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May 5-9
5 Vocab: Assignment: Five sentences w/3 vocab words in each (25 pts.)
Dramatization (20 pts.)
6 Vocab Test
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April 28-May 2
28 Intro to Vocab G #4 and Othello
29 Guided Reading Notes on Othello, Acts 1 and Act 2, scene 1
30 Othello, 2.3
1 Mrs. Andi Smith visited class w/info on final transcripts. Vocab review
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April 21-25
21 Aristotle on the Perfect Tragedy
22 Test on Oedipus Rex
23 Bring text to class! Symbolism in the short story
24 Due: Homework--"Setting and symbolism in Greasy Lake"; Graded classwork on "Ancient Mariner"
25 In-class reading of "A Shocking Accident"
April 14-18
14 Oedipus Rex Crossword Puzzle; Reading Oedipus
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16 Vocab Test
17 Late start day--no class for Period 2
18 Review of Oedipus Rex
April 7-11
7 Poem PowerPoint Presentations
8 Sophocles' Oedipus Rex--Introduction
9 Oedipus Rex; Vocab
10 Oedipus Rex; Vocab
11 Oedipus Rex
March 24-28
24 "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
25 Designing PowerPoint Slides on Poem
26 Designing PowerPoint Slides on Poem
27 Writing "This was a man . . ."
28 PowerPoint Presentations
March 17-21
17 Writing the draft copy of Part 3--Research
18 Computers available! Working period: Part 3--Research
19 Computers available! Working period: Part 3--Research
20 Your Part 3 is due today!
21 Good Friday--No School
March 10-14
10 How to write Part 3--Research (Poetry Project)
11 Period 2--Tone in My Turn Fighter Pilot column
Period 6--No Class: FCAT
12 No class--FCAT
13 Final directions for writing Part 3--Research;
How to Cite Sources in Text
14 Period 2--No Class 9FCAT)
Period 6--Tone in My Turn Column: Discussion
March 3-7
3 Mrs. Reeves from Guidance
4 Period 2--Your 15 note cards are due at end of class!
Period 6--Research and Note-Taking
5 Periods 2 and 6--Research and Note-Taking
6 Research, taking notes, locating article
7 Guest speaker: Your plans after high school
February 25-29
25 A Raisin in the Sun
26 A Raisin in the Sun
27 A Raisin in the Sun
28 A Raisin in the Sun
29 Test--Essay on play
February 18-22
18 Their Eyes Were Watching God
19 Their Eyes Were Watching God
20 Essay: Novel vs. Film
21 Essay due today
22 "In the Metro"
February 11-15
11 Library: Note Cards
12 Library: Note Cards
13 Library: Note Cards
14 Library
15 Their Eyes Were Watching God
February 4-February 8
4 Period 2 Reading selection on "Ethics"; assignment: questions on reading selection
Period 6 CBS Film on Cheating
5 Periods 2and 6 Library--Source (Bibliography Cards) for Poetry Project, Part 3
6 Periods 2 and 6 Library--Researching sources
7 Instructions on Note Cards (4 x 6): Author's Life, Author's Writings, Your Poem
8 Due today: three note cards!
January 28-Feb 1
28 Sharing of auto-bio poems; Writing a paraphrase (Part 2)
29 Writing your paraphrase; check off on your Part 1 and Part 2
30 Vocab Skits (20 pts.)
31 Vocab Test
1 Ethics: Lesson on powerpoint and discussion
January 21-25
21 Martin Luther King Day
22 Vocab is at vocabtest.com, Level G, Unit 1;
test is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan 29.
Orientation to poetry project and choosing a poem from lit text
23 Writing Poetry Project, Part 1--Choosing Your Poem
24 Poetry Project, Part 1: Writing Part 1
25 Vocab G #1; Large group sharing of auto-bio poems
January 14-18
14 Exams
15 Exams
16 Sonnets: Shakespeare, Spenser, Neruda;
Terms: rhyme schemes, end rhyme, imagery, rhyme scheme of Shakespearean sonnet
17 "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" and "The Nymph's Reply"; Graded writing
