Week #18 January 4-7, 2011

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Grammar: Phrases (prepostional, appositive, infinitive, gerund, and participial) - review
Vocabulary: #s 524-543 - audacity, felicitous, morose, omnipotent, ravenous, remonstrate, sagacious, consternation, vicarious, imprecation, profound, commiserate, apprhension, execrate, grovel, render, erudition, ablution, discomfit, and testy

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - Due every Thursday
- Charles Dickens webquest activity - due Wednesday, Jan. 5
- Old notes and graded assignments from the fall semester should be placed in a Manila envelope. Due - on or before Jan. 7

Activities
Monday
Teacher preparation day

Tuesday
Advocacy
1. Discuss course outline for spring semester.
2. Sign and submit semestral contract.
3. Copy/note this week's vocabulary words, review format, and blog resource. Receive vocabulary packet.
4. Receive webquest homework.

Wednesday
1. Go over webquest homework.
2. Read "Fragments of an Autobiography" by Charles Dickens.

Thursday
1. Check vocabulary notebooks and binder tabs.
2. Review phrases and write sentences using vocabulary words with grammatical components.
3. Receive reading guide to Great Expectations.

Friday
1. Begin reading Great Expectations.
2. Answer questions in reading guide.
2. Go over answers to reading guide.
2. Continue reading.

NOTE: TEST/Quizzes - every Monday without fail.

Week #17 Dec. 13-17, 2010

Final Exam Week

Monday
REVIEW

Tuesday
8:00am
2nd Period Final Exam
10:30am
5th Period Final Exam

Wednesday
8:00am
3rd Period Final Exam
10:30am
7th Period Final Exam

Thursday
8:00am
4th Period Final Exam
10:30am
6th Period Final Exam

Friday
8:00am
1st Period Final Exam

Week #16 Dec. 6-10, 2010

Literature: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Grammar: Review for final exam - Parts of Speech, Parts of a Sentence, and Phrases
Vocabulary: Review 100 words for final exam (included in the review packet)

Homework:
- Complete all zeros in the gradebook

Activities
Monday
Final Exam Essay
Receive final exam review packet.

Tuesday
MOYA

Wednesday
Unit test on The Pearl

Thursday/Friday
Final Exam review

Week #15 Nov. 29-Dec. 3, 2010

Literature: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Grammar: Verbal phrases
Vocabulary: Chapter 3 - almsgiver, ammonia, confirmation, consecrated, cozened, curtly, disparagement, dissembling, essence, furtive, inaudible, intervals, involuntarily, judicious, lucent, mangroves, merged, precipitated, projected, shrilly, speculations, subjugations, transfigured

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Vocabulary SAT notes from last week - due Monday, Nov. 29
- Final draft - due Dec. 6, 2010 ( adjusted...again!!!)

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #11 - Literary quiz
2. Go over the quiz questions after everyone is done.
3. Vocabulary puzzle activity

Tuesday
1. Go over page 67-70 of the Language Handbook pages.
2. Continue reading the novel. Complete chapter 3 questions.

Wednesday
1. Continue reading chapters 4 and 5 in class.
2. Complete and discuss chapter questions.

Thursday
1. Continue reading chapter 6 in class.
2. Complete and discuss chapter questions.

Friday
1. Work on symbolism activity.

ANNOUNCEMENT!!!

I created a new PeerMark assignment for those who were not able to do their peer review online. Your reviews will be marked late since the original due date was Nov. 18. Read your email, too. TAKE NOTE: The assignment only applies to those without peer reviews submitted online. Your due date is tomorrow, Nov. 23 of up to 25% deduction.

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck Movie

Week #14 Nov. 22-23, 2010

Literature: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Grammar: Phrases
Vocabulary: Chapter 2 #s 21-42 - bulwark, deliberately, estuary, gloating, incandescence, lateen, mirage, poultice, refined, telescopically, undulating, obscured, scuttling, perceptible, tactful, speculatively, adhered, illusion, deftly, writhed, receding, subsided

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT words - due every Thursday - will be due Monday after the holiday

Activities:
Monday
1. Benchmark test
2. Quiz #10 - Chapter 1 vocabulary and SAT words

Tuesday
1. Go over page 67 of the Language Handbook worksheets.
2. Continue reading chapter 3 and discuss details.

Week #13 Nov. 15-19, 2010

Literature: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Grammar: Phrases (prepositional and verbals)
Vocabulary: Chapter 1 - avarice, bougainvillea, consolation, detachment, indigent, lymphatic, procession, pulque, reassuring, scandal, ulcers / SAT words - astute, atrophy, audacious, augment, banal, belie, belligerent, bolster, bombast

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Peer review on http://www.turnitin.com/ - due 11/18
- Revision on http://www.turnitin.com/ - due 11/24
- Greek terracotta jar project - due 11/15
- Viewing of The Odyssey film will be at lunch everyday this week.
- Web Quest - John Steinbeck - due Friday, 11/19

Activities
1. Quiz #9 - SAT vocabulary/Odysseus' homecoming
2. Finish Greek terracotta jar project.

Tuesday
1. Go over Language Handbook, pp. 64-66.
2. Receive vocabulary handout for The Pearl and a copy of the novel.
3. In the GLOSSARY of Literary Terms handout, highlight important terms to focus: adage, allegory, alliteration, allusion, anaphora, anecdote, antecedent, antithesis, aphorism, apostrophe, archetype, asyndeton, figurative language, imagery, symbolism, tone, and theme. Go over each one.

