English
9 period 2 Lesson Plans
Mrs. Seuell 430- 0819 scroll down for
past weeks/ print page 1 only
Week of May 5-May 9
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Monday |
begin oral reports on
mythology—take notes/ Homework: work
on unit 14—to be graded Wed. and quiz on Friday |
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Tuesday |
oral presentation of
assigned mythology reports—take notes/ Homework: work on unit 14 and Latin/
Greek vocabulary worksheet |
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Wednesday |
grade unit 14 vocab.
// oral reports—take notes |
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Thursday |
oral reports: assigned mythology
reports—take notes/ vocab. quiz unit 14 tomorrow--- |
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Friday |
vocab. quiz unit 14/finish oral reports/ do Latin/ Greek
preview sheet to see which words you can recognize without looking up assigned mythology reports—writing folders
due in proper chronological order with list of errors by date for both
semesters |
Week of May 12-May 16
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Monday |
writing folders due/ work
in pairs to do mythology review sheets/ /Latin and Greek vocabulary
worksheets/ Homework: work on unit
15—to be graded Wed. and quiz on Friday/ |
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Tuesday |
/ mythology quiz /
Homework: work on unit 15 and Latin/ Greek vocabulary worksheets |
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Wednesday |
grade unit 5 vocab.
/work on Latin/ Greek vocabulary worksheets
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Thursday |
grade Latin/ Greek worksheets/ vocab. quiz unit 15 tomorrow---grammar review quiz |
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Friday |
vocab. quiz unit 15/
grammar review quiz |
Monday, May 19 review for exam Exam: Tuesday,
May 20 8:15-9:45
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Week of April 28-May 2
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Monday |
Test: Fahrenheit 451 / Homework: work on unit 13 vocab.—to be graded and quiz on Wed. |
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Tuesday |
Library research to
work on assigned mythology reports/ Homework: work on unit 13 vocab.—to be graded and quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
grade unit 13 vocab.
and take quiz/ go over unit 14 vocab. words/ work
on oral reports |
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Thursday |
Library research to work on
assigned mythology reports/ Homework: unit 14 vocab. |
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Friday |
Library research to work on assigned mythology
reports |
Week of April 21-25
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Monday |
no school |
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Tuesday |
grade vocab. review p. 138-149/ quiz and discussion of Fahrenheit 451 through p. 110 section
2/ today read aloud to p. 123/ Homework: read halfway through p. 145—vocab review quiz= Thursday |
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Wednesday |
quiz and discussion of novel read to p.
145/ read middle of p. 145 to p. 153/ 50 point vocab
review quiz tomorrow |
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Thursday |
vocab review quiz / finish reading and discussing Fahrenheit 451 |
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Friday |
Test: Fahrenheit
451 changed to Monday / begin vocab unit 13/
discuss mythology reports/ sanctuary for prayer |
Week of April 14-18
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Monday |
quiz and discussion Fahrenheit 451 section 1 through p. 68
/Homework: begin vocab. review unit p. 138-149/ |
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Tuesday |
final discussion of A Connecticut Yankee/ Fahrenheit 451 read aloud—today we
read to the bottom of p.-77—time to work on vocab/Homework: vocab. review
unit p. 138-149/ |
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Wednesday |
Fahrenheit
451 read aloud—today we read to p.
87-/ |
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Thursday |
Fahrenheit 451—quiz and discussion of novel read thus far—silent reading—read
through p. 110 to end part two/ work on vocab.
review—to be graded Tuesday/ review vocab. quiz
Thurs |
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Friday |
no class: next class Tuesday, April 22 |
Week of April 7-11
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Monday |
read aloud
ch.21-22 A |
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Tuesday |
grade vocab.unit 12/ read aloud and discuss ch.
