English 9-1HD

  Date Classwork Homework Due
Mon.  
   
Tues.        
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
   
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
 
Wed. 9-8 quiz ch. 12-13
vocab test #1
Ch. 14 only (change from reading schedule)
Open House tonight 7-8:30pm
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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)
 
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)
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
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
 
Wed. 10-20 vocab test over all words you've had. Study your old vocabulary tests!    
Thurs. 10-21 short story test vocab def
 
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    

 

  Date Classwork Homework Due
Mon. 11-1      
Tues. 11-2      
Wed. 11-3      
Thurs. 11-4      
Fri. 11-5 "The Road Not Taken" memorization
vocab def due
   

 

  Date Classwork Homework Due
Mon. 11-8 finish memorization
go over vocab
begin movie (10 min)
   
Tues. 11-9 Ms. v is back!
Reading schedule for Odyssey
watch 20 minutes of movie (Cyclops)
   
Wed. 11-10 vocab test
final exam review sheet
last list of vocab
movie (10 min)
extra credit option: Go see Oklahoma on Nov. 13 and write review
If reading Odyssey from textbook, also read:
"Ancient Gesture" p. 889
"Ithaca" p. 890
"Siren Song" p. 849
 
Thurs. 11-11 .Odyssey worksheets (to be done if reading the textbook version
Heroes persuasive essay information
watch more of movie
individual conferences: how are you doing with the book?
vocab def
continue reading!
 
Fri. 11-12 vocab def due
Odyssey worksheet
more info on persuasive paper
continue movie
continue reading!
organize your folder for the final