Wednesday
1. Read the novel. Chapters 1 and 2 should be finished today.
3. Reading check will follow tomorrow.

Thursday
1. Take a reading check for Chapters 1 and 2. Go over answers.
2. Read chapters 3 and 4 today and prepare for a reading check tomorrow.

Friday
1. Take a reading check for chapters 3 and 4. Discuss questions and answers.
2. Keep reading the novel until the end.

Week 12 Nov. 8-12, 2010

Literature: The Odyssey by Homer (film version)
Grammar: Language Handbook pages - phrases
Vocabulary: SAT words: abstract, abstruse, acclaim, accolade, acquiescent, affirmation, alienate, altruistc, aloof, ambidextrous, analogous, anarchy, anathema, antagonistic, antiquated, arcane, archaic, arrogant, articulate, ascendance

Homework:
- SAT Vocabulary Notes - due every Thursday
- The Odyssey Project - check due dates for the essay on http://www.turnitin.com/
- Paper assignment - due Nov. 11, 2010
- Peer Review Assignment - due Nov. 18, 2010
- Paper Revision - Nov. 24, 2010
- Group project - terracota jar with depiction of a scene in The Odyssey - due Nov. 15, 2010

Activities
Monday
1. UNIT Test - The Odyssey (Books 1-12) and Voc. #s 176-195.
2. Work on or discuss vocabulary assignment given last week. Periods 5 and 7 will receive theirs today.

Tuesday
1. Benchmark Test.
2. Divide class into groups of 3 or 4 students. Receive project mechanics.
3. Read a poem and brainstorm for a pre-writing activity. Use the hexagonal (Individual activity)

Wednesday
1. Watch video adaptation of The Odyssey. Viewing will not commence until the rough drafts are ready for submission online.
2. Continue writing rough draft of essay and submit it on www.turnitin.com by Nov. 11.

Thursday
1. Watch video adaptation of The Odyssey.

Friday
1. Watch video adaptation of The Odyssey.
2. Bring materials for terracota vase to class.

Week 11 Nov. 1-5, 2010

Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Parts of Speech, Phrases, Verbals
Vocabulary: The Odyssey Voc. #s 176-195

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT Notes - due every Thursday
- Part One - originally given a week ago - due Wednesday
- Prepare for a UNIT test - Monday, Nov. 8

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #8 - From Calypso to the Cyclopes/Voc. #s 156-175
2. Go over Language Handbook pp. 63-70.

Tuesday
1. Go over Language Handbook pp. 166-67.
2. Continue reading and annotating The Odyssey.

Wednesday
1. Go over Part One summary and activity.
2. Continue reading and annotating The Odyssey.

Thursday/Friday
Continue reading and annotating the epic poem.
Divide class in groups for a project.

Hyperbole and a Half - a funny blog

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Read on and find out how funny you can get with your grammar. (:=)

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Week 10 Oct. 25-29, 2010

Literature: Epic poem - The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Punctuation rules, Phrases (prepositional, infinitive, gerund, and participial)
Vocabulary: The Odyssey #s 156-175 - lurk, maelstrom, chaos, avail, ardor, dwindle, tumult, peril, travail, dire, cauldron, blanch, quest, commandeer, justify, plunder, adversity, interval, gall, and rove

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT Notes - due every THURSDAY
- Language Handbook pages 63-70 - due Oct 28 after Stanford

Activities:
Monday
1. Quiz #7 - Vocabulary 135-155/Books 1, 5, and some parts of 9
2. Go over punctuation rules.
3. Continue to read the epic poem.

Tuesday and Wednesday
STANFORD

Shortened periods - Contiue reading the epic poem and taking notes. Annotate and analyze the epic style.

Thursday
1. Language Handbook homework due and go over the answers.
2. Vocabulary homework due and work on vocabulary practice assignments.

Friday
1. Continue reading and annotating the epic poem.

Week 9 Oct. 18-22, 2010

Topics:
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Parts of a sentence, phrases, verbals
Vocabulary: Odyssey #s 136-155/ Homonyms

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - every Thursday
- Notebook notes - due by Oct. 19 for a notebook quiz
- Language Handbook - pages 63-70 (First two numbers of each exercise due daily. ALL activities due next Tuesday, Oct. 28 after Stanford testing.)

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #6 - Vocabulary #s 116-135/myth
2. Continue reading the epic poem.
3. Receive the notebook notes outline.

Tuesday
1. Review homonyms/homophones. Direct to links in the blog. (Textbook R71-72)
2. Review parts of speech, preposition and prepositional phrases, and verbals and verbal phrases. (Textbook R52-58, R60-61) Grammar Practice - R62
3. Work on practice assignment pages in the Language Handbook- 63 and 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, and 70.

Wednesday
1. Continue reading the epic poem.
2. Have a reading check.
3. Add examples to notes on epic hero, epithet, and epic simile.
4. Learn in media res.

Thursday
1. Continue reading the epic poem.

Friday
Write a short poem of one's own adventure. Use vcabulary words. - postponed - Benchmark test.

HOMEWORK VIEWING GUIDE for Great Books: The Odyssey

The blog you need to view is in the blog archive dated Oct. 10, 2009 with a posted video from Discovery Education online. The viewing check will be this Friday, Oct. 15, 2010.

