Wed 4/9

Seniors
1. card game-- What's your philosphy?
2. continue philosophy reading
3. complete ch 1 NB questions for The Stranger
4. read chapter 2 and 3 for HW

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar pre-test
3. bardology 101: What do we know about Shakespeare, the man? What do we know about Shakepseare's theater?

Shakespeare authorship controversy

Click here to read the wiki article on the authorship controversy. Read all or part of it and return here and leave a comment for participation.

Tue 4/8

Seniors
1. turn in essay
2. finish film
3. get The Stranger
4. philosophy quickwrite #1
5. World Book notes on philosophy
6. HW: read chapter 1 of The Stranger

Sophomores
complete on demand essay for Cry, The Beloved Country

Mon 4/7

Seniors
1. turnitin.com
2. finish film
3. FD of essay due tomorrow

Sophomores
1. review essays
2. finish film
3. list choice books
4. essay test instructions: pre-write and outline
5. notebooks scored tomorrow

Fri 4/4

Seniors
1. essay peer review-- FD due Tuesday
2. film

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. last three questions of Book III
3. film

Thur 4/3

Seniors
essay workshop--RD due tomorrow

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. begin film

Wed 4/2

Seniors
essay workshop day

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Book III, first three questions
3. HW: finish book for tomorrow

Tue 4/1

Seniors
1. All Quiet test
2. check thesis RD, discuss possible thesis statements
3. sample Huck Finn essay
4. HW: outline (complete first three questions)

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. review chapter questions: 23, 26, 29
3. HW: read to page 280

Mon 3/31

Seniors
1. complete study guide
2. last discussion on book
3. review essay instructions-- key pages in language book
4. read sample essay on Midsummer
5. HW: write a rough draft of you thesis and list five key passages you could use for your essay

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Ch 18, 20 review in groups
3. Ch 22 review-- split class
4. HW: ch 23 question in NB (include one quotation in each response)

Fri 3/21

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. All Quiet essay topics
3. review ch 8 quotations
4. HW: finish reading book-- test on Tuesday after Spring Break

Sophomores
1. collect Crucible essays
2. vocab quiz
3. field trip to South Africa
4. HW: finish reading Book II of the book

Thur 3/20

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "Combat to Campus"
3. finish ch 7 questions
4. read to page 198.

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. review end of Book I quesitons
3. debate: rich and poor
4. HW: read ch 18, 19; finish FD of Crucible essay

Wed 3/19

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "Comrade Search"
3. review ch 7, first four questions in NB
4. read to page 185 for HW

Sophomores
1. vocab review
2. review ch 13,14
3. debate: crime
4. HW: finish Book I

Tue 3/18

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Ch 6 questions on your own
3. Paths of Glory clip
4. read Ch 7 to page 162

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. review ch 9 pictures
3. discuss ch 10,11
4. ch 12 aloud
5. draw ch 12
6. HW: read to page 135

Shanty towns

These are some images of shanty towns in South Africa. Leave a comment for participation.

Mon 3/17

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. review chapter 5
3. answer all of ch 5 questions in NB
4. complete ch 6 for tomorrow

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. summarize ch 3-8, family web
3. ch 9 aloud
4. draw ch 9 as collage, use key phrases
5. HW: read ch 10,11; work on essay; visit blog and leave comment

Wed 3/12

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. read "cut off from youth" articles
3. discuss Ch 3 questions for participation
4. ch 4 details
5. show WWI archival footage
6. HW: read to pa 108, do ch 4 questions in NB

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. essay peer review-- FD due next Friday
3. HW: ch 3-8 in Cry, The Beloved Country

Tue 3/11

Seniors
1. vocab warm up-- quiz tomorrow
2. collect definition essays
3. review ch 1 and 2, complete NB work
4. HW: read to page 74, complete ch 3 questions in NB

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. ch 1 aloud-- implied metaphor, key phrases and words
3. read ch 2 aloud-- exposition t-chart in NB
4. HW: work on your essay

Mon 3/10

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. lit of warm: last two items
3. review chapter one of All Quiet; characters, settings, essay topics
4. HW: read to page 50, to questions for first two chapters, complete final draft of definition essay

