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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

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Thursday, September 27, 2007

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on Donne; quiz Friday on life and metaphysical poetry
2. Presentations
3. EXAM
HW due Oct 10: Essay on Hamlet 1000 words with quotations

PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet
3. EXAM

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Read Beowulf: The Battle with Grendel from purple book

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

PERIOD 5
1. Quiz
2. Hamlet video
3. Presentations by Malorie and Vince
HW: Read about John Donne pp362-9.
Answer all interpreting questions & do one creative response & one critical response.

PERIOD 6
1. Diagrams
2. Review sheet

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. Quarter 1 Exam
2. AR reading and study

Monday, September 24, 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

Monday, September 24, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Take AR quiz

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in work on sonnets pp345-6
2. Show me your true false qstns for mythology
3. Watch Hamlet video
HW: Presentations due when video is over.
HW due Thursday: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.

PERIOD 6
1. Find prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout

Friday, September 21, 2007

Friday, September 21, 2007

Friday, September 21, 2007

PERIODs 1 & 2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet

PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in Hamlet research reports
3. Get handouts 1) answers to sect 1 mult choice 2) Mult choice terms used on AP exam
4. Hamlet video: the play and Hamlet confronts his mother
HOMEWORK: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.
HOMEWORK: Read sonnets 116 and 130 on pp 345-6 Answer questions and do Creative Response
Coming: John Donne pp362-369
Answer Interpreting questions and do one Creative Response and one Critical Response of your choice.

PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Discuss Exam Review sheet
3. Check diagrams and learn how to diagram prepositional phrases.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Thursday, September 20, 2007

PERIOD 2:
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book

PERIOD 5
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Hand in sets 1 & 2 mult choice "What went wrong?"
3. Check Pract test 1 section 1 mult choice and hand in.
4. Sign up for Hamlet article. REPORT IS DUE TOMORROW, FRIDAY.
5. Sign up for Allusion Presentation #11-34
6. Watch Hamlet video
ALLUSION PRESENTATION
1) Pick a figure to present to the class from 11-34 on list.
2) Tell the story in your own words, not from the handout.
3) You may find more info if there's not much on the sheet, but don't replace sheet info with new info.
4) Speak up to 2 minutes only.
5) Hand in 2 true/false questions for your figure on MONDAY.
6) Use note cards with no sentences.
7) Have a visual aid that has elements big enough to be seen from the back.
HOMEWORK: Hamlet research report
HOMEWORK due Monday: 2 True/False qstns for your mythological figure.

PERIOD 6
1. SRF 10 mins
2. Voc Qz 21-30
3. Discuss predicates (complements): direct object, predicate noun, predicate adjective
4. List prepositions and look for prepositional phrases in Beowulf handout.
HOMEWORK: Find prepositional phrases in handout on Beowulf.

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. New vocabulary
3. Discuss your AR book

PERIOD 6
1. Voc Qz 19-28 and p.o.s.
2. Check 3 sentence diagrams
3. More parts of a sentence: direct objects, predicate nouns and predicate adjectives
HOMEWORK: Try to diagram the rest of the sentences using the info given on the left

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading 10 mins
2. Socratic seminar on Beowulf and hand in answers to qstns 1-10
Period 2 excused from qstn 5

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 2 & 5 today or Thursday
2. Quiz on Elements of Style, 1-10 Allusions, and Voc 13-22
3. Hamlet video
HOMEWORK: Bring in the title, author, and publication date for a critical article on Hamlet for APPROVAL
HW: For qstns missed on set 1 Leisure & 2 Captain MacWhirr, briefly tell why you missed each one.
HW: Multiple choice Practice Test 1, Section 1, On Superstition
HW: Hamlet research assignment due Friday

Monday, September 17, 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007

Monday, September 17, 2007

PERIODs 1&2
1. AR reading 10 mins
Period 1: Discuss AR books being read
Period 2: Finish reading Beowulf HOMEWORK: answer 10 questions for Tuesday

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 1,7,8
2. Hand in best 3-5 things learned from 1) Style handout & 2) Wrtg Lit Analysis web doc
3. Quiz Voc 11-20 & 2 terms
HOMEWORK: Write a thesis and an outline of subtopics for prompts 5 & 2
HOMEWORK: Quiz on Elements of STyle handout
HOMEWORK: Quiz on Allusions handout 1-10
HOMEWORK: Hamlet research- find an article to report on and bring the title, author, & date by Thursday

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz vocab 17-26 and parts of speech
2. Check ACT reading 1-40
3. Discuss diagramming sentences and get handout
HOMEWORK: Diagram # 2, 10) Mom sleeps quietly. and 11) The weather fluctuated today.

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Thursday, September 13, 2007

PERIOD 2: Seniors take ASVAB in cafeteria.

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in thesis and outline for 6,4,3 and answers for 3.1 and 3.3 and Hamlet
2. Quiz voc 9-18 and term
4. Film Hamlet
HOMEWORK: Write a thesis and an outline of subtopics for prompts 1,7,8 (For Tues 5 & 2)
HOMEWORK: Read the 2 writing handouts and list in order your top 3 to 5 best new things learned for each.
e.g.Wrtg Papers #1 Focus on characterization rather than characters;Els of Style #1 Avoid the use of qualifiers

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz vocab 15-24 and parts of speech
2. Check usage from PSAT

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Wednesday, September 12, 2007

PERIOD 1
1. AR reading
2. Answer questions p10 for Beowulf

PERIOD 6
1. Quiz vocab 13-22 and "tion" parts of speech
2. Editing marks
3. Hand in revisions to house essays
4. Fill out sheet on parts of 5 ¶ essay
HOMEWORK: SAT usage questions

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

PERIODS 1 & 2
1. AR reading
2. Read Beowulf

PERIOD 5
1. Hand in paraphrases of soliloquies 3.1 and 3.3
2. Quiz 7-16 and terms
3. Discuss prompts
4. Film of Hamlet
HOMEWORK: Write a thesis and an outline of subtopics for prompts 6, 4, & 3
HOMEWORK: Answer questions on soliloquies 3.1 and 3.3 and on the Hamlet handout.