Monday, December 13, 2010.

1) Antigone Fill-In...TEST check in class.

2) Work on study guide.

Tomorrow: Per. 2 and 5 Finals

Friday, December 10, 2010.

Antigone Open- book test.

Thursday, December 9, 2010.

To Substitute Teacher:
Please have students complete MOYA test: ALPHA ALPHA GAMMA. Students should bubble in their answers on the answer document given in pencil. They also need to record their answers IN PEN on a sheet of paper. They need to take their time and work on this test carefully.

When they finish, they may work on their Final Exam Study Guide packet.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010.

1. Distribute Final Exam Study Guide.

2. Remove from GUM workbook pp.
264-270
294
370-371
383-384
280-282
300
313-314
151-155

Attach (staple) to Final Exam Study Guide.

3. Complete NOUNS & PRONOUNS worksheet not completed from 10/22.

4. View end of Of Mice and Men film.

Tuesday, December 7, 2010.

1. Notes for Antigone:

Prologue: Intro to problem. Antigone asks Ismene to help her bury their brother Polyneices. Ismene is afraid and refuses to disobey the laws of the State. Antigone states the laws of the gods are greater than the laws of the State.

Parados: The chorus relates events of the battle. The last stanza reveals a hopeful mood.

Scene 1: Creon sets forth his decree. Anyone who buries Polyneices is condemned to stoning to death in the public square. A Sentry arrives to tell Creon that someone has buried Polyneices' body. Creon accuses Sentry of bribery and threatens the Sentry with death.

Ode 1: Man has conquered land, beast, air, and the word, but death he has not.

Scene 2: Antigone is arrested. She defends her action stating that she follows the laws of the gods, who require a body to receive proper burial.

Ode 2: "Man's little pleasure is the spring of sorrow." Man cannot offend the gods and escape punishment.

Scene 3: Haemon attempts to convince his father, Creon, to release Antigone by setting forth a rational argument. Creon becomes obfuscated (angry) and makes derogatory comments about women being inferior.

Ode 3: Unconquerable love.

Scene 4: Antigone is taken to the vault. She asks for pity from the chorus.

Scene 5: Teiresias attempts to convince Creon to release Antigone and bury Polyneices, but Creon refuses, accusing Teiresias of bribery. Teiresias warns Creon of disaster if Creon does not change his mind. The Choragos gives Creon advice stating the Teiresias' prophecies have never been wrong. Creon changes his mind.

Paean: The chorus prays to the gods for mercy.

Exodos: The unraveling of the plot.

Bring all Antigone handouts completed so that we can review in class.

Monday, December 6, 2010.

Final Exam Essay

Friday, December 3, 2010.

1. Reading of play Antigone.
Per. 5: Complete reading of Antigone Scene 3, Ode 3;
Period 7: Completed Antigone Scene 4, Ode 4.

2. Antigone Vocabulary Quiz 1

3. Work on comprehension question handouts for Scenes 3 and 4 (Per. 7)

NOTE: Some students turned in the Prologue handout incomplete. This will be returned to you, for incomplete work will receive a zero.

Please bring plenty of paper and a pen. Monday you will write your Final Exam essay over a topic selected from a list of various topics.

Thursday, December 2, 2010.

1. Definitions for vocabulary quiz tomorrow:

comprehensive: covering a matter completely
conscience: a sense of right and/or wrong within an individual
carrion: rotten or decaying
statecraft: the art of conducting state (gov't.) affairs
sated: satisfied
decree: an order set forth by on in authority
meddle: to interfere in something that is not one's business
reverence: profound respect, love, and awe.
anarchist: one who rebels or attempts to overthrow the government
lithe: agile, limber; moving easily
auspicious: favorable
repulse: the act of turning away or beating back

Study these words for quiz tomorrow.

2. Read Antigone.
Notes: All action in the play occurs off-stage. The setting is the front of Creon's palace.
Characterization of Antigone, Ismene, and Creon. Sentry creates light mood, comic relief, contrasting with Creon's rigid, chastising position.

Finish Parados. Begin Scene 1, Ode 1; Scene 2, Ode 2. Per. 7 Passed out handouts for these scenes.

3. Picked up Prologue homework.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010.

1. Check Antigone introduction and background. Discuss the story of the Ill-Fated Royal House of Thebes. The story consists of three plays:

1) Oedipus the King [Oedipus Rex]
2) Oedipus at Colonus
3) Antigone

2. Begin Antigone Prologue; Complete handout for homework.

HOMEWORK: STUDY VOCABULARY FOR ANTIGONE

Tuesday, November 30, 2010.

1. Check Phrases and Clauses handout in class.

2. Benchmark Test No. 4: "Becoming an Astronaut"

3. Read Antigone Introduction/Background. Complete handout "Fill-in-the-blanks." If you do not finish, finish at lunch tomorrow.

Vocabulary words for this week:

lithe, sated, meddle, comprehensive, decree, statecraft, carrion, reverence, repulse, auspicious. Study for a quiz on Friday.

Monday, November 29, 2010.

1. Turn in Of Mice and Men essay [final draft].

Make sure you underline thesis and topic sentences; highlight your quotes.
Make sure you cite your quotes correctly.
Make sure you have a title: "Of Mice and Men essay" is NOT a title.
Make sure you had two people revise with the checklist rubric on the back of essay handout.

Staple your final draft over your rough draft. Insert into the packet [without stapling the essays to the packet] Turn in.

2. Make sure you turn in Of Mice and Men Chapters 1-6 + the character chart. Make sure all your responses are clear, in complete sentences, and do not begin with a pronoun.

3. Film Of Mice and Men. Take notes to transfer responses to your question handout.

HOMEWORK: Bring "Phrases and Clauses" grammar warm-up. This handout was given on Thursday, November 18. Only two people did not receive this handout due to an absence on this day. If you lost it, photocopy someone else's so you are prepared tomorrow. We will check in class.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010.

1. Peer review Of Mice and Men essay. Bring final draft on Monday, 11/29.

2. Begin viewing film version of Of Mice and Men. Take notes. Read question handout before viewing.

Monday, November 22, 2010.

1. Of Mice and Men TEST

2. Peer review of Of Mice and Men essay.

Per. 5: Peer review tomorrow. Bring completed rough draft tomorrow for peer review.
Per. 7: Bring completed final draft AFTER you have had two people read and revise it with the checklist rubric [the last page in the packet].

Friday, November 19, 2010.

1. Vocabulary Quiz XV.

2. Of Mice and Men essay. Those students who were prepared with their quotes began writing their essays.

Of Mice and Men TEST: Monday, November 22. Study all focus questions, notes, and biography.

Thursday, November 18, 2010.

1. Grammar warm-up. Phrases and Clauses. Complete for homework. Bring to class.

2. Reviewed Vocabulary Lesson XV. Checked homework. Quiz tomorrow.

3. Introduced Of Mice and Men essay assignment. Find six quotes total, two for each topic sentence. Write the page number on your outline.

REMINDER: Of Mice and Men TEST: Monday, 11/22. Study all your notes and focus questions.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010.

1. Warm-up over parts of speech with transformational grammar. Please ask for handout when you return from absence.

2. Read Of Mice and Men Chapter 6. Notes: Chapter 6 has same setting as Chapter 1, but the mood is different. Aunt Clara and Giant Rabbit as symbols of Lennie's conscience, guilt, greatest fear. Carlson&Curley as foils of Slim. Work on Ch. 6 focus questions.

3. Bring all OMM questions 1-6 and character chart tomorrow.

Bring Voc. Lesson XV tomorrow. Quiz Friday, 11/19

Tuesday, November 16, 2010.

1. Read Of Mice and Men Ch. 5. Complete Focus Questions for homework.
Take notes on characterization of Curley's wife, [direct and indirect] Curley's wife's motivation for marrying Curley, why she is a "wife with no name," a moment of silence as the narrator's respect for her after her death, and the reason why she appears "pretty" after she is dead. Also, take note on Candy and George's shattered dreams.

