For Staff Friday, June 1, 2012
ENG III - Exams
Thursday, May 31, 2012
ENG II Honors - Exams
ENG III - Exams
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
ENG II Honors - Exams
ENG III - Exams
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
ENG II HOnors - Exam prep
Collect books
ENG III - Exam prep
Collect books
Friday, May 25, 2012
ENG II HONors - English Olympics
ENG III - English Olympics
Thursday, May 24, 2012
ENG II Honors - English Olympics
ENG III - English Olympics
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
ENG II Honors - English Olympics
Eng III - English Olympics
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
ENG II Honors - English Olympics
Eng III - English Olympics
Monday, May 21, 2012
ENG II Honors - English Olympics
Eng III - View Satire examples in class
Friday, May 18, 2012
ENG II Honors - Common Mistakes in speech and writing
ENG III - Continue work on satire projects
Thursday, May 17, 2012
ENG II Honors - Sample good job interviews
ENG III - Continue work on satire projects
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
ENG II Honors - Sample bad job interviews
ENG III - Continue work on satire projects
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
ENG II Honors - Resume construction in lab
ENG III - Continue work on satire projects
Monday, May 14, 2012
ENG II Honors - Resume construction in lab
ENG III - Continue work on satire projects
Friday, May 11, 2012
ENG II Honors - Check HW
8 modifier examples on overhead
Sample good/bad resumes
Preview resume expectations for Monday
ENG III - Continue work on satire projects
Thursday, May 10, 2012
ENG II Honors - Misplaced modifiers and newspaper headlines in class
ENG III - Common mistakes in speech and grammar in class
April 23-May 4 - Florian News literacy unit/drama unit
Honors students - satire video production outside of class
Monday, April 16, 2012
ENG II Honors - ACT results
Last quotation assignment in lab
ENG III - Harrison Bergeron
Friday, April 13, 2012
ENG II Honors - English ACT test
ENG III - Sample job interviews
"Cleanup day"
Thursday, April 12, 2012
ENG II Honors - Reading ACT test
ENG III - Resume critique in class
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
ENG II Honors - Twain quote search in lab
ENG III - Finish resumes in lab
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
ENG II Honors - The Lowest Animal Discussion in class
ENG III - Begin resume production in lab
Thursday, April 5, 2012
ENG II Honors - Discussion of OF Mice and Men movie - differences - why?
Read The Lowest Animal in class
Create other ways in which humans are the lowest animal for homework
ENG III - ACT results
Introduction to resume information
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
ENG II Honors - Finish Of Mice and Men
ENG III - Practice ACT English post test
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
ENG II Honors - Continue Of Mice and Men
ENG III - Practice ACT Reading post test
Monday, April 2, 2012
ENG II Honors - Begin Of Mice and Men DVD
ENG III - Lab for last quotation assignment
Friday, March 23, 2012
ENG II Honors - Of Mice and Men Test
ENG III - Appositives, Modifiers, and Parallelism Quiz
Thursday, March 22, 2012
ENG II Honors - Discuss idioms
Discuss themes from the book
Complete idioms, prep phrases, and themes assignment for homework
ENG III - Review Modifier and Appositive Homework in class
Introduce parallelism
Parallelism handout for homework
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
ENG II Honors - Debate three opinion questions in class from the book
ENG III - Funny news headline/modifiers in class
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
ENG II Honors - Pass back research papers
Smartboard examples of singular and plural mixups When someone shows up late, they should be penalized
Finish book for homework and do parallelism structure assignment
ENG III - review test answers
sample misplsaced modifier sentence on board
complete misplaced or dangling modifiers handout for tomorrow
Monday, March 19, 2012
ENG II Honors - Read pages 66-83 for tomorrow
ENG III - Vocabulary 6 worksheet
Friday, March 16, 2012
ENG II Honors - Read pages 38-65 for Monday
ENG III - Finish movie
Thursday, March 15, 2012 (adjusted 2 hr delay schedule)
ENG II Honors - Read pages 16-37
ENG III - Continue watching Of Mice and Men movie
Monday, March 12, 2012
ENG II Honors - Read section 1 of Of Mice and Men
ENG III - Of Mice and Men Test
Watch movie through 0:45
Friday, March 9, 2012
ENG II Honors - Presentations
OGT Reading and Writing prep work
ENG III - Talk about ending of book
Debate three topics in class
1) Was George selfish or unselfish?
2) Is power inherited or earned?
3) Is Curley's wife scandalous or just seeking companionship?
Discuss themes and prepare for test Monday
Thursday, March 8, 2012
ENG II Honors - Presentations
OGT Reading prep work
ENG III - Finish book
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
ENG II Honors - Presentations
ENG III - Read section 4 pages 66-83
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
ENG II HOnors - Presentations
ENG III - Read section 3 in class - pages 38-65
Friday, March 2, 2012
ENG II Honors - Presentations
ENG III - Talk about idioms and examples of idioms - hit the hay, kick the bucket, etc
What makes Lennie and George different than the other workers?
Why does the book include the scene with Candy's dog?
Watch part one of the DVD through 22 minutes
Thursday, March 1, 2012
ENG II Honors - Second day of presentations
ENG III - Explain indirect vs. direct characterization
Assign 16-37 handout
Read in class and finish through page 37 for tomorrow
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
ENG II Honors - Papers due
First day of presentations
ENG III - My favorite Twain quotes on smartboard for discussion
Friendship opinion questions to lead to Of Mice and Men
Pass out Of Mice and Men books
Read in class and finish through page 16 for tomorrow
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
ENG II Honors - Me proofreading papers throughout the period
Assign dates for presentations
Last day in lab
ENG III - Twain quotations assignment in lab
Monday, February 27, 2012
ENG II Honors - Explain presentation and visual aid guidelines
Lab
ENG III - Quiz over comma usage
Discuss The Lowest Animal
Think of one other way humans are lesser animals than other animals
Friday, February 24, 2012
ENG II Honors - Proofreading/peer editing of opening devices and thesis statements
Lab
ENG III - Comma pretest to show improvement
Introduce satire
Read The Lowest Animal in class on page 470
Thursday, February 23, 2012
ENG II Honors - Conclusion notes - synthesize, reiterate thesis, don't use 'in conclusion', and tie together introduction
Lab
ENG III - Comma insertion sentence creation game in class
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
ENG II Honors - Definition of parallelism and examples in writing on smartboard
ENG III - Lab to create comma sentences
Friday, February 17, 2012
ENG II Honors - "I" and "YOU" examples in writing and why they don't work
Lab
ENG III - Turn in Winter Dreams comparison paragraphs
4 question quiz over the story
Address rules 3,4,5, and 8 from comma rules notes
Questions 1-17 on Smartboard in notebooks
Thursday, February 16, 2012
ENG II honors - Address MLA format expectations
Lab
ENG III - Essential versus nonessential elements - where to put commas and why
Examples on board
Read Winter Dreams on 754 for tomorrow
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
ENG II Honors - Outlines due
Lab
ENG III - Pass back quizzes
Discuss the UNOH presentation
Comma usage questions on SB (pretest)
Explain rule 2 from comma notes in class
Sample questions together in class
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
NO school snow
Monday, February 13, 2012
ENG II Honors - Outlines due today and tomorrow
Lab
ENG III - UNOH presentation
Friday, February 10, 2012
ENG II Honors - Lab
ENG III - Explanations of the four assigned poems
Subject verb agreement/poetry quiz
Thursday, February 9, 2012
ENG II Honors - Lab to gather sources and take notes
Pass out research expectations and requirements
ENG III - 15 question subject verb agreement for points
Review answers in class
Rhyme game bouncing around the room, same with assonance and consonance linking to the person previous to you
Introduce the Harlem Renaissance
Assign groups to read I Hear America Singing, I, too, Because I could not stop for death, and We Wear the Mask
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
ENG II Honors - Lab gather sources and take notes
ENG III - 10 Subject verb agreement examples on smartboard
Analyze the poem Richard Cory
Read The Red Wheelbarrow for tomorrow
Share examples of simile, metaphor, hyperbole that we write out - are they actually simile metaphor and hyperbole?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
ENG II Honors - Review Noodlebib expectations
Talk about the difference between a good source and a bad source
ENG III - Explain ACT
Review rules 3, 5, and 11 from the Subject Verb Agreement packet
Identify assonance, consonance, alliteration, and repetition in song
Discuss meaning of the four poems from Monday
Monday, February 6, 2012
ENG II Honors - Have panel vote on whether or not topics should be allowed
Research topics and register for Noodletools account in library
ENG III - Consonance, assonance, alliteration, and rhyme bellringer questions
Subject verb agreement pretest
Notes on subject verb agreement, cover rule 6 (each)
Groups to pick a poem to dissect using the 4 poems passed out
Be ready to present the poems tomorrow
Thursday, February 2, 2012
ENG II Honors - Discuss terms of the research project
ENG III - Check homework
Review homework solutions on smartboard
With a partner, rewrite one of the introductory paragraphs to make it improved
For tomorrow, please rewrite your introductory paragraphs, and correct all run-ons within your paper
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
ENG II Honors - Comma placement bellringer - did we remember these rules?
