Wed 4/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. finish Much Ado film
2. complete notes on film-- to share for participation tomorrow

Eng 12
1. intro to philosophy note-taking quiz
2. philosophy survey
3. work on parodies

Tue 4/11

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Bardology 101 part 2: plays, famous lines/speeches, casting, production
2. Begin watching Much Ado
3. return essays, grades
4. HW: take Much Ado notes on at least three catagories

Eng 12
1. philosophy quickwrite, small group discussions
2. intro to philosophy lecture and note-taking
3. work on parodies

Mon 4/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Library: Choice Book
2. Bardology 101- Brainstorm all that you know on these three topics: Shakespeare, Shakespeare's Theater, Shakespeare's World

Eng 12
1. read "It All Started With Clubs and Stones"
2. Begin parody writing: share and turn this in on Thursday

Fri 4/7

Pre IB Eng 10
CTBC on-demand essay test

Eng 12
AQWF on-demand essay test

Due Dates for 3rd quarter

Pre IB English 10
RD of LOF essay 2/9*****DONE
Post choice book on blog 2/10*****DONE
FD of LOF essay 2/17*****DONE
Choice book final assessment 3/8*****DONE
Grammar retate 3/9*****DONE
Crucible RD 3/10****DONE
Crucible FD 3/20*****DONE

English 12
Read Cancun Tales prologue 2/10****DONE
Canterbury Tales test 2/14*****DONE
Read stories from Cancun Tales 2/17*****DONE
Macbeth creative writing 3/6*****DONE
Macbeth test 3/7*****DONE
Macbeth essay RD 3/10*****DONE
Macbeth essay*****DONE

Thur 4/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect and score NBs
2. finish film and prepare for essay test

Eng 12
1. collect and score NBs
2. finish film and prepare for essay test

Wed 4/5

Pre IB Eng 10
1. return essays, review essays notes
2. last discussion of CTBC
3. CTBC essay topics
4. begin film and review

Eng 12
1. final discussion of AQWF
2. essay topics
3. begin film and review

Tue 4/4

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Book 3: review questions 1,2,3
2. finish book by tomorrow and do last three questions

Eng 12
1. review ch 10 questions
2. grim/ beautiful t-chart
2. share two poems and "War Prayer"
3. finish book by tomorrow and do questions ch 12 questions 7,8
4. notebooks are scored tomorrow

Mon 4/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Book 2: t-chart, success, not a success
2. debate: causes of crime
3. Book 3: read to page 280, do #1,2,3 in NB

Eng 10
q. return esay
2. ch 8-9 review
3. HW: read ch 10 and do quest 1-5 in NB

Fri 3/24

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (CTBC #2)
2. ch 23,26 discussion
3. debate preparation: crime
4. HW: finish Book 2 and do NB questions

Eng 12
1. ch 7 questions: 4,5,6,8,9,10
2. ch 7 passages
3. response to Oregonian article

Thur 3/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1., vocab warm up (CTBC #2)
2. discuss ch 20,21,22
3. HW: read to page 224 and do questions for ch 23,26

Eng 12
1. reminder: turnitin.com by Friday
2. "Dulce et decorum est"
3. passages for ch 7
4. HW: read AQWF to p 187, read "From Combat to Campus" and do response in NB

Wed 3/22

Pre IB Eng 10
1. share, collect poetry in prose FD
2. Watch rest of Globe Trekker South Africa
3. ch 18, 19 questions discussions
4. HW: read che 20-22, do NB questions for 20,22

Eng 12
1. numbers: war stats response in NB
2. key passages in teams
3. read ch 7 of AQWF

Tue 3/21

Pre IB Eng 10
1. don't forget turnitin.com by Friday
2. vocab quiz (CTBC #1)
3. check RD of prose to poetry, do FD for tomorrow
4. begin Book 2 questions
5. HW: FD of prose to poetry, read Ch 18,19 and do ch 19 questions in NB

Eng 12
1. ch 1-5 comprehension quiz
2. turnitin.com: don't forget to do this by Friday for your Macbeth essay
3. key passages from ch 3-5, in NB and in teams
4. answer ch 5 questions in NB
5. HW: read to p 136 in AQWF

