Tue 1/31

Pre IB Eng 10
1. seating chart
2. LOF test
3. course description
4. LOF gut reaction
5. HW: sentence workshop #1,2

Eng 12
1. get textbooks
2. seating chart
3. course description
4. Quickwrite on pilgrimages. Where would you go, who would you go with, and why?
5. Canterbury Tales study guide
6. HW: rread CT intro (pp 99-105) and answer questions 1-13 in study guide

First Semester Due Dates

Eng 11
Of Mice and Men test 11/23*****DONE
Of Mice and Men essay RD (typed) 12/2*****DONE
Of Mice and Men essay FD 12/14*****DONE
Pick Choice book and post 12/16*****DONE
Finish reading Choice book 1/6*****DONE
Raisin study guide 1/6***** DONE
FD of author letters 1/13*****DONE
NB's 1/23*****DONE
This Boy's Life test 1/25*****DONE
Memoirs FD 1/26*****DONE


Pre IB Eng 10
Autobio stories RD 12/2*****DONE
Finish reading Joy Luck Club 12/2****DONE
Autobio stories FD 12/9*****DONE
Othello essay FD 1/20****DONE
Poetry test 1/25*****DONE
NB's due 1/25*****DONE
Grammar final 1/26*****DONE
Poetry reading 1/26*****DONE

Wed 1/25

Eng 11
1. TBL test
2. grammar review, complete memoirs

Pre IB Eng 10
1. take poetry test
2. work on odes, study grammar

Tue 1/24

Eng 11
1. grammar p13
2. discuss reading of TBL
3. TBl review for test
4. workshop; memoirs, study for test, grammar
5. HW: grammar p 14, work on memoir

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Questions about writing your odes?
2. read/ share "Ode to the Cat" and "Ode to this Ode"
3. Do practice test with "Chicago"

Mon 1/23

Eng 11
1. grammar, p12
2. workshop: grammar, TBL reading, memoirs
3. HW: TBL 253-288, grammar p.13, work on memoir

Pre IB Eng 10
1. return Othello essays
2. wrap up grammar pp 13-14
3. read, discuss "Ode to the Spoon"
4. work on your odes

Fri 1/20

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (TBL #3)
2. grammar p 11
3. DE journal "Citizenship in the School"
4. reading discussion
5. HW: work on memoirs, grammar 12, no reading

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect Othello essays
2. finish CIM writing test
3. work on grammar (pp 13-14) and write odes

Thur 1/19

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (TBL #3)
2. grammar p 10
3. discuss TBL reading
4. prewriting
5. workshop
6. HW: TBL 222-252

Pre IB Eng 10
1. review grammar 12
2. pre-write odes
3. read and study "Ode to the Yard Sale"
4. HW: finish essay

Wed 1/18

Eng 11
1. reading quiz
2. vocab (definitions)
3. grammar p. 9
4. discuss reading
5. pre-writing/ peer review
6. HW: reading pp 200-221 in TBL

Pre IB Eng 10
1. review Othello test
2. grammar pp 10-11
3. CIM writing test
4. HW; work on essay and co grammar p 12

Tue 1/17

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (TBL #3)
2. review grammar p. 8
3. double entry journal for "Citizenship in the Home"
4. workshop (turn in RD of memoir)
5. HW: read TBL 181-199, grammar p 9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. review grammar 8,9
2. What's left?
3. poetry tips, "To Television" discussion
4. begin CIM writing test (preview topics)

Fri 1/13

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz
2. grammr p7
3. discuss TBL reading
4. journal prompt
5. prewriting stratagies
6. workshop, turn in January letter, turn author letters

Pre IB Eng 10
1. review grammar p 6,7
1. finish Othello film
2. see clips from other Othello versions
3. Othello essay workshop
4. HW: read "To Television and look up all unfamiliar words; grammr 8,9

Thur 1/12

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (TBL #2)
2. rev grammar p6
3. discuss TBL reading

Pre IB Eng 10

Wed 1/11

Eng 11
1. TBL reading quiz on all pages up to 84
2. memoir writing assignment
3. journal prompt: mining your memories
4. read "A Whole New Deal" aloub
5. Workshop: work on author letter, brainstorm, free-write on memoir topics, read TBL to page 125

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Finish CIM reading
2. Work on Othello essays

Tue 1/10

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (definitions)
2. grammar p 5
3. double entry journal for "Uncool"
4. HW: do grammar p6, read TBL to page 84

Pre IB 10
1. take CIM reading test
HW:
Do all act 5 questions in NB
Do one discussion question (1 paragraph) in NB
Pre-write/ draft Othello essay (FD due Friday 1/20

Mon 1/9

Eng 11
1. January letter
2. new vocab (TBL #2)
3. Journal: What is cool in your world? What is uncool/ What are you willing to do to become cool?
4. Discuss TBL pp 34-47
5. HW: read TBL to p 75

Pre IB Eng 10
1. HW: grammar 6,7
2. review end of Act IV
3. Emilia's speech
4. Act V (act it out)
5. tomorrow: meet in computer lab in library

Fri 1/6

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz
2. choice book author letter insructions instructions-- final draft due next Friday
3. Workshop: turn in Raisin assignment, Raisin study guide, work on author letter
4. HW: read TBL pp 34-56

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Othello #2)
2. review Othello 3.3
3. The Hankerchief (review study guide translation #9 thoroughly)
4. Act IV
5. HW: Do all Act IV notebook work and do another Othello comparison journal

Thurs 1/5

Eng 11
1. Writer's reflection
2. vocab warm-up
3. begin double entry journals: do first one for "Fortune"

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Othello #2)
2. review 3.1, 3.3 of Othello
3. finish reading 3.3
4. HW: do all of Act 3 NB work

Wed 1/4

Eng 11
1. grammar 4
2. journal: Transformation: Imagine you are moving to a new town and you could change your identity? What would your new name be? What would you change about yourself, your identity?
3. name change
4. TBL discussion of pp 1-7
5. Workshop: Raisin RD, vocab, read choice books, read TBL pp. 8-33

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar pp 4,5
2. discuss Othello film, review end of Act II using drawing of characters
3. Othello Act II
4. HW: Othello journal #3, Act III questions scene 1 and scene 3 #1-4

Tue 1/3

Eng 11
1. "My Life" journal
2. intro to memoirs
3. get books, This Boy's Life
4. TBL epigraphs discussion
5. Workshop: Raisin rough drafts, vocab, read choice books, read TBL pp 1-8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. January letter
2. reminders: vocab quiz Friday, Othello comparison journals, NB questions
3. watch Act 1,2 of Othello
4. HW: Othello journal #2; grammar 4,5; finish January letter by Friday

Sophomores, check out these pictures

We've been talking about Islamic art and how the handkerchief Othello gives to Desdemona is not just any run of the mill handkerchief. It's a family heirloom, a real work of art. Have a look at these pictures of Islamic textile art to get a better idea of what we are talking about.

This one is a good example of a small textile, perhaps a handkerchief not unlike the one Othello gives to Desdemona.



Here are some other handkerchiefs to look at.






Check out these details of the fine embroidery.





Here is a textile used for a wall covering. Can you see the Arabic scipture we talked about (those squiggly lines you see).



This last one is a good example of a rug. Check out the intricate geometric patterns in the middle.