Week 12 2012-13 Subject to revision

Week 12 Class Work and Homework

Day	Class Work	Homework
Monday Print this out and bring to beginning of class on Monday Morning for 100 Extra Credit points. (Due when bell rings. Make sure your name is on it, as it will be returned to you before end of period).  If you complete all the week’s assignments you will get 400 bonus points. Ideas to explore: Why were the colonists dissatisfied with their British rulers? How did the freedom movement affect the rights of women, slaves, and Native Americans? Was religion an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers? Was science an important influence on the philosophies of the founding fathers?	Vocabulary test on Self-reliance and Walden Vocabulary	Read Civil Disobedience Pp. 231-234 Take Cornell Notes
Tuesday Objectives/Goals Explore themes of joining together on cooperation and peace To identify and understand concrete symbols that stand for abstract ideas To identify elements of leadership and control To understand the phrases used in sentences	Civil Disobedience Discussion	Answer Questions pp. 234 1-8 and Do Vocabulary study pp. 235
Wednesday To understand early British and colonial conflicts which contributed to the colonies Spirit of Independence To identify examples of Characterization using STEAL To learn that words change their meaning across time To recognize a writer’s use of vivid verbs and verb phrases	Timed In class Essay Prompt p. 235 Writer’s Notebook	Halloween Read The Devil and Tom Walker Pp. 239-250
Thursday Vocabulary Formidable Disciplined Precipitation Prowess Plunder Impious Dominion Solace Insidious Entreaty Remonstrate Prostrate	Reread Devil and Tom Walker and answer questions on pp. 250- 1-10 And 251 Vocabulary Foreshadowing Satire Stereotyping	Vocabulary Test Devil and Tom Walker Prevalent Impregnable Melancholy Perplexed Eminent Resolute Propitious Ostentation Parsimony Notorious
Friday	Read the Pit and the Pendulum pp. 252-264 Focus on MOOD- authors create mood through setting, characters, events and descriptive details. The mood of a selection can be romantic, sad, eerie, lighthearted, dream-like- the possibilities cover the range of emotions.	Focus on imagery and Mood Write a vivid 2 page-story that evokes a specific mood in the style of POE.