Monday: Last Literature rectangles, review literary logs, and complete reading of Still Life.
Tuesday: Reflection Letter due. Daily Oral Language Multiple Choice test and Literary Device multiple choice test. Discuss Still Life and Day No Pigs themes, etc
Wednesday: Period 1 and 2 finals. First hour will be essay drafting. Second hour will be essay typing and submitting to turnitin.com.
Monday: Children's book due and field trip permission slips
Tuesday: Field trip to Marshall for students who have submitted children's books.
Wednesday: Literature rectangles
Thursday: Literature rectangles
Friday: novel quizzes and preparation for finals.
Monday: Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday: Literature rectangles. Children's book illustration completion.
Wednesday, Thursday: Finalize details of book, including glossary, title, cover page, binding, etc.
Friday: Literature rectangle and last minute planning and finishing up children's book details. Your completed beautiful, creative, original children's book is due on Monday.
Day No Pigs link for reading rectangles schedule
Still Life link for reading rectangles schedule
Journal entries and Daily Oral Language continue
Children's book assignment continues with work days per schedule. See link.
Still Life with Rice and A Day No Pigs Would Die reading rectangles continue. Be sure to prepare for your reading rectangle by writing and answering questions before you come to class. You must do the reading as homework to be prepared for class discussion time and earn full credit.
To Kill A Mockingbird essays returned.
Monday: final literature circles for TKAM. Essay prompts discussed. Envelope quotes shared and essay draft started. Homework: complete essay draft for typing and final on Tuesday.
Tuesday: Type and submit TKAM essays to turnitin.com
Wednesday: Return books, begin Still Life with Rice or A Day No Pigs Would Die in discussion rectangles/circles.
Thursday: Children's book assignment, Still Life intro. Spelling test for TKAM
Friday: Children's book assignment (link at top) and reading time. Bring your book to class everyday. Vocabulary test for TKAM. Homework: select a partner or decide to work alone on the children's book assignment. Subject heroes and partner choices will be finalized on Monday. Read per the reading chart in preparation for our first literature circle on the 18th or 19th depending on the STAR testing schedule.
We will complete reading To Kill a Mockingbird this week and begin to prepare for writing our essay next week.
Stay current with your envelope activity, adding quotations or passages from the novel that respond to the theme on your envelope.
Qick Quiz on Wednesday
Lit Circles Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Monday and Tuesday : TKAM continues with Lit circle. Forms from first part of book will be collected and evaluated today. You will also conduct a self assessment of your own work within your lit circle.
Wednesday: STAR testing begins. Do you best on the English Langauage Arts test: Periods 1,3,5 meet after the test ends. TKAM reading in class.
Thursday: STAR testing continues. Periods 1,2,3,4,5,6 meet after testing. Lit circle
Friday: STAR testing continues. Periods 2,4,6 meet after testing.
TKAM historical context link
Monday: Lit circles covering Chapters 2,3. Homework: read Chapter 4
Tuesday: Chapter 5 in class. Homework: read Chapter 6 and prepare for Wednesday lit circle. Print out historical context article (link above). Read the article, mark words that you do not understand, and bring it to class on Wednesday.
Wednesday: Chapter 7 in class then immediately into a lit circle covering Ch 7. Homework: read Ch 8
Thursday: Read Ch 9 in class then immediately into a lit circle covering Ch 8,9. Homework: read Ch 10
Friday: Minimum day. In class reading Ch 11. Homework: Begin Part 2 by reading Ch 12 and 13 and prepare for lit circle on Monday, April 26
Literature Circles link for the role forms for our literature circles
Welcome back from spring break!
Journaling and DOL continue
Roman Numeral review
Pick up To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
IF YOU DID NOT PICK THE BOOK UP TODAY, PLEASE BRING YOUR ID AND CHECK IT OUT THIS WEEK. IF YOU WILL NOT BE CHECKING A BOOK FROM GHS, PLEASE CHECK ONE OUT FROM THE PUBLIC LIBRARY OR PURCHASE A BOOK. IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN TEXT.
Here is a link to the full text online, but using this in its entirety will be too expensive. This will help in a pinch, if you forget your book, or don't have your book until next week. http://www2.stjohnsprep.org/teachers/mm_english/lee/mockingbird/chapter1.htm
Homework Tuesday: 10 typed facts about author Harper Lee (typed and due Wednesday for extra credit)
Wednesday: Literature circle roles identified. Link to blank role/assignment forms one this page. Homework: Read Chapter 1 and prepare for our first lit circle
Thursday: Our first lit circle. Homework: Read Chapter 2 and 3 for Monday.
