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

Mon 10/31

Eng 11
1. collect essays
2. vocab warm up (Gatsby #2)
3. grammar 12
4. Gatsby ch 4 questions in NB
5. time to read (finish to ch 5 for Tuesday)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (CTBC #2)
2. review end of Book I
3. South Africa video (47 minutes)
4. Book II questions
5. HW: read to p 176 and do Ch 18 question in NB

Fri 10/28

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (Gatsby #1)
2. ch 3 questions in NB
3. scavenger hunt for ch 3 (finish for Monday
4. HW: read ch 4
5. HW finish Huck Finn essay

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (CTBC #1)
2. collect Crucible essays
3. rev Ch 10-11
4. read aloud ch 12
5. HW read to p 157

Thur 10/27

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Gatsby #1)
2. character evidence: Dr. TJ Eckleburg, George Wilson, Myrtle Wilson, Catherine Wilson, Mr. Chester McKee, Mrs. McKee, (name, evidence, summarize in your own words)
3. ch 2 review (use questions aloud)
4. read ch 3 (finish for HW

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (CTCB #1)
2. grammar 9
3. rev ch 7,8 in CTBC
4. ch 9 aloud
5. read to p 105 in CTBC

Wed 10/26

Eng 11
1. grammar p. 10
2. Gatsby ch 1 questions (in NB)
3. Gatsby character web (on board and in NB)
4. read ch 2 (finish for HW)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 7,8
2. exposition chart, and character web in NB
3. review events of last night's reading
4. read CTBC to p 91

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.

Visit 1920's links

For juniors in English 11, here are some links on the 1920's.


This link has some good general background on the 1920's.
To find out more about flappers click here.
This link will tell you more about The Jazz Age.
You can also check out these photos about prohibition.

Tue 10/25

Eng 11
1. RD peer review
2. review "New Morality" handout
3. read aloud Great Gatstby ch. 1 (finish for HW)
4. HW: visit 1920's links

Pre IB Eng 10
1. get CTBC from library
2. review South Africa background notes
3. Ch 1 and discussion
4. read aloud and finish to page 63 for HW by tomorrow
5. HW: grammar pages 7,8

Mon 10/24

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Gatsby #1)
2. check essay progress
3. get The Great Gatsby
4. highlight "The New Morality'
5. work on essay
6. HW: visit 1920's links for 10 minutes tonight

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (CTBC #1)
2. finish Crucible film
3. peer review of Crucible RD
4. HW: read and highlight South Africa background sheet

Sophomores should post their titles here

Click on the comments below to post your title. Be sure to give both your first and last name as well.

Study for The Crucilbe test

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

The Crucible plot review
The Crucible character list

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

Study for Huck Finn test

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

Huck Finn plot summary
Huck Finn characters

Need help finding a book?

For those sophomores not sure of what book to read, try doing a search on one of these sites to look at titles, brief descriptions, critic's comments, and reader reviews.

Barnes and Noble Book Browser
Powells.com
Amazon.com

Wed 10/19

Eng 11
1. grammar #9
2. essay instructions: topics, organization, quotations, writing advice, grammar and sentences, RD due Tue
3. work on essay

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Crucible test
2. time to work on Crucible RD

What have you been reading lately?

Click on "comments" to tell us.

Tue 10/18

Eng 11
1. review end of Huck Finn
2. do #1,2 of section 4 of studyguide in NB
3. Huck Finn test
4. Huck Finn essay topics
5. HW: do one page of pre-writing in your NB on one of the Huck Finn topics

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect and score NBs
2. watch Crucible film and take notes to prepare for essay

Mon 10/17

Eng 11
1. grammar 8,11
2. review pp 226-265 of Huck Finn
3. read aloud pp 265-277
4. HW: finish the book

Pre IB Eng 10
1. visit the blog and post title of your choice book
2. grammar 3,6
3. writing: revie all expectations for previous essay; read aloud "Writing Advice" for organzing essay
4. notes on Crucible essay topics

