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Thursday, January 18, 2007

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

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

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

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

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 06, 2006

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 05, 2006

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 04, 2006

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 01, 2006

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, November 30, 2006

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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