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13 Outside reading: Unforgettable
Fri
7 NO SCHOOL- TOO COLD!
8 In Nb- Journal: how
do you plan to utilize
CARPE DIEM in 2014?
Analyze TIME by Pink
Floyd
Rd “To His Coy
Mistress” p. 444-7
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IN= Lit section/ Graphic organizer- draw 10 Rd. p. 448 “To the Virgins…”
chart indicating imagery for two
PARTNERS: Write a poem of 3 stanzas, 4
components of poem- all the time in the
lines each (the same rhyme scheme that
world v. life’s brevity.
Herrick uses) to “sell” the Carpe Diem
theme to a young person. Incl a metaphor
Partners: write a min 10 lined,
for the young person. (He used
rhyming couplet response from the rosebuds).
mistress. Use the carpe diem
Do q’s 1-6 p. 448 and 1-4 p. 449. Turn in
10 q’s at end of class.
theme in the poem.
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Film: Dead Poet’s
Begin “during viewing” questions Society
Continue “during
viewing q’s”
Finish film (if needed)
GROUP QUESTIONS (answer 5)
TURN IN Q’S
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Sat
2
Miss Bessie. Annotate and answer q’s.
Film: Dead Poet’s Society
Due Fri
VOCAB lesson 19- due Friday
IN= O Captain My Captain! (glue in poem
and q/s to your LITERARY sect ion.)
Thu
1
TEACHER WORKDAY!
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Wed
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Work on FILM REVIEWS. 3
Paragraphs. Typed. If you do not finish,
you may come to class with them typed,
PRINTED, and ready to turn in on TUE!
4
Vocab. 19 due
OUTSIDE READING DUE
Introduce FILM REVIEW q’s and
assignment. Begin film: Dead Poets Society
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20 NO SCHOOL!
21 IN= JOURNAL: Write a 50 word
story about a child with a ball.
VOCAB LESSON 20
Turn in FILM REVIEWS if not already
done.
OUTSIDE READING: The Train from
Rhodesia (p.1250-1254 lit book). Do q’s
1-5 p. 1254. Quiz FRI.
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IN=JOURNAL: Write a 23
100 word story about the ant WRITER’S WORKSHOP:
who wants to rule the world.
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VOCAB 20 DUE
OUTSIDE READING DUE
Write a FLASH FICTION story. 200- Quiz over the Train to Rhodesia short
FLASH FICTION ROUND
500 words. Work with a partner. Once story.
ROBIN…
you write your first draft… EDIT IT!
Finish up FLASH FICTION
Read 6 FLASH FICTION
Make each sentence MATTER!!! Make STORIES. (typed). Turn in by end of
STORIES.
class.
COMPLETE a reading log for it AMAZING! It should have all the
INTRO TO FLASH FICTION UNIT- PPT each story. Logs will be
elements we’ve discussed all week!
turned in.
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Vocab lesson 21- due Friday with
QUIZ for this month over voc lessons
19-21.
Outside reading: “Childhood” by Alice
Walker. (annotate & respond w/
questions and written part)
LAWS OF LIFE ESSAY: FRIDAY!
INTRO TO THE ROMANTIC AGE (PPT)
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FINISH ROMANTICISM
NOTES.
INTRO TO WILLIAM BLAKE
(PPT)
(notes)
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VOCAB QUIZ- lessons 19-21
Read the SONGS OF Read the SONGS OF
INNCOCENCE poems EXPERIENCE
poems
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Finish up poem discussions.
DISTRIBUTE BOARD GAME
INSTRUCTIONS!
LAWS OF LIFE ESSAY DUE!
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YOUR MEMOIRE PROJECTS ARE DUE THIS MONTH!! BE SURE YOU ARE READING! (Due FEB 28!)
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NO INTERACTIVE
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NOTEBOOKS THIS WEEK!
WORK ON BLAKE TRIVIA
Vocab lesson 22- due FRI
BOARD GAMES
OUTSIDE READING: The Case for
Short Words (Lederer)
WORK ON BLAKE TRIVIA BOARD
GAMES
9 LIT BOOKS MUST 10 IN NB= JOURNAL/ GUILT
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WORK ON BLAKE TRIVIA
BOARD GAMES! LAST DAY!!!
PRESENT TRIVIA BOARD
GAMES
BEGIN ROUND ROBIN GAME
FEST!