Pass out intoductory paragraph examples
Rank them from 1-12
Identify positives and negatives from each
ENG III - Pass out sample introductory paragraphs
Identify positives and negatives for each
Explain run-on rules
Pass back research papers
Fix run-ons in the sample document for homework
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
ENG II Honors - Post test
ENG III - Post test
Monday, January 30, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Friday, January 27, 2012
No school - snow
Thursday, January 26, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III- Florian News Literacy Unit
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Monday, January 23, 2012
Waiver day no school
Friday, January 20, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Thursday, January 19, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit
Monday, January 16, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian News Literacy Unit Pretest
ENG III - Florian News Literacy Unit Pretest
Friday, January 13, 2012
ENG II Honors - Interpretations of Thanatopsis by William Cullen Bryant
Quiz on subject verb agreement, comma usage, and poetry
ENG III - Finish The Great Gatsby
THursday, January 12, 2012
ENG II Honors - 25 practice subject verb, comma questions
Review notes on final comma rules
Read an interpret Thanatopsis with a partner
ENG III - Watch The GReat Gatsby
WEdnesday, January 11, 2012
ENG II Honors - Florian pretest
ENG III - Florian pretest
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
ENG II Honors - Comma rules - difference between essential elements and non-essential elements
Read Richard Cory and The Red Wheelbarrow in class
ENG III - Begin watching The Great Gatsby
Monday, January 9, 2012 -
ENG II Honors - Subject verb agreement 15 question quiz
Introduce comma notes - address rules one and two in class
ENG III - Last day in the lab
Friday, January 6, 2012
ENG II Honors - 1-7 subject verb agreement questions as a class, 8-12 poetry questions as a class
Poem interpretation rotation
ENG III - Lab
Thursday, January 5, 2011
ENG II Honors - 5 subject verb agreement questions on board
Groups for poem analysis
Assign poems: The road not taken, I know why the caged bird sings, a dream deferred, or Stopping by woods on a snowy evening
Complete Poem Analysis handout for poem
ENG III - Lab to work on research paper
Pass out research paper checklist
Wednesday, January 4, 2011
ENG II Honors - Subject verb agreement pretest
Subject verb agreement notes
Identify alliteration, assonance, consonance, hyperbole, rhyme, imagery in one of three Fireside poems
ENG III - Lab to work on papers - No youtube!
Tuesday, January 3, 2011
ENG II Honors - Exam review
poetry notes
ENG III - Exam review
Lab to proofread others' introductions and body paragraphs
Rotate seats to proofread others' papers
Friday, December 16, 2011
ENG II Honors - exams
ENG III - exams
Thursday, December 15, 2011
ENG II Honors - exams
ENG III - exams
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
ENG II HOnors - exams
ENG III - exams
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
ENG II Honors - Jeopardy/Horse review game
ENG III - Jeopardy/Horse review game
Monday, December 12, 2011
ENG II Honors - Exam preview handout
ENG III - Exam preview handout
Friday, December 9, 2011
ENG II Honors - Exam preview in gym
ENG III - Lab
Thursday, December 8, 2011
ENG II Honors - Test over Scarlet letter
ENG III - Lab
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
ENG II Honors - Preview for Scarlet Letter test
ENG III - Lab
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
ENG II Honors - Discuss ending of book and essay type questions
ENG III - Lab
Monday, December 5, 2011
ENG II Honors - Quiz
Finish chapters 21-24 for Tuesday
ENG III - Lab
Friday, December 2, 2011
ENG II Honors - Please read chapters 17-20 for homework for Monday
ENG III - Lab to research
Thursday, December 1, 2011
ENG II HOnors - Pleas read chapters 14-16 for Friday
ENG III - Lab to research
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
ENG II Honors - Please read chapters 11-12 for Thursday
ENG III - Lab to research
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
ENG II Honors - Please read chapters 9-10 for Wednesday
ENG III - Lab to research
Monday, November 28, 2011
ENG II Honors - Please read chapters 7-8 for Tuesday
ENG III - Lab to research
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
ENG II Honors - Read through chapter 6 (page 75 for Monday)
ENG III - Introduce research project
Complete interview for Monday, November 28
Friday, November 18, 2011
ENG II Honors - Transcendentalism/Romantic/Dark Romantic Test
ENG III - Transcendentalism/Romantic/Dark Romantic Test
Thursday, November 17, 2011
ENG II Honors - Discuss Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Preview for Test tomorrow
ENG III - Discuss Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Preview for Test tomorrow
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
ENG II Honors - Devil and Tom Walker Quiz
Review answers
Review The Raven
Begin reading Dr. Heidegger's Experiment and complete Handout
ENG III - Notebook: If you could go back in time, would you? Why or why not?
Explain the Raven
Read Dr. Heidegger's Experiment and complete handout
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
ENG II Honors - Quiz over The Minister's Black Veil
Talk about The Minister's Black Veil
Read The Raven in class
Read the Devil and Tom Walker for tomorrow
ENG III - Quiz over the Pit and the Pendulum
Review answers in class
Explore Spanish Inquisition torture techniques
Listen to the Raven in class
Monday, November 14, 2011
ENG II Honors - 80/20 rule notes
Read background info on Dark Romantics
Read The Minister's Black Veil
ENG III - 80/20 rule notes
Read background info on Dark Romantics
Read The Pit and The Pendulum
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
ENG II Honors - Lab to complete Emerson quotes assignment
ENG III - Read parts of and discuss Civil Disobedience on page 222
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
ENG II Honors - Discuss civil disobedience
Complete Romanticism and Transcendentalism Beliefs Handout
ENG III - Discuss Walden
Complete Romanticism and Transcendentalims Beliefs Handout
Monday, November 7, 2011
ENG II Honors - Four question quiz over Walden
Discuss Walden
Explain extra credit opportunities - escape from technology
Read The Biology of Joy in class
Read Civil Disobedience for homework
ENG III - Explain Nature
Summarize Self-Reliance
212 meet Henry David Thoreau
Explain extra credit
Read Walden
Friday, November 4, 2011
ENG II Honors - Collect Homework
Explain sections of "Nature"
Ask aloud "what would you think of a person who was valedvictorian at a division I high school, went to an Ivy League school-Columbia, and dropped it all to live in a trailer in a park and walk across the country?
Explain correlation to Thoreau
Read Walden page 214
ENG III - Explain relevance of ACT stuff
Notebook: What do you think of when you think of hippies?
Notes on Romanticism and Transcendentalism - explain correlation to hippies
Give feedback on essay intros
Read Nature page 190
Thursday, November 3, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: what do you think of when you think of hippies?
Characteristics of American Romanticism notes
Characteristics of Transcendentalism notes
Explain similarities to hippie counter culture
Read Nature on pages 191-192 and answer questions 1-4
Read Self-Reliance on pages 194-195 and answer questions 1-4
ENG III - English ACT
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
ENG II Honors - Line up by self ranked writing skills
Get into 3 groups of 5
Pass your introduction one spot clockwise
1) on a scale of 1-10, how catchy is the attention grabber?
2) on a scale of 1-10, how well does the introduction transition?
3) on a scale of 1-10, how good is the thesis statement?
4) is the attention getting device the absolute best way possible? give suggestions
rotate papers until you have your own, then rate it yourself on the same scales compared to the ones you just read
For tomorrow, please rewrite your introductions, write 3 good topic sentences, and a conclusion
ENG III - ACT Reading test
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notes on writing introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions
ENG III - Notes on writing introductions, body paragraphs, and conclusions
Monday, October 31, 2011
ENG II Honors - Debate feedback
Vote on best and most
ENG III -
Friday, October 28, 2011
ENG II HOnors - Last debate
ENG III - Rate the debate participants
Collect debate critiques
Thursday, October 27, 2011
ENG II Honors - Debate
ENG III - Debate
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
ENG II Honors - Debate
ENG III - Debate
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
ENG II Honors - Debate
ENG III - Debate
Monday, October 24, 2011
ENG II Honors - First debate
ENG III - First debate
Friday, October 21, 2011
ENG II Honors - Final preparations for debates which begin Monday, October 24, 2011
ENG III - Final preparations for debates which begin Monday, October 24, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
ENG II Honors - Last day in the lab to gather information
ENG III - Last day in the lab to gather information
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
ENG II Honors - Library for debate information
ENG III - Library for debate information
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
ENG II Honors - Assign debate topics
Look for information in lab
ENG III - Hand out debate rubrics
Explain debate expectations
Search for information in the lab
Monday, October 17, 2011
ENG II Honors - Vocabulary quiz
Vocabulary unit 4
ENG III - Lab to search for debate topics
Assign debate topics
Gather information
Friday, October 14, 2011
ENG II Honors - Complete vocabulary preview handout
Review vocabulary
ENG III - Homophones assignment in class
Review answers
Discuss potential debate topics
Thursday, October 13, 2011
ENG II Honors - Age of Reason Quiz
ENG III - Age of Reason Quiz
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
ENG II Honors - Get out sheet of paper. Write down the following 4 statements: 1. If someone has something that you want, it's okay to take it from them
2. If you are being physically attacked, it's ok to stick up for yourself
3. If a freind is getting beat up, you should step in to help
4. If someone is not treating you fairly, it's ok to physically attack them
Rate each statement based on the following scale: 1 strongly agree 2 somewhat agree 3 somewhat disagree 4 strongly disagree
Crumble up paper and throw into the middle
Grab someone elses answers
Stand in assigned locations of the room based on the paper that you have's answers
Debate someone else's viewpoint
Tie each question to a reason to entering conflict: 1- land invasion of native Americans, 2 - 9/11 3 - allies WWII for example 4 - Revolution
Revolutionary War, like attacking someone just for not being fair, was not popular. It was Patrick Henry's job to pursuade others to join the bandwagon in support of war.
