3 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Grammar-Punctuation 3, Apostrophes!
Read: Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” and Keats’s “La Belle Dame sans Merci”
Respond: Analyze the use of strange and/or supernatural elements in the poems
and how they affect the mood.
Last questions about your deadline?
HW-Typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis due;
Buy Norton Critical Edition of Frankenstein before Feb 6.
3 February 2014
PSAT-10
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Do Now: Get out Ferris Bueller vocabulary 1 and a highlighter!
Check FB 1
Ferris Bueller 2, 14 mins.
Simon quiz 2
HW-Verbal packet 2 due.
3 February 2014
AP English IV
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Do Now: Work Imagery 63!
Discussing your level questions from HoD
AP essay #1 on Heart of Darkness
Peer editing essays
HW: Things Fall Apart by February 7;
First two paragraphs and works cited due
4 February 2014
Dual Credit
• Do Now: Staple typed final draft of poetry analysis on top of the rough draft and peer
comment sheets.
• Introduction to Fiction-Plot!
• Reading and discussing sample story as a class
• Reading and analyzing a story individually
4 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Turn in typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis!
Review for test on The Romantic Period
Watching BBC’s The Romantics and conferencing on deadline
HW- Prepare for test; Bring Frankenstein; Literary analysis due February 25.
4 February 2014
ACC English IV
• Do Now: Turn in typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis;
Work Imagery 64!
• Finish watching “The Reichenbach Fall”
• Review for Victorian period test
• Start conferencing on deadline
• HW-Prepare for test; Bring Jane Eyre; Final literary analysis due February 25.
5 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Turn in typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis!
Review for test on The Romantic Period
Watching BBC’s The Romantics and conferencing on deadline
HW- Prepare for test; Bring Frankenstein; Literary analysis due February 26.
5 February 2014
PSAT-10
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Do Now: Get out Comparisons and Pronoun WS from last Writing class,
Verbal packet 2, and a highlighter!
Check Writing work and Verbal packet 2, receive 3; due February 13th
Writing skills: Pronoun case & Participles
Case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFiJRen36No
Participles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VYkijxA8a0&list=PL41E39A95D920B37E
HW-Math
5 February 2014
AP English IV
• Do Now: Turn in first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis;
Work Imagery 64!
• Conferencing on deadline
• Read Chinua Achebe’s essay “An Image of Africa: Racism in Joseph Conrad’s
Heart of Darkness”
• HW: Background and bring Things Fall Apart.
6 February 2014
Dual Credit
• Character!
• Reading and discussing sample story as a class
• Reading and analyzing a story individually
6 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Prepare for test!
The Romantic Period test
Read Volume I, Letters 1-4 of Frankenstein; finish before next class
HW: Textbook home, bring novel; finish reading
6 February 2014
ACC English IV
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Do Now: Imagery 66; Prepare for test!
Victorian Period test-Remind me to tell you about extra credit opportunity…
Assigning Dialectical journals for novel
Finish conferencing on deadline from last class
Read Author’s Preface and Chapters 1-5 of Jane Eyre
HW-Finish reading.
7 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Prepare for test!
The Romantic Period test
Read Volume I, Letters 1-4 of Frankenstein; finish before next class
HW: Textbook home, bring novel; finish reading.
7 February 2014
PSAT-10
• Math
• HW-Simon quiz 3.
7 February 2014
AP English IV
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Do Now: Imagery 66
Discussing Achebe reading from last class
Things Fall Apart background presentations
MWDS and Dialectical journals assigned
AP Prose practice: British fiction, Passage 5 & 6
HW: Read part 1 of Things Fall Apart by February 13.
10 February 2014
Dual Credit
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Setting!
Reading and discussing sample story as a class
Reading and analyzing a story individually
HW-You will need a copy of the novel you chose in class February 19.
10 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Punctuation-Commas, exercise 3!
Frankenstein activity
Reading Volume I, Chapters 1-5; finish before next class
HW-Vocab quiz 19; finish reading; Literary analysis due February 25.
10 February 2014
ACC English IV
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Do Now: Work Syntax 69!
Quiz on reading
Jane Eyre activity
Reading Chapters 6-11 before next class
HW-Vocab quiz 19; Literary analysis due February 25.
11 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Punctuation-Commas, exercise 3!
Frankenstein activity
Reading Volume I, Chapters 1-5; finish before next class
HW-Vocab quiz 19; finish reading; Literary analysis due February 26.
11 February 2014
PSAT-10
• Ferris Bueller 3, 13 mins.
• Simon quiz 3
• HW-Verbal packet 3 due.
11 February 2014
AP English IV
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Do Now: Work Syntax 69!
AP Prose essay packet
AP Exam prose essay, 2013
HW: Revise rough draft and type it for next class;
Finish Part 1 of Things Fall Apart.
12 February 2014
Dual Credit
• Symbolism!
• Reading and discussing sample story as a class
• Reading and analyzing a story individually
12 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Prepare for quiz!
Vocabulary quiz 19-Power Plus Lesson 19
Frankenstein activity with Chapters 1-5
Reading Volume I, Chapters 6-Volume II, Chapter 2; finish before next class
12 February 2014
ACC English IV
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Do Now: Prepare for quiz; Work Syntax 70!
Vocabulary quiz 19-Power Plus Lesson 19
Jane Eyre activity
Reading Chapters 12-19 before next class
13 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Prepare for quiz!
Vocabulary quiz 19-Power Plus Lesson 19
Frankenstein activity with Chapters 1-5
Reading Volume I, Chapters 6-Volume II, Chapter 2; finish before next class
13 February 2014
PSAT-10
• Check Verbal packet 3, receive 4; due February 24th
• Writing skills: Modifiers & Tenses
Modifiers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YoghBZ0Z-I
Tenses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYLOsGb1X_w
• HW-Math.
13 February 2014
AP English IV
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Do Now: Turn in final draft of prose essay; Work Syntax 70!
Video clip on the novel
Discussing Things Fall Apart part 1
AP Prose practice: British fiction, Passage 7 & American fiction, Passage 1
HW: Read part 2 of Things Fall Apart by February 20;
Final draft of literary analysis paper due February 24
14 February 2014
Dual Credit
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Theme!
Reading and discussing sample story as a class
Reading and analyzing a story individually
HW-Bring the novel you chose.
14 February 2014
English IV
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Do Now: Punctuation-Apostrophes, exercise 2!
Frankenstein activity
Reading Volume II, Chapters 3-8; finish before next class
HW-Vocab quiz 20
14 February 2014
ACC English IV
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Do Now: Syntax 71
Half-way quiz
Jane Eyre activity
Reading Chapters 20-24 before next class
HW-Vocab quiz 20