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.

Thur 6/13

Pre IB Eng 10

Block 2
1. poems to enjoy, video clips, Il Postino, Amiri Baraka, Robert Pinsky, Bob Dylan, Sage Francis
2. finish your ode

Block 3
1. book survey
2. how to be successful next year
3. poetry final: read your ode

Wed 6/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. finish analysis of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
2. work on your ode-- due tomorrow
3. score NBs

Tue 6/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. poems to enjoy: "Introduction to Poetry"; "Autumn Landscape"; "1947"; "The Opposite of Green"; "We Real Cool"
2. a poem to analyze: "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
3. workshop: write your ode
4. have a completed notebook tomorrow for grading

Mon 6/11

Pre IB Eng 10
1. HW check on "Yardsale"
2. read and enjoy: "Ode to the Cat"
3. a poem to analyze: "Chicago"
4. HW: write a draft of your own ode
5. do a first reading of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

Fri 6/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. share autobios
2. autobio self assessment
3. Poetry: "Ode to the Yard Sale"
4. read and enjoy "Ode to the Spoon" and "Ode to this Ode"
5. work on your own ode, review stratagies

Thur 6/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. check HW
2. "Roadmap" and figurative language
3. freewrite on a person, place, thing, event
4. "Ode to the Yard Sale"
5. HW: read "Ode to the Spoon" and "Ode to this Ode"

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. share speeches

Wed 6/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Begin poetry: reading tips, talking back with questions
2. discuss "To Television" in groups then as class
3. HW: work on your autobio

Eng 12
1. complete Siddhartha maps
2. Siddhartha final

Tue 6/5

Pre IB Eng 10:
1. finish JLC test
2. HW: read "To Television"

Eng 12
1. review last four chapters
2. work on map
3. finish book

Mon 6/4

Pre IB Eng 10
1. return Othello essays
2. discuss last three stories of Joy Luck in small groups
3. begin JLC test-- finish tomorrow

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up-- quiz Thursday
2. work on Siddhartha maps, due Wednesday
3. follow the reading schedule

Fri 6/1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. stories: instructions, peer reviews, checklist
2. discuss "Waiting Between the Trees" and "Double Face"
3. film clips
4. finish book by Monday

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. share magical realism stories, turn in
3. journal check-- no more journals if you have completed the first 6!
4. teacher notes on last night's reading
5. begin Siddhartha map
6. HW: follow reading schedule for Monday

Thur 5/31

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"
2. NB: If you were to use evidence from this story in your essay test, which ideas from the vignettes or previous family stories would you address? What evidence from this story would you include?
3. students samples
4. HW: finish book, complete RD of stories

Eng 12
1. share double entry journals
2. teacher notes, key passages
3. three forms of teaching: teaching/ learning comics
4. HW: follow reading schedule, do journals

Wed 5/30

Pre IB Eng 10
1. "Without Wood" and "Best Quality": write on one of the stories (topics: titles, vignettes, family themes or motifs)
2. Share last vignette
3. autobio student sample
4. HW: read "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"

Eng 12
1. summarize first two chapters together: silent quiz
2. share personal responses
3. teacher notes, questions, key passages
4. Buddhism notes
5. HW: follow the reading schedule, complete journals

Tue 5/29

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss "Rice Husband" and "Four Directions" with questions
2. read "Zippy" sample
3. HW: read "Without Wood" and "Best Quality"

Eng 12
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

Fri 5/25

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. discuss "Two Kinds"
3. Discuss "Mirror" vignette
4. semi-autobiographical stories instructions- RD due next Friday
5. HW: read "Rice Husband" and "Four Directions"

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. magical realism essay peer review: FD due next Friday
3. Siddhartha background notes
4. Siddhartha background quiz
5. Siddhartha background discussion

Thur 5/24

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. discuss "Half and Half"
3. freewrite #5 (optional)
4. HW: read "Two Kinds"

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. magical realism essay instructions
3. complete magical realism essay RD for tomorrow

Wed 5/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. small group discussions: "Rules of the Game" and "Voice from the Wall"
3. freewrite #4: good karma, bad karma, ghost story, backfired
4. HW: read "Half and Half"

Eng 12
1. November/December questions in NB
2. last discussion on Like Water for Chocolate
3. comprehension test
4. more pre-writing for magical realism narrative

Tue 5/22

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. "The Moon Lady"
3. bicycle vignette
4. freewrite #3: malignant gate, control freak, that weird family
5. HW: read "Rules of the Game" and "Voice from the Wall"

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. chapter questions: September, October in NB
3. film clip (rated PG)
4. begin magical realism writing assignment
5. HW: finish the book, test tomorrow!

