MON, OCT 19, 2009

MON, OCT 19

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Check qstns "Seafarer"
3. “Seafarer” quiz Period 1 only

Pd 2
1. MAO sheets to sign and return
2. Hand in evaluation sheets for Blackberry essays
3. Get back essay O evaluation w/rubric
4. Rubric analysis: what makes a top essay? Overall view, Task, Options, Top qualities. Find each part in rubric.
HW: Study terms Q-S for quiz. Omit rhyme, setting, simile, sonnet, Spenserian stanza, and suspense.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Watch and write about the Franklin’s Tale. Besides general notes on teller and plot, write 100 words giving your opinion about who of the four characters (knight, lady, squire, scholar) you think is the most noble and why.
3 tales so far: Merchant, Pardoner, Franklin

FRI, OCT 16, 2009

FRI, OCT 16

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Check Seafarer qstns & hand in
3. Get essays back
4. Make notes “Essay Comments” listing College/Application Essay, Strongest trait, Weakest trait, and Other for things you need to correct on the next essay. Hand in essay and notes.

Pd 2
1. Discuss rubric for AP exam essays, your list of qualities for a top essay, and what words in the “O” essay illustrated each quality. Hand in.
HW: Evaluate Blackberry essays based on the rubric from yesterday’s handout. Comment to explain why you rated it as you did.

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check the 50 words for the Merchant’s tale. You may write about the next tale on the same paper.
3. Watch tales, write
• who told the tale and
• what happened. Eventually we will make connections between the tale and the pilgrim telling the tale.
4. Write 100 words comparing the Merchant’s tale to the Pardoner’s tale, what is similar and what is different.

THU, OCT 15, 2009

THU, OCT 15

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2.
pd 1 Check "Seafarer" questions
pd 4 Finish questions. Pick up handout to take home.

Pd 2
1. Hand in college essays , all drafts
2. Quiz Act 5 Macbeth
3. Hand in synopses
4. Discuss grades
HW:
1) From "Blackberry Picking" handout, make a list of qualities that describe a top-rated essay on the AP exam.
2) Find an example from essay O in handout that illustrates each quality

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Check and discuss answers to "Edward, Edward"
3. Watch Canterbury Tale (unfinished)
HW: Write 50 words on what you think about the tale

WED, OCT 14, 2009

WED, OCT 14

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

Pd 2
1. Reminder of HW due tomorrow:
• Final draft & rough drafts for college essay (pg 3 of handout for polishing)
• Read Macbeth Act V & write scene synopses for quiz.
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

Pd 6
1. AR reading & log
2. Get grades for Qtr 1

FRI, OCT 2, 2009

FRI, OCT 2

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading & log
2. Finish qstns 1-10 p 51 and hand in
3. Write a response: Tell which story you prefered, Beowulf or The Seafarer in a paragraph. Give as many reasons as you can.
4. Discuss possible answers p 51, #1-10

Pd 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in synopses
3. Quiz Act 4
4. Discuss summaries and questions on pp 315-316 and hand in
3. Multiple choice questions for Macbeth

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Turn in Canterbury Art
3. Read “Edward Edward” pp148-149 in purple books by windows.
4. Answer qstns 1-10 and 1-5 p150

THU, OCT 1, 2009

THU, OCT 1

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read “The Seafarer” p 49-51
3. Answer qstns 1-10 p 51 and hand in

Pd 2
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read Macbeth aloud to p 262 line 144
HW: Read Act 4 and do scene synopses
HW: Summarize “The King’s Evil” and “Hecate” p315. See the following site for information on how to summarize an article:
www.class.uidaho.edu/adv_tech_wrt/resources/general/how_to_summarize.htm (from the University of Idaho)
HW: Answer questions 9&10 p 316
HW: Polish your final draft (pg 3) by 2nd day back., Thur, Oct 15
HW: Read Macbeth Act V and write scene synopses. Due 2nd day back

Pd 6
1. Exam
2. Work on art project due Friday
3. Read AR book

WED, SEP 30, 2009

WED, SEP 30

Pd 4
Quarter 1 Exam

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2 Discuss review sheet for exam

TUES, SEP 29, 2009

TUES, SEP 29

Pd 1
Quarter 1 Exam

Pd 2
Quarter 1 Exam
HW: Read Act 4 and write synopses for scenes. Due Friday

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Read “The Seafarer” p 49-51
3. Answer qstns 1-10 p 51 and hand in

MON, SEP 28, 2009

MON, SEP 28

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR reading and logs
2. Review sheet to study for exam
3. Makeup art & new quarter 2 AR log

Pd 2
1. Edit each other’s rough drafts by writing “Edited by_____” at the top in a different color. Write + for good, ? for don’t understand, and “more” for parts that need specific details or that the editor is interested in reading more about.
Hand in drafts.
HW: Read Act 4 and write synopses for scenes. Due Friday

