Wed 4/29

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. TFA names to remember: Okonkwo, Amalinze the Cat, Unoka, Umuofia, Mbiano, Ikemefuna, Nwoye, Ibo
3. Okonkwo's character, Ibo culture
4. advice to freshman brainstorm
5. proverbs
6. HW: read ch 3-4-- possible quiz tomorrow

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar 8
3. JLC discussions
4. finish writing test
5. HW: grammar 9, read "Rice Husband"

Tue 4/28

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Things Fall Apart anticipation questions
3. TFA background reading
4. read TFA ch 1-2
5. HW: work on speech-- draft due Friday at the beginning of class on Friday-- no late papers!

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar 7
3. complete state writing test
4. HW: grammar 8, read "Two Kinds"

Mon 4/27

Seniors
1. vocab warm up: quiz Friday
2. speech workshop
3. get new book: Things Fall Apart-- no reading tonight
4. HW: work on speech: typed draft due Friday, 10 points, no late papers

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up: quiz Friday
2. grammar 6
3. collect autobios
4. state writing test
5. HW: JLC reading-- catch up!
6. HW: grammar 7

Fri 4/24

Seniors
1. conventions quiz #2
2. The Stranger twiz-- 20 pts
3. introduce speech assignment-- typed draft due next Friday

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. discuss "Rules of the Game"
3. autobio self assessment-- due on Monday with your FD
4. HW: read "Voice from the Wall" and "Half and Half"
5. begin state writing tests-- rules and topics

Thur 4/23

Seniors
1. conventions warm up
2. quickwrite # 4: Why do we fear death? Should we or shouldn't we?
3. complete all NB questions
4. Camus' afterword
5. HW: study for The Stranger twiz: 20 pts

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar 5
3. discuss "The Moon Lady"
4. HW: read "Rules of the Game"; grammar 6; finish autobio FD (for Friday or Monday)

Which NBA player is 42 and which is 21?

Dikembe Mutombo or Greg Oden?

Tue 4/21

Seniors
1. conventions warm up
2. discuss Stranger part 2 ch 3-4
3. Quickwrite #3: What makes life worth living?
4. Sisyphus and absurdism
5. HW: finish reading the book-- we will complete NB question in class tomorrow

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar #4
4. "The Red Candle" discussion
5. peer/self review for autobios
6. HW: grammar 6, read "The Moon Lady", FD of autbio due Friday or Monday

Mon 4/20

Seniors
1. conventions warm up-- quiz Friday
2. discuss The Stranger part 2 ch 1-2
3. Quickwrite: Are we free? How do you know you are free/ not free?
4. Existentialism: What is it?
5. HW: read part 2 ch 3-4 and do NB questions

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up-- quiz Friday
2. dashes
3. last student sample autobio
4. essay topics
5. discuss first two stories
6. HW: read "The Red Candle", grammar 4, and complete RD of autobio

Fri 4/17

Seniors
1. conventions quiz: capitalization, apostrophes
2. The Stranger semi pop quiz
3. discuss end of part one of The Stranger
4. subjectivist, objectivist, relativist survey
5. HW: read The Stranger part 2 chapters 1-2 and do NB questions

Sophomores
1. colons
2. sample autobio
3. words, words, words-- choosing the right words in your autobio
4. Begin Joy Luck Club: vocab, eight fold notes, key essay topics
5. HW: grammar 3, read JLC to page 42, look up first 3 vocab words

Thur 4/16

Seniors
1. conventions warm up
2. discuss The Stranger ch 2-4
3. complete philosophy reading
4. HW: read The Stranger part 1 ch 5-6, do questions 15-19

Sophomores
1. semi colons
2. share student sample
3. drafting instructions
4. workshop time: typed RD due Tuesday
5. HW: grammar #2, colons

Wed 4/15

Seniors
1. conventions warm up: apostrophes
2. The Stranger ch 1 discussion
3. comics: ultimate questions from Charlie Brown
4. continue philosophy reading
5. HW: The Stranger-- read to page 39, do questions 4-14 in NB

Sophomores
1. free-writing #1
2. instructions for autobio stories
3. free-write #2
4. sample: Zippy
5. HW: grammar-- semi-colons; do free-write #3

Mon 4/14

Seniors
1. 3rd quarter grades
2. conventions warm up-- capitalization
3. more philosophy reading
4. get books
5. HW: read The Stranger, ch 1, and do NB questions

Sophomores
1. 3rd quarter grades
2. grammar pre-test
3. introduction to Semi-Auto bio story
4. memory mining in NB

Bad grammar advice

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Sesame Street - James Earl Jones recites the alphabet

Fri 4/10

Seniors
1. collect All Quiet essays
2. conventions warm up: capitalization
3. introduction to existentialism: top ten books, films
4. philosophy free write, share
5. begin philosophy reading: first two pages for Tuesday

Sophomores
1. notebook check
2. key passage analysis, on demand

Twilight. I'm confused. By Channing Frye.

Twilight. I’m confused.

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Thur 4/9

Seniors
1. essay checklist
2. FD in my hand beginning of block Friday or it is late (10% per day)
3. turnitin.com: submit by Friday 11:59 pm; 0/100 if it is not submitted to turnitin.com by Tuesday 8 am.

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz: make your own
2. key passages review discussion

Wed 4/8

Seniors
essay workshop

Sophomores
1. route 66 sample fro word choice
2. Journal 5: word choice passage
3. HW: make sure you have your ten vocab words for tomorrow
4. HW: follow the reading schedule

Tue 3/7

Seniors
1. essay workshop
2. essay samples
3. HW: work on essay draft, check esis for grade update

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. key passage discussion in groups
3. Journal #3: Free write on one of the passages you discussed in your groups. Which literary devices are demonstrated in the passage? How are those devices used to help express a theme?
4. follow reading schedule

Mon 4/6

Seniors
1. All Quiet test
2. sample essay
3. HW: complete an outline/graphic organizer
4. HW: sign up for turnitin.com

Sophomores
1. sample key passage on The Crucible
2. follow your reading schedule

Fri 4/3

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. finish film
3. essay expectations, essay sample--First Draft due next Thursday, FD due next Friday

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. share invented passages from yesterday
3. in teams: pick a key passage, discuss it for all reasons it is key, Journal #3 is to free write on your discussion in NB
4. follow your reading schedule

Thur 4/2

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. last two chapters-- NB
3. finish film
4. HW: gather quotations you can use in your essay

Sophomores
1. Pick one of these settings: The Island; Doaker's House; Salem, 1692.
2. Pick one character in your current book.
3. Compose a new passage for Lord of the Flies, The Piano Lesson, or The Crucible featuring your character.

Wed 4/1

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. do ch 10 questions w/ partner
3. Ch 10 key passages
4. begin film
5. HW: finish reading book-- we will finish NB questions tomorrow

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Journal #2: Key passage. Pick a passage from what you've read so far that you think might be key. Write page number and first three words. Answer this question in NB: What makes this passage key?
3. read!