18 Response to my Turn column on "Love, Not Marriage"
January 7-11
7 Exam Review--Vocab
8 Exam Review--Beowulf, Canterbury Tales
9 Exam Review--Eyes
10 Exams
11 Exams
December 17-21
17 Hamlet: Scene Notes
18 Projects: Hamlet or Eyes
19 Test on Hamlet (Hand in completed Scene Notes today or on Thursday!)
20 Presentation of Projects: You must hand in your rubric to me BEFORE you begin!
21 Merry Christmas!
December 10-14
10 Questions on Eyes (50 pages): see handouts page
11 Eyes
12 Period 2: No class
13 Test on Eyes
14 Hamlet
December 3- 7
3 Copy "To be" soliloquy; paraphrase of soliloquy with class
4 Memorizing of "To be" soliloquy to end of second third
5 Period 2: No Class; Period 6: Hamlet, Tableaux
6 Test on Vocab #9. #10
7 ACT Prep; Hamlet video
November 13-November 16
12 Veterans' Day--No school!
13 Notes on birth order theory--research on your own, and bring to class tomorrow what info you find.
14 Groupwork on birth order theory
15 First draft of birth order example essay
16 Eyes quiz
November 5-November 9
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6 Newsweek (Assignment on Food Allergies)
7 Late start--Period 2: Newsweek (Assignment on Nooses)
8 Original CT Prologue for peer review
9 Vocab Test
October 29-November 2
29 "Wife of Bath's Tale"; Groupwork and script writing
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31 CT Pilgrims at the Tabard Inn
1 Period 2--Canterbury Tales Test, Part1; Period 6--CT dramatization
2 Period 2--CT Test, Part 2; Period 6--CT Test
October 22
22
23 "The Pardoner's Tale"
24 Test on Parallelism
25 Period 2--Wife's Tale; Period 6--Questions on Canterbury Pilgrims and Homework: Journal Response to Newsweek article
26 CT Pilgrims and their tales: "Merchant's Tale" and "Pardoner's Tale"
October 15-19
15 Computer exercises on parallelism; vocab #5, #6
16 Sentences with parallelism
17 Period 6: Test on vocab! and Questions on Eyes (Chapters 7, 8, 9)
18 Period 2: Test on vocab! and Quiz on Eyes to p. 93; Period 6 had no class!
19 Period 2: CT Pilgrims; Period 6 took quiz on Eyes and heard recitals on individual pilgrims.
October 8-12
8 Written, graded response to "My Turn" Newsweek column on Pit Bull (20 pts.) ; Personal Pronouns and Pronoun Case: Exercises
9 Pronoun Exercises
10 Late Start Day: No Class for Period 2 and 6!
11 Eyes to P. 80
12 Test on Pronoun Case
October 1-5
1 Notes and practice on subject-verb agreement; Google "subject-verb agreement," and test yourself!
2 Exercises on Subject-Verb Agreement
3 Test on subject-verb agreement; Discussion of PNJ column by Tucker on op-ed page; college essay passbacks
4 Eyes to p. 50--quiz
5 Intro to The Canterbury Tales
September 24-28
24 In-class scoring of comma tests; review of vocab #3, #4 for quiz on Wednesday; conjugating verbs
25 Oral review of vocab #3, #4; Diagnostic grammar test
26 Vocab #3, #4 quiz
27 Their Eyes Were Watching God: Intro to novel
28 Their Eyes Were Watching God
Prompts for College Essays
FSU College Application Essay
We ask that you respond to one of the following topics. Your essay should be no longer than 500 words.
- Tell us your favorite quotation, who said it, and why it is meaningful to you.
- Please name a global issue that concerns you and explain why.
- What is the best advice you have ever received, and why?
STATE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA--APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION
Answer two of the following in no longer than one page for each or a total of two pages for both.
1. Describe an activity, interest, experience, or achievement in your life (this could be a book, a movie, or an activity or experience at work, home, or school) that has been particularly meaningful for you.
2 . How has your family history, culture, or environment influenced who you are?
3. What qualities or unique characteristics do you possess that would allow you to contribute to the university community?
September 17-21
17 Beginning of comma usage; passbacks; tutorial on semis and colons; time for writing college essay
18 Commas w/numbers and commas w/direct adress; conferences on essay topics
19 Progress Reports today--get a headstart by checking online grades!
20 DUE: COLLEGE APPLICATION ESSAY(S); Mrs. Reeves in class!
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September 10-14
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11 Semicolons and colons; college essay prompts
12 Semicolons and colons worksheet (Period 6); working on college essay
13 Period 2:
Period 6: No class--late start day
14 Test on semicolons and colons
September 4-7
4 Beowulf's Last Battle; Prep for Beowulf Test on Thursday
5 Test on SAT vocab #1, #2
6 Test on Beowulf (Period 2 will take test on Friday.)
7 Instructions on accessing grades on thinkwave.com.
August 27-31
27 Quiz on Sentence Errors/10-minute Focused Freewriting on a hero
28 Lit books! Beowulf
29 YOU MAY HAND IN SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT AS LATE AS FRIDAY.
30 Beowulf
31 Beowulf
August 20-24
20 Powerpoint on classroom policies/ index card fill-out/handout to be signed by student and parent
21 Syllabus handout/Sentence Errors (Fused sentences, comma splices, fragments)
22 Vocab/Scanninbg books
23 Sentence Errors
24 Sentence Errors
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