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up-- quiz next Friday
2. South Africa background
3. get books
4. read chapter one at least twice
5. draw chapter one in notebook; include three quotations
6. HW: work on Crucible essay

Fri 3/7

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. lit of war: "The Soldier" and "Knolt Holheimer"
3. WWI background and statistics
4. HW: read All Quiet ch 1 and 2 and do ch 1 study questions in NB

Sophomores
1. grammar test
2. essay workshop time

Thur 3/5

Seniors
1. essay FD due next Tuesday
2. vocab warm up
3. intro All Quiet unit
4. Lit of war: read "Henry V" speech and excerpt for Johnny Got His Gun
5. get books
6. highlight WWI background

Sophomores
1. last grammar review: page 845- #11-20
2. essay workshop

Wed 3/5

I was out of the building on Wednesday. Here are the plans I left for the substitute:

Block 1, Senior English:

1. Vocab warm up: Give out vocab list and have students identify parts of speech for first ten words.
2. Students watch Act 5 scene 2 of Hamlet (the Kenneth Branagh version). Ian can help you set up projector.
3. Students can do a peer review of their essay of definition using the rubrics on the back of the sample, or they may simply continue to draft the essay. Tell them final draft is due next Monday.
4. HW: read World War I background. Highlight ten most interesting facts/ statements.

Blocks 2 and 4, Pre IB Sophomore English:

1. Grammar review in notebook. Students may write their answers out or simply do the exercises in their head if they wish. This is a review for the upcoming test. In the purple language textbook they should do the following exercises: p. 831 ex4 #1-10; p. 834 ex 5 #2, 8; p. 837 ex 6 #1-10

2. Students are in the early stages of their essays on The Crucible. I’ve left a copy for you of the eleven essay questions they have to choose from. They may use the rest of the period to do one or both of these two things: gather evidence from the text relevant to topic (take notes, use sticky notes to mark pages, etc); begin planning essay (I’ve left outlines you can give to students who are ready for this stage). They may listen to their Ipods during this time if they wish.

Tue 3/4

Seniors
1. "to be" practice
2. sample essay of definition
3. organize and write draft for tomorrow

Sophomores
1. grammar warm up
2. review essays
3. sample essay
4. HW: gather evidence

Mon 3/3

Seniors
1. 20 minute cram session for Hamlet test
2. HW: choose essay topic, define key words
3. watch 5.2 of Hamlet

Sophomores
1. HW: decide on an essay topic
2. Grammar warm up
3. finish Crucible film
4. return essays

Fri 2/29

Seniors
1. Hamlet vocab quiz 3
2. show Hamlet film
3. HW: Hamlet study sheet

Sophomores
1. Crucible test
2. collect forecasting sheets (2nd block)
3. show Crucible film

Thur 2/28

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "to be" practice
3. 5.2 aloud
4. Hamlet review questions

Sophomores
1. grammar warm up: page 871 ex. 6
2. questions about essay questions
3. film

Wed 2/27

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "to be" practice
3. crazy Ophelia, video summary of 4.6-4.7
4. read aloud 5.1
5. do readers log for Act IV

Sophomores
1. grammar answers, complete packet
2. review study guide questions
3. Crucible journal #4
4. Miller clips
5. essay topics

Tue 2/26

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "to be" practice
3. finish ghost film clip
4. summarize 4.1-4.3
5. read aloud 4.4-4.5
6. HW: read pages 137-146

Sophomores
1. grammar answers
2. review Act III study guide
3. read Act IV aloud
4. Act IV study guide
5. HW: grammar 11

Mon 2/25

Seniors
1. Test Friday!
2. return first essay, review errors
3. vocab warm up-- quiz Friday
4. reader's log for Act III in NB
5. view "The Mouse Trap" plus death of Polonius
6. HW: read pages 115-122

Sophomores
1. Test Friday!
2. extra credit-- 10 points
3. grammar answers
4. motif, foils
5. Act III study guide
6. Crucible journal #3
7. cast Act IV
8. HW: grammar 10, read choice book

Fri 2/22

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. read "The Mouse Trap" aloud, view rocketnotes
3. read through to the end of Act III

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar answers
3. read Act III aloud
4. HW: grammar 9, read deleted scene

Sophomores post your titles here

Click on "comments" below. Type in the title of your chosen book and leave your name.