Read Speech to the Second Virginia Convention on page 80
Discuss
Preview for quiz tomorrow
ENG III - Get out sheet of paper. Write down the following 4 statements: 1. If someone has something that you want, it's okay to take it from them
2. If you are being physically attacked, it's ok to stick up for yourself
3. If a freind is getting beat up, you should step in to help
4. If someone is not treating you fairly, it's ok to physically attack them
Rate each statement based on the following scale: 1 strongly agree 2 somewhat agree 3 somewhat disagree 4 strongly disagree
Crumble up paper and throw into the middle
Grab someone elses answers
Stand in assigned locations of the room based on the paper that you have's answers
Debate someone else's viewpoint
Tie each question to a reason to entering conflict: 1- land invasion of native Americans, 2 - 9/11 3 - allies WWII for example 4 - Revolution
Revolutionary War, like attacking someone just for not being fair, was not popular. It was Patrick Henry's job to pursuade others to join the bandwagon in support of war.
Read Speech to the Second Virginia Convention on page 80
Discuss
Preview for quiz tomorrow
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: Describe your schedule from yesterday in detail from the time you woke up until you went to bed.
Explain Franklin's schedule everyday
Please complete Franklin Aphorisms Assignment for tomorrow
Read paraphrased Declaration of Independence
Complete vocabulary for tomorrow
ENG III - Notebook: Describe your schedule from yesterday in detail from the time you woke up until you went to bed.
Assign Franklin Aphorisms homework for tomorrow
In groups, paraphrase one of five sections of the Declaration of Independence
Friday, October 7, 2011
ENG II Honors - Complete Franklin life and Aphorisms assignment in lab
ENG III - Complete Franklin life and Aphorisms assignment in lab
Thursday, October 6, 2011
ENG II Honors - Read aphorism definition on page 73 (orange book)
Notebook: Explain what 5 of Franklin's aphorisms mean on page 74
Read Thomas Jefferson biography on page 95
Define paraphrase
Paraphrase sections of Declaration of Independence in groups
ENG III - Finish Ben Franklin's Moral Perfection handout
Read definition of aphorism on page 73
Discuss what the aphorisms mean on page 74 - which ones did you like?
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: Describe the perfect 16 year old person of your same sex
Review Franklin's list of virtues on page 70
Debate the importance of industry
Read Fulgham's All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten
Notebook: What is the perfect person you'd want to date like?
Generate list on board
Explain that no one is perfect
ENG III - Notebook: Describe the perfect 17 year old person of your same sex
What is the perfect person you'd want to date like?
Generate class list of adjectives
Limit list to five
Explain that no one is perfect
Read Ben Franklin "Arriving at Moral Perfection" from page 69 to 72
Complete handout
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
ENG II Honors - collect vocabulary Unit 3
Logic Handout completed in class (no points)
Read Franklin Biography on page 65 of Orange book in class
Read Franklin Autobiography pages 69-71
ENG III - collect vocabulary Unit 3
Logic Handout completed in class (no points)
Read Franklin Biography on page 65 of Orange book in class
Read Franklin Autobiography pages 69-71
Monday, October 3, 2011
ENG II Honors - Give tests back
Review answers
Vocabulary Unit three due tomorrow
ENG III - Give back tests
Review answers
Vocabulary Unit three due tomorrow
Friday, September 30, 2011
ENG II Honors - Rule change discussion
Venn diagram of Salem Witch Trial Comparison
ENG III - Rule change discussion
Venn diagram of Salem Witch Trial Comparison
Thursday, September 29, 2011
ENG II Honors - Crucible Test
ENG III - Crucible Test
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
ENG II Honors - Crucible preview for test tomorrow
ENG III - Crucible preview for test tomorrow
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
ENG II Honors - Crucible internet search assignment in lab
ENG III - Crucible internet search assignment in lab
Monday, September 26, 2011
ENG II Honors - Vocabulary quiz
New vocabulary assignment due tomorrow
ENG III - Finish Act IV DVD
Notebook: How were the movie and play different?
Friday, September 23, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: What words would you want to be remembered by?
Watch Act IV DVD
Pass back materials
Be ready for vocabulary quiz Monday
ENG III - Make up quizzes from yesterday
Finish Act III DVD
Read Act IV
Thursday, September 22, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: What do you think will happen in Act IV?
Collect vocabulary
Read Act IV in class
ENG III - Quiz over Act III
Watch Act IV DVD
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: Under what circumstances is it ok to lie? Explain
Quiz over vocabulary
New vocabulary for homework
Watch Act III
ENG III - Collect vocabulary
Explain Act III
Act out the rest of Act III
Notebook: Under what circumstances is it ok to lie? Explain.
DVD if time remains
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
ENG II Honors - Crucible Act III Quiz
Reminder: Vocab quiz tomorrow
Watch Act III DVD
ENG III - Vocabulary part 2
Read Act III to the bottom of page 47 where Hathorne says "Excellency if you'll permit me"
Monday, September 19, 2011
ENG II Honors - Review Crucible character motivations and descriptions handout
New seats
Survey monkey bullying survey
Read Act III for tomorrow
ENG III - Review Crucible character motivations and descriptions handout
New seats
Survey monkey bullying survey
Friday, September 16, 2011
ENG II Honors - Complete Crucible character motivations and descriptions handout
ENG III - Complete Crucible character motivations and descriptions handout
Thursday, September 15, 2011
ENG II Honors - Watch Act II the Crucible (Act II takes appx. 38 minutes)
ENG III - Watch Act III the Crucible
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
ENG II Honors - Read Act II of the Crucible in class
Finish Act II for homework
ENG III - Read Act II of the Crucible in class
Finish Act II for homework
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
ENG II Honors - Watch Act I Crucible DVD (Act I takes appx. 35 minutes)
ENG III - Watch Act I Crucible DVD
Monday, September 12, 2011
ENG II Honors - Periodical Reading Assignment 2 in library
ENG III - Periodical Reading Assignment 2 in library
Friday, September 9, 2011
ENG II Honors - Crucible Act I Quiz
ENG III - Crucible Act I Quiz
Thursday, September 8, 2011
ENG II Honors - Finish Act I, read part in class and the rest for HW
ENG III - Finish Act I, read part in class and the rest for HW
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
ENG II Honors - Begin reading and acting out The Crucible
ENG III - Begin reading and acting out The Crucible
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
ENG II Honors - Vocabulary Unit 1
ENG III - Vocabulary Unit 1
Friday, September 2, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: What other things might you step back and look at our culture and wonder why we do that? Examples: some holiday celebrations, smoking, etc.
Explain relevance of native american literature here: Erie, Ottawa, Seneca, Wyandot, Redskins, etc
Quiz over Native American LIterature
ENG III - Notebook: What other things might you step back and look at our culture and wonder why we do that? Examples: some holiday celebrations, smoking, etc.
Explain relevance of native american literature here: Erie, Ottawa, Seneca, Wyandot, Redskins, etc
Quiz over Native American LIterature
Thursday, September 1, 2011
ENG II Honors - Review quiz over How the Leopard got his Claws
Review some notebook responses
Ask does the Nacirema sound familiar? What is it spelled backwards?
Highlight what things mean in modern language from the reading
ENG III - Collect and share origin myths
Read Nacirema
Notebook questions: 1. Does this culture seem normal? Why or why not? 2. List aspects of the tribe that were most interesting. 3. If this tribe existed today, could you be friends with someone from the tribe?
Share
Breakdown item by item
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
ENG II Honors - Collect origin myths - read any that want to share
10 minutes times quiz
Read Nacirema tribe
Notebook: 1. Does this culture seem normal? Why or why not? 2. List aspects of the tribe that were most interesting. 3. If this tribe existed today, could you be friends with someone from the tribe?
ENG III - Partner questions from How the Leopard got his CLaws
origin myth due tomorrow
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
ENG II Honors - Telephone game - "the happy green dinosaur frollicked through the forest searching for raspberries"
Check book covers
Explain that when things are passed from person to person, generation to generation, they are simplified and changed, thus why the Native American literature may seem simplistic
Read page 12, page 20
Notes on myth, creation myth, origin myth, totem
Read How the Leopard got his Claws
ENG III - Give back posters
Telephone game same as above
Explain that when things are passed from person to person, generation to generation, they are simplified and changed, thus why the Native American literature may seem simplistic
Read page 12, page 20
Notes on myth, creation myth, origin myth, totem
How the Leopard got his Claws page 38
Monday, August 29, 2011
ENG II Honors - Periodical reading in library
ENG III - Periodical reading in library
Friday, August 26, 2011
ENG II Honors - Notebook: A strage craft has landed in your hometown. Aliens are aboard, and they approach you. How do you react?
The aliens are very welcoming, and want to develop a relationship with you. How do you react?
The aliens have suddenly turned on you, and are killing your friends. How do you react?
IS something like this realistic? Why or why not?
explain how we are children of the children of the children of the aliens
Aliens - anything strange, foreign
Craft, not just spacecraft, watercraft - ships must have appeared strange
American LIt does not start with Franklin and Jefferson it starts with the natives who lived here years before
ENG III -
Notebook: A strage craft has landed in your hometown. Aliens are aboard, and they approach you. How do you react?
The aliens are very welcoming, and want to develop a relationship with you. How do you react?
