3/26/13

Honors English 11 - April 3-5

Monday - No School

Tuesday - No School (Teacher In-Service)

Wednesday - Quiz and Discussion of Ch. 7 of The Great Gatsby
 
Thursday - Vocab. List #13 Reviewed/Worksheet #13 Distributed; Article - "American Dream in a Recession"

Friday - Discussion of Article - "American Dream in a Recession"; Time given in class to read Ch. 8&9 and prepare for inner/outer circle discussion
HOMEWORK - Quiz & Inner/Outer Circle Discussion for Ch. 8&9 on Monday

Academic English 10 - April 3-5

Monday - No School

Tuesday - No School (Teacher In-service)

Wednesday - Vocab. Definitions #11 Collected Today; Quiz on Ch. 17-19; Discussion of Ch. 17-19; Ch. 20 Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Ch. 20 for tomorrow; Keep up with study guide

Thursday - Discussion of Ch. 20; Ch. 21 assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Ch. 21 for tomorrow; Keep up with study guide

Friday - Discussion of Ch. 21; Ch. 22 assigned; Vocab. Definitions #11 Reviewed/Worksheet #11 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Ch. 22 Due Monday; Vocab. Worksheet Due Tuesday


3/25/13

Practical English 11 - April 3-5

Monday - No School

Tuesday - No School (Teacher In-service)

Wednesday and Thursday - Time will be provided (if needed) for students to continue working on the rough drafts of their research papers
HOMEWORK - Rough draft due Friday


Friday - Vocab. List #3A Reviewed/Worksheet #3A Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tuesday (if not finished in class)

Basic English 10 - April 3-5

Monday - No School

Tuesday - No School (Teacher In-Service)

Wednesday - Vocab. Definitions #10 Reviewed/Worksheet #10 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Finish vocab. worksheet (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Vocab. Worksheet #10 Reviewed; Pre-Reading Questions/Discussion for Julius Caesar
 HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test on List #10

Friday - Vocab. Test #10; List #11 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #11 Due Wednesday

3/21/13

Academic English 10 - March 25-28


Monday - Quiz on Ch. 13&14; Discussion of Ch. 13&14; Study Guide Collected for Ch. 9-14; Ch. 15 Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish Ch. 15 for tomorrow; Vocab. Worksheet #10 Due Tomorrow

Tuesday - Discussion of Ch. 15; Ch. 16 Assigned

Wednesday - Vocab. Worksheet #10 Reviewed; Local Color Activity
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test

Thursday - Vocab. Test #10; Ch. 17-19 Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read and take notes on Ch. 17-19 for Wednesday; Vocab. Definitions #11 Due Wednesday

Friday - No School


Honors English 11 - March 25-28

Monday - Quiz on Ch. 5&6 of The Great Gatsby; Finish discussing Modernist poetry; Begin discussing Ch. 5&6

Tuesday - Finish discussion of Ch. 5&6; Imagist poetry assigned
HOMEWORK - Read and take notes on imagist poetry in preparation for tomorrow's discussion

Wednesday - Discussion of Imagist poetry; Review of Vocab. Worksheet #12
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test

Thursday - Vocab. Test #12; List #13 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #13 Due Wednesday; Ch. 7 of Gatsby Due Wednesday

Friday - No School

3/20/13

Basic English 10 - March 25-28

Monday - Formatting Guidelines Explained for Research Paper; Time given in library to draft research paper

Tuesday through Thursday - Time given in library to draft research paper
HOMEWORK - Rough draft due at end of class period on Thursday

Practical English 11 - March 25-28

Monday - Formatting Guidelines Explained for Research Paper; Time given in library to work on drafting of research paper

Tuesday through Thursday - Time given in library to work on drafting of research paper

Friday - No School

REMINDER:  Rough Draft of Research Paper (4 pages of writing, outline, and works cited page) Due Friday, April 5th

3/13/13

Basic English 10 - March 18-22

Monday - Vocab. Test #9; List #10 Distributed; Time given in class to work on definitions for list #10
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Friday

Tuesday - Body Paragraphs Explained

Wednesday through Friday - Time given in class to draft research paper
HOMEWORK - Rough draft of research paper due Thursday, March 28th

Practical English 11 - March 18-22

Monday - Vocab. List #2B Reviewed/Worksheet #2B Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #2B Due Tomorrow (if not finished in class)

Tuesday - Conjunctions/Prepositions/Interjections Reviewed
HOMEWORK - Quiz on conjunctions, interjections, and prepositions tomorrow

