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Crandall’s Honors American Literature - Week of August 6-10, 2018

Weekly Learning Goals Focus Standards

Synthesize information from multiple writing genres and diverse perspectives. Engage in independent analysis and synthesis of
various texts.
ELAGSE11-12W4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and
audience. (Grade-specific expectations for writing types are defined in standards 1–3 above.) ELAGSE11-12W7: Conduct short as well as more
sustained research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question) or solve a problem; narrow or broaden the inquiry
when appropriate; synthesize multiple sources on the subject, demonstrating understanding of the subject under investigation. ELAGSE11-
12W8: Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the
strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to
maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and over reliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation. ELAGSE11-
12SL4: Present information, findings, and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective,such that listeners can follow the
line of reasoning, alternative or opposing perspectives are addressed, and the organization, development, substance, and style are
appropriate to purpose, audience, and a range or formal and informal tasks

Upcoming Due Dates

Tuesday, August 14, 2018 in class Pre-course project due

Wednesday, August 15, 2018 online (11:59 PM) Sadlier vocabulary exercises due

Due Today In Class Activities Homework Tonight

American Dream vision board Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Read “America and I” short story
by Anzia Yezierska(SpringBoard
Monday, pg.19) .
August 6, Work Session:
Add notes to socratic seminar
2018 1. Review prerequisite skills and vocabulary tracking sheet.
preparation chart.
2. SpringBoard Grade 11 Activity 1.4: America’s Voices. Read “I Hear America Singing” and “I, Too, Sing America.”
3. Completed “Second Read” activities and “Working from the Text” chart.
4. Constructed response: write a 7-10 sentence constructed response comparing and contrasting what the two poems “I
Hear America Singing” and “I, Too, Sing America” mean in referring to singing. This is due by the end of class.

Closing: Introduce homework.

“America and I” socratic Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Read “What is an American?” letter
seminar notes (excerpt from Letters From an
Tuesday, American Farmer) by J. Hector St.
August 7, Work Session: John de Crèvecoeur (SpringBoard
pg. 31).
2018 1. Complete Overview of American Literature presentation and notes.
2. Begin guided reading of “Kill the Indian, and Save the Man” and “The Cutting of My Long Hair” (Native American
Answer “Key Idea and Details” and
Assimilation Annotation Assignment).
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Closing: Introduce homework. “Craft and Structure” questions 1-

4, and create the “Working from
the Text” graphic organizer (pgs.
33-34). Add notes to socratic
seminar preparation chart.

Due Today In Class Activities Homework Tonight

“What is an American” Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Read”Growing Up Asian in
questions and socratic America” essay by Kesaya E. Noda
Wednesday, seminar notes (SpringBoard pg. 37).
August 8, Work Session:
Answer “Key Idea and Details” and
2018 1. Complete guided reading of “Kill the Indian, and Save the Man” and “The Cutting of My Long Hair” (Native American
“Craft and Structure” questions 1-
Assimilation Annotation Assignment).
2. Discuss Synthesis and Native American Assimilation. 5 and “Check Your
Understanding” (pgs. 40-41). Add
notes to socratic seminar
Closing: Introduce homework.
preparation chart.

Thursday, “Growing Up Asian in Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Read “Let America Be America
America” questions and Again” poem by Langston
August 9, socratic seminar notes Hughes,”(SpringBoard pg. 42), and
2018 Work Session: answer the “Check Your
1. American Dream Socratic Seminar Understanding” questions (pg.
2. Begin Sadlier Vocabulary unit one exercises (due 8/15 by 11:59 PM) 45).
3. Discuss independent reading and “Autonomy Friday”

Closing: Preview SpringBoard Embedded Assessment 2: “Synthesizing the American Dream” and rubric.

Friday, “Let America Be America Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Review prerequisite skills and
Again” questions and socratic vocabulary.
August 10, seminar notes
2018 Work Session:
Independent reading text 1. Plan and write SpringBoard Embedded Assessment 2: Synthesis Essay (pg. 103).
2. Engage in independent reading.

Closing: Review prerequisite skills and vocabulary.