Homework Calendar 

Quarter 2 

Week of Nov 18-22

November 18

• -Intro to A Christmas Carol

• -Begin reading Stave I in class

• HOMEWORK: Read ACC Stave I

November 19

• -Indirect Objects Lesson to Learn C

• -Discuss ACC Stave I

• HOMEWORK: Read ACC Stave II pp. 16-23

November 20

• -Writing & Rhetoric pages 53-54 “Descriptive Essay” Brainstorming: "Describe a moment in your life when you were filled with wonder as you contemplated nature. The memory you share could be about something very large, such as the starry night sky, or something very small, such as a beetle."

• -Discuss ACC Stave II pp. 16-23

• HOMEWORK: Finish ACC Stave II (pp. 24-31)

November 21

• -Indirect Objects Sentences for Practice #1-5

• -Discuss ACC Stave II (pp. 24-31)

• HOMEWORK: Read ACC Stave III, pp. 31-41

November 22

• -Writing & Rhetoric (continue working on descriptive brainstorming). Complete “Making Notes” and “Prewriting” pp. 54-55

• -Discuss ACC Stave III, pp. 31-41

• HOMEWORK: Finish reading ACC Stave III; review for Indirect Objects quiz on Monday

Week of November 11-15

November 11 -- NO SCHOOL (VETERANS' DAY)

November 12

• -Indirect Objects Lesson to Learn A

• -Review concrete details/commentary

• -Continue working on CotW essay (~15 min)

• HOMEWORK: Work on LGR Unit 9; Bring in A Christmas Carol for Monday 11/18

November 13

• -Writing & Rhetoric page 66 “Proofreading Practice”

• -Review Quotation Relevancy/Integration/Citation AND Analysis

• -Continue working on CotW Essay (~25 min)

• HOMEWORK: Work on LGR Unit 9; Bring in A Christmas Carol for Monday 11/18

November 14

• -Indirect Objects Lesson to Learn B

• -Essay Checklist

• -Continue working on CotW Essay (~25 min)

• HOMEWORK: Work on LGR Unit 9; Bring in A Christmas Carol for Monday 11/18

November 15

• -LGR Unit 9 Quiz / workbook check

• -Finish CotW Essay (due EOC) (~15 min)

• HOMEWORK: Indirect Object or Object Complement? handout; Bring in A Christmas Carol for Monday 11/18

Week of November 4-8

November 4

• -Start LGR Unit 8

• -Discuss CotW Ch. 6

• HOMEWORK: Read CotW Ch. 7 (pp. 68-76)

November 5

• -(Bell Work 5 min) Indirect Objects Worksheet

• -WOL Ch. 5 Indirect Objects Notes

• -Discuss CotW Ch. 7 (pp. 68-76)

• HOMEWORK: Finish CotW Ch. 7 (finish the book!)

November 6

• -Writing & Rhetoric, continued

• -CotW Ch. 7 ending quiz

• -Discuss end of CotW Ch. 7

• HOMEWORK: Final Seminar Questions Notes

November 7

• -Call of the Wild Final Seminar

• HOMEWORK: Review for LGR Unit 8 quiz.

November 8

• -LGR Unit 8 Quiz/workbook check

• -Call of the Wild Essay Expectations

• HOMEWORK: Start LGR Unit 9

     October 28

• HOMEWORK: Lesson to Learn C if not done

• Review Chapter 5 and get ready for a quiz and annotations check (same homework as on Friday)

October 29

• HOMEWORK:  Get ready to discuss Chapter 5

• Personal Pronouns/Object Complements Study Guide

October 30

• HOMEWORK: Review for grammar quiz (Chapter 4)

• Review The Call of the Wild Chapters 1-5

• Bring in Writing and Rhetoric

October 31

• Personal Pronouns/Object Complements Quiz

• Short Ch. 1-5 Writing Assignment 

• HOMEWORK: Bring in Writing & Rhetoric

November 1

• -Complete Writing & Rhetoric pp. 48-49 “Similar or Different” in complete sentences

• Start reading Ch. 6

• HOMEWORK: Finish CotW Ch. 6

Week of October 21, 2024

    October 21, 2024

 Homework:

 Finish reading C of W Ch. 3, pp. 21-28

 October 22, 2024

 Homework:

 Finish C of W Ch. 3 (pp. 29-33)

October 23, 2024

Homework:

Finish reading C of W Ch. 4

October 24, 2024

Review for LGR quiz tomorrow

Bring Writing & Rhetoric tomorrow 

October 25, 2024

Homework:

Finish C of W Ch. 5

 Please, come prepared and bring your copy of The Call of the Wild by Jack  London

Week of October 14, 2024

NO LGR due to Conferences week

BRING The Call of the Wild to class - expect book checks!

