2013-14
Week 1
Thursday, 1-2 Snow day.
Friday, 1-3
LS 13. View Huck Finn Sparknotes summary and examine Huck Finn page on this site.
Week 2
Monday, 1-6 Snow day
Tuesday, 1-7 and Wednesday, 1-8 Quiz H.F. ch. 1-3. Assign groups and answer the questions for discussion for ch. 1-3. Check language skills ch. 13.
HW: Read H.F. ch. 4-8
Thursday, 1-9 and Friday 1-10 LS 13 quiz. Quiz H.F. ch. 4-8. Answer the group questions for discussion for ch. 4-8.
HW: Read H.F. 9-14.
Week 3
Monday, 1-13 Complete language skills 14; answer Huck Finn discussion questions in groups for ch. 9-14. (Make up quizzes for those who were absent.) Take quiz 9-14.
HW: Complete LS 14; read H.F. ch. ch. 15-18.
Wednesday, 1-15 LS quiz 14; discuss and quiz H.F ch. 15-18.
HW: Read HF 19 - 20.
Friday, 1-17 - Quiz H.F. 19-20 Do Communities that Care Student Survey
HW: Read H.F. ch. 21-23 (Ends w. Po' little 'Lizabeth.)
Week 4
Monday, 1-20 No school - Teacher in-service
Tuesday, 1-21 and Wednesday, 1-22 Begin LS review; Dicuss and hear dramatic readings dramatic readings: Half a man (Buck Harkness - lynching); Jim (a whole man - Po' li'l Liz'beth), then quiz H.F. chapters 19-23
HW: Complete LS review; Read ch. 23 to ch. 27.
Thursday, 1-23 and Friday, 1-24 Check LS review.
HW: Read ch. 28 - 36 and do worksheet.
Week 5
Monday, 1-27 LS cumulative test 2; Introduce essay assignment for Huck Finn. (See Huckleberry Finn for details.)
HW: Quiz 28-36 postponed to Wednesday; finish worksheet and study.
Wednesday, 1-29 HF quiz 28-36. Introduce LS 15 and check. Compose HF essay rough. Turn in via EdModo.
HW: Finish HF book.
Friday, 1-31 HF quiz bowl. NO LANGUAGE SKILLS test this week.
HW: Revise HF essay. Add source citations.
Week 6
Monday, 2-3 and Friday, 2-7 LS 15; Peer edit HF essay and turn in paper copy and a copy to EdModo; Continue HF quiz bowl.
HW: Study for Huck objective test (electronic Google form).
Tuesday, 2-4 - Thursday, 2-6 SNOW DAYS
Week 7
Monday, 2-10 HF objective test. Do LS 15. Hand out literature book and read "Lieningen vs. the Ants" for Monday.
Wednesday, 2-13 LS 15 quiz; get essays back from seniors. See HF 60 Minutes video.
HW: Revise essays after reviewing senior edit. Turn in via EdModo. Do Leinengen worksheets.
Week 8
Tuesday, 2-18 and Wednesday 2-19 Take LS test 15.
See Ant Youtube vids. Check Leinengen worksheets. Start LS 16. Establish the ground rules for Thursday's (Friday's) discussion of the Leinengen interpretive questions. Get Ks Library Card account
HW: Finish LS 16. Write paragraph for #1 of interpretive questions. Prepare final draft of HF essay.
Thursday, 2-20 and Friday, 2-21 Mrs. White in - pre-ACT info
Turn in final draft of HF essay both on paper and on EdModo. Check Leiningen interpretive question #1. Discuss item #1 of interpretive questions for Leinengen. Read together "The Demon Lover." (p. 41)
Check LS 16.
HW: Read again "The Demon Lover." Write a paragraph about each of the two remaining Leinengen interpretive questions in preparation for discussion. Be sure to support your answers with quotations from the text, and cite the page numbers for those quotations.
Week 9
Monday, 2-24 Quiz LS 16. See HF notes and grades. Start lang. skills 17. Check Leiningen interpretive questions for completion. Discuss Leinengen interpretive questions. Read and discuss "The Demon Lover." Discuss archetypal approach (the archetype being the James Harris orHouse Carpenter ballad) to "Demon Lover." If you missed class, you may click the following to hear the audio of the lecture about the archetypal approach to the story: Audio of lecture - Archetypal approach to Demon Lover.
HW: Finish language skills 17.
Wednesday, 2-26 HW: Read "Neighbor Rosicky" pp. 41-61. Do worksheet as your read.
Thursday, 2-27 Mr. M. gone (journalism contest). See Wednesday asst.
Friday, 2-28 Discuss psychological approach to "Demon Lover." (Lecture -Psychological approach to Demon Lover) Continue work on Rosicky (short answer questions). Do LS 18 by Wednesday/Thursday.
HW: Create a list of passages that support the psychological approach to "The Demon Lover." Bring the following to class Monday/Tuesday: 1. Completed Leiningen paper (3 short answers), 2. Demon Lover list that supports psychological approach, 3. "Neighbor Rosicky" worksheet. Also bring your Huck Finn book to check in.
Week 10
Monday, 3-3 Quiz - LS 17. Check questions for Rosicky. Hand in Leiningen discussion questions. Then discuss allegorical (war) and feminist (stressed housewife) approaches to the story. Form groups: Using thisdiscussion guide, find evidence for the four approaches to "The Demon Lover." [literal/archetypal (just a ghost tale like "The House Carpenter"), psychological (she's paranoid/schizophrenic), allegorical (War does this to people.), feminist (Mrs. Drover is the victim of her culture's expectations for women.)
Wednesday, 3-5 Writing assessment - prewrite and write rough draft
HW: Read 83-90 (The Beginning of Grief)
Friday, 3-7 Writing assessment
HW: 146-152 (Blues Ain’t No Mocking Bird)
Week 11
Monday, 3-10 Finish Writing assessment. Introduce LS 18.
HW: Read 153-158 (A Pair of Silk Stockings)
Tuesday: Many students gone for choir.
Wednesday, 3-12 Quiz LS 18.
Discuss and quiz "Blues" and "Stockings." Do the interpretive question worksheets. (Sub opn thursday
HW: Finish reading 112-119 (The Rockpile)
Thursday: Mr. M. gone for scoring writing assessment.
Friday, 3-14 No school for students
Spring Break begins Monday, 3-17
4th quarter
Week 1
Monday, 3-24-14 Do LS 19. Read together in class and discuss "The Rockpile." Introduce literary essay. Outline literary essay. Choose quotes. Begin writing Literary essay.
HW: Finish LS 19.
Wednesday, 3-26
Check LS 19. Write Literary essay. Due end of class on EdModo.
Friday, 3-28 Language skills quiz. 20-question quiz on literary essays. Examine literary essays, particularly thesis and topic sentences, revise, and re-submit to EdModo. Also print a copy; you'll be using it on Monday/Tuesday.
HW: Read the following poems and, using just one sentence for each poem, explain the gist of the poems.
"Mirror" (365)
"Recuerdo" (382)
"First Lesson" (397)
"A Black Man Speaks of Reaping" (398)
"Women" (368);
"Miss Rosie" (403);
"Tableu at Twilight" (406)
"Oranges" (453)
"One Perfect Rose (371)
"Ornamental Sketch" (373).
"The Base Stealer" (388)
"Dreams" (388)
"She Sweeps" (392)
"A Red, Red Rose" (462)
4th quarter, week 2
Monday, 3-31 Turn in poem gist statements. Discuss literary essay T-F quiz. Begin language skills 20. Revise literary essay during class so that essay has a thesis, topic sentences and a summary conclusion. Submit lit essay draft 2 at end of block.
HW: Read "The Rockpile." (112-119) Finish LS 20.
Wednesday, 4-2 Check LS 20. Discuss poems above and list examples of figurative language. See the grammar review page to find the online practice lessons. Do run-ons lesson #1. Lecture: Adding parenthetical source citations. Show how to use the OWL to cite sources if EasyBib doesn't work.
