Mira Costa High School

Due: Monday, June 20

Assignment

FINAL: Romeo and Juliet Scene Presentations;

TEXTBOOKS: collected books

Due: Thursday, June 16

Assignment

GROUPS: Romeo and Juliet scene rehearsals

Due: Wednesday, June 15

Assignment

GROUPS: Romeo and Juliet Scene Rehearsals

Due: Tuesday, June 14

Assignment

GROUPS: Romeo and Juliet Scene Rehearsals

Due: Monday, June 13

Assignment

FILM: completed Romeo and Juliet;

GROUPS: chose Romeo and Juliet scenes for Final Presentation;

COLLECTED: Memory Topics

Due: Friday, June 10

Assignment

FILM: continued Romeo and Juliet;

Due: Thursday, June 9

Assignment

FILM: Romeo and Juliet (Act II scenes 1-4);
GROUPS: Romeo and Juliet (rest of Act II and all of Act III)(5 questions/3 quotes due tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, June 8

Assignment

FILM: Act I Romeo and Juliet

Due: Tuesday, June 7

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Romeo and Juliet Questions/Quotes (grade recorded);
DISCUSSION: Romeo and Juliet (remainder of Act I);
READING ASSIGNMENT: Romeo and Juliet Act II scenes 1-3 (5 questions/3 quotes, due tomorrow);
CALENDAR: Memory Topics due Friday

Due: Monday, June 6

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: 5 questions/3 quotes for Romeo and Juliet (Act I, scenes 1 and 2)(grade recorded);
DISCUSSION: Romeo and Juliet (Act I, scenes 1 and 2);
READING ASSIGNMENT: Romeo and Juliet (remainder of Act I)(write 5 questions and 3 quotations for tomorrow)

Due: Friday, June 3

Assignment

COLLECTED: Harlem Renaissance Poetry Packets, Catcher Logs;
TEXTBOOKS: checked out Romeo and Juliet;
ASSIGNMENT: read Romeo and Juliet through page 33 (5 questions and 3 quotes, due Monday)

Due: Thursday, June 2

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: completed Harlem Renaissance Poetry Presentations (packets due tomorrow);
REMINDER: Catcher Logs Parts One and Two due tomorrow

Due: Wednesday, June 1

Assignment

PORTFOLIO WORK

Due: Tuesday, May 31

Assignment

DISCUSSION: completed Catcher

Due: Friday, May 27

Assignment

HANDOUT: Catcher Logs Part Two (Parts One and Two due Friday June 3);
DISCUSSION: Catcher Discussion Questions Ch. 8-16 (notetaking)

Due: Thursday, May 26

Assignment

GROUPS: Holden Discussion Questions (due for discussion tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, May 25

Assignment

QUIZ: Catcher Ch. 22-26;
DISCUSSION: Holden's Characteristics, fight with Stradlater, Holden leaving Pencey

Due: Tuesday, May 24

Assignment

QUIZ: Catcher Ch. 17-21;
PRESENTATIONS: continued Harlem Renaissance Poetry presentations;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Catcher Ch. 22-26 for quiz tomorrow

Due: Monday, May 23

Assignment

QUIZ: Catcher Ch. 13-16;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Catcher Ch. 17-21 (quiz tomorrow)

Due: Friday, May 20

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: continued Harlem Renaissance Poetry presentations;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Catcher Ch. 13-16 (quiz Monday)

Due: Thursday, May 19

Assignment

PORTFOLIO WORK

Due: Monday, May 16

Assignment

QUIZ: Catcher Ch. 8-12;
PRESENTATIONS: continued Harlem Renaissance Poetry presentations

Due: Friday, May 13

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: continued Harlem Renaissance Poetry presentations;
REMINDER: Catcher Quiz Ch. 8-12 on Monday

Due: Thursday, May 12

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: continued Harlem Renaissance Poetry Presentations;
INSTRUCTION: completed STAR Testing Prep;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Catcher Ch. 8-12 (quiz Monday)

Due: Wednesday, May 11

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: began Harlem Renaissance Poetry Presentations;
INSTRUCTION: reviewed answers for STAR Prep #21-40 (complete packet to #57 for tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, May 10

Assignment

QUIZ: Catcher Quiz Ch. 1-7;
INSTRUCTION: STAR Testing Prep (through #40)

Due: Monday, May 9

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: STAR testing prep;
REMINDER: Catcher Quiz Ch. 1-7 tomorrow

