Important Documents

Vocabulary Practice Sheets

Friday Talk Prep Sheets Period Three Period Four Period Eight Short Story Analysis Sheet
 

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Remember to do a submission for a writing contest!!  This is due by fourth quarter.

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September

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

4 5 6 7
Freshman Orientation
8
Syllabus
Literary Elements Pkt
Heading Sheet
IRP Qtr. 1
Goal Chat WS
9
Friday Talks
Writing Contest Submission Info
Profile Page
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11 12
Academic Integrity
13
Library Orientation
14
Library Orientation
15
Summer Reading Essay
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Summer Reading Essay
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18 19 What is poetry and why should we study it?
Dead Poets Society clips & Poetry questions
Homework: "Introduction to Poetry" illustration
20 "The Bells" & Literary/Poetic Devices: Onomatopoeia, Alliteration, Assonance, Repetition, Rhythm, Rhyme
Homework: original onomatopoeic/ alliterative poem
21 "Mirror" & Literary/Poetic devices: personification, metaphor, simile. 

Poetry Choice Activity due Monday 9/26
22  Song lyrics as poetry & Explication steps:
"Vincent" explication as a class

Homework: bring in your own lyrics
23  Song lyrics as poetry & Explication steps: Explicate your lyrics

Homework: finish your explication
24
25 26  Notes:
. Class-generated steps for turning explication steps into a summary paragraph
. Poetry vs. prose
. Structure: stanzas and related vocab
. Figuring out rhyme scheme

Poetry Choice Activity collected

Homework: turn explication steps into a summary
27  Discussed explication summaries.

Notes: sonnets

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
28  Sonnets:  Write your own! (In class, in groups)

29
No School
30  Poetry quiz 1
 

October

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

2 3  Quiz review: personification and citations

Line-by-line analysis, explication: "Sympathy"

Homework: Summary paragraph
4  Collected "Sympathy" summary paragraph

In class: Poet's bio and poems: combining information in a summary

Homework: finish filling in the BINGO sheet
5  Poetry BINGO, brief review of summaries, reading poetry for fun! 6  In-depth review of summaries: give background/ situational information; address tone & literary elements; give context for quotations

Homework: "A Nation's Strength" summary paragraph (page 6 of packet)
7  Collected "A Nation's Strength" paragraph

In class: Friday talk

(Shortened periods for pep rally)
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9 10
No School
11  Introduce research paper and go over citations 12  Computer classroom to choose poet

Homework: Bring in $ for photocopies! (10 cents/copy)
13  Library for book sources (Day 1)

Bring in $ for photocopies!
14  Computer lab for Friday talk/more sources

Bring in $ for photocopies!

Homework: hard copy of 10 poems with citations by Monday

Hard copy of 2 book sources with citations by Tuesday
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16 17  Check on 10 poems with citations (10 points, 5 points)

Library for book sources (Day 2)
18  Check on 2 book sources with citations (4 points, 2)

Computer lab for web/database sources (Day 1)
19  Computer lab for web/database sources (Day 2) 20  Taking notes

Checked for 2 database sources and citations (2 points each)
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Friday Talk

Period 8: Checked for 2 web sources and citations (2 points each)
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23 24
Poetry Explications due

Outlining
25
Continue outlining - due Wednesday
26
Rough draft
27
Works Cited
28
Friday Talk

Continue work on rough draft and works cited

All materials due Monday 10/31
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* Research materials due *

Read "The Most Dangerous Game"

HW: Vocabulary
         
 

November

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

    1
Finish MDG

Notes on Plot and Figurative Language

Practice WS

HW: Finish Vocab.
2
Review Vocab.

MDG map (setting)

HW: Finish Map
3
MDG SSAS

Read "The Necklace"
4
 * IRP due *

Friday Talk

Notes on Irony and Theme

Practice WS

HW: SSAS
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6 7
Review SSAS

Read "The Lady or the Tiger"

HW: SSAS due 11/9
8
Notes on Suspense and
Conflict


Begin "The Black Cat"

9
Finish "The Black Cat"

Notes on Characterization
Journal entry

HW: SSAS due 11/14
10
End of First Qtr.

