| 1-8-08
1. vocabulary lesson 18
2. library visit to check out AR books
3. background to Walt Whitman's poetry (PowerPoint notes, video, and
textbook review)
4. Turn in critical analysis questions on video (constructed response
practice)---10 points.
1-9-08
1. Discussion of DEMCO essay contest and criteria
2. Review of background notes on Whitman
3. reading and discussion of Whitman's poetry selections; completion of
study guide, #30-41
4. AR silent reading/testing (10-15 points)
1-10-08
(substitute)
1. View and analyze the video biography of Frederick Douglass
2. Complete the video quiz, #1-18 (40 points)
1-11-08
1. prom information distributed
2. vocabulary test #18
3. AR silent reading and testing
4. started reading and discussing Walt Whitman's Song of Myself
1-14-08
1. vocabulary lesson 19
2. finished reading and discussing Walt Whitman's Song of Myself
3. vision/hearing screening with the school nurse
1-15-08
writing workshop (DEMCO essay): met in small groups to complete peer editing
and revising
1-16-08
finished peer editing of DEMCO essay; turned in rough draft and editing
comments
intro to Emily Dickinson
1-17-08
poetry of Emily Dickinson
bonus opportunity
1-22-08
DEMCO essay final draft, computer lab
1-23-08
video biography, Mark Twain
1-24-08
vocabulary review for lesson 20
vocabulary preview for "Celebrated Jumping Frog" (puzzle, 25 points)
finish video biography of Mark Twain and video quiz (60 points)
background in textbook and Literature Launcher video for "Celebrated Jumping
Frog"
1-25-08
vocabulary test 20
AR silent reading/testing
Read and discuss "Celebrated Jumping Frog"
Start tall-tale group project
1-28-08
vocabulary lesson 21
creative writing project
scavenger hunt historical background, Unit 5
1-29-08
vocabulary review for test
creative writing project presentations
turn in scavenger hunt
1-30-08 to 1-31-08
checked out Huck Finn novels from library
read and discussed Chapters 1-3 in 2nd and 3rd periods
read and discussed Chapters 1-7 in 5th, 6th, and 7th periods
completed vocabulary word study #1-9
2-7-08 through 2-11-08
continued reading Huck Finn,completed study guide questions for Chapters 1-
11, completed vocabulary #1-15, discussed character development, author's
philosophy/purpose, etc.
Valentines for Veterans due by Wednesday
AR book talks scheduled this week and next (filmed or not)
2-12-08 through 2-14-08
continued reading Huck Finn, completed study guide #1-39; 2nd and 3rd
periods are on chapter 15; 5th, 6th, and 7th periods are on chapter 17
Valentines for Veterans
AR book talks
2-15-08.
quizzes on Huck Finn, chapters 1-14 (2nd and 3rd periods) and chapters 1-16
(5th, 6th, and 7th periods)
AR silent reading/testing
2-18-08 and 2-19-08
vocabulary #16-24 and practice sentences
AR book talks
read and discussed Huck Finn through chapter 19
2-20-08
vocabulary #25-36 (checked for accuracy, 12 points)
AR book talks
read and discussed Huck Finn through chapter 21; reading through chapter 25
is homework
2-21-08
Guidance department visit: 08-09 scheduling
2-22-08
quiz, Huck Finn, chapters 15-25
vocabulary enrichment puzzles
**We will start reading chapter 26 on Monday.**
2-25 and 2-26
read and discussed Huck Finn, chapters 26-29
AR Book Talks
2-27
read and discussed chapters 30-32
AR Book Talks
vocabulary enrichment puzzles due
2-28-08
read and discussed chapters 33-34
AR Book Talks
handouts on conscience and mob mentality
2-29-08
read and discussed chapters 35-40
remainder of novel to be finished independently
Week of 3-3-08
1. review worksheets x 4
2. bonus puzzle
3. film adaptation of Huck Finn
4. unit test
5. enrichment project
6. essay
Week of 3-10-08
1. GEE testing
2. film of Tom and Huck (afternoon classes only)
3. vocabulary preview activities for "To Build a Fire"
4. read and discussed Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire"
5. viewed short film of "To Build a Fire"
6. Huck Finn enrichment project presentations on Friday 3-14-08
3-17-08
1. completed study guide for "To Build a Fire"
2. some Huck Finn presentations
3. vocabulary background for Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour"
4. read and discussed author's background and short story selection
3-18-08 to 3-19-08
1. completed AR testing on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2. read, discussed, and completed vocabulary activities for "A Pair of Silk
Stockings" by Kate Chopin, as well as summative activities for "The Story of
an Hour"
3-20-08
1. completed motivation worksheets for "A Pair of Silk Stockings" and "The
Story of an Hour"
2. completed two character analysis paragraphs on the short stories
3. turned in all required and bonus vocabulary puzzles
3-31-08
1. vocabulary preview for Dunbar poems
2. read, discussed, and completed study guide for "Douglass" and "We Wear
the Mask"
3. analyzed the Petrarchan sonnet pattern
4-1-08
1. read, discussed, and completed study guide for "Lucinda Matlock"
and "Fiddler Jones"
2. wrote a personal dramatic monologue patterned after Masters' poems (free
verse, 15 lines, 25 points)
4-2-08
1. read, discussed, and completed study guide for "Richard Cory"
and "Miniver Cheevy"
2. reviewed for cumulative unit test
4-3-08
2008-2009 scheduling in the library lab
4-4-08
Regionalism Unit Test
4-7-08
F. Scott Fitzgerald background video and quiz
period background activities
4-8-08
finish unit test
read AR
finish background activities
complete vocabulary preview for "The Bridal Party"
start reading and discussing "The Bridal Party"
4-9-08
***BYE BYE BIRDIE SCHEDULE***
finish reading and discussing "The Bridal Party"
complete study guide
4-10-08
***BYE BYE BIRDIE SCHEDULE***
"The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
4-11-08
Career Day
4-14-08
started reading and discussing "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
4-15-08
**MENTORING SCHEDULE***
continued reading and discussing "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
completed vocabulary enrichment
4-16-08
finished reading and discussing "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber"
completed study guide
completed graphic organizers on the "Hemingway hero"
4-17-08
completed writing assignment, analysis of the Hemingway hero
4-18-08
prewriting for research paper, film documentary on the 1920's
4-21-08
"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
4-22-08
"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
intro to the research paper
literary terms for the unit
4-24-08 through 4-29-08
library research on the 1920's era
all components of the formal research paper
4-30 and 5-1
biographical background information on William Faulkner
vocabulary enrichment activities (15 pts and 40 pts)
Read and discussed "A Rose for Emily"
Completed study guide
5-2-08
biographical background information on Langston Hughes
Read and discussed the short story "Thank You, M'am" as well as several
poems by this author
Completed writing activity based upon selections (25 pts)
Assigned bonus activity
5-5-08
biographical background on Robert Frost
Read and discussed "Mending Wall," "Birches," and "Stopping by Woods on a
Snowy Evening"
Completed study guide Q/A
Teacher Appreciation letters (25 points)
5-6-08
Read and discussed "A Worn Path"
Completed study guide Q/A
Teacher Appreciation letter cont'd
Week of 5-12-08
"The Magic Barrel"
"Rockpile"
Black Boy
exam review
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