8/31/11 - Handed out text books and discussed the independent reading program. Students completed the the twenty questions questionnaire. Summer reading test tomorrow.
9/1/11 - Summer reading test. Finish definitions on literary terms chart for Tuesday.
9/6/11 - Student scavenger hunt; writing a summary; students should write a summary of Lord of the Flies.
9/7/11 - Students worked on a worksheet dealing with theme. Finish for homework.
9/8/11 - Reviewed worksheet on theme. Students continued to work on their literary terms chart.
9/9/11 - Students worked in groups on allegory worksheet which must be finished by Monday. They continued to work on their literary terms chart.
9/12/11 - Students worked on an SAT vocab packet. They had time to complete their literary terms chart. Charts are due tomorrow. Test Wednesday.
9/13/11 - Students worked on SAT vocab. We reviewed for the test tomorrow. They began to work on a packet on writing good sentences.
9/14/11 - 3rd period - no class due to 4sights. 5th period - Lord of the Flies test.
9/15/11 - 3rd period - test. 5th period - SAT vocab practice. Writing good sentenced. Students should finish the first four pages of the "Writing Clear, Forceful Sentences" packet.
9/16/11 - Students worked on guided reading of the historical background for Beowulf. They will have some time on Monday to complete this activity.
9/19/11 - SAT vocab practice. Students finished the historical background activity. Notes on Beowulf tomorrow.
9/26/11 - Students finished reading part I of Beowulf. They also read the excerpt from Grendal and "Life in 999." p32/1-11 for homework.
9/27/11 - We reviewed homework. Students read part II of Beowulf.
9/28/11 - Students worked on p40/1-10, character chart, and p41 vocab.
9/29/11 - We reviewed p40 and 41. Students took notes on aliteration, caesura, and kennings. They have to find examples of both in the text.
9/30/11 - Students worked on Beowulf study guide. They may hand this in on the day of the test for bonus points.
10/3/11 - We reviewed study guide and vocabulary for test tomorrow on Beowulf and the Anglo Saxon period.
10/4/11 - Test
10/5/11 - Guided reading of historical background for Middle Ages.
10/6/11 - Students finished guided reading. We began to review it.
10/7/11 - Silent reading of independent reading novels. Beowulf projects due 10/11.
10/11/11 - We reviewed historical background information. Read and discussed "Lord Randall."
10/12/11 - Students read and paraphrased "Get Up and Bar the Door." Finish questions at end of selection for homework.
10/13/11 - We reviewed questions. SAT vocab practice. Introductory information on Chaucer.
10/14/11 - Introductory notes on The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
10/17/11 - Students read, discussed, and took notes on the Knight, the Squire, the Yeoman, and the Nun.
10/18/11 - 3rd period - notes and discussion of Knight, Squire, and Yeoman.
5th period - Direct and indirect characterization of the Monk. Students need to finish the Friar for tomorrow.
10/19/11 - Notes and discussion of the Friar, the Merchant, the Unreliable Narrator, and the Oxford Cleric.
10/20/11 - Students are working in pairs to characterize a pilgrim. They will present their pilgrim to the class on Monday.
10/21/11 - Students viewed part of A Knight's Tale. They were able to compare the character Chaucer with the writings of Chaucer.
10/25/11 - Students are presenting their pilgrim to the class.
10/26/11 - Presentations of pilgrims.
10/27/11 - Presentations of pilgrims.
10/28/11 - Final notes on the Prologue to the Canterbury Tales.
11/1/11 - Review for test
11/2/11 - 3rd period - Guided reading of The Pardoner's Tale due Friday. Test tomorrow. 5th period - Test
11/3/11 - 3rd period - test; 5th period - guided reading of The Pardoner's Tale. Finish for tomorrow.
11/4/11 - We reviewed the guided reading questions. Also reviewed for a roots quiz.
11/7/11 - Roots quiz. Students worked on vocabulary on p145 and p155. Will be checked tomorrow.
11/8/11 - Students read "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and completed the guided reading questions.
