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| TO ALL BROOKSIDE STUDENTS!! |
HAVE
A
WONDERFUL
SUMMER
VACATION!!! |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF JUNE 5th
Tuesday
Final exam
Monday
finish film |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF JUNE 5th
Monday
Junior final exams
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF JUNE 5th
Monday and Tuesday
Final exams |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF JUNE 1st
MONDAY
Senior finals
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF JUNE 1st
Friday
5th period only
discuss final
Homework: 1 take home essay
Wednesday-Friday
Black Hawk Down
TUESDAY
read\discuss "Ambush" pg 1105
"Camauglaging the Chimera" pg 1111
Begin Black Hawk Down
MONDAY
Read\discuss "Why Soldiers Won't Talk" pg 1088
"Death of the Ball Turret Gunner"
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF JUNE 1st
Monday - Friday
view film
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF MAY 24, 2010
Thursday and Friday
view The Glass Menagerie
Tuesday and Wednesday
1.) read\react
2.) read\discuss "Self in 1958"
"Mirror" pg 1087
Monday
1.) finish "Coyote vs Acme"
2.) complete male\female questions and begin discussion
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MAY 24, 2010
Friday
view film
Thursday
peer edit X 2
final story due tomorrow
senior portfolio due tomorrow
sophmore\junior portfolio due Tuesday 6-1
Tuesday and Wednesday
workshop in library
Reminder: rough draft due Thursday
final copy due Friday
senior portfolio due Friday
portfolio for everyone else due Tuesday 6-1
Monday
1.) grammar exercises
2.) discuss and workshop portfolio |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MAY 24, 2009
Friday
view Finding Forrester
Thursday
peer edit X 2
research paper due tomorrow!
Wednesday
workshop
rough draft due
Tuesday
1.) discuss outline
2.) in-class workshop
Outline due tomorrow!
Monday
workshop research paper
notecards due tomorrow!
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF MAY 17
Friday
vocab test
read\discuss "Acme vs Coyote"
Thursday
read\react
continue with "Out, Out"
"Mending Wall"
"Stopping by the Woods"
Wednesday
read\react and\or finish test
read\discuss "Mending Wall"
"Out, Out"
"Stopping by the Woods"
"Acquainted with the Night"
Tuesday
test
read\react
MONDAY
1.) vocab 8
2.) finish and discuss questions for The House of Sand and Fog
test tomorrow!! |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MAY 17
Friday
discuss final story
punctuation activity
finish lyric story
Thursday
peer edit
lyric story
Homework: 2-4 page story due
Wednesday
workshop story
homework: rough draft
Tuesday
grammar-semi-colons
story in the round
Monday
1.) journal
2.) comma activity
3.) There, their and they're
4.) bad (or good) day story
homework: finish bad day story if not done in class |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MAY 17
Thursday and Friday
workshop
Note cards due Tuesday
Wednesday
discuss note cards
A visit from Mrs. Rutger to discuss research
Tuesday
edit\revise intros
discuss research paper
Monday
1.) grammar exercise
2.) practice writing introductions |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MAY 10
Friday
finish exercises on pg 183 an 187
discuss topic for research paper
Thursday
peer edit
pronoun agreement
Wednesday
workshop analysis paper
rough draft Thursday
Tuesday
grammar--thesis statement
Monday
1.) grammar exercise
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| US.S LIT B |
WEEK OF MAY 10
Friday
vocab 7 test
finish The House of Sand and Fog
questions on film
Wednesday\Thursday
view House of Sand and Fog
Homework: Gatsby poster
Tuesday
read\discuss
"Lucinda Matlock"
"Miniver Cheevy"
"Richard Cory"
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
Monday
1.) vocab 7
2.) discuss "Winter Dreams"
3.) read\ discuss pg 824 "Chicago"
" Lucinda Matlock"
"Miniver Cheevy"
"Richard Cory"
Homework: due Tuesday: read pg 1025 "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
due Thursday Gatsby poster
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MAY 10
Friday
journal
finish Secret Window
Wednesday\Thursday
view Secret Window
Tuesday
jorunal
more commas
continue with make sense sentences
Homework: finish make sense sentences
Monday
1.) journal
2.) commas exercise
3.) makeasentencethatmakessense |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MAY 3RD
FRIDAY
more grammar
THURSDAY
grammar
WEDNESDAY
newspaper analysis exercise
TUESDAY
intro analysis paper
MONDAY
1.) edit\revise exercise
2.) cubing |
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF MAY 3RD
FRIDAY
vocab test
finish Gatsby
begin "Winter Dreams"
THURSDAY
view The Great Gatsby
Homework: read pg 840 "Winter Dreams"
WEDNESDAY
VIEW The Great Gatsby
HOMEWORK:
essay due tomorrow!
For Friday read pg 840 "Winter Dreams"
TUESDAY
1.) peer edit essay
2.) intro The Great Gatsby
**ESSAY DUE THURSDAY!!
MONDAY
1.) vocab 6
2.) discuss Of Mice and Men
3.) intro The Things They Carried
4.) read\discuss "My Dungeon Shook" pg 960
and "Letter to My Daughters"
5.) answer questions
HOMEWORK: due tomorrow: rough draft for essay and read pg 840 "Winter Dreams" |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MAY 3rd
FRIDAY
court story
THURSDAY
peer edit
finish setting exercise
wacky words
story due tomorrow!
