WEEK 15 - NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 4
MORNING CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #12
Finish reading "The Nun's Priest's Tale".
HW: Voc #12 p.75.
Check Your Comprehension/Critical Thinking
TUESDAY
CW: Go over CYC/CT
Answer Guide for Responding p. 128 in packet.
HW: Spelling 5x each. Study for test on
"The Nun's Priest's Tale".
Voc #12 p. 76/77.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #12
TEST on "The Nun's Priest's Tale".
HW: Study the vocabulary from The Canterbury Tales.
Test Thursday.
Finish Voc workbook lesson #12.
THURSDAY
CW: Test The Canterbury Tales Vocabulary.
Begin reading "The Pardoner's Tale" p. 146/147.
HW: Study for Spelling #12 and
Voc #11/12 TESTS on Friday.
FRIDAY
CW: TEST Spelling #12, Voc #11/12
Map drawing day: London p.1; Great Britain p.2.
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 2 and PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
MONDAY
CW: Voc #12
Prepositions/Airplane worksheet.
Blackline Masters worksheets.
HW: Memorize the prepositions on page 72 (red grammar book).
p.74 Ex A Recognizing Prepositions.
Voc #12 p.75
TUESDAY
CW: Prepositions - Blackline Masters worksheet.
Object of the Preposition.Recite Prepositions
Grammar book p.74/75 Prepositional Phrases
Ex B Identifying Prepositional Phrases.
HW: Blackline Masters - Prepositional Phrases
Spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #12. Recite Prepositions
Test: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Grammar book p.75/76 Preposition or Adverb? Ex C.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Preposition/Adverb worksheet
THURSDAY
CW: Vocabulary game on board Lessons #11/12.
Recite Prepositions.
HW: Review of Prep/Adv/Prep Phrases.
Grammar Book p.76 Developing Writing Skills.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #12
Voc Test #11/12
Prep/Adv Test.
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #12
Preposition worksheets
Read Witch of Blackbird Pond.
HW: Voc p.75
TUESDAY
CW: Prepositions
Read Witch of Blackbird Pond
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc p. 76/77.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #12
Preposition worksheets
Read Witch of Blackbird Pond
HW: Mispelled words 5x each.
Finish voc lesson #12
THURSDAY
CW: Voc game on board
HW: Read Witch of Blackbird Pond
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #12
Voc Test #11/12.
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THURSDAY
WEEK 14 - NOVEMBER 16 - NOVEMBER 20
AFTERNOON CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Spelling Test #10
Voc Test #9/10/
Voc #11
Introduce the vocabulary for
The Nun's Priest's Tale
Begin reading.
HW: Voc #11 p.69
TUESDAY
CW: Read The Nun's Priest's Tale
HW: Voc #11 p.70-71
Spelling words 5x each.
WEDNESDAY - ROUGH DRAFT DUE TODAY
CW: Spelling Pretest #11
Read The Nun's Priest's Tale
HW: Finish Voc lesson #11.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #11
NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
***
PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS -12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #11
Native American Lifestyle p.18-23
HW: Voc #11 p.69
TUESDAY
CW: Native American Lifestyle p. 18-23
HW: Spelling words 5x each
Voc p.70-71.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #11
Native American Lifestyle p. 18-23
HW: Finish Voc lesson #11.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #11
NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #11
Read Witch of Blackbird Pond Ch 1.
List some of the qualities that a respectable person might display.
Find the West Indies on a map or globe. Locate the island of Barbados.
Measure the distance from Connecticut.
HW: Voc #11 p. 69
TUESDAY
CW: Read Witch of Blackbird Pond Ch 2.
Name at least 3 things that went wrong.
The 43-mile voyage from Saybrook to Wethersfield took nine days.
Use that information to make up a word problem.
HW: Voc #11 p. 70/71.
Spelling 5x each.
WEDNESDAY - ROUGH DRAFT DUE TODAY
CW: Spelling Pretest #11
Read Witch of Blackbird Pond Ch 3.
What is meant by the quote "only the guilty ones stay afloat."
Kit traveled with seven trunks full of clothing. Suppose you had seven
trunks to fill. Make a list of what you would like to have to fill them
for this journey.
HW: Finish Voc lesson #11.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #11
Read Witch of Blackbird Pond ch 4.
Was Matthew Woods justified in his feelings after to
walked in on the women trying on Kit's clothing?
NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Voc #11
Read Julius Caesar Act 3.
HW: Voc #11 p.69
TUESDAY
CW: Read Julius Caesar
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #11 p. 70/71.
WEDNESDAY - ROUGH DRAFT IS DUE TODAY
CW: Spelling pretest #11
Read Julius Caesar
HW: Finish Voc lesson #11.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #11
Read Julius Caesar
THANKSGIVING FEAST
NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
***
PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Voc #11
Read Romeo and Juliet.
HW: Voc #11 p.69.
TUESDAY
CW: Read Romeo and Juliet.
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #11 p. 70/71.
WEDNESDAY - ROUGH DRAFT IS DUE TODAY
CW: Spelling pretest #11.
Read Romeo and Juliet.
HW: Finish Voc lesson #11
THURSDAY
CW: THANKSGIVING FEAST
HW: Study for Spelling Test on Friday
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #11
Read Romeo and Juliet
NO HOMEWORK - HAPPY THANKSGIVING
RETURN MONDAY - NOVEMBER 30.
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
SEE PERIOD 2 SCHOOLNOTES
WEEK 13 - NOVEMBER 9 - NOVEMBER 13
MORNING CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #10
Review the characteristics of
the pilgrims in The Prologue to
The Canterbury Tales.
HW: Voc #10 p.63. Fill in the blank
summary of The Prologue
TUESDAY
CW: quiz on The Prologue.
Review for Test on The Prologue
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc p.64/65.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Test on The Prologue
HW: Finish Voc #10
THURSDAY
CW: Review the Test on The Prologue
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #10
Voc Test #9/10.
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PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #10
Fiction and Nonfiction: Is that a Fact and
Using the Imagination.
HW: Voc #10 p. 63
The Long and Short of Fiction (worksheet)
TUESDAY
CW: Early Fiction and Two Types of Nonfiction.
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #10 p.64/65.
More Nonfiction worksheet.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Worksheets: Facts and Feelilngs,
How Poetic,
Tragedies and Comedies, Reviewing Types
of Literature.
HW: Voc p.66
PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #10
Recite Sonnet 18
Read Romeo and Juliet -Take parts.
HW: Voc #10 p. 63
TUESDAY
CW: Recite Sonnet 18
Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: Voc #10 p. 64/65
Spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest 10
Recite Sonnet 18
Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: RJ questions
Finish voc lesson #10.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test #10 and
Voc #9/10c p.63
Memorize the first quatrain of
Sonnet 18.