Mon 5/21

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect Othello essay
2. vocab quiz, new vocab list
3. return library books
4. discuss "The Red Candle"
5. free write: being clever, invisible strength, invisible, scar
6. HW: read "The Moon Lady"

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. Journal: rebellion
3. chapter questions in NB for July/ August
4. HW: read September and October

Fri 5/18

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Complete your key passage analysis of your choice book
2. HW: finish FD of Othello essay, study for vocab quiz

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. journal: nurturing
3. "May" and "June"
4. Mr. Salas: Latin American culture
5. HW: read to page 159

Thur 5/17

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. key passage sample
3. discuss "Scar"
4. Read "The Red Candle"
5. HW: finish choice book, work on Othello essay

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. Chocolate reading quiz 3
3. Chocolate study questions
4. Journal: transcendental relationship
HW: read "May" and "June"

Wed 5/16

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. return Othello paraphrase quizzes
3. JLC: 8 fold notes, vignette key phrases, What is the Joy Luck Club? What is Joy Luck? What is Suyuan/June's story, drama, theme, etc?
4. Free-write: in your bones
5. HW: read "Scar"; read choice book; work on Othello essay

Eng 12
1. Chocolate chapter 2 quiz
2. begin Chocolate study guide
3. Journal: family legend
4. HW: read to page 81

Tue 5/15

Pre IB Eng 10
1. get JLC books
2. vocab warm up: quiz Monday
3. Othello essay peer review
4. begin 8 fold note taking
5. read JLC to page 32

Eng 12
1. Chronicle projects presentation
2. write response to one project in NB
3. Chocolate quiz on ch 1
4. Journal: family tradition
5. HW: read ch 2: February, complete TFA RD

Mon 5/14

Pre IB Eng 10
1. CIM reading test
2. Othello essay peer review
3. HW: read your choice book

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. get books: Like Water for Chocolate
3. Journal: 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: complete Chronicle project, read about Mexican Revolution, read ch 1, pages 5-19.

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761588457/Mexican_Revolution.html

Fri 5/11

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar test
2. essay workshop

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. complete Chronicle project

Thur 5/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar review
2. essay workshop: RD due on Monday

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. last chapter discussion, share cover art
3. time line
4. workshop: design final project

Wed 5/9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar review: semi-colons, colons, dashes
2. finish Othello film
3. essay workshop

Eng 12
1. collect speech, 2nd draft
2. vocab warm up
3. return TFA RD, teacher notes on essays, FD due next Wednesday
4. review gender roles in Chronicle: What is suggested about the roles? What kind of men/women are admired? rewarded? punished?
5. Cover art: Journal in NB on how the art expresses/ symbolizes the story's themes, topics, conflicts, etc.
6. Create a new cover that features a character other than Angela: Express/ symbolize the story's themes, topics, conflicts, etc. Suggested characters: Santiago, Bayardo, Pedro/Pablo, Narrator.

Tue 5/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello paraphrase quiz
2. return essay prep sheet
2. continue Othello film

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. review ch 4 part 1
3. gender roles activity: teams of boys and girls, list characters of opposite gender, details and adjective about each character.
4. HW: finish ch 4

Mon 5/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 13
2. essay: RD due next Monday
3. Othello slideshow
4. film/ score NBs
5. HW: topic and question RD
6. tomorrow: Othello quiz, finish film, work on RD

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up: quiz 2
2. Chronicle-- 3 groups: Pedro/Pablo, The Crowd, various characters
3. read to p. 96

Thur 5/3

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar
2. finish Act IV
3. Emelia's speech
4. Act 4 or 5 journal
5. HW: reach choice book, grammar 13

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. Chronicle ch 2: characters, events, timeline, themes, imagery
3. Chronicle journal #2: when, where, who, what, how, why: the final sword fight between Hamlet and Laertes. Compare memories, chronicle
4. work: read Chronicle, essay, speech, vocab

Wed 5/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar p 11
2. HW check: Othello journal #3
3. Act IV; finish tomorrow
4. HW: read choice book, do grammar 12

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. magical realism
3. ch 1: characters, timeline, imagery, themes
4. Work time: read Chronicle, work on TFA essay, commencement speech, study new vocab

Tue 5/1

Pre IB Eng 10
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, grammar page 11, visit blog and leave comment for participation

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. advice to Freshman
3. Chronicle: characters, timeline notes, questions to consider
4. work time: finish ch 1, work on TFA essay RD, next draft of commencement speech, study vocab

Sophomores, check out these pictures of textiles

We've been talking about Islamic art and how the handkerchief Othello gives to Desdemona is not just any run of the mill handkerchief. It's a family heirloom, a real work of art. Have a look at these pictures of Islamic textile art to get a better idea of what we are talking about.