24-25/ students read ch. 26-27 silently—test
tomorrow-**bring grammar book—vocab. quiz Thursday |
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Wednesday |
Test:
A |
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Thursday |
vocab. quiz/ second part of test---need grammar
book/--reading assignment for tomorrow given Wed. |
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Friday |
discussion of themes, Bradbury and pages
read Fahrenheit 451/ begin
reading p. 32—read through p. 68 end
section 1 by Monday—time in class |
Week of March 31-April 4
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Monday |
vocab.
unit 12/ read aloud and discuss A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-beginning at ch. 8 , today we read ch. 8-9
to p. 688/ Homework: read ch. 10-12 halfway through p. 697 |
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Tuesday |
vocab.
unit 12/ / read aloud and discuss
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court-begin reading ch. 13 p. 697--today we read to p.704 through ch. 15/ Homework: answer study questions p. 705 #1,
4,5,6, 8, 10, 11 also read and take note Literary Focus |
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Wednesday |
vocab. unit 12/collect homework and go over questions and
answers / read aloud and discuss
A |
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Thursday |
- vocab. unit 12// read aloud and discuss A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur's Court-today we read to p. 712 ch.
17-18/ Homework: finish through ch. 20 p. 716---/-Great Expectations paper
is due Friday, April 4—e-mail to me Gwen.Seuell@wca-hsv.org subject = your name, per. #, Great
Expectations (or Romeo) AND bring a
printed copy to class/ |
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Friday |
paper due/ vocab.
unit 12//quiz and discussion through ch. 20/ A
Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court- ---test Wed. |
/ Enjoy Spring Break!! next class : Tuesday, March 25
Week of March 24-28
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Monday |
no class |
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Tuesday |
silently
read and take notesp. 575-581 , p. 607-608 King
Arthur legends and Mark Twain p. 663-665 Appreciating Literature/finish
as homework if not completed in class/ /-Great Expectations paper
is due Tuesday, April 1 |
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Wednesday |
notes given on a frame story, time travel
stories, anachronisms// begin reading aloud A |
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Thursday |
begin
reading aloud and discussing A |
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Friday |
begin vocab. unit
12/ quiz and discussion A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court through ch. 7/ /-Great
Expectations paper is due Friday, April 4—e-mail to me Gwen.Seuell@wca-hsv.org subject = your name, per. #, Great
Expectations (or Romeo) AND bring a
printed copy to class |
Week of March 10-14
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Monday |
Test Great Expectations / vocab. unit 11—to
be graded Wed./ vocab. quiz Thursday |
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Tuesday |
video: Great Expectations / Homework: vocab.
unit 11-to be graded tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
/ grade unit 11 vocab/
video: Great Expectations |
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Thursday |
quiz unit 11 vocab./ video: Great
Expectations/- / |
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Friday |
video: Great
Expectations -may bring snacks to class/
Enjoy Spring Break!! next class
: Tuesday, March 25 |
Week of March 3-7
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Monday |
read aloud and
discuss ch. 26 Great
Expectations / Homework: read Great
Expectations through ch. 31 p. 638—25 min. to
read in class/ vocab. review p. 105-116—/ |
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Tuesday |
quiz and discussion
up through ch. 31/ read aloud and discuss Great
Expectations—today we read ch. 32 / Homework: read through ch. 34 p. 648/ corrected Romeo and Juliet paper due by Friday with the original graded
one—vocab review due Friday |
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Wednesday |
/ read aloud and discuss Great Expectations— today we read ch. 35-36 / vocab. review p.
105-116—/ — |
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Thursday |
read aloud and
discuss Great Expectations/- today
we read through ch.38/ finish novel by tomorrow, ch.
39-40/ vocab.
review p. 105-116—to be finished by tomorrow/ corrected papers with original
due tomorrow |
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Friday |
corrected Romeo and Juliet paper due with the original / due: vocab. review p. 105-116—/begin vocab.
unit 11/ peer editing The Old Man and the Sea papers / Test
Monday |
Week of Feb. 2-29
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Monday |
paper due-- e-mail Gwen.Seuell @wca-hsv.org with subject: your name Old Man 6
and bring printed copy/ vocab. quiz unit 10/ quiz and discussion ch. 1-9 Great
Expectations/Homework: read Great
Expectations through ch. 11 p. 578 |
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Tuesday |
final discussion of The Old Man and the Sea / read aloud
and discuss beginning ch. 12 Great
Expectations—today we read to ch. 13 / read through ch.
