10/27/11

Practical Literature 10 - Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

Monday through Friday - Continuation of Part 3 of Fahrenheit 451

HOMEWORK - Keep up with the Part 3 Study Guide; Prepare for a quiz on Part 3 (date of quiz will be announced in class)

Academic English 10 - Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

Monday - Fahrenheit 451 - Beatty's Lecture (p. 53-63)
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Wednessday

Tuesday - Sentences vs. Fragments Explained; Continued reading of Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow

Wednesday - Simple & Complete Subjects and Predicates Explained; Continued reading of Fahrenheit 451

Thursday - Subjects and Predicates Reviewed; Fahrenheit 451 Continued

Friday - Vocab. List #4 Reviewed; List #4 Worksheet Distributed; Fahrenheit 451 Continued
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #4 Due Tuesday

General English 10 - Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

Monday - Parts of Speech Review
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday; Parts of Speech Test Thursday

Tuesday - Introduction to Fahrenheit 451; Grammar Review
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow; Parts of Speech Test Thursday

Wednesday - Jeopardy Game as Grammar Review
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's grammar test on the parts of speech

Thursday - Grammar Test

Friday - Review of Vocab. Definitions; Continued reading of Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #4 Due Tuesday

10/26/11

Honors English 11 - Oct. 31 - Nov. 4

Monday - Character Scrapbooks for The Crucible Due Today; Subjects, Predicates, and Sentence Fragments Explained
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #5 Due Wednesday

Tuesday - The Age of Reason Introduced; Begin reading excerpt from Franklin's Autobiography
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Franklin's Autobiography (if not finished in class)

Wednesday - Discuss Franklin's Autobiography; Graduation Projects Explained Today

Thursday - Aphorisms Explained

Friday - Direct/Indirect Objects Explained; Vocab. Definitions for List #5 Reviewed

10/20/11

General English 10 - Oct. 24-28

REMINDER: Three Nonfiction Assignments for October Due Monday, 10/31

Monday - Short Story Writing Assignment Explained/Assigned
HOMEWORK - Pre-Writing and Short Story Writing Assignment Due Friday

Tuesday - Time given to work on short story writing assignment; Vocab. List #3 Reviewed
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test on List #3

Wednesday - Vocab. Test #3; Time given to work on short story writing assignment
HOMEWORK - List #4 Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday; Pre-writing and short story writing assignment due Friday

Thursday & Friday - CDT Testing

Academic English 10 - Oct. 24-28

Monday - Continued reading of Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - 3 Nonfiction Assignments Due Monday, 10/31

Tuesday - Vocab. Review; Continued reading of Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocabulary test (list #3)

Wednesday - Vocab. Test #3; List #4 Terms Distributed; Continued reading of Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #4 Due Wednesday; 3 Nonfiction Assignments Due Monday

Thursday and Friday - CDT TESTING

Honors English 11 - Oct. 24-28

Monday - Begin viewing The Crucible DVD
HOMEWORK - The Crucible Character Scrapbook Due Monday, 10/31

Tuesday - Vocab. Definitions for List #4 Reviewed; Continue viewing The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test

Wednesday - Vocab. Test #4; Finish viewing The Crucible

Thursday and Friday - CDT Testing
REMINDER: The Crucible Character Scrapbooks Due Monday, 10/31

10/19/11

Practical Literature 10 - Oct. 24-28

REMINDER: Three Nonfiction Assignments Due Monday, Oct. 31st!

Monday - Part 2 Quiz; Part 2 Study Guide Collected; Character Analysis Writing Assignment Explained
HOMEWORK - Pre-writing and character analysis essay due Friday

Tuesday through Thursday - Time given to work on Pre-Writing & Drafting of Character Analysis; Begin reading Part 3
HOMEWORK - Character Analysis Due Friday

Friday - Literary Devices in Fahrenheit 451 Explained; Continued reading of Part 3

10/13/11

General English 10 - Oct. 17-21

Monday - Conjunctions/Interjections Explained; "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" discussed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions (List #3) Due Wednesday

Tuesday - Conjunctions Reviewed; Short Stories Review Sheet Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow; Short Stories Test Thursday