WEDNESDAY
workshop in library
rough draft due Thursday
TUESDAY
journal
Tab. Headlines
Create a setting
MONDAY
1.) journal
2.) finish Beautiful Mind
3.) newspaper story |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF APRIL 26
FRIDAY
Beautiful Mind
Research paper and work on outline
Outline due Monday
THURSDAY
journal
Beautiful Mind
WEDNESDAY
journal
view A Beautiful Mind
Tuesday
1.) journal
2.) interview story
2.) tabloid headline
MONDAY
1.) Journal
2.) finish superhero comic
3.) intro historical fiction
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF APRIL 26
FRIDAY
1.) vocab test
2.) read\discuss "Momma Welfare..."
"America"
"My Dungeon Shook" pg 959
THURSDAY
read\react
college visit
read pg 945 "A Black Man Talks of Reaping"
"If We Must Die"
WEDNESDAY
1.) quiz
2.) read\react
3.) discuss "How it Feels to be Colored Me"
TUESDAY
discuss Of Mice and Men essay
read\discuss pg 838 "Sympathy"
"We Wear the Masks"
"I know why the Caged Bird Sings"
"Momma, Welfare"
"America"
Homework: read pg 950 "How It Feels to be Colored Me"
MONDAY
1.) vocab 5
2.) intro Harlem Ren
3.) read\discuss pg 925 "I Too'
"The Weary Blues"
"Harlem"
4.) listen and view selected Jazz music
HOMEWORK: Due Wed. pg 950 read "How It Feels to be Colored Me |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF APRIL 26
FRIDAY
speech analysis
THURSDAY
peer edit
WEDNESDAY
workshop
rough draft due tomorrow!
Tuesday
continue with verbs
editorial
finsih enemy of the people
MONDAY
verb tenses I and II
enemy of the people |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF APRIL 19
FRIDAY
commas
read "Fly Tox"
discuss language use
THURSDAY
commas exercise
Ghastly Hotel
WEDNESDAY
finish 2/3's 1/3
TUESDAY
practice 2/3's 1/3 argument
MONDAY
Intro persuasive
discuss hot topics
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF APRIL 19
FRIDAY
vocab quiz
"Wagner Matinee" quiz
"Wagner Matinee" handout
discuss "Wagner Matinee"
THURSDAY
read\react
read selections by Chief Joseph
create picture of depicting scene
Homework: read pg 688 "A Wagener Matinee"
WEDNESDAY
3rd period
quiz
discuss "Life on the Mississippi"
finish complaint letter
5th period
peer edit rough draft
homework: research paper due tomorrow!
TUESDAY
3RD PERIOD
view "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg"
read " McWilliames and the Burglar Alarm"
write a complaint letter
HOMEWORK: Read pg 669 "Life on the Mississippi"
5th PERIOD
workshop research paper
HOMEWORK: rough draft and outline tomorrow
MONDAY
1.) vocab 4
3rd period
read\discuss "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" pg 669
Homework: Due Wednesday pg 669 read "Life on the Mississippi"
5th period
vocab 3 test
discuss outline, research paper, works cited
Homework: due Wednesday: outline and rough draft
due Thursday: research paper
EVERYONE!!!read pg 688 "A Wagner Matinee" for Friday!! |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF APRIL 19
FRIDAY
1.) journal
2.) super hero
THURSDAY
peer edit
create superhero
story due tomorrow
WEDNESDAY
workshop
homework: rough draft
TUESDAY
journal
finish Hoodwinked
re-write a fairy tale into modern times. Make sure to round a character.
MONDAY
journal
view Hoodwinked |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF APRIL 12
FRIDAY
research sci-fi\fantasy and copy of fairy tale
outlines due Monday
THURSDAY
Jurassic Park
HOMEWORK: re-write ending
TUESDAY\WEDNESDAY
1.) journal
2.) "Got" story
3.) bomb shelter
4.) Jurassic Park
MONDAY
1.) journal
2.) intro sci-fi\fantasy\horror |
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF APRIL 12
FRIDAY
vocab test
3rd period:
quiz
discuss "Autobio of Mark Twain"
5th period
research
notecards due Monday
THURSDAY
3rd period
read "Wired for Death"
"War Prayer"
Homework: pg 658 read "Autobio Mark Twain"
5th period
reasearch paper
TUESDAY\WEDNESDAY
1.) INtro Of Mice and Men
3rd period
read\react
5th period
intro research paper
Homework:
read pg 688 "The Wagner Matinee"
MONDAY
1.) vocab 3
2.) read\discuss "Bustle in the House"
"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
"I Heard a Fly..."
Homework" notebook for choice novel tomorrow
for Wednesday: read pg 688 "Wagner Matinee"
for Friday 3rd period only: pg 658 read Autobio. of Mark Twain" |
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WEEK OF APRIL 12
Friday
grammar day!
THURSDAY
peer edit
WEDNESDAY
workshop
rough draft due tomorrow!
TUESDAY
1.) continue basis of comparison
MONDAY
1.) basis of comparison activity with details
Homework: outlines |
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF MARCH 28
FRIDAY
No School!! Have a Happy Easter!!!
THURSDAY
DISCUSS "Cats"
"Yellow Wallpaper"
" Story of an Hour"
WEDNESDAY
1.) complete irony handout and examples from lyric
2.) read "Complaints and Disorders" pg782
3.) read "Story of an Hour" pg 783 and "Cats"
4.) working in groups, complete irony record
Homework: read pg 765 "The Yellow Wallpaper"
TUESDAY
3RD
peer edit
read "How to be a Good Wife"
list 10 ways to be a good husband
5th
1.) Quiz
2.) read\discuss "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calavares County" pg 684
3.) read "The Real Jumping Frog"
4.) from newspaper, write your own tall tale
MONDAY
3RD Period
workshop
rough draft due tomorrow
5TH PERIOD
1.) Read "The Mcwilliames and the Burglar Alarm"
2.) write complain letter
3.) view The Man who Corrupted Hadleburg |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MARCH 28
Friday
No School! Have a Happy Easter!
