Week Ending 05/18/12:
Continue Finding Forester
Necessary: Text Book To Class
Begin Longfellow, pp. 296 – 304
Follow Directions for group work
Week Ending 05/11/12:
Continue Group Novel Chapter Presentations
Research Papers Due on Friday, May 11th
Week Ending 05/04/12:
Continue research activities in Library
Continue group work for presentations
Chapter Presentations 1-4 & 5-8 on Friday May 4th
Research Paper Outline due on Friday May 4th
Week Ending 04/27/12:
Thesis Statement examples & worksheet
Revise Thesis
Thesis Statement due April 24th
Group Novel Presentations Assignments
Research Paper Rubric
Cite Source Page due 04/27
Week Ending 04/13/12:
Beginning of Fourth Quarter:)
Follow Directions for “Research Paper Guidelines” and “Writing the Paper” info. packet.
Topics Due on April 11th
Thesis Statement due on 04/24 (refer to examples)
Cite Sources due on 04/27
Note cards/Outline due on May 4th
Final Draft due on May 11th
Week Ending 03/30/12 & 04/05/12
Continue The Color of Water with notes. Continue To Kill a Mockingbird.
Text Books Thurs. & Friday, 03/29 & 03/30:
Walt Whitman, pp. 349-360 Complete “For Study & Discussion” sections.
Literary Terms – Blank Verse definition in notebook/binder
Review Transcendentalists, Novel, Whitman & Poetry
3rd Quarter ELA Assessment on Wed., April 4th
Binder check Thursday, April 5th
Week Ending 03/23/12:
Continue reading The Color of Water at least 2 chapters per day Take notes
Begin To Kill a Mockingbird
New SAT Vocabulary Lesson IV
Follow all directions: 1-10 due Tuesday, 03/20 & 11-20 due on Wednesday, 03/21
Vocabulary Test on Friday, 03/23
Week Ending 03/16/12:
Comprehension Test on Thoreau, Monday 03/12/12
Complete On Golden Pond
Begin Novel, The Color of Water
Find 3 Facts from James McBride’s website
Summarize each chapter in your English Notebook
Week Ending 03/09/12:
Complete Thoreau unit; Complete “Reading Check” and “Study Guide” questions; Comprehension Test on Thursday, March 8th;
Begin, On Golden Pond
Begin Novel unit
Week Ending March 3rd, 2012:
Begin Thoreau answer all questions: “Study Guide” & “Reading Check”
Follow all Vocabulary directions for words 1-29
Thoreau Vocabulary Test on Friday, March 2nd.
Week Ending February 17, 2012:
Finish reading Emerson section & excerpts; Emerson’s Poetry, pp. 229-231; Complete Poetry Study Guide and “Reading Check”
Multiple Choice/Open Response Test, Thurs., Feb. 16th
Week Ending February 10, 2012:
New Emerson Vocabulary, 1-25, Follow all directions, 1-12 due Tues., Feb 7th & 13-15, due on Wed., Feb. 8th
Complete Study Guide #28, 1-4 & 5-9
Study for Vocab Test on Friday, Feb. 10th
Welcome to the Third Quarter!
Week Ending February 3, 2012
Begin Reading, “The Flowering of New England" pp. 200-211; Homework due Wed., 02/01 Restate and answer #1-5; due Thurs., 02/02 Restate and answer #6-10. Begin reading about Ralph Waldo Emerson from pp.212-216
Best wishes for a Healthy & Happy New Year!
Week Ending January 20, 2012: “The Bells” questions/responses due Tues., 01/17/12. W.C. Bryant’s poems “To a Waterfowl” & “Thanatopsis” with responses due Thurs., 01/19/12. Midterm Study Guide Literary Terms & Review.
Week Ending January 13, 2012: Read, “To Helen” p. 183, “The Raven” pp. 184-189, and “The Bells” pp. 190-196. Complete all 3 Study Guides. Vocabulary Test on Thursday, Jan. 12th.
“The Masque of the Red Death” Essay based on question #5, include examples of Irony and evidence from the text – Typed, double-spaced, Times #12 New Romans Due Friday 01/13/12
Week Ending January 6, 2012:
“House of Usher” Notes due Thursday, 01/05
New Vocabulary on Poe Poetry, All directions 1-10 due Wed., 01/04 & 11-20 due Thurs., 01/05/12
Vocabulary Test Friday, 01/06/12.