11/9/11 - Students worked on p 154 and p166.
11/10/11 - 3rd period worked on yesterday's assignment. 5th period had quiz.
11/11/11 - VETERANS DAY
11/14/11 - 3rd period - quiz. 5th period - notes on non-fiction.
11/15/11 - 3rd period - notes on non-fiction. 5th period - read and analyzed an article on the Penn State scandal. Write a one page reflection for homework.
11/29/11 - Students worked on p428&429 vocabulary. Vocabulary and roots quiz on Friday.
11/30/11 - We began reading of A Modest Proposal. Students have a packet and they are answering questions in the margins as we read.
12/1/11 - Students worked on packet. Quiz tomorrow on roots and vocab. Packet due tomorrow.
12/2/11 - Quiz. Students finished up packets and handed them in.
12/12/11 - Review of "A Vindication of the Rights of Women."
12/13/11 - Read "To the Ladies" and "The Education of Women." Answer yellow box questions and p498/1-6.
12/15/11 - Test on non-fiction
12/16/11 - Practice PSSA
12/19/11 - Notes on Nicholas Nickleby
12/20-12/22 - View film, Nicholas Nickleby
12/23/11 - Quiz on Nicholas Nickleby
1/3-1/6 - Read and discuss "The Bet"
1/9/12 - Quiz on "The Bet." Begin reading and completing packet on "Araby."
1/10/12 - Finish reading "Araby". complete packet.
1/11/12 - Review of packet. Assign questions at the end of "Araby."
1/12/11 - Students were given a midterm study guide. If it is completed, they will get bonus points on the midterm.
1/23/12 - Students began working on packet on "Games at Twilight." The focus literary term is imagery.
1/24/12 - Students finished "Games at Twilight" packet.
1/25/12 - We reviewed the packets and students worked on questions at the end of the story.
1/26/12 - We discussed the questions at the end of the story.
1/27/12 - Quiz on "Games at Twilight."
1/30/12 - Notes on Shakespeare's sonnets. Read sonnets 29 and 116.
1/31/12 - Students identified all the parts of a sonnet for sonnet 130. Then they paraphrased the sonnet and identified the theme.
2/1/12 - Students read and discuss "The Tyger" and "The Lamb."
2/2/12 - Students worked on questions at end of poems. We discussed and reviewed for quiz.
2/3/12 - Quiz on Sonnet 29, 116, "The Tyger" and "The Lamb."
2/6/12 - Students work on page 46-72 in PSSA Coach book.
2/7/12 - Students read "The World is too much with us." They paraphrased it. Identified literary elements. Identified the theme, speaker, and tone.
2/8/12 - We reviewed "The World is Too Muck With Us." Students read "Kubla Khan."
2/9/12 - Students worked in PSSA Coach book.
2/10/12 - Notes on "Kubla Khan." Complete PSSa Coach Book up to page 94.
2/13/12 - Read and answer guided reading questions on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."
2/14/12 - Read and answer guided reading questions on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
2/15/12 - Read and answer guided reading questions on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
2/16/12 - Read and answer guided reading questions on "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
2/17/12 - Students watch video on Samuel Coleridge and "The Rime..."
2/21/12 - Review of Coleridge and poetry.
2/22/12 - Quiz on Coleridge
2/23/12 - Work on PSSA Coach book up to p148
2/24/12 - PSSA style quiz on poetry.
2/27/12 - Students listened to a recording of "The Mark of the Beast."
2/28/12 - Students finished reading the story. They completed two graphic organizers on the parts of the story.
3/5/12 - Review for quiz on "The Mark of the Beast" and "The Jewels." Do up to p213 in PSSA book.
3/6/12 - Quiz \
3/12/12 - Students worked on literary terms worksheet and a practice PSSA Test. They continued to work in their PSSA Coach books.
3/13/12 - P908 vocabulary. Read "No Witchcraft for Sale." Reading check quiz tomorrow.
3/27/12 - Students listened to the recording of "The Destructors." Do p874/1-11