Thursday
men's attitude
Wednesday
sentences combining
homework: finish sentence combining packet
TUESAY
1.) Men's Attitudes
2.) Stressing likes and differences
MONDAY
1.) sentence combining |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MARCH 28
Friday
No School! Happy Spring Break!
Thursday
good\bad hooks
basic attitudes
Wednesday
1.) finish\publish dialogue of opposites
2.) describing appearance
homework; complete journals 5-11
Tuesday
1.) peer edit
2.) dialogue of opposites
3.) naming names
MONDAY
workshop
rough draft tomorrow |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MARCH 22
Friday
1.) journal
2.) discuss dead words
3.) cliches
4.) crazy sentences
Thursday
1.) journal
2.) character developement
homework: please create 2 sound poems following examples provided in class
Wednesday
1.) journal
2.) design a character
homework: finish design a character and compose 2 shape poems
Tuesday
1.) journal 8
2.) finish film
Homework: personification exercise
Monday
1.) film |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MARCH 22
Friday
Intro compare\contrast essay
Thursday
peer edit
homework: descriptive paper
Wednesday
workshop
homework: rough draft due tomorrow
Tuesday
discuss thesis statements for descriptive paper
finish film
Monday
1.) view film |
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| U.S. L IT B |
WEEK OF MARCH 22
Thursday
3rd period: research in library
***notecards due tomorrow!***
5th period
1.) read\react
2.) discuss "Life on Mississippi
3.) pg 677, exercise #1 under activites and explorations
homework: read pg 658 "Autobio. Mark Twain"
Wednesday
3rd period: research in library **notecards due Friday
5th period:
1.) read\react 1
2.) intro Mark Twain
3.) discuss "Life on the Mississippi"
Homework: read pg 658 "Autobio. of Mark Twain"
Tuesday
1.) vocab 2
3rd period
--discuss research paper
--visit from Mrs. Rutger
5th period
--excuses
--read\discuss "War Prayer"
"Wired for Death"
Homework: pg 669 read "Life on the Mississippi"
Monday
read choice novel |
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| U.S. LIT B |
WEEK OF MARCH 15
Friday
1.) vocab test
2.) read and discuss
"Free Labor" and "Stanzas of Freedom" pg 574
Thursday
1.) 3rd period: read and react
2.) quiz
3.) discuss "Ballad of Birmingham"
Homework: write a ballad
Wednesday
1.) 3rd period: read\react
2.) quiz
3.) discuss "Coming of Age in Mississippi
Homework: readl pg 618 "Ballad of Birmingham"
Tuesday
1.) read\react--3rd period
2.) quiz
3.) discuss "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Homework: read pg 609 "Coming of Age in Mississippi"
MONDAY
1.) vocab 1
2.) read\discuss "An Incident of War"
3.) 3rd period: read\react
Homework:
due Tuesday read: "An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" p 580
due Wednesday read: "Coming of Age in Mississippi" p 609
due Thursday read: "Ballad of Birmingham" p 618
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WEEK OF MARCH 15
Friday
Hogarth's Noon
Wednesday and Thursday
1.) thesis recog. exercise
2.) dominant impression exercise
Tuesday
1.) discuss descriptive paper
2.) thesis recog. activity
MONDAY
1.) discuss narrative (re-write until Tuesday 3-23)
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WEEK OF MARCH 15
Friday
1.) finish similie and metaphor
2.) personification
3.) discuss invisible story
Thursday
1.) journal
2.) similes and metaphores
Homework: write a list poem like the example given in class using things from journal 7
Wednesday
1.) journal
2.) similes and metaphors
Homework: please write 2 similie poems
Tuesday
peer edit
fish story due tomorrow!
MONDAY
1.) journal
2.) ecphrastic poetry
homework: rough draft for fish story |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MARCH 8
Friday
1.) workshop
Rough draft due Tuesday
Thursday
1.) journal
2.) ecphrastic poetry
3.) name poem
homework: notebook: journals and cover
outline for fish story
Wednesday
1.) jounal
2.) elements of poetry
3.) discuss the Fish story
Tuesday
1.) journal 2
2.) show vs tell
Homwork: from the photo, show who is in the house and what does the inside of the house look like.
Monday
1.) intro class
2.) Journal 1: What is Art? |
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| U.S. LIT B HONORS |
WEEK OF MARCH 8
Friday
1.) finish "A Mystery of Heroism"
2.) discuss choice novel
Thursday
1.) quiz
2.) discuss "A Mystery of Heroism"
Wednesday
1.) finish The Hunley
2.) prompt: In your opinion, were the men of the Hunley heroes? Why or why not? Remember to refer to your qualities of a hero chart as support
3.) discuss realism
Homework: read pg 593 "A Mystery of Heroism"
Tuesday
1.) finish hero chart
2.) The Hunley
due Thursday pg 590 "A Mystery of Heroism"
MONDAY
1.) intro class
2.) intro Civil War
3.) What is a Hero? chart |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF MARCH 8
Friday
1.) discuss unity
2.) unity activity
3.) thesis activity.