HW: Add online sources to literary essay. Study for LS 20.
Friday, 4-4 LS quiz 20. Continue discussing poetry and finding figures of speech.
HW: Final draft of literary essay due Wednesday/Thursday.
4th quarter, week 3
Monday, 4-7 Begin LS 21. Discuss
"First Lesson" (397);
"Women" (368);
"Miss Rosie" (403);
"Tableu at Twilight" (406)
"Oranges" (453)
Wednesday, 4-9 Final draft of "Demon Lover" lit essay due
Review LS lesson 21
Discuss "One Perfect Rose (371)
"Ornamental Sketch" (373).
"The Base Stealer" (388)
"Dreams" (388)
"She Sweeps" (392)
"A Red, Red Rose" (462)
Hand out The Hiding Place and assign chapters 1-3.
Friday, 4-11 YEARBOOK SURVEYS ON SOCIAL MEDIA -Quiz LS 21
Review for short story and poetry test. Complete worksheet for Hiding Place ch. 1-3.
HW: Study for short story/poetry test. Complete Hiding Place ch. 1-3 worksheet.
4th quarter, week 4
Monday, 4-14 Short story and poetry test. Begin LS 22. HP Worksheet 1-3 in class. Turn in Adventures books.
HW: Read Hiding Place 4-6. Finish LS 22 worksheet.
Wednesday, 4-16 Do HP 4-6 worksheet (30 minutes) Discuss HP 1-6.
HW: Read HP 7-9 for Monday. Study for LS 22 quiz.
Friday, 4-18 LS 22 quiz. Discuss and quiz HP ch. 1-3.
4th quarter, week 5
Monday, 4-21 No school
Tuesday, 4-22 and Wed., 4-23 LS 22 quiz; HP 4-6 quiz.
In class, work on LS 23 and .
HW: Read HP 10-12 for Monday/Tuesday
Wednesday, 4-23 EXTRA CREDIT opportunity; Holocaust
Thursday, 4-24 EXTRA CREDIT opp - SES theater "Anne Frank and Me" - survivor Martin Weiss speaks @ 7 p.m. at Sams Chapel at Kansas Wesleyan.
Thurs., 4-24 and Fri., 4-25 Quiz LS 23; Powerpoints about WWII; Do HP 7-9 worksheet in class; .
HW: Read HP 10-12 for Monday/Tuesday
Monday, 4-28 quiz HP 7-9; LS 24; Do HP worksheet 10-12 in class. HIDING PLACE WEBQUEST
HW: Finish LS 24;
Wednesday, 4-30 check LS 24. View video from 60 minutes. Do worksheet 10-12. Quiz HP 10-12.
HW: Read HP 13-end for Wednesday.
Friday, 5-2 LS 24 quiz
HW: Read 13-end of book. No worksheet but test Monday.
Monday, 5-5 Begin LS 26 (We are skipping #25.) Students absent Friday: Complete worksheet 10-12 and make up tests while movie plays. After 30 minutes of viewing The Hiding Place, take Hiding Place test over ch. 7-12.
HW: Read HP 13-end
Wednesday, 5-7 Check LS 26. test HP 13 - end. Review for Hiding Place test. All HP papers back. movie?
HW: Study for test. See the test review at the bottom of The Hiding Place page.
Friday, 5-9 HP movie? Finish HP review.
Check out and begin reading A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Monday, 5-12 Test over The Hiding Place. Check in The Hiding Place books.
Tuesday/Wednesday, 5-13, 14 Vocab for LS lessons 27 and 28
Acts 1 - II, i, 146 of MSND
Thursday,Friday 5-15, 16 Check MSND study guide pp. 1-2. Assign LS cumulative for Tuesday. Continue MSND through end of Act 3.
See key for cumulative 4 exercises here.
Monday, 5-19 and Tuesday, 5-20 Cumulative test LS; Finish MSND; review MSND
Wednesday, 5-21 (Frantic schedule) Test MSND
Thursday, 5-22 (shortened frantic schedule) turn in books; see test scores for MSND
UNDER CONSTRUCTION BEYOND THIS POINT
Click here for a copy of the Rosicky questions for discussion. Finish the remainder of the Rosicky Fill in blank AND ESSAY questions for sections 5 and 6. Due Friday.
HW: Finish all of Rosicky worksheet. Study for retest of LS 19 and LS 20.
Friday, 2-28 Quiz LS 20 (and 19). Presentations: "Demon Lover." Check answers on Rosicky questions up to section 4. Choose a writing assessment topic.
HW: Choose a Literary essay option, write your thesis and list three main points you will make to support your thesis. Monday, 3-11
LS 21: begin. Groups: present "Demon Lover" group projects. See Marissa's and Grant's papers. TYPE the rough of your Literary essay about "The Demon Lover" or "Neighbor Rosicky." You should already have it written on paper.
HW: Revise literary essay. Prepare for LS 21 quiz. Are all writing assessments in? Read "The Beginning of Grief." (p. 83)
Wednesday, 3-13 and Thursday 3-14 Do run-on exercise 2 and run-on exercise 3. Finish literary essay and turn in via EdModo. Discuss and quiz "Grief."
Friday, 3-15 No school
Monday, 3-25
Begin language skills 22.
See literary essays on EdModo.
Discuss (and quiz) "The Beginning of Grief" (83);
Begin Poetry
Focus-- metaphors and similes
"Mirror" p. 365;
"One Perfect Rose on p. 371;
"Ornamental Sketch" on p. 373.
Reading assessment focus: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery--Poems: "Recuerdo" (382)
"The Base Stealer" (388)
"Dreams" (388)
HW: Finish language skills 22
Wednesday, 3-27
Short story: Begin reading aloud p. 120, "The Masque of the Red Death."
"Lie Back, Daughter" (396)
"She Sweeps" (392, extended metaphor);
"A Black Man Speaks of Reaping" (398)
Friday, 3-29 Quiz LS 22. Read aloud the last 2 pages of "Masque" and discuss the ending.
"Women" (368); "Miss Rosie" (403); "Tableu at Twilight" (406); "Oranges" (453); and "A Red, Red Rose" (462), "Recuerdo" (382).
Monday, 4-1
Complete LS 23. Read "The Quiet Man" (130) and answer the "reading check" questions on p. 143. See first part of movie version of "The Quiet Man".
HW: Read "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" (146)
Wednesday, 4-3 Discuss and quiz "The Quiet Man" (130) and "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" (146).
Poetry: "Women" (368); "Miss Rosie" (403); "Tableu at Twilight" (406); "Oranges" (453);
HW: Read 153-158 (A Pair of Silk Stockings)
Friday, 4-5 Quiz LS 23. Discuss and quiz "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
HW: Read "The Bet." (159-166)
Monday, 4-8 Re-teach LS 23. Begin LS 24. Discuss "The Bet."
HW: Read "The Rockpile." (112-119) Review for short story and poetry test via quiz bowl questions. For an online study guide, see this link.
Reminder: Study; continue your test review.
Wednesday, 4-10 Re-test LS 23. Review short story and poetry.
Friday, 4-12 Quiz LS 24; Begin "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Monday, 4-15 short story/poetry test
Wednesday, 4-17 Do LS 26; Do pp. 2-3 of MSND worksheet; Hear Act 1, Scene 1 of MSND; act Act 1, scene 2
Friday, 4-19 No school
Monday, 4-22 Check LS 26; Check MSND worksheet pp. 2-3; review act 1 of MSND; Read selections from Act 2. Listen to this audio version of AMSND. Continue movie of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" if time permits.
HW: Do page 4 of study guide - only quotes 1-4 and 10.
Wednesday, 4-24 For all blocks: Show students writing assessment scores. Block 2 only: Go over langauge skills 26. All: Check quotes 1-4 and 10. Finish Act 2, scene 2 and view movie up to end of Act 2.
