Wed 6/15

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Same as period 3 for Tuesday

Eng 11
1. Grammar Final
2. Finish reading memoirs

Tuesday 6/14

Pre IB Eng 10
Per 1:
1. Take poetry test
2. Score notebooks
3. study grammar or write poetry
Per 3:
1. Grammar final
2. poetry reading

Eng 11
1. Read memoirs to class
2. finish TBL test, skipping last page due to time limits

Monday 6/13

Pre IB Eng 10
Per 1: 1. Remind students of finals, turning in NB
2. Read "1947" and do questions in NB; then share responses as a class
3. Poem #4: (this is a nother option for your second poem): Write a poem that starts with the word "once." Your poem should spring from an identifiable moment in the past without directly stating it. Identify the moment through concrete details.
Per 3: 1. Score English NB's.
2. Poetry test
3. study for grammar test or write your poetry

Eng 11
1. Peer review for memoirs, assign dates for reading
2. Review last part of TBL
3. Begin TBL test

Friday 6/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Collect Othello essays
2. Finish "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
3. Read "Autumn Landscape," "Introduction to Poetry," and "Kidnap Poem"
4. Write one more poem. Choose from these three topics:
A. a landscape poem
B. a poem about something you know a lot about but others may not. In the poem compare that "something" to a a series of other things in an attempt to get the reader to understand it.
C. a poem in which you use a number of original puns (emphasis on "original")

Eng 11
1. Vocab quiz (TBL #3)
2. Grammar page 14
3. Read "Zippy" memoir sample aloud
4. Review last night's reading of TBL
5. HW: Complete RD of memoir and finish reading TBL

Thursday 6/9

Pre IB English 10
1. Grade update, review remaining points
2. grammar pages 13,14
3. "Ode on a Grecian Urn"-- read once aloud, discuss 1st stanza together, assign stanzas to students to become experts on those stanzas

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #3)
2. Grammar p. 13
3. Review lastt night's reading
4. Time to read books or write memoir
5. HW: read TBL to page 252

Wednesay 6/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Grammar pages 11,12
2. Read "Chicago" and prepare for discussion using "poetry reading tips" and "talking back to a a poem"
3. 15 minute discussion fo "Chicago" beginning with the question, "What can you say about this poem."
4. HW: work on essay, finish grammar packet, do a first reading of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

Eng 11
1. Grammar page 12
2. Review last night's reading of TBL
3. Memoir instructions pages 1 and 2
4. HW: work on memoir and read to page 221 of TBL

Tuesday 6/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Finish discussion of "Ode to the Yard Sale" with a review of the three "writing to think" topics and "talking back to a poem" questions
2. Read and enjoy "Ode to the Spoon," "Ode to the Cat," and "Ode to the Ode"
3. Time to write odes or work on essays

IB Eng 11
1. Quiz on "Citizenship in the Home"
2. Write double entry journal on last night's reading
3. Time to read
4. HW: read TBL to page 199

Monday 6/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. read "Roadmap" and do talking back to poem questions
2. Grammar 9,10
3. Brainstorm on ode topics: person, place, object, or event
4. Read "Ode to the Yard Sale" and use writing to think for "the list," parts of the poem that are more than just a list, and things that make it "sound" like a poem

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #3)
2. Memory journal #2 (continue on first memory, or start on another)
3. Memoir instructions (read, discuss pre-writing instructions)
4. Review pages 126-154 of TBL
5. H.W: read 155-178 in TBL and find a passage to share in class tomorrow

Friday 6/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. peer review of RD of Othello essay
2. begin essay revision
3. discuss "To Television" with emphasis on word meaning, imagery, sound devices

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (TBL #2)
2. memory journal: write for 15 minutes on a noteworthy memory
3. TBL: review first part of "Citizenship in the Home"
4. HW: read TBL to page 154

Thursday 6/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Review grammar pages 7-8
2. Poetry: reading tips, read "Abuelito Who"
3. HW: Read "To Television" and write definitions for all the words in the poem you don't know in the right margin

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #2)
2. Review "Uncool" with reading quiz
3. Read aloud "A Whole New Deal"
4. Give out final: do Topics brainstorm in NB
5. HW: read TBL to page 125

Wednesday 6/1

Pre IB Eng 10
Time to work on Othello essay

Eng 11
1. Grammar p. 11
2. Double entry journal for "Uncool"
3. HW: finish reading "Uncool"