Gun Control Is Not The Answer To The Vegas Massacre'.mp4”
-Students present term definition, example, and examples from the video.
-Watch video 1: “MSNBC Matthews_ We Need To Do More On Gun Control _ Hardball _ MSNBC.mp4”
-Students present term definition, example, and examples from the video.
 
Discuss differences in videos.
 
U4L2A3 Bias in the Media
Download Bias in the Media Wkst Pp 266_270.docx and Bias in the Media Articles.pdf.
 
In the Bias in the Media Articles.pdf file, read the whole article titled “How the Media Twist the News” and paragraphs 1, 7, and 10 of “Why Partisans View Mainstream Media as Biased and Ideological Media as Objective.”
 
Answer the questions in Bias in the Media Wkst Pp 266_270.docx and submit your answers in Turnitin.
 
 
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W1, W5, L4, L5, L6
 
U6V7 Vocab Journal #7 due.
 
Read the following articles and analyze them for bias and slanters (particularly emotional words – Rhetorical Definition):
-“Trump plan to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital triggers warnings - NBC News”
-“Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, forge ahead with moving US Embassy _ Fox News”
 
Discuss elements of bias in the two articles.
 
Read about headlines “How Headlines Change the Way We Think” on pp. 381-383 of the SpringBoard text.
 
Discuss the Information Literacy worksheet completed last week (Information Literacy Pages Annotated.docx in the Essay Guide folder).
 
Go over the requirements and timeline of the Research Paper (and collaboration opportunity): 
Argument Research Synthesis Essay FA20.docx,
Research paper rubric SP22.docx, Research Paper Timeline and Requirements SP22.docx.
 
Form collaboration group if interested (no more than three people per group) and fill out the Collaboration Contract.
 
Discuss subjects and topics and read about the details of the argument essay claim statement (Essay Guide, pp. 6, 8-11).
 
Create a working thesis and post your working thesis in the discussion board: U4L3A2 Working Thesis in CTLS (WF). If you are working with a group, your post should indicate the names of ALL the members of your group.
 
Once you have posted the working thesis, you should respond to at least three other groups/persons by midnight, offering constructive criticism.
 
Post your initial claim to the Discussion board by 7:00 PM tonight and respond to others by 11:59 tonight.
 
Once you have considered the feedback you receive from others, adjust your working thesis if necessary and post the final Working Thesis to U4L3A2 Working Thesis in Turnitin by 11:59 on Wednesday, March 30. Only ONE member of each group should post in Turnitin but all group names should be reflected in document.
 
 
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W1, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8, W9, L4, L5, L6
 
Download the MLA template and customize it for your own research paper (If a group, last names of ALL members should be in running header and ALL names should appear on top line of 4-line heading).
 
Create a working title for your paper and place it in your document.
 
Type your working thesis statement as the first line of the paper and submit this document to U4L3A2 Working Thesis in Turnitin (only ONE member of a group should submit this document).
 
Review the tips for Saving Internet Sources Directions.docx.
 
Begin researching your topic and documenting the articles you find on the Works Cited page of your research paper file, creating a working bibliography.
 
IXL Activities
Before coming to class tomorrow, complete the following activities in IXL, earning a SmartScore of at least 85:
-Identify stronger and weaker evidence to support a claim
-Identify supporting evidence in a text
Extra credit will be awarded for students earning a SmartScore of 95 or higher.
 
U4L3A3 Research Paper Rubric Analysis (NG)

1. Download the research paper rubric, titled “Research paper rubric FA22.”
2. Download the file titled “Rubric Worksheet.”
3. Use the rubric to answer the questions on the rubric worksheet.

Submit your worksheet with the answers to Turnitin by 11:59 PM on Friday, April 1.
 
 
Thursday, March 31, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W1, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8, W9, L4, L5, L6
 
Continue researching your subject and adding found resources to the Works Cited page of your research paper file.
 
During this period, you will meet with the teacher in a Writing Conference (bring your feedback analysis to class with you!)
 
Info on how to search for sources:
Essay Guide: p. 16
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTJygQwYV84
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0DQfwc72PM
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9XZk9CLxK4
 
IXL Activity
Before coming to class tomorrow, complete the following activity in IXL, earning a SmartScore of at least 85:
Choose the best evidence to support a claim
Extra credit will be awarded for students earning a SmartScore of 95 or higher.
 
