Ms. Kelly- English I-H, English III, Key Club Advisor

Fourth Quarter
APRIL 2012  
"Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess what is seen during a moment."  --Carl Sandburg   
 
Monday 2 Time to check exams; Poetry 101; Poetry Glossary; Poetry Portfolio; Getting started "Baseball and Writing"
Tuesday 3  WCW "This is Just to Say";  #1 Simplicity Poem; Coleridge, Frost, Keats 
Wednesday 4  Finish C, F, K
Thursday 5  p. 138 ex. 1,2; p. 140 ex. 2; p. 142 ex. 1 for Tuesday; Poetry--begin sonnets!
Friday 6   Good Friday--Have a blessed Easter with your families!

Monday 9 Poetry--finish sonnets; Bryon (sestet)  
Tuesday 10 Grammar p. 144 ex. 1,2; p. 146 ex. 1; p. 148 ex. 1; p. 150 ex. 1 for Thursday; Hayden, Roethke, Nye
Wednesday 11 Hayden, Roethke, Nye
Thursday 12 Grammar p. 152 ex. 1; p. 154 ex. 1; p. 156 ex. 1,2 for Tuesday; Cisneros--#2 Name Poem
Friday 13 Writing/Peer Editing Day

Success is going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. --Winston Churchill 

Monday 16 Villanelles: Thomas, Roethke  
Tuesday 17  Grammar p. 158 ex. 1,2; p. 160 ex. 1 for Thursday; Heaney: lumping, developing a thesis, planning an analysis
Wednesday 18 Finish Heaney--Structure poem(sonnet, sestet, or villanelle)
Thursday 19 Grammar p. 161 and p. 162  ALL EXERCISES for Tuesday; Photo Poem #3  BRING A PHOTO TO CLASS WITH YOU
Friday 20 Komunyakaa: Writing an Analysis

Monday 23  Peer Editing Day---have all poems with you
Tuesday 24 p. 161/162 due--Grammar Review; Poet Laureates: Merwin and Levine/ Mary Oliver (choice analysis) reading/outlining
Wednesday 25  Finish outlining choice analysis/Peer Editing
Thursday 26 Grammar Quiz p. 137-162 /Peer Editing--Have drafts of poems with you!
Friday 27  Writing Choice Analysis: Merwin, Levine, Oliver:  When you write this in-class analysis, you may have an outline with you on 3X5 notecard.  


Monday 30 Peer Editing--Have drafts of poems with you. 

MAY
Tuesday 1  p. 172 ex. 1, p. 174 ex. 1, p. 176 ex. 1; Peer Editing---Have drafts of poems with you.
Wednesday 2  Poetry Unit Test
Thursday 3  p. 178 ex. 1, p. 180 ex. 1 and 2, ; Novel Check-In for Independent Reading
Friday 4  PROM 1/2 Day  Poetry Portfolios Due--time to share

Monday 7   Novel Check-In ---Grammar p. p.82 ex 1 and 2
Tuesday 8  Novel Check-in ---Grammar p. 184 ex. 1, p. 186 ex. 1
Wednesday 9 Novel Check-in---Identifying theme in literature

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Thursday 10  Novel Check-in---Grammar p. 189 ex. 1p. 192 ex. 1
Friday 11   Novel Check-in
Monday 14  Novel Check-in--Grammar DOL
Tuesday 15  Novel Check-in---Grammar DOL

Wednesday 16 Novel Conferences
Thursday 17 Novel Conferences
Friday 18  Novel Conferences

Monday 21 Outlining the Theme Essay
Tuesday 22 Designing the Jacket Cover
Wednesday 23   Theme-Essay in class
Thursday 24  Work on Jacket Cover
Friday 25  Jacket Cover Due

Monday 28th No school for Memorial Day

29th Exams

30th Exams

31st Exams

So....what will your exam look like?  
The multiple choice section will brush over the basics of TTC, including information on C.Dickens' life. 
Grammar p. 137-162
It will also cover both literary and poetic devices.  There will be a section which assesses your knowledge of the poetry that we've read together as well. 
The written part of the exam is a poetry analysis.   You'll be given the poem and will both annotate and analyze the poem.  
  