Pd 6
1. AR reading and logs
2. Hand in homework
3. Canterbury Art Project
•Pick a pilgrim from pp 95-103.
•Write details about him or her from story. Document pg & line #s.Ex: (p103 l265)
•Draw the pilgrim based on descriptive quotations (no stick figures) and write quotations near the art
Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper 8&1/2 by 11 in
- 3 colors minimum
Requirements:
1) Find a pilgrim from pp 95-103
2) Write who it is in big, dark letters across the top of the paper
3) Draw a picture of the pilgrim described, using details given in the Prologue (no stick figures)
4) Add quotations to the drawing that describe the pilgrim
5) Make the art fill the space
6) Show effort by using details
7) Use contrast from black to white

FRI, SEP 25, 2009

FRI, SEP 25

Pds 1& 4
1. AR reading & new logs
2. Get exam topics for review from front board
3. Finish art and hand in

Pd 2
1. AR reading & new logs
2. Quiz Act 3 Macbeth
3. Hand in synopses for Act 3 scenes
HW: Write first draft college essay.
The title is your Approach,
tell Stylistic Device used, and
write which General idea is the most important to you.


Pd 6
1. AR reading & new logs
2. Quiz on “The Pardoner’s Tale”
HW: Read pp 95-103 For each pilgrim write one trait that shows whether Chaucer paints an honorable or dishonorable picture of him or her.
Example: The nun: She is dishonorable because she swears “By Saint Loy.” (from an earlier page)

THU, SEP 24, 2009

THU, SEP 24

Pd 2
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz Act 2 Macbeth
3. Check questions p 271 & 284
HW: Rd Act 3, do scene synopses. Due tomorrow.
HW: Read from college essay handout pp 3-4: Some Common Approaches, Stylistic Devices, and General ideas. Write a first draft, using your approach as your title. Also tell what Stylistic Device you use and what General idea is important to you.
Due Monday

Pd 4
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary 3 & 4, THESIS & THEME. Study, review 1&2, practice quiz 1-4.
3. Beowulf art
• Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper
- 3 colors minimum
- “Grendel” handout
• Requirements:
1) Find a quotation from “Grendel.”
2) Write the quotation in big, dark letters with quotation marks across the top of the paper, with chapter# in parentheses.
Example: "A powerful monster, living down in the darkness" (1)
3) Draw a picture of the image described (no stick figures).
4) Make the art fill the space.
5) Show effort by using details.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & log
2. Quiz on pp 91-95: the Nun, the Monk, and the Friar
3. Read aloud pp 87-88 in Middle English, 103 the Summoner in modern English
HW: Read p104 about the Pardoner, then “The Pardoner’s Tale” pp 122-129 for quiz.

WED, SEP 23, 2009

WED, SEP 23, 2009

Pd1
1. AR rdg & log
2. Vocabulary 3 & 4: Study, review 1&2, take practice quiz.
THESIS: a statement to be supported
THEME: the meaning, the message, the main idea
3. Beowulf art
• Materials:
- 1 sheet unlined paper
- 3 colors minimum
- “Grendel” handout
• Requirements:
1) Find a quotation from “Grendel.”
2) Write the quotation in big, dark letters with quotation marks across the top of the paper.
3) Draw a picture of the image described (no stick figures).
4) Make the art fill the space.
5) Show effort by using details.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg, log
2. Check questions p 10
3. Test on Beowulf

Pd 6
1. AR rdg, log
2. Quiz pp 89-91 "General Prologue" from The Canterbury Tales
HW: Read pp 91-95 (lines 121-279)

TUE, SEP 22, 2009

TUE, SEP 22

Pd 1
1. AR rdg, log
2. Check questions p 10
3. Test on Beowulf

Pd 2
1. Quiz on article p 253 and Act I of Macbeth.
2. Hand in scene synopses
3. Check MC
4. Read aloud Act 1 scene 7 and get handout.
HW: Answer questions 12,13 p 271
HW: Read Act II. Write a one- sentence synopsis of each scene. Answer questions 1,11,12,16,17 p 284

MON, SEP 21, 2009

MON, SEP 21

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg, log, and quiz
2. Finish questions 1-10 for Beowulf p 10 in Globe (or get a handout of the questions).