 
Friday, April 1, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W1, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8, W9, L4, L5, L6
 
Get a copy of Brave New World if at all possible.
 
In the Essay Guide, read about Step 3: Read and Annotate (page 42-44).
 
Review the process in Annotating Electronic Sources.docx.
 
Annotate the articles you have found, making a list of the keywords you are using to annotate.
 
IXL Activities
Before coming to class tomorrow, complete the following activities in IXL, earning a SmartScore of at least 85:
-Evaluate counterclaims
-Organize information by main idea
Extra credit will be awarded for students earning a SmartScore of 95 or higher.
 

Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Your most important resource: The Essay Guide
Research Paper Timeline and Requirements Document
Research Paper Rubric
Research Paper Collaboration Contract
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Tuesday, Mar. 29: Vocab Journal #7 Due
-Saturday, April 23: Research Paper Due
-Monday, April 25: Begin Brave New World
 
Monday, March 21, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL4, RL5, RL9, L4, L5, L6
 
The End of the Renaissance

1. Look at the characteristics of sonnets and practice scanning for rhythm (p. 252; Sonnet_Types and Scansion.ppt, slides 1-25).
2. Look at sample sonnets by major poets (Sonnet_Types and Scansion.ppt, slides 26-35; Sonnet Form Notes.docx):

-Spenser (p. 253), “Sonnet 75” (256);
-Sidney (p. 257), “Sonnet 31” (p. 259);
-Shakespeare (p. 272), sonnets 29, 130 (pp. 275-278).

1. Read about John Donne (p. 482) and metaphysical poetry (p. 480). Read his most famous metaphysical poem, “A Valediction Forbidding Mourning” (p. 484), and excerpts from “Meditation 17” (p. 488). All information and texts can be found in Donne Valediction and Meditation.pptx.

 
 
Tuesday, March 22, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W5, L4, L5, L6
 
U4L1A1 Restoration and 18th Century (RF)
Use the presentation Restoration and 18th Century SP21.pptx to fill in Restoration and 18th Century Notes.docx.
 
Note the new form of writing: The Essay - non-fiction, intellectual and scientific writing (Bacon.ppt).
 
U4L2A1 Information Literacy
1. Open the Essay Guide.
2. Get the worksheet titled Information Literacy Overview.docx.
3. Using pages 17-22 in the Essay Guide for a reference, answer the questions on the worksheet.
Discuss correct answers and look at and evaluate some sample sites.
 
 
Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Standards: RL6, RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI9, L4, L5, L6
 
U4L1A2 Identifying Parody and Satire
Look at the presentation titled “Satire and Parody SP20” with accompanying videos (when they are indicated in the presentation).
Videos:
-Old Spice  - The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.mp4
-Smell Like A Monster.mp4
-Satire Polluter Harmony Ad  Peter & Janet's Story.mp4
-Satire Loudness Equals Power - Onion Talks - Ep. 2.mp4
-Onion - Tips For Fixing The Nation.pdf
 
U4L1A3 Educational Satire

1. Examine the list of possible “tips” for fixing the so-called “Education problem” in the file titled “Onion - Tips for Fixing the Nation.”
2. Pick one that you’d like to expand on.
3. Write a paragraph which ironically supports the idea with a (fake) logical argument.
4. The trick is to make it sound like a good idea! Make it sound like you are serious in your support of the crazy idea.
5. Submit your paragraph to Turnitin by 11:59 PM.

 
 
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Standards: RL6, RI1, RI2, RI3, RI4, RI5, RI6, RI9, SL1, L4, L5, L6
 
U4L1A4 A Modest Proposal
Read “A Modest Proposal” (pp. 618-625; Swift Modest Proposal Pearson Text.pdf).
In your assigned group, complete A Modest Proposal Group Activity.doc and the Group question assigned to your group on A Modest Proposal Chunking Analysis.docx.
Groups present assigned chunk to the class.
As a class, discuss techniques, warrant, audience, ethos, pathos, and logos.
 
U4L1A5 Contemporary Satire
Following the guidelines and examples explained in Modest Proposal Close 5.docx, read and analyze the contemporary satire Modest Proposal Obesity Abatement Satire.docx.
 