The aliens have suddenly turned on you, and are killing your friends. How do you react?
IS something like this realistic? Why or why not?
explain how we are children of the children of the children of the aliens
Aliens - anything strange, foreign
Craft, not just spacecraft, watercraft - ships must have appeared strange
American LIt does not start with Franklin and Jefferson it starts with the natives who lived here years before
Thursday, August 25, 2011
ENG II Honors - Pass back ACT results
Factors for scores - couldn't plan, 1st time, hallway noise, science math missing, younger test takers, retest at the end
Book #s
Notebook questions:
A strage craft has landed in your hometown. Aliens are aboard, and they approach you. How do you react?
The aliens are very welcoming, and want to develop a relationship with you. How do you react?
The aliens have suddenly turned on you, and are killing your friends. How do you react?
Read pages 64-67 then handout from The People's History of the U.S.
One paragraph description of differences between the two articles
ENG III - Vote on posters
Book check, notebook check
Notebook activities
page 64-67 then handout
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
ENG II Honors - Assign seats
Turn in End of Year Review
Turn in survey
ACT Practice - Reading
ENG III - Seats
Online access
Surveys
Author Posters - show examples
4 things needed on them: picture, name, website, info
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
ENG II Honors - Intros
Surveys
Year end review
ENG III - Intros
Surveys
Pick authors for posters
Friday, May 27, 2011
ENG I - Olweus survey
ENG III - Olweus survey
Thursday, May 26, 2011
ENG I - Pictionary year end review
ENG III - Trivia questions
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
ENG I - Begin year end review and exam preview
ENG III - Pictionary for year end review
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
ENG I - course evaluation
ENG III - Pantomime stories for end of year review
Monday, May 23, 2011
ENG I - Run-ons and Fragments quiz
ENG III - Year End Review Questions corn hole game
Friday, May 20, 2011
ENG I - Run-on and fragment questions as a class
Run-on and fragment worksheet
ENG III - Pass out Year End Review Questions
Complete as many in the author section as possible
Horse in the gym for points
Thursday, May 19, 2011
ENG I - Run-on and fragment notes
Correct essay run-ons
ENG III - Independent reading day
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
ENG I - Poster project
ENG III - Periodical reading in class
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
ENG I - Poster Project
ENG III - View satire examples
Monday, May 16, 2011
ENG I - Begin work on poster project
ENG III - View student created satire examples
Friday, May 13, 2011
ENG I - Essay typing in lab
Essays due today
ENG III - English III course evaluation in the lab
Thursday, May 12, 2011
ENG I - Essay typing in lab
ENG III - Last day to work on project
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
ENG I - Preplanning for essay
Begin rough draft of essay
ENG III - Continue work on satire project
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
ENG I - Review academic vocabulary words and pick 10 to define and use in a sentence
ENG III - Continue work on satire project
Monday, May 9, 2011
ENG I - Review The Odyssey answers
Vocabulary assignment due tomorrow
ENG III - Continue work on satire project
Friday, May 6, 2011
ENG I - Test over The Odyssey
ENG III - Continue work on satire project
Thursday, May 5, 2011
ENG I - Review of the Odyssey material
ENG III - Brainstorming/filming for satire assignment
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
ENG I - Summary of the Test of the Bow in class
Read Part IV in class
ENG III - Brainstorming for satire assignment
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
ENG I - Quiz over Part II of The Odyssey
Read Part III in class
ENG III - Discuss satire in Harrison Bergeron
Collect assignments
Introduce satire assignment
Monday, May 2, 2011
ENG I - Read Part II of The Odyssey
ENG III - Define satire: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize and expose people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics or topical issues
Fill out Think Read Write for satire examples
Read Harrison Bergeron
Complete Harrison Bergeron handout for Tuesday
Friday, April 29, 2011
ENG I - Finish part I of The Odyssey
ENG III - ACT results
Notebook: Why do you feel you did poorly or well on the ACT sample test?
Pass back papers
Check notebooks
Thursday, April 28, 2011
ENG I - Read pages 824-825, 830-831, 832-833
Define key terms from The Odyssey - epic, epic hero, muses, myth, archetype, tragic hero
Begin reading The Odyssey
ENG III - ACT practice English test
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
ENG I - Essay quiz over To Kill a Mockingbird in lab
ENG III - ACT practice Reading test
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird movie
Review To KIll a Mockingbird information
ENG III - Quotation assignment in lab
Thursday, April 21, 2011
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird movie
ENG III - Notebook: Coming up with sample appositive sentences
Review game for appositives and modifiers
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird movie
ENG III - Notebook: Rewrite the following newspaper headlines to make them less misleading and more clear
1. New Study on Obesity Looks for Larger Test Market
2. New Jersey Judge to Rule on Nude Beach
3. Kids Make Delicious Snacks
Review appositives
Handout over misplaced modifiers and appositives
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird movie
ENG III - Independent reading activity
Monday, April 18, 2011
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird movie
ENG III - Three grammar activities from pages 293, 530, and 1166
Friday, April 15, 2011
ENG I - Post test
ENG III - Notebook: Five questions about public versus private personalities
Symbolism in A Rose for Emily
Check and read independent reading books
Thursday, April 14, 2011
ENG I - Complete two voice poems
Recite two voice poems
ENG III - Notebook: How different can a person's public identity be from their private identity? Why might people have multiple layers?
Review accent marks for pronunciation
Bring independent reading books tomorrow!
Read A Rose for Emily on page 876
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
ENG I - General lists of similarities and differences of topics
Begin formulating two voice poems
ENG III - Explain independent reading project ideas
Library to search for independent reading book
Books needed by Friday
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
ENG I - Generate ideas for two voice poems
Read two voice poems in class
ENG III - Discuss requirements for independent reading project
Complete grammar skills assessment in class with partner
Monday, April 11, 2011
ENG I - Type important things poems in lab
ENG III - Grammar skills worksheet in class
Vocabulary in class
Friday, April 8, 2011
ENG I - Picture poems read in class
Begin Important things poetry
ENG III - Notebook: What qualities make up a good job interview?
Sample job interviews
Notes on pro's and con's of job interviews
Thursday, April 7, 2011
ENG I - Read 3 metaphor poems in class
Follow steps to create descriptive language picture poems
ENG III - Notebook: Sample seen vs. saw and good vs. well sentences
Examining two sample student resumes
How to bolster own resume - get out and be active!
Buzz words to avoid in resumes
Seen vs. saw and good vs. well notes
20 questions from these notes
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
ENG I - Collect I am poems
Define simile, metaphor, noun, verb on board and give examples of concrete nouns versus abstract nouns
On the front board, four columns of Abstract Nouns, Colors, Concrete Nouns, and Verbs
With a partner, provide on a piece of paper 6 or 7 of each
Write on the board your best 2
Using these lists, generate a metaphor i.e. Leadership is a Crimson Unicorn Skipping
Make a poem surrounding this metaphor
ENG III - Lab to finish resumes
Have peer proofread resume
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
ENG I - I am Poetry in class
Introduce selves by saying I am something
Read sample I am from poem
Break poem down line for line, where do we find the items in the poem?
Make a list of the following for yourself - items found around the house
items found in your backyard
items found in your neighborhood
names of relatives
Sayings in your family
Names of foods
Names of places you keep your childhood memories
Go over formula 1 and 2 for these poems and construct own
Read my own sample poem
ENG III - Notebook: What qualities make up a good resume?
Construct resumes in lab
Monday, April 4, 2011
ENG I - Pretest
ENG III - Pass back Q3 items
Lab to sign up for studentedge.com
Complete interest inventory online
Friday, March 25, 2011
ENG I - Finish TKM
ENG III - Type Motivation papers in lab
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
ENG I - Quiz over TKM 17-19
Read chapters 20-21 for tomorrow
ENG III - Test over Of Mice and Men
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
ENG I - Read chapter 18 in class
Finish chapter 19 for homework
ENG III - Notebook: explain the following idioms: "in hot water", "got the eye", "live off the fatta the lan'"
Preview for Of Mice and Men test with essay questions
Monday, March 21, 2011
ENG I - Read ch. 17 in class
ENG III - Finish movie in class
Friday, March 18, 2011
ENG I - Read chapter 16 in class
ENG III - Watch Of Mice and Men
Thursday, March 17, 2011 (periods 5, 6, 7 8)
ENG III - Watch Of Mice and Men
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 (periods 1,2,3,4)
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird Quiz
ENG III - Watch first half of Of Mice and Men
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 (periods 5, 6, 7, and 8)
ENG I - no class
ENG III - Finish Of Mice and Men
Monday, March 14, 2011 (periods 1,2,3,4)
ENG I - Read chapters 12-13 in class
ENG III - Finish Of Mice and Men
Friday, March 11, 2011
NO school
Thursday, March 10, 2011
ENG I - Finish chapter 9-11 and handout
ENG III - Discuss section three of the book
Discuss mercy killing of Candy's dog
Read section four in class
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
ENG I - Grade quizzes in class
Read 9-11 and fill in handout as the reading is completed
ENG III - Collect Of Mice and Men pages 16-37 homework
Discuss idioms - phrases that have known meanings, although if you break them down word for word, they don't match the commonly associated meaning
Examples: kick the bucket, hit the hay, break a leg, bite the dust
Read pages 38-65 OF Mice and Men for tomorrow
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 (sub day)
ENG I - Quiz over TKM chapter 1-6
Read chapters 7-8 for tomorrow
ENG III - Read section two pages 16-37 and answer questions for homework
Monday, March 7, 2011
ENG I - TKM character handout
Read Chapter 6 in class
ENG III - Notebook: How do you choose your friends? Think about your best friends - why are they your friends?
