English 9 section II lesson plans (block 3)
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T/ 5-15 vocab. quiz unit 14/ finish mythology reports/ grade Latin/Greek worksheets/ work in pairs to complete mythology worksheet/ Homework: Latin/ Greek worksheets p. 13, 15, 16, and 17 --bring writing folder for individual review of improvement in writing skills for the year per my syllabus--WRITING FOLDERS DUE THURSDAY have folders organized by date/ list errors by name and count for each assignment which should be dated (example: comma splice 4-18 X2) then make a list of repeat errors--you should already have a list up to 4th quarter/ Can you prove learning?
TH/ 5-17 begin vocab. unit 15/ turn in worksheets due/ one mythology report to be given/ work with writing folders/ Homework: finish Latin/ Greek worksheets and vocab. unit 15-- on Monday = grade vocab. unit 15 and and mythology quiz---- on Wed. = vocab. quiz unit 15 and quiz over Latin/ Greek root words, prefixes, and suffiixes-
M/ 5-21 grade vocab. unit 15/ mythology quiz/ grade Latin/ Greek worksheets and review of writing folders/ discussion orally and in writing of literature read this year (including summer reading) with themes of appearances vs reality/ Homework: vocab. unit 15 quiz and quiz over Latin/ Greek root words, prefixes, and suffixes---bring all 2nd semester quizzes, tests, and notes to review
W/ 5-23 quiz : vocab. 15 and Latin/Greek root words, prefixes, and suffixes/ review
EXAM: Tuesday, May 29 8:15-9:45 Have a great summer!!! Don't forget to read :-)
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M/ 5-7 collect homework/ go to computer lab for research/ oral presentations begin Wed.--practice your presentation--must not be read
W/ 5-9 oral presentations--take notes to prepare for test/ Homework: vocab. unit 14 to be graded--Latin/Greek worksheets (be learning definitions) due Tuesday as well as vocab. quiz unit 14
F/ 5-11 grade vocab. unit 14/ oral presentations--take notes to prepare for test/ Homework: vocab unit 14 quiz and Latin/Greek worksheets- be memorizing terms -WRITING FOLDERS DUE THURSDAY
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T/ 5-2 vocab. unit 13 grade/ go to computer lab for research/ Homework: vocab. quiz unit 13---grammar --Latin and Greek root word worksheets due Monday--may need dictionary
Th/ 5-4 vocab. quiz unit 13/ go to computer lab for research/ Homework: organize research, grammar --Latin and Greek root word worksheets due Monday
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M/ 4-23 TEST/ finish vocab. unit 12/ grammar--vocab unit 12 to be graded and quiz Wed./ grammar worksheets--due Wed./ read "A Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle p. 2 by Friday---those who read this in another class read " Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl in Understanding Literature
W/ 4-25 rewritten Great Expectations paper due--absolutely no late papers accepted--e-mail if absent/ grade vocab. unit 12/ vocab. unit 12 quiz/ grade grammar/ one last lecture over writing an essay with notes to copy from the board--AGAIN!! / read "A Red-Headed League" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle p. 2 by Friday--those who read this in another class read " Beware of the Dog" by Roald Dahl in Understanding Literature---previously assigned
F/ 4-27 begin vocab. 13/ quiz and discussion of story read/quiz over essay writing and grammar/ exercises using Latin and Greek root words/ pass out assignments for mythology research/ Homework: finish vocab. unit 13--to be graded Tuesday---vocab. quiz Thursday
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T/ 4-17 begin vocab. unit 12./ quiz and discussion of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court for as far as read/ begin reading aloud ch. 22-23/ Homework: read ch. 24, do two grammar sheets given/ rewritten Great Expectations paper due Wed., April 25--absolutely no late papers accepted--e-mail if absent
TH/ 4-19 vocab. unit 12/ finish A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court / Test Monday
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W/ 4-11 quiz vocab. unit 11/ /read aloud A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 11-12/ class time to read ch. 13-14 and Lit. Focus p. 705/ bring assignment sheet for Great Expectations paper--if you fail the paper because you did not follow the assignment sheet a conference will be required
F/ 4-13 review of Great Expectations paper/ quiz and discussion ch. 9-14/ read aloud A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 15-go over highlights of ch. 16/ / Homework: read through 21, answer study questions p. 705 # 1,2,6,7,8,10,12, read Literary Focus p. 722-know definition, answer study questions p. 722 # 2,3,4,6,8
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T/ 4-3 Great Expectations paper due/ finish vocab. unit 11/ notes given on a frame story, time travel stories, anachronisms/ begin reading A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court read aloud ch. 1-3--40 minutes left to finish vocab. and do homework / Homework: read through ch. 7 p. 682, answer study questions #5-11
TH/ 4-5 grade unit 11 vocab./ /read aloud A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 8-10/ unit 11 vocab. quiz --next class: Wednesday Enjoy Resurrection Day!!!!
