English 3 Response Notebook Spring 2009

Homework will typically be work you did not finish in class.  This will be 
due the following day before class begins.

Spring 2009 Semester 2
Week 1

Mon. 1/19/09  No School MLK Holiday

Tues.1/20/09  Cornell Notes:  TAKS Testing Strategies

Wed.1/21/09 Reading Context Clues GUM start new set 8 Parts of speech

Thurs.1/22/09 Cornell Notes: TAP it Out, Dash-Dash- Slash/ Slash/

Fri.1/23/09 Finsh Going over Benchmark Answers Cornell notes: Metaphor/ simile


Week 2

Mon. 1/26/09 RN Write about a time when you made or had a change in your 
life.  The Snob Open Ended Questions APE Stategy

Tues.1/27/09 Cornell Notes:  Quote vs. Dialogue, Brian cognition exercise: 
Foot clock hand 6 exercise.

Wed.1/28/09 Snow Day Re-Write 

Thurs.1/29/09 Cornell Notes: Ellipse, Do #29 Open Ended Question using the 
APE strategy

Fri.1/30/09 Visual Practice Friends 

Week 3
Mon. 2/2/09 Write an essay explaining why it is important to avoid 
underestimating others.

Tues.2/3/09 Write an essay explaining the importance of being reliable.

Wed.2/4/09 GUM Quiz 5, Revising and Editing: Remembering the Victims

Thurs.2/5/09 

Fri.2/6/09 No students

Week 4
Mon. 2/09/09 Review and Teat Stratgies

Tues. 2/10/09  ticket Out:  Write an essay explaining what a high school 
student should do to prepare for college.

Wed. 2/11/09 Ticket Out: Write an essy explaining qualities you expect to 
find in a good leader.

Thurs. 2/12/09 Brians's Return reading questions

Fri. 2/13/09 Ticket Out: Brian's Return Open Ended Questions 

Week 5
Mon. 2/16/09 RN Write an essay about an experience that seemed like a failure 
but ended up having a bright side. 

Tues.2/17/09 Ticket In Visual: Love the Earth, Ticket out #30 and #31 Open 
ended question Brian's Return

Wed.2/18/09 In Pairs Make To do/Not to do Posters from open ended samples 
score 0123, Brian's Return: Crossover and visual questions.

Thurs.2/19/09 Pass out Grammar study sheet.Go over TAKS Grammar exercise 
Cornell Notes Stategies

Fri.2/20/09 RN 


Week 6
Mon. 2/23/09 No students 

Tues.2/24/09 All Make up Work Due Today. Write an essay explaining the 
importance of trust in a relationship.

Wed.2/25/09 Write an essay explaining how choices have the power to affect a 
person's life.

Thurs.2/26/09 Write an essay explaining why artists create art.

Fri.2/27/09 Write an essay explaining how facing challenges can make a person 
stronger.

Week 7
Mon. 3/2/09 Create a Class Slogan for TAKs Each Period, Build TAKS Poster

Tues.3/3/09 ELA TAKS TEST

Wed.3/4/09 

Thurs.3/5/09 

Fri.3/6/09 

5th 6 weeks
Week 1

Mon. 3/9/09 Black History Acheievment Film

Tues.3/10/09 Black History Acheievment Film

Wed.3/11/09 Black History Acheievment Film

Thurs.3/12/09 Bus Evacuation TEWWG Theme See Power Point

Fri.3/13/09  TEWWG Lesson#1 Historical Background See Power Point For 
Questions

Week 2
Mon. 3/23/09 TEWWG Lesson#2 Poem Study See Power Point For Questions

Tues.3/24/09 TEWWG Lesson#3 Author Study See Power Point For Questions 

Wed.3/25/09 TEWWG Lesson#4 See Power Point For Questions

Thurs.3/26/09 TEWWG Lesson#5 FOR LESSON DETAILS AND QUESTIONS GO TO THEIR 
EYES WERE WATCHING GOD PAGE ICON PINK DAISY

Fri.3/27/09 TEWWG Lesson #6


Week 3
Mon. 3/30/09 TEWWG Lesson #7

Tues.3/31/09 TEWWG Lesson #8

Wed.4/1/09 TEWWG Lesson #9 

Thurs.4/2/09 TEWWG Lesson #10

Fri.4/3/09 TEWWG Lesson #11


Week 4
Mon. 4/6/09 TEWWG Lesson #12

Tues.4/7/09 TEWWG Lesson #13

Wed.4/8/09 TEWWG Lesson #14 

Thurs.4/9/09 TEWWG Lesson #15

Fri.4/10/09 TEWWG Lesson #16


Week 5
Mon. 4/13/09 TEWWG Lesson #17

Tues.4/14/09 TEWWG Lesson #18

Wed.4/15/09 TEWWG Lesson #19

Thurs.4/16/09 TEWWG Lesson #20

Fri.4/17/09 TEWWG Lesson #21



Week 6
Mon. 4/20/09

Tues.4/21/09

Wed.4/22/09

Thurs.4/23/09

Fri.4/24/09

 
6th 6 Weeks

Week 1
Mon. 4/27/09

Tues.4/28/09

Wed.4/29/09

Thurs.4/30/09

Fri.5/1/09


Week 2
Mon. 5/4/09

Tues.5/5/09

Wed.5/6/09

Thurs. 5/7/09

Fri.5/8/09


Week 3
Mon. 5/11/09

Tues. 5/12/09

Wed. 5/13/09

Thurs. 5/14/09

Fri. 5/15/09


Week 4
Mon. 5/18/09

Tues.5/19/09

Wed.5/20/09

Thurs. 5/21/09

Fri.5/22/09

Week 5
Mon. 5/25/09 Memorial Holiday No students

Tues.5/26/09

Wed.5/27/09

Thurs.5/28/09

Fri.5/29/09


Week 6
Mon. 6/1/09

Tues.6/2/09

Wed.6/3/09

Thurs.6/4/09

Fri.6/5/09 Last Day of School