Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Wed 3/31

Sophomores
1. vocab
2. grammar
3. NB questions
4. journal 7: What are some methods for changing an unjust society? What is the most effective method?
5. HW: ch 24-26 plus questions
6. HW: grammar 6

Seniors
1. vocab
2. ch 6 passages
3. Reflections: Gen K and "My Son"
4. read to page 162

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Tue 3/30

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar
3. NB responses
4. Journal 6/ debate
5. HW: read ch 20-23 and do NB questions for one chapter
6. HW: grammar 5

Monday, March 29, 2010

Mon 3/29

Sophomores
1. vocab, grammar
2. review ch 12-17 in CTBC
3. Journal #5: Who are the rich in your community? Where do they live? How do they live?
HW: grammar 4, read ch 18-19 and do NB questions

Seniors
1. vocab-- quiz Friday
2. AQWF: ch 2-4 review, key passages
3. essay topics
4. HW: read ch 5 and do questions, look up all vocab words

Friday, March 19, 2010

Fri 3/19

Sophomores
1. vocab/grammar warmup
2. review 10-11
3. journal #4 - what causes crime?
4. Chp. 12 & art response: draw one scene from chapter 12, and include the key sentence/phrase from that scene. Answer the question: Is this view on crime valid? What are its causes and effects?
HW: Read 12-17, Grammar 3

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. Hamlet RD peer review-- FD due Wednesday 3/31
3. Reflections on War part 2: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and Knolt Holheimer
4. Ch 1 study questions
5. WWI background and numbers
6. HW: ch 2-4 plus study questions

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Thur 3/18

Sophomores
1. vocab/ grammar warm up
2. character web/ chapters review
3. journal #3: Who are the poor in your community? Where do they live? How do they live?
4. Ch 9 aloud
5. HW: ch 9 art response-- sketch it in your NB
6. HW: ch 10-11
7. HW: grammar 2

Seniors
1. vocab review-- quiz tomorrow
2. Reflections on War: Henry V and Johnny Got His Gun-- What does the speaker/ writer hope to express about the experience of war?
3. optional reading: WWI background
4. HW: All Quiet ch 1
5. HW: complete RD of Hamlet essay

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Wed 3/17

Sophomores
1. Vocab warmup
2. Chp 2. exposition
3. Journal #2: What makes a place beloved?
4. HW: read chapters 3-8, grammar 1

Seniors
1. Hamlet test
2. Essay workshop
3. HW: bring student ID tomorrow

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tue 3/16

Sophomores
1. books and vocab list
2. CTBC journal 1: Describe the United States if it were 75% Native American.
3. SA background info
4. chapter one art response, implied metaphor
5. HW: look up all vocab words, read chapter 2

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. act 5 wrap up
3. Hamlet essay topics
4. test review
5. watch 5.2
6. HW: study for tomorrow's Hamlet test, begin drafting Hamlet essay

Monday, March 15, 2010

Mon 3/15

Sophomores
1. Project gallery walk
2. In-class write

Seniors
1. Vocab
2. 5.2
3. Complete all Hamlet work by tomorrow
4. Test Wednesday

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Wed 3/10

Sophomores
1. sample visuals
2. last day to work on Piano projects

Seniors
1. vocab
2. act 4 questions (3-7), review plot details
3. clips: Ophelia's madness
4. listen to 5.1
5. cast 5.2
6. HW: prepare performances

Tue 3/9

Sophomores
1. return essays
2. work on Piano projects

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. act 3 review (questions, cause and effect)
3. 4.5-4.7 review
4. listen to rest of act 4
5. HW: read act 4 study guide

Monday, March 08, 2010

Mon 3/8

Sophomores
1. finish film
2. sample thesis
3. work on projects

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. view mousetraps
3. aloud: King's prayer, Hamlet's soliloquy
4. listen to 3.4
5. complete strategic reading, act 3 questions in NB
6. HW: read pages 115-128

Friday, March 05, 2010

Fri 3/5

Sophomores
film day

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "To be" close reading
3. free write on one "to be" topic
4. "The Mouse Trap"-- read and view
5. HW: read to page 104

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Thur 3/4

Sophomores
1. NB check
2. exorcism
3. journal #4 review
4. finish play
5. project intro: pick teams and topics

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. act 2 discussion questions, rocketnotes review for acts 1 and 2
3. listen to 3.1
4. watch "To be" X3 plus nunnery scene
5. HW: read 3.2 to page 88

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Wed 3/3

Sophomores
1. Turn in essays.
2. Preamble to the Constitution
3. Review journal #3
4. Act 2, Scene 5 (p. 85-94)
5. Journal #4 -- Choose one of the following four questions: 1) How do Boy Willie's objectives reflect the time period? 2) How do Berniece's objectives reflect the time period? 3) What effect does haunting have on the characters? 4) What does August Wilson want us to believe about the American Dream?
HW: Upload your essay to turnitin.com by 11:59 pm tonight!!

Seniors
1. Collect essays/stories
2. Vocab words
3. Crazy Hamlet film clips
4. Rest of 2.2
5. Rogue soliloquy close reading
HW: complete strategic reading, act 2 notebook Q's

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Tue 3/2

Sophomores
1. presentation prep
2. character presentations
3. cartoons
4. read scene 4 (81-85)
5. essay turn in info
6. journal #3
7. HW: FD of LOF essay

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. new vocab words
3. strategic reading for acts 1 and 2
4. review 2.1-2.2
5. allusion, pun, double entendre
6. read more of 2.2 to page 65
7. HW: complete FD of essay/ story

Monday, March 01, 2010

Mon 3/1

Sophomores
1. read act 2 scenes 2 and 3
2. character jigsaw
3. HW: work on FD of essay due on Wednesday

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. key lines 1.3 to 1.5
3. ghosts film clips
4. HW: read 2.1 and 2.2 to page 33
5. HW: FD of story/essay due Wednesday