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in my classes will register themselves on www.turnitin.com.
during the first week of school.
They will upload required
assignments onto that website which automatically checks for plagiarism and
creates an electronic portfolio for each student.
Thank you to all of my students for their kindness during my
absence from school. I look forward to
spending the rest of the school year together!
Homework for the week of May 14th –
Brit. Lit.- We have out field trip to the
Renaissance Faire on Friday. On
Wednesday, you will select your costume for Friday and for next Tuesday at
Saint Clements Castle. We will finish
our study of Shelley and Keats. You will
also begin reading The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James.
English 11H- We will complete The
Catcher in the Rye this week. You will
have a series of activities to complete.
We will also complete vocabulary lesson 16 with a quiz on Friday.
English 9H – You will continue reading The Odyssey and we will begin our class project of the Homeric
Tapestry. The book should be complete by the end of next week. We will also work on Vocabulary lesson 16 and
there will be a quiz on Friday.
English 9 – The power point presentations on due on Friday. We will continue viewing stories of myths and
legends in class. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Friday…the words are on
the board in my classroom. Be prepared
to deliver your power points on Monday.
Remember that you need 7-10 slides.
Homework for the week of April 23rd –
Brit. Lit. – We will spend this week working on Shaw’s Pygmalion. We will also spend time finishing the last of
the Romantic poets (Keats and Shelley).
Please remember to bring in money and permission slips for the
Renaissance Faire and for our visit to Saint Clements Castle.
English 11H- We will begin Macbeth
this week. We will complete Vocabulary
lesson 13 this week and you will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday. Please bring your Macbeth and activity
packets to class each day.
English 9 – We will do vocabulary from “The Birds” on Monday and
you will have a quiz on those words on Friday.
We will spend this week reading the novella and discussing various
elements of symbolism, metaphor and tone.
English 9H – We will do Vocabulary Lesson 13 this week and you will
have a quiz on Friday. We will share the
mythology scrapbook that the class created and begin our study Homer’s The Odyssey. We should complete the first 3 books by the
end of the week. Please bring your book
and activity packets to class each day.
There will be no homework
over April vacation. Please spend lots
of time with your family and friends!
Enjoy! J
Plans for the week of April
10th-
British Lit- We will finish
up our work in the Lit. Circles. We will
share presentations on Oliver Twist
and Wuthering Heights. Friday is reserved for 13 Reasons Why.
English 11H- We will spend
time this week sharing your major papers/projects on Huck Finn. We will also
finish our discussion of Twain, slavery and censorship. If time permits we will
begin our work on Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Friday is reserved for Catalyst.
English 9H- We will begin
building our scrapbook of Greek gods, goddesses, and myth. We will have the laptops in class for 3
days. The final pages are due on
Friday. The second draft of your Romeo and Juliet papers are due on
Tuesday, April 11th. Remember to attach your 1st draft
also. Friday is reserved for Catalyst.
English 9- We will finish
reading Romeo and Juliet. You will also see the final scene of 2 movie
versions and fill out a viewing form. You will be writing a paper after
vacation. Friday is reserved for Catalyst.
Plans for the week of March
26th –
British Lit. – We will
spend this week on Coleridge and Byron as we continue to move through Romantic
poetry. You will continue your reading
of Dickens or Bronte. There will be an
assessment on your novel early next week.
English 11H – We will
complete our unit on satire and spend time with Huck Finn. We will also
spend time discussing censorship and the new version of Huck that was published
last year. The Common Application will
be completed and handed in.
English 9/9H- We will
finish watching the film of Romeo and
Juliet and complete a variety of activities on the play. English 9H will work on a major essay on the
play and that will be due next Wednesday. In English 9, we will finish reading
the play and discussing elements as we move through it.
Plans for the week of March 19th
–
British Lit. H. – We will spend
this week with the British Romantic poets.
On Monday we will discuss your music choices for songs of innocencve and experience a la William Blake. We will spend the remainder of the week
reading the work of William Wordsworth, the great granddaddy of the
romantics. For homework each night you
are expected to read Oliver Twist or Wuthering Heights.
English 11H- There will be a
vocabulary quiz on Monday. We will spend
the rest of the week with Huck Finn and how Mark Twain uses satire in the
novel. You will have a packet on satire
to complete. We will also read excerpts
from the Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass. You will be
writing your own “autobiography” as you complete the college common application
this week for homework. There will be an
assessment on Huck Finn on Friday.