Wednesday - Short Stories Review
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's test on short stories

Thursday - Short Stories Test

Friday - Vocab. Definitions for List #3 Reviewed/Worksheet Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tuesday

REMINDER: THREE NONFICTION ASSIGNMENTS FOR OCTOBER DUE FRIDAY, 10/28

Honors English 11 - Oct. 17-21

Monday - Finish reading Act IV of The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Act IV Quiz Wednesday

Tuesday - Discussion of Act IV (Tragic Hero); Final Project for The Crucible Explained
HOMEWORK - Act IV Quiz Wednesday; Vocab. Definitions for List #4 Due Wednesday

Wednesday - Act IV Quiz; Time given to work on The Crucible Project
HOMEWORK - The Crucible Final Project Due Mon., Oct. 31

Thursday - Review of Vocab. Definitions for List #4; Vocab. Worksheet #4 Distributed; Begin viewing The Crucible DVD

Friday - Act 80 Day (students dismissed at 11 A.M.)

Academic English 10 - Oct. 14-21

Monday - Peer Review Exercise for Short Story Writing Assignment
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #3 Due Wednesday; Final Copy of Short Story Due Wednesday

Tuesday - Introduction to Fahrenheit 451; Begin reading

Wednesday - Short Story Final Copy Due Today!; Continue reading novel

Thursday - Continue reading novel

Friday - Vocab. Review of List #3; List #3 Worksheet Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #3 Due Tuesday

REMINDER: Three Nonfiction Assignments Due Friday, Oct. 28th

Practical Literature 10 - Oct. 17-21

Monday through Friday - Continue reading Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - Keep up with the study guide for Part 2; Study for a quiz on Part 2

REMINDER: Three Nonfiction Assignments Due Friday, October 28th

10/7/11

General English 10 - Oct. 10-14

Monday - Vocab. Definitions for List #2 Reviewed; List #2 Worksheet Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tuesday

Tuesday - Read "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" - p. 7-14

Wednesday - Finish reading "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket"

Thursday - Conjunctions and Interjections Explained; Vocab. Review
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's Vocab. Test

Friday - Vocab. Test #2; Conjunctions Reviewed; List #3 Terms Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #3 Due Wednesday

Practical Literature 10 - Oct. 10-14

Monday - Finish reading Part 1 of Fahrenheit 451
HOMEWORK - Make sure the study guide for Part 1 is completed; Study for tomorrow's quiz on Part 1

Tuesday - Quiz on Part 1; Time given to work on nonfiction assignments

Wednesday - Part 2 Study Guide Distributed; Discussion of Types of Conflicts; Begin Part 2

Thursday and Friday - Continuation of Part 2

Academic English 10 - Oct. 10-14

Monday - Grammar Test (Parts of Speech); Time given to work on short story writing assignment
HOMEWORK - Pre-Writing for Short Story Writing Assignment due WEDNESDAY; Vocab. Worksheet #2 due WEDNESDAY

Tuesday - Short Stories Review Sheet Distributed
HOMEWORK - Pre-Writing for Short Story Writing Assignment due tomorrow; Vocab. Worksheet #2 due tomorrow

Wednesday - Pre-writing checked; Short Stories Review (Jeopardy)
HOMEWORK - Rough draft of short story due MONDAY; Short Stories Test TOMORROW; Vocab. Test #2 FRIDAY

Thursday - Short Stories Test; Time given to work on short story writing assignment; Vocab. Review
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test; Short Story Rough Draft Due MONDAY

Friday - Vocab. Test #2; List #3 Terms Distributed; Time given to work on short story rough draft
HOMEWORK - Short story rough draft due MONDAY; Vocab. definitions (#3) due Wednesday

10/6/11

Honors English 11 - Oct. 10-14

Monday - Time given in class to finish reading Act 3 of The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Study guide for Act 3 Due Thursday; Quiz on Act 3 Thursday

Tuesday - Questions related to Act 3

Wednesday - Discussion of Act 3/Review for Quiz

Thursday - Vocab. Definitions Reviewed; Act 3 Quiz
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test

Friday - Vocab. Test #3; List #4 terms distributed; Begin Act 4 of The Crucible