Thursday, May 3, 2007

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Periods 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Presentations

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in essays w/alias & 5 terms you need to learn or learn better.
HW: Score and comment on the sample essays using the guideline sheet.
HW: Complete the Macbeth reading card.
2. Term presentations continued.
3. Discuss Macbeth with respect to open essay topics.

Period 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Presentations

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. ANy more essays?
3. Quiz chs 6-8 and essay question
HW: Read chs 9-12 for Fri
Read chs 13-16 for Mon
Read ch 17 for Tues

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Tuesday, May 1, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Term presentations
3. Quiz on 6 terms
HW: AP essay for practice. Students will comment on these in class and suggest a score. I forgot to tell you to use an alias on your paper instead of your own name.
HW : Pick 5 other terms you don't know or need to know better. List them for tomorrow.

Periods 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Presentations

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. ANy more essays?
3. Quiz chs 4 & 5
HW: Read chs 6-8 for Wed
Read chs 9-12 for Fri (around 40 pp)
Read chs 13-16 for Mon (around 40 pp)
Read ch 17 for Tues (around 20 pp)

Monday, April 30, 2007

Monday, April 30, 2007

PERIOD 1
• SRF
• Check term handout for terms already known
• Hand in pp329 soliloquies & p330-2 two-column-(Cornell)-note-style outline of 4 key words and at least 9 (total) details in support
* HW: Study the definitions of the following terms for a quiz tomorrow, Tues:
-imagery,
-narrative techniques,
-resources of language,
-rhetorical techniques,
-strategy (or rhetorical strategy), and
-style.
I will give you the term and you'll give the definition. You only need to give the first sentence, although you should have read the whole discussion to help you remember the definition. Word for word is good, but not necessary if you have all the elements.
* HW: Present one of the words in front of the class tomorrow. Use a visual aid to help students remember the meaning.
Kia: imagery,
Dana: imagery,
Danielle: resources of language,
Alora: resources of language
Adam: style
Angela: rhetorical techniques

PERIODs 2 & 4
• AR rdg
• Write notes/outline of your speech on a sheet of paper. Topics will be either your persuasive essay topic or a book you want to recommend or not recommend. Use the thesis builder sheet to write a thesis and organize your outline if you do a book.
• Let me check it to make sure you are writing only short notes, not sentences.
• Then copy notes/outline onto the 4x6 note card I give you.
• Hand in your sheet of notes for 10 pts (and your note card if you don't want to take it home to practice with).
• Speeches will last from 2 to 4 minutes and begin in our next class. Volunteers go first, then you'll go alphabetically.

PERIOD 3
• AR rdg of Jane Eyre or another AR book
• Hand in Macbeth essay as I come around to pick them up.
• Quiz chapters 1-3 Jane Eyre
* HW: Read chs 4 & 5

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

PERIOD 1
• Check homework p329 & p330-2
• Discuss
• Film
HW: Mark all the terms you know in the Terms handout
HW: Redo today's homework if you did it but didn't understand the instructions

PERIOD 4 • AR reading
• Discuss rubric for presentation; topics are 1) your persuasive essay topic or 2) why you should or should not read a certain book you read for AR
• Write notes for your presentation on paper before putting them on your card

PERIOD 3 • AR reading
• Get Jane Eyre books
HW: Read ch 1-3 for Mon quiz if time, or 1-5 for Tues quiz
HW: Macbeth essay due Monday

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

PERIOD 1 SRF
Hand in qstns 11-13 p332
Quiz Act 5
Film
HW: Due Wed: Read article on soliloquies and asides; list significant words from or description of each soliloquy listed on p329
Read article; outline using 2-column (Cornell) notes the 4 major headings with at least 9 details/examples/evidence p330-2 for quiz. Don't write sentences from book. Use no more than ca. 5 words per note.

PERIOD 2 AR rdg
Rubric for presentation
Write notes for card for presentation and hand in
Write notes on card
Presentation begins Monday

PERIOD 3 AR rdg
600 words due today for Macbeth essay
Due date postponed to Monday, 4/30

Monday, April 23, 2007

Monday, April 23, 2007

PERIOD 1 SRF
Hand in last reading card and p316 qstns12-15
Quiz Act 4
HW: Read Act 5 and do qstns p332 #11-13
HW: Due Wed: Read article on soliloquies and asides; list significant words from or description of each soliloquy listed on p329
Read article; outline using 2-column (Cornell) notes the 4 major headings with at least 9 details/examples/evidence p330-2 for quiz. Don't write sentences from book. Use no more than ca. 5 words per note.

PERIODs 2 & 4 AR reading and quizzes (Deadline today)
Persuasive essays due:Final draft, rough draft (5 pts) w/ editing in different color (5 pts), final outline (5 pts), and
rough outline (5 pts)

PERIOD 3 AR reading and quizzes (Deadline today)
600 words due Tuesday on Macbeth essay

Friday, April 20, 2007

Friday, April 20, 2007

PERIOD 1
Hand in card
Hand in p300 #8 and 1 question of your own
Quiz Act 3
Film
HW: Read Act 4 & answer p316 #12-15 in complete sentences

PERIODs 2 & 4 AR rdg
Period 2: Hand in
1)FINAL DRAFTS double spaced, heading on left, original title
2)Rough draft with corrections in a different color
3)Final outline
4)Rough outline
Period 4: Show me conclusion ¶ for 10 points; type paper

PERIOD 3 AR rdg
Show me 300 words total
HW: 600 words for Tues; Final draft due Wed 4/25

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Thursday, April 19, 2007

PERIOD 2 AR rdg
Show me your conclusion ¶ for 10 pts
Type final drafts, due tomorrow

PERIOD 4 AR rdg
Show me your introduction ¶ for 10 pts
Write the conclusion ¶
Final draft due date postponed to Monday

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

PERIOD 1
Quiz Act 2
Hand in reading cards
Film Acts 1 & 2
HW: Read Act 3; answer #8 p300 in complete sentences; write a question w/o a definite answer

PERIOD 4 AR rdg
Show me 3rd body ¶ for 10 pts; Write introduction ¶

PERIOD 3 AR rdg
Show me thesis, outline, and 100 words
HW: Write 200 more words for Friday (Show me 300 total)
HW: Show me 600 words by Tuesday 4/24
HW: Hand in on Wednesday 4/25:
Final draft double spaced, heading on left, original title
Rough draft with corrections in a different color
Final outline
Rough outline

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

PERIOD 1 SRF
Reading card: hand in
Quiz Macbeth Act 1 and intro p 753
Discuss
HW: Read Act 2 pp272-283
HW: Reading card

PERIOD 2 AR rdg
Hand in Introduction ¶ for 10 points
Write conclusion ¶ Begin with complete thesis reworded and end with a personal comment related to the main idea.
Here's mine:
I admit that reading Pride and Prejudice could take a while,
but those who take the time to read it will love the book,
since it's about the most important thing in life--love,
and since Austen's words will entrance any reader.
It's no wonder that Pride and Prejudice is considered one of the most important classics in English literature.