Discuss - are you a combination of your three best friends?
Pass out books
Read pages 1-16
New seats
Friday, March 4, 2011
ENG I - Finish chapter 5 To Kill a Mockingbird
ENG III - Complete the handout at beginning of class
Discuss questions 4, 7, 8, and 9
Notebook: What would happen if we were all stuck inside one room or cage like the people in Twain's satire?
Thursday, March 3, 2011
ENG I - Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
ENG III - Notebook: What makes people better than animals?
Discuss ideas about what makes people better
What would happen if we all had to share a room together?
Explain satire on page 468 of Orange Book
Watch Anthony, Jake, and Davey satire video
Read The Lowest Animal on page 470 and complete The Lowest Animal Handout
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
ENG I - Pass out To Kill a Mockingbird books
Begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird
ENG III - Lab for Twain Quote Assignment due tomorrow
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
ENG I - Subject Verb Agreement Quiz
Writing a day in the life narrative
ENG III - Gatsby Essay Assignment
Gatsby essay debate topics in class
Monday, February 28, 2011
ENG I - Subject Verb Agreement work
ENG III - Pass back music assignments and quizzes
Finish The Great Gatsby
Fix music assignments for additional credit tomorrow
Notebook: What is the meaning of the title?
How does Gatsby embody the American Dream?
Friday, February 25, 2011
NO school snow
Thursday, February 24, 2011
ENG I - 10 subject verb agreement questions
Discuss Each rule in specifics
ENG III - The Great Gatsby
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
ENG I - Subject verb agreement notes
15 subject verb agreement questions
ENG III - The Great Gatsby
Monday and Tuesday no school
Friday, February 18, 2011
ENG I - Post test
ENG III - ENG III - Subject Verb Agreement Quiz 2
Continue Great Gatsby
Thursday, February 17, 2011
ENG I - Work on two voice poems at beginning of class
Practice speaking parts for two voice poems
Perform and discuss two voice poems
ENG III - Review and/or, each, and prepositional phrases for subject verb agreement
Watch beginning of The Great Gatsby
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
ENG I - List similarities for two voice poems and differences for two voice poems
Work with partner to formulate poem
Poem due tomorrow
ENG III - Subject verb agreement quiz
Winter Dreams quiz
Discuss the Jazz Age and connect the characters to this time period
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
ENG I - Pass in important things poetry
Brainstorm ideas where you might tell the same story differently than someone else
Examples: American/Iraqi - war, Jew/Nazi - Germany, brother/sister - family, judge/lawbreaker - crime, cat/dog - feelings for a master, OSU fan, Mich fan - sporting event, teacher/student - discipline, schoolwork
Read poems for two voices packets
Work with a partner to list some two voice poem ideas in class
ENG III - Vocab from Winter Dreams
Read Winter Dreams
Monday, February 14, 2011
ENG I - List adjectives and verbs describing your important thing
Lab to type/find pictures to describe your important thing due tomorrow
ENG III - Pass back poetry in music quiz
Review 15 Subject Verb agreement questions
complete 29 question subject verb agreement questions
Friday, February 11, 2011
ENG I - Read picture poems aloud and look at pictures to see if we can vote on which ones match
Make a list of the important things in your life
Share - how many similarities - family? friends? pets?
Read the Important Things book - what is described about each important thing?
Make a list of smaller important things - warm water, blanket are my examples
Produce big list on the board of all our small important things
Pick one important thing to be the centerpiece of your poem
ENG III - Music in poetry day in class
Thursday, February 10, 2011
ENG I - Read Michaela's poem in class aloud
Follow directions from poetry unit for Picture poem on Day 3
ENG III - Working on subject verb agreement in class
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
ENG I - Collect I am poems
Define simile, metaphor, noun, verb on board and give examples of concrete nouns versus abstract nouns
On the front board, four columns of Abstract Nouns, Colors, Concrete Nouns, and Verbs
With a partner, provide on a piece of paper 6 or 7 of each
Write on the board your best 2
Using these lists, generate a metaphor i.e. Leadership is a Crimson Unicorn Skipping
Make a poem surrounding this metaphor
ENG III - Quiz over elements of poetry and poems
Tuesday, February, 8, 2011
ENG I - I am Poetry in class
Introduce selves by saying I am something
Read sample I am from poem
Break poem down line for line, where do we find the items in the poem?
Make a list of the following for yourself - items found around the house
items found in your backyard
items found in your neighborhood
names of relatives
Sayings in your family
Names of foods
Names of places you keep your childhood memories
Go over formula 1 and 2 for these poems and construct own
Read my own sample poem
ENG III - Work on music assignment in class
Monday, February 7, 2011
ENG I - Pretest for Schoology
ENG III - Analyzing lyrics in class
Friday, February 4, 2011
ENG I - Login information for Schoology project
ENG III - Read and dissect I, too, Sing America by Langston Hughes and We Wear the Mask by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Assign poetry in music project
Thursday, February 3, 2010
ENG I - Scheduling with counselors
ENG III - Scheduling with counselors
Wednesday, February 2, 2010
No school
Tuesday, February 1, 2010
No school
Monday, January 31, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over The Necklace
Subject verb agreement notes and handouts
ENG III - DECA presentation
Friday, January 28, 2010
ENG I - Prep. quiz
Definitions - flat character, round character, dynamic character, static character, protagonist, antagonist
Read The Necklace on page 160
ENG III - 5 minutes to finish poetry analysis
Presentations on individual poems
Assign poetry in music project
Thursday, January 27, 2010
ENG I - Prepositions and comma usage review game
ENG III - Read The Red Wheelbarrow in class and discuss meaning
Individual poem analysis of one of the following: I know why the caged bird sings, The Road Not Taken, Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, Dream Deferred, I Hear America Singing, Because I could not stop for death
Wednesday, January 26, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over prepositions
Read The Sniper
Answer questions 1-4 on the Sniper
ENG III - Notebook: How much control do you think people have over their lives and their feelings?
Check questions 1-4
Talk about Richard Cory and Miniver Cheevy
Notes on Elements of Poetry
Tuesday, January 25, 2010
ENG I - Twelve sample prep. questions
Review answers in class
Quiz tomorrow!
ENG III - Review homophones handout
quiz on prep. and comma usage
Read poems on 575, 576 and answer questions 1-4 on 577
Monday, January 24, 2010
ENG i - Prepositional phrase notes
Sample sentences on board
ENG III - 10 sentence quiz with a partner
Friday, January 21, 2010
ENG I - Review answers for sample sentences and take notes on answers
ENG III - Prepositional phrase paragraph on the board
First to get the entire paragraph correct receives extra credit
Thursday, January 20, 2010
ENG I - 10 sample sentences from research papers with mistakes
Pass back research papers and exams
ENG III - Prepositional phrases work and run-on sentence correction
Tuesday, January 18, 2010
ENG I - presentations
ENG III - review exams and papers
Friday, January 14, 2010
ENG I - Presentations
ENG III - presentations
Thursday, January 13, 2010
ENG I - presentations
ENG III - presentations
Wednesday, January 12, 2010
ENG I - Presentations
ENG III - presentations
Tuesday, January 11, 2010
ENG I - lab
ENG III - presentations
Monday, January 10, 2010
ENG I - lab - second to last day
ENG III - presentations in class
Friday, January 7, 2010
ENG I - lab
ENG III - lab
Thursday, January 6, 2010
ENG I - lab
ENG III - lab
Wednesday, January 5, 2010
ENG I - lab
ENG III - lab
Tuesday, January 4, 2010
ENG I - Lab to continue research work
ENG III - Review research rubric(s)
Talk about visual aids and presentations
Continue working on papers in lab
Monday, January 3, 2010
ENG I - Exams
ENG III - Exams
Friday, December 17, 2010
Exams for periods 4,5,6
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Exams for periods 1,2,3
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
Exam preview
ENG III - Typing in lab
Exam preview
Pass back papers
Title page, Works Cited Information
Check peer editing
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
NO SCHOOL
Monday, December 13, 2010
NO SCHOOL
Friday, December 10, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Typing in lab
Thursday, December 9, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Typing in lab
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
ENG I - Outlines in class
ENG III - Continue typing in lab
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
ENG I - Last day for notetaking in class
ENG III - Outlines due
Begin typing in lab
MLA requirements are posted at the bottom of this page
Monday, December 6, 2010
ENG I - Notetaking in class
ENG III - Notetaking and outline building in class
Friday, December 3, 2010
ENG I - Notetaking in class
ENG III - Notetaking in class
Thursday, December 2, 2010
ENG I - Notetaking in class
ENG III - Notetaking in class
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
ENG I - Lab to search for materials
ENG III - Lab to search for materials
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet performance in class
Library for info
ENG III - Lab to search for sources
Monday, November 29, 2010
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet video
Library for research info
ENG III - Research introduction
Lab to search for assignments
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet videos
Fill out peer evaluation forms
ENG III - Dark Romantic Quiz
Have a great break
Monday, November 22, 2010
ENG I - Library to search for research information
ENG III - UNOH presenter
Friday, November 19, 2010
ENG I - Lab to search for research topic ideas
ENG III - Notebook: What commonalities are there in theme, setting, and symbol of The PIt and the Pendulum, Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, and The Minister's Black Veil?