Thur 10/13

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (Huck Finn #3)
2. grammar #7
3. review study guide section 3 quest. 1-4
4. do quest 5-7 together aloud
5. HW: read Huck Finn to page 265

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Crucible #2)
2. read Crucible Act 4
3. return LOF essays

Wed 10/12

Eng 11
1. return NB's
2. vocab warm up
3. grammar 6
4. read ch 31 aloud
5. HW: do section 3 #1-4 in NB
6. HW: read to p 226

PRE IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. review Act III study guide
3. Act III notes

Tue 10/11

Eng 11
1. Grammar #5
2. Journal: Hard Choices, collect NB to grade
3. Read aloud pages 180-190
4. HW: read to page 210

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Grammar #2
2. finish last bit of act 2 studyguide
3. Crucible Act 3, read aloud
4. HW: Act 3 study guide

Mon 10/10

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Huck Finn #3)
2. passage analysis (157-158)
3. read aloud 158-170
4. HW read 170-180

Pre IB Eng 10
1. library---- begin choice book assignment
2. vocab warm up (Crucible #2)
3. Act II notes

McCarthyism and The Crucible

Click any of the links below to read about McCarthyism, Arthur Miller, and the connection between The Crucible and McCarthyism.

Short introduction to McCarthyism
McCarthyism in more detail
Short Arthur Miller biography

Fri 10/7

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (Huck #2)
2. notes on yesterday's reading
3. epic discussion
4. read aloud and finish to page 164 for Monday

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Crucible #1)
2. Act I lecture notes
3. review page 1 of Act study guide, then do page 2 witha partner
4. Act II lecture notes
5. HW: visit McCarthyism links on this blog

Thur 10/6

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (Huck #2)
2. Grammar page 4
3. Read Huck Finn to page 146 (finish for HW)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab warm up (Crucible #1)
2. Read Crucible Act II aloud
3. HW: do the front side of Act II study guide

Wed 10/5

Eng 11
1. Comics: stereotypes, satire
2. study guide: questions 1-5 for ch 12-18 in NB
3. close reading of ch 17-18
4. HW: No new pages to read. Use this time to catch up if you've fallen behind in the reading.

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Grammar time! page 1
2. Review p 1 of Crucible study guide
3. Do p 2 of study guide with a partner
4. Begin Act I lecture notes
5. HW: complete grammar p 2,3 by Friday

Tue 10/4

Eng 11
1. grammar #2
2. passage analysis in NB: p 88-89, p90, p 92
A. re-read the passage
B. summarize: What is happening in the story at this point?
C. analyze: What does the passage reveal in terms of Huck's character, theme, or satire?
3. HW: read to p 117

Pre IB Eng 10
1. review HW reading
2. Act I of The Crucible
3. HW: p 1 of studyguide

MON 10/3

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up (Huck Finn #2)
2. review weekend reading
3. begin study guide: do questions 1-6 for ch 1-11 section in NB
4. read aloud to p 80
5. HW read to p 96

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Crucible #1)
2. Red Azaea excerpt (read aloud)
3. HW: Crucible prereading (Sinner at the Hands of an Angry God)

Fri 9/30

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (Huck #1)
2. grammar: begin "My Errors"; do p 1 of packet
3. Huck Finn ch. 8 close reading
4. read aloud to p. 57
5. HW: read to p. 76 (ch 11,12,13)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Midsummer #2)
2. debate: security vs. freedom
3. The Crucible: three settings lecture (take notes in NB)

Thur 9/29

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up
2. Huck Finn ch 4-6 close reading
3. read aloud ch 7
4. HW: read to page 48

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Midsummer #2)
2. finish Midsummer film
3. work on Midsummer take home test

Wed 9/28

Eng 11
1. Notes: annotation, illustrations
2. controversy lecture
3. discuss ch 1
4. ch 2 and 3 aloud
5. HW; ch 4-6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. turn in LOF essay
2. watch Midsummer
3. begin Midsummer take home test