Due: Friday, May 6

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance poetry presentations (will begin Monday);
INSTRUCTION: procedure and format for Catcher Logs;
ASSIGNMENT: fifth Memory Topic

Due: Thursday, May 5

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance Poetry Presentations;
TEXTBOOKS: checked out Catcher in the Rye;
READING ASSIGNMENT: read Ch. 1-7 Catcher for quiz Tuesday

Due: Wednesday, May 4

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance poetry presentations (will begin Monday)

Due: Tuesday, May 3

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance poetry analysis (complete for homework for tomorrow)

Due: Monday, May 2

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance poetry analysis

Due: Friday, April 29

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance poetry (complete Reaction questions for both poems for Monday);
PORTFOLIO WORK

Due: Thursday, April 28

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Harlem Renaissance Poetry analysis (Reaction Sheet)

Due: Wednesday, April 27

Assignment

GROUPS: chose Harlem Renaissance poems, defined unfamiliar vocabulary, began work on Reaction questions (Handout)

Due: Tuesday, April 26

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: completed review of poetic devices;
HANDOUT: Harlem Renaissance poetry packet (read poems)

Due: Monday, April 25

Assignment

COLLECTED: Biography Logs;
TEXTBOOKS: collected biographies;
HANDOUT: Poetic Terms and Devices (began review of poetic devices)

Due: Friday, April 22

Assignment

QUIZ: Black Boy Ch. 11-14;
HANDOUT: Peer Comment Sheet for Marigolds Timed Writing (read and commented on student essays);
REMINDER: Biography Logs due Monday

Due: Thursday, April 21

Assignment

INSTRUCTION/REVIEW: put Bountiful themes on projector and revised;
COLLECTED: Bountiful themes, Reader's Journal--favorite story

Due: Wednesday, April 20

Assignment

QUIZ: Black Boy Ch. 8-10;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Black Boy Ch. 11-14 (quiz Friday);
READER'S JOURNAL: Choose one of the stories in this unit that was the most memorable to you and explain why (typed, 12 point, double-spaced, minimum 1 page, due tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, April 19

Assignment

FILM: completed Bountiful;
DISCUSSION: Bountiful;
CALENDAR: Biography Logs extended to Monday;
ASSIGNMENT: make a list of 10 subjects for Bountiful and write one thematic statement;
REMINDER: Black Boy Ch. 8-10 quiz tomorrow

Due: Monday, April 18

Assignment

QUIZ: Black Boy Ch. 6 and 7;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Black Boy Ch. 8-10 (quiz Wednesday);
FILM: continued Bountiful

Due: Friday, April 15

Assignment

DISCUSSION: opening impressions of Bountiful;
FILM: continued Bountiful

Due: Thursday, April 14

Assignment

FILM: began The Trip to Bountiful;
READING ASSIGNMENT: read Ch. 6 and 7 Black Boy for quiz Monday

Due: Wednesday, April 13

Assignment

TIMED WRITING: Marigolds (Writing Articulation)

Due: Tuesday, April 12

Assignment

HANDOUT: Writing Articulation Prompt (timed writing tomorrow);
DISCUSSION: character development/theme in Marigolds

Due: Monday, April 11

Assignment

QUIZ: Black Boy Ch. 4 and 5;
DISCUSSION; completed Marigolds Plot Timeline;
ASSIGNMENT: Memory Topic #4

Due: Friday, April 1

Assignment

PARTNERS: worked on plot timelines for Marigolds;
REMINDER: Black Boy Quiz Ch. 4 and 5 (April 11), Biographies (completed by 4/13, Logs due 4/20)

Due: Thursday, March 31

Assignment

ASSIGNMENT: choose 10 unfamiliar vocab words in Marigolds and write a descriptive sentence for each using context clues;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Black Boy Ch. 4 and 5 (Quiz Monday 4/11)

Due: Wednesday, March 30

Assignment

HANDOUT: Marigolds by Eugenia Collier (read and annotate for tomorrow);
ASSIGNMENT: Marigolds discussion questions 1-10 (typed, with supporting quotes, due Friday);
SPOTCHECK: Biography Logs (grade recorded);
CALENDAR: Biography read by 4/13, Biography Logs due 4/20