15 p. 591—expect a quiz |
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Wednesday |
read
aloud and discuss Great Expectations—
today we read through ch. 17/ — |
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Thursday |
read aloud and
discuss Great Expectations/- today we
read to – begin vocab. review p. 105-116—/
rewritten/ corrected Romeo paper due Wed., March 5 with the original graded
one/ Homework: read through ch. 23 p. 612 |
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Friday |
continue reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations / today we read
through ch. 25 p. 619 |
Week of Feb. 18-22
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Monday |
no class |
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Tuesday |
vocab. unit 10 / begin reading aloud and discussing
Great Expectations—today we read to
p 548 ch. 1 and 2. / Homework: read through ch. 6 p. 558—always
expect a quiz over what has been read |
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Wednesday |
vocab. unit 10/ / begin reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations—today we read to p.
562 almost finishing ch. 7 |
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Thursday |
vocab. unit 10/yet another lesson on writing a good paper
/silently read through ch. 8 p. 565 Great Expectations/ answer worksheet
questions for ch. 1-3 and study questions # 6-7 /
read Literary Focus and answer #2/ Homework: grade vocab.
unit 10 tomorrow—expect a quiz ch. 1-8 |
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Friday |
grade vocab. unit
10/ quiz will be Monday/ continue reading aloud and discussing Great Expectations –today we read ch. 9/The Old Man
and the Sea paper will be due Monday—change : was due today/ —e-mail Gwen.Seuell @wca-hsv.org with subject: your name Old Man
2 and bring printed copy |
. Week of Feb. 11-15
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Monday |
Romeo paper due/ Read
aloud and discuss The Old Man and theSea beginning
on p. 69/ today we read to p. 88 / Homework: read to middle of p. 98 |
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Tuesday |
/ Grade section II reading guide/
quiz and discussion through p. 98 / Read aloud and discuss The Old Man and the Sea ---today
we read to p.107 / Homework: read to
the bottom of p. 117---answer section III reading guide |
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Wednesday |
begin vocab. unit
10/ Grade section III reading guide/ Finish reading aloud and discuss The Old Man and the Sea/ Test
tomorrow—bring Understanding Lit. book |
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Thursday |
TEST/ after test ---Understanding Lit. read
bio of Charles Dickens p. 541-542—fill out worksheet to guide note
taking/ also read p. 670-671/ The
Old Man and the Sea paper due Monday, Feb. 25 |
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Friday |
No class—next class: Tuesday, Feb. 19 |
Week of Feb. 4-8
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Monday |
Grade vocab. unit 9/answer questions p. 427-429 orally as a
review/ vocab
quiz unit 9 Wed./ Test tomorrow |
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Tuesday |
TEST/ begin reading The Old Man and the Sea--/ read the
final page and the back cover of the novel--take notes---reading guide for
each section will be due once each section is completed then expect a quiz/ vocab. unit 9 quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab quiz unit 9/ begin reading The Old Man and the Sea—today we read to p. 24 |
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Thursday |
Read aloud and discuss The Old Man and the Sea—section I ends
on p. 35/pass out paper assignment for the novel-- paper due Friday, Feb. 22/
Homework: reading guide for section I and
read through bottom of p. 50 |
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Friday |
Quiz and discussion of novel through p. 50/
begin reading aloud p. 51 today we
read to the end of p. 68/ section II reading guide due Tuesday. |
Week
of Jan. 28-Feb. 1
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Monday |
Begin vocab. unit 9/ Go over prereading
vocab. worksheets and reading guides for ActI-II/ work with a partner to read and answer Literary
Focus p. 375 #1-3 and study question #
11—share answers with the class / Homework: work on unit 9 vocab. |
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Tuesday |
read aloud and
discuss Romeo and Juliet
begin at Act III, sc. iii, line 50/ today we finished Act III /Act III reading guide will be checked
tomorrow—also read and know Lit. Focus definitions/ work on vocab.
unit 9 for homework |
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Wednesday |
read aloud and discuss Romeo and Juliet today we read to p. 409 Act IV, sc.v |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss Romeo
and Juliet today we read to p. 419
Act V, sc. iii line 88 / work on vocab. unit 9 for
homework and Act IV reading guide is due |
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Friday |
Finish
reading aloud and discuss Romeo
and Juliet /assignment given for
Romeo and Juliet paper—due Monday, Feb. 11/ grade vocab. unit
9 Monday/ TEST Tuesday/ vocab. unit 9 quiz Wed. |
Week of Jan. 21-25
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Monday |
No
school. |
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Tuesday |
Grade
vocab unit 8/ read aloud and discuss Romeo and
Juliet today we read to p. 364
Act II sc. iii / vocab.
quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab quiz unit 8/ grammar p. 366 Review Ex. B—if not
already in notebook / worksheet on comma usage |
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Thursday |
read
aloud and discuss Romeo and Juliet today we finished Act II/
Homework: grammar –read p. 367-368 The Preposition/ study p. 368/ do
p. 369 ex. 20/ Act II reading guide and prereading vocab. should be finished |
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Friday |
Turn
in grammar p. 366, p. 369 and grammar worksheet / read aloud and discuss
Romeo and Juliet beginning at Act III/ today we to p. 386 line 50 |
Week of Jan. 14-18
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Monday |
Discussion of Deut.
20:7/ go over first semester final--how to incorporate an essay question into
a topic sentence/ review of essential info needed for high school and college
writing/ vocab. unit 8--go over pronunciation and
parts of speech—pronoun quiz Wed. |
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Tuesday |
copy notes on iambic pentameter and
Shakespearean sonnet/ Go over
Elizabethan language/ silently read and take notes p. 328-333/ read p.
430-431/ / / reading guides given for Romeo and Juliet p.
334/ -looking at the play through a Christian worldview/ standard assignment will be to complete
reading guides and character sheets for as far as we read each day—the
stopping place for each day will be put on the lesson plans/ pronoun quiz tomorrow—used in compound
sentences |
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Wednesday |
Pronoun quiz/ discussion of Shakespeare
and the Globe theatre/ looking at the play through a Christian
worldview / vocab. unit 8/--last day to have class
time for vocab. unit 8 / / assign parts for Romeo
and Juliet |
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Thursday |
Read the Prologue—sonnet rhyme scheme and
meter/ begin reading aloud Romeo
and Juliet/ homework: answer reading guide for as far as read—today
we finished Act I sc. ii p. 344----, fill in character sheets/ vocab. unit 8 to be graded Tuesday |
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Friday |
Continue reading aloud and discussing Romeo
and Juliet, begin p. 344 sc. iii/ today we finished
Act I/ read Lit. Focus p. 356, take notes on definitions, answer # 2 Thinking
about Verse/ reading guide and vocab. worksheet for
Act I to be graded Tuesday—class time given / vocab.
unit 8 to be graded Tuesday |
Week of Dec. 3-7
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Monday |
Test The Odyssey/ after the test do fun
worksheet for The Odyssey/ vocab. unit 7 |
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Tuesday |
Grammar p. 359 verb phrases—do
ex. 13 p. 360 together orally/ p. 360 adverbs, do ex. 14 together orally/
Homework: time to do in class p. 362 ex. 15 and ex. 16 p. 363---writing
folders due Thursday—organized by date: August in back working up to Dec. in
the front.. |
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Wednesday |
Grade grammar p. 362-356 ex. 15 and 16/ do
ex. 17 p. 363 together orally/ work on vocab. unit
7 |
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Thursday |
Check writing folders/
Grammar p. 365 do ex. 18 together orally/ unit 7 vocab./
students do p. 366 ex. 19 |
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Friday |
Listen to a recording of “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote--- Animal Farm test Monday |
Week of Dec. 10-14
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Monday |
Test Animal Farm/ finish vocab. unit 7—to be graded tomorrow |
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Tuesday |
Grade vocab. unit 7/ grade grammar p. 366 do ex. 19 / vocab. quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab. quiz unit 7/ after quiz do review ex. B p.366-367 |
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Thursday |
Grade grammar/ review for
exam |
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Friday |
Listen to a recording of “A Christmas
Carol” by Charles Dickens Exam: Tuesday, Dec. 18 8:15-9:45 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |
Week of Nov. 26-30
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Monday |
Continue to read
aloud and discuss The Odyssey p.
453 line 390—fill out reading guides for as far as read—today we read to p.