TUESDAY
CW: Recite the first quatrain of
Sonnet 18
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc pp. 64/65.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest # 10
Recite the first quatrain
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Finish voc #10
THURSDAY
CW:
Speling Test #10 and Voc Test #9/10
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #10
Recite Richard Cory
Read Luke Havergal
HW: Answer CYC and CT questions p.67.
Memorize Richard Cory
TUESDAY
CW: Read/analyze Lucinda Matlock p.608
Recite Richard Cory
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #10 p. 63.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #10
Recite Richard Cory
Read Richard Bone p. 609
HW: CYC and CT p. 609.
Misspelled words 10x each.
Voc p. 64/65.
THURSDAY
CW: Voc game on board
HW: Finish Voc #10
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling #10 Test
Voc Test #9/10.
NO HW
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Voc #10
Go over CYC/CT pp 748
Work on Literary Focus, Build Grammar Skills,
and Build Vocabulary on p.749.
HW: Voc #10 p.63.
Define JC Vocabulary in the golden box p.750.
TUESDAY
CW: Read JC Act III scene i, pp 751-759.
HW: Spelling 5x each.
Voc p. 64/65.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #10
Read JC Act III scene ii
HW: Build Grammar Skills and Build Vocabulary p. 771.
THURSDAY
CW: Finish reading Act III. Work on CYC.
HW: CT p. 770
Finish Voc #10
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #10
Voc Test #9/10
NO HW
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PERIOD 2 and 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
MONDAY
CW: Voc #10
Genre worksheets
HW: Voc p. 63
TUESDAY
CW: Worksheets
HW: Voc p. 64/65
spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Genre worksheets
spelling pretest #10
HW: misspelled words 10x each
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test #100
Voc test #9/10.
NO HOMEWORK
HW
WEEK 12 - NOVEMBER 2 - NOVEMBER 6
AFTERNOON CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #9
Read The Prologue
HW: Voc. #9 p.55.
Write pilgrim descriptions
TUESDAY
CW: Read The Prologue
HW: Voc #9 p. 56,57.
Write pilgrim descriptions
Spelling 5x each.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Read The Prologue
HW: Finish Voc #9
Write pilgrim descriptions
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #9
Review The Prologue
HW: Study for test on The Prologue
NO CLASS FRIDAY
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PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #9
The Middle Ages
Outside the Castle
Define reading vocabulary.
HW: Voc #9 p.55.
TUESDAY
CW: The Middle Ages
Outside the Castle continued.
Define reading vocabulary
HW: Spelling 5x each.
Voc #9 p. 56,57.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
The Middle Ages
Castle for Sale
Castle Cross
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Finish voc #9.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test#9
Tales of the Times
Chaucer's Pardoner's Tale
Medieval Word Scramble
HW: Your Own Robin Hood Story.
NO CLASS ON FRIDAY
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #9
The Crucible
HW: Voc #9 p. 55
Crucible questions
TUESDAY
CW: The Crucible
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #9 p. 56,57.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling 5x each
Crucible questions
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Finish Voc #9
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #9
Create a Limerick
HW: Work on your limerick
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Voc #9
Julius Caesar test Act I
HW: Voc #9 p. 55
Define the following Literary Times
starting on page 955 of your literature
book: Allusion, Blank verse, Couplet,
Free verse, Meter, Monologue, Narrator,
Personification, Rhyme, Soliloquy, Sonnet,
Theme.
TUESDAY
CW: Julius Caesar Act II
HW: Voc #9 p. 56,57.
Spelling 5x each.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #9
Julius Caesar Act II
HW: Misspelled words 10x.
JC Act II vocabulary and
study questions
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #9.
Julius Caesar Act I
HW: Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking for
Act I on page 748. Due Monday.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Voc #9
Romeo and Juliet p.697 Guide for Reading:
Blank verse, iambic pentameter.
Act II Chorus: sonnet form and rhyme scheme.
distinguish iambic pentameter in the verse.
HW: Voc #9 p.55.
Essay: Are teenagers capable of
real love or only infatuation? How
do you distinguish between love and
infatuation?
TUESDAY
CW: Romeo and Juliet
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #9 p. 56,57.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Pretest #9. Read R&J.
Introduce Sonnet 18
HW: Memorize the first quatrain of
Sonnet 18. Analyze the first quatrain. Be
prepared to discuss in class.
Finish Voc #9.
THURSDAY
CW: romeo and Juliet.
Recite the first quatrain of Sonnet 18.
HW: Memorize the second quatrain of Sonnet 18.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #9. Recite first two
quatrains of Sonnet 18.
Read Romeo and Juliet Act II scene iii.
NO HOMEWORK
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
SEE PERIOD 2
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WEEK 11 - OCTOBER 26 - OCTOBER 30
MORNING CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Voc #8
Read The Prologue
HW: Vocabulary p.49 and
Pilgrim descriptions
TUESDAY
CW: Read The Prologue
Discuss pilgrim characteristics.
HW: Spelling 5x each
Vocab - Reading Comprehension and
corresponding 10 questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #8
Read The Prologue. Discussion.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Finish Voc Lesson #8
Pilgrim descriptions
THURSDAY
CW: Read The Prologue
Go over Voc #8
HW: Pilgrim questions
Study for Spelling Test #8 AND
Voc Test #7/8.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #8
Voc Test #7/8
Quiz on The Prologue to
The Canterbury Tales.
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 2 AND PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
MONDAY
CW: Voc #8
An Invitation to the Middle Ages (p.10)
Define M/A vocab: Vandals, Dark Ages, Feudal System.
Map of Europe year 1360.
HW: Vocabulary p.49
Middle Ages questions 1,2,3.
TUESDAY
CW: Life for the Nobles and Clergy
Define vocab: Lord, Knight, Bailiff, Lady,
Bishop, Chaplain, Monks.
HW: Spelling 5x each.
Voc #8 Reading Comprehension and next 10 questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Pretest
Life for the Commoners (p.12)
Define vocab: Villeins, Bailiff, Blacksmiths, Fletchers, Tailor,
Groom, Falconer, Guilds, Peasants, Wattle and daub,
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Finish Voc Lesson #8.
THURSDAY
CW: Tales of the Times (p.30).
"Pardoner's Tale" from The CanterburyTales.
HW: Study for Voc Test 7/8 and Spelling Test #8.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #8
Voc Test #7/8
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #8
Read "The Crucible"
HW: Voc p. 49
Crucible questions
TUESDAY
CW: Read "The Crucible"
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #8 Reading Comprehension and
next 10 questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest#8
Read "The Crucible"
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Crucible questions
Finish Voc #8.
THURSDAY
CW: Read "The Crucible"
Vocabulary Game.
