Welcome

HW:get forms signed

Select SSR book.

Bring to class starting Monday of next week!

Bring SSR book!

Alice Walker PPT

Back to School Night!

Short Story Quiz

HW: Write an American Poem

HW: American poem with illustration

HW: Study spelling words.

DUE: American poem with illustration!

No School

Presidents Weekend

No School

Presidents Weekend

HW: Study spelling words

Agenda: SSR, Jack London PPT, read To Build a Fire, create a timeline of story, identify naturalism elements.

Spelling Quiz

Inclass: SSR, finish "Fire", work with partner to create a story board - 8 scenes that represent the major events in the story.

Agenda: SSR, begin working on short story ideas, plot, characterization

Handout

Agenda: SSR, practice showing writing, dialogue, plot lines

HW: work on short story!

Study spellling words in you signed up to retake it.

Agenda: SSR, work on short story,

characterization turn short story check list sheet, identify ss elements, RAWLIPS theme.

DUE: rough draft of short story

Revision/ peer edit inclass

Last revision of short story

HW: Make corrections,and type up your short story/attach all rough drafts to story!

Review for test.

DUE: final draft of Short story with all edits. Give it a title!

HW: Study for short story test.  Review your notes on themes, modes, authors and short stories read inclass.

Test: short story unit.

Begin Great Gatsby unit

The Great F.Scott Fitzgerald.

HW: finish reading Chapt 1- Gatsby/annotate

Great Gatsby

HW: 1920's projects-research your topic and bring info to class to share.

Finish Chapter 1 questions

Gatsby Reading

Finish Chpt 2

HW: prepare for your 1920's presentation - be sure to have a visual aide and be experts on your topic. Must have MLA Works Cited page

Reading: finish Chpt 3

Present 20's research project

HW: Read and annotate Chpt 4

(note symbols and theme)

Finish reading Chpt 4 - discussion

HW: study chpts 3+4 for Monday's quiz

Gatsby Quiz

Chpts 3+4

EAP Testing in English class!

EAP- What is this?!

1st quarter Ends

Read Chpt 5

HW: Gatsby Character One-pagers

Finish reading chapt 6- Study Guide questions/find a supporting quotes for each answer.

HW: work on one-pagers

HW: work on one pagers

Inclass read chapt 7 - finish for homework

Chapt 7 questions.

Inclass - quotation analysis

HW: grammar worksheet

Read Chpt 8/Gatsby

Gatsby One-pagers due!

CAHSEE

HW: finish reading chpt 8, Quotation analysis of selected quote from Chpt 8 - follow your theme.

CAHSEE

Finish reading chpt 9 - 3rd quotation analysis.

Gatsby Final Essay

Inclass - work on Gatsby final essay.

Thesis statement and outline due of Gatsby final essay.

HW: work on Gatsby essay!

Reading Journals

Due: Gatsby essay Rough draft. 

Inclass: begin persuasive essay Unit

Due: Gatsby final essay/attach rough draft and all revisions.

Begin Food Matters Unit.

Work on Reading Journals

Work on Reading Journals

CHECK CALENDAR TO SEE THE DAY YOU PRESENT YOUR ARTICLE (refer to Food Matters HO to see what you'll present).

Article Presentations (AP's): Allie L, Francisco L, Rose D.Tommy M,

AP's: Susanna N. Jordan C,Nikki P,.Taylor P

HW: bring in a magazine ad or editorial cartoon to share and analyze.

AP: , Julia P. Justine P, Laura O, Michael S.

AP: Nicole S, Alyssa S, Makenzie S, Greg T.

QUIZ-Rhetorical vocab words.

Reading Journals due.

AP: Matt T, Sara W, Marley W, Danny B.AP

Spring break!

Spring Break!

Spring Break!

Spring Break!

Spring Break!

AP: Nick A, Kevin, Y, Spencer B, Brittany L.

AP: Aimee B, Nick C, Oscar C, Valerie N,

Food Matters: work on research-based paper

AP: Jame D, Sam D, Rachel T, Michelle G.

Revise and perfect thesis statements for Research paper.

AP:Victoria H, Joseph J, Samantha K, Ashley K, Joyce K.

Thesis Statement Due!

HW: work on rough draft of research essay (be sure you have 5-6 sources for your Works Cited page,and minimum of 4 parenthetical citations blended in supporting paragraphs!

No class

Food Matters - research - work on rough draft in media ctr

Food Matters - Please bring in as much of your Rough draft for peer edit!

Begin Cuckoo's Nest

Background info

Rough draft Due!

Media Center to work on Final Draft of Research Essay!

Ken Kesey PPT

DUE: final draft of research DUE! Attach rough draft and include MLA Works Cited page!

HW: Ken Kesey monologue (begin inclass and finish for homework) and drawing/cartoon.

Cuckoo's Nest Reading schedule

Present Kesey monologues

Cuckoo Reading!  Stay on top of it. Reading Quizzes are guaranteed!

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Reading schedule

Quiz on Reading today!

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Reading schedule

Cuckoo Reading!

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Reading schedule

Cuckoo Reading!

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Reading schedule

Cuckoo Reading!

Please be sure to read and annotate in the book so you are prepared for discussions and quizzes.

Reading schedule

Reading schedule

Reading schedule

Introduce Hippie Generation Project

Reading schedule

Work on Project

Reading schedule

Finish Movie

Finish Cuckoo's Nest!

Hippie Generation project essays Due!

DUE: Hippie Generation

HW: Prepare for Cuckoo's Nest Essay final!

Find 3 traits that show McMurphy is an anti-hero (see handout) and then find supporting quotations (WITH PAGE NUMBERS for parenthetical citations) in the novel to use as evidence.  You must have this to write your essay.

Finish presentations

Watch movie

HW: Answer 6 short answer questions related to Cuckoo's Nest Questions

Work on monomyth connections.  Prep for inclass essay

Write inclass essay

HW: study for grammar quiz.  Study vocabulary words!

Grammar/vocab quiz

Fences, by August Wilson

HW: Parent/Adult interview DUE: Thurs!

HW: Parent Interview, due Thurs.

HW: finish reading ACT I, scene i.

Vocabulary for Fences: Look up definition and use word correctly in a sentence of you own/dubious, fancies, trump up, scrutiny, emulate, congruence, irrespective, sharecropper, guile

Voc Due

DUE: Parent Interview

Vocabulary Quiz

Meditation Creation

NO SCHOOL

Due: Rough draft of essay

Work on your play.

HW: final draft of parent interview.

HW: finish Fences questions

Work on your play!

HW: write a one page description of the antagonist in YOUR play.

ESSAY OF PARENT INTERVIEW DUE

Fences Quiz

DUE: description of your antagonist.

Fences play reading

Watch "A Raisin in the Sun"

Finish "Raisins"- track something to compare/contrast

HW: finish reading Fences

Playwriting Format: this is the format for your play.  Follow it.

Inclass: work with partner to write compare/contrast essay

HW: be sure you've finished reading the play Fences.

Inclass: work on compare/contrast essay of "Raisins" and "Fences"

One-pagers

Timed write

Playwriting Requirements: if you've chosen to write a play as a final, here are the requirements.

HW: Work on one-pagers

Inclass Free write: Based on your reading from the term, what does the American Dream mean?

HW: Work on one-pagers and plays.

prep for final or work on plays.

DUE: Fences one-pagers

FINALS

Fences Final OR turn in your typed and revised play.

FINALS