Book check
Talk about commonalities in theme, setting and symbol
Review 10 grammar questions on page 326
Read and discuss The Raven in class
Thursday, November 18, 2010
ENG I - Review homophones assignment
Last class day to work on Romeo and Juliet assignment
ENG I - Book check tomorrow
Fundraising check
Complete Dark Romantic grid assignment in notebook
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
ENG I - Homophone assignment in class
ENG III - Read Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Complete 10 questions on page 326-327
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
ENG I - Work on video projects
ENG III - Read the Minister's Black Veil
Also read Hawthorne info on page 278
Monday, November 15, 2010
ENG I - Vocabulary
ENG III - notebook: Have you ever made a decision that you later regretted? Explain
Read The Devil and Tom Walker and complete handout
Friday, November 12, 2010
ENG I - No school
ENG III - No school
Thursday, November 11, 2010
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet Test
ENG III - Notebook: What symbols do you wear or see other people wear that reveals more information about your (or that person's) personality or life?
Quiz over The PIt and the Pendulum
Discussion about symbols in the Pit and the Pendulum
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
ENG I - Preview for Romeo and Juliet Test
ENG III - Notebook: What is worse: physical or mental torture? Explain.
Read The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe on page 263
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
ENG I - Watch Romeo and Juliet movie
Work on group video project
ENG III - Transcendentalism and Romanticism Quiz
Read pages 184, 238-239, and 254
Monday, November 8, 2010
ENG I - Assign Romeo and Juliet video assignment
Quiz over Act V
ENG III - Reviewed for quiz today
Make up any late work
Pass back assignments
Friday, November 5, 2010
ENG I - Finish Act V
ENG III - Four question quiz on Civil Disobedience
Talk about policies and how to make change happen
Thursday, November 4, 2010
ENG I - Watch Act IV DVD
ENG III - Lab to complete Ralph Waldo Emerson/Transcendentalism quotation assignment
Read Civil Disobedience on page 222
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
ENG I - Finish Act IV in class
Quiz over Act IV in class
ENG III - Notebook: Is it possible to create or control one's own happiness? Why or why not?
Pass back and review Age of Reason quizzes
Review Transcendental handout
Talk about how happiness affects one's life
Read The Biology of Joy on page 198
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
ENG I - Read Act IV scenes i ii and iii in class
Paraphrase Juliet's soliloquy right before she takes Friar's potion
ENG III - Notes on writing body paragraphs and conclusions
Read pages 178-183 and 191-192 and complete American Romanticism and Transcendentalism handout
Monday, November 1, 2010
ENG I - Watch Act III in class
ENG III - Notebook: When might it be useful to skim or read something quickly in a short amount of time?
80/20 rule notes
Read article from The Guardian "Alcohol more harmful than heroin or crack"
Read and take sample ACT reading using 80/20 strategies
Friday, October 29, 2010
ENG I - Act III Quiz in class
Watch beginning of Act III movie
ENG III - Age of Reason Quiz in class
Logic puzzle 8
ACT Reading and English test results
Thursday, October 28, 2010
ENG I - Finish Act III scenes iii-iv handout in class
Finish Act III
ENG III - Notebook: Yesterday, the focus of Joel Penton's speech was to "stand your ground" and not necessarily just follow the crowd. When might it be good to actually unite and "follow the crowd"?
Explain Franklin's quote: "We must all hang together or surely we will hang separately"
Read pages 112-113 and 116-118 in blue textbook
Preview potential questions for a quiz on Friday
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
ENG I - Read Act III scenes iii - iv in class and complete handout
ENG III - Read page 14 from orange book - illustrate the point that the Age of Reason thinkers were using reason and logic instead of religion for decisions
Complete Logic Questions handout in class
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
ENG I - Read Act III Scenes i-ii in class
ENG III - Notebook: What are you doing to become a more perfect person?
Complete Franklin Aphorism assignment in class
Daily time schedules - could your time be used more wisely?
Set one goal to improve upon this week
Monday, October 25, 2010
ENG I - Finish Acts I and II DVD
ENG III - Complete Franklin's Life and Aphorisms assignment in lab
Friday, October 22, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over Act II
Watch Act II DVD
ENG III - Notebook - What does the perfect person look and act like?
Discuss as a class the possibility of being perfect
Read pages 69-72 in old orange textbook
Complete Ben Franklin's Moral Perfection handout
Thursday, October 21, 2010
ENG I - Finish Act II in class
ENG III - Define summary and paraphrase in class
Paraphrase sections of the Declaration of Independence and read aloud
Summarize Declaration of Independence
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
ENG I - Define aside - in a play, a comment that a character makes to the audience which other characters on stage do not hear
Monologue - a long speech or written expression of thoughts by a character in a literary work
Soliloquy - a character alone onstage reveals his or her private thoughts and feelings as if thinking aloud
Read Act II Scenes I and II
ENG III - Notebook - List some bulleted points identifying strengths and weaknesses from the debates
Explain the purpose for the ACT testing
Talk about strengths and weaknesses of debates
Explain how debates are very similar to essays
Essay Introduction Paragraph notes - Brooke - see bottom for attached notes
Write a 4-6 sentence introduction using a new and hopefully more interesting format than used for the debate with a good thesis statement as the last sentence
Show grades and describe late work
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
ENG I - Lab for dream analysis
ENG III - Practice ACT English Test in class
Monday, October 18, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over Romeo and Juliet Act I
Complete Dream Scenarios handout
ENG III - Practice ACT Reading Test in class
or finish any debates if groups still must complete
Friday, October 15, 2010
ENG I - Finish Act I in class
ENG III - Debate
Thursday, October 14, 2010
ENG I - Continue reading Act I
ENG III - Debate
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Monday, October 12, 2010
ENG I - Definition and examples of Iambic Pentameter
Finish Act I Scene I in class
ENG III - Debate
Friday, October 8, 2010
ENG I - Begin Act I Scene I in class
ENG III - Debate
Thursday, October 7, 2010
ENG I - Lab to search for answers to Shakespeare and Drama handout
ENG III - First debate in class
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
ENG I - Irony, Ambiguity, Foreshadowing and Imagery Quiz
Talk about philosophies of love from Romeo and Juliet
Read about Shakespearean Drama on page 622
ENG III - Final day in the lab
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
ENG I - Collect The Story of an Hour handout
Talk about the story
Complete the Irony, Ambiguity, Foreshadowing, and Imagery handout in class
Review the handout
Begin reading The Necklace in class - finish for homework
ENG III - Address debate rubric
Talk about debate format
Pass out debate preparation handout to be completed for the debate
Lab to search for additional information
Monday, October 4, 2010
ENG I - Collect irony and ambiguity homework
Notes on foreshadowing and imagery
Foreshadowing - clues about what will happen in the future
Imagery - descriptive language that helps you to see, smell, touch, taste, and hear something in the story
Read The Story of an Hour in class
Complete handout over The Story of an Hour in class
ENG III - Assign debate topics
Lab to search for information
Friday, October 1, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over the Gift of the Magi
Definition of ambiguity
Irony and Ambiguity handout in class
ENG III - Lab to search for potential debate topics
Thursday, September 30, 2010
ENG I - Review homework
New irony examples
Read the Gift of the Magi in class
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
ENG I - Review The Cask of Amontillado
Irony handout in class
Definitions of types of irony
Define each example of irony for homework
ENG III - Answer any Crucible questions
Review game for The Crucible
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
ENG I - Read The CAsk of Amontillado in class
ENG III - Crucible internet search assignment in class
Monday, September 27, 2010
ENG I - Vocabulary assignment in class
ENG III - Finish Act IV Crucible DVD
Friday, September 24, 2010
ENG I - Final debate
ENG III - Notebook: When is it ok to lie? Ever? Examples?
Quiz over Act IV
Discuss how lying meant eternal punishment for the Puritans
Watch Act III DVD
Thursday, September 23, 2010
ENG I - Third debate
ENG III - Quiz over the Crucible Act III
Read Act IV
Finish Act IV for homework
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
ENG I - Second debate - capital punishment
ENG III - Notebook: What is a bigger influence in your life: doing what is right in your heart, or giving into the influence of friends and peer pressure?
Finish Act III in class
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
ENG I - First debate - abortion
ENG III - Notebook: Predict what might happen in the final two acts of The Crucible. Be specific with your predictions.
Read the first half of Act III to top right of page 45
Monday, September 20, 2010
ENG I - Lab for debate work
Create opening statements
ENG III - Watch Act II The Crucible DVD
Notebook: Can you think of any examples where one has been considered guilty before proven innocent like in The Crucible where we rushed to judgment on people? Describe.
Friday, September 17, 2010
ENG I - Lab for debate work
ENG III - Quiz over Act II
Discuss the relevancy of The Crucible today
Thursday, September 16, 2010
ENG I - Lab for debate work
ENG III - Notebook: What are some differences between Act I of the movie and Act I of the play?
Read Act II in class. Finish for homework.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
ENG I - Turn in essays
Create list of controversial issues
Assign debate topics
ENG III - Turn in Comma Usage Quiz
Finish watching Act I
Complete Character Descriptions handout
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
ENG I - Fill in the Topic Sentences
Essay completion due for tomorrow
ENG III - Crucible Act I Quiz
Watch beginning of Act I DVD
Friday, September, 10, 2010
ENG I - Review test scores
Notes on essay writing
ENG III - Comma handout in class
Read Act I in class
Finish Act I for homework
Thursday, September 9, 2010
ENG I - Test
ENG III - Notebook: Insert commas as needed:
1) Commas despite popular belief are actually fun.