Read Act 3, scene 1 in class.
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2. Finish all quotes on the study guide.
Friday, 4-26 LS 26; Hear and/or view Act 3, scene 1
Monday, 4-29 Miss Friday? Make up LS quiz 26 today. The do LS 27; check out The Hiding Place, and in class, read ch. 1-3 and complete worksheet 1-3. Keys are available on-line. If you want to do well, do the worksheets as you read and then use the keys to prepare for daily quizzes. Mrs. White will be in to work with you on pre-enrollment. That's why I've modified the Midsummer Night's plans.
Monday 4/29
9:45-11:10 McClure’s English 10
Tuesday 4/30
8:15-9:40 McClure’s English 10
9:45-11:10 McClure’s English 10
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2 of AMSND. Read Act 4, scene 1. Check quotes on p. 4 of study guide.
Wednesday, 5-1 Quiz ch. 1-3 of The Hiding Place. Discuss LS 27.
Movie - AMSND
Friday, 5-3 LS 27 quiz; MSND review
HW: Study for MSND test; write essay for MSND; read HP 4-6 if time allows.
Monday, 5-6 MSND test; MSND essay due end of class. No lang skills this week.
Read and do worksheet for Hiding Place 4-6.
HW: Read ch. 7-9 for Friday and do 7-9 worksheet.
2012-13
Week 1
Thursday, 1-3 Review works cited pages. Complete this exercise during class. Hand out Quarter 3 language skills packet. Assign dramatic readings from Huckleberry Finn.
Review H.F. ch. 1-8 with worksheet. Continue reading Huck Finn together beginning with ch. 10. Continue through ch. 14.
HW: Complete the H.F. worksheet for ch. 1-14. Practice for dramatic readings.
Week 2
Monday, 1-7 Lang skills 15. Check H.F. worksheet for ch. 1-14. Present dramatic readings 1-6. Read chapters 11-14 of Huck Finn.
HW: Finish reading chapters 11-14 in H.F. and do the last page of the worksheet mentioned above.
Wednesday, 1-9 Start 13 works cited exercise 2 in classDramatic readings 7-12. Continue H.F reading.
HW: Finish 13 works cited exercise 2 .
Friday, 1-11 Dramatic readings 13-15. Continue H.F. reading.
HW: Read through ch. 21 in Huck Finn and do Huck Finn worksheet questions for those chapters. Read ahead, if possible. Next week will have a heavy reading load.
Week 3
Monday, 1-14 Lang. skills 15 quiz. Begin lang. skills 16. Dramatic reading 16-21. Continue H.F. reading.
HW: Read ch. 22 to ch. 27
Wednesday, 1-16 Review lesson 16 lang skills. Create KS Library Cards. Continue H.F. reading. Finish dramatic readings. Focus: Half a man (Buck Harkness - lynching); Jim (a whole man - Po' li'l Liz'beth) Introduce essay assignment for Huck Finn. (See Huckleberry Finn for details.
HW: Read ch. 28 - 36 and do worksheet last two pages.
Friday, 1-18 H.F. final chapters. Work on essay.
HW: Read ch. 29 to end of book
Week 4
Monday, 1-21 No school
Wednesday, 1-23 Begin language skills 17. See 60 Minutes Video. Borrowed Quizlet review. Examine format of H.F. banned book essay. Fast write. Take the other side: H.F. should not be banned. Review Huck Finn. Work on your own essay (from the list handed out last week) with works cited.
HW: Turn in outline and intro for H.F. essay via EdModo. Finish language skills.
Friday, 1-25 Continue work on H.F. essay. Continue review of H.F.
HW: Huck Finn essay due Monday in final draft.
Week 5
Monday, 1-28 Lang skills 17 quiz. H.F. objective test. Final draft of Huck Finn essay due.
Wednesday 1-30 Huck Finn movie if class average on test is 70 or above and 90 percent or more of the essays are in.
Friday, 2-1 Continue Huck Finn movie. Make up any missed work.
HW: Langauge skills 18.
Week 6
Monday, 2-4 No school
Tuesday, 2-5 and Wednesday, 2-6 View final 15 minutes of H.F. movie. Check langauge skills 18. Hand in H.F. text and check out Adventures in Literature. Read Leinengen vs. the Ants and complete the 2-page handout.
HW: Revise H.F. essay; study for L.S. 18 quiz; Do Leinengen worksheet after reading Leinengen, p. 12 ff.
Thursday, 2-7 Language skills 18 quiz. Check handout side 1 on Leinengen and discuss. Quiz Leinengen. Establish the ground rules for Monday's discussion of the Leinengen interpretive questions.
HW: Finish the Leinengen worksheet (side 2). Write paragraph #1 of interpretive questions.
Week 7
Monday, 2-11 Start lang. skills 19. See Ant Youtube vids. Write a paragraph about each interpretive question in preparation for discussion. Be sure to support your answers with quotations from the text, and cite the page numbers for those quotations.Discuss Leinengen interpretive questions.
HW: Finish the last two interpretive paragraphs for "Leiningen." Finish langauge skills 19. Read "The Demon Lover."
Wednesday, 2-13 Read together "The Demon Lover," which starts on page 41 of the text. Discuss archetypal approach (the archetype being the James Harris or House Carpenter ballad) to "Demon Lover."
Friday, 2-15 Quiz - LS 19. Discuss psychological approach to "Demon Lover."
HW: Read "Neighbor Rosicky" pp. 41-61.
Week 8
Monday, 2-18
Start language skills 20. Review archetypal and psychological approaches to "The Demon Lover." Then discuss allegorical (war) and feminist (stressed housewife) approaches to the story. Form groups: Using this discussion guide, find evidence for the four approaches to "The Demon Lover." [literal/archetypal (just a ghost tale like "The House Carpenter"), psychological (she's paranoid/schizophrenic), allegorical (War does this to people.), feminist (Mrs. Drover is the victim of her culture's expectations for women.)
HW: Finish "Neighbor Rosicky" for Wednesday. Do the fill-in-the blanks portion for sections 1-4 of the Rosicky worksheet for Wednesday.
Wednesday, 2-20 -- Tuesday, 2-26 Snow Cancellation Days
Wednesday, 2-26 - Hand back H.F. essays and discuss L.S. 19. Discuss next week's writing assessment . Then...
1. Check language skills 20 from E to end of worksheet.
3. Groups: Present "Demon Lover" arguments as groups. In same groups, complete the assigned Rosicky questions.
HW: Click here for a copy of the Rosicky questions for discussion. Finish the remainder of the Rosicky Fill in blank AND ESSAY questions for sections 5 and 6. Due Friday.
HW: Finish all of Rosicky worksheet. Study for retest of LS 19 and LS 20.
Friday, 2-28 Quiz LS 20 (and 19). Presentations: "Demon Lover." Check answers on Rosicky questions up to section 4. Choose a writing assessment topic.
HW: Choose a Literary essay option, write your thesis and list three main points you will make to support your thesis.
Monday, 3-4 Writing assessment - prewrite and write rough draft
HW: Work on Literary essay.
Wednesday, 3-6 Writing assessment
HW: Continue work on Literary essay.
Friday, 3-8 Finish Writing assessment.
HW: Read HW: Read "Rifles of the Regiment" (p. 91)
Monday, 3-11
LS 21: begin. Groups: present "Demon Lover" group projects. See the grammar review page to find the online practice lessons. Do run-ons lesson #1. Lecture: Adding parenthetical source citations. See Marissa's and Grant's papers. TYPE the rough of your Literary essay about "The Demon Lover" or "Neighbor Rosicky." You should already have it written on paper.