 
Friday, March 25, 2022
Standards: RI1, RI4, RI6, W5, L4, L5, L6
 
U4L3A1 Feedback Analysis
View the feedback you received on your Feminist Critical Lens paper and complete the feedback analysis worksheet (Feedback Analysis FA20.docx). You must have this completed when we meet for a writing conference on Thursday, Mar. 31.
 
U4L2A2 Changing Media
Read Social media outpaces print news in the US.docx.
and "How News Has Changed" on pages 371-374 of your text and answer the questions on How News Has Changed Worksheet.docx.
 

Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Your most important resource: The Essay Guide
PDF of Othello is HERE.
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Tuesday, Mar. 15: Vocab Journal #6 Due
-Wednesday, Mar. 16 and Thursday, Feb. 17: Othello test
 
Monday, March 14, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
Reminder: U6V6 Vocab Journal #6 is due tomorrow.
 
Read III.iii.279-316
 
Watch Othello III iii 278 Handkerchief Found 55 sec Fishburne.mp4
 
Read III.iii.317-326, examining Iago’s plan.
 
Watch Othello III iii Trifles Light as Air Fishburne.mp4 (III.iii.319-321).
 
Read III.iii.327-476
 
Watch Othello III iii 322-437 Honest Is Not Safe Fishburne.mp4 (5:03); then discuss.
 
NOTE: The Fishburne movie moves III.iii.438-476 into Act IV, so you WILL see it, but later.
 
Skip III.iv.1-22 (comic relief)
 
Read III.iv.23-106
Watch Othello III iv Handkerchief Accusation Fishburne.mp4 (3:13); discuss.
 
Finish reading Act III.
 
Read IV.i.1-214
Watch Othello IV i 1-214 Ocular Proof Fishburne.mp4 (includes the scene moved from III.iii.439-476). (9:29); discuss.
 
Read IV.i.215-282
Watch Othello IV i 215-282 Are His Wits Safe Fishburne.mp4 (2:13); discuss.
 
 
Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6V6 Vocab Journal #6 due.
 
Read IV.ii.1-169
Othello IV ii 1-169 Accusation Fishburne.mp4 (6:25); discuss.
 
Go over A Day at the Office.pptx
 
Read IV.ii.170-245
Watch Othello IV ii 170-245 Roderigos Threat.mp4 (2:19) (This includes V.i.128-129: “This is the night/That either makes me or fordoes me quite.” Discuss why this is true.)
 
Read IV.iii
Watch Othello V i-ii Endings Fishburne.mp4 (31:16) This video includes IV.iii and all of V.
 
Discuss Act V.
 
Revisit statement from Marxist cultural criticism that “Human relations are based on the struggle for economic power” in relation to Iago (text p. 190; pdf p. 212).
 
If there is extra time, show Appearance vs Reality in Othello.mp4 (13:10 mins.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EztNFiBCndo
 
 
Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, RI1, RI2, L6
 
U3L3A4 Othello Test
 
 
Thursday, March 17, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL10, RI1, RI2, L6
 
U3L3A4 Othello Test
 
 
Friday, March 18, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U3L5A1 The KJV
In the green textbook, read about the King James Bible (pp. 296-297). Complete the following assignment for excerpts from this most famous piece of literature from the English Renaissance:

1. Paraphrase each verse of Psalm 23 (p. 299). NOTE: a verse is a numbered piece of text.
2. Paraphrase each verse of the excerpt from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6: 24-30; p. 301).
3. Read the story of the Prodigal Son (Luke 15: 11-32; pp. 302-304) and answer the Critical Reading questions on page 304 (included in the presentation, below).

 
All of the assignment and texts can be found in King James Bible History and Excerpts.pptx.
 

Unless stated otherwise, all assignments are due by 11:59 PM on the date they are assigned.
 
All handouts, presentations, videos, and other class materials are available on the Google drive for this class, organized in folders according to unit and subject.
 
Your most important resource: The Essay Guide
PDF of Othello is HERE.
 