This one is a good example of a small textile, perhaps a handkerchief not unlike the one Othello gives to Desdemona.



Here are some other handkerchiefs to look at.






Check out these details of the fine embroidery.





Here is a textile used for a wall covering. Can you see the Arabic scipture we talked about (those squiggly lines you see).



This last one is a good example of a rug. Check out the intricate geometric patterns in the middle.

Mon 4/30

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar 7,8
2. Othello 3.1-3.3
3. HW: grammar 9,10; read Othello page 109 twice

Eng 12
1. get Chronicle books
2. vocab warm up: TFA last quiz is Wednesday, new Chronicle words for Friday
3. begins Chronicle unit: What is a chronicle, define, journal "your day" on 9/11, share, post on butcher paper
4. work time
5. HW: Freshman proverb due tomorrow, read to p 13 in Chronicle, ask one other person what was "your day" on 9/11 who is not in your age group, work on commencement speech and TFA essay at your own pace
6. Due dates: TFA essay RD is Friday 5/4, next commencement speech draft is due Wed 5/9

Fri 4/27

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. finish CIM writing/ read choice book
3. review grammar 3-5
4. check essay journal
5. lit term: comic relief
6. HW: Othello to page 91, read choice book, grammar 7,8

Eng 12
1. gut reaction: the ending
2. teacher's notes, passages, irony
3. essay topics
4. guest speaker: Chinua Achebe
5. work time: essay planning
6. HW: essay planning sheet #1,2 by Monday, Freshman proverb by Tuesday

Pre IB Eng 10
CIM writing test

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. return speech draft: next draft due on May 9th
3. read "Happy Meal"
4. ch 18-21 questions in groups of four
5. HW: finish TFA and read last background sheet

Wed 5/25

Pre IB Eng 10
1. dashes
2. Othello 2.3 plus character drawing
3. begin CIM writing test
4. tomorrow: finish test, read choice book
5. HW: (for Friday) read choice book, Othello essay journal #2, grammar pages 4-6

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz/ new vocab
2. passage: missionaries (Gut reaction, personal response; What is Achebe's purpose with this passage? What does he want us to show us or get us to think or believe?
3. review all events
4. advice for Freshman: write your own proverb for Monday. 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: read chapter 18-21 in TFA

Tue 4/24

Pre IB Eng 10
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

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. Ch 11-13 questions with partner
3. review last 1/2 of part 1
4. Proverb illustration: 10 pts
5. HW: read ch 14-17 in TFA

Mon 4/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. semicolons
3. review Act I and journals
4. Ring the Changes
5. begin Act II
6. HW: read choice books; read 2.1 and do questions; Grammar: colons

Eng 12
1. collect comencement speech RD
2. vocab warm up
3. silent quiz
4. ch 4-7-- share questions 5,6
5. ch 8-10 quiz
6. HW: read background and ch 11-13

Fri 4/20

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. Shakespeare in Love clip
3. finish Act 1
4. HW: essay journal #1; read choice book, do grammar page 1

Eng 12
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

Thur 4/19

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. Othello lit terms: imabic pentameter, soliloquy, aside, allusion, dramatic irony, imagery, pun, double entendre
3. review 1.2
4. choral reading
5. begin 1.3
6. HW: read choice book, read 1.3 to page 48

Eng 12
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 4/18

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. Lover, girlfriend, buddy: more background
3. review yesterday's scene (1.1 slightly cut script)
4. Othello 1.1. and 1.2 plus study questions
5. HW: read choice book, finish reading 1.2 and do questions 21-24 in NB

Eng 12
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 4/17

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Othello 1.1 slightly cut script
2. read choice books

Mon 4/16

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Bardology slide show
2. perform "Line Tossing" improvs
3. Perform "The Lover, the girlfriend, and the buddy" improvs
4. HW: don't forget to go to room 612, 205 tomorrow

Eng 12
1. grades
2. share your personal philosophy: notes on the questions from Mr. Wilson
3. intro to commencement speech assignment: RD due next Monday
4. sample speeches
5. begin planning your speech

Thur 4/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. get books
2. vocab warm up
3. Bardology 101 (continued)
4. line tossing and improvs (perform on Monday)

Eng 12
1. HW check
2. a conversation about Jean Paul Satre from Sophie's World
3. discuss final chapters of The Stranger
4. The Stranger test
5. HW: complete "What is your personal philosophy?" in NB

Wed 4/11

Pre IB Eng 10
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?

