This document provides schedules and lesson plans for English classes at Hamilton High School. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, English 9 classes will focus on writing an analytical paper, including reviewing notes, outlining, drafting and revising. English 10 classes will discuss literary elements like themes and characters in short stories, and complete reading comprehension activities. Both classes include daily "sponge" questions to start class discussions.

1. WEEK OF SEPTEMBER
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2. Sponge
1. Walk in quietly
2. Pick up your notebook
3. Answer the sponge question
If you could be any famous person,
which one would you be and why?

3. English 9
1. Review terms you are expected to know
2. Review the story, The Interlopers
3. Begin note taking activity for your paper
-Review the whole Interloper paper (structure)
4. Complete notes
5. Do Learning Inventory before you leave
6. Please hand in Inventory

4. English 10
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Review terms you need to know
Finish Widow story
Turn to page 439
Answer questions 1-9 (you have 15 minutes)
Turn in before you leave
Turn to page 443
Write down the definition for Theme and
Character’s attitudes
8. Read Civil Peace (no reader’s log) –Track 2

5. Sponge
Wednesday, October 2nd
1. Walk in quietly
2. Pick up notebook
3. Sit down and answer sponge questionWhere will you be 10 years from now and what
will you be doing? Career? Family?

6. English 9
Wednesday
We are in the process of writing an analytical paper.
1. Review writing unit
2. Review notes- you need quotes from the story
3. Small group-pair share/whole group discussion
4. Review outline
5. Begin filling out outline
-This is an individual assignment
-NO talking—we need to think!

7. English 10
Wednesday
Today
1. Discuss theme- Civil Peace
2. Reader’s Log for Masque of the Red Death
3. Begin reading story
4. Practice terms

8. Masque Reader’s Log
Open to page 80
Connect: What do you think about gated
communities?
Background: Read the paragraph and write down
the most interesting and important sentence.
Literary analysis: Write down the definitions for
symbol and setting.
Reading strategy: Define Identifying context clues
Vocabulary: create an Immersed in Words chart

9. Immersed in words chart
Word
August
Piquancy
Arabesque
Cessation
Disapprobation
habilments
Experience
What it isn’t
Definition
Picture

10. Sponge
Thursday
1. Walk in quietly
2. Pick up your notebook
3. Sit down and answer the sponge question
If you had one super power, what would it be?
Flying? Super strength?

11. English 9
Thursday
1. Review writing unit
a. notes
b. outline
2. Complete outline
3. Monitor behavior
4. Begin writing rough draft if you are ready to
do so

12. English 10
Thursday
1. Finish Masque of the Red Death
2. Take test
YOU MAY USE YOUR NOTE BOOK AND
ASSIGNMENT NOTES ONLY. NO TEXT BOOK!

13. Tuesday, October 8th
Sponge
1.
2.
3.
4.
Walk in quietly
Pick up notebook
Sit down
Answer the sponge in your notebook
What’s your favorite food? Describe it using
sensory details (see, hear, taste, touch, smell).

14. Monday, October 7th
1. Walk in quietly
2. Pick up notebook
3. Answer sponge question
What’s going on in Washington DC now? What’s
the big fight between the GOP controlled House
of Representitives and the President?

15. English 10
Monday, October 7th
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Sponge
Get test back
Finish test
Grade test
See your grade
I enter in grade
You get test back—need for final exam
review

16. English 10
Grade Scale
Grade
Level
51-56
Advanced
45-50
Proficient
40-44
Basic
33-39
Minimal

17. Welcome to Hamilton High School!
English Department
Room 375/Mrs. Navejar
Learn about your
Milwaukee Public Library

18. Thursday, October 10th
Sponge
1. Walk in quietly
2. Pick up your notebook
3. Sit down and answer the sponge question
What is sympathy? What is compassion?
Provide examples.

19. Vocabulary
1. Open up to page 595
2. You have 5 min to review all of the
vocabulary words
3. We’re going to play a game

20. English 10
Thursday, October 10th
Today’s Activity
Learning Intention
-Today we will be discussing static and dynamic
characters. We will also be drawing inferences as
we read and after reading two stories, we will
compare both.
Success Criteria
-By the second story, you should be able to identify
the differences between static and dynamic
characters

21. Luck Reader’s Log
open to page 594
Connect: What does it mean to “judge a book by its
cover”? Explain.
Background: Read the paragraph on page 594.
Write down the most interesting and important
sentence in the paragraph.
Literary analysis: Write down the definitions for the
terms, Static character and Dynamic character.
Reading strategy: Define Drawing Inferences
Vocabulary: Create an immersed in words chart

22. Immersed in Words Chart
Word
Taciturn
Experience
What the word Definition
isn’t
Preferring not
to talk
Picture of the
word

23. Monday, October 14th
sponge
1. Walk in quietly
2. Pick up your notebook
3. Sit down and respond to the sponge question
Compare and contrast two of your friends
or relatives.

24. English 9
Monday, October 14th
1. Review what you’ve done so far
2. Check work
a. Note page
b. Outline
c. Draft
3. Edit draft
a. Peer edit
b. Teacher review

25. English 10
Monday, October 14th
1.
Today we’re reviewing:
a.
b.
c.
2.
Create your own short-short story (20 minutes)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
3.
Protagonist (the main character)
Antagonist (what/who the hero is up against)
Main conflict
Create a character who is static
Create another character who is dynamic
Pair/Share
a.
b.
4.
5.
Static and dynamic characters
What are they?
Provide examples
With a partner, share your story
Your partner should be able to identify all items in number 2
Turn in
Test tomorrow

28. Pair/Share
1. Ask a shoulder partner to read your story
2. Write down the following and fill it out as
you read
A. Who is the protagonist?
B. Who is the antagonist?
C. What is the main conflict?
D. Who is the static character? Why?
E. Who is the dynamic character? Why?