HW: Revise literary essay. Prepare for LS 21 quiz. Are all writing assessments in? Read "The Beginning of Grief." (p. 83)
Wednesday, 3-13 and Thursday 3-14 Do run-on exercise 2 and run-on exercise 3. Finish literary essay and turn in via EdModo. Discuss and quiz "Grief."
Friday, 3-15 No school
Monday, 3-25
Begin language skills 22.
See literary essays on EdModo.
Discuss (and quiz) "The Beginning of Grief" (83);
Begin Poetry
Focus-- metaphors and similes
"Mirror" p. 365;
"One Perfect Rose on p. 371;
"Ornamental Sketch" on p. 373.
Reading assessment focus: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery--Poems: "Recuerdo" (382)
"The Base Stealer" (388)
"Dreams" (388)
HW: Finish language skills 22
Wednesday, 3-27
Short story: Begin reading aloud p. 120, "The Masque of the Red Death."
"Lie Back, Daughter" (396)
"She Sweeps" (392, extended metaphor);
"A Black Man Speaks of Reaping" (398)
Friday, 3-29 Quiz LS 22. Read aloud the last 2 pages of "Masque" and discuss the ending.
"Women" (368); "Miss Rosie" (403); "Tableu at Twilight" (406); "Oranges" (453); and "A Red, Red Rose" (462), "Recuerdo" (382).
Monday, 4-1
Complete LS 23. Read "The Quiet Man" (130) and answer the "reading check" questions on p. 143. See first part of movie version of "The Quiet Man".
HW: Read "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" (146)
Wednesday, 4-3 Discuss and quiz "The Quiet Man" (130) and "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" (146).
Poetry: "Women" (368); "Miss Rosie" (403); "Tableu at Twilight" (406); "Oranges" (453);
HW: Read 153-158 (A Pair of Silk Stockings)
Friday, 4-5 Quiz LS 23. Discuss and quiz "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
HW: Read "The Bet." (159-166)
Monday, 4-8 Re-teach LS 23. Begin LS 24. Discuss "The Bet."
HW: Read "The Rockpile." (112-119) Review for short story and poetry test via quiz bowl questions. For an online study guide, see this link.
Reminder: Study; continue your test review.
Wednesday, 4-10 Re-test LS 23. Review short story and poetry.
Friday, 4-12 Quiz LS 24; Begin "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
Monday, 4-15 short story/poetry test
Wednesday, 4-17 Do LS 26; Do pp. 2-3 of MSND worksheet; Hear Act 1, Scene 1 of MSND; act Act 1, scene 2
Friday, 4-19 No school
Monday, 4-22 Check LS 26; Check MSND worksheet pp. 2-3; review act 1 of MSND; Read selections from Act 2. Listen to this audio version of AMSND. Continue movie of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" if time permits.
HW: Do page 4 of study guide - only quotes 1-4 and 10.
Wednesday, 4-24 For all blocks: Show students writing assessment scores. Block 2 only: Go over langauge skills 26. All: Check quotes 1-4 and 10. Finish Act 2, scene 2 and view movie up to end of Act 2.
Read Act 3, scene 1 in class.
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2. Finish all quotes on the study guide.
Friday, 4-26 LS 26; Hear and/or view Act 3, scene 1
Monday, 4-29 Miss Friday? Make up LS quiz 26 today. The do LS 27; check out The Hiding Place, and in class, read ch. 1-3 and complete worksheet 1-3. Keys are available on-line. If you want to do well, do the worksheets as you read and then use the keys to prepare for daily quizzes. Mrs. White will be in to work with you on pre-enrollment. That's why I've modified the Midsummer Night's plans.
Monday 4/29
9:45-11:10 McClure’s English 10
Tuesday 4/30
8:15-9:40 McClure’s English 10
9:45-11:10 McClure’s English 10
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2 of AMSND. Read Act 4, scene 1. Check quotes on p. 4 of study guide.
Wednesday, 5-1 Quiz ch. 1-3 of The Hiding Place. Discuss LS 27.
Movie - AMSND
Friday, 5-3 LS 27 quiz; MSND review
HW: Study for MSND test; write essay for MSND; read HP 4-6 if time allows.
Monday, 5-6 MSND test; MSND essay due end of class. No lang skills this week.
Read and do worksheet for Hiding Place 4-6.
HW: Read ch. 7-9 for Friday and do 7-9 worksheet.
Wednesday, 5-8 Video from 60 minutes; Powerpoints about WWII; finish 4-6 worksheets and check at end of class.
HW: worksheet 7-9 for Friday.
Friday, 5-10 Check 7-9 worksheet; Quiz 4-6 and 7-9.
HW: Read chapters 10-12 and do worksheets 10-12 for Wednesday.
Monday, 5-13 HIDING PLACE WEBQUEST
HW: Read and complete worksheets for 10-12.
Wednesday, 5-15 Check 10-12 worksheet. test 10-12.
HW: Read ch. 13 through end of book. No worksheet but test Friday.
Friday, 5-17 test HP 13 - end. Review for Hiding Place test. Begin movie?
HW: Study for test. See the test review at the bottom of The Hiding Place page.
Monday, 5-20 Test over The Hiding Place HP movie (selected scenes).
Wednesday, 5-23 Check in books. Finish HP movie, if time allows.
Under construction beyond this point
Read the first three sections (context, plot overview, characters) of the Sparknotes for "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Read together, in class, selections from Act 1.
HW: 1. Read Act 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the book or at No Fear Shakespeare.
2. Do page 3 of the Midsummer Night's Dream study guide
after reading the Introduction to Shakespeare materials.
Wednesday, 3-28 Review for Huck Finn test. Check p. 3 of completed worksheet. Discuss Act 1, Scene 2 of AMSND. Work together on pp. 1 and 2 (characters only) of MSND study guide.
HW: Finish character's list (pp. 1-2 of handout); study for Huck Finn test.
Friday, 3-30 Huck Finn test. Read selections from Act II of AMSND. Work together on lovers', royals', and artisans' plots from Act 1 on study guide.
HW: Finish royals' and lovers' plots (pp. 1-2 of worksheet).
Monday, 4-2 Pages 1 and 2 of study guide due.
Continue selections from Act 2. Listen to this audio version of AMSND. Continue movie of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" if time permits.
HW: Do page 4 of study guide - only quotes 1-4 and 10.
Wednesday, 4-4 Check quotes 1-4 and 10. Finish Act 2, scene 2 and view movie up to end of Act 2.
Read Act 3, scene 1 in class.
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2. Finish all quotes on the study guide.
Friday, 4-6 NO SCHOOL
Monday, 4-9 Hear and/or view Act 3, scene 1
Read Act 3, scene 2 of AMSND
HW: Read Act 4, scene 1. Check quotes on p. 4 of study guide.
Tuesday, 4-10 block 2 - same as Monday except math testing at 11:00
Wednesday, 4-11 Practice test affixes. Review selections of Act 4, scene 1. See movie Act 4. Launch affix project.
HW: Read Act 4, scene 2
Thursday, 4-12 4th block math testing - Read the remainder of AMSND on your own.
Friday, 4-13 Finish AMSND and review.
HW: Essay portion of AMSND test.
Monday, 4-16 Test affixes. Finish MSND review. Work on affix presentation. Due Friday.
HW: Study for MSND test.
Wednesday, 4-18 Test AMSND. Hand back affixes test 1.
HW: 1-3 minute ad, jingle, or mini infomercial for a product, concert, or other activity - using correctly as many reading assessment prefixes, suffixes, and roots as possible. You may present this as a video or live in class.
Friday, 4-20 Practice computer test Expository 1;
Monday, 4-23 Early bird special presentations.
Reading assessment practice with computers. Narrative 1, Persuasive 1 and Technical 1. Write down numbers of missed items. Continue presentations.
Tuesday, 4-24 Narrative 1 and Persuasive 1 and 2 presentations.
Wednesday, 4-25 Go over narrative 1, persuasive 1 and techincal 1.