Tue 9/27

Eng 11
1. review p 430 #4-6
2. art response in NB: "Into Bondage"
3. get Huck Finn books
4. Huck Finn intro: "notice to reader"; map; Twain's humor
5. HW: read chapter 1 twice

Pre IB Eng 10
1. NB: What makes "Pyramus and Thisbe" and bad play? Make several assertions and provide evidence from the text for each assertions.
2. Read P and T aloud and listen for the bad writing
3. Watch the RSC version of P and T
4. Give out Midsummer final

Mon 9/26

Eng 11
1. finish "Declaration" assessement
2. Read p. 424-5
3. "Battle with Mr. Covey" p 426 aloud
4. In NB: p 430 #4-6
5. HW: look up first 10 vocab words for Huck Finn

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up (Midsummer #2)
2. Discuss journal responses
3. Close reading 3.2 and 4.1; motifs: love magic, dreams, spirits, eyes, flowers
4. Echoes: Bottom's speech
5. HW: read 4.2 and 5.1

Fri 9/23

Eng 11
1. Collect "outsider" piece
2. vocab quiz (beginnings #2)
3. wrap up "Declaration" readiing
4. Begin "Declaration" final assessment (to be completed in class on Monday)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz (Midsummer #1)
2. Midsummer 3.2 paraphrase and perform
3. Journal: Topic #1: What is this play really about?; Topic #2: What is distubing about this play? (1 page in NB on either topic)
4. HW: read 4.1 and think about this question: Who is the protagonist of the play?

Thur 9/22

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (Beginnings #2)
2. Examine reason to support an assertion (use +/- example)
3. Read "Declaration" part 2 in groups

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab warm up (Midsummer #1)
2. Watch Midsummer 3.1 X 2
3. Insults
4. Prepare performances and paraphrases of 3.2

Wed 9/21

Eng 11
1. Read p. 115, discuss freedom charts, parallelism, background
2. "Declaration" part one in groups and share responses on board
3. "Declaration" part two in groups and share responses on board

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Peer review of LOF essay
2. Writing advice
3. Close reading: Midsummer 2.2.130-140
4. Read 3.1 aloud
5. HW: finish reading 3.1

Tue 9/20

Eng 11
1. Review "Appeals" chart
2. NB: p 105, #2,3
3. Discuss p 105 #4
4. Begin "Declaration," do freedom chart (p 115) in NB

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Iambic pentameter game
2. Close read: Midsummer 2.1.125-142, 2.1.171-180
3. Read aloud 2.2.195 to 2.2
4. HW: Finish reading 2.2 and complete LOF essay RD

Mon 9/19

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (Beginnings #2)
2. Peer review of "outsider" piece
3. Patrick Henry-- brainstorm American Dream words, read bio silently, prepare dialogue w/ text in NB, read speech aloud
4. HW; read speech again and do dialogue w/text in NB

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab warm up
2. Review 1.1 lines 184-197 and 232-257
3. Subtext game
4. Read Midsummer 2.1
5. HW: finish 2.1and work on LOF essay

Fri 9/16

Eng 11
1. Vocab quiz (Beginnings #1)
2. Writing Workshop: imaginative voice, birds-eye view, length= 3 paragraphs, rough draft due Monday

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Watch 1.1 of Midsummer X 2
2. Give out play map and vocab
3. LIne Search: funny, insightful, metaphors, allusions
4. Discuss journal from yesterday

Thur 9/15

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (Beginnings #1)
2. Discuss "Equiano" and do #2,5 in NB, discuss 2-6
3. Begin Imaginative Writing assigment: the new student

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Glossary; Questions?
2. "Is All Our Company Here?"
3. Line Tossing HW: read 1,1 and write this journal in your NB: What do we owe our parents?

