"Work for the Week" 2005-2006  11R

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FIRST QUARTER:   WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN (ALT)*
Second Quarter:  WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN Regents Exam (ALT)*
Third Quarter:   WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE,  (ALT)*
Fourth Quarter:    WEEK ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN  (ALT)*

 

 

Accommodation for Special Education

      Alternative assignments (signified by an "Alt" in the work for the week) are only provided for students who legitimately do not have access to the media under study or through direct collaboration with resource teachers: they will be accepted in lieu of other work only when a student, parent, or resource teacher has arranged the substitution with the instructor prior to the due date.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIRST QUARTER:

WEEK ONE

 

English 11 R Work for the Week

  Monday  
  Tuesday  
  Wednesday  
September    1 Thursday  Conference Day

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Friday  Welcome Back!   We will review class rules and curriculum complete my "About You" questionnaire.   Home Work: Complete the "Parent and Guardian Information Sheet"

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WEEK TWO

English 11 R Work for the Week

5 Monday  School Closed for Labor Day
6 Tuesday Copy "Work for the Week" into your notebook; review class rules and curriculum to keep in your notebook; Parent and Guardian Information sheet collected; Notes on setting Smart Goals; Create 3 Smart Goals for yourself (one for this quarter, one for the year, and one for after graduation) and explain how they are S.M.A.R.T. [Specific, Measurable, Action Oriented, Realistic, and Timely]
7 Wednesday Share Smart Goals with class & turn in; Notes on creating a "personal mission statement;" Work on personal mission statement; rough draft due Thursday.
8 Thursday Show me the rough draft and make revisions as indicated to the final draft due Monday the 13th
9 Friday Test on Smart Goals (index cards for extra credit); Work on Final Draft -- as usual, if not done complete for HW.

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WEEK THREE

English 11 R Work for the Week

12 Monday Copy the work for the week into your notebook; Copy Unit 1 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook (Spelling is worth 2pts; Definition is worth 2pts; sentence is worth 1pt.)   Also, on a separate sheet of paper, write sentences that use the words correctly to show their meaning and turn them in (if not done complete for HW).  Rough Draft of Personal Mission Statement is Due Tuesday. Turn in your Three Smart Goals Goals Assignment.  HW-- Study five words per night all this week ask about bonus!.
13 Tuesday Rough Draft of Personal Mission Statement is Due; Turn in HW Unit 1 Spelling and Vocabulary Sentences. Copy notes on "How to read;" Begin reading log for "World on a Turtles Back."
14 Wednesday Complete reading and create a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting the Iroquois creation story with any other creation story that is familiar to you (Visit Here if you don't know any!).
15 Thursday HW study for test.   complete textbook questions at end of "World on a Turtles Back." Venn Diagram IS DUE keep questions in literary Log;
16 Friday Unit 1 Spelling and Vocabulary Test.   I will say the word you will spell it define it and put it into a sentence.  Make up test only with legal absence don't be late. H.W. Meet in the Computer Lab by the Library. ALSO --3 ring binder notebook checked Monday first notebook check for credit: no three ring binder no credit (SECTIONS: Work for the Week; Spelling and Vocabulary; Literature; Grammar and Composition, Test and Quiz).

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WEEK FOUR  English 11 R Work for the Week********  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY
  19   MONDAY Meet in the Computer Lab by The Library.  Unit 2 Spelling and Vocabulary  Use correctly in sentences for   HW.  Study five words a night all this week.  Work on final draft of your personal mission statement due Wednesday.  Visit my web site copy the work for the week-- do not print out the whole year!    
 20  TUESDAY Meet in the Computer Lab by The Library. Work on final draft of your personal mission statement due tomorrow. Test & Work returned-- any work done over to improve a grade is due by Wednesday. 
21 WEDNESDAY Read, "A Man to send Rain Clouds;"   Notes on Conflict.
22 THURSDAY Answer 1-5 in complete sentences keep in your Literary Log. Read, "I will Fight No More Forever"  Respond in your Literary Log-- What was he trying to say? HW study agian for test. 
      23   FRIDAY  Unit 2 Spelling and Vocabulary Test.  Make up test only with legal absence don't be late. 

