August/September 2012 Calendar for Honors
Mrs. Huynh-Duc
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!
HW: Return the class syllabus
signed.
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LABOR DAY- NO SCHOOL!
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PARTS OF SPEECH QUIZ
Class: The Hunger Games review
Class: The Hunger Games Review
Class: Mythology Review
HW: Website Scavenger Hunt
(handout) due tomorrow.
HW: Bring your copy of Mythology
to class tomorrow. Organized binders
are due next Tuesday.
HW: Complete your Mythology
review guide. Organized Binders are
due next Tuesday.
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SUMMER READING TEST
Class: Notebook check; summer
reading test
HW: “How well do you know your
parts of speech?” handout due
tomorrow
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Class: “Just Lather” endings; Parts
of Speech review; Vocab Regime
Class: Parts of speech final review;
Discuss “Ordeal by Cheque”
HW: Parts of Speech practice sheet
(front and back)
HW: Preposition and Drinks
handout; read “Ordeal by Cheque”
and answer accompanying questions
HW: Notecards for Vocab List 1 due
Monday. Review Parts of Speech for
a quiz on Monday.
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Vocabulary Quiz #1
Class: Finish discussing “The Most
Dangerous Game,” Bluff and Vocab
Quiz #1
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Class: Introduction to Narrative
Writing; discuss and act out “The
Sniper”
Class: Narrative writing project
assignment
Class: Discuss “The Most
Dangerous Game”
HW: Read “The Sniper” page 211
in textbook for tomorrow
HW: Read “The Most Dangerous
Game” (page 4) for Thursday
HW: Study vocabulary!
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Class: Discuss “The Necklace”
and Vocab list 2
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Class: Discuss “Desiree’s Baby”
and Subject/Verb Agreement
HW: Read “The Most Dangerous
Game” (page 4) for tomorrow; study
for Friday’s vocabulary quiz
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Class: Discuss Subject/Verb
Agreement; Discussion on equality
HW: Read “Desiree’s Baby”
(handout) for tomorrow
HW: Subject/Verb agreement
handout due tomorrow
HW: Read “Harrison Bergeron”
(handout)
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EARLY RELEASE DAY
Class: Discuss “Harrison Bergeron”
Class: Vocabulary List #3;
Discuss “Walter Mitty” and
quotation marks
HW: “Walter Mitty” cartoon
activity
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Class: Share and discuss cartoons;
quotation mark practice;
introduction to “Cask of
Amontillado”
HW: Finish “Cask of Amontillado”
page 172 for tomorrow.
HW: Be prepared for Tuesday’s
summer reading test! Also, be sure to
bring your organized binder to class
for a notebook check on Tuesday.
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Class: Parts of Speech review; “Just
Lather, That’s All”
Class: Vocabulary List 1; Parts of
Speech Quiz; textbook distribution
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Class: Spelling Quiz; final review for
summer reading test
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Class: Discuss “Cask of
Amontillado” and irony
HW: Read “Thank You, Ma’m” p. 86
in textbook for tomorrow
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1-2
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Class: Discuss “Thank You, Ma’m”
and indirect characterization
HW: Study vocabulary lists 1, 2,
and 3 for tomorrow
Check out www.englishisamazing.com for handouts and complete texts.
HW: Read “The Necklace” page
160 in textbook; Notecards for
Vocabulary List 2 due Monday
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Vocabulary Quiz #2
Class: Subject/Verb agreement
practice; Bluff; Vocab quiz
HW: Notecards for List 3 due
Monday; read “The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty” (handout) for Monday
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Vocabulary Quiz #3
Class: Bluff, review quotation marks,
vocabulary quiz
HW: Read “A Sound of Thunder”
page 499 in textbook and complete
notecards for vocabulary list #4 for
Monday.