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M/ 3-26 collect signed assignment sheet for Old Man paper today or Wed./ go over study questions of Great Expectations as a review/ begin reading ch. 30 / / Homework: answer study questions p. 639, read through ch. 36 p. 656
W/ 3-28 read aloud ch. 37-ch. 39 Great Expectations -- must carefully read ch. 40 and study for TEST----bring Appreciating Literature text/
F/ 3-30 TEST /silently read and take notes p. 575-581 , p. 607-608 King Arthur legends and on life of Mark Twain p. 663-665/ begin unit 11 vocab./ paper due Tuesday, April 3
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T/ 3-13 quiz and discussion Great Expectations through ch. 20/ begin reading ch. 21--we read through ch. 23 p. 613/ Homework: read Lit. Focus p. 613--should already know definitions/ answer study questions p. 613 OR do reading guide--student choice/ read through ch. 26 p. 623
TH/ 3-15 bring assignment sheet signed by a parent concerning Old Man corrections/ quiz over reading will be last grade for this quarter/ do p. 613 Lit. Focus questions together orally/ read aloud beginning ch. 27 p. 623--we read through ch. 29 p. 633/ we will finish the novel after spring break--be thinking about paper assignment--paper will be due Tuesday, April 3 Enjoy Spring Break!! next class: Monday, March 26
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M/ 3-5 essay due/ vocab. unit 10 quiz/ grammar/ Understanding Lit. read and take notes on bio of Charles Dickens p. 541-542/ read p. 670-671/ read aloud ch. 1-4 Great Expectations / Homework: corrected Romeo papers due--must turn in corrected paper and the original graded one--finish through ch. 8 Great Expectations --answer worksheet given/ and reading guide for ch. 1-8/ corrected Romeo papers due--must turn in corrected paper and the original graded one
W/ 3-7 rewritten Romeo essays due with the original graded one // quiz and discussion of ch. 1-8/ read aloud ch. 9/ By Tuesday: make list of errors on returned Old Man paper--hand write any sentences containing errors on a sheet of paper, tell what the error is, find page in grammar book or notes given in class or on assignment sheet that tells why the error is an error (all has been given in class but many have not kept sufficient class notes!!), --finally, write the sentence error free
F/ 3-9 continue reading aloud beginning ch. 11--we read through ch. 13/ pass out paper assignment for Great Expectations --probably due Friday, March 30/ Homework: read through ch. 20 / fill out character sheets and answer study questions for as far as read/ read, take notes, and answer Lit. Focus p. 565/ ---By Tuesday--: make list of errors on returned Old Man paper--hand write any sentences containing errors on a sheet of paper, tell what the error is, find page in grammar book or notes given in class or on assignment sheet that tells why the error is an error (all has been given in class but many have not kept sufficient class notes!!), --finally, write the sentence error free
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T/ 2-27 Test The Call of the Wild and Travels with Charley (for those reading it) / corrected Romeo essays Wed., March 7--must turn in original graded one with rewritten essay----do vocab. unit 10--to be graded Thursday----bring writing folder
TH/ 3-1 grade vocab unit 10/ essay writing--again/ finish reading and discussing The Old Man and the Sea--paper due Mon.., March 5/ Homework: paper due/ vocab. quiz unit 10
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W/ 2-21 turn in homework/ vocab. review quiz/ quiz and discussion of The Call of the Wild through p. 521/ quiz and discussion Old Man and the Sea through p. 98- (Charley quiz through Part Three) -read aloud if time permits
