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ENG-351
STANDARD:
Syllabus
Home
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Assignments listed are always
subject to change as schedule may fluctuate with
events of the day.
FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 19
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MONDAY
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Test on The Harlem Renaissance
Death of A Salesman |
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TUESDAY
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Death of a Salesman. Clean out Lockers
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WEDNESDAY
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Review
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THURSDAY
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Review / Exams |
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FRIDAY
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Exams
HAVE AN AWESOME AND SAFE SUMMER!!!
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FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 12
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MONDAY
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Discuss Harlem Renaissance. Read/notes
p. 743 Claude McKay. Read and discuss "America" by McKay.
Portfolios due tomorrow! |
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TUESDAY
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Submit Portfolios. Return TCAP Writing scores.
Read/notes James W. Johnson and poem "Go Down Death"
Death of a Salesman |
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WEDNESDAY
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Book check
Final Exam Review sheet
Read/notes Countee
Cullen p. 746-748.
Death of a Salesman |
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THURSDAY
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.Read/notes Langston Hughes pp. 760-764
"HW--Read/notes Zora
Neale Hurston and "Dust Tracks on the Road" Answer questions p.
759 Reading Check a,b,c,d and 2,3,4,5,6.
Death of a Salesman |
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FRIDAY
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. .Discuss "Dust
Tracks..."
Test on Mon. Harlem
Renanissance.
Death of a Salesman |
FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 5
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MONDAY
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Return Informal Writing and Persuasive
Writing to Writing Folder.Take out Literary Writing (Chaaracter
Analysis) and revise for Wed.
Write conclusion to Letter of Reflection. Typed letter is
due Wed for edit.
Return Creative Writing and typist will revise and make a
revised copy for each of his/her group members to be ready
by Wed. for reading.
HW: Read/note Katherine Anne Porter. Read "The Jilting of
Granny Weatherall" and answer p. 712 Reading Check and #2,3,4,5,6 |
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TUESDAY
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Submit HW p. 712. *Reminder: Character Analysis
revision is due Wed.
Letter of Reflection is due Wed. for edit. "Secret Life" paper
(Creative Writing) is due Wed.
Discuss "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall."
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WEDNESDAY
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Bell work: Read/notes on William Faulkner pp.
713-714. (Four biographies due Fri.)
Hand out Rubric for Portfolio. Edit
Letter of Reflection. Take home Writing Folder
(Keep one copy of "Secret Life' story here to read to
class.)
Questions on Portfolios?? Due Tues!
TEST FRI. on James Thurber, Edgar Lee Masters, Eudora Welty,
Katherine Anne Porter, and William Faulkner and their writings.
HW--Read " A Rose for Emily " p. 715. |
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THURSDAY
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Discuss "A Rose for Emily" Review for tomorrow's test.
Biographies
due tomorrow.
Discuss
Research Paper part of Portfolio.
Begin your cover for your Portfolio. Remember --full heading
on cover (somewhere)
Read
some"Secret Life". stories |
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FRIDAY
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Submit four biographies . Test on James Thurber, Edgar Lee
Masters, Eudora Welty, Katherine Anne Porter, and William Faulkner
and their writings.
Read some "Secret Life " stories. |
FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 28
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MONDAY
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3rd Period Research Paper Revisions
returned.
Portfolio Info passed out.Parent signatures due tomorrow.
Make
up your Table of Contents
Final edit Secret Life paper. Final copy due tomorrow
with"Cover" picture. |
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TUESDAY
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Submit final Creative Writing..Submit parent
signatures for Portfolios.
Begin your Letter of Reflection by
writing an introductory paragraph
about
yourself, your interests, and your junior year.Conclude you
introductory paragraph with a comment on how you feel about
English and
writing.This
will
lead into
your next paragrph commenting on your first writing .Bring
RD of first and second paragraphs to class tomorrow. You will
have a few minutes to work on paragraph two in class. |
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WEDNESDAY
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For first 10 min. of class, take out
RD of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 and complete the second paragraph.which
will be an analysis of
your
first writing
entry(Informal Writing) in
your Portfolio.Homework--Continue your Letter of Reflection
until you have finished paragraph 1 and 2.
Handout for THe Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Answer as you
watch.
Watch "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" |
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THURSDAY
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Take home Infornal Writing and Persuasive Writing only from
your writing folder to be revised for Mon.Complete paragraphs
3 and 4 for Mon.Return these Mon. to
folder.All perfect papers can stay in writing folder.Watch
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
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FRIDAY
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Watch "The Secret Life of Waltr Mitty"
MON----REVISIONS OF INFORMAL WRITING AND PERSUASIVE
WRITING ARE DUE
TUES. WE WILL WORK ON LETTER
OF REFLECTION IN CLASS. WE WILL DISCUSS CONCLUSION ON MON.
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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 21
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MONDAY
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Complete The Great Gatsby. Any artists
in the class??
Read/notes Edgar Lee Masters p.692. Read "Richard Bone"
Introduce "The Secret Life..." paper--group work--each
person in the group must have a role in the plot of the story.
Also each person must have a job to do to prepare the story,
including one person to create a "Cover" for the
story.
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TUESDAY
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Periods 2 and 3 Revisions of Research are due
today.
Complete Spoon River Anthology. Work on Secret Life paper--plot,
dialogue, and "cover"
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WEDNESDAY
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Work on "The Secret Life... " paper.