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WEEK FIVE    *INTERIM REPORTS*

English 11 R Work for the Week

26 MONDAY Spelling and Vocabulary Unit 3; Use correctly in sentences for HW.  Study five words a night all this week.
27 TUESDAY Introduction to Arthur Miller's The Crucible  & reading as a class;
28 WEDNESDAY Reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible as a class
29 THURSDAY Reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible as a class
   30 FRIDAY Spelling and Vocabulary Test Unit 3;  Spell it 2pts, Define it 2pts, use it correctly in a sentence 1pt.

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WEEK SIX ASSIGNMENTS
3 MONDAY  View ACT I of The Crucible  and Guidance visits regarding PSAT
4 TUESDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL  
5 WEDNESDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL
6    THURSDAY  Reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible as a class
7 FRIDAY  Reading Arthur Miller's The Crucible as a class; introduction to WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT  worth 20% of grade for first quarter.

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WEEK SEVEN ASSIGNMENTS
10 MONDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL  for Columbus Day
11 TUESDAY Sorry, I will not be available tonight for parent teacher night. Please let your parents know they can sign up and I will contact them ASAP.  Meet in computer lab by Library  Begin WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT
12 WEDNESDAY PSAT;  HW-- work on WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT
13 THURSDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL HW-- work on WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT
14 FRIDAY Meet in computer lab by Library WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT

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WEEK EIGHT ASSIGNMENTS
17 MONDAY Meet in computer lab by Library. HW-- work on WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT
18 TUESDAY Meet in computer lab by Library. Last day to work on WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT in class.  Final Draft with the works Cited page is due next Monday.  Lose 10% per school day late!
19 WEDNESDAY "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Edwards ( p152-158);Take notes on "loaded language" in Literary Log begin answer questions 1-6 on page 158
20 THURSDAY TBA (to be announced)  -- Reading The Crucible
21 FRIDAY TBA -- Reading The Crucible

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WEEK NINE ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY!
24 MONDAY Reading The Crucible; Deadline for WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT extended to Wednesday 10/ 26/ 05!  If you turn it in (completed properly) today you get extra credit toward class participation! ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY!
25 TUESDAY Reading The Crucible; HW--WEB QUEST/ RESEARCH PROJECT Due
26 WEDNESDAY In your notebook-- Answer questions 1-8 page 190 and Answer questions 1-8 page 228; Prepare for notebook Test Monday 10/ 31/ 05
27 THURSDAY Reading The Crucible
28 FRIDAY Reading The Crucible; HW-- bring notebook for notebook test (worth 20% of quarter grade!) if you miss it you must show me your notebook your first day back.

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WEEK TEN                                       THE QUARTER END IS FRIDAY
October 31 BOO! MONDAY Read last act of The Crucible   Notebook Test-- if you miss it you must show me your notebook your first day back.
November1  TUESDAY Read last act of The Crucible
2 WEDNESDAY Answer questions 1-8 page 243;
3 THURSDAY View In Search of the Salem Witchcraft Trials
FRIDAY View In Search of the Salem Witchcraft Trials

Quarter ends and grades have to yet to be calculated.

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SECOND QUARTER:

WEEK ONE ASSIGNMENTS
7 MONDAY Take notes on "loaded language." Then on your own read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and answer 1-6 on page 158 in complete sentences; in one or two paragraphs reflect upon Edward's use of loaded language.  As you read, identify an example of each of the Three Puritan Beliefs and cite each with parenthetical citation.     Then answer 1-6 on page 158 in complete sentences (All due Thursday).
8 TUESDAY

POSTER PROJECT:  Literary Device

Select a Literary Term or Device from the textbook pages1342-1365. Get approval from me, but do not select devices others in the class are working on.  When you sign up with your name and the term or device for your project, be sure that no one else above you has selected that same term or device.

1) Use poster paper provided or paper larger than 12"*12"

2) You must identify the term or device clearly.

3) Explain the meaning of the term or device.

4) Illustrate the device by providing an example.

5) You must put your name clearly in the lower left hand corner; check all spelling and punctuation for classroom display.

Each of these elements is worth 20% (counts as five HW assignments)

Extra credit for creativity if all of the above conditions are met, Due Monday 14th.