F/ 2-23 pass out paper assignment for The Old Man and the Sea--paper due Monday., March 5--those who read the novel last semester may not choose #3/ read aloud The Call of the Wild -beginning ch. 6 p. 523/ Homework: TEST The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild: know point of view, settings, characters, conflicts, themes--be able to answer Lit. Focus p. 540 #3-10/ go over study questions and all Literary Focus--be able to discuss change in settings and the effects on Buck
Travels with Charley--be able to discuss the author's views/ know main people discussed in book
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T/ 2-13 vocab. review p. 105-116/ quiz and discussion of novel through p. 68/read and take notes Preview the Novel p. 491-492 + notes from board/ begin reading The Call of the Wild p. 493/I read ch. 1 aloud/ Homework: finish section 1 through p. 508--expect a quiz--be able to answer study questions--do not have to write- must keep character sheets by chapter: include the title of the chapter, name of all characters introduced, physical and personality descriptions-- -(Charley readers: finish part three by Feb. 20--keep reading notes of descriptions and author's opinions))-- grade vocab. review p. 105-116
TH/ 2-15 grade vocab. review p. 105-116/ quiz and discussion The Call of the Wild through p. 508/ read aloud/ Homework: section 3 of The Old Man and the Sea and reading guide due through p. 98--(Charley readers through p. 224 end of Part Three---keep reading notes of descriptions and author's opinions) / read The Call of the Wild through p. 521 section 2--be able to answer study questions----read Lit. Focus p. 509 and p. 522, answer Thinking about Setting #1 and 2 p. 509, answer Thinking about Characterization #1-2 p. 522 and Thinking about Plot #1-3---next class: Wed., Feb. 21
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M/ 2-5 quiz vocab. unit 9 /finish reading Romeo and Juliet Act. V--begin p. 419--finish reading guide for Act V// do Literary Focus at the end of the play--work with a partner to do #2,4, 8, 11, and12 / Vocabulary: Puns p. 428-429 --answer any two--/ read and take notes on all of the Literary Focus p. 427-428--(know definition of dramatic irony)- Homework: TEST---essay due Friday
W/ 2-7 TEST / begin review vocab. p. 105-116/ read last page and back cover of The Old Man and the Sea--take notes--copy from board things to look for in the novel------previously assigned essay due--have thesis, topic sentences, and reworded thesis from conclusion- on notebook paper------no outline, yet
F/ 2-9 essay due--no late papers--must e-mail to me by 8am if absent/ vocab. review p. 105-116/ notes given for novel/ begin reading aloud The Old Man and the Sea--I read through p. 27/ Homework: read through p. 68 answer section 1 and 2 reading guide--expect a quiz----have The Old Man and the Sea p. 69-98 read by Wed., Feb. 21 -- (those reading Travels with Charley- read through p. 58--know bio. of Steinbeck, characters, plot)
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T/ 1-30 finish vocab. unit 9/ turn in grammar/ begin reading aloud Romeo and Juliet p. 405 Act IV, sc. 3/ finish Act IV/ today we read to p. 416 stopping after sc. 2/ look at Shakespearean sonnets in prologues of Act I and Act II/ look at rhymed couplets which end scenes/ look at rhymed verse vs. blank verse vs. prose/ Homework: do reading guide for Act IV, take notes, and study Act III Lit. Focus p. 399--know bold faced terms, answer #1 and #2 Thinking about Monologue and Soliloquy--vocab. unit 9 to be graded (test could be moved to Monday--will be left on Wed.)