Remember dialogue. Rough Draft due Fri with sketch of cover.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE!
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THURSDAY
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Read/notes Eudora Welty. p. 633. Read "A Worn Path" pp.
635-637. Answer the following questions. p. 642 Reading Check
and #2,3,4,5,6,7.
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FRIDAY
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Secret Life Rough Draft is due-- typed for edit by your
group--Creative Writing. Sketch of "Cover" for the
story is due today also.Final copy is due Tues.
Final copy of "The Secret Life" paper is due Tues.
Discuss "A Worn Path"--Eudora Welty
6th Period special event honoring William Shakespeare
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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 14
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MONDAY
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Discuss. "The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty" Review for test tomorrow. Six biographies
due tomorrow.
Discuss The Great Gatsby..Discuss Credit for "Shakespeare
day" |
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TUESDAY
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Submit 6 biographies.
Test over Robert Frost, James
Thurber, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway,
and
Edna
St. Vincent
Millay.
Finish discussion of the novel today.
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WEDNESDAY
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Test- TheGreat Gatsby. Watch The Great Gatsby.
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THURSDAY
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Watch THe Great Gatsby
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FRIDAY
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Finish The Great Gatsby.
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FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 7
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MONDAY
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Quiz tomorrow on Ch 4,5,6.Read/notes
Ernest Hemingway p.560-561. Read 'Soldiers
Home"--HEMIMNGWAY.
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TUESDAY
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Quiz Ch 4,5,6 of The Great Gatsby.Complete Ch
7 by Thurs. and Ch 8 by Mon.
RETURN RESEARCH PAPERS TO PERIODS 1 AND 4. Revisions due Fri.
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WEDNESDAY
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Discuss "Soldiers Home" p. 699. Discuss
Gatsby Ch. 4-6.
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THURSDAY
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Discuss Gatsby. Read/notes Edna
St. Vincent Millay--p. 697 and
"Recuerdo"Period
1 and 4 Research Revisions due tomorrow.
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FRIDAY
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Period 1 and 4 Revisions due today.
Read/ notes over James
Thurber p. 623-624..Read "The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty"
p. 625. Discuss.
TEST TUESDAY:over Robert Frost, James Thurber,
John Steinbeck, F.
Scott Fitzgerald,
Ernest
Hemingway,
and
Edna
St. Vincent
Millay
Complete Ch 8 of Gatsby for Mon. and finish the novel by Tues.
Test Wed.(most likely) over The Great Gatsby. |
FOR THE WEEK OF MAR 31
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MONDAY
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Quiz Ch 2 and 3 of The Great
Gatsby. Read Ch 4 for Wed.
Describe "Home." R. Frost--Read aloud p. 569 "The Death of the Hired
Man." |
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TUESDAY
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Complete Ch
4 for tomorrow.Read through Ch 5 by Fri.
Read/ notes John Steinbeck p.607 (Bio 3) Discuss John Steinbeck.
HW-- Read "The Leader of the People"pp. 609-619.Answer
questions p. 621 # 2,3,4,5,6. Expect a quiz.
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WEDNESDAY
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Groups of 4-- find answers to The Moderns and
turn in one paper for the four of you.Use your notes and your
quizzes to answer the questions.
Discuss--"The Leader of the People" Go over HW. Discuss Gatsby Ch 2-3.
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THURSDAY
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Discuss through Ch 4 of Gatsby. Watch
the beginning of The Great Gatsby
. Compete Ch 5 by tomorrow and
Ch 6 by Mon. |
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FRIDAY
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Watch Gatsby.
Read through Ch 6 for Mon.
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FOR THE WEEK OF MAR 24
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MONDAY
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Discuss The Moderns pp.524-529.Read
silently and take notes on pp. 529-536. HW --pp. 584-585
F. Scott Fitzgerald. Begin a notebook of biographies, starting
with Fitzgerald ( bio. #1). Reminder-- The
Great Gatsby is
due in class on Wed.
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TUESDAY
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Read/notes on Robert Frost ( bio. #2)--pp. 558-559.
Read p. 562 "Nothing Gold Can Stay" Read silently "Once by
the Pacific" p. 564. HW--p. 566 Answer # 2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Quiz tomorrow on introductory info on The Moderns |
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WEDNESDAY
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Quiz-- The Moderns. Discuss "Once by the Pacific"
Book Check --The Great Gatsby.
Discuss F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read Ch 1 aloud. Complete Ch
1 for tomorrow.
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THURSDAY
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Read in Textbook p.567 Robert Frost-- "Birches." Discuss.
The Great
Gatsby--Handouts Characters/Relationships and houses. Work
in groups to compete handouts. Read Ch 2 for
tomorrow. Quiz on Ch 1 tomorrow. |
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FRIDAY
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Quiz Ch 1 of The Great Gatsby. Read Ch 3 of
Gatsby for Mon. Quiz Mon. on Ch 2 and 3of The Great Gatsby.
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FOR THE WEEK OF MAR 10
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MONDAY
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Final edit on revised Research
Rough Draft (60 pts.) Discuss Oral Presentation requirements.Discuss
Pocket folder for Wed.'s submission and all required materials.
Also- YSellow packet with all materials in it are due Wed.