Great Books: The Odyssey (Discovery Education online)

Viewing Guide:

1. Define ‘odyssey’.
2. Who is Homer?
3. What are some characteristics of Homer’s writings?
4. Who are the different speakers in the video?
5. What did each speaker say about the epic poem The Odyssey?
6. What is a myth? Why did the Greeks believe in myths? What are purposes of myths?
7. Who are the gods and goddesses? What are some of their qualities?
8. How does Apollo 13 relate to The Odyssey? Indiana Jones?
9. What are some details in the epic poem that makes it an adventure narrative?
10. What are some of the challenges Odysseus encountered while on his way home? Describe each.

Week 8 Oct 11-15,2010

Topics:
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Parts of Speech, Parts of a Sentence, prepositional phrases
Vocabulary: #s 116-135 of the Odyssey packet: ponder, hew, venture, cordial, bellow, divers, breach, tactic, convey, adversary, fury, avowal, disdain, glade, stealth, snare, vile, fodder, foreboding, and kinsmen.

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Sentence HW for The Odyssey #s 96-115 - due next week - Oct. 19, Tuesday (Ask for the assignment from me on Monday.)
- View videos on the blog archive dated Saturday, October 10, 2009. A viewing check will be given on Friday, 10/15 at the beginning of class.

Activities
Monday
1. PSAT practice #2.
2. Review Greek and Latin roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

Tuesday
1. Notes check.
2. Read Part 1 of The Odyssey.

Wednesday
1. PSAT
2. Continue reading The Odyssey.

Thursday
1. Go over Part One reading activity.
2. Quiz #5 - vocab #s 96-115, academic vocabulary, and, epic elements.


Friday
1. Viewing check.
2. Continue reading The Odyssey.
3. Work on sentence writing assignment due next week, Oct. 19.

Week 7 Oct 4-8, 2010

Topics:
Literature: The Odyssey by Homer
Grammar: Parts of A Sentence and prepositional phrase (adjective and adverb prep. phrase)
Vocabulary: #s 96-115 contend, harried, valor, guile, muster, indifferent, prodigious, solitude, victuals, vessel, stoke, rogue, ravage, entreat, avenge, whim, appall, ponderous, dispatch, and brace

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- "What is A Myth?" activity - due: Oct 5, Tuesday ("What is a Myth?" article can be found below.)
- "Creation"/"How Evil Came Into the World" activities - due: Oct 7, Wednesday

Activities
Monday
SHORT STORY UNIT TEST
(An outline for review is posted below this post.)

Tuesday
1. Review prepositional phrase, adjective, and adverb.
2. Identify parts of a sentence and the prepositional phrase as adjective or adverb. Use the phrase toolbox in your binder.

Wednesday
1. Go over "What is a Myth?" activity.
2. Read "Creation" and answer the activity.
3. Read "How Evil Came into the World" and do the activity for homework.

Thursday
1. Go over "How Evil..." activity.
2. Learn academic vocabulary: demonstrate, emphasis, ideology, monitor, and undertake and work on an activity.
3. Identify CHARACTERISTICS of an EPIC: epic, epic hero, epic setting, archetypes, aand epic themes.

Friday
BENCHMARK test
1. Identify and analyze elements of Homer's language: simile, epic simile, epithet, and allusion. - postponed to Monday after quiz.
2. Identify and analyze different ways to read Homer's Odyssey: as a narrative, as poetry, and as a reflection of its time. - postponed to Monday after quiz

OUTLINE FOR REVIEW for Short Story Unit Test

I. Plot, Character, Characterization, Details
- "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier
- "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
- "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
II. Literary Terms
- SIFT - Symbol, Imagery, Figurative Language, Tone, and Theme
- Mood
- Suspense
- Conflict - internal and extrenal
- Characterization
- Flashback- Allusion
III. Grammar
- Parts of Speech: noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, and interjection (Holt Mcdougal Literature textbook, p. R46-R47)
- Parts of a Sentence: subject (S), predicate/verb (AV or LV), direct object, indirect object, predicate adjective, predicate nominative, prepositional phrase (PREP PHR) (Holt McDougal Literature textbook, p. R48)
***S + V
***S + V + IO + DO
***S + LV + PA
***S + LV + PN
***Prep + Noun or Pronoun = prepositional phrase
IV. Vocabulary
- preclude, impunity, redress, connoisseur, implore, vintage, motley, surmount, vault, perceive, insufferable, catacombs, repose, distill, gesticulate, crypt, circumscribe, promiscuous, recess, termination, immolation, abscond, subside, and aperture

Week 6 Sept 27- Oct 1, 2010

Topics:
Literature: "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
" Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
" The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurt
Grammar: Parts of Speech, Parts of Sentence, prepositional phrase
Vocabulary: "The Necklace" - adulation, aghast, askew, disconsolate, gamut, incessantly, pauper, privation, prospects, vexation, dowry, poise, gnaw, anguish, distraction, compromise, exorbitant, pauper, and ruinous; "The Scarlet Ibis" - prim, spruce, billow, gleam, careen, bedeck, sullen, loll, imminent, infallible, dogged, precarious, exotic, armada, vermillion, heresy, clove, invalid, iridescent, and reiterate

Homework:
- Vocabulary SAT notes - due every Thursday
- Sentence Writing Homework Week 5 - due Tuesday, Sept. 28
- FOR ADDED STUDENTS -
* Summer Reading assignments - due Monday though Wednesday, Sept. 27-29
* TMDG Research Essay - due online Friday, Oct. 1
- Read "The Necklace" on Monday, Sept. 27 - Reading check will follow the next day.
- Read "Gift of the Magi" on Tuesday, Sept. 28 - Reading check will follow the next day.
- Read "The Scarlet Ibis" on Wednesday, Sept. 29 - Reading check will follow the next day.

