5.29.12-6.1.12
Friday
Bucket List
Letter to Yourself
Thursday
Final Exam
Wednesday
Periods 1 & 2 be sure to review and practice with the following links
Review
Practice
Final Practice
A charm
Tuesday
Review sheet due
Monday
No School
Research Paper Links
sample paper 1
sample paper 2
sample paper 3
Owl at Purdue MLA formatting
No School Monday Memorial Day !!!!!
5.21.12-5.25.12
Friday
Final Copy of Research paper due today
Thursday
Wordle
The Ponies
Wednesday
Classroom lottery
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
audio version first 1/2
audio version second 1/2
Tuesday
novel test
Monday
peer edit
5.14.12-5.18.12
Friday
Rough Draft due
peer edit
Thursday
Free Read Quarter 4 novel
Wednesday
word of the day prep & quiz #16 151-160
work in paper rough draft
Tuesday
review idea of parenthetical documentation
view sample paper in progress and parenthetical documentation insert
if time...begin review of Granny Weatherall questions and the finding of simile, metaphor, point-of-view, flashback, irony, direct and indirect characterization, symbolism and theme in "JGW" from last Tuesday
review Granny Weatherall questions and examples
Monday
Vocab essay 151-160
5.7.12-5.10.12
Friday
No School for students!
Thursday
collect cards
brief discussion of Research Paper checklist and rubric
free read Friday on Thursday
HWK: read this
start writing paper ...rough draft due Friday May 18, 2012
novel test Monday May 21, 2012 READ
Wednesday
questions on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" due Monday
Finding simile, metaphor, point-of-view, flashback, irony, direct and indirect characterization, symbolism and theme in "JGW"
Tuesday
creation of 10 notecards discussed due Thurs. 5.10.12
paraphrasing and summarizing
notes on cards
-remember...outline placement number on back of card and "*" in outline
Monday
2 hr. delay schedule
change in schedule, Drug & Alcohol Counselor visits after program
4.30.12-5.4.12
Friday
Questions on "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
Thursday
complete "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" reading
Wednesday
key-word outline due
Free Read for those finished w/ outline
remainder extra time
Tuesday
Creation of key-word outline modeled...due Wednesday
notes on outline & cards
Monday
Word of the Day Quiz #15
WOD Prep 15 due
tutorial on plagiarism
notes on Granny Weatherall
4.23.12-4.27.12
Friday
3 source cards due
Review JGW vocab
"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
Word of the Day Quiz and Prep #15 Monday
Thursday
"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" begins
"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" vocab words due, remmeber, short and in pencil (marvel, milk-leg, tactful, whirligigs, rummaging, native piety, nimbus, jilt)
time in class to work on "Source Cards" for tomorrow
Wednesday
research chosen author, print out 3 viable sources
if time, create source cards due Friday
Read through articles by Monday 4.30.12
Tuesday
research tips
research chosen author ...3 sources
good sources vs. bad sources
sample "T.S. Eliot and modernism"
sample 2
sample 3
sample 4
creation of source cards
bring note cards and flash drive tomorrow
how to cite an electronic source MLA style
Monday
review Prufrock stanza by stanza
bring flash drive tomorrow
assign Granny Weatherall words for Friday
4.16.12-4.20.12
Friday
bring Q4 novel to class
Research Paper topic due
Thursday
Mrs. Kaminski from Guidance visits to discuss course selection for Sophmore year
Wednesday
Allusion w/i Prufrock due
summary/paraphrase due
Tuesday
"Build Vocabulary:Context" due
Allusion w/i Prufrock
Monday
Found Poem due
Research Paper assignment schedule given, topic due, Friday read packet
"Build Vocabulary: Context" given due tomorrow
4.11.12.-4.13.12
Friday
word of the day quiz #14
word of the day prep due
You Decide
Read over Prufrock over weekend
Thursday
Mrs. Reddy
Wednesday
basic Prufrock recall
continue deconstruction
Happy Easter
continue to read your Quarter 4 novel over break
4.2.12-4.4.12
Wednesday
deconstruction of Prufrock
-determine who is "you" and who is "I" ?