2. Discuss Of Mice and Men Ch. 4 and review Focus Questions for Ch. 4.

REMINDER: Make sure you are keeping up with the completion of these focus questions for each chapter. They will all be due next Monday, when you take the test over the novel.

Vocabulary for the week: Lesson XV in workbook. Quiz Friday, 11/19

Monday, November 15, 2010.

Parts of Speech TEST

Read Of Mice and Men Ch. 4. Complete character chart.

Vocabulary for the Week: Lesson XV

Friday, November 12, 2010. (Early dismissal)

1. Of Mice and Men Vocabulary Review Quiz

2. Parts of Speech quiz.

Thursday, November 11, 2010.

1. Language Handbook pp. 1-7 checked in class. Per. 7: Did not check due to majority of students' negligence in finishing work.

Per. 5: Read Ch. 3

2. Study for Of Mice and Men vocabulary review quiz.

Wednesday, November 10, 2010.

1. Benchmark TEST # 3 " For Sale..."

2. Work on Language Handbook pp. 1-7 in pen and write your name on all the pages. Bring tomorrow.

3. REMINDER: Study all words on Of Mice and Men vocabulary handout. Quiz Friday, 11/12

Tuesday, November 9. 2010.

1. Review of Parts of Speech. GUM workbook, pp. 23-24. Grade in class.

2. Of Mice and Men, Chapter 3 and Character Chart.

REMINDER: Review Quiz for Of Mice and Men words...all the list. Quiz Friday, 11/12

Monday, November 8, 2010.

Per. 5: Tomorrow When the War Began TEST
Per. 7: No test. See below
1. Passed out Of Mice and Men Ch. 3 focus questions and character chart to document direct and indirect quotes.
2. Read OMM Ch. 3 with CD.

REMINDER: This week you will have a review quiz on Of Mice and Men vocabulary list. All words. Quiz Friday 11/12

Next week, Thursday, November 18, bring in Lesson XV in your workbook. Quiz Nov. 19

Friday, November 5, 2010.

1. Review GUM page17 : Adverbs
2. Of Mice and Men Voc. Quiz 2

Per. 5: REMINDER: Tomorrow When the War Began test on Monday, 11/8

Thursday, November 4, 2010.

1. Grammar review: Tear GUM workbook pp. 17-26. Write your name, period, and number on page 25 and turn in to me blank.

2. Complete pp. 17-24. Finish for homework.

3. Read Of Mice and Men Ch. 2-3.

4. Passed out progress reports. Bring signed.

5. As you read fill out notes writing "F" for forshadowing and "C" for characterization [as well as character name & direct or indirect] and page number where these are found. Keep this log as we read the novel.

REMINDER: Study for OMM Vocabulary Quiz 2 words 1-33 from the second list. Quiz Friday.

Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010.

1. Copy notes on Conjunctions and Interjections Please ask for handout when you return from your absence.

2. Of Mice and Men NOTES: Copy/discuss these notes.

- Setting is the Salinas Valley area in California- Between 1920-1935 approx.

- Each chapter in the novel begins with a description of the setting.

- Novel contains six chapters: Can be easily adapted to a play

- Themes related to friendship, isolation, loneliness, alienation, death as a release from pain

- Prejudice against people who are disadvantaged or handicapped.

- Racism against the African American (separate living quarters)

- Vernacular (everyday speech) includes poor usage: Use of double negatives, cursing, foul language, slang, and idioms.

- Use of the "N" word common in this time period to denote race. Not meant as a derogatory term.

- Characters uneducated. Ironically, the Black character in the story reads sophisticated books.

- Narrator displays a high degree of sympathy toward characters who belong to a minority, are handicapped, crippled, or lonely.

Make a chart to jot down notes on foreshadowing, and Characterization: direct and indirect.

3. Begin reading Of Mice and Men Chapter 2

REMINDER: DON'T FORGET to study words 1-33 from Of Mice... Vocabulary handout.
Quiz Friday, 11/5

Tuesday, November 2, 2010.

1. Check Prepositional Phrases 4 and 5 homework for a grade. If you did not bring in this homework assignment, you need to complete the assignment on the handout AND on a sheet of paper and turn it in TOMORROW for a LATE grade.

2. Discuss Of Mice and Men Ch. 1.

3. Passed out Of Mice and Men Ch. 2 Focus Questions.
Read Chapter TWO if you have not done so.

REMINDER: Study Of Mice and Men vocabulary 1-33 [the second group of words] for a quiz on Friday, 11/5

Monday, November 1, 2010.

1) Of Mice and Men: Read Ch. 1. As you read pay close attention to the following:

A) Description and indirect characterization of the two main characters, George and Lennie.

B) To which three animals is Lennie compared? Why do you think the narrator chose to select these animals?

C) What kind of relationship do George and Lennie fshare?

D) What might the carp on pg. 10 symbolize? How may it be likened to George? Now read the passage on page 3 where Lennie plays with the water in the pool "Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers..." (3). [ 4th paragraph from top]. What do Lennie's actions tell us about his mental age?

2) Homework: Complete Of Mice and Men questions for Chapter 1. Read Ch. 2.

REMINDER: Bring completed work from handout Prepositional Phrases 4 & 5 tomorrow.Vocabulary: Study words from Of Mice and Men Vocabulary handout numbers 1-33 [the rest of the packet]. Quiz Friday, 11/5

Friday, October 29, 2010.

1. Prepostion Notes. Copy notes. Complete Prepositional Phrases 4 handout. Finish for homework. Bring Monday.

2. OMM Voc. Quiz 1

Per. 7: TEST on The Friends on Monday, 11/1. Bring Study guide question handout completed for extra credit.
Per. 5: Since novel is longer, you will have one more week to catch up.

Thursday, October 28, 2010.

1. Finish viewing biographical film on Steinbeck. (Graded notes were passed back for students to continue taking notes on the rest of the film.)

2. Complete Steinbeck Author Study handout. Staple all film notes to the back of this handout.

3. Graded work was passed out to store in a portfolio-folder. This folder will contain graded work and essays and will be kept in a file cabinet in the classroom.

Homework: Click to read the following articles:

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html


REMINDER: Study words 1-25 of the Of Mice and Men vocabulary handout for a quiz tomorrow.

REMINDER: TESTS on independent reading (novels) Monday, Nov. 1, 2010.

Wednesday, October 27, 2010.
(Stanford Testing: 34 minute classes)

Students viewed a biographical film on the life and works of John Steinbeck (Films for the Humanities and Sciences) and took notes for a grade.

If you were absent please see me about making this up at lunch and picking up a vocabulary packet for Of Mice and Men. Study words 1-25 for quiz on Friday 10/29.

Per. 7: If you were absent, you need to pick up the study guide questions for The Friends [test on Monday Nov. 1] as well as the vocabulary packet for Of Mice and Men
(Quiz on words 1-25 on 10/29).

Per. 7: If you were present in class , but you did not turn in notes today, please see me tomorrow, for your recorded grade is a zero.

October 26, 2010. No class due to Stanford Testing.

Monday, October 25, 2010.

Mildred Pierce TEST.

Per. 5 Voc. Quiz 14

Per. 5: You need to write an essay discussing the following character's lack of ethics or poor moral choices portrayed in the film, Mildred Pierce:

Mildred Pierce
Veda Pierce
Bert Pierce
Wally Faye
Monty Barrigan

Make sure you have a thesis.

Friday, October 22, 2010. (Early Dismissal)

1) Finished viewing film Mildred Pierce Review. Make sure you can identify the following literary elements represented in the film:

Round character, flat character,
static character, dynamic character,
major and minor characters,
foil, flashback,
dramatic irony, situational irony,
suspense,
internal conflict, external conflict,
resolution, and motivation (select a character from the film and state her/his motive for action).