 

 
9 WEDNESDAY Work in class on your Literary Device POSTER PROJECT-- all topics must be approved ...Due Monday 14th.
10 THURSDAY "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Answer 1-6 on page 158 in complete sentences are due. Also turn in your example of each of the Three Puritan Beliefs cited with parenthetical citation and your reflection on Loaded Language.  HW-- Poster Project Due Monday; bring ID Cards for Library.
11 FRIDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL  

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WEEK TWO ASSIGNMENTS
14 MONDAY

 Conference day-- faculty and staff professional development.

15 TUESDAY  Introductory notes on Hemmingway and The Old Man and the Sea; Reading in class.  Meet in class first then pick up The Old Man and the Sea from the library-- YOU MUST BRING THE OLD MAN TO CLASS EVERY DAY-- (it counts as a HW grade).   Your Literary Device Poster Project is due Today. 
16 WEDNESDAY Reading in class;
17 THURSDAY Reading in class;
18 FRIDAY Reading in class;  HW-- Complete reading Hemmingway's  The Old Man and the Sea (be sure to take notes in your reading log) for future test.

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WEEK THREE ASSIGNMENTS
21 MONDAY View Hemmingway's  The Old Man and the Sea;
22 TUESDAY View Hemmingway's  The Old Man and the Sea;Test on reading.
23 WEDNESDAY View Hemmingway's  The Old Man and the Sea;  Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce and compare the style with Hemmingway's in your notebook.
  THURSDAY  School Closed for Thanksgiving Recess
  FRIDAY  School Closed for Thanksgiving Recess

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WEEK FOUR ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY
28 MONDAY Copy Unit 4 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook.   Write sentences that use the words correctly to how their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for Tuesday's HW).  HW-- Study five words per night all this week.  All late work is due by Friday.
29 TUESDAY Regents Exam Project (worth 20% grade this quarter: Part 4; an  Introduction to the critical lens and blocking.  Each blocking and essay assignment count as 25% of a project grade this quarter;  Fair warning, if you fail to turn them in on time you will see a comment on your interim report that indicates you may fail the Regents Exam and the quarter.
30 WEDNESDAY Block the critical lens (Session II B Jan 2005) using The Crucible and The Old Man and the Sea--  notes on how to write the essay from the blocking assignment; when done you may return the text to the library -- next week we pick up Catcher in the Rye you must return it by then or bring it with you.
December 1 THURSDAY Write the essay;  HW-- Complete the essay and study for the test.
2 FRIDAY Essay and Blocking are due; test on Unit 4 Spelling and Vocabulary. HW-- Complete the essay

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WEEK FIVE    **Interim Reports** ASSIGNMENTS
5 MONDAY Our first Regents Essay and Blocking assignment is due (Session II B Jan 2005);  Bring ID CARDS/ THE OLD MAN IN THE SEA  to pick up Catcher in the Rye-- you must bring the book with you every day!

Begin reading Catcher in the Rye  from the perspective of you (the reader) as Holden's psychologist/  psychiatrist; take notes in your reading log at the end of each chapter for notebook check!

HW-- Blocking assignment # 2 -- on separate paper, block #6 or #7 at the bottom of the sample blocking worksheet  (I handed it out in class with the sample Regents Exam).  Use any Literature you have read; do not use the forbidden words; identify title author and characters; Do not write the essay! Blocking assignment # 2 is due Wednesday; (Reminder-- interim reports are due this week!) Reading in class.

6 TUESDAY Blocking assignment # 2 is due Wednesday; write the introduction for that essay as if you were going to write the essay-- Include topic/opinion/interest catching device; HW-- bring ID CARDS/ THE OLD MAN IN THE SEA  to pick up Catcher in the Rye WED.
7 WEDNESDAY Work in class on Regents Project (Session I B Jan 2005) Essay Due Monday or read on your own in class through chapter 10 for test Friday.
8 THURSDAY Work in class on Regents Project (Session I B Jan 2005) Essay Due Monday or read on your own in class.
9 FRIDAY Work in class on Regents Project (Session I B Jan 2005) Essay Due Monday or read on your own in class (Session I B Jan 2005) Notebook Test on Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-10.