-underline vocab and write in short def's
-summarize/paraphrase each stanza
-Eliot's use of rhyme and stanza
Tuesday
reading of Prufrock
notes T.S.Eliot
review 2-5
Monday
Prufrock vocab
discussion of paraphrasing #1
3.26.12-3.30.12
Friday
Found poem due today
reading of Prufrock
Thursday & Friday
investigation of T.S. Eliot & modernism
"The term modernism refers to the radical shift in aesthetic and cultural sensibilities evident in the art and literature of the post-World War One period. The ordered, stable and inherently meaningful world view of
the nineteenth century could not, wrote T.S. Eliot, accord with ‘the immense panorama of futility and anarchy which is contemporary history.’.. rejecting nineteenth-century optimism, [modernists] presented a
profoundly pessimistic picture of a culture in disarray."
1. -Paraphrase the previous (do you know what the highlighted wrods mean?)
2. -historical timeline . . . Examine and list 10 important events surrounding and within Modernism
3. -modern art . . . Examine and list favorite type of art and favorite work, explaining why
4. -meaning of the epigraph in Prufrock (define epigraph)
5. -how is this a dramatic monolgue?
Wednesday
You Decide 133-140 abstain, accede,
Modernism notes
"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
somber, tangible, pandemonium, largess, intimation, invective
Tuesday
Wod quiz #13 (121-130)
you decide for tomorrow
Monday
Quarterly Exam
Facebook article --Found poem for Friday
3.19.12-3.23.12 HOMEWORK assignment this week--- review notes 15 minutes daily
Friday
Study for Quarterly Exam
review practice for quarterly sample questions
"A Wagner Matinee" vocab
"The Yellow Wallpaper" vocab 1
"The Yellow Wallpaper" vocab 2
"The Yellow Wallpaper" vocab in context
"The Yellow Wallpaper" example 1
"The Yellow Wallpaper" example 2
quarterly
Wednesday
review for quarterly
Tuesday
finish speeches
quarter 4 free read for remainder
Monday
2 hr. delay schedule, finish speeches
3.12.12-3.16.12
Tuesday-Friday
2 hr. delay schedule
demonstrative speeches
Monday
word of the day quiz # 12
word of the day prep #12 due (111-120)
3.5.12-3.9.12
Friday
bring 4th quarter novel assignment
progress reports due signed
turn in Letter to Uncle Howard
Thursday
2 examples of each following template on board
Letter to Uncle Howard Assignment
Wednesday
progress reports given for English I due Friday...parent Signature required
sample outline for speech discussed
imagery table
Tuesday
Mrs. Reddy
Monday
brief assessment of direct vs. indirect characterization
outline discussion for speech
2.27.12-3.3.12
Friday
Found Poem due
displaying and discussing completed work from yesterday
Thursday & Wednesday
working in pairs or individually in determining great examples of direct and indirect characterization of Clark, Aunt Georgiana, and Uncle Howard
Wednesday
evaluation question due
Tuesday
"You Decide" due
topic sheet for demonstrative speech
"A Wagner Matinee" exercise
paraphrasing Cather
notes
Monday
word of the day quiz #11
Evaluation question assigned due Wed.- Do you agree with Aunt Georgiana's sacrifice? Why or why not? Be sure to cite examples from the text to support your answer and include your own personal reasons that
support your position.
"You Decide" for tomorrow on tangent, sinecure, scion, retribution, allude, pinnacle, paragon, levity, tepid
2.21.12-2.24.12
Friday
Continue and finish "A Wagner Matinee" if possible
for Monday WOD quiz #11 on 101-110
discuss demonstration speech rubric
Thursday
continue with "A Wagner Matinee"
handout speech assignment papers
Wednesday
Who was Willa Cather? discussion
Listening to a Wagner selection, begin "A Wagner Matinee"
If absent, read pgs. 1&2
Tuesday
To Kill a Mockingbird novel test
Monday
Happy Presidents Day!