Prefix, suffix, and root presentations
Graded for
* Number of words correctly used
* Wit and WOW factor
* Persuasion
* Polish
Reading assessment practice with computers.
Thursday, 4-26 Review Persuasive 1; Take Technical 1; review roots
Friday, 4-27 Affixes test 2.
Check affixes test 2. Take the practice test for technical reading. If finished, start chapters 1-3 of The Hiding Place.
Monday, 4-30 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Read ch. 1-3 of The Hiding Place
Tuesday, 5-1 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Wednesday, 5-2 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Do worksheet 1-3 of The Hiding Place. Read 4-6.
Thursday, 5-3 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Friday, 5-4 Test 3 (the final test) of reading assessment
Worksheet Hiding Place 4-6 of The Hiding Place.
Monday, 5-7 Check HP worksheet 4-6; take test over 4-6; review events in first 6 chapters.
HW: Read ch. 7-9 for Friday and do 7-9 worksheet.
Wednesday, 5-9 Powerpoints about WWII; 60 Minutes video; check 4-6 end of block; Hand out 7-9 for Friday
Friday, 5-11 Check 7-9 worksheet; test 7-9.
HW: Read chapters 10-12 and do worksheets 10-12 for Wednesday.
Monday, 5-14 HIDING PLACE WEBQUEST
Wednesday, 5-16 Check 10-12 worksheet. test 10-12.test HP 13 - end. Review for Hiding Place test.
HW: Read ch. 13 through end of book. No worksheet but test over these chapters Friday.
Friday, 5-18 Quiz 13 to end of book. Review for test.
HW: Study for test. See the test review at the bottom of The Hiding Place page.
Monday, 5-21 Test over The Hiding Place
HP movie (selected scenes).
Wednesday, 5-23 Check in books. Finish HP movie, if time allows.
Begin Huck Finn dramatic readings to review characters from Huck Finn (Jim, Grangerfords and Sheperdsons, King and Duke, Elizabeth)
Week 13
Tuesday, 10-24 Quiz "Cody."
Read DD 102 – (Man Who Really Tamed Abilene)
10-26
Check take-home quiz DD 102 – (Man Who Really Tamed Abilene)
Read DD 131 – (Bloody Benders) in class and take quiz.
*HW -- Read DD 220 – (Hermit Priest) and revise character sketch and write speakers' outline
Friday, 10-27 Take quiz over Hermit Priest;
HW:
HW: Read DD 38 Windwagons; practice, practice, practice your character sketch speech.
*HW --read DD 48 – (Bill Cody) Peer edit and revise character speeches. Due via EdModo Thursday by 8 p.m. for Tuesday/Thursday students and end of class Wednesday for M/W students.Monday, 11-7 Quiz Aubry's Bet, p. 27
HW: Read DD 62 – (Blue Brothers)
Wednesday, 11-9 Quiz Blues, p. 62;
HW:
Friday, 11-11 quiz Daniel Blue, p. 62
HW:
HW: Read DD 27 – (Aubrey’s Bet)
(1) Review MLA style for quotations. (2) Review run-on sentences and fragments. (3) Proofread literary essay for MLA quote style and for run-on sentences - 15 minutes (4) Submit revised literary essay on EdModo and print a copy for the senior editor. (5) Read together "the Beginning of Grief."
HW: Finish
Thursday, 2-9 (Friday schedule)
Continue "The Masque of the Red Death."
HW: Revise literary essay. Final lit essay due Monday, 2-13.
Finish "The Masque of the Red Death."
Friday, 2-10 No school.
Monday, 2-13 Lit essay final draft due. Turn in printed version. Include all materials with final draft stapled on the bottom of all other drafts.
Quiz "Masque" in blocks 2 and 4.
Do run-on exercise 4 as practice test (on screen). Take RS test. Monday, 2-25 Mobile lab reserved. Begin literary essay. Discuss works cited and other details for literary essay. See The Purdue Owl and EasyBib or Son of Citation Machine for assistance.
Wednesday, 2-27 Draft and send via EdModo first draft of literary essays by end of block. Introduce writing assessment topics.
Friday, 3-1 Using this form, self edit your literary essay. Make the changes you notice are necessary. Then begin peer editing literary essay.
HW: Revise literary essay and submit revised version on EdModo. Bring to the next class the self completed self-edit form and the version of the essay with the peer editing marks.
The real test will be Wednesday. Discuss "Rifles of the Regiment."
Begin watching segments of the movie "The Quiet Man."Continue movie "The Quiet Man."
HW: Read "The Rock Pile" (112).
Monday, 4-7 Finish "The Quiet Man" movie and discuss using this graphic organizer.
HW: Compare and contrast the short story and movie versions of "The Quiet Man." In your essay, address differences in setting (where the story took place), characterization (how the characters were presented), and plot (what happened).
Friday, 2-24 Blocks 2 and 3 - Turn in "Quiet Man" essay via EdModo.
Block 2 - Here is the information that the other classes compiled in their discussions of the graphic organizer handed out on Thursday. Your essay will be due Tuesday.
HW: We'll start the writing assessment Monday. It's an in-class assignment, but you can preview it here. Review writing assessment after review and update assessment.
Monday 3-5 Writing assessment
Wednesday, 3-7 Writing assessment
Friday, 3-9 Writing assessment due; return short story and poetry test; begin Huck Finn movie.
Monday, 3-12 Review first 34 chapters of Huck Finn and continue movie
Wednesday, 3-14 Finish HF movie.
Thursday, 3-15 Teachers score writing assessment
Friday, 3-16 No school
Spring break reading: Finish Huck Finn (pp. 118 - 220)
Monday, 3-26 Pass back and discuss writing assessment. Discuss end of Huck Finn.
Homework Semester 2 2011-2012
Wednesday 1-4-12 See the "literature text" link for handouts about Leinengen vs. the Ants handouts. Read Leinengen, starting on page 12 of the text and complete the two pages of handouts.
Friday1-6-10 Turn in handouts on Leinengen. Discuss the Leinengen interpretive questions after writing a paragraph about each question. Test over Leinengen.
HW: Read "The Demon Lover," which starts on page 41 of the text.
Monday, 1-9 Collect Leinengen worksheets from those who were at the TWIST conference Friday. Allow 15 minutes to complete interpretive question paragraphs. Then discuss Leinengen interpretive questions. Re-read The Demon Lover together and discuss approaches to literature; read Neighbor Rosicky for Monday, 1-16.
Wednesday, 1-11 Groups: Using this discussion guide, find evidence for the four approaches to "The Demon Lover." [literal (just a ghost tale like "The House Carpenter"), psychological (she's paranoid/schizophrenic, allegorical (War does this to people.), feminist (Mrs. Drover is the victim of an abusive relationship.)]
HW: Continue reading "Neighbor Rosicky."
Friday, 1-13 Demon Lover Presentations.
HW: Continue reading "Neighbor Rosicky."
Monday, 1-16 No school.
Tuesday, 1-17 and Wednesday 1-18
Finish Demon Lover Presentations. Finish reading Neighbor Rosicky and complete the assigned Rosicky questions.
HW: Click here for a copy of the Rosicky questions for discussion. Due Thursday/Friday.
Thursday, 1-19 and Friday, 1-20 1. 15 minutes to submit Demon Lover outline on EdModo. 2. Spot check Rosicky objective questions. 3. Assign groups and essays from each section of Rosicky worksheet. 4. Groups, explain your section of Rosicky essay questions. Hand out and discuss literary essay options. See the literary essay page in left side bar for detail on the literary essays.
Monday, 1-23 Mobile lab reserved. Begin literary essay. Discuss works cited and other details for literary essay. See The Purdue Owl and EasyBib or Son of Citation Machine for assistance.
Wednesday, 1-25 Draft and send via EdModo first draft of literary essays by end of block.
