February 2-6

• M     Choosing a research paper topic
• T      Info on research paper
• W     Research in Library
• Th     Mrs. Wells in classroom
• F

January 26-30

• M     Short story--12-sentence short story
• T      Discussion
• W     In-class essay on short stories
• Th    Objective test on short stories
• F      Test Vocab H #7

January 20-23

• T     Short story reading and quizzes for week
• W                              "
• Th                              "
• F                                "

January 12-16

• M "Araby"--Discussion
• T "The Storm"--Writing (25 pts.) and discussion
• W "Greasy Lake"--Writing (25 pts.) and discussion
• Th "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"--Writing (25 pts.) and discussion; Writing a short story in 12 sentences (info on)
• F

January 6-9

• T Syllabus; issuing of books; short writing (goals)
• W "Godfather Death"--Discussion
• TH "A & P"--Writing (25 pts.) and discussion
• F "A Rose for Emily"--Writing and discussion

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December 8-12

• M Macbeth
• T In-class essay
• W Exam Prep
• Th "
• F "

December 1-5

• M Macbeth
• T Macbeth--Scene Notes
• W Mrs. Wells on Financial Aid and Bright Futures; also, Macbeth, Act 2; also, take home worksheet on modifiers, due tomorrow!
• Th Macbeth
• F Macbeth

November 24-25

• M Macbeth
• T Macbeth

November 17-21

• M Subject-Verb Agreement Test
• T Text Sets on NLMG
• W Test on Voicab H #5
• Th Test on NLMG
• F Discussion and Scoring of NLMG Test

November 10-14

• M Agreement of Subject and Verb
• T Veterans' Day--NO SCHOOL!
• W Text Sets
• Th Revising and Ordering Body Paragraphs
• F Due: Sonnet!

November 3-7

• M Test on pronoun case and reference
• T Due: Extended definition essay
• W
• Th In-class Writing: SAT Writing Prompt
• F Due: NLMG--to end of Part 2; Text Sets

October 27-31

• M Pronoun Reference/Antecedent
• T Test on Vocab H #4; NLMG
• W
• Th Due: Extended definition essay
• F Test: Pronoun Case and Reference

October 21-24

• T Due: Your own CT prologue; extended definition essays: (A) Runner's High, (B) Munchausen Syndrome, (C) Poverty
• W Pronoun Case exercises from Hacker
• Th Issuing of Never Let Me Go; Pronoun Case
• F "Expert" assignments on Never Let Me Go; More on pronoun case

October 13-17

• M Discussion: Tales
• T Video of Tales: Pardoner's, Wife's, Nun's Priest's
• W In-class essay on The Canterbury Tales
• Th Speaker from PJC
• F Finish in-class CT essay

October 6-10

• M Intro to The Canterbury Tales; Parallelism
• T Due: Example Essay on Birth Order; Studying your CT pilgrim
• W Test on Vocab H #3; CT pilgrims
• Th Due: Final of your birth order essay (to entertain and to inform)
• F Canterbury Tale Pilgrims; "Pardoner's Tale," "The Nun's Priest's Tale"

September 29-October 3

• M Hamlet Review
• T Test on Hamlet; Issuing of take-home test on commas to Period 1
• W Score Commas Test; Begin birth order theory discussion; Intro to vocab H #3
• Th Parallelism; Steps to Writing Well: Example Essay
• F Sample essays using development by example/illustration (SWW)

September 22-26

• M Intro to Hamlet
• T Quiz on Hamlet; Hamlet, Act 2
• W Oral quiz; Hamlet, Act 3
• Th Hamlet, Act 4; Hamlet article to Period 4--article due by Mon, Sept 29
• F Hamlet, Act 5

September 15-19

• M Due: Beowulf reading
• T Mrs. Wells--Classroom visit
• W Vocab test--H #2
• Th Due: Hacker exercises on commas
• F Due: College app essay (Type your prompt at top of page.)

• M Due: Your academic resume'!
• T Due: Hacker exercises; writing the college application essay
• W Writing the college application essay; reading sample essays
• Th Evaluation of college app essay prompts; essay is due on Thursday, Sept 18.
• F Short quiz on semicolons and colons; books issued for Beowulf reading (due Monday)

September 2-5

• F Test on Sentence Errors