August 18 - 22, 2014

WRHS Open House

Thursday, 6:30pm - 9:00pm

This week we will ease ourselves into our new textbook and resources.  We'll preview and analyze the structure of the textbook to get an idea of how the book presents our texts and why it does it this way.  We'll then set up Collection 1: "Coming to America."  The title alone tells us that, since the focus for English 11 is American literature, the texts throughout our year will be related to texts and events important to American history.  This week we will also complete a practice close reading exercise, followed by a more intensive close read from our textbook.  These exercises will encourage us to be active readers with all texts throughout the year.  We'll wrap up the week with a preview of our anchor text: an excerpt from William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation.

• Mon: Finish introductions.  Tech survey results.  Preview the textbook, Collection 1.  For Tuesday - create a paragraph analysis response.
• Tues:  Response due.   "Exploration and Settlement," pages 3 - 4: analyze the structure and author's order.  Close read practice and analysis: "Explorer Says He Found Columbus' Ship."
• Wed: Close Reader: "from The General History of Virginia"
• Thurs: Finish and turn in Close Reader: "from The General History of Virginia."
• Fri: Anchor text preview for "from Of Plymouth Plantation." Begin reading/discussing the first two pages.