Thur 2/21

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. "To be or not to be" close reading, intro of essay topics
3. view "To be" clips

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. review study guide
3. Crucible journal #2
4. HW: grammar 8, post book titles on blog

Tue 2/19

Seniors
1. collect essay/story
2. vocab warm up
3. review 2.1 with Rocketbook
4. read 2.2: review pun, double entendre, classical allusion
5. HW: read to page 73

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar answers
3. review Act I study guide
4. Crucible journal #1
5. cast Act II
6. HW: grammar 6, FD of essay

bambi meets godzilla

Enjoy!

Fri 2/15

Seniors
1. vocab quiz/ new vocab
2. essay/story self or peer review
3. Hamlet 1.5 film clips
4. HW: FD of essay/story due on Tuesday

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz/ new vocab
2. grammar errors
3. essay self review/ NB check
4. turnitin.com ID and password
5. HW: finish Crucible Act I study guide, grammar 5, FD of essay due on Wednesday

Thur 2/14

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. review 1.3, plus Rocketbook notes
3. read aloud 1.4-1.5
4. do reader's log in NB for Act 1
5. HW: finish draft of essay/story, read 2.1 in Hamlet (pages 42-47)

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar answers
3. Finish Crucible Act I
4. begin Act I study guide, finish tomorrow in class
5. HW: complete essay draft, grammar 4

Wed 2/13

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. clip: scene 1
3. review pages 11-15
4. first soliloquy
5. finish 1.2, introduce reader's log
6. HW: work on story/essay, read pages 22-28 in Hamlet

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. grammar answers (1,2)
3. share setting #3
4. Crucible Act I, finish tomorrow
5. HW: work on essay, grammar 3

Tue 2/12

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Rotten Denmark
3. Hamlet scene 1 aloud, finish to page 9
4. view 1.1 Rocketnotes
5. HW: work on essay/story, read Hamlet to page 15

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Crucible debate
3. Three settings lecture, complete setting #3
4. HW: work on essay, do pages 1,2 of grammar

Mon 2/11

Seniors
1. pick up Hamlet
2. check essays, stories, due Friday
3. Hamlet vocab
4. Hamlet line tossing
5. HW: essay, story, vocab

Sophomores
1. check outlines, more pet peeves, quotations, draft due Friday
2. college bound reading assignment, due April 14
3. Crucible- get books, vocab list, debate topic

Fri 2/8

Seniors
1. turn in CT study guide
2. take CT test
3. writing instructions for Observational Essay and Satirical Story
4. decide on assignment choice, begin planning, RD due next Friday

Sophomores
1. check graphic organizers
2. review essay pet peeves
3. complete an essay outline for Monday

Thur 2/7

Seniors
1. Discuss Pardoner's Tale questions for participation
2. graphic #2
3. test review
4. pilgrimage slideshow

Sophomores
1. check thesis statements
2. sample essay, review key pages in writing text book
3. sample graphic organizer
4. HW: revise thesis statement, complete a graphic organizer for your essay

Wed 2/6

Seniors
1. review last characters of prologue: Miller, Reeve, Manciple, Summoner, Pardoner
2. listen to Pardoner's Tale
3. complete Pardoner's Tale questions

Sophomores
1. share Golding's view
2. last key passages
3. essay topic
4. complete cause and effect chart
5. HW: write a rough draft of your thesis

Tue 2/5

Seniors
1. share graphics
2. review new characters: Cook, Skipper, Doctor, Wife of Bath, Parson, Plowman
3. Complete all question up to the Plowman
4. read rest of Prologue

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.

