Fri 2/27

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. notebook check
3. read "The Mouse Trap" and view two versions
4. read to Hamlet to page 104

Sophomores
1. grammar review: italics and quotations marks
2. work on The Piano Lesson visuals: due next Thursday

Thur 2/26

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. review Hamlet 3.1
3. "to be" close reading
4. NB: freewrite on one "to be" topic
4. view two versions of "to be"
5. Hamlet 3.2, read to page 88 line 145

Sophomores
1. grammar review: apostrophes
2. Workshop: The Piano Lesson visual response
3. search for key passages, sentences, phrases
4. compose your thesis statement
5. design/ draft your visual

Wed 2/25

Seniors
1. collect essays/stories
2. vocab quiz
3. crazy Hamlet video clips: Is he really crazy?
4. review rest of 2.2 and do close reading of Rogue soliloquy
5. Hamlet log #2
5. Hamlet 3.1, close reading of "to be or not to be" soliloquy

Sophomores
1. finish film/ reviewing the text
2. form teams, get topics, begin planning visual

Tue 2/24

Seniors
1. vocab warm up-- quiz tomorrow!
2. review Hamlet 2.1
3. 2.2 aloud/ silent
4. HW: complete FD of essay/story

Sophomores
1. grammar 11, 12
2. The Piano Lesson journal #4
3. introduction of The Piano Lesson final assessment
4. begin The Piano Lesson film-- review for key passages, details
5. HW: pick your top 3-5 topics

Mon 2/23

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. ghost scene: review, view two versions
3. begin reader log (do 1 topic for each act)
5. read Hamlet 2.1 and 2.2 to page 55

Sophomores
1. grammar 10
2. The Piano Lesson NB #3
3. Finish reading The Piano Lesson
4. HW: grammar 11, 12

Fri 2/20

Seniors
1. vocab: palpable, rectify, retrograde
2. run on sentences, part two
3. essay/story peer review: FD due next Wednesday
4. Hamlet: first soliloquy
5. Rocketbook for 1.3
6. aloud: Hamlet 1.4-1.5

Sophomores
1. turn in FD of essays
2. finish reading The Piano Lesson 1.2
3. complete NB on 1.2
4. HW: read to page 80
5. HW: grammar 10

What is the Irene Kaufman Settlement House?

Berniece sends Maretha to the Irene Kaufman Settlement House? What is a settlement house? Read about it here.

Parchman Farm

What is the Parchman Farm? Boy Willie says he and Lymon spent three years there. Read about it here. And here are some pictures:

Thur 2/19

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. run on sentences- part 1, indentification
3. review Hamlet 1.1 characters, details
4. read 1.2 aloud
5. Hamlet's first soliloquy jigsaw
6. HW: read 1.3, complete essay/story RD

Sophomore
1. grammar 9
2. review details of The Piano Lesson 1.1
3. begin reading alout The Piano Lesson 1.2
4. HW: complete FD of Lord of the Flies Essay

Wed 2/18

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. get books
3. Rotten Denbark
4. Act 1.1-- words, phrases, questions, complete the reading
5. Rocketbook for 1.1
6. HW: read Hamlet, Act 1 scene 1
7. work of RD of story/essay

Sophomores
1. grammar 5,6
2. review, discuss The Piano Lesson background and context
3. HW: grammar 7, and read Act I scene 1 of The Piano Lesson

Tue 2/17

Seniors
1. Canterbury writing assignment: RD due Friday
2. writing workshop

Sophomores
1. essay self evaluation: FD due Friday
2. read The Piano Lesson background and highlight 10 things
3. get new books
4. HW: grammar 7,8

Fri 2/13

Seniors
1. discuss Wife of Bath's Tale
2. review for test
3. Canterbury Tales test

Sophomores
1. grammar 3,4
2. unity and coherence
3. complete outline, draft essay-- RD due on Tuesday

Thur 2/12

Seniors
1. Pardoner's Tale discussion (participation points)
2. Wife of Bath's Tale: quickwrite, listen
3. NB: page 188, all reading check questions, and thinking critically # 5,9,11,12,13

