Tuesday 08/28/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Go over
turnitin.com
 Discuss “Letter To
Me” assignment
 Ms. Clendenin
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Remember:
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Supplies and
signature
sheet DUE
Friday!

Letter To Me
DUE Friday
(both hard
copy and on
turnitin.com)
Wednesday 08/29/2012
 Plan
for the day:
 Grab
a blue book
 Read “Everyday
Use” pg. 50
 Complete CFA

Remember:

Supplies and
signature
sheet DUE
Friday!

Letter To Me
DUE Friday
(both hard
copy and on
turnitin.com)
Thursday 08/30/2012
 Plan
for the day:
 Journal
on Plot
Structure and
conflict
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Remember:

Supplies and
signature
sheet DUE
Friday!

Letter To Me
DUE tomorrow!
 Notes
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(both hard
copy and on
turnitin.com)
Journal 8/30/2012
 Listen
to the song. What is something
about our world that you wish you
could change? Do you think this
change will ever come about? If so
when or how? 6-8 sentences.

Please remember to be respectful. You don’t
have to agree with everyone but you have to
value their right to an opinion.
FRIDAY! 08/31/2012
 Plan
for the day:
 Conflict
Activity
 “The Bass, the
River and Sheila
Mant” vocab
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Remember:

Vocab check
on Tuesday!

Letter To Me
DUE
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(both hard
copy and on
turnitin.com)
“BRSM” Vocabulary- complete in notecard format pg. 30
 denizens
 surreptitiously
 pensive
 conspicuous
 dubious
 concussion
 antipathy
 luminous
 filial
 quizzical
Note card format
Definition- book or
dictionary (part of
speech)
Sentence
from the text
WORD
Synonym
Picture/ Graphic
Representation
Tuesday 09/04/2012
 Plan
for the day:
 Check
vocab
 “Pushing Daisies”
clip
 Begin reading
BRSM pg. 31
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Remember:
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Picture Day
Thursday!
Vocab Quiz
on Friday!
Definitions
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Denizens: inhabitants; resident, dweller
Pensive: Reflective, contemplative, meditative
Dubious: uncertain, questionable
Antipathy: dislike; hatred
Filial: (adj) of or relating to parent (son/ daughter)
Surreptitiously: secretly, sneakily, slyly
Conspicuous: obvious or noticeable
Concussion: a hard blow or collision
Luminous: glowing, shining, brilliant
Quizzical: puzzled, perplexed
Wednesday 09/05/2012
 Plan
for the day:
 Journal
 Finish
reading
BRSM pg. 31
 Complete plot
chart
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Remember:
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Picture Day
Thursday!
Vocab Quiz
on Friday!
Journal 09/05/2012
 Think
back to some time when you
had to give up one thing for
something else.
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Write down what happened.
Did you make the right choice?
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Do you have any regrets?
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6-8 sentences
Thursday 09/06/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Picture day…strike
a really cheesy
pose.
 Word Wall Activity
 Create cause and
effect chart off
BSRM
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Remember:
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Vocab and Plot
Terms quiz on
Friday!
Word Wall Activity
 Create a “tweet” (no more than 140
characters) using 3 terms from the word
wall.
 Your tweet should reflect something you
learned from The Bass, the River, and Sheila
Mant. Remember to include 3 words from
the wall.
Word Wall Words
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Setting
Imagery
Tone
Mood
Characterization
External Conflict
Internal Conflict
Cause/ Effect
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Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution
Plot
Protagonist
Antagonist
Cause and Effect
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Make a cause and effect chart of the main events in the
short story (use the back of your plot chart).
CAUSE
EFFECT
Narrator asks Sheila
out
Narrator decides to
never make the same
mistake again.
FRIDAY! 09/07/2012
 Plan
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Vocab and plot
terms quiz
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for the day:
You have 10
minutes to study
your vocab and
notes
Music Journal
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Remember:
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Have a great
weekend!
Journal 9/7/2012
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Listen to the song.
How does the song relate to the story “The
Bass, the River and Sheila Mant”?
Who made the right choice the singer or
the narrator?
Monday 09/10/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Review for BRSM/
Plot test
 Vocab for HB
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Remember:

BSRM/ Plot
Structure TEST
Tuesday!
Harrison Bergeron Vocab (Due 9/12)
Consternation
 Cower
 Wince
 Transmitter
 Birdshot

Vigilance
 Handicap
 Hindrance
 Synchronize
 Neutralize
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Word
Part of Speech (n.)
Definition
2 synonyms
Tuesday 09/11/2012
 Plan
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for the day:
BRSM/ Plot TEST!