October 14, 2024

Finish Academic Progress Reflection if not done in class

Finish reading and annotating Part 1 of Call of the Wild if not done in class.

October 15, 2024

Review Personal Pronouns Worksheet. Bring The Call of the Wild.

October 16, 2024

Finish reading and annotating Part 2 of Call of the Wild, pp. 12-16

   October 17, 2024

Finish reading and annotating Part 2 of Call of the Wild. 

October 18, 2024

NO SCHOOL - CONFERENCES

Week 10 - week of 09/30/24

Grammar quiz on Thursday

LGR Unit 5 quiz on Friday

September 30, 2024

Homework:

Prepositional Phrases: Sentences for Practice (analysis only)

Start working on LGR Unit 6 exercises

October 1, 2024

Homework:

Study for Thursday grammar quiz (Chapter 3)

Work on LGR Unit 6 exercises

October 2, 2024

Homework:

Review for the Prepositional phrases quiz 

Work on LGR Unit 6 exercises 

October 3, 2024

Homework:

Finish LGR Unit 6 exercises - get ready for Unit 6 vocab quiz

October 4, 2024

Homework:

None! Bring Call of the Wild by Jack London after break!

WEEK 9

September 23

• -Start LGR Unit 5

• -Discuss “Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative”

• -Start reading “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement”

• HOMEWORK: Read/make notes for “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement” pp. 42-45 (first half of page)

September 24

• -WOL Ch. 3 Lesson to Learn B

• -Discuss “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement” pp. 42-45

• -Read “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement” 45-50 (first half of the page)

• HOMEWORK: Read/make notes for “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement” 45-50 (first half of the page)

September 25

• -Discuss “Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement” pp. 45-50

• -Finish the book together!

• HOMEWORK: Finish the book if incomplete in class. Complete annotations.

September 26

• -WOL Ch. 3 Lesson to Learn C

• -Discuss Jekyll and Hyde ending

• -Jekyll and Hyde Final Seminar Prep

• HOMEWORK: Complete Jekyll and Hyde Seminar questions if incomplete in class.

September 27

• -LGR Unit 5 Quiz/workbook check

• -Jekyll and Hyde Final Seminar

• HOMEWORK: Bring W&R for Monday! (You will need it every day next week!)

Week of 9/16/24

NO LGR due to HALF DAY FRIDAY

September 16

Homework:

Finish reading (and annotating) “Search for Mr. Hyde” and “Dr. Jekyll was Quite at Ease”

September 17

Finish reading (and annotating) “The Carew Murder Case” and “Incident of the Letter”

September 18

Finish reading (and annotating) “The Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon” and “Incident at the Window”

September 19

Finish reading (and annotating) “The Last Night” if incomplete in class 

September 20

Finish reading “Dr. Lanyon’s Narrative” if incomplete in class

Review new words in LGR Unit 5 

Week of 9/9/24

LGR Unit 4 TEST on Friday

WOL Chapter 2 Quiz - PV, PN, and PA 

September 9

• -Start LGR Unit 4

•  Pit and Pendulum Discussion Questions 

• -Discuss “Pit” if needed

• -Start “The Masque of the Red Death”

• HOMEWORK: Read “The Masque of the Red Death” pp. 132-135; LGR Unit 4 due Friday. 

• Bring Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde for Friday!

September 10

• -WOL Ch. 2 Sentences for Practice #1-5

• -Discuss “The Masque of the Red Death” pp. 132-135

• -Finish reading “The Masque of the Red Death”

• HOMEWORK: “Masque” Discussion Questions

September 11

• -W&R Lesson 2, continued

• -Discuss “Masque”

• HOMEWORK: Review for grammar quiz (Sentences for Practice #6-10); work on LGR

September 12

• -WOL Chapter 2 Quiz - PV, PN, and PA 

• -Poe Final In-class Writing (Short Answers)

• HOMEWORK: 

September 13

• -LGR Unit 4 Quiz / workbook check

• -Intro to Jekyll and Hyde (introduce themes/motifs to notice while reading; model/encourage to make character charts; encourage to annotate and mark unknown words) 

• -Read “Story of the Door”

• HOMEWORK: Finish reading “Story of the Door” if unfinished in class.

