GRADES WERE UPDATED ON October 28, 2009 at 11:00 am.
Remember to check your grades, you enter Lastname, First name then your
student number without
the '0'.
!!!!Wednesday, October 14 at 7:30 am is the LAST opportunity to make up any
tests missed during the 1st nine weeks!!!!
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We will have a meeting on October 6, 2009 at 5:30 pm. in the auditorium.
Please be in attendance. First timers are welcome to hear the information if
you are considering the trip. Our current price quote has been extended
through October 8, 2009.
2010 European Trip Information and registration: Go to my "links" page on my
Teacher Web page and click on the link for the "price quote" for the trip.
That page lists the price for the trip and the items included. At the
bottom of the page is a link (www.eftours.com/enroll) on enrolling on line
and an 800 number (1 800 665 5364) if you want to do it over the phone. The
tour name is "ROME, TUSCANY, AND THE RIVIERA". The tour number is 706765.
WOW!!!! Summer flew by once again, but I do hope you all managed to enjoy
some down time and lots of fun. Welcome back to CSHS and your senior year!
I look forward to workging with each of you as you prepare to achieve the
next big stage of your life -- GRADUATION!!!! I will do my best to prepare
you for a successful year in college(at least as far as English is concerned)
and help you to better prepare yourself for independent thinking and
comprehension of the written word both in your textbook and in everyday
media.
August 17 - basic information - classroom policies - school policies
1st assignment: compose an essay of approximately 300 words
detailing your idea of success. What is success? What do
you look forward to most in your future to consider yourself
successful?
18 - Notes/lecture on "The AnglosSaxon Period and the Middle Ages"
19 - Notes/lecture on "The AnglosSaxon Period and the Middle Ages"
20 - Introduction of Thomas Hardy, Mayor of Casterbridge novel, and
reading of Chapter 1 in class.
21 - Essays due
STAR testing
AR novel checkout
24 - Journal - What is the one most important thing you want to
accomplish in life? Why is that so important to you?
Read cheapters 2 and 3 in Casterbridge
Define vocabulary words
Vocabulary Words: Week 1
1. abhor 11. agoraphobia
2. acrophobia 12. bitter
3. blazon(2) 13. upsurge
4. bridle(2) 14. extenuate
5. finicky 15. gloat
6. hibernate 16. impunity
7. lascivious 17. macabre
8. moratorium 18. notorious
9. occult(1) 19. omniscient
10. perturb 20. sabbatical
25 - Journal - What is the one characteristic you find most important
in a friend? Why?
Complete vocab definitions
Read chapters 4-6 in Casterbridge(on your own)
26 - Journal - To whom do you feel you owe most of the success in your
life? Why?
Discussion of Chapters 4-6 Questions/Answers
Watch video segment of Casterbridge
Study for notes test - The AngloSaxon and Middle Ages
27 - Journal - What is the one thing that you like most about yourself
and why?
Quiz on notes from "Anglo Saxon and Middle Ages"
Read chapters 7 & 8 in Casterbridge
Read pgs 24-30 in Beowulf in lit book by Monday
28 - Journal - Do you feel you are leading a life that is honorable and
just? Explain.
Vocabulary Test
AR Reading/Library
31 - Journal - If forced to leave your home, what one thing would you
take with you and try to protect and why?
Discuss 24-30 of Beowulf
Define Vocabulary
1. juncture 11. malleable
2. lament (1) 12. malignant
3. lapse (1) 13. loathe
4. latitude 14. livid
5. legacy 15. lexicon
6. mandatory 16. meticulous
7. mannerism 17. merge
8. martial 18. melodramatic
9. meager 19. mentor
10. mediocre 20. melancholy
HW - Read "The Battle with Grendel's Mother" pgs 34 - 38
Sept 1 - Journal - Do you have someone in your life you consider a hero?
Who and why? If not, why do you not believe in heroes?
Discuss The Battle with Grendel's Mother
Read "The Battle with the Dragon" and "The Funeral Fire" pgs 38-50
Answer questions 1-9 on pg 51
2 - Journal - If you could switch places with any character from a
novel or movie, who would it be and why?