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 WEEK SIX ASSIGNMENTS
12 MONDAY Reading Chapter 11 and 12 of Catcher in the Rye  from the perspective of Holden's psychologist/  psychiatrist; take notes in your reading log at the end of each chapter for notebook check and test Tuesday!  Essay and Graphic collected Tuesday.
13 TUESDAY Test on Catcher in the Rye Chapters 1-12 & begin Review of Literary Devices for test Friday.
14 WEDNESDAY Reading from Chapter 13 together in class.
15 THURSDAY Reading from Chapter 13 together in class.
16 FRIDAY Literary Devices Test  At this point Session II A & B  and Session I B should be completed and turned in with your graphic organizer.  These essays with Session I A (Listening) will form 20% of your grade for this quarter!!!

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WEEK SEVEN ASSIGNMENTS
19 MONDAY

Charles Dickens a short story (full text),  A Christmas Carol, for use on the Regents Exam; Identify 10 examples of specific literary elements and examples in A Christmas Carol for use on the Regents Exam in your notebook;  Read through chapter 29 in Catcher in the Rye and continue to keep notes for each chapter; be prepared for notebook test every day this week.

20 TUESDAY View A Christmas Carol, for use on the Regents Exam Identify 10 examples of specific literary elements and examples in A Christmas Carol for use on the Regents Exam in your notebook;
21 WEDNESDAY Identify 10 examples of specific literary elements and examples in A Christmas Carol for use on the Regents Exam in your notebook; HW-- read through chapter 17 in Catcher in the Rye and continue to keep notes.
22    THURSDAY Identify 10 examples of specific literary elements and examples in A Christmas Carol for use on the Regents Exam in your notebook; HW-- read through chapter 20 in Catcher in the Rye and continue to keep notes.  Turn in notes  on examples of specific literary elements and examples.
23 FRIDAY WINTER RECESS  Begins through Tuesday, January 3nd 2006! (nine days in a row) HW-- Read through chapter 29 in Catcher in the Rye and continue to keep notes for each chapter. 13 school days until the two day Regents Exam!

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WEEK EIGHT ASSIGNMENTS
JANUARY   2 MONDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL  
3 TUESDAY How to pass the Regents Exam: Session I A (Listening)-- Review notes on listening.  Only 12 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
4 WEDNESDAY Only 11 school days until the two day Regents Exam! Work on Regents Exam: Session I A (Listening) essay and  notes due Friday.
5 THURSDAY Reading Whitman's "I Hear America Singing" (397) answer questions 1-3 (398)  Only 10 school days until the two day Regents Exam! -- be prepared for notebook test on Catcher in the Rye tomorrow.
6 FRIDAY Final Test on Catcher in the Rye before Regents Exam. Session I A (Listening) essay and  notes due today.   Only 9 school days until the two day Regents Exam! At this point Session II A & B  and Session I A & B should be completed and turned in with your graphic organizer/ notes.  These essays with  form 20% of your grade for this quarter!

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WEEK NINE ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY14th!
9 MONDAY "Walt Whitman Style Poem" sign up for topic your choice of an allusion to an event in American History (e.g. An Allusion to Custer's Last Stand) is due Friday 13th -- and on that poem underline and label each of the required literary devices you used in its creation-- catalog, repetition, parallelism, imagery-- and identify each of them (in parenthesis next to the line write the device used in that line) and turn in your poem.    All late work is due by Friday!  Only  8 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
10 TUESDAY Read "I, Too"  "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"  by Hughes (925- 927)  and answer questions 1-8 on page 928 in your note book; be prepared for notebook test every day until the Regents Exam.  Only 7 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
11 WEDNESDAY "Letter from Birmingham Jail"  Read (1136-1145)  Answer Questions 1-8 on 1146 in your note book; Only 6 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
12 THURSDAY "Letter from Birmingham Jail"  Read (1136-1145))  Answer Questions 1-8 on 1146 in your note book;  Only 5 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
13 FRIDAY  "Walt Whitman Style Poem" with literary devices identified is due.  Only 4 school days until the two day Regents Exam!

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WEEK TEN

ASSIGNMENTS                 *******Review for State Exams********

16 MONDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday
17 TUESDAY --Final Review --How to pass the Regents Exam: Parts1-4  Participation counts for this quarter as does notebook test; however, new critical lens assignment will be graded as First Assignment of the Third Quarter Monday January 30th.  3 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
18 WEDNESDAY Final Review 2 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
19 THURSDAY Final Review 1 school days until the two day Regents Exam!
20 FRIDAY Final Review 0 school days until the two day Regents Exam!  