Friday: DOL, J Caesar essays returned and discussed. Homework: Read Chapter 2, 3 and prepare for lit circle on Monday
Julius Caesar Act V continues.
Identify themes, begin essay preparation/draft
Tuesday: Counselors will come to class on Tuesday to discuss course selections for next year. Periods 2 and 3 will meet in the library
Wednesday: drafts of essays in class with peer edits
Thursday: In library periods 1,2,3 for typing of JC essays
Friday: end of quarter, minimum day. Spring break begins :)
Persuasive speaking guidelines
Controversial topic, persuasive speech writing.
Homework: rehearse and practice your speech
MLA format and style for citing your sources
Tuesday, Wednesday: Persuasive speeches
Thursday, Friday: Shakespeare play structure, finish Julius Caesar
Final thesis practice and CAHSEE multiple choice look
CAHSEE ELA Tuesday, CAHSEE Math Wednesday
Thursday and through next week, continue with Julius Caesar
Persuasive speech assignment about a controversial issue introduced Thursday
Rhetoric and the use of rhetorical devices: Ethos, Patos, Logos
Structure of Shakespearan plays
Homework: research controversial topic, draft speech, consider creating a survey to use as a source
Continue to practice and prep for essay writing
Thesis statement revisions, body paragraphs composing, conclusion composing, peer edits and try it again with a different prompt
CAHSEE prep continues with Multiple Choice practice and tips
Julius Caesar Acts I and II
Journaling continues
Animal Farm essays returned
Discuss essay structure
Re look and re write thesis statements, incorporate quotes, add transitions to AF essays. Due Wednesday along with the original essay.
Finish Animal Farm movie
Review semester midyear test
CAHSEE prep
Begin Julius Caesar
Prepare your outline/rough draft for your Animal Farm essay over the weekend.
Finalize your Communism Project with your group.
Monday: No school
Tuesday, Feb 23 report directly to J186 to type your Animal Farm essay. Bring your AF/Russian Revolution comparison chart, your essay outline, your book, your character chart, and the essay prompt. You will be required to submit your essay to turnitin.com. Class ID numbers: Period 1 2954109, Period 2 2954111, Period 3 2954113. Enrollment password is redandblack.
Wednesday will be Communism presentations.
Thursday will be the Animal Farm vocabulary matching test and a multiple choice character/plot/literary device test about Animal Farm. Hopefully, we will have time to also view the Animal Farm movie.
Friday we will begin our CAHSEE preparation.
Communism : Ten facts due on Tuesday, Feb 16
Finish reading Animal Farm in class
Discuss Communism in relation to Animal Farm. What character does Napoleon represent from history? Snowball?
Continue to finalize group project.
Communist country presentations Wednesday, Feb 24. Limited planning time in class this week.
Essay preparations begin. Essay prompt will be distributed on Friday during class and posted on this site. Come to the computer lab, room J186 Tuesday 2/23 instead of the B building. Prepare an outline to do your best on the essay. All essays will be submitted to turnitin.com
Animal Farm vocabulary matching test 2/25
Review midyear semester exam and begin CAHSEE prep 2/26
Continue Animal Farm
Begin Communist Project. Groups or partners to be finalized on Wednesday. Class planning time each day, but work will need to be done outside of class as well on your own time. Remember there are four parts: Constitution, Flag, Paper, and Presentation.
Finish MLK and Old Major speech rhetorical device identification.
Animal Farm Vocabulary flashcards due Thursday. Vocabulary matching test will be next week.
Bring a printout of the chapter we will be reading in class if you do not have an Animal Farm book. You will lose points for each day you do not bring your book to class.
DOL and Journaling continues
Look at semester test results.
Complete sophomore multiple choice exam
Return graded reflection letter and biography rubrics. Discuss.
Pick up Animal Farm, by George Orwell
Research George Orwell. Share, Tuesday, 02/02.
Culmination assignment will be the Communism Project.
Journals restart
DOL continues
Animal Farm vocabulary
CAHSEE prep begins
Chapter 1,2 Animal Farm
Add rhetorical devices to literary log
Analyze MLK Jr I Have a Dream speech and Old Major's speech
Worksheet on speech rhetorical devices due on Friday.
Glendale High School
Glendale, CA
