English 9-1HD
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
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| Wed. | 8-25 | -first day! -listen to "Long December" from the Counting Crows. Discuss four key lines. Pick one of the lines and write a response to it. What do you think of the line? What does it make you think of? -pass out vocab list #1 -summer reading test=Friday. Review=Thursday |
vocab def #1 | Fri |
| Thurs. | 8-26 | -Class
information -FYI notes--a lot, disappointment, theres -summer reading review sheet |
vocab def review book |
Fri |
| Fri. | 8-27 | -vocab def #1 due -summer reading quiz -Anticipation guide |
finish anticipation guide |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 8-30 | discuss
anticipation guide pass out TKAM books TKAM reading schedule library tour--complete questions and map |
read Ch. 1 | |
| Tues. | 8-31 | Ch. 1 quiz begin keeping list of differences between life describe in the book (1930s) and today. Include page number if possible. Ch. 1 in-class writing "People move..." |
Ch. 2-3 | |
| Wed. | 9-1 | Ch. 2-3 quiz FYI--parole, weather/whether, then/than Memorization Information |
Ch. 4-5 | |
| Thurs. | 9-2 | Quiz Ch. 4-5 Miss Maudie quotes courage activity |
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| Fri. | 9-3 | go over vocab #1
definitions finish courage activity television/movie viewing activity information--due next Friday (your findings) |
finish Part One (Ch. 8-11) |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-6 | Labor Day (no school!) | ||
| Tues. | 9-7 | quiz Ch. 8-10 in-class quiz Ch. 11 (can use book) mockingbird coloring (optional) |
Ch. 12-13 study for vocab test |
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| Wed. | 9-8 | quiz ch. 12-13 vocab test #1 |
Ch. 14 only
(change from reading schedule) Open House tonight 7-8:30pm |
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| Thurs. | 9-9 | Quiz Ch. 14 What does Scout learn about Calpurnia throughout the novel (especially chapter 12)? Watch beginning 15 minutes of the movie, paying attention to the characterization, music, and setting. |
vocab definitions How to be a perfect housewife--read and answer questions read Ch. 15 only |
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| Fri. | 9-10 | Quiz Ch. 15 go over vocab def #2 |
tv viewing
activity due Monday if not turned in today Ch. 16-17 |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-13 | Quiz Ch. 16-17 mob mentality discussion memorization? continue watching movie |
memorization is
due anytime this week Ch. 18-19 |
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| Tues. | 9-14 | quiz Ch. 18-19 Ch. 19 questions with a partner information on Maycomb County Newspaper |
study for vocab
test Ch. 20-22 |
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| Wed. | 9-15 | Quiz Ch. 20-22 vocab test #2 |
Ch. 23-25 | |
| Thurs. | 9-16 | Picture Day!
Smile Pretty! watch some of movie the "code" Tom broke |
vocab definitions Ch. 26-28 |
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| Fri. | 9-17 | last day for
memorization quiz Ch. 26-28 continue movie |
finish book Maycomb Newspaper due Monday, Sept. 27 |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-20 | Last quiz over
TKAM! finish movie |
work on Maycomb
newspaper vocab def (new vocab paper list #1) |
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| Tues. | 9-21 | ISTEP testing | check out tolerance.org --a great website with relevant articles about racial issues today | |
| Wed. | 9-22 | ISTEP | ||
| Thurs. | 9-23 | ISTEP | ||
| Fri. | 9-24 | go over vocab
def. computer lab--work on newspaper |
finish Maycom
Newspaper due Monday |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-27 | Maycomb
Newspapers due finish movie symbolism in TKAM worksheet |
finish symbolism sheet | |
| Tues. | 9-28 | go over symbols
in TKAM in groups in-class writing assignment (gender roles) return TKAM books pass out Literature books art assignment |
study for vocab
test art assignment (from Lit. book) |
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| Wed. | 9-29 | art assignment
due vocab test list #1 (commemorate, dire...) Short Story Unit Tentative Schedule read "Rules of the Game" |
finish story,
questions p.234 #3, 6, 10, and Literary Criticism |
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| Thurs. | 9-30 | discuss questions
from story How do you play chess? watch excerpt from Joy Luck Club Amy Tan's "Beauty" essay Beauty in-class writing assignment |
read "The
Open Window" and answer questions vocab def list #2 |
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| Fri. | 10-1 | go over vocab
def. list #2 discuss theme of "The Open Window" with group watch "The Open Window" (11 minutes) "The Lady, or the Tiger?" read and answer questions |
finish story and
questions |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-4 | NWEA testing | ||
| Tues. | 10-5 | NWEA testing | ||
| Wed. | 10-6 | NWEA testing | study for vocab
test read "The Necklace" answer four questions over the story |
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| Thurs. | 10-7 | vocab test discuss "The Lady, or the Tiger" and the "justice" system in the story discuss "The Necklace watch clip from "Our Town" showing Emily's goodbye speech |
memorization
tomorrow |
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| Fri. | 10-8 | vocab def due Our Town memorization last day of the grading period |
read "The Cask of the Amontillado" making
bookmark of mood, irony, sensory imagery, and character |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-11 | go over vocab def discuss "The Cask of the Amontillado" Poe's use of language watch video of the story |
read "The Scarlet Ibis" keeping list of the effects of setting on the story | |
| Tues. | 10-12 | Celebrity disability quiz discussion of story information about short story analysis paper |
read
"Gaston" p. 127 questions p. 132 #6, 9
15 |
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| Wed. | 10-13 | vocab test in class comparison writing (p. 133) |
read one of three short story choices | |
| Thurs. | 10-14 | computer lab working on short story analysis first draft | bring art
materials (crayons, markers) vocab definitions (get together) read one of the short story choices if you haven't yet |
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| Fri. | 10-15 | have all old
vocab tests and definitions together create your vision of Gaston Ms. v absent today--your rough drafts will be returned Monday |
short story test next Thursday computer lab for second draft of paper on Tuesday |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-18 | review for short story test on Thursday (Bingo review) | ||
| Tues. | 10-19 | computer lab--work on second draft of paper. Turn in new draft with rubric and graded rough draft | study for vocab test |
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| Wed. | 10-20 | vocab test over all words you've had. Study your old vocabulary tests! | ||
| Thurs. | 10-21 | short story test | vocab def |
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| Fri. | 10-22 | vocab def due |
Ms. von Buchler has been absent since Oct. 14. She returned Nov. 9.
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-25 | |||
| Tues. | 10-26 | |||
| Wed. | 10-27 | |||
| Thurs. | 10-28 | |||
| Fri. | 10-29 |