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