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TUESDAY
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Review submissions for tomorrow. Final
Research Paper and all work are due tomorrow. Oral
Presentations begin today.
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WEDNESDAY
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Submit Research Paper in Pocket folder and submit
Yellow envelope with all notes, bibs, and materials. Oral Presentations continue.
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THURSDAY
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Oral Presentations continue |
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FRIDAY
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Complete Oral Presentations. It's time for Spring Break!!
Have fun! Be careful!
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FOR THE WEEK OF MAR 3
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MONDAY
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Rough-rough draft of body paragraphs
is due today. HW-- Type your body paragraphs and bring typed
paper to class tomorrow. No conclusion yet. Note card check
begins.
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TUESDAY
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Bring typed Works Cited and finalized Outline
to class Thurs. Be sure 4 quotations are in your paper. Internal
documentation is done in class today.
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WEDNESDAY
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Develop body paragraphs and complete internal
documentation.Create Works Cited page. Finalized typed Outline is
due tomorrow.
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THURSDAY
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Finalized Outline and Works Cited due.Write
conclusion in class.Polish rough draft in class.Bring
complete Typed Rough Draft to class for edit tomorrow.
Bring highlighters to class-- pink, yellow, and green ( or blue.
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FRIDAY
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Color-coding Rough Draft. Return Persuasive
Essay to students and place in your writing folders. Return
Outlines. Revise Research paper for HW. Revision due Mon .
for final edit. Oral Reports start Mon. with volunteers. All
Oral reports will continue o Tues.
Remember you will need Visual Aid for your Oral Presentation.
Final Paper due Wed. MARCH 12. |
FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 25
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MONDAY
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RESEARCH IN LIBRARY
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TUESDAY
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RESEARCH IN LIBRARY. Working questions due today.Do
you have 15-20 note cards today?
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WEDNESDAY
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Working thesis statement is due today. Begin
outlining.Typed outline is due Fri.
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THURSDAY
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Work on outline. Completed typed outline
is due tomorrow with thesis statement at top.
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FRIDAY
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Outline check. * Mark where your 4 quotations go. Write
your introduction today.(Thesis statement is last sentence
of your introduction) HW-- Rough-rough draft
of three body paragraphs. Bring this to class Mon. No conclusion
yet.
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FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 18
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MONDAY
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Presidents' Day. No school for you.
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TUESDAY
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Interims? Parent Signatures? Topics? All topics
chosen by today.
Read/notes Ambrose Bierce.
Discuss psychological novel.
Practice creating
bibliography cards. Take out one bib card from your pre-search
last weekend.
HW Read "Occurrence at Owl
Creek Bridge" pp. 468-473. HW- Reading Check a,b,c,d and
#1,2,3,5
Test Thurs. on Rise of Realism, Twain, Douglass,
Code Songs, and Bierce. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Discuss "Occurrence..."
Thurs. -Test on Rise of Realism, Twain, Douglass,
Code Songs, and Bierce.
Discuss notecards. Practice creating notecards. Do some researching
on your topic at home.
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THURSDAY
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Test on Rise of Realism, Twain, Douglass, Code
Songs, and Bierce.
Discuss outlining--sentence and topic outlines.Work on Research
Proposal.
Tomorrow
we meet in the library for research.Bring yellow envelopes
and
Research Packet. Research tonight on your own.
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FRIDAY
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Research in library
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FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 11
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MONDAY
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Review Mark Twain biography pp.450-451
Submit Persuasive Essay and Extra credit.
It's time to
talk about Research Papers.Sign-ups can begin today .
(Be sure you have read and taken notes over Mark Twain biography
in textbook)
Complete discussion of Huck Finn.BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW!
TEST ON HUCKLEBERRY FINN AND STUDY GUIDES DUE TOMORROW!
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TUESDAY
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Research topic sign-ups
Test--Huck
Finn.
Submit Study Guides
.Read The Moderns--the American
dream.--pp. 524-529. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Bell work--Read/notes on biography of
Frederick Douglass p. 424 in textbook
Research Paper topics-- sign up Bring signed interims to me Fri.
Power
Point-- Research Papers. Distribute Research Paper Packets.Parent
signatures due by Fri.
HW--Read "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" pp.
426-430. Answer--p. 430--Reading Check a,b,c,d and #2,3,4,5,6.
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THURSDAY
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Research topic sign-up. Check homework.
Final discussion on Huck Finn--Conclusion--Tom Sawyer or no
Tom Sawyer?, themes, satire
.Discuss Frederick Douglass. Go over questions p. 430.
Interims due tomorrow |
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FRIDAY
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Submit interims/submit parent signatures
Read Spirituals/Code Songs p. 432-434
Next Thurs- Test on Rise of Realism, Twain, Douglass,
Code Songs, and Bierce.
This weekend-- do some
Pre-search on your topic. Spend some time in the public library.
Take notes. Bring notes and at least one source
with you to class Tues. |
FOR THE WEEK OF FEB 4
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MONDAY
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.Return Quiz Ch 1-20 Huck Finn. Return
Expsitory Revision and submit to Writing Folder.
Look at 6"s written on prompt #3.
Quiz Ch 21-35 tomorrow. Complete reading and notes p.409-422
Rise of Realism.