Due: Tuesday, March 29

Assignment

TEST: Grammar (Parts of Speech);
REMINDER: Biography Logs Spotcheck tomorrow

Due: Monday, March 28

Assignment

CAFETERIA: Scheduling for next year;
REMINDER: Grammar Test (Parts of Speech)

Due: Friday, March 25

Assignment

QUIZ: Black Boy Ch. 3;
OUTSIDE READING: worked on biographies;
REMINDER: meet in cafeteria Monday for scheduling (bring signed course request form and English materials)

Due: Thursday, March 24

Assignment

QUIZ: Black Boy Ch. 2;
READING ASSIGNMENT: Black Boy Ch. 3 (quiz tomorrow);
REMINDER: half of biography should be completed by next Wed. (spotcheck for biography logs as well)

Due: Wednesday, March 23

Assignment

READING ASSIGNMENT: Black Boy Ch. 2 (quiz tomorrow);
OUTSIDE READING: have one half of biography read by next Wednesday (spotcheck for logs on that day as well);
ASSIGNMENT: third Memory Topic;
COLLECTED: Black Boy Journal (Ch. 1)

Due: Tuesday, March 22

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Black Boy (kitten incident);
READING ASSIGNMENT: complete Ch. 1 of Black Boy;
JOURNAL: Choose something that occurred in Ch. 1 after the kitten incident that you felt was particularly significant. Identify and explain its importance. Use textual support. (Typed, due tomorrow, 12 point, double-spaced, 1 page minimum)

Due: Monday, March 21

Assignment

CAREER CENTER: Four-year plans

Due: Friday, March 18

Assignment

COLLECTED: Russell Baker analysis;
DISCUSSION: Sucker;
TEXTBOOKS: checked out Black Boy by Richard Wright (read to page 25 for Monday);
REMINDER: have 25% of biography (outside reading) read by Wednesday

Due: Thursday, March 17

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Everyday Use;
COLLECTED: Journal (Quilts);
HANDOUT: Sucker by Carson McCullers (read in class, complete for homework);
REMINDER: Russell Baker paragraph due tomorrow

Due: Wednesday, March 16

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Childhood Objects;
COLLECTED: Childhood Object Journal;
HANDOUT: Everyday Use by Alice Walker (read in groups);
ASSIGNMENT: Journal (To whom would you give the family quilts? Explain why. Use specific details, examples, and a supporting quote from the story. Typed, doublespaced,; minimum 300 words, due tomorrow);
OUTSIDE READING: complete 25% of biography by next Wednesday

Due: Tuesday, March 15

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Russell Baker excerpt "Uncle Harold";
COLLECTED: Uncle Harold vocab;
HANDOUT: Biography Logs assignment;
ASSIGNMENT: Childhood Object journal (typed, min 300 words, due tomorrow);
EXTENSION: Russell Baker paragraph due Thursday

Due: Monday, March 14

Assignment

OUTSIDE READING: Book browsing to choose biographies (filled out book cards);
HOMEWORK CHECK: Subjects/Predicates (grade recorded)
GRAMMAR REVIEW: reviewed answers for subjects/predicates

Due: Friday, March 11

Assignment

GRAMMAR REVIEW SESSION: Subjects/Predicates (worksheet due Monday);
HANDOUT: Russell Baker paragraph (due Wednesday);
ASSIGNMENT: Uncle Harold Vocab/Sentences (due Tuesday)

Due: Thursday, March 10

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Conjunction Review Worksheet (grade recorded);
GRAMMAR REVIEW SESSION: reviewed answers for conjunction worksheet;
ASSIGNMENT: second Memory Topic

Due: Wednesday, March 9

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Preposition Review Worksheet (grade recorded);
GRAMMAR REVIEW GROUPS: reviewed correct answers for Preposition worksheet, Conjunction/Interjection Review (worksheet due tomorrow);
REMINDER: Subjects/Predicate Group tomorrow

Due: Tuesday, March 8

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Adverbs (grade recorded);
GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENTATIONS: Adverb Worksheet Review, Preposition Review;
HANDOUT: Preposition Review Worksheet (due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, March 7

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Adjective Review Worksheet (grade recorded);
GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENTATIONS: Adverbs (Adverb Review Worksheet due tomorrow);
REMINDER: Preposition Review Group tomorrow

Due: Friday, March 4

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Verb Review Worksheet (grade recorded);
GRAMMAR REVIEW SESSIONS: corrected Verb Review sentences, Adjective Review;
HANDOUT: Adjective Review worksheet (due Monday)