Mon 3/20

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect Crucible essays
2. new vocab for CTBC
3. review end of Book 1
4. prose to poetry RD in NB
5. HW: catch up on your reading, study for vocab quiz

Eng 12
1. collect Macbeth essays
2. attitudes discussion (answer one in NB)
3. key passage response (in NB)
4. HW: read to page 97 in AQWF

Wed 3/15

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Quiz on Tuesday)
2. Ch 10,11 review
3. Ch 12 aloud
4. HW: finish Book 1 (to page 157), complete FD of Crucible essay

Eng 12
1. sentence workshop: reducing wordiness
2. MLA expectations
3. review Ch 2 or AQWF
4. HW: read ch 3,4 and look for a key passage

Tue 3/14

Pre IB Eng 10
1. write ch 1-8 questions in NB
2. read Ch 9 aloud, draw it
3. HW: read ch 10,11 study vocab, work on essay

Eng 12
1. Ch 1 review, questions, characters, themes
2. more WWI background: trench warfare clips
3. read to page 33 (Ch 2)
4. HW: work on your essay

South Africa Pictures

Below are some links to pictures of the Drakensberg area in which Cry, The Beloved Country takes place.

This link is a tourist information page on the Drakensberg Park.

If you want to look at one tourist's pictures of his trip to Drakensberg, then click here. Be sure to click on the "Trip" links on this pages to see all of his pictures.

This is a nice slide show of some pictures of Drakensberg.

Mon 3/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. review South Africa notes
3. Ch 1: share drawings, insights
4. Ch 1-4: t-chart, character web
5. HW: read ch 5-8, visit blog

Eng 12
1. Macbeth RD peer review
2. Poems: "The Soldier"; "The Man He Killed"
3. Review WWI notes
4. HW: read AQWF to page 18

Fri 3/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (CTBC #1)
2. Crucible essay peer reviews
3. get CTBC books: intro book's format
4. HW:
work on essays
read CTBC ch 1 three times
draw ch 1 in NB
read ch 2-4

Eng 12
1. literature of War: Henry V speech and film clip, Knolt Holheimer
2. get AQWF books, vocab, intro to book
3. read, highlight WWI notes
4. HW: finish Macbeth RD

Thur 3/9: 2 hour late start

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar retake
2. last chance Crucible essay workshop
3. HW: read and highlight South Africa background notes

Eng 12
1. finish 90s techno Macbeth
2. last chance Macbeth essay workshop
3. Tomorrow: begin All Quiet unit

Wed 3/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. choice book-- key passage test
2. Crucible essay workshop

Eng 12
1. return Macbeth test scores; prizes!
2. more Macbeth essay reminders
3. watch 90's industrial Macbeth, take note of passages important to your essay topic

Ask Mr. J

If you have questions or need help from Mr. Julian, you can leave a comment here or email him at djulian04@georgefox.edu.

Tue 3/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Crucible essay workshop
2. prepare for choice book assessment by copying your key passage

Eng 12
1. collect Macbeth study guide
2. Macbeth test
3. Macbeth essay intro
4. Macbeth essay workshop

Seniors, study for Macbeth test

Click on these links to help you prepare for the Macbeth test.

Try these to review details.

plot review
character list


Here are some quizzes.

quiz #1
quiz #2
quiz #3
quiz #4
quiz #5
quiz #6

Mon 3/6

Pe IB Eng 10
1. advice for Mr Julian
2. grammar 11,12
3. choice book discussion: key passages
4. essay workshop time

Eng 12
1. tomorrow speech close reading
2. collect Macbeth creative writing response
3. finish Macbeth DVD
4. test review guide
5. Macbeth essay: begin pre-writing

Fri 3/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 9,10
2. finish Crucible DVD
3. HW: grammar 11,12

Thur 3/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 7,8
2. watch Crucible DVD
3. grades
4. HW: grammar 9,10

Engh 12
1. Witches shopping list
2. read Macbeth Act 4, schen 1,2
3. HW: read Macbeth Act 4 schen 3, do Act 4 studyguide, work on creatvie writing assignment