Thursday
1.) peer edit
2.) discuss details and unity
Homework: narrative due
Wednesday
workshop narrative
Homework: rought draft
Tuesday
1.) discuss narrative essay
2.) directions
3.) discuss good essay
Monday
1.) intro class
2.) discuss thesis statement
3.) discuss qualities of bad essay
Homework: write directions for something you are interested in doing. |
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| U.S LIT A |
WEEK OF MARCH 1ST
Friday 3-5
final exam
Thursday 3-4
1.) intro Civil War
2.) final exam review
Wednesday 3-3
read\react
quiz
discuss "A Rose for Emily"
Tuesday 3-2
finish Misery
Homework: pg 516 read: "A Rose for Emily"
and career narratives
MONDAY 3-1
1.) career narratives
career narrative due Wednesday 3-3
by Wednesday 3-3 read "A Rose for Emily"
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF MARCH 1ST
Thursday 3-4
Final exam
Wednesday 3-3
Pay it Forward
Tuesday 3-2
finish I Robot
Monday 3-1
workshop portfolio
Portfolios due Wednesday 3-3 |
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| READING |
WEEK OF MARCH1ST
Thursday 3-4
Final exam
Wednesday 3-3
read\react
read "Grandma was never like this"
wheel of fortune
Tuesday 3-2
1.) finish reading "The 6th Juror"
2.) story comprehension, vocab and detail exercise for the story
MONDAY 3-1
1.) read\react
2.) read |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22
Friday 2-26
No School!
Thursday 2-25
read\react
discussed "
Masque of the Red Death"
Wednesday 2-24
read\react
discuss "Masque of the Red Death"
Tuesday 2-23
1.) read\react
2.) finish Sleepy Hollow rap\poem
3.) read\discuss "The Raven"
Homework: read "Masque of the Red Death" pg 454
Monday 2-22
figurative language exercise
--"Ode to Sleepy Hollow" rap\poem
Homework: Novel Packets tomorrow!
Due Wednesday 2-24 pg 454
read: "Masque of the Red Death"
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WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22
Friday 2-16
No School!
Thursday 2-15
1.) read\react
2.) finish story in an envelope
Wednesday 2-14
prompt
read\discuss "Why I have to take U.S. History again"
work on story in an envelope
Tuesday 2-23
1.) read\react
2.) read "Mr. Strange Takes a Field Trip"
3.) story in an envelope
Monday 2-22
read\react
share original story |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 22
Friday 2-26
No School!
Thursday 2-25
workshop
final story due Friday
Wednesday 2-24
peer edit X 2
reminder: final story due Friday!!!!
Monday 2-22 and Tuesday 2-23
workshop final story
Rough draft due Wednesday 2-24 |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15
Friday 2-19
read and view Sleepy Hollow
Thursday 2-18
view Sleepy Hollow
Wednesday 2-17
read\react
quiz
discuss "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
Tuesday 2-16
1.) read\react
2.) finish faust story
3.) Death of the Miser
Homework: read page 500 "Dr. Heidegger's experiment"
Reminder: Monday 2-22 novel packets are due
Monday 2-15
no school! |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15
Friday 2-19
discuss final story
view I Robot
Outline for final story due
Thursday 2-18
peer edit
view I Robot
Wednesday 2-17
workshop
rough draft tomorrow!
Tuesday 2-16
1.) journal
2.) psych sentences
3.) wacky words
4.) want ad story
REMINDER: journals due tomorrow!
Monday 2-15
No School! |
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| READING |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 15
Friday 2-19
1.) finish Corpse Bride
2.) finish your comic and summary
3.) finish your scary story
4.) share strange and unusal things
Thursday 2-18
view Corpse Bride
Wednesday 2-17
read\react
Daemon Hall summary and comic strip
Tuesday 2-16
1.) finish Daemon Hall
2.) Finish collage
3.) continue your scary story
Monday 2-15
No School! |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8
Friday 2-12
1.) journal
2.) obit story
3.) "ABC" story
Thursday 2-11
1.) journal
2.) finish parady
3.) 5 min. story
Homework: outline for 2-4 page story
Wednesday 2-10
No School
Tuesday 2-9
1.) journal
2.) parady
Monday 2-8
1.) journal
2.) "There, Their, and They're"
3.) crazy compounds
homework: bad day
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| READING |
WEEK OF FEBRARY 8
Friday 2-12
1.) read\react
2.) continue Daemon Hall
Thursday 2-11
Continue Daemon Hall
prefix handout
Wednesday 2-10
no school
Tuesday 2-9
Continue Daemon Hall
Monday February 8
1.) read\react
2.) continue Daemon Hall |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 8
Friday 2-12
1.) quiz
2.) discuss "The Devil and Tom Walker"
3.) create a story about making a deal with the devil
Thursday 2-11
1.) read\discuss: "When I heard the Learn'd Astronomer"
""I Hear America Singing"
" I Sit and Look Out"
"The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls"
"The Cross of Snow"
Homework: pg 349 read "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Wednesday 2-10
No school!
Tuesday 2-9
1.) read\react
2.) 2nd period: discuss "Teenage Wasteland"
3rd period: discuss "Self-reliance"
MONDAY 2-8
3RD PERIOD ONLY!
1.) Colonial re-test
Homework: read pg 363 "Self-reliance"
2ND PERIOD ONLY!
