English 10 – Ms. Kamrass – Weekly Sheet

Quarter 3 – Week1

A DayB Day

Monday, 1/30 Goal – finish documentary for nonfiction examination of racism and justice
  • Scottsboro documentary for nonfiction examination of issues from novel.
Homework: Study for Mockingbird test next class (study guide/unit pack, any class notes about the reading or theme, any chapters we read – or heavily reviewed—in class.
Tuesday, 1/31
Goal –assess understanding and analysis of the novel
Do Now – prepare for test (pen)
  • Mockingbird test
  • Film
Homework: Complete a poetry portfolio with the following – song lyrics that name the lyricist (person/people who wrote it as opposed to simply singing it); poem of choice (ensure that that title is on the sheet as well as the poet); a printout of one of the poems listed on the back of this sheet.Attach with a paper clip. All should be printed on separate sheets of paper. / Wednesday, 2/1
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Thursday, 2/2 Goal – compare and contrast media
  • Submit poetry portfolio (keep it in your classroom folder)
  • Film
  • Persuasive speech assignment and timetable
Homework: TBA
List 12 Quiz will be next week. / Friday, 2/3
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Reminders:

  • Submit written homework assignments as soon as you enter the classroom. Any collected later will earn ½ credit.
  • 3rd Quarter deadline for rewrites is Monday, April 3. Staple completed rewrite sheet atop your most recent (TYPED) draft, all other drafts, peer review sheet, and rubric (the one I marked).
  • If you are absent, ensure that you are prepared for class the day that you return. Refer to the weekly sheets, other online supports, and reliable classmates (remember to prepare that A or B day in between your absence and return to class).

1. Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas
2. Dreamsby Langston Hughes
3. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (O lordy – this one’s been used one too many times…)
4. We Real Cool , by Gwendolyn Brooks Ms. Tozzi teaches in her classes.
5. This Is Just To Sayby William Carlos Williams
6. I, Too, Sing Americaby Langston Hughes
7. The Negro Speaks of Riversby Langston Hughes I have this one for you in the poetry pack
8. How Do I Love Thee? (Sonnet 43)by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
9. somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyondby E. E. Cummings
10. One Artby Elizabeth Bishop
11. Because I could not stop for Death (712)by Emily Dickinson
12. Sickby Shel Silverstein
13. A Blessingby James Wright
14. Life is Fineby Langston Hughes
15. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun Already know from middle school and English 9
by William Shakespeare
16. Dream Variations by Langston Hughes
17. Daddyby Sylvia Plath
18. Let America Be America Againby Langston Hughes
19. Lullabyby W. H. Auden
20. True Loveby Robert Penn Warren
21. Praise Song for the Dayby Elizabeth Alexander
22. Mending Wallby Robert Frost
23. As I Walked Out One Eveningby W.H. Auden
24. O Captain! My Captain!by Walt Whitman
25. The Unknown Citizenby W. H. Auden
(Popularity based on Poets.org traffic data.) This list was provided by Poets.org, but you may also choose works by well-known poets (such as Wordsworth, Coleridge, or check with me if you would like another).