Wed 3/1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. IB forecasting
2. grammar 5,6
3. Crucible essay insructions
4. Begin Crucible DVD
5. HW: grammar 7,8

Eng 12
1. Macbeth Act 3 review
2. watch Macbeth Act 3 DVD
3. begin Macbeth creative writing assignment

Tue 2/28

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 5
2. finish Crucible discussions
3. return essays, discuss comments
4. give Crucible essay topics
5. HW: read choice book, do grammar 6,7

Eng 12
1. read all of Macbeth Act 3
2. HW: do Act 3 studyguide

Mon 2/27

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Crucible test
2. group discussions/ presentations for Crucible after reading topics

Eng 12
1. Macbeth act 2 study guide review
2. watch Macbeth act 2 DVD
3. Macbeth act 3 preview-- paranoia!
4. HW: read Macbeth 3.1

Study for Crucible test here.

Here are a couple of links to help you review for the test:

The Crucible plot review
The Crucible character list

Here are some fun quizzes to take.

quiz#1
quiz#2
quiz#3

Also, don't forget to study your study guides and lecture notes.

Fri 2/24

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar p 3
3. choice book lit circle
4. assign discussion topics for last Crucilbe discussion
5. HW: Grammar p 4 and prepare for Crucible test

Eng 12
1. read Macbeth Act 2
2. Macbeth Act 2 studyguide

Thur 2/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. finish Crucible Act 3
3. HW: Crucible Act 3 study guide

Eng 12
1. discuss Act 1 study guide
2. Watch Macbeth Act 1

Wed 2/22

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. Finish Crucible Act 3
3. HW: Crucible Act 3 studyguide

Eng 12
1. finish Macbeth act 1
2. discuss end of act 1
3. play Macbeth "power" game
4. HW: do page one of study guide

Tue 2/21

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Crucible #2)
2. Crucible Act 2 study guide and discussion
3. begin Act 3
4. HW: Grammar p 2. read your choice book

Eng 12
1. Macbeth review discussion, Act 1 so far
2. continue reading Macbeth Act 1
3. HW: finish reading Act 1

Fri 2/17

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. finish reading Crucible Act 2
3. do Act 2 study guide and discuss
4. HW: read your choice book

Eng 12
1. read Cancun Tales
2. continue Macbeth Act 1

2/16

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm-up
2. Act 1 review, study guide discussion
3. begin reading Act 2
4. grammar #1 review

Eng 12
1. Shakespeare background review
2. intro Macbeth
3. begin reading Macbeth Act 1

Tue 2/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Red Azalea review
2. "Sinners" review
3. get Crucible books
4. Begin Act I of The Crucible

Eng 12
1. Canterbury Tales test
2. work time for Cancun Tales project
3. Cancun Tales due Friday

Mon 2/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Crucible #1)
2. Red Azalea excerpt: read aloud, NB work, class discussion
3. HW: read "Sinner at the Hands of an Angry God"

Eng 12
1. Canterbury Tales character review
2. work time for "Cancun Tales"
3. study for test tomorrow.

Fri 2/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. reading schedule for choice books
2. Crucible pre-reading debate
3. three settings lecture

Eng 12
1. read character intros
2. ranking evil in "The Pardoner's Tale"
3. start writing stories for "The Cancun Tales"

Sophomores post your book titles here.

Click on the comment link below and write your name and your title.

Thur 2/9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. writing advice-- bits and pieces
2. review checklist
3. peer/self evaluation
4. prepare for Friday's debate

Eng 12
1. read "Pardoner's Tale" aloud
2. do all "Pardoner's Tale" study guide questions
3. finish "Cancun Tales" prologue (present tomorrow)

Wed 2/8

Pre IB Eng
1. scheduling and forcasting info
2. essay instructions: topic sentences, unity, coherence
3. workshop time for essays
4. HW: RD due tomorrow

Eng 12
1. discuss satire with examples
2. brainstorm character flaws, vices and virtues, etc for "Cancun Tales."
3. workshop time for writing intros

Tue 2/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. essay advice and instruction
2. workshop on essay RD

Eng 12
1. review day 5 s.g. questions
2. brainstorm for writing assignment: destinations, characters
3. HW: fill out pre-write on possible character for "The Cancun Tales"

