Monday December 7, 2009
All Classes: Preview Act 1 Scene 1 in Romeo and Juliet
Friday December 4, 209
Periods 3 & 9: Finish Biography Writing
Periods 4, 6, & 8: Journals due Monday.
Thursday December 3, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish sonnet; Journals
Periods 4, 6, & 8: Quiz
Wednesday December 2, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: "Love is not all" handout
Periods 4, 6, & 8: Iambic pentameter conversation
Tuesday December 1, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Complete sonnet handout.
Periods 4, 6, & 8: Poetry chart (Page 4 in spiral)
Monday November 30, 2009
All classes: Finish Shakespeare's Language handout and work on journals. Periods 3 & 9 journals due on Friday 12/4 and Periods 4, 6, & 8 due Monday 12/7.
Wednesday November 18, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Work on Projects
Period 8: Work on Children's Story--Due by the end of class Thursday
Tuesday November 17, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Work on projects
Periods 4 & 6: Beowulf Questions Chapters 13-16 #6-10
Period 8: Work on Children's Story--Only two more class days to work
Monday November 16, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Continue working on project
Periods 4 & 6: Beowulf Questions #-15 Chapters 13-16
Period 8: Story outline
Thursday November 12, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Outline for project
Periods 4 & 6: Work on poster
Period 8: Page 881 #1,2,4,5,11
Wednesday November 11, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish book XXIII and Project Proposal paragraph
Periods 4 & 6: Quiz on chapters 8-12 tomorrow
Period 8: Shrinklit
Tuesday November 10, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish book XXII and Shrinklit
Periods 4 and 6: Finish questions
Period 8: Shrinklit
Monday November 9, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish book XXI and BCR
Periods 4 & 6: Questions #1-3 for Chapters 10 and 11
Periods 8: Quiz on Part 3 tomorrow and finish BCR if you didn't finish in class.
Thursday November 5, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Finish book XVIII
Periods 4 and 6: Finish Beowulf questions and work on poster project--Due November 20 for 6th period and 4th period students who are presenting on Friday and Due November 23 for the rest of 4th period.
Period 8: Page 866 # 1,2, 4, and 5
Wednesday November 4, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Finish book XVII
Periods 4 and 6: #1 and 2 Questions
Period 8: Work on Poster Project
Tuesday November 3, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: none
Periods 4 and 6: Find three interesting words from Chapter 8.
Period 8: Work on poster project--Due November 20 or 23 depending on presentation dates.
Monday October 26, 2009
All Classes: Assessments start tomorrow. Study!
Friday October 23, 2009
All Classes: Review for assessments using your composition books and spirals. Assessments start Tuesday
Thursday October 22, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Read Book XV through line 228
Periods 4 & 6: Quiz on Chapters 6 & 7; make a notecard
Period 8: Page 846 # 1,2, & 6
Wednesday October 21, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Read book XIII to Line 244
Periods 4 & 6: Finish personification analysis
Periods 8: Finish personification analysis
Tuesday October 20, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish reading Book XII
Periods 4 & 6: Finish personification drawing
Period 8: Finish personification drawing
Monday October 19, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish reading Book XII up to line 338
Periods 4 & 6: Answer questions 1 & 2 for Chapter 6 (Read chapter 6 if absent and answer questions)
Period 8: Preview pages 833-845 and find 2 interesting words and create a vocabulary card for these words.
Thursday October 15, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish Book X Comic
Periods 4 & 6: Preview Chapters 6 & 7 and find three interesting words
Period 8: Test on Part 1 of the Odyssey on Monday; review all notes in your spiral
Wednesday October 14, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Review similes and finish with three examples and explanations if you didn't in class.
Periods 4 & 6: Test on Chapters 4 & 5 tomorrow; make a notecard with important notes to use during the test.
Period 8: Page 829 in the Literature book--answer # 2, 3, 5, 8 and 9 in complete sentences on page 14 in your spiral. You do not have to write the questions. Test moved to Monday.
Tuesday October 13, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Find two similes in Book IX
Periods 4 and 6: Answer questions 7 & 8 for Chapters 4 &5
Period 8: Find and copy one simile from Part 1 in the Odyssey (in the literature book)
Monday October 12, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Create a timeline of the events so far in the Odyssey on page 14 in spiral
Periods 4 & 6: Review notes from Chapters 1-3; Test on Thursday Chapters 1-5
Period 8: Finish Simile example in spiral if not finished in class
Friday October 9, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Read Book IX Lines 1-200
Periods 4 & 6: Preview Chapters 4 & 5 and write down three interesting words that you find
Period 8: Preview pages 816-829 and create a card with a interesting word, the definition, and some sort of visual representation of the word.
