12th Grade Schedule

Denise Ankcorn

12th English

Periods 5 & 7 -Schedule

Day	Friday - Oct. 24	Tuesday - Oct. 28	Thursday - Oct. 30
Topic	Theme Presentations Writing the Introduction Read Just a Housewife and Disability	Transcribing the interview Writing the Reflection - What you learned about the person. - What you learned through the process.	Share and revise Introductions and transcriptions. Begin Stranger in a Village
Homework	Interview must be completed by Tuesday	Write Introduction Begin transcribing interview.	Complete Rough Draft Due

Day	Thursday - Oct. 16	Monday - Oct. 20	Wednesday - Oct. 22
Topic	Finish Act 1 Whoopi Goldberg Video - observing body language. Writing the introduction to your interview assignment. What to do during the interview. StoryCorps Question generator	Compare and Share Questions and work on Order. Acting Act 2	Act Act 2 Work on Theme Assignments for Fences.
Homework	Create Interview Plan	Revise Interview Plan Do Interview	Interview must be completed by Tuesday

Day	Tuesday - Oct. 7	Thursday - Oct. 9	Tuesday - Oct. 14
Topic	Written Voice Due Counselor Career Unit "Letter to my Mother"	Finish Reading "Letter to my Mother" and write Journal Discuss "Sins of the Father" Poem by August Wilson	Interview Major Assessment The Art of the Interview Asking Good Questions
Homework	No Homework	Think about which parent you would like to interview.	Write up a description of the person you will interview. Schedule the interview with the person

Day	Monday - Sept. 28	Wednesday - Sept. 30	Friday - Oct. 3
Topic	Oral Voice Presentations	Peer Edit Written Voice	Homecoming Peer Edit Written Voice "Letters to my Mother" Journal Assignment
Homework	Rough Draft of Written Voice	Rewrite Written Voice	Final Draft of Written Voice Make sure that you submit your voice to Turnitin.com! Bring in all Drafts of your Written Voice

Day	Monday - Sept. 28	Wednesday - Sept. 30	Friday - Oct. 3
Topic	Oral Voice Presentations	Peer Edit Written Voice	Homecoming Peer Edit Written Voice "Letters to my Mother" Journal Assignment
Homework	Rough Draft of Written Voice	Rewrite Written Voice	Final Draft of Written Voice Make sure that you submit your voice to Turnitin.com! Bring in all Drafts of your Written Voice
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Day	Thursday - Sept. 18	Tuesday - Sept. 23	Thursday - Sept. 25
Topic	Share new Remember Poems "B****" Poem Journal - How do words have power?	Language Day Written and Oral Voice Assignments Work on writing out a script for the Oral Voice Presentation Class Discussion Voices - How are they different and how are they used?	Plagerism Practice Oral Voice Assessment Work on Written Voice Assignment
Homework	Girls - Write about a moment were words were used that hurt you Boys - Write about a time when you used words to hurt someone	Oral Voice Presentations Due Monday	Oral Voice Presentations Due Monday 1st Draft of Written Voice Due Wednesday
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Day	Wednesday - Sept. 10	Friday - Sept. 12	Tuesday - Sept. 16
Topic	Share Found Poems Remember Poem Journal - How does the reading of a poem influence your understanding?	Share Remember Poem Read Langston Hughes Poem Kinesthetic reading of the poem Class Discussion Voices - How are they different and how are they used?	"Technique and Tune up" Class reading and discussion How does punctuation and line placement influence the meaning and reading of a poem?
Homework	Create your own Remember Poem	Make a list of your voices.	Revise personal "Remember Poem" and create three new versions.
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Day	Wednesday - Sept. 10	Friday - Sept. 12	Tuesday - Sept. 16
Topic	Share Found Poems Remember Poem Journal - How does the reading of a poem influence your understanding?	Share Remember Poem "Technique and Tune up" Class reading and discussion How does punctuation and line placement influence the meaning and reading of a poem?	Read Langston Hughes Poem Kinesthetic reading of the poem Class Discussion Voices - How are they different and how are they used?
Homework	Create your own Remember Poem	Revise personal "Remember Poem" and create three new versions.	Make a list of your voices.
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Day	Tuesday - Sept. 2	Thursday - Sept. 4	Monday - Sept. 8
Topic	Welcome to 12th Grade English! Syllabus Name Game "I am" Poem	Picture Day! Second half of "I am" - Create a collage on the back side of the poem that represents you. Making Meaning and Presenting Texts Goals Begin "Life Story in a Day" Activity	Class Discussion - What side is more you? Journal on Identity Found Poem
Homework	Finish your "I am" Poem Show your parents the syllabus and have them read it! . Fill in the parent/student information sheet. Buy Journal and begin "Life story in a Day" - Due Monday	Buy Journal, if you have not already purchased one, and put "Life Story in a Day".	Finish Found Poem
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