Mon 2/4

Seniors
1. review characters so far, read aloud Nun, Merchant, Oxford Cleric, Franklin
2. create character graphic: name, 3-5 perfect adjectives, best quotation
3. complete all study questions up to and including Guildsman
4. HW: read up to and including Plowman

Sophomores
1. collect January letters
2. symbolism: review microcosm and symbols
3. discuss HW key passages: 113, 140, 143
4. prep for tomorrow's debate
5. HW" What makes the passage key? (155, 200)

Fri 2/1

Seniors
1. more notes on satire: irony, wit, dirision, foil
2. read aloud: Monk, Friar
3. complete all study guide quesitons up to and including the Friar
4. review characters, vices, virtues
5. HW: read up to and including the Cook

Sophomores
1. HW: January letter
2. discuss passages from last night's HW
3. allegory, symbolism, microcosm-- in groups, four questions
4. HW: What makes the passage key? (pages 113, 140, 143, 178)

Thur 1/31

Seniors
1. signatures
2. review background: Normans, Feudalism, Knights, Crusades, New City Classes, Thomas Becket, The Plague
3. pages 135-140: Chaucer and the story
4. begin prologue: Middle English, read up to the Yoeman, begin study guide

Sophomores
1. grammar pre-test
2. participation
3. HW questions: share aloud
4. more key passages: pages 60, 62
5. HW: read three passages and answer this question on one of the passages: What makes the passage key? (pages 63, 88, 109)

Wed 1/30

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. review sentence workshop
2. key passages: What is it? Share first key passage and discuss
3. HW: In your notebook-- Question 1: What is causing the "pause"? Question 2: What do you think is the theme of the novel?

Tue 1/29

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

Fri 1/25

Sophomores
return autobiographical stories, notebook check, JLC test

Thur 1/24

Sophomores
4th block
return stories, check notebooks, complete JLC test
2nd block
IB info, JLC test prep discussions

Seniors
1. check NBs
2. commencement speeches

Wed 1/23

Sophomores
1. finish writing test
2. JLC test prep discussions: study session at 7:20 tomorrow in my room
3. make sure your NB is complete for tomorrow

Seniors
1. turn in map
2. Siddhartha test
3. check NBs
4. tomorrow: speeches

Tue 1/22

Sophomores
1. don't forget turnitin.com for Othello essay or you get 0/100
2. autobio story self-assessment
3. state writing test
4. HW: check grade on esis, read JLC and prep for JLC test

Seniors
1. discuss chapters: "The Ferryman" and "The Son"
2. complete double entry journals
3. mapwork
4. finish book

Fri 1/18

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. sample autobio incident
3. peer review of RD of stories: FD due Tuesday
4. JLC small groups
5. HW: keep reading JLC and be finished by Thursday

Seniors
1. turn in magical realism essay
2. vocab quiz
3. discuss "By the River"
4. map work
5. read to page 127, finish book by Wednesday

Thur 1/17

Sophomores
1. grammar final
2. vocab review
3. read JLC to p 273

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss "Samsara"
3. DEJ: must complete total of six by next Wednesday
4. map work
5. read "By the River"

Wed 1/16

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. autobio instructions
3. JLC- small group discussions
4. HW: read to pa 236

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. DEJ: Amongst the People
3. map work
4. read "Samsara"

Tue 1/15

Sophomores
1. finish reading test
2. read to 205 in JLC

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. no DEJ due to short classes today
3. share and turn in comics
4. "Kamala" chapter discussion
5. work on Siddhartha maps
6. HW: read to p 73

Mon 1/14

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. HW: read to page 181 in JLC
3. State reading test

Seniors
1. vocab quiz, new vocab list
2. begin Siddhartha map: due next Wednesday
3. HW: complete comic, work on magical realism essay, map or read to page 61

Fri 1/11

Sophomores
1. collect Othello essays
2. vocab quiz
3. grammar review
4. discuss "Voice from the Wall" and "Half and Half"
5. lit term review
6. HW: read "Two Kinds"

Seniors
1. vocab review-- quiz Monday
2. double entry journal for chapter 3
3. discuss chapter 3
4. three forms of learning comic-- due next Tuesday
5. HW: read chapter 4

Thur 1/10

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. vocab review
3. free write-- instruction packet

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Siddhartha chapter 2 double entry journal
3. Buddhism notes
4. Read ch 3

Wed 1/9

Sophomores
1. grammar review
2. discuss bicycle vignette, next two stories
3. free write #2: control freak, good karma, bad karma, that weird family, malignant gate
4. read to page 140

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. quickwrite: most important words
3. "om" explanation
4. introduce double entry journals
5. HW: read Siddhartha pages 3-24, do double entries journals

Tue 1/8

Sophomores
1. Intro to free writing
2. discuss "Scar," "The Red Candle," "Moon Lady"
3. HW: read "Voice From the Wall"

Seniors
1. get Siddhartha
2. write for 15 minutes-- letter or essay
3. Siddahartha background reading
4. Siddhartha background quiz

Mon 1/7

Sophomores
1. January letter
2. vocab warm up
3. grammar review
4. questions for last three stories
5. read "Rules of the Game"

Seniors
1. January letter
2. magical realism essay-- RD due Friday

Happy Holidays from Father Festivus!

