11/29/18

10th Grade English, PERIODS 2&4 - Dec. 3-7



Monday through Friday - Students will complete various activities to review the eight parts of speech and their functions/features
HOMEWORK -  All grammar review work due by the end of the period on Friday

10th Grade English, PERIODS 3&8 - Dec. 3-7


Monday - Time given for Unit 1 Test corrections
HOMEWORK - All test corrections due Tuesday

Tuesday through Friday - Students will review the eight parts of speech and their functions/features
HOMEWORK - Grammar review work due by the end of the period on Friday

Honors English 11 - Dec. 3-7


Monday - Franklin's Speech Discussed/Vocab. Activities
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tuesday

Tuesday - Persuasive Techniques Reviewed; Propaganda Techniques Introduced

Wednesday - Visual Propaganda (p. 53)

Thursday - Thomas Paine's "The Crisis" Excerpt Introduced/Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read "The Crisis" and answer corresponding questions for Friday (if not finished in class)

Friday - Discuss "The Crisis"; Age of Reason Test Information
HOMEWORK - Age of Reason Test Monday


11/20/18

Honors English 11 - Nov. 26-30


Monday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

Tuesday - MLA Citations Reviewed
REMINDER:  Research Writing Assignment Due Monday, 12/3

Wednesday - Age of Reason Introduced; The Declaration Introduced and Assigned; Persuasive Appeals Reviewed
HOMEWORK - Finish reading The Declaration and answering corresponding questions (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Discuss The Declaration; The Declaration Vocab. Activities
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Friday

Friday - Rhetorical Devices Explained; Franklin's Speech Introduced and Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Franklin's Speech and answering corresponding questions (if not finished in class)


10th Grade English, PERIODS 2&4 - Nov. 26-30


Monday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

Tuesday - Conclusion Paragraphs Reviewed

Wednesday through Friday - Students will be given time to finish all parts of their explanatory essay in Google Docs
REMINDER:  Explanatory Essay due by the end of the class period on Friday, 11/30


10th Grade English, PERIODS 3&8 - Nov. 26-30


Monday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

Tuesday and Wednesday - Students will review the expectations for drafting the body paragraphs of their explanatory essay and then will be given time to use Google Docs to type their body paragraphs

Thursday - Conclusion paragraphs will be reviewed

Friday - Time given to finish drafting all parts of the explanatory essay
REMINDER:  Explanatory Essay Due Monday, 12/3 in Google Docs


11/19/18

11th Grade Honors English - Nov. 19-23


Monday through Wednesday - Students will use class time to work on their abstracts/thesis statement for The Crucible research writing assignment
REMINDER:  Three abstracts and thesis statement due via Google Docs Wednesday

Wednesday - Early Dismissal

Thursday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

Friday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)


10th Grade English - Nov. 19-23


Monday through Wednesday - Students will use class time to work on their explanatory essay assignment

Wednesday - Early Dismissal

Thursday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

Friday - No School (Thanksgiving Break)

11/9/18

10th Grade English, PERIODS 2&4 - Nov. 12-16


Monday - No School for Students (Teacher In-Service Day)

Tuesday through Friday - Students will work on drafting the introduction and the body paragraphs of the explanatory essay that was assigned last week.  Students will have access to Chromebooks each day in class so they can type their drafts directly in Google Docs. 

REMINDER:  Explanatory Essay Due Wednesday, 11/21


10th Grade English, PERIODS 3&8 - Nov. 12-16


Monday - No School for Students (Teacher In-Service Day)

Tuesday - Last day to work on poem project; Explanatory Essay assigned/Pre-writing assigned
HOMEWORK - Poem Project Due Wednesday; Pre-writing due Wednesday

Wednesday - Introductory paragraphs reviewed; Time given in class to work on intro. paragraph
HOMEWORK - Finish drafting intro. paragraph in Google Docs (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Body paragraphs reviewed; Time given in class to work on body paragraphs

Friday - Continue drafting body paragraphs


Honors English 11 - Nov. 12-16


Monday - No School for Students (Teacher In-Service Day)

Tuesday - Library Databases Reviewed
HOMEWORK - Thesis and Abstracts for Research Writing Assignment due Monday, 11/19

Wednesday - Age of Reason Introduced; Persuasive Appeals Explained
HOMEWORK - Read The Declaration of Independence and complete corresponding questions for Friday (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Time to work on Research Writing Assignment

Friday - Discussion of The Declaration; Vocab. Activities for The Declaration
HOMEWORK - Vocab. due Monday; Thesis/Abstracts due Monday


11/1/18

Honors English 11 - Nov. 5-9


Monday - End of Act IV Discussion (Tragic Hero); Period 1 Only - Act IV Vocab. Activities

Tuesday - (No Period 1 - Veteran's Day Assembly) Act IV Vocab. Activities
HOMEWORK - Act IV Vocab. and Study Guide Due Wednesday; Act IV Test Wednesday

Wednesday - Act IV Test

Thursday - The Crucible Research Writing Assignment Explained
HOMEWORK - Research Writing Topic Due Tomorrow

Friday - Library Databases Reviewed


10th Grade English, PERIODS 3&8 - Nov. 5-9


Monday through Wednesday - Time given in class to work on group poem project; Unit 1 test info. given
HOMEWORK - Poem Project Due Tuesday, 11/13; Unit 1 Test Thursday

Thursday - Unit 1 Test

Friday - Unit 1 essay explained/Pre-writing
HOMEWORK - Pre-writing due Tuesday, 11/13 (if not finished in class on Friday)


10th Grade English, Periods 2&4 - Nov. 5-9


Monday - Finish worksheet from "The Raven"; Vocab. activities from "The Raven"
HOMEWORK - Worksheet and Vocab. for "The Raven" due tomorrow; Quiz tomorrow

Tuesday - "The Raven" Quiz

Wednesday - No Periods 2 or 4 (School-Wide School Board Meeting)

Thursday - Unit 1 essay explained; Pre-writing completed
HOMEWORK - Pre-writing due tomorrow (if not finished in class)

Friday - Introductory paragraphs reviewed; Time given to draft intro. paragraph
HOMEWORK - Finish drafting intro. paragraph in Google Docs (if not finished in class on Friday)