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