Mrs.

Crandall’s Honors American Literature - Week of August 13-17, 2018

Weekly Learning Goals Focus Standards

Demonstrate comprehension in reading and viewing a variety of texts, presented in various mediums. Engage in analysis of
literary and non-fiction texts. Demonstrate clear understanding of the literary elements of drama.
ELAGSE11-12RI2: Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they
interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text. ELAGSE11-12RL3: Analyze the
impact of the author’s choices regarding how to develop and relate elements of a story or drama (e.g., where a story is set, how the action is
ordered, how the characters are introduced and developed)ELAGSE11-12RL10: By the end of grade 11, read and comprehend literature,
including stories, dramas, and poems, in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of
the range ELAGSE11-12RI7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented indifferent media or formats (e.g., visually,
quantitatively) as well as in words in order to address a question or solve a problem.ELAGSE11-12RI10: By the end of grade 11, read and
comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band proficiently, with scaffolding as needed at the high end of the
range. By the end of grade 12, read and comprehend literary nonfiction in the grades 11-CCR text complexity band independently and
proficiently.

Upcoming Due Dates

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

Thursday, August 16, 2018 Sadlier vocabulary exercises due; Sadlier vocabulary quiz

Due Today In Class Activities Homework Tonight

Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Read “Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God” sermon by Jonathan
Monday, Edwards, “The Trial of MArtha
August 13, Work Session: Carrier” essay by Cotton Mather,
and “The Lessons of Salem” article
2018 1. Video: History Channel’s In Search of History: The Salem Witch Trials and viewing guide
by Laura Shapiro (SpringBoard
pgs.110-115) . Answer “Craft and
Closing: Introduce homework.
Structure” and “Key Details”
questions 1-15.

Sadlier vocabulary unit one

exercises due Thursday 8/16

Pre-Course Assignment Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Sadlier vocabulary unit one
exercises due Thursday 8/16
Tuesday,
August 14, Work Session:
2018 1. Sadlier vocabulary unit one review
2. Introduction to The Crucible reading guide and Cornell Notes

Closing: Discuss upcoming vocabulary quiz (Thursday 8/16).

 Mrs. Crandall’s Honors American Literature - Week of August 13-17, 2018

Due Today In Class Activities Homework Tonight

Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Read “Miller’s Commentary on
Reverend Hale and Diabolism”
Wednesday, (pgs. 32-36), and complete
August 15, Work Session: reading guide.
2018 1. Read and discuss The Crucible Act I (up to Hale’s entrance), and work on study guide.
Study for tomorrow’s unit one
vocabulary quiz.
Closing: Introduce homework.

Thursday, Sadlier vocabulary unit one Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day Work on The Crucible study guide.
exercises
August 16,
2018 Work Session:
1. Sadlier unit one vocabulary quiz
2. Complete reading and discussion of The Crucible Act I, and work on study guide.

Closing: Discuss The Crucible Act I study guide questions.

Friday, Opening: EOC and SAT Questions of the Day

August 17,
2018 Work Session: Writing Lab
1. USA TestPrep Practice Test #1
2. Sadlier online vocabulary unit 2

Closing: Review prerequisite skills and vocabulary.