Clear EVERYTHING
off your desk except
for a pen and lit
book.
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Remember:

HB vocab due
tomorrow!
Wednesday 09/12/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Journal
 Read Harrison
Bergeron pg. 38
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Remember:
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HB vocab due
tomorrow!
Journal 9/12/2012

Should everyone be COMPLETELY the
same?
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Explain what both positive and negative effects
would be if everyone is the same in everything.
Has this idea ever been tried?
6-8 sentences
Would you rather?
To achieve equality we must have a
baseline. In the next slides the
WHOLE CLASS must agree on
choice A or B.
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
A
Pop!
B
Rap/ Hip hop
Thursday 09/13/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Check Vocab
 Make plot chart for
HB
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Remember:
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Don’t be
annoying.
HB Vocab
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Consternation (n.) – confused amazement or fear
Cower (v.) – to crouch down in fear
Wince (v.) – to shrink or flinch involuntarily, especially in pain
Transmitter (n.) – an electronic device for broadcasting radio
signals
Birdshot (n.) – tiny lead pellets made to be loaded in shotgun
shells
Vigilance (n.) – alert attention; watchfulness
Handicap (n.) – an advantage or disadvantage that makes
the playing field level
Hindrance (n.) – something that impedes or stops
Synchronize (v.) – to match the timing of
Neutralize (v.) – to counteract or cancel the effect of
FRIDAY! 09/14/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Journal
 Discuss controversy
 Begin discussing
research topics
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Remember:
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Study for your
vocab quiz on
Monday!
Consider your
research topics
Monday 09/17/2012
 Plan
for the day:
Pick research topics
 Article Assignment
 Discuss plan for
Library

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Remember:

Vocab Quiz on
Friday!!
Thursday 09/20/2012

Plan for the day:
Journal
 Go over Research
Process Sheet
 Discuss topic and
argument
 Begin highlighting
articles
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Remember:
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Vocab Quiz on
Friday!!
Highlighted
articles DUE
FRIDAY!
Journal 9/20/2012

Answer the questions below.
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Should gay people be allowed to marry?
Should guns be banned in the US?
Should abortion be legal?
Should only evolution be taught in schools?
Do you consider yourself a democrat or
republican? Explain your answer.
FRIDAY! 09/21/2012

Plan for the day:
Take vocab quiz
 Pick up portfolios
 Discuss thesis
 Highlighted articles
and thesis statement
DUE @ EOP!
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Remember:
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If you don’t
have all your
articles you
need to get
them over the
weekend!
Monday 09/20/2012

Plan for the day:
Get out 2 sheets of
paper.
 Hand out PSAT stuff
 Turn in Research
folder with highlighting
and thesis
 Pre-write timed writing
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Remember:
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Retest
tutorial 6:45
am (Wed.)
Retest 6:45
am (Thurs.)
If you missed
the quiz you
need to make
it up!
Tuesday 09/25/2012

Plan for the day:
Handout prewriting
 Write final draft of
expository essay.
 Vocab
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Remember:
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Retest
tutorial 6:45
am (Wed.)
Retest 6:45
am (Thurs.)
If you missed
the quiz you
need to make
it up!
Wednesday 09/26/2012

Plan for the day:
Journal
 Read “There Will
Come Soft Rains”
 Work on TWCSR
handout
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Remember:
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Retest 6:45
am (Thurs.)
Assignments to
be made up:

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HB Vocab
quiz
Timed write
Journal 9/26/2012
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What do you think is the most important
piece of technology we possess today?
Do you consider yourself “dependent” on
technology? If so, how?
Do you think technology is taking over?

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Please answer all the questions and explain your
responses.
6-8 sentences
Journal 9/27/2012
 Watch
the video.
 How do you think the world will end?
(Feel free to be creative!)
 If you knew the world was ending
tomorrow and you had time to do 3
things what would they be and why?
Vocabulary
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Silhouette (n.) – an outline that appears dark against a light
background
Paranoia (n.) – an irrational fear of danger or misfortune
Manipulate (v.) – to move, operate, or handle
Tremulous (adj.) – trembling, unsteady
Oblivious (adj.) – paying no attention; unaware
Sublime (adj.) – supreme, splendid
Dart (v.) – to move swiftly or suddenly
Quiver (v.) – to shake with slight but rapid motion; tremble
Cellar (n.) – an underground room or story (usually used as
storage)
Fragment (n.) – a piece of something that is broken off or
detached
FRIDAY! 09/28/2012

Plan for the day:
Finish
 Literary Journal!
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Remember:
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Vocab Quiz
Monday!
Monday 10/1/2012

Plan for the day:
Vocab quiz
 Review for test
 Harrison Burgeon
questions
 Read “The Bet”
 Finish Lit terms
journals
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Remember:

Short Story
Test
tomorrow!
For your test:
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Look over the short story “Harrison
Bergeron”
Look over the short story and handout
“There Will Come Soft Rains”
Study your plot notes
“The Bet” short story is on my website.