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REGENTS WEEK ASSIGNMENTS
23 MONDAY

MID-TERM TESTING DAY for other classes HW review notes on listening and on using quotation marks.

24 TUESDAY English Session I  (12-3pm):  listening and using facts from a graph or chart  HW-- Review Literary Devices
25 WEDNESDAY English Session II  (12-3pm): Literary Essays find a controlling idea in two texts and interpret a quotation
26 THURSDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
27 FRIDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS-- all grades will be sent home sorry, no sneak peaks.

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THIRD QUARTER:

WEEK ONE ASSIGNMENTS
30   MONDAY Regents Exams Results? Sorry, when I know, you will know! View O Brother Where Art Thou? a retelling of the Odyssey in 1930's America.  Write a poem about the lessons you are (may be) learning on your personal journey just as Odysseus and Ulysses Everett McGill must also learn in their journeys . NO SLANG. USE IMAGERY. Begin with an invocation.  Describe the challenges you must overcome (yes, you may portray me as a monster) While your assignment doesn't have to be an EPIC it must be at least twenty lines in length. Turn in your rough draft with your final version. Review NEW HW POLICY  all work that is not given a specific due date is due at the start of class the next day
31   TUESDAY View O Brother Where Art Thou? and work on poem.
February    1  WEDNESDAY View O Brother Where Art Thou? and work on poem.
2 THURSDAY View O Brother Where Art Thou? and work on poem.
3 FRIDAY Rough Draft of poem checked in class.  Work on your Personal Odyssey assignment, Due Monday! 

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WEEK TWO ASSIGNMENTS
6 MONDAY Copy Unit 5 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook.   Write sentences that use the words correctly to how their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for Tuesday's HW).  HW-- Study five words per night all this week.  Your own "Odyssey" poetry assignment is due
7 TUESDAY Begin reading log for "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, an American Slave"  (p562)
8 WEDNESDAY Complete reading and Answer questions 1-8 on page 571.
9 THURSDAY Begin reading log for "Frederick Douglas" by Robert Hayden (P 615) and Nikki Giovanni's "Revolutionary Dreams" (p1145) And write your own poem about slavery and oppression in this world. Due the Monday 27th (when we return from February break) HW-- Study for the spelling and vocabulary test.
10 FRIDAY Spelling and Vocabulary test Unit 5 Spelling and Vocabulary

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WEEK THREE ASSIGNMENTS
13 MONDAY Copy Unit 6 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook.   Write sentences that use the words correctly to how their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for HW).  HW-- Study five words per night all this week.   Complete any work owed from last week before Friday.
14 TUESDAY Happy Valentines Day!  Begin reading log for the selected poems of Emily Dickinson pages 750-760 and Answer questions 1-7 on page 760 in your notebook.
15 WEDNESDAY Read 742-744 "Women's Voices, Women's Lives."   Begin reading log for "The Story of an Hour"    Surprise notebook test this week.
16 THURSDAY  read "Build Background" on 783 and for HW compare and contrast what you know about the treatment of slaves with the treatment of women as described around 100 years ago using a Venn diagram  Due the Monday we return.  For tonight-- Study for the spelling and vocabulary test.  Fair warning-- Notebook Test, the week we return
17 FRIDAY

Spelling and vocabulary test. Notebook Test, the week we return: the final exam is an open notebook test!!! Schools are closed next week for Mid-Winter Recess

Catch up on any work that is owed!!!  INTERIM REPORTS ARE AROUND THE CORNER!

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WEEK FOUR ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY FRIDAY the 4th!

All late assignments due by Friday!  INTERIM REPORTS ARE AROUND THE CORNER!