Due: Thursday, March 3

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Pronoun Review worksheet (grade recorded);
GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENTATIONS: Pronoun w.s. answer review, Verb review group:
HANDOUT: Verb Review worksheet (due tomorrow);
REMINDER: Adjective Review group tomorrow

Due: Wednesday, March 2

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Noun Review worksheet (grade recorded);
REVIEW: answers for noun review worksheet;
GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENTATION: Pronouns;
REMINDER: Verb Review Presentation tomorrow
HANDOUT: Pronoun Review Worksheet (due tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, March 1

Assignment

GRAMMAR REVIEW PRESENTATION: Nouns (Pronouns tomorrow);
HANDOUT: Noun Worksheet (due tomorrow);
HANDOUT: Growing Up Ch. 10 (read and annotate Uncle Harold's "lies" for tomorrow)

Due: Monday, February 28

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on Grammar Review Sessions (Nouns will present tomorrow);
DISCUSSION: Welty facts, Russell Baker Growing Up Ch. I
HOMEWORK CHECK: Russell Baker annotations (grade recorded);
COLLECTED: Welty facts, Welty vocab, Baker Double-entry journal

Due: Friday, February 18

Assignment

VOCAB: worked on Welty vocab (15 words/ten sentences)(due Monday 2/28);
HANDOUT: excerpt from Growing Up by Russell Baker (read and annotate, due Monday);
HANDOUT: double-entry journal for Growing Up(one passage and response, due Monday);
REMINDER: Grammar Review groups begin Tuesday 3/1

Due: Thursday, February 17

Assignment

DISCUSSION: family car trips;
HANDOUT: Eudora Welty excerpt from One Writer's Beginnings (read and discussed);
ASSIGNMENT: find 5 items of significant interest about Eudora Welty (typed, numbered, include sources, due tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, February 16

Assignment

DISCUSSION: debriefed library work, reviewed requirements for Grammar Review Presentations;
GROUPS: Grammar Review work;
ASSIGNMENT: first Memory Topic (typed, ds, 12 point, min 1 page, title, due when all have been assigned)

Due: Tuesday, February 15

Assignment

LIBRARY: groups worked on Grammar Review presentations

Due: Monday, February 14

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: Grammar Groups Review Sessions;
ACTIVITY: shared childhood pictures;
DISCUSSION: memory, past, childhood;
HANDOUT: Memory Topics

Due: Friday, February 11

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Simple Subjects/Predicates, Complete Subjects/Predicates (grade recorded);

REVIEW: Subjects/Predicates;

GROUPS: chose parts of speech for Grammar Review Sessions;

ASSIGNMENT: bring childhood picture to class Monday

Due: Thursday, February 10

Assignment

REVIEW: Conjunctions/Interjections;

HANDOUTS: Simple Subjects/Simple Predicates, Complete Subjects/Complete Predicates (due tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, February 9

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Conjunctions/Interjections (grade recorded);

GROUPS: formed Grammar Review groups

Due: Tuesday, February 8

Assignment

REVIEW: Prepositions;

HANDOUT: Conjunctions and Interjections (due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, February 7

Assignment

PORTFOLIOS: organized process work and logged assignments;

GROUPS: shared Perfect Day journals;

COLLECTED: Perfect Day journals

Due: Friday, February 4

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: thematic statements (put student samples for Oedipus on projector and revised)

Due: Thursday, February 3

Assignment

FILM: completed Oedipus;

DISCUSSION: made a master list of subjects in Oedipus;

GROUPS: wrote two thematic statements for Oedipus;

ASSIGNMENT: Journal (My Idea of a Perfect Day)(typed, doublespaced, min 1 page, due tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, February 2

Assignment

FILM: completed Oedipus

Due: Tuesday, February 1

Assignment

FILM: continued Oedipus

Due: Monday, January 31

Assignment

FILM: began Oedipus

Due: Tuesday, January 25

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: completed Myth presentations

Due: Monday, January 24

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: mythology presentations;

HANDOUT: additional word bank to study for final

Due: Friday, January 21

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: Myth Presentations

Due: Thursday, January 20

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: mythology presentations

Due: Wednesday, January 19

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: myth group presentation;

REVIEW: focus areas and study materials for Mythology/Greek Drama/Oedipus final

Due: Tuesday, January 18

Assignment

GROUPS: worked on myth presentations;

