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May 22
Review for Final Exam
May 20
Finish Film
Socratic Seminar/Final Review Packet
May 18
Chapter 5-6 Quiz
Collect Vocab 3-4
Begin Film - Viewing Questions
May 14
Chapter 4 Quiz
HW: Read chapter 5-6
May 12
Chapter 3 Quote Quiz
HW: Read Chapter 4
Handicap Chart and Ch. 3-4 vocab
May 8
Chapter 2 Quiz
HW: Read chapter 3
May 6
Chapter 1 Quiz
Discussion of Reading Journal
HW: Read Chapter 2 and Vocabulary
May 4
Begin Of Mice and Men
HW: Read chapter 1
Reading Journal and Dream Chart
April 30
Socratic Seminar
April 28
Socratic Seminar Prep: Seminar is next class
April 23
Act 5 Film Analysis
Homework: Romeo and Juliet Biopoems and License Plates
April 21
Act 4 Quiz
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 5 All
Collect Act 4 Study Guide
Work on Act 5 Study Guide
April 17
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 4 All
Collect Act 3 Study Guide
Work on Act 4 Study Guide
April 15
Bellringer
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 3:5
Discussion and Film
April 9
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 3:1-4
Work on Act 3 Study Guide
April 7
Finish Romeo and Juliet Act 2
Collect Act 2 Study Guide
Get caught up on movies
April 3
Watch Balcony Scene from new film
Balcony Scene Charades
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 2:3-4
Work on Act 2 Study Guide
April 1
Watch old film Act 1
Collect Act 1 Study Guide
Read Romeo and Juliet Act 2:1-2
Work on Act 2 Study Guide
March 30
Finish Act 1 Romeo and Juliet
Study Guide due next class
Watch new film of Act 1
March 26
Internal Citation Bellringer
In Class: Read Romeo and Juliet Act 1: Scenes 1-2
Work on Act 1 Study Guide part I and II and III
March 24
Internal Citation Bellringer
Prereading for Romeo and Juliet: Social Offenses
Read and translate the Prologue
Work on Act 1 Study Guide part I and II
March 13
Collect Poetry Booklet
In Class: Tongue Twisters
March 11
Mood and "I do not understand" poems
Poetry Booklet due next class.
March 9
PowerPoint Presentations continued
Poem #11
March 4
PowerPoint Presentations
Poem #10
March 2
Poetry Booklet - #8 and #9
I-Search PowerPoints due next class.
Feb. 26
Collect I-Search Paper
The Miracle Worker field trip
(those not attending the field trip need to read the play and write a one page summary)
Feb. 24
Review of Internal Citations
I-Search Essay due next class - Documents required for Turn-in
Poetry Booklet - #6 Rhyme Scheme, #7 Onomatopoeia
Feb. 20
Poetry Booklet - #4 Different Point of View, #5 Extended Metaphor, # 13 Shape Poetry
Shape Poetry Handout
Feb. 18
Poetry Booklet Intro
Work on Poems 1, 3, and 12
Feb. 12
Career presentation by the counselors
Lab time to work on I-search.
There will be no more in-class time for I-search. Final Papers and PowerPoints due Feb. 26.
Feb. 10
Revision of Part 3, 4, and Work Cited
Poetry: Haiku
Feb. 6
I-Search Day 9
Finish and Print out Part 3, Part 4, and Works Cited - need for next class
Work on PowerPoint
Student PowerPoint Examples - 1 2 3 4
Feb. 4
Poetic Language Definition Exchange
Biopoems and Music Poems
Next class is our last research day. Meet in Library.
Feb. 2
I-search Day 8
Sample PowerPoint (PDF version)
Jan. 29
I-Search Day 7
Jan. 23
Counselor Scheduling Visit - Schedules due 1/30 to TAP teacher
Continue Chunk Poetry
Handback first drafts of Part 1 and 2
Jan. 21
Student Review times 2: PQP for Part 1 and Part 2 of I-search
Creative Writing: writing from word chunks
Jan. 16
I-Search Day 5
Library Checkout and SSR
Jan. 14
I-Search Day 4
For Research Purposes: EBSCO Host and NewsBank
Jan. 12
I-Search Day 3
For Research Purposes: EBSCO Host and NewsBank
Jan. 8
I-Search Day 2
I-Search Handout
Jan. 6
Everday Edit
Independent Reading Project for Semester 2
Begin I-Search: Brainstorming, KWL (part K), Webbing, Journal 11
Conflict
Characterization
Foreshadowing
Free Verse
Haiku
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Limerick
Lyric Poem
Metaphor
Mood
Narrative Poem
Personification
Plot
Point of View
Protagonist
Rhyme Scheme
Satire
Setting
Simile
Slang
Symbolism
Theme
Tone
Unreliable Narrator