The end of civilization as we know it!

Now this is true savagery!

Fri 12/21

Sophomores
1. Festivus Activities
2. grammar review: dangling modifiers
3. JLC: eight fold notes, Swan Feather vignette key phrases, What is Joy Luck?
4. Othello RD peer/self review

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. review last two chapters of Like Water for Chocolate
3. Like Water for Chocolate test
4. NB check

Thur 12/20

Sophomores
1. grammar: parallel structure
2. essay workshop: RD due tomorrow

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. review September and October chapters
3. discuss triangles
4. HW: finish book, complete FD of TFA essay

Happy Festivus

My favorite holiday is coming up on December 23rd. Learn more about it here.

Wed 12/19

Sophomores
1. get JLC books, read to p 32 by Friday
2. workshop

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Journal: rebellion
3. July and August questions review
4. Sept and October questions
5. finish book

Tue 12/18

Sophomores
1. grammar
2. essay sample, how to include quotations
3. workshop

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. discuss "May" and "June"
3. do "July" and "August" questions
4. HW: read "September" and "October"

Mon 12/17

Sophomores
1. finish Act V of Othello
2. essay instructions: topic, theme, lit. device, thesis, reviewing the text, etc.
3. essay workshop

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. journal: nurturing
3. "May" and "June" questions in NB
4. HW: read "July" and "Aug"
Notes: Friday is a big day. We have a vocab quiz, Like Water for Chocolate test, and your final draft of Things Fall Apart essay is due

Teachers and District reach tentative agreement

Good news. This means no strike. Thanks to all those students who came out and supported us at the school board meeting on Thursday.

Othello (Anthony Hopkins): Iago tells of a handkerchief

You be the judge. Is Anthony Hopkins a good or bad Othello?

Fri 12/14

Sophomores
1. Othello paraphrase quiz
2. score NBs
3. Othello film

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. ch 3-4 quiz
3. essay RD; 10 pts
4. ch 4 questions
5. HW: read ch 5 and 6

Thur 12/13

Sophomores
1. grammar 12
2. Othello essay assignment
3. begin Othello film

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Mexican revolution
3. ch 3 questions and discussion
4. Chocolate journal 3 or 4: family legend or transcendental relationship
5. HW: read ch 4 of Chocolate, complete RD of TFA essay

Wed 12/12

Sophomores
1. Othello slideshows
2. Searchable Shakespeare
3. grammar 11
4. discuss Act V
5. HW: be sure notebook is complete

Seniors
1. Ch 2 quiz
2. vocab warm up
3. Ch 2 questions and discussion
4. film clip: wedding cake
5. HW: read ch 3, work on TFA rough draft

Gandhi Wilson

Tue 12/11

Sophomores
1. cast Act V, homework check
2. Emilia's speech
3. Act V
4. HW: Act V study guide, questions 1-11

Seniors
1. Chocolate quiz #1
2. vocab warm up
3. magical realism
4. ch 1 questions in NB
5. Chocolate journal #2: family tradition
6. HW: read ch 2, work on TFA essay

Mon 12/10

Sophomores
1. complete Othello Act IV
2. HW: complete 1-8 on Act IV study guide, complete Othello journal #4 if you have not done so already

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. speeches: tips, put in your "drawer" till January
3. Chocolate journal #1: Describe the "ultimate meal" you would serve for yourself and friends. Go into detail. How would it taste? How would it make you and your friends feel.
4. HW: read ch 1 of Like Water for Chocolate"; work on RD of TFA essay

Friday 12/7

Sophomores
Complete key passage analysis for you choice book

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. share freshmen proverbs
3. essay instructions from purple book
4. essay workshop; compete planning sheet #3
5. get new book: Like Water for Chocolate

