10th Grade English - Jan. 29 - Feb. 2

Monday - Time given in class to work on body paragraphs for argumentative essay
HOMEWORK - Essay Due Friday, 2/2 (Share via Google Docs)

Tuesday - Time given in class to work on conclusion paragraphs for argumentative essay

Wednesday - Introduction to Unit 3 (What are human rights?/Informative Essay on p. 262)

Thursday - Persuasive Techniques Explained

Friday - Read/analyze "Speech at the United Nations"
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Speech and answering corresponding questions for Monday (if not finished in class)

Honors English 11 - Jan. 29 - Feb. 2

Monday - Quiz on Thoreau's Excerpts; Discuss "Song of Myself"
HOMEWORK - Read other Whitman poems in packet and answer corresponding questions for Tuesday

Tuesday - Discuss remaining Whitman poems
HOMEWORK - Read Emily Dickinson poems and answer corresponding questions

Wednesday - Discuss Dickinson

Thursday - Finish discussing Dickinson; Transcendentalism Project Explained
HOMEWORK - Transcendentalism Project Due Friday, 2/9

Friday - Introduction to American Romanticism; Longfellow Poetry

Honors English 11 - Jan. 22-26

Monday - The Catcher in the Rye Project Due Today!; Quiz on Emerson Excerpts/Vocab. Today; Walden Excerpt Introduced and Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read Walden excerpt and answer corresponding questions for Tuesday

Tuesday - Discuss Walden; Vocab. from Walden
HOMEWORK - Finish vocab. exercises (if not finished in class)

Wednesday - Excerpt from Civil Disobedience Introduced/Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read Civil Disobedience excerpt and answer corresponding questions (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Discuss Civil Disobedience
HOMEWORK - Quiz on Thoreau Excerpts/Vocab. Tomorrow

Friday - Quiz on Thoreau Excerpts/Vocab.; Walt Whitman Poetry Introduced/Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read Walt Whitman poems and answer corresponding questions for Monday

10th Grade English - Jan. 22-26

Monday - Analyzing Argumentative Writing ("Revenge of the Geeks")

Tuesday - Conclude "Revenge of the Geeks"; Vocab. from "Revenge of the Geeks"
HOMEWORK - All work for "Revenge of the Geeks" due tomorrow; Quiz tomorrow

Wednesday - "Revenge of the Geeks"/Vocab. Quiz; Argumentative Essay Assignment Explained; Pre-Writing Completed
HOMEWORK - Pre-Writing Due Tomorrow

Thursday - Introductory Paragraphs Reviewed (time given to draft intro. paragraph)
HOMEWORK - Finish intro. paragraph (if not finished in class)

Friday - Body Paragraphs Reviewed (time given to draft body paragraphs)
HOMEWORK - Argumentative Essay Due Friday, 2/2 (time will be given in class on 1/29 and 1/30 to continue working on essay)

10th Grade English - Jan. 15-19

Monday - Quiz on Poetry ("Sonnet, with Bird", "Elliptical", "Fences"); Begin reading argumentative essay "Revenge of the Geeks"

Tuesday - Finish reading/analyzing argumentative essay "Revenge of the Geeks"; Vocab. from "Revenge of the Geeks"
HOMEWORK - Finish vocab. worksheet (if not finished in class); Quiz on "Revenge of the Geeks" and corresponding vocab. tomorrow

Wednesday - Quiz; Argumentative Essay Explained (Pre-Writing)
HOMEWORK - Finish pre-writing for argumentative essay (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Time given in class to draft introductory paragraph for argumentative essay

Friday - Time given in class to begin drafting body paragraphs for argumentative essay
REMINDER:  Argumentative Essay Due Friday, 1/26 (time will be given in class on 1/22 and 1/23 to work on essay)

Honors English 11 - Jan. 15-19

Monday - Introduction to Transcendentalism; Excerpts from Emerson Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read Emerson Excerpts (from Nature and Self-Reliance) and answer corresponding questions
REMINDER:  The Catcher in the Rye Project Due Friday, 1/19

Tuesday - Discussion of Emerson's Excerpts; Vocab. from Emerson
HOMEWORK - Complete vocab. worksheet (if not finished in class); Quiz on Emerson's excerpts and vocab. tomorrow

Wednesday - Emerson Quiz; Thoreau's Walden assigned
HOMEWORK - Finish reading Walden excerpt and answer corresponding questions

Thursday - Discussion of Walden; Vocab. from Walden
REMINDER:  The Catcher in the Rye Project Due Tomorrow

Friday - Excerpt from Civil Disobedience assigned
HOMEWORK - Read Civil Disobedience excerpt and answer corresponding questions for Monday (if not finished in class)

Honors English 11 - Jan. 8-12

Monday - Ch. 24-26 Analysis/Discussion

Tuesday - Conclude Ch. 24-26 Analysis/Discussion; The Catcher in the Rye Project Options Explained
HOMEWORK - Test on novel on Wednesday; Reading Notebook due Wednesday; Project Due Tuesday, Jan. 16

Wednesday - (Data Delay) Test Part 1 (Quotes Analysis)

Thursday - Test Part 2 (Essay Questions)

Friday - Introduction to Transcendentalism; Emerson's Excerpts Assigned
HOMEWORK - Read/Analyze Emerson's Excerpts and Respond to Questions for Monday

10th Grade English - Jan. 8-12

Monday - Introduction to Sonnet (Sonnet 18)

Tuesday - Poetry Selections

Wednesday - (Data Delay) Conclude Poetry Selections
HOMEWORK - Quiz on Poetry Selections on Thursday

Thursday - Quiz on Poetry; Read/Analyze "Revenge of the Geeks" (Evaluating Claims)

Friday - Conclude "Revenge of the Geeks" (Vocab.) ; Argumentative Writing Assignment Explained
HOMEWORK - Quiz on "Revenge of the Geeks" on Monday; Pre-Writing for Argumentative Writing Assignment Due Monday