Tue, 8/31/10

Tue, 8/31/10

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg
• Show me 300 words total of your college/application essay.

AP Literature
• AR rdg, log
• Discuss problems reading Macbeth
• Quiz on Act 1, scenes 4-7
• Hand in questions p270-1 #6-17
• Class discussion of 6 – 9 & 11.
• Read Act 2 and answer questions 11-18. Know the answers to 1-10.

Mon, 8/23, 2010

Mon, 8/23, 2010

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg, log, quizzes
• College essay assignment handout 300-500 words: due Tuesday, 9/7/10
• Discuss Requirements
• Grades

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg, log, quizzes
• College essay assignment handout 300-500 words: due Wednesday, 9/8/10
• Discuss Requirements and Parts
• Grades

AP Literature
• Quiz Shakespeare & Macbeth Act 1 scenes 1-3
• Hand in notes
• Read aloud. Find peculiarities of language and conventions.
• Grades
HW: Finish Act 1 and answer 6-17 pp270-1.

Drama
Drama
• Read “The Patient” in a circle.

Fri, 8/27/2010

Fri, 8/27/2010

English 12-Pds 1&4
• AR rdg, log, and quizzes
• Discuss "Good & Bad" essays.
• Write 100 more words and hand in.

AP Literature
• Hand in carpe diem essays.
• Read Faerie Queene & paraphrases through stanza 9. Finish next week.
• HW: Read "Shakespeare," pp 247-252 & "Sources of the Play" p253. Take notes on facts you find memorable, perhaps things you haven’t heard before. Divide them into Introduction, Early Plays, “Tragic Period,” The Last Years, Shakespeare’s Genius, and Sources. Quiz Mon.
• HW: Read Macbeth Act I, scenes 1-3, pp255-262 for quiz.

Drama
• Quiz on Stage Directions p686
• Set up a stage for “The Patient”

Thu, 8/26/2010

Thu, 8/26/2010

AP Literature
• Quiz on 3 poems
• Discuss "Nature" & meter
• Hand in Faerie Queene paraphrases .
• Discuss subject, theme, tone, sounds, & figures of speech for the 3 carpe diem poems.
HW: Do critical response p437. See p1237 for help. Focus on answering the main point and use the literary elements to help you. Compare only 2 poems at a time: Coy Mistress to Passionate Shepherd, and Coy Mistress to Virgins. This will be part of your Composition grade.

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg
• Discuss writing college/ application essay with handout “It’s Not the Topic that Counts.” Begin with the story (hook) and end with the trait about yourself that you want to emphasize to your audience (college admissions officer, company personnel recruiter, etc.)
• Write 50 words on one of your experiences and hand in. Concentrate on getting your thoughts on paper. You can improve the writing later after you get your ideas.


Drama
• Rdg Lit p519 Notes
• Begin presenting “The Patient” p686 Rdg Lit.

Wed, 8/25/2010

Wed, 8/25/2010

English 12-Pd 1:
• AR rdg
• Deadline for book 10 pts
• Fill out book slip and get signed. Write your title on my list.
• Get back yesterday's work on essay (list & 25 words for 10 pts)
• Write 75 more and hand in.

English 12-Pd 4:

• AR rdg
• Deadline for book 10 pts.
• Fill out book slip and get signed. Write your title on my list.
• Discuss Essay handout.
HW: Make list of 5 events in your life that you remember.

Drama
Rdg Lit Purple Textbook
p518: Discuss and take notes on Drama Elements (up to Stage Directions)

Tue, 8/24/2010

Tue, 8/24/2010

AR Quiz Deadline Friday, Sept 3

English 12 Period 1
• AR rdg
• Deadline to get a book is tomorrow for 10 points.
• Discuss Essay handout and read "Good" essay
• Make list of 5 events in your life that you remember fairly well.
Pick one to write about. Write 25 words to hand in today.

AP Literature
• AR rdg: Deadline for having AR book: Thu. Get Book Notes slip.
• Hand in words on life events.
• Get handouts for good and bad essay and read. Final essay will be 300-500 words.
• Discuss Faerie Queene stanzas 1-3.
HW: Get 1, 2, or 3 stanzas to paraphrase.
HW:Read p232 Passionate Shepherd, p385 To the Virgins, p436 Coy Mistress for a reading-check quiz. Know what happens in each one. Look at the questions at the end of each to check your understanding.