You can access the online textbook my.hrw.com
Tuesday 10/2/2012

Plan for the day:

Short Story Test
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Grab a scantron

Remember:

Notecard
sheets DUE
FRIDAY!
Wednesday 10/3/2012

Plan for the day:
Post Assessment
 Vocabulary
Assignment
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Remember:
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Vocab due
tomorrow
Notecard
sheets DUE
FRIDAY!
Thursday 10/4/2012

Plan for the day:
– Journal
– Turn in vocab
– Go over note and bib
card set up
– Work on notecard

Remember:
– Notecard
sheets DUE
FRIDAY!
Journal 10/4/12
–LiMuZoo
–If you were forced to spend the rest
of your life in either a library, a
museum, or a zoo; which would
you choose and why?

6-8 sentences
FRIDAY! 10/5/2012

Plan for the day:
– Finish notecards
– DO IT!

Remember:
– Notecard
sheets DUE
EOP!!!
Monday 10/8/2012
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Plan for the day:
– Hand back/ go over
vocab
– Check Note and Bib
cards
– Begin intro

Remember:
– Intro
paragraph
DUE
TUESDAY!
– Vocab quiz
Friday!
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SAT Vocab definitions
Intervene- to come between disputing people or groups;
intercede, mediate
Stupefy- to overwhelm with amazement; astound; astonish.
Bleak- without hope or encouragement; depressing
Ajar- neither entirely open, or entirely shut; partly open
Demur- to make objection; especially on the ground of
ethics
Catharsis-to purge of emotions or relieving of emotional
tensions.
Alleviate- to make easier to endure; to lessen
Candor- the state or quality of being frank, open or sincere.
Plausible– having an appearance of truth or reason;
believable; credible
Nullify– to deprive of value or legality; invalidate; cancel out
Tuesday 10/9/2012

Plan for the day:
– Check Intro.
– Go over topic
sentence and
integrating quotes.

Remember:
– Body
paragraphs
DUE
Thursday!
– Vocab quiz
Friday!
Thursday 10/11/12

Plan for the day:
– Check Body
paragraphs
– Go over conclusion
paragraph

(ha! AWESOME.)
Remember:
– Vocab quiz
Friday!
– Check
conclusion
– First typed
outline
DONE
MONDAY!
FRIDAY! 10/12/12

Plan for the day:
– Vocab Quiz
– Check conclusion
paragraph
– Peer Edit
– Go over works cited
– Outline

Remember:
– First typed
outline
DONE
MONDAY!
Monday 10/15/2012

Plan for the day:
– Check typed outline
– Complete Edit # 1

Remember:
– Outline RD
#2 due
– If you would
like to
complete
retest
tutorials
please come
after school
Thursday
Tuesday 10/16/2012

Plan for the day:
– Check typed 2nd
outline
– Complete Edit # 3
– Turn in stamp sheet!

Remember:
– Essay DUE
FRIDAY!
– If you would
like to
complete
retest
tutorials
please come
after school
Thursday
Wednesday
10/16/2012

Plan for the day:
– Alternative assignment
explain
– Check 3rd draft if not
complete
– Turnitin.com

Remember:
– Essay DUE
FRIDAY!
– If you would
like to
complete
retest
tutorials
please come
after school
Thursday
Wednesday
10/16/2012

Plan for the day:
– Alternative assignment
explain
– Go over research
reminders
– Pre-Assessment
– Turnitin.com

Remember:
– Essay DUE
FRIDAY!
– If you would
like to
complete
retest
tutorials
please come
after school
Thursday
FRIDAY! 10/19/2012

Plan for the day:
– Take up Research
– Take up Alternative
assignment
– Journal

Remember:
– Lord of the
Flies DUE
WEDNESDAY!
Journal 10/19/12
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List and explain 3 things that would
make you over the moon, crazy
excited today.
It can be anything you want (BUT
SCHOOL APPROPRIATE!)
Monday 10/22/2012
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Plan for the day:

– Notes over LOTF
– Super exciting I
promise!

