Thu, Oct 23, 2008

Thu, Oct 23

Pds 2 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on College Essay Notes
3. "Editing for Clarity" sheet
4. Work on essay

Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in work chps 4 & 5 in Sound & Sense
3. Read Hamlet Act 3, scene1 aloud
4. Watch Hamlet video
HW: Read, notate, and summarize chp 6 in S&S. Do exercises and answer qstns 1,4,7 for poems.

Wed, Oct 22, 2008

Wed, Oct 22

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Discuss how to create possible thesis (main idea) and 2-3 supporting subtopics.
My Example: Main idea--Going shopping at the new Nordstrom’s is an adventure.
I. Exciting to go the first time
II. Inside like a jungle
III. Hunting for a good deal
3. Show me your list of things learned and your 100 words of freewriting
Home Work: Write a possible main idea and 2-3 supporting ideas as subtopics

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Notes on essays 1-4
3. Plan expository essay: explaining or exposing facts.
Topic: Something you’ve learned in the past year
4. List at least 5 things you’ve learned in the last year. Pick one and freewrite about it for at least 100 words. If you like what you picked, consider what a main idea might be and what 3 supporting ideas would support it.

Tue, Oct 21, 2008

Tue, Oct 21

Pd 1
1. Planner check
2. Library
3. AR rdg & log
4. Seating chart
5. Plan essay by writing things you learned in the last year. List at least 5 things, though more is better.
HW: Pick one and freewrite 100 words about it.

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Library
3. Put scanlons.blogspot
in planners on front pg.
4. Continue planning essay by: HOMEWORK 1) choosing one of your topics, 2) listing three things about the topic, and 3) freewriting at least 100 words about the topic

Pd 5
1. Include summary in notes
2. Check chp 3
3. Rd Act 2, scene 2 aloud
HW: Read, notate, and summarize briefly chps 4 & 5. Answer qstns 1, 4, & 7 for each poem and do all Exercises.

Fri, Oct 17, 2008

Fri, Oct 17

Pds 1, 2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Take Cornell notes on college essay errors
Pd 1: 1-6 notes
Pd 2: 1-4 notes
Pd 4: 1-4 discuss

Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check chp 2
3. Read aloud Hamlet
HW: Sound & Sense chp 3: Read, notate,& summarize ; answer 1 of every 3 qstns on poems.

Thu, Oct 16, 2008

Thu, Oct 16

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Co notes on expos essay format w/graphic

Pd. 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check grades

Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Hand in Hamlet research work
3. Discuss chp 1 S& Sense and poems, hand in
HW: Read chp 2 Sound & Sense, take notes, and answer 1 qstn out of every 3 on poems.

Wed, Oct 15, 2008

Wed, Oct 15

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Updated grades
3. Think about what you want to write about for your expository essay.

Tue, Oct 14, 2008

Tue, Oct 14

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg & new log
2. College essays returned
3. Fill out “Comment” sheet with comments on “Strength” and on “Work on” which were noted at the end of your essay
4. Look at grades for Qt1

Pd 5
1. Pg 213 essays returned
2. Look at Qt1 grades
3. Get copy of Sound and Sense and cover.
HW. Read Ch 1 S&S , take Cornell notes on anything you find important in the prose (look for at least one thing for any long paragraph, although there is no required number of notes).
Also, answer the qstns about the poems.

Fri, Oct 3, 2008

Fri, Oct 3

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Check Test on The Seafarer, p129 purple Reading Lit
3. Discuss questions
4. Write about which story you preferred: Beowulf or “The Seafarer”

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Title, author, & date due for article. Articles from the Internet must be approved as a professional critical article.
If you haven’t been approved yet, please email me at Sheryl_Scanlon@notes.k12.hi.us and give me the URL so I can look at the article.
3. Check soliloquy questions
HW: Hamlet Research Article assignment due Thurs, Oct 16