Mon 2/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. choice book assignment
2. library
3. essay topic and writing advice

Eng 12
1. character sketch museum
2. day 4 study guide review
3. Journal: Option #1-- modern equivilant; Option #2-- THS equivilant
4. read 120-127 and do s.g. questions 1-29

Fri 2/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. LOF debate
2. HW: write in NB on view #3 (your own)

Eng 12
1. character review so far
2. seven deadly sins
3. new seven deadly sins
4. read CT 117-120 and do s.g. questions 4.1-28
5. sketch characters

Thur 2/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. return grammar test
2. sentence workshop 3,4
3. LOF passages
4. NB: paragraph response to two passages, one of your own and one on p 202

Eng 12
1. reve studyguide questions 1-27
2. write in NB on hypocrisy
3. read pp 112-117 (Friar, Merchant, Oxford Cleric, Serjeant at Arms, Franklin) and do s.g. questions 3.1-26
4. review s.g. questions in class

Wed 2/1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar test
2. collect parent signatures
3. grade tracking sheets
4. review sentence workshop #1,2
5. LOF significant passage p. 29 (31)
6. HW: sentence workshopt #3,4

Eng 12
1. review study guide questions
2. listen to prologue tape
3. read prologue
4. HW: read 107-112 (Knight, Squire, Nun, Monk), and do questions 1-27

Welcome 2nd semester students!

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.

Fri 12/16

Eng 11
1. Raisin test, vocab quiz #2
2. Raisin creative writing assignment, RD due 1/4
3. watch Raisin Act 3
4. HW: post titles of choice book on this blog

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up: definitions
2. rev 2.1, finish last part (Iago, Roderigo)
3. perform: 2.2, 2.3
4. HW: do NB questions and Othello comparision journal #2

Juniors post choice book titles here

Click on the "comments" below to leave a comment about the book you've chosen to read for our choice book assignment.

Thur 12/15

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Raisin #2)
2. review Raisin act 2
3. read Raisin act 3 aloud
4. HW: p 5 of Raisin study guide
5. Comprehension test tomorrow!

Pre IB English 10
1. explain Othello essay
2. review study guide questions for Othello 1.3
3. Ring the Changes
4. read 2.1 aloud
5. finish 2.1 for HW

Wed 12/14

Eng 11
1. collect OMAM FD
2. watch all of Act II
3. review study guide Act III

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar: colons
2. new Othello vocab
3. finish `Othello 1.3 aloud
4. do studyguide questions for 1.3
5. explain Othello essay
6. HW: Othello comparision Journal #1

Tue 12/13

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up: Raisin #2, definitions
2. finish reading Raisin 2.2
3. review 2.2
4. read all of Raisin 2.3
5. HW: complete p 3 and do all of p 4 of Raisin study guide

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Othello #1)
2. review Othello 1.2
3. Othello 1.3 choral reading
4. read 1.3 aloud, finish tomorrow

Mon 12/12

Eng 11
1. geet choice book assignment, got to library
2. grammar: dashes
3. review Raisin 2.1
4. Begin reading Raisin 2.2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Othello #1)
2. share autobios, turn in
3. acting circles for Othello 1.2
4. HW: 1.2 questions in NB

Fri 12/9

Eng 11
1. return OMAM RDs and discuss expectations
2. new Raisin vocab
3. review Raisin 1.2 details
4. begin reading 2.1 aloud
5. HW: finish reading 2.1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. reminder: vocab quiz next Tue
2. give autobio self assessment to be turned in with stories on Monday
3. review Othello 1.1 details
4. HW: do first reading of Othello 1.2

Thur 12/8

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz
2. read Raisin 1.2 aloud
3. do #6 on p 850 in your NB

Pre IB Eng 10
1. 15 minutes to prep improvs
2. share improvs
3. discuss implications of improvs (race, religion, war)
4. slightly cut script of Othello 1.1 X3
5. HW: read 1.1 and do 3 quesitions

Wed 12/7

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Raisin #1)
2. review Raisin studyguide pages 2,3
3. watch Act 1 scene 1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Othello #1)
2. Othello line tossing
3. line tossing improv
4. improv again: the lover, the girlfriend, and the buddy