Friday, 1-27 Using this form, self edit your literary essay. Make the changes you notice are necessary. Then begin peer editing literary essay.
HW: Revise literary essay and submit revised version on EdModo. Bring to the next class the self completed self-edit form and the version of the essay with the peer editing marks.
Monday, 1-30
(1) Review MLA style for quotations. (2) Review run-on sentences and fragments. See the grammar review page to find the online practice lessons. Do run-ons lesson #1. (3) Proofread literary essay for MLA quote style and for run-on sentences - 15 minutes (4) Submit revised literary essay on EdModo and print a copy for the senior editor. (5) Read together "the Beginning of Grief."
HW: Finish "The Beginning of Grief." (p. 83)
Wednesday, 2-1 discuss (and quiz) "The Beginning of Grief" (83); do run-on exercise 2 and run-on exercise 3.
HW: Read "Rifles of the Regiment" (p. 91) for Friday. Lit essay not in: Get it in today; a dock is better than a zero.
Friday, 2-3 Hand back lit essays. Lesson: Revising thesis sentence and topic sentences.
HW: Revise your thesis sentence and all topic sentences on the literary essay. (Block 4, you'll need to work from your saved versions if you did not stop by after school to pick up the paper versions that the seniors and I edited. Others may write the revised sentences on the paper copies I handed back to you.)
The real test will be Wednesday. Discuss "Rifles of the Regiment." Reading assessment focus-- metaphors and similes: Poems "Mirror" on p. 365; "one Perfect Rose on p. 371; "Ornamental Sketch" on p. 373. Homework: Read "Rifles of the Regiment." (p. 91)Reading assessment focus: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery--Poems: "Recuerdo" (382); "The Base Stealer" (388); "Dreams" (388)
Monday, 2-6 No school. Parent-teacher conferences.
Wednesday, 2-8 (Block 4 - hand back literary essays) All -Work for 15 minutes on lit essay revisions. (Add the new thesis and topic sentences. Put them in bold type.)
Read Poem: "Lie Back, Daughter" (396)
Short story: Begin reading aloud p. 120, "The Masque of the Red Death."
Thursday, 2-9 (Friday schedule)
Continue "The Masque of the Red Death."
HW: Revise literary essay. Final lit essay due Monday, 2-13.
Finish "The Masque of the Red Death."
Friday, 2-10 No school.
Monday, 2-13 Lit essay final draft due. Turn in printed version. Include all materials with final draft stapled on the bottom of all other drafts.
Quiz "Masque" in blocks 2 and 4.
Do run-on exercise 4 as practice test (on screen). Take RS test.
Poetry
"She Sweeps" (392, extended metaphor);
"A Black Man Speaks of Reaping" (398) "Women" (368); "Miss Rosie" (403); "Tableu at Twilight" (406); "Oranges" (453); and "A Red, Red Rose" (462), "Recuerdo" (382).
HW: Read Read "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" (146)
Wednesday, 2-15 Quiz and then discuss "Blues." (146) Review root words for reading assessment.
HW: Read "The Quiet Man." (130)
Friday, 2-17 Discuss and quiz "The Quiet Man" (130) Begin watching segments of the movie "The Quiet Man."
Monday, 2-20 Continue movie "The Quiet Man."
HW: Read "The Rock Pile" (112).
Wednesday, 2-22 Finish "The Quiet Man" movie and discuss using this graphic organizer.
HW: Compare and contrast the short story and movie versions of "The Quiet Man." In your essay, address differences in setting (where the story took place), characterization (how the characters were presented), and plot (what happened).
Friday, 2-24 Mrs. White in to discull PLAN test. Blocks 2 and 3 - Turn in "Quiet Man" essay via EdModo.
Block 2 - Here is the information that the other classes compiled in their discussions of the graphic organizer handed out on Thursday. Your essay will be due Tuesday.
HW: Read 153-158 (A Pair of Silk Stockings)
Monday, 2-27 Discuss and quiz "A Pair of Silk Stockings."
Peer edit and revise essays. Begin review for short story and poetry test. For an online study guide, see this link.
HW: Read "The Rockpile." (112-119)
Wednesday, 2-29 Review for test via quiz bowl questions; introduce writing assessment.
HW: Read "The Bet." (159-166) Reminder: Study continue your test review.
Friday, 3-2 Test over short story and poetry.
HW: We'll start the writing assessment Monday. It's an in-class assignment, but you can preview it here. Review writing assessment after review and update assessment.
Monday 3-5 Writing assessment
Wednesday, 3-7 Writing assessment
Friday, 3-9 Writing assessment due; return short story and poetry test; begin Huck Finn movie.
Monday, 3-12 Review first 34 chapters of Huck Finn and continue movie
Wednesday, 3-14 Finish HF movie.
Thursday, 3-15 Teachers score writing assessment
Friday, 3-16 No school
Spring break reading: Finish Huck Finn (pp. 118 - 220)
Monday, 3-26 Pass back and discuss writing assessment. Discuss end of Huck Finn. Read the first three sections (context, plot overview, characters) of the Sparknotes for "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Read together, in class, selections from Act 1.
HW: 1. Read Act 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the book or at No Fear Shakespeare.
2. Do page 3 of the Midsummer Night's Dream study guide
after reading the Introduction to Shakespeare materials.
Wednesday, 3-28 Review for Huck Finn test. Check p. 3 of completed worksheet. Discuss Act 1, Scene 2 of AMSND. Work together on pp. 1 and 2 (characters only) of MSND study guide.
HW: Finish character's list (pp. 1-2 of handout); study for Huck Finn test.
Friday, 3-30 Huck Finn test. Read selections from Act II of AMSND. Work together on lovers', royals', and artisans' plots from Act 1 on study guide.
HW: Finish royals' and lovers' plots (pp. 1-2 of worksheet).
Monday, 4-2 Pages 1 and 2 of study guide due.
Continue selections from Act 2. Listen to this audio version of AMSND. Continue movie of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" if time permits.
HW: Do page 4 of study guide - only quotes 1-4 and 10.
Wednesday, 4-4 Check quotes 1-4 and 10. Finish Act 2, scene 2 and view movie up to end of Act 2.
Read Act 3, scene 1 in class.
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2. Finish all quotes on the study guide.
Friday, 4-6 NO SCHOOL
Monday, 4-9 Hear and/or view Act 3, scene 1
Read Act 3, scene 2 of AMSND
HW: Read Act 4, scene 1. Check quotes on p. 4 of study guide.
Tuesday, 4-10 block 2 - same as Monday except math testing at 11:00
Wednesday, 4-11 Practice test affixes. Review selections of Act 4, scene 1. See movie Act 4. Launch affix project.
HW: Read Act 4, scene 2
Thursday, 4-12 4th block math testing - Read the remainder of AMSND on your own.
Friday, 4-13 Finish AMSND and review.
HW: Essay portion of AMSND test.
Monday, 4-16 Test affixes. Finish MSND review. Work on affix presentation. Due Friday.
HW: Study for MSND test.
Wednesday, 4-18 Test AMSND. Hand back affixes test 1.
HW: 1-3 minute ad, jingle, or mini infomercial for a product, concert, or other activity - using correctly as many reading assessment prefixes, suffixes, and roots as possible. You may present this as a video or live in class.
Friday, 4-20 Practice computer test Expository 1;
Monday, 4-23 Early bird special presentations.
Reading assessment practice with computers. Narrative 1, Persuasive 1 and Technical 1. Write down numbers of missed items. Continue presentations.
Tuesday, 4-24 Narrative 1 and Persuasive 1 and 2 presentations.
Wednesday, 4-25 Go over narrative 1, persuasive 1 and techincal 1.
Prefix, suffix, and root presentations
Graded for
* Number of words correctly used
* Wit and WOW factor
* Persuasion
* Polish
Reading assessment practice with computers.
Thursday, 4-26 Review Persuasive 1; Take Technical 1; review roots
Friday, 4-27 Affixes test 2.