PERIOD 3 AR rdg
Write thesis for Macbeth essay
HW: Write thesis and outline and 100 words for tomorrow

Monday, April 16, 2007

Monday, April 16, 2007: Regular TASK & 4 period schedule tomorrow

PERIOD 1 SRF
Hand in essays on Jane Eyre. Sign sheet.
Check and hand in Reading Record Card 2
HW: Read Act 1 Macbeth in your textbook: pp253(intro)-270

PERIODs 2&4 AR rdg
Period 2: 3rd body ¶ due today; write Introduction ¶, due tomorrow
Period 4: 2nd body ¶ due today; write 3rd body ¶, due next class (Wed)

PERIOD 3 AR rdg
Finish Macbeth movie
Handout of Macbeth Outline
Review essay topic choices in textbook and on assignment sheet

Friday, April 13, 2007

Friday, April 13, 2007 Sub: Ms. Pepper

PERIOD 1
Check 600 words of essay draft
Hand in poems you wrote like Pope and Byron
Hand in one Reading Record Card
Check multiple choice practice exam
HW: Final draft, rough draft w/corrections in different color, final outline and rough outline of Jane Eyre essay
HW: Second Reading Record Card

PERIODs 2 & 4 AR rdg
Period 2: 2nd body ¶ due today; write 3rd body ¶ due Monday
Period 4: 1st body ¶ due today; write 2nd body ¶ due Monday

PERIOD 3 AR rdg
Watch Macbeth video

Thursday, April 12, 2007

Thursday, April 12, 2007

PERIOD 1
Check for words of essay on JE
Handout multiple choice practice, due today or tomorrow
Reading Record Cards due one each day from tomorrow, Friday, to the following Friday, with one day off

PERIODs 2 & 4 AR rdg
First body ¶aragraph due today for 10 points
Begin writing second body paragraph, due tomorrow

PERIOD 3
No work, due to Lockdown

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

PERIOD 1
Check 400 words of your JE essay
Reading Record Cards will be for a grade:
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Cry the Beloved Country
Hamlet
Novel of your group
Jane Eyre
HW: 200 more words for 600 total tomorrow

PERIOD 2 & 4 AR silent rdg
Outline of 3 body ¶s due today for persuasive essay
Write first body ¶aragraph with topic sentence. Concede the argument against your opinion.

PERIOD 3 AR silent rdg
Hand in quotation visual
Finish reading Act 5 and watch film of Macbeth

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

PERIOD 1
Check 200 words of essay
HW add 200 words to have 400 in class

PERIODS 2 & 4
Write outline of 3 body paragraphs with at least 2 supporting facts eachand hand in

PERIOD 3
Finish reading Act 5
HW: Handout on Quotation Visual due tomorrow ( old favorite lines returned)

Monday, April 9, 2007

Monday, April 9, 2007

PERIOD 1
Check thesis and outline for Jane Eyre essay
Get handout on reading record cards

PERIODs 2 & 4
Review thesis building for persuasive essay from handout
Write outline using for and against ideas

PERIOD 3
Read aloud Act 4

Thursday, April 5, 2007

Thursday, April 5, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Check poems. Discuss syllables and accent (stressed syllable)
2. Hand in poems or take home to revise
HW: Jane Eyre essay work due Monday: Thesis and outline

Periods 2 & 4
1. AR rdg
2. Continue persuasive paper. Review steps 2 & 3. Do THESIS builder on back of sheet. Hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR rdg
2. Read Act 4 from p309 to end

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Grades review
2. Handout for Jane Eyre analysis, with due dates
3. Hand in poems

Periods 2 & 4
1. AR rdg
2. Continue persuasive paper. For one of your topics, do steps 2 & 3. Hand in.
3. Grades review

PERIOD 3
1. Grades review

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in questions chs 35,36,37
3. Writing on JE chs 35-38
4. Check first poem for completion; take home to write second poem
HW: Write a poem of 8 lines like Byron in Don Juan p684 Use iambic pentameter and ottava rima abababcc

Periods 2 & 4
1. AR rdg
2. Take Notes on Prioress paper. #1 In a 5 ¶ paper the THESIS and Topic Sentences have to be in PLACE.
3. Begin persuasive essay. Worksheet: How to begin. Choose at least 5 possible topics. Hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Check outline p330-2 and hand in.
3. Quiz on pp330-2

Monday, April 2, 2007

Monday, April 2, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Critical Response paper p690 Pope & Byron returned
3. Discuss iambic pentameter: iamb= one unstressed syllable +one stressed syllable
pentameter= five iambs in one line The words "discuss" & "annoy" are iambic.
HW: Read to end of book. Write a question for each ch 35, 36, 37 No vocab
HW: Write a poem of 8 lines like Pope in Rape of the Lock p533 Use any subject you want. Use heroic couplets aabbccdd in iambic pentameter
HW due Wed: Write a poem of 8 lines like Byron in Don Juan p684 Use iambic pentameter and ottava rima abababcc

Periods 2 & 4
1. AR rdg
2. Discuss qtr 4: persuasive paper, presentation of book or paper, read Treasure Island
3. Literary analysis of The Canterbury Tales returned

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Read Act 4 aloud
HW: Read pp 330-332 for a quiz. Outline the 4 sections by listing as follows:
Name of section 1 (in bold print)
4 supporting examples
Name of section 2
3 supporting examples
Name of section 3
1 supporting example
Name of section 4
1 supporting example

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work chs 29-30
HW: Read chs 31-34, no voc or qstn

PERIOD 2
1. AR rdg 10 mins
2. Make-up work:
Exam,
AR silent rdg,
p90 questions 1-10

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

PERIODs 3 & 4
1. AR rdg 10 minutes
2. Review for exam
3. Qtr 3 Exam

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF & Hand in work on ch 28
2. Third Quarter Exam
HW: Read ch 29-30. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn per chpt

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Review & take Qtr 3 Exam (period 2)
Review sheets handed out (period 4)

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Review for exam

Monday, March 12, 2007

Monday, March 12, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF & Hand in work on ch 27
2. Write about ch27
3. Discuss Mult. Choice prose qstns 29-30
HW: Read ch 28. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Finish Macbeth movie & review for tomorrow's exam (period 2) ;
Finish answering 10 questions p90 (period 4)

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Reading aloud Act 4 scene 1, 2, and 3 to line 60

Friday, March 9, 2007

Friday, March 9, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on ch 24-26
2. Quiz chs 25-26
3. Check Mult. Choice prose qstns 29-42
HW: Read ch 27. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes & get study guides for Qtr3 exam
2. Watch Macbeth (period 2); Answer 10 questions p90 (period 4)

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes & get study guides for Qtr3 exam
2. Listen to reading aloud Act 4 scene 1

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Thursday, March 8, 2007 Sub: Mr. Salanoa

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on ch 24 with tomorrow's work on chs 25-26
2. Writing about ch 24
3. Get Mult. Choice prose qstns 29-42
4. AP essay Question 3 (open question) write in class
HW: Read chs 25-26. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn
HW: Multiple choice poem 2: 29-42, Practice test 2

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Watch Macbeth

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Hand in 2 ¶ homework
3. Watch Macbeth up to witches and apparitions (up to act 4)

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Wednesday, March 7, 2007 ANNOUNCEMENT! Today through 3/9 we have a FRIDAY SCHEDULE.