Bring 3 TCAP practices to class tomorrow. |
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TUESDAY
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Quiz Ch 21-35 . Discuss Huck Finn. Introduce Persuasive
paper-- RD due Fri. Pactice prompt skills. After school make
up for missed TCAP Prompts
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WEDNESDAY
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TCAP today. A reading day for Huck Finn.
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THURSDAY
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Power Point-- Realism. Discuss Huck Finn. Test amd Study
Guides due Tuesday..
Persuasive Essay due tomorrow --Typed for edit.
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FRIDAY
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Edit Persuasive Essay. Final Persuasive Essay due Mon.Discuss
Huck Finn. Huck Finn Test Tues. and Study Guides due Tues.
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FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 28
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MONDAY
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Test--Huck Finn Ch 1-20
Edit by color-coding your TCAP #1. |
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TUESDAY
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TCAP #2.
Read from Huck Finn when finished. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Edit #2 by color-coding.
Work on Huck Finn Study
Guides. BRING TEXTBOOK TOMORROW |
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THURSDAY
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Read/notes pp. 409-415 -Rise of Realism . Huck
Finn Quiz Mon. Ch 21-35
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FRIDAY
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TCAP #3. Read/ Study Guides Huck Finn.
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FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 21
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MONDAY
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MLK Day
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TUESDAY
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Return Expository Essay. Revision due Fri.
Complete
Emily Dickinson's poetry.Complete poems on pp. 374, 376,
378, 385, 386, 388, 391,392.
Review Whitman/Dickinson
--Test tomorrow.
HW-Read biography of Mark Twain.
Discuss Huck Finn.Test onCh 1-20
will be next Mon.
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WEDNESDAY
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Test- Whitman/Dickinson. Discuss TCAP and techniques
for writing persuasive paper. |
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THURSDAY
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Practice TCAP with 3 reasons to support your position on
a persuasive topic.
. Read / discuss Huck Finn |
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FRIDAY
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Bellwork--copy notes on Satire.Submit revisions. Submit
Study Guides Ch 1-20.
TCAP writing #1 .Get highlighters and bring
colored markers to class Monday-- Pink, yellow,
blue,
green--
used
for editing
persuasive prompt #1.
Discuss Satire and Huck's delema--Conscience vs. sense of
duty .Test Mon. on Ch 1-20. |
FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 14
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MONDAY
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Read "Song of Myself #33." Discuss.
Discuss Huck Finn. Vocab for Huck Finn Ch 1-20 passed out.
Vocab test Friday |
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TUESDAY
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.Video--Mark
Twain's biography.
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WEDNESDAY
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HW--Read/notes on Emily Dickinson p.372.373
Group assignments given out-- to be presented
on Thurs.Work in groups to prepare presentations.
Discuss Huck
Finn through Ch 5. |
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THURSDAY
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Return Mark Twain notes. Discuss Pap from Huck Finn
Work on presentions. |
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FRIDAY
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Vocab Test-- Huck Finn Ch 1-20. Continue Emily Dickinson's
poetry.Test Wednesday on Whitman and Dickinson.
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FOR THE WEEK OF JAN 7
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MONDAY
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WELCOME BACK!
Make a list of long
term goals. Make list of short term goals for the rest of this year.
Write Expository Essay: "During the first semester of
my junior year, the most important lesson in life that
I have learned is ____________." Typed RD due in class
Wed. Final copy due Fri. Approx. 1 1/2 pages. (Bring your
RD to class tomorrow to work on it.)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn due in class for book
check on Thurs. |
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TUESDAY
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Read and take notes on pp. 342-350. Work on Expository
Essay. Typed RD due tomorrow in class.
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WEDNESDAY
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Edit Expository Essay.Make revisions and bring revised
copy to class tomorrow. Overhead notes on Walt Whitman and Emily
Dickinson. |
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THURSDAY
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Book check for Huck Finn.Discuss Mark Twain as a Realist--not
a Romantic writer.
Discuss Cateloging -p. 351- and Cadence.
Copy literary terms from overhead
Read "I Hear America Singing"p.352.
Grammar edit for Expository Essay. |
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FRIDAY
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Submit final copy of Expository Essay.
Read Whitman's "Song
of Myself #10" p. 353. Discuss
Huck Finn Reading
Schedule and Study Guides passed out. Begin Ch 1 of Huck
Finn. |
FOR THE WEEK OF DEC 17
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MONDAY
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Finishing touches. Return tests
and review Emerson and Thoreau. Return Dark Romanticists
test and go over answers. Work on your Review questions for
the Semester Exam.Turn in Review Questions by end of class
today.
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TUESDAY
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Review Day
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WEDNESDAY
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Full Day Exam 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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THURSDAY
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Exam 1,2,3
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FRIDAY
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Have a Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, Merry, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
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FOR THE WEEK OF DEC 10
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MONDAY
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Bell Work-Read/notes--Edgar
Allan Poe p.260,261
Submit Project
for The Scarlet Letter. Hand out and discuss Review Sheets for Semester Exam
Read "The Raven" p. 282 Begin "Fall of the
House of Usher" and
finish for HW
Test Thurs over the Dark Romanticists, Poe,
Hawthorne, and Melville and The Scarlet Letter. |
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TUESDAY
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Test Thurs over the Dark Romanticists, Poe, Hawthorne, and
Melville and The Scarlet Letter.