2.13.12-2.16.12
Friday
no school
Thursday
Found Poem due . . .ooops! forgot to collect...will accept on Tuesday
go over vocab from "A Wagner Matinee"
Wednesday
scavenger hunt Willa Cather
Tuesday
quiz on "The Yellow Wallpaper"
vocab for "A Wagner Matinee" due tomorrow--1. legacy, 2. pathetic, 3. chiliblains, 4. tentatively, 5. callow, 6. duster, 7. reverential, 8. declensions, 9. martyrdom, 10. pious, 11. sordid, 12. tremulously, 13.,
somnambulant, 14. timid, 15. passive, 16. inert, 17. trepidation, aloofness, 19. obliquely, 20., cowpucher, 21. faro, 22. deluge, 23. myriad, 24. gaunt, 25. refuse
Monday
essay due today...will not check if you have it completed
study for tomorrow's quiz
"The Yellow Wallpaper" elements of plot
"The Yellow Wallpaper" literary devices and elements part 2
"The Yellow Wallpaper" literary devices and elements
"The Yellow Wallaper" symbols
"The Yellow Wallpaper" vocab in context
"The Yellow Wallpaper" Vocab 1
"The Yellow Wallpaper" Vocab 2
REMEMBER... TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD novel test is TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012
2.6.12-2.10.12
Friday
You Decide due today 102-110
discussion of article of neurasthenia
notes on theme and motif
cartoon of "The New Woman"
The Other New Woman
objection to short story
The Literature of Prescription perusal
study for "The Yellow Wallpaper" quiz on Tuesday
complete possible essay on theme for Monday
Thursday
word of the day quiz #10
wod prep due today for 91-100 (word, p.o.s., definition, 2 sentences)
article on neurasthenia
tomorrow You Decide for 102 -110 (appraise, balk, bequeath, concoct, consecrate, elucidate, warily, ivacious, unfeigned)
theme and style of Gilman
Wednesday
On the board and discussed...
progression of wallpaper through 12 diary entries
--narrator's descent into madness mimicked the wallpaper description.
Tuesday
collect Gilman quote homework
review comp. questions, progression of paper
discussion possible themeatic essays for "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Monday
collected essay
discussed symbolism
summarized prgression of wallpaper descriptions
gave out Gilman quotes, paraphrase in 2 sentences for tomorrow
1.30.12-2.3.12
Friday
essay due today is now due on Monday detailing how the audio version of the "The Yellow Wallpaper" is different
Thursday & Friday
"The Yellow Wallpaper" questions due today
in groups work on establishing what ...nursery, wallpaper, bars, nature, woman (women) behind paper, notebook symbolize and why and . . .
creating a wallpaper description map
Tuesday & Wednesday
trailer (s) this one and Pajor's
look at Gilman's "In Duty Bound"
finish reading
Found Poem on "Why I Wrote the Yellow Wallpaper"
Monday
"You Decide" due today
Discussion of how diction relates to author's purpose
The Yellow Wapllpaper" today - pg. 4
Assigned for Friday's homework...
audio version of "The Yellow Wallpaper"
...for Friday, listen and write an essay detailing how the audio version is different from the textual version.
1.23.12-1.27.12
Friday
wod prep 81-90
wod quiz # 9 81-90
due Monday "You Decide" for deem, deploy, craven, cryptic, brandish, buff, apprehend, ascertain
Thursday
Mrs. Reddy visits
Wednesday
read pgs. 1-2 "The Yellow Wallpaper"
notes on Charlotte Gilman (basic background info, check binder on table upon return)
Tuesday
"The Yellow Paper" vocab review
Intro to "The Yellow Wallpaper" & prediction
Monday
vocabulary for "The Yellow Wallpaper"
turn in progress report
1.17.12-1.20.12
homework assignment for week:
Prepare for Midterm
STUDY YOUR NOTES, REREAD SHORT STORIES
Friday
midterm exam
Thursday
review and practice
Literary Device term recall
Literary term and element recall
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" practice
"A White Heron" and "CJFCC" practice
"A Pair of Silk Stockings" and "The Story of an Hour"
Wednesday
finish "The Story of an Hour"
review
Tuesday
check vocab from "APSS"
notes (on board-foreshadowing, irony/verbal, situational, dramatic & how they apply to Chopin)
begin "The Story of an Hour"
progress report coming home with student for Enlgish I (please parents, sign and return...due Friday)
No School Monday
1.9.12-1.13.12
Friday
finish "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
discuss direct characterization vs. indirect characterization
check "You Decide" due today
for homework for Tuesday define vocab from "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
(judicious, morbid, placard, tiara, acute, fastidious, damask, prousion, decipher, poignant)
Thursday
Found poem due, topic relating to ozone or weather or atmosphere
read Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" and "A Pair of Silk Stockings"
Wednesday
wod quiz #8
Wod prep due today
finish brochure if need be
assigned You Decide for Friday on 82-90 (ambiguus, belligerent, blithe, callous, capricious , det, diffident, exuberant, feasible)
Monday & Tuesday
brochure of "A White Heron" that details in 6 panels: imagery, style, author's purpose, reviews and summary material along with 2 illustrations
HWK--study for WOD quiz #8 71-80
wod prep 71-80 due tomorrow
1/3/12-1/6/12
Friday
finish imagery discussion
begin "A White Heron" brochure
Thursday
finish symbolism as a stylistic component of Sarah Orne Jewett
discuss style in "A White Heron"
due tomorrow ...found poem, topic of your choice
Wednesday
discuss literary elements in "A White Heron"
found poem due Friday
Wod Quiz #8 71-80
Tuesday
review literary elements "A White Heron"
theme, point of view, tone, mood, symbolism (pine, oak, Mrs. Tilley, Stranger, Sylvie, white, Mistress Moolly, heron, flower)
groups, then discuss
Happy Holidays!