*** Study for the short story unit test on MONDAY, Sept. 27. An OUTLINE for REVIEW will e posted after this posting. Watch out for it.

Activities:
Monday
1. Short story unit test. - Postponed until Oct. 4, 2010.
2. Alternative activity in case of non-administration of test: read "The Necklace".

Tuesday
1. A reading check will be given today for "The Necklace".
2. Practice finding parts of a sentence. Keep your handout on hand.
NOTE: We will not stop practicing on finding parts of a sentence and identifying parts of speech

Wednesday
1. A reading check will be given for "The Gift of the Magi".
2. Identify, analyze, and discuss examples of literary terms.

Thursday
1. A reading check will be given for "The Scarlet Ibis".
2. Let's go back to SIFT and analyze the short story.

Friday
1. Write the 2nd draft for the original essay on characterization based on "Marigolds".

PREPARE for a quiz or test on Monday, Oct. 4.

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Week 5 Sept 20-24, 2010

Topics:
Literature: "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe/ Literary analysis: MOOD
Grammar: Parts of Speech, prepositional phrases, formal and informal language, Parts of a sentence
Vocabulary: preclude, impunity, redress, connoisseur, implore, vintage, motley, surmount, vault, perceive, insufferable, catacombs, repose, distill, gesticulate, crypt, circumscribe, promiscuous, recess, termination, immolation, abscond, subside, and aperture

Homework:
- Research essay written version - due: Sept 20
- Research Model - due: Sept 24 - extended due date from 21 to 24(BE HAPPY!)
- Grammar packet - one (1) worksheet every Tuesday
- Sentence HW Week 4 - due: Sept 21
- Bring PSAT booklet to class on Tuesday Sept 21.
- PSAT MOCK TEST available on Sept 25

Activities:
Monday
1. Quiz #4 on "The Most Dangerous Game" and vocabulary
2. Work on new vocabulary and Sentence HW Week 4 (if not done).

Tuesday
1. Collect Sentence HW Week 4.
2. Go over PSAT test question stems after a practice run.

Wednesday
1. Go over the BIG question: Is revenge ever justified?
Analyze the use of MOOD in a story.
2. "Meet the author." p. 371 of the textbook.
3. Read "The Cask of Amontillado" and and annotate packet provided.

Thursday
1. Continue reading and annotating short story and discuss.
2. Work on vocabulary study, practice, and strategy.

Friday
1. Collect model/poster/drawing projects.
2. Distribute 2nd draft of the diary entry and write the final draft. - postponed until next Friday.
Instead of the writing the final draft, students will complete the vocabulary assignments for discussion, take a reading check, and receive the sentence writing assignment week 5.

3. Study for the quiz on Monday.

Week 4 Sept. 13-16, 2010

Topics:
Literature: "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
Grammar: prepositional phrases, parts of speech
Vocabulary: dank, palpable, opaque, lacerate, palatial, bizarre, amenity, affable, cosmopolitan, condone, droll, scruple, bland, grotesque, opiate, sallow, solicitous, venerable, deplorable, zealous NOTE: [THE SAME WORDS]Use at least ten (10) of the words in your research essay. Underline each word.

Homework:
- Research Essay with ten (10) TMDG vocabulary words - electronic version - Due: Sept 17 on www.turnitin.com
- printed version - Due: Sept. 20
- model/diorama/drawing - Due: Sept. 21
- Grammar packet - Due: Sept. 16
- Leave a BLOG comment - Due: Sept. 15

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #3 - grammar and vocabulary
2. Annotation and discussion of the short story.
3. Define and identify plot elements.
4. Present first two paragraphs of the research essay.

Tuesday
1. Review and practice identifying preposition and prepositional phrases.
2. Practice writing using prepositional phrases.
3. Identify a prepositional phrase as an adjective or adverb prepositional phrase.
4. Present more paragraphs in the research essay.

Wednesday
1. Use a graphic organizer to trace in sequence the plot events.
2. Identify and analyze the effect of setting to character, or of suspense in a literary piece.
3. Present bibliography for research essay.

Thursday
1. Review the short story to prepare for Monday's quiz.
2. Use vocabulary during discussion.

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3rd Week Sept 7-10, 2010

Topics:
Literature: "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
Grammar: prepositional phrases, parts of speech
Vocabulary: dank, palpable, opaque, lacerate, palatial, bizarre, amenity, affable, cosmopolitan, condone, droll, scruple, bland, grotesque, opiate, sallow, solicitous, venerable, deplorable, zealous NOTE: [THE SAME WORDS]A SENTENCE ASSIGNMENT on these words will be given on Tuesday, Sept. 7 DUE on Sept. 9

Homework:
- TMDG Vocabulary Practice and Strategy - Due Sept. 7
- 2nd Summer Reading Project for non-zoned students - Due Sept. 10
- Vocabulary sentences - Due: Sept. 9
- Register for www.turnitin.com - Due Sept. 9 NOTE: information and password will be given on Tuesday, Sept. 7
- TMDG essay project - DUE on www.turnitin.com on Sept. 12, Sunday, at 11:59 pm. (extended to Sept. 17, Friday)
- TMDG project model - Due Sept. 17

Activities
Monday
HOLIDAY

Tuesday
1. Quiz #2 TMDG vocabulary
2. Continue reading and annotating of TMDG packet.
3. Receive sentence vocabulary homework.
4. Receive TMDG project mechanics and information.