TH/ 2-1 CLASS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN 10:00/ grade vocab. unit 9/ go over homework due today p. 399/ begin reading aloud p. 416 Act V sc. 3/ we read to the bottom of p. 419/ Homework: reading guide for Act IV/ read and take notes on all of the Literary Focus p. 427-428- (know definition of dramatic irony)---answer #1 Thinking About Plot--conflicts/ read Vocabulary: Puns p. 428-429 --answer any two---vocab. quiz
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M/ 1-22 grade vocab. unit 8/ check homework/ essay assignment given: due Friday, Feb. 9/ begin reading Romeo and Juliet at Act I sc. 3/ Homework: answer reading guide for as far as read today--we stopped at scene iv p. 371- read and take notes Lit. Focus after Act I--keep up character sheets--Act I reading guide to be checked---vocab. quiz
W/ 1-24 vocab. quiz unit 8/ pass out paper assignment/ go over worksheets and study questions/ read aloud Romeo and Juliet begin sc. 5 p. 371/ Today we finished Act III sc. 3 p. 390. --keep us with reading guides and character sheets--
F/ 1-26 begin vocab. unit 9/ / go over worksheets and study questions/ continue reading aloud Romeo and Juliet/ begin at p. 390 Act III, sc. 3/ Homework: we finished p.405 Act IV, sc. 2--answer Act II-III reading guides, take notes on Literary Focus for Act I -II------Grammar: read about the interjection p. 371-372, study Summary of Parts of Speech p. 374 then do Determining Parts of Speech p. 372-373 ex. 22, do ch. 12 review Posttest 1--expect a quiz over parts of speech at any time
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T/ 1-16 go over first semester final--how to incorporate an essay question into a topic sentence/ vocab. unit 8--go over pronunciation and parts of speech/ silently read p. 328-333/ read p. 430-431/ discussion of Shakespeare and the Globe theatre/ / reading guides given for Romeo and Juliet p. 334/
TH/ 1-18 vocab. unit 8/ -/discussion of a Shakespearean sonnet/ read the Prologue/ assign parts and begin to read aloud Romeo and Juliet / homework: answer reading guide for as far as read--we stopped at Act I sc. 3, fill in character sheets/ Grammar: p. 366 do review ex. B, read and study p. 367-369, do ex. 20 odd #'s, read p. 369-370, do ex. 21 odd #'s --vocab. unit 8 to be graded
-Animal Farm ch. 1-6 due Tues., Nov. 21/ ch. 7-10 (end of novel) Tuesday, Dec. 12
M/ 12-4 finish vocab. unit 7/pronoun quiz/ quiz and discussion of The Odyssey through p. 467/ begin reading Part Two p. 468/ Homework: read, take notes, and answer Literary Focus p. p. 467 and p. 480, read "The Test of the Bow" p. 477-479, answer reading guide/ unit 7 vocab. to be graded
W/ 12-6 grade unit 7 vocab./ quiz and discussion of The Odyssey for as far as read/ read to the final section--go over all Literary Focuses and answer/ sentences with vocab/ silently read The Final Test and answer reading guide/ vocab. quiz unit 7 Friday
F/ 12-8 vocab. quiz unit 7/ final discussion of The Odyssey/ work with a partner to answer worksheet/ Homework: to be graded Thursday, Dec. 14: grammar The Adverb p. 360-367 do odd numbers of ex. 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18--we will do ex. 19 together/ Test over Animal Farm and The Odyssey / BRING WRITING FOLDERS
T/ 12-12 Test over Animal Farm and The Odyssey / review of writing folders: make a list of writing mistakes by paper due date and paper/ test name-count errors per paper (ex. Aug. 20 comma splice X 4/ Sept. 4 run on X 2----list repeat errors---Have you learned? Are you still making the same mistakes in Dec. that you made in Aug.? / Homework: grammar assigned on Friday p. 360-367 odd #'s of ex. 14-18
TH 12-14 write sentences using vocab. at the board--pick out parts of speech/ grade grammar p. 360-367/ Homework: grammar p. 367- 369 prepositions, do ex. 20 plus write a compound sentence using a different preposition and objective case pronoun for each sentence= 8 sentences total
M/ 12-18 grade grammar/ review for exam EXAM: Tuesday, Dec. 19 8:45-10:15 bring two pens
Merry Christmas!