Tue 12/6

Eng 11
1. Raisin, page one of studyguide
2. finish reading Act 1.1
3. HW: p 2, 3 of studyguide

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello vocab warm up #1
2. JLC test
3. score NBs
4. return JLC, pick up Othello

Fri 12/2

Eng 11
1. OMAM RD peer review (turn in for pts)
2. Vocab retake
3. Journal: Rooms (1. How many people in your house. 2. How many rooms in your house. 3. Describe your rooms. 4. How many people and how many rooms in Raisin-- seem page 829)
4. begin reading Raisin act 1.1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (JLC #2)
2. peer review of autobio stories
3. discuss last 3 JLC stories
4. give JLC test questions (be ready for test on Monday)

Thur 12/1

1. grammar #2
2. journal: $50,000 (What would you do with the money? What would a working poor family do with the money?) in NB
3. review "Raisin" poem
4. read p.1 of act 1 scene 1

1. vocab warm up (JLC #2)
2. grammar #1
3. read "Why I write" by Amy Tan
4. read JLC or write stories

Wed 11/30

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Raisin #1)
2. grammar #1: semicolons
3. Raisin: read p 8276 and do quickwrite in NB
4. work on OMAM essay

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "Magpies"
2. share sample autobios: "The Wrestlers"; "Zippy"; "In the Bathroom"
3. time to read JLC or write autobio stories

Tue 11/29

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (OMAM #2)
2. finish film
3. essay instructions with Slim example
4. time to work on essay (typed RD due on Friday)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (JLC #2)
2. discuss "Without Wood" and "Best Quality"
3. quickwrite
4. Grandmother vignette
5. read "The Wrestlers" and look for showing instead of telling; "you are there" dialogue; and evoking an emotion
6. HW: read JLC to p 274

Mon 11/28

Eng 11
1. check HW (#1,2 of essay prep sheet)
2. 10 min vocab warm up (OMAM #2)
3. continue OMAM film
4. give out grade update

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (JLC #2)
2. show clips of "Two Kinds" and "Red Candle'
3. NB: How are the families' stories extended further through the latest reading?
4. discuss "Rice Husband" and "Four Directions"
5. writing workshop tips
6. HW: read to page 236 in JLC

Wed 11/23

Eng 11
1. collect OMAM final assignment
2. OMAM test
3. OMAM assignment with explanation (use Gatsby example)
4. start film
5. work on essay prep sheet #1,2 while watching film

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (JLC #1)
2. discuss "Half and Half" and "Two Kinds"
3. Mirror vignette
4. HW: read to p 205
5. more writing workshop (RD of stories due 12/2

Tue 11/22

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (quiz next Tuesday)
2. ch 5 review
3. read ch 6 aloud
4. culminating activity: symbols, themes (10 pts)
5. study for test

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (JLC #1)
2. discuss "Rules of the Game" and "Voice from the Wall"
3. free write: invisible strength, true ghost story, true dream, backfired
4. HW: read to page 115 and be ready to discuss "Half and Half" and "Two Kinds"

Mon 11/21

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (OMAM #2)
2. collect ch 3 work
3. review ch 4 (alienation, dreams)
4. ch 4 round characters (turn in)
5. HW: read ch 5, do character/ dreams t-chart in NB

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "The Red Candle" and "The Moon Lady"
2. discuss Bicycle vignette
3. free writing: control freak, good karma, bad karma, that weird family, malignant gate
4. HW: read to p 140 in JLC

The Great Depression

Juniors should click on this link to see a photo essay on the Great Depression.

