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