12/2/09-12/4/09
Friday
CH. 19, 20, 21 hwk collection and review
finish yesterday's encounter list
Ch. 22 vocab & continue
Thursday
Mr. Vnuk presented PSAT results
grouped encounter analysis
Dimmesdale's encounters AFTER his decision
What drives his odd impulses after each encounter?
What is Hawthorne saying about human nature?
Wednesday
Rotary Contest Presentation
discussion of yesterday's event timeline (copies made per student)
Tuesday
creation of event timeline covering character, theme, plot, setting, & conflict
11/23/09-11/25/09
Wednesday
collect Ch. 19 questions
character motivation
meaning of sequence of events
encounter list
Tuesday
collect hwk. prompts
examination of theme
alienation, appearance vs. reality,
individual vs. society, revenge and you come up with one . . .
issue sheet
Hwk. Ch. 19 & comp. ?
Monday
Word of the Day Quiz #5
Ch. 18 comp. check ?
Ch. 18 writing prompt for hwk.
continue with future prediction blog
11/16/09-11/20/09
Friday
watched Ch. 16 & 17 movie short
reviewed important quotations from the text, ch. 16-17
Began a blog, predicting future
read ch. 18 and study for Monday's Word of the Day Quiz (41-50)
Thursday
corrected Ch. 16 & 17 comp. questions
examined pertinant areas of text
No School Wed.
Parent Teacher Night
Tuesday
4 Sight testing
Read Ch. 17 & questions for hwk.
Monday
4 Sight testing
Project due
Read Ch. 16 & questions for hwk.
11/9/09,11/10/09, 11/12/09, 11/13/09
REMINDER--The Scarlet Letter Project is due 11/16/09
Friday
Binder quiz
symbolism within
Pearl, Dimmesdale, cottage, forest, rose bush, black weeds,
Thursday
review characterization table
ch.15 for homework
Tuesday
Ch. 14 & 15 vocab
review characterization table
begin Ch. 14 in class
finish for homework
Monday
Word of the Day quiz # 4 (31-40)
characterization table
Hester, Chillingworth & Dimmesdale
How have they changed from the beginning of the novel through the current time (physical appearance,
belief about the truth, & actions)
11/2/09-11/6/09
Friday
discuss ch. 13 (ppt. on English III page)
compare and contrast the scaffold scenes
Thursday
The Scarlet Letter vocab test Ch. 1-12
Ch. 13 vocab & comprehension ?
Wednesday
continue with figurative language
Ch. 12 discussion questions
study for vocab test tomorrow
Tuesday
read ch. 11 in class
What will Dimmesdale do?
Predictions
distinguishing . . .
figurative language w/i ch. 9-11
Ch. 12 vocab
Ch. 12 for hwk
Monday
Ch. 10 & 11 vocab
Pop Quiz today
Ch. 10 discussion
Doctor as a Leech writing prompt due tomorrow
Imagine Hester discovered the mystery something on Dimmesdale's chest rather than Chillingworth. Rewrite the scene from her point of view.
Ch. 1-12 vocab test Thursday
10/26/09-10/30/09
Friday
War of the Worlds
Thursday
ch. 9 discussion of plot & characterization
Venn Diagram &
Comparison/ contrast essay of Chillingworth & modern leader or celebrity
Ch. 10 vocab
Read Ch. 10 for hwk Monday
Wednesday
Biopoem for character from The Scarlet Letter
Tuesday
The Scarlet Letter Project introduced (due Nov. 19)
ch. 6 -8 discussion
Pearl vs. Scarlet Letter
Hester as unfit mother
literary devices
Ch. 9 vocab
Read ch. 9 for tomorrow
Monday
collect Ch. 8 questions for hwk.
peer edit one another's newsletters
Library to create classroom Newletter
10/19/09-10/23/09
Friday
rm. 200
finish newsletter articles
Word of the Day Quiz #3
Read Ch. 8 and answer ?