Previous Assignments

1
W 8.24--Letters of Introduction ( due 8/25, please hand write; no typed papers)
T8.25--Intro to English I-H, our classroom, website, etiquette, and expectations.
F8.26--Book Check (please have all course books), Writing Warm-up (in class)smileyfacetricks.pdf,
Odyssey Vocabulary ( Unit 1 notecards due on 8.29; Unit 1 quiz on 9.9)   OdysseyCompleteVocab.pdf  
Unit 1 consists of the first 21 words in the list of words as they appear in the Odyssey, from heed and haughty to surfeit.


M8.29--Epic/Elements of the Epic Hero Cycle EpicHero.ppt; VCB Notecards due; Lit: p. 876-886 Background Information and p. 890"Telling the Story"
T8.30--Grammar: p. 2 ex. 1-2, p. 4 ex. 2 (due 9.1); Lit: p. 891-893"The Wanderings"  Odyssey Study Guide Questions
W8.31--Homer's Influence on Music; Lit: p. 895-898 "I Am Laertes' Son"and "The Lotus Eaters"; Keep up with those SGQ! 
T9.1--Correct p. 2/4 grammar;  Group Research Projects Assignment; Intro to NoodleTools, setting up groups. 
p. 899-909 "Cyclops" and related study guide questions to be read by 9.9.
F9.2 (mass schedule)  Library Orientation:  Digital Lockers; Intro to Databases; Website Evaluation

T9.6--Library Orientation: Digital Lockers; Intro to Databases; Website Evaluation
W9.7 (Ext. Home Room)--Group Research with NoodleTools in the Library
T9.8--Group Research with NoodleTools in the Library
F9.9--Odyssey VCB Quiz over Unit 1 words (spelling and definitions); Time to meet in groups

HOMECOMING WEEK
M9.12--Introduce Unit II VCB words (notecards for Wednesday) Discussion on the Cyclops section of the Odyssey;  Read p. 911-915 "The Witch Circe"and"The Land of the Dead" and answer SGQ.
 T9.13--Discussion over p. 911-915 in Lit--Read p. 916-924 for Monday the 19th and answer SGQ.
GRM: Pronouns p. 6 ex. 1 and 2, p. 8 ex. 1, p. 10 ex. 1 (due Tuesday the 20th) 
W9.14--. Group Presentations--VCB Notecards due
T9.15--Group Presentations
F9.16 (mass)--Group Presentations

M9.19--Unit II VCB Quiz, Introduce Unit III Words; Go over SGQ for Sirens/Cattle of the Sun God.  Review the first half of the Odyssey in preparation for literature quiz.  Writing assignment: p. 924 Emulating Homer.
T9.20 (12 noon dismissal; Back to School Night @ 7pm)  Indefinite Pronouns p. 12 ex. 1; Literature Test over the first half of the Odyssey.  Emulating Homer Assignment Due; Lit: Part II Coming Home Read p. 928-931
W9.21--Unit III VCB word profiles/word associations; Lit: "The Beggar and the Faithful Dog" p. 932-935 and "The Test of the Great Bow" p. 936-940  Keep up with those SGQ.
T9.22--Prepositions p. 34 ex. 2; Action Verbs p. 14 ex. 2;   Read p. 941-947   "Death at the Palace"
F9.23--Quiz over Nouns and Pronouns-24 questions/41 points--Be able to define noun, compound nouns, proper noun, antecedent...along with  relative, demonstrative, interrogative, reflexive, intensive, personal, and indefinite pronouns.   Also be able to identify and label any of these within a sentence.
Read "Odysseus and Penelope"  for Monday 
Literature discussion from p. 928-947  Be prepared!

M9.26--Unit III VCB quiz definitions and spelling; Unit IV VCB words; Literature Review: Part II of the Odyssey

T9.27 (Mid-terms posted) Test over Part II of the Odyssey; Linking Verbs p. 16 ex. 1 and 2; p. 18 ex. 1 

W9.28-- Bring WRITE FOR COLLEGE  Composition: Comparison-Writing.ppt and graphic organizer handouts; Expository-Writing.docx  Begin film "O Brother Where Art Thou"--Homer's epic poem "The Odyssey", set in the deep south during the 1930's. In it, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them. The Coehn brothers' film, made in 2000 is rated PG-13 and stars George Clooney, Holly Hunter, John Tuturro, and Tim Blake Nelson.   ( Absent?  You can find most of the movie on YOUTUBE)   Here are the last few sections of the film.  
Part 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch v=cGpf8OBWsB4&feature=related   
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LST0qOlin7k&feature=related    
Part 12 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMEFgyxtQYM&feature=related

T9.29-- Helping Verbs p. 19 ex. 2 (due on 10/4); Continue film 
Thursday afternoon is our first English I-H Grammar Party--we will be looking back at nouns, pronouns, transitive and intransitive verbs, and prepositions. 
I will show you a few grammar websites and have practice worksheets for you to work on in small group.  This session will end at 3:10pm.   p.s....sorry, no crazy dancing, loud music, or food allowed; it's a grammar party, people.

F9.30--Finish film---Develop a solid outline of your comparison/contrast essay for Monday. Memorable-quotes-for-OBWAT.docx
M10.3--Library: Outline Due; Drafting the Essay
T10.4--HOW TO: Submitting your papers to www.turnitin.com for peer editing; Submitting-Papers-on-www.turnitin.com.docx   Adjectives p. 22 ex. 1, p. 24 ex. 1 and 2 
W10.5--Library: Peer Editing on turnitin

T10.6-Read Introduction p. ix-xix---Correct grammar p. 22/24 
Pronouns used as Adjectivesp. 26 ex. 1 and 2; Adverbs p. 28 ex. 1  Due  Thurs. 10.13

F10.7-- Begin Antigone: p. 3-13 (line 331 STOP)  

W10.12 Testing --12 noon dismissal
All Antigone powerpoints and documents are here:   
ANTIGONE-discussion-questions.docx 
Antigone-Group-Discussion-Questions-2.docx
AntigoneFamilyTree.gif 
Antigone-Plot-Structure.docx 
Antigone-pt.-1.ppt 
Antigone-pt-2-pgs.-13-27.ppt 
AristotelianTragedy.pptx 
Sophocles-and-Greek-Drama.pptx

T10.13-- Power Point Notes--Discuss p. 3-13   Read p. 13-23 (line 631 STOP) Antigone handouts   Correct grammar--p. 26/28  Adverbs p. 30 ex. 1 and 2 p. 32 ex. 1
F10.14--Read p. 23-40 (Line 1182 STOP)   Tragic Hero-Aristotle
Wisdom/Wonder Interview Essays--Interview-Essays-expectations.docx     Wisdom-Wonder-Assignment.docx   
M10.17 (ext. homeroom)  Read p. 40-45 End of play--Discussion
T10.18  Correct Adverb p. 30 ex. 1and2, p. 32 ex. 1   Discussion/Review of Antigone
W10.19 (freshman class retreat)
T10.20  Grammar Review--Interview Essay Drafts--in-class peer editing
F10.21 (mass)--Antigone quiz---in-class peer editing 

M10.24--Wisdom/Wonder Essays Due (essay grade will be on your Q2 grade)     Please submit to www.turnitin.com 
T10.25 - Review
W10.26-- Review

Odyssey---study previous quizzes---characters, plot, literary terms

•Vocabulary---first three lists from the Odyssey

•Antigone---study the test, consider the plot, characters, and Aristotle’s definition of a tragic hero. 

•Grammar---everything through p. 34

T10.27 QUARTER 1 EXAMS
F10.28 QUARTER 1 EXAMS 10:40 DISMISSAL

Monday 10.31---Go over exams, grades, new seating charts!  Happy Halloween!
Tuesday 11.1--All School Mass--Grammar  p. 38 ex 1, p. 40 ex 1, p. 42 ex. 1 --Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary 
Wednesday 11.2--Will Kemp Awards; Introduction to Shakespeare's Theatre, Life and Times of William Shakespeare--Read p. 726-730 AND p. 732-734
Thursday 11.3--Go over Act I Vocabulary; Grammar p. 44 ex. 1, p. 46 ex. 1, p 48 ex. 1,2--Begin Act I sc. i and ii
Friday 11.4--Act I sc. iii and iv

Monday 11.7-- Act I sc. v.--Act I Review Discussion--Read Act II sc. i and ii  
Tuesday 11.8--Vocab Quiz over Act I words; Grammar p. 49 ex. 2, p. 50 ex. 2, p. 52 ex. 1,2-- Finish Act II sc. ii--Romeo and Juliet Diary Entry assignment
Wednesday 11.9--PT Conferences
Thursday 11.10---PT Conferences
Friday 11.11----Veterans' Day--No school

Monday 11.14 VCB Act II and III words introduced; Act II sc. iii, iv, v, vi.
Tuesday 11.15 Grammar--p. 54 ex. 1, p. 56 ex. 1, p. 58 ex. 1---Finish reading Act II 
Wednesday 11.16--Act II Review--; Diary Entry due; Read Act III sc. i
Thursday 11.17  Grammar--p. 60 ex. 1,2; p. 62 ex. 1,2; p. 64 ex. 1; Act II quiz; Benvolio Re-Write 
Pre-read Act III sc. ii, iii, iv, v over the weekend.
Friday 11.18----8th grade visitation day---no school

Monday 11.21--   Read Act III sc. ii-iii
Tuesday  11.22 VCB Quiz ACt II and III  BENVOLIO RE-WRITE due today!!!   Grammar-- Correct--Review  ( Subject/Predicate/Conjunctions/Direct Objects/Indirect Objects/Predicate Adjective/Predicate Nominative
Wednesday  11.23---Early dismissal  1:30pm -Discuss Act III--Character Analysis
Thursday 11.24---Have a blessed Thanksgiving with your families!
Friday  11.25---No school

Monday 11.28--Practice the Prologue! BENVOLIO re-write presentations today! (promise) Introduce Act IV/V words-- Read Act IV sc. i, ii
Tuesday 11.29  Grammar-Grammar Quiz  ( Subject/Predicate/Conjunctions/Direct Objects/Indirect Objects/Predicate Adjective/Predicate Nominative)-Read Act IV sc. iii
Wednesday 11.30---Read Act IV sc. iv, Act V i 
Thursday 12.1 Grammar-- Peer Editing for Character Analysis  p. 66 ex. 1, 2; p. 68 ex. 1,2; p. 70 ex. 1
Friday 12.2---VCB quiz  Character Analysis Due by Saturday at 12 noon to www.turnitin.com ---Finish Romeo and Juliet   Who is to blame? activity
Monday 12.5--Large group discussion-
Tuesday 12.6 Grammar--   ---Review for R and J test; Grammar--p. 72 ex. 1,2; p. 76 ex. 1,2
Wednesday 12.7--Romeo and Juliet Test  (Yes, you have to know the prologue)
Did all this really happen in just five days?   "Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast." (Shakes)Thursday 12.8 All School Mass  Grammar--p. 78 ex. 1; p. 80 ex. 1,2; p. 82 ex. 1      ---Brainstorming for Essay--samples of literary analysis essays
Friday 12.9--Library (Drafting)---bring your books!   Work on body paragraphs.  http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/thesis_generator/thesis_generator.html 
Monday 12.12 Ext. HR-- Library (Drafting)  bring your books!Work on body paragraphs....blend in quotes.
Tuesday 12.13 Go over Grammar from last Thursday   Grammar-- p 84 ex. 1,2; p. 86 ex. 1,2--Questions about the lit. analysis essay  
Wednesday 12.14---Library-Finish the draft 
Thursday 12.15  Grammar--p. 88 ex. 1,2; p. 90 ex. 1,2--Questions about the literary analysis essay
Friday 12.16--Library--Peer Editing

Monday 12.19--- Library  final polishing/revisions
Tuesday 12.20  Grammar Review--- 
Wednesday 12.21 --Noon dismissal---Grammar Quiz ( Noun, Adjective, Adverb clauses, Participles, Gerunds, Infinitives, Appositives) Your R&J essay is due by 12 noon today towww.turnitin.com
Christmas Break begins!

Wednesday 1.4---What is on the semester exam?  Vocabulary from Romeo and Juliet Acts I-V, Literature from Romeo and Juliet, Literary Terms, Grammar all the way through Adj. and Adv. Clauses. 
Writing Activity

Thursday 1.5- Literature Review Day-- a little Romeo and Juliet game 
Friday 1.6--All school mass---Grammar Review Day

Monday 1.9---Study Hall 
Tuesday 1.10---Study Hall 
Wednesday 1.11  Exams
Thursday 1.12  Exams
Friday 1.13  Exams

Monday 16 Martin Luther King Day  Time to prepare for Third Quarter!
Tuesday 17  Grammar Noun Clauses p. 89 ex. 1,2 p. 90 ex. 1,2 ( due 1/19) 
Wednesday 18  London or Paris?  New seating charts, City Council Meetings, Tale of Two Cities Group Projects   Project-Assignment-Sheet.docx 
Thursday 19  Grammar p. 95 ex 1 p. 96 ex 1 p. 98 ex 1 ( Due 1/24) 
Friday 20  Tale of Two Cities Research Projects--Meet in Library
to-cite-or-not-to-cite.docx

Monday 23  Tale of Two Cities Research Projects--Meet in Library
Tuesday 24 Grammar p. 100 ex. 2 p. 102 ex. 1 ( due 1/25)  Please have journalsKeeping-A-Reading-Journal.docx and TTC with you today.  Read Book I Ch I
Wednesday 25 Grammar p. 106  ex. 1 p. 107 ex. 1 p. 108 ex. 1,2 (due 2/2) Read Book I Ch.2--
Thursday 26 Tale of Two Cities Research Projects--Meet in Library
Friday 27 Tale of Two Cities Research Projects--Meet in Library


CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK
Bring in a book for A to Z Literacy!
Monday 30  Tale of Two Cities Research Projects--Meet in Library
Tuesday 31 Academic Breakfast  Presentations Begin---Read Ch.3
February   Presentations Continued
Wednesday 1  Presentations Continued
Thursday 2  All School Mass--Discussion over Chapters 1-3 of Book 1
Grammar  Misplaced Modifiers p. 109 ex. 1 p. 110 ex. 1,2 (due 1/7) 
Friday 3--Mini-research papers due; Read Ch. 4-5 of Book I ---Keep up with your journal


Monday 6  Extended Homeroom---Read Ch. 6; work on journal
Tuesday  7  Grammar p. 111 ex. 1, p. 112 ex 1,2 (due 1/9)  Discuss Ch. 4-6Quarter
Monday 23  Library Research Day
Tuesday 24 Grammar: p. 98 ex. 1 p. 100 ex. 2 p. 102 ex. 1 Begin Book I chapter I
Wednesday 25  Book I ch. 1 and 2--complete journal  PRE-read chapters 3 and 4 for Thursday the 2nd; Grammar:p. 106 ex. 1, p. 110 ex 1,2
Thursday 26  Library Research Day
Friday 27  Library Research Day
Monday 30  Library Research Day
Tuesday 31   Presentations
Wednesday 1  Presentations
Thursday 2  Presentations 
Friday 3  Discuss Ch. 3 and 4; Read Ch. 5