NOTE: Make sure you are able to state the above examples and elaborate on evidence from film for your choice. Also, make sure you know what each character WANTS and what obstacle is obstructing the achievement of that WANT.

TEST: Monday, 10/25.

2. Per. 5: Benchmark test 2 "A Lesson Learned." Voc. Quiz 14 (XIV) on Monday.

3. Per. 7: Vocabulary Quiz 14 (XIV).

4. Nouns & Pronouns review. Complete I, II, and III. Most students completed I (Chart w/nouns and pronouns). Per. 7 absentees: Ask about this handout upon return.

Per. 7: The Friends test postponed until Monday, Nov. 1. Review questions were not ready in copy room, so they will be distributed to you on Monday, 10/25.

Thursday, October 21, 2010.

GUM book pages 2-16 due today. Turned in only completed work. Late work will be accepted totally completed on Monday, October 25 for a late grade.

1) Benchmark TEST 2: "A Lesson Learned" (Except Per. 5 [tomorrow]

2) Check Vocabulary Lesson 14 pp. 23-24 . Quiz tomorrow.

3) ADVERB notes. Copy handout, read, and show me completed notes.

4) Mildred Pierce film: Characterization and situational irony.

Per. 7: The Friends test on Monday 10/25

Wednesday, October 20, 2010.

1) Notes on VERBS. Please ask for handout upon return if you were absent.

2) Mildred Pierce film. Character: Veda Pierce as a static character. Mildred Pierce: All actions are motivated by love for daughter.

Vocabulary Lesson XIV (14) due tomorrow. Quiz Friday.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010.

1. The Adjective: Take notes from screen. If you were absent, please ask for handout upon return.

2. Picked up Sentence Skill: Re-write Run-On Sentences. If you did not turn this in, turn in on Monday, October 25 for a late grade.

3. Checked notes (character chart and other notes) on Mildred Pierce film. Make sure you are keeping up with these notes.

Per. 7 Expect a test on The Friends a week from Monday.
Per. 5 Expect a test on Tomorrow When the War Began Nov. 1

Monday, October 18, 2010

1. Parts of Speech: Noun and pronoun classification: personal, intensive, reflective, relative, interogative, demonstrative, and indefinite. Take notes for grade.

2) View Mildred Pierce. Analyze foreshadowing, static, dynamic, round, flat, minor, and major character. Focus: Monty Barrigan.

Friday, October 15, 2010.

1) Checked and graded Subject-Verb Agreement packet given on Tuesday pp. 43-46.

2) Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 13.

3) Mildred Pierce film.

Per. 5: Mildred chastens Veda for being disrespectful and belittling Mildred's livelihood. Mildred slaps Veda. Conflict motivates Mildred to think about running her own business [a restaurant].

Per. 7: Mildred and Wally Faye negotiate purchase of Monty Barrigan's property for Mildred to set up a restaurant. Review: Characterization: Wally Faye: good businessman, eloquent, persuasive. Mildred: Persistent, hardworking, driven to succeed.

Thursday, October 14, 2010.

1) Review of Vocabulary Lesson 13. Check Definitions and sentences for the words in this lesson.

2) Add the following words:

dank (adj.) : unpleasantly moist or wet (like a dungeon)
dour (adj.) : sullen; gloomy
chasten (verb) : to correct by punishment; to discipline
austere (adj.) : plainly simple; unadorned
rueful (adj.) : mournful, pitiable, sorrowful
frugal (adj.): thrifty, savors being economical

Quiz tomorrow.

3) View film Mildred Pierce to Mildred in restaurant. Characterization of Veda Pierce as a selfish, self-centered, and materialistic child. Per. 5: no film

Monday, October 11. Substitute covering classes.

Grammar assignment on subject-verb agreement and pronoun-antecedent agreement. Elements of Language grammar book pp. 512-539. Please ask for handout if you were absent.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010.

Shortened classes of 17 minutes due to PSAT testing.


1) Viewed film Mildred Pierce:

Reviewed flashback, foil, indirect characterization, dramatic irony, and conflict. Fill out the definitions for these terms on your literary terms handout.
Most classes viewed to section of film where Wally Faye visits Mildred Pierce.

REMINDER: Vocabulary Lesson 13 (XIII) due tomorrow. Quiz Friday.

Add words: frugal, dank, dour, rueful, austere, and chasten.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010.

1) Benchmark TEST. "Princess Miranda." You need to make this up if you were absent.

2) Subject-verb agreement review. You need to ask for handout. Due Thursday.

No homework due to PSAT test tomorrow. Report to Advocacy at 7:40

Friday, October 8, 2010.
Early dismissal.

Vocabulary Quiz 11 & 12.

Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Per. 5: "The Pedestrian" song presentations by Kate Joslin and Janelle Jordan

1) Check Vocabulary Workshop Workbook Lesson 11 & 12 + sentences and definitions.
QUIZ TOMORROW.

2) Reviewed following terms:

Situational irony: Occurs when the opposite of what reader/viewer expects to happen in the story actually does happen.

Dramatic irony: Occurs when the reader/viewer knows something that the character does not know or of what he/she is unaware.

Flashback: An interruption in the chronological flow of the story to give information about what happened BEFORE the beginning of the story.

Foreshadowing: Hints about what will happen later on in the story.

3) Students received two handouts: Character Chart and Literary Terms . Please ask for these if you were absent and try to make it to a lunch viewing of the film.

4) Viewed beginning of film Mildred Pierce taking notes on examples of dramatic irony.

Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010.

1. Passed out PSAT practice tests and study guides.
2. Issued Tomorrow When the War Began to Per. 5 and The Friends to Per. 7 with reading schedules *.

3. Discussed "Everyday Use" with reading video recap of story, comprehension check, and support questions.

4. Turned in "The Pedestrian" songs. due today.
Per. 5 performers: Barbara Morris and Jaelan, Jayonn, and Fritzina.

REMINDER: Vocabulary Lessons XI and XII (11 & 12) as well as sentences and definitions due tomorrow.

The Great Depression and the Migrant Experience

Greetings...Go to this link and read these articles. These articles will be relevant to your next novel.

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/afctshtml/tsme.html

Tuesday, October 5, 2010.

1) "Everyday Use" p. 48. Discuss direct and indirect characterization.

Direct characterization: the author directly states a character's traits.
Ex. Wilber is a mean, heartless man.

Indirect characterization: The author shows a character's personality through his/her actions, thoughts, feelings, words, appearance, or through another character's observations and reactions. [what the character says, does, thinks, and/or what others say to/about the character.] Ex. Wilber poked the poor little kitty's eyes out and smashed its tail.

Quickwrite warm-up: If you could save only one precious possession of yours from being destroyed or left behind, what would you save? Write a composition (one page).

a) Write your topic sentence. Underline it.
b) Describe the precious possession. Use rich adjectives and similes.
c) Elaborate why this possession means so much to you.

Monday, October 4, 2010.

Literary Terms & Short Stories TEST

Friday, Oct. 1., 2010.

1. Advanced Academics Analysis

2. Voc. Quiz IX and X. (9&10).

3. Passed out study guide for test on Monday and Glossary of Literary Terms

Thursday, September 30, 2010.

1. Discuss questions on "There Will Come Soft Rains" [What is the underlying message??] p. 341.

2. Complete all assignments for "There Will Come..." on p. 339.

3. Checked vocabulary for Lessons 9 and 10. Quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010.

1. Complete quiz on "The Pedestrian." Ask for quiz when you return if you were absent.

2. Explained song project assignment:

Write a song that summarizes how Mr. Mead feels about the world in which he lives. Use some phrases or words from the text to help you encompass his whole experience. Use sensory details and dialogue. Make sure you have a refrain (chorus).
Example: Minimum three stanzas of four or five lines each stanza and a refrain (chorus). Performance will earn you extra credit. DUE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6.