HOMEWORK CHECK: Gods of Nature (grade recorded)

Due: Friday, January 14

Assignment

REVIEW: components of Myth Presentations, elements of Evaluation (content and delivery)

Due: Thursday, January 13

Assignment

HANDOUTS: Skeleton Outline Format, Bibliography Format;

LIBRARY: Myth Research

Due: Wednesday, January 12

Assignment

PORTFOLIO: reviewed and logged Outside Reading Journals;

INSTRUCTION: viewed and discussed samples of effective and ineffective visual aids for myth presentation

Due: Tuesday, January 11

Assignment

LIBRARY: Research for myth presentation

Due: Monday, January 10

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Gods of the Sky (grade recorded);

ASSIGNMENT: Gods of Nature (28 terms, due Wednesday);

DISCUSSION: discussed first day of library research;

GROUPS: planned second day of library research

Due: Friday, January 7

Assignment

COLLECTED: Flies Setting Essay;

LIBRARY: began research for Myth Presentation

Due: Thursday, January 6

Assignment

HANDOUT: Myth Research/Presentation (reviewed purpose/procedure, chose groups and gods, intro to library research)

Due: Wednesday, January 5

Assignment

DISCUSSION/REVIEW: How the World Began (reviewed chart of relationships, universal topics);

INSTRUCTION/REVIEW: Flies Setting Essay requirements (essay due Friday);

REMINDER: Gods of the Sky terms due tomorrow

Due: Tuesday, January 4

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: How the World Began plus Creation Chart (grade recorded);

ASSIGNMENT: Identify terms for Gods of the Sky (49) (due Thursday)

Due: Monday, January 3

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Literature as history, as a reflection of the human condition, famous myths;

HANDOUT: Mythology Packet (read The Birth of Myths in class);

ASSIGNMENT: read How the World Began (list and define all the italicized words--27; make family tree chart, due tomorrow);

COLLECTED: Oedipus Logs

Due: Friday, December 17

Assignment

HANDOUT: Oedipus Logs (due Monday Jan 3);

INSTRUCTION: Components of Flies Essay due Friday Jan 7, steps to continue work on essay;

COLLECTED: Outside Reading Journals

Due: Thursday, December 16

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Creon, Jocasta, Oedipus;

READER'S THEATER: completed Oedipus;

REMINDER: Outside Reading Journals due tomorrow

Due: Wednesday, December 15

Assignment

READER'S THEATER: continued Oedipus (made bulleted plot summary p. 27-46);

HOMEWORK CHECK: Flies Essay Rough Outline

Due: Tuesday, December 14

Assignment

READER'S THEATER: began Oedipus

Due: Monday, December 13

Assignment

OUTSIDE READING: Reader's Journal #20 (What is your overall opinion of the novel? Support with specific reasons, examples, quotes.);

HANDOUTS: Folder for journals and instructions for cover, list of Reader's Journals 1-20 (use as checklist)

Due: Friday, December 10

Assignment

HANDOUT: Outside Reading Journals #17 (Storyboard--with handout), #18 (Ending), #19 (Themes);

INSTRUCTION: Components for rough outline for Flies Essay (typed, due Wed. 12/15);

HOMEWORK CHECK: Imagery Charts (grade recorded)

Due: Thursday, December 9

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Prepositions (Reteaching/More Practice)(grade recorded);

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: completed overview of Greek Drama (notetaking);

TEXTBOOKS: signed out Oedipus

Due: Wednesday, December 8

Assignment

FILM: The Role of Theater in Ancient Greece (notetaking);

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: elements of Greek Drama (notetaking)

Due: Tuesday, December 7

Assignment

DISCUSSION/INSTRUCTION: Expository Essay Format;

ASSIGNMENT: Make Imagery Charts (mood and character) for Friday 12/10;

HANDOUT: Prepositions (Reteaching/More Practice)(due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, December 6

Assignment

HANDOUT: Flies Essay Prompt--Setting (Simon's Funeral Scene);

DISCUSSION: connected imagery to 4 Functions of Setting

HANDOUT: Expository Essay Structure (began discussion/instruction);

HANDOUT: Outside Reading Journals #14, 15, 16

Due: Friday, December 3

Assignment

HANDOUTS: Reader's Journal #12 (Interior Monologue), Reader's Journal #13 (Open Mind);