2) Science however is not my specialty.
3) The class that I had last night was boring.
4) The kids who stole the money really made the parents feel embarrassed.
Last notes on comma usage
Read to the bottom of page 13 in The Crucible; if not done in class, complete for homework
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
ENG I - Review game for Short Story test
ENG III - Notebook: sample comma questions to be reviewed in class
Two new comma rules
Begin reading The Crucible
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
ENG I - Review vocabulary, short stories, and terms
ENG III - Note taking on commas for the entire period
Friday, September 3, 2010
ENG I - Review vocabulary words
Read The Leap in class
Answer questions 1-4 for The Leap
ENG III - Notebook: Have advances in science and technology made us a better or worse society than the Native Americans before us?
Read The Nacirema Tribe
Answer 3 questions about the tribe:
1)Does this culture seem normal or abnormal to you? why?
2) Describe the four aspects of the tribe that were most interesting or surprising.
3) If this tribe existed today, could you be friends with someone from the tribe? Why or why not?
Explain the relevance of the information
Thursday, September 2, 2010
ENG I - Reread ending of The Lady, or the Tiger?
Picture day
The Lady, or the Tiger? Vocabulary
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
ENG I - Fill out real life examples from short story terms
Read The Lady or the Tiger? in class
ENG III - Identify positive and negative characteristics from the presentations
FInish any presentations
Check homework
Discuss Origins of Native American literature
Read How the Leopard Got His Claws for tomorrow
Friday, August 27, 2010
ENG I - Continue reading The Most Dangerous Game in class
Complete prediction drawings from the story
Finish The Most Dangerous Game for Monday
ENG III - Review techniques for an effective presentation
Lab to work on author powerpoint presentations
Notebook assignment: list as many ways as possible to have a successful presentation
Thursday, August 26, 2010
ENG I - Begin reading The Most Dangerous Game
Complete two prediction drawings in class
ENG III - Lab to work on author powerpoint presentations
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
ENG I - Introduction to the library resources
Handout over library resources
ENG III - Assessing Prior Knowledge handout in class
Assign Author Powerpoint Project
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
ENG I - Introductions
Review class expectations and procedures
English Survey
ENG III - Introductions
Review class expectations and procedures
English Survey
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
ENG I - Review for exam
Have a good summer
ENG III - Review for exam, clean up room
Have a good summer
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
ENG I - Review game for exam
ENG III - Review game for exam
Monday, May 24, 2010
ENG I - Review game for exam
ENG III - Pass back year end review handout
Review year end review handout
Show list of exam takers
View cartoons, stories, drawings of satire
Pass out list of daily items
Study for exam
Friday, May 21, 2010
ENG I - Review game for exam
ENG III - Watch satire examples in class
Thursday, May 20, 2010
ENG I - Assign grades for 2010 year review
Watch satire examples in class
ENG III - Finish 2010 year end review packet in class
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
ENG I - Complete 2010 year review information for tomorrow
ENG III - Begin working on 2010 year end review packet
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
ENG I - Review fragment and run-on packet in class
ENG III - Satire project
Monday, May 17, 2010
ENG I - Fragments and run-on homework
ENG III - Satire project
Friday, May 14, 2010
ENG I - Notes on Fragments and Run-ons
ENG III - Satire project
Thursday, May 13, 2010
ENG I - Notetaking on fragments and run-ons
ENG III - Begin production of satire project in class
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
ENG I - Finish story posters
ENG III - Begin formulating ideas for satire project
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
ENG I - Continue working on story poster
ENG III - Vote for class officers
Poster vote results
Grade homework assignment
View satire examples in class
Review requirements for satire creation assignment
Monday, May 10, 2010
ENG I - Begin working on story poster
ENG III - Satire notes
Vote for posters
Complete questions on politically correct story
Friday, May 7, 2010
ENG I - Writing last essay in class
ENG III - Author presentations
Thursday May, 6, 2010
ENG I - Complete topic sentence and introduction handout
ENG III - Finish author posters and prepare informative presentation
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
ENG I - Review Odyssey tests
Complete handout on essay topic sentences and introductory paragraphs
ENG III - Last day to search for author information in lab
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
ENG I - StudentEdge career questions - Handout due Wednesday
ENG III - Critiques due
Assign authors for author project
Begin searching for Author information
Monday, May 3, 2010
ENG I - StudentEdge career Interest Inventory in lab 201
ENG III - Turn in outlines
Lab to type critiques
Friday, April 30, 2010
ENG I - Test over The Odyssey
ENG III - Quiz over The Great Gatsby
Begin making outline for The Great Gatsby Review
Thursday, April 29, 2010
ENG I - Review day for The Odyssey
ENG III - Finish The Great Gatsby
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over Part Three of The Odyssey in class
Begin reading Part Four in class
Finish Part Four for homework
ENG III - Continue The Great Gatsby
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over Part Two of The Odyssey in class
Begin reading Part Three in class
Finish Part Three for homework
ENG III - Continue watching The Great Gatsby
Monday, April 26, 2010
ENG I - Read Part Two The Odyssey in class
ENG III - Begin watching The Great Gatsby
Friday, April 23, 2010
ENG I - Review Part One
Summarize major events in the beginning of The Odyssey
ENG III - Review Winter Dreams handout
Review Subject Verb Agreement handout
Subject Verb Agreement questions/game
Thursday, April 22, 2010
ENG I - Read Part One of The Odyssey
ENG III - Read Winter Dreams and complete handout for the story
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
ENG I - Summarize background information about The Odyssey
ENG III - Review packet on subject verb agreement
Complete 15 question handout
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
ENG I - TKM movie
ENG III - Notes on subject verb agreement
Complete handout on subject verb agreement
Monday, April 19, 2010
ENG I - TKM movie
ENG III - Complete good vs. well and homophone handout in class
Friday, April 16, 2010
ENG I - TKM Movie
ENG III - Vocabulary in class
Thursday, April 15, 2010
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird Movie
ENG III - Sample job interviews in class
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
ENG I - To Kill a Mockingbird Test
ENG III - Finish cover letters in lab
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
ENG I - Discuss end of book handout
Test preview questions in class
ENG III - Begin cover letters in lab
Monday, April 12, 2010
ENG I - Complete end of book handout in class
ENG III - Finish resumes in lab
Friday, April 9, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over 25- 27
Finish the book for homework
ENG III - Lab to begin creation of resumes
Thursday, April 8, 2010
ENG I - Read chapters 25-27
ENG III - Quizzes over vocab and sentences
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over chapters 20-22
Read chapters 23, 24
ENG III - Writing participation - comparing one's self to an abstract thing
Review grammar concepts from Tuesday
Create ten sentences combining vocabulary and grammar for another student
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
ENG I - Read Chapter 20 in class and 21-22 for homework
ENG III - Notes on grammar: good vs. well, seen vs. saw
Friday, March 26, 2010
ENG I - Act out Chapter 19
ENG III - Of Mice and Men vocabulary assignment
Thursday, March 25, 2010
ENG I - Act out Chapter 18
ENG III - Talk about movie comparison in class
Extra credit IQ tests in class
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
ENG I - Act out Chapter 17
ENG III - Complete Of Mice and Men movie comparison in class
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over 13-14
Read chapters 15-16
Complete vocabulary list of difficult words from chapters 15-16 for tomorrow
ENG III - Finish Of MIce and Men
Monday, March 22, 2010
ENG I - Read chapters 13-14 in class
ENG III - Watch Of Mice and Men
Friday, March 19, 2010
ENG I - Read Chapter 12 in class
ENG III - Watch Of Mice and Men
Thursday, March 18, 2010
ENG I - Complete character descriptions worksheet
ENG III - Watch Of Mice and Men movie
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
ENG I - Finish chapters 9-11 and worksheet
ENG III - Test over Of Mice and Men
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
ENG I - Begin reading chapters 9, 10, and 11
Complete worksheet for Thursday
ENG III - Review ending of the book
Review for test tomorrow
Monday, March 15, 2010
ENG I - Quiz over chapters 6 and 7
Read chapter 8
ENG III - Finish the book
Friday, March 12, 2010
ENG I - Read chapters 6 and 7
ENG III - Read next section pages 66-83
Thursday, March 11, 2010
ENG I - Quiz in class
Read chapter 5
ENG III - Quiz
Read pages 38-65
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
ENG I - Quiz in class
Read chapters 3-4 for tomorrow
ENG III - Read pages 17-37 for class tomorrow
Complete handout over this section of the book
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
ENG I - Finish chapters 1-2
ENG III - Quiz over pages 1-16
Watch first part of movie
Monday, March 8, 2010
ENG I - Review research paper grades
Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
Finish Chapter 1 for Tuesday
ENG III - Review The Story of an Hour
Pass back Poetry in Music assignments
Begin reading Of Mice and Men
Friday, March 5, 2010
ENG I - Read essays in class
ENG III - Talk about Huck Finn
Read The Story of an Hour in class
Complete handout over the story
Thursday, March 4, 2010
ENG I - Talk about what it would be like in other people's shoes
Writing assignment due tomorrow
ENG III - Finish Huck Finn
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
ENG I - Talk about research project results
Read The Sniper in class
ENG III - Watch Huck Finn
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
ENG I - Research presentations
ENG III - Begin watching Huck Finn in class
Monday, March, 1, 2010
ENG I - Research presentations
