Second Semester Third Quarter English 11

3/15/10 & 3/16/10

Objective: The student will:

• appreciate a selection from a classic memoir
• apreciate and examine description
• visualize details in a memoir

Warm-up

Write four sentences about Samuel Langhorn Clemens' childhood.

Today's Activities

1. Return and discuss capitalization test
2. Introduce vocabulary for "Life on the Mississippi."
3. Read first half of the story (pp. 670-673)
4. Review "Hoew to Write a Summary."

Homework

Write a one page summary of today's reading of "Life on the Mississippi."

3/17/10 & 3/18/10

Objective: The student will :

• appreciate a selection from a classic memoir
• appreciate and examin description
• visualize details in a memoir

Warm-up

Define these terms in your own words:

1. appreciate
2. river pilot
3. pseudonym
4. pneumonia

Today's Activities

1. Return and discuss Capitalization test.
2. Introduce vocabulary for "Life on the Mississippi.
3. Read first half of the story (pp 670-673)
4. Review "How to Write a Summary.

Homework

Write a one-page summary of today's reading of "Life on the Mississippi."