Thursday 6/10/10:  Due today:  Mockingbird Vocabulary and your Education and Equality Essay with a www.turnitin.com originality report and rubric.  Please return your books today during your final.  All late work must be turned in before you leave your final.  Have a lovely summer.

Wednesday 6/9/10:  We are watching final project presentations today. Your final is tomorrow.  It's a cumulative exam.  Go over your old study guides from Caesar, Antigone, and 12 Angry Men and the TKaM Study Guide.  Mockingbird Vocabulary is due tomorrow (study these 25 words for the final), as is a final draft of your Education and Equality Essay with a www.turnitin.com originality report and rubric.  Use this Multiparagraph Essay PowerPoint to make sure your essay has what it needs.  Please return your books today or tomorrow during your final.  All late work must be turned in before you leave your final.

Tuesday 6/8/10:  Sentence Set 20 is due today.   Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on Thursday (study these 25 words for the final), as is a final draft of your Education and Equality Essay with a www.turnitin.com originality report and rubric.  Use this Multiparagraph Essay PowerPoint to make sure your essay has what it needs. 

Monday 6/7/10: Mockingbird Final Projects:  academic papers or  creative projects are due at the beginning of class today.  YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR ESSAY to www.turnitin.com today or you will receive half credit for late work.  Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 30 & 31.   Sentence Set 20 is due tomorrow.   Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day (study these 25 words for the final), as is a final draft of your Education and Equality Essay with a www.turnitin.com originality report and rubric.  Use this Multiparagraph Essay PowerPoint to make sure your essay has what it needs.  I will give you time in class on Monday to work on it a little bit more.  Email yourself your rough draft so you have an electronic copy to start from.  Last day for Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity!  Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us.

Friday 6/4/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 28 & 29.  Sentence Set 19 is Due today.  Finish TKaM for Monday. Mockingbird Final Projects:  academic papers or  creative projects are due at the beginning of class on Monday 6/7/10.   Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day, as is a final draft of your Education and Equality Essay with a www.turnitin.com originality report and rubric.  Use this Multiparagraph Essay PowerPoint to make sure your essay has what it needs.  I will give you time in class on Monday to work on it a little bit more.  Email yourself your rough draft so you have an electronic copy to start from.  Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity!  Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us.

Thursday 6/3/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 26 & 27.  Read TKaM chapters 28 & 29 for tomorrow. Due today: A draft of your Education and Equality Essay with the rubric.  Reminder: It would be a good idea for you to read the entire book before you begin either the  academic papers or  creative projects, which are due at the beginning of class on Monday 6/7/10.   Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day, as is a final draft of your Education and Equality Essay with a www.turnitin.com originality report and rubric.  Use this Multiparagraph Essay PowerPoint to make sure your essay has what it needs.  I will give you time in class on Monday to work on it a little bit more.  Email yourself your rough draft so you have an electronic copy to start from.  Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity!  Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us.

Wednesday 6/2/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 24 & 25.  Read TKaM chapters 26 & 27 for tomorrow. Due today: A short creative autobiographical or semi-autobiographical story from your childhood. Click Friday's .pdf for directions. It would be a good idea for you to read the entire book before you begin either the  academic papers or  creative projects, which are due on Monday 6/7/10.   Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day.  Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity!  Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us.

Tuesday 6/1/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 22 & 23.  Read TKaM chapters 24 & 25 for tomorrow. Due tomorrow: A short creative autobiographical or semi-autobiographical story from your childhood. Click Friday's .pdf for directions. It would be a good idea for you to read the entire book before you begin either the  academic papers or  creative projects, which are due on Monday 6/7/10.   Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day.  Ten Point Extra Credit opportunity!  Follow the directions for this Essay Contest and copy me on the email you send to: kkrenz@bloomington.k12.mn.us.

Friday 5/28/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 20 & 21.  Stereotypes are due today.   Sentence Set 17 is due today.  Read TKaM chapters 22 & 23 for Tuesday. It would be a good idea for you to read the entire book in the next few days.  This way, you will have more time to start planning and preparing for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.  Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day.  In Class today - Students are invited to tell (or required to write) a short creative autobiographical or semi-autobiographical story from their childhood. If you do not tell your story in class today, you must turn in a written one on Wednesday 6/2/10.  Click today's .pdf for directions.

