Tue 2/5

Seniors
1. share graphics
2. review new characters: Cook, Skipper, Doctor, Wife of Bath, Parson, Plowman
3. Complete all question up to the Plowman
4. read rest of Prologue

Sophomores
1. Lord of the Flies debate
2. In NB: What is your view on human behavior? (view #3); What is Golding's view on human behavior? (view #4). Feel free to borrow ideas from our first two views.

Mon 2/4

Seniors
1. review characters so far, read aloud Nun, Merchant, Oxford Cleric, Franklin
2. create character graphic: name, 3-5 perfect adjectives, best quotation
3. complete all study questions up to and including Guildsman
4. HW: read up to and including Plowman

Sophomores
1. collect January letters
2. symbolism: review microcosm and symbols
3. discuss HW key passages: 113, 140, 143
4. prep for tomorrow's debate
5. HW" What makes the passage key? (155, 200)

Fri 2/1

Seniors
1. more notes on satire: irony, wit, dirision, foil
2. read aloud: Monk, Friar
3. complete all study guide quesitons up to and including the Friar
4. review characters, vices, virtues
5. HW: read up to and including the Cook

Sophomores
1. HW: January letter
2. discuss passages from last night's HW
3. allegory, symbolism, microcosm-- in groups, four questions
4. HW: What makes the passage key? (pages 113, 140, 143, 178)

Thur 1/31

Seniors
1. signatures
2. review background: Normans, Feudalism, Knights, Crusades, New City Classes, Thomas Becket, The Plague
3. pages 135-140: Chaucer and the story
4. begin prologue: Middle English, read up to the Yoeman, begin study guide

Sophomores
1. grammar pre-test
2. participation
3. HW questions: share aloud
4. more key passages: pages 60, 62
5. HW: read three passages and answer this question on one of the passages: What makes the passage key? (pages 63, 88, 109)

Wed 1/30

Seniors
1. seating chart
2. share free writes
3. discuss definition of satire
4. seven deadly sins activity
5. brainstorm satire topics
6. Read Canterbury Tales background on Middle Ages

Sophomores
1. review sentence workshop
2. key passages: What is it? Share first key passage and discuss
3. HW: In your notebook-- Question 1: What is causing the "pause"? Question 2: What do you think is the theme of the novel?

Tue 1/29

Seniors
1. course description
2. Introduction to Canterbury Tales Unit: satire, pilgrimage, the art of description
3. Brainstorm list of people, real or imagined, who you want to describe
4. Free write on one person from the list: A. physical details- head to toe; B. Show how physical details reveal personality

Sophomores
1. seating chart
2. Lord of the Flies test
3. course description
4. HW: complete sentence workshop

Fri 1/25

Sophomores
return autobiographical stories, notebook check, JLC test

Thur 1/24

Sophomores
4th block
return stories, check notebooks, complete JLC test
2nd block
IB info, JLC test prep discussions

Seniors
1. check NBs
2. commencement speeches

Wed 1/23

Sophomores
1. finish writing test
2. JLC test prep discussions: study session at 7:20 tomorrow in my room
3. make sure your NB is complete for tomorrow

Seniors
1. turn in map
2. Siddhartha test
3. check NBs
4. tomorrow: speeches

Tue 1/22

Sophomores
1. don't forget turnitin.com for Othello essay or you get 0/100
2. autobio story self-assessment
3. state writing test
4. HW: check grade on esis, read JLC and prep for JLC test

Seniors
1. discuss chapters: "The Ferryman" and "The Son"
2. complete double entry journals
3. mapwork
4. finish book

Fri 1/18

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. sample autobio incident
3. peer review of RD of stories: FD due Tuesday
4. JLC small groups
5. HW: keep reading JLC and be finished by Thursday

Seniors
1. turn in magical realism essay
2. vocab quiz
3. discuss "By the River"
4. map work
5. read to page 127, finish book by Wednesday