HW : Study for Spelling Test #8
and Voc Test #7/8.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #8
Voc Test #7/8
Read "The Crucible"
NO HOMEWORK
***
HW:Literature p. 730. Check your Comprehension/Critical Thinking.
Spelling 5x each
Voc #8 Reading Comprehension and
the next 10 questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #8
Read "Julius Caesar"
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Finish Voc #8
JC study questions
THURSDAY
CW: Vocabulary Game
HW: Study for Spelling Test #8
and Voc Test #7/8.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #8 and
Voc Test #7/8
Read Julius Caesar
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Voc #8
Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: Voc #8 p. 49
Lit questions
TUESDAY
CW: Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #8 Reading Comprehension and
next 10 questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #8
Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Finish Voc #8.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #8
Voc Test #7/8
Read Romeo and Juliet
NO HOMEWORK
NO CLASS ON FRIDAY
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WEEK 10 - OCTOBER 19 - OCTOBER 23
AFTERNOON CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: vOC #7
Read The Prologue
HW: Vocabulary and
CT questions
TUESDAY
CW: Read The Prologue
HW: Spelling 5x each
Vocabulary #7
Describe the pilgrims
WED: Spelling pretest #7
Read The prologue
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Describe the pilgrims. Finish Voc #7.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #7
Read the Prologue
No HW
PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #7
Read Treasure Island
HW: Voc
TUESDAY
CW: Voc #7
Read Treasure Island
HW: Spelling 5x each
TI grammar
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #7
TI grammar packet
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test #7
TI grammar packet
NO HW
PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Voc #7
Read The Crucible
HW: Voc. Crucible questions
TUESDAY
CW: Read The Crucible
HW: Spelling 5x each
Crucible questions
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Read The Crucible
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #7
Read The Crucible
NO HW
PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Voc #7
Read Julius Caesar
HW: Voc. and JC questions
TUESDAY
CW: Read Julius Caesar
HW: Voc and JC questions
spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Read Julius Caesar
HW: Misspelled words 10 x each
JC Questions
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test #7
Read Julius Caesar
NO HW
PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Voc #7
Discuss research paper form
HW: Voc
TUESDAY
CW: Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: Research paper questions
Spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Read Romeo and Juliet
HW: RJ questions/ Voc #7
THURSDAY
CW: Read Romeo and Juliet
Discuss Voc #7 and research paper.
HW: Voc
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #7
Read Romeo and Juliet
NO HW
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY
CW: vOC #7
Read King Arthur: The Marvel of the Sword p. 57
HW: Voc
TUESDAY
CW: Finish reading King Arthur
HW: CYC and CT p. 62 and 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Homework discussion
HW: Misspelled words 10 x each
Vocabulary.
THURSDAY
CW: King Arthur discussion p. 63 writing project
HW: Work on Writing assignment
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #7
Present Writing assignmentto the class
NO HW
WEEK 9 OCTOBER 12 - OCTOBER 16
MORNING CLASSES THIS FRIDAY
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #6
Read over The Canterbury Tales Vocabulary packet
that was given to each student last week.
Continue reading The Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
(Yeoman). Students will take notes on the characteristics
of each pilgrim as they read.
HW: Voc #6 p.35.
Study Questions for The Prologue.
TUESDAY
CW: Go over the homework.
Continue reading The Prologue to TCT.
HW: Spelling 5x each
Voc #6 pp.36,37.
Prologue study questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Continue reading The Prologue
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Prologue study questions
Finish vocabulary lesson #6 (Test#5/6 on Thursday)
Beach Day on Friday
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #6. Voc Test #5/6.
Continue reading The Prologue
Go over study questions.
HW: Prologue study questions
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PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #6
Reading Selection #6 Robinson Crusoe pp72-75.
HW: RobinsonCrusoe p. 76 Ex6.3 Definitions and
Voc workbook #6 p.35.
TUESDAY
CW: Go over homework. RC packet p.77 Ex 6.5 Synonyms and Antonyms.
and pp 77-79 ex. 6.5 Roots and Derivatives
HW: Voc workbook pp 36,37. Spelling 5x each.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest. Work on Voc workbook #6.
RC packet p.79,80. Ex 6.6
HW: Misspelled workds 10x each.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #6. Vocabulary Test #5/6.
RC packet p.80,81 Ex 6.7
Beach Day on Friday.
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #6
Begin "The Crucible"
p 1086 Arthur Miller
p 1087 History: The Salem Witch Trials
Show beginning of video. Then begin reading
the play. (Take parts)
HW: Voc #6 p. 35
Crucible vocabulary in golden box p. 1088.
TUESDAY
CW: Read "The Crucible"
HW: Voc #6 p.36/37. Spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Pretest
Read "The Crucible"
HW: Misspelled words 5x each
Finish Voc #6 in workbook.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #6. Vocabulary Test #5/6.
Read "The Crucible"
HW: Study questions on the reading
Beach Day on Friday.
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #6
Introduce Shakespeare and the Globe Theater p. 706-709.
Read "Bacground for Understanding" (Julius Caesar) p. 710.
HW: Voc #6 p. 35.
Literature vocabulary in the golden box p711.
TUESDAY
CW: Take parts - begin reading "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar".
HW: Voc #6 p. 37,38. Spelling 5x each.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Read "Julius Caesar"
HW: Misspelled words 5x each.
Study questions on the reading
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #6. Vocabulary Test #5/6.
Read "Julius Caesar"
HW: Finish Voc #6. Review lessons 5&6.
Study questions on the reading.
Beach Day on Friday.
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #6
Discuss the research paper.
Read "William Shakespeare and the Globe"
HW: Voc #6 p. 35
TUESDAY
CW: Finish reading introduction to Shakespeare
Literature p. 666 "The Shakespeare Theater"
HW: Spelling 5x each. Voc p. 36,37.
Literature vocabulary in the golden box p. 671.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #6
Take parts - Begin reading "Romeo and Juliet" p. 672/
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Finish Voc #6
Tests Thursday. No Class Friday.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #6
Voc Test #5/6.
Read "Romeo and Juliet"
NO CLASS FRIDAY
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PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #6
Begin reading Selection #7, "Treasure Island".
pp84-86.
HW: Voc #6 p. 35.
TUESDAY
CW:Go over homework. TI packet p. 86-88 Applying What you
Have Learned. Ex 7.3 and 7.4.
HW: Spelling 5x each. Voc #6 p. 36,37.
TI packet pp 90,91 Ex. 7.5, 7.6, 7.7
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
TI packet pp 92-95. Ex 7.8, 7.9.
HW: Finish TI packet. Finish Voc #6
THURSDAY
CW: Review for tests on Friday.