Eng 12
1. collect All Quiet essays, check turnitin.com
2. discuss part 2 chapter 1-3 of The Stranger
3. complete part 2 chapters 4-5 questions
4. test review; comprehension test tomorrow

Tue 4/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Cry, The Beloved Country essay test
2. score NBs

Eng 12
1. review existentialism
2. small groups: questions in NB for part 2 chapters 1-3
3. finish the book; comprehension test on Thursday
4. HW: complete FD of All Quiet essay

Mon 4/9

Pre IB Eng 10
finish film, prep for test

Eng 12
1. don't forget turnitin.com on Wednesday
2. Stranger questions in groups: do #1,3,7,18-24 in NB
3. part 1 quiz
4. class discussion on part 1
5. HW: read pages 63-91, prepare NB for grading

Fri 4/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. return Crucible essays
3. introduce essay test
4. begin film

Eng 12
1. get The Stranger
2. review philosophy notes
3. read existentialism description
4. do peer/self review for esssy: FD due next Wednesday
5. HW: read pages 3-59 of The Stranger

Thur 4/5

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. discuss symbolism, questions 1-3 of Book III
3. finish book, finish Book III questions

Eng 12
1. intro to philosophy: share quickwrite responses
2. read aloud part of philosophy background, finish for HW
3. work on your All Quiet essay

Wed 4/5

Pre IB Eng 10
1. review ch 28 questions
2. do T-chart on Kumalo's success and failure
3. read to page 289
4. HW: do first 3 questions of Book III

1. HW check
2. share samle essay
3. time to work on All Quiet essay
4. HW: do philosphy quickwrite #1, work on essay

Tue 4/4

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 26 discussion, quotations, artwork
3. debate: crime
4. ch 28 discussion
5. finish Book II and questions

Eng 12
1. HW check
2. finish fim
3. HW: complete "body" of outline

Mon 4/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. small groups: ch 20,22,23
3. large group: ch 26
4. draw ch 26
5. HW: read ch 27, 28 and do ch 28 questions

Eng 12
1. HW check: essay planning sheets 2,3
2. literary analysis essay instructions
3. finish film, search for evidence
4. HW: complete section one and two of essay outline

Fri 3/24

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. field trip to South Africa
3. HW: read and do quesitons for Book to all the way up to chapter 26

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz
2. discuss end of All Quiet
3. All Quiet comprehension test
4. begin All Quiet film
5. HW: complete essay planning sheets 1 and 2

Thur 3/22

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab review
2. ch 18 discussion
3. Journal: Do the rich need the poor to stay poor?
4. HW; finish poetry in prose, read ch 20, 21 and do questions

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. review ch 10 with participation
3. slideshow
4. HW: finish book, do last questions, be ready for the twiz

Wed 3/21

Pre IB Eng 10
1. journal: What makes a place beloved?
2. review last night's chapters
3. HW: read to p 175, begin Book II work
4. Prose to poetry; due Friday for 5 points

Eng 12
1. HW check
2. ch 9 questions for participation
3. essay prep
4. HW: ch 10 and questions

Tue 3/20

Pre IB Eng 10
1. check pictures
2. character web for ch 1-11
3. ch 12 aloud
4. draw ch 12
5. HW: read chapters 13, 14, 15, 16

Eng 12
1. HW check
2. vocab warm up
3. discuss "Combat to Campus"
4. review ch 8 with quotation sheet
5. Journal: which essay topic are you most interested in writing about? Why? What one scene, charater, conversation, quotation from the text you think best addresses that topic?
6. read ch 9 and do study guide questions for HW

Mon 3/19

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect essays
2. vocab warm up
3. ch 1-8 questions
4. ch 9 aloud
5. draw ch 9
6. HW: read ch 10-11, visit blog, leave comment

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. review ch 7
3. read "Combat to Campus"
4. read ch 8 and do study guide questions

Images of shanty towns

These are some images of shanty towns in South Africa. Leave a comment for participation.

South Africa Pictures

Click here to see pictures of the Drakensberg area in which Cry, The Beloved Country takes place. Be sure to leave a comment with your name to get participation credit.