Mon, 8/23/2010

Mon, 8/23/2010

English 12
• AR rdg

Pd 1 get:
-Book Notes slip and
-College/Application-Essay handout

Pd 4 Get GFgold book to read p486 from Face to Face to p490
• A sample list of events for your autobiography
1. First memory
2. Family
3. Friends
4. Schools

AP Literature
• Quiz pp200-201 & check
• Get books to check HW, discuss, hand in
• College essay handout
HW: Read “Sonnet 75” and “The Flood-Tide” and write Critical Response p213
HW: Make a list of memories, pick one and write 200 words about it or pick 2 and write 100 words each.

Drama
• Finishing your scene: How is it going? Is there a better way?
• Reading: “The Patient” p686. Reading check & read aloud.

Thu, 8/19, 2010

Thu, 8/19, 2010 Mrs. Zimmerman

English 12 Period 4
• AR reading
• Hand in writing not finished in class yesterday from 4 kinds of writing: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive.
• Vocab quiz covering the first 7 words:
descriptive,
narrative,
expository,
persuasive
ambiguous,
connotation,
mnemonic

AP Literature
• AR reading 10mins
• Hand in notes on meter and Raleigh
• Hand in answers to questions on “Nature, That Washed Her Hands in Milk”
• Quiz on Meter, Raleigh, “Nature, That Washed Her Hands in Milk”.
• Discuss “They Flee from Me” p190 and get out the Tone assignment to discuss and hand in.
• Discuss “Nature, That Washed Her Hands in Milk” p 195
•HW Assignment on handout: Read p200 and answer the 4 questions below for The Faerie Queene for a quiz.
1. How is the Faerie Queene different from a classical epic?
2. What is below the surface of The Faerie Queene?
3. What two meanings of faerie did Spenser intend in The Faerie Queene?
4. What works are synthesized into The Faerie Queene?
•HW: Read the bold print on p 201 and draw a six-frame storyboard on binder paper to illustrate the events in the second column. Label everything in your drawings. Also write a “cast of characters” using all names mentioned for each character, such as Fair Virgin, Una, and Truth, who is the first character mentioned. Add color if you can.
•HW: Read the first three stanzas of Faerie Queene on p 201. Write one sentence for each stanza telling what you think it is saying.
Stanza 1
Stanza 2
Stanza 3

Drama
• Sit with group in close circle. Each group have someone read the group-written beginning of the script. Then each person finish the scene in his/her own way. When finished, staple a comment sheet to your script and let the other members read and comment. Hand in at the end of class.

Wed, 8/18/2010

Wed, 8/18/2010

Period 1: English 12
• AR reading
• Hand in writing not finished in class yesterday from 4 kinds of writing: descriptive, narrative, expository, and persuasive.
• Vocab quiz covering the first 7 words:
descriptive
narrative
expository
persuasive
ambiguous
connotation
mnemonic

Period 4: English 12
• AR reading
• Check descriptive ¶
• Write narrative, expository, and persuasive ¶s and hand in. If not finished, hand in what’s done, do the rest for homework and hand in tomorrow for 10%-off credit.

Drama
• Sit with group with desks in a close circle.
• Using script format, everyone together write the beginning of your group-scene script on each person’s own paper, giving everyone lines.

Tue, 8/17, 2010

Tue, 8/17, 2010

English 12
• AR reading
• Check descriptive paragraph
• Write narrative, expository, and persuasive paragraphs and hand in for full credit. If not finished, hand in what is done for full credit, do the rest for homework, and hand in tomorrow for 10%-off credit.

AP Literature
• AR reading postpone to Thursday with sub.
• Give me final and first drafts of essay & outline.
• Discuss & paraphrase “They Flee from Me” to discuss Thursday.
• Partner quiz presentation to class
HW: Answer tone qstns on handout for discussion of “They Flee from Me”p190.
HW: Read & take notes on Poetic Meter p193, “Sir Walter Raleigh” p194 for quiz.
HW: Read “Nature, That Washed Her Hands in Milk” p195 and answer qstns 1-6 p196.

Mon, 8/16, 2010

Mon, 8/16, 2010

English 12
• AR reading
• Notes on writing
-Narrative
-Expository
HW: Write 1 ¶ of at least 50 words in DESCRIPTIVE writing and label it Descriptive. Use at least 3 of the 5 senses.