Wed 9/14

Eng 11
1. Finish sentence workshop (p. 6)
2. Finish "Histoy..." (review graph w/textual evidence, do 2 questions and turn in worksheet)
3. begin "Equiano" pp. 56-65, rerad bio aloud, finish to p. 65 for HW

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Finish sentence workshop (p. 6)
2. topic sentence/ unity/ coherence
3. essay expectations and glossary

Tue 9/13

Eng 11
1. Sentence workshop 4,5
2. Check HW paragraph, discuss responses
3. Do agree/disagree for "Bird's Eye View'
4. Begin "History of Dividing Line"
5. HW: finish reading "History" and do 2nd column in graph

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Sentence workshop review 3,4
2. Key passages pp. 89, 113, 143, 202
3. Essay topic
4. HW: sentence workshop 6, pre-write for essay

Mon 9/12

Eng 11
1. Sentence workshop 2,3
2. Vocab warm up: Beginnings
3. Read page 27-31, do graphic organizer
4. HW: read p. 34, do #5 on p.35 in NB (one paragraph)

Pre IB Eng 10
1. "What is significant about this passage?" (pp. 60,62)
2. Return grammar test
3. LOF debate
4. HW: sentence workshop 5,6

Fri 9/9

Eng 11
1. Begin sentence workshop (page 1)
2. Share yesterday's journals
3. Discuss "A New Colossus"
4. HW: page 2 of sentence workshop

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Collect parent signatures
2. Grammar test
3. Tracking grades, return LOF test
4. Rev. sentence workshop pages 1,2
5. What's significant about this passage? pp. 31, 60,61
6. HW: sentence workshop 3,4

Thursday 9/8

Eng 11
1. Seating chart
2. Get textbooks
3. Learn names
4. Course description (get it signed)
5. 1st day journal: (Do one or all of the following) How did you come to be an American? What makes an American? What do Americans value?
6. HW: Do a first reading of "The New Colussus"

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Seating chart
2. Stamp NBs
3. LOF test
4. Course description
5. LOF gut reaction discussion
6. HW: Sentence workshop #1,2

Wed 6/15

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Same as period 3 for Tuesday

Eng 11
1. Grammar Final
2. Finish reading memoirs

Tuesday 6/14

Pre IB Eng 10
Per 1:
1. Take poetry test
2. Score notebooks
3. study grammar or write poetry
Per 3:
1. Grammar final
2. poetry reading

Eng 11
1. Read memoirs to class
2. finish TBL test, skipping last page due to time limits

Monday 6/13

Pre IB Eng 10
Per 1: 1. Remind students of finals, turning in NB
2. Read "1947" and do questions in NB; then share responses as a class
3. Poem #4: (this is a nother option for your second poem): Write a poem that starts with the word "once." Your poem should spring from an identifiable moment in the past without directly stating it. Identify the moment through concrete details.
Per 3: 1. Score English NB's.
2. Poetry test
3. study for grammar test or write your poetry

Eng 11
1. Peer review for memoirs, assign dates for reading
2. Review last part of TBL
3. Begin TBL test

Friday 6/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Collect Othello essays
2. Finish "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
3. Read "Autumn Landscape," "Introduction to Poetry," and "Kidnap Poem"
4. Write one more poem. Choose from these three topics:
A. a landscape poem
B. a poem about something you know a lot about but others may not. In the poem compare that "something" to a a series of other things in an attempt to get the reader to understand it.
C. a poem in which you use a number of original puns (emphasis on "original")

Eng 11
1. Vocab quiz (TBL #3)
2. Grammar page 14
3. Read "Zippy" memoir sample aloud
4. Review last night's reading of TBL
5. HW: Complete RD of memoir and finish reading TBL

Thursday 6/9

Pre IB English 10
1. Grade update, review remaining points
2. grammar pages 13,14
3. "Ode on a Grecian Urn"-- read once aloud, discuss 1st stanza together, assign stanzas to students to become experts on those stanzas

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #3)
2. Grammar p. 13
3. Review lastt night's reading
4. Time to read books or write memoir
5. HW: read TBL to page 252