Check affixes test 2. Take the practice test for technical reading. If finished, start chapters 1-3 of The Hiding Place.
Monday, 4-30 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Read ch. 1-3 of The Hiding Place
Tuesday, 5-1 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Wednesday, 5-2 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Do worksheet 1-3 of The Hiding Place. Read 4-6.
Thursday, 5-3 STATE READING ASSESSMENT
Friday, 5-4 Test 3 (the final test) of reading assessment
Worksheet Hiding Place 4-6 of The Hiding Place.
Monday, 5-7 Check HP worksheet 4-6; take test over 4-6; review events in first 6 chapters.
HW: Read ch. 7-9 for Friday and do 7-9 worksheet.
Wednesday, 5-9 HIDING PLACE WEBQUEST
Friday, 5-11 Block 2 - 20 minutes to finish Webquest. Read when you finish. Video from 60 minutes in blocks 3 and 4. All blocks: Check 7-9 worksheet; test 7-9.
HW: Read chapters 10-12 and do worksheets 10-12 for Monday.
Monday, 5-14 Check 10-12 worksheet. test 10-12. Powerpoints about WWII ; See portions of Hiding Place movie
HW: Read ch. 13 through end of book. No worksheet but test Wednesday.
Wednesday, 5-16 test HP 13 - end. Review for Hiding Place test.
HW: Study for test. See the test review at the bottom of The Hiding Place page.
Friday, 5-18 Test over The Hiding Place
Monday, 5-21 HP movie (selected scenes).
Wednesday, 5-23 Check in books. Finish HP movie, if time allows.
Homework Q3 2011 (don't know why missing January)
Thursday, 2-3
* Using the self-evaluation sheet, practice editing Marissa's and Kaley's papers.
* Pass out and record #s for A Midsummer Night's Dream
* Explore "No Fear Shakespeare"
* Begin reading AMSND.
HW:
* Complete the self-editing sheet for your literary essay - due Monday
* Revise your literary essay and send it to me via EdModo - due by midnight 2-3
* Read the summary of A Midsummer Night's Dream - due Monday
Monday, 2-7 Read the first three sections (context, plot overview, characters) of the Sparknotes for "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Read together, in class, selections from Act 1.
HW: 1. Read Act 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" in the book or at No Fear Shakespeare.
2. Do page 3 of the Midsummer Night's Dream study guide
after reading the Introduction to Shakespeare materials.
Tuesday and Wednesday - SNOW
Thursday and Friday, 2-10 and 2-11 NO SCHOOL - PT Conferences
Monday, 2-14 Work on MLA conventions on literary essays. Check p. 3 of completed worksheet. Discuss Act 1, Scene 2 of AMSND. Work together on pp. 1 and 2 (characters only) of MSND study guide.
HW: Finish character's list (pp. 1-2 of handout)
Tuesday, 2-15 Work on MLA conventions on literary essays. See work for 2-7 (2nd and 4th block classes have missed a day.)
Wednesday, 2-16 Read selections from Act II of AMSND. Work together on lovers', royals', and artisans' plots from Act 1 on study guide.
HW: Finish royals' and lovers' plots (pp. 1-2 of worksheet).
Thursday, 2-17 See work for Monday, 2-14 above.
Friday, 2-18 Pages 1 and 2 of study guide due.
Continue selections from Act 2. Continue movie of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" if time permits.
HW: Do page 4 of study guide - only quotes 1-4 and 10. Revise lit essay.
Monday and Tuesday, 2-21 and 2-22 Literary essay revisions due. Print my edit of rough and a thoroughly revised, clean copy. Put new copy on top and attach your Demon Lover Essay Checklist sheet to the rough draft.
Check quotes 1-4 and 10. Finish Act 2, scene 2 and view movie up to end of Act 2.
Read Act 3, scene 1 in class.
HW: Read Act 3, scene 2.
Wednesday 2-23 View Act 3, scene 1
Read Act 3, scene 2 of AMSND
HW: Read Act 4, scene 1. Finish quotes on p. 4 of study guide.
Friday, 2-25 Review selections of Act 4, scene 1. See movie Act 4.
HW: Read Act 4, scene 2
Monday, 2-28 Finish and review AMSND
Wednesday, 3-2 Test AMSND
HW: Finish essay poriton of AMSND test. See seniors' comments on essays; prepare to revise Friday.
Friday, 3-5 open to read and work on lit essay revision
HW: Read "The Beginning of Grief"
Monday, 3-7 Select passages from "The Beginning of Grief" and then quiz. Read together the beginning of "Rifles of the Regiment."
Discuss reading assessment; continue examining prefixes, suffixes, roots and figurative language for rdg. assessment
Assign groups/individuals for skit activity
HW: Finish "Rifles..."; finish final revision of lit essay
Wednesday, 3-9 Turn in final revision of lit essay at beginning of block.
Discuss and quiz "Rifles..."
See practice reading assessment on overhead.
HW: 1-3 minute ad, jingle, or mini infomercial for a product, concert, or other activity - using correctly as many reading assessment prefixes, suffixes, and roots as possible
Friday, 3-10
Potpourri/bath salts questions (10 minutes)
Prefix, suffix, and root presentations
Graded for
* Number of words correctly used
* Wit and WOW factor
* Persuasion
* Polish
Monday, 3-13 Are all writing assessments in? (Devin, Kaitlyn, Dakota, Sam C., Michael H., Logan ????) Affixes/Roots quiz; Take practice tests (expository and narrative) on computer
Wednesday, 3-15 Take practice tests (technical and persuasive) on computer.
Homework 2010 Semester 2
1-4-10 See the "literature text" link for handouts about Leinengen vs. the Ants handouts. Read Leinengen, starting on page 12 of the text and complete the two pages of handouts.
1-6-10 Review prefixes on the Reading Assessent Overhead on the English 10 main page. Turn in handouts on Leinengen. Test over Leinengen (see me). Read "The Demon Lover," which starts on page 41 of the text. We'll start the writing assessment Monday. It's an in-class assignment, but you can preview it here.
1-15 Discuss Demon Lover; hand in writing assessments; read Neighbor Rosicky for Tuesday.
1-19 See main page for grammar review of run-on sentences. Review writing assessment after review and update assessment. Continue reading assessment prep (suffixes; see main Eng. 10 page for details). Quiz (take home) Rosicky and discuss. Click here for a copy of the Rosicky take-home quiz. Hand out and discuss literary essay options. See the main English 10 page for detail on the literary essays.
1-21 Check "Rosicky" take-home test and discuss Rosicky. Run-on quiz 2. Prefixes and suffixes game. Assign literary essay.
1-25 and 1-26 Quiz prefixes and suffixes. 20-minute mini-lesson. Continue with exercise 3 of run-on sentence review. Finish discussion of Rosicky. Explain allegorical approach to "The Demon Lover." Begin literary essay.
1-27 and 1-28 Plan test review with Mrs. White (40 minutes). Work on your literary essay. (Mobile lab reserved.)
1-29 Mobile lab reserved. Finish and show me literary essays by end of block. If you missed class, e-mail me the essay. Prefix-suffix retest Monday/Tuesday.
Monday, 2-1 Mrs. White in for PLAN - 40 minutes. If you missed the deadline for literary rough drafts Friday, these need to be ready at the beginning of the block Monday. We'll peer edit right after Mrs. White and the prefixes and suffixes test #2. Pay particular attention to clarity of ideas and to eliminating run-on sentences. (The run-on sentences pre-tests were generally atrocious. We definitely need more practice. Redo all lessons on-line on your own time. Test Friday.) Mrs. White - 40 minutes; Test - 15 minutes; Peer edit and revise - 30 minutes; Homework: Read "The Beginning of Grief." Finish literary essay.
Wednesday, 2-3 discuss (and quiz?) "The Beginning of Grief."; read "Rifles of the Regiment" for Friday.