English 9H- Wewill
have a vocabulary quiz on Monday. We
will continue our reading of Romeo and Juliet in class. You will have some
extension activities for homework. On
Friday, we will have a Shakespearean actress join us for the period to discuss
and perform parts of the play.
English 9 – Your Hemingway hero
work is due on Monday. We will begin our
studies of William Shakespeare and Romeo
and Juliet this week. We will
complete the play in class. Homework will
be light until we move into the play.
Plans for the week of March
12th-
British Lit. – We will
discuss Jane Eyre for one class period.
We will also begin our reading of Wuthering
Heights or Oliver Twist. In class we will divide our time between William
Blake and William Wordsworth. On Friday,
your assignment on William Blake’s Songs
of Innocence and Experience is due.
English 11H – On Monday you
will work on Vocabulary Lesson 12 and you will have a quiz on those words on
Friday. On Tuesday you will have an
in-class writing assignment that looks at gun control. We will spend a lot of time this week looking
at satire in its various forms. You
should finish Huck Finn by Friday.
English 9 – We will spend
several days this week doing writer’s workshop on the laptops. You will continue working on your major essay
on The Old Man and the Sea and “The Perfect Storm.” Remember to
use specific examples and list page numbers in your rough drafts. These papers are due on Friday.
English 9H- On Monday you
will work on Vocabulary Lesson 12 and you will have a quiz on those words on
Friday. We will spend this week reading and working on Romeo and Juliet. We will
have a guest speaker/Shakespearean actress on Friday speak to our class.
Plans for the week of
February 27th -
I hope that you all had a happy, healthy vacation. I am sorry that I was ill with pneumonia and
missed an entire week with my classes. I
do appreciate the work you completed with Mr. Waz who
wrote that all of my classes were excellent and extremely cooperative. We will
begin getting back on schedule this week.
Brit. Lit. – We will spend
time on the early romantics this week.
We will spend most of our time discussing “What is a romantic?” and
breaking down the categories. Our focus
will begin with William Blake and Robert Burns. You will be responsible for
completing all Jane Eyre projects and
handing them in this week.
English 11H – We will review
the works of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.
You will work with a partner to create a “Love Connection” between the
two major American writers. You will
also have read the first ½ of Huck Finn.
On Monday, you will work on Vocabulary Lesson 13 and you will have a
quiz on the words on Friday.
English 9H - On Monday, you
will work on Vocabulary Lesson 13 and you will have a quiz on the words on
Friday. We will finish the last of the powerpoints on
Monday and Tuesday. We will then spend
all class time this week on Romeo and
Juliet.
English 9 –On Monday, we
will begin our review and group work on the 2nd ½ of The Old Man and the Sea. You will be working with a partner in class,
and will complete a series of activities at home. We will also complete vocabulary exercises on
Monday. And there will be a quiz on Friday.
You will also be tested on the novel at the end of the week.
Plans for the week of January 30th –
British Lit. – We will spend the week completing our unit on satire
of the 18th century. Your satire
assessment will be due on Monday, February 9th. You have copies of Jane Eyre, and you should begin reading the novel.
English 11H – We will spend the week on the American Transcendentals. On
Tuesday you will begin decoding excerpts from Emerson and Thoreau. There will be a series of assessments for you
to complete.
English 9 – We will begin the novella, The Old Man and the Sea. Monday, you will complete a vocabulary
sheet on words from the book. We will
read in class and you will have homework each night on the readings.
English 9H – We will spend time learning about Shakespeare. You will work in small groups on a topic
based on Shakespeare and his time. These
powerpoints will be presented to the class starting
Monday, February 9th. We will begin reading the play in class on
Friday.
Plans for the week of January
23rd –
All of my classes will finish
reviewing for exams. Exams begin on
Tuesday, January 24th.
Tuesday = D & C
Wednesday = B & A
Thursday = F & G
Friday = E & Makeups
All of my classes will have 2
hour written exams. Students will not be
able to leave if they finish early.
Please bring something else to study or read with you. Buses will run at noon each day, except
Friday when they will run at 9:35.
Plans for the week of January 17 –
British Lit. – We will complete our unit on satire and read “A
Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift. We
will finish our literature circle study of Austin and Shelley. All questions will be discussed and there
will be a brief assessment on Friday. We will review on Friday and Monday for
exams.
English 11H- We will continue reading Poe. Tuesday night read “The Tell-Tale Heart” and
Wednesday Night read “The Black Cat”.
Both stories are in the red Poe book. We will review on Friday and
Monday for exams.