Wednesay 6/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Grammar pages 11,12
2. Read "Chicago" and prepare for discussion using "poetry reading tips" and "talking back to a a poem"
3. 15 minute discussion fo "Chicago" beginning with the question, "What can you say about this poem."
4. HW: work on essay, finish grammar packet, do a first reading of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

Eng 11
1. Grammar page 12
2. Review last night's reading of TBL
3. Memoir instructions pages 1 and 2
4. HW: work on memoir and read to page 221 of TBL

Tuesday 6/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Finish discussion of "Ode to the Yard Sale" with a review of the three "writing to think" topics and "talking back to a poem" questions
2. Read and enjoy "Ode to the Spoon," "Ode to the Cat," and "Ode to the Ode"
3. Time to write odes or work on essays

IB Eng 11
1. Quiz on "Citizenship in the Home"
2. Write double entry journal on last night's reading
3. Time to read
4. HW: read TBL to page 199

Monday 6/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. read "Roadmap" and do talking back to poem questions
2. Grammar 9,10
3. Brainstorm on ode topics: person, place, object, or event
4. Read "Ode to the Yard Sale" and use writing to think for "the list," parts of the poem that are more than just a list, and things that make it "sound" like a poem

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #3)
2. Memory journal #2 (continue on first memory, or start on another)
3. Memoir instructions (read, discuss pre-writing instructions)
4. Review pages 126-154 of TBL
5. H.W: read 155-178 in TBL and find a passage to share in class tomorrow

Friday 6/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. peer review of RD of Othello essay
2. begin essay revision
3. discuss "To Television" with emphasis on word meaning, imagery, sound devices

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz (TBL #2)
2. memory journal: write for 15 minutes on a noteworthy memory
3. TBL: review first part of "Citizenship in the Home"
4. HW: read TBL to page 154

Thursday 6/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Review grammar pages 7-8
2. Poetry: reading tips, read "Abuelito Who"
3. HW: Read "To Television" and write definitions for all the words in the poem you don't know in the right margin

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #2)
2. Review "Uncool" with reading quiz
3. Read aloud "A Whole New Deal"
4. Give out final: do Topics brainstorm in NB
5. HW: read TBL to page 125

Wednesday 6/1

Pre IB Eng 10
Time to work on Othello essay

Eng 11
1. Grammar p. 11
2. Double entry journal for "Uncool"
3. HW: finish reading "Uncool"

Tuesday 5/31

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello translation test
2. Othello essay tips discussion
3. Time to work on essay

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #2)
2. Journal: cool, uncool
In your world what is cool? What is Uncool?
3. Read "Uncool" and get to page 75 by tomorrow

Friday 5/27

Pre IB English 10
1. Review Act V questions
2. Watch rest of Othello film
3. Share "Tips for wives" sheet as discussion starter for Desdemona/ Emilia roles

Eng 11
1. Vocab quiz (TBL #1)
2. Review expectations for choice book letters
3. Work time: write RD of letter

Thursday 5/26

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello Act V (read all)
2. HW: do all of Act V questionsa and one discussion question in NB
3. HW for Tuesday is to do Grammar 7,8

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (TBL #1)
2. Write your double entry in "Fortune" in NB
3. Share double entries with entire class
4. HW: finish choice book and remember to bring textbook to class on Friday

Wedesday 5/25

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Grammar 5,6
2. Review Othello Act IV, Emelia's speech
3. Watch Othello Act III
4. HW: Othello journal #4

Eng 11
1. Grammar page 10
2. Complete reading of "Fortune" in TBL
3. Pick your favorite passage for use tomorrow on your double entry journal
4. HW: read your choice book

Tuesday 5/24

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Read all of Othello Act IV
2. HW: Do all of Act IV questions in NB