Wed 3/14

Pre IB Eng
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 1 aloud, draw it on the board
3. ch 2-4, exposition
4. HW: FD of Crucible essay
5. HW: read ch 5-8

Eng 12
1. collect essay of definition
2. vocab quiz: All Quiet vocab #1
3. review reading
4. aloud: rest of ch 6
5. do ch 6 questions in NB
6. read ch 7 of All Quiet

Tue 3/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. get Cry, The Beloved Country books
2. vocab warm up
3. read ch 1 three times
4. draw ch 1 in NB
5. HW: work on essay

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. journal: Is war natural? Is it in nature? Is it in human nature
3. read article: Peace or War/
4. review ch 5
5. HW: finish essay, read pages 99-108

Mon 3/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. complete choice book test
2. HW: read/highlight South Africa Background info
3. HW: work on your Crucible essay

Eng 12
1. HW check
2. vocab warm up
3. Tigard graduates in Iraq: "cut off from youth" theme
4. review reading: ch 2-4
5. HW: read to page 97 and do study guide in NB

Fri 3/9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar retake
2. key passage analysis: What is it, and how do you do it?
3. self/ peer evaluation of Crucible RD

Eng 12
1. HW check
2. "to be" extra credit
3. peer/self evaluation for essay of definition
4. literature of war: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" and "Johnny Got His Gun"
5. review chapter one of All Quiet
6. HW: read to page 74 in All Quiet and do study guide

Thur 3/8

Prei IB Eng 10
1. grammar review: commas
2. workshop: essays, grammar, choice books, extra credit

Eng 12
1. "to be" practice
2. vocab warm up
3. grammar: vague pronouns
4. Lit. of war: "The Soldier," and "Knolt Hoheimer"
5. review WWI notes, overheads, numbers killed, video clips of trench warfare
6. HW: read chapter 1 of All Quiet, do NB questions for chapter, finish draft of essay of definition

Wed 3/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar review: italics, quotation marks
2. notes on organization: chronological vs. order of importance
3. workshop

Eng 12
1. grammar review: fragments, run-ons
2. intro All Quiet unit
3. read Henry V piece, Johnny Got His Gun Exerpt
4. get books
5. HW: read highlight WWI background notes, work on essay of definition

Tue 3/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar review: apostrophes
2. workshop: Crucible essays, read choice books, study grammar, do extra credit

Eng 12
1. Hamlet test
2. begin Hamlet writing assignment: essay of definition

Mon 3/5

Pre IB Eng 10
1. finish film
2. return Lord of the Flies essays
3. notes and advice
4. sample essay: Mary Warren's Crucible
5. due dates
6. workshop: essay, grammar, read choice book, extra credit

Fri 3/2

Pre IB Eng 10
Watch Crucible film, review text for essay topics and evidence

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz (Hamlet #3)
2. aloud: Hamlet 5.2
3. notebook check, begin reviewing for Hamlet test

Thur 3/1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Crucible test/ read choice book
2. essay preparation map
3. film: use this time to review the text

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. Hamlet review questions for 3.3-5.1
3. watch first part of Hamlet film

Wed 2/28

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar page 12
2. Act IV study guide review
3. essay topics
4. Miller readings, clips
5. HW: read choice book, note key passages

Eng 12
1. "to be" practice
2. vocab warm up
3. video summary of 4.5-4.7
4. "what is a man" close reading
5. read aloud 5.1
6. reader's log for act 4 or 5.1

Tue 2/27

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar page 11
2. read Act IV
3. do Act IV study guide
4. HW: read choice book, bring choice book to class every day, test on The Crucible on Thursday

Eng 12
1. "to be" practice" and vocab warm up
2. film clips
3. summarize: 4.1-4.3 (and close reading)
4. aloud: 4.4-4.5
5. HW: read pages 137-146

Mon 2/26

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar pages 9,10
3. Act 3 study guide review
4. cast Act 4
5. HW: read choice book, start noticing key passages

Eng 12
1. check reader's log
2. vocab quiz/ new vocab
3. review Acts 1 - 3.2, view nunnery scene
4. read aloud: 3.3 and 3.4
5. HW: read pages 115-122, practice "to be" extra credit

Fri 2/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect essays
2. vocab review
3. Crucible Act III
4. HW: Act III study guide, read choice book

Eng 12
1. vocab review
2. extra credit practice
3. read Act III scene 1 and 2 aloud
4. HW: do reader's log on 3.3

Thur 2/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. forcasting (2nd block only)
2. Act II study guide and notes
3. read Act II scene 2 aloud and discuss
4. cast Act III
5. HW: finish essays, read choice books


Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. video summary of Hamlet 2.2
3. "O what a rogue" close reading
4. "To be or not to be" close reading
5. view "to be or not to be" three versions
6. HW: read page 74-86

