| It is a good idea to find a buddy in class who you can contact.
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9H
8/14: Allusion 1. Supply List (due 8/20) 2 Five Subject spiral NB. Loose leaf paper, pens, pencils,
wipes, post-its or highlighters, grammar and lit books. Honors Contracts. In-Class Essay:
significance of title. HW-Read The Necklace and The Harvest. Look up definition of theme and
write
a 1 sentence statement of theme for each story.
8/16: Allusion 2. Pop Quiz. This I Believe Speech (to be given next wed.). HW -Read Golden Kite
Silver Wind and If I forget Thee O Earth. REading analysis notes
9R
8/14: Allusion 1. Supply list (see 9H). Textbook activity. HW-Collage about me.
8/16: Allusion 2. Collage Speeches. Reading Analysis notes
10H
8/15: Allusion 1. Supply list - same as 9H. Contract. In-class Essay - Villain and meaning. HW
-
The Censors.
8/17: Allusion 2. Pop quiz. Speech due Thursday. HW - Read "Remarks Upon Signing A
proclamation. Reading Analysis notes
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9H
8/20: Allusion 3. supply check. Theme notes. Read the Interlopers.
8/22: Allusion 4. Pop quiz over reading. Plot Notes -- Read the Most Dangerous Game: draw
plot
diagram. Read The Red-Headed League draw plot diagram
8/24: pop quiz. Large Group Conference. Hw Read Sonata For Harp and Bicycle draw plot
diagram
FOR EVERY STORY YOU READ, YOU MUST COMPLETE A READING ANALYSIS AND AN INTERACTION
IN
YOUR SPIRAL NB
9R
8/20: Allusion 3. Plot Notes. Read the Interlopers, complete reading analysis and interaction.
8/22: Allusion 4. Theme Notes. Read The most Dangerous Game. Work on analysis
8/24: Complete TMDG and analysis.
10H
8/21: Allusion 3. Speeches. HW - MC practice test.
8/23: Allusion 4. Finish speeches. MC in class test. HW fishbowl questions.
8/24: Fishbowl
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9R
8/27: Contact sheets due! Allusion 5: Pearls Before Swine. Finish "TMDG," Reading Analysis,
Interaction.
8/29: Allusion 6: Once in a Blue Moon. Fishbowl Questions for HW: Do you believe that
competition motivates people? Are you for or against hunting? Do you believe in "survival of the
fittest"? Go over grades
8/31: Fishbowl
9H
8/27: Allusion 5: Pearls Before Swine. Finish "TMDG" Analysis and Interactions. HW-356-357
ex.
24-25; 27-29 odds only!
8/29: Allusion 6: Once in a Blue Moon. The Pearl and Call of the Wild Exam. Fishbowl
Questions:
Survival of the fittest and human's desire for more
8/31: Fishbowl. HW - Read "Sonata for Harp and Bicycle" Analysis + Interaction + Plot diagram
10H
8/28: Allusion 5: Kafkaesque. Lit term Packet. Catcher and SP Exam. Fishbowl questions: Title
of
Catcher, Symbols in Catcher, Conclusions of Gene, reaction to sarcasm quote. HW - Grammar
386-387 Ex 21-24, 28, evens only
8/30: Allusion 6: Tower of Babel. Fishbowl. HW- Read "Before the Law" do analysis and
interaction
in spiral nb
8/31: Lit terms test (approximate rhyme - couplet. Prewriting and Body paragraph notes. Read
"like the Sun" and complete a prewrite and 1 eleven sentence paragraph defining the theme of the
story.
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9R
9/5: Allusion 7. Grammar Quiz. Writing Terms Notes (quiz next week).
9/7: Allusion 8. Prewriting Notes: Complete a prewrite for your education essay - 3 paragraph
essay.
9H:
9/5 Allusion 7. Grammar Quiz. Plot diagram due "Sonata for Harp and Bicycle". Grammar HW
pg
374-375 ex. 26-30 odds only. REVISED ESSAYS DUE!
9/7 Allusion 8. Writing Notes - terminology
10H
9/4: Allusion 7. P
eer edit paragraph using #'s 1,3,6,7. Grammar due. Grammar Quiz. HW: Revise
paragraphs.