English 9H – We will finish our study of Hemingway and The Old Man and the Sea. You will be working on the packet pages in
small groups. We will review on Friday and Monday for exams.
English 9 – We will complete our study of the short story. We will review for exams during the second
half of the week.
Plans for the week of January 9, 2012 –
British Lit. H – We will begin our unit on Satire in the
Enlightenment Period. For homework each
night you are expected to read and complete guided reading questions on Frankenstein and Pride and Prejudice. The
books must be completed for January 19th.
English 11H – We will complete vocabulary lesson 9 and you will
have a quiz on those words on Friday. We
will have a quiz on Irving on Monday, and we will spend the remainder of the
week reading and studying Poe. You will
have the opportunity to write a horror story later this week. Details to follow.
English 9H – We will finish our study of the short story and begin
our work on The Old Man and the Sea. You
are expected to read 25 pages per night and complete the accompanying guided
reading questions. You will have
additional pages in the packet to complete later this week. We will also
complete Vocabulary Lesson 9 and you will have a quiz on the words on
Friday. Please note that there are more
words for this week and all weeks that are ahead.
English 9- We will finish our work on “The Interlopers” and
continue our work on grammar in your packets.
We will also begin the short novel The
Old Man in the Sea in class. There will be guided reading questions to
accompany the text.
Plans for the week of January 3, 2012 –
British Lit. – This week we will finish our study of 17th
century poetry including Donne (Wed.), Jonson (Thurs.) and the Sons of Ben on
Friday. Specific poems and sermons will
be discussed in class and read for homework.
English 11H – On Tuesday we will finish our work with the
patriots. Wednesday and Thursday we will
work on Washington Irving short stories including “Rip Van Winkle”, “The Devil
and Tom Walker” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Bryant’s “Thanatopsis”
will be under study on Friday. Homework
over the weekend will be to read “The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The
Raven” by E.A.Poe.
English 9/9H – We will continue our work with elements of
fiction and their application in short stories.
We will read “Walter Mitty” on Tuesday and
“The Scarlet Ibis” later in the week.
Both stories are in the anthologies.
Plans for the week of
December 19th –
We will spend this week
doing CAPT and SAT prep activities in all of my classes. We will also finish our reading of 13 Reasons Why this week. Remember to bring in your holiday items for
our special events. The most important
part of this week is to enjoy this wonderful time of year. You have no homework this week, and you will
have no homework from me over the Christmas break. I hope you to spend lots of time with family
and friends, and you reflect on all of the great things happening in your
lives! You all deserve the very best
that this season has to offer! Stay safe
and enjoy ever minute! See you in 2012!
Instructional Plans for the
week of December 12, 2011 –
You will have a test on
Shakespeare and Lear on
Wednesday. Your final paper on Lear will
be handed in on Thursday. In class we
will be working on writers of the Renaissance other than Shakespeare and
Marlowe.
English 11H – The 2nd
draft of your Crucible/Scarlet Letter essay
will be due on Wednesday. We will begin
working on writers of the American Enlightenment and American Revolution. You
will have vocabulary Lesson 8 to complete on Monday, and you will have a quiz
on the words on Friday.
English 9H – We will
continue to work on CAPT preparation including “Reading for Information”
practice exercises. We will also be
working on inferential reading in our unit on the short story. You will have
vocabulary Lesson 8 to complete on Monday, and you will have a quiz on the
words on Friday.
English 9 – We will begin a
unit on short stories and continue to apply the elements of fiction to
them. We will also continue practicing
for the CAPT test in reading.
Instructional plans for the
week of December 5, 2011-
British Lit. – We will work
on our thank you notes to the troops on Monday.
We will work on Shakespeare for the remainder of the week. Your homework each night will be to work on
your MAJOR King Lear paper that is
due on Friday, December 9. Your questions
on The Christmas Carol are due on
Wednesday, and you will have a brief assessment of the work on Thursday.
English 11H – We will work
on our thank you notes to the troops on Monday.
We will have a final review on The
Scarlet Letter on Tuesday and a test on the book on Wednesday. Your major comparison/contrast essay (draft
1) will be handed in on Friday for peer editing.
English 9H –We will work on
our thank you notes to the troops on Monday.
We will work on Charles Dickens this week. Your questions are due on Tuesday and you
will have an assessment on Wednesday. We
will also continue doing CAPT exercises in “Reading for Information” this week.
English 9 – We will work on
our thank you notes to the troops on Monday.
We will spend