VOCAB 22 due
OUTSIDE READING DUE
Finish round robin trivia board
games
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11 IN NB= Grammar
Continue the
Coleridge
masterpiece
12
IN NB= GRAMMAR
FINISH POEM
COMPLETE EPISODIC NOTE
SHEET (IN CLASS)
13
GROUP WORK/ RIME OF THE
ANCIENT MARINER
WORDSWORTH VIDEO
VOCAB 23 due
OUTSIDE READING DUE/ quiz
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Seeing a River (Twain)
Begin THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT
MARINER (p686 in LIT BOOK!)
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Memoir
projects due
FRIDAY!!!
17
IN= JOURNAL Describe a
place in nature that relaxes you,
even just thinking about it!
Vocab. Lesson 24 due Fri
Outside reading: Read THE
SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT: IN
DEFENSE OF THE LOWER
CLASSES p.768-770 in lit book. Q’s
1-6 due Friday. Quiz.
Read “Lines composed…” p. 666
Wordsworth
IN= LIT SECTION. Glue in
copy of SHE WALKS IN BEAUTY
and annotate poem together.
Read BYRON poems in lit book
pgs. 716-726
*Partners- write a Eulogy for Don
Juan. Pg. 729 Extension
24 Vocab 25 due fri/ Voc quiz fri 25
lessons 22-25
Outside reading: A Vindication of the
Rights of Women (Wollstencraft) p.
784 lit book. Q’s 1-6 & quiz fri
ROMANTIC TEST!!!
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IN- GRAMMAR
Intro to the
VICTORIAN AGE
(ppt)
IN- GRAMMAR
IN- GRAMMAR
SHELLEY- Ode to the
West Wind (p.734)
KEATS Day:
When I have fears… (p. 748)
Ode to a Nightingale (p.750)
Complete graphic
organizer.
Complete graphic organizer with
a partner.
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IN- GRAMMAR
THE LADY OF SHALOTT
(Tennyson) p. 821
Begin group work to analyze
poem
IN= Grammar
Complete LADY of Shalott
activity, present group stories
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BE IN CLASS THIS
VOCAB lesson 23- due Fri
WEEK! NO EXCUSES! OUTSIDE READING: Two Ways of
IN NB= GRAMMAR
Sat
IN NB= JOURNAL
IN- GRAMMAR
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REVIEW FOR TEST OVER
ROMANTICS
Vocab Lesson 24 due.
Outside reading Due & quiz.
28
IN- GRAMMAR
MEMOIR PROJECTS
DUE!!! (presentations as
needed)
VOCAB QUIZ 22-25
READING QUIZ
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IN- LIT SECTION
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IN- JOURNAL
IN- JOURNAL
VOCAB lesson 26 due THUR
Distribute review for MIDTERM EXAM
OUTSIDE READING: Lit book p. 858/ HARD TIMES FRIDAY
Film: Jane Eyre
excerpt, answer q’s 1-6 quiz THUR!!
Film: Jane Eyre
Browning: MY LAST DUCHESS
Arnold: DOVER BEACH
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IN- Lit/ anticipation guide
Vocab lesson 27 due fri/ Distribute Novel Packet
INTRO TO 1984 PPT
HWK: Read ch. 1, sec 1, p 5-20
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IN: List the rules in your family,
t-chart style/ + and HWK: Rd sec 2, p.20-27
12 IN- Grammar
Discuss sec 1 & 2
Do UTOPIA activity (partners)
HWK: Rd sec 3, p. 27-33
POSTER: BIG BRO IS WATCHING YOU… due Fri
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IN= GRAMMAR
Complete FIGURE OF SPEECH for
chap 1
Discuss Novel
HWK: Rd sec 8 to finish ch.1 p. 7087
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IN= Journal/ Pros & Cons of human feelings
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IN= JOURNAL/ room 101
NO IN TODAY
Film: Jane Eyre
In class writing / Finish reviews
CHANGE IN ROUTINE:
VOCAB DUE
QUIZ OVER HARD TIMES/ Q’s DUE
13 IN: Journal “which is worse…”
(To have freedom for a while and
then lose it, or to never know what
indiv freedom feels like
IN- LIT
Discuss novel up to ch 2,
sec 7
HWK: Rd. sec 8, p. 138147
IN- LITERARY(oxymorons)
QUIZ over chap 1 (p. 1-87)
TRAGIC FLAW activity
Discuss novel
20
IN- LIT SECTION VENN
DIAGRAM (Julia/ Winston)
Discuss Novel
Hwk: Rd ch 2, sec 1, p 88-97 HWK: Rd sec 2-3, p. 98-113
IN- GRAMMAR
27 IN- GRAMMAR
Discuss sec 8
VOCAB POST TEST!
