Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on Donne; quiz Friday on life and metaphysical poetry
2. Presentations
3. EXAM
HW due Oct 10: Essay on Hamlet 1000 words with quotations

PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet
3. EXAM

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Read Beowulf: The Battle with Grendel from purple book

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz
2. Hamlet video
3. Presentations by Malorie and Vince
HW: Read about John Donne pp362-9.
Answer all interpreting questions & do one creative response & one critical response.

PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Quarter 1 Exam
2. AR reading and study

Monday, September 24, 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Take AR quiz

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on sonnets pp345-6
2. Show me your true false qstns for mythology
3. Watch Hamlet video
HW: Presentations due when video is over.
HW due Thursday: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.

PERIOD 6
1. Find prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout

Friday, September 21, 2007

Friday, September 21, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet

PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in Hamlet research reports
3. Get handouts 1) answers to sect 1 mult choice 2) Mult choice terms used on AP exam
4. Hamlet video: the play and Hamlet confronts his mother
HOMEWORK: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.
HOMEWORK: Read sonnets 116 and 130 on pp 345-6 Answer questions and do Creative Response
Coming: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.

PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet
3. Check diagrams and learn how to diagram prepositional phrases.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Thursday, September 20, 2007

PERIOD 2:
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book

PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in sets 1 & 2 mult choice "What went wrong?"
3. Check Pract test 1 section 1 mult choice and hand in.
4. Sign up for Hamlet article. REPORT IS DUE TOMORROW, FRIDAY.
5. Sign up for Allusion Presentation #11-34
6. Watch Hamlet video
ALLUSION PRESENTATION
1) Pick a figure to present to the class from 11-34 on list.
2) Tell the story in your own words, not from the handout.
3) You may find more info if there's not much on the sheet, but don't replace sheet info with new info.
4) Speak up to 2 minutes only.
5) Hand in 2 true/false questions for your figure on MONDAY.
6) Use note cards with no sentences.
7) Have a visual aid that has elements big enough to be seen from the back.
HOMEWORK: Hamlet research report
HOMEWORK due Monday: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.

PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Voc Qz 21-30
3. Discuss predicates (complements): direct object, predicate noun, predicate adjective
4. List prepositions and look for prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout.
HOMEWORK: Find prepositional phrases in handout on Beowulf.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book

PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 19-28 and p.o.s.
2. Check 3 sentence diagrams
3. More parts of a sentence: direct objects, predicate nouns and predicate adjectives
HOMEWORK: Try to diagram the rest of the sentences using the info given on the left

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Socratic seminar on Beowulf and hand in answers to qstns 1-10
Period 2 excused from qstn 5

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 2 & 5 today or Thursday
2. Quiz on Elements of Style, 1-10 Allusions, and Voc 13-22
3. Hamlet video
HOMEWORK: Bring in the title, author, and publication date for a critical article on Hamlet for APPROVAL
HW: For qstns missed on set 1 Leisure & 2 Captain MacWhirr, briefly tell why you missed each one.
HW: Multiple choice Practice Test 1, Section 1, On Superstition
HW: Hamlet research assignment due Friday

Monday, September 17, 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007

PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading 10 mins
Period 1: Discuss AR books being read
Period 2: Finish reading Beowulf HOMEWORK: answer 10 questions for Tuesday

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 1,7,8
2. Hand in best 3-5 things learned from 1) Style handout & 2) Wrtg Lit Analysis web doc
3. Quiz Voc 11-20 & 2 terms
HOMEWORK: Write a thesis and an outline of subtopics for prompts 5 & 2
HOMEWORK: Quiz on Elements of STyle handout
HOMEWORK: Quiz on Allusions handout 1-10
HOMEWORK: Hamlet research- find an article to report on and bring the title, author, & date by Thursday

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz vocab 17-26 and parts of speech
2. Check ACT reading 1-40
3. Discuss diagramming sentences and get handout
HOMEWORK: Diagram # 2, 10) Mom sleeps quietly. and 11) The weather fluctuated today.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Thursday, September 13, 2007

PERIOD 2: Seniors take ASVAB in cafeteria.

