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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

Anticipation Guide

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

Bellringer

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

Limerick Handout

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

Bellringer

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

Bellringer

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

 

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