HWK: Rd. sec 9, 148-179 Discuss sec 9
HWK: Rd sec 10, p. 179185—FINISH ch 2!!
Notes:
Discuss Ch 3, sec 1-3
FINISH ALL NOVEL WORK THIS WEEK!
HWK: rd. sec 4, p. 226-232
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NO IN TODAY
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MIDTERM EXAM
HAVE 1984 (novel) in class by MONDAY!!!
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IN- GRAMMAR
VOCAB 27 due
BIG BROTHER POSTER DUE
Big Brother video clip
HWK: Rd SEC 5, p. 43-54 for Monday
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21 NO IN TODAY
Vocab 28 due
In class activity: Groups
dramatize scenes!
Weekend: Rd sec 4-5, p. 113129
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28 QUIZ- CHAP 2!
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HWK: Rd. sec 4, p. 34-42
IN- GRAMMAR
Vocab lesson 28
Discuss sec. 3, 4, 5
Groups: attribute web for a character
HWK: Rd. sec 6-7, p. 55-69
CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH NOVEL PACK
VOCAB REVIEW! FINAL TEST THURSDAY!!
VOCAB QUIZ FRI Lessons 26-29
Discuss novel
HWK: Rd sec 6-7, p. 130-137
CONTINUE NOVEL PACKET
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GROUPS: Create a constitution or BILL OF
RIGHTS for the brotherhood. Incl rules,
rights, etc. Use the US Constitution as a
guide to form.
HWK: Rd ch 3, sec 1-3, p. 186-226
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IN= JOURNAL/ room 101
Discuss Ch 3, sec 1-3
FINISH ALL NOVEL WORK THIS WEEK!
HWK: rd. sec 4, p. 226-232
CONTINUE NOVEL PACKET/ DUE FRIDAY!
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13
Thu
Fri
Discuss sec 4
QUIZ: CHAP 3
Review Novel,
Complete novel pack
HWK: Rd. Sec 5-6 to finish the novel! (p.
226-245)
REVIEW NOVEL, Complete
novel pack
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FILM: BRAVE NEW
WORLD
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WRITE ESSAY/ COMPARE/ CONTRAST
FINISH ESSAYS- TURN IN
MONDAY IF NOT FINISHED.
IN- LITERARY
Group activity/ The Rockinghorse winner
DISTRIBUTE SENIOR PORTFOLIO
GUIDELINES! DUE 5/14.
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TEST OVER 1984
Finish film.
Class discussion of film
21 PERFORMANCE FINAL/ 22
LANG ARTS
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Sat
3
OUTSIDE READING:
The Rockinghorse Winner (lit book 1176)/ Due
THUR.
27
Wed
2
IN- GRAMMAR
(You will write a comparison/
contrast essay comparing 1984
to Brave New World)
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May ►
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IN- GRAMMAR
INTRO TO THE MODERNS! (PPT)
T.S. Eliot poems. P. 980, etc. LIT BOOK
IN- LITERARY/ poem
FINISH Eliot poems
Dylan Thomas poems
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IN- IN- JOURNAL/ describe a tense 25
situation where you have to make a split
Short story video
second decision. You want to act one way,
QUIZ: Rockinghorse winner
but are expected to act another… Write
down your mental thoughts…
Rd & Discuss Shooting an Elephant
(Lit book p. 1019) / Group activity
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Complete log
IN- LIT/ MOOD
The Demon Lover (Bowen)
(lit book p. 1032)
Complete log
IN- JOURNAL
A Shocking Accident (Greene)
(Lit book p. 1190)
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PORTFOLIOS!
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WORK ON SENIOR
PORTFOLIOS
WORK ON SENIOR PORTFOLIOS ALL WEEK IN CLASS. PORTFOLIOS DUE WED 5/14.
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WORK ON PORTFOLIOS
WORK ON PORTFOLIOS
PORTFOLIOS DUE!!!!
REVIEW FOR EXAM!
REVIEW FOR EXAM!
EXAMS BEGIN
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EXAMS
EXAMS
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!!
GRADUATION!!
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