Wed 2/21

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar page 8
2. vocab warm up
3. Crucible Act II
4. Crucible Act II study guide
5. HW: read choice book, work on essay

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up
2. Hamlet 1.5 film clips
3. Rocket notes for 1.3 and 2.1 and close reading of lines
4. Read aloud Hamlet 2.2; notes of puns, double entendre and classical allusions
5. HW: finish reading 2.2 and do reader's log on 2.2 in NB

Tue 2/20

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. get books
3. reveiw Act I study guide
4. begin Act II
5. HW: work on essays, read choice book

Eng 12
1. vocab quiz: Hamlet #1
2. check reader's logs
3. story telling contest
4. watch 1.4-1-5 of Hamlet

Fri 2/16

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. essay self evaluation: final draft due Fri 2/13
3. cast Act II, begin reviewing Act I study guide

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up, quiz Tuesday
2. read 1.4 and 1.5 of Hamlet in class
3. HW: do reader's log for 1.4-5
4. HW: read 1.3 and 2.1 of Hamlet
5. finish stories for Tuesday's story telling contest

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Thur 2/15

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss "Sinners"
3. finish reading Crucible Act I
4. do Crucible Act I study guide

Eng 12
1. vocab warm up: quiz Tuesday
2. Hamlet 1.2: first soliloquy, finish reading scene, begin readers log in NB (do a log for first two scenes
3. Workshop: finish up stories by Tuesday

Wed 2/14

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar page 7
2. review setting #3
3. read Act I of The Crucible
4. HW: work on essay, read and highlight "Sinners" handout

Eng 12
1. writing workshop: 30 minutes on your satire stories
2. review end of Act I scene 1: view scene, rocket notes
3. close reading: King's speech from Act I scene 2, Hamlet's first appearance
4. HW: read and highlight first 3 pages of Hamlet background

Tue 2/13

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar p 6
2. vocab warm up
3. Anthem: final thoughts on egoism, altruism
4. extra credit (10 points): due March 14, 2007
5. Crucible debate: security vs freedom
6. Crucible three settings lecture (10 minutes)
7. HW: work on your essay

Eng 12
1. collect observational essays
2. writing workshop: 30 minutes to work on stories
3. Hamlet: vocab, first ten words, quiz next Tuesday; scene 1 aloud
4. HW: read up to page 15 in Hamlet

Mon 2/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar warm up: p5
2. Crucible vocab #1; quiz Friday
3. Anthem: small group discussion for 20 minutes
4. Anthem free write on #2,3, or 4 in NB
5. college bound reading: list, library, complete reading by 3/5/07
6. HW: look up vocab words, work on LOF essay

Eng 12
1. Writing workshop: story telling contest, begin planning with a partner for contest on Friday (45 minutes
2. Hamlet line tossing and story circle: Something's rotten in the state of Denmark
3. go to library to pick up copies of Hamlet

Fri 2/9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar warm up: p 3,4
2. Anthem: share key passages, teacher questions
3. essay workshop
4. HW: finish Anthem, work on your essay

Eng 12
1. Canterbury Tales test
2. MLA style, grading rubric, check lists
3. peer review, self evaluation of observational essay
4. HW: finish final draft by Tuesday

Thur 2/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar warm up
2. get Anthem
3. essay workshop: share graphic organizer
4. essay RD due Fri 2/16
5. HW: read Anthem to p 51, pick a key passage and write about it in your NB

Eng 12
1. review Pardoner's Tale questions
2. review drafting p 187
3. time to draft Observational essay: RD due tomorrow
4. HW: study for Canterbury Tales test, turn in study guide tomorrow

Wed 2/7

Pre IB Eng 10
1. check pre-writing
2. discuss unity and coherence
3. review essay expectation and conventions
4. more time to pre-write and draft: your goal is to have your definite "primary cause" by tomorrow

Eng 12
1. review prologue text questions for participation
2. Pardoner's Tale
3. finish study guide
4. pre-write for observational writing (p 186)

Tue 2/6

Pre IB Eng 10
1. LOF debate
2. NB: What your view (view #3)? Which view do you think Golding agrees with? Or does he have view #4? What's view #4?
3. HW: read essay assignment, do one page of pre-writing in your NB

Eng 12
1. review Reeve, Summoner, Pardoner
2. finish reading prologue
3. finish prologue study guide questions
4. NB: page 129 # 1,3,4,6
5. complete another character visual: name, 3-5 perfect adjectives, best quotation, symbol

