10th Grade English - Week 2 - Sept. 5-9

Monday - No School (Labor Day)
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #1 Due Wednesday

Tuesday - Open-Book Quiz on "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?"; Introduction to Gothic Literature (p. 6-7 in textbook)
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #1 Due Wednesday

Wednesday - Introduction to Gothic Literature (PowerPoint); Begin reading and analyzing "The Masque of the Red Death"

Thursday - (Picture Day) Symbolism Activity

Friday - Finish reading and analyzing "The Masque of the Red Death"

Honors English 11 - Week 2 - Sept. 5-9

Monday - No School (Labor Day)
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #1 Due Tuesday

Tuesday - Open-Book Quiz on "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Excerpt; Discussion of "The Way to Rainy Mountain"

Wednesday - Narrative Accounts by Columbus and Equiano Introduced and Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading assigned narrative accounts and answering corresponding questions (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Discussion of Columbus's and Equiano's Narrative Accounts; Vocab. List #1A Reviewed/Worksheet #1A Distributed

Friday - William Bradford's Narrative Account Introduced and Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Bradford's narrative account and answering corresponding questions for Monday

Honors English 11 - Week 2 - Sept. 5-9

Monday - No School (Labor Day)
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #1 Due Tuesday

Tuesday - Open-Book Quiz on "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Excerpt; Discussion of "The Way to Rainy Mountain"

Wednesday - Narrative Accounts by Columbus and Equiano Introduced and Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading assigned narrative accounts and answering corresponding questions (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Discussion of Columbus's and Equiano's Narrative Accounts; Vocab. List #1A Reviewed/Worksheet #1A Distributed

Friday - William Bradford's Narrative Account Introduced and Assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Bradford's narrative account and answering corresponding questions for Monday

Honors English 11 - Week 1 - Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

WELCOME BACK!

Monday - Review for Summer Reading Test

Tuesday - Summer Reading Test; Summer Reading Novels Collected; Textbooks Distributed

Wednesday - Intro. to Course (No Period 3 - Class Meeting)

Thursday - Close Reading Strategies Explained; Excerpt from "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Assigned (Narrative Accounts & Poetic Prose)

Friday - Time given in class to read "The Way to Rainy Mountain"; Vocab. List #1 Assigned
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #1 Due Tuesday; Questions based on "The Way to Rainy Mountain" Due Tuesday

10th Grade English - Week 1 - Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

WELCOME BACK!  

Monday - Introduction to Class (Policies, Procedures); Textbook Distribution; First Day Survey

Tuesday - Fiction vs. Nonfiction; Intro. to Unit 1 (Photo Gallery Activity)

Wednesday - Reading and Discussion of "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?" (Nonfiction) (Class Meeting - No 2nd Period)

Thursday - Open-Book Quiz on "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?"; Intro. to Gothic Literature (PowerPoint and Pages 6-7)

Friday - Vocab. List #1A Assigned; Symbolism Activity (District Pep Rally at 1:30 - No Periods 7&8)
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions #1A Due Wednesday, 9/7