9/6: Allusion8. Paragraphs due. Timed Essay over summer reading. HW Grammar pg 404-405
exercises 24,26,27,30 all problems
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9R
9/10: Allusion 9 - Sirens. Prewrites for Education prompt due. Writing Notes:
Body Paragraph 11 sentence
9/12: Allusion 10. Literary Notes - Character. Read "Ruldes of the Game"
Prewrite: In what ways are the protagonist and her mother alike?
9/14: Grammar Quiz. Writing term quiz.
9H
9/10: Allusion 9 - Sirens. Fishbowl for "The Most Dangerous Game"
HW-Grammar pg 396-397 exercises 31-36 ALL.
9/12: Allusion 10. MDG Activity.
9/14. Finish Fishbowl discussio. Writing terms quiz.
10H
9/11: Allusion 9-Bedlam. Revision exercises. Highlight all CD in
"like the Sun"
paragraphs. Grammar quiz. HW - Grammar pg 408-409
exercises A-F.
Literary Terms quiz Friday foil - lament.
9/13: Allusion 10-The Handwriting on the Wall. Discuss theme and symbol.
Do Geese See God Activity
9/14: Lit Term quiz. Fishbowl: How can language be powerful? Complete
a 1 page response before discussion.
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9H
9/17: Book Room for out-of-class reading assignment.
Book Check. SSR. Pass back work.
9/20: Allusion 11 and 12. Keep up with allusions; remember,
there will be a test after 15. Go over Grades. Grammar HW
pg. 414 - 415 Exercises 20 - 24 EVENS ONLY! Grammar Quiz:
Adjectives and Adverbs.
9R
9/17: Allusion 11. Book check. Read "Blues
Ain't No Mockingbird". Complete all questions
at end of story with complete sentences (due
at end of period). SPIRAL NOTEBOOK CHECK
9/20: Allusion 12. PICS. Review Character. Write
11 Sentence Character Analysis for Character of Choice.
10H
9/19: Allusion 11. Check out Bible As Lit.
Sign up for out-of-class reading. NOTES: Theme and
Writing Introductions for Lit. Based Essays. Do Geese See
God Introduction. SPIRAL NB CHECK
9/21: Allusion 12. Keep up with Allusions; there will
be an exam after allusion 15. SSR. Go over Grades. PICS
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9H
9/24: Allusion 13-Ivory Tower. Grammar Hw pg. 442-444 ex. 29-32
and 34-36 evens only. Collect last week's grammar.
Smoke Signals (pay close attention to flashbacks)
9/26: Allusion 14. Collect Grammar. (1st period: vote on close
reading assignment for TMDG). Lit. Notes - Conflict, Flashback,
Character. Small groups to list flashbacks from Smoke Signals.
Writing Notes - Prewrites. HW-Create a prewrite for a 5 paragraph
essay. Prompt: How do the flashbacks in the movie help to develop
the protagonist's character? Outline only.
9/28: Grammar Quiz: Adjectives and Adverbs
9R
9/24: Allusion 13 - Ivory Tower. Collect character analysis paragraphs.
Smoke Signals - Note flashbacks
9/26: Allusion 14. Peer Edit Character analysis (2 grades)
Small groups to create flashback lists. Prewrite 5 paragraph
essay (see9H prompt).
9/28: Grammar Quiz, Final character paragraphs due
10H
9/25: Allusion 12. Lit. Notes-plot, conflict, flashback. Read
"Hearts and Hands" in small groups. HW - 11 sentence
paragraph how plot affects meaning in story. Grammar
pg 436-437 ex. 41-46 odds only! grammar due friday.
Lit term quiz Friday limerick - octameter.
9/27: Allusion 13. Peer Edit plot paragraphs. Lit Notes - character.
Read "With allFlags Flying"; write 11 sent paragraph over character.
9/28: Lit term quiz. Grammar Quiz.
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9H
10/1: Allusion 14. Prewriting Notes (bubble and line clusters,
spider diagram). Read "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird" + Analysis +
Interaction. HW-Complete prewrites based on 5 paragraph
essay. Choose 1 character from short story to analyze. Remember
to use academic language (direct/indirect characterization, dynamic,
round character, etc.)
10/3: Allusion 15. A2L Testing. Prewrites due. Grammar Quiz:
Preps.