AP Literature
•Hand in: (Each “HW” means a separate sheet)
1. Qstns & answers for Renaissance poetry,
2. Critical Response: Analyzing Diction in “They Flee from Me”
3. Notes on Petrarchan Sonnets
•Quiz on Renaissance Poetry & Petrarchan Sonnets
•Discuss “They Flee from Me” tomorrow
HW Due Tue: Final & first drafts of essay & outline
No minimum length is required, but I would like to see 600 words or more.
1. Write the prompt and its year between your title & your essay.
2. Underline the THESIS in the Introduction and Conclusion ¶s and the TOPIC SENTENCE in each Body ¶ of the final draft of your essay
•Look at & discuss “Loneliness & Love” essay to find THESIS and TOPIC SENTENCES and compare with AP essay rubric

Drama
•Group 3 & 4 perform
•Write reflections and hand in.

Fri, 8/13/10 & Renaissance Poetry Questions

Fri, 8/13/10

English 12
• AR rdg
• Pd 1 Quiz partners and present to class
• Pd 4 Quiz on Believe and Organize handout
• Vocabulary & 4 Kinds of Writing: 1. Descriptive, 2. Persuasive, •ambiguous (SAT), definitions & examples


AP Literature
• Get essays back and take notes about problems.
• AR books that get 1 quarter to read are those with pts > or = to 20, or the pts times the rdg level = to or >100
• Get partner and quiz each other on yourselves.
HW: Due Mon:
•Read pp176-9 and answer 11 qstns on Ren. Poetry from handout. See questions at bottom.
•Read “They Flee from Me” p190 & write “A Critical Response, 2. Analyzing Diction” p191 .
•Read “Petrarchan Sonnets” p191 & take notes for quiz (this article is packed with information, so take good notes & study)
HW Due Tues:
•Final and first drafts of essay and outline.
1. Write the prompt and its year between your title & your essay.
2. Underline the thesis in the Introduction and Conclusion ¶s and the topic sentence in each body ¶ of the final draft of your essay

Drama
• Sit in groups in your area and prepare to perform
• Handout: Script Format, Group 1, Early group,make your improv into a scene script
• Group 2 perform: Bronston group
• Write reflections individually ( except group that performed, write as a group)

Renaissance Poetry pp176-179 Answer the following questions and be ready for a quiz.
1. What years ( give the numbers) were considered one of the greatest ages of English poetry?
2. What was the primary tone of most poetry and other literature of the Renaissance? Why? ( briefly)
3. How were the leisured and educated people portrayed in pastorals?
4. What adjectives would describe most Renaissance poems ( other than songs, which were simple and sincere) ?
5. What term of approval and admiration for poems of the Renaissance meant "skillfully made"?
6. What four qualities did Renaissance poetry have that are unlike most of our poetry today?
7. What was a "conceit" and how do they seem to us today? Give an example.
8. Name 5 uses of Renaissance poetry for purposes that are now served by prose.
9. What was considered the highest kind of poetry during the Renaissance?
10. Who were England's two great poets of this "highest kind" of poetry?
11. What one great Renaissance idea and philosophy was found in both their poems?

Thu, 8/12/10

Thu, 8/12/10

English 12
• AR rdg
• Pd 1 Share quizzes and present partner
• Pd 4 Finish presenting partner; check materials, study handout Believe & Organize for quiz

AP Literature
• AR rdg 10 mins
• Hand in draft & outline
• Check notes on Renaissance, hand in, & quiz orally.
• Finish "Reading Analysis" questions.
HW: Due Mon: Read pp176-9 and answer qstns on Ren. Poetry from Friday handout.
HW: Read “They Flee from Me” p190 & write “A Critical Response: 2. Analyzing Diction” p191.
HW: Read “Petrarchan Sonnets” p191 and take notes for quiz.

Drama
• Separate room into 4 group sections
• Set up plan for improvisation
• Perform for class
• Write reflection

Wed, 8/11, 2010

Wed, 8/11, 2010

English 12
• AR rdg
• Pd 1: Quiz on H.O.
• Pd 4: Share quizzes and present

AP Literature
• Reading analysis questions
HW: Read “The Renaissance” pp166- 175. After reading one of the 8 sections, make a note of something you found significant in it. Do the same for the other seven. Use Cornell notes. Quiz Thur. COPYING = F
HW: AR book and First draft of essay and outline due tomorrow, Thur.