12/19/11-12/23/11
Friday
half-day
Thursday
Mrs. Reddy visits today
Wednesday
You Decide due today
checking 5/5/5 from last week today
alliteration, assonance and consonance discussed in "A White Heron"
Tuesday
wod quiz #7
wod prep due
wod You Decide on 72-80 due tomorrow (disheveled, culpable, cursory, blunt, bona fide, assiduous, ardent, applicable, inchoate)
Monday
accepted today: English Progress Report, Found Poem on the economy, "A White Heron" project
for tomorrow... Wod quiz and prep due for wod words 61-70
Students, please remember you should be ...
-working on your "A White Heron" project due 12/19 MONDAY
-reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, next novel test is 2/21.
12/12/11-12/16/11
Friday
found poem due on nonfiction article regarding economy
Thursday
enrichment articles on "A White Heron" and Sarah Orne Jewett
Wednesday
discuss and work on 5/5/5
In "A White Heron," find 5 exaples of alliteration, assonance and consonance for tomorrow
Tuesday
sound device practice with Johnny Cash
identification of sound devices examples in "A White Heron" 5/5/5 due tomorrow
check sound device exercises
Monday
exercise in sound devices on iPods
due tomorrow: follow sound device template
song, artist, alliteration, assonance, consonance, end rhyme and slant rhyme x4 ...
DUE TOMORROW
Students, please remember you should be ...
-working on your "A White Heron" project due 12/19.
-reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, next novel test is 2/21.
12/5/11-12/9/11
Friday
complete 2 blogs by today
exercise in sound devices on iPods
bring music listening devices for Monday as well
Thursday
complete 2 blogs by today
found poem due today on "Good Samaritan Killed" or "Mom Convicted of Letting Child Wander"
bring in your iPods with headphones for today's activitiy
notes on sound devices - alliteration, assonance, consonace, end rhyme and slant rhyme
can you find sound devices in music clip
Wednesday
wod preview due today
bring in your iPods with headphones for Friday and Monday
still reading "A White Heron"
Tuesday
wod # 6 quiz
wod prep #6 (51-60)
notes on alliteration, assonance, consonance
wod preview due tomorrow on words 62-70: appease, stpulate, scurry, perpetrate, misconstrue, manifest, imbibe, explicate, disparage
Monday
finish "A White Heron" round 1 for comprehension
Blogging exercise due on Thursday (complete 2)
11/29/11- 12/2/11
*Next Novel test --To Kill A Mockingbird Feb. 21, 2011
*Word of the Day Quiz #6 is Tuesday, December 6, 2011
*Word of the Day prep #6 due Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Friday
Collect Found Poem
Finish vocab
Begin reading "A White Heron"
1-para. 16, 2 -para.26, 3 -para. 16, 4 -para.16, 5 -para. 16, 7-para. 16
Thursday
Found Poem-topic "Entertainment"
due tomorrow
notes on Sarah Orne Jewett
checked vocab homework
started "A White Heron" vocab
number paragraphs of "A White Heron"
Wednesday
Assigned the "A White Heron" project
--- due 12/19/11
looked at various sample projects
terms for "A White Heron" for tomorrow: plodding, dilatory, consolation, zest, discreetly, inaudibly, wayfarer, elusive, pinions, vexed, solemn, demure
Tuesday
novel test on The Grapes of Wrath
Please be sure to finish The Grapes of Wrath over Thanksgiving break NOVEL TEST ON TUESDAY 11/29/11
11/21/11-11/23/11
Wednesday
Mrs. Reddy visits
Tuesday
exercise in characterization with Substitute
Monday
Bellwork Quiz # 53
review Quia per class
--75% or more answering correctly
--student produced essays (what did a 10 look like?)