Friday, 2-5 Completed draft of revised (considering your peer's suggestions) literary essay due by end of class. Retest suffixes and prefixes. Discuss Rifles of the Regiment. Reading assessment focus-- metaphors and similes: Poems "Mirror" on p. 365; "one Perfect Rose on p. 371; "Ornamental Sketch" on p. 373. Homework: Read "Rifles of the Regiment." (p. 91)Reading assessment focus: simile, metaphor, alliteration, imagery--Poems: "Recuerdo" (382); "The Base Stealer" (388); "Dreams" (388)
Monday, 2-8 Run-on test. Continue any poems not finished on Friday. Figurative language review for reading assessment -- Poems: "She Sweeps" (392, extended metaphor); "Lie Back, Daughter" (396); Read "The Masque of the Red Death." We'll read a second time out loud in class, but try to understand it before you come to class.
Wednesday, 2-10 Poems on 392 and 396 (see above); also read "A Black Man Speaks of Reaping" (398); Read aloud in class and discuss "Masque."
Homework: For Monday, read "Women" (368); "Miss Rosie" (403); "Tableu at Twilight" (406); "Oranges" (453); and "A Red, Red Rose" (462). Finish "Masque of the Red Death at home. For Wednesday, read "The Quiet Man." (130)
Monday, 2-15 Quiz "Masque" Discuss poems noted above. Read "The Quiet Man."
Wednesday, 2-17 Quiz and then discuss "The Quiet Man." Review root words for reading assessment. Read "Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird" (146)
Friday, 2-19 discuss "Blues..." (146) Continue segments of the movie "The Quiet Man."
Monday, 2-22 Quiz "The Blues Ain't No Mockinbird." Continue "The Quiet Man." Homework: Read "The Rock Pile" (112).
Wednesday, 2-24 Finish "The Quiet Man" movie. View "The Colony."
Friday,2-26 Finish "The Colony." Practice writing a movie report. 3rd block literary essay finals due. Read "A Pair of Silk Stockings." (153)
Monday,3-1 Quiz "A Pair of Silk Stockings." Read "The Bet" in class. (160) Finish "The Colony."
Wednesday, 3-3 Practice test -- figurative language terms as they apply to the short stories we've read. Review for Friday's test.
Friday, 3-5 75 question objective test over short stories we've read. Be able to 1. Match stories with authors, 2. Match characters with stories. 3. Demonstrate comprehension of story details. 4. Identify figurative language terms (simile, metaphor, idiom, etc.; see our main Eng. 10 page for the rest of the list) and other literary terms (verbal, situational, and dramatic irony; characterization terms such as flat, round, dynamic, static, stereotype, etc.) as they apply to the stories read.
NEW ASSIGNMENTS
Monday, 3-8 Complete sections 1-4 of movie report in class together. Mention retake and review opportunity on this website at this link.
Wednesday, 3-10 Short story/poetry test retake. Discuss conflicts and themes in "The Colony." Work on sections 5 and 6 of movie review. Any part unfinished in class will be homework for Friday. Also the "how did the story relate to you" segment must be turned in Friday as an individual homework assignment.
Friday, 3-12 Discuss and quiz "Harrison Bergeron." (167)
Test Information
Notes on the short story test from Friday, 3-5:
1. You did well on reading assessment terms items.
2. Generally weaknesses were in knowing/understanding:
a. authors b. characters
c. types of irony d. point of view
3. Retake Wednesday/Thursday 3-10 and 3-11 -- Students who will be gone for music may see me Monday or Wednesday before or after school or during TIP. If that isn't possible, I will use the score from the original test rather than entering a zero.
4. Click here for condensed information on authors, characters, irony and point of view.
Friday, 3-12 Discuss and quiz "Harrison Bergeron." (167)
Monday, 3-22 Start practice tests (expository 1 and narrative 1) for reading assessment. Start a list of items you think we have not yet covered. Read the Sparknotes overview for "A Midsummer Night's Dream." There is a link on the English 10 main page. Read selections from Act 1. Homework: Read Act 1 at No Fear Shakespeare.
Wednesday, 3-24 Review narrative test together and compare reading narratives to reading expositiory works. Take formative test "technical 1." Write down item numbers missed. Continue reading Act 1 of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Homework: Do page 3 of the Midsummer Night's Dream study guide
after reading the Introduction to Shakespeare materials.
Friday, 3-26 Take the persuasive 1 formative reading test tests for the Kansas Reading Assessment. Show completed worksheet. Start movie of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Homework: Read AMSND Act 2.
Monday, 3-29 Discuss and read parts of AMSND acts 1 and 2. Start movie. HW: Read Act 3
Wednesday, 3-30 (Gray day) Discuss parts of act 3. Continue movie. HW: Read Act 4 and 5 for Monday.
Thursday, 4-2 (half day) Energy lessons. No English class.
No school Friday.
Monday, 4-4 Finish movie of AMSND. HW: Finish the study guide.
Wednesday, 4-6 All study sheet pages due at beginning of class. Review AMSND.
Thursday, 4-7 -- 2nd block students will be in math testing.
Friday, 4-8 MSND review. Start essay portion of test.
Monday, 4-12 Read ch. 1-3 of The Hiding Place. Do the worksheet for Wednesday. Remember to study for your Midsummer Night's Dream test. Study characters, places and events. Know the material on the study guide. Practice using the Sparknotes quiz. You may start your essay ahead of time if you desire.
Wednesday, 4-14 MSND test. Check Hiding Place 1-3 worksheet. Homework: Chapters 4-6 Hiding Place.
Friday, 4-16 Check and discuss 4-6 of Hiding Place. Homework: Read chapters 7-9 and do the accompanying worksheet.
Monday, 4-19 Check 4-6 HP worksheet at beginning of block and check 7-9 at end of block. Start holocaust web quest. 1/2 doing webquest at computers while other gruoup reads and completes workwheet. Switch 1/2 way through class. Hand out worksheet 10-12 and assign for Friday.
Wednesday, 4-21 State assessment review PowerPoint. Complete Hiding Place webquest. Continue worksheet 10-12.
Friday, 4-23 Check worksheet 10-12. See 60 minutes video. HW: Read final chapers of HP.
Monday, 4-26 Review The Hiding Place. Handout -- HP vocabulary exercise.
Wednesday, 4-28 Quiz chapter 13 - end of The Hiding Place. Hand out and work on review packet for The Hiding Place. Reading assessment review -- prefixes, suffixes, roots and figurative language. State reading test review narrative 2 at computers.
Friday, 4-30 State Rdg test final review. Choose your weakest area and practice.
Monday, May 3 Begin State Rdg. test Check last two pages of Hiding Place review packet.
Monday, May 3 Begin State Rdg. test Check last two pages of Hiding Place review packet.
Hw: Huckleberry Finn ch. 1-3
Wednesday, May 5 Continue state Rdg test. Hw: Huck Finn ch. 4-6
Friday, May 7 HW: Read HF7-13 (pp. 22-57)
Monday, 5-10 Test The Hiding Place. THIS TEST WAS MOVED FROM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28 TO ALLOW MORE HIDING PLACE PREP TIME AND MORE READING ASSESSMENT PREP TIME.
HW: Read Huck Finn ch. 14-19 (pp. 57-95)
Wednesday, 5-12 HW: Read HF ch. 20-25 (pp. 95-128)
Friday, 5-14 HW: Read HF ch. 26-31 (pp. 129-164)
Monday, 5-17 HW: Read HF ch. 32-35 (pp. 165-185)
Wednesday, 5-19 HW: Read HF ch. 36- the last (pp. 185 - 220)
Friday, 5-21 Discuss Wednesday's reading assignment and review Huck Finn
Monday, 5-24 TEST HUCK FINN
Wednesday, 5-26 Turn in books and get test back. Chillax.