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T/ 11-28 begin vocab unit 7/ begin reading aloud The Odyssey fill out worksheet for part read next class: today we finished halfway through p. 453/ Homework: finish reading through 458 The Cyclops / answer reading guides/ read and take notes Lit. Focus p. 458---pronoun quiz
TH/ 11-30 vocab. unit 7/pronoun quiz/ go over worksheets/ quiz or orally answer questions p. 458/ discuss conflict p. 459/ begin reading aloud p. 459 The Sirens/ answer worksheets and be able to answer study questions p. 467/ look over all study questions/ Lit. Focus read, take notes, and answer p. 458 -- due Monday as well as worksheets through p. 467/ pronoun quiz
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T/ 11-21 grade review unit vocab/ review unit vocab quiz: 50 pts./ Animal Farm --ch. 1-6 quiz and discussion/
Happy Thanksgiving! next class =Tues., Nov. 28
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M/ 11-13 vocab review unit p.72-83 /go over grammar p. 349-354 ex. 6, 7, review ex. A and ex. 10 p. 59/ read aloud "The Courage That My Mother Had" p. 212 -be able to discuss using the study questions/ finish discussion of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose"-- go over worksheets// read aloud and discuss "space" p. 217, homework: grammar p. 354-360--carefully read and study, do ex. 8-12---
W/ 11-15 review unit vocab. p. 72-83/ read and discuss "Lost" by Carl Sandburg p. 226 --should be able to answer study questions #1-7, know author, and "maggie and milly and molly and may" p. 223 by e.e. cummings--should be able to answer study question # 1-10, know author/ discuss "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whtiman// finish poetry and review for test/- Every test question and answer has been gone over in class, some several times!!!-- test Friday
F/ 11-17 TEST/ finish review unit vocab. p.72-83/ Homework: begin reading and taking notes Preview the Epic p. 433-437, look over p. 438-441, read p. 488-489, read p. 442 Invocation to the Muse, answer Muse worksheet questions #1-2, answer Discovering Pattern worksheet/ grade review unit worksheets and review vocab. unit quiz--long standing assignment: Animal Farm --ch. 1-6 due
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M/ 11-6 quiz vocab. 6/ grammar: turn in p. 349-354--ex. 6, ex. 7 and review ex. A/ /"I Hear America Singing" p. 228/ read aloud and discuss "Dreams" p. 203--notes on Langston Hughes/ "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes----oral reading/ read aloud "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King, Jr./ homework: read and take notes on Literary Focus--Haiku and Imagery p. 199/ read "Haiku" p. 198 and answer study questions 1-6 plus Thinking About Haiku #1-2--- Grammar: p. 57-59 direct reference and transitional expressions-do ex. 10---should have time to get a lot finished in class
W/ 11-8 vocab. review unit p.72-83/ turn in grammar p. 59 ex. 10 / discuss Haiku / read "Hokku" by Richard Wright / read aloud and discuss "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" p. 200/ life of Emily Dickinson--notes given/ listen to a reading of "There is No Frigate Like a Book"/ read aloud and discuss "The Seven Ages of Man" p. 206--notes given on William Shakespeare---worksheet/ listen to a recording of "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth p. 211--discuss/ read aloud and discuss "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns p. 210- by Monday, Nov. 13--answer worksheet questions for "The Seven Ages of Man, "My Love. . ." and "I Wandered. . ." if not finished in class --next class: Monday, Nov. 13
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T/ 10-31 TEST/ vocab. unit 6/ read "I Hear America Singing" by Walt Whitman p. 228--answer study questions #1-8- Animal Farm passed out--reading guide to be given Thursday- homework: poetry project presentations/ oral 2-3 minutes with poster to show and explain--no objectionable lyrics will be presented--no music