3. Read "There Will Come Soft Rains" p. 324 in your new Holt McDougal Literature text book.

HOMEWORK: Read "Inside the Home of the Future" by Kelly Greene pp. 337-338 in Literature textbook.

REMINDER: Vocabulary Lessons IX and X due tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010.

1. Comma review. Complete Revision Skill: 1-15 pp. 783-784 in Writer's Craft [orange]textbook.
2. Check your own work with a red pen.

3. Discuss "The Pedestrian." Review walking route. Trace Mr. Mead's walking route through the city. Draw a map of Mr. Mead's walk. Include all details from the story (streets and houses) to include the steps he takes during his last walk. Important: Draw a compass [north-south-east-west] to signal in what direction he heads, and include the cloverleaf intersection where Mr. Mead is arrested. Label each item on the map.

Monday, September 27, 2010

1. Comma review workshop; we graded in class.

2. Began reading "The Pedestrian." [Ask for handout.]

3. Annotated setting, character, and sensory details.

4. Take notes on Mr. Mead's walking route.

HOMEWORK: Complete reading, highligting sensory details.
Google images of a "cloverleaf intersection."

Friday, September 24, 2010.

1. Review of Comma Usage.

2. Vocabulary Quiz 7 and 8.

3. Work on comma handout. Complete for homework. Due Monday.

Thursday, September 23.

1. Checked Vocabulary Lessons VII and VIII. Quiz tomorrow.

2. Viewed excerpt from "A Sound of Thunder."

REMINDER: Don't forget to read the Bradbury bio.

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010.

1. Distributed Ray Bradbury's biography packet for reading at home.

2. Reviewed the Plot Diagram for "A Sound of Thunder" and found evidence (quotes) supporting main character traits: Eckels and Travis.

3. Completed figurative language/devices sheet: similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia used in the story "A Sound of Thunder." On back, recorded passages indicating foreshadowing used in story and outcome of events foreshadowed.

4. Checked for homework grade the study guide questions for "A Sound of Thunder."

REMINDER: Complete Vocabulary Lessons VII and VIII in workbook, definitions and sentences.
REMINDER: Complete foreshadowing exercise.
NOTE: Bring Glossary of Terms packet from last year for credit.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

1. Five-minute Warm-Up: On a sheet of paper with the title "Time Travel," write a one-page response to the following prompt:

If you could time travel anywhere into the past or future, where would you go and why? Make sure you elaborate with details.

2. Homework reading quiz: 1-5; If you missed this quiz, see me at lunch.

3. Complete plot diagram for "A Sound of Thunder" as well as the character, setting, and theme.

HOMEWORK: Complete questions for "A Sound of Thunder."

REMINDER: Complete Lessons VII and VIII in workbook. Due: Thursday, 9/23

Monday, September 20, 2010.

1. Review vocabulary quiz: Lessons I-V.

2. Read "A Sound of Thunder" when you finish. Complete reading of this story for homework as independent reading. If you are absent, go to Google and print a copy.

Thursday, September 16, 2010.

1. Contrast "Searching for Summer" characters Mrs. Hatchings with Mr. Noakes: One page.

2. Review vocabulary Lesson 5 and Lesson 6 [Review of all 50 words]. Quiz Monday, 9/20

Wednesday, September 15, 2010.

1. Complete reading of "Searching for Summer." Complete plot diagram for story.
2. Answer questions 1-9 on pg. 39 in old textbook as well as Vocabulary in Action: 1-5 and Grammar in Context: 1-4. Use complete sentences.

3. Turned in Letter of Introduction.

REMINDER: Vocabulary Lesson V and Review Lesson VI due tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

1. Short comprehension quiz on "Harrison Bergeron."

2. Pre-reading discussion of painting as theme of story.
Read "Searching for Summer."

3. Begin plot diagram: exposition, initial problem, rising action. Discussed static and dynamic characters.

REMINDER: Letter of Introduction typed due tomorrow: 9/15
Note: Please do not expect to print here. Take care of this outside of class. Thank you.
REMINDER: Vocabulary Lessons V and Review VI are due Thursday. Review all the words studied from previous lessons. Quiz: Monday, 9/20

Monday, September 13. 2010

Flowers for Algernon TEST

Friday, September 10, 2010.

1. Flowers for Algernon writing assignment.

Write two-three thoughtful sentences describing the reactions of the following characters to Charlie's becoming a genius:
1) Ms. Kinnian 2) Dr. Strauss 3) Professor Nemur 4) workers at the bakery 5) Rose
6) Norma 7) Fay 8) Charlie himself. First, number each character, secondly, underline the character's name and place a colon after the name (:), and third, go to the next line and begin your response.
Example:
1) Ms. Kinnian:
Ms. Kinnian's response to Charlie's becoming a genius...

2. Vocabulary Quiz III & IV.

3. Complete "Harrison Bergeron" reading questions for homework.

REMINDER: Flowers for Algernon TEST on Monday, 9/13.
REMINDER: Letter of Introduction (typed) due on Wednesday 9/15.

Thursday, September 9, 2010.

1. Checked Vocabulary Workbook Less. III and IV pp. 6-8.

2. Completed reading of "Harrison Bergeron," focusing on plot elements and characterization.

3. Began reading comprehension questions for "Harrison Bergeron." As a class, we cooperated to formulate clear and concise sentences, restating the question in our response and varying the structure of the sentence in order to avoid redundancy and the overuse of the word "because."

REMINDER: Bring "Harrison Bergeron" question handout to class.
REMINDER: Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 274-298. Bring book tomorrow.
REMINDER: Flowers for Algernon TEST Monday, 9/13.
REMINDER: Letter of Introduction due: Wednesday, 9/15

Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.

Students copied vocabulary words from board to look up definitions for short story "Harrison Bergeron." Students need to know this vocabulary from story. [See Tuesday 9/7 for list of words.]

1. Began reading of "Harrison Bergeron," pg/ 24 through first column, second paragraph, analyzing exposition, rising action and characterization.

2. Filled out survey for Carillon Yearbook.

3. Picture day: Students walked to MPR for photo-taking.

REMINDER: Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 248-273.
REMINDER: Voc. Less. III and IV due tomorrow (Thursday 9/9)
REMINDER: Flowers for Algernon TEST Monday, 9/13
REMINDER: Letter of Intro due in one week: 9/15

Tuesday, September 7, 2010


1. Flowers for Algernon Pop Quiz pp. 197 to 221.

2. Complete reading of "The Quiet Man," identifying internal conflicts in characters.

3. Begin reading "Harrison Bergeron" P. 36 new book; p. 20 in old text.

Notes: Utopia: Greek meaning "no place" Human beings have attempted to create utopian societies but have failed. Distopia: Failed utopian societies in which members of society are unhappy or enslaved to a higher ranking authority.

Characters:
George: Husband of Hazel; father of Harrison
Hazel: Wife of George; mother of Harrison
Harrison:
ballerina:
Diana Moon Glampers


Vocabulary to Know for "Harrison Bergeron":
calibrated, consternation, cower, hindrance, luminous, symmetry, synchronize, vague, vigilance, wince.

REMINDER: Read Flowers for Algernon pp.222-247 Test: Mon. Sept. 13
REMINDER: Vocabulary for this week: Lessons III and IV. Due Thursday, 9/9
REMINDER: Letter of Intro due: Wed. 9/15
REMINDER: Tomorrow is picture day.

Friday, Sept. 3, 2010.

1. Read "The Quiet Man" to page 19.

2. Take Voc. Quiz I and II. If you missed this quiz, please see me about making it up this week before Friday.

3. Received "Letter of Introduction" due Sept. 15.

REMINDER: Please follow reading schedule for Flowers for Algernon.
REMINDER: Wednesday is picture day. Please bring money if purchasing photos.

Thursday, September 2, 2010.

