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