11/13/11-11/17/11
Friday
Wod prep due
Wod quiz #5
You decide due for Monday
Thursday
introductory article on Sarah Orne Jewett
Remember tomorrow is WOD quiz #5 on words 41-50
Wod #5 Prep due tomorrow as well
Wednesday
No School
Tuesday
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" quiz
work on homework for Friday
Monday
review lit. elements for "The Celebrated ..."
quia activities
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog..." Quiz review
11/7/11-11/10/11
*Remember, The Grapes of Wrath novel test is the Tuesday you return after Thanksgiving break. Do not be that person stuck reading all weekend. Get to it now.*
The next Word of the Day Quiz is Fri. 11/18/11
Friday
No School
STUDY for Tuesday's quiz
Thursday
discuss yesterday and review-- Tuesday "The Celebrated Jumping Frog..." Quiz STUDY
Wednesday
discuss yesterday and packet
literary elements scavanger hunt: plot, theme, tone, mood, point of view
Tuesday
Literary device scavenger hunt in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
find 2 allusions, 2 similes, 1 metaphor, regional/vernacular dialect examples, specifically, 1 each--misspelling, grammatical error, inventive punctuation, loose sentence structure, colloquial phrase
finish Twain Question packet for thursday
Monday
Extension activity- characterization sub
10/31/11-11/4/11
Friday
You Decide due Monday 45-50 iridescent, inveigh, indict, harass, grotesque, fetter
Found Poem on "space"-related article due Tuesday
Twain's style notes (last slide only)
question packet "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Thursday
Back to "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Wednesday
Quarterly Exam
alternate
assign You Decide narrative for words meticulous, limipd, iridescent, inveigh, indict, harass, grotesque, fetter
Tuesday
Quarterly Jeopardy
any presentations left
STUDY
Monday
half-day
read Raven
10/24/11-10/28/11
Finish Presentations this week
Prepare for Quarterly Exam
Friday
Presentations
Go over study guide
Thursday
Mrs. Reddy visits
Wednesday
Presentations
study guide
& work on Quia- Literary Movements and Periods
work on Quia- Literary Elements & Devices 1
Literary Elements & Devices 2
Literary Elements & Devices 3
Literary Elements & Devices 4
Literary Elements & Devices 5
Tuesday
Per. 4 Continue with yesterday's examination of Tom Sawyer for literary devices.
Per. 1 Quia work & study guide
All other classes:
Presentations
study guide
& work on Quia -vocabulary 1
-vocabulary 2
-vocabulary 3
-vocabulary 4
-vocabulary 5
Monday
Presentations
give study guide for Quarterly Exam, complete by Friday
Period 4 Presentations completed- Mark Twain Scavenger Hunt
Challenge: Visit Chapter 3 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain and attempt to locate as many of the 13 Literary Devices we've been studying as possible. Create a listing either in a Word
Document or in your binder. Points for each term found and correctly explained. Team with the most points wins---(bonus points in the point pool).
personification
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
satire
foreshadowing
flashback
imagery
allegory
symbolism
dialect
allusion
irony
10/17/11-10/21/11
Friday
Found Poem Due
Presentations
Thursday
Presentations
Wednesday
Presentations & Notes on Twain
Tuesday
WOD Prep 3 due
WOD Quiz 3 on words 21-30
You Decide due tomorrow on:
supine
romp
acclimate
raze
quell
protrude
propitious
preclude
opulent
Presentations continue if time
Monday
Power Point projects due today
presentations begin
remember WOD Prep 3 due tomorrow, WOD Quiz 3 on words 21-30 tomorrow
10/11/11-10/14/11
*THE LAST WEEK TO WORK ON YOUR LITERARY DEVICES ppt. project*
Are you staying during 8th period? Are you coming to 219 during your study hall?
Friday
checked "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" vocab
Began reading "The Celebrated Jumbrated Frog of Calaveras County" check Works page and read through page 2
Study for Tuesday's WOD quiz #3 & WOD prep 3 due Tuesday
ALSO ppt. presentations on Literary Devices begin Monday as well, check your rubric!
Thursday
Found Poem on Local Crime due tomorrow, use local newspapers
Who was Samuel Clemens? jigsaw from Tuesday finished and presented
Wednesday
terms from "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" due tomorrow
1.Compliance
2.Garrulous
3.Infernal
4.Reminiscence
5.Dilapidated
6.Monotonous
7.Interminable
8.Finesse
9.Cavorting
Tuesday
Finish any characteristics of Realism not covered Friday
Who was Samuel Clemens?