Wednesday
Meet in the room, then the class will go to the library for TMDG essay project.

Thursday
Meet in the room, then the class will go to the library for TMDG essay project.

Friday
Put together information gathered and write an academic essay on the topic given. Use resources wisely and follow the MLA format.

2nd Week Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2010

Topics:
Literature - "Marigolds" by Eugenia Collier / "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
Grammar - Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives
Vocabulary - From TMDG: dank, palpable, opaque, lacerate, palatial, bizarre, amenity, affable, cosmopolitan, condone, droll, scruple, bland, grotesque, opiate, sallow, solicitous, venerable, deplorable, zealous NOTE: Sentences this week should include a noun, a pronoun, and an adjective. Underline and label each one. DUE: EVERY THURSDAY

Homework:
- 2nd Summer Reading Assignment for zoned students - due: Aug. 30
- 1st and 2nd Summer Reading Assignment for non-zoned, out-of-district, out-of-state, or out-of-the-country transfer students - due: Sept. 3 and Sept. 10 respectively
- Vocabulary Practice for "Marigolds" - due: Aug. 31
- "The Most Dangerous Game" Project - due: TBA

Daily Activities:
Monday
1. Review "Marigolds" and vocabulary before quiz over the topics is given.
2. Go over the quiz questions afterwards.
3. Students will receive a copy of the CP vocabulary packet.

Tuesday
1. Name card activity using vocabulary.
2. Work on vocabulary practice.

Wednesday
1. Read and annotate "The Most Dangeruos Game."
2. Discuss.

Thursday
1. Work on nouns, pronouns, and adjectives exercises.
2. Go over the exercises and vocabulary practice.


Friday
Writing assignment: Editing and Proofreading

1st Week August 23-27, 2010

M - Summer Reading
Assignment; Assign Vocabulary Words

T – Discuss tone, character/characterization, theme, setting; SIFT Exercise
- Students turn in summer reading project.

W – Grammar – Parts of Speech (Page 25 GUM Wkbk)

Th – Begin the short story unit
- Read “Marigolds” by Eugenia Collier (p. 440 txtbk and annotate for SIFT. Answer questions on p. 452 #s 1-9 txtbk.

F – Writing assignment

Bellaire HS Summer Reading Assignments

Click on the link below or paste on your browser to access 2010 summer reading assignments:

http://www.bellaire.org/Summer10.php


Happy reading!

Have a GREAT SUMMER VACATION!

Be safe and have fun...loads of fun! See ya'll next school year...not in my classroom, but in the hallway. 8=)

Here's a link to teacher tube where you'll find what you have worked so hard on this last few weeks before the final exam: http://www.teachertube.com/viewProfile.php?user=Nscots8&ref=Nscots8

Romeo and Juliet Project Finale 2010

36th week May 17-21, 2010

We begin this week with the final exam essay on Monday. On Tuesday, we will continue viewing the RJ Zeferelli film and review for final exam. The rest of the week will be dedicated to final exam review. Prepare your review packet. Some parts of the packet are graded.

Period 2 Group 5

35th Wek May 10-14, 2010

So that we are on the same page, I am moving the UNIT TEST from Wednesday to Thursday. We will go over some of the study questions on your guide. I will also give you some practice in identifying literary terms. Friday will be our last day with RJ and everyone has to come with a mask on. If you come in your costume (Renaissance), you will earn extra points for your project added to individual grades.

RJ Act 3 Scene 5 - Period 3 Group 3

Period 1 Group 5 A Tragic Song about Romeo and Juliet

What to do for final exam...

34th Week May 1-7, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #17 Week #17
May 3-7, 2010

Selection: Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Homework:RJ #s 684-703 due – May 6

Group presentation - Check the SCHEDULE posted below this posting.

Activities
Monday is quiz day. After the quiz, students will re-group and apply finishing touches to their project
Tuesday is the beginning of the presentations. Group 1 will present. Prepare your tapestry or quilt and PowerPoint presentation summarizing Act 1.
Wednesday is for Group 2. Prepare to wow the class with your puppet show and your PowerPoint presentation summarizing Act 2.
Thursday is for Group 3. You will present a PowerPoint summarizing Act 3 scene by scene. Then, you will either present live or via a video your prepared skit focusing on a scene in Act 3.
Friday is for Group 4. You will present your PowerPoint on Act 4 before present your board game. Then, you will explain the rules, mechanics, and goal of your game.

Note: GROUP 5 will present Monday, May 11.
Prepare for a UNIT test on Thursday, may 14, covering all acts in the play and the vocabulary words from last week.

33rd Week April 26-30, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #16 Week #16
April 26-30, 2010

Selection:
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Homework:
RJ #s 664-683 due – April 29

Group presentation - Check the SCHEDULE posted below this posting.