HW: Review
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #6
Voc Test #5/6.
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WEEK 8 OCTOBER 5 - OCTOBER 9
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #5.
Board Notes on the Late Middle Ages/Renaissance
HW: Voc #5 p. 29.
The Canterbury Tales writing assignment
TUESDAY
CW: Discuss writing HW.Read pages 120 and 121 "Meet
Geoffrey Chaucer".
HW: Voc #5 p.30,31,32.
Spelling 5x each. Pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest.
Begin reading the Prologue to
The Canterbury Tales.
HW: Summarize each pilgrim from the reading.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #5.Continue reading the Prologue.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Summarize each pilgrim
from the reading.
PM CLASSES ON FRIDAY
***
PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #5
Continue reading Twelfth Night.
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #5 p. 29
TUESDAY
CW: Punctuation worksheet
Writing assignment from Voc workbook.
Continue reading Twelfth Night.
HW: Grammar worksheet
Spelling 5x each
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
***
PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #5
Literature p. 328. Literary Focus #1&2.
Build Vocabulary: Using the Word Root - equi 1-4.
Using the Word Bank 1-10.
Punctuation Packet p. 101 Commas That Set Off Added Elements (A&B).
(Introductory Material and Parenthetical Expressions).
HW: Voc #5 p. 29
TUESDAY
CW: Test on "The Minister's Black Veil".
Punctuation Packet p. 102 Commas That Set Off Added Elements (A&B).
(Essential and Nonessential Expressions)
HW: Spelling 5x each - Pretest tomorrow
Voc #5 pp.30/31
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest.
Quiz on Comma p. 101 and 102.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Finish Voc Lesson #5.
Writing Extended Responses: 3 paragraph essay. p. 31.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #5.
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Punctuation Packet p. 103 ex B. Punctuating a Letter.
PM CLASSES FRIDAY
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #5. Introduce Virginia Woolf p. 380.
Begin reading "The Widow and the Parrot" p.383.
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #5 p. 29.
TUESDAY
CW: Read "Widow..."
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #5 p. 30/31
Spelling 5x each - pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Work on punctuation packet.
Read "Widow..."
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Test Tomorrow.
Finish Voc #5.
Writing Extended Responses: 3 paragraph essay. p. 31.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #5.
Work on punctuation packet. Read "Widow..."
HW: Punctuation packet
PM CLASSES FRIDAY
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #5.
Read The Most Dangerous Game.
HW: Voc #5 p. 29
TUESDAY
CW: Read "The Most Dangerous Game".
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Spelling 5x each - Pretest tomorrow.
Voc #5 pp.30/31.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Writing Extended Response p. 31. (3 paragraph essay).
Finish reading "Dangerous..."
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Literature p. 31/32 Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking.
THURSDAY
CW: Literature - p. 32 Literary Focus 1,2,3.
Build Vocabulary: Related Words 1&2. Using the Word Bank 1-8.
Build Grammar Skills 1,2,3.
Punctuarion Packet.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test
Test on "The Most Dangerous Game".
Read WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND THE GLOBE
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PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #5.
Grammar book p. 316 Commas with Introductory Material.
HW: Voc. #5 p. 29
Punctuation Packet p. 101.
TUESDAY
CW: Go over HW. Introduce Commas with Parenthetical
Expressions p. 316-318 Ex. B.
HW: Punctuation Packet p. 102.
Spelling 5x each. Pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
Spelling pretest. Writing Extended Responses p. 31.
Go over Punctuation Packet HW.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Voc #5 p. 30/31.
THURSDAY
Grammar p. 318-320 Commas with Nonessential Expressions Ex C.
Review Commas. Punctuation Packet.
HW: Finish Voc #5 Test Friday.
Punctuation Packet - Comma Test Friday.
FRIDAY
Spelling Test #5
Comma Test
Read in literature book
TUESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #4.
Bewulf quiz: Know the vocabulary and
be able to pick out pagan and Christian
elements in the poem. Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #4 p. 23. Spelling 5x each. Pretest
tomorrow. Voc Test#3/4 on Friday. BEOWULF
TEST WEDNESDAY.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #4.
Beowulf TEST.
HW: Finish Voc #4. Misspelled words 10X each.
THURSDAY
CW: Go over Voc #4. Board Notes on 14th C England/
Time of Chaucer.
HW: Chaucer vocabulary; study for Spelling Test #4 and
Vocabulary Test #3/4.
FRIDAY - AM CLASSES
CW: Spelling Test #4. Voc Test #3/4. Board notes
on 14th C England
NO HOMEWORK
***
PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS - 12
TUESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #4
Read Twelfth Night. Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #4 p. 23. Spelling 5x each.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Test #4.
Work on punctuation packet p.100 Ex. A
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Commas p. 100 Ex.B.
THURSDAY
CW: Go over Voc #4.
Voc game on board.
HW: Study for Spelling Test #4 and
Voc Test #3/4
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #4
Voc Test #3/4
Read Twelfth Night
***
PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
TUESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #4.
Continue reading "The Minister's Black Veil"
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #4 p. 23. Spelling 5x each.
Literature vocabulary and questions.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #4.
Read "The Minister's Black Veil"
Misspelled words 10x each.
Literature questions on the reading.
THURSDAY
CW: Read "The Minister's Black Veil"
CYC and CT on the reading.
HW: Finish for HW what you did not finish in class.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #4 and Voc Test #3/4.
Grammar - punctuation.
NO HOMEWORK
***
PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
TUESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #4
Read "Fish" p. 266
Work on punctuation packet.
HW: Voc #4 p. 23
Spelling 5x each. Pretest Wednesday
CYC p. 267
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #4.
Punctuation - Chapter 16.
Read "Annabel Lee"
HW: Misspelled words 10 x.
Grammar p.331 Ex. A & B.
THURSDAY
CW: Unscramble Bonus exercise.
Work on punctuation package.
HW: Finish Voc #4
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #4.
Voc Test #3/4.
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
TUESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #4
Students will dress in cat costumes and recite
their cat poems.
HW: Voc #4 p. 23. Spelling 5x each. Pretest Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Test #4
Continue with cat recitals, if necessary.
Work on grammar packets. (Chapter 17 in grammar book.)
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Finish Voc #4.
Grammar book p. 337 ex A.
THURSDAY
CW:Spelling Test #4.
Voc Test #3/4.
Grammar p. 338 Ex B.
HW: Grammar/ punctuation.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
***
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
TUESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #4. Work on p. 23.
Review End Marks.
HW: Spelling 5x each.
Grammar book - pp 304-307 ex. A & B.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Grammar book. Commas/ items in a series.
p312 ex B.
HW: Worksheet. Finish voc #4 Test tomorrow.