Eng 11
1. Grammar page 9
2. This Boy's Life jounal #1: transformation
Imagine you're moving to a new town and you will change your identity. What new first name would yo take and why? What aspects of your life would you change and why? Be specific. Write 3/4 to 1 page in your NB.
3. Share new names anonymously by writing on slips paper to be read aloud. Share your journal with a partner if you wish.
4. Brief discussion of TBL epigraphs.
5. Read TBL to page 8

Monday 5/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Grammar pages 3,4
2. Review questions and translations for Othello 3.1 and 3.3
3. Finish 3.3 relay
4. Summarize end of Act III
5. Do "Magic in the web" handkerchief story


Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (This Boy's Life #1)
2. Grammar page 8
3. Review 6 African American poems (in groups):
A. What do you notice about the language?
B. What is the poem about?
C. What is the poem really about?

Friday 5/20

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab quiz (Othello #1)
2. Act III: scene 1 (5 actors)
scene 2 (3 actors)
scene 3 lines 1-89 (5 actors)
scene 3 lines 90-end (relay0
3. HW: Othello journal #3, Act III questions, Act III translations #1-8

Eng 11
1. 20 minutes of free reading
2. Review "Incident" questions #1,3,4
4. Read African American poetry collection and pick out choices for Monday's discussion

Thursday 5/19

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab warm up (Othello #2)
2. Review last part of Othello 2.3 (Iago and Cassio)
3. Watch Acts 1,2

Eng 11
1. 20 minutes free reading
2. Grammar p. 7
3. Discuss "Tableau" and do questions 1-4 p. 749 in NB
4. Read "Incident" p. 748
5. HW: questions 1-5 on "Incident" from page 749

Wednesday 5/18

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Share/ collect autobios
2. Perform Othello:
2.1.176-208
2.2.282-end (antiphonally)
2.2 (1 actor)
2.3.1-112
2.3.113-172
3. HW: Finish reading 2.3 of Othello and do Othello comparison journal #2

Eng 11
1. 20 minutes of free reading
2. Grammar page 6
3. Intro to poetry: How to read a poem, etc0
3. Read "Tableau" p. 747 in text 5 different ways

Tuesday 5/17

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Give out self assessment for autobio (due tomorrow)
2. Ring the Changes: Brabantio's warning
3. Read aloud last part of 1.3, keep track of beast imagery
4. Do Othello comparison journal #1
5. Begin reading 2.1, finish for HW

Eng 11
1. Raisin test
2. Grammar pages 4,5
3. Work on Raisin creative response RD or read choice book
4. Reminder; bring textbook tomorrow

Monday 5/16

Pre IB Eng 10
1. List important Othello words in NB
2. Vocab warm up (Othello #2)
3. Grammar: Rev #1,2. Do #3,4 for Friday
4. Rev 1.2 questions
5. Read aloud 1.3 lines 59-end
6. HW: do 1,3 questions in NB

Eng 11
1. 20 minutes free reading
2. Watch Act III of Raisin
3. Finish and turn in Raisin studyguide
4. Begin Raisin creative writing response(FD due Friday)

Friday 5/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab quiz (Othello #1)
2. Othello 1.2 acting circle
3. Othello Choral reading from 1.3
4. HW: Do questions for 1.2 in NB and do a first reading of 1.3

Eng 11
1. Collect OMAM essays
2. Vocab quiz (Raisin #2)
3. Review p. 4 of study guide
4. Read all of Act III of Raisin

Thursday 5/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Vocab warm up (Othello #1)
2. Read slightly cut 1.1 of Othello
3. Read all of 1.1 and do NB questions
4. HW: do a first reading of 1.2

Eng 11
1. Vocab warm up (Raisin #2)
2. Watch Raisin Act II

Wednesday 5/11

Pre IB Eng 10
1. get Othello books
2. finish line tossing
3. improv again: The Lover, the Girlfriend, The Buddy

Eng 11
1. 20 minutes of free reading
2. finish reading Act II of Raisin
3. begin watching Act II of Raisin
4. HW: p. 4 of Raisin studyguide