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Thursday, November 30, 2006

Thursday, December 1, 2006

Thursday, December 1, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Check list of words for dictionary
2. Check Musical Devices sheet/ topic ideas and answers to qstns
3. Get in groups of 4 or 5 to select a novel to read together and discuss.
HOMEWORK: Dictionary completed
ABSENT 1
Rioux
Snyder

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
Per 2 Watch and write about the Pardoner's Tale
Per 4 Watch Merchant's Tale and Pardoner's Tale
ABSENT2
Castillo
Flores
Nguyen
Ridela Cambra
Siatunuu
ABSENT 4
Corpuz
Domingo
Gray
Johansdottir
Lord
Lutali

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Watch and write about the Pardoner's Tale
HOMEWORK: Read about the Renaissance pp166-175 for quiz
ABSENT 3
Parrish
Santos

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz on Johnson, his works, and Style
Homework: Make a dictionary using 6 words of Johnson's and 6 of your own.
Your own can be standard, slang, or made up. List of words due tomorrow.
Have it in book form by Friday. Decorate appropriately.
ABSENT 1
Kisner
Labbe
Martin
Muyco
Perry
Snyder
Stiller
Tanaka

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
Per 2->Review & write about The Merchant's Tale;
Was it a good story? 50 words
Per 4->Review & write on Wife of Bath's Tale
Was the punishment appropriate? 50wds
ABSENT2&4
Carlos
Gloria
Losbanz
Martin
Namahoe
Ridela Cambra
Whatley
Spickler
Basa
Berueda
Corpuz
Domingo
Brohan
Gionet
Lutali
Nicks
Ramos
Rick
Travis
Crisolo
Williams, L
Rodriguez

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. p108 qstn 4 answered
3. Watch and write about The Merchant's Tale; Was it a good story? 50 words
ABSENT 3
Brisley
Gallen
Ketchen
Wade

Monday, November 27, 2006

Monday, November 27, 2006

Monday, November 27, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hamlet essay notes 1. title & author 2. blending quotes 3. words to avoid
HOMEWORK: Read pp553-565: 1) Samuel Johnson, 2) A Dictionary of the English Language,
3) Letter to Lord Chesterfield, 4) A Preface to Shakespeare, 5) Style
ABSENT 1
Jones

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Per 2-->Watch The Merchant's Tale; Per 4-->Review Wife of Bath's Tale for writing
ABSENT2&4
Siatunuu
Garner
Basa
Domingo
Lutali
Sabatino
Ursua

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Get Beowulf essays back
3. Check questions 1-4 p108
ABSENT 3
Napper,
Graham

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Check Musical Devices work
HOMEWORK: None due Monday, but for Wednesday read 1) Samuel Johnson,
2) A Dictionary, and 3) Letter to Lord Chesterfield pp553-559
ABSENT 1
Perry

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Per 2-->Watch film on The Wife of Bath's Tale; Per 4-->Silent rdg all period
3. Write a paragraph. Do you think the knight's punishment was appropriate? Explain.
ABSENT 2
Williams, C
Frederick
Ridela Cambra
Ignacio
ABSENT 4
Clark
Domingo
Faitau
Johannsdottir
Lutali

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Make up presentations
ABSENT 3
Faulkner
Gallen
Santos
Theodor

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Essays O&UU, A&J Discuss how they fit Scoring Guidelines
2. Hand in mult. choice reflections
3. Check antitheses from Couplets
HOMEWORK: Handout Musical Devices ( 12¶s and 7qstns )
Read. Write a precis of each ¶. Answer questions.

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Film Per2: Nun's Priest's & Knight's Tales
Per4: Knight's & Wife of Bath's Tales

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Presentations groups 5 & 6
3. Film: The Franklin's Tale

ABSENT
Acacio
Bonifacio
Brisley
Burkett
Clark
Davis, J
Domingo
Foster
Gray
Ignacia
Ketchen
Kimura
Kisner
Kreel
Labbe
Levu
Long
Losbanez
Lutali
McCarthy
McGahey
Napper
Perry
Reid
Rioux
Robertson-J
Rodriguez
Satterwhite
Siatunuu
Spickler
Tanaka
Williams, C
Williams, J N
Williams, L
Woods, V

Monday, November 20, 2006

Monday, November 20, 2006

Monday, November 20, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SSRFF
2. Quiz on Rape of the Lock p532-540 and Wit p542
HOMEWORK: Antithesis from p 528 column 2; find some in the Couplets.
HOMEWORK: Assess essays on Blackberry Picking. Reread O and UU, looking at the
rubric/Scoring Guidelines to find traits that would justify a 9 for O and an 8 for UU.
Do the same for a score of 1 for J and a 2 for A. Have traits ready to discuss.
HOMEWORK: For the multiple choice questions you missed, look at the correct answer
and if you can see why it's correct, write YES and explain why as briefly as you can.
If you don't see why it's correct, write NO.
ABSENT 1
Foster