Week of 9/3/24

Monday - Labor Day - no class

No LGR this week

9/3/24

Tuesday - Homework:

“The Cask of Amontillado” Discussion Questions

9/4/24

Wednesday - Homework:

Finish reading (and annotating) “The Pit and the Pendulum” pp. 139-141 if not completed in class (bring in a list of words/phrases you don’t understand!)

9/5/24

Thursday - Homework:

Read and annotate “The Pit and the Pendulum” pp. 146-151; bring W&R for tomorrow! 

9/6/24

Friday - Homework:

Finish “The Pit and the Pendulum” if not finished in class and/or work on annotations 

Week of August 26, 2024

August 26

• -Finish W&R Lesson 1 / W&R workbook check

• -Intro to Gothic Lit

• -Start “The Raven”

• HOMEWORK: LGR Unit 3, ex. 1

August 27

• -WOL Ch. 2 Notes (Predicate Verbs, Predicate Nominatives, and Predicate Adjectives)

• -Discuss “The Raven”

• HOMEWORK: Continue working on LGR Unit 3

August 28

• -Start W&R Lesson 2 (read/annotate pp. 13-18)

• -FLEX DAY (continue discussion of “The Raven or start “The Tell-Tale Heart”)

• HOMEWORK: Finish reading “The Tell-Tale Heart” if unfinished in class OR complete “The Tell-Tale Heart” discussion questions (depending on what was completed in class)

August 29

• -WOL Ch. 2 Lesson to Learn A

• -Discuss “The Tell-Tale Heart”

• HOMEWORK: Read and annotate “The Cask of Amontillado” pp. 213-216 (do your best—the language will be somewhat difficult)

August 30

• -LGR Unit 3 Quiz / workbook check

• -Finish reading “The Cask of Amontillado” and discuss

• HOMEWORK: No homework! (R&R)

Week 4: August 19 - August 23

Full-text seminar on The Pearl on Monday, August 19.

Chapter 1 Grammar Quiz on Thursday, 8/22.

LGR Unit 2 Test on Friday, August 23, 2024

August 19

• Full-text seminar on The Pearl

• The Pearl essay topics

• *Announce Ch. 1 Grammar Quiz for Thursday!

• HOMEWORK: Choose an essay prompt

August 20 - 7th grade Galileo Testing

Homework, work on Unit 2 LGR

Finish reading the Pearl, if applicable

August 21

• LSU Thesis Statement and POA Review

• Overview of Mini-essay structure

• Discuss Concrete Detail/Commentary Sentences

• Discuss how to choose Quotations

• In-class writing time (if there is time)

• HOMEWORK: Work on Sentences for Practice

• Review for Grammar Quiz! (Principal Elements and Modifiers)

August 22

• Ch. 1 Grammar Quiz

• Work on The Pearl mini-essay 

• HOMEWORK: Vocabulary Unit 2, exercise 2-4 (to be checked tomorrow)

August 23

• Review vocabulary HW

• LGR UNIT 2 TEST

• Grammar Ch. 2 Notes (Predicate Verbs, Predicate Adjectives, and Predicate Nominatives)

• Finish working on The Pearl mini-essay  - (due Friday at the end of class and will not be taken home

DATE - Vocabulary Unit 1 Test on Friday, August 16.

Full-text seminar on The Pearl on Monday, August 19

August 12

• WR Day Three ("Memoria" section)

• Discuss The Pearl, pp. 30-39

• Start reading The Pearl, pp. 40-48

• HOMEWORK: Read The Pearl, pp. 49-56

August 13

• Lesson to Learn B

• Discuss The Pearl, pp. Ch 5

• HOMEWORK: Complete grammar if incomplete in class; read The Pearl, pp. 57-65

August 14

• WR Day Four ("Go Deeper" pp. 7-10)

• Discuss The Pearl, pp. Ch 5

• Finish vocab packet if there is time

• HOMEWORK: Finish vocabulary Unit 1 packet (Vocab Unit 1, ex. 5-6) and review; Complete the questions in Reading Activity Packet, Chapters 1-5. 

August 15

• Lesson to Learn C

• Discuss The Pearl (Chapters 1-5)

• Review Vocab

• HOMEWORK: Review for vocabulary test tomorrow! Read the pearl, 68-79

August 16

• Vocab Unit 1 Test

• Read The Pearl, 

• HOMEWORK: Finish The Pearl; prepare for full-text seminar on Monday!

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