English 10-1
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
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| Wed. | 8-25 | -first day! -listen to "Fish in the Sea" from Bonepony. Discuss key lines and ideas. -"I Am" poem -pass out vocab list #1 |
work on poem | |
| Thurs. | 8-26 | -Class
information -work on I Am Poem -work on vocab def |
vocab def finish poem, if needed |
Fri |
| Fri. | 8-27 | -vocab def #1 due -anticipation guide -read Ch. 1 of A Lesson Before Dying in class -ALBD reading schedule |
read Ch. 2-3 |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 8-30 | Ch. 1-3 quiz grammar review: there/their/they're, whether/weather, your/you're Ch. 1-4 study guide reading time |
read Ch. 4-5 finish study guide |
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| Tues. | 8-31 | Ch. 4-5 quiz Ch. 3 in-class writing (journal from Grant's perspective) study guide due Ch. 1-4 study guide Ch. 5-10 |
study for vocab
test Ch. 6-7 Study guide Ch. 5-7 |
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| Wed. | 9-1 | -vocab test #1 -quiz Ch. 6-7 -begin watching movie (15 minutes) |
Ch. 8-10 finish study guide |
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| Thurs. | 9-2 | -Ch. 8-10 quiz -Ch. 5-10 study guide due |
vocab def #2 Ch. 11-12 |
Fri |
| Fri. | 9-3 | -go over vocab
def #2 -quiz Ch. 11-12 -watch 20 minutes of movie |
Ch. 13-16 finish study guide Ch. 11-15 |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-6 | Labor Day (no school!) | ||
| Tues. | 9-7 | New seating
chart! study guide Ch. 11-15 due quiz Ch 13-16 last study guide! Ch. 16-21 Creative Project Information |
Ch. 17-18 study for vocab test |
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| Wed. | 9-8 | quiz Ch. 17-18 vocab test #2 watch eight minutes of movie |
Ch. 19-20 Open House tonight 7-8:30pm |
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| Thurs. | 9-9 | quiz ch. 19-20 newspaper editorial on restorative justice work on vocab, reading |
vocab def #3 Ch. 21-22 finish study guide--your last one! |
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| Fri. | 9-10 | vocab def #3 due study guide Ch. 16-21 due Ch. 21-2 quiz Southern Prisons article--read and underline all facts and statistics. What conclusions can we make based on the statistics? |
Ch. 23-25 |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-13 | Quiz Ch. 23-25 televisions in prison? (similar to Jefferson and his radio) Prison population rates article--read and underline all facts and statistics. Choose one statistic you find to be the most important. List three conclusions you can make based on the one statistic. Watch 10 minutes of movie |
Ch. 26-29 (Jefferson's journal is Ch. 29. It is a bit difficult to read. Stay with it.) |
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| Tues. | 9-14 | Ch. 26-29 quiz discuss creative projects ISTEP review sheet: questions over "Delicious Death" poem review vocab |
study for vocab
test finish the book! |
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| Wed. | 9-15 | your last quiz
over ALBD! vocab test #3 work on vocab def #4 and creative projects |
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| Thurs. | 9-16 | picture day!