finish up adding photos and typing newsletter at home if need be
Thursday
substitute*
based on ch. 6 & 7,
compare images of Pearl with images of scarlet letter
comparing the scarlet letter to pearl
Imagery
Wod Quiz #3 tomorrow (21-29)
Wednesday
article project in-class (technology problem)
ch. 7 vocab
read ch. 7
Tuesday
Ch. 6 discussion
type interview projects
Monday
Quiz on Ch. 1-5, The Scarlet Letter
Ch. 6 vocab
article/interview project cont'd
laptops
hwk.- Read ch. 6
10/13/09-10/16/09
Friday
60 point quiz on Ch.1- 5 has been moved to Monday, 10.19.09
Ch. 5 examples of personification, simile and symbolism within The Scarlet Letter
Students cont'd with Interview project
Thursday
Interview assignment given (click on Newletter sample, file, webpage preview, preview)
Choose character from ch. 1-5 The Scarlet Letter
work in groups to:
create an article in which you devulge the particulars of the interview you conducted with that character
Vocab Ch.5 given
Read Ch. 5 for homework
Wednesday
collect writing prompt hwk.
Are you "in" or "out?"
Discussion Questions 1-
Writing prompt: 1/2 to 1 pg. of focused writing on the following
Should society punish private behaviors like adultery?
Is adultery wrong in all cases?
Do we, as a society, ostracize our fellow members for what we deem as "unbecoming" behavior?
Understanding thematic ideas w/i The Scarlet Letter
Tuesday
quiz on reading due today
Ch. 4
finish & review characterization sheet
writing prompt for hwk.
10/5/09-10/9/09
Thursday
discuss Ch. 3
distinuguishing characteristics of Hester
author's characterization
Wednesday
Ch. 3 Vocabulary
slide presentations
continue with creation of 2 slides regarding Life in the Puritan Times @ library
Tuesday
word of the day quiz #2
continue with creation of 2 slides regarding Life in the Puritan Times
hwk. for th. read ch. 3 The Scarlet Letter
Monday
Life in the Puritan Community ppt. & activity
9/28/09-10/2/09
Thursday & Friday
copy ch. I vocab
Read Ch.I The Scarlet Letter
community member experiment
to be scorned in the Puritan society
Copy Ch. II vocab
Ch. II The Market-Place
hwk- The Market Place writing prompt
Wednesday
checked hwk. movie questions
for hwk. tomorrow, The Custom House writing prompt
finished The Custom House, pgs. 25- 30
Tuesday
review answers to hwk
read on--The Custom House
Hwk- Watch Discovery Education's The Custom House Video clip on The Scarlet Letter Page of this website and complete the question sheet given in class. Remember, let clip run through by itself 1st. On 2nd try, will be viewable.
Monday
continue w/ The Custom House through pg. 23
literary term power point presentations, 4 of remaining 10
HWK- finish question sets 1 & 2 began in pairs in class on Thurs. for tomorrow
9/21/09-9/25/09
Friday
literary term power point presentations 8 complete, 10 for Monday
Thursday
The Custom House Vocab 27-41
Questions, first half of The Custom House
The Custom House Question set #2
How is dilpidated Custom House area like Nanticoke?
literary term ppt. due tomorrow
Wednesday
bus evacuation
The Custom House Vocab 16-26
The Scarlet Letter ppt. #2 notes
discussion of the plot as of yet
for tomorrow read the next 5 pages of The Scarlet Letter
Tuesday
WOD Quiz #1
bring The Scarlet Letter to class
The Custom House terms 1-15 given
The Scarlet Letter Notes ppt. #1
read - pg. 15 of The Custom House
Monday
Literary terms project
Given The Scarlet Letter
study wod 1-10, quiz tomorrow
Thursday & Fri
laptops; work on L.T. Project in class
Thursday
terms 37-51 notes
hwk, 1 example of each term due tomorrow
Wednesday
literary term notes cont'd 22-36
homework, 1 example of each term due tomorrow
& Lit. Term Project description (due 9/25/09)
Tuesday
finish pretest & biopoem if not finished
literary terms 1-21
homework for tomorrow; 1 example of each type of term
Monday
bring flash drive for Thursday & Friday
Summer Reading Novel Test
Finish course pretest or biopoem if possible
9/14/09-9/18/09
Thursday & Friday
Foresight test
Wednesday
Pretest to assess learning over school year
Tuesday
Continue to work on Biopoem
finish rough draft final copy underway, including photo or waiver for photo
Check for binders
Turn in contracts
9/8/09-9/11/09
No school Friday and Monday
Thursday
Website perusal
Discussion of SAT Prep Course
Rough draft of Biopoem
Homework due Thurs.
binder
contract
photot or waiver
Wednesday
Seating Charts
Syllabus
Rules & Procedures
Contract
9/2/09-9/3/09