9/15/11

Practical Literature 10 - Sept. 19 - 23

Monday - Begin reading "A Problem" (static/dynamic characters)

Tuesday - Finish "A Problem"

Wednesday - Short Stories Review Sheet Distributed

Thursday - Review for Short Stories Test (Review Sheet and Game)
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's test on short stories

Friday - Test on Short Stories

9/14/11

Academic English 10 - Sept. 19 - 22

Monday - Grammar Quiz (Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and Verbs); Begin "The Masque of the Red Death" (symbolism)

Tuesday - Continue "The Masque of the Red Death"
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow

Wednesday - Explain Adverbs
HOMEWORK - Complete Adverb Worksheet (if not finished in class)

Thursday - Explain Prepositions
HOMEWORK - Complete Preposition Worksheet (if not finished in class)

Friday - Vocab. Definitions Reviewed; Conjunctions Explained
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tuesday

9/9/11

Practical Literature 10 - Sept. 12-16

Monday and Tuesday - Read "The Masque of the Red Death" (symbolism)

Wednesday through Friday - Read "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket" (plot, suspense, static/dynamic characters)

9/7/11

Academic English 10 - Sept. 12-16

Monday - Pronoun Review; Adjectives Explained
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tomorrow

Tuesday - Adjectives Reviewed; Verbs Explained; Review for Tomorrow's Grammar Quiz
HOMEWORK - Review Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, & Verbs for Tomorrow's Grammar Quiz

Wednesday - Grammar Quiz; Introduction to "The Masque of the Red Death"

Thursday - Vocab. Review; "The Masque of the Red Death"
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's Vocab. Test

Friday - Vocab. Test; List #1B Terms Distributed; Finish "The Masque of the Red Death"
HOMEWORK - Finish reading "The Masque of the Red Death" (if not finished in class); Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday

General English 10 - Sept. 12-16

Monday - Pronoun Review; Adjectives Explained
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Worksheet Due Tomorrow

Tuesday - Adjectives Reviewed; Verbs Explained; Review for Tomorrow's Grammar Quiz
HOMEWORK - Review Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, & Verbs for Tomorrow's Grammar Quiz

Wednesday - Grammar Quiz; Introduction to "The Masque of the Red Death"

Thursday - Vocab. Review; "The Masque of the Red Death"
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's Vocab. Test

Friday - Vocab. Test; List #1B Terms Distributed; Finish "The Masque of the Red Death"
HOMEWORK - Finish reading "The Masque of the Red Death" (if not finished in class); Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday

Honors English 11 - Sept. 12 - 16

Monday - Finish DVD of The Salem Witch Trials (Intro. to The Crucible); Begin reading The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Rough Draft of Narrative Essay Due Wednesday

Tuesday - Continue reading The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Rough Draft of Narrative Essay Due Tomorrow

Wednesday - Narrative Essay Peer Review Session; Continue reading The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Final Copy of Narrative Essay Due Monday

Thursday - Vocab. List #1 Review; Continue reading The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Study for tomorrow's vocab. test

Friday - Vocab. Test #1; Continue reading The Crucible
HOMEWORK - Narrative Essay Final Copy Due Monday

9/1/11

Honors English 11 - Sept. 5-9

Monday - No School (Labor Day)

Tuesday - Discuss Columbus's and Equiano's narrative accounts; Introduction to Puritan Culture; "Of Plymouth Plantation"
HOMEWORK - Vocab. Definitions for List #1 Due Tomorrow

Wednesday - Discuss "Of Plymouth Plantation"; Narrative Writing Assignment Explained
HOMEWORK - Pre-writing and rough draft for narrative writing assignment due Wednesday

Thursday - Introduction to The Crucible

Friday - Introduction to The Crucible (Salem Witch Trials DVD); Vocab. List #1 Worksheet Distributed
HOMEWORK - Rough Draft and Pre-writing for narrative writing assignment due Wednesday