1. "The Quiet Man": Meaning p. 27, 1-3

On a sheet of notebook paper, respond thoughtfully to questions 1, 2, and 3.
Skip a line between each response. Make sure you have a topic sentence for each response.
Use pen.

2. Check Vocabulary workbook lessons I and II for homework grade. Explanation of quiz questions using stems and prefixes from chart.

REMINDER: Study for quiz tomorrow 9/3 on Lessons I and II.
REMINDER: Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 166-196

Wednesday, September 1, 2010.

1. Vocabulary workbooks were distributed to students, who signed receipt. Lessons I and II are due tomorrow. Definitions of words as well a sentence written with each word used in context [the sentence shows that the student knows the meaning of the word.] are also due tomorrow.

2. Continued reading of "The Quiet Man." to page 14, discussing cultural context and character motive in story.

REMINDER: Follow reading schedule of Flowers for Algernon pp. 139-165

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

1. Students drew and labeled a plot diagram for "The Quiet Man": 10 minutes.

2. Read "The Quiet Man," checking for comprehension, reviewing plot elements, and clarifying characterization and character motives. Read to page 8 top text to "All that suited Big Liam splendidly, and se remained single--a wasted woman."

REMINDER: H.W. Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 113-138.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Summer Reading TEST: Watership Down and Running Loose.

Friday, August 27, 2010.

1. Pop quiz on Flowers for Algernon pp. 1-25 independent reading. Self checked in class.

2. Literary Terms vocabulary quiz.

3. Begin reading "The Quiet Man" and finish for homework. Make sure you read annotations on side of text. This is a model of active reading and a review of literary elements.

REMINDERS:
Flowers for Algernon: Follow reading schedule: Friday: pp. 26-55 and Saturday: pp. 56-82.
Summer Reading Test on Watership Down and Running Loose:
Monday, 8/30

Thursday, August 26, 2010

1. Review of eight parts of speech. Practice with handout.

2. Grammar Diagnostic Test (daily grade).

REMINDER: Study definitions for literary terms quiz tomorrow.
REMINDER: Summer reading test on Monday 8/30
HOMEWORK: Read Flowers for Algernon pp. 1-25

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

1. Literature textbook check today.

2. Analysis of short story with review of literary terms: setting, PLOT[exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution], characterization, and theme. Please obtain notes from peer of discussion in class.

REMINDER: BIO CARD DUE TOMORROW, THURSDAY 8/26
REMINDER: LITERARY TERMS QUIZ FRIDAY, 8/27
REMINDER: SUMMER READING TEST ON WATERSHIP DOWN AND RUNNING LOOSE:
MONDAY, 8/30

Tuesday, August 24, 2010.

NOTES to copy from the board:

1. A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb. An independent clause can stand alone as a sentence or complete thought.
Ex: [Mary had a little lamb], whose fleece was white as snow. The words inside the brackets compose an independent clause, with "Mary" as the subject and "had" as the verb.

2. A gerund is a verb form ending in -ING that is used as a noun.
Ex:
Walking is good exercise.
Sewing is my hobby.
Heavy jogging may cause future knee injuries.

Once notes were reviewed, students composed a biographical poem from a model. Final product will be completed on a colored index card with a photo and collage. Due: Thursday, 8/26

NOTE: Literary terms handout was passed to students. This will be vocabulary for the week.
Review: Due: Thursday 8/26. Quiz Friday 8/27.

REMINDER:
Literature Book check tomorrow [Wednesday 8/25].
Summer Reading test: Monday, 8/30

Monday, August 23, 2010

Welcome Periods 5 and 7 to English 2 CP !!

Greetings...This is a new school year, and I am hoping that this class will enrich your life and help you to journey smoothly through your academic career.

Because of Advocacy time and scheduling, the calendar is tentative. During this first week, you will look closely at the expectations for this class as well review school policies, procedures and the rules for appropriate classroom etiquette.

1) You will fill out a student interest survey. [8/23] and review course outline and rules. Finish survey for homework and bring completed tomorrow, Tues. 8/24.

2) Create a bio-card. Literary Terms handout. [ 8/24]

3) Bring your new Holt-McDougal Literature Grade 10 book to class for a grade. [8/25]

4) Review selected literary terms, begin reading a short story.

5) You will take a short Grammar Diagnostics test, which will count as a daily grade.

6) You will take a quiz on literary terms studied (Friday).

6) Finally, you will be issued a novel and a schedule for independent reading (at home).

Reminder: Summer Reading Test : August 30, 2010

You are to take a test on the two novels assigned for summer reading: Running Loose and Watership Down. If you were unaware of this reading assignment because you attended another school, please bring last report card as proof of attendance, and you will be given extra time to complete reading. Make sure you are prepared.

Friday, May 14, 2010


Poetry Review:
1. Review differences between free verse and metrical poetry. Review rhyme scheme(ABCB, ABAB, etc) and form by analyzing poems and stanzas. Handouts 1) "Elements of Poetry/"What is Poetry?" , and 2) "Narrative Poetry" / "The Wilderness Tamed."

2. Review alliteration and onomatopoeia with handout.
Homework: Complete handouts.

Note: Please ask for handouts if absent.

3. Vocabulary Quiz 29 (Except Period 5).

Thursday, May 13, 2010.

1. Introduction to Poetry: Review of "Glossary of Poetry Terms" handout: Alliteration, assonance, couplet, diction, free verse, imagery, and lyrical poetry, annotating important concepts and using pneumonic devices and key words to identify/remember each.

2. Read handout on Rhythm and Meter.
Discussed the iamb as a metrical foot, the most common in the English language. Read examples of poems with formal and casual diction, imagery, and free verse.

3. Checked Voc. Lesson 29: for homework grade. Quiz tomorrow.

Per. 3: Will check Voc. Lesson 29 and review for quiz tomorrow.


Wednesday, May 12, 2010.

1. Othello review of Acts IV and V with handout and film viewing of ACT V.
2. Othello ACTS IV and V TEST (If you were absent, please come to make up this test ASAP.)

Tuesday, May 11, 2010.

1. Completed reading of Othello ACT V. We finished reading the play.
2. Filled out review sheet for test on ACTS IV and V tomorrow. Passed out ACT V comp. questions.
3. Reminder: Bring Vocabulary Lesson 29 on Thursday.

Note: If you will be out due to testing, please check in with me at your earliest convenience to make up work ASAP.

Monday, May 10, 2010

Final Exam Essay: 30% of Final Exam Grade

Note: We will be reading Othello Act V tomorrow. If you are absent, you are responsible for reading this assignment on your own.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

1. Review Vocabulary Lesson 28. Completion and graded lesson will be homework grade.
2. Complete reading of Othello ACT IV (4). Discuss characterization of Othello with Lodovico as a foil. Discuss characterization of Desdemona as the "good angel" and Shakespeare's use of dramatic irony through Emilia.
3. View Othello film version of today's reading.

REMINDER: STUDY LESSON 28 WORDS FOR QUIZ TOMORROW.

Wednesday, May 5, 2010.

1. Read Othello Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2.

2. Reminder: Voc. Lesson 28+ Sentences and Definitions:
Bring completed to class for homework grade.

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

1. Tear out G.U.M. book pages 235-256; 368-372; 379-382 and 65-73;
(Complete for final exam guide). Take G.U.M. workbook home for summer use or to recycle.

2. Othello ACTS I-III TEST


Monday, May 3, 2010

1. Complete Othello ACTS I, II, and III review.
2. Complete assignment on Personification.

Thursday, April 29, 2010.

Per. 3, 5

1. Complete reading of Othello ACT III. (Scene 4.)
2. Begin answering comprehensive questions on handout.

For quotes, see blog for Wednesday, April 28.

Tuesday, 5/3 :
TEST on Othello, ACTS I-III.