Thursday 5/27/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 18 & 19.  Read TKaM chapters 20 & 21 for tomorrow.  Work on your Stereotype for tomorrow.  It would be a good idea for you to read the entire book in the next few days.  This way, you will have more time to start planning and preparing for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.  Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day.  

Wednesday 5/26/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 16 & 17.  Maps are due today.  Read TKaM chapters 18 & 19 for tomorrow.  Work on your Stereotype for Friday 5/21/10.  Start planning for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.  Mockingbird Vocabulary is due on your finals day. 

Tuesday 5/25/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 14 & 15.  Read TKaM chapters 16 & 17 for tomorrow.  Maps are due tomorrow.  After watching twenty minutes of the movie, I gave students time to do the Mockingbird Vocabulary assignment or work ahead for tomorrow.  Start planning for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.

Monday 5/24/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 12 & 13.  We looked at characters and characterization today.  The final draft for the Caesar Standard is due today.  Please make sure you have it turned in to www.turnitin.com, and include the originality report as well as your rough draft today.  Read TKaM chapters 14 & 15 for tomorrow.  Maps are due on Wednesday.  Start planning for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.

Friday 5/21/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 10 & 11.  We discussed rhetoric and emotionally charged words.  Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" and vocabulary are due today.  I have moved the due date for the final draft for the Caesar Standard to Monday of next week: 5/24/2010.  Check these ideas before you finish your draft.  Read TKaM chapters 12 & 13 for Monday. Maps are due on Wednesday.  Start planning for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.

Thursday 5/20/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 8 & 9.  We watched the first half of the DVD. We discussed neighborhoods and maps today.  Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" and vocabulary are due tomorrow.  I have moved the due date for the final draft for the Caesar Standard to Monday of next week: 5/24/2010.  Check these ideas before you finish your draft.  Read TKaM chapters 10 & 11 for tomorrow.  Start planning for either the  academic papers or  creative projects.

Wednesday 5/19/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 5, 6 & 7.  We discussed Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" today, and those assignments are due Friday 5/21/2010.  I have moved the due date for the final draft for the Caesar Paper to Monday of next week: 5/24/2010.  Read TKaM chapters 8 & 9 for tomorrow.  We discussed the option for the final project, both academic papers and creative projects.

Tuesday 5/18/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 3 & 4.  We read Plato's "The Allegory of the Cave" today, and those assignments are due Friday 5/21/2010.  I have moved the due date for the final draft for the Caesar Paper to Monday of next week: 5/24/2010.  Read TKaM chapters 5, 6 & 7 for tomorrow.

Monday 5/17/10: Quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird  chapters 1 & 2.  Today the Caesar Standard rough draft and completed packet are due with at least two articles attached.  Read TKaM chapters 3 & 4 for tomorrow and turn in Sentence Set 13.

Friday 5/14/10: Due today:  Sentence Set 12.  Today is the Caesar for test.  Make sure you complete the packet for your  Caesar Standard, and write the rough draft of your paper for Monday.  The more this paper looks like a final draft, the less work you will have to do later.  Yesterday we discussed some ideas to help you do better on the paper.  Check out a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird and read the first two chapters before Monday's class.

Thursday 5/13/10: Due today:  questions on p 880 #2-8.  Today you should have brought your  Caesar Standard, packet to class so you can continue to look for quotes and use the Internet to research articles.  We discussed some ideas to help you do better on the paper.  We discussed the  Caesar Study Guide for your test tomorrow.  Check out a copy of To Kill a Mockingbird. Read the first two chapters before Monday's class.

Wednesday 5/12/10: Due today: Sentence Set 11. Tomorrow turn in questions on p 880 #2-8.  Today you should have brought your  Caesar Standard, packet to class so you can choose your topic, discuss it with a small group of your choosing, look for quotes and use the Internet to research articles.  You will have a half hour to get started.  You will also continue to watch Caesar on VHS.  Please write down the answers to the  Caesar Study Guide so you will remember them on Friday, which is the day of our test.  You will also have some time to work on this tomorrow in class, so bring your packet and articles ideas to class tomorrow as well.