THURSDAY
CW: Grammar book. Commas between adjectives
p.314 Ex C. Spelling Test #4 and
Voc Test #3/4.
HW: Worksheet on commas.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #3. Finish reading Beowulf.
Review Beowulf vocabulary. Discuss research paper.
HW: Voc #3 p. 15.
Beowulf questions on the reading
TUESDAY
CW: See video "Background on Beowulf".
HW: Spelling 5x each. Pretest Wednesday. Study for
Beowulf test (including vocabulary and
background on the Middle Ages) to be given on Wednesday.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling TEST #3.Beowulf quiz. Beowulf DVD.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
THURSDAY
Field trip or
CW: Vocab. WB p. 17 essay - Writing Extended Responses.
Grammar p. 322 Punctuation. End marks Ex A (p.324) Ex B (p.325,326)
NO HOMEWORK
NO CLASS FRIDAY
***
PERIOD 2
SKILLS 12
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #3. Continue reading Twelfth Night.
HW: Voc #3 p. 15
TUESDAY
CW: Go over vocabulary. Read essays.
Continue reading Twelfth Night.
HW: Spelling 5x each.
Spelling Test Wednesday. Field trip Thursday.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Test #3.
Read Twelfth Night
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Field trip Thursday.
THURSDAY
Field trip or
CW or HW: Writing Extended Responses p.17 in voc. workbook.
Finish voc #3.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce voc #3. Give additional board notes on the Puritans."
Read "Huswifery". Check Your Comprehension page 93.
HW: Voc #3 p. 15 and Literature page 93 Critical Thinking for "Huswifery".
TUESDAY
CW: Go over the homework. Discuss Puritans in Colonial America.
Discuss research paper.
HW: Spelling 5x each. Pretest on Wednesday.
Puritan background homework.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Test #3. Quiz on Puritans.
Read "The Minister's Black Veil" p. 318-327.
Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking p. 327.
Finish for homework. Misspelled words 10x each.
THURSDAY
Field trip or Finish Lesson #3 in Voc. Workbook
including Writing Extended Responses (3 paragraph essay).
NO CLASS FRIDAY.
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Test #3.
Finish lesson #3 in voc. wb pp. 15-18.
Write 3 paragraph essay p. 17 Writing Extended Responses.
Recite first and second quatrain of "Sonnet 18"
THURSDAY
Field trip or
Read "Hearts and Hands pp. 264 - 265.
CYC and CT p. 265.
Read "Fish"
CYC and CT p. 267.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
***
ENGLISH 9
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling Pre-test #3
Continue reading "The Most Dangerous Game"
p.22 (begin just under the Red words).
THURSDAY
Field Trip
FRIDAY
Spelling Test#3
Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game"
p. 31 CYC
p. 32 CT
p. 32 Build Vocabulary
***
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #3
Vocabulary workbook pp.16,17,18.
and p.17 Writing Extended Responses
ALTERNATIVE: Let the students choose
poems of short stories to read aloud.
They really like this.
THURSDAY
Field Trip
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling Test #3.
Read to them "Eats, Shoots and Leaves"
(The children's version: Show the pictures).
Then give them the punctuation packet.
Or let them read in the purple literature book.
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #2. Discuss research paper topics.
Go over Beowulf vocabulary test.
Read "Beowulf"
HW: Voc #2 p.9
Literature questions from the reading:
The Battle with Grendel's Mother pp. 60-63
TUESDAY
CW: Go over last night's homework.
Read "The Battle with the Dragon".
HW: questions on the reading.
Spelling words 5x each
Reading comprehension exercises in Voc #2.
Spelling pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #2
Read Beowulf
HW: Voc#2 Write the Derivative and
Find the Example.
Misspelled words 10x each.
THURSDAY
CW: Read Beowulf
CYC and CT
HW: Study for spelling test #2 and
Beowulf test. And Vocabulary test 1 and 2.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #2
Vocabulary test 1 and 2.
Beowulf test.
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PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS - 12
MONDAY
CW: Introduce voc#2
Work on p. 9 vocabulary #2
HW: Finish page 9 in vocabulary workbook.
TUESDAY
CW: Read Twelfth Night
HW: Voc #1 Reading Comprehension
exercises. Twelfth Night questions.
Spelling words 5x each.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #1
Read Twelfth Night
HW: Misspelled words 10x each.
Voc #1 Write the Derivative and
Find the Example.
THURSDAY
CW: Read Twelfth Night
HW: Study for spelling test #1
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #1
Finish reading Twelfth Night
Silent reading of personal book.
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #2. Discuss research paper.
Review literature we have read.
HW: Voc #2 p. 9
Study for literature test: Native Americans
and colonial America.
TUESDAY
CW: Literature test
Board notes on the Puritans.
HW: Spelling 5x each
Wednesday
CW: Spelling pretest
Read lit p. 87 - 93
To My Dear and Loving Husband and
Huswifery
HW: CYC & CT p. 93. Finish Voc #2 Spell and Voc Test on Friday.
THURSDAY
CW: Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
HW: CYC & CT p. 101/102
FRIDAY
CW: Spell test #2 Voc Test 1 and 2.
Watch "The Crucible"
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY
CW: Journal write: Did you ever see a ghost?
Introduce Voc #2
Finish watching "Poirot: Dumb Witness".
HW: Voc #2 p.9.
TUESDAY
CW: Read Guide for Reading p. 94 and p.95
Introduce literature vocab in golden box.
Read "Two Friends" p.96.
HW: CYC & CT p.101.
Spelling 5x each. Pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #2.
Read "The Dog That Bit People"
HW: CYC & CT p. 239/240.
THURSDAY
CW: Work on voc workbook
HW: Finish voc #2. Study for spelling test #2 and
Voc test #1 and 2.
FRIDAY
CW: Spelling test #2
Vocabulary test #1 and 2.
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Voc #2
Check your comprehension and Critical Thinking p. 353.
HW: Voc #2 p. 3.
TUESDAY
CW: Test on the three poems
HW: Spelling 5x each.
Voc #2 Reading comprehension exercises.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #2
Play vocabulary game.
Introduce vocabulary worksheet for "The Most Dangerous Game"
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Finish voc wb #2.
Spelling Test #2 and Vocabulary Test #1/2 tomorrow.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test #2 and
Vocabulary test #1 and 2.
Read: The Most Dangerous Game.
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY
CW: Introduce Reading Selection 2 "Up From Slavery"
Understanding the Selection p. 16, 17 orally.
Introduce the vocabulary/spelling words p. 17/18.
Applying What you have Learned p. 18, 19.
HW: p. 19 Ex 2.3 Definitions 1-10 and
p.20 Ex. 2.4 Synonyms and Antonyms.
TUESDAY
CW: Go over homework.