Fri 11/18

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (OMAM #1)
2. read end of ch 3
3. ch 3 studyguide (due on Monday)
4. finish Gatsby film (30 min)
5. HW: read ch 4 of OMAM (pp 66-83)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "Joy Luck Club" and "Scar"
2. begin autobio incident: free writing #1 (in your bones, invisible, being clever, scar)
3. HW: read to p 103 and do questions for at least the next two stories

Thur 11/17

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar pre-test
3. review ch 2 and do forshadowing-- turn in for pts
4. read ch 3 up to at least page 58 by tomorrow

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (JLC #1)-- quiz next Wednesday
2. return and explain grammar test
3. JLC: start 8 fold notes and English notebook work for JLC
4. briefly lecture on "Swan Feather" vingette
4. HW: read "Scar" and do questions for "Joy Luck Club"; "Scar"

Wed 11/16

Eng 11
1. review ch 1 for OMAM
2. do all of ch 1 studyguide and turn in for points
3. read ch 2
4. HW: to ch 2 character quiz and jargon sheet
5. HW: By Friday visit this blog and click on the link to the photo essay on the Great Depression. Be sure to leave a comment as well.

Pre IB Eng 10
1. book test
2. HW: begin reading JLC to p 32
3. HW: look up JLC vocab #1 words

Tue 11/15

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (OMAM #1)
2. review OMAM background
3. Grapes of Wrath passage analysis
4. read ch 1 of OMAM
5. HW: do T/F quiz for ch 1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. finish writing about "The Unknown Citizen"
2. discuss "The Unknown Citizen"
3. begin book test

Mon 11/14

Eng 11
1. grades
2. get Of Mice and Men
3. read "Workers in Waiting"
4. journal: gut reaction or focused reaction (The American Dream, comparison)
5. read and highlight Of Mice and Men background sheet

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grades
2. grammar test
3. explain choice book test
4. "The Unkown Citizen"

Due Dates

Pre IB Eng 10
LOF essay RD 9/21***** DONE
LOF essay FD 9/28*****DONE
Midsummer take home final 9/30*****DONE
Notebooks 10/11*****DONE
The Crucible test 10/19*****DONE
Crucible essay RD 10/24*****DONE
Crucible essay FD 10/28*****DONE
Grammar final 11/8*****DONE
Cry, The Beloved Country Final 11/9*****DONE
Turn in Notebooks 11/9*****Done

Eng 11
Outsider Imaginative piece RD 9/19***** DONE
Outsider imaginative piece FD 9/23***** DONE
Notebooks 10/11***** DONE
Huck Finn test 10/18*****DONE
Huck Finn essay RD 10/25*****DONE
Huck Finn essay FD 10/31*****DONE
Grammar final 11/8*****DONE
Gatsby final 11/9*****DONE
Turn in Notebooks 11/9*****DONE

Wed 11/9

Eng 11
1. Gastby final
2. grade NBs

Pre IB Eng 10
1. CTBC final
2. grade NBs

Tue 11/8

Eng 11
1. grammar final
2. short review for Gatsby test
3. continue Gatsby film

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar final
2. give out CTBC final topics
3. continue CTBC film

Mon 11/7

Eng 11
1. grammar 15,16,17
2. review Gatsby ch 9
3. continue film

Pre IB Eng 10
1. return essays
2. review Book III of CTBC
3. begin CTBC film

Fri 11/4

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (Gatsby #2)
2. ch 8 review and questions
3. begin Gatsby film
4. HW: do ch 9 questions for Monday

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (CTBC #2)
2. grammar 12
3. discuss end of Book II (che 27-29)
4. HW: finish book and do 3 of 6 Book III questions)

Thur 11/3

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Gatsby #2)
2. review ch 6 questions
3. ch 76 questions (aloud and together)
4. HW: read ch 8,9 in Gatsby

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (CTBC #2)
2. discuss ch 23,26 questions
3. HW: finish Book II and do ch 28, 29 questions

Wed 11/2

Eng 11
1. grammar 14
2. review ch 5 #1-4,5
3. do ch 6 questions #1-4
4. read ch 7 (finish for HW)
5. last 10-15 minutes of class: review ch 6 questions

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 11
2. discuss ch 20,22
3. journal: Crime, causes and solutions
4. read to p 224 and do questions in NB for ch 23,26

Tue 11/1

Eng 11
1. grammar 13
2. journal: Automobiles: Why we like cars? Your dream car? Importance to Americans? Importance to Gatsby?
3. ch 5 quest 1-4
4. read ch 6 for HW

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 10
2. discuss ch 18 in CTBC
3. reat to p 199 and do ch 20,22 questions for HW