Vocab. Review Activity
11
No School
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13 14
Introduce IRP Qtr. 2:1
Book List
Questionnaire
due: Dec. 23rd

Read "The Birds"
Fill in the Study Guide
15
Continue "The Birds"

HW: Finish Study Guide and SSAS
16
Short Story Unit Test: study plot, lit elements, and vocab.
"The Lady or the Tiger"
"The Black Cat"
"The Birds"
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Short Story Critical Lens Essay
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Friday Talk

Short Story Critical Lens Essay
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20 21
Watch The Birds

Fill in WS
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Watch The Birds
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Watch The Birds
24
No School
25
No School
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27 28
Short Story Critical Lens Essay Due

Vocabulary for Of Mice and Men
29
Finish The Birds

Complete the vocabulary packet
30
Pass out books, calendar & Study Guide
Begin Ch. 1 using Visualization
HW: Read Ch. 1
     
 

December

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

        1
Introduce themes of novel through discussion and video clip
Commercial
LOST episode
37:40-42:00
2
Friday Talk
Quiz on Ch. 1
Begin Ch. 2 using Asking Questions

HW: Read Ch. 2
3
4 5 NOTE
Quiz on Ch. 2
Discussion
Ch. 3/Inferring & Self-Monitoring
HW: Read Ch. 3
6
Meet in the library for background research
7
Meet in the library for background research

HW: Read Ch. 4
8
Price is Right game
Work on Posters
9
Friday Talk
Quiz on Ch. 3 & 4/Discussion
Begin Ch. 5/Predicting
HW: Read Ch. 5
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11 12
Posters due: Group Presentations
Rubric


HW: Read Ch. 6
13
Quiz on Ch. 5 & 6 and
"American Dreams" article using Making Connections
14
Listening Passage Practice

Ch. 4-6 Disc.

HW: Character and Theme Worksheets
15
Discuss worksheets: Characters / Themes and timeline of plot
16
Friday Talk
Letter activities:
Make-A-Wish Instructions
Make-a-Wish Template
Letter to a Soldier
17
18 19
Of Mice and Men Final Test
20
Interims dist.
Read East of Eden
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Read East of Eden
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Read East of Eden
23
Friday Talks X2
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25 26
No School
27
No School
28
No School
29
No School
30
No School
31
 

January

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1 2
No School
3
Pass back graded work
Friday Talk/Finish Movie
4
R&J Vocab.
5
Shakespeare in the Classroom Video
Worksheet
6
Friday Talk
Review Answers
Globe Theatre
Elizabethan Era
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8
9
Drama Terms
10
Prologue Activity
11
Review Prologue
Video Clip
Questionnaire
12
Begin Act I
13
Friday Talk
Finish Act I
HW: Review Sheets?
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15 16
No School
17
IRP due
Drama Terms Quiz
Review Sheets
Quiz/Video Clip
Begin Act II
18
IRP: John Steinbeck Critical Lens Essay
19
IRP: John Steinbeck Critical Lens Essay
20
Friday Talk
Continue Act II
Review Sheets
Quiz
Video Clip
21
22 23
Shakespearean Insult Packet

24
Regents Week
25
Regents Week
26
Regents Week
27
Regents Week
28
29 30
Introduce IRP III
Begin Act III
31
Continue Act III
       
 

February

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

      1
Finish Act III
Review Sheets
Quiz
Video Clip
2
Quote Packet
3
Friday Talk
Begin Act IV
4
5 6
Finish Act IV
Review Sheets
Quiz
Video Clip
7
Act V
Review Sheets
Quiz
Video Clip
8
Horoscope Review Packet
9
Essay Lesson
10
Friday Talk
Essay Lesson
11
12 13
Catch-up Day
14
Catch-up Day
15
Romeo & Juliet Unit Final
16
Friday Talk X2
17
Respect Fest
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19 20
No School
21
No School
22
No School
23
No School
24
No School
25
No School
26 27
Watch Shakespeare in Love
28
Watch Shakespeare in Love
Pass out Great Ex. Materials
Ch. 1-15 SG
Link to Text...
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Vocabulary
     