Pd 2
1. AR rdg, log, and quiz
2. Quiz on Shakespeare p247-252
HW: Read “Macbeth” p 253 and Macbeth Act I. Write a 1 sentence synopsis of each scene. Quiz

Pd 6
1. AR rdg, log, and quiz
2. Check notes on Chaucer & the Canterbury Tales. (9 notes)
3. Quiz on topics in #2 above
HW: Read lines 1-42 p 89 carefully for a detailed quiz: who, what, where, when, why, etc.
HW: Read lines 43-121 p 89-91 to recognize traits of the 3 pilgrims described

FRI, SEPT 18, 2009

FRI, SEPT 18

Pds 1 &4
1. AR reading and log, teacher initial
Pd 1 Finish reading Beowulf and answer qstns p 10
Pd 4 Quiz:Beowulf & answer qstns1-4 &6

Pd 2:
1. AR reading and log, teacher initial
2. Quiz pp241-6, Renaissance Theater
3. Hand in notes: College & Renaissance Theater
4. Check MC
HW: Read William Shakespeare pp 247- 252 for quiz. Pay attention to facts new to you. Quiz Mon
HW: for Tue, Read “Macbeth” p 253 and Macbeth Act I. Write a 1 sentence synopsis of each scene. Quiz Tues

Pd 6
1. AR reading and log, teacher initial
2. Quiz on Middle Ages pp 68-75
3. Check notes & hand in.
HW: Geoffrey Chaucer pp 84-85. Take 3 notes each on 1) his life and 2) the Canterbury Tales. Read p 86. Take one note per ¶.

THU, SEPT 17, 2009

THU, SEPT 17

Pd 2
1. AR rdg and log. Bring the book you are reading for AR to class before you take the quiz. Deadline for the quiz is Mon 9/21.
2. Quiz: sonnets + Shakespeare’s Sonnets pp 338-346.
3. Hand in work on the 6 sonnets.
4. Check MC quizzes and hand in.
HW: College essay. Read page 1 of the handout “It's Not a Pain, It's an Opportunity,” and annotate on the page in pencil. Do 9 of the 10 activities on p 2 for "Getting Started, Brainstorming," in ink on a sheet of paper.
HW: Read pp 241-246, "Renaissance Theater," noting facts that are new to you. Quiz Friday.

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log.
2. Review Beowulf using handout to annotate (make notes).
HW: Finish reading the handout of Grendel from Beowulf for quiz Fri.

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log.
2. Quiz on Eng Lang pp 59-65.
3. Discussion on writing a summary.
HW: Read pp 68-75. Make a note of one idea for every Red and Black bold heading (11 of them) Enjoy reading the details, but make the note a summary of the information in that section.

WED, SEPT 16, 2009

WED, SEPT 16

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Review Beowulf w/Think Aloud using handout to make notes

Pd 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Essential Vocabulary #s 1 & 2
•Figurative: imaginative, fanciful, metaphorical; not literal
•Literal: actual, factual, to the letter
3. Read Beowulf aloud pp 4-5

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Quiz on “The Seafarer”
3. Check qstns 1, 6, 7
4. Reading analysis assessment
HW: Read “The English Language” pp 59-65 for quiz

TUE, SEPT 15, 2009

TUE, SEPT 15

Pd 1
1. AR rdg and log
2. Essential Vocabulary #s 1 & 2
•Figurative: imaginative, fanciful, metaphorical, not literal
•Literal: actual, factual, to the letter
3. Read Beowulf aloud pp 4-8

Pd 2
1. Terms quiz
2. Hand in essay on three carpe diem poems
3. Multiple choice practice with two poems
HW: Read introduction & Shakespeare’s sonnets pp338-346, give the main idea of each sonnet, choose your favorite, say what quality you like about it, and give evidence. Quiz Thur on all.
HW: Finish the MC questions

MON, SEPT 14, 2009

MON, SEPT 14

Pds 1& 4
1. AR rdg and log
2. Quiz on Anglo-Saxon Period

Pd 2
1. Quiz on terms
2. Hand in work on poems 3. Sonnets/handouts TPCASTT, tone, analyzing words, poetry categories
HW: p 437 Critical Response: Make the list and write the essay.
HW: terms K, L, the first 5 P words

Pd 6
1. AR rdg and log
2. Hand in essays on Beowulf
3. Get back college essays and discuss.
HW: Read “The Seafarer” p46-51 for quiz. Answer questions 1, 6, 7. pg51

FRI, SEPT 11, 2009

FRI, SEPT 11, 2009

Pds 1 & 4
1. AR rdg & library visit
2. Any more essays?
3. Notes on Anglo Saxon Period p 2 Gold textbook for quiz Monday:
"Life in Early Britain: Warfare & Conquest"
1) Celts: the first people found to be living on the British Isles.
2) Romans: invaded & built towns but went back to Rome when it was being attacked.
3) Anglo-Saxons: invaded and the country became Angloland , then England
4) Danes: a Viking people, conquered a large area in central Britain.
5) Normans: from France, conquered and united the country into one kingdom.

Pd 2 AP
1. AR rdg 10 minutes
2. Hand in responses to poems.
3. Quiz on terms.
HW: Read “To the Virgins” p385 Write theme & supporting evidence.
HW: Read “To His Coy Mistress” p 436. Briefly restate qstns 1-7 and give the answers. Which line of the poem is unclear and which is your favorite? HW: Terms F, H, I & A-E

Pd 6
1. AR rdg & library visit
2. Show me your main idea, supporting subtopics (outline) and the first 100 words of your essay.
Our library has a graphic novel of Beowulf.