1.) read\discuss "Self-reliance" pg 363
2.) finish discuss on "Civil Disobedience"
Homework: read pg 1168 "Teenage Wasteland" |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1ST
Friday 2-5
1.) finish Secret Window
Thursday 2-4
1.) peer edit
2.) Secret Window
Homework: historical fiction story
Wednesday 2-3
1.) workshop
Homework: rough draft
Tuesday 2-2
1.) journal
2.) finish combining sentences
3.) obits
Monday 2-1
1.) journal
2.) "Got" Story
3.) sentence combining |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1ST
Friday 2-5
1.) vocab test
2.) discuss "Civil Disobedience"
Thursday 2-4
1.) read\react
2.) finish tolerance poster
3.) intro Thoreau
Homework: read pg 370 "Civil Disobedience"
Wednesday 2-3
1.) test over Colonial literature
2.) read
3.) continue with tolerance poster
Tuesday 2-2-
1.) read\react
2.) read\discuss "Letter to Rev. Occum"
3.) continue tolerance poster
Monday 2-1
1.) vocab words
2.) Read\discuss "I am Joaquin" pg 209
3.) begin tolerance poster |
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| READING |
WEEK OF FEBRUARY 1ST
Friday 2-5
1.) read\react
2.) continue with Daemon Hall
3.) write 1 pg about your greatest fear
Thursday 2-4
1.) continue Daemon Hall
2.) compare\contrast
Wednesday 2-3
1.) read\react
2.) continue with Deamon Hall
Tuesday 2-2
1.) prefix exercise
2.) continue Daemon Hall
3.) continue with story
Monday 2-1
1.) read\react
2.) continue Daemon Hall |
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| READING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 15
Friday 1-29
1.) read\react
2.) suffix exercise
3.) continue Daemon Hall
4.) vocabulary game
Thursday 1-28
1.) continue Daemon Hall
Wednesday 1-27
read\react
continue Daemon Hall
outline your scary story
Tuesday 1-26
read Daemon Hall and complete handout
Monday 1-25
1.) read\react
2.) finish pre-fix\suffix handout
3.) begin Daemon Hall |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 25
Friday 1-29
1.) research historical fiction
2.) finish setting exercise
3.) workshop outline
Homework: outlines due Monday
Thursday 1-28
1.) journal
2.) setting
Wednesday 1-27
1.) journal
2.) finish Eight Below
Tuesday 1-26
view Eight Below
Monday 1-25
1.) journal
2.) finish newspaper story
3.) interview story |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF JANUARY 25
Friday 1-29
discuss "Stride Toward Freedom"
read\discuss "Necessary to Protect Ourselves" pg 305
Thursday 1-28
1.) read\react
2.) quiz
3.) discuss "Lecture to a Missionary"
Homework: read pg 300 "Stride Toward Freedom"
Wednesday 1-27
1.) read\react
2.) quiz
3.) discuss "What is an American"
Homework: read pg 295 "Lecture to a Missionary"
Tuesday 1-26
1.) finish propaganda project
2.) view Democracy video
Homework: read "What is an American" pg 289
Monday 1-25
1.) Intro novel 3rd period: Frederick Douglass
5th period: choice of 3
due Monday Feb. 22
2.) propaganda project
reading homework for the week:
Due Wed. pg 289 "What is an American?"
Due Thurs. pg 295 "Lecture to a Missionary"
Due Fri pg. 300 "Stride Toward Freedom" |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 19
Friday 1-22
1.) intro historical fiction
2.) newspaper story
Thursday 1-21
1.) peer edit
2.) finish comic strip
Homework: sci-fi story due
Wednesday 1-20
workshop
rough drafts tomorrow!
Tuesday 1-9
journal
comic strip
Monday 1-18
No School! |
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| READING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 19
Friday 1-22
read\react
prefix exercise
Thursday 1-21
continue Holdup project
Wednesday 1-20
Holdup character developement project
Tuesday 1-19
Holdup
Monday 1-18
No School! |
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| U.S. Lit A |
WEEK OF JANUARY 19
Friday 1-22
1.) vocab test
2.) peer edit
3.) continue lit terms
Monday final draft for essay due!
Thursday 1-21
1.) 3rd period: read\react
2.) finish "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
3.) discuss "Declaration of Independence"
Homework: rough draft
Wednesday 1-20
1.) read\react
2.) discuss "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
Homework: read pg 270 "Declaration of Independence
Tuesday 1-19
Vocab
review essay format
view: The Witches of Salem
Homework: pg 262 read "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
Monday 1-18
No School! |
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| READING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 11, 2010
Friday 1-15-10
1.) read\react
2.) continue Holdup
Thursday 1-14-10
1.) Holdup
2.) work on character profile
Wednesday 1-13-10
1.) read\react
2.) continue Holdup
Tuesday 1-12-10
1.) continue Holdup
2.) begin working on character profile poster
Monday 1-11-10
1.) read\react
2.) continue Holdup
3.) discuss facebook poster |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 11, 2010
Friday 1-15-10
1.) journal
2.) finish Jurrasic Park and ending re-write
3.) research for sci-fi\fantasy\horror
Outlines due Tuesday!
Thursday 1-14-10
1.) journal
2.) Jurrasic Park
Wednesday 1-13-10
1.) journal
2.) begin Jurassic Park
Tuesday 1-12-10
1.) journal
2.) bomb shelter
3.) begin Jurassic Park
MONDAY 1-11-10
1.) journal
2.) intro. sci-fi, fantasy, horror
3.) bomb shelter
Homework: copy of fairy tale |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF JANUARY 11, 2010
Friday 1-15-10
1.) vocab test
2.) finish "The Crucible"
3.) discuss "The Crucible" essay
--rough draft due next Friday!
Thursday 1-14-10
1.) read\react
2.) finish reading The Crucilbe
Wednesday 1-13-10
1.) read\react
2.) continue The Crucible
Tuesday 1-12-10
1.) read\react (no response)
2.) continue The Crucible
Monday 1-11-10
1.) vocb 4 test
2.) intro vocab 5
3.) continue The Crucible
Homework for Friday 1-15 read: pg 262 "Speech in the Virginia Convention" |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 4
Thursday 1-7
1.) peer edit
2.) wanted poster
Homework: invisible story due
Wednesday 1-6
1.) workshop story
rough draft due tomorrow!
