Week 15: December 14-18, 2009 ARGUMENT & DEBATE 2 (Periods 2, 3, & 8) Monday: Complete Vocabulary learning activities for Week 15 words: (a) Knowledge Rating Scale; (b) list of words and definitions; and (c) Concept of Definition map on your assigned word. Also, complete the ACT English Test practice passage. Tuesday: Complete the "Keyword" reading strategy activity for the assigned article. Wednesday: Read the article on same-gender schools and complete the Active Reading Guide. Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz on Week 15 words. Complete the sentence combining handout on participial phrases. Friday: Complete the class participation activities (ABC Boxes, crossword). IB SR. ENGLISH/WORLD LIT. (Period 5) Monday: Vocabulary List #15 is due. The Objective Unit Exam on "Hamlet" will be administered. Tuesday: Read Act 1 of "King Lear." Wednesday: Read Act 1 of "King Lear." Thursday: Read Act 1 of "King Lear." Friday: Vocabulary Quiz on Week 15 words. Quiz on "King Lear," Act 1, Scenes 1-2. N.B.: Commentary #4, "Hamlet" Soliloquy Commentary, will be due on Wednesday, 1/13/10. Submissions to the "turn it in" website must be completed no later than Wednesday, 1/20/10. IB JR. English/BRITISH LIT. (Period 6) Monday: Vocabulary List #15 is due. Grammar Exercises also due: Chapter 7, Exs. 1-4 (pp. 123-126). Complete the ACT English practice passage in class. Tuesday: Reading Quiz #2 on "The Handmaid's Tale," pp. 43-75. Wednesday: Complete the Quickwrite in class in response to a close reading of a passage from "The Handmaid's Tale." (We will not complete this activity if we watch the first half of the film.) Thursday: Vocabulary Quiz on Week 15 words. Friday: No grammar exercises are assigned. N.B.: A draft of World Literature Paper 1, a requirement for the IB Diploma in Language A1, will be due on Wednesday, 1/13/10. The submission to the "turn it in" website must be completed no later than Wednesday, 1/20/10. READING SECTIONS AND QUIZ DATES FOR M. ATWOOD'S "THE HANDMAID'S TALE": DATE CHAPTERS/PAGES Tues., 12/15 Chs. 8-13, pp. 43-75 Tues., 1/5/10 Chs. 14-18, pp. 79-106 Tues., 1/12 Chs. 19-24, pp. 109-147 Tues., 1/19 Chs. 25-30, pp. 151-195 Tues., 1/26 Chs. 31-39, pp. 199-255 Tues., 2/2 Chs. 40-46 & "Historical Notes," pp. 259-311 UPCOMING DUE DATES FOR GRAMMAR EXERCISES FROM CHAPTERS 6 & 7 (Pronoun Usage, Verb Form & Usage) of "Warriner's High School Handbook": DUE DATE EXERCISES/PAGES Monday, 12/14 Chapter 7, Exs. 1-4 (pp. 123-126) Monday, 1/4/10 Exs. 5-7 (pp. 126-128) Friday, 1/8 Exs. 11, 13, Review A (pp. 132-134) Monday, 1/11 Exs. 14, 15 (pp. 139-141) Friday, 1/15 Exs. 16, 17, 18 (pp. 142-148) Friday, 1/22 Exs. 19, Rev. B, and Chapter 7 Post Test (pp. 149-152) VOCABULARY LISTS AND COURSE SYLLABI ARE POSTED UNDER "HANDOUTS." CPS E-MAIL ADDRESS: deduvall@cps.edu