467/--50 pt. vocab.
review quiz tomorrow/ field trip Wed.,
Nov. 28 –missing 10 min. of per. 2 and per. 3-5—wear chapel clothing and
bring a sack lunch |
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Tuesday |
50 pt. vocab. review quiz/ after quiz sign cards for soldiers/
read rules for attending the performance tomorrow/ finish reading guides for
up to p. 467—read over study questions |
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Wednesday |
Check reading guides/ Begin vocab. unit 7/
Field trip—dismiss from class at 9:10 |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss The Odyssey—p. 468 /fill out reading guides
for as far as read—today we read to p.476/ Homework: read The Test of the Bow
p. 477-479—possible quiz/ fill out reading guide |
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Friday |
/ Read aloud Odysseus Against the Suitors/
students silently read The Final Test--
The Odyssey—fill out reading
guides---test Monday |
Week of 19-23
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Monday |
/Grade vocab.
review p. 72-83/ read aloud beginning
p. 446 The Cyclops--The Odyssey
today we read to p. 453 line 390/—long standing reading assignment due
tomorrow/ have definitions for Literary Focus p. 458, 467,480, and p. 487
copied to notes--learn |
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Tuesday |
/ Quiz and discussion Animal Farm ch.
1-6/ 50 pt. vocab. review quiz will be
Tuesday, Nov. 27 |
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Wednesday |
No school. |
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Thursday |
No school. |
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Friday |
No school.---field trip Wed., Nov. 28
–missing 10 min. of per. 2 and per. 3-5—wear chapel clothing and bring a sack
lunch |
Week of Nov. 12-16
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Monday |
No school--- Enjoy
your 3-day weekend! |
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Tuesday |
read and discuss
"Lost" by Carl Sandburg p. 226 -- answer orally study questions #1-7, know author,
homework: grammar p. 354-360--carefully read and study, do ex.
8-10 |
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Wednesday |
unit vocab.
p. 72-83-/ turn in grammar/ read and discuss "space" p.
217 and "maggie and milly
and molly and may" by e.e. cummings
p. 223--should be able to answer study question # 1-10, know author/ review
for test: date changed due Day of Prayer on Friday |
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Thursday |
Test—2nd group
of poems and definitions/ : begin reading and taking notes Preview
the Epic p. 433-437, look over p. 438-441, read p. 488-489/ notes will be
checked tomorrow/ review for test --Animal
Farm ch. 1-6 with reading guides due Tuesday |
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Friday |
Day of Prayer— Check notes taken for today/
discussion of an epic/ begin reading aloud The Odyssey p. 442 Invocation to the Muse / today we read to p.
446 The Cyclops -- standing assignment= fill out reading guides for as far as
read / —vocab to be graded Monday—50 pt. quiz
Tuesday, Nov. 27 |
Week of Nov. 5-9
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Monday |
listen to a recording of
"I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth p.
211--discuss/ listen to a
recording of "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose"by Robert Burns p. 210--fill out
worksheet / vocab. review unit p. 72-83 / /
keep reading Animal Farm/ Tomorrow:
poetry project presentations/ oral 2-3 minutes with poster to show and
explain--no objectionable lyrics will be presented--no music |
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Tuesday |
Oral presentations / vocab. review p. 72-83/ keep reading Animal Farm |
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Wednesday |
Finish oral presentations / vocab. review p. 72-83/ keep reading Animal Farm |
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Thursday |
/ finish discussion of "I
Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "My Love is Like a Red, Red
Rose"-- go over worksheets/ vocab. review unit p. 72-83/Homework: Grammar: p. 57-59 direct reference and
transitional expressions--do ex. 10 |
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Friday |
/ go over grammar p. 352-354 ex. 6, ex. 7
and review ex. A plus ex. 10 p. 59/ read aloud "The Courage That
My Mother Had" p. 212 -be able to discuss using the study questions/ vocab. review
unit p. 72-83/ poetry test part 2 will be Friday, Nov. 16---next class:
Tuesday, Nov. 13 |
Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2
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Monday |
/ read and discuss
"I Hear America Singing"by Walt
Whitman p. 228--answer study questions #1-5, 7,8-/ vocab.
unit 6 to be graded tomorrow/ |
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Tuesday |
Collect
homework/Grade vocab. unit 6/ 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./ keep reading Animal Farm/ vocab. quiz tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
Vocab. quiz unit 6/ Grammar: p. 349-354, read and
carefully study, do ex 6, ex 7 and review exercise A |
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Thursday |
// turn in grammar p. 352-354 ex. 6 and 7 plus
review ex. A / read and take notes on Literary Focus--Haiku and Imagery p.
