Mon, 9/20/10

Mon, 9/20/10

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg , log
• Essential Vocab:
14. heathen
15. theme
16. epic
17. imagery
18. point of view
• Reading Analysis Assessment

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg , log
• Essential Vocab:
14. heathen
15. theme
16. epic
17. imagery
18. point of view

AP Literature Tue & Thu
• Check quotations Acts 1&2
• Check more MC from Practice Test 1

Drama Wed & Thu
• Return Blocking work
• Get handouts and review
• Work on your scene and let us know when you are ready.

Fri, 9/17/10

Fri, 9/17/10

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg, log
• Finish reading Grendel and answer qstns 1-10 p 10.

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg
• Go over answers to p10, #s 1-10

AP Literature Tue & Thu
• Check MC Practice Test 1 and go over a few questions.
• HW: Quotations Acts 1&2 Pick 5 good quotations. Write the quote, document parenthetically (Act, scene, lines), tell who is speaking and to whom, the situation, & why you like the quote.
• Read aloud Act 3

Drama
• SSRFF
• Discuss questions from Thursday work.
• Get back Stage Direction Quiz for The Patient.
• Get handout and discuss the 15 areas of the stage and how to remember them.
• Take blocking quiz

Thu, 9/16/10

Thu, 9/16/10

AP Literature
• AR rdg,
• Hand in list of significant ideas from article p335
• Hand in Response 5
• Editing Quiz
• DVD Macbeth
• HW Complete practice MC quiz

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg, log
• Quiz Anglo-Saxon Period
• Read Beowulf aloud or silently
• Answer questions p 10 #s 1-10 and hand in at the end of class.

Drama Wed & Thu
SSRFF
• Read A Marriage Proposal p 520. Before you start, write the names and descriptions of the 3 characters on a sheet of paper. Underneath each name, draw a face for that character.
• Answer Dev.Comp.Skills 1-7 Dev. Skills in Critical Thinking p533 Dev.Wrtg Skills, #2, p533

Tue, 9/14/2010

Tue, 9/14/2010

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg, log,
• Voc Qz 4-13
• Notes on Anglo Saxon Pd
Five groups of people
• Read Beowulf aloud

AP Literature
• AR rdg, log, postponed to Thur
• Hand in Response 4 & discuss
• Hand in sheet w/name and what you want to work on in your essays
• Check MC, Effective Wrtg & hand in
• Quiz Porter, Evil, Hecate pp283 & 315
• Read aloud
• HW: Response 5
• Read The Knocking at the Gate p335. List ideas significant to you.

Mon, 9/13/ 2010

English 12-Pd 1&4
• AR rdg , log
• Essential Vocab:
10. Figurative
11. Literal
12. Inference
Review 1-9

AP Literature
• Hand in Response 3 & discuss
• Check MC & Effective Writing
• HW: MC 21-25 & Response 4
• HW: Read Macbeth’s Porter p 283, also The King’s Evil & Hecate p 315
• HW: Read comments on returned summer book essays. Know what you want to work on to get essay grade Tues.

Drama
• Patient group work on learning lines
• Jewels group, get scripts, work on learning lines

Thu, 9/9/2010

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg, log
• Any more essays?
• Editing Quiz
• Six Traits +1 notes
• Write definitions for concrete & abstract

AP Literature
• Discuss questions Act 5
• Quiz Act 5
• Hand in Acts 3 & 4 study questions
• Check 17 study questions Act 5
• Get answers to check for HW and write score
• Read aloud
• HW: Free Response 1 and MC questions 1-10.

Drama Wed & Thu
• Jewels groups answer questions pp 720 & 726 as a group for quiz tomorrow.
• Patient group get scripts, memorize, practice

Wed, 9/8/10

Wed, 9/8/10

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg, log
• Any more essays?
• Discuss kinds of words, aka parts of speech
• Editing Handouts
• Six Traits +1 Quiz & hand in notes

English 12-Pd 4
• AR rdg, log
• Hand in essays: Final draft, Rough draft w/corrections in different color, Outline w/4parts: Main Idea , Intro Idea, Body Idea, & Conclusion Idea
• Editing handouts, Lesson as “quiz”
• Get back STAR & write zpd range in planner
• Notes on 6 Traits: 1. Ideas

Drama
• Separate into The Patient group and Jewels of the Shrine group.
• Practice reading parts for The Patient.
• Read Jewels in groups of 5.

Tue, 9/7/10

Tue, 9/7/10

English 12-Pd 1
• AR rdg, log,
• College essay due 300-500 words
• Editing marks sheet
• Six Traits + 1: note #6. Sentence fluency

AP Literature
• AR rdg, log
• Discuss questions Act 4
• Quiz Act 4
• Check questions Acts 3 & 4
• Get answers Acts 3 & 4 to check for homework
• HW: Read Act 5 & answer study questions for Act 5
• Check your answers to study questions for Acts 3 & 4. Decide for yourself whether your got the same answer as the ones given & put with completion score.

Fri, 9/3/2010

Fri, 9/3/2010

English 12 Pd 1
• Get STAR reading level and ZPD range
• Revise, peer edit, type essays

English 12 Pd 4
• AR rdg
• Revise, peer edit, type essays

AP Literature
• Questions on Act 3 discussed
• Quiz Act 3 or alternate quiz Tues
• Checking qstns Act 3 postponed till Tue.
• HW: Read Act 4 & get study questions due Tues

Drama
• Continue auditions
• Read “The Jewels of the Shrine” p 710

Thu, 9/2/2010

Thu, 9/2/2010

AP Literature
• STAR test
• Get books & Class discuss qstns
• Quiz Act 2
• Hand in questions 11-18 p284
• HW: Read Act 3 and answer study questions in packet.

English 12-Pd 4
• STAR test
• Revise your essay
• Show me your conclusion and 300 total words.
• Read your AR book

Drama
• Finish reading Part2 of The Patient.
• Answer questions.
• Plan to present part of The Patient.
• Start auditions.

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.