Mon 2/5

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss key passage from HW: 143, 155, 178
2. debate prep: debate tomorrow
3. HW: key passage: last two pages of the book

Eng 12
1. pilgrims slideshow
2. HW check
3. review last week's pilgrims
4. notes on day 4 work
5. complete day 5 work
6. time permitting do more visuals
7. reminder: Canterbury Tales test

Fri 2/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. key passages; discuss last night's HW
2. allegory, symbolism, microcosm
3. HW: one paragraph on passage from 143, 155., 178

Eng 12
1. review prologue so far: Knight, Squire, Nun, Monk
2. read Day 3 work and complete corresponding study guide: Friar, Merchant, Oxford Cleric, Serjeant at Law, Franklin, Haberdasher et al.
3. in groups of three do visuals of six of the characters so far: name, 3-5 perfect adjectives, best quotation, symbol
4. HW: complete day 4 work in study guide

Thur 2/1

Pre IB Eng 10
1. grammar pre-test
2. key passages: review last night's question; do passages from pp. 60, 62, 63, 88
3. HW: in NB answer this questions: What makes the passage key? (pp. 109, 113, 140)

Eng 12
1. warm up: quickwrite p 105 in NB
2. Chaucer, pilgrimage notes
3. begin tales to p 112
4. HW: make sure all of Day 1 study guide is done

Wed 1/31

Pre IB Eng 10
1. parent signatures, turnitin codes
2. review sentence workshop
3. key passages: share passages from summer assignment, explain what a key passage is, define theme, guess theme of novel, share first key passage
4. HW: Answer this question: What is the "pause" in the passage? What's causing it?
5. HW: sign up for turnitin.com

Eng 12
1. parent signatures, turnitin codes
2. warm up: What would be the target of your satire? vices, folly, social conventions
3. seven deadly sins: rate them from bad to worst
4. get books
5. read intro to Canterbury Tales (99-105) and begin study guide
6. listen to page one of prologue in Middle English

Tue 1/30

Welcome to the new semester. This if the agenda for the first day.

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Lord of the Flies test
2. course description
3. LOF gut reaction discussion
4. HW: sentence workshop (3 pages)

Eng 12
1. seating chart
2. course description
3. begin Canterbury Tales unit: define satire, share "It All Started with Clubs and Stones"
4. HW: answer questions on "It All Started with Clubs and Stones"

Fri 1/26

Pre IB Eng 10
Block 1:
JLC test

Thur 1/25

Pre IB Eng 10
Block 1:
1. review for JLC test
2. watch JLC film clips
Block 3:
JLC test

Eng 11
1. TBL vocab #3 quiz
2. turn in NBs
3. TBL test

Due Dates for 2nd quarter

Pre IB Eng 10
12/8: finish college bound reading books
12/8: paraphrase test
12/11: key passage analysis
12/12: grammar retake
12/15: Othello essay RD
1/5: Othello essay FD
1/24: autobiographical incident
1/25: Joy Luck Club test (3rd block only)
1/26: Joy Luck Club test (1st block only)





Eng 11
11/22: Of Mice and Men comprehension test
12/5: OMAM essay RD
12/12: grmmar retake
12/15 OMAM essay FD
1/5 Rinish reading choice book
1/10 Raisin final
1/12: choice book letter to author
1/25: This Boy's Life test, memoir due

Wed 1/24

Pre IB Eng 10
Block 1:
1. self assessment of autobios and turn in
2. watch clips from JLC film
Block 3:
1. self assessment of autobios and turn in
2. review for JLC test
3. advice for success in IB Junior English

Eng 11
1. vocab review
2. memoir peer reviews
3. review last nights TBL reading
4. review for TBL test tomorrow
5. HW: read to end of TBL, do FD of memoir, prepare NB to turn in

Tue 1/23

Pre IB Eng 10
1. discuss last two JLC stories: Why does the title "Double Face" make sense for this story? For the whole Jong family story? List details fro the story and write a one paragraph explanation. Whi sthe meaning of Suyuan for "A Pair of Tickets"? What is the meaning of Jing Mei? How are these meanings important to the Woo family story?
2. Autobio peer reviews: use the checklist
3. HW: finish final draft of autobio for tomorrow

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up
2. do DER #4 on "Citizenship in the School" and share aloud
3. review last night reading
4. Work time: finish RD of memoir for tomorrow, study vocab, read to page 269 in TBL

Mon 1/22

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab quiz
2. autobio instructions
3. workshop time for autobios