Thursday, 5/6:
Vocabulary Lesson 28 due; quiz Friday, 5/7

Monday, 5/10 :
Final Exam Essay (If you know you will be absent, please make arrangements to make up this test.)

Wednesday, April 28, 2010.
Per. 6

1. Complete oral reading of Othello ACT III.4

2. Discuss Othello ACT III with question sheet; take notes on handout.

Quotes:

III.3. 206-208 [p. 152] "She did deceive her father, marrying you,/And when she seem'd to shake and fear your looks,/She lov'd them most." (Iago to Othello).

III.4. 103-104: [p.182] " 'Tis not a year or two shows us a man:/ They are all but stomachs, and we all but food;/They eat us hungerly, and when they are full/They belch us." (Emilia to Desdemona on her opinion of men.)

Tuesday, April 27, 2010.

10th grade Math TAKS: Odd classes: Periods 3 and 5 only.

1. View film: Othello Acts I, II, and III.

Monday, April 26, 2010

1. Turn in Novel Project 2

2. Read Othello, Act III, Scenes 1, 2, and 3.

Notes:

a) Comic relief at the beginning of Act III.
b) Iago's plan to incite Othello's jealousy begins to take form.
c) Desdemona loses her hankerchief; Emilia picks it up and gives it to Iago.
d) Quote: III.3.165-167:
"O beware, my lord, of jealousy!/It is the green-ey'd monster which doth mock/The meat it feeds on." (Iago).

Friday, April 23, 2010.

1. Voc. Quiz 27 (XXVII).
2. Work on comprehension questions for ACT II.

REMINDER: Novel Project 2 due Monday, 4/26

Thursday, April 22, 2010.

1. Check homework: Definitions & sentences + Voc. Lesson 27. Quiz tomorrow (Friday 4/23).
2. Complete reading of Othello ACT II.

3. Begin comprehension questions.

Notes: Significant Quotes:

II.3.248-249 (Othello fires Cassio.)
II.3.262-265 ( Cassio laments loss of reputation.)
Mention of Hydra, Greek nine-headed serpent killed by Hercules: ALLUSION

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

1. Reading of Othello ACT II to pp. 113 [ II.3.149]
2. Take notes:

A) Setting of play shifts from Venice in ACT I to Cyprus in ACT II.
Scene 1: Mother Nature aids Othello in defeating the Turkish fleet whose ships sink due to terrible storm. Cassio, Iago, Desdemona, and Emilia arrive at Cyprus. Iago begins to weave his plan to ensnare Cassio.

Quote: II.1.168-169: "With as little a web as this I will ensnare as great a fly as Cassio." (Iago).

B) Scene 2: Serves three purposes:
1. To celebrate Othello's marriage/victory over the Turks.
2. To show that the people of Cyprus love/support Othello.
3. To set up conflict in scene 3.

C) Cassio:
Good qualities: courteous, gentlemanly, well-mannered and complimentary to young ladies.
Bad qualities: Angers easily, low tolerance for alcohol (gets drunk easily).

NOTE: Keep all notes in order, neatly written on notebook paper. They will be a test grade.

REMINDER: Vocabulary Lesson 27 (XXVII) is due tomorrow. Quiz Friday, 4/23

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

1. Complete questions for Othello ACT I. Discuss. Begin drawing for cover sheet.

NOTE: Bring novel project on Thursday for +10. New due date: Monday, 4/26

HOMEWORK: Vocabulary Lesson 27 due Thursday 4/22. Quiz Friday, 4/23.

Monday, April 19, 2010

1. Completed reading of Othello ACT I oral and Elizabethan English with tape.
2. Began working on Othello assignment packet for ACT I.

Significant Quotes for ACT I: Make sure you have these quotes in your notes.

I.1.58: (Iago) "In following him [Othello] I follow but myself;"

I.1.65: (Iago) "...I am not what I am."
NOTE: Ensign: Lowest commissioned officer under a lieutenant.

I.3.167-168: (Othello) "She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd,/And I loved her that she did pity them." (This is how Desdemona and Othello fall in love.)

I.3.193-195: (Brabantio) "I here do give thee that with all my heart/Which but thou hast already, with all my heart would keep from thee."
(Brabantio is bitter and feels betrayed by Desdemona and Othello.)

I.3. 289-290: (Duke) "If virtue no delighted beauty lack,/ Your son-in-law is far more fair than black."
(Duke favors/likes and respects Othello's good qualities.)

I.3.292-293: (Brabantio) "Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see; She has deceiv'd her father, and may thee."
(Brabantio is spiteful toward Desdemona and retaliates by planting a seed of doubt about Desdemona's honesty.)

Friday, April 16, 2010.

1. Vocabulary Quiz 26 XXVI.
2. Continue reading play Othello

Thursday, April 15, 2010.

1. Check vocabulary Lesson 26; review.
2. Begin reading Shakespeare's play Othello to beginning Scene 3.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010.

1. View Film Clip on Intro to Othello. (From United Streaming Database in Bellaire Library).
2. Take notes on handout.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010.

1. View film clip on Intro to Shakespeare( fromUnited Streaming Database: See Bellaire website)2. Take notes on handout.

Monday, April 12, 2010.

1. I Had Seen Castles TEST

Friday, April 9, 2010

1. Complete all IHSC Questions. Test on Monday.
2. Read pp. 578-583; these are war poems. Answer all questions following each poem.
3. Complete Activities and Explorations # 1. Please complete collage on a 8 1/2 x 11 white sheet.
Due Monday.
Thursday, April 8, 2010

1. Read IHSC Day 6---Finish the novel.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

1. Work on IHSC Day 5 questions.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

1. Discuss symbols and effects of WWII on the narrator and his family.

2. Read IHSC Day 5

Monday, April 5, 2010

1. Check Voc. Lesson XXIV (24) Copy your responses on a sheet of paper. Turn in. Also turn in workbook.
If you were negligent in completing this take home quiz , you are to work the lesson, write an essay using all the words, underline each vocabulary word. The grade will be a makeup grade.

2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 5.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

1. Check I Had Seen Castles Day 4. Turn in.
2. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 68-79; discuss symbols in novel.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

1. Complete reading I Had Seen Castles pp. 60-67.

2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 4 questions. If you did not finish in class, finish during lunch tomorrow.

REMINDER: Complete Vocabulary Review Lesson XXIV (24). Bring completed lesson on Monday, 4/5. This will be counted as a take-home quiz grade.

REMINDER: Make sure you finish reading your novel over the weekend. A novel assignment will be given to you next week.

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

1. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 53-67
2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day 3 Questions; check/grade in class. Turn in.

Complete Vocabulary Lesson 25. Due Thursday. Quiz Monday, 4/5

Monday, March 29, 2010

1. Read I Had Seen Castles pp. 33-52; discuss.

2. Begin I Had Seen Castles Day Three (3) Questions.

Friday, March 26

1. Voc. Quiz XXIII (23).
2. Work on I Had Seen Castles Day TWO comprehension questions 1-16.


Thursday, March 25

1. Check Vocabulary Lesson XXIII. Sentences and Definitions.
2. Complete I Had Seen Castles Day TWO reading, pp. 17-32. Discuss.

Wednesday, March 24

1. Complete I Had Seen Castles Comprehensive Questions for DAY ONE. Turn in for grade.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

1. Intro to I Had Seen Castles; Read and analyze poem.
2. Read pp. 1-16

Monday, March 22, 2010

1. Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-22 TEST. If you were absent, see me for make up.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

1. Students turned in selected novel slip for homework grade.
2. Students engaged in course selection in the Multipurpose Room.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010.

1. Complete reading of Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 18-22.
2. Work on Farewell...comprehensive questions for Ch. 18-22.

Note: Graded Farewell... Ch. 12-17 questions were returned to students.

REMINDER: Bring signed novel selection slip tomorrow.

