Homework Calendar
Grammar Review.pptxQuarter 3
Week 6
Monday Feb 17, 2025 - no school
Feb 18, 2025
Read F 451 pp. 96-106
Feb 19, 2025
Review Relative Clauses for the Quiz - Finish sentences for practice
Feb 20, 2025
Read F 451 pp. 107-122
Feb 21, 2025
Read F 451 pp. 123-138
Week 5
Feb 10 - Feb 14, 2025
Feb 10 and Feb 11 - LGR Unit 13
Feb 12 - Read Fahrenheit 451 pp. 67-81
February 13
Read F 451 pp. 82-95
February 14
Homework: NONE (R&R)
Week 4 - Feb 3-7, 2025
Quiz: LGR Unit 12 Quiz on Friday 2/7/25
Monday: Read and Annotate Fahrenheit 451 p. 32-45
Tuesday: LGR Exercises Unit 12 (due Friday), Read and Annotate Fahrenheit 451 p. 45-55
Wednesday: LGR Exercises Unit 12 (due Friday), Read and Annotate Fahrenheit 451 p. 55-65
Thursday: LGR Exercises Unit 12 (due Friday), Quiz is tomorrow (2/7)
Friday: Fahrenheit 451 Seminar Notes
Week 3 January 27 - 31
January 27
BRING Fahrenheit 451 - be ready for the book check!
Homework:
LGR Unit 11, exercise 1-3 (quiz Friday)
Finish reading F 451 up to page 15 if not finished in class
Finish Sentences for Practice (if not done - it was the homework before the break) - review for the Grammar Quiz (Chapter 6)
January 28
Field Trip
January 29
Review Interrogative Pronouns and Adverbs (Chapter 6) - study for Thursday quiz
Work on LGR Unit 11 exercises (Friday quiz and completion check)
January 30
Read and annotate F 451 up to page 32 if not finished in class
January 31
Read and annotate F 451 up to page 32 if not finished in class
Week 2: January 13 - January 17
January 15: "The Veldt": Mini-essay
January 17: LGR Unit 10 Quiz
January 13
HOMEWORK: Finish reading the Veldt (if not done in class). “The Veldt” Discussion Questions
Work on Unit 10 LGR
January 14
HOMEWORK: Work on LGR; Finish Lesson to Learn B if not done in class
January 15
HOMEWORK: Work on LGR
January 16
HOMEWORK: Study for Friday LGR Unit 10 Quiz
January 17
HOMEWORK: Analyze Chapter 6 Sentences for Practice (handout)
Bring Fahrenheit 451 on Monday (after the break)! Get ready for your book check.
Welcome back! Happy New Year!
Week of January 6, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Finish Interrogative Adverbs Worksheet (if not done in class)
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Complete annotations/discussion questions/notes on "The Pedestrian" (copies handed out in class).
Thursday, January 9, 2025
GALILEO TESTING - NO HOMEWORK
Friday, January 10, 2025
Bring Fahrenheit 451 to class on Monday (Expect book checks!).
Quarter 2
Week of December 16, 2024
Study for the Semester 1 Test.
Week of December 9, 2024
Study for the midterm exam per study guide*.
*Additional homework may be assigned as needed/announced in class.
7th Lit/Comp Midterm Study Guide
Literature and Composition II
Your midterm will consist of 50 multiple choice questions (on literature, grammar, vocabulary, and essay writing skills) and one sentence to analyze and diagram.
You will have 75 minutes to complete your midterm.
Detailed Breakdown of Multiple Choice Questions:
Part 1: Vocabulary
Review LGR Units 1-9.
18 multiple choice questions; each question is worth one point. There will be two words from each unit on the actual midterm.
Vocabulary words to know:
(These are the words that will be on the test plus two extra words from each unit. Please study all of these!)
Providential
Specter
Invidious
Translucent
Invoke
Enunciate
Affable
Infantile
Implement
Deplete
Retinue
Abstain
Formative
Reform
Posit
Adept
Legacy
Exacting
Dispel
Propel
Resonant
Analogous
Inaudible
Disenchanted
Belligerence
Enamored
Antagonize
Philosophical
Impediment
Pedagogue
Divest
Incorporate
Unanimous
Monopolize
Homogenized
Equitable
Part 2: Grammar
13 multiple choice questions; each question is worth one point.
Concepts to know:
verbs: PV, LV, and HV
sensory linking verbs
state-of-being verbs
subject complements: predicate adjective and predicate nominative
compound subject, verb, direct object, and object of the preposition
prepositions and prepositional phrases; adverbial vs. adjectival
how to determine adjectives vs. adverbs
adjectives answer these questions: which one, what kind, how many
adverbs answer these questions: when, where, why, how, to what extent, under what condition/circumstance
sentence types: exclamatory, interrogative, declarative, imperative
direct objects
indirect objects
object complements
FANBOYS coordinating conjunctions
Part 3: Literature
You will be asked 13 basic questions about the books we have read this semester. Reviewing your annotations as well as past essays on the books will help you to prepare for this section.
Part 4: Essay Writing Skills
You will be asked 6 multiple choice questions on essay-writing skills.
Study:
The definition of a thesis statement and a plan of attack
How to integrate a quotation
The definition of concrete details, commentary, and analysis.
Practice sentences for analysis and diagramming:
The yellow dress looked pretty.
Eleven students at the front desk politely asked for late passes.
I always give the waitress a good tip.
Janet, Elizabeth, and Grace rode horses together for two hours.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, but adjectives modify nouns or pronouns.
Scrooge considered Bob a good employee.
Week of December 2, 2024
Monday, December 2, 2024
Finish reading (and annotating) ACC Stave IV, pp. 50-57 if needed
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
Finish reading and annotating Stave IV
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Review LGR Units 1-3
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Finish reading ACC Stave V if needed
Friday, December 6, 2024
Review LGR Units 4-6
Week of November 25, 2024
Monday, November 25, 2024
Reminder: Chapter 5 Grammar Quiz (indirect objects)
Homework:
Review practice spelling words for tomorrow’s spelling bee!
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
NO HOMEWORK, R&R
Happy Thanksgiving!
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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