REMINDER: have 3/4 of outside reading book completed by Monday

Due: Thursday, December 2

Assignment

DISCUSSION/INSTRUCTION: made master list of imagery in Simon's Funeral Scene, marked patterns in imagery for color, nature, movement, shape

Due: Wednesday, December 1

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: 4 Functions of Setting;

GROUPS: made list of significant imagery in Simon's Funeral Scene (Flies Ch. 9);

HANDOUT: RJ #11 (Funniest, Saddest, or Scariest part of story)

Due: Tuesday, November 30

Assignment

OUTSIDE READING: Reader's Journals #8 (Interview), #9 (Double-entry Journal--handout), #10 (I Am Poem--handout)

Due: Monday, November 29

Assignment

COLLECTED: Flies Film Journal;

OUTSIDE READING: complete 3/4 of book by Monday 12/6 (made reading schedule);

REVIEW: Adverbs (Reteaching/More Practice);

HANDOUT: Outside Reading (RJ #8--Interview)

Due: Friday, November 19

Assignment

FILM: completed Flies (added to list of changes from book to film, indicated addition, omission, modification, separated into list of strong changes and list of weak changes);

HANDOUT: Flies Film Evaluation Journal (due Monday 11/29);

REMINDER: complete one half of Outside Reading Book and RJ 1-7 by Monday 11/29

Due: Thursday, November 18

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Adverbs (grade recorded);

FILM: continued Flies (add to list of changes from book to film)

Due: Wednesday, November 17

Assignment

COLLECTED: Flies Film Journal;

DISCUSSION: favorite and critical scenes;

HANDOUT: Adverbs (Reteaching/More Practice)(due tomorrow);

FILM: began Flies (keep a running list of changes from book to film--additions, omissions, modifications)

Due: Tuesday, November 16

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Ways to select a book;

BOOK BROWSING: chose outside reading novel and filled out book cards;

HANDOUT: Reader's Journals 1-7 (complete by Nov. 29);

READING SCHEDULE: complete half of outside reading novel by Nov. 29;

ASSIGNMENT: Journal (Part A: What scene do you look forward to seeing in the film version of Flies and why? Part B: What scenes are so critical to our understanding of the novel that they should not be changed in the film? Why? typed, 12 point, 1.5 spacing, minimum 250 words, due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, November 15

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Adjectives (Reteaching/More Practice), Outside Book recommendation (grades recorded);

REVIEW: Adjectives (Reteaching/More Practice);

INSTRUCTION: Book Recommendation cards

Due: Friday, November 12

Assignment

PORTFOLIOS: review, log, and file Flies Character Development paragraphs;

DISCUSSION: Flies Ch. 12;

HANDOUT: Adjectives (Reteaching/More Practice)(due Monday);

ASSIGNMENT: bring a novel you have read recently and that you recommend to the class (due Monday)

Due: Wednesday, November 10

Assignment

QUIZ: Flies Ch. 11 & 12;

HANDOUT: Flies Word Search (we will work on this incrementally)

Due: Tuesday, November 9

Assignment

READER'S THEATER: completed Flies Ch. 11;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 12 (quiz on Ch. 11 and 12 tomorrow)

Due: Monday, November 8

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Plans to save the boys' civilization;

COLLECTED: Plans;

READER'S THEATER: began Flies Ch. 11

Due: Friday, November 5

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Hot Seat Questions (grade recorded);

DISCUSSION: Hot Seats;

HANDOUT: Plan to Save Civilization (Bulleted list,due Monday)

Due: Thursday, November 4

Assignment

QUIZ: Flies Ch. 9 & 10;

DISCUSSION: Flies Ch. 10;

ASSIGNMENT: Hot Seat Questions (5 questions for each character--Ralph, Piggy, Jack, Simon)(due tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, November 3

Assignment

COLLECTED: Flies Diary (Simon's Death);

DISCUSSION: Ralph and Piggy's involvement in Simon's death;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 10 (quiz on Ch. 9 and 10 tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, November 2

Assignment

READER'S THEATER: completed Ch. 9 (notetaking);

HANDOUT: Diary Entry (Ralph or Piggy) on Simon's Death (Prework--15 bullet points from chapter, Diary--typed, 12 point, l.5 spacing, min 1 page, due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, November 1

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Verbs (Reteaching/More Practice)(grade recorded)(reviewed answers);