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 6,4,3 and answers for 3.1 and 3.3 and Hamlet
2. Quiz voc 9-18 and term
4. Film Hamlet
HOMEWORK: Write a thesis and an outline of subtopics for prompts 1,7,8 (For Tues 5 & 2)
HOMEWORK: Read the 2 writing handouts and list in order your top 3 to 5 best new things learned for each.
e.g.Wrtg Papers #1 Focus on characterization rather than characters;Els of Style #1 Avoid the use of qualifiers

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz vocab 15-24 and parts of speech
2. Check usage from PSAT

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading
2. Answer questions p10 for Beowulf

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz vocab 13-22 and "tion" parts of speech
2. Editing marks
3. Hand in revisions to house essays
4. Fill out sheet on parts of 5 ¶ essay
HOMEWORK: SAT usage questions

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Read Beowulf

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in paraphrases of soliloquies 3.1 and 3.3
2. Quiz 7-16 and terms
3. Discuss prompts
4. Film of Hamlet
HOMEWORK: Write a thesis and an outline of subtopics for prompts 6, 4, & 3
HOMEWORK: Answer questions on soliloquies 3.1 and 3.3 and on the Hamlet handout.

Monday, September 10,2007

Monday, September 10,2007

PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Hand in notes and paraphrases on happiness essay
3. Hand in writing about hero or villain
4. Per 1 quiz on vocabulary 1 & 2
5. Read the plot of Beowulf and discuss the 3 main characters

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Act 5 Hamlet and vocabulary 5-14
2. Hand in qstns for 2 soliloquies 1.2 & 2.2
3. Check multiple choice practice
HOMEWORK: Read the 8 prompts for Hamlet to pick the one hardest for you to write and the one easiest for you. We'll discuss them Tuesday
HOMEWORK: Paraphrase the 2 soliloquies 3.1 & 3.3 introduced in the questions

PERIOD 6
1. Vocabulary 11-20
2. Hand in ACT essay
3. Get back House essays
HOMEWORK: Revise House essays for Wednesday

Friday, September 7, 2007

Friday, September 7, 2007

PERIODs 1& 2
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Discuss paraphrase point #3 in happiness article
3. Vocabulary: 1. figurative 2. literal
4. Read p4 about CHARACTERS from early Anglo Saxon literature
HMWK: Finish paraphrasing points 4 -7 in happiness article.
HW: Write about a hero or a villain: how they act; what they do; what character traits cause their actions.

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Voc 3-12 and Act 4 Hamlet
2. Hand in soliloquy paraphrases; read some in class.
HOMEWORK: Read Act 5. Answer the qstns for the 2 soliloquies on the handout. 1.2 and 2.2
HOMEWORK : Voc 5-14. Multiple choice practice 1-13.

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz Vocab 9-18
2. Check reading section qstns ACT 1-40
HOMEWORK: ACT essay

Thursday, September 6, 2007

Thursday, September 6, 2007

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Paraphrase point #2 in happiness article
3. Get map handout and textbook to see what groups of people lived in and invaded England pp 2 & 3.
HOMEWORK: Write a paraphrase for point #3 in happiness article.

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz Voc 1-10 and Act 3 Hamlet
2. Survey of rigor for Model Schools
3. Hand in summer essay #2, revision, and list of corrections.
4. Handouts of multiple choice practice and answer sheets to see what you missed and why.
5. Read aloud Hamlet soliloquies.
HOMEWORK: Read Act 4 and paraphrase the 2 soliloquies on the handout questions: 1.2 and 2.2
HOMEWORK due Monday: Answer the questions on the soliloquy handout and read Act 5.

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz Vocab 7-16
2. Finish checking English section qstns ACT
HOMEWORK: ACT reading qstns 1-40.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Paraphrase point #2 in happiness article
3. Get map handout and textbook to see what groups of people lived in and invaded England pp 2 & 3.
HOMEWORK: Write a paraphrase for point #3 in happiness article.

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz Vocab 5-14
2. Check English section qstns ACT
HOMEWORK: ACT reading qstns 1-20.

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR silent reading and logs for points.
2. Discuss Notes on happiness article, vocabulary: objective and subjective
3. Discuss article from pp 2 & 3 in textbook about the Celts, Romans, and Anglo Saxons who lived in England long ago.

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz on Voc 1- 8, a literary term, and Act 2 of Hamlet
2. Hand in the 2 reading record cards and the 2 summer novels.
3. Get back essay # 2 and another handout on comment abbreviations for interpreting comments to essay. Discuss.
HOMEWORK: Make a list of correction comments made on your essay to hand in. Revise your essay.
HOMEWORK: Read Act 3 of Hamlet.