TH/ 11-2 / oral presentations / vocab. unit 6 graded-- quiz Monday/ work with a partner to write a long, meaningful sentence using as many vocabulary words as possible from unit 6/ Grammar: p. 349-354, read and carefully study, do ex 6, ex 7 and review exercise A--
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M/ 10-23 paper rewrite due with the original/ collect questions p. 171 and p. 177/ grade vocab. unit 5/ read and discuss "Child on Top of a Greenhouse" p. 178, answer questions and worksheet for "Child on Top of a Greenhouse" p. 178, define list of poetry terms/ read aloud and discuss "The Base Stealer"/-look for alliteration, repetition, and similes/read aloud and discuss "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" p. 186 by William Wordsworth--metaphor, simile, approximate rhyme/ grammar p. 345-348, do ex. 4 and 5 / homework: vocab quiz unit 5/ write a poem about pleasurable things that you associate with your favorite season--pattern "Knoxville, Tennessee" p. 177/ Grammar: p. 348 ex. 4 and 5 (should have been completed in class)
W/ 10-25 vocab unit 5 quiz/ read aloud some original poems--collect/ grade grammar p. 348 / read "Sea Fever" p. 184--focus on personification, alliteration, refrain/ read " and discuss "Onomatopoeia" p. 188--words imitate sound/ listen to a recording of "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll p. 189--focus on onomatopoeia / poetry test next Tuesday--poetry project due next Thursday
F/ 10-27 begin vocab. unit 6/ oral reading and discussion of "The Bells" by Edgar Allen Poe--answer study questions #1-11 and Literary Focus, fill out worksheet/ / homework: / TEST Monday--oral presentation Wed.-----
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T/ 10-17 vocab. unit 5/ listen to a recording of music and the reading of Casey at the Bat" p. 165, discuss/ read another poem about Casey, "Casey Strikes Out"--handout/ listen to recording of "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson p. 168--know author, discuss history, story, foreshadowing, repetition, metaphors// Grammar: p. 342-344 read, study, do ex. 1, ex. 2 odd numbers/ homework: worksheet over poems and read "The Runaway" by Robert Frost p. 172- know author-answer study questions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and 9--- should get a lot finished in class/
TH/ 10-19 /poetry project given: due / vocab. unit 5/ collect homework/ Grammar: grade ex. 1-2, do ex 3 p. 345 together orally, make chart of pronouns according to person and number (again!)/ copy list of terms and authors to know / discuss "The Runaway" by Robert Frost p. 172-/ listen to a recording of "Lord Randal" p. 170-discuss/ focus on the speaker and word choice-- take notes on Literary Focus p. 171 and 177/ read aloud and discuss "Knoxville, Tennessee" p. 177/ answer questions for "Lord Randall" p. 171 and "Knoxville, Tennessee" p. 177/ / /Homework: printed out paper rewrite is due with the original---unit 5 vocab. to be graded/ finish any class work not completed in class
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M/ 10-2 grade vocab. unit 4--/ read aloud and discuss " The Spreading 'You Know'" p. 278--persuasive essay/ read aloud and discuss / /wo/read aloud and discuss "Shakespeare of London" p. 284--expository essay/ work with a partner to answer the study questions/ Homework: vocab. quiz
W/ 10-3 vocab quiz unit 4 last grade of quarter/begin vocab. unit 5--go over pronunciation and parts of speech/ read "A Son of the Middle Border" p. 287--pay close attention to blue side notes/ original short stories passed back--rewritten with corrections due Monday, Oct. 23--must bring printed corrected copy with original graded one
F/ 10-5 TEST/ after test silently read and take notes on: Preview: Poetry p. 161-163, Literary Focus p. 171 and p.175 then vocab. unit 5 Enjoy Fall Break!!!!!