Thur 1/17

Sophomores
1. grammar final
2. vocab review
3. read JLC to p 273

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss "Samsara"
3. DEJ: must complete total of six by next Wednesday
4. map work
5. read "By the River"

Wed 1/16

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. autobio instructions
3. JLC- small group discussions
4. HW: read to pa 236

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. DEJ: Amongst the People
3. map work
4. read "Samsara"

Tue 1/15

Sophomores
1. finish reading test
2. read to 205 in JLC

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. no DEJ due to short classes today
3. share and turn in comics
4. "Kamala" chapter discussion
5. work on Siddhartha maps
6. HW: read to p 73

Mon 1/14

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. HW: read to page 181 in JLC
3. State reading test

Seniors
1. vocab quiz, new vocab list
2. begin Siddhartha map: due next Wednesday
3. HW: complete comic, work on magical realism essay, map or read to page 61

Fri 1/11

Sophomores
1. collect Othello essays
2. vocab quiz
3. grammar review
4. discuss "Voice from the Wall" and "Half and Half"
5. lit term review
6. HW: read "Two Kinds"

Seniors
1. vocab review-- quiz Monday
2. double entry journal for chapter 3
3. discuss chapter 3
4. three forms of learning comic-- due next Tuesday
5. HW: read chapter 4

Thur 1/10

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. vocab review
3. free write-- instruction packet

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Siddhartha chapter 2 double entry journal
3. Buddhism notes
4. Read ch 3

Wed 1/9

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. discuss bicycle vignette, next two stories
3. free write #2: control freak, good karma, bad karma, that weird family, malignant gate
4. read to page 140

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. quickwrite: most important words
3. "om" explanation
4. introduce double entry journals
5. HW: read Siddhartha pages 3-24, do double entries journals

Tue 1/8

Sophomores
1. Intro to free writing
2. discuss "Scar," "The Red Candle," "Moon Lady"
3. HW: read "Voice From the Wall"

Seniors
1. get Siddhartha
2. write for 15 minutes-- letter or essay
3. Siddahartha background reading
4. Siddhartha background quiz

Mon 1/7

Sophomores
1. January letter
2. vocab warm up
3. grammar review
4. questions for last three stories
5. read "Rules of the Game"

Seniors
1. January letter
2. magical realism essay-- RD due Friday

Happy Holidays from Father Festivus!

The end of civilization as we know it!

Now this is true savagery!

Fri 12/21

Sophomores
1. Festivus Activities
2. grammar review: dangling modifiers
3. JLC: eight fold notes, Swan Feather vignette key phrases, What is Joy Luck?
4. Othello RD peer/self review

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. review last two chapters of Like Water for Chocolate
3. Like Water for Chocolate test
4. NB check

Thur 12/20

Sophomores
1. grammar: parallel structure
2. essay workshop: RD due tomorrow

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. review September and October chapters
3. discuss triangles
4. HW: finish book, complete FD of TFA essay

Happy Festivus

My favorite holiday is coming up on December 23rd. Learn more about it here.

Wed 12/19

Sophomores
1. get JLC books, read to p 32 by Friday
2. workshop

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Journal: rebellion
3. July and August questions review
4. Sept and October questions
5. finish book

Tue 12/18

Sophomores
1. grammar
2. essay sample, how to include quotations
3. workshop

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss "May" and "June"
3. do "July" and "August" questions
4. HW: read "September" and "October"

Mon 12/17

Sophomores
1. finish Act V of Othello
2. essay instructions: topic, theme, lit. device, thesis, reviewing the text, etc.
3. essay workshop

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. journal: nurturing
3. "May" and "June" questions in NB
4. HW: read "July" and "Aug"
Notes: Friday is a big day. We have a vocab quiz, Like Water for Chocolate test, and your final draft of Things Fall Apart essay is due

Teachers and District reach tentative agreement

Good news. This means no strike. Thanks to all those students who came out and supported us at the school board meeting on Thursday.

Othello (Anthony Hopkins): Iago tells of a handkerchief

You be the judge. Is Anthony Hopkins a good or bad Othello?