10/5: Allusions Test 1-15. Go over grades for the 8 week point.
9R
10/1: Allusion 15. Review Spiral NB contents. What Makes
A Good Reader Notes. Group work. Level Questions for
Short Story "Eleven."
Close Reading Activity. HW - Adverbs (prep for grammar quiz).
pg 30-394 Ex. 20-23, odds problems only
10/3: Allusion Study. A2L Testing. Grammar Quiz
10/5: Allusion Test. 8 Week grades.
10H
10/2: Allusion 14. Character drafts due. A2L Testing.
HW - Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" +
Analysis + Interaction.
10/4: Allusion 15. Peer Edit Character paragraphs.
Notes: setting. Write Setting Analysis for "There
Will Come Soft Rains (dueTuesday)!
Grammar Test: preps, conj, interj. HW: Revise
Character paragraphs due Friday.
10/5: Allusion Test. 8 week grade point, review current
grades.
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10H
10/9: Allusion 16. Setting analysis peer editing. REvise for homework - due next Tuesday., Read
Leiningen vs. the Ants + analysis + interaction. HW Grammar 462 - 463 ex. 18, 20, 21,22,24 all
problems.
10/11: Grammar due. Watch The Naked Jungle. jot down similarities/differences between movie
and
short story.
9H
10/10: Allusion 16. Read "Rules of the Game" do interaction + analysis. Why is the protagonist
angry with her mother? Do a prewrite based on 5 paragraph essay.
10/12: Allusion 17. Grammar due. watch "The Most Dangerous Game" jot down similarities and
differences.
9R
10/10: Allusion 16. Watch the most dangerous game movie. Complete a venn diagram
comparing
and contrasting movie and short story.
10/12: Allusion 17. Read "The Birds" + analysis + interaction
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9H
10/15: Allusion 18. Collect any work (prewrite for "Rules").
Lit. Notes Setting. Writing Notes: body
paragraph chunk. Read "The Invalid's Story " + analysis +
interaction. HW- Write chunks for the
following prompts: Describe the physical environment in which the
narrator and Thompson sit and the atmosphere it creates. What
factors in this environment drive the action of the story? For 1st period
see prompts from 9R section.
10/17: Allusion 19. Peer edit HW.
Read
"The Man to Send Rain Clouds " + analysis
+ interaction.
10/19: A2L Tests. Portfolio Preparation.
9R
10/15: Allusion 18. Setting notes. Writing Notes:
Chunks. Read " The Invalid's Story " +
analysis + interaction. Write chunks for the
following questions: Contrast what the narrator and
Thompson believe to be true with what is really
true. Thompson's description of the corpse's powerful
odor makes it sound as if the corpse is
deliberately trying to smell bad. How does this attitude
add to the story's humor?
10/17: Allusion 19. Discuss "The Invalid's Story " Grammar Quiz.
10/19: A2L Tests. Portfolio Preparation.
10H
10/16: Allusion 17. Final Setting paragraphs due. 6th period: finish
setting notes - your final paragraphs are due Thursday. Grammar Quiz.
HW: Grammar pgs 478-479 exercises 38-41 even problems only; due
Friday. Fishbowl prep: write 1/2 page response for each prompt.
10/18: Allusion 18. Fishbowl over movie/short story: 1. Compare/
Contrast the short story and the movie. Which work is more powerful
and why? 2. How does the story reveal values of a given culture and time
period? The movie? 3. What are the themes of each piece? Which
do you find to be more universal?
10/19: A2L Tests. SSR. Bring your out-of-
class reading for book check.
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9H
10/22: Allusion 20. Portfolios due. Grammar Game.
HW: Grammar pgs 486-487 Ex. 44 - 51 EVENS ONLY!
(due Friday). 1st: Collect Spiral NB.
10/24: Allusion 21. Notes: What Makes a Good Reader? How
do I know I'm not understanding? Fix-up Strategies.
Read "The Scarlet
Ibis" + reading strategy
10/26: SSR. Bring your books for book check!
9R
10/22: Allusion 20. Portfolios due. Go over Spiral NB.
Peer Editing chunks from last week.
10/24: Allusion 21. Final Chunks due! No EXCEptions!
Notes: How
do I know I'm not understanding? Fix-up Strategies.