Monday 6  Discussion Ch. 3-5;  Research Paper--discuss assignment 
Tuesday 7  Grammar p. 106/110 due; p. 112 ex. 1,2 for Thursday; Read Ch. 6--Discussion
Wednesday 8  Book I Quiz!!!   Journal Check; DRAFT of RP in class; Book II Ch. 1
Thursday 9  Grammar p. 115 ex. 2, p. 116 ex. 2; Book II Ch. 2-3; 9 pm Research Paper Due
Friday 10  Book II Ch.4-6

Monday 13  Discussion over Ch. 1-6   Read Ch. 7
Tuesday 14 Happy Valentine's Day!p. 121 ex. 2, 122 ex. 1, p. 123 ex 1,2; Read Ch. 8
Wednesday 15 Read Ch. 9-10--Keep up with journals. 
Thursday 16 p. 125 ex 1, p. 126 ex. 1  Discussion over Ch. 7-10
Friday 17 12 noon dismissal-inservice day--Ch.11-12 Keep up with your journal! 

Monday 20 President's Day- No school
Tuesday 21-Mid-terms posted p. 128 ex. 1; p. 129 ex. 1  Book II Ch. 13
Wednesday 22-Mass Schedule  Book II Ch. 14/15
Thursday 23 p. 134 ex. 1, 2; p. 136 ex. 1,2; Begin two day discussion--Read Book II Ch 16 Journal Question for 16--Contrast MonsieurDefarge’sattitude toward the revolution with that of his wife. 
Friday 24--Discussion over Ch. 11-16   Read Ch. 17-19 over the weekend. 
Cast List Assignment-cast-list.docx-
Monday 27-- Begin reading Ch. 20-21 for Tuesday.    Chapter 20 journal question "Discuss the relationship between Lucie/Carton/Darnay in this chapter. What do you learn about each of the characters in these scenes?"  
Tuesday 28--Ch. 22-23--Dickens DOL--Revolution
Wednesday 29--Brief discussion--Read Chapter 24; time to work on journals
MARCH
Thursday 1 --Review Book II
Friday 2 --Book II Quiz---journal check   
Read Book III Ch. 1-3 over the weekend AND keep up with your journal

Did you leave TTC in your lockers?  Read the chapters online here:http://www.literature.org/authors/dickens-charles/two-cities/book-01/chapter-01.html

Quarter Three

Monday 5 Revolution RE-Writes Due; Discuss Book III Ch. 1-3  Read Ch. 4-5
Tuesday 6  Book III Ch. 6-7
Wednesday 7  Read Ch. 8
Thursday 8  Read Ch. 9-10
Friday 9 Cast Lists Due;  DiscussTTC Essay Options-Need help with your thesis?  http://johnmcgarvey.com/apworld/student/thesiscreator.html
A-Tale-of-Two-Cities--Essay-Topics.docx   
Literary-Analysis-II.ppt
Read Ch. 11-13 over the weekend! 

Monday 12 9am Tornado Drill  Read Ch. 14 and 15
Tuesday 13  Library--Drafting the Essay
Wednesday 14 School Penance Service   Time to work on Journals/Review
Thursday 15  Book III Quiz ---short grammar quiz added on, too.
Friday 16  Library-Finish TTC essays
Journals Due: will be returned on MONDAY.
Don't forget:  Your paper should be a minimum of 4 body paragraphs, but not over 5 pages long.  QUALITY is more important than QUANTITY.

Click below for a funny FB page for TTC... http://thewallmachine.com/tcDWKB.html
Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Monday 19  Library--Last minute revisions
TTC Essays should be submitted to your portfolios during your respective class periods and will be part of your 4th quarter grade.Submitting your paper will allow you to check your plagarism percentage.  You may RE-SUMBIT your paper up until 9pm on the 23rd of March. 

Tuesday 20-Review Day

Quarter Three Exams will consist of a UNIT test over Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities and any grammar we've completed over the quarter (pgs.102-136).

Wednesday 21   Quarter Three Exams
Thursday 22  Quarter Three Exams 10:40 dismissal
Friday 23 Teacher Institute-No Classes