Tuesday 5/11/10: Due today: Questions on p 860 #1-7 and read Act V of Caesar.  Tomorrow turn in Sentence Set 11.  Please keep up with your  Caesar Study Guide.  Continue planning for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  You will have some time to work on this tomorrow in class.

Friday 5/7/10: Due today: Sentence Set 10.   Due Tuesday Questions on p 860 #1-8 and read Act V of Caesar.  Please keep up with your  Caesar Study Guide.  Continue planning for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  You will have some time to work on this next Wednesday in class.

Thursday 5/6/10: Conferences are tonight from 3:00 to 6:30.  Due today: Questions on p 818 #1-8 and your signed midterm grade slips.   Due tomorrow - Sentence Set 10 and read Act IV.  Please keep up with your  Caesar Study Guide.  Continue planning for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  You will have some time to work on this next Wednesday in class.

Wednesday 5/5/10: Due today: Sentence Set 9. For tomorrow finish reading Act III and turn in questions on p 818 #1-8 along with your signed midterm grade slips.   Conferences are tomorrow from 3:00 to 6:30.  Please keep up with your  Caesar Study Guide.  Continue planning for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  You will have some time to work on this next Wednesday in class.

Tuesday 5/4/10: Due today: questions on p 818 #1-8.  Finish reading Act III and Sentence Set 8 for tomorrow. Signed grade slips are due on Thursday - Conferences are from 3:00 to 6:30.  Please keep up with your  Caesar Study Guide.  Continue planning for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10. 

Monday 5/3/10: Due today: Sentence Set 8.  Finish reading Act II and answer the questions on p 818 #1-8 for tomorrow. You can begin collecting information on your Caesar Study Guide.  You may also want to start planning what you will do (and look for current events) for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  Conferences are this Thursday from 3:00 to 6:30. 

Friday 4/30/10: Due today: Questions p 796 #1-7.  You can begin collecting information on your Caesar Study Guide.  You may also want to start planning what you will do (and look for current events) for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  You were given this packet today.    Turn in any late work before your midterm reports, which will be given to you on Monday.  Conferences are next Thursday 5/6 from 3:00 to 6:30.  Begin reading Act II and complete Sentence Set 8 for Monday.    NOTE THIS: If you missed the Antigone test, you must stay after (or come in before) school today to make it up.

Thursday 4/29/10: Due today: Sentence Set 7 and Elements of Literature pages 760-789, including The Tragedy of Julius Casear (I.ii.1-322).  You can begin collecting information on your Caesar Study Guide.  You may also want to start planning what you will do (and look for current events) for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  I will print you a packet and discuss the directions in class tomorrow.    Turn in any late work before your midterm reports, which will be given to you on Monday.  Conferences are next Thursday 5/6 from 3:00 to 6:30.
NOTE THIS: If you missed the Antigone test yesterday, you must stay after (or come in before) school today or tomorrow to make it up.

Wednesday 4/28/10:  Due today:  Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt  and your  Literary Terms Project, both poster and paper with originality report and rubric.  Today we are taking the Antigone test.  If you miss this for the MCA Biology test, you must stay after or come before school today, tomorrow or Friday to make up this test.  Please do this a.s.a.p.  For tomorrow, read Elements of Literature pages 760-789, including The Tragedy of Julius Casear (I.ii.1-322).  You will also turn in Sentence Set 7 tomorrow.  You can begin collecting information on your Caesar Study Guide.  You may also want to start planning what you will do (and look for current events) for the Caesar Standard, which you must complete and pass in order to pass English 10.  I will print you a packet and discuss the directions in class on Friday. 

Tuesday 4/27/10:  Due today: 10 Antigone review questions with answers and page numbers,  Antigone questions on page 741 #1-8 and Sentence Set 6.  Tomorrow you will take your Antigone test and turn in your Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt  and your  Literary Terms Project, both paper and poster. 