Introduce new vocabulary workbook.
Reading Selection 2 p. 20 Ex 2.4
Learning some roots and Derivatives
HW: p. 21 Ex 2.5 1-10. Spelling 5x each.
Improving your spelling p. 22, 23.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest #2
Avoiding double Negatives p. 23
p. 24,25 Ex 2.8 and 2.9.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each. Test tomorrow.
Improving your Composition Skills p. 25, 26.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling test #2
WEEK 4 SEPTEMBER 8 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 11
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
TUESDAY
CW: Voc #1 up to p.3 homework due.
Read "Beowulf"
HW: Define "Beowulf" terms
Write spelling words 5x each
Spelling pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Spelling pretest
Read "Beowulf"
HW: Finish voc lesson #1.
Misspelled words 10x each.
Spelling Test #1 tomorrow.
THURSDAY
CW: Spelling Test #1
Read "Beowulf"
Go over literature vocabulary and literary terms
from the Anglo-Saxon poem.
NO CLASS FRIDAY.
PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS - GRADE 12
TUESDAY
CW: Read "Twelfth Night"
HW: Vocabulary from Twelfth Night
WEDNESDAY
CW: Read "Twelfth Night"
HW: questions on the reading
THURSDAY
CW: Read "Twelfth Night"
HW: questions on the reading
NO CLASS FRIDAY
PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
CW: Read William Bradford
"Of Plymouth Plantation"
HW: Finish voc lesson #1.
Spelling 5x each.
Spelling pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
CW: Spelling pretest #1
Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking.
HW: Misspelled words 10x each
Spelling Test #1 tomorrow
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
CW: Read Journal of the First Voyage to America...
HW: CYC and CT pp.17/18.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
CW: Design an invitation to Prince Prospero's Masquerade.
HW: Finish voc lesson #1.
Spelling 5x each. Spelling Pretest #1 tomorrow.
Be prepared for test on "Masque of the Red Death" on Thursday.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
CW: Work on invitations.
HW: Write misspelled words 10 x each.
Work on CYC CT p. 83/84.
Spelling Test #1 tomorrow.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
CW: Spelling Test #1
Test: "Masque of the Red Death"
NO CLASS FRIDAY
PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
CW: Literature p. 344. T.S. Eliot.
Introduce the vocabulary for the poem.
Read "Macavity: The Mystery Cat" p. 346-349
HW: CYC and CT. p.349.
Spelling words 5 x each. Spelling pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
CW: Spelling pretest #1
Read p. 344 Victor Hernandez Cruz
Read "Problems with Hurricanes" p. 350-351.
HW: Write misspelled words 10x each. Spelling Test#1 Friday
Finish voc lesson #1.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
CW: Discuss portmanteau words.
Read "Jabberwocky" p.352.
HW: Summarize "Jabberwocky" and
make up 5 new portmanteau words.
Study for Spelling Test #1 to be given on Friday.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
CW: Spelling Test #1
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
CW: Reading Selection 1 from Voc and Comp through
Pleasurable Reading II (THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER)
Answer questions 1-8.
HW: Learning New Words p. 6-7.
Write the words 5x each. Spelling pretest tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9
CW: Spelling pretest #1
Go over the new vocabulary/spelling words.
Work on "Applying what y ou have learned" 1-10.
HW: p.8 Ex 1.3 Definitions and p.9 Ex 1.4 Synonyms and Antonyms.
Misspelled words 10 x each.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
CW: p.9 Learning Some Roots and Derivatives.
and Improving your spelling: Consonants often omitted.
HW: p.10 Ex 1.5 Roots and Derivatives 1-10
p. 11 Ex 1.6 Word Completion.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
CW: Spelling Test #1
p.12 Using It's and Its and p.13,14 Improving Your Composition Skills:
Avoiding Repetition.
MONDAY, AUGUST 31
CW: "The 13th Warrior" film
HW: Read p. 47. Define the following:
lament, forged, shroud, infamous, writhing,
alliteration, caesura, kenning, allusion,
metaphor, mead-hall, foil, heroic code, simile,
symbolism.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
CW: "The 13th Warrior" film
HW: Describe the following: Anglo-Saxons, Old English,
Geats, Danes,Swedes, Jutes, Frisians, Scandanavians, pagans.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
CW: Board notes for "Beowulf"
HW: Define the following: man-price (wergild), a pagan "boast",
ring-giver, concept of honor,scop, grave goods, thane,mead hall,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
CW: Begin reading "Beowulf"
HW: Describe the following: Herot, Hrothgar, Edgetho,Higlac,
Healfdane, epic hero, mail shirts, Grendel, Hrethel,
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
CW: 15 minutes silent reading.
Read "Beowulf"
NO HOMEWORK
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PERIOD 2
SKILLS - 12
MONDAY
CW: Read "Craft Guilds". "The Story of
Last Names" (p.45). and occupations.
"A Noble's Life"
HW: Define the following: article, property, merchant, guild,
apprentice, journeyman. How are craft guilds like unions today?
Make a chart showing the steps of membership in a craft guild.
TUESDAY
CW: "Education" during the Middle Ages.
Education crossword puzzle. An Apprentice's Journey.
HW:
WEDNESDAY
CW: "The Roman Catholic Church" and "Cathedrals"
HW: Define the following and use each word in a sentence:
tutor, monastery, grammar, monk, university, theology, geometry,
scarce, memorize, recite, discipline, strict.
THURSDAY
CW:
Project - illuminated manuscripts i.e. The Book of Kells.
Find copies of "illuminated manuscripts".
Choose a favorite poem, copy it and illustrate its borders.
HW: You are a bishop in the MA. You want to create a new holy
day to help stop warfare. Name someone you know who you think
should become a saint and have a holy day named after him or her.
Write a paragraph describing the reasons for your choice.
FRIDAY
CW: Present your holy day to the class and read your paragraph.
Read: "Cathedrals".
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PERIOD 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY
CW: Lit p. 32 Read bios of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and
Garcia Lopez de Cardenas.
Read "A Journey Through Texas" and CYC. Also read "Boulders Taller
Than the Great Towers".
HW: Vocab in the golden box p. 33 and CT p.37.
TUESDAY
CW: Read bio of Olaudah Equiano, Guide for Interpreting p. 42
and "The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano".
Also CYC p.47.
HW: p.48 Critical Thinking 1-4.
WEDNESDAY
CW: Introduce Voc Lesson #1. Write a persuasive essay of
3 paragraphs using 3 lesson words. See p. 5 Writing Extended
Responses.
HW: Voc Lesson #1 pp.1-3 due next Tuesday. Spelling pretest
next Wednesday, September 9. Test Thursday, September 10.
THURSDAY
CW: Read the John Smith narrative.