Wednesday - Grammar Quiz; Vocab. Review
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Test #2B Tomorrow

Thursday - Vocab. Test #2B; List #3A Distributed; Time given in class to work on definitions
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Monday

Friday - Body paragraph explained
HOMEWORK - Bring all materials needed for research paper to class next week; Time will be given in class to draft research paper

Academic English 10 - March 18-22

Monday - Time given to read Ch. 10 of To Kill a Mockingbird
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #10 Due Wednesday

Tuesday - Quiz on Ch. 9&10; Read Ch. 11

Wednesday - Discussion of Ch. 11; Lessons Learned from Ch. 1-11 Activity
HOMEWORK - Read Ch. 12 for tomorrow

Thursday - Quiz on Ch. 12; Discussion of Ch. 12; Read Ch. 13
HOMEWORK - Finish Ch. 13 for tomorrow

Friday - Vocab. Definitions #10 Reviewed/Worksheet #10 Distributed; Discussion of Ch. 13; Read Ch. 14
HOMEWORK - Finish Ch. 14 for Monday

REMINDER:  3 Nonfiction Assignments Due Wednesday, March 27th


3/12/13

Honors English 11 - March 18-22

Monday - Time given in class to read Ch. 3&4 of The Great Gatsby and to prepare for inner/outer circle discussion
HOMEWORK - Be prepared for tomorrow's inner/outer circle discussion of Ch. 3&4

Tuesday and Wednesday - Quiz on Ch. 3&4; Discussion of Ch. 3&4

Thursday - Modernist Poetry

Friday - Discussion of Modernist Poetry; Vocab. List #12 Reviewed/Worksheet #12 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Read and take notes on Ch. 5&6 of The Great Gatsby for Monday


3/7/13

Academic English 10 - March 11-15

Monday - Quiz on Ch. 1-3 of To Kill a Mockingbird; Continue reading novel
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #9 Due Tomorrow

Tuesday and Wednesday - Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird; Local Color activity
HOMEWORK - Keep up with reading assignments given in class


Thursday - Vocab. Definitions #9 Reviewed; Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Test #9 Tomorrow

Friday - Vocab. Test #9; Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #10 Due Wednesday; Keep up with reading assignments given in class

REMINDER:  3 Nonfiction Assignments Due Wednesday, March 27th 

 

3/6/13

Basic English 10 - March 11-15

Monday - Works Cited Page Explained; Vocab. List #9 Definitions Reviewed/Worksheet #9 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Monday

Tuesday - Time given in library to type Works Cited page

Wednesday - Time given in library to type Works Cited page (if needed); Introductory Paragraphs Explained

Thursday - Time given in class to draft introductory paragraph for research paper

Friday - In-Text and Parenthetical Citations Explained; Time given in class to continue drafting introductory paragraph
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Monday

3/5/13

Practical English 11 - March 11-15

Monday through Wednesday - Time given in library to work on typing outline, thesis, and works cited page
HOMEWORK - Typed outline, thesis, and works cited due at end of period Wednesday

Thursday - Conjunctions explained (coordinating, correlative, & subordinating)

Friday - Vocab. List #2B Reviewed/Worksheet #2B Distributed; Conjunctions Reviewed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet #2B Due Monday; Vocab. Test #2B is Tuesday


Honors English 11 - March 11-15

Monday - Finish viewing Of Mice and Men; Vocab. List #11 Reviewed/Worksheet #11 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Test #11 Thursday

Tuesday - Introduction to The Great Gatsby and Modernism
HOMEWORK - Ch. 1&2 of The Great Gatsby due Friday (Quiz & Discussion)

Wednesday - Vocab. Worksheet #11 Reviewed; Time given to read "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Thursday - Discuss "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"; Vocab. Test #11; List #12 Distributed
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #12 Due Tuesday

Friday - Ch. 1&2 of The Great Gatsby Quiz and Discussion
HOMEWORK - Ch. 5&6 of The Great Gatsby Due Monday (Quiz & Discussion)

3/1/13

Basic English 10 - March 4-8

Monday and Tuesday - Time given in class to work on note cards
HOMEWORK - 50 completed note cards/source cards due Wednesday

Wednesday - Note cards collected; Guidelines for creating an outline and a thesis statement explained; Time given in class to begin drafting outline and thesis

Thursday and Friday - Time given in class to type outline and thesis; Typed outline and thesis due at the end of the period on Friday