Remember:
Lord of the
Flies novel
needed by
WEDNESDAY!
Tuesday 10/23/2012

Plan for the day:
– Journal
– Turnitin.com
– finish Notes over LOTF
– Morality activity
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Remember:
Lord of the
Flies novel
needed by
WEDNESDAY!
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Journal
10/23/12
An old Cherokee told his grandson, “My son,
there’s a battle between two wolves inside us all.
One is evil. It’s anger, jealousy, greed, resentment,
inferiority and ego. The other is good. It’s joy,
peace, love, hope, humanity, kindness and truth.”
The boy thought about it, and asked,
“Grandfather, which wolf wins?”
The old man quietly replied, “The one you feed.”
– Do you agree with this statement that we
choose our nature, or are we born either good
or evil? (6-8 sentences)
Wednesday
10/24/2012
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Plan for the day:
– Turnitin.com
– Discuss morality
activity
– Go over study guide
and book mark
– Read Adam and Eve
story
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Remember:
Lord of the
Flies novel
needed by
WEDNESDAY!
Morality debate
Agree
Disagree
Monday 10/29/2012

Plan for the day:
– Check vocab
– Review vocab
definitions
– Review study guide
answers
– Read Ch. 1 for
annotations
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Remember:
Reading and
vocab quiz
Wednesday!
Tuesday 10/30/2012
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Plan for the day:
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– Turnitin.com
– Discuss Ch. 1-3
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 Ch1-3
reading and
vocab will be on the
quiz tomorrow.
Remember:
Reading and
vocab quiz
Wednesday!
Wednesday
10/31/2012
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Plan for the day:
– Turnitin.com
– Ch1-3 reading and
vocab Quiz
– Begin Ch. 4 if time
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Remember:
Have your
book and
highlighters in
class
tomorrow.
Wednesday 11/1/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Read LOTF Ch.4 and
answer study guide
questions
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Remember:
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Ch. 5 & 6 must be
read by Monday and
study guide
completed!
FRIday! 11/2/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Journal
– Mask
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Remember:
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Ch. 5 & 6 must be
read by Monday and
study guide
completed!
Journal

“Man is least himself when he talks in
his own person. Give him a mask and
he will tell you the truth” – Oscar
Wilde
– Write an example of when you have
seen this to be true (ie sports,
movies, books…real life).
Write 6-8 sentences
Create Your Own Mask
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In Lord of the Flies, Jack feels “liberated from shame
and self-consciousness” when wearing his mask.
Mask Design ( Daily Grade)
– Must contain at least 3 symbols.
– 1 symbol must be of your culture/heritage.
You may choose the other 2.
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Color can be symbolic if you understand color
meanings.
– List what your 3 symbols are (and what
they symbolize) on the back of your mask.
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You must explain why you choose these
symbols
– Cut out your mask and put your name on
the back of it.
Monday 11/5/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Discuss Ch. 5 and 6
– Answer questions in
the study guide
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Remember:

Study for your LOTF
Ch. 1-6 TEST on
Friday!
Tuesday 11/6/2012

Plan for the day:
– Complete the DA
– It is for a daily (possibly
major) grade.
Get a pencil and highlighter
out.
 Backpacks at the front of the
room.
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Remember:

Study for your LOTF
Ch. 1-6 TEST on
Friday!
Alternative
assignment Friday
before or after school!
Sign up today!
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Wednesday 11/7/2012

Plan for the day:
– Complete the DA
– It is for a daily (possibly
major) grade.
Get a pencil and highlighter
out.
 Backpacks at the front of the
room.
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Remember:

Study for your LOTF
Ch. 1-6 TEST on
Friday!
Alternative
assignment Friday
before or after school!
Sign up today!
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Friday! 11/9/2012
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Plan for the day:
– Turn in your word search to
the 7th period folder!
– TEST DAY!!!
Get a pencil and a scantron.
 Backpacks at the front of the
room.
 Phones off ALL Period!
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Remember:
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Study your vocab,
there will be a quiz
next week.
Monday 11/12/2012
 Plan for the day:
– In groups you will read
and Annotate Ch. 7
– Answer questions in
the study guide
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Remember:
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Reading and vocab
Quiz Friday!
Tuesday 11/13/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Discuss Test
– Go over Vocab
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Remember:

Ch. 7-9 Reading and
vocab Quiz Friday!
Wednesday 11/14/2012
 Plan for the day:
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Remember:
– Discuss Ch. 7 – 8
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Ch. 7-9 Reading and
vocab Quiz Friday!
 Have your book,
study guide and
highlighters out!
Thursday 11/15/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Read and discuss Ch. 9
 Have your book,
study guide and
highlighters out!

