Tuesday
08/28/2012
 Plan for the day:
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Finish going over
syllabus/ “get to
know you”
activity
Begin discussing
college essay
 Remember:
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Supplies and
signature
sheet due by
Friday!
College essay
topic due
Tuesday!
Wednesday
8/29/2012
 Plan for the day:
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Journal: Showing
and not telling
writing
Continue
discussing
college essay
 Remember:
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Supplies and
signature sheet
due by Friday!
College essay
topic due
Tuesday!
Journal 8/29/2012
Using the sentence “That dog is
ugly” describe the dog using the 5
senses (taste– this might be hard,
touch, smell, hear, see) and you
may not use the word ugly.
6-8 sentences.
Thursday
8/30/2012
 Plan for the day:
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Pre-writing
sentence stubs
Continue
discussing
college essay
 Remember:
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Supplies and
signature sheet
due by Friday!
College essay
topic due
Tuesday!
Friday
8/31/2012
 Plan for the day:
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Lit terms
Continue
discussing
college essay
 Intro
 Remember:
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Supplies and
signature sheet
due by Friday!
College essay
topic due
Tuesday!
Tuesday
09/04/2012
Plan for the day:
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 Remember:
Check your topics
with me
 Hand-write rough
draft!
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First typed RD
due Thursday!
Wednesday
09/05/2012
 Plan for the day:
Remember:
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Finish
conferencing with
essay
 Discuss the use
of voice
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First typed RD
due Thursday!
Thursday
09/06/2012
 Plan for the day:
Remember:
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Picture day…
strike a really
cheesy pose.
 Peer edit 1st typed
draft!
 Get out your
typed draft and
a PEN
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2nd typed RD
due Tuesday!
FRIDAY!
09/07/2012
Remember:
Plan for the day:
Go over lit terms
quiz
 Read “Story of an
Hour”
 Highlight for lit
terms and answer
questions
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2nd typed RD
due Tuesday!
 Write out lit
terms for +10
points on
quiz
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Monday
09/10/2012
Remember:
 Plan for the day:
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Turn in quiz
corrections
 Check
annotations for
“Story of an
Hour”
 Discuss “SOAH”
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2nd typed RD due
Wednesday!
FINAL COPY
DUE FRIDAY
(upload to
turnitin.com too)
Short Story Test
Thursday!
Tuesday
09/10/2012
Remember:
 Plan for the day:
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Journal
 Read “The Demon
Lover” pg. 1230
 Turnitin.com
 Answer questions
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2nd typed RD due
Wednesday!
FINAL COPY
DUE FRIDAY
(upload to
turnitin.com too)
Short Story Test
Thursday!
Journal 9/11/2012
What is the scariest movie you
have ever seen?
 What
made it scary?
 Has your fear of it lessened over
time or does it still terrify you?
 6-8 sentences
Turnitin.com
1st
period: 5428637
2nd period: 5428770
3rd period: 5428775
5th period: 5428786
6th period: 5429196
7th period: 5429203
PW: first
PW: second
PW: third
PW: fifth
PW: sixth
PW: seventh
Wednesday
09/12/2012
Remember:
 Plan for the day:
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Get out your 2nd
draft
 Pen, 2
highlighters or
markers
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FINAL COPY of
College Essay
DUE FRIDAY
(upload to
turnitin.com too)
Short Story Test
Friday!
Thursday
09/13/2012
Remember:
 Plan for the day:
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Journal
 Complete DL
questions
 Discuss short
story “The Demon
Lover”
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FINAL COPY of
College Essay
DUE FRIDAY
(upload to
turnitin.com too)
Short Story Test
Friday!
Journal
 Scary books exist, but since they are
words and not visual it is harder for them
to create the “jump effect”.
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How does a film maker create this feeling?
How does a writer create this feeling in his
work?
FRIday!
09/14/2012
 Plan for the day:
Remember:
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Turn in College
essay
 Have all your
drafts stapled
together. Final
draft on top
 Short Story Test
 Grab a
scantron!
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Have a lovely
weekend!
Monday
09/17/2012
Remember:
 Plan for the day:
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Vocab
 Begin AngloSaxon/ Epic Hero
notes
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Vocab check
Wednesday
Reading/ Vocab
quiz Friday
Vocab- definition, use in a
sentence, 1 synonym
Encroaching
Unscathed
Accoutrement
Gluttonous
Mead
Repertory
Lamentation
Fetters
Belies
Disparagement
Tuesday
09/18/2012
 Plan for the day:
Remember:
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Portfolio exchange
quiet and quick: 11th
grade teachers have test
to give!
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 Be
Finish Anglo-Saxon/
Epic Hero notes
 Last 5= turnitin.com
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Vocab check
Wednesday
Reading/ Vocab
quiz Friday
Wednesday
09/19/2012
 Plan for the day:
Remember:
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HAPPY WODENSDAY!
 Check vocab
 Beowulf intro
 Begin reading Beowulf
 Last 5= turnitin.com
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Notes/ Vocab
quiz Friday
Beowulf Vocab #1
 Encroaching- To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily
 Accoutrement- the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a
soldier
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Mead- an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water
Lamentation-the act of expressing grief
Belies- To show to be false
Unscathed- unharmed; uninjured
Gluttonous- tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
Repertory- a store or stock of things available.
Fetters- a chain or shackle placed on the feet
Disparagement-something that derogates or casts in a bad light, as a
remark or censorious essay