smile pretty! ISTEP review--reading paragraph selections and answering questions continue movie |
vocab definitions
#4 work on projects |
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| Fri. | 9-17 | vocab def #4 due finish movie work in computer lab--A Lesson Before Dying Links, creative projects, check out Daily assignments page (this very page!) |
creative projects due next Friday! |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-20 | "Mother to
Son" and "I, Too Sing America" poems
relating to ALBD computer lab (as needed) to work on creative projects |
finish creative projects | |
| Tues. | 9-21 | ISTEP testing | check out tolerance.org --a great website with relevant articles about racial issues today | |
| Wed. | 9-22 | ISTEP 3rd hour--write ALBD character poems, watch msnbc's "Lockup" report |
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| Thurs. | 9-23 | ISTEP 3rd hour--continue watching "Lockup" report |
projects due
tomorrow! |
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| Fri. | 9-24 | go over vocab
def. #4 creative projects due ALBD presentations |
turn in ALBD
books! If you lost the book, you must replace it! |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 9-27 | pass out
literature books book search art assignment short story terms sheet |
read "Two Kinds" | |
| Tues. | 9-28 | quiz over
"Two Kinds" Amy Tan's beauty essay watch excerpt from Joy Luck Club worksheets over "Two Kinds" main ideas and questioning loyalties |
finish worksheet study vocab |
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| Wed. | 9-29 | vocab test #4 read "Catch the Moon" p.63 questions p. 70 #2, 4, 7, 12 |
finish story and questions | |
| Thurs. | 9-30 | quiz over
"Catch the Moon" create character poem for Luis and Mr. Citron review short story format time to work on vocab 4 definitions read "A Child, A Dog, the Night" p.129 and answer questions |
vocab #5 def. finish story and question expect quiz tomorrow |
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| Fri. | 10-1 | go over vocab
def.#5, create poem using one vocab
word quiz over "A Child, A Dog, the Night" listen to "The Monkey's Paw," recording the use of 1. mood 2. foreshadowing |
finish "The
Monkey's Paw" |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-4 | review "The
Monkey's Paw" watch The Simpsons (Halloween episode about The Monkey's Paw) read "As it is With Strangers," p.279 |
finish story |
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| Tues. | 10-5 | quiz "As it
is with Strangers" read Jamie Lee Curtis' book, Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born begin reading "The False Gems," keeping list of women's roles in this sociey (France in 1800s) |
study vocab finish story |
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| Wed. | 10-6 | vocab test #5 finish discussing "The False Gems" worksheet--drawing conclusions in "The False Gems" and understanding humor in "As it is With Strangers" |
worksheet due tomorrow | |
| Thurs. | 10-7 | read "The Mask of The Red Death" recording
use of mood, foreshadowing, setting, and character art assignment |
finish drawing vocab def #6 |
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| Fri. | 10-8 | vocab def #6 due go over short story analysis paper *last day of grading period |
work on paper,
rough draft due end of class Monday |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-11 | work in computer
lab on rough draft. Draft due at end of class period |
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| Tues. | 10-12 | Papers returned Sample sentences integrating quotations correctly Writing in third person worksheet |
work on your
paper study for vocab test |
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| Wed. | 10-13 | vocab test #6 Introductory paragraph--what must be included and how to do it DOL sentences from your classmates' sentences |
work on your paper. REREAD your short story! | |
| Thurs. | 10-14 | computer lab working on short story analysis final draft. Draft due today or first thing Friday. (No computer time on Friday) | have all of your
vocab definitions from previous weeks ready for Friday |
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| Fri. | 10-15 | review vocab
lists 1-6 paper due if you didn't turn it in Thursday Ms. v absent today--watch video about the black plague, taking notes over important facts |
short story test on Tuesday |
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-18 | review for short story test on Tuesday (Bingo review) | study for short story test | |
| Tues. | 10-19 | short story test | study for vocab test |
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| Wed. | 10-20 | vocab test over all words from lists #1-6. Study your old vocabulary tests! | ||
| Thurs. | 10-21 | 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. Students have received grade print outs and reading schedules for their novel Girl in Hyacinth Blue.
| Date | Classwork | Homework | Due | |
| Mon. | 10-25 | pass out Girl in Hyacinth Blue Anticipation Guide begin "Love Enough" |
read p. 1-35 study guide |
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| Tues. | 10-26 | A Night Different From All Other Nights | p. 35-59 What was Hannah's moment of clarity? |
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| Wed. | 10-27 | vocab test #8 | ||
| Thurs. | 10-28 | Adagia p. 60-81 | ||
| Fri. | 10-29 | Hyacinth Blues p. 82-108 vocab def #9 due |