27 MONDAY First half of class-- answer 1, 3-9 786 in your notebook. On your own, read "The Yellow Wallpaper" p766-779 Your own poem about slavery and oppression in this world is due today.  HW --BRING ID CARD
28 TUESDAY Complete reading Answer 1, 3-7 779 in your notebook and turn in any work owed.  Meet in class and then pick up "Death of a Salesman" -- begin reading log, take notes; 
March 1 WEDNESDAY Identify the "American Dream" for your parents/guardian in a brief paragraph and explain what your version of the dream might be-- keep it legal and something you can work for (nothing free). HW-- Bring your book and notebook to class every day.
2 THURSDAY Reading in class.
3 FRIDAY Test on this week's work and retest on unit 5 Spelling and Vocabulary.

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WEEK FIVE ASSIGNMENTS
6 MONDAY Reading in class. 
7 TUESDAY Reading in class.
8 WEDNESDAY Reading in class.
9 THURSDAY Reading in class. 
10 FRIDAY Test on this week's work.

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WEEK SIX ASSIGNMENTS
13 MONDAY Complete reading Death of a Salesman
14 TUESDAY Complete reading Death of a Salesman
15 WEDNESDAY View end of Death of a Salesman
16 THURSDAY Introduction to Third Quarter Poetry Project you must be ready to go at the start of class on Thursday March 30th:  HW-- Study for the Death of a Salesman test.
17 FRIDAY Final Death of a Salesman test.

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WEEK SEVEN ASSIGNMENTS
20 MONDAY Copy Unit 7 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook.   Write sentences that use the words correctly to how their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for Tuesday's HW). Create reading log for "Lincoln's letter to Mrs. Bixby" & work on Poetry Project.  HW-- Study five words per night all this week. HW-- Return your books to the library!
21 TUESDAY Poems must be selected and approved by this date. An introduction to "The show me don't tell me poetry project"  -- Create  10 HAIKU  five on the the following topics (barbeque, taking a test, summer, silence, the beach) and five of your own devising (due Friday).
22 WEDNESDAY CINQUAIN  Create five Cinquain due Friday
23 THURSDAY Notes on Pattern poems-- Create three 10 line pattern poems each a different pattern and label the pattern for each poem (Due Monday).   HW--Study for test.
24 FRIDAY Test on Unit 7 Spelling and Vocabulary    Turn in Haiku and Cinquain.

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WEEK EIGHT ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY Wed the 29th!
27 MONDAY

Pattern Poems are due. Notes on The Sonnet  Write a sonnet for Friday.

28 TUESDAY Third Quarter Poetry Project  Memorize, analyze, or work on your sonnet.
29 WEDNESDAY Third Quarter Poetry Project  is due Thursday.  Go today for extra credit.  Rehearse in class.
30 THURSDAY Be ready to recite!  Students will be selected randomly to begin.
31 FRIDAY Be ready to recite!  Turn in your sonnet.

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FOURTH QUARTER:

WEEK ONE ASSIGNMENTS 3rd Quarter ends Friday
APRIL 3 MONDAY View Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam; As part of The show me don't tell me poetry project use the video to write a your poem about the "American Dream,” any style but use imagery from the video! (Check if done r)
4 TUESDAY Meet in the Computer Lab and work on your Show me don't tell me poetry project.  You may only use MS Word and the internet to find appropriate images for your project.  Failure to follow directions results in the loss of computer time not excluding other consequences.
5 WEDNESDAY Meet in the Computer Lab "SURPRISE" NOTEBOOK CHECK
6 THURSDAY Meet in the Computer Lab
7 FRIDAY

View Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam; As part of The show me don't tell me poetry project use the video to write a your poem about the "American Dream,” any style but use imagery from the video!  H.W. work on poetry project (Check if done r) and get your notebook organized for the final exam (Check if done r) . Enjoy your Spring Break !!! 

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WEEK TWO ASSIGNMENTS
17 MONDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL

 

18 TUESDAY OFF/ NO SCHOOL
19 WEDNESDAY Welcome Back!  All late work is due (for incompletes)(Check if done r) .  View Mona Lisa Smile and keep notes as to why the movie has the title taken from a renaissance painting. (Check if done r) H.W. Complete a GRADE BREAKDOWN CHART (Check if done r) Due Friday.
20 THURSDAY View Mona Lisa Smile
21 FRIDAY View end of Mona Lisa Smile Write a response in essay format about why the movie has the title taken from a renaissance painting using evidence from the movie and the background information here. (Check if done r)   Turn this in Monday.