Monday 4/26/10:  Antigone questions on page 727 #1-8 are due.  Tomorrow hand in Sentence Set 6, questions p 741 #1-8, and have your questions ready for the Antigone review session.  Wednesday, turn in your Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt  and your  Literary Terms Project.    Download the Antigone Study Guide (to know the questions and the answers, but you won't be turning it in). ***Remember that you must come up with ten ORIGINAL and RELEVANT questions for the review game on Tuesday.

Friday 4/23/10:  Sentence Set 5 is due today.  Today you will go to the computer lab to work on the Shakespeare Scavenger Hunt and your  Literary Terms Project  (which are both due next Wednesday on the day of your Antigone test.  By Monday finish reading the play---the questions on page 727 #1-8 are due Monday and p 741 #1-8 are due Tuesday of next week.   Download the Antigone Study Guide (to know the questions and the answers, but you won't be turning it in). ***Remember that you must come up with ten ORIGINAL and RELEVANT questions for the review game on Tuesday.

Thursday 4/22/10:  Antigone questions on page 722 #1-8 are due today.  We discussed choices for the Literary Terms Project  (which is due next Wednesday).  By Monday finish reading the play---the questions on page 727 #1-8 are due Monday and p 741 #1-8 are due Tuesday of next week.   Download the Antigone Study Guide (to know the answers, but you won't be turning it in).

 

Wednesday 4/21/10:  Antigone questions on page 714 #1-5 and Sentence Set 5 are due today, as is the letter you will write in class.  Have your top three choices ready for the Literary Terms Project  by today and hand them in.  For tomorrow read pages 715-721 and answer questions #1-8 on page 722.   Download the Antigone Study Guide (to know the answers, but you won't be turning it in).

Tuesday 4/20/10:  Antigone questions on page 706 #1-7 are due today, as is the letter you will write in class.  For tomorrow read pages 707-713 and answer questions #1-5 on page 714.  Turn in Sentence Set 4 tomorrow. Have your top three choices ready for the Literary Terms Project  by tomorrow. Download the Antigone Study Guide (to know the answers, but you won't be turning it in).

Monday 4/19/10:  Questions on page 699 #1-9 and Sentence Set 3 are due today, after reading "Greek Drama" and Antigone from your Elements of Literature (EoL) text books. For tomorrow read pages 700-705 and answer questions #1-7 on page 706.  Download the Antigone Study Guide (to know the answers, but you won't be turning it in). We talked about the Literary Terms Project that is due next Wednesday 4/28/10.  Have your top three choices ready by this Wednesday 4/21/10.

Friday 4/16/10:  Parent signatures are due today.  We took a test on 12 Angry Men.  Begin Reading "Greek Drama" and Antigone from your Elements of Literature (EoL) text books. Hand in the questions on page 699 #1-9 and Sentence Set 3 on Monday.

Thursday 4/15/10:  Questions #1-9 on p 341 are due today.  We continued watching the 1957 version of 12 Angry Men.  Make sure you know a little about each of the characters for your test tomorrow. Read the handout with opinions of the play that I gave you taken from: The Spectator and Dvdverdict.com., and BRING IT to the test tomorrow.  Parent signatures are due tomorrow.  Sentence Set 3 is due on Monday.

Wednesday 4/14/10:  Questions #1-6 on p 331 are due today.  We continued watching the 1957 version of 12 Angry Men.  We finished 12 Angry Men today.  Make sure you know a little about each of the jurors for your test on Friday.  Please complete questions 1-9 on p 341 and Sentence Set 2, which are both due tomorrow.  Read the handout with opinions of the play that I gave you taken from: The Spectator and Dvdverdict.com. 

Tuesday 4/13/10:  Questions #1-10 on p 321 and Sentence Set 1 are due today.  We began watching the 1957 version of 12 Angry Men.  We read 12 Angry Men pages 322-330 of Prentice Hall Literature Platinum.  Please complete questions 1-6 on p 331, which are due tomorrow. 

Monday 4/12/10: We went over the course expectations and parent letter.  We read 12 Angry Men, Act I, pages 310-321 of Prentice Hall Literature Platinum.  Please complete questions 1-10 on p 321 and Sentence Set 1, which are both due tomorrow.