READER'S THEATER: began Ch. 9

Due: Friday, October 29

Assignment

GROUPS/DISCUSSION: completed Flies Ch. 6,7,8 reports (notetaking)

Due: Thursday, October 28

Assignment

PRESENTATIONS: Flies Group Reports Ch. 6,7,8 (notetaking);

HANDOUT: Verbs (Reteaching/More Practice)(due tomorow)

Due: Wednesday, October 27

Assignment

DISCUSSION: Flies (end of Chapter 5);

GROUPS: worked on Flies Ch. 6,7,8 scene reports (will begin tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, October 26

Assignment

COLLECTED: completed Flies Packets (Final Draft, typed rough draft, handwritten rough draft, prework, notetaking/analysis packet);

INSTRUCTION/REVIEW: Other Kinds of Pronouns (corrected worksheets);

HANDOUT: Flies Analysis Ch. 6,7,8

GROUPS: chose groups and reviewed instructions for Flies Analysis Ch. 6,7,8

Due: Monday, October 25

Assignment

INSTRUCTION/DISCUSSION: completed thematic statement revisions for Flies Ch. 5;

REMINDER: Flies Ch. 5 Revised Paragraph and Packets due tomorrow

Due: Friday, October 22

Assignment

QUIZ: Flies Ch. 8;

INSTRUCTION/DISCUSSION: began Thematic Statement Revisions, Ch. 5 discussion

Due: Thursday, October 21

Assignment

QUIZ: Flies Ch. 7;

GROUPS: completed Character Development Jigsaw;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 8 (quiz tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, October 20

Assignment

QUIZ: Flies Ch. 6;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 7 (quiz tomorrow);

GROUPS: continued Flies Character Development Jigsaw

Due: Tuesday, October 19

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Flies Character Analysis Paragraph Packet;

HANDOUT: Character Development Jigsaw Worksheet;

INSTRUCTION: Character Analysis Jigsaw (began groups);

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 6 (quiz tomorrow)

Due: Monday, October 18

Assignment

COLLECTED: Flies Vocab;

INSTRUCTION: Portfolio set-up;

HOMEWORK CHECK: Other Kinds of Pronouns (grade recorded)

Due: Friday, October 15

Assignment

VOCAB: Class List of 20 unfamiliar words from Ch. 1-5 (due Monday);

CALENDAR: Flies Ch. 5 Character Development Paragraph due Tuesday

Due: Thursday, October 14

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Pronouns (More Practice)(grade recorded)(reviewed answers);

HANDOUT: Other Kinds of Pronouns (doublesided)(due tomorrow);

VOCAB: made a list of 20 words from Flies Ch. 1 that are significant

Due: Wednesday, October 13

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: content and format for Flies Chapter 5 Character Development paragraph (notetaking)(paragraphs due Monday)

Due: Tuesday, October 12

Assignment

REVIEW: Pronouns, Reflexive and Intensive;

HANDOUT: Pronouns (More Practice) (due tomorrow);

GROUPS: continued prework for Flies Ch. 5 Character Development quotes (due tomorrow)

Due: Friday, October 8

Assignment

INSTRUCTION: How to write a thematic statement, prework for Flies Ch. 5 Character Development;

GROUPS: worked on quote analysis prework for Flies Ch. 5

Due: Thursday, October 7

Assignment

QUIZ: Flies Ch. 5;

HOMEWORK CHECK: Pronouns (Reteaching)(Grade Recorded);

INSTRUCTION/REVIEW: Compound Nouns, Personal and Possessive Pronouns;

LECTURE/DISCUSSION: Conflict, Theme (notetaking);

HANDOUT: Flies Ch. 5 Character Development worksheet

Due: Wednesday, October 6

Assignment

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 5 (Quiz tomorrow);

HOMEWORK CHECK: Compound Nouns, Personal, Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns (grade recorded);

HANDOUT: Personal and Possessive Pronouns (Reteaching)(due tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, October 5

Assignment

DISCUSSION: completed Flies Ch. 4;

INSTRUCTION: Ways an Author Creates Character;

HANDOUTS: Compound Nouns, Personal, Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns (due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, October 4

Assignment

HOMEWORK CHECK: Flies Analysis Ch. 4;

DISCUSSION: Flies Ch. 3 (Simon's secret place), began Ch. 4 (the pig hunt)

Due: Friday, October 1

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COLLECTED: Flies Journal (Letter Home);