Fri 12/14

Sophomores
1. Othello paraphrase quiz
2. score NBs
3. Othello film

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. ch 3-4 quiz
3. essay RD; 10 pts
4. ch 4 questions
5. HW: read ch 5 and 6

Thur 12/13

Sophomores
1. grammar 12
2. Othello essay assignment
3. begin Othello film

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Mexican revolution
3. ch 3 questions and discussion
4. Chocolate journal 3 or 4: family legend or transcendental relationship
5. HW: read ch 4 of Chocolate, complete RD of TFA essay

Wed 12/12

Sophomores
1. Othello slideshows
2. Searchable Shakespeare
3. grammar 11
4. discuss Act V
5. HW: be sure notebook is complete

Seniors
1. Ch 2 quiz
2. vocab warm up
3. Ch 2 questions and discussion
4. film clip: wedding cake
5. HW: read ch 3, work on TFA rough draft

Gandhi Wilson

Tue 12/11

Sophomores
1. cast Act V, homework check
2. Emilia's speech
3. Act V
4. HW: Act V study guide, questions 1-11

Seniors
1. Chocolate quiz #1
2. vocab warm up
3. magical realism
4. ch 1 questions in NB
5. Chocolate journal #2: family tradition
6. HW: read ch 2, work on TFA essay

Mon 12/10

Sophomores
1. complete Othello Act IV
2. HW: complete 1-8 on Act IV study guide, complete Othello journal #4 if you have not done so already

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. speeches: tips, put in your "drawer" till January
3. Chocolate journal #1: Describe the "ultimate meal" you would serve for yourself and friends. Go into detail. How would it taste? How would it make you and your friends feel.
4. HW: read ch 1 of Like Water for Chocolate"; work on RD of TFA essay

Friday 12/7

Sophomores
Complete key passage analysis for you choice book

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. share freshmen proverbs
3. essay instructions from purple book
4. essay workshop; compete planning sheet #3
5. get new book: Like Water for Chocolate

Thur 12/6

Sophomore
1. grammar 10
2. HW check: journals and study questions
3. Act IV
4. HW: finish choice book, print passages

Seniors
1. HW check
2. vocab warm up
3. sample essay: All Quiet sample
4. planning sheet 2 and 3, complete freshman proverb, study vocab, draft essay

Wed 12/5

Sophomores
1. grammar warm up
2. the history of a handkerchief: paraphrase
3. lit term: symbolism
4. finish Act III
5. Act III essay journal
6. HW: read choice book, visit blog and leave comment for participation

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Happy Meal
2. gut reaction: ending
3. discuss irony of ending
4. essay topics
5. HW: complete freshman proverb for Friday, complete essay planning sheet 1 Thursday

Othello's handkerchief and Islamic art

Here are some images of Islamic textiles that I mentioned in class. Note the elaborate work, with images of animals, flowers, scripture and geometric patterns. The last two images might give you a good idea of what Othello's handkerchief might have looked like.

Tue 12/4

Sophomores
1. grammar 6-7
2. Othello Act III
3. HW: choice book and passages; read Othello to page 109, grammar 8-9

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. share proverb illustrations
3. review ch 18-21 in small groups, answer questions in NB
4. advice for Freshman: write your own proverb for Thursday. Examples: The unchained gate swings wide and often. The guard who learns to trust the unchained inmate keeps the most secure prison. The thirsty dog is willing to drink muddy water. The sniper's bullet is worth a thousand from an ordinary soldier.
5. HW: finish TFA

Fri 11/30

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar 3-4
3. Othello character drawing
4. lit terms: foil, comic relief
5. HW: read to p. 91 in Othello, read your choice book, grammar 5-6

Seniors
1. collect speech RD
2. vocab quiz/ new vocab
3. quickwrite: missionary passage-- gut reaction, Achebe's purpose
4. HW: complete proverb illustration, read ch 18-21

Thur 11/29

Sophomores
1. vocab review
2. dashes
3. Othello 2.3
4. complete Othello Act II study guide, Act II character drawing
5. HW: read choice book, complete Othello journal #2

