To Kill a Mockingbird Running Theme Log

As you read To Kill a Mockingbird each week, you will fill out your copy of the Running Theme Log for the theme you have selected.  Once you have selected your theme, you will track and analyze it for the next several weeks, so make sure you pick a theme you are most interested in.  You must have at least 1 entry per week but will likely find that you will have 3 or more entries a week depending on the theme you selected.  There is no maximum for the number of entries you can have, only a limit of at least 1 per week. Running Theme Log: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RWgozZZVN33CYmS9-soA_8FkklBoW7Yv10UehaZX-4A/edit?usp=sharing

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Melissa Daley

Background Assignment: Leo Tolstoy

This assignment give students the opportunity to learn about key events surrounding Tolstoy's life, including his struggle with the Russian Orthodox church. It asks them to reflect on how we deal with death, and what makes us happy.

Material Type: Interactive

Author: Jenna Ellis

APA Style Guide

The standard citation style guide book for the fields of business, education, health science, public service, and social science is the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 6th edition, 2010. The American Psychological Association (APA) publishes the manual. We commonly refer to it as "the APA Manual". The business, education, health science, public service, and social science departments at IRSC recommend APA format for papers written in these fields. Two types of citations are included in most research papers: citations within the text of the document and a list of reference citations at the end of the paper. In-Text Citations: The APA Manual uses the author-date citation system for in-text citations. Reference Citations: The sources you use in your work are included as a separate list at the end of the paper. The APA Manual suggests using the title, References, for the list.

Material Type: Reading

Academic English

Academic/Business English is designed as a practical course to develop an authentic understanding of how to use concepts of writing and discourse to communicate in the workforce. Students will have the ability to express their thoughts, feelings, and opinions in using real-life situations and learning scenarios. All new concepts will be introduced in context while incorporating various writing, speaking and listening activities.

Material Type: Full Course

Author: Deanna Mayers

English Language Arts, Grade 11

The 11th grade learning experience consists of 7 mostly month-long units aligned to the Common Core State Standards, with available course material for teachers and students easily accessible online. Over the course of the year there is a steady progression in text complexity levels, sophistication of writing tasks, speaking and listening activities, and increased opportunities for independent and collaborative work. Rubrics and student models accompany many writing assignments.Throughout the 11th grade year, in addition to the Common Read texts that the whole class reads together, students each select an Independent Reading book and engage with peers in group Book Talks. Students move from learning the class rituals and routines and genre features of argument writing in Unit 11.1 to learning about narrative and informational genres in Unit 11.2: The American Short Story. Teacher resources provide additional materials to support each unit.

Material Type: Full Course

English Language Arts, Grade 12

The 12th grade learning experience consists of 7 mostly month-long units aligned to the Common Core State Standards, with available course material for teachers and students easily accessible online. Over the course of the year there is a steady progression in text complexity levels, sophistication of writing tasks, speaking and listening activities, and increased opportunities for independent and collaborative work. Rubrics and student models accompany many writing assignments.Throughout the 12th grade year, in addition to the Common Read texts that the whole class reads together, students each select an Independent Reading book and engage with peers in group Book Talks. Language study is embedded in every 12th grade unit as students use annotation to closely review aspects of each text. Teacher resources provide additional materials to support each unit.

Material Type: Full Course

Grade 12 Language Arts

If you are reading this then the chances are pretty good that you are taking this course to wrap up your requirements for English/Language Arts. I know what that's like. In your efforts to complete everything you have to do in order to graduate you may have a tendency to rush to finish things on time. Every effort has been made to make this an enjoyable experience for you. Each unit will provide you with some information about the skills that you are expected to master in addition to why those skills are important as you transition out of high school and into whatever life may have in store for you. Beyond an appreciation for the texts and concepts presented in this class you will see why the skills that you develop will be applicable to life outside of school. You may wonder initially how some of the materials fit into your plans, but the ability to read things critically and analyze information will help you to become a better decision maker and to see how some of these common themes are ones that humanity has struggled with for as long as people have shared information and entertained each other.