Reminders and Due Dates:
-Monday, Mar. 7: Early Release
-Monday, Mar. 7: U3L3A1 Comparing Film Versions due
-Tuesday, Mar. 8: Vocab Journal #5 Due
-Wednesday, Mar. 9: U3L3A2: Iago’s Plan
-Wednesday, Mar. 16 and Thursday, Feb. 17: Othello test
 
 
Monday, Mar. 7, 2022
Early Release 3/7/22
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
Reminder: U6V5 Vocab Journal #5 is due tomorrow.
 
U6L5A13 Sentence Structure Challenge
Name That Structure group challenge!
 
 
Tuesday, Mar. 8, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
U6V5 Vocab Journal #5 due.
 
-Read I.iii.1-169
- Watch Othello I iii Othellos Story James Earl Jones Performs 2009.mp4
- Watch Othello I iii Othellos Story Fishburne.mpg.
 
-Read I.iii.170-196
 
U3L3A1 Comparing Film Versions, Part II (RF)
Read I.iii through I.iii.187 (Desdemona’s Divided Duty speech), then fill out the second page of the film comparison worksheet (Comparing Film Versions Graphic Organizer I i I am not.docx) with these videos:
Othello I iii Divided Duty Kani.mpg (2:04)
Othello I iii Divided Duty Fishburne.mpg (1:53)
Othello I iii Divided Duty Walker.mpg (1:49)
 
-Read I.iii.197-295
 
 
Wednesday, Mar. 9, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
REMINDER: Remember to complete Othello study questions as review guide for test (Othello Unit Plan Yeah.pdf, pp. 17-18).
 
At the first instance of “Honest Iago” (I.iii.278-279, I.iii.289), begin a notation at the top of your chart listing every time someone refers to Iago as honest.
 
-Discuss soliloquy and aside from p. 304 of the SpringBoard text.
 
-Read I.iii.296-396
 
-Watch Othello I iii I Hate the Moor Kani.mpg and Othello I iii I Hate the Moor Chess Set Fishburne.mpg
 
-Summarize II.i.1-59 (necessary only to explain setting/background)
 
Read II.i.60-95
 
Switch to SparkNotes version to read lines 96-164 (discuss Marxist and Feminist lens)
 
-Watch Othello II i Courtesy Kani.mp4 (10:50)
 
U3L3A2 Iago’s Plan
Read Act II, scene i and answer the questions on the accompanying worksheet (Othello II.i.165-312 Questions.docx). This is due by 11:59 PM tonight.
 


Thursday, Mar. 10, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
Discuss II.i (worksheet) and watch clip of soliloquy: Othello II i 286-312 Iago Madness Soliloquy Kani.mpg.
 
Read aloud the proclamation that makes up Act II, scene ii and discuss what it means.
 
Read 2.3.1-11 and discuss Othello’s directions to Cassio and opinion of Iago.
 
Groups plan interactions: II.iii: 11-59; 60-116; 117-141; 142-161;162-195; 196-257; 258-292; 293-335; 336-388.

​Students present interpretations of scenes.
 
As student groups perform, stop after each performance to add important details to chart.
 
Key clips to watch after corresponding text:
Othello II iii 77-255 I Am Not Drunk Fishburne.mpg (7:08)
Othello II iii 261-388 Reputation Fishburne.mp4 (5:34)
Othello II iii 336 How Am I Then a Villain Fishburne.mpg (1:26)
 
Skip/summarize III.i.1-28 (comic relief)
 
Read aloud the rest of III.i and III.ii.
 
Read III.iii through line 40.
 
 
Friday, Mar. 11, 2022
Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RL6, RL7, RL9, W4, SL1, L1, L6
 
Read through III.iii.92
Watch Othello III iii 1-269 Poison in the Ear Fishburne.mpg (8:14); then discuss.
 
Watch unique movie technique, flashback: Othello III iii 277-278 Flashback after Poison Fishburne.mpg (0:55)
 
Read III.iii.279-316
 
Watch Othello III iii 278 Handkerchief Found 55 sec Fishburne.mp4
 
Read III.iii.317-326, examining Iago’s plan.
 
Watch Othello III iii Trifles Light as Air Fishburne.mp4 (III.iii.319-321).
 
Read III.iii.327-476
 
Watch Othello III iii 322-437 Honest Is Not Safe Fishburne.mp4 (5:03); then discuss.