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. HW check: ch 8-10 questions in NB
3. ch 11-13 questions in NB
4. proverb illustration-- 10 pts, due next Tuesday
5. HW: speeches, read ch 14-17

Wed 11/28

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. colons
3. review lines 1-82
4. lines 83-175 with partner
5. perform rest of 2.1, 2.2 and start 2.3
6. HW: read choice book, grammar: dashes

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. silent quiz
3. ch 4-7-- share questions 5,6
4. ch 8-10 questions
5. HW: read background and ch 11-13

Tue 11/27

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. semicolons
3. Lit terms: soliloquy, simile, metaphor, more imagery
4. Ring the Changes
5. Act II, finish 2.1 for HW
6. HW: read choice book and look for key passages, Othello journal #1

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. silent quiz on last night's reading
3. quickwrite: tradition (When is tradition a good thing? When is it a bad thing?)
4. add to what we know about Ibo culture: New Yam, wrestling, story-telling
5. Okonkwo's character
6. HW: read ch 8-10, write RD of speech

Mon 11/26

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Shakespeare in Love clip
3. HW: grammar #1; read your books

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. semi pop quiz: raise hand if you know the answer
3. quickwrite: details of Ibo culture (ex: polygamy, oracle, chi, evil forest, etc)
4. characters, Okonkwo's character
5. brainstorm: 3 pieces of advice you would give freshman on how to survive and thrive at THS
6. HW: read ch 5-7 of TFA

Wed 11/21

Sophomores
1. lit terms: allusion, imagery, pun, double entendre
2. review 1.1 and 1.2
3. choral reading
4. read to page 48 and do questions 1-5

Seniors
1. get Thing Fall Apart books
2. vocab warm up: quiz next Wednesday
3. anticipation questions in NB: (1) When you think of Africa, what do you think of? What ideas? What images? etc. (2) How much should one culture be allowed to impose it self on another culture?
4. proverbs
5. HW: read highlight background notes; read chapter 1-4 in TFA

Tue 11/20

Sophomores
1. lit. terms: verse, prose, iambic pentameter, paradox, dramatic irony
2. read aloud Othello 1.1 and 1.2
3. do study questions for 1.1 and 1.2 in NB
4. HW: read choice book and look for key passages

Seniors
1. HW check
2. share your personal philosophies
3. fun quiz: the card game
4. speech assignment and samples
5. begin planning speech: typed RD due on Fri 11/30

Mon 11/19

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. Lover, girlfriend, buddy: more background, review
3. Othello 1.1 slightly cut script
4. Othello 1.1 read pages 24-25
5. HW: read choice book, start looking for key passages

Seniors
1. HW check
2. "Free will" from Waking Life
3. discuss final chapters of The Stranger, Camus afterword
4. The Stranger test
5. HW: complete "What is your personal philosophy?" in NB

Fri 11/16

Sophomores
1. books
2. vocab review
3. Lover, girlfriend and buddy improvs
4. HW: read choice book and do another gut reaction

Seniors
1. review philosophies
2. a converstation about Jean Paul Satre
3. discuss part 2 ch 1-3 questions
4. complete part 2 ch 4-5 questions
5. HW: review for comprenstion test on The Stranger

Thur 11/15

Sophomores
1. Bardology 101 slideshow
2. "line tossing" improvs
3. prepare "Lover, girlfriend, buddy" improvs
4. HW: read choice book; in NB do five sentence gut reaction to what you've read so far

Seniors
1. existentialism notes review
2. in groups answer part 2.1 questions for The Stranger
3. HW: finish the book; comprehension test on Monday

Wed 11/14

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. continue Bardology 101: share answers
3. line tossing and improvs
4. HW: read your choice books; finish book by Dec 7

Seniors
1. philosophy quickwrite 101
2. review Stranger part 1 questions for participation
3. continue philosophy background notes
4. HW: read/ highlight existentialism notes
5. HW: read pages 63-91

