Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #27 March 18-22, 2013

Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Narrative essay
Vocabulary: AF#s 219-228 - filial, impromptu, expulsion, decoration, foundation, unity, disheartened, ignominy, posthumous, magistrate;
M#s 26-41 - Zionist, neurotic, obscure, clatter, void, condolences, umbilical, objective, shrine, ghetto, stoop, conscious, gestapo, collaborator, reproach, absolution; Academic Words #6 - theme, thesis, concrete details, imagery, metaphor, simile, quote, paraphrase, protagonist, compound sentence; Roots - graph, jur/just, log/logue, luc, man(u) ; additional words - obsequious, pessimistic, pretentious, haughty, somber

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences with adjective clause- due: Tuesday, March 19 (This will be our last adjective clause homework. We will  move on to adjective clause after the break.)
• SAT vocab notes and sentences with adjective clause- due: Tuesday, March 26
• Maus guide questions #s 1-35 - due: Thursday, March 21
• Animal Farm Chapter 1 questions - due: Friday, March 22

On Monday you come back from the break, you will take Quiz #9 covering all the vocabulary words from week #26.  Please prepare.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, you will work on rewriting a passage for the first 15 minutes of class. The rest of the period will be spent on reading Animal Farm.

• Wednesday - Dr. Mconn will discuss the STAAR test with the students.

On Thursday and Friday, we will resume discussion of Animal Farm and Maus. 

Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman

Week #26 March 4-8, 2013

Literature: Animal Farm by George Orwell and Maus by Art Spiegelman
Writing: Revising and Editing, WITS
Vocabulary: AF#s 209-218 - cynical, comrade, prosperity, maltreat, parasitical, seclude, lamentation, rebellion, stupefy, practiced; M #s 11-25 - Czechoslovakia, pogrom, synagogue, anti-Semitism, hemorrhaging, glaucoma, cataract, herring, nuremberg, Pashastruma, Wehrmacht, systematically, bar mitzvah, aryan, hasty; Academic Words #5 - analogy, figurative language, omniscient narrator, personification, plot, setting, conflict, climax, denouement, voice; ROOTS - -ast(er), -audi-, -auto-, -bene-, -bio-, -chrono-,-dict-, -duc-/-duce-/-duct-, -gen-, -geo-

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences for AF#s 199-208 with adjective clause - due: Tuesday, March 5
• SAT vocab notes and sentences for AF#s 209-218 with adjective clause - due: Tuesday, March 19
• MAUS SAR's - due: Thursday, March 7

Monday - Friday

WARM-UP exercise everyday: SAT question of the day.

• On Monday, we have shortened periods.  Because of the limited time in class, we will continue reading Animal Farm and discuss a short answer question for Maus. 
• On Tuesday, we will have a WITS writing.
• On Wednesday, we will continue to read Animal Farm and discuss study questions and answers.
• On Thursday, we will work on language and diction in Maus and discuss SAR questions and answers. 
• On Friday, we will look at sample expositions and work practice building scenes in a narrative essay. 

Maus by Art Spiegelman and Animal Farm by George Orwell

Week #25 February 25-March 1, 2013

Literature: Maus by Art Spiegelman and Animal Farm by George Orwell
Writing: Short Answer Responses (SAR) and Expository and Narrative Essay
Vocabulary: AF - #s 199-208 apathy, cryptic, indefatigable, malign, maxim, preeminent, perpendicular, ration; MAUS - #s 1-10 diminutive, feat, harrowing, pacify, Auschwitz, sheik, textile, dowry, communist, sanitarium
Academic vocabulary #4 -included on the list of words.

Warm-up exercises: Using adjective clause in sentences and SAT question of the day.

Homework:

• SAT vocab Flo-Cab #s 849-863 notes and sentences with adjective clause - due: Tuesday, February 26
• Read some pages of MAUS and Animal Farm at home depending on what we finish in the classroom. - pages TBA. Reading checks on Fridays.
• SCHEDULE for reading in class: Two days for Maus and two days for Animal Farm.
• SCHEDULE for WITS writing: One day every other week.

Monday - Friday

• Take quiz #7 on Monday covering vocab words 849-863 and prefixes.
• Read Animal Farm in class and answer reading questions. Prepare for reading checks on Fridays or Tuesdays.
• Practice writing short answer responses, expository and narrative essays. 
• Practice writing sentences with adjective clauses. 
• WITS on Friday.