Remember:

Ch. 7-9 Reading and
vocab Quiz Friday!
Friday! 11/16/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Take ch.7-9 vocab
quiz
 Get out a piece of
paper and a pen or
pencil!

Remember:
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Read and annotate
Ch. 10 of LOTF
Monday 11/19/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Journal
– Character/ Symbol
Activity

Remember:

Read and annotate
Ch. 10 of LOTF
Journal
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In LOTF, at the end of Ch. 9, we saw the boys so
overwhelmed by the mob mentality of “killing the beast”
that they accidentally killed Simon.
Have you ever been part of the “mob mentality” for
something that was cool or fashionable and you liked it
just because everyone else did? (IE: Call Me Maybe)
tUESday 11/20/2012
 Plan for the day:
– vOCAB
– Character/ Symbol
Activity presentation

Remember:

Read and annotate
Ch. 10 of LOTF
Character/
Symbol
Ralph
Jack
Simon
Piggy
Roger
Conch
Piggy’s
Glasses
PHoS
Island
Signal Fire
Description
Traits/
symbolic
Change
Monday 11/26/2012
 Plan for the day:
– vOCAB
– Journal
– Discuss Ch. 10
– Begin reading Chapter
11
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Remember:

Ch. 12 must be reAd
by Thursday!
LOTF Ch. 10-12 Vocab
(definitions DUE Wednesday 11/28)
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befouled
assimilating
torrid
writhing
Exulting
elephantine
crepitation
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propitiating
unquenchable
charred
ludicrous
truculently
Ululation
cordon
Journal
 What was your favorite thing you ate for
Thanksgiving?
 If you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, what
was the Best thing you ate over the break?
Tuesday 11/27/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Finish reading and
discussing Ch. 11
– Begin reading Chapter
12
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Remember:
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Ch. 12 must be reAd
by Thursday!
Ch. 10-12 vocab and
reading quiz Thursday
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Wednesday 11/28/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Vocab
– Review
– Discuss Ch. 11 and 12
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Remember:
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Ch. 10-12 vocab Quiz
Thursday
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Befouled: to make foul as with dirt or waste
Assimilating: to take in and incorporate as
one's own; absorb
Torrid: Oppressively hot or burning
Ludicrous: amusing or laughable because it
is absurd
Propitiatingly: to do something in a way to
regain favor
Writhing: to twist while suffering from pain
Exulting: to be extremely delighted
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Unquenchable: unable to satisfy
Charred: to burn or scorch
Truculently: feeling or displaying ferocity;
threatening or deadly
Ululating: to utter shrill howling noises; to wail
Elephantine: having enormous size or strength
Crepitation: a crackling sound of bone on bone
Cordon: a line of troops or of military posts
enclosing an area to prevent passage
Thursday 11/28/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Vocab Quiz
– Review
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Remember:
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LOTF Ch. 7-12 Test
tomorrow!
FRIday! 11/30/2012
 Plan for the day:
– TEST!
Get a pencil and a
scantron.
 Backpacks at the front of
the room.
 Phones off ALL Period!
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Remember:
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“You are braver than you
believe, stronger than
you seem and smarter
than you think.” –
Christopher Robin
Monday 12/3/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Watch Lord of the flies
movie
 Don’t be excited, it’s
actually more boring
than the book.
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Remember:
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Alternative
assignment
Wednesday before or
after school! Sign up
today!
Tuesday 12/4/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Watch Lord of the flies
movie
 Don’t be excited, it’s
actually more boring
than the book.
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Remember:
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Alternative
assignment
Wednesday before or
after school! Sign up
today!
Wednesday 12/5/2012
 Plan for the day:
– Work on lit term journals
in your composition
notebook
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Remember:
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Alternative
assignment
Wednesday or after
schooltoday!
Add the following to your composition
books:
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THEME- Insight about human life that is revealed throughout the story
– loss of innocence
– civilization vs. savagery
 Select 1 quote that supports each theme
 Write down the theme and the quotes (with page numbers)
 Fully explain how each quote supports the theme. Also explain
how the theme has developed or changed in the novel.
Symbolism- the practice or art of using an object or a word to
represent an abstract idea. An action, person, place, word, or object
can all have a symbolic meaning.
– Pick two symbols from Lord of the Flies. For each complete the
following:
 Write down what the symbol represents at the beginning of the
novel and discuss how it changes throughout the novel.
 Select 2 quotes that support your ideas (with page numbers)
Allusion-a reference in a literary work to a person, place, or thing in
history or another work of literature. Allusions are often indirect or brief
references to well-known characters or events.
– Provide one example of allusion in the novel. Provide textual
evidence (with page number