Discuss "Fall of the House of Usher" p.262
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WEDNESDAY
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Return Study Guides for The Scarlet Letter.Questions
on the novel.
Read Herman Melville,
p.311,312
Discuss from Moby-Dick pp. 313-320. Read from
second excerpt pp. 321-327 |
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THURSDAY
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Test today over the Dark Romanticists, Poe, Hawthorne,
and Melville and The Scarlet Letter.
Hand out Review Questions
for Semester Exam |
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FRIDAY
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Watch Moby-Dick--Discovery channel analysis. Angel Tree
Program.
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FOR THE WEEK OF DEC 3
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MONDAY
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Sign up for The Scarlet Letter Projects--
due Dec. 10
Finish Oral Presentations. Groups 5,6,7,8.
Read Resistance to Civil Gov't. Finish
it for HW.
Review sheet passed out for test on Emerson, Thoreau, and
Transcendentalism. Work in groups to find answers. Review sheet
is due tomorrow. |
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TUESDAY
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Discuss Resistance to Civil Gov't.
Go over Review Sheet. Submit your Review Sheet
Answer questions #24
and #25 complete your Objectives Sheet. Objectives sheet
due tomorrow. Discuss The Scarlet Letter. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Test on Emerson, Thoreau, and Transcendentalism.Use
this time after the test to read and work on Study Guides or
on Project for THe Scarlet Letter. Projects due Monday Dec 10. |
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THURSDAY
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Discuss The Scarlet Letter. Study Guides due tomorrow. Test
will be at end of Dark Romanitcs unit.
Notes on Nathaniel Hawthorne
Read "The Minister's Black Veil," p. 298 amd finish for homework |
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FRIDAY
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SUBMIT STUDY GUIDES. PROJECTS ARE DUE MONDAY.
Discuss"The Minister's Black Veil"
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FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 26
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MONDAY
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Review Emerson and Transcendentalism.Discuss
his biography
Read From Nature
and discuss.
Complete Objective Questions through #17.
Discuss The Scarlet Letter, especially Ch 7 and 8.
Have you
read through Ch 15? Hand out Study Guide questions for the
rest of the novel. |
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TUESDAY
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Read/answer Emerson's Self-Reliance and
aphorisms.
Return Charracter Analysis Revision and place in writing folder
Check Study Guides tomorrow forCh. 1-12. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Ssubmit Study guides
Discuss Study Guides
Read Henry David Thoreau bio
and answer questions 18-23 on Objective sheet.
Assign group presentations to be prepared
in class tomorrow.Group #9 and Group#1 will present Henry
David Thoreau's biography
to class tomorrow. HW-- read from Life in the Woods pp. 234-244.(
Suggest you read half tonight and half tomorrow night.) Read
over your part of the assignment tonight so that you can
meet to discuss how to present it tomorrow. Groups 1 and 9
will
present tomorrow.
CHECK STUDY GUIDES FOR CH 1-12.
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THURSDAY
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Prepare presentation assignment-- to be presented in class
tomorrow.
Group 9 presents biography of Thoreau. Group 1 should also
present today
Complete reading Life in the Woods. |
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FRIDAY
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Presentations by your group.
Answer Objective Questions on Life in the Woods.
Discuss Projects for The Scarlet Letter. Handout of project
options.Projects due Mon. Dec 10. You should be getting close
to finishing the novel. |
FOR THE WEEK OF NOV. 19
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MONDAY
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Selective Interims passed out and
are due back tomorrow-signed.
Discuss The Scarlet Letter Ch 5-8.
Review Transcenentalism and go over pp. 206-214.
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TUESDAY
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Read and answer Objectives on Emerson's
biography
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WEDNESDAY
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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THURSDAY
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
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FRIDAY
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
FOR THE WEEK OF NOV
12
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MONDAY
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.Veterans' Day.
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TUESDAY
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Submit extra credit--review of the play
Return
Period 3 Character Analysis. Period 3 revsions are due Tues.
Nov.20
Review "Thanotopsis" p.171
Read/notes- Longfellow. Read
and discuss p. 175-178, "The Tide Rises; the tide Falls"
and "The Cross of Snow"
Periods 1 and 2 Character Analysis Revisions due Thurs.
Test Thurs. on Early Romanticism |
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WEDNESDAY
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Read/notes Oliver Wendell Holmes p.187-191.
Read "The Chambered Nautilus" and "Old Ironsides"
Test tomorrow on Early Romanticism.Test includes: Notes on
Romanticism, Washington Irving and "Rip Van Winkle", William
Cullen Bryant and "Thanotopsis" Longfellow and Holmes and their
poems.
Bring The Scarlet Letter to class tomorrow to read after the
test.
Periods 1 and 2 Character Analysis Revisions and
graded paper and Outline due tomorrow.
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THURSDAY
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Periods 1 and 2 submit Character Analysis Revisions and
graded paper and Outline
Test on Early Romanticism.
Read and work on The Scarlet Letter
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FRIDAY
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Objectives for The Renaissance Unit--handout
Read and take notes over
The American Renaissance pp. 206-214.
When finished, you
may read
from The
Scarlet Letter. |
FOR THE WEEK OF NOV
5
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MONDAY
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Discuss Romanticism and the Romantic
hero.
Discuss Washington Irving,p. 152. Read "Rip Van Winkle" in
class nd finish for HW.