Thursday October 8, 2009
Periods 3 & 9: Finish Folk Epic Worksheet
Periods 4 & 6: Questions 13-14
Periods 8: Finish summary
Wednesday October 7, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Read book V and take notes on bookmark--due Tomorrow!
Periods 4 and 6: Answer questions 8-10 in spiral.
Period : Page 829 in Literature text book questions #1. Remember to write in complete sentences. Write your answer on page 11 in your spiral.
Tuesday October 6, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Read Book V and take notes on bookmark--Due Thursday
Periods 4 and 6: Answer questions #1-3 in spiral on page 9.
Period 8: Look up vocabulary words and write definitions in spiral.
Monday October 5, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Read Book V and take notes on bookmark--Due Thursday
Periods 4 and 6: Preview Chapter 1 in Beowulf and find three interesting words.
Period 8: Read page 809 in Literature book and complete "QuickWrite" in your spiral on page 7.
Friday October 2, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Finish reading pages 1-78 in Odyssey and finish Books I-IV bookmark
Periods 4 and 6: Get ready for Beowulf!
For example: look it up on the internet, watch clips from the movie
with permission from your parents, talk about it with adults or
students who have read or heard of it.
Period 8: Get ready for the Odyssey For example: look it up on the internet, watch clips from the movie, talk about it with adults or
students who have read or heard of it.
Thursday October 1, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Phrases Quiz; Odyssey bookmark; journals; read pgs. 1-78
Periods 4, 6, and 8: Phrases Quiz
Wednesday September 30, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Odyssey bookmark
Journals due Friday
Read pages 1-78 in Odyssey by October 5
Periods 4, 6, and 8: Prepositional Phrases W.S.
Tuesday September 29, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Review test; work on journals; read pages 1-78 in Odyssey
Periods 4, 6, and 8: Infinitive worksheet
Friday September 25, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Read pages 1-78 in Odyssey before October 5.
Journals due on Friday October 2--Exercises available under Pd. 3 & 9 Writing Journal #2
Periods 4, 6, and 8: Journals due Tuesday September 29--Exercises are listed under Pd. 4, 6, and 8 Writing Journal #2
Thursday September 24, 2009
Period 3 and 9: Test on all grammar; Journals due next Friday; read pages 1-78 in Odyssey before October 5
Period 4, 6, and 8: Test on all grammar in composition books; journals due Tuesday
Wednesday September 23, 2009
Period 3 and 9: Study for test on Friday; writing journals; read pages 1-78 in Odyssey before October 5
Period 4, 6, 8: Study for test on Friday; writing journals due Tuesday September 29
Tuesday September 22, 2009
Period 3 and 9: Write 5 simple sentences (Read pages 1-78 in Odyssey before October 5)
Period 4, 6, and 8: Write 3 simple sentences and 3 compound sentences
Monday September 21, 2009
Period 3 and 9: Write 3 simple sentences and 3 compound sentences in your composition book and work on journal
Period 4, 6, and 8: Subordinate clauses worksheet
Friday September 18, 2009
Period 3: Finish clauses worksheet
Period 4, 6, 8: Work on Parts of Speech packet--Due Wednesday
Period 9: None
Thursday September 17, 2009
Period 3 and 9 Parts of Speech Packet due tomorrow.
Periods 4, 6, and 8: Adjective and Adverb worksheet. Exercise 1 #1-7 and Exercise 2 #1-6
Wednesday September 16, 2009
Periods 3 and 9: Adjective and Adverb worksheet Exercise 1 #11-15 and Exercise 2 #6-10
Periods 4, 6, and 8: Noun and verb worksheet
Tuesday September 15, 2009
Period 3 and 9: Complete noun and verb worksheet.
Period 4, 6, and 8: Work on project.
Monday September 14, 2009
All classes: Work on project
Friday September 11, 2009
All classes: Work on Parts of Speech Project--available on the grammar page. You may use any resources you wish to help you.
Thursday September 10, 2009
All classes: work on sentence fluency revision (available on the Odyssey or Beowulf Pages) Writing journals due tomorrow.
Wednesday September 9, 2009
3 & 9 Complete word choice revision
4, 6, & 8 Finish draft--one paragraph for physical traits (last night's homework), one paragraph for inner qualities, and one paragraph for actions. This should be on pages 3 and 4 of your spiral. Use your prewriting circle.
Tuesday September 8, 2009
3 & 9 Finish first draft of character sketch. (Five Paragraphs)
4, 6, & 8 Finish first paragraph of character sketch on your character's physical description.
All Classes: Work on writing journals.