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WEEK THREE ASSIGNMENTS
24 MONDAY View end of Mona Lisa Smile  Essay Due. (Check if done r)   Work on any elements of the "Show me don't tell me poetry project" (Due Friday MAY 5)  you have not yet completed. (Check if done r) HW-- Meet in 2118 and remember to bring your notebook Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
25 TUESDAY Meet  in  2118 to complete your "Show me don't tell me" Poetry Project.
26 WEDNESDAY Meet  in  2118 to complete your "Show me don't tell me" Poetry Project.
27 THURSDAY Meet  in  2118  Begin your college application/employment essay. Print out your Poetry Project !!!  Due Friday MAY 5!!!
28 FRIDAY Work on your college application/employment essay. (Check if done r)   Rough Draft Due Monday or "Show me don't tell me" Poetry Project (Due Friday MAY 5).

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WEEK FOUR ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY Tuesday 10th!
MAY 1 MONDAY Meet  in  1211  Begin your college application/employment essay.  Copy Unit 9 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook. Write sentences that use the words correctly to show their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for Tuesday's HW). (Check if done r)    HW-- Study five words per night all this week. Print out your Poetry Project !!!  Due Friday MAY 5!!!
2 TUESDAY Meet  in  1211  Complete your college application/employment essay it will be checked in class on Wednesday May 10.Read  Field of Dreams for the Magical Realism Film Project HERE (Check if done r)   Print out your Poetry Project !!!  Due Friday MAY 5!!!
3 WEDNESDAY View and take careful notes (Check if done r)  on Field of Dreams for the Magical Realism Film Project HEREdue May 18th
4 THURSDAY View Field of Dreams   HW --Print out your Poetry Project ! Due Friday MAY 5!
5 FRIDAY Spelling and vocabulary test unit 9 postponed and will be combined with unit 10 next week;  Turn in your "Show me don't tell me poetry project" Poetry Project (Check if done r)  

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WEEK FIVE ASSIGNMENTS
8 MONDAY View end of Field of Dreams and complete the corresponding assignment HERE due May 18th.  (Check if done r)  Copy Unit 10 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook. Write sentences that use the words correctly to show their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for Tuesday's HW).  HW-- Study five words per night all this week and review five unit 9 words too!
9 TUESDAY Final Exam Alert:  Read "Teenage Wasteland" (p 1168); create a reading log and answer questions 1-9  (Check if done r)   on p 1178-- You will have to read "I Stand Here Ironing" p 806  HW -- College application/employment essay is checked in class Wednesday  (Check if done r)  
10 WEDNESDAY Work on Field of Dreams Magical Realism Film Project assignment HERE (due next week);  SURPRISE NOTEBOOK CHECK; College application/employment essay is checked in class.  Your job is to bring it to your guidance counselor after I check it.  (Check if done r)  
11 THURSDAY Poetry Project is returned-- share your project and prepare for spelling and vocabulary test unit 10.
12 FRIDAY Spelling and vocabulary test on units 9 and unit 10; only two weeks until Memorial Day weekend!!!!  Wow.

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WEEK SIX ASSIGNMENTS
15 MONDAY Copy Unit 11 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook (Check as done r). Write sentences that use the words correctly to show their meaning and turn in (Check as done r if not done complete for Tuesday's HW). HW-- Study five words per night all this week. (Check as done r
16 TUESDAY Reminder-- complete Field of Dreams for the Magical Realism Film Project HERE (Check if done r) Final Exam Alert:  Read "Coming of Age in Mississippi" (p609) and answer 1-8 on p 616
17 WEDNESDAY Complete 1-8 on p 616 (Check as done r)  Prepare for notebook test (Check as done r
18 THURSDAY Field of Dreams for the Magical Realism Film Project  is Due HERE Notebook TEST today.  Review for unit 11! Make up test for units 9 and unit 10
19 FRIDAY Test on Unit 11 Spelling and Vocabulary test--  Be safe and enjoy the prom tonight! HW-- begin organizing your 3 ring notebook for the open notebook final exam, as it is an open notebook test this will serve as your review for the entire years work!  Go through the work for the week from September through today and make a complete list of assigned reading to turn in Monday! Only one week to four day "Memorial Day" weekend!