Discuss last sections of Beowulf - review questions
Complete study guide/handout
"Mayor of Casterbridge"
3 - Journal: What is one quality you think others admire most about
you? explain
Read chapters 7-9 in "Mayor of Casterbridge"
Study for Voc Test #2
Reading assignment: Chapters 10 - 20 by Monday, Sept 14!!! Quiz.
4 - Journal: What has been the one gift you have appreciated in life?
Vocabulary Test 2
AR Reading/Novels/Testing
8 - Journal: When is the appropriate age for a person to be held
responsible for his/her actions? Explain
Define vocabulary for week 3
1. misnomer 11. covet
2. intrigue(1) 12. attenuate
3. warble(1) 13. tortuous
4. mute(3) 14. monger
5. insolent 15. elate
6. macerate 16. procrastinate
7. baccalaureate 17. ken
8. badinage 18. redolent
9. squalid 19. torrid
10. hellion 20. commiserate
Read "The Seafarer" pgs 75-78
Answer questions 1-7 pg 79
Complete handout
9 - Journal: Have you experienced a time in your life when you felt
completely lost and alone? Explain.
Discuss Seafarer, review questions, and handout
Read "The Heroes" and answer questions
10 - Journal: Do you feel the past four years have been a positive or
negative experience for you at CSHS? Explain
Review of the Heroes article from Time Magazine
Discussion of article
Complete handout/study guide
Read AR/Novel
11 - Journal: Do you feel the U.S. has done a good job in the fight
against terrorism? Explain
vocabulary test 3
AR Reading/Novel/Testing/Library
14 - Journal: Which college is/would be your preference for next year
should you gradeuate as planned? Why is it your choice?
Reading Quiz on Casterbridge - Chapters 10 - 20
Discussion of Casterbridge
Quick Review for Literature Test on Wednesday.
Define Vocabulary Week 4 - Test Thursday Sept 17!!!!
1. vehement 11. transcend
2. unprecedented 12. transitory
3. timorous 13. wan
4. zenith 14. whimsical
5. zephyr 15. visage
6. vigilant 16. verbatim
7. ultimatum 17. transition
8. translucent 18. vulnerable
9. wane 19. wheedle
10. wreak 20. zealous
15 - Journal: TURNED IN JOURNALS TODAY (15 journals @ 10 pts = 150)
Literature Test: Beowulf, Seafarer, History of Heroes(Mult Choice
and Short Answer)
Read AR
16 - Journal: NONE
Literature Test: Beowulf, Seafarer, History of Heroes(Essays)
17 - Journal: NONE
Vocabulary Test
AR Reading/Novel
18 - AR Novel/Reading Have thru chapter 31 complete in Casterbridge
by Wednesday, 9/23
AR Points are due by October 7th!!!!
21 - Journal: Should the state begin requiring community serve as a
portion of graduation requirements? Why or Why not?
Introduce Geoffrey Chaucer and Canterbury Tales
Define Vocab week 5
1. gaily 11. staunch(2)
2. rend 12. penitence(1)
3. haversack 13. loquacious
4. poppycock 14. zeal
5. forge (3) 15. canonical
6. aerate 16. buffoon
7. quip 17. tepid
8. paraphernalia 18. obliterate
9. afflict 19. frail
10. preposterous 20. gawk
22 - Journal: What is the one thing your parents do that annoys you the
most?
Begin the Prologue to Canterbury Tales
List the characters and specific traits of each.
Complete reading for homework - through line 398. Continue the
listing of characters and specific traits of each.
23 - Journal: Do you feel Chaucer believed the ministerial group that
was traveling to Canterbury was a good representation of
what true morals and virtues stood for? Why/Why not?
Complete Prologue to Canterbury Tales
Discuss Ch 21 - 31 of Casterbridge
Reading Assignment: Read from line 711 through the end and
Answer questions 1-6 on pg 115
24 - Journal: Which of the characters from teh prologue would you most
like to meet and why?
Discuss the ending of Prologue and discussion questions.
Complete handout
Turn in HW questions from Wed night
HW - Read Pardoner's Tale pgs 117-122
Answer questions 1-6 on page 123
25 - Journal: What is your favorite restaurant in Shreveport and why?
