Fri 4/30

Sophomores
Vocab warm up
Finish act 3
Desdemona story circle
Magic in the web
HW: Journal 4


Seniors
Turn in speech drafts
vocab warm up
TFA ch 3-4: Agbala, Week of Peace, Yams, marriage and family, Okonkwo's character, Ikemefuna's role
Freshman proverb: due Monday for 10 points
HW: read ch 5-7, complete speech draft

Thur 4/29

Sophomores
Vocab warm up
Lit terms:foil, paradox, comic relief, symbolism
Review Journal #3
Act 3 round robin—finish tomorrow


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

Tue 4/27

Sophomores
Vocab warm up
Finish act 2
Picture this: Divinity of Hell plus
Lit term: comic relief
HW: read to page 88 line 89

Seniors
vocab warm up
Things Fall Apart anticipation questions
TFA background reading
read TFA ch 1-2
HW: work on speech

Mon 4/26

Sophomores
Vocab quiz, new list
Journal review
2.1.175-?
HW: get to page 76 line 252

Seniors
Vocab warm up
Speech workshop
Get new book: Things Fall Apart
HW: work on speech—10 pts for draft due Friday, no late work

Fri 4/23

Sophomores
Vocab warm up
Journal discussion
“Ring the changes”
Iago story circle
2.1 to line 175
HW: journal 3


Seniors
Conventions quiz
Stranger twiz
Introduce speech assignment: typed draft due next Friday

Thur 4/22

Sophomores
Vocab warm up
Journal discussion
Choral: Othello love story
Review details of 1.3 to line 125
1.3.47 to end
HW: Othello journal 2

Seniors
Conventions: review
Quickwrite: Why do we fear death? Should we or shouldn’t we?
Complete all NB questions
Camus’ afterword
HW: study for conventions quiz and Stranger twiz

Wed 4/22

Sophomores
Vocab warm up
Review details of slightly cut script
Begin lit terms chart
1.1-1.2 in class
Othello journal 1
HW: read 1.3 to line 125


Seniors
Conventions: pro/ant agreement
Existentialism notes
Stranger p 2 ch 3 questions in class
Sysyphus and absurdism
HW: finish book

Tue 4/20

Sophomores
complete state writing test

Seniors
1. Stranger p 2 ch 1-2 questions in class
2. Ethics survey
3. The Card Game
3. Existentialism: What is it?
HW: p 2. ch 3-4 and NB quest

Mon 4/19

Sophomores
1. Othello vocab-- look up words for Wednesday
2. Grammar pre-test
3. begin state writing test

Seniors

1. 3^rd quarter grades, extra credit draft

2. Conventions: sub/verb agreement

3. Stranger ch 5-6 questions in class

4. HW: part 2 ch 3-4 and do NB questions

Thur 4/15

Sophomores
1. grammar retake
2. the Lover, girlfriend and buddy continued-- details
3. slightly cut script
4. Next week: Writing test on Monday and Tuesday

Wed 4/14

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. The Lover, The Girlfriend, The Buddy improv
3. get books--- Othello

Seniors
1. conventions: apostrophes
2. ch 1 plus questions discussion
3. Charlie Brown and the meaning of life
4. more philosophy reading
5. HW: read to page 39 and do questions 4-14

Mon 4/13

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. Bardology slideshow
3. extra credit
4. line tossing improvs--- perform

Seniors
1. turnitin.com class ID and password
2. conventions: capitalization
3. philosophy quickwrite 2: What is good and what is bad? How can you tell the difference between the two?
4. more philosophy reading
5. HW: read The Stranger ch 1 and do NB questions

Mon 4/12

Sophomores
1. counseling info session
2. grammar 12
3. begin grammar review: apostrophes
4. Bardology 101
5. Line tossing

Seniors
1. RD peer review
2. philosophy quickwrite
3. philosophy reading (part 1)
4. get The Stranger books

Wed 4/7

Sophomores
1. grammar
2. finish film
3. essay topics
4. HW: freewrite one page on one essay topic, grammar 11

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Ch 11-12 questions passages
3. check NBs
4. essay structure, conventions, quotations
5. Workshop: do essay prep sheet 1 and 2

Tue 4/6

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar
3. last questions
4. continue film
5. HW: grammar 10

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 10 passages and questions
3. sample essay: hospital battleground
4. HW: complete reading, complete ch questions

Mon 1/5

Sophomores
1. vocab/ grammar
2. discuss 30-32
3. begin film
4. HW: finish book, do NB questions 4-6, grammar 9, review vocab for quiz

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 8-9 passages, and review, complete ch questions
3. HW: read ch 10

Fri 4/2

Sophomores
1. vocab
2. grammar
3. last discussion on Book II
4. HW: read ch 30-32

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. Reflections: "The Hurt Locker" and "Here Bullet"
3. ch 7 questions, passages
4. HW: read ch 8-9

Thur 4/1

Sophomores
1. vocab
2. grammar
3. share NB response
4. Journal 8
5. HW: finish Book II and questions
6. HW: grammar 7

Seniors
1. vocab
2. Reflections: "My Son" and "Clusters"
3. finish ch 7