HW: Finish reading the John Smith narrative and answer CYC.
FRIDAY
CW: Lit p. 50 and "Diamond Island: Alcatraz" CYC.
HW: Read "Big Yellow Taxi" p. 57 and CYC and CT p.57.
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY, AUGUST 31
CW: Watch part of "Murder on the Orent Express".
Begin reading the novel.
HW: Read Chapter 1 "Murder on the Orient Express"
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
CW: Capitalization worksheet.Read the novel.
HW: Capitalization worksheet.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
CW: Introduce Voc WB Lesson #1.
Discuss portmanteau words.
Watch "Murder on the Orient Express".
HW: Voc WB #1 p.5 Writing Extended Response.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
CW: Begin reading
"The Masque of the Red Death".
HW: CYC & CT.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4
CW:
HW: Voc WB #1 pp.1-3 due Tuesday.
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PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY, AUGUST 31
CW: quiz on "The Raven"
Grammar - capitals for proper nouns p.305 - 310
p. 310 ex B 1-10
HW: Grammar p. 310 Ex B 11-20
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
CW: Capitals for Proper Adjectives p. 311=312 Ex.C 1-10.
HW: Worksheet Capitals for Proper Adjectives.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
CW: Introduce Voc WB #1.
Read and discuss the definitions.
HW: Voc WB Lesson #1 p.5 Writing Extended Response (3 paragraph essay).
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2
CW: Share written work with the class (Journal: What if it really
rained cats and dogs/ and 3 paragraph essay homework).
HW: Vocabulary workbook lesson #1 pp. 1-3 due Wednesday (9-9-09).
NO FRIDAY CLASS
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PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
MONDAY
CW: Avoiding Sentence Errors (Chapter 12 - Grammar).
Read p. 165 & 166. EX. A 1-20.
HW: Grammar book p.169 Ex.B 1-10.Also, underline
the subject and the verb in each sentence that you make.
TUESDAY
CW: Test - Recognizing a Sentence.
p. 169 Clause Fragments p. 170-171 ExC.
HW: Worksheet #51 "Avoiding Fragments"
WEDNESDAY
CW: Correcting Fragments p.171 Ex.D&E
HW: p. 172 Developing Writing Skills (Correcting
Fragments in a Paragraph.
THURSDAY
CW: Correcting Run-ons p.172
p. 173-174 Ex.A 1-10.
Three Ways to Corect Run-ons p.174
p. 175-177 Ex.B1-20.
HW: Worksheet #52 Correcting Run-Ons.
NO FRIDAY CLASS
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WEEK 2 AUGUST 24 THROUGH AUGUST 28
PERIOD 1
ENGLISH 12
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CW: Board notes on Anglo-Saxon period
HW: Read "Language of Our Times" p. 40.
Critical Thinking questions 1 and 2.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
CW: Board notes on Anglo-Saxon period
HW: Read pp. 43 and 44 The Anglo-Saxon Period
Answer worksheet questions on the reading.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Read and discuss pp 44 and 45 in lit. book.
Begin poster project (graphic organizer) to summarize
the effects the following two historical developments had on Old English poetry and prose:
a. the conquest of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons
b. the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
CW: Work on project
HW: Finish project over weekend
NO CLASS FRIDAY
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PERIOD 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CW: Board Notes: "A Serf's Life".
Make a time-line for a typical day in a serf's life.
Include daily activities and the times the activities were performed.
HW: Make up and write a story about a silly knight, a beautiful princess, and a smart but poor serf. Read your story to the class on Tuesday.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
CW: Read your story to the class.
Board notes: A Noble's Life.
Worksheet - "What Saye Ye?"
HW: Worksheet: People of the Middle Ages. Write the names of the
people of the Middle Ages on the blanks provided on the next page.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Read "Craft Guilds". "The Story of Last Names" (p45).
and occupations. An Apprentice's Journey.
HW: Define: artiacle, property, merchant, guild, apprentice, journeyman, masterpiece, and quality.
How are craft guilds likek unions today? Make a chart
showing the steps to membership in a craft guild.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Read "A Noble's Life"
Writing assignment: p.14 and/or "Medieval Clothing"
HW: Complete the chart on medieval clothing.
NO CLASS FRIDAY
Period 3
ENGLISH 11
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CW: Board Notes: America Before the Pilgrims.
Literature p.20 Guide for Interpreting. Read about the
Onondaga, Modoc, Navajo, Iroquois.
Origin myths discussion.
Read: Begin reading: "The Earth on Turtle's Back" p. 22.
HW: Define vocabulary in the golden box p.21.
Finish reading "The Earth on Turtle's Back" and answer the
Check Your Comprehension and Critical Thinking questions on p. 23.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
CW: Literature p. 24
Read "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" and
"The Navajo Origin Legend p. 26.
CYC p. 27
HW: Write an origin myth. Be prepared to
read it to the class.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Literature p. 28
Read "The Iroquois Constitution"
CYC and Critical Thinking p. 29
HW: Build Vocabulary p.30. Using the
Suffix 1-3 and Using the Word Bank 1-5.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
CW: Read Native American Legends to the class:
The Raven's Trick and The Coyote and the Moon
Write pictograph messages.
Copy your message onto "buffalo hides" to be
displayed in the classroom.
NO CLASS ON FRIDAY
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PERIOD 4
ENGLISH 10
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CW: Go over CYC and CT of "The Monkey's Paw".
HW: 27.2 p.79 Capitals for Names of People and Places.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
Read "The Bridegroom" p.34
CYC 1-4 and CT 1-8. Lit p. 58
Literary Focus, Reading Strategy, Build Vocabulary,
and Build Grammar Skills.
HW: Study for test on
The Monkey's Paw and The Bridegroom (Wednesday).
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Test on "The Monkey's Paw" and "The Bridegroom".
Read "The Dog That Bit People"
HW: Finish the reading. CYC p. 239
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
CW: Go over the homework.
Work on p. 240: Critical Thinking, Reading Strategy,
Literary Focus, Build Vocabulary, Build Grammar Skills.
HW: Wanted poster (p. 241)
NO CLASS FRIDAY
PERIOD 5
ENGLISH 9
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CW: p.11 (The Cask of Amontillado) Critical Thinking,
HW: Explain whether you think individuals are ever justified in taking justice into
justice into their own hands. (Make a list).
HW: Study for test on the short story and
vocabulary (Tuesday)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
CW: Test on TCA and vocabulary
Begin reading "The Raven"by Edgar Allan Poe
HW: Read "The Raven" through. We will read it
together in class for understanding. Be prepared
to recite the first stanza from memory on Friday.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Read "The Raven" in class. Discuss.
HW: Define vocabulary in the golden boxes throughout
"The Raven". You will be tested on it.
