6/11/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's work; read Tricksters & Trailblazers and answer questions, go over; clean out your folders; final prep
ENGLISH 1--period 3, clean out your folders; finish play
6/10/09
AMERICAN DREAM--assign summer reading; Conflict & Expansion, read & answer questions
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over Act IV handout; per. 3--vocab handout; finish watching Act IV; period 4 clean out folders
6/9/09
AMERICAN DREAM--senior final; p. 392, read bio connect then read story & complete rethink #2 p. 401, discuss; then read bio
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; finish Act III video; Summer Reading Assign.; Read Act IV and complete handout
6/8/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over Friday's work; watch video and compare it to reading, discuss
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; period 3 turn in comp book, period 4 turn in on Wednesday; Read Act III sciii-v; watch scenes
6/5/09
AMERICAN DREAM--p. 364 read Danse Macabre, p. 376 historical, personal & reading connection; read story and explain why/how it is considered Gothic Lit.
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; read Act III sci & scii; watch Act III, sci
6/4/09
AMERICAN DREAM--period 1, go over the work; p. 350 go over View & Interpret together; write a list of the things that scare you then read pgs. 352-354 and answer questions
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; MadLib; watch Act II
6/3/09
AMERICAN DREAM--Per. 1--outside activity; Per. 2--DPS assignment
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over yesterday's journal; read Act II sciv-vi; assign character journal, due 6/16/09
6/2/09
AMERICAN DREAM--Per 1--DPS assignment; per. 2--outside activity
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; turn in crossword puzzle, go over; Read Act II, scii & sciii; journal: Do you think the Friar should agree to perform teh marriage? Why? Why not?
6/1/09
AMERICAN DREAM--outside activity tomorrow
P. 312, read Bio, then read "I hear America Singing" and complete rethink #3; then read "I Sit & Look Out" and complete relate #3; then read Songs of Myself and explain what the poems mean & why; go over his bio
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over importance of Zeffirelli; finish Act I; read Act II, sci and explain your opinion of Romeo & Juliet--the characters, not the play
5/29/09
AMERICAN DREAM--p. 298 read "Where I lived..." together and explain what the main point is; then read the next 4 chapters on own, decide what is the most important part of the chapter, write it down and explain, go over
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; share Queen Mab assignment, turn in; read Avt I scv, go over; read prologue; watch Act I; look up Franco Zeffirelli--why is he important?
5/28/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's work; in-class writing assignment based on Emerson; p. 308--read "Thoreau, a Hippie in History"; then read p. 297 Bio. connect; define transcendentalism--in your own words
ENGLISH 1--RM/3; go over Queen Mab questions, work on assignment--due tomorrow
5/27/09
AMERICAN DREAM--turn in re-writes; finish yesterday's assignment, go over; Vocab. quiz; journal: How self reliant are you? What are some advantages and disadvantages to being self reliant?; p. 291 Bio connect and read essay and complete lit. concepts on pg. 295
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; vocab quiz; qw: What can happen when a person cannot see a solution to a problem? What should they do?; Act I, sciv--read; assign Queen Mab's Speech assignment--bring magazines to cut up tomorrow
5/26/09
AMERICAN DREAM--punctuation rules, go over; p. 276 complete personal connect, read historical connect, then read story and complete a one minute story
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; read Act I, sci-iii, go over; go over Friday's journal; go over problems specific to teenagers and what to do about them
5/22/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over definitions & examples of pronouns; vocab quiz; for hw: define tone & mood, explain difference; finish presentations; grade sheet
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over prologue handout; assign roles & inclass writing assignment; grade sheet
5/21/09
AMERICAN DREAM--We Must Persevere writing assign.; continue with presentations
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; finish presentations; finish intro to Shakespeare; prologue handout
5/20/09
AMERICAN DREAM--Brief writing assignment, explain what this means: "May I be is the only prayer--Not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong." e.e. cummings; define PERSEVERE for hw; continue with presentations
ENGLISH 1--Vocab quiz; continue sharing projects
5/19/09
ALL CLASSES--begin presentations
5/18/09
AMERICAN DREAM--turn in essays; project due tomorrow; finish film
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; turn in textbooks; finish video, create a quiz, take a quiz; Intro. to Shakespeare
5/14 & 5/15
AMERICAN DREAM--begin presentations; go over quotes, assign essay--3-4 pages MLA format due Monday (explore one theme in novel).