Tuesday 1-5
1.) journal
2.) story openings
3.) wanted poster
4.) personal ad reply
Monday 1-4
1.) journal
2.) read\discuss story element example
3.) evil twin
4.) for homework: finish personal ad
Journals due wednesday |
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| U.S. LIT A |
Week of January 4
Thursday 1-7
1.) read\react
2.) The Crucible
Homework: Honors: Douglass packet due
everyone: vocab test
Wednesday 1-6
1.) read\react
2.) continue The Crucible
Tuesday 1-5
1.) read\react
2.) continue The Crucible
Monday 1-4
1.) vocab 4
2.) begin The Crucible
Honors: due Friday Frederick Douglass packet |
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| READING |
WEEK OF JANUARY 4
Thursday 1-7
1.) read\react
2.) continue Holdup
Wednesday 1-6
1.) read\react
2.) begin Holdup
Tuesday 1-5
1.) read\react
2.) finish phone book classif.
3.) Begin Holdup
Monday 1-4
1.) spend some time reading your novel
2.) discuss classification
3.) What's in the phone book? |
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| TO ALL CLASSES |
HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL HOLIDAY!
SEE
YOU
NEXT
YEAR
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14, 2009
Friday 12-18
1.) journal
2.) whose line
Thursday 12-17
1.) journal
2.) publish dialogue of opposite
3.) naming name
WednesdaY 12-16
1.) journal
2.) dialogue of opposites
Tuesday 12-15
1.) journal
2.) continue character development
Monday 12-14
1.) journal
2.) finish design a character
3.) Build character personality
Homework: finish character personality |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14, 2009
Friday 12-18
1.) vocab test
2.) read\discuss "Sarah Good"
Thursday 12-17
1.) read\react
2.) quiz over "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
3.) discuss "Sinners..."
homework: study for vocab test
Wednesday 12-16
1.) read\react
2.) discuss "To My Dear and Loving Husband" pg 138
Homwork: Your lyric or poem about what you love
read" pg 152 "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Tuesday 12-15
1.) read\react 4
2.) read\discuss "Upon that Burning of Our House" pg 140
3rd period
design 5 panel storyboard to illustrate the events in the poem
MONDAY 12-14
1.) vocab 3
2.) finish discussion "Of Plymouth Plantation"
3.) read\discuss "The Right Stuff"
Homework: Read pg 152. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" |
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| READING |
WEEK OF DECEMBER 14
Friday 12-18
1.) read\react
2.) prefix-suffix
3.) Christmas puzzle
Thursday 12-17
1.) read and react 6
2.) read "Lost and a blizzard"
3.) complete comprehension exercise
Wednesday 12-16
1.) read\react
2.) what happens next
3.) prefix\suffix\root words
Tuesday 12-15
1.) college survey
2.) read\react
3.) predicting outcomes
4.) what happens next story
Monday 12-14
1.) read and react 3
2.) read\predict "Convict" |
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| READING |
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 2009
Friday 12-11
1.) read and react
2.) predict what will happen to Scrooge during the next year
3.) your character traits
Thursday 12-10
1.) read\react
2.) compare\contrast and author's purpose exercise
Wednesday 12-9
1.) finish Scrooged
2.) compare contrast Scrooge and Grinch pictures, complete handout for setting and author's purpose
Tuesday 12-8
view Scrooged
Monday 12-7
1.) read "A Christmas Carol"
2.) write a short story about your Christmas past, present or future |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 2009
Friday 12-11
1.) jouranl
2.) discuss next story
3.) design a character
Thursday 12-10
1.) peer edit
2.) everyday things poem
Homework: story due
Wednesday 12-9
workshop fish story
homework: rough draft
Tuesday 12-8
view Hoodwinked
Monday 12-7
1.) journal
2.) finish cliches and dead words
3.) constructivist poem
Homework; 2 shape poems due Wednesday |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF DECEMBER 7, 2009
Friday 12-11
1.) vocab test
2.) adverbs\adjectives
3.) discuss early americans and "Of Plymouth Plantation"
Thursday 12-10
1.) read\react
2.) read\discuss "Hunting Song" pg 33
"Song of the Sky Loom"
"When Grizzlies Walked Upright"
Homework: read pg 81 "Of Plymouth Plantation"
Wednesday 12-9
5th period: Intro. Frederick Douglass
3rd period: read\react
Everyone
1.) finish Iroquois Constitution
Tuesday 12-8
field trip
Monday 12-7
1.) vocab 2
2.) notes on Native Americans
3.) read\discuss "Iroquois Constitution"
Homework due Friday: read pg 81 "Of Pymouth Plantation" |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30
Friday 12-4
1.) vocab test
2.) noun sheet
3.) discuss "World on a Turtle's Back"
Thursday 12-3
1.) read and react 3 (no response)
2.) quiz
3.) discuss "Coyote and Buffalo"
4.) read "Fox, Coyote and Whale" pg 43 and complete bottom half of chart
Homework: study for vocab test
read "World on a Turtle's Back" pg 24
Wednesday 12-2
1.) Read\react 2
2.) finish 1492
3.) notes on Native Americans
Homework: read pg 40 "Coyote and Buffalo"
Tuesday 12-1
1.) read\react 1
2.) 1492
Homework: Columbus prompt--worth 50 points
Monday 11-30
1.) vocab 1
2.) 1492
Homework:
Due Thursday 11-3-09
read: "Coyote and Buffalo" pg 40
Due Friday 11-4-09
read: "World on a Turtle's Back" pg 24 |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30
Friday 12-4
1.) journal
2.) sound words
3.) cliches
Thursday 12-3
1.) journal
2.) sound word activity
3.) personifcation
Homework: outlines for story
Wednesday 12-2
1.) journal
2.) poem analysis
3.) similie\metaphors
Homework: from today's journal, choose an abstract quality and write similie poem using example given in class
Homework: simile poem
Tuesday 12-1
1.) journal
2.) ecphrastic poetry
Homework: edit\revise ecphrastic poem
Monday 11-30
1.) journal
2.) complete show vs. tell
3.) discuss fish story |
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| READING |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30
Friday 12-4
1.) paper cranes
2.) finish Sadako
Thursday 12-3
1.) continue with Sadako and the Thousand Cranes
2.) read and respond to survivor stories from atomic bomb
Wednesday 12-2
1.) Begin reading Sadako and the Thousand Cranes
2.) library visit to check out books
Tuesday 12-1
1.) Intro Sadako and the Thousand Cranes
Monday 11-30
1.) 5 paragraph in-class prompt
2.) read\discuss "One Word at a Time" |
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| TO ALL CLASSES!! |
Have a
Wonderful
Thanksgiving
Break!! |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK NOVEMBER 22
Tuesday 11-23
1.) journal 2
2.) show vs tell activity
MONDAY 11-22
1.) Welcome
2.) journal 1
3.) show vs. tell
Homework: Decorate notebooks due Tuesday December 3rd |
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| READING |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 23RD
Tuesday 11-24
1.) testing
Monday 11-23
1.) Welcome
2.) testing |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 22
Tuesday 11-23
1492
Monday 11-22
1.) Welcome
2.) What is Civilization?
