Tentative English 10B Syllabus

Tentative English 10B Syllabus 2014

January 13- Dialectical Journals Animal Farm, Analysis of Major’s and Squealer’s speech, refuting an Argument. Argumentative Essay on Virtue in Animal Farm

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

January 20^-  (MLK Day) Animal Farm Chapters 1-4    Refuting Arguments II, Short Constructed Response Quiz

January 27 Animal Farm Ch 5- 8  

February 3 Animal Farm Ch-8-10  Animal Farm Essay  #2 due

February 10 Fahrenheit 451 Part I

Driving Question: What is the impact of censorship and propaganda?

February 17 (No school, Open House) Fahrenheit 451 Part I

February 24 Fahrenheit 451 Part II   

March 3 Fahrenheit 451 Part III CAHSEE PREP Expository Essay on Censorship

              Due

March 10 1984   Introduction and Part 1 Chapters I-VIII. 

 Driving questions: What is the impact of technology on access to information?  Who controls the technology and the propaganda machine?

CAHSEE PREP  

March 17 (CAHSEE March 18 and 19th) 1984 Part II Chapters 1-V

March 24 (PHABO Parent Conferences 27^th) 1984 Part II Chapters VI-X

March 31 (No school) 1984 Part II Chapters I-VI.   Impact of Technology Expository

 Essay due.

April 7 Antigone Review of Greek tragedy and Oedipus Myth

Driving question:  When we know those in power are morally wrong, do we break their laws, or do we collaborate with them by obeying?

Twelve Angry Men Screening

Driving Question: How does one stand alone to push for fairness and equity?

April 14 (Spring Break) Antigone Team Mask Mini-Project due

 

April 21 Julius Caesar

Driving Question: Examine the question: What defines an honorable being?  

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.9-10.9 Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).

April 28 Julius Caesar   Creative Writing Narrative exploration of honor.

May 5 Julius Caesar Film and Introduction to Macbeth

May 12 Macbeth   

Driving question: What is the effect of ambition and power?

 Deliver  in class or film a monologue from Macbeth

May 19 Macbeth and NMA Project Presentation Practice

May 26 (Memorial Day Vacation) Macbeth   and NMA Presentations

June 2 (Finals)