On this site, you’ll find a breakdown of each week’s lesson plans and activities for English 11. Assignments and due dates will always be listed in red. You can access class handouts through the “Course Materials” section located on the top right side of this site. If you have any questions or comments regarding things you'd like to see on this site, call me at WRHS or e-mail me at ritchjoh@usd437.net
Curriculum focus: determines word meanings through knowledge of word structure: Greek and Latin roots and prefixes and suffixes (11.1.3.k3), organizing and planning a written piece (11.7.1.3), composes persuasive writing (11.7.2.1c), adapts writing by identifying, analyzing, and understanding audience (11.7.2.2), writes using one or more text structures when appropriate to a achieve a specific purpose or to address a specific audience: problem/solution (11.7.2.4d), and develops clear and purposeful ideas with sufficient evidence and/or relevant detail to satisfy purpose using sufficient evidence, examples, anecdotes, quotations, expert opinions, and/or statistics (11.7.2.1d)
Root words for this week (root - definition - examples):
- ante - before - antecedent, antebellum
- brev - short - abbreviate, brevity
- fin - end - final, infinite
- pan - all - pandemic, panorama
- poly - many - polygamy, polytheism
- vac - empty - vacation, vacuum
This week we will get things rolling right away. We will spend much of Wednesday looking over and discussing our course overview and policies, as well as familiarizing ourselves with the procedures of the class. We'll also begin our root words unit. On Thursday, students will have a chance both to show what they know about writing and to express their preferences when it comes to reading and writing assignments in class. Friday starts off with a Root Words quiz. We'll wrap up this first week of the semester with an assignment over Robert Frost's "Birches," which will serve as both a literary analysis pre-test and a preview of the Personal Narrative Essay that we'll begin next week.
- Mon: No school - staff work day
- Tues: New student orientation
- Wed: Introductions, syllabus, and course overview. Root Words 1 - notes, quiz on Friday. Bring a 1 1/2" - 2" binder to class by Friday.
- Thurs: Preferences writing prompt. Write and discuss. Writing prompt due by the end of the hour.
- Fri: Root Words Quiz. Personal Narrative preview: read and discuss Robert Frost's "Birches." Read and reflect assignment due by the end of the hour.
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