Academic English 10 - Jan. 3-7

Monday - Conventional Comma Usage Explained; Comma Usage Reviewed; Vocab. Definitions for List #7 Reviewed; Midterm Review Sheet Distributed

• HOMEWORK - Quiz on Comma Usage on Wednesday; Vocab. Worksheet #7 Due Wednesday

Tuesday - Comma Usage Reviewed; Time Given to Work on Midterm Review Sheet

• HOMEWORK - Quiz on Comma Usage Tomorrow; Vocab. Worksheet #7 Due Tomorrow

Wednesday - Comma Usage Quiz; Time Given to Work on Midterm Review Sheet

Thursday - Vocab. List #7 Definitions Reviewed; Time Given to Work on Midterm Review Sheet

• HOMEWORK - Study for Tomorrow's List #7 Vocab. Test

Friday - Vocab. Test #7; Midterm Review Session

• HOMEWORK - Study for Midterm Exam; Vocab. Definitions for List #8 Due Wed., 1/19

Practical English 10 - Jan. 3-7

Monday - Nonfiction - "View from the Summit"

Tuesday - Nonfiction - "The Dream Comes True"

Wednesday - Friday - Review for Final Exam (Review Sheet Distributed)

• HOMEWORK - Study for Final Exam

Honors English 11 - Jan. 3-7

Monday - Time given to finalize Transcendental Song Lyric Presentations; Vocab. Terms for List #8 Reviewed; Midterm Review Sheet distributed

• HOMEWORK - Song Lyric Presentations Begin TOMORROW

Tuesday - Transcendental Song Lyric Presentations

Wednesday - Transcendental Song Lyric Presentations

Thursday - Review for Vocab. Test #8; Time Given to Work on Research/Abstracts (In Library)

• HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test (List #8)

Friday - Vocab. Test #8; Review for Midterm

• HOMEWORK - Study for Midterm; Abstracts Due 1/18

Practical English 10 - Dec. 20 - 23

Monday - Poetry Review (Jeopardy Review Game)

• HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's test on poetry

Tuesday - Test on Poetry

Wednesday - Three Nonfiction Assignments Due Today!

Thursday - Early Dismissal (Beginning of Christmas Break)

Practical English 10 - Dec. 13-17

Monday - Time given to work on poetry projects

• HOMEWORK - Poetry Presentations Begin Wednesday

Tuesday - Time given to work on poetry projects

Wednesday - Poetry Presentations Begin

Thursday - Poetry Presentations

Friday - Poetry Review Sheet Distributed

• HOMEWORK - Poetry Test on Tuesday, Dec. 21st; Three Nonfiction Assignments Due on Wednesday, Dec. 22nd

Academic English 10 - Dec. 20-22

Monday - Comma Quiz; Final Copy of Critical Review Due Today; Poetry Presentations Begin

Tuesday - Poetry Presentations

Wednesday - Poetry Presentations

Thursday - Early Dismissal (Beginning of Christmas Break)

Reminder: Vocab. List #7 Definitions are Due Wed., January 5th

Academic English 10 - Dec. 13-17

Monday - Peer Review of Critical Review Rough Draft; Poetry Project Introduced

• HOMEWORK - Final Copy of Critical Review Due Monday, Dec. 20th; Poetry Presentations Begin Monday, Dec. 20th; Vocab. Worksheet #6 Due Tomorrow

Tuesday - Commas after Introductory Elements; Time Given to Work on Poetry Projects

Wednesday - Commas around Interrupters; Time Given to Work on Poetry Projects

Thursday - Conventional Comma Usage; Vocab. List #6 Reviewed; Time Given to Work on Poetry Projects

• HOMEWORK - Study for Tomorrow's Vocab. Test #6

Friday - Vocab. Test #6; Comma Usage Reviewed; Time Given to Work on Poetry Projects

• HOMEWORK - Final Copy of Critical Review Due Monday!; Poetry Presentations Begin Monday!; Comma Quiz on Monday; Vocab. List #7 Definitions Due Wednesday, January 5th

Honors English 11 - 12/20-12/22

Monday - Wednesday - Transcendentalist Song Lyric Project Presentations

Thursday - Early Dismissal (Beginning of Christmas Break)

Reminder: 10 Abstracts for Research Paper Due January 18th

Honors English 11 - Dec. 13-17

Monday - Emerson (excerpts from Nature and Self-Reliance) and Thoreau (excerpt from Walden) Discussed; Transcendentalist Song Lyric Project Explained

• HOMEWORK - Read Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman Poetry for Tomorrow (List of Poems to be Read Given in Class)

Tuesday - Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman Poetry Discussed

Wednesday - Friday - Time given to work on Transcendentalist Song Lyric Project and/or Research and Abstract-Writing

• HOMEWORK- Transcendentalist Song Lyric Project Presentations Begin Monday, December 20th - All students need to be prepared to present starting Monday

Academic English 10 - Dec. 6-10

Monday - Poems ("Metaphor," "A Pace Like That," and "The Wind - Tapped Like a Tired Man"); Critical Review Essay Assignment Introduced

• HOMEWORK - List #6 Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday; Topic Due for Critical Review Tomorrow

Tuesday - Thesis Statements/Intro. & Body Paragraphs Explained; Commas Between Independent Clauses

• HOMEWORK - List #6 Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow; Rough Draft of Critical Review Due Monday, Dec. 13th

Wednesday - Time given for drafting of Critical Review

Thursday - "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" (Narrative Poetry); Commas Surrounding Nonessential Phrases

Friday - Vocab. List #6 Definitions Reviewed; Sonnets 116 and 18

• HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #6 Due Tuesday; Critical Review Rough Draft Due Monday

Honors English 11 - Dec. 6-10

Monday - Discuss "The Minister's Black Veil," Research Paper Assignment Introduced

• HOMEWORK - Research Paper Topic Due Thursday

Tuesday - Guidelines for Writing Abstracts Explained/Examples Given; Emerson's "Nature" and "Self-Reliance"

• HOMEWORK - Be prepared to discuss Emerson's "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" on Thursday; Topic Due Thursday

Wednesday - Science Live Field Trip

Thursday - Topic Due; Discuss Emerson's "Nature" and "Self-Reliance"; Vocab. List #7 Definitions Reviewed

• HOMEWORK - Read an Excerpt from Thoreau's "Walden" for Monday (in textbook)

Friday - Library Presentation on Resources and Databases Available for Research

Practical English 10 - Dec. 6-10

Monday - Poems ("Metaphor," "The Wind Tapped Like a Tired Man," and "A Pace Like That")

Tuesday - Narrative Poetry ("La Belle Dame Sans Merci")

Wednesday and Thursday - Poems (Sonnets 18 and 116)

Friday - Poetry Project Introduced; Time Given to Begin Working on Project

• HOMEWORK - Poetry Presentations Begin Thursday, Dec. 16th