Notes: Symbolism. Read "The Scarlet Ibis" + reading strategy
Work on Spiral NB's
10/26: Chunk Writing over "The Scarlet Ibis" Make sure
you bring your textbook on this day
10H
10/23: Allusion 19. Lit term quiz Friday metonymy through novella.
Grammar Quiz: Conj. and Interj. Notes: POV. Read
"By the Waters of Babylon." +analysis + interaction. Bible as Lit:
"Songs of Lament" pg 251 - 253.
Grammar pgs. 512 - 513 ex. 45 - 48 all problems. due Friday.
10/25: Allusion 20. Group discussions over reading. POV paragraph
due Friday. Spriral NB Check.
10/26: Lit term quiz. grammar and Pov paragraph due. Peer editing
pov paragraph. Revisions due next Tuesday.
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9R
10/29: Allusion 22. Read "The Cask of Amantillado"
HW: Chunk.
10/31: Allusion 23. Chunk due. Surprise!
11/2: Chunk Writing over movie or short story
9H
10/29. Allusion 22. Level Questions Notes. Group
Work over war posters. HW: Read "The Cask of
Amantillado" do analysis and interaction (2 questions
for each level = 6 total. GRAMMAR pg 518-519
exercises 41-46 all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10/31: Allusion 23. Surprise!!!!!!!!!
11/2: all hw due. Chunk writing over movie or story.
10/30: Allusion 21 and 22. Notes: Level questions.
Read "The Monkey's Paw" + analysis + interaction (3 questions
per level)
11/1: Allusion 23. Surprise.
11/2: Paragraph over movie
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10H
11/6: Allusion 24. Notes: Symbol and Irony.
Read "The Masque of Red Death" + close reading
analysis + interaction. Short Story Unit Exam
next Tuesday. Short Story Unit Essay due next
Friday. HW: Grammar pgs. 538-539 ex. 32-33 (evens)
ex. 34, ex. 35-38 (odds)
11/8: Allusion 25. Grammar due. Fishbowl.
9H
11/7: Allusion 24. Peer Editing chunks. Final chunks
due Friday. Grammar Quiz. Grammar HW pgs. 546-547
ex. 29-31 (odds) ex. 33-35 (evens)
11/9: Allusion 25. Chunks due. POV notes. Read "Old
Man of the Temple" + Analysis + Interaction.
9R
11/7: Allusion 24. Peer Editing chunks. Final chunks
due Friday. Grammar Quiz.
11/9: Allusion 25. Final chunks due. POV notes.
Read "Old Man of the Temple" + Analysis + Interaction.
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9H
11/12: Allusion 26: Sword of Damocles. Notes: Symbol,
Irony, Read "Gift of the Magi" + analysis + interaction
Hw: Read "Checkouts" + analysis + interaction
11/14: Allusion 27. Theme-Based Introducions. Peer Editing.
Pop Quiz over Checkouts. Theme based intros due Friday.
11/16: Short Story Exam (Study your literary notes)
9R
11/12: Allusion 26: Sword of Damocles. Notes: Symbol
and Irony. Read "Gift of the Magi" + Analysis + interaction.
11/14: Allusion 27. Intro writing and peer editing over
"Gift."
11/16: Short Story Exam (Study literary notes) MAJOR GRADE!!!!!!!!
10H
11/13: Short Story Elements Exam. Peer Edit RD of
Unit Essay. Allusion 26.
11/15: Allusion 27. Poetry Notes: Strategies for Reading
Poetry. Read "The Stolen Child" Group Activity.
11/16: Review the Stolen Child. Notes: Simile. Read
"The Wind tapped like a tired old man"
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9H
11/19: Allusion 28. How to Read Poetry Notes.
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud." RE: Bring out-of-
class novels next Monday. In-class essay next
Wednesday
9R
11/19: Allusion 28. Conference about Theme-Based
Intros: Revise and turn in. Grammar Quiz: Conjunctions
10H
11/20: Allusion 28. ESSAYS DUE, REALLY!!!!!!!!!!!! all draft
work must be included. RE: Out-of-class novels are to
be brought to class next Tuesday. In-class essay next
Thursday. Notes: Metaphor and personification. Read
"Metaphor" and "Right Hand"
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9H
11/26: Allusion 29. Out-of-class book check and
review.