Vote on homecoming
Vocabulary Test #5
AR Reading/Testing
HW - Read Pardoner's Tale pgs 117-122
Answer questions 1-6 on page 123
28 - Journal: If you could travel to any time period - past or present-
when and why would you do so?
review "Pardoner's Tale"
Define Vocabulary week 6
1. indict 11. inarticulate
2. inclement 12. implacable
3. hors d’oeuvre 13. inadvertent
4. impediment 14. indignant
5. incendiary 15. imposition
6. immaculate 16. inalienable
7. imperceptible 17. indomitable
8. incentive 18. indestructible
9. inaccessible 19. impartial
10. inanimate 20. inconsistent
Complete Study Guide for Pardoner's Tale
29 - Journal: What is the one thing in your life that you feel is the
most positive thing you have at this point? Explain
Review Pardoner's Tale Handout
Begin "Wife of Bath's Tale"
Make up session for Vocab Test 5 is tomorrow morning at 730 am.
30 - Journal: Which color best represents your personality and why?
video - Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
discussion of video
handout - Wife of Bath's Tale
Oct 1 -Guest Speaker - Susan Kirton from Career Technical College.
2 - Journal: none today
Vocabulary Test 6
AR Reading/Testing Last chance to use classtime to take AR tests:
Remember, your AR Points are due Before October 7, 2009. You
can test before or after school and during lunch Mon 10/5-7.
5 - Journal: Is there ever a good time or opportunity to tell a lie?
Explain your response.
Define vocab 7:
1. heathen 11. liquidate
2. prolific 12. hurtle
3. egress 13. cliché’
4. brandish 14. proctor
5. tenure 15. wayfarer
6. wit 16. coy
7. concentric 17. avow
8. brawl 18. allege
9. divination 19. pneumatic
10. apostle 20. gentility
Read: from the diary of "Margery Kemp" pgs 145 - 149
Answer questions 1-7 pg 150
6 - Journal: What is the one most important quality/characteristic
you seek in a future mate? Explain
Complete handout - Margery Kemp
Read "The Ecclesiastical History of the English People"
pgs 84-88
Answer questions 1-8 pg 89
Complete handout for "Ecclesiastical History...."
7 - Journal: What is your opinion of 'secret sin' and how it may
affect someone who is dealing with it? Explain
Review Margery Kemp/Ecclesiastical History
Review Canterbury Tales
8 - Journal: None
Literature Test: Canterbury Tales, margery Kemp, and Ecclesiastic
History of English People
Study for vocab #7
9 - Journal: None
Finish Lit Test
vocabulary test 7
AR Testing/Reading
Be sure that you have completed the novel: Mayor of Casterbridge by
Monday, October 12. The test is October 13.
12 - Journal: Do you feel that Obama should have already been given the
Nobel Peace Prize? Explain
Define vocabulary 8
1. ogle 11. piety
2. heckle 12. giddy
3. avail(1) 13. egotism
4. clairvoyant 14. axiom
5. bounty 15. quintessence
6. morass 16. dogmatism
7. suave 17. inconspicuous
8. inebriate 18. ripple
9. levee(2) 19. heave(2)
10. polyphony 20. woe
Discussion of Casterbridge novel for test on Tuesday
13 - Journal: None
Mayor of Casterbridge Test
AR Reading
Make sure you have a copy of Accidental Tourist by Anne Tyler
We will begin this novel next week.
14 - Mayor of Casterbridge video
15 - Vocabulary Test 8
Mayor of Casterbridge video
16 - NO SCHOOL - - - FALL BREAK!!!!!!!
19 - Journal: If money was no object, what would be the first thing
you would buy and why?
Complete discussion/viewing of Mayor of Casterbridge
Study for vocabulary Test 8
20 - Journal: If stranded on a distant island, what one person would
you like to have with you and why?