Test on Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-22: Monday, March 22

Monday, March 8, 2010

1. Complete Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17 questions.
2. Begin reading Farewell... Ch. 18-22.

Students received Independent Reading assignment handout. If you were absent, please ask for this handout upon your return.

Friday, March 5, 2010

1. Checked Vocabulary Lesson 22 XXII in workbook for a grade.
2. Vocabulary Quiz 22(XXII)
3. Continued to read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17 (pp. 87-123) silently.
Students received question handout for these chapters.

Thursday, March 4, 2010.

1. Checked completion of definitions, sentences, and workbook. Many students were not prepared, so those students prepared with homework recieved a grade, and those who were negligent will receive their deserved grade: 0; we will check workbook tomorrow.

2. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 12-17 silently.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

TAKS TEST


Tuesday, March 2, 2010

1. Passed out scantrons for tallying scores for practice TAKS test.
2. Read student samples of Score 4 essays.
3. Reviewed TAKS tips.

Monday, March 1, 2010

1. Collection of Novel Project/Negligence letters.
2. Check completion of "Surroundings" essay.
3. Peer revision of "Surroundings" essays. (Students will revise and turn in tomorrow.)
4. Read student samples of released "Surroundings" essays.

Friday, February 26, 2010

1. Students completed "Revising and Editing" portion of "My Father Sits..." test.
2. Students worked on the following prompt:

Write a personal narrative explaining how your surroundings affect your life.
(One sheet, front and back.)

Thursday, February 25, 2010

1. Discussed importance of writing from the heart and about topics that are meaningful to us or about which we are passionate.
2. Volunteers shared their "Everyday Events" writing.
3. Students turned in their "Everyday Events" composition.
4. Students analyzed state-released student sample compositions "Everyday Events."

REMINDER: Novel project is due Monday, March 1, 2010

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

1. Students viewed state-released student samples of "Special Place" essays: 1, 2, 3, and 4.
2. Students peer-revised their classmates' essays with rubric sheet. Two sheets per student. Each essay must have two graders.
3. Students will then read feedback from peers, revise their work, and rewrite their final copy to turn in, showing all the process (Staple all work with final copy on top). Turn in tomorrow, 2/24.
REMINDER: Don't forget novel project due this Friday, 2/26.
P. S. Students will tentatively take quiz XXI tomorrow. Be prepared.

Monday, February 22, 2010
1. Review "Leads in Expository Writing" by reading examples of exemplary and not-so-exemplary leads. (Per. 6 read their own leads first).
2. Review "Voice" with an explanation of voice and a series of examples.
3. Passed out to students a rubric with which they will revise their essays ("My Father Sits...A Special Place") meticulously checking each section in the handout, and writing out on a sheet of paper the points earned for each item (5, 3, or 1) : Ask for these handouts if you were absent.
1. Idea Development
2. Organization
3. Voice
4. Word Choice
5. Conventions
6. Sentence Fluency
HOMEWORK: Revise your essay with rubric. Make sure you rewrite your essay and staple it on top of the rough draft. Staple the rubric to the back. In other words: Staple in this order: Final draft on top, followed by rough draft, followed by rubric(the last sheet).
Bring it to class tomorrow.

REMINDER: Be prepared to take Voc. Quiz XXI (21) tomorrow.
REMINDER: Novel project is due Friday, 2/26

Friday, February 19, 2010
1. Vocabulary quiz XXI (21) post-poned for Monday, 2/22

2. Students critiqued and analyzed sample student responses on overhead projector and graded own responses 1, 2, or 3.
3. Students tallied scores from "My Father Sits in the Dark" scantron reading test as well as open-ended responses and recorded these on tally sheet.

REMINDER: Per. 3 and 6: Bring "Special Place: My Father Sits..." essays on Monday, 2/22.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010
1. Complete Open-ended response questions 29, 30, and 31 to "My Father Sits in the Dark" test using graphic organizers.
2. Use AIM graphic organizer handout for question 31 (Crossover) over both selections.
3. Begin essay on following prompt:

Write an essay explaining how a person can feel connected to a special place. One sheet of notebook paper, front and back.

Note: If essay is not finished in class, it must be finished for homework. Bring to completed essay to class tomorrow.
REMINDER: Vocabulary Lesson XXI due Thursday, 2/18

Tuesday, February 16, 2010
1. Continue with Open-Ended Response questions 29, 30, and 31 from TAKS Practice Test:
"My Father Sits in the Dark" using rubric and format sheet for questions 29 and 30 and a hand-written box for Crossover question 30.
2. All students must finish scantron questions 1-28. If student is not finished, she/he must finish at lunch tomorrow.

Monday, February 15, 2010 Presidents' Day Holiday

Friday, February 12, 2010
1. Vocabulary Quiz 20 (XX).
2. Complete "My Father Sits in the Dark" reading section 1-28 on scantron. Test grade. If you were absent, please make this up during lunch on Tuesday, 2/16.
3. Project for novel. Due 2/26 (You have two weeks to complete.) Please ask for handout if you were absent.
NOTE: This project must be typed, neatly arranged with a cover sheet decorated (optional) with the name of the book, author, and your name, date, period, and teacher.

Thursday, February 11, 2010
1. Check Voc. Lesson XX; Sentences and definitions taken up for a grade.
2. Read about details, snapshots, and thoughtshots...ask for handout if you were absent.
3. Highlight with a yellow highlighter and label all the snapshots you find in your "fictional character-looking-for-a-santuary" piece. Highlight with another color your "thoughtshots."
4. Trade paper with a peer. Check the highlighting and sign your name if you agree, or write "Not a snapshot/thoughtshot." if you do not agree.
5. Turn in your paper.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Sanctuary free-writing and creation of fictional character.


Tuesday, February 9, 2010
1.Read "Long Walk to Forever," and answer TAKS open-ended response with textual evidence.
1. Students took notes on the definition of a clause: A clause is a group of words that contains a subject and a verb.
There are two kinds of clauses: independent (IC) and dependent (DC).

Example of IC: Mary ate a cone. [can stand alone as a sentence]

Example of DC: When Mary ate a cone, [cannot stand alone as a sentence]

NOTE: A dependent clause [DC] always needs an independent clause [IC] connected to it.

[When Mary ate a cone] , [she felt full].
[DC] , [IC]

There are three ways to correct run-on sentences:
[IC] . Cap [IC]

[IC] , fanboys [IC] fanboys: ,for ,and ,nor ,but ,or ,yet ,so

[IC] ; [IC]

Example:
Mary ate a cone. She felt full.
[IC] . Cap [IC]

Mary ate a cone (, so ) she felt full.
[IC] , fanboys [IC]

Mary ate a cone ; she felt full.
[IC] ; [IC]

2. Review "Palindromes" and "Space Junk" pp. 45-51 in TAKS Prep Workbook.

Monday, February 8, 2010
1. Collected TAKS Preparation Workbook pp. 17-24 on a sheet of paper properly labeled.
2. Reviewed items for "First Lady" and "Ions."
3. Collected three open-ended response questions on page 25 from TAKS booklet.

Friday, February 5, 2010
1. Read "Notes from a Novice" pp. 7-9 in TAKS Preparation Workbook (glossy green booklet).
2. Complete questions 7-16 (pp. 12-14)
3. Complete three open-ended questions, taking notes on page 15, and writing your rough draft answers on the lines provided on page 25.

HOMEWORK: Complete "Revising and Editing" pp. 17-24 ("First Lady" and "Ions") Mark your answers in your booklet and on a sheet of paper as well. Bring to class on Monday.

Thursday, February 4, 2010
1. TAKS reading with "Think-Aloud" method and Cornell notetaking. "All the Years of Her Life."
Notes and questions 1-6.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
1. Farewell to Manzanar TEST
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
1. Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 group review with packet.
Monday, February 1, 2010
1. Vocabulary Quiz 19
2. Group review with packet of Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11

Friday, January 29, 2010
1. Period 3 only:
Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 1-11 review in groups with packet.