199/ read and discuss
"Haiku" p. 198 and answer study questions 1-6 plus Thinking About
Haiku #1-2/ read and discuss "Hokku"
by Richard Wright / |
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Friday |
//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—copy notes
from board---should be able to answer #1-6--- read #8/ vocab. review unit p. 72-83/ / keep reading Animal Farm |
Week of Oct. 22-26
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Monday |
Grade vocab. unit 5/ read " and discuss
"Onomatopoeia" p. 188/ listen to a recording of
"Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll p. 189--focus on
onomatopoeia / share original poems written Friday/ vocab. quiz tomorrow unit 5 |
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Tuesday |
Quiz vocab. unit 5/ / read "Sea Fever" p. 184---look
for alliteration, refrain, simile, personification—read Literary Focus/
grammar worksheet—finish for tomorrow |
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Wednesday |
corrected short story with the original
graded one / oral reading and discussion of "The Bells"-by
Edgar Allan Poe -refrain, personification, alliteration, assonance,
onomatopoeia/ discuss worldview of poem vs. Christian worldview /answer Literary Focus, fill out worksheet/--know
for each of the four stanzas: four types of bells, four kinds of bells, four
moods, four stages of life |
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Thursday |
begin vocab.
unit 6/ read and discuss "Child on Top of a
Greenhouse" p. 178, focus on speaker,
similes, personification/ answer questions #1-8 and worksheet/ review
for test |
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Friday |
TEST/ last day to turn in corrected short
story with the original graded one/ pass out Animal Farm first page biographical info, Preface, Introduction
and ch.
1-6 due Tuesday, Nov. 20--ch. 7-10 (end of novel)
due Monday, Dec. 10 reading guides for chapters read are also due |
Week of Oct. 15-19
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Monday |
No class due to
parent/teacher conferences |
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Tuesday |
Begin vocab.
unit 5—go over pronunciation and parts
of speech/study guide passed out/
listen to recording of narrative poem
"The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred, Lord
Tennyson p. 168--know author, read biographical info found in book/ discuss
history, story, foreshadowing, refrain, metaphors/ **printed out
short story rewrite is due Friday, Oct. 26 with the original/*** poetry
project given: due Friday., Nov. 2---continue to work on vocab. |
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Wednesday |
/ listen to a recording of folk ballad"Lord
Randal" p. 170-discuss - focus on the speaker and word choice-- take
notes on Literary Focus p. 171/ answer study questions in class / work on vocab. unit 5 |
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Thursday |
-/ read aloud and discuss
"She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" by William
Wordsworth p. 186--metaphor, simile, approximate rhyme / read "The
Runaway" by Robert Frost p. 172--know author, read biographical info
found in book/ make a list of similes and metaphors/ answer study questions 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, and
9--- in class/ work on vocab. unit 5 to be graded
Monday |
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Friday |
/ read aloud and discuss
"The Base Stealer"/ p. 180-look for alliteration, repetition, and
similes / read aloud and discuss "Knoxville, Tennessee" p.
177/ answer questions for " |
Week of Oct. 1-5
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Monday |
Work on vocab. review p. 42-50/ grammar: nominative and objective
case pronouns—pronoun quiz Wed./ keep working on vocab.
review—to be graded Friday |
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Tuesday |
Begin narrative
poetry p. 165—listen to a recording of “Casey at the Bat”—discuss in
conjunction with Prov. 16:18/ Homework: answer
study questions p. 167 # 1-7 |
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Wednesday |
Pronoun quiz/ Vocab.
review p. 42-50 |
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Thursday |
/ Discuss answers to
homework/ read and discuss “Casey’s Revenge”—handout/ write compound
sentences with patterns and pronouns given Monday/ Vocab.
review p. 42-50—to be graded tomorrow |
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Friday |
Grade vocab.
review p. 42-50/ work with a partner to write sentences with vocab./ Enjoy Fall Break!! |
Week of Sept. 24-28
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Monday |
/vocab.
quiz unit 4/ read "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" p.