Sophomores
1. grammar 1,2
2. unity and coherence
3. essay workshop: topics, graphic organizers, review theme in textbook, begin outline
4. RD now due next Tuesday instead of Friday

Wed 2/12

I was out for the day. Here are the sub plans I left:

Block 2: Senior English

1. Student will listen to “The Pardoners Tale” (track 6 on the CD that is already in the CD player in the front of the room). They should follow along in the text, which starts on page 168. They should read lines 1-40 first since the CD recording doesn’t start until line 41 when the tale actually begins. Have students follow along and do the eight activities listed on the worksheet. Be sure to pause the CD at times the worksheet indicates so students can do work along the way.

2. After students finish activity eight (ranking evil) have them share their rankings on the board. If you can, try to have the class discuss and come to consensus on their rankings.

3. Any remaining time students can use to review characters from the prologue for the test on Friday.

Block 3 and 4: Pre IB Sophomore English

1. Students should do the first two pages of the grammar packet I am leaving.

2. After completing the grammar, students can use the rest of the period to work on their essays. They should at the least complete the graphic organizer I gave them on Tuesday. However, don’t collect them; they can show me this graphic organizer when I return on Thursday. I’ve left a few extra copies on my desk.

Tue 2/10

Seniors
1. Review part 4 of Canterbury Tales. Read aloud The Parson.
2. Complete part 5


Sophomores
1. discuss last three passages
3. essay instructions, topic
4. HW: choose an essay topic

Mon 2/9

Seniors
1. complete and share graphics
2. review characters: Merchant, Oxford Cleric, Lawyer, Franklin, Guildsman
3. Complete Day 4 work


Sophomores
1. Lord of the Flies debate
2. In NB: What is your view on human behavior? (view #3); What is Golding's view on human behavior? (view #4). Feel free to borrow ideas from our first two views.

Fri 2/6

Seniors
1. Pilgrimage slideshow
2. review characters so far, read aloud Friar
3. complete part 3 of study guide
4. begin character graphic: name, 3-5 perfect adjectives, best quotation, symbol (finish tomorrow)

Sophomores
1. symbolism: present answers for your symbol, include facts from text to support answer
3. discuss HW key passages: 113, 140, 143, 155
4. prep for Monday's debate
5. HW: What makes the passage key? (178, 200)

Thur 2/5

Seniors
1. more notes on satire: irony, wit, dirision
2. watch youtube satire clips
2. review opening paragraphs of Canterbury Tales
3. complete all study guide quesitons up to and including the Monk

Sophomores
1. discuss passages from last night's HW
2. new passages: 88, 109
3. allegory, symbolism, microcosm-- in groups, four questions, complete and share tomorrow
4. HW: What makes the passage key? (pages 113, 140, 143, 155)

Wed 2/4

Seniors
1. review background: Normans, Feudalism, Magna Carta, The Church, Knights, Crusades, New City Classes, Thomas Becket, The Plague
3. pages 135-140: Chaucer and the story
4. begin prologue: pages 142-143

Sophomores
1. Lord of the Flies gut reaction
3. Introduction to key passages
4. discuss first passage
5. NB: What is causing the pause? How does this one moment inform us of an important theme in the book?
6. HW: read three passages and answer this question on one of the passages: What makes the passage key? (pages 60, 62, 63) (Also don't forget to hold the knife up and pause!)

Tue 2/3

Seniors
1. seating chart
2. share free writes
3. discuss definition of satire
4. seven deadly sins activity
5. brainstorm satire topics
6. Read Canterbury Tales background on Middle Ages

Sophomores
1. grammar pre-test
1. review sentence workshop
2. Lord of the Flies gut reaction discussion

Welcome to 2nd semester!

Mon 2/2

Seniors
1. course description
2. Introduction to Canterbury Tales Unit: satire, pilgrimage, the art of description
3. Brainstorm list of people, real or imagined, who you want to describe
4. Free write on one person from the list: A. physical details- head to toe; B. Show how physical details reveal personality

Sophomores
1. seating chart
2. Lord of the Flies test
3. course description
4. HW: complete sentence workshop