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Vocabulary quiz 2-11, including moral and satire
ABSENT 2
Losbanez
Siatunuu
ABSENT 4
Crisolo
Domingo
Hollis
Lutali

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Groups 5 & 6 work on presentation with visual aid
3. Groups finish p108 #1-4 and for homework if needed
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Williams

Friday, November 17, 2006

Friday, November 17, 2006

Friday, November 17, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Check work on Pope.
HOMEWORK: Read Rape of the Lock p532-540 and Wit p542
HOMEWORK: Antithesis from p 528 column 2; find some in the Couplets. This was
supposed to be due Monday, but since I didn't write it on the board, I'm not collecting
it until Tuesday.
ABSENT 1
Snyder

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Read The Pardoner's Tale
3. Review vocabulary 10 & 11 moral and satire
ABSENT 2
Frederick
Ridela Cambra
Flores
Gloria
Godoy
Losbanez
ABSENT 4
Gionet
Lutali
Sabatino

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. HOMEWORK: Presentation with visual aid
ABSENT 3
Faulkner
Haraguchi
Marr

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Thursday, November 16, 2006

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Read the Knight, the Squire, and the Prioress (Nun) pp158-163 in the purple book
3. Quiz on Prologue so far (oral)
4. Vocabulary (only period 2 )
#10. moral (n) a lesson about right and wrong,
#11. satire (n) the use of humor to criticize
ABSENT 2
Frederick
Ridela Cambra
ABSENT 4
Corpuz
Sullivan

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz on Swift, Satire, A Modest Proposal
2. Discuss scores on Blackberry Picking
HOMEWORK: Read Pope p525-6 and give top 3 facts;
Couplets p527 answer #1 & list: 1)favorite 2) hardest to understand [& find antitheses p528,column 2, due Monday];
Essay on Criticism p529 #2 and creative response;
Essay on Man p530 #2 & #4
ABSENT 1
none

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Review beginning of Prologue and take quiz
3. Read about the Knight p158
ABSENT 4
Basa
Domingo
Gionet
Johannsdottir
Kimura
Lutali
Neal
Sabatino

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Get in groups to plan presentation on paragraph
HOMEWORK: Presentation with visual aid due Friday
ABSENT 3
Ferrer
Haraguchi
Napper
Ketchen
Farrell

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SSRFF
2. Quiz on the Journal of the Plague Year p 497
3. Share ¶s and Defoe style
4. In groups decide on scores for remaining sample essays
HOMEWORK: Read about Swift p505, Satire p516, A Modest Proposal p518
ABSENT 1
Tanaka

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Review beginning of Prologue and take quiz
3. Read about the Knight p158
ABSENT 2
Francis
Frederick
Ridela Cambra
Stephenson
Bryant

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Discuss notes on p130
3. Get in 6 groups to plan presentation on paragraph
HOMEWORK: Presentation with visual aid due Friday
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Haraguchi
Santos

Monday, November 13, 2006

Monday, November 13, 2006

Monday, November 13, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. pp438-443 quiz Eng Lang
3. Check 3 authors memorable facts
HOMEWORK: Read pp497 Journal of the Plague Year for quiz
HOMEWORK: Write a hearty paragraph for #3 Supporting an Opinion p504
HOMEWORK: Write how you'd describe Defoe's writing and why after rdg RC & PlgYr
ABSENT 1
Snyder

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Finish writing 50 words about how you think a Medieval knight would LOOK and ACT.
Check AR grade to be sure you got credit
ABSENT 2
Losbanez
Orta
Ridela
Reed
Siatunuu
ABSENT 4
Domingo
Lutali
Neal
Witham

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz p130
HOMEWORK: Take 2 column notes for the paragraph for your group on p130
HOMEWORK: Make a plan for your group to do a presentation
ABSENT 3
Parrish

Thursday, November 9, 2006

Thursday, November 9, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Get in groups of 4 or 5
2. Decide on scores for samples A & D
HOMEWORK: Score the rest of the sample essays
HOMEWORK: Read pp438-443 for quiz
HOMEWORK: For Milton, Donne, and Shakespeare, List most memorable --
(1) fact on personal life,
(2) fact on professional literary life,
(3) piece of literature and a quote from it
ABSENT 1
Bailey
Zachery

