Category Archives: E1.08

(8) Reading/Comprehension of Informational Text/Culture and History. Students analyze, make inferences and draw conclusions about the author’s purpose in cultural, historical, and contemporary contexts and provide evidence from the text to support their understanding. Students are expected to explain the controlling idea and specific purpose of an expository text and distinguish the most important from the less important details that support the author’s purpose.

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English I Pre-AP, Week 7

Monday- Students will respond to a Robert Frost quote. We will then view a prezi over the objectives we will cover in our first full analysis of “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell Tale Heart.”

Tuesday- Students will complete a Parts of Speech handout and complete the prezi. We will begin discussion of recurring themes within classic literature.

Wednesday- Students will write 2 practice thesis and continue our discussion of “The Cask of Amontillado” and “The Tell Tale Heart.”

Thursday- Students will compose 2 additional thesis. Socratic Seminar.

Friday- Students will submit their analysis of “Cask” and “Heart.” First essay will be assigned.

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ENGLISH I PRE-AP, WEEK 4 LESSON

Monday- Labor Day

Tuesday- Students will complete a comma mini-lesson, complete notes on Literary Devices. Students will be assigned The Tell-Tale Heart to read by 9/12

The Tell-Tale Heart

Wednesday- Students will answer a survival question and continue work on the Survival Unit Project in their groups.

Thursday- Students will answer a What If? question and continue work on the Survival Unit Project in their groups.

Friday- Students will record Allusion #4 (Munch’s The Scream) and complete one of four Scope Magazine article assignments.