Thur 12/6

Sophomore
1. grammar 10
2. HW check: journals and study questions
3. Act IV
4. HW: finish choice book, print passages

Seniors
1. HW check
2. vocab warm up
3. sample essay: All Quiet sample
4. planning sheet 2 and 3, complete freshman proverb, study vocab, draft essay

Wed 12/5

Sophomores
1. grammar warm up
2. the history of a handkerchief: paraphrase
3. lit term: symbolism
4. finish Act III
5. Act III essay journal
6. HW: read choice book, visit blog and leave comment for participation

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. Happy Meal
2. gut reaction: ending
3. discuss irony of ending
4. essay topics
5. HW: complete freshman proverb for Friday, complete essay planning sheet 1 Thursday

Othello's handkerchief and Islamic art

Here are some images of Islamic textiles that I mentioned in class. Note the elaborate work, with images of animals, flowers, scripture and geometric patterns. The last two images might give you a good idea of what Othello's handkerchief might have looked like.

Tue 12/4

Sophomores
1. grammar 6-7
2. Othello Act III
3. HW: choice book and passages; read Othello to page 109, grammar 8-9

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. share proverb illustrations
3. review ch 18-21 in small groups, answer questions in NB
4. advice for Freshman: write your own proverb for Thursday. Examples: The unchained gate swings wide and often. The guard who learns to trust the unchained inmate keeps the most secure prison. The thirsty dog is willing to drink muddy water. The sniper's bullet is worth a thousand from an ordinary soldier.
5. HW: finish TFA

Fri 11/30

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar 3-4
3. Othello character drawing
4. lit terms: foil, comic relief
5. HW: read to p. 91 in Othello, read your choice book, grammar 5-6

Seniors
1. collect speech RD
2. vocab quiz/ new vocab
3. quickwrite: missionary passage-- gut reaction, Achebe's purpose
4. HW: complete proverb illustration, read ch 18-21

Thur 11/29

Sophomores
1. vocab review
2. dashes
3. Othello 2.3
4. complete Othello Act II study guide, Act II character drawing
5. HW: read choice book, complete Othello journal #2

Seniors
1. vocab review
2. HW check: ch 8-10 questions in NB
3. ch 11-13 questions in NB
4. proverb illustration-- 10 pts, due next Tuesday
5. HW: speeches, read ch 14-17

Wed 11/28

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. colons
3. review lines 1-82
4. lines 83-175 with partner
5. perform rest of 2.1, 2.2 and start 2.3
6. HW: read choice book, grammar: dashes

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. silent quiz
3. ch 4-7-- share questions 5,6
4. ch 8-10 questions
5. HW: read background and ch 11-13

Tue 11/27

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. semicolons
3. Lit terms: soliloquy, simile, metaphor, more imagery
4. Ring the Changes
5. Act II, finish 2.1 for HW
6. HW: read choice book and look for key passages, Othello journal #1

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. silent quiz on last night's reading
3. quickwrite: tradition (When is tradition a good thing? When is it a bad thing?)
4. add to what we know about Ibo culture: New Yam, wrestling, story-telling
5. Okonkwo's character
6. HW: read ch 8-10, write RD of speech

Mon 11/26

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. Shakespeare in Love clip
3. HW: grammar #1; read your books

Seniors
1. vocab warm up
2. semi pop quiz: raise hand if you know the answer
3. quickwrite: details of Ibo culture (ex: polygamy, oracle, chi, evil forest, etc)
4. characters, Okonkwo's character
5. brainstorm: 3 pieces of advice you would give freshman on how to survive and thrive at THS
6. HW: read ch 5-7 of TFA

Wed 11/21

Sophomores
1. lit terms: allusion, imagery, pun, double entendre
2. review 1.1 and 1.2
3. choral reading
4. read to page 48 and do questions 1-5

Seniors
1. get Thing Fall Apart books
2. vocab warm up: quiz next Wednesday
3. anticipation questions in NB: (1) When you think of Africa, what do you think of? What ideas? What images? etc. (2) How much should one culture be allowed to impose it self on another culture?
4. proverbs
5. HW: read highlight background notes; read chapter 1-4 in TFA