11/28: Allusion 30. In-class Essay.
11/30: Allusion Test 16-30
9R
11/26: Allusion 29. Dead Poet's Society. HW:
Review prewriting notes.
11/28: Allusion 30. Finish movie. Prewrite
Gift essay
11/30: Allusion exam 16-30.
10 H
11/27: Allusion 29: Medusa. Reading journal over
out-of-class novel. Book talks in prep for timed
essay
11/29: Allusion30: Hoist with one's own petard.
Timed Essay.
12/1: ALLUSION TEST 16-30
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9H
12/3: Allusion 31: In Media Res. Dead Poet's
Society. Portfolio info.
12/6: Allusion 32:Loaves and Fishes. Finish movie.
9R
12/3: Allusion 31: In Media Res. Portfolio prep.
Prewrite "Gift" Essay.
12/6: Allusion 32: Loaves and Fishes. Allusion 2 Retest.
"Gift" body paragraph. Notes: Quote integration.
10H
12/5: Dead Poets Society.
12/7: Allusion 31 & 32. Finish movie. Portfolio prep
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9H:
12/10: Allusion 33. Finish movie. Check out Raison in the
Sun. Notes: Figurative Language - Simile.
Parent Invites
12/12: Allusion 34. Write your own poem "I am from . . ."
Portfolio Preparation. Read "Dream
Deferred" by Langston Hughes. + Analysis + Interaction
12/14: Parent invites due. Start Raison in the Sun.
9R
12/10: Parent invites for portfolio presentations. Computer
Lab to finish "Gift" essays. Essays due by the end of Tuesday.
12/12: Allusion 33 and 34.
10H
12/11: Allusion 33. Finish movie. Parent invites for portfolio
presentations. Return all work. Collect unused passes.
Check out East of Eden. Study and prepare to teach "Africa"
and "A Pace like That"
12/13: Allusion 34. Teach poems. Portfolio preparation. Bring Bible
as Lit and East of Eden Friday.
12/14: Read "The First Murder" and Study art on page 61. Start East of
Eden. Parts 1 and 2 must be completed upon your return from winter
break.
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10H:
1/8/08: Quiz parts 1 and 2. Allusion 35. Review semester expectations.
Level Questions for parts 1 and 2. Fishbowl. HW: read Ch 23-26.
1/10: Allusion 36. Continue fishbowl. Read Chapters 27-29.
9H:
1/9/08: Grades, review semester expectations. Group
level questions for fishbowl. Fishbowl. HW: Out-of-class essay assignment
due Friday 25th. Typed draft due Friday 18.
1/11: Go over Portfolios. Timed essays may be revised by Wednesday the 23rd.
Continue with fishbowl. Check out OF Mice and Men. HW: Out of class essay.
9R
1/9: Grades, Review expectations for the semester. Allusion 35. Group brainstorm
for chunk practice. Chunk practice: Should there be a ban on music with adult content
or controversial language and ideas at any age?
1/11: Allusion 36. Chunk practice. Start poetry unit. Notes: How to read Poetry.
Read "We Never know how high we are" Emily Dickinson. Group discussion/notes over
poem.
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10H:
1/15: Allusion 37. Poetry Notes: Symbol and musical devices and TPCASTT.
Read "The Street" do a TPCASTT and interaction. Read E of E Chapters 30-44
by next Tuesday. Out-of-class reading assignments.
1/16: Competency Exam for all 10th graders.BRING CALCULATORS (NO PHONES)
1/18: Notes: Rhythm and Meter and Free verse. Revised essays due
(choice assignment). Allusion 38. SSR time.
9H:
1/14: Allusion 37. Watch "Raisin in the Sun." RE: Typed COMPLETE draft
due Friday 18. Read Of Mice and Men by 1/23/08.
1/16: no school for freshmen. Competency exam for sophomores.
1/17: Finish R in S. Essay drafts due (must be signed for).
9R:
1/14: Allusion 37. Chunk practice. Poetry Notes: Figurative Language.
Read "Dream Deferred" and "Dream" Analysis + Interaction
1/17: Wizard of Oz
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10H:
1/22: Allusion 38 and 39. E of E Quiz Ch. 30-44. Finish E of E by next
Tues. Level Questions. Fishbowl. Can evil be inherited?
Bring Txtbks on Thur.
1/24: Allusion 40. Finish FB. Notes : types of poetry TP-CASTT
Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day?
9H NOTE CHANGES FROM MONDAY
1/23: Allusion 38 and 39. Peer Revisions. Revised Essays
from SEm. I due.
1/25: Allusion 40. Read Mice and Men by Monday of next
week. Watch Wizard of Oz in preparation for archetype lesson.
9R
1/23: Allusion 38. Finish W of O. Archetype notes: Situational Archetypes.
Chunk practice: How does the Wizard of Oz fit one of the situational
archetypes.
1/25: Allusion 39 and 40. Archetype notes: Situational Archetypes.
More chunk practice.
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9R
1/28: Allusion 40-Skeleton in closet. Finish Character Archetype notes.
Start 8 sent. paragraphs (one for situation, one for character) based on
Wizard of Oz.
1/31: Allusion 41. body paragraphs due. Symbolic archetype notes.
Write paragraph for symbols in W of O.
9H
1/28: Allusion 40. Finish W of O. Mice and Men test. Level Questions
for fishbowl.
1/31: Allusion 41. Finish level questions. Fishbowl. Bring Txtbks next
week.
10H
1/29: Allusion 41-Babylon. Timed Essay East of Eden.
2/1: Allusion 42. Check out L of F. Assessment testing.
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9H
2/4: Allusion 42. A2L testing.
2/6: Allusion 43. Finish Mice and Men fishbowl. Notes: Situational
archetypes. Start studying allusions for exam next Friday.
2/8: Finish Situation Archetype notes. Write 11 sent paragraph
identifying/explaining archetypes from Wizard of Oz. Bring
textbooks next week.
9R
2/4: Archetype paragraphs due!!!!!!!!!! Allusion 42. Allusion Test
next Friday. A2L.
2/6: Allusion 43. Peer Edit paragraphs. HW: Revise paragraphs.
2/8: Write intro and conclusions for Archetype essay.
10H
2/5: Allusion 43. Makeup A2L. Archetype work. Start Star
Wars. HW: TPCASTT "Danny Deever"
2/7: Allusion 44. Finish Star Wars. Fishbowl.
2/8: Continue Fishbowl? HW: Archetype essay.
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9H
2/11: Allusion 44 (Test Friday). Finish Character
Archetype Notes. Enter
A2L scores for 1st period. Review how to read a poem.
Read "The Eagle" and "Hope is the Thing with Feathers" +
Reading analysis and interaction.
HW: Write character archetype
paragraph. Situation paragraph due today.
2/13: Allusion 45. Allusions Group Activity. Finish Symbolic
archetype notes. Character paragraph due. Raisin in Sun Revisions
Due (choice assignment)
HW: Write Symbol paragraph.
2/15: Allusions 31-45 Exam. Notes: metaphor and Personification.
Read and answer questions for "Becasue I Could not Stop For
Death" HO
Choose out-of-class reading and start. Symbol Paragraph due.
9R
2/11: Allusion 44 (Test Friday). A2L test. Write intros and conclusions
for archetype essay. Final essays due Wednesday. Must be NEATLY
written in pen or typed double-spaced 12pnt Times. Please leave margins
clear for me. Give essay a title. Do not write on the back side of paper.
Attach all draft work to back of final essay. Use white out where
necessary.
2/13: Allusion 45. Allusions group activity. ESSAYS DUE TODAY!!!!!!!!!
2/15: ALLUSION Test. Do Geese See God?
10H:
2/12: Allusion 45. Enter A2L. Allusions test Friday. Start L of F Chapter
1. Archetype essay due next Thur. 5 paragraphs.
2/14: Style analysis notes: tone. Write a tone paragraph based on passage
in Ch. 1. TPCASTT: "Conscientious Objector". Read Ch. 2 l of f. Quiz chapter 1.
2/15: Allusion test. "Because I could not Stop for Death" MC practice. Define
10 unfamiliar words. Justify correct responses.
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2/19: Allusion 1. Turn in AP practice test with voc and justifications.