It is time to get The Scarlet Letter. Bring to class on Wed. |
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TUESDAY
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May have quiz over "Rip Van Winkle" Discuss "Rip
Van Winkle".
Read/notes Nathaniel Hawthorne, p.296,297. Background on
The Scarlet Letter-- the Custom House.PERIODS
3,4 BRING THE SCARLET Letter to class tomorrow. Periods 1
and 2, bring on Thurs.
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WEDNESDAY
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ASVAB. Begin reading The Scarlet Letter.
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THURSDAY
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Reading Schedule passed out. Study Guides for Ch 1-12 passed
out.
Discuss Nathaniel Hawthorne. Introduce The Scarlet Letter.
Read Ch 1 and discuss. Complete Ch 2 and 3 for tomorrow.
Periods 1 and 2 Character Analysis revisions due Thurs. 11/15. |
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FRIDAY
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Book check Periods 1 and 2
Return "Rip" Quiz
Read/notes p.169 W.C. Bryant. Read "Thanotopsis" p.
171,and discuss. Read "Dirge Without Music" and compare
poems.Which of the two poems expresses your view of death.
Veterans' Day- Mon. Extra Credit (play) due Tuesday--typed. |
FOR THE WEEK OF OCT
29
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MONDAY
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Review sheet -- types of Appeals
to Review for test. Test Tuesday and Objectives due Tuesday. Review Revolutionary period.
Discuss April Morning.
Test
Revolutionary Period is tomorrow. Objectives sheet due
tomorrow. |
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TUESDAY
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Test-Revolutionary Period. Submit Objectives Sheet.
Reading time--April Morning.
Discuss April Morning
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WEDNESDAY
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April Morning Quiz #2.
Begin Romanticism
Unit.
Begin --Read/notes pp.139-150. |
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THURSDAY
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Complete discussion of April Morning
Discuss Romanticism. Answer "Objectives" of Romanticism. |
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FRIDAY
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April Morning Test today. Study guides due today.
Characteristics
of Romanticism/ Overhead notes on Comparison of Romanticism
and
Revolutionaries. Take notes on Washington Irving.
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FOR THE WEEK OF OCT
22
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MONDAY
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Final edit for Character Analysis.
Final paper due tomorrow--200 points.)
Return April Morning Quiz #1
Handout "Objectives" sheet
for Revolutionary Period.
Answer "Objectives" sheet
on Ben Franklin for tomorrow.
Discuss April Morning Study Guides.
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TUESDAY
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Submit Character Analysis and Rough Drafts,
Outline, Rubric
Discuss Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues and Poor Richard Notes on Classic Rhetoric from the Overhead. Handout--- Types of Appeal
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WEDNESDAY
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Comparison
notes-Puritans/Revolutionaries--from overhead.
Read Patrick Henry p. 100
Read Speech p. 102-104.Answer "Objectives" sheet
on Patrick Henry.
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THURSDAY
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Discuss April Morning and Study Guides.
Read/notes Thomas
Paine p. 106
Read Thomas Paine's Speech."The Crisis Number 1" pp.108--111.
Do"Objectives" sheet for HW. |
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FRIDAY
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Continue April Morning.
Read/notes Thomas Jefferson
. Discuss Declaration of Independence.Especially
watch for parallelism and alusions. Test on Tuesday on Revolutionary
unit."Objectives" sheet due Tues. |
FOR THE WEEK OF OCT
15
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MONDAY
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Complete all your analysis for each
of your quotes.Begin to write you conclusion for your Outline.
Be sure that your thesis statement
is restated in
different words on your Outline.Your Outline for Character
Analysis is due tomorrow--complete.(30 points)
If your have been absent, pick up a copy of every paper you
are missing from the table. You are responsible for the work
on these papers.
If you still have not had your thesis statement approved,
we will do it together tomorrow.
If you have finished all the above assignments, you may work
on April Morning reading and Study Guides.
Vocab test for April Morning will be Friday. |
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TUESDAY
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Outline Check. Write your introduction to you
paper--Remember to end with your thesis statememt.Then finish
your conclusion--no "you" or "I" .Begin
writing your Character Analysis. Typed Rough Draft due on Thursday
for editing. Remember-- no "I" or "you" in
your paper--stay objective.
Vocab test Fri.--April Morning |
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WEDNESDAY
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PSAT day. We will use this day to read from April Morning
in my classes and work on your Study guides. If you need time
to work on your rough draft during class, you may do this as
well.
Typed Rough Draft of CharacterAnalysis due tomorrow.
Bring your Textbook and April Morning to class tomorrow |
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THURSDAY
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Edit Typed RD. Revise and bring Revised draft to class on
Monday.Handout of Rubric will be given today.
Read
/ notes on biography of Ben Franklin p.84,85(in textbook)
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FRIDAY
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Vocab test-- April Morning. Also Quiz #1 through
pp. 78.
Revised typed RD is due
Monday. Final paper due Tues.
Return Personal Narrative Revisions to Writing folder.
Read
Ben Franklin's Autobiography for HW through p. 92.
Create a timeline of events that occurred in his life
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FOR THE WEEK OF OCT
8
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MONDAY
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.Fall Break-- Rest your brains
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TUESDAY
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Fall break-- see you tomorrow.