Tue 11/20

Sophomores
1. lit. terms: verse, prose, iambic pentameter, paradox, dramatic irony
2. read aloud Othello 1.1 and 1.2
3. do study questions for 1.1 and 1.2 in NB
4. HW: read choice book and look for key passages

Seniors
1. HW check
2. share your personal philosophies
3. fun quiz: the card game
4. speech assignment and samples
5. begin planning speech: typed RD due on Fri 11/30

Mon 11/19

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. Lover, girlfriend, buddy: more background, review
3. Othello 1.1 slightly cut script
4. Othello 1.1 read pages 24-25
5. HW: read choice book, start looking for key passages

Seniors
1. HW check
2. "Free will" from Waking Life
3. discuss final chapters of The Stranger, Camus afterword
4. The Stranger test
5. HW: complete "What is your personal philosophy?" in NB

Fri 11/16

Sophomores
1. books
2. vocab review
3. Lover, girlfriend and buddy improvs
4. HW: read choice book and do another gut reaction

Seniors
1. review philosophies
2. a converstation about Jean Paul Satre
3. discuss part 2 ch 1-3 questions
4. complete part 2 ch 4-5 questions
5. HW: review for comprenstion test on The Stranger

Thur 11/15

Sophomores
1. Bardology 101 slideshow
2. "line tossing" improvs
3. prepare "Lover, girlfriend, buddy" improvs
4. HW: read choice book; in NB do five sentence gut reaction to what you've read so far

Seniors
1. existentialism notes review
2. in groups answer part 2.1 questions for The Stranger
3. HW: finish the book; comprehension test on Monday

Wed 11/14

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up
2. continue Bardology 101: share answers
3. line tossing and improvs
4. HW: read your choice books; finish book by Dec 7

Seniors
1. philosophy quickwrite 101
2. review Stranger part 1 questions for participation
3. continue philosophy background notes
4. HW: read/ highlight existentialism notes
5. HW: read pages 63-91

Tue 11/13

Sophomores
1. vocab warm up: Othello #1
2. library: college bound reading choices
3. grammar pre-test
4. begin Bardology 101: What do you know about Shakespeare the man? Shakespeare's theater? Shakespeare's time? (in NB for HW)

Seniors
1. more philosophy notes
2. The Stranger part one questions: in small groups answer all questions, but be sure to write answers in your NBs for # 1,3,7,18-23
3. part one quiz

Thur 11/9

Sophomores
1. score NBs
2. complete CTBC essay test

Seniors
1. get books: The Stranger
2. score NBs
3. philosophy quickwrite #1
4. begin philosophy background reading
5. read pages 3-59 in The Stranger

Wed 11/7

Sophomores
1. return Crucible essays
2. on-demand essay tips
3. finish film

Seniors
1. MLA style, how to use quotations correcly, essay checklist
2. workshop
3. essay due tomorrow and don't forget turnitin.com

Tue 11/7

Sophomores
1. Book III question 4-6 discussion in small groups
2. essay topics preview: interchapters, crime, land & people
3. begin film and review

Seniors
1. essay instructions: intro, body
2. essay conventions: no "I," no "you," use present tense
3. workshop
4. HW: type what you have so far, at least an intro and one body paragraph

Mon 11/5

Sophomores
1. Ch 29 t-chart
2. Book III questions
3. HW: finish book and last questions

Seniors
1. Ch 11-12 questions and review
2. AQ comprehension twiz-- 33 points
3. lit. analysis essay instructions
4. Huck Finn sample
5. workshop: read AQ samples, complete essay prep sheet #3 (outline)

Fri 11/2

Sophomores
1. vocab quiz
2. grammar retake
3. debate: crime
4. HW: read to page 289, do first 3 Book III question in NB

Seniors
1. vocab quiz
2. ch 10 questions and review
3. HW: finish book and study questions; complete essay prep sheet
4. Monday: All Quiet comprehension test worth 33 points

Thur 11/1

Sophomores
1. grammar review: commas
2. vocab review
3. ch 26 discussion
4. HW: finish Book II and do only ch 28 question

Seniors
1. grammar pages 827-829
2. vocab review
3. Ch 9 questions and review
4. essay prep
5. HW: read Ch 10