Diction Notes: Write diction paragraph based on passage in chapter 3,
first 6 paragraphs. Read chapter 3. quiz chapter 2
2/21: Allusion 2: Turn in diction paragraph. Peer edit. Revise for
HW. Choose out-of-class reading and bring book by next
Friday. Archetype essay due
9H
2/20: Notes: Personification and Metaphor. Read "Woman's Work"
and "Meciendo." Write a poem using metaphor, write a poem using
personification.
2/22: Out-of-class reading book check. Grammar game: diagramming
simple sentences with adj. and adv. Bring Lit. textbooks from now on.
9R
2/20: Read "A Celebration of Grandfathers" Write a reflective essay
of at least 500 words about someone from your life.
2/22: Return reflective essays to finish for homework. Finish
the study of "Do Geese See God" Symbolism/Theme. Bring Lit.
textbooks from now on. Read "The Road Not Taken" by Frost.
Complete a reading analysis + personal response (on Interaction page)
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9H:
2/25: Book Check-SSR. Symbol Notes: Read "All The World's a Stage"
Complete a study sheet for poem.
2/29: Fishbowl-Love at first Sight. modernize the prologue. to be practiced
for performance on monday.
9R:
2/25: Reflection Essays Due. Book Check. Study
"All the World's a Stage"
2/29: Fishbowl-Love at First Sight. Start Romeo and Juliet. modernize
the prologue. to be practiced over the weekend for performance
on monday.
10H
2/25: Allusion 3. Detail Notes-Write detail paragraph about passage in
chapter 1 beginning with "Within the diamond haze."
Read Chapter 4. Diction paragraph due!
2/29: Allusion 4. Detail Paragraph due for peer editing. 6th: due
Tuesday. Read Chapter 5.
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9H
3/3: collect AP Practice. Perform prologue. Act I, Scenes 1 and 2
of Romeo and Juliet. Grammar HW: page 454-455 Exercises 5 & 6.
3/5: Appositive practice. R and J Act I, scenes 3-5.
3/7: Act I Quiz
9R
3/3: Prologue performance. Start Act I, Scenes 1 and 2.
3/5: Scenes 3-5.
3/7: Quiz Act I
10H
3/4: Allusion 4. Detail paragraph due/peer edit. L of F discussion. HW:
Revise detail paragraph and read Chapter 6. B as L pg. 341 and 353.
3/6: Allusion 5: POV notes. Write POV paragraph.
Theme book assignment. Read Chapter 7.
3/7: Detail paragraph due. Read Chapter 8. Theme Groups (book
check for 6th period)
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9H
3/10: Watch Act I. Take Act I formal quiz. Appositive HW (due
next Monday).
3/12: Act II Scenes 1 - 3. Each group will modernize an assigned
section. What is not finished in class will be HW.
3/14: Finish Act II. Test monday.
9R
3/10: Watch Act I. Take test over Act I. Start Act II; prologue and
scene 1.
3/12: Act II, REad scene 2-3
3/14: Act II finish. Study Act II for test Monday.
10H
3/11: Allusion 6. POV paragraph due for peer editing. Peer edit. Theme
Groups. HW: 2nd draft POV and Read Chapter 9.
3/13: POV paragraph due.
Theme groups. REad Ch. 10
3/14: HW - read chapter 11 and 12. Organization notes- due Tuesday.
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9H
3/17: Watch Act II. Test Act II. Appositive hw due.
grammar hw: participles and participial phrases
3/19: grammar hw due. Grammar quiz diagraming. HW:
Redo appositives.
9R
3/17: Watch Act II. Test Act II. Playbill assignment.
3/19: Start Act III. Scene 1.
10H
3/18: L of F Exam. Theme groups
3/20: Organization paragraph due. Theme presentations.
peer edit organization paragraphs. 2nd draft due after
spring break. Spring Break reading Anthem.
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9H
3/31: Appositives due. Playbill assignment. Act III
scenes 1-2. HW: Act III, scene 3.
4/2: Quiz: Act III scenes 2-3. Act III, scene 4-5.
HW: AP practice Act III: 10 voc + defend answers.
4/4: go over ap practice. Test: Act III
9R
3/31: Review Act III, scene 1. Finish lines and present.
Read Act III, scenes 2-4.