Tue 11/13

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up: Othello #1
2. library: college bound reading choices
3. grammar pre-test
4. begin Bardology 101: What do you know about Shakespeare the man? Shakespeare's theater? Shakespeare's time? (in NB for HW)

Seniors
1. more philosophy notes
2. The Stranger part one questions: in small groups answer all questions, but be sure to write answers in your NBs for # 1,3,7,18-23
3. part one quiz

Thur 11/9

Sophomores
1. score NBs
2. complete CTBC essay test

Seniors
1. get books: The Stranger
2. score NBs
3. philosophy quickwrite #1
4. begin philosophy background reading
5. read pages 3-59 in The Stranger

Wed 11/7

Sophomores
1. return Crucible essays
2. on-demand essay tips
3. finish film

Seniors
1. MLA style, how to use quotations correcly, essay checklist
2. workshop
3. essay due tomorrow and don't forget turnitin.com

Tue 11/7

Sophomores
1. Book III question 4-6 discussion in small groups
2. essay topics preview: interchapters, crime, land & people
3. begin film and review

Seniors
1. essay instructions: intro, body
2. essay conventions: no "I," no "you," use present tense
3. workshop
4. HW: type what you have so far, at least an intro and one body paragraph

Mon 11/5

Sophomores
1. Ch 29 t-chart
2. Book III questions
3. HW: finish book and last questions

Seniors
1. Ch 11-12 questions and review
2. AQ comprehension twiz-- 33 points
3. lit. analysis essay instructions
4. Huck Finn sample
5. workshop: read AQ samples, complete essay prep sheet #3 (outline)

Fri 11/2

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar retake
3. debate: crime
4. HW: read to page 289, do first 3 Book III question in NB

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. ch 10 questions and review
3. HW: finish book and study questions; complete essay prep sheet
4. Monday: All Quiet comprehension test worth 33 points

Thur 11/1

Sophomores
1. grammar review: commas
2. vocab review
3. ch 26 discussion
4. HW: finish Book II and do only ch 28 question

Seniors
1. grammar pages 827-829
2. vocab review
3. Ch 9 questions and review
4. essay prep
5. HW: read Ch 10

Wed 10/31

Sophomores
1. grammar review: commas
2. debate: rich and poor
3. review ch 22
4. HW: read to page 224, but do only ch 26 questions

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: usage
3. ch 8 review
4. essay prep: 15 minutes
5. read ch 9 and finish for HW

Tue 10/30

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: commas
3. ch 18, 20 discussion
4. debate prep: debate tomorrow

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: usage
3. ch 7 questions together
4. "Combat to Campus"
5. essay prep sheet #1
5. HW: read ch 8

Mon 10/29

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar review: commas
3. Book I chapter review
4. aloud: Ch 12
5. Ch 12 interactive journal
6. return key passage commentary
7. HW: read 161-180 and do corresponding questions

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. return essays
3. ch 6 review and questions
4. read ch 7, finish for HW

Seniors click below and comment for participation

Click here for the video on the story we read today. Leave a comment on my blog (not the video) for participation.

Fri 10/26

Sophomores
1. collect essays
2. vocab quiz
3. review chapter 5-8
4. ch 9 aloud
5. interactive NB on ch 9
6. HW: finish reading Book I

Seniors
1. HW check
2. vocab quiz
3. review chapter 5, complete all questions in NB
4. read "Comrade Search" and discuss; blog it for participation
5. HW: ch 6 and questions in NB

Thur 10/25

Sophomores
1. grammar review: commas
2. vocab review
3. ch 2-5, exposition
4. HW: read to page 82, finish essay

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. ch 4 discussion, check HW
3. WWI archival clips
4. HW: read ch 5 and do #1,2 of ch 5 study guide

Wed 10/25

Sophomores
1. grammar warm up: commas
2. CTBC chapter 1 interactive NB
3. HW: read chapters 2-5