Activities
Monday is quiz day. After the quiz, students will continue to read with their groups.
Tuesday through Friday is TAKS testing. Every time we meet as a class this week, you will read with your groups and plan for the presentation and project. Continue annotating each act, each scene. Use post its.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday covering Act I and II and the vocabulary words.

SCHEDULE for Romeo and Juliet Project, Quizzes, and Tests

Schedule:
Thursday, April 22 – Periods 1 and 3 will view film clips about RJ. Periods 2 and 5 will take a comprehension check on video clip viewing.
Start reading RJ. Begin with all summaries from each act and scene. Annotate your copy of the ACT. Find examples of literary terms, characterization, setting, plot element, etc. Use post-its on paper.
Friday, April 23 – Today, you will continue reading with your group. Prepare summaries for each scene in the ACT you are reporting to the class. Reporting begins Tuesday, May 4.
Monday, April 26 – Quiz and reading day.
Tuesday, April 27 – Group work. Reading and annotating of each act
Wednesday, April 28 – Small group work and big class discussion.
Thursday, April 29 – Small group work and planning. Big class discussion.
Friday, April 30 – Small group planning. Preparation of materials for group presentations next week

Monday, May 3 – Quiz day and project preparation.
Tuesday, May 4 – Group 1 presentation of Act I and their project
Wednesday, May 5 – Group 2 presentation of Act II and their project
Thursday, May 6 – Group 3 presentation of Act III and their project
Friday, May 7 – Group 4 presentation of Act IV and their project

Monday, May 10 – Group 5 presentation of Act V and their project
Tuesday, May 11 – Review of RJ to prepare for unit test
Wednesday, May 12 – Unit test
Thursday, May 13 – Review for final exam.
Friday, May 14 – All classes bring a Renaissance type of food and come in Renaissance attire.


Monday, May 17 - Final Exam Essay
May 18, 19, 20, 21 – Grammar and review days and final wrapping up of activities.

Final exam schedule:
Monday, May 24 – Periods 2 and 5
Tuesday, May 25 – Periods 3 and 7
Wednesday, May 26 – Periods 4 and 6
Thursday, May 27 – Periods 1 and 8

32nd Week April 19-23, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #15 Week #15
April 19-23, 2010

Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (Monday and Tuesday)
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Homework:
RJ #s 644-663 due – April 22
View the Romeo and Juliet video on the blog on Tuesday. Comprehension check on Thursday, April 23 (NOTE: If the video cannot be viewed, we will view it in the classroom.)
GROUP PROJECT: Due on May 10 for presentation

Activities
Monday
We will finish the film viewing of Great Expectations today and discuss loopholes.

Tuesday
Today, you will take a very long quiz covering vocabulary #s 624-643 and Chapters 17-29 of GE. Tonight, view the RJ videos on the blog. There will be a viewing check on Thursday, April 22.

Wednesday
We begin our Romeo and Juliet Unit today by watching the performance in the auditorium beginning at 10:15 right after advocacy.

Thursday
I will give you a comprehension check for viewing the videos online. Then, we will read the play while listening to an audio cd.

Friday
We will continue reading RJ.

Please DO NOT FORGET the extra credit.

The Ambiguity of the Ending of "Great Expectations"

The Impact of Charles Dickens' Work on Debtor's Prison

Prison Imagery in Great Expectations

31st week April 12-16, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #14 Week #14
April 12-16, 2010

Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare (vocabulary)

Homework:
RJ #s 624-644 due – April 15
GE Study guide questions for chapters 16-29 due April 16

Extra credit: View and comment on the three videos posted on the blog pertaining to Imagery in GE, Impact of Dickens' writing on Debtor's prison, and the Ambiguity of the ending in GE. Responses have to be in complete sentences. Bullet each video clearly before the comment. This extra credit work is only for this week. All comments from today until Sunday will be credited.

Monday
Today we will discuss chapters 16-29. I will give the quiz for these chapters tomorrow, April 13.

Tuesday
Quiz #12 will be given today and after the quiz today, if time permits, I will show not only stage 3 of novel, but we will start from the beginning. Study questions should be answered continuously.

Wednesday
Today, we will continue with the film viewing and have discussions in between. Clarify all throughout the film viewing.

Thursday
Vocabulary assignment will be picked up and we will continue with film viewing.

Friday
Let us go over poetic devices and allusions today.

Prepare for MOnday's quiz covering the vocabulary words for this week and chapters 17-29 of GE.

PROJECT DUE DATE

APRIL 8, 2010 Dont Forget

30th week April 5-9, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High SchoolLesson Plan #13 Week #13April 5-9, 2010Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Homework:
GE #s 604-608 due – April 8
Allusion activity – due April 8, 2010, Thursday

Monday
Today we will briefly discuss chapters 6-10, then have Quiz #11 covering Vocabulary #s 584-603 and Chapters 5-10 of the novel. We then continue with our reading if we finish the quiz early.

Tuesday
We will discuss the clauses, poetic devices, allusions, and symbols today. We will look at your answers on the exercises I left for you on the days I was out.

Wednesday
We go back to our reading of the novel. We should be able to accomplish chapters 16-20 and 21-25 this week. Extra credit will be given to those who will read and accomplish the study guide questions ahead of the chapter series read each week.

Thursday
There are only five (5) vocabulary words from GE this week. We will continue with the sustained silent reading. The allusion project will be collected today.

Friday
You will present your projects to the class.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday.