ENG III - Talk about the Lowest Animal cont'd
Friday, February 26, 2010
ENG I - No school
ENG III - No school
Thursday, February 25, 2010
ENG I - Research presentations
ENG III - Talk about The Lowest Animal in class
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
ENG I - Research presentations
ENG III - Read The Lowest Animal in class
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
ENG I - Research Presentations
ENG III - Mark Twain quotations in lab
Monday, February 22, 2010
ENG I - Research Presentations
ENG III - Poetry in music assignment due
Friday, February 19, 2010
ENG I - Last day typing in lab
ENG III - Quiz over Poetry (Open Book)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - DECA presentations all day
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Read Harlem Renaissance poetry from Langston Hughes: Dream Deferred and I, too, sing America
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Individual poem presentations
Monday, February 15, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Analyzing individual poems
Monday, February 8, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Identify poetry terms in The Raven
Friday, February 5, 2010
ENG I - typing in lab
ENG III - Define poetry terms and give an example of each
Thurssday, February 4, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Last day for writing assignment
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - Typing Moby Dick Dark Romantic assignment
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
ENG I - Typing in lab
ENG III - End of movie
Quiz over end of movie
Monday, February 1, 2010
ENG I - Typing Works Cited and Introductions
ENG III - Watch movie and complete handout
Friday, January 29, 2010
ENG I - Typing Works Cited Pages
ENG III - Watch movie
Thursday, January 28, 2010
ENG I - Scheduling presentation
ENG III - Scheduling presentation
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
ENG I - Type up Title Pages
ENG III - Continue watching Moby Dick
Quiz over beginning of Moby Dick
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
ENG I - check notecards
Organize outlines
ENG III - Continue watching Moby Dick
Monday, January 25, 2010
ENG I - Last day for note taking
ENG III - Grade Quizzes in class
Read about Herman Melville page 294
Begin watching Moby Dick
Friday, January 22, 2010
ENG I - Note taking
ENG III - Quiz over Dark Romantics, Transcendentalism, Romantics and Prep. Phrases
Thursday, January 21, 2010
ENG I - Note taking
ENG III - Watch the Known Universe to relate info to Transcendentalism
Read The Black Cat or Minister's Black Veil
Wednesday January 20, 2010
ENG I - Note taking
ENG III - Emerson quotation assignment in lab
Friday, January 15, 2010
ENG I - Note taking in room
ENG III - Finish Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Talk about themes and why this is an example of Dark Romantic literature
Thursday, January 14, 2010
ENG I - Lab
ENG III - Read about Romantics, Dark Romantics, and Transcendentalism
Read Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
ENG I - Lab
ENG III - Quiz over stories and discuss rule changes
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
ENG I - Lab
ENG III - Read Civil Disobedience pieces by Thoreau, Ghandi, and Mandela
Monday, January 11, 2010
ENG I - Lab for research info
ENG III - Prepositional phrase notes
Thursday, January 7, 2010
ENG I - Introduce research project rubric and requirements
ENG III - Notes on run-ons and fragments
Research paper corrections in class
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
ENG I - Accept research project ideas
Review exam scores
ENG III - Review Research paper scores and Exam scores
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
ENG I - Lab for research topic search
ENG III - Vocabulary
Monday, January 4, 2010
ENG I - No school snow
ENG III - No school snow
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
ENG I - Exam review
ENG III - Exam review
Monday, December 14, 2009
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet videos and Exam Review
ENG III - Careers presentation
Friday, December 11, 2009
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet videos in class
ENG III - Exam review
Thursday, December 10, 2009
ENG I - Exam review
ENG III - Presentations
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
ENG I - Check homework
Write a sample 5 paragraph essay in class
ENG III - Presentations
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
ENG I - Complete the missing introduction parts
Complete the topic sentences in body paragraphs and conclusion for homework
ENG III - Research presentations
Monday, December 7, 2009
ENG I - Notes on writing
ENG III - Research presentations
Friday, December 4, 2009
ENG I - Review Harrison Bergeron
Discussion questions involving the story
ENG III - Last day typing in lab
Papers, presentations, visual aids due Monday
Thursday, December 3, 2009
ENG I - Read Harrison Bergeron in class
Complete homework assignment over the story
ENG III - Typing in lab
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
ENG I - Work on Romeo and Juliet video with group
ENG III - Typing in lab
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
ENG I - Review Romeo and Juliet Tests
Vocabulary worksheet due for tomorrow
ENG III - Typing in lab
Monday, November 30, 2009
ENG I - Work on Romeo and Juliet video assignment
ENG III - Typing in lab
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet test
ENG III - Typing in lab
Monday, November 23, 2009
ENG I - Small group work for Romeo and Juliet video
Review for test
ENG III - Typing Works Cited and Title Pages
Friday, November 20, 2009
ENG I - Watch Acts IV and V DVD
ENG III - Typing papers
Thursday, November 19, 2009
ENG I - Romeo and Juliet handout
ENG III - Typing papers
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
ENG I - Finish Act V
Take quiz over Acts IV and V
ENG III - Typing papers
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
ENG I - Read Act V scenes i-ii
ENG III - Typing papers
Monday, November 16, 2009
ENG I - Finish Romeo and Juliet Act IV
Answer questions 1-4 on page 723
ENG III - Begin making an outline due tomorrow
Friday, November 13, 2009
ENG I - Read Act IV Scenes i-ii in class
ENG III - Notetaking
Notecards are due on Monday
Thursday, November 12, 2009
ENG I - Finish Act III video
ENG III - Notetaking
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
ENG I - Quiz over Act III
Read summary of scenes four and five for students (shortened Veteran's Day period)
ENG III - Notetaking
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
ENG I - Discuss the validity of Romeo and Juliet's relationship
ENG III - Notetaking
Monday, November 9, 2009
ENG I - Finish Act III
ENG III - Notetaking
Friday, November 6, 2009
ENG I - Watch Act II
ENG III - Notetaking
Thursday, November 5, 2009
ENG I - Read Romeo and Juliet Scenes II-III
ENG III - Go over notecard expectations
Begin taking notes and filling out source cards
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
ENG I - Read Romeo and Juliet Act I Scene I
ENG III - Lab to search for information
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
ENG I - Complete Romeo and Juliet assignment - round, flat, static dynamic characters
Hearing and vision checks
ENG III - Lab to search for information
Monday, November 2, 2009
ENG I - Watch Act II video
ENG III - Go over research project synopsis
Lab to search for information
Friday, October 30, 2009
ENG I - Finish Act II in class
ENG III - Read The Devil and Tom Walker in class
Thursday, October 29, 2009
ENG I - Read Act II Scenes 3 and halfway through scene 4
ENG III - Read The Raven in class and answer questions 1-4 over the poem
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
ENG I - Read Act II Scenes 1-2
ENG III - Quiz over The Pit and the Pendulum
Talk about symbolism in The Pit and the Pendulum
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
ENG I - Read Poe's biography on overhead
Read The Pit and the Pendulum for homework
ENG III - Watch Romeo and Juliet Act I
Monday, October 26, 2009
ENG I - Lab for dream analysis
Turn in dream analysis homework
ENG III - Freewrite about Halloween weekend
Notes over Prereading
Read a sample from the Eleanor Roosevelt to examine Prereading strategies
Friday, October 23, 2009
ENG I - Quiz over Act I
Discussion of dreams
Complete dream assignment for homework
ENG III - ACT test practice - English
Thursday, October 22, 2009
ENG I - Act out Scene Five in class
Finish taking notes from Tuesday
ENG III - ACT test practice - Reading
Homework over Introduction Paragraphs, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions due
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
ENG I - Finish Scenes Two and Three in Romeo and Juliet
Read Scene Four for homework
ENG III - Notetaking over Introduction Paragraphs, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions
Complete Homework assignments over Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
ENG I - Begin Romeo and Juliet - read to Act I Scene II
ENG III - Discuss college expectations: financial aid, scheduling, classes
Take notes over writing an effective introduction to a paper
Monday, October 19, 2009
ENG I - Shakespeare video and notes
ENG III - Last day to complete any studentedge.com work in the lab
Friday, October 16, 2009
ENG I - Last debate
ENG III - Studentedge.com 3 careers that interest you from your career matches
Open Word document from Staff Pages and complete information
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ENG I - Debates
ENG III - StudentEdge career and college planning in the lab
Take the Career Assessment at studentedge.com
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
ENG I - Debates
ENG III - Debates
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
ENG I - Debates
ENG III - Debates
Monday, October 12, 2009
ENG I - First debate in class
ENG III - Second debate in class
All others should be prepared to debate on Tuesday
Friday, October 9, 2009
ENG I - Last day in lab to prepare for debates
ENG III - First debates in class
Thursday, October 8, 2009
ENG I - Assign debate topics
Spend rest of time in lab to find information
ENG III - Last day in lab to prepare for debates
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
ENG I - Explain debate topics
Lab all period to consider debate topics
ENG III - Formally assign topics
Lab to continue with debate preparation
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
ENG I – Collect Irony and Ambiguity Homework
Give back essays and explain grading rubric
Introduce debate assignment
Read The Necklace page 198
ENG III – Collect Declaration of Independence summaries
Explain debates
Search in lab for three potential debate topics
