Maggie Shannon
Leeds High School
Room 308
Week of August 17-21 2009
Monday, 8/1709
English 12 Honors
Objectives: Adjective, adverb, preposition,
conjunction, interjection, interpreting, personification,
imagery, summarizing, characterization, reflective
response.
DOL: Adjective, Adverb, preposition, conjunction, interjection – define and use in a separate sentence.
Journal: “Opportunities are often disguised as hard work, so most people don’t recognize them.” – Ann Landers
Literature: “The Monster’s Mother”, Parts 12 & 13 and “from Grendel” pgs 36- 39
Questions 1-10, pg 42
Classwork/Homework: Contrasting Literary Periods, pg 17 –
*Write a minimum 2-paragraph essay on “Heroism, then and now.”
Tuesday, 8/18/09
Objectives: Personification, symbolism, imagery, tone,
character analysis, epic hero, characterization, creative
writing.
DOL: Personification (Define & use example in a sentence)
Journal: “When one door closes another one opens with great possibilities ahead.” – Unknown
Literature: Beowulf: Part Two, “The Final Battle”, pgs 43-48
Questions 1-10, pg 50
Classwork/Homework: “Describe the Mom” essay – use all details explained on pg 50
Distribute Literature and Language Textbooks
Wednesday, 8/19/09
Objectives: Imagery, interpreting, characterization,
theme, the epic, foil, tracing recurring themes, figurative
language, interior monologue.
DOL: Imagery (Define & use example in a sentence)
Journal: “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” – Robert H. Schuler
Literature: from Gilgamesh, pgs 56-63; Questions 1-9, pg 64
Writing: “The Inner Quest”, pg 64 (minimum 2 paragraphs)
Classwork/Homework: Read “from A History of the English Church and People” pgs 84-86
Answer Questions 1-6, pg 86
Thursday, 8/20/09
Objectives: Satire, finding the main idea, making
inferences, metaphor, interpreting, paraphrasing, elegy,
comparing and contrasting, sequence of events.
DOL: Satire (Define & use example in a sentence)
Journal: “The whole world steps aside for the person who knows where he is going.” – Anonymous
Literary Terms/Definitions Test
Literature: “The Seafarer” pgs 87-90; Questions 1-6, pg 91; Enrichment Essay (TE, pg 88)
“The Wife’s Lament” pgs 92-93; Questions 1-6, pg 93
Time Remaining: Read independent novel
Friday, 8/22/09
Objectives: Irony, characterizing the speaker, mood,
comparing/contrasting, alliteration, context clues, test
taking tips, compare/contrast, elegy, creative writing.
DOL: Irony (Define & use example in a sentence)
Journal: “All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Literature: Collection 1: Skills Review, pgs 104-109 – “The Wanderer” & “Break, Break, Break”
Questions 1-8, pgs 106-107; 1-7, pg 108; 1-5, pg 109
Three-paragraph essay, pg 107: (1. Compare 2. Contrast 3. Explanation of sorrow in each elegy)
Time Remaining: Read independent novel