| Date | Agenda | Homework | Important Due Dates |
| M,1/4 | Introductions | None | |
| T,1/5 | Go over classroom policies and procedures | Sign policies | |
| W,1/6 | Collect policies Discuss effective group behaviors Freewrite: What have you learned about ethics and leadership so far? | Freewrite: Extend one of the ideas you wrote about in the class-time freewrite. | |
| R,1/7 | Introduce SSR Pick up Leaders and scan table of contents Discuss homework | Read pp. 1-10 in Leaders | |
| F,1/8 | Work on Leaders chpt. 1 questions in groups | Read pp. 10-18 in Leaders | |
| M,1/11 | Finish Leaders chpt. 1 questions--turn in at the end of the period | Leaders chpt. 1 vocabulary (due Wednesday): wistful (1), effervesces (2), moratorium (2), mobilize (3), candor (4), empower (8), dichotomies (8), voracious (11), vociferous (11), paradigm (13), atrophying (14), burgeoning (14) Provide: Sentence from the book (context), Definition, Part of speech, You own sentence | |
| T,1/12 | Discuss Leaders chpt. 1 Library Visit (last 10 min.) | Finish chpt. 1 vocab | |
| W,1/13 | Go over vocabulary Finish discussion of chpt. 1 Discuss EPT format | Study for writing test tomorrow (think of examples you can use for your essay--I gave you the quote in class today.) | Writing Test tomorrow! |
| R,1/14 | Practice EPT essay test | Read Leaders pp. 19-33 (chpt. 2) Use three sentences or fewer to summarize Strategy I. | |
| F,1/15 | Grade yesterday's essay test: go over the rubric and give numeric score as well as detailed evaluations | Read Leaders pp. 33-43. Use three sentences or fewer to summarize Strategy II. | Leaders chpt. 1 vocab test on Wed. Reading Logs Due Friday, 1/22. |
| T,1/19 | Finish grading exams Read Leaders pp. 43-55. Summarize Strategy III (3 sentences or fewer) | Study for vocab test Finish classwork | |
| W,1/20 | Vocabulary Test Go over summaries from homework (look at sentence structures) Begin "My Last Duchess"--video | Read pp. 55-68 Summarize Strategy IV | |
| R,1/21 | Reread "My Last Duchess" (note sentence breaks) Discuss poem in pairs (chart what the Duke says vs. what he means) | Read pp. 69-79. Summarize "The Deployment of Self Through the Wallenda Factor" | |
| F,1/22 | Collect reading logs Finish "MLD" pair work Begin discussion of MLD | Read pp.79-86. Summarize "Empowerment"-All summaries will be collected on Monday. | |
| M,1/25 | Collect summaries for Leaders chpt. 2 Pass back essays Discuss final exams Grade groups Library | Assess your own writing skills. What do you need to work on? Highlight your 3 greatest weaknesses on the evaluation sheet attached to your Leaders essay. | |
| T,1/26 & R1/28 | Final exams | NONE! | |
| F,1/29 | Return Leaders books Correct multiple choice section | NONE! | |
| T,2/2 | Go over essay final Finish "My Last Duchess" New reading logs | Work Guide Questions: Don't need to copy down questions, but you need to answer in complete sentences incorporating the question into the response. | |
| W,2/3 | Group Work: Working prereading questions Group Work: Prepare to share out on Work Guide Questions | Read and annotate Working interviews for details and points that surprise you. | |
| R,2/4 | Share out on Work Guide Questions | Answer Babe and Larry Reading Questions | |
| F,2/5 | Freewrite: What is the American Dream? How does the pursuit of it affect the way we work? Discuss Babe and Larry interviews--turn in homework | Read and annotate "Reinventing Work." Pay attention to the contrasts in work ethics. | |
| T,2/9 | Group work for "Reinventing Work" Library visit | Pre-reading journal for "Workers" | |
| W,2/10 | Finish classwork from yesterday. Discuss "Reinventing Work" Share out on homework | "Workers"--read and annotate for narrative segments (anecdotes) Why does he use these anecdotes? What does he want the reader to see? | |
| R,2/11 | "Workers" group work: close reading questions #1-5 | Freewrite: What are some of your likes and dislikes about a current or former job? | |
| F,2/12 | Revise work from yesterday Group Work: Writer's Craft #1-3 | Freewrite: What job do you want in the future (career)? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of this job? What questions do you have about this job? | |
| T,2/16 | Discuss "Workers" Assign essay | Prewrite for essay--Venn diagrams | RD #1 Due T, 2/23 RD #2 Due F, 2/26 FD Due T, 3/2 |
| W,2/17 | Discuss "Workers"--thesis Share prewrites | Essay | I will collect the freewrites from 2/11 and 2/12 as well as the essay prewrite on T, 2/23. |
| R,2/18 | Lecture on comparison/contrast essay structures Pick up Hard Times Background reading for Hard Times: annotate for details that will help you understand HT, a social criticism of the Industrial Revolution | Essay | |
| F,2/19 | Background video on the Industrial Revolution | Essay |