Seniors
1. HW check
2. review AQ ch 3 with questions
3. read Tigard war stories
4. read aloud chapter 4
5. HW: ch 4 questions

Tue 10/23

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. essay peer review
3. South Africa background review
4. HW: work on essay, read CTBC ch 1 three times

Seniors
1. HW check
2. vocab warm up
3. Lit of war: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home"; Johnny Got His Gun excerpt
4. AQWF: review chapter one and two
5. Discuss possible essay topics
6. HW: finish definition essay, read AQWF ch 3 and do questions in NB

Mon 10/22

Sophomores
1. get books, new vocab for Cry, The Beloved Country
2. choice book test: key passage commentary
3. HW: read/highlight South Africa background notes

Seniors
1. vocab warm up: quiz Friday
2. grammar: vague pronouns
3. Lit. of War: "The Soldier"; "Knolt Holheimer"
4. WWI background notes
5. review All Quiet chapter 1, begin study guide in NB (do ch. 1 questions)
6. HW: read chapter 2, work on FD of essay of definition

Should I incude the last comma in a series of items?

Here is a great article describing the dilemma: commas in a series

Wed 10/19

Sophomores
1. grammar review: commas
2. workshop: RD due Monday
3. HW: finish choice book, look for key passage

Seniors
1. essay self evaluation
2. All Quiet unit intro
3. Lit. of war: read Henry V and Johnny Got His Gun excerpt
4. HW: read and highlight WWI background, read All Quiet chapter 1

Tue 10/16

Sophomores
1. grammar review: quotation marks and italics/ underlining
2. writing workshop: Crucible essay
3. HW: read choice book, look for key passages

Seniors
1. grammar review: fragments, run-ons, comma splices
2. get All Quiet books
3. writing workshop: Hamlet "definition" essay

Mon 10/15

Sophomores
1. grammar review: apostrophes
2. essay planning, instructions
3. workshop: RD due Monday 10/22, RD due Fri 10/26
4. HW: read choice book, look for key passages

Seniors
1. Hamlet test
2. Hamlet essay: RD due Wednesday

Thur 10/11

Sophomores
1. share sample questions
2. finish film
3. Crucible free write: What's most interesting to me in the story.
4. return LOF essays
5. essay instructions
6. HW: A. read choice book and look for key pasages. B. Pick a Crucible essay topic. C. Pick or write an essay question.

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. 5.2 rocketnotes
3. Hamlet review: slide show, questions
4. NB check
5. essay topics

Wed 10/10

Sophomores
1. share sample essay questions
2. score NBs
3. watch film, prepare for essay

Seniors
1. "to be" practice
2. vocab review
3. aloud: 5.1
4. watch 5.1 DVD

Tue 10/9

Sophomores
1. Crucible test
2. Crucible essay topics with examples
3. begin film
4. Hw: write a draft of an essay question in NB

Seniors
1. "to be" practice-- be ready for next Wedesday
2. vocab warm up
3. Rocket: 4.5-4.7
4. read aloud: 5.1
5. do 5.1 reader log in NB
6. finish play tomorrow-- test on Monday

Mon 10/8

Sophomores
1. grammar 12
2. Crucible Act IV
3. Act IV study guide
4. HW: read choice book, study for Crucible comprehension test

Seniors
1. "to be" practice
2. vocab warm up-- quiz Thursday
3. read 4.4-4.7
4. do a readers log in NB on anything in the last 3 scenes

Fri 10/5

Sophomores
1. grammar 11
2. vocab quiz
3. Act III study guide
4. Cast Act IV
5. HW: read choice book, grammar 12, Anthem ex. cred.

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. story contest
3. Rocketnotes: 4.1-4.3, close reading

Thur 10/4

Sophomores
1. vocab review
2. Crucible Act III
3. HW: read choice book

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. clips: "The Mouse Trap"
3. aloud: Hamlet 3.3-3.4
4. HW: read 115-122 of Hamlet, do FD of stories

Sophomores, post your titles here

Just click on the "comment" link below. Leave a message that includes the title of your book and your full name.

