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