4/2: Finish reading from Monday. Read Act III, scene 5, lines
4/4: Lines and present
10H
4/1: Theme groups to present. Organization paragraphs
due. Syntax notes--paragraph due Thursday. RE: Anthem
Test Friday. Appositive HW: due Friday. Read B as L: "Sermon
on the Mount" pg 375, "Parables" pg 381, "Last Days in Jerusalem"
pg 388.
4/3: Peer Edit Syntax paragraph. Fishbowl.
4/4: Final Syntax paragraph due. Anthem Test. HW:
revise/polish all style analysis work and bring in on Wed.
of next week. Appositive work due.
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9H
4/7: Absolute Phrases HW (due Monday). Read All Act IV.
modernize lines in prep for test Thur.
4/10: Present lines and turn in scripts. Watch Act IV and
V. Take test Act IV.
9R
4/7: Read Act IV. Modernize lines
4/10: present lines. Watch Act IV and V. Test Act IV
10H
4/9: Notes: Conclusions. Discuss Bridging Paragraphs.
Essays due Tuesday 4/15 typed, double-spaced, 12 point,
Times, id's and periods only, number pages, original title
4/11: Watch L of F
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9H
4/14: Read Act V. Act V AP practice multiple choice questions.
Playbills due next Monday 4/21. NO
EXCEPTIONS! Late bills need a late pass. Absolute hw due.
4/16: Quiz Act V. Watch whole play.
4/18: Watch whole play. Check out To Kill
A Mockingbird.
9R
4/14: Read Act V. Start new version R & J.
4/16: Watch R& J.
4/18: Romeo and Juliet exam.
10H
4/15: Style Essays due beginning of period. NO EXCEPTIONS!
Check out BNW. Review calendar/important dates for remainder
of year. Poetry Study/AP multiple choice practice. HW: AP
multiple choice practice of one poem: "Formal Application."
Defend your answers.
4/17: HW due. Grade/discuss answers to AP practice. BNW
notes. Read Ch. 1-2 BNW.
4/18: Return Style analysis essays: FINALS DUE NEXT THURSDAY!!!!!!!!
NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Read BNW Ch. 3. Utopian groups.
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9H
4/21: PLAYBILLS DUE!!!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! Take A2L tests.
Read TKM Chapters 1.
4/23: Read TKM chapters 2-7. Start project. Romeo and Juliet Exam.
pop quiz CH. 1 TKM.
4/25: Read TKM chapters 9-10. Group Project or fishbowl.
9R
4/21: PLAYBILLS DUE!!!!!! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!!!!!! Take A2L tests.
TKM Chapter 1.
4/23: Work in groups to delegate work for final exam project.
TKM Ch. 2-4.. Pop Quiz ch. 1 TKM
4/25: TKM chapter 5.
10H
4/22: BNW Ch. 4. Utopian groups. Take A2L.
4/24: STYLE ANALYSIS FINAL DRAFT DUE!!!!!!NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!!
Julius Caesar Study. BNW Ch. 5
4/25: JC Study. Work on Review.
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9H
4/28: Enter A2L. SSR. TKM ch. 11-12. Pop Quiz.
4/30: TKM ch. 13-17. Group work for final projects.
5/2: In-Class Essay over out of class reading. TKM ch. 18-24.
9R
4/28: Enter A2L. TKM ch. 6-7. Final project work. Pop quiz.
4/30: TKM Ch. 9-11. Project work.
5/2: TKM ch. 12-14.
10H
4/29: Enter A2L. SSR. Pop quiz
5/1: In class essay over out of class reading. BNW ch 6-7.
5/2: BNW Ch. 8-11. pop quiz.
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9H
5/5: TKM Ch. 25-end.
5/7: TKM Exam. Watch TKM
5/9: TKM Study. Finish movie
9R
5/5: TKM 15-17
5/7: TKM 20-21
5/9: TKM 22-24
10H
5/6: JC Test. BNW to be finished by next Tues.
5/8: Poetry Presentations.
5/9: Poetry Presentations.
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9H
5/12: TKM Project preparation
5/14: TKM Project preparation
5/16: TKM group evaluations
9R
5/12: Finish TKM
5/14: TKM Exam. Group Project
5/16: TKM group evaluations
10H
5/13: Finish poetry presentations. Work on projects.
5/15: Prepare for finals
5/16: Utopia group Evaluattions. Start presentations
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FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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