Thu, Oct 2, 2008

Thu, Oct 2

Pds 2,4
1. AR rdg
2. Finish qstns Part 2 Beowulf
3. Video
4. Read The Seafarer

Pd 5
1. AR rdg
2. Check soliloquy notes & 5 qstns "to be or not to be"
3. Hand in notes
4. Sign up for article if ready
5. Read aloud Act1 sc3&4
HW: Finish 3 sets of soliloquy qstns
HW: Be ready to sign up for a Hamlet critical essay w/ author, title, & publishing date tomorrow
HW: Hamlet Research Project due Thu, Oct 16

Wed, Oct 1, 2008

Wed, Oct 1

Pd 1
1. AR rdg
2. Finish qstns Part 2 Beowulf
3. Read The Seafarer

Pd 4
1. AR rdg
2. Part 2 qstns Beowulf
3. Movie
4. Qstns Part 2

Tue, Sep 30, 2008

Tue, Sep 30

Pds 1,2,
1. AR rdg & log
2. Animated video
3. Part 2 questions


Pd 5
1. Check outline
2. Check essay scores and discuss
HW: Soliloquies Notes and questions. Front of sheet 1 due Thur,
the rest due Friday.
HW: Hamlet research: Find article and sign up by Friday. Have some alternate articles in case someone else takes your first choice.

Mon, Sep 29, 2008

Mon, Sep 29

Pds 1,2,4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Look over Qtr Exams

Pd 5
1. Quiz Act5
2. Look over Qtr Exam
3. Forgot to compare scores for sample student AP exams; will compare all 5 tomorrow
HW: Outline the play by briefly describing events in each scene: e.g.
Act1
Scene 1: Castle guards switch places & ghost appears
Scene 2: etc.
Act 1 has5 scenes
2 has 2
3 has 4
4 has 7
5 has 2
20 scenes in all

Fri, Sep 26, 2008

Fri, Sep 26

Pds 1,2,4,5
1. AR rdg & log

Pd 1
2. Go over answers to qstns p10 on Grendel

Pd 2
2. Handouts of qstns p10 Grendel & text of Part 1. Find answers and hand in.

Pd 4
2. Get books to finish qstns p10 and hand in papers.

Pd 5
2. Quiz on Hamlet Act 4
3. Essay on 2 Eros poems
HW: Read Act 5
HW: Evaluate 5 essays

Thu, Sep 25, 2008

Thu, Sep 25

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg & log
Pd 1, Check qstns &
listen end of part2


Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qtr Exam
HW: Read Hamlet Act 4

Wed, Sep 24, 2008

Wed, Sep 24

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. First Quarter Exam
3. Read about Beowulf,
Part 2

Pd 5
1. Quiz Act 3
2. Check and discuss qstns
on 2 speeches in Act 1
HW: Exam: Terms & Allusions

Tue, Sep 23, 2008

Tue, Sep 23

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg & log
2. First Quarter Exam
3. Read about Beowulf, Part 2

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Review for exam
3. Notes returned to students on 4 Kinds of Writing and on Early British Literature.

Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Mon, Sep 22

Pds 1,2
1. AR rdg, log,& quiz
2. Review for exam

Pd 4
1. AR rdg, log,& quiz
2. Finish Grendel Art and hand in

Pd 5
1. AR quiz
HW: Qstns on 2 speeches from Act 1
HW: Read Act 3
HW: Thursday Exam on Literary Terms & Allusions

Fri, Sep 19, 2008

Fri, Sep 19

Pds 1,2,4
1. Extended AR rdg&log
2. Grendel Art

Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Allusions 21-34 and Hamlet Act 2
3. Read aloud Act 1

Thu, Sep 18, 2008

Thu, Sep 18

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quizzes Early Brit Lit returned
3. Mastery Learning based on quiz scores 22/28= mastery. (11 right out of 14 answers) Do enrichment or corrective.
4. Hand in papers

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qstns p10 #s1-10. Write the qstn.
3. Hand in papers.

Pd 5
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Allusions 1-20 and Hamlet Act 1.
HW: Allusions 21-34
HW: Read Act 2

Wed, Sep 17, 2008

Wed, Sep 17

Pd 1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on Early British Voices
3. Finish reading Grendel from Beowulf
4. Answer qstns 1-10 p10

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Qz Thu, Early Brit Voices
3. Finish notes on Anglo Saxon Poetry pp2&3
3. Finish reading Grendel from Beowulf