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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg and log
Read the General Prologue to The Canterbury Tales

PERIOD 5:
1. EXAM PAYMENT DUE WEDNESDAY
2. Sign up for AR book
3. Quiz on reading homework
HW: Read the Romantic Period pp600-611
HW: Sound & Sense Read chpt 9 p129
Take notes, answer questions on poems 97 & 98
Answer 10 questions on poems 99-105
HW: Form groups of 4 or 5 only! and think about what work you would like to read from The List. You'll have 4 weeks.

Monday, October 29, 2007

Monday, October 29, 2007

Monday, October 29, 2007

PERIOD 1 & 2

1. AR Quizzes and reading
Period 1: Questions on ballad Edward, Edward p148-150 in purple textbook
Period 2: Look over quizzes--Voc 2-11, Essays notes, Medieval Period

PERIOD 5:
EXAM PAYMENT DUE
Sign up your AR book
Check p541: 1-9
Discuss speaker and author in Modest Proposal
HW: Read about Samuel Johnson p553-554
A Dictionary of the English Language p555-558
Letter to Lord Chesterfield p559-60
A Preface to Shakespeare p562-4
Style p 565

PERIOD 6:
1. Hand in Test 1 Section 5
2. Work problem in class
HW: ACT Test 2

Friday, October 26, 2007

Friday, October 26, 2007

Friday, October 26, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
AR reading
Period 1: Read about Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales
Period 2: Read ballads-Three Ravens

PERIOD 5: EXAM payment DUE WEDNESDAY!
1. SRF
2. Hand in homework pp 527-530
3. Quizzes on Growth of English, Pope's life, and Wit
4. Notes on essays:
HW: Read Rape of the Lock pp532-540
Answer questions 1-9 to CHECK Monday (no quiz)

PERIOD 6:
1. SRF
2. Check how many problems done on Section 5 of Test 1
3. Quiz
HW: Finish problems in Section 5

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Thursday, October 25, 2007

PERIOD 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Quiz on the Medieval Period

PERIOD 5: EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. SRF
2. Quizzes on reading: Plague, Gulliver, Modest Proposal, Satire
3. Writing on Modest Proposal: What impression does the speaker
want readers to have of him?
HW: Read
1) "The Growth of Modern English" pp438-443 for a quiz
2) About Alexander Pope pp525-6 for a quiz
3) Heroic Couplets p527 and answer 1 & 2 on p528
4) Essay on Criticism excerpt p529 and answer Critical Response
5) Essay on Man excerpt p530 and answer 1 & 2
6) Wit p542 for a quiz

PERIOD 6:
1. SRF
2. Work on problems from Section 5 #s 13 & 14

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading
2. Quiz on the Medieval Period
3. Mastery learning
a) Correctives: Draw the 3 conditions of the Medieval Period
b) Enrichment: Write 2 verses of your own ballad

PERIOD 6
NovaNet in Mac Lab

READING RECORD CARDS

Reading Record Cards

The purpose of this card is to keep information about books you read recently fresh in your mind so you can discuss them on the Open Question Essay for the AP Exam.

Use any size note card, but use the same size for all your books.
Include the type of information briefly. Example: Protagonist:

FORMAT:

1. Title of book
2. Author, Dates of birth and death, Where lived
3. Publication year of the book originally
4. Setting: Place, Time, Current events of that time and place
5. Plot synopsis in 25 words or so
6. Characters, with brief descriptions. Identify protagonist and antagonist.
7. A major symbol or allusion
symbol (something that stands for or suggests something larger and more complex)
allusion (an indirect reference to something in literature, the other arts, history, myths)
8. Distinguishing characteristics of the work (what is different about this work?)
9. Your personal response to the content and style of the work
10. A quotation that is meaningful to you or that is typical for the author. Document so it can be found if needed.
11. What do you think is the theme of this work? Look for a universal idea.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Finish discussing Medieval Period from purple textbook pp140-1.
3. Discuss Medieval Literature: Ballads p142
4. Read 2 ballads p148-152 Edward, Edward & Lord Randall
HW: Study for quiz on Medieval period: 3 parts + one detail each

PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Wed. Oct 31
1. Quiz Robinson Crusoe
2. Diagrams p1276 check from demonstration and correct your own
3. Check p434 Syntax a, b, c
4. Seminar discussion of Robinson Crusoe: Why is it so popular? How does Crusoe deal with the emotional problem of solitude?
HW:Read for quizzes "Journal of the Plague Year" p497-503
Gullivers Travels excerpt p507-513
"A Modest Proposal" p518-523
"Satire" p516-517
HW: Find a book to read for AR quiz Tues, Dec 11 & give me the title

Monday, October 22, 2007

Monday, October 22, 2007

Monday, October 22, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Read about and discuss the Medieval Period from purple textbook.

PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in Reading Record Card for Hamlet & notes on the
Restoration and the 18th Century
2. Quiz on Defoe and the "Restoration and the 18th Century"
3. Check 10 sentence diagrams & 3 syntax answers p434 for completion
Handout: discuss adding dependent clauses to sentence diagrams
HW: p1276 Column 1 "Exercise: Mark Twain…"Diagram 1st 2 sentences
HW: Read Robinson Crusoe excerpt pp483 - 495 for quiz
HW: Read AR book by Dec 11 for 5% of your grade.