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WEEK SEVEN ASSIGNMENTS
22 MONDAY Copy Unit 12 Spelling and Vocabulary into notebook. Write sentences that use the words correctly to show their meaning and turn in (if not done complete for Tuesday's HW). HW-- Study five words per night through Tuesday the 30th.  If you missed the notebook test the make up is today. 
23 TUESDAY View Catch Me If You Can As you view the film, consider that you will be meeting many new people after graduation and in college. Respond in your notebook to the following-- How will you know who to trust and how much will you trust them?
24 WEDNESDAY View Catch Me If You Can-- Respond in your notebook to the following-- Who would you trust with the PIN # to your bank account; the rent? a paycheck? your car? Your house for a party?
25 THURSDAY View Catch Me If You Can-- Respond in your notebook to the following-- If someone takes your money but doesn't threaten you or break into your home, are they as "bad" as a person who holds you up?  Explain your reasons.  Use Memorial Day Weekend to turn in any incomplete assignments! two weeks left before In class finals!  HW-- ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY TUESDAY!  -- Final Exam Alert:  Get your notebook prepared for the final exam!!!  ALSO--- UNITY 12 test will be Tuesday the 30th.
26 FRIDAY School is Closed for Memorial Day (extended due to unused snow emergency day)

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WEEK EIGHT ASSIGNMENTS**************  ALL LATE WORK IS DUE BY TUESDAY!

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MONDAY  Schools closed for Memorial Day
          30  TUESDAY If you have late work it is due at the start of class. End of catch me if you can.  Test on Unit 12 postponed to June 2nd; Final Exam Alert---   Begin Review Assignment for Final Exam.  HW-- In your notebook, make a list of 15 questions you have about that you would ask someone if you could.  Will be checked Wednesday 31st. Our last unit test...
31 WEDNESDAY Guest speakers on the topic of "college experience"-- Final Exam Alert:  Notebooks Checked for a grade all this week; Work together to complete Review Assignment for Final Exam.
June 1 THURSDAY Notebooks Checked for a grade all this week; Work together to complete Review Assignment for Final Exam.
2 FRIDAY Test on Unit 12  Notebooks Checked for a grade all this week; Work together to complete Review Assignment for Final Exam.

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WEEK NINE ASSIGNMENTS             !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Last full week of classes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
5 MONDAY All late assignments WERE due LAST TUESDAY! Turn in Review Assignment for Final Exam.  HW -- be prepared as Notebooks  are randomly checked all this week;
6 TUESDAY Review Assignment for Final Exam returned.
7 WEDNESDAY REVIEW for Final Exam
8 THURSDAY REVIEW for Final Exam
9 FRIDAY REVIEW for Final Exam

Open notebook is deceptively hard:  of course you have the handwritten vocabulary words-- twelve units.  Reading logs for all of the literature we studied.  What could the exam test you on?  Everything and your ability to notice little things--  for example:

Select the best answer--

The writer of the novel the crucible is

a) Author Miller

b) Arthur Miller

c) Earnest Hemmingway

d) None of the above.  (answer is below)

HW STUDY/ PREPARE FOR OPEN NOTEBOOK FINAL EXAM BRING #2 PENCILS THIS IS A TIMED TEST-- IF YOU ARE LATE OR ABSENT WITHOUT A PASS OR LETTER FROM HOME THEN YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO MAKE UP THE MISSED TIME AND A "0" WILL BE AVERAGED INTO YOUR END OF YEAR GRADE!

answer: d) None of the above-- because The Crucible was a play and not a novel. 

So, read all of the answers before you pick one.

Read carefully to see what each question is actually asking.

Go to your notebook as a last resort!  200 questions at three minutes each looking up the answer is 600 minutes or 10 hours: you have 2 hours to take the test. How easy is this?

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WEEK TEN ASSIGNMENTS**************  In Class Final Exams********************
12 MONDAY  
13 TUESDAY  
14 WEDNESDAY  
15 THURSDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
16 FRIDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
   
19 MONDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
20 TUESDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
21 WEDNESDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
22 THURSDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS
23 LAST DAY FRIDAY NEW YORK STATE REGENTS EXAMS

SATURDAY JUNE   , 2006 IS GRADUATION DAY!!!!!!!!!!!

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