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