3.) 1492 |
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| U.S.LIT A |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Friday 11-20
3rd period
final exam
Thursday 11-19
3rd period
finish Uncle Tom's Cabin
Prepare for final exam
5th period
finish final exam
Wednesday 11-18
3rd period
view Uncle Tom's Cabin
5th period
begin 1st part of final
Tuesday 11-17-09
Introduce Civil War
3rd period
view Uncle Tom's Cabin
5th period
begin to outline final exam
HOMEWORK: CAREER NARRATIVE ARE DUE TOMORROW!
Monday 11-16-09
career narratives workshop
career narrative due Wednesday 11-18-09 |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Thursday 11-19
final exam
Wednesday 11-18
creative game day
Monday 11-16 and Tuesday 11-17
War of the Worlds |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 16, 2009
Friday 11-20
final exam
Wednesday 11-18 and Thursday 11-19
view film
Monday 11-16 and Tuesday 11-17
Finding Forrester |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
Friday 11-13-09
quiz
discuss "A Rose for Emily"
Emily fact vs fiction article
Thursday 11-12-09
Misery
Homework: read "A Rose for Emily" pg 516
Wednesday 11-11-09
Misery
Tuesday 11-10
Read and discuss "The Raven"
Monday 11-9
Death of a Miser analogy
read\discuss "The Raven"
Homework due Friday: read "A Rose a Emily" pg 516 |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
Friday 12-13-09
discuss and workshop portfolio
portfolio due Tuesday
Thursday 11-12-09
workshop
final story due tomorrow
Wednesday 11-11-09
peer edit X 2
finished story due Friday
Monday 11-9 and Tuesday 11-10
Workshop final story
Rough draft due Wednesday 11-11 |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 9
Friday 11-13-09
peer edit X 2
research paper due Monday
Thursday 11-12-09
workshop
completed rough draft tomorrow
Wednesday 11-11-09
discuss outline and paper format
in-class workshop
outline due Thursday
rough draft due Friday
Monday 11-9 and Tuesday 11-10
Workshop research paper
Notecards due Wednesday 11-11 |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2nd
Friday 11-6-09
discuss final story
finish original comic strip
begin outline for final story
Homework: due Monday 11-9
outline for final story
Thursday 11-5-09
peer edit
rough draft for original comic strip
Homework: finish comic strip outline
2-4 page "Anything Goes" story
Wednesday 11-4-09
Workshop
Homework: rough draft
Tuesday 11-3-09
No School!
Monday 11-2-09
1.) journal
2.) "Who's on First"
3.) choose a comic strip and continue story 5 squares
Homework: finish comic strip
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2nd
Friday 11-5-09
discuss "Masque of the Red Death"
Thursday 11-5-09
Sleepy Hollow
Homework: read "Masque of the Red Death" pg 454
Wednesday 11-3
view Sleepy Hollow
Homework
for Friday 11-6-09 read "Masque of the Red Death" pg. 454
Tuesday 11-3- 09
No School!
Monday 11-2-09
read and discuss "Sleep Hollow"
rewrite modern day version of "Sleepy Hollow"
Homework due Friday 11-6-09
Read "Masque of the Red Death" pg 454
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2nd
Thursday 11-5 and Friday 11-6
workshop research paper
notecards due Wednesday 11-11-09
Wednesday 11-4
research information by Mrs. Rutger
apology classification
Tuesday 11-3
No School!
Monday 11-2
Intro research paper
apology classification |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF OCOTBER 26
Friday 10-30
journal
finish Secret Window
whose line?