Name: __________________________ Date: __________________

ALLUSIONS in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

As you read the novel, watch for allusions that are listed and complete the analysis that is demonstrated below. Use this paper for your draft, then for the final copy use construction paper and FORMAT YOUR PAPER EXACTLY as it is shown below. Choose at least one allusion and complete your project. Include a photo or illustration of the allusion. The page numbers are from the textbook. Due: April 8, 2010.


“a great iron” (Chap. 1, p. 668)
Hercules (Chap. 2, p.671)
Roman (Chap. 4, p. 676)
Handel (Chap.17, p. 735)
Noah’s Ark (Chap. 22, p. 747)
Devil (Chap. 12, p. 710)
Guillotine (Chap. 16, 732)


Allusion:
Quote from the novel:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Context(What is going in the part of the novel where the allusion appears?):__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Explanation of allusion:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Connotation of allusion:___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ANALYSIS:
By making allusion to _____________________________, the author wants the reader to understand that ___________________________________________________________________.


PHOTO/ILLUSTRATION:

29th Week March 29-April 2, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #12 Week #12
March 29-April 2, 2010

Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Homework:
GE #s 585-603 due – April 1
Allusion activity – due April 8, 2010, Tuesday


Monday
1. Briefly discuss chapters 1-5.
2. Quiz #10 – GE #s 564-584/Chapters 1-4/Fragments
3. Continue with sustained silent reading novel: chapters 6-10.

Tuesday
1. Continue with sustained silent reading chapters 6-10
2. Answer guide questions for chapters 6-10 and discuss.

Wednesday
1. Go over Exercise #s 8.10,12.
2. Continue with sustained silent reading of novel if time permits.

Thursday
1. Continue with sustained silent reading: chapters 11-15.
2. Annotate and take notes in study guide packet.

Friday
NO SCHOOL

Prepare for quiz on Monday.

28th Week March 22-26, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #11 Week #11
March 22-26, 2010

Selection:
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare TEST

Homework:
Study for Twelfth Night test - March 22.
GE #s 564-583 due – March 25
TN Act IV and V guide questions – due March 22

Activities
On Monday, I will give the UNIT TEST for Twelfth Night. Please study the following: Act I-V, parts of speech, verbs, simple subject and predicate, imagery, and Twelfth Night vocabulary #s 10-40. There are 70 questions on the test.

On Tuesday, I will check the annotation on the packet with the article “Fragments of An Autobiography” by Charles Dickens. Prepare for a reading check on the article read and annotated. (Cancelled for today. Moved to Thursday)

On Wednesday, you will work on Exercise #8 (Clauses) and #10 (Poetic Devices). These two activities are due today, March 24.

On Thursday, submit GE vocabulary #s 564-583. We will start reading a very shortened version of the novel, Great Expectations.

On Friday, you will work on the guide questions for Chapters 1-5 in class.

Prepare for a quiz on Monday.

27th Week March 8-12, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #10 Week #10
March 8-12, 2010

Selection: Twelfth Night Act III-V by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria

Homework:
Exercise #8 (Clauses) and #10 (Poetic Devices) – due March 10
Study for Twelfth Night test - March 12.
GE #s 544-563 due – March 11
TN Act IV and V guide questions – due March 12

Activities
ON Monday, we will have the regular vocabulary quiz with words from Great Expectations and questions covering Acts I-III. Then we will continue with film viewing. Please be reminded to bring Exercises #s 8 and #10.

ON Tuesday, before we continue viewing the film, we will discuss CLAUSES. Then you will work on your activities due that day.

ON Wednesday, we will discuss POETIC DEVICES and work on the assignment in class. Then we will discuss study guide questions from III to V before continuing to view the film.

ON Thursday, you will work on Exercise #11 SENSORY IMAGE and Exercise #12 ALLUSIONS AND SYMBOLS after a short review.

ON Friday, I will give you a test on Twelfth Night, Or What You Will.

26th Week March 1-5, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #9 Week #9
March 1-5, 2010

Selection: Twelfth Night Act III-V by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria
TAKS Practice

Homework: Prepare for TAKS on March 3
Complete Excercise #6 and #7, due March 5
Great Expectations Vocab #s (A list will be given on Wednesday, March 3)

On Monday, I will give a vocabulary quiz with some questions based on Twelfth Night. Then, those who are not finished with the OER questions in the practice booklet will complete them. On Tuesday, we will go over the revising and editing part of the practice booklet. On Wednesday, you will take the reading TAKS and in the afternoon, we will go back to our regular lesson and discuss Act III questions. On Thursday, we will review phrases and discuss Excercise #6. I will collect vocabulary list on Friday. Then view Acts IV and V of Twelfth Night.

Prepare for Monday’s quiz with GE vocabulary and Twelfth Night Acts I-III.

25th Week Feb 22-26, 2010

This week, we will continue learning skills in TAKS OER questions. We were able to finish lessons on the literary part last week. We will pursue expository question and crossover this week. We may even have another set to work on just to see if we have mastered the art of ACE- ANSWER the question, provide text EVIDENCE to support your response, and provide a COMMENTARY in the form of an insightful or analytical statement that makes a clear connection between the answer and support. If we finish all TAKS lessons, we will continue with ACT III through V of Twelfth Night.

Once again, I will postpone having a new set of vocabulary words this week. We will recycle Twelfth Night vocabulary since we have exhausted all of the 120 words already. Our next set of words will be from Great Expectations. I will provide a list at the end of this week.