246-250,--autobiography, answer questions #1-4 and 7, read and answer
Vocabulary p. 251/ take note on bio. of Maya Angelou and Literary
Focus/ know 1st life lesson – |
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Tuesday |
Picture Day. read "A Son
of the Middle Border" (narrative essay) p. 287--pay close
attention to blue side notes/ answer the study questions—finish for homework |
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Wednesday |
:quiz over “I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings”/ Fill out reading guides for
“The Spreading ‘You Know’” and “A Son of the Middle Border”/ do vocab. review by writing sentences for missed words
if time permits |
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Thursday |
/discussion of all
non-fiction pieces not discussed /Test tomorrow-non-fiction pieces and -
definitions from pp. 234, 245, 263, 273, 277, 280, and 285 |
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Friday |
Test/ after test Preview Poetry p. 161 and
Literary Focus p. 162/ begin vocab. review
unit 1-3 p. 42-50 |
Week of Sept. 17-21
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Monday |
Short story due/ collect grammar/
discuss "A Lincoln Preface" p. 241/ read aloud "Our Cow
Named Tiger Lily"--descriptive essay / begin vocab.
unit 4// read, take notes, and answer Literary Focus p. 245/ By
Wed., Sept. 26: prepare a study
guide-- copy definitions from pp. 234, 245, 263, 273, 277, 280, and 285
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Tuesday |
--/
read aloud and discuss "Shakespeare of London" p. 284--expository
essay/read Lit. Focus p. 285 and answer study questions for "Shakespeare
in |
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Wednesday |
Quiz
over “Shakespeare of London”/work on vocab. unit 4 |
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Thursday |
.: 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/ vocab.
4 to be graded tomorrow |
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Friday |
Grade vocab.
unit 4/discuss “Sayonara”/ read aloud and discuss " The Spreading
'You Know'" p. 278--persuasive essay |
Week of Sept. 10-14
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Monday |
Listen to a recording
of “The Tell-Tale Heart”/ discuss/work on vocab.
unit 3/ Homework: work on short
original short story/ on-going grammar ch. 6. and
“About Two Nice People” |
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Tuesday |
Discuss “About Two
Nice People”—open book quiz to prepare for test/ review for test-- "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, point of view, direct vs indirect characterization |
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Wednesday |
Test/ after test read and take notes Intro
to Nonfiction p. 233-234 and Literary Focus: Essay p. 263—take notes/ work on
vocab.—to be graded tomorrow |
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Thursday |
Grade vocab.
unit 3. Read aloud” Of Dry Goods and Black Bow Ties” biography p. 235-240,
answer #9 study question p. 240--(write a paragraph)/ Homework: vocab. quiz unit
3 |
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Friday |
Vocab. quiz unit 3/finish any work from yesterday
and read biographical info on Carl
Sandburg p. 241/read definition of anecdote p. 245 then read “From a Lincoln Preface” biography p.
241-244/ -look over study questions to prepare for a possible quiz if discussion
does not go well/ Original short story and ch. 6
grammar due Monday—e-mail short story—subject = your name, period #, short
story Gwen.Seuell@wca-hsv.org
–plus bring printed copy and require plot diagram |
Week of Sept. 3-7
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Monday |
No school |
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Tuesday |
Begin vocab.
unit 3/ : read aloud "The Necklace" p. 139-144, study and take notes on Literary Focus p.
145/be able to answer study questions on a quiz/ 20 min. to study,
read, or do vocab. in class/ Homework: work on vocab. unit 3, keep reading “About Two Nice People” (due
Sept. 11)—vocab. to be graded Th,
Sept. 13 |
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Wednesday |
Quiz and discussion “The Necklace” which I
read and explained yesterday/ work on vocab. unit 3
or reading |
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Thursday |
read aloud and discuss:
"The Lady, or the Tiger" p. 146-150, answer #5 and 6, answer
Viewpoint and Literary Focus p. 151 / definition of cur= dog/
/Homework: finish "The Lady, or the Tiger" questions if not
finished in class, read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" p. 152-156, pay attention to what is daydream
and what is reality, know why Mitty daydreams,
answer questions 4-6, read Viewpoint and Thinking about Character and Theme
p. 157-- |
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Friday |
discussion “The Lady , or the Tiger” and
“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”/ work on vocab. unit 3/ By Sept. 11 read "About Two Nice People" p.