Drama
• Presentations
• Form Improvisation groups

Tue, 8/10, 2010

Tue, 8/10, 2010

English 12
• AR reading
• Handout: Believe and Get Organized

AP Literature
• Get lists of works of literary merit.
• Show me your thesis and outline or freewrite.
• Discuss Reading Analysis question #7.
HW: First draft and outline due Thursday.
HW: Bring AR book for Thurs.

Drama
• Finish presentations
• Finish discussion

Mon, 8/9, 2010

Mon, 8/9, 2010

English 12
Pd 1: ID&Planner
• Begin reading tomorrow, bring book
• Materials check (5)

AP Literature
• Get books from library.
• Literary Terms questions returned. Discuss the need to connect the literary elements of a work to its meaning as a whole and one way to do it.
• Handouts for essay:
-How to write a thesis,
-Literary analysis (2),
-Charlie essay,
-Rubric.
•Bring book to read for AR Thursday.
HW: Read handouts. Adjust thesis as needed.
Write outline with 2-4 items of evidence for each supporting idea. Or, freewrite 400 words about your thesis and supporting ideas and write outline later.

Drama
• Hand in 3 ideas for situations. Example: Breaking up with your boy/girl friend.
• Finish presentations.

Fri, 8/6, 2010

Fri, 8/6, 2010

Pds 1,4 Eng12
• Pd 1 name on planner! Checking ID & Planner Mon!
• Any more contact sheets?
• Meecher Teacher Quiz
HW: Write 5 interesting or unusual facts about yourself for 5 points. On a separate sheet, write a multiple choice quiz with 3 answers for each of your 5 questions for 15 points.
HW: Have 4 materials(on p2 of syllabus) and syllabus for points Monday.

AP Literature
• Hand in contact sheets.
• Hand in 5 facts & get back to make quiz.
• Quiz “How to Mark a Book”
• Get books and annotations back.
• Meecher Teacher Quiz
• Reading Analysis: hand in today or Mon.
HW: On a separate sheet, write a multiple choice quiz about yourself with 3 answers for each of 5-10 questions about yourself.
HW: From the handout list of Open Questions, find a topic that fits your novel. Write a thesis proposal that includes a main idea and 2-4 supporting ideas.

Drama
• Share quizzes with partner and with class.
HW: Make a list of 3 situations to do for improvisation .

Thu, 8/5, 2010

Thu, 8/5, 2010

English12
•Hand in contact sheets.
•Discuss AR books due
•Discuss syllabus
•Materials due Mon for points
• Period 4: Meecher Teacher quiz
HW: Write 5 interesting or unusual facts about your self

AP Literature
•Quiz on terms: 11 summer + 10 figures of speech.
•Get syllabus add-on & contact sheet to be signed
HW: Reading Analysis: read and answer 8 questions, 7 & 8 fully
HW: Write 5 or 10 interesting or unusual facts about self.

Drama
•Use your 5 facts to write a quiz about yourself, with 3 multiple choice answers to each question.

Wed, 8/4, 2010

Wed, 8/4, 2010

Periods 1 & 4 English 12
Get syllabus & contact form to fill out, get signed & return for 10 pts.
(Pd 1 got #1 of Meecher Teacher)
(Pd 4 discussed class information page)

Period 2 AP Lit
1. AR quiz in Mac lab.
HW: New list of terms: Figures of Speech from AP Exam. Study for quiz.
Tomorrow: Finish quiz on summer literary terms and add new terms to quiz. Also, fill-in-the-blank quiz on “How to Mark a Book” from summer assignment. See Summer Assignment below this post or you can Google it also.

Period 6 Drama
1. Hand in contact sheets
2. Meecher teacher quiz, check, and hand in.
HW: Write 5 interesting or unusual facts about your self.
3. Hand in your answers to 6 questions today or tomorrow .

Tue, Aug 3, 2010

Tue, Aug 3, 2010

Periods 1 & 4
1. Alpha seating
2. Get ID photos
3. Discuss class procedures

Period 2
1. Alpha seating & syllabus
2. Quiz on basic literary terms from summer assignment
3. Hand in annotations/book and answers to literary term questions
HW: tomorrow AR quiz and finish literary term quiz

Period 6
1. Alpha seating
2. Syllabus and student/parent/teacher contact sheet to return for 10 pts tomorrow.
HW: Answer 6 questions about theater/drama with at least 50 words each to discuss tomorrow.