Expository Readings and more

Week # 24 February 18-22, 2013

Literature: Expository articles, Background information to the Russian Revolution
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR), Expository essay
Vocabulary: Flo-Cab #s 849-863 mores, cavity, amalgamation, copious, connotation, diverse, terse, preponderance, dissonance, cacophony, harmony, discord, confound, scourge, scathing
Prefixes: bene, bi, bio, circum, dent, dia, dis/dif, equi, ex, in/mil/ir

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes and sentences Flo-Cab #s 839-848 - due: Monday, Feb. 18
• Sentences should have context clues and adjective clause.
• SAT vocab notes and sentences Flo-Cab #s 849-863 - due: Monday, Feb. 25

Monday - Friday

• On Monday, students will take the unit test on Great Expectations. Please prepare. 
• On Tuesday, will have the WITS lesson with the WITS writer. 
• On Wednesday, students will write an expository essay.
• On Thursday,students will take vocabulary quiz #6 for flo-cab #s 839-848 and suffixes. Students will work on sentences with adjective clauses.
• On Friday, students will review vocabulary and read a background on Russian Revolution and view a PowerPoint presentation on the Holocaust. 

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Film Viewing

Week #23 February 11-15, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing: Short Answer Responses, Expository writing
Vocabulary: Flo-cab #s 839-848 juxtapose, variegate, differentiate, ameliorate, oration, accentuate, sanguine, enervate, saccharine, maudlin
Sentences: Write a sentence for each word with context clues and an adjective clause.

Homework:

• SAT vocab notes for flo-cab #s 829-838, academic words definitions, and prefixes (extra credit) and sentences with a verbal phrase (participial, gerund, or infinitive phrase) - Due: Monday, Feb. 11
• SAT vocab notes for flo-cab #s 839-848 and sentences with adjective clause - Due: Monday, Feb. 18
• Study guide questions for chapters 16-20 - Due: Monday, Feb. 11

Monday - Friday

• Take quiz #5 (vocabulary, academic words, and prefixes) on Monday, Feb.11.
• Submit take home reading check for chapters 17-28 on Monday, Feb. 11.
• Continue viewing the 1946 film adaptation of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. 
• Understand and analyze characters, setting, figurative language, diction, motivation, and actions both in the text and in the video adaptation.
• On Friday, students will write an expository essay.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Academic Vocabulary, Prefix

Week #22 February 4-8, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing: Short Answer Response (SAR), Expository writing, WITS writing
Vocabulary: #s 829-838 - collusion, exigent, confluence, discrete, divergent, divisive, disparage, imperious, coalesce, apocalypse
Academic Vocabulary - abstract, cliche, dilemma, euphemism, flashback, irony, mood, oxymoron, transition, pun
Preffix - ab, ann, anti/ant, auto, be

Homework:

• SAT vocab sentences with gerund and infinitive phrases (GE#s 599-608). Note: Make sure you have two sentences with context clues for each word. Due: Monday, Feb. 4.
• SAR answers for lottery articles. Due: Wednesday, Feb. 6

Monday-Friday

• On Monday, students will take Quiz #4 and review elements of poetry after the quiz.
• On Tuesday, we will have their first WITS poetry lesson.
• From Wednesday until Friday, we will continue to discuss Great Expectations and begin viewing the film adaptation. 

Note: Students should prepare for a major test on Great Expectations the following Monday.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, Participial phrases

Week #21 January 28-February 1, 2013

Literature: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Writing: Sentences with participial and gerund phrases
Vocabulary: GE#s 599-608 - impregnable, gluttony, candid, spurn, reticence, inveterate, extricate, rhapsody, abeyance, sententious
ACADEMIC WORDS - adage, anecdote, conflict, euphemism, expletive, malapropism, parenthetical, personification, scapegoat, tone, vernacular, absolute, balance, characters, denotation

Homework:
- SAT vocab notes GE#s 574-598 and sentences with participial phrases - due: Monday, Jan. 28
- SAT vocab notes GE#s 599-608 and sentences with gerund phrases - due: Monday, Feb. 4
- Prepare for a Great Expectations test.

Monday - Friday

• On Monday, you will take a vocabulary and lit terms quiz.
• This week we will discuss chapters 11-20. You should have already finished reading the chapters assigned last week.
• Prepare for regular reading checks.  
• Hopefully, at the end of this week, we have already finished all discussions and analysis of characters, motivation,setting, figurative languages, etc., and we can view the film adaptation of Great Expectations. 
• We will also review and discuss the academic words including some poetry terms you already learned last semester.  Be prepared for exercises.