Be prepared to recite the first stanza of "The Raven"
during class on Friday.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
CW: "The Raven" read and discuss.
HW: CYC and CT
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
CW: silent reading
Capitals for Titles p. 313-316 Ex D.
NO HOMEWORK
PERIOD 7
ENGLISH SKILLS 9-11
MONDAY, AUGUST 24
CW: Family Tree posters due.
Continue with Greek Gods and Goddesses
Poseidon and Hades questions.
Read Hera.
HW:A True Queen p. 21 and Don't Be Jealous.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 25
CW: Ares and corresponding questions
HW: worksheet
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26
CW: Athena and Athens
vocabulary/Mathematics worksheet
HW: worksheet
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27
CW: Apollo
vocabulary/poetry
HW: musical magic - creative writing
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28
CW: Silent reading
Greek gods and goddesses discussion
Greek letters and writing.
NO HOMEWORK
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WEEK 1
MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2009
Period 1
ENGLISH 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Class procedures/consequences.
Daily Language Plus #1
Read student handbook.
HW: Literature Book
The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages
Read: Setting the Scene p.34
Read: History of the Time p. 35
Worksheet questions on the reading.
Active Reading Strategies (Reading the Time Line)
questions 1 and 2 on page 34.
Period 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Class procedures/consequences.
Capital I worksheet.
Grammar book p. 296 & 297.(Capitalization)
HW: p. 297 Ex A 1-10.
Period 3
ENGLISH 11
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Class procedures/consequences.
Capital I worksheet.
Grammar p. 274-277 Ex A 1-10.(Capitalization)
HW: Capitals for Sentences and the Word I
worksheet #27.1 (p.78) A&B.
Period 4
ENGLISH 10
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Class procedures/consequences.
The Capital I worksheet
Grammar book pp 212-215 (Capitalization)
HW: Rules for Capitalization worksheet #15.1
(p.92) A&B
Period 5
ENGLISH 9
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Class procedures/consequences.
The Capital I worksheet.
HW: Capitals for Sentences and the Word I
worksheet #27.1 (p.78). A&B.
Period 7
ENGLISH SKILLS (9-11)
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Class procedures/consequences.
The Capital I worksheet.
Grammar book p. 272-274 Ex A
HW: p. 274 Ex.B and DWS(Developing Writing Skills).
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2009
Period 1
ENGLISH 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Daily Language Plus #2
Read the student handbook.
HW: Literature book
The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages
Read: Life of the Time p.36
Read: Food & Fashion p. 37
Understand the time-line.
Answer worksheet questions on the reading.
Period 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Go over the homework.
Grammar book p. 298-299 (Quotations, the word I).
HW: Worksheet 17.1 and
Using capitals to begin sentences.
quiz on capitals tomorrow.
Period 3
ENGLISH 11
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Grammar book p. 277 (Capitalizing Proper Nouns)
and p. 278-279 (Capitalizing Geographical Places)
HW: Capitalization worksheet #17.2
Period 4
ENGLISH 10
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Go over homework
Grammar book: Capitalizing proper nouns p.296-301 Ex A
HW: worksheet #15.2 p. 94 A&B.
Period 5
ENGLISH 9
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Grammar book p.
HW: p. 304 Ex A. 1-20.
Period 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Go over homework.
Capitals for Proper Nouns:
Grammar book p. 274-275 Ex A
Geographical Places:
p.275-276 Ex B 1-10
HW:
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009
Period 1
ENGLISH 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Daily Language Plus #3.
Student Handbook
HW: Literature book.
Read: Literature of the Time pp. 38&39.
Understand the time-line. Answer the
Critical Thinking questions 1&2 eliminating
the first words "In a small group".
Answer worksheet questions on the reading.
Period 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Go over homework 17.1
Test on capitals. DWS p.300.
Read: Introduction and Geography of Middle Ages.
HW: Define and use the following words in a sentence:
medieval, native, invade, separate, feudal, government, stability, conquer, pope, constant, turmoil.
Period 3
ENGLISH 11
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Read: Exploring the New World (packet)
HW: Read (lit book)"The Journal of the First
Voyage to America". p. 15-17. CYC 1-3.
Period 4
ENGLISH 10
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Grammar book: p.301-302 Ex B.
Go to Media Center
HW: Grammar book p.302 Ex C.
Period 5
ENGLISH 9
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Read voc/definitions first.
Discuss Edgar Allen Poe,
obsessive revenge,catacombs,
freemasons.
HW: p.2 literature. Define
the vocabulary words in the golden
box.
Period 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Go over homework.
Introduce Greek mythology.
Greek Gods and Goddesses - identify
the figure with the information given
on each Olympian.
HW: Activity #2 p.4 Find the Roman counterparts for
the Greek gods and goddesses. Use the internet and
or books on Greek/Roman mythology.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2009
Period 1
ENGLISH 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Daily Language Plus #4
Glencoe Reader: Epics and Legends
HW: Define the following words from Epics and Legends:
epic, epic hero, folk epics, literary epics, legend, chronological order, theme, point of view, third person point of view, plot, setting.
Period 2
SKILLS 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Map of Europe; identify and color.
HW: Map questions 3&4/ "What Saye Ye?"
Period 3
ENGLISH 11
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Go to Media Center.
Choose book report book.
Begin reading: "Exploring and Colonizing America" packet.
HW: Exploring the New World 1-5.
Period 4
ENGLISH 10
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Review "Build Vocabulary".
Read literature vocabulary p. 44.
Literature: "The Monkey's Paw" pp.44-53.
HW: Read "The Monkey's Paw" CYC p.53
Period 5
ENGLISH 9
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Read Cask of Amontillado.
HW: Finish the reading assignment.
Answer CYC (Check Your Comprehension) p.10 1-4.
Due Monday.
MORNING CLASSES TOMORROW
Period 7
ENGLISH SKILLS
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Olympian Family Tree questions 1-5.
Read "Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades" descriptions.
HW: Project - small poster - draw your own family tree, showing yourself,
your brothers and sisters, your parents, grandparents, and
great-grandparents. Finish the worksheet you started in class.
Everything is due Monday.
MORNING CLASSES TOMORROW
Period 1
ENGLISH 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
15 minute Silent Reading (personal book).
Epics and Legends.
No Homework
Period 2
ENGLISH SKILLS 12
CW: 10 minute journal writing
Go to Media Center
Choose book report book.
Go over homework.
15 minute silent reading.
No Homework
Period 3
ENGLISH 11
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
Work in "America" packet.
Begin reading "The Witch of Blackbird Pond"
No Homework
Period 4
ENGLISH 10
CW: 10 minute journal writing.
15 minute silent reading
Read "The Monkey's Paw"
No Homework
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