Vocabulary #s 101-120 QUIZ- Monday, March 1, 2010

24th Week Feb. 16-19, 2010

We will work on TAKS the whole week.

Continue reading Twelfth Night and work on study guide questions on your own. Then we will discuss all questions after TAKS practice.

23rd Week Feb. 8-12, 2010

Due to my absences last week, we will go over all activities you accomplished in class. On Monday, I will give you the regular vocabulary quiz. In the next days, we will work on activities found in your GUM book. Please bring your GUM both Tuesday and Wednesday. WE will also cover the questions and answers for Act III and figurative activity, Exercise 9.

22nd Week February 1-5, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #5 Week #5
February 1-5, 2010

Selection: Twelfth Night Act III by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria
TAKS Practice

Homework:
Vocabulary Words: #s 81-100 – due every Thursday
Exercise #9 – Figurative Language – due Monday, Feb. 1 – discussion

Grammar: Vocabulary Sentence homework – due every Friday

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #4 – Vocabulary quiz/Act II
2. Discuss quiz and Exercise #9 – Figurative Language
3. Work on sentence assignment (2nd period)

Tuesday
1. TAKS Practice (graded)
2. Discuss questions and answers.

Wednesday
1. Show samples of actual responses to TAKS questions.
2. Have a peer review and scoring of answers.

Thursday
1. Read Act III.
2. Answer study questions.

Friday
1. Discuss CLAUSE and PHRASE.
2. Work on grammar exercises.

21st Week January 25-29, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #4 Week #4
January 25-29, 2010

Selection: Twelfth Night Act II by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria

Homework:
Vocabulary Words: #s 61-80 – due every Thursday
Exercise #9 – Figurative Language – due Monday, 1/25

Grammar: Vocabulary Sentence homework – due every Friday

Activities
Monday
1. No quiz. Quiz will be given on Thursday after Stanford.
2. Review homophone and phonemes.
3. Discuss figurative language homework.
4. Collect sentence homework from last week.

Tuesday
Stanford
1. Read more of Act II.
2. Answer study guide questions and discuss.

Wednesday
Stanford
1. Read more of Act II.
2. Answer study guide questions and discuss.

Thursday
1. Reading check for Act II – quiz grade.
2. Read Act III.
3. Work on sentence assignment due tomorrow.

Friday
1. Read Act III. Answer study questions and discuss.
2. Review PHRASES and VERBALS.
3. Work on Exercise #6 – Clauses (If unaccomplished, take home for homework.)

Study for regular Monday quiz.

20th Week January 19-22, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #3 Week #3
January 19-22, 2010

Topics: Twelfth Night Act II by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria

Homework:
Vocabulary Words: #s 41-60 – due every Thursday
Study Guide pages 8 (Paraphrasing) and 9 (Imagery) – due 1/19

Grammar: Exercise #5 Complements
Vocabulary Sentence homework

Activities
Monday
MLK Holiday

Tuesday
1. Quiz #2 – Vocabulary/ Grammar (parts of speech/types of sentence)
2. Reading check – Act I
3. Review and discuss types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex.
Wednesday
1. Read Act II and answer study questions.
2. Discuss pages 8 and 9 of the study guide. (Paraphrasing and Imagery)
3. Work on figurative language assignment. (Exercise #9)
Thursday
1. Review complements.
2. Read Act II, cont. and answer study questions.
Friday
1. Work on Exercise #5- complements.
2. Discuss.

19th week January 11-15, 2010

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #2 Week #2
January 11-15, 2010

Topics: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony, iambic pentameter, shared lines, soliloquy, aside, feminine ending, Alexandria

Homework:
Vocabulary Words: #s 21-40 – due every Thursday
Study Guide page 8 and 9 - due January 19

Activities
Monday
1. Quiz #1 Shakespeare and Vocabulary
2. Distribute book copies.
3. Discuss Review on Parts of Speech and Capitalization, Spelling, and Punctuation.
4. Work on vocabulary words. SAT format. (if time permits)

Tuesday
1. Distribute Shakespearean terms handout and question guide for Act I.
2. Read Act I. Answer questions and discuss.

Wednesday
1. Read Act I, cont. Answer questions and discuss.
2. Students read and act out parts with shared lines.

Thursday
1. Read Act I, cont. Answer questions and discuss.
2. Distribute Exercise #9 – Figurative Language. Students work on the exercise and discuss.

Friday
1. Exercise #3 – Proofreading
2. Exercise #4 – Simple, Compound, Complex

18th Week January 5-8

English IB CP Bellaire High School
Lesson Plan #1 Week #1
January 5-8, 2010

Topics: Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
- Focus on: character, characterization, setting, plot, details, figurative language, irony

Vocabulary Words: #s 1-20

Activities

Tuesday
1. Distribute vocabulary packet.
2. Distribute study guide.
3. Distribute course outline and reading schedule.
4. Count how many students need a copy of the book.

Wednesday
1. Work on vocabulary assignment.
2. Use SAT format.
3. Distribute Shakespearean terms list. Discuss.
Thursday
1. Read Shakespeare’s World on pp. 983-985 of LOL. Discuss.
2. Read Shakespearean Drama on pp. 986-987 of LOL. Discuss.

Friday
1. Review grammar. Use Grammardog exercise #s 1 and 2.
2. Discuss assignment.