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz
2. new vocab: TBL #3
3. share DER #3
4. review weekend reading: passages 182, 187, 207, 212-214, 217-218, 220
5. read to page 252, work on memoir

Fri 1/19

Pre IB Eng 10
1. finish CIM reading test
2. get your notebook scored
3. HW: study vocab for quiz Monday, work on your autobio incident, begin preparing for JLC final

Eng 11
1. copy notebook work list
2. vocab review-- quiz Monday
3. summarize last night's reading
4. do DER #3 on "Citizenship in the Home"
5. read rest of "Citizenship in the Home" aloud
6. HW: work on memoir, read to page 228 by Monday

Thur 1/18

Pre IB Eng 10
CIM reading test

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up
2. review memoir instructions
3. review TBL reading
4. HW: read TBL to p 168
5. HW: pre-write, draft memoirs

Fri 1/12

Pre IB Eng 10
1. IB info from Teschner
2. vocab review
3. discuss "Magpies" and "Waiting Between the Trees"
4. share autobio sample from "Zippy"
5. HW: study vocab, finish JLC, write RD of auto bio incident

Eng 11
1. vocab quiz
2. TBL vocab 3 list-- quiz next Friday
3. collect author letters
4. check and share DERT #2
5. read aloud "A Whole New Deal"
6. intro final: memoirs; share instructions
7. time to pre-write or read pp 95-44 for Tuesday

Thur 1/11

Pre IB Eng 10
1. finish CIM writing test
2. read last two stories of JLC

Eng 11
1. vocab warm review
2. Discuss "Cool" journal and pp 37-55 of TBL
3. read pp 57-84
4. Do DER #2: Uncool
5. HW: finish author letter

Wed 1/10

Pre IB Eng 10
1. CIM writing test
2. HW: read "Magpies"; "Waiting Between the Trees"

Eng 11
1. collect Raisin final
2. Intro Double Entry Response
3. Read aloud pp 23-33 in TBL
4. Do DER #1
5. Journal: Cool, uncool: What is "cool" in your world? What is "uncool" in your world? 200 words
6. Read Uncool in TBL pp 37-56

Tue 1/9

Pre IB Eng 10
1. vocab warm up
2. "Without Wood"; "Best Quality"
3. autobio instructions
4. no new reading tonight
5. CIM writing tomorrow, CIM reading next week, JLC test next Thursday

Eng 11
1. This Boy's Life epigraph predictions
2. Journal: transformation, names
3. Read pp 1-22 in TBL
4. HW: complete final draft of Raisin final

Mon 1/8

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect late essays
2. vocab quiz
3. new vocab list
4. "Rice Husband"; "Four Directions"
5. Questions in NB: How is the invisibility motif extended in "Rice Husband"? How is the "invisible strength" theme further developed in "Four Directions"? How does the chess metaphor help develop it? How is the "mirror" motif extended in either story? Any ideas from the "Swan Feather" vignette in these story?
6. Free Write #3
7. Reminder: CIM writing test this Wednesday

Eng 11
1. vocab warm up: This Boy's Life #1
2. Raisin test
3. Raisin RD review: due Wednesday
4. Worshop time: work on Raisin final or author letter for choice book
5. get This Boy's Life books

Fri 1/5

Pre IB Eng 10
1. collect essays
2. vocab warm up
3. write on one story: "Half and Half," or "Two Kinds" and discusss
4. free writing
5. HW: read pp 159-205, vocab quiz on Monday

Eng 11
1. watch Raisin Act III
2. write RD of Raisin final writing assignment
3. HW: finish choice book, finish RD of Raisin writing assignment

Thur 1/4

Pre IB Eng 10
1. Analyze one story in your notebook: "Rules" or "Voice"
2. discuss Bicycle vignette
3. Begin memory free-write
4. read next two stories: "Half and Half," "Two Kinds"

Eng 11
1. do p 875 #4-8
2. read aloud Act III of Raisin
3. HW: p 88 #2,3,4,8,9

Wed 1/3-- sub day

Pre IB Eng 10
1.vocab warm up
2. Joy Luck Club discussions: "Scar," "The Red Candle," "The Moon Lady"
3. Read the next two stories: "Rules of the Game," and "The Voice from the Wall"

Eng 11
Watch Act II of Raisin in the Sun

Tue 1/2

Pre IB Eng 10
1. January letter
2. vocab warm up
3. review Swan Feather vignette and "Joy Luck Club"
4. HW: look up vocab, work on Othello essay

Eng 11
1. January letter
2. watch Act 1 and 2 of Raisin in the Sun
3. HW: read choice book