Week Ending 12/23: Read Commentary for “Masque of …” pp. 180-182. Restate questions
1-5 “For Study & Discussion” p. 182 Also Complete Study Guide & True & False Worksheets. Over Vacation, please read, “The Fall of the House of Usher” pp.160-174. Take notes on exposition/setting/atmosphere/characters/conflict/rising action/climax/denouement/conclusion/theme.
Week Ending 12/16: Read “The Masque of the Red Death”
pp.176-180. Restate questions 1-5, p. 180, “Reading Check”
Complete Analogies Worksheet. New Vocab., for “Masque of …”
All directions, 1-10 due 12/13 & 11-20 due 12/14
Vocabulary Test Friday, 12/16
Week ending 12/09: Per. G Vocab Test, Monday, 12/05
“Reading Check” Questions 1-5, p.135. “For Study & Discussion” 1-5, p. 136. SAT Synonyms Vocabulary, Follow all Directions, words 1-10 due Tues., 12/06; words 11-20 due Wed., 12/07. Test Friday, 12/09
Week ending 12/02: Continue The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
“The Devil and Tom Walker” Words 11-22 due Tuesday, words 23-35 due Wed.
Per. B Vocab Test Friday, 12/02
Week Ending 11/25:
Begin reading Washington Irving, pp. 126-127; “The Devil and Tom Walker Vocabulary, follow all directions for Homework – # 1-10 due Tuesday, 11/22
Vocabulary Test next Friday, 12/02/11
Week Ending 11/18: Begin The Crucible, Quarterly Results/Review;
Begin reading “New Harvest” pp. 115-125, Homework p. 125 # 1-10, Restate questions in your responses. Study Ben Franklin Vocab. for Test on Nov. 18th
Week Ending 11/10, End of First Quarter:
Quarterly Assessment & Notebook/Binder Check
Week Ending 11/04,
Continue/Complete Jonathan Edwards, Reading Check & Worksheet parts A & B,
Ben Franklin Vocabulary Homework Assignments – Follow all Directions
Revolutionary Writers’ Group Presentations
Complete “Revolutionary Writers” Study Guide, both sides
Quarterly Review
Week ending 10/28 Anne Bradstreet Synonyms and Antonyms due Wed. 10/26, Comprehension/Poetry Test Thurs., 10/27 for per. B & Fri., 10/28 for per. G
Ongoing “Revolutionary Writers” Project due Wed., Nov. 2nd
Week ending 10/21 “Plain & Ornate Style” Paraphrase Close Activity, p.33 #’s 2-4
Vocab H.W., All Directions 1-10, due Tues. 10/18, 11-20, due Wed., 10/19
Anne Bradstreet pp.34-37, For Study & Discussion, 1-3
Edward Taylor, pp. 38-40
SAT Vocabulary, Lesson 3 Test, Friday 10/21
Complete William Bradford section in text
Use evidence to complete Worksheet due, 10/13
Multiple Choice & Open Response Test on Thursday, Oct. 13th
SAT Vocabulary Lesson Two, words 1-10 all directions, due Tuesday, Oct. 4th, words 11-20 due Wednesday, Oct. 5th
Complete reading “From Plymouth Plantation” Copy Reading Check Questions on p. 31 and respond with complete sentences and text examples.
Multiple Choice Test, Thurs., Oct. 6th
SAT Lesson Two Vocabulary Test, Fri., Oct. 7th
William Bradford Vocabulary: Follow all directions, words 1 – 10 due Tues., 09/27, words 11 – 20 due Wed., 09/28
Vocabulary Test on Friday, 09/30
SAT Vocabulary, words 1-10 (All Directions) due Tues. 09/20
Words 11-20 (All Directions)due Wed. 09/21
SAT Vocabulary Lesson 1 Test, Friday, 09/23
“Epiphany” writing assignment due on Friday, September 23rd, Day 5
Typed Times New Roman, Font # 12, Double-spaced, 2-3 pages
Epiphany – Realization/Lesson learned
Life-changing experience: (Personal, relatives, friends, people/events around you).
What was it? What was life before, then after this? Would you have learned this sooner or later? How did you make this a positive lesson? Explain its impact on you.
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