 

March

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Use this link to access an audio version of Great Expectations that can be put on your Ipod:
http://librivox.org/great-expectations-by-charles-dickens/
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Snow Day...
2
Collect IRP
Friday Talk
Silent Reading
3
4 5
Charles Dickens Biography
Worksheet
6
Discuss Ch.
1-15 and quiz
Ch. 16-31 assigned
7
Great Expectations Brochure
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Great Expectations Brochure
9
Friday Talk
Silent Reading
10
11 12
Essay: due 3/26
13
Essay: due 3/26
14
Discuss Ch.
16-31 and quiz
Ch. 32-44 assigned
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Brochure Presentations
16
Friday Talk
Finish Brochure Presentations
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18 19
"The Child's Story" by Charles Dickens
20
Finish short story work
Vocabulary activity
21
Discuss Ch.
32-44 and quiz
Ch. 44-59 assigned
22
Mystery Game
Silent Reading
23
No School
24
25 26
Peer Editing
Silent Reading
27
Empathy Journals
28
Poems
29
Finish Poems
Begin filling out Character Charts
30
Work on Character Charts
31
 

April

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

1 2
Discuss Ch.
45-59 and quiz
3
Test Review
4
Test
5
3rd qtr ends
Victorian Tea
6
No School
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8 9
No School
10
No School
11
No School
12
No School
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No School
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15 16
Change seats
Vocabulary
17
Pass back work
Pass out Ch. 1-5 RTFO sheet
Begin reading aloud
18
Take notes about prejudice, themes of the novel, etc.
19
Read about Harper Lee
Assign 4th qtr IRP, review extra credit options, introduce memoir activity
20
Friday Talk
Ch. 1-5 due
Pass out RTFO sheets for Ch. 6-11
Finish vocabulary or read
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22 23
Collect vocabulary
Ch. 1-6 quiz
Review ch. 1-6
24
Scottsboro Boys' Trial and connection to novel
25
Article Assignment
26
Ch. 6-11 due
Ch. 7-11 quiz
Review Ch. 7-11
Pass out RTFO sheets for Ch. 12-13
27
Friday Talk Ch. 12-13 due
Pass out RTFO sheets for Ch. 14-16
Start reading
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29 30
Share memoir photos
Write memoirs

Sample Memoir
         
 

May

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

    1
Work on courtroom vocabulary
2
Ch. 14-16 due
Ch. 12-16 quiz
Review Ch. 14-16
Pass out RTFO sheets for Ch. 17-23
3
Symbolism Lesson
HW: Worksheet
4
Friday Talk
Finish symbolism lesson
5
6 7
Peer edit memoirs
Ch. 17-23 due
Ch. 17-23 quiz
Pass out RTFO sheets for Ch. 24-27
8
Review Ch. 17-23
Character Sketches
9
Computer Lab for Justice Essay
10
Computer Lab for Justice Essay
11
Friday Talk
Inherit the Wind Test
12
13 14
Ch. 24-28 due
Review Ch. 24-27
Pass out RTFO sheets for Ch. 28-31
15
Ch. 24-28 quiz
Short story practice or catch-up day
16
Poetry practice
"Strange Fruit"
17
Ch. 28-31 due
Review for test
18
Friday Talk
Essay editing
19
20 21
Essays due
Final Test
22
Essay Presentations
23
Essay Presentations
24
Essay Presentations
25
Friday Talk
Begin Review
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27 28
No School
29
Review
30
Review
31
Review
   

* Due Date for Writing Contest Submission = June 1, 2012 ** Due Date for IRP Qtr 4:2 = June 4, 2012

 

June

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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Review
2
3 4
Final Exam
5
Final Exam
6
Final Exam
7
Final Exam
8
Final Exam
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10 11
Last Day of Classes
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Graduation
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