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Detailed Course Outline

__Week 1__

Monday 7:45-8:15 Ice breaker:" Two Truths and a Lie" 8:15-9:00 School policies, course outline, required assignments, calendar. Final projects, including web project and monologue. Homework Bring a notebook and an independent reading book tomorrow. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: Mnemonic 10:00-10:35 Hand out __One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest__ Break 10:55-11:35 Ice Breaker: Conversation Wheel 11:35-1:05 Hand out "Road Map" time line, and explain autobiographical writing assignment.

Tuesday Journal 8:00-9:00 Dramatic monologue (me), dramatic reading (Conlay), and the use of rhetoric. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: mnemonics 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 Computer lab-familiarize students with the web page and the projects. 12:00-1:05 Note the independent reading book each student has selected. Discuss initial impressions of characters from __Their Eyes were Watching God__ Wednesday Journal 8:00-9:00 Senior class applications 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: mnemonic 10:00-10:05 Free reading/work Break 10:55-1:05 Discuss __Their Eyes were Watching God__. Note related social issues in the world that affect student’s lives. Thursday Journal 8:00-9:00 Applications/interviews with me and Conlay 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: root meaning and new words with same root. 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 Computer lab: find electronic examples of social issues that relate to __Their Eyes were Watching God__ and how they affect the students. Post them on the web page. Print them out. 12:00-1:05 Share some of the issues and how they relate to the students. Time to finish writing for those who have not. Due Mon. Pick a character to imitate from their independent reading, for their monologues.

__Week 2__ Monday Journal 8:00-9:00 Resume-write rough draft Homework Have students type them up for Tuesday 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: mnemonic 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 "Watching God" discussion/introduction to Tragic Hero 12:00-1:05 Give handout on character development for the monologues. Have students compose a rough introduction and outline for monologues.

Tuesday Journal 8:00-9:00 Resume: peer correction and sharing. Start a new resume for a different job. Homework Type new resume, adding embellishments. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: root meanings 10:00-10:35 Independent reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 Computer lab: impute writing from class, find examples of tragic hero, post synopsis of hero’s journeys, and tell why students relate to them. Print the excerpt they have written. 12:00-1:05 Share with class, the tragic hero’s each student has picked and why. Wednesday Journal 8:00-9:00 Present finished resume. Each student will share what job he or she are applying for, headings used, special talents/abilities, awards and hobbies. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: mnemonics 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 Discussion comparing students and Janie or Tea Cake. Write commonality between students and Janie or Tea Cake. 12:00-1:00 Talk about mood/tone and have students write the body of their monologues. Thursday Journal 8:00-9:00 Cover letter: format and examples.

Homework Type up cover letter for Monday. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: root meanings, and new words with same roots. 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 Computer lab: input writing from yesterday as a conclusion. Students may add the analysis of their monologues to web page. 12:00-1:05 Write outline and body of monologue. Print out entire rough draft of "Watching God" project. __Due Mon.__ Rough draft of web project (without pictures, sound, video, etc.). Should be completely done reading the independent reading book. __Week 3__ Monday Journal 8:00-9:00 Cover letter. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: mnemonic 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work Break 10:55-12:00 Peer correct rough draft of "Watching God" projects. Have students high light best paragraph and share. Students can work on writing the response to their monologues. 12:00-1:05 Monologue: Finish writing monologue. Practice reading to other classmates dramatically. Tuesday Journal 8:00-9:00 Turn in business packet. Finish monologues. Practice and memorization time. 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: roots 10:00-1035 Free reading/work time Break 10:55-12:00 Computer lab: Finish adding pictures, sound, video, and sound bites to web projects. Also, input monologue responses. 12:00-1:05 Practice monologues and memorize them. Wednesday Journal 8:00-9:00 ? 9:00-10:00 Vocabulary: root meanings, and new words with same roots. 10:00-10:35 Free reading/work time Break 10:55-1:05 Perform monologues. Thursday Journal 8:00-10:00 Test in computer lab. 10:00-10:35 Student presentation of web projects. Break 10:55-@12:30 Continue presentations @11:30-1:05 Movie: