Week 18
Biography assignment
Draft and final pen pal letters
Pen pal field trip Friday, 1/22. Permission slips must be turned in by Thursday, 1/21
Typhoid short story
Informational materials reading and study check
Semester reflection letter draft due Tuesday, 1/19
Semester reflection letter final completed in the computer lab on 1/21 and submitted to turnitin.com
Biography presentation method final decision is due Tuesday, 1/19.
Biography reading should be complete. Limited classtime will be offered to work on your final day presentation, but you must bring your own supplies to class. The assignment sheet is posted on this site if you have misplaced it. It must be turned in for credit when you do your presentation.
Your GHS library book must be renewed by 1/22 or you will be charged a late fee. You must have your book for your presentation on 1/26 or 1/27.
Finals: You will have a multiple choice final, your semester reflection letter, and your biography presentation. The presentations will be on the day of the final. Periods 1 and 2 on Tuesday 1/26. Period 3 on Wednesday, 1/27.
Week 17
Biography assignment link
Finish Cold Equations
Read informational materials (Final Frontier) and evaluate comprehension
Vocabulary for Final Frontier. Flashcards due Wednesday, Jan 13
Draft and complete final Pen Pal letter
Return field trip permission slip
Bring biography book to class everydayto assure successful completion of biography assignment
Begin business letter unit and draft of semester reflection
Week 16
Short week:
More Cold Equations
Journal
Biography assignment
Meet in GHS Library to select biographies and discuss how to research
Winter vacation
Enjoy your vacation time
Read a book of your choice
Week 15
Fairy tale re-writes completed drafts due Monday, 12/14
Rubric introduction and peer edits in class
Short story unit continues: Cold Equations
Vocabulary flash cards due Wednesday, test will be in 2010
Daily Oral Language continues
Journaling continues
Fairy tale title and illustration assignment: Thursday and Friday in class
Go to computer lab to type Fairy tale final version on Wednesday
Assembly schedule Friday
Week 14
Study Satire
Bullet points of the key elements of a fairy tale
Re-write the fairy tale using satire
Receive our pen pal letters and write back
Continue short stories
Continue journaling and daily oral language practice
Bio narrative essays returned
Week 13
Sophomore Bio Narrative Essay
Visit computer lab to finalize rough draft
Peer edit narratives
Continue daily oral language practice
Short stories
Pen pal project continues
Week 12
Monday: min day. vocabulary test, finish character sketch
Tuesday: Introduce pen pal project, Journal entry, more character study, short stories continue with "By any other Name", new vocabulary words
Wednesday: 1st Pen Pal letter draft due today, vocabulary flashcards due today, short stories continue
Thursday: Journal entry, short stories continue.
Friday: Pen Pal final copy due today, introduce biographical narrative
Week 11
Monday: Van Gogh ten facts due
Human Comedy essays returned
Journaling continues
Tuesday: Vocabulary for "Two Kinds" pg 98. Flashcards due Thursday
Wednesday: Holiday
Thursday: Flashcards due, continue reading Two Kinds
Friday: Minimum day, In class writing of a character sketch. Vocabulary test on Monday
Week 10
The Human Comedy character matching test: Monday
The Human Comedy multiple choice and true false setting/plot/characters/theme test: Tuesday
Literary device and grammar (daily oral language) test: Wednesday
The Human Comedy vocabulary matching test: Thursday
Watching The Human Comedy movie after testing each day.
Bring your books in to class Wednesday or Thursday to return them.
Quarter grades will be input next week.
Week 9
Finish The Human Comedy
Review themes, literary logs, grammar, and vocabulary
Review and discuss essay prompts for The Human Comedy in class writing
Write essay in computer lab
Week 8
Continue reading The Human Comedy
Study questions and quiz related to reading
More adjective and verb practice
Prefix practice
Review of characters from The Human Comedy
Literary log: relook at allusion, add theme
Discuss possible themes William Saroyan used
Respond to a poem and a quote in journal entries
Week 7
Human Comedy vocabulary 2 due Wednesday
Dante, "Divine Comedy" background and interesting facts
Literary logs: add point of view, allusion, allegory, comedy, denotation, connotation
Begin quote response, in class journals
Continue grammar practice: this week the focus is adjectives
Continue to read Human Comedy and complete study questions
Point of View practice in small groups
You receive non participation for the day if you do not have the Human Comedy with you during class. Check it out from room J183 after school.
Picture day on Wednesday, no school on Friday
Week 6
Complete short story unit
Begin grammar study in Holt Handbook
Continue journal entries and DOL
Computer research regarding William Saroyan
Human Comedy, in class readings
Discussion/study questions
Vocabulary part 1 due Friday
Week 5
Synthesizing and reading documents/opinions as group work
Practice testing, including tips for choosing the best answer
Vocabulary practice including definitions and sentences
Internet research of author Alice Walker
Read short story Everyday Use, by Alice Walker
Literary terms for the week include: characterization: static, dynamic, round, flat, inference, paraphrasing, synthesizing
Journal entries
DOL continues (daily oral language practice)
Week 4
Fashion Institute presentation regarding creative writing
Short Story unit continues: plot, setting, conflict. We are now adding tone, paraphrasing and have explored time sequencing/frame, especially flashback.
The short story, The Pedestrian, by Ray Bradbury, will focus on characterization and setting, utlizing flash forward.
Grammar practice continues with D.O.L
Week 3
Review story/plot maps of own Fear story
Create a visual of the story
Write the story in-class writing
Daily Oral Language practice
Journal entries
Dead Man's Pocket quiz
Vocabulary quiz
Add to literary log: narative order, chronological, flashback, flash forward, cause/effect, imagery, suspense, diction
Begin next short story: The Love Letter
Finish The Love Letter and complete quiz over the weekend, due Monday.
Week 2
Grammar and reading comprehension assessment
Journal entries: Tattos, Fear
Daily oral language: grammar practice
Vocabulary: Definitions, spelling, and use in a sentence
Literary logs: Plot, setting, conflict (internal and external)
Student information day: student and parent surveys and compact
Short story: Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket
Story/Plot map
Weekend homework: story/plot map of own story of Fear
Week 1
class guidelines 09 soph.pdf
Return signed guidelines (parent and student signatures required) Friday, Sept 4.
Sophomore syllabus
Friday, September 4: Be prepared to introduce the classmate you interviewed on Thursday, Sept 3. Use the interview form that was provided. You may use your notes for the presentation and the notes will be turned in for class credit.
Subscribe to the mailing list on this website.
Bring a lined 8 1/2 by 11" notebook paper spiral notebook (it will be your journal) Friday, Sept 4. It will remain in the classroom for the semester.
Week 19
Monday: Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday: literature rectangle. Be ready for your reading group questions and sharing/discussion. Day No Pigs will have a quiz today. Children's Books illustration work time and finalizing your publication plan.
Wednesday: Glossary work and reading time
Thursday: Children's book clean up and finalizing time. Reading time
Friday: Literature rectangle and finalizing details of title, cover, binding, illustrations, glossary, etc of your book. Book must be completed and turned in on Monday.