Wed 10/3

Sophomores
1. grammar 10
2. Act II study guide
3. cast Act III
4. HW: grammar 11, read your choice book

Seniors
1. extra credit!
2. read aloud Hamlet 3.1-3.3
3. HW: read 3.3 and do reader's log for 3.3 in NB

Tue 10/2

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar 9
3. share excerpts from "Sinners"; discuss possible essay topics
4. cast Act II
5. Act II
6. HW: grammar 10, read choice book

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. view "Crazy Hamlet" clip
3. Rocket notes: 2.2
4. share "O What a Rogue" with translation
5. close reading: "To be or not to be"
6. HW: read pages 74-86

Mon 10/1

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up- quiz friday
2. grammar 7 and 8
3. review Act I studyguide, notes
4. "Sinners": how does it inform up?
5. Oscar for Act I; cast Act II
6. HW: grammar 9, read choice book, post title, Anthem extra credit

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. Hamlet Rocketnotes: 2.1
3. notes: pun, double entendre, classical allusion
4. aloud: Hamlet 2.2
5. HW: finish read 2.2, look up vocab words

Fri 9/28

Sophomores
1. collect essays
2. vocab quiz
3. finish Crucible Act I
4. Crucible Act I study guide
5. HW: read "Sinners"; read choice book and look for key passages; grammar 7,8

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. Rocketnotes 1.4-1.5 of Hamlet
3. watch 1.4-1.5
4. Rocketnotes 1.3
5. Workshop: RD of stories
6. HW: complete FD of stories for next Friday's contest

Thur 9/27

Sophomores
1. grammar 6
2. vocab review-- quiz tomorrow
3. Cast Crucible Act I
4. begin reading Act I
5. HW: FD of LOF essay

Seniors
1. vocab review-- quiz tomorrow
2. begin reader's log: do log on first two scenes
3. Hamlet background-- highlight on your own
4. read aloud Hamlet 1.4 and 1.5
5. workshop: story contest
6. HW: read Hamlet 1.3 and 2.1 (pages 22-28 and 42-47)

Wed 9/26

Sophomores
1. grammar 5
2. debate
3. Crucible three settings lecture, take notes
4. HW: grammar 6, work on essays

Seniors
1. collect observational essays
2. Hamlet 1.2: close reading of first soliloquy, finish reading scene aloud, view it
3. workshop: work on stories

Tue 9/25

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar 3,4
3. college bound reading, library, get Crucible books
4. prepare for Crucible debate
5. HW: grammar 5, work on FD of essay

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. review Hamlet scene 1.1, and first part of 1,2 (close reading): view it, rocketnotes
3. workshop: stories
4. HW: FD observational essay

Mon 9/24

Sophomores
1. grammar 3,4
2. Crucible vocab 1; quiz Friday
3. Anthem small group discussions
4. Anthem freewrite topics 2,3,4
5. Anthem extra credit
6. College bound reading list
7. HW: grammar 5,6, look up vocab, work on essay

Seniors
1. vocab warm up: quiz Friday
2. Hamlet scene one aloud
3. workshop; work on stories, RD due on Friday
4. HW: read Hamlet to page 15, work on FD of observational essay (due Wednesday), look up vocab

Fri 9/21

Sophomores
1. essay peer review
2. Anthem discussion: gut reaction, part one questions
3. HW: grammar 1 and 2; finish Anthem, pick another key passage, work on LOF essay

Seniors
1. Canterbury Tales test
2. get Hamlet books
3. Hamlet line-tossing and story circle
4. workshop: plan story for story-telling contest
5. HW: complete FD of descriptive essay due on Tuesday

Thur 9/20

Sophomores
1. essays: bits and pieces
2. workshop: finish essay RD, read to 51 of Anthem, do grammar pages 1 and 2

Seniors
1. descriptive essay peer review
2. story telling contest: pick our destination; share vices, follies and social conventions; begin planing story
3. HW: study for Canterbury Tales test

