Fri 10/31

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. essay workshop
3. RD due on Monday (type it if you can)

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. discuss ch 26
3. field trip to South Africa
4. HW: finish reading Book II and do all Book II questions

Thu 10/30

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. essay expectations, sample essays, outline and graphic organizer, text book instructions
3. workshop: work on essays

Sophomores
1. grammar test
2. vocab warm up
3. discuss last night's chapters
4. HW: read to page 229 and do ch 26 questions in NB, complete extra credit poem

Wed 10/29

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. finish film
3. essay expectations
4. HW: gather all your evidence, begin outlining/ graphing your essay

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 20 questions
3. debate: crime
4. HW: read 190- 216 and do ch 22 and 23 questions in NB, study for grammar retake

Tue 10/28

Seniors
1. All Quiet comprehension test
2. check easy prep #1
3. continue film

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: commas
3. ch 18 discussion
4. debate: rich and poor
5. HW: read to 189 and do ch 20 question in NB

Mon 10/27

Seniors
1. review last chapters of All Quiet
2. HW: complete 1,2,3 of essay prep sheet #1
3. begin film
4. HW: study for tomorrow's comprehension test

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: commas
3. discuss ch 12 of Cry, the Beloved
4. read ch 18 and do NB question on the chapter
5. HW: complete FD of drama essay

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss ch 9 of All Quiet
3. last clip from Operation Homecoming
4. HW: finish book for Monday and complete all NB questions

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. essay self/peer evaluation
3. complete reading Book I (to page 157) by Monday
4. essay final draft due Tuesday

shanty towns

These are some images of shanty towns in South Africa. Leave a comment for participation.

Thur 10/23

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Ch 8 passages in NB
3. Operation Homecoming stories and poems
4. HW: read ch 9 and do NB questions

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: commas
3. exposition and character web for ch 1-8
4. interchapter 9 aloud
5. HW: read ch 10-11, complete RD of essay

Wed 10/22

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. review ch 7
3. Operation Homecoming clips
3. HW: read ch 8 and do NB

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: commas
3. ch 1 discussion-- implied metaphor
4. HW: read ch 5-8, work on RD of essay

Tue 10/21

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. essay topics
3. review All Quiet ch 6
4. Operation Homecoming clips
5. HW: read ch 7

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review-- quotation marks
3. South Africa background
4. ch 1: read it, draw it using three quotations in NB
5. HW: read ch 2-4
6. HW: work on RD of essay

Mon 10/20

Seniors
1. vocab warm up-- quiz Wednesday
2. discuss All Quiet ch 4,5
3. Operation Homecoming
4. HW: read ch 6 and do NB questions

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. essay workshop-- RD due Friday

Wed 10/15

Seniors
1. collect essays
2. vocab warm up
3. discuss All Quiet ch 2-3
4. HW: read ch 4-5 and do NB questions

Sophomores
1. Crucible test
2. score NBs
3. essay workshop
4. HW: work on essay

Tue 10/14

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. WWI clips
3. All Quiet ch 1: begin study guide in NB
4. read ch 2 and 3 adn do study guide in NB
5. HW: complete FD of essay

Sophomores
1. time out for poetry: The Unknown Citizen
2. finish film
3. essay workshop
4. tomorrow: Crucible comprehension test

Mon 10/13

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. essay peer review-- FD due on Wednesday
3. relections on war: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again"; "Knolt Holheimer"
4. review WWI background notes
5. HW: read chapter one of All Queit

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. finish film
3. HW: read "The Unknown Citizen" three times

Thur 10/9

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. NB check
3. begin new unite: Henry V and Johnny Got His Gun
4. workshop: RD of essay due Monday
5. HW: highlight 10 items on WWI background notes

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz/ warm up
2. discuss Crucible Act IV
3. return essay, share sample
4. begin Crucible film

Crucible links

Salem Witch Trials
Abigail Williams
Arthur Miller
The Crucible
McCarthyism

Wed 10/8

Seniors
1. Hamlet test
2. vocab warm up
3. Essay of definition workshop-- RD due Monday

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. review Crucible Act III
3. Act IV aloud

Tue 10/7

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. film clips of 5.2
3. test review

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review
3. finish Act III
4. Act study guide (due tomorrow)
5. HW: look up last five vocab words

Mon 10/6

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. read Hamlet 5.2
3. begin Hamlet review-- test on Wednesday

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review- apostrophes
3. review Crucible Act II
4. begin Crucible Act III

bambi meets godzilla

Fri 10/3

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. crazy Ophelia
3. Hamlet 5.1
4. HW: read up to page 169

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. Crucible Act II
3. HW: complete Act II study guide

Happiest Place on Earth?

Maybe Hamlet should be much happier since he lives in the Happiest Place on Earth! NO, it's not Disney Land! It's Denmark. Read about it or view the video here.

Thur 10/2

Seniors
1. extra credit practice
2. vocab warm up
3. review yesterday's reading: Hamlet 4.1-4.4
4. read aloud 4.5
5. HW: Act IV reader log

Sophomores
1. grammar 11,12
2. vocab warm up
3. complete Act I study guide and review
4. cast Crucible Act II and begin reading

Wed 10/1

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. share Act III reader logs
3. view The Mouse Trap
4. continue reading to page 128
5. "to be" extra credit

Sophomores
1. grammar 9,10
2. vocab warm up
3. read rest of Crucible Act I
4. Crucible Act I study guide
5. HW: grammar 11,12