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T/9-26 quiz unit 3 vocab/ discuss "Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties" p. 235/ read aloud and discuss "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" p. 246-250,--autobiography, answer questions #1-4 and 7, answer Vocabulary p. 251/ take note on bio. of Maya Angelou and Literary Focus/ homework: read bio. of Carl Sandberg and "A Lincoln Preface" p. 241-244--biography, do worksheet (on other side of Dry Goods)/ read, take notes, and answer on Literary Focus p. 245/
TH/ 9-28 finish vocab. unit 4/ discuss "A Lincoln Preface" p. 241/ read aloud "Our Cow Named Tiger Lily"--descriptive essay / homework.: bio of Anne Morrow Lindberg p. 274 and "Sayonara" p. 274-276--descriptive essay, answer study questions # 1,2, 3 and answer Viewpoint, read and take notes on Literary Focus p. 277, make a list of sensory details- (sight, taste, hearing, smell, touch)---some time before the test prepare a study guide-- copy definitions from pp. 234, 245, 263, 273, 277, 280, and 285 / vocab. unit 4 to be graded
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M/ 9-18 finish vocab. unit 3/ listen to a recording of "The Tell-Tale Heart"/ can be found in textbook--discuss/ discuss "Split Cherry Tree" /read "About Two Nice People" p. 128-138 paying close attention to the blue side notes-work on grammar / - short story due Friday Test Wed.-- "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Gift of the Magi", "Split Cherry Tree", "The Necklace" , "About Two Nice People", "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty", "The Lady, or the Tiger": know literary focus definitions, plot development definitions (p. 10), plot development given, plot events, themes, characters, setting, conflicts, direct vs indirect characterization, point of view---unit 3 vocab to be graded
W/ 9-20 TEST/ grade vocab unit 3/ finish grammar/ short story due Friday--vocab. unit 3 quiz--will be Tuesday
F/ 9-22 /original short story due --e-mail to me by 8 am Gwen.Seuell@wca-hsv.org --(subject= your name-3-story) PLUS bring a printed copy to class// read some stories aloud / read and take notes Preview Nonfiction p 233-234, read "Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties" p. 235-240, answer #9 (write a paragraph) and fill out worksheet, read Literary Focus p. 240 and answer/ Homework: vocab. quiz unit 3
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T/ 9-12 quiz unit 2 vocab./read aloud and discuss: "The Lady, or the Tiger" p. 146-150, answer #5 and 6, answer Viewpoint and Literary Focus p. 151 / quiz and discussion of "The Necklace" / grammar ch. 6/ give definiton of cur= dog/ homework: read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" p. 152-156, concentrate on what is daydream/ reality and know why Mitty daydreams/ answer questions 4-6, Viewpoint and Thinking about Character and Theme p. 157
TH /9-14 vocab. unit 3 / quiz "The Lady, or the Tiger"/ discuss "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"/ grammar ch. 6/ Homework: "Split Cherry Tree" p. 54-62, read, take notes, and answer Lit. Focus p. 63: dynamic vs static characters/ similes and metaphors/ fill out reading guide--"About Two Nice People" must be read before test--pay close attention to the blue side notes
ongoing grammar assignment: ch. 6 green grammar book p. 184-208/ read carefully and do ex. 1,2,4,5,6,7,12,14,16 Turn in when completed or "as is" with your story on Sept. 20. Do the most that you can do; the last few exercises will be part of your story.
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W/ 9-6 vocab. unit 2/copy sentence patterns and essay no-no's/ read "The Gift of the Magi" p. 110-113, answer questions 1,3,6-7, read, take notes, and answer Literary Focus p. 114-/work on grammar ch. 6 /pass out creative short story assignment--due Wed. Sept. 20/
F/ 9-8 finish vocab. unit 2--to be graded Tuesday/ grammar ch. 6/ quiz and discussion "The Gift of the Magi"/ direct characterization p. 40/ dynamic character p. 63/ Homework: --"The Necklace" p. 139-144, fill out both sides of worksheet, study and take notes on Literary Focus p. 145/-
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M/ 8/28 grade vocab. unit 1/ discuss vocab. quiz/ discuss "The Most Dangerous Game" , external conflict and foreshadowing/ do together Thinking About Conflict and Thinking About Foreshadowing p. 26 UL/ discussion of famous feuds / Homework::--you will have time in class--- read "The Interlopers" p. 76-80, answer questions #1,2,4, and 6-8 p. 80, answer: What is ironic about the fact that Georg and Ulrich settle the feud after all these years?, look up and write the definition of interloper/ vocab. quiz unit 1
W/ 8/30 vocab. quiz unit 1/ quiz and discussion of "The Interlopers" / review for test/ begin vocab. unit 2/