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WEDNESDAY
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Worksheet--Outline for Character Analysis handed out. Outline
to be completed by Tuesday. Character Analysis--samples of
thesis statements modeled.A thesis statement is due tomorrow--submit
one sentence on notebook paper with your name and period.Watch The
Crucible.
Study words from April Morning-- due Wed. Complete
reading and Study Guides through Ch. 2 April Morning for Wed
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THURSDAY
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Submit thesis statememt. Character Analysis HW for Fri.
is to complete your three topic sentences today..
Final copy of Character Analysis is due Tuesday Oct. 23
Book Check April Morning
Finish The Crucible
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FRIDAY
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Submit the topic sentences that support your CharacterA
nalysis.
In
groups of 4- edit for grammar.Be sure that your topic sentence
is not a statement of plot, but instead is a statement that
is arguable (one that can you can prove in your body paragraph
through quotes.)
HW for Mon.--Be sure 3 quotes are on your outline to support
your topic sentences. Next, be sure to write your analysis
of the quotes you are using. Complete Outline for Tues.
Study Guides for April Morning are passed out today.. Begin
reading pp. 1-24 before class on Mon. Answer the first 6 questions
on "The Afternoon" before class Mon.
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FOR THE WEEK OF OCT
1
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MONDAY
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Review Act III.
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TUESDAY
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Return Personal Narratives. Revisions due Friday.Complete
quotes for Act III. Begin Act IV. Discuss
Character Analysis--We'll work on this after Fall break.
For Thurs.-- choose your character and three topic sentences
are due.
HW-Work on Quotation sheet.Quotation sheet (20 quotations)
due Thurs.. Test on The Crucible is Thurs. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Complete Act IV. Watch The Crucible.
It is time to get April Morning.
Book check for April
Morning is next Thurs.. Reading
schedule and Study Guide questions handed out that day. |
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THURSDAY
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Test-- The Crucible .Choose your
character for your Character Analysis. Write your thesis statement
and bring it to class tomorrow.
Watch The
Crucible.
Revisions for Personal Narrative are
due tomorrow.
TONIGHT IS PARENT TEACHER CONFERENCE 3:00-6:00 |
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FRIDAY
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Book check-- April Morning will be next Thurs..
Turn in a Rough Rough Draft of your thesis statement
for your Character Analysis.
Submit revisions of Personal
Narrative. Watch The
Crucible.
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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT
24
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MONDAY
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Quiz on Act I. Act I quotations should be complete. Vocab
handed out for Acts II-IV. Vocab test Thurs. Watch beginning
of The Crucible.
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TUESDAY
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Begin reading Act II and work on quotation double
journal entries.Choose a character to focus on for your Quotation
Sheet as you finish Act II. Complete Act
II Chronolog. Work on Character Sheet.
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WEDNESDAY
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Complete
Act II and begin Act III.Work on your double entry journal.Complete
chronolog
for
Act II. Have
you
completed
your character sheet? |
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THURSDAY
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Continue reading the play. Read Act
III.
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FRIDAY
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Test Vocab Acts II-IV. Complete Act III. Work on your double
entry journal quotes for Act III. Is your Chronolog finished?
Personal Narratives
will be returned Monday.
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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT 17
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MONDAY
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Return Test on Equiano. Return HW (40points) . Background
notes for The Crucible. Powerpoint for The Crucible.Handout--Vocab
for Act I of The Crucible.
Vocab Test Fri.
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TUESDAY
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Notes on The Crucible. What is a crucible?
Begin
reading The Crucible.
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WEDNESDAY
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Return Descriptive Writings
and place in writing folder.
Handouts--Character list and Chronolog.
Read more of ACT I.
Vocab
Test Fri. |
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THURSDAY
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Complete reading Act I
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FRIDAY
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Vocab Test Act One.
Power
Point--Act I review
Handout--quotation sheet. You are required to find 5 quotations
for each act. On the left hand side of notebook paper, write
the quotations that you feel are important. On the right hand
side, explain what the quotation is talking about, who is speaking
and to what he/she is referring. Complete Act I quotations
for Mon. Work on
chronolog and character sheet.
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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT 10
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MONDAY
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Bell Work--copy vocabulary to "Sinners in the Hands of
an Angry God "pp.79-81.
Personal Narrative RD due today. Typed RD due tomorrow for
edit.Final copy of Personal Narrative due Wed.
Read/notes Edward Taylor-p.72. Read/discuss poem p. 73
Review Vocab words
Review Literary Terms from your notes.
Play Reviews due today for extra credit
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TUESDAY
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Read Jonathan Edwards--"Sinners in the Hands
of an Angry God"pp 79-81
Edit typed Personal Narrative.Final copy due tomorrow.
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WEDNESDAY
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Return Descriptive Writing.Revisions due Fri.
Submit Final copy of Personal Narrative. Test
tomorrow on Bradstreet, Taylor and Jonathan Edwards
and Vocab from "Sinners..." and Literary terms.
.
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THURSDAY
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Test--Bradstreet, Taylor and Jonathan Edwards and
Vocab from "Sinners..." and Literary terms. Introduce The
Crucible. Handout. Read and answer handout questions
pp.825-832. Complete these for HW.
Revisions for Descriptive Writing due tomorrow..
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FRIDAY
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Submit Revisions of Descriptive Writings.
Submit HW questions from The Crucible (40 points).