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on ch 22,23
2. Quiz ch 22,23 and discuss
3. Finish checking Mult. Choice poem & start checking prose by Dickens
HW: Read chs 24. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn
HW: due Friday- Multiple choice poem 2, Practice test 2

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Period 2: Watch Macbeth banquet scene
Period 4 : Watch Macbeth witches and apparitions scene

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Quiz p329 "Soliloquies"
3. Return of HEA contest stories
HW: For Act 4, scenes 2 & 3, write 2 paragraphs showing how Shakespeare uses images of birds to depict Macbeth's effect on other characters.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF and hand in work on ch 21
2. Quiz ch 21 and discuss
3. Hand in Revised Kids Day story or poem
4. Check Multiple choice poem, Practice test 2
HW: Read chs 22-23. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn
HW: Multiple choice prose, Practice test 2

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Period 2: watch Macbeth banquet scene

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Check subject matter of soliloquies listed on p329
3. Watch Macbeth to banquet scene and talk w/ murderer
HW: Quiz tomorrow on p329 and list of soliloquies
Write main idea of soliloquies listed on p329 if not done yet

Monday, March 5, 2007

Monday, March 5, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF and hand in work on ch 20
2. Quiz ch 20 and discuss
HW: Read ch 21. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn
HW: Revised Kids Day story or poem
HW: Multiple choice poem Practice test 2

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE TODAY!
2. Period 4: watch Macbeth banquet scene

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE TODAY!
2. Check outline Act 5 (8 scenes)
HW: Read p 329 Soliloquies and write the main idea of each soliloquy listed, for quiz tomorrow.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Friday, March 2, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on chs 17-19
2. Quiz chs 17-19
3. Discuss
4. Finish appreciation sheets
HW: Read ch 20. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn
HW: Write: Why does Mr. Rochester's tone and attitude change suddenly at the end of the chapter?
HW: due Tues: Revised Kids Day story or poem
HW: due Tues: Multiple choice poem Practice test 2

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE MONDAY, March 5
2. Discuss plot of Macbeth, watch movie

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE MONDAY, March 5
2. Check outline Acts 3 & 4 w/9 scenes
3. Answer questions p 299 & 300 in margin.
HW: Outline (list) the 8 scenes of Act 5. Use about 10 words to describe a scene.

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Thursday, March 1, 2007

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE MONDAY, March 5
2. Finish reading Macbeth aloud
3. Watch movie Macbeth
Per 2 to King's arrival at Dunsinane; Per 4 to Banquo & son going to sleep at Dunsinane

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on chs 15-16
2. Quiz chs 15-16
3. Finish discussing multiple choice
4. Finish appreciation sheets
HW: Read chs 17-19. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn per chpt.

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE MONDAY, March 5
2. Read Macbeth aloud, pp73-86

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE MONDAY, March 5
2. Check outline Act 2
3. Read Act 3
HW: Outline (list) the 10 scenes of Acts 3 & 4. Use about 10 words to describe a scene.

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in work on chs 13-14
3. Quiz chs 13 &14
HW: Read chs 15 & 16. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn per chpt.
HW: In at least 100 words, write about Mr. Rochester with respect to the following:
1) how Thornfield has changed with him there
2) how he measures up to other romantic heroes
3) what insight you have on his nature

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read Macbeth aloud, pp73-79

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Check outline Act 1
3. Film of Act 2
4. Read aloud Act 3
HW: Outline (list) the 4 scenes of Act 2. Use about 10 words to describe a scene.

Monday, February 26, 2007

Monday, February 26, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in work on chs 11-12
3. Quiz chs 11 &12
HW: Read chs 13 & 14. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn per chpt.
HW: In at least 100 words, analyze the first 2 paragraphs of chpt 11 with regard to
1) literary theory and
2) the nature of the narrator.

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. On p72 in gold book, do 2 "Writing Connection" sentences, trade with a partner,
and write a ¶ from one of his sentences. Show how the man's flaw leads to his downfall.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read aloud p281 line 133 to end of Act 2. Read Macbeth's Porter p 283 aloud.
HW: Outline (list) the 7 scenes of Act 1. Use about 10 words to describe the main events of a scene.

Friday, February 23, 2007

Friday, February 23, 2007

AP LANGUAGE
1. Check 6 questions w/minimum 50 words each. 30 points
2. Discuss more Big Mouth questions
HW: Apology speeches begin Monday. Follow the apology speech guidelines on p1 "Handout #1"
You won't READ your speech to the class. You may use notes only--and no sentences on the notes.

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on chs 6-10
2. Write for 10 mins: Discuss Bronte's feelings on the "nature of man." Is she serious? End of ch7
3. Get Kids Day stories back to revise.
HW: Read chs 11 & 12. Do 2 vocab and 1 qstn per chpt.

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Period 2 go over answers to questions 1-6 on sonnets p66.
Period 4 read Conflict p72 and do "Writing Connection." Hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Check quotes acts 1-3. Hand in.
3. Read aloud pp280-281, line 133.

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Thursday, February 22, 2007

AP LANGUAGE
1. Discuss questions about celebrity prejudice and the Big Mouth article.
HW: Write 50 - 100 words each, answering the first 6 questions about prejudice
HW: Start putting your apology speech together. Follow the guidelines on p1 "Handout #1"
You won't READ your speech to the class. You may use notes only--and no sentences in the notes.