TEST know definitions and be able to do a plot development diagram--exposition, narrative hook, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution (dénouement), conflicts: internal and external (man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs fate), round/flat character, foreshadowing, irony . "A Monkey's Paw", "Sixteen", "The Most Dangerous Game", "A Mother in Mannville", "The Interlopers"
F/ 9-1 TEST/ after test vocab. unit
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T/ 8-22 vocab. unit 1/ discussion of "Sixteen" and internal conflicts p. 33/ / read "A Mother in Manville" p. 48-52, read and take notes on Literary Focus--flat and round characters, answer the study questions #2,4,6,7 and 8 p. 53
TH/ 8-24 finish vocab. unit 1- vocab. will be graded Monday-quiz will be Wed./Grammar: do parts of speech diagnostic test p. 341-342- do it first without any help, do it a second time using the book p. 374-375/ do p. 343 ex. 1 and 2,/ go over grammar p. 341-2, ex. 1 and 2 p. 343/ discuss "A Mother in Manville"--flat and round characters/ finish discussion of summer reading/ Homework: read "The Most Dangerous Game" p. 11-25/ answer #2, 5, and 7 p. 25-26--expect a quiz/ finish vocab. in not finished in class
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Tuesday, Aug. 15 requirements and expectations , go over class verse / test tomorrow over summer reading--bring paper, pens, and the book if you have it---Have the syllabus to this class printed and in your notebook by Friday
Be prepared to answer questions about the plot line, chronology, major characters and their importance in the novel, settings, and important dates--if any. Be prepared to write an essay giving a character sketch of a designated character to include physical and personality description. Tell about three or four traits of the character and be able to use examples from the novel to show how the character exhibited these traits. (ex. cowardly--tell about a situation in which the character exhibited cowardice---this is merely and example)
W/ 8-16 test over summer reading-- after test begin vocab. unit 1 definitions and completing the sentence/ Homework: read Preview: The Short Story p.1, "The Monkey's Paw" p. 2-9, and Literary Focus p. 10/write the answer to #5-8 p. 9, read and answer Viewpoint p. 9, read and take notes: Literary Focus p. 10--Have the syllabus to this class printed and in your notebook by Friday
F/ 8-18 notebook check/ vocab. unit 1 for 20 min./ discussion of summer reading/ notes given on essay format/ discuss "The Monkey's Paw", plot development, and a typical 3-wish story/worksheets: Latin and Greek root words, prefixes, and suffixes/ Homework: review notes taken on p. 10, read "Sixteen" p. 27-32/ answer p. 33 #6-8/ take notes on Literary Focus/ answer Thinking about Dialogue
M/ 5-8 oral reports: mythology/ Homework: vocab. unit 14
W/ 5-10 grade vocab. unit 14/ oral reports: mythology/ Homework: vocab. quiz unit 14
F/ 5-12 vocab. quiz unit 14/ oral reports mythology/ Homework: / bring writing folders with summary of errors--vocab. unit 15 to be graded
T/ 5-16 grade vocab. unit 15/ grammar book p.360 adverbs-p. 369 prepositions doing ex. 14-20---study p. 374-375/ grammar worksheets-- review of writing folders---vocab. unit 15 quiz Thursday
TH/ 5-18 vocab unit 15 quiz/ review for final exam EXAM: Wed., May 24 8:45-10:15
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T/ 5-2 report to room 13 first then library research mythology assignment/ Homework: work on oral report
TH/ 5-4 report straight to the library/ library research mythology assignment/ Homework: work on oral report---oral reports begin Monday
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T/ 4-25 Test// after test do vocab uni 13--should get most of it finished in class---- finish vocab unit 13--will be graded and vocab quiz Thursday
TH/ 4-27 grade unit 13 vocab./ vocab. unit 13 quiz/ in-class writing assignment/ go over mythology assignment/ intro to mythology-must have 2 websites for topic--next class: Tuesday, May 2
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W/ 4-19 grade vocab. unit 12/ read A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court beginning p. 719 ch. 22 / in class finished reading guide ch. 16-22 and answered questions #8-11 p. 722/ Homework: vocab. unit 12 quiz --revised paper due Friday
F/ 4-21 revised paper due/ quiz vocab. unit 12// beginning ch. 24 p. 724 finish A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court/ Homework: Test
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T/ 4-11 vocab unit 12/ quiz and discussion A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ch. 8-15/ begin reading aloud ch. 16 p. 706/ revised Great Expectations paper due Friday., April 21
TH/ 4-13 finish vocab. unit 12/ continue reading p. 710 ch. 18-21 --next class: Wed., April 19