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

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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