Vocabulary Test 8
Introduction to Morality Plays
Define vocabulary 9:
1. peeve(1) 11. quill
2. sputum 12. bionic
3. oblige 13. abase
4. articulate(1) 14. magnanimous
5. monger 15. keen(1)
6. interpose 16. extenuate
7. intrigue(1) 17. diabolical
8. finesse 18. curio
9. quince 19. perpetrate
10. narcissism 20. delinquent(2)
21 - Journal: What is your idea or belief concerning the idea of "after
life"? Explain
Read "Ev'ry Man"
22 - Journal: Do you feel colleges put too much emphasis on
standardized tests? Why or Why not?
Complete "Ev'ryMan"
Discuss questions
Complete study guide
Study for vocab test 9
23 - Journal: No journal
AR Reading/Novel Reading
26 - Journal: Turn them in - there should be 16 journals
Define vocabulary #10:
1. heist 11. exacerbate
2. median 12. stale
3. retrospective 13. concoct
4. twitter 14. confer
5. profound 15. clench
6. armistice 16. lax
7. excommunicate 17. exude
8. semantic 18. zany
9. douse 19. gingerly
10. glean 20. mediate
Read pages 165-178 - Sir Gawain and Green Knight. Complete through
line #165
ACCIDENTAL TOURIST ASSIGNMENT - complete chapters 2-6 by Nov. 3
Study for vocabulary test #9
27 - Journal: Do you feel that you would be willing to take someone's
place if tehy were challenged to a fight? Why/Why not?
Complete reading Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
28 - Journal: Do you believe that there is any true ideal of chivalry
existent in today's society? Why/Why not?
Study Guide/Questions/Discussion of Sir Gawain and Green Knight
29 - Guest speaker
30 - No school - Weather
Nov 2 - Journal: Do you think song lyrics play a major role in what
young people think about real life? why/why not?
Define Vocabulary 11:
1. libido 11. phonology
2. abstemious 12. billow(2)
3. debilitate 13. repertoire
4. flippant 14. traipse
5. unyielding 15. interlude
6. sputter 16. altercation
7. covey 17. diaristic
8. profuse 18. mistral
9. ostentation 19. machismo
10. turret 20. transcendentalism
Complete Study guide for Distant Mirror
3 - Journal: Do you believe we as a nation have a true "open door"
policy for all races and cultures? Explain
Review Study Guide - Distant Mirror
Vocabulary Test 10
Read Le Morte D'Arthur - pgs 196-204
Answer questions 1-7 pg 205
AR READING/TESTING
4 - Journal: Do you think you could have survived during the Middle
Ages? Why/Whynot?
Discuss Le Morte D'Arthur
Review Questions pg 205
Complete Study Guide - Le Morte D'Arthur
Review "Ev'ryMan", "Sir Gawain...", "Distant Mirror"
Literature Test tomorrow (11/5)
5 - Journal: If you wrote a biography, what type of story would it be?
Explain...
Literature Test
AR Reading
Study for Vocab Test #11
6 - Journal: Do you feel America does a good job on monitoring and
maintinaing a successful and safe "open door" policy? exp.
Vocabulary Test #11
AR Reading/Testing
9 - Journal: Would you rather have dinner with a well known famous
person or would you rather spend some quality time with your
Mom? Explain
Define vocabulary 12:
1. vacuity 11. optimize
2. valid 12. reversion
3. syntax 13. extort
4. syndicate 14. coup
5. sacrilege 15. quash
6. repugnance 16. chaos
7. melancholia 17. banter
8. lethargy 18. pomp
9. karma 19. wrangle
10. forsake 20. yuppie
Read introduction to the Ballad and traditions pgs 208-209
answer questions 1-3 pg 209
Read pgs 211-216: Sir Patrick Spens
Bonnie Barbara Allen
Get Up and Bar the Door
Answer questions 1-7 pg 217
10 - Journal: Do you believe in "love at first sight"? Explain
Discuss Ballads 208 - 216
AR Reading/Novel Reading
Remember chapters 1-10 are due in Accidental Tourist
11 - Journal: No journal
Mrs. Day meets with Seniors during English Classes
12 - Journal: Free write - choose and write about any topic of your
choice.
Video & Discussion of legends- King Arthur
Study Vocab 12
13 - Journal:
Complete study guides for ballads
Voc Test 12
AR Reading/Novel Reading/AR testing
