Wed 9/30

Sophomores
1. grammar 7,8
2. discuss last night's reading
3. finish play
4. HW: grammar 9,10

Juniors
1. conventions twiz
2. vocab: next three words
3. Huck: ch 3-6 close readings
4. aloud: Huck ch 7
5. HW: read Huck to p 48

Tue 9/29

Sophomores
1. grammar 5,6
2. finish Piano 1.2
3. complete Piano journal #2
4. HW: read Piano to page 80, grammar 7,8

Juniors
1. conventions- run ons
2. vocab warm up
3. finish Huck background
4. discuss Huck ch 1
5. aloud in class: ch 2,3
6. HW: ch 4-6

Mon 9/28

Sophomores
1. grammar 4
2. self/peer evaluation-- FD due Friday
3. begin The Piano Lesson 1.2
4. HW: grammar 5,6 and work on essay

Juniors
1. conventions: more run on sentences
2. read "The Battle with Mr. Covey" and take comprehension quiz
3. get Huck books
4. Huck preview notes
5. HW: read ch 1

Fri 9/25

Sophomores
1. grammar 3
2. lit terms: motif, symbol, conflict, foils
3. read The Piano Lesson Act 1, scene 1
4. The Piano Lesson journal #1: write on one of the lit terms as it appears in Act 1
5. HW: grammar 4, RD of LOF essay

Juniors
1. Declaration test-- 25 pts
2. conventions: run on sentences

Thur 9/24

Sophomores
1. grammar 2
2. The Piano Lesson background and slideshow
3. get books
4. HW: grammar 3, work on essay

Juniors
1. more on fragments
2. finish paraphrasing Declaration (parts 4,5)
3. HW: complete FD of Journey letter

Wed 9/23

Sophomores
1. HW check
2. grammar 1
3. unity and coherence
4. workshop: RD due Monday
5. HW: grammar 2

Juniors
1. conventions
2. Declaration part 2 paraphrase review as class
3. Declaration part 3 paraphrase
4. HW: work on FD of Journeys letter

Tue 9/22

Sophomores
1. essay instructions: quotations, key pages from purple book
2. graphic organizers and outlines
3. HW: complete graphic organizer or outline
4. HW: complete grammar 1
5. HW: check grade on esis

Juniors
1. conventions: lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise
2. freedom and responsibility graph
3. begin Declaration: paraphrase part 1
4. HW: paraphrase part 2 of Declaration

Mon 9/21

Sophomores
1. HW check: Golding's view
2. discuss last two passages
3. essay topics
4. essay expectations
5. HW: choose one topic and free write for one page (use writing to think!)

Juniors
1. conventions warm up
2. Journeys imaginative writing peer review-- FD due Friday
3. American dream brainstorm: words and phrases, pick our top three
4. share American Ideals famous quotations
5. HW: work on FD of Journeys writing

Fri 9/18

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

Juniors
1. begin conventions: usage problems (page 1)
2. read "What is an American?", list of traits
3. NB: true or not true t chart
4. watch "Made in America", discuss typical, not typical American traits of family
5. HW: complete RD of journeys imaginative writing assignment

Thur 9/17

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 tomorrow's debate
5. HW: What makes the passage key? (178, 200)

Juniors
1. HW check
2. intro to Journeys imaginative writing assignment
3. writers' workshop

Wed 9/16

Sophomores
1. HW check, review passages
2. new passages: 88, 109
3. allegory, symbolism, microcosm
4. HW: read these passages and write one of them: 113, 140, 143, 155 (Questions: What makes this passage key?)

Juniors
1. begin American Lit scrapbook
2. review "Plymouth" and collect graphic organizers
3. read aloud "Equiano"
4. HW: NB: Despite the fact that he is an unwilling immigrant, what experiences and qulities does Equiano share with the other immigrants we have read of? (Stewart Wickham, William Bradford)
5. HW: read "Wet food, dry foot"

Tue 9/15

Sophomores
1. complete sentence workshop, share bad writing examples
2. discuss first passage
3. first NB questions: What is causing the pause? How does this moment inform us about an important theme in the novel?
4. more key passages; read the next three passages (60, 62, 63) and answer this question on one of them (in NB): What makes this passage key?

Juniors
1. discuss Ellis Island story: complete four questions in NB
2. begin textbook work
3. read "Plymouth" pages 119-127 and complete graphic organzier

Mon 9/14

Sophomores
1. collect signatures, names, complete grammar pre-test
2. sentence workshop-- page 3
3. Lord of the Flies: gut reaction, begin key passages
4. HW: finish sentence workshop (page 4)

Juniors
1. collect signatures, names, rights and responsiblities
2. "New Collossus": questions, key phrases, line by line
3. NB questions: Is America a welcoming place? How much do you know about how you became an American?
4. HW: Read Ellis Island story

Fri 9/11

Sophomores
1. learn names
2. finish highlighting syllabus
3. grammar pre test
4. review sentence workshop

Juniors
1. learn names
2. "The New Collossus": vocab review, lit term review, questions
3. HW: answer these questions on "The New Collossus" in your notebook: What does the poems say about America? What kind of place, according to the poem, is America?

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Thur 9/10

Sophomores
1. seating chart
2. Lord of the Flies test
3. course description
4. class meetings
5. HW: first two pages of sentence workshop

Juniors
1. seating chart
3. course description
4. class meetings
5. HW: read "The New Colussus" and look up assigned vocab words