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Presentation from Remington College

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in J.E. homework
2. Quiz chs 4&5
3. Check multiple choice exam
HW: Read chs 6-10. Do 2 voc & 1 qstn per chpt

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Class list of title of AR book reading in class
3. Finish Milton's sonnets and answer questions p66

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Hand in quotes homework acts 4&5 quot, loc, spk, sit, mng, &why you like it
3. Read aloud Act 2
HW: Do quotes for Acts 1-3 with quot, loc, spk, sit, mng, &why you like it

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in HW: Jane Eyre ch1-3 work; Revision of Kids Day story. Also, return novel.
3. Write about Jane Eyre question: Why did Jane care so much what her aunt thought of her?
4. Discuss J.E. work.
HW: Read chs 4-5 J.E. and do 2 vocab (sent&defn) and 1 qstn per chpt

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading
2. Write on class list the title of the AR book you're reading in class
3. Begin thinking about presenting your AR book to the class after we finish Macbeth
4. Read about Conflict p72 and do Writing Connection to hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading
2. Check quotes acts 4&5 for location and quote, return to student for tonight's HW
3. Quiz Act 5
4. Finish film of Act 1
HW: For quote & location from Acts 4&5 add the following info and number:
1) Who is speaking
2) What is the situation
3) What does the quote mean/say
4) Why do you like it

Thursday, February 15, 2007

Thursday, February 15, 2007

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read and discuss sonnets by John Milton pp63&64. Answer qstns p66:1&2 (per2) plus3&4(per4)
"On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three" & "On His Blindness" in gold books

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in final drafts of novel analysis--sign that they were received
2. Write positively one thing you appreciate about each student in this class
3. Get book: Jane Eyre
4. Check multiple choice exam
HW: Read chapters 1-3 for Tues. For every chapter, find 2 vocabulary words you don't know but would like to. Write them, the sentence found in, & the appropriate definition. Also for every chapter, write a question you don't know the answer to. "Why" questions are good for this.
HW: Kids Day Story revisions are due Tuesday

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Using Chaucer's description of the Prioress, pp159-162 purple book, choose a quotation to draw.
1) Write Prioress or Nun at the top in dark letters.
2) Choose one or more quotations to describe her, write the quote, & draw her like the quote says
3) Grades are based on--
a. Following the steps above
b. Details
c. Color and contrast
d. Fill the space

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Quiz Act 4
3. Film through Act 1 (didn't finish)
HW: Read Act 5 for Tues. Copy a quote you like from acts 4 & 5 w/ pg and line.

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Tuesday, February 13, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in rough draft of novel analysis
3. Take multiple choice practice exam #s 14-54
HW: Final draft of novel analysis

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Using Chaucer's description of the Prioress, pp159-162 purple book, choose a quotation to draw the same way you illustrated Beowulf.
1) Write Prioress or Nun at the top in dark letters.
2) Choose one or more quotations to describe her, write the quote, & draw her following the description
3) Grades are based on--
a.Following the steps above
b.Details
c.Color and contrast
d.Filling the space

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read aloud Act 1
HOMEWORK: Read Act 4 for a quiz Wed.
Also, select a confusing sentence from the act, write it, and tell what you think it says

Monday, February 12, 2007

Monday, February 12, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in thesis and outline of novel analysis
3. Translation Poem sheet: Read, discuss effective images, assemble own translation, & hand in.
HW: Rough draft due Tues to hand in

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read about sonnets, p62 Globe, & do Writing Connection activity to hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Hand in homework: 3 quotes, 1 each from acts 1,2,3
3. Answer the 10 questions on pp 260-2 from line 51 to line 145. Hand in.

Friday, February 9, 2007

Friday, February 9, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on Keats poem
2. Quiz on Keats and poems
3. Handouts of specific open question topics, creative writing rules, and principles for novel writing
HW: Find an "open" topic question from today's handout to write an essay on your novel. Hand in your proposed
thesis and outline Monday.
HW: Tuesday hand in rough draft. (be sure to keep a copy for yourself) Aim for 500-750 words
HW: Wednesday hand in final draft.

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Review the Renaissance p60-1 and take a quiz

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Quiz Act 3
3. Hand in writing about line(s)
HW: Choose one good quote from each act, 1, 2, and 3. Write the page number, line number, and quote.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Thursday, February 8, 2007

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Finish reading and discussing the Renaissance p60-1 in gold book

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

PERIOD 1 Mathew, don't forget to return my book
1. Hand in essay p 690 Critical Response Rape of the Lock & Don Juan
2. Hand in summary of the Comment p699
3. Handouts for AP exam tips, terms, and examples of open qstn topics and titles
4. Final novel discussion: Coming soon--AP Open Question Essay on your novel
HW: Read Keats p707 4 poems: Bright Star p710, When I Have Fears p711, La Belle Dame Sans Merci p712, and To Autumn p722; For ONE of the3 short poems,answer all the Identifying Details qstns and the Critical Response

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read about the Renaissance p60-1

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Quiz Act 2
3. Hand in writing about line(s)
HW: Read Act 3. Choose a line or lines you find interesting, important, or confusing. Write the line(s) and line # , then write your thoughts about the line(s) in a stream of consciousness style, at least 50 words.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Discuss p 690 Critical Response Rape of the Lock and Don Juan
3. Read "Ode to the West Wind" p 697 aloud
4. Finish checking multiple choice exam
HW: due Wed: Summarize "Comment" p699 w/main idea &supporting ideas, briefly, ca.50 words
HW: p690 Critical Response Final Draft due tomorrow, w/rough draft and outline
HW: Finish book for Wed discussion

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Read about the Renaissance p60-1
3. Take 2 column notes of details you want to remember in the first section
For ¶ 1, 2, and 4, note one detail. For ¶ 3, note two details, making 5 details in all. Hand notes in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Quiz Act 1
3. Discuss questions p 270-1 and hand in.
HW: Read Act 2. Choose a line or lines you find interesting, important, or confusing.
Write your thoughts about the line(s) in a stream of consciousness style, at least 50 words.

Monday, February 5, 2007

Monday, February 5, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in Kids Day story and Creative Response p692
3. Quiz on Shelley, Apostrophe, Ozymandius p694, 700, 706
HW: p690 Critical Response first draft due tomorrow, Final Draft due Wednesday
HW: due Wed: Summarize "Comment" p699 w/main idea &support ideas, briefly, ca.50 words
HW: Finish book for Wed discussion

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Due Today Final draft, rough draft w/editing, and outline

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes - New DEADLINE Monday, March 5
2. Hand in description of scene 3
3. Read aloud
HW: Finish reading Act 1. Answer 1 question p270-1 w/3 students per question

Friday, February 2, 2007

Friday, February 2, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in work on p690 to be checked & returned after
2. Multiple choice exam practice
HOMEWORK: Finish Kids Day Story
HOMEWORK: Rd CHP p691-2, do Creative resp;
Rd Shelley p694, Apostrph p700, Ozymnds p 706

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 minutes DEADLINE TODAY
2. Finish writing conclusion
Show me new work for points
HOMEWORK: Final draft due Monday
&rough draft w/editing
&outline(list) of 3 body topics

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 minutes DEADLINE TODAY
2. Hand in description of scene 2
3. Film scenes 1&2
HOMEWORK: Read scene 3 and tell what happened

Thursday, February 1, 2007

Thursday, February 1, 2007

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 minutes
2. Writing the conclusion
3. Show me any new paragraphs you have written

January 31, 2007

January 31, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in response to Coleridge poem
2. Discuss works of Coleridge and Byron in closure.
3. Practice 2 writing-to-interpret techniques: Connotations and making thoughts visible
4. Book group discussions
HOMEWORK: Critical response p690. Have some of it (half?) done by Friday.
HOMEWORK: Write a story for the Kids Day Contest (handout)
ABSENT
Foster : (

January 30, 2007

January 30, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in p690 #1-10 and 3 most, 3 least helpful comments on Donne essay notes
3. Discuss in a circle p690 Interpreting Meanings 11-17
HOMEWORK: Novel discussion tomorrow
HOMEWORK: For any poem pp680-3 write about any Interp.Mng qstn or Critical Response
HOMEWORK: Due Friday p690 Critical Response
Handout on Kids Day Contest
ABSENT 1
Burkett : (

Monday, January 29, 2007

Monday, January 29, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Byron and three poems
HOMEWORK: Notes on Donne Essay, choose 3 most & 3 least helpful.
HOMEWORK: Read Don Juan pp684-689; take "qstn/answer" notes on p690 #1-10
ABSENT 1
Burkett
Foster

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR rdg (DEADLINE this Friday 2/2/07)
2. Write introduction to Analyzing Satire in The Canterbury Tales
Tips on writing a HOOK for analysis:
1) Summarize story, giving title & author, then connect to thesis.
2) Use a quote from the story, then relate it to the thesis.
ABSENT 2
Castillo
Gloria
Losbanez
Ridela
Flores
Cortez
Garner
ABSENT 4
Corpuz
Domingo, J
Kimura
Lord
Lutali
Neal
Sabatino

PERIOD 3
1. AR rdg (DEADLINE this Friday 2/2/07)
2. Hand in final draft of your story.
Include a rough draft with editing/proofrdg marks in different color
( -10 if missing)
3. Fill out contest entry sheet.
ABSENT 3
Brisley
McCarthy
Santos

Friday, January 26, 2007

Friday, January 26, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in art & quote
2. Recite verse from Mariner
HOMEWORK: Due Mon-Read Lord Byron p678 and 3 poems p680-683;
Answer any interpreting meaning question or the critical response
HOMEWORK: Due Tue-Read Don Juan pp684-9; p690 questions 1-10 Answer by taking notes.
HOMEWORK: Due Tue-Notes on Donne Essay: Notes on top 3 most helpful and 3 least helpful

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins Quiz DEADLINE next Friday, Feb 2
2. Write body ¶ 3: What comment is Chaucer making about the nun? (He is gently criticizing her.)
Write paragraph.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins Quiz DEADLINE next Friday, Feb 2
2. Quiz on The Rocking Horse Winner
HOMEWORK: Short story, rough draft with corrections, & contest entry form due Monday

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Thursday, January 25, 2007


PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Literary analysis of the satire in The Canterbury Tales:
The first body paragraph was a description of an ideal nun.
3. Write the second body paragraph: Chaucer's nun.
Show the differences between Chaucer's nun and the ideal nun.
Suggestions: She swears an oath. (Swearing oaths is not accepted in Christianity.)
She eats too much. (Nuns give food to starving people. They take a minimum amount for themselves.)
She dresses elegantly, with jewelry.
She weeps if a mouse is caught in a trap. (Would she weep if a rat were caught?
What if someone stepped on a cockroach?)

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Wednesday, January 24, 2007


PERIOD 1
1. Hand in critical response p651
HOMEWORK: Recite verse from Mariner & illustrate favorite quote, written legibly and visibly
HOMEWORK: Due Mon-Read Lord Byron p678 and 3 poems p680-683;
Answer any interpreting meaning question or the critical response

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Read about the Prioress (nun). Circle parts that don't sound like the ideal nun. Hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss writing stories and essays
HOMEWORK: Short story due Monday
HOMEWORK: Read "The Rocking Horse Winner" p973 for quiz Friday

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Tuesday, January 23, 2007


PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Quiz Mariner pts 6-7
3. AP Exam essay
HOMEWORK: See Monday 1/22

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Read about the Prioress (nun). Circle parts that don't sound like the ideal nun. Hand in.

PERIOD 3
1. Discuss sensory detail
2. Hand in homework qstns p1054
3. Class discussion of Child's Christmas

Monday, January 22, 2007

Monday, January 22, 2007


PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Quiz Mariner pts 3-5
HOMEWORK: Read Mariner pts 6,7 and do favorite lines
HOMEWORK: Answer qstns p676 #9-12
HOMEWORK: Due Fri- recite 1 verse from Mariner and illustrate favorite line(s) w/quotation clearly visible
HOMEWORK due Wed: Read pp 649-70, Note lines 14-16, 28-30, 37-end . Do Crit Resp p651 for daily grade

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Write 50-100 word paragraph on what an ideal nun or holy woman does and wears & hand in

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Read aloud "A Child's Christmas in Wales" p1049 aloud
HOMEWORK Answer qstns p1054 #1-8

Friday, January 19, 2007

Friday, January 19, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz on Coleridge and Rime of the Ancient Mariner parts 1&2
2. Closure discussion Wordsworth and his work
HOMEWORK: Rd parts 3-5 of Mariner & write favorite line from each w/other 2
HOMEWORK: Rd p646 Romantic Lyrics; take 5 notes < 6 words each
ABSENT 1
NONE

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR 10 mins
2. Discuss Analyzing Satire p164 in purple book and on assignment sheet
3. Pre-write; list what a nun usually wears and does
ABSENT 2
Martin
Flores
Garner
Nguyen
Ridela
ABSENT 4
Ursua
Williams
Lutali
Neal

PERIOD 3
1. AR 10 mins
2. Find a partner and tell them your story
3. Show me your 750 words
ABSENT 3
Brisley

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Thursday, January 18, 2007

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR 10 mins
2. Finish discussing Writing Literary Analysis handout
3. Discuss writing in present tense from Loneliness and Love handout
Period 2: Discuss assignment sheet Analyzing Satire: The Canterbury Tales
ABSENT 2
Castillo
Flores
Garner
Godoy
Sauls
Siatunuu
ABSENT 4
Basa
Domingo, C
Domingo, J
Hollis
Lutali
Neal
Nicks
Sullivan

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Check, discuss, and hand in homework
2. Novel discussion and logs
HOMEWORK: Rd Coleridge p647 & Rime of the Ancient Mariner parts 1&2 p655
Write favorite line(s) for each part. One will be selected to display later.
HOMEWORK: due Mon--Read parts 3,4,5 of Mariner & pick fave line(s) per part
ABSENT 1
Muyco
Nobles
Perry
Tanaka

PERIOD 4
1. AR 10 mins
2. Discuss literary analysis from handout
ABSENT 4
Basa
Day
Levu
Lord
Neal
Sullivan
Venneman
Lutali

PERIOD 3
1. AR 10 mins
2. Discuss writing stories and how to find ideas (Short Story Writing)
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Brisley
Cruz
Faulkner
Graham
Miyat
Napper
Phan
Wade

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in AP essays
3. Check favorite poem & reasons and discuss.
4. Take Wordsworth and his poems quiz on favorite poem sheet.
HOMEWORK: Rd pp633-637 Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
Write your favorite line(s) from each of the 5 sections.
HOMEWORK: p637 Analyzing Language, Verse Paragraphs #s 1 and 2
HOMEWORK: due Fri: Rd Coleridge p647 and Rime of the Ancient Mariner p655
Read sections 1&2 and choose favorite line(s) from each part.
HOMEWORK: due Mon: Rd parts 3,4,&5 from Mariner and write fave line(s) from each
ABSENT 1
Jones
Martin

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Per 2 Discuss literary analysis from handout
ABSENT 2
Flores
Godoy
Ridela Cambra
Siatunuu

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss HEA Writing Contest. Read a 1st place winner "The Tempura War"
HOMEWORK: 200 words of a story due tomorrow
ABSENT 3
Marks
Santos
Wade

Friday, January 12, 2007

Friday, January 12, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz Blake and 4 poems p617-625
2. Discuss essays on Donne poems (or Ren. poem)
HOMEWORK: AP Essay Exam The Chimney Sweeper. Time yourself 40 mins
If you don't like what you did, do a second draft and turn in both
HOMEWORK: Read Wordsworth pp631-2, & poems, etc. pp638-645. Pick your
favorite poem & tell 2 reasons why it is, preferably with literary terms.
HOMEWORK: due Wed: Rd pp633-637 Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey
Write your favorite line(s) from each of the 5 sections.
ABSENT 1
Foster
Jones

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Per 2 Discuss literary analysis from handout Per 4 Discuss college w/ Ian Scheuring

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss writing next composition: Hawaii Education Association Writing Contest
Short story, essay, poem, or problem solving essay/ Short story requirements

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Thursday, January 11, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. Get Donne (Ren. poetry) essays back
HOMEWORK: Bring essays back
HOMEWORK: Read Blake pp617-619, & 4 poems, etc. pp620-625
ABSENT 1
Foster

PERIODs 2&4
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Per 2 get Beowulf composition back

PERIOD 3
1. SRF 10 mins

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Check multiple choice qstns
HOMEWORK: See picture p599. How is it Romantic?
HOMEWORK: Read Burns & "To a Mouse" pp611-615 Do Critical Response #2
ABSENT 1
Kisner

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Fill out "Five Paragraph Essay" organization sheet
3. Read and discuss handout "Loneliness and Love" literary analysis
ABSENT4
Domingo
Hollis
Lord
Lutali
Nicks

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz on Sonnets pp338-339
3. Read and discuss sonnets pp340-347
HOMEWORK: Read Sonnets pp342-347 and explain what shifts to what in each one.
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Faulkner

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Quiz on Romantic Period pp 600-610
3. Finish Musical Devices
HOMEWORK: Multiple choice qstns handout prose and poem
ABSENT 1
Nobles
Perry
Tanaka

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Fill out "Five Paragraph Essay" organization sheet
3. Read and discuss handout "Loneliness and Love" literary analysis
ABSENT2
Castillo
Godoy
Namahoe
Ignacio
Orta
Siatunuu
Whatley
Stephenson
Ignacio

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz on Shakespeare pp247-252
3. Take notes on Beowulf essay
HOMEWORK: Read Sonnets pp338-9
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Ferrer
Graham
Napper

Monday, December 4, 2006

Monday, December 4, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Hand in sheet listing book title, names of members, and bk #s.
You have 4 wks to read the bk. Divide total number of pp by 4 (eg 300 pp / 4 = 75pp)
You will be discussing 75 pp or so each week, depending on the length of your book.
Discussions begin on the second Wed. after break and the 3 following Wednesdays.
You can change books any time before the break begins. The best bk works for AP Exam.
We'll have regular homework on authors and works from the Romantic Period also.
HOMEWORK: Read the Romantic Period pp 600-610
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. The Franklin's Tale
Per 4 Watch the movie, Per 2&4 write who is most noble of the 4 characters.
ABSENT2,4
Frederick
Garner
Gionet
Ignacio
Lord
Lutali
Neal
Ridela Cambra
Rodriguez

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. List comments from end of Beo essay to see essay grade.
HOMEWORK: Read about Shakespeare pp 247-252. Pay attention to things you didn't know before.
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Haraguchi
Long
Theodor

Friday, December 1, 2006

Friday, December 1, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Present and hand in dictionary
HOMEWORK: Get novel
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
Per 2 Watch and discuss the Franklin's Tale
Per 4 Write about the Pardoner's Tale
ABSENT2,4
Crisolo
Domingo
Flores
Garner
Johannsdottir
Levu
Lutali
Ridela Cambra
Siatunuu

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Quiz on the Renaissance pp166-175
3. Notes on Beowulf essays
#1 Give the title & author as soon as anything involving the story is mentioned.
ABSENT 3
Acacio
Brisley
Ferrer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SSRFF
2. Quiz Temptation of Eve from P.L. Intro and lines 1-55 pp423-4
3. Check sentence deconstruction p420 lines 1-26
4. Discuss parts of speech/kinds of words "finger style"; kinds of verbs: transitive, intransitive, and linking; kinds of complements: direct objects and predicate nouns and adjectives that rename or describe the subject
HOMEWORK: Finish reading Temptation of Eve from Paradise Lost
ABSENT 1
Snyder, D

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Discuss notes and main ideas of paragraphs for the Medieval Period handout
ABSENT 2
IGNACIA, J
NYUGEN, P
Godoy, R
Davis, J
Gloria, J
Orta, S

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log
2. Hand in last 4 responses to the Nun's Priest's Tale
3. Short answer quiz w/ 4 qstns on The Nun's Priest's Tale
4. Quiz lines 341-486 on pp 96-100 the Franklin through the Woman of Bath
HOMEWORK: Read lines 487 to 686 pp100-103 for quiz tomorrow
ABSENT 3
Haraguchi, A
Napper, B

Monday, October 30, 2006

Monday, October 30, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz on 2 Milton poems and pp420-422 about Paradise Lost
HOMEWORK due Tues: Read intro and lines 1-55 p423-4 Paradise Lost
HOMEWORK due Tues: Untangle the 2 sentences p420 lines 1-26. For main (independent) clauses only, write the subject, its verb (s) and direct object, if there is one and it is simple (not a clause)
For example, the 2 sentences above would be = (you)/ untangle/ sentences. (you)/ write/ subject, verb, object
ABSENT 1
Atkins, K
Bell, S
Foster, D

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: TODAY
2. Grades posted
ASENT 2&4
Francis, P
IGNACIA, J
NYUGEN, P
RIDELA, P
Losbanez, C
Williams, C
Domingo, J
Corpuz, C
Lutali, E
Neal, D
Estrada, C
Faitau, C
Gionet, J
Hollis, C
Levu, P
Sabatino, D
Venneman, B

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: TODAY
Tomorrow: Hand in last 4 responses to the Nun's Priest's Tale
Tomorrow: Short answer quiz w/ 4 qstns on The Nun's Priest's Tale
HOMEWORK due Tues: Read lines 341-486 on pp 96-100 for quiz tomorrow,
ABSENT 3
Brisley, Z
McCarthy, J
Phan, K

Friday, October 27, 2006

Friday, October 27, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in poetry analysis essay and TP-CASTT analysis
2. Hand in 10 facts about Milton
3. AP exam essay in class
HOMEWORK due Mon: Read pp417-422 On His Blindness, On Shakespeare, "Paradise Lost," Reading Paradise Lost
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Handouts on Medieval Period and 2 column notes
3. Write 2 column notes on the Medieval Period and hand in
ABSENT 2&4
IGNACIA, J
NYUGEN, P
RIDELA, P
Domingo, J
Kimura, C
Lutali, E
Neal, D

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Quiz on lines 121-340 of The Canterbury Tales pp 91-96
3. Read pp110-121 "The Nun's Priest's Tale"
Write a response after each of these 4 lines 26, 61, 86, 149 & hand in
HOMEWORK due Mon: Finish reading The Nun's Priest's Tale p110 and write a response after each of these last 4 lines: 236, 312, 446, 462
ABSENT 3
Acacio, S
Brisley, Z
Marks, K
Santos, N

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Thursday, October 26, 2006

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
3. Hand in art project Beowulf
4. Quiz: Vocabulary and Anglo Saxon Period
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
1) first people known to live in England were the CELTS
2) ROMANS came, built roads, but left when Rome was attacked
3) ANGLES and SAXONS invaded England from northern Europe, pushing the Celts north and west
4) DANISH vikings attacked the Anglo-Saxons and established a large area known as the DaneLaw in northeast England
5) NORMANS from France attacked England and took control of the country

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Performance
2. Check TP-CASTT analysis of poem you chose
HOMEWORK due Fri : Write or revise your poetry analysis in essay form. If you cannot, analyze another Renaissance poem from our book that we haven't read. Write it in essay form.
HOMEWORK due Fri: Read about John Milton pp414-416.
Write the 10 most important facts about him.
ABSENT 1
Rioux, V

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
3. Hand in art project Beowulf
4. Vocabulary quiz
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
Also, Anglo Saxon period: Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxon, Danes, Normans
ABSENT4
Basa, MA
Domingo, J
Drohan, V
Lord, J
Rick, T
Williams, L

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Quiz on lines 1-121 of The Canterbury Tales pp 89-91
3. Read aloud in Middle English and hear recording
HOMEWORK: Read lines 1122-340 on pp 91-96 for quiz.
ABSENT 3
Gallen, M
Acacio, S
Cruz, C
Ferrer, M
Ketchen, W
Santos, N

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Qz Donne's 4 pieces
HOMEWORK: Analyze one of the 3 Donne poems using TP-CASTT
method. Write 200-300 words.
ABSENT 1
none

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
3. Hand in art project Beowulf
4. Vocabulary review
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
5. Review Anglo Saxon period
6. The 8 parts of speech/kinds of words--Nouns and Verbs make a complete thought
ABSENT2
Castillo, M
Francis, S
Siatunuu, J
Ignacia, J

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Quiz on Chaucer
3. Reading about The Canterbury Tales pp88-89
Comprehension strategy: PRIOR KNOWLEDGE p88
Speaking Middle English p89
HOMEWORK: Read lines 1-121 on pp 89-91 for quiz.
Pay close attention to the description of the characters: knight, squire, yeoman
ABSENT 3
Gallen, M

Monday, October 23, 2006

Monday, October 23, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Any more Hamlet essays?
2. Qz John Donne and Metaphysical Poetry
HOMEWORK for Tuesday: Read for quiz: pp 364-368
Bait, Song, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Meditation 17
Know answers to questions following each piece
ABSENT 1
Stiller, O

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
3. Hand in art project Beowulf
4. Vocabulary
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
5. Review Anglo Saxon period and discuss Medieval Period
ABSENT2,4
Carlos, F
Kreel, D
Siatunuu, J
Ignacia, J
Rick, T
Domingo, J
Hollis, C
Lutali, E

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Quiz on the Medieval Period
HOMEWORK: Read Chaucer pp84-85
ABSENT 3
Brisley, Z
Miyat, F

Friday, October 20, 2006

Friday, October 20, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in Hamlet essay
2. Scene performances
HOMEWORK for Monday: Read for quiz:
John Donne p362-3 & Metaphysical Poetry p363
HOMEWORK for Tuesday: Read for quiz: pp 364-368
Bait, Song, A Valediction Forbidding Mourning, Meditation 17
Know answers to questions following each piece
ABSENT 1
Atkins, K
Bonifacio, C
Jones, L
Muyco, M
Nobles, A
Perry, J
Rioux, V
Stiller, O
Tanaka, M

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT
4. Art project: Choose words from Beowulf handout to illustrate.
1) Write them in dark ink on unlined paper.
2) Fill the rest of the page with a drawing of what the quotation says.
3) Use at least 3 colors.
4) Use contrast from white to black. Don't use all medium tones.
NO STICK FIGURES ALLOWED
5. Period 4 Vocabulary
personification: (n) using human traits to describe nonhuman things.
hyperbole: (n) using exaggeration for effect
6. Period 4 Review Anglo Saxon period and discuss Medieval Period
ABSENT2,4
Castillo, M
Gloria, J
Frederick, E
Losbanez, C
Namahoe, C
Siatunuu, J
Nicks, M
Rick, T
Domingo, J
Drohan, V
Gionet, J
Lord, J
Lutali, E
Ramos, C
Venneman, B
Witham, A
Crisolo, M
Neal, D

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. More notes on college essays:
#7.Use active voice. I hit a home run. NOT A home run was hit by me.
#8. Put statements in positive form. not important = trivial
HOMEWORK for Mon quiz: Read all on list and answer the 3 questions.
Feudalism p69, Chivalry p71, New City Class p71, Crusades p72
In the"Martyrdom . . ." paragraph, what is said about "all Christians"?
What is good about that? What is bad? Read Black Death p75
ABSENT 3
Ferrer, M
Graham, S
Haraguchi, A
Ketchen, W
Marr, R
Napper, B
Phan, K
Santos, N
Wade, K

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Thursday, October 19, 2006

PERIODs 2 & 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
3. Film of Beowulf period 2
4. Art project: Choose words from Beowulf handout to illustrate.
1) Write the quote in dark ink on unlined paper.
2) Fill the rest of the page with a drawing of what the quotation says.
3) Use at least 3 colors.
4) Use contrast from white to black (don't use all medium tones).
NO STICK FIGURES ALLOWED

ABSENT 2&4
Francis, P
Namahoe, C
Ridela, P
Siatunuu, J
Clark, P
Gionet, J
Lord, J
Lutali, E
Sabatino, D
Crisolo, M

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Scene performances
2. Work on scene or essay
HOMEWORK: Hamlet essay assignment due Friday Oct 20 (Handout)
ABSENT 1
Foster, D
Rioux, V

PERIOD 4
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
3. Film of Beowulf
4. Art project: Choose words from Beowulf handout to illustrate.
ABSENT 4
Domingo, J
Kimura, C
Gionet, J
Lord, J
Lutali, E
Neal, D
Nicks, M
Rick, T

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. More notes on college essays: #4 Past perfect tense of verbs, #5 Noun of direct address, #6 To write a story use specific details; don't generalize.
ABSENT 3
none

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. SRF
2. Scene performances
3. Hamlet essay assignment due Friday Oct 20
4. Work on scene or essay
HOMEWORK due Friday: Hamlet essay
HOMEWORK: scene from Hamlet
ABSENT 1
None

PERIOD 2
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
3. Read aloud Beowulf sections 8, 9, and 10
4. Film of Beowulf
ABSENT2
Siatunuu, J

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Check homework
3. Notes on college essays:
note #3 Don't start sentences these ways:
A. Don't put LIKE in front of a complete sentence. Use "for example" instead. We work hard. Like we spend eight hours a day = For example, we spend eight hours a day.
B. Don't start a sentence with WHICH unless it is a question.
ABSENT 3
Brisley,Z

Monday, October 16, 2006

Monday, October 16, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in succinct scene description for outline
2. Hand in mult choice AP exam answers if not already in
3. Work on scenes.
Rubric EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS: 10 lines are memorized./ Words are clearly audible (in loudness, speed, enunciation)./ Clear inflection ( change in voice's pitch or loudness) gives meaning to sentences./ Emotions, gestures, & movement simulate reality.
ABSENT 1
Atkins, K
Tardy: Snyder,D
Tardy: Martin,A

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins & make new log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
3. Read aloud Beowulf sections 8, 9, and 10
ABSENT2,4
Francis,P
Godoy,R
Kreel,D
Nguyen,P
Ridela,P
Siatunuu,J
Stephenson,G
Gray,A
Ignacia,J
Domingo,J
JohannsdottirS
Lutali, E
Clark,P
Corpuz,C
Neal,D
Ursua,M

PERIOD 3
1. AR reading 10 mins & make new log AR DEADLINE BK 1: MON OCT 30
HOMEWORK:
1) Select one of the 6 wrtg traits to work on (taken from teacher comments on college essay)
2) Choose a good example of wrtg from our textbook that illustrates the trait well and copy it.
3) Explain how it is a good example.
4) Copy a sentence from your college essay that needs work.
5) Rewrite it to be more like your example.
EXAMPLE OF COMPLETED HOMEWORK
1) Word Choice - rich, precise, powerful
2) "I view again . . . these plots of cottage-ground, . . . which . . . are clad in one green hue." (p633, 1, 6-13)
3) Rich words are plots, cottage-ground, clad, one green hue.
4) "This experience has taught me a lot about myself."
5) When I rammed into that old wooden railing, a seed of self-reliance sprouted in my consciousness.
ABSENT 3
ElsenheimerC
Brisley,Z
Marks,K
Napper,B
Santos,N

Friday, October 13, 2006

Friday, October 13, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Hand in succinct scene description for outline (or on Monday)
2. Mult choice AP exam check
3. Work on scenes.
Rubric for scene performance: A: 10 lines are memorized to near perfection./ Words are clearly audible to every member of the audience (in loudness, speed, enunciation)./ Clear inflection ( change in voice's pitch or loudness) gives meaning to sentences./ Appropriate emotions in voice and appropriate gestures and movement simulate reality.
ABSENT 1
Foster, D

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins and log
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
3. Read aloud a student's story & the real Beowulf (Per 4 part of film)
ABSENT 2&4
Frederick, E
Domingo, J
Johannsdottir, S
Lutali, E
Neal, D
Ramos, C
Rodriguez, J
Crisola, M

PERIOD 3
1. Silent reading and log
2. Check homework: a paragraph from the textbook that is a good example of the writing trait you need to work on.
ABSENT 3
Haraguchi, A
Johnson, K

Thursday, October 12, 2006

Thursday, October 12, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Quiz on Bible allusions 31-41 and Roman numerals
2. Mult choice AP exam checking postponed
HOMEWORK due Tue: Memorize the lines from your scene. Presentations begin on Tuesday. Volunteer sign up, then alphabetical.
HOMEWORK due Fri or Mon: Succinct description of your scene from Hamlet
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins and log
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
ABSENT 2&4
Stephenson, G
Domingo, J
Neal, D
Ignacia, J
Nicks, M
Gionet, J
Johannsdottir, S
Rubin, J

PERIOD 3
1. Silent reading and log
2. Take notes on college essays. 1) No pronouns in a first sentence. 2) Use parallel construction.
HOMEWORK: Find a paragraph in the textbook that is a good example of the writing trait you need to work on. Bring the page#, column # and ¶ # or a copy of the ¶ to class.
ABSENT 3
Johnson, K
Parrish, I
Santos, N

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

PERIOD 1
1. Discuss Roman numberals and the definition of succinct (brief and to the point) for quiz
2. Bible 31-41 quiz postponed until tomorrow
3. Mult choice AP exam checking postponed
HOMEWORK: Choose a scene to enact and rewrite it (mostly cutting out anything unnecessary) if needed.
ABSENT 1
none

PERIODs 2&4
1. AR reading 10 mins and log
2. Hand in any more papers on Grendel VS Beowulf FINAL DRAFT and ROUGH DRAFT with corrections in a different color
ABSENT 2&4
Flores, L
Siatunuu, J
Francis, P
Basa, A
Ignacia, J
Nicks, M
Lutali, E
Rodriguez, J

PERIOD 3
1. Silent reading and make-up work
2, Get college essays back. Record comments on comment sheet.
ABSENT 3
Cruz, C
Santos, N