128-138 paying close attention to the blue notes—assigned Aug. 30 |
Week of August 27-31
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Monday |
Essay part of TEST/ Homework: vocab. unit 2 to be graded tomorrow and quiz on
“Split Cherry Tree” |
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Tuesday |
Quiz and discussion
“Split Cherry Tree”/ grade vocab. unit 2/ Homework:
vocab. unit 2 quiz |
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Wednesday |
Vocab. unit 2 quiz/ explanation of on-going grammar
assignment ch. 6/ begin reading aloud “The Gift of
the Magi” p. 110-113// / |
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Thursday |
Finish discussing The
Scarlet Pimpernel/ grammar ch. 6—(see top of
page)/ By Sept. 11 read "About
Two Nice People" p. 128-138 paying close attention to the blue notes— |
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Friday |
No school---- enjoy your 4-day weekend! |
Week of August 20-24
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Monday |
Begin vocab.
unit 2/ quiz and discussion of “A Mother in Mannville”/
discussion of famous feuds / discuss definition of
"interloper"/ Quiz and discussion of “The Interlopers”/ Homework:
grammar review and diagnostic quiz p. 341 green grammar book- do
first without help, then check with p. 374-375 |
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Tuesday |
/finish “The Interlopers”/ check grammar/ grammar p. 342 The Noun—do
ex. 1-2 orally/ grammar p. 344 do ex. 3 then check in class/ Homework: vocab. unit 2 finish synonyms and antonyms |
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Wednesday |
finish discussion of stories and
summer reading/ read grammar p.
345-348 The Pronoun : grammar p.348
ex. 4— |
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Thursday |
finish discussion of stories-review
for test / work on vocab. unit 2/ TEST
tomorrow and Monday: 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 (p. 26), irony (p. 728).
"A Monkey's Paw", "Sixteen", "The Most Dangerous
Game", "A Mother in Mannville",
"The Interlopers" |
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Friday |
Test part I/ after test vocab. unit 2/
Homework due Tues.: read “Split Cherry Tree” p. 54-62, read and take notes Literary Focus p. 63/
answer Study Questions Interpreting #5 p. 62, Literary Focus Thinking About
Characterization #1-2 and Thinking bout Figurative Language p. 63, —expect a
quiz on Tuesday/ vocab. unit 2 to be graded Tuesday |
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Collect written work
for short stories/. Quiz and
discussion of “The Monkey’s Paw”/ work on a plot summary diagram for the
story/ discussion of a typical 3 wish story /
quiz and discussion of “The Most Dangerous Game”/ / Discussion of Biblical principles in
relation the the stories/ work on vocab. as
time permits/ / Homework/ read” Sixteen p. 27-32, answer Study
questions Interpreting #6-8 |
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Wednesday |
Discuss “The Most
Dangerous Game”/ discussion of conflict—copy types from board/discussion of
foreshadowing—do Literary Focus together orally/ quiz and discussion of
“Sixteen”/ discussion of internal
conflict and dialogue/ / vocab. unit 1 to
be grade tomorrow |
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Thursday |
Grade unit 1 vocab. workbook/ finish discussion of “Sixteen”
/ Homework: vocab. quiz unit 1/ |
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Friday |
vocab.
quiz unit 1/ after quiz 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 Discussion of The Scarlet Pimpernel each day as time permits
/ Homework for Monday: finish “A
Mother in Mannville” / read "The Interlopers"
p. 76-80, answer: What is ironic about
the fact that Georg and Ulrich settle the feud after all these
years?-definition of irony p. 728— expect quizzes |
Week of August 8-10
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Monday |
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Tuesday |
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Wednesday |
Welcome to high school! Review of syllabus and class verse. By Friday have a copy of the syllabus
signed showing that you and a parent/guardian have read it, and you should
have a 3-ring binder with required dividers, notebook paper, and pens that
write blue or black. Bring grammar
book, vocabulary book, and Understanding
Literature for tomorrow. . Essay test over The Scarlet Pimpernel will be Monday. Test: 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) |
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Thursday |
No class today—material
assigned will be done tomorrow/ Review and notes given for writing a good
essay/ go over vocabulary unit 1—to be graded Thursday—quiz Friday next week.
Homework: now due Tuesday—written work will be collected----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—should get
some finished in class |
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Friday |
Notebook check / work
on vocab. as time permits. Homework due Tuesday:
read "The Most Dangerous Game" p. 11-25/ answer #2, 5, and 7 p.
25-26--expect a quiz on Tues. |
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