Discovery Clip on The Grapes of Wrath
Monday
No School
10/3/11-10/7/11
Friday
Discovery Clip on The Grapes of Wrath
Beginnings of Realism
Wednesday & Thursday
Thurs. --BW #24
American Literature 1 review
Tuesday
work on your Literary Device Power Point today
Monday
wod quiz 2
wod prep 2 due
"You Decide" due for Tuesday on words 22-30
(duress, curtail, bulwark, bilk, attest, asset, vicissitude, temerity, supplication)
9/26/11-9/30/11
Friday
ppt. project day 2
Technological How-to List
Hang Your Folder
Name Your Folder English I
Name Your Flashdrive
today you shoud really finish up the bulk of the work
Thursday
Mrs. Reddy
Wednesday
bring flash drive
ppt. project began in class (mount folder, rename flashdrive, title slide, pick theme, choose format, and get started)
Tuesday
finished notes and discussed upcoming ppt. project DUE 10/17/11
Monday
Begin reading John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, next novel test 11/29/11
WOD quiz 2 Monday 10/3/11, words 11-20
WOD Prep 2 (wod, pos, def, sent.) due Mon. 10/3/11
Found Poem Friday--Non-fiction science again
Bring flashdrive to class Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
continue with literary terms of importance
9/18/11-9/22/11
Friday
Found Poem on science article of your choice due today
Thursday & Friday
Literary terms of importance
Literary Devices Project assigned, due 10/17/11. Be ready to present 10/17/11 and each day thereafter until all have presented.
Wednesday
Literary Movement review
clips 1 & 2
notes on Literary terms of importance
You Decide due today on 12 -20, assigned on Monday
Found poem due Friday, follow format, any science article (refer to links from last Monday or retrieve from the newspaper)
Tuesday
novel test on The Great Gatsby
alternate
students new to the district, see me to arrange a time before 10/20/2011 and bring your novel to class the day of the test.
Monday
Wod prep due
Wod quiz 1 on words 1-10
continue with literary notes of importance
Please remember the summer reading test is Tuesday, September 20, 2011 on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby
9/12/11-9/16/11
Friday
Mrs. Najaka
English I pretest
collect found poem on playstation security breach due today
Quiz on word of the day words 1-10 on Monday
WOD set 1 homework due Monday, word, pos, defintion and used correctly in a sentence
Thursday
Mrs. Najaka
English I pretest
*PARENTS: Please note that grades listed as "missing" or with an "*" are grades not entered. If your son/daughter has not completed an assignment when grades are entered in Skyward, it will be listed as a
zero.
remember, found poem on playstation article due tomorrow
Wednesday
Finish founds poems started yesterday
Literary Terms of Importance notes started -See absentee binder for slides 1-3
Tuesday
Independent found poems worked on today from article about 9/11 written on 9/12/01
Found poem rules
Friday's homework article given today
Monday
collect Word of the Day Set 1 "You Decide"
Demonstrate how to create a found poem (example)
[any biopoems not completed in class on Wednesday due today]
assign Found Poem article assignment
*Article sites article due tomorrow (Check out each of the previous links/words for articles to bring in, you do not have to gather the articles from these sources, a newspaper article will do just as well)
*found poem due Wednesday
9/7/11-9/10/11
Thursday and Friday
No School due to Flood Irene
Wednesday
"You Decide" word of the day words due tomorrow--Do NOT use a dictionary for this assignment.We are working on your ability to think about vocabulary.
(part of speech, definition [what do you think it means], and use it in a sentence ONLY FOR 5-10)
1.zealous
4.urbane
7. ruminate
10.overt
2.whet
5.truculent
8.quiescent
3.voluble
6.suppress
9.punitive
finish biopoem
Tuesday
*check "supply check" homework assignment
*collect "photo" for biopoem
Biopoem intro
begin biopoem (Check out the poetry page for examples and rubric by which this assignment will be graded)
collect photo
possible hanging of folders using macs
and giving of Quia user name and password
8/30/11-9/1/11
Thursday
*collect signed contract
Extra Credit
Bellwork
Website
Spell Checker PC poem
this one
Wednesday
continuation of yesterday
contract
survey
folders
word of the day
Tuesday
Welcome to English I
Seating arrangements
Syllabus
Rules & Procedures
Homework:
*be sure to acquire supplies for supply check for next Tuesday
(parents, if securing supplies is an issue, please email me at
jeffriesr@gnasd.com or send me a note)
*bring in photograph for Biopoem assignment by next Tuesday
*bring in signed contract by this Thursday (counts as 1st quiz)