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; finish video and handout, go over; Snowboarding madlib; watch bio and create a quiz
5/13/09
AMERICAN DREAM--turn in quiz & take one; Gather quotes
ENGLISH 1--Library for research
5/11 & 5/12
AMERICAN DREAM--go over Ch. 6 & 7 questions; read ch. 8 together; Ch. 8 journal--discuss; finish book and create a 5 question & answer quiz (not in comp book) based on last chapter
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; pick up copies of Romeo & Juliet; sign up for research--due next Tuesday, meet in Library Wednesday; retake Poetry Mega-Quiz
5/7/09 & 5/8/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over rubric and turn in essay; begin ch. 7 together, finish on own and answer questions
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; turn in essay & handout if you didn't the other day; go over Soto's poems & Cummings' poem; assign research; Outside activity; Sonnet assignment
5/5/09 & 5/6/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over ch. 5 titles; read ch. 6 together; character sketch essay in class, type for homework
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; initial Haiku, go over; poem that represents you, share & turn in; Simile & metaphor OH, complete together; Limerick & cinquain handout; Analysis of 6 poems, complete and go over
5/4/09
AMERICAN DREAM--read ch. 5, give it a title (not Tea time) and explain in half page why you gave it that title
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over Friday's handouts; Questions re: poem that reflects you assign.?; Pick an object & Rhyme together; Johnny Cool ML; Haiku--create at least 3
5/1/09
AMERICAN DREAM--read ch. 4 together, finish for hw, write 3 bullets or questions
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; Johnny Cool ML; Simile & Metaphor handout, begin in class, finish for hw; Diamante--complete for hw; assign poem that reflects you assign.--due T/W depending on block schedule
4/27-4/30: BLOCK SCHEDULING; Testing through Thursday
4/24/09
AMERICAN DREAM--turn in comp books; go over yesterday's homework; finish Ch. 3 and go over 18th amendment; view the parties from ch. 2 & 3
ENGLISH 1--
4/23/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's work and any questions; read ch. 3 to page break and answer: What rumors do we hear about Gatsby? What do we learn about him? What does Jordan mean when she says, "I like large parties. They're so intimate. At small parties there isn't any privacy"? Tell about the car accident.
ENGLISH 1--period 3: RM/W3; grade sheet; turn in comp book; turn in handout & go over
Period 4: turn in handout; go to ASB speeches & vote
4/22/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's homework; begin Ch. 2 together, finish on own and answer: What happens between Tom & Myrtle?
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over yesterday's work; Simile & metaphor handout--complete
4/21/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's questions; read ch. 1 and list everything you learn about Gatsby, Tom, Daisy & Jordan
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; period 4, initial poem return handout; period 3 go over Found Poem, turn in & go over Rhyme handout; complete Alliteration, Onom., & sonnet handout; complete What is poetry handout
4/20/09
AMERICAN DREAM--write a reflection about your story, why'd you pick it to type up? What does it say about you?; finish video & questions, go over; begin ch. 1, explain what POV story is told in & what could be some issues with this?
ENGLISH 1--pictures; RM/W3; p. 3 initial Moon Go Away poem, period 4 assign it & finish for hw; period 3 assign Found Poem, period 4 turn in; period 3 begin "The Raven" handout, period 4, finish it
4/17/09
AMERICAN DREAM--sign up for Outside Research, due 5/1/09; share last night's homework--for homework type up one of your stories (MLA format); grade sheet; you need The Great Gatsby on Monday; copy down video questions, watch video and answer them
ENGLISH 1--Turn in "Women" and go over; RM/W3; grade sheet; It's Magic MadLib; period 3 complete Moon Go Away; period 4 complete Found POem & go over The Raven handout
4/16/09
AMERICAN DREAM--use poem on p. 1114 as launching pad for story (write for 25 minutes); period 1--write a story where Angel the nice doctor is your main character (20-25 minutes); period 2--write a story where O the ugly house cleaner is your main character
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; complete Women handout for hw
4/15/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's writing assignment; go over sweet 16, things you need to be a good writer; when you use dialogue--what do you need to do?; today's writing assgn.
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; Driving Simulator; shape poem for hw; period 3 go over "Trees" and "The Fish"
4/14/09
AMERICAN DREAM--go over yesterday's work; assign outside research topics; write a story...
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; go over scoring guide and discuss yesterday's writing; bathroom passes; complete acrostics for hw; read and complete "The Bat" together
4/13/09
AMERICAN DREAM--Break assignment, go over; read pgs. 264-70 and answer questions; new bathroom passes and pick up The Great Gatsby
ENGLISH 1--RM/W3; turn in Mega Quiz fix; The Appointment ML--complete; inclass essay
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