Material Type: Full Course

Authors: Jon Fila, Scott Schwister, Thomas Brandt

How To Do Research Primary Source Unit

This How To Do Research Unit Guide provides a lesson-to-lesson foundation for teaching:● What primary sources are● Real vs. fake information (evaluating sources)● Document analysis● Different ways to obtain information● How to formulate research questions● How to find answers to research questions● The hows and whys of citations (annotated bibliography)Throughout the research process, students will learn that there will be dead ends, questions that are too broad or too narrow, questions that do not have answers. This is an accurate reflection of what their experiences will continue to be as they move into higher level research projects in their educational careers. Integrated into our explanation of each lesson are specific prompts, the purpose of each lesson, and supporting materials, which are provided as handouts at the end of the unit guide.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Full Course, Lesson, Lesson Plan, Module, Primary Source, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study

Author: The Rockefeller Archive Center

A Raisin in the Sun Text and Films Comparison

The students compare the text version of Lorraine Hansberry's play A Raisin in the Sun to two different movie versions. The students document the interpretations of the text presented in the movies in Venn Diagrams, write short reflections, and complete a final project.

Material Type: Module

Author: Jenny Dawman

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom Presentation

The presentations discscuses varoious literary elements of Mitch Albom' The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Jenny Dawman

The "Teenage Brain" and Romeo and Juliet

In this assignment, students will read and analyze the article "Teenage Brain" by David Dobbs.  Students will also practice using context clues to decipher word meaning and consult a dictionary to verify accuracy.  Lastly, students will consider how the ideas conveyed in the article apply to Romeo and Juliet's rash actions in Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet

Material Type: Reading

Author: Melissa Daley

Constructing a Paragraph

Constructing a ParagraphChoose ONE prompt from the list below to be the topic of a paragraph you will write over the course of this assignment.  In each step, you will complete one or two steps in the writing process until you have written a complete and polished paragraph. Choose ONE of the following prompts:1. An Ideal Friend: What qualities make someone a good friend? Think of past experiences with friends, both good and bad, and discuss the qualities of an ideal friend.2. An Admirable Person: We all have people we admire. They might be family members or friends. They might be singers, dancers, or actors. They might even be fictional characters. Whom do you admire most and why? Make sure you include their name and the specific role they play or impact they have in your life (i.e. a coach, a teacher, a neighbor, a friend, a basketball player, etc.)3. An Ideal Trip: What is your dream vacation? Think of all the things you know or imagine about the place you would like to visit. Explain why you would like it and elaborate on your reasons. 

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Melissa Daley

Preterite vs. Imperfect Tense

Read sentences in English and decide if you were to translate the sentence into Spanish, would you conjugate the verb in preterite or imperfect tense.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Lindsey Fairbanks

MLA 8th Edition

This presentation briefly reviews MLA Works Cited and In-text Citations, 8th edition. It entails basic MLA formatting rules, common types of resources used in a works cited, and several examples of both works cited and in-text citations.

Material Type: Lecture Notes

Author: Teddie-Lynn Sevy

Verbal Irony and "War is Kind"

In this lesson students will study the poem "War is Kind" and find examples of verbal irony.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Sarah Lyons

Tone and "I, Too"

Student will read and study Hughes' poem, "I, Too" and identify the tone in the poem.

Material Type: Homework/Assignment

Author: Sarah Lyons

Approaching Shakespeare Lecture Series

Each lecture in this series focuses on a single play by Shakespeare, and employs a range of different approaches to try to understand a central critical question about it. Rather than providing overarching readings or interpretations, the series aims to show the variety of different ways we might understand Shakespeare, the kinds of evidence that might be used to strengthen our critical analysis, and, above all, the enjoyable and unavoidable fact that Shakespeare's plays tend to generate our questions rather than answer them.

Material Type: Full Course, Lecture

Author: Emma Smith

English Language Arts, Grade 11, Revolution, Dickens as Storyteller, A Tale of Two Cities

In this lesson, to help you enter into the world of A Tale of Two Cities, you will think about Dickens’s time period and the reasons that he wrote a novel that takes place before he was born.In this lesson, to help them enter into the world of A Tale of Two Cities, students will think about Dickens’s time period and the reasons that he wrote a novel that takes place before he was born.

Material Type: Lesson Plan

Comma Splices, Independent and Subordinate Clauses

Identifying comma splices

Material Type: Lecture

Author: Mr. Thoth

Analyzing and Podcasting About Images of Oscar Wilde

Students analyze images of Oscar Wilde used to publicize his 1882 American lecture tour. They then compare a caricature to another researched image, sharing this analysis in a podcast.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Lesson Plan