11/2-6/09
11/2 (Mon) - Russian short-story film
11/3 (Tues) - Fern Schumer Chapman - reading prologue & chapter 1
11/4 (Wed) - Chapman - reading Chapter 3
11/5 (Thurs) - Slideshow - Chapman Scrapbook; non-fiction Chicago Tribune reading "The Burden of Memory" (in-class copies passed out)
11/6 (Fri) - In-Class writing: 5 questions you'd ask your parents/family history
Here are the vocab words that will be on the Quarter One exam:
abominate, acculturation, adventitious, affable, aggrandize, amorphous, aplomb, approbation, callow, commiserate, contraband, elicit, erudite, ex officio, exhort, gossamer, hiatus, ingratiate, innuendo, intercede, interloper, inveigh, lassitude, lurid, meritorious, noncommittal, peculate, petulant, proclivity, propensity, provincial, reverberate, sangfroid, sleazy, stringent, tenuous
10/26-30/09
10/26 (Mon) - In-class reading: "Celebration of Grandfathers" (p224)
10/28 (Wed) - Literature Study Guide Due
10/29 (Thurs) - Quarter Exams
10/30 (Fri) - Quarter Exams
10/19-23/09
10/19 (Mon) - In-Class reading of "Like the Sun" (R. K. Narayan) & Emily Dickenson poem 10/20 (Tues) - DUE: Narayan/Dickenson reading (pp 204-209) summarize both in notebook and complete #1-10 - go over answers
10/21 (Wed) - In-class writing: "Person who changed your life" DUE: "Teacher Who Changed My Life" summarize and answer #1-10 (pp 212-219)
10/22 (Thurs) - Vocab Unit 4 due; in-class focus discussion on characterization on this week's readings
10/23 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 4 QUIZ
10/12-16/09
10/12 (Mon) - no school
10/13 (Tues) - no school
10/14 (Wed) - PLAN/PSAT testing
10/15 (Thurs) - Correct/return grammar worksheets
10/16 (Fri) - In-class Grammar game: run-on sentences (comma splices/fused sentences)
10/5-9/09
10/5 (Mon) - Discussing characterization / begin reading assignment for tomorrow
10/6 (Tues) - DUE: Read "Shoofly Pie" and answer #1-10
10/7 (Wed) - SemiColon Powerpoint
semicolons.ppt; comma worksheet (2-sided) handed out (due tomorrow)
10/8 (Thurs) - DUE: "Possibility of Evil" & #1-10; comma worksheet due
10/9 (Fri) - Short Story film - Greek Mythology
9/28-10/2/09
9/28 (Mon) - Read poems "Exile" and "Crossing the Border" pp 136-140, answer questions 1-9 in notebook (due tomorrow - but given time in class to complete)
9/29 (Tues) - In-Class Reading Comprehension practice exam (PLAN/PSAE practice)
9/30 (Wed) - Unit 1 Literature Quiz (please review ALL literature) - some grammar will be included!
10/1 (Thurs) - Vocab Unit 3 due
10/2 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 3 QUIZ
9/21-25/09
9/21 (Mon) - In-Class listening/reading McCullough's "Johnstown Flood"
9/22 (Tues) - Due today: "Johnstown Flood" questions 1-9 due in notebook; begin Apollo 13 media clip
9/23 (Wed) - Apollo 13 Media study; in-class grammar (capitalization/Punctuation)
9/24 (Thurs) - Grammar - Capitalization review
9/25 (Fri) - Grammar worksheets due (Capitalization & Punctuation)
9/14-18/09
9/14 (Mon) - Jack London's "To Build A Fire" & #1-10 answers in notebook due!
9/15 (Tues) - Reading Gonzalez "Survival Behavior" in class - relating to London's story
9/16 (Wed) - Writing: p 99 in Lit Book: create a checklist of Survival Behavior, rate London's protagonist against your list, write summary paragraph on your findings.
9/17 (Thurs) - WRITING ASSIGNMENT#1: Personal Narrative DUE to
www.turnitin.com by 8am today!
If you cannot upload for any reason - you MUST print off a hard copy and bring it in TODAY! Vocab Unit 2 Due; word association
9/18 (Fri) - Vocab Unit 2 Quiz;
PLEASE PREPARE FOR UNIT 1 EXAM - SCHEDULING FOR WEDNESDAY NEXT WEEK!
Discussion Board posts due 11:59pm Sunday night! Thoughtful posts/responses will earn up to three extra credit points!
9/7-11/09
9/7 (Mon) - Labor Day
9/8 (Tues) - #5-10 "Everyday Use" questions due in notebook; discuss story
9/10 (Thurs) - "...Summer" #1-10 questions due in notebook
9/11 (Fri) - Writing Tips n Tricks Lecture; "To Build a Fire" #1-10 questions due ON MONDAY in notebook
Discussion Board posts due 11:59pm Sunday night! Thoughtful posts/responses will earn up to three extra credit points!
8/31-9/4/09
8/31 (Mon)
9/1 (Tues)
- Assign Kurt Vonnegut Jr. "Harrison Bergeron" pp 34-40, answer questions 1-4 in your lecture notebooks due 9/2; , Vonnegut vocab/grammar handout assigned (due 9/2)
9/2 (Wed)
- In Class Lit Workshop (completing #5-10 of Vonnegut in class together) Assign Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" pp 46-55, answer questions 1-4 in lecture notebook for 9/4, #5-10 for 9/8
9/3 (Thurs)
-Walker vocab/grammar handout due today; Vocab Unit 1 due; work on Walker in class
9/4 (Fri)
Vocab Unit 1 Quiz; Walker's #1-4 checked in today, #5-10 due Tuesday 9/8
THREE points EXTRA CREDIT for English II Discussion Board Posting due SATURDAY 9/5 MIDNIGHT!
8/24-28/09
8/24 (Mon) - Teacher In-Service
8/25 (Tues) - Teacher In-Service; 6-7:30pm Mentor Walk-Thru
8/26 (Wed) - Freshman Orientation
8/27 (Thurs)- Hand Out syllabus, distribute state books asgn: 5 EC pts for book covered by Mon 8/31