REMINDER: Voc. Quiz for Lesson 19 and review will be on Monday, 2/1.
Test on Farewell to Manzanar, Ch. 1-11 will be postponed until Tuesday/Wednesday.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
1. Read Farewell...Ch. 9-11;
2. Answer comprehensive questions
3. Check Vocabulary Lesson 19
4. Farewell Ch.1-11 Review (in groups.)

Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Periods 3, 5 only
Read Farewell to Manzanar, Ch. 9-11 silently.
Reminder: Farewell to Manzanar TEST, Monday Feb. 1
Reminder: Voc. Lesson 19 due tomorrow (pp 33-34).
Quiz: Monday, 2/1 (due to early dismissal on Friday).

Tuesday, January 26 (Stanford Testing: Even periods only)
1. Review ways of revising sentences for run-ons and fragments in EOL book pp. 344-345; review of subordinating and independent clauses and proper punctuation of these:
IC. IC
IC, (fanboys) IC
f-for
a-and
n-nor
b-but
o-or
y-yet
s-so
IC; IC Sometimes "however, " is placed after the semi-colon.

Also, use a comma after an introductory dependent clause. However, when the independent clause occurs first (before the dependent clause) do not insert comma.

Example:
When I missed the bus, I cried.
I cried when I missed the bus. (No comma).


2. Review capitalization rules: EOL pp,668-680. Complete Review A on p. 680 1-10

Monday, January 25
1. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 6-8
2. Complete comprehension question handout.
3. Read pp. 798-799; Complete Exercise 9 1-10 pp. 799-800
4. Read p. 800; Complete Exercise 10 1-10 p. 801

Friday, January 22
1. Voc. Quiz 16/17/Review + FM 2
2. Read EOL pp. 793-794; Complete Exercise 7 p. 795
3. Read EOL pp. 796-797; Complete Exercise 8 p. 797

Thursday, January 21
1. Review of apostrophe use. Elements of Language pp. 758-759
2. Review of spelling rules with Exercises on pp. 781 and 792 EOL textbook.

REMINDER: Study for a review quiz mainly on lessons 16 and 17, but also a few review words from the previous lessons. Also, study the Farewell to Manzanar vocabulary for Ch. 12-22 for quiz tomorrow, 1/22

Complete Farewell...Ch. 3-5. Find the memoir online. (Google)

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
1. Review Proofreading Marks in EOL textbook p. 958.
2. Proofread homework(GUM p. 231) once more very meticulously finding twenty errors.
3. Check for grade.
4. Read Farewell... Chapters 3-5; work on comprehensive question handout: Please ask for Ch. 3-5 handout if absent.
Per. 3: Check GUM workbook pp 221-222 in class.

REMINDER:
a) Complete Vocabulary workbook review lesson 18 (XVIII).
b) Study words on Farewell to Manzanar vocabulary handout: Ch. 12-22.
c) Continue reading your novel independently at home, logging in your daily reading (pages).

Tuesday, January 19, 2010
1. G.U.M. workbook pp. 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226. CP Add: 228, 229, 230, 231. Homework due Wednesday, 1/20
Elements of Language Glossary beginning on page 638.
Reviewed EOL Glossary pp. 638... and then students worked on GUM workbook pp. 221-222, which we checked in class.
REMINDER: Study Lessons 16, 17 review words and all the Farewell to Manzanar vocabulary from chapters 12-22 (words on the back side of handout) for quiz on Friday, 1/22.

Friday, January 15, 2010
1. Read play "Peaceful Protest, Lasting Freedom" in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
2. Voc. Quiz 17 + FM Ch1-11 words.
3. Read Farewell to Manzanar, Ch. 3-5

Thursday, January 14, 2010
1. Check Vocabulary Lesson XVII (17). Quiz tomorrow (Friday 1/15) on less 17 and FM words.
2. Night Poem (typed) due today.
3. Read Farewell to Manzanar Ch. 3-5.

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
1. Complete comprehensive questions for Farewell... Chapters 1 and 2. Check.
2. Distribute Farewell to Manzanar vocabulary list. Study all words from Ch. 1-11 for quiz on Friday 1/15.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010
1. Read Farewell to Manzanar, chapters 1 and 2. Write a summary of each chapter. Turn it in to the associate teacher.

Monday, January 11, 2010
1. Read background to memoir Farewell to Manzanar, a recount of the Japanese internment experience by Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston and James D. Houston. Please ask for handout FYI Chapters 1-11 when you return from absence.
2. Farewell to Manzanar notes:
Vocabulary:
subversives (N)
confinement (N)
vigil (N)
displacement (N)
catharsis (N)
Ko Wakatsuki: Jeanne Wakatsuki's father
Manzanar: means apple orchard in Spanish
________________
3. Read Forward on pages 5-6 and A Chronology (historical timeline) on pages 7-8.
Copy definitions of Issei, Nisei, and Sansei on page 8 in the book.
4. Begin reading Chapter 1.

Friday, January 8, 2010
1. Vocabulary Quiz XVI (16).
2. Essay on "The Ultimate Gift":
JANUARY 2010 ESSAY PROMPT
Write a one-two page essay, single-spaced on the following prompt:
If you could give someone anything you wanted, what would be the ultimate gift that you would give to change this person’s life forever?
NOTE:
1) Do not forget to describe in detail the gift.
2) Describe and explain how the person’s life will change
3. Homework grade: Checked reading log, physical book, and page numbers.
Monday, grade: 80%.

Thursday, January 7, 2010
1. "From Night" quiz.
2. Review of Vocabulary Lesson XVI (16) pp. 27-28 + definitions + sentences.
3. Introduction of "Night" poem assignment. Due: Thursday, 1/14
Note: Please ask for handouts.

REMINDER:
a. Voc. Quiz 16 [+ five "Night" words: din, emaciated, interminable, notorious, stature] tomorrow.
b. Bring independent reading log and physical novel tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 6

1. Read "from Night" LOL textbook pg. 593-600 and take notes.
2. Discuss passages from memoir.

REMINDER: HOMEWORK:
A) Bring novel selected and parent-signed Reading Log form for teacher approval.
B) Bring completed Vocabulary lesson XVI pp. 27-29 in Manter Hall workbook. Don't forget to write out definitions and a sentence [that shows the meaning of the word] for each word.
Add following words: din, emaciated, interminable, notorious, stature.
Quiz: Friday 1/8 weather permitting. If not, quiz will be on the next school day.

Tuesday, January 5
Happy New Year 2010!
English 2B Expectations: Copy these on a sheet of paper.
1. I must arrive on time and be in my seat ready to learn at the ring of the bell. If I have an assignment to turn in, I need to have it ready on my desk, not in my backpack. If I am tardy, I need to obtain my tardy slip before coming to class.
2. While in class, I need to be respectful and on task at ALL TIMES. Petty talk and talking across the room even in a low volume during class is unacceptable.
3. I have a right to my opinion, but I am expected to keep it to myself unless I am asked by my teacher to share it.
4. When I respond to questions in writing, I must NOT begin with a pronoun (He, she, it, they, you) , "that," "to," "because," or any other subordinate conjunction. I will use complete sentences which restate the question.
5. I am expected to avoid being loud or disorderly when entering the classroom.
6. I am expected to be careful with the following homonyms:
their- belonging to them
there- in that place
they're- they are
your - belonging to you
you're - you are
its - belonging to it
it's - it is
too - also, very (degree)

7. I will be avoid using the following words in my formal writing: things, stuff, alot of, freaked out, sucks, sucked.

Composition: Title: "My Resolutions for 2010" Write a one page composition about this topic with three detailed 10th grade level paragraphs elaborating on:
1) Your goal(s),
2) Why these goals are important, and
3) Your specific plan for accomplishing these goals.
Please ask for handout when you return.