Background notes for The Crucible.
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FOR THE WEEK OF SEPT 3
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MONDAY
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Labor Day (: (:
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TUESDAY
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Orally check Vocab 31-40. Complete Equiano's narrative
in class. Discuss. For Homework--Answer questions p.66-- Reading
check
a,b,c,d
and #
3,4,5,6.Test Thurs. on History of the Dividing Line and Equiano's
narrative and Vocab 21-40.
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WEDNESDAY
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Return Test on Bradford and Rowlandson. Discuss
Equiano's life.
Test Fri. on History of the Dividing Line and Equiano's
narrative and Vocab 21-40. |
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THURSDAY
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Copy Literary terms from the overhead .
Read/notes Anne
Bradstreet-p. 68. Discuss Anne Bradstreet. Read poem
p.69.
Create a timeline of events in your life.
Test Fri. on History of the Dividing Line and Equiano's
narrative and Vocab 21-40.
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FRIDAY
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Test on History of the Dividing Line and Equiano's
narrative and Vocab 21-40.
From your personal timeline,choose
one event on the timeline to create a narrative around.
Consider what led up to the event, what happened, and how
did it affect
you. Bring a handwritten rough draft to class Mon.
Typed
rough draft due Tuesday. Final copy due Wednesday.
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FOR THE WEEK OF AUG 27
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MONDAY
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Read/notes Mary Rowlandson p38. Read A Narrative of the Captivity--p.40-45.
Create a timeline of events for things that occurred in Mary's
captivity (approximately 10 events)
Write 10 sentences for Vocab 11-20.Due tomorrow.Vocab Test
on Wed.Vocab 1-20. Test Wed. includes William Bradford's Of
Plymouth Plantation and Mary Rowlandson's account of her captivity.
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TUESDAY
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Submit sentences 11-20.
Discuss Timelines and Rowlandson's experience.Test
tomorrow on Vocab 1-20 and Of Plymouth Pantation
and Mary Rowlandson's captivity. |
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WEDNESDAY
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Test--Of Plymouth Plantation
and Mary Rowlandson's captivity--Vocab 1-20 is included in
the test.Copy vocab words 21-30 pp.51-53. Read The Southern
Planters, p. 48. |
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THURSDAY
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Read/notes William Byrd. Review Vocab 21-30, pp. 51-53. HW--Read
History of the Dividing Line . |
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FRIDAY
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Review Vocab 21-30. Discuss History of Dividing Line.Copy
Vocab 31-40 on pp. 58-64. Go over these words.Read aloud and
take notes on biography of Equiano, p.56. Read p. 57-"Against
their will" and "Autobiography."Aloud
read Equiano's narrative-the section called Kidnapped pp.57-60.
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FOR THE WEEK OF AUG 20
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MONDAY
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Extending Hooked on Books orders through Thurs. Read
pp. 22-24 in your Literature book. Take out list of Indian
terms. Create a descriptive writing using these words ( and
others) to describe a Native American setting (see handout
sample). Use at least four of your five senses in the description.Rough
draft due Wed. Typed RD due Thurs. Final copy due Fri. Choose
your own Indian name.
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TUESDAY
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Copy Words to Own and their definitions from your
Literarture book-- pp. 29-33 Words # 1-10.Sentences due Thurs.Handout
on English department style sheet. Work on Descriptive Writing
Assignment.Include heading on first RD. Rough Draft due tomorrow
for editing in class.
Typed RD due Thurs.for edit Final copy due Fri.
Tonight is Parent Night Open House 6:30-8:30!
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WEDNESDAY
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Book Order Forms due tomorrow. Work
on rough draft. Check that heading is correct.Typed RD
due tomorow. Review Vocab words. Read/notes-- William
Bradford p.26. Ten sentences are due tomorrow--one for each Vocab
word. |
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THURSDAY
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Final day for Hooked on Books.Submit sentences 1-10. Edit typed
RD. Final copy of Descriptive Writing due tomorrow. Read Of Plymouth
Plantation. |
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FRIDAY
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Submit descriptive Writing--also include an edited
RD, assignment sheet, and brainstorming list of words.Bellwork
today is to copy the Words to Own from Mary Rowlandson's
Captivity , pp. 40-44( Vocab 11-20). Discuss Plymouth Plantation.Read/discuss
p. 34
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FOR THE WEEK OF AUG 13
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MONDAY
|
Welcome to class!! I hope you have had a great summer. We
are off to a busy year ahead. Student/Parent letter--return
signed by Wed.(10 pts) Book Order forms--return
by Fri Aug
18. HW
Personal essay due tomorrow.
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TUESDAY
|
Create writing folder. Student information sheet.
Submit Personal essay.Books issued. HW: Read and take
notes on pp. 1-12 of Literature book. supplies due tomorrow--spiral
will be used tomorrow.
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WEDNESDAY
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Bell work. Supplies(spiral)10 pts. Parent signature
letter- 10pts. HW-- Read/notes pp. 13-18. Discuss "Beginnings." Test
FRI. pp.1-18. |
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THURSDAY
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Complete discussion of
"Beginnings".Test tomorrow. |
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FRIDAY
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Test "Beginnings" pp.1-18. Read pp. 20-21.
Discuss Indians--With a partner create a list of Indian characteristics
or positive thoughts about Indians |
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