Wed 9/19

Sophomores
1. introduce grammar unit
2. get Anthem: read pages 17-51, find a key passage and mark it with a sticky note
3. purple grammar book: helpful pages-- 199-204, 208-209, 477-478
4. workshop: grammar, read Anthem, work on essay

Seniors
1. grammar warm up: fragments and run-ons
2. descriptive essay rubric, MLA style, essay checklist
3. workshop: draft descriptive essay, rough draft due tomorrow

Tue 9/18

Sophomores
1. review topic sentence, unity, coherence
2. complete essay expectations, instructions
3. share cause and effect graphic organizer
4. workshop: work on essay

Seniors
1. complete "Pardoner's Tale" study guide
2. Descriptive essay instructions
3. Canterbury Tales test review sheet
4. workshop: begin working on descriptive essay

Mon 9/17

Sophomores
1. HW check: What is the cause?
2. read and discuss last passage of the book: Why is it key? What's ironic about it? How does it help answer the essay question?
3. essay expectations, what an "A" essay is
4. HW: topic sentence, unity, coherence

Seniors
1. pilgrimage slideshow
2. complete graphic #2
3. Prologue review questions
4. Read "The Pardoner's Tale aloud

Fri 9/14

Sophomores
1. complete debate
2. review last night's key passages
3. essay topic
4. HW: one page of pre-writing in NB

Seniors
1. complete Canterbury study guide and review
2. character graphics for last half of prologue

Thur 9/13

Sophomores
1. review last night's key passages
2. debate (complete tomorrow)
3. HW: Why is this passage key? pages 143, 155, 178

Seniors
1. HW check
2. wrap up graphics and review
3. review day 4 work
4. complete day 5 work for Canterbury Tales

Wed 9/12

Sophomores
1. review last night's passage
2. allegory, symbolism, microcosm in NB
3. HW: chose one of these passages: 109, 113, 140. Why is this passage key? In NB

Seniors
1. review yesterday's characters: Knight, Squire, Nun, Monk
2. complete day 3 work: Friar, Franklin, Oxford Cleric, Lawyer, Guildsman
3. groups: do character visual-- name, 3-5 perfect adjectives, best quotation, symbol
4. HW: complete day 4 work

Tue 9/11

Sophomores
1. grammar test
2. review sentence workshop
3. continue key passageses: pages 62, 63, 88
4. NB respond to key passage (88 for 2nd block, 63 for 4th block

Seniors
1. quickwrite: Describe a person, either real or imagined, from head to toe. Show how appearance suggests character traits. Share aloud for participation.
2. review the Knight
3. continue prologue: Squire, Nun, Monk
4. share highlights from background homework

Mon 9/10

Sophomores
1. turnitin.com ID and password
2. finish gut reaction discussion
3. begin key passage discussion (stamp 4th period NBs)
4. NB: What is the pause in the first passage? What is causing the pause?
5. HW: sentence workshop #2: stringy sentences, revising paragraphs

Seniors
1. do Day 1 of Canterbury study guide
2. review answers, teacher notes
3. listen to Middle English
4. complete Day 2 work
5. HW: read and highlight Canterbury background

Fri 9/7

Sophomores
1. collect parent signatures
2. go over student handbook (2nd block)
3. finish reviewing course desciption (4th block)
4. sentence workshop
5. explain participation
6. begin LOF gut reaction discussion

Seniors
1. parent signatures
2. turnitin.com I.D. and password
3. review satire definition
4. read "Stones and Clubs" sample satire
5. quickwrite: What would you attack if you were to write a satire today? Brainstorm with partner and share as class
6. seven deadly sins: Chaucer's vices and folly, our own today

Thur 9/6

Sophomores
1. seating chart
2. Lord of the Flies test
3. course description
4. HW: sentence workshop

Seniors
1. seating chart
2. course description
3. begin Canterbury Tales unit: define satire

Aloha!

Welcome back my little savages. Be sure to bookmark this page so you can use it to check the daily agenda when you are absent. Good luck with the 07-08 school year.