PERIOD 6
1. Discuss solutions to math problems from Section 5
HW: Do one more problem from section 5

Friday, October 19, 2007

Friday, October 19, 2007

Friday, October 19, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2: AR deadline Oct 29 for one book
1. AR reading
2. Quiz on Voc 2-11 and Essay notes

PERIOD 5
EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in Critical Response p437
2. AP essay: Make plan before writing and put with essay
3. Diagramming 1) Action verb and its object
2) Linking verb followed by a noun or adjective referring to the subject
HW : Diagramming 10 simple sentences.
HW : p434 Analyzing Language: # 2 Syntax a, b, & c
HW : Write Reading Record Card for Hamlet. If you read and
understood the novel for AP in summer 06, write a card for that too.
HW: Read "The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century" pp448-457
Take 2-column notes: all headings,red & blk & at least 1 specific per ¶
Read about Daniel Defoe pp480-1 for quiz

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Thursday, October 18, 2007

PERIOD 2: 1. AR reading
2. 2-Column notes on college essay errors
3. Vocabulary 5 & 8-11
HW: Quiz on vocab 2-11 and essay notes tomorrow, Friday

PERIOD 5: EXAM payment deadline Oct 31
1. Hand in chpt 3 S&S work and p434 qstns 6-14 on Tempt of Eve
2. Quiz on Milton's life, 2 poems, and Tempt of Eve
3. Finish checking grammar quiz. Keep to study for next quiz.
HW: Do Critical Response p437. Read the 3 poems mentioned and write an essay. For planning, make the list described in the instructions. Look at the "Sound and Sense: using common sense advice" handout for help. This will be worth 40 points on your daily grade. Tomorrow you will be writing a similar in-class essay from an AP exam and that one will be one of your major essay grades.
HW due Mon: Diagramming 10 simple sentences.
HW due Mon: p434 Analyzing Language: # 2 Syntax a, b, & c
HW due Mon: Write Reading Record Card for Hamlet. If you read and
understood the novel for AP in summer of 06, write a card for that too.

PERIOD 6
1. Check Test 1 Section 5
2. Work some of the problems from section 5 test in class demonstration.
HW: Do one more problem from section 5

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading
2. 2-Column notes on college essay errors:
3. Vocabulary 8-11
HW: Quiz on Voc 2-11 and Essay Notes Fiday

PERIOD 6
1. Mac Lab for NovaNet practice.
2. Hand in section 5 test packet if finished

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

PERIODs 1&2:
Fill out Comment Sheets on College Essays

PERIOD 5
1. Grammar test
2. Mythology test
HW: Due Thur: Read pp420-433 Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve.
Answer qstns p434 #s 6-14

PERIOD 6
Math problems Test1.Section3. Problems 7, 10, 12,
HW: Test 1 Section 5 Problems 1-18

Monday, October 15, 2007

Monday, October 15, 2007

Monday, October 15, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg
Read Beowulf: Grendel's Mother and The Final Battle

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in homework on S&S chpt 2 and Milton.
2. Presentations and Post Quiz
HW #1: Read chpt 3 S&S pp 33-38. Answer qstns on poems 19-21 and 9 qstns on poems of your choice from 22-28.
HW #2 Due Thur: Read pp420-433 Paradise Lost: The Temptation of Eve. Answer qstns p434 #s 6-14.

PERIOD 6
SAT math problems

Friday, October 12, 2007

Friday, October 12, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
AR rdg
Per 1: Art on Beowulf pp121-5 in purple book:
Quote from story and give line numbers. Write in dark ink.
Fill the page
Use at least 3 colors
Don't use stick figures
Per 2: Watch Beowulf video

PERIOD 5
Check S and S work on poems
Quiz on Donne, poetry article, and 4 works
HW #1: Take 2-column/ Cornell NOTES on all chapters covered in S and S.
LEFT side: Chapter number and title;
RIGHT side: Subtitles, if given
Brief notes that you need to remember
Title and author of poems you answered questions on
ACROSS BOTH SIDES: Summarize chapter
HW#2: Read chapter 2 pp17-24
Answer questions on poems 9&10
For poems 11-18, choose enough poems to answer 9 questions
Answer Exercise p32
HW#3: Read Milton pp414-418. Answer all questions and critical responses for both poems.

PERIOD 6
Go over answers to the quarter exam

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Thursday, October 11, 2007

PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Check answers to quarter exam

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in writing for Donne
2. Presentations on mythology
3. Get SOUND AND SENSE books
HW: Chapter 1 read pp3-10 in S & S
Write 3 important points made
Answer questions for poems 1-3
Choose a poem 4-8 to read and answer questions

PERIOD 6
Room 131 for NovaNet

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

PERIODS 1 & 2
1. Silent reading
2, Go over grades to check for errors

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in Hamlet essays
2, Go over grades to check for errors
HW: Write >50 words of paraphrase or response for each of the 4 works by Donne

PERIOD 6
1. Go over grades to check for errors

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Friday, September 28, 2007

Friday, September 28, 2007

PERIOD 1:
Watch Beowulf video

PERIOD 2:
Beowulf quotation and art, purple book pp121-5

PERIOD 5
Presentations
HW: Hamlet essay


PERIOD 6
Sentence diagrams