Homework for Monday: outline for anything goes story
Thursday 10-29
journal
Secret Window
Wednesday 10-28
journal
view Secret Window
Tuesday 10-27
work on scavenger hunt story
Homework: finish scavenger hunt story
Monday 10-26
Journal
intro next story
court story
Homework: finish scavenger hunt
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26
Friday 10-30
quiz
discuss "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
lab form
Homework
3rd period--re-writes due Monday
5th period--Frederick Douglass packets due Monday
Thursday 10-29
quiz
read\discuss "The Devil and Tom Walker"
Homework: read pg 500 "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"
Wednesday 10-28
read\discuss "I Sit and Look Oot"
"The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls"
"Cross of Snow"
partner poetry analysis
Homework: read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pg 349
Tuesday 10-27
Read and discuss "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"
"I Hear American Singing" pg 396
Monday 10-26
Read\discuss "The Road not Taken"
Homework for the week:
Due Thursday read pg 349 "Devil and Tom Walker"
Due Friday read pg 500 "Dr, Heidegger's Experiment" |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 26
Friday 10-30
jeopardy
Thursday 10-29
peer edit
homework: analysis paper due
Wednesday 10-28
workshop
homework: rough draft
Tuesday 10-27
Finish intros
edit intros
review thesis statements
Monday 10-26
review quotations sheet
write 3 different intros for following prompt: write about an interesting person, place or activity in northeast Ohio |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19
Friday 10-23
journal
finish sentences
finish tabloid headlines (if not completed)
Thursday 10-22
peer edit historical fiction
makeasentencethatmakessense
discuss scavenger hunt (due Tuesday)
Homework
historical fiction
Wednesday 10-21
workshop
Homework
Rough draft and bad day story
Tuesday 10-20
journal
finish setting from yesterday
bad day
Homework: finish setting due tomorrow
bad day story due Thursday
Monday 10-19
1.) JOURNAL
2.) Finish Eight Below
3.) describing character
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| EXPOS |
WEEEK OF OCTOBER 19
Friday 10-23
outline paragraphs from yesterday
quotation exercise
Homework
outline due Monday
Thursday 10-22
finish edit\revise paragraphs
paragraph structure and support
Wednesday 10-21
edit\revise paragraphs pg. 315 and 316
Tuesday 10-20
critical analysis of ad
verb tense shift
Monday 10-19
continue analysis paper |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 19
Friday 10-23
discuss "Teenage Wasteland"
peer edit compare and contrast essay
HOMEWORK:
compare constrast essay due Monday
Thursday 10-22
Discuss "Civil Disobedience"
Homework
rough draft and read "Teenage Wasteland" pg 1168
Wednesday 10-21
Introduce Thoreau
read\discuss "Conclusion of Walden Pond" pg 388
Homework
Read: "Civil Disobedience" pg 369
Tuesday 10-20
Introduce Emerson
Introduce Transcendentalism
discuss "Self-reliance"
pg. 368 writing option #1: choose your favorite apohorims from "Self-Reliance" and write a personal essay to explain why it is important to you. Support with examples from your life.
(min 1 pg)
Homework: finish personal essay
Monday 10-19
1.) finish test
2.) 3rd period discussed essay
Homework for the week
Due Tuesday Read "Self-relaince" pg 363
Due Thursday Read "Civil Disobedience" pg 369
Due Friday Read "Teenage Wasteland" pg 1168
rough draft for essay |
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| CREATIVE WRITING |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 11
Friday 10-16
No school!
Thursday 10-15
research
Wednesday 10-14
View Eight Below
Tuesday 10-12
1.) Journal
2.) interview story
3.) Tabloid headlines
Monday 10-11
1.) journal
2.) newspaper story
3.) interviews |
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| EXPOS |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 11
Friday 10-16
No school!
Thursday 10-15
Intro. analysis paper
Wednesday 10-14
peer edit
Persuasive paper tomorrow
Tuesday 10-12
1.) WORKSHOP
Rough draft due tomorrow!
Monday 10-11
1.) review homophones
2.) pronouns
3.) persuasive essay |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 11
Friday 10-16
No School
Thursday 10-15
Unit test
Wednesday 10-14
3RD
QUIZ
5TH
Finish notes
everyone
1.) discuss "Stride Toward Freedom"
2.) read and discuss "Necessary to Protect Ourselves" pg 200
3.) discuss persuasive essay -- due Monday 10--26
Tuesday10-12
3rd period
finish tolerance packet
5th
read\discuss "letter to John Adams" pg 282
everyone
1.) basis of comparison for lyrics
2.) read\discuss "I am Joaquin" pg 309
3.) ponts of comparison pg 309
Homework
read pg 309 "Stride Toward Freedom"
Monday 10-11
1.) listen to "Why" and answer questions
2.) read\discuss "Letter to Rev. Occum" pg 282
3.) listen to "Talkin about a Revolution" do compare\contrast between lyrics
Homework for Wednesday 10-13
read pg. 300 "Stride Toward Freedom" |
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| U.S. LIT A |
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5
Friday 10-9
3rd period
1.) finish Bill of Rights
2.) tolerance project
5th period
1.) quiz
2.) discuss "Lecture to a Missionary"
3.) Bill of Rights
Thursday 10-8
3rd period
1.) quiz
2.) discuss "Lecture to a Missionary"
3.) Bill of Rights activity part 3-4
5th period
1.) discuss "What is an American"
2.) pg 293 exercise 6
3.) read: "Lecture to a Missionary" pg 295
Wednesday 10-7
3rd period
1.) Discuss "What is an American?"
2.) Bill of Rights activity
5th period
workshop Frederick Douglass
Tuesday 1-6
3rd period
1.) Declaration of Teen Rights
2.) Discuss the 'Declaration of Independence"
2.) Bill of Rights activity
5th Period
finish propaganda project
Discuss "Declaration of Independence"
Monday 10-5-09
1.) propaganda project
5th period only: Intro: Narrative in Life of Frederick Douglass
HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK
DUE READ
Tues. 10-6 pg 270 "The Declaration of Independence"
Wed. 10-7 pg. 289 "What is an American?"
Thurs. 10-8 pg. 295 "Lecture to a Missionary"
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