GROUPS: Flies Analysis Ch. 4 (due Monday)

Due: Thursday, September 30

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HANDOUT: Flies Letter Home (due tomorrow with prework, typed, 1.5 spacing, 12 pt font)

Due: Wednesday, September 29

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DISCUSSION: Flies Ch. 3 (notetaking);

GROUPS: compared/contrasted Transition Paragraphs

Due: Tuesday, September 28

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HOMEWORK CHECK: Flies Analysis Ch. 1,2,3 (grade recorded);

DISCUSSION: Flies Ch. 1;

HANDOUT: Flies Transition Words (checked and grade recorded)

Due: Monday, September 27

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GROUPS: worked on Flies Analysis Ch. 3 (Ch. 1,2,3 due tomorrow);

HOMEWORK CHECK: Noun worksheet "Concept Check" (grade recorded)

Due: Friday, September 24

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DISCUSSION: Cast Your Ballot (collected);

DISCUSSION: the author's use of detail to create stories;

HANDOUT: Flies Analysis Ch. 1,2,3;

GROUPS: began Flies Analysis (complete Ch. 1 and 2 for Monday)

Due: Thursday, September 23

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HOMEWORK CHECK: Noun worksheets (2) (grade recorded);

INSTRUCTION: corrected noun worksheets and discussed;

HANDOUT: Nouns (Concept Check)(due tomorrow);

DISCUSSION: Flies--Characteristics of a Leader (collected)

Due: Wednesday, September 22

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QUIZ: Flies Ch. 3 and 4;

HANDOUTS: Flies Characteristics of a Leader and Cast Your Ballot (due tomorrow);

HANDOUTS: Noun worksheets (2)(due tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, September 21

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LIBRARY ORIENTATION

Due: Monday, September 20

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COLLECTED: Flies Ch. 1 Vocab;

DIAGNOSTIC GRAMMAR TEST: Parts of Speech;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 3 and 4 (quiz Wed);

REMINDER: go directly to library tomorrow for orientation

Due: Friday, September 17

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QUIZ: Flies Ch. 2;

VOCAB: Choose 10 unfamiliar words from Flies Ch. 1. First determine word's meaning through context clues, then write a dictionary definition. Include page numbers and parts of speech. No one-word definitions or circular definitions

Due: Thursday, September 16

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QUIZ: Flies Ch. 1;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Flies Ch. 2 (quiz tomorrow)

Due: Wednesday, September 15

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COLLECTED: Profile of a Writer;

DISCUSSION: Hypothetical--Stranded on island

COLLECTED: Hypothetical worksheet;

TEXTBOOKS: checked out Lord of the Flies;

READING ASSIGNMENT: Ch. 1 Flies (quiz tomorrow)

Due: Tuesday, September 14

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DISCUSSION: The meaning and uses of government (notetaking);

INSTRUCTION: 4 Types of World Government (notetaking);

HANDOUT: Abandoned Hypothetical (due tomorrow)

Due: Monday, September 13

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DISCUSSION: Classifying and Spelling worksheets (collected);

HANDOUT: Profile of a Writer (due Wednesday, typed, 12pt., single-spaced, doublespaced between answers)

Due: Friday, September 10

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DISCUSSION: Reading Questionnaire, Reasoning/Categorizing worksheet (collected);

HANDOUTS: Classifying/Categorizing worksheet, Spelling worksheet (due Monday)

Due: Wednesday, September 8

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HANDOUT: Reading Questionnaire (due Friday);

HANDOUT: Reasoning/Categorizing Worksheet (due Friday)

Due: Tuesday, September 7

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GROUPS: partners shared self-introductions and selected 5 items of interest;

DISCUSSION: partners introduced each other to the class;

COLLECTED: self-introductions

Due: Friday, September 3

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SUMMER READING ASSESSMENT: Choice Book (passage analysis);

COLLECTED: Self-introduction

Due: Thursday, September 2

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READING TEST: Curious Incident of the Dog;

ASSIGNMENT: Self-Introduction (due tomorrow, min. one side of page);

REMINDER: bring Summer Reading book tomorrow for writing assessment

Due: Wednesday, September 1

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HANDOUT: Course Expectations/Ethics Policy (reviewed, tear-off due by Tuesday);

CALENDAR: Curious Incident Reading Test tomorrow; writing assessment on second book Friday

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