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Period 2 Finish reading aloud Prologue p157-8 in Rdg Lit (purple bk)
3. Write 50 words about how you think a Medieval knight would LOOK and ACT.
ABSENT 2
Francis
Gloria
Godoy
Madrid
Namahoe
Siatunuu
Whatley
Woods, V
ABSENT 4
Basa
Domingo
Johannsdottir
Lutali
Ramos
Crisolo

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Watch film of Nun's Priest's Tale
3. Get in 6 groups to answer qstns p108, 1-4
HOMEWORK: Read p130 for quiz
ABSENT 3
Napper
Parrish

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Wednesday, November 8, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz Defoe and R. Crusoe
2. Two handouts: Guidelines for grading BBPicking essay & Sample essays
HOMEWORK: Read guidelines. Score and comment on sample essays A & D.
ABSENT 1
Bailey
Zachery

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Read aloud Prologue to Canterbury Tales p157-8 in Rdg Lit (purple bk)
ABSENT 2
Castillo
Francis
Siatunuu
ABSENT 4
Lord
Ramos

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Hand in art on assigned pilgrim
3. Watch film: beginning pilgrims
ABSENT 3
Napper
Parrish
Santos

Monday, November 6, 2006

Monday, November 6, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in art project on Renaissance
HOMEWORK: Read p480 Defoe and p483 Robinson Crusoe
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Prepare to read The Canterbury Tales Period 4 Cafe duty
ABSENT 2
Ridela, P
Siatunuu, J
ABSENT 4
Domingo, J
Gionet, J
Gray, L
Lutali, E
Neal, D
Robinson, X

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz on The Pardoner's Tale p122-129
HOMEWORK: Art on assigned pilgrim due next class
ABSENT 3
Haraguchi, A
Santos, N

Friday, November 03, 2006

Friday, November 3, 2006

Friday, November 3, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century pp448-457
2. Check sentence diagrams
3. Socratic seminar on Paradise Lost
HOMEWORK: Art Project due Mon: Make an advertisement for the Renaissance. Use authors, titles of works read, and some facts and quotes, along with some kind of art. You could do a poster, a pamphlet, or whatever else you can think of.
It will be graded on coverage of work, visual effect, and creativity. Visual effect means color, contrast from white to black, filling the space, neatness, legibility, and effort. Artists know all techniques should support the theme, the Renaissance.
HOMEWORK due Wed: Read pp 480-1 Daniel Defoe and Robinson Crusoe pp483-494 for quiz. Enjoy!
ABSENT 1
Perry, J

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Read ballad, Edward Edward, p76 El. of Lit.
3. Discuss The Canterbury Tales. Read a bit of the Middle English p 88-89.
ABSENT 2
Castillo, M
Francis, S
Frederick, E
Ignacio, J
Namahoe, C
Nguyen, P
Ridela, P
ABSENT 4
Corpuz, C
Crisolo, M
Dang, J
Domingo, J
Faitau, C
Gray, A
Hollis, C
Kimura, C
Lord, J
Lutali, E
Neal, D
Nicks, M
Williams, L

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz pp104 -107 The Canterbury Tales General Prologue
3. Handout for pilgrim art: Discuss
HOMEWORK due Mon: Read pp122-129, The Pardoner's Tale, for quiz
HOMEWORK due Wed: Art Project handout on pilgrims assigned yesterday.
ABSENT 3
Phan, K
Robertson, M

Thursday, November 02, 2006

Thursday, November 2, 2006

Thursday, November 2, 2006

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. From Reading Literature textbook, read "Standardization and Modern English" on p147.
Write the main idea for each of the three paragraphs. Use no more than 10 words for each. Write answers to "Exercise" at the bottom of the page.
ABSENT 2,4
Francis, S
Kreel, D
Ridela, P
Siatunuu, J
Flores, L
Clark, P
Corpuz, C
Day, A
Domingo, J
Witham, A
Lord, J
Lutali, E
Neal, D
Rick, T

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz Temptation of Eve from Paradise Lost
2. Sentence diagrams to help decipher Milton's long sentences (Handout)
HOMEWORK: Diagram sentences on handout
HOMEWORK: Read pp 448-457, The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century, for quiz
ABSENT 1
Foster, D

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Discuss notes and main ideas of paragraphs for the Medieval Period handout
ABSENT 4
Basa, A
Domingo, J
Johannsdottir,S
Lutali, E
Rick, T
Witham, A

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz pp100 -103 The Canterbury Tales General Prologue
3. Art Project and requirements. Pilgrims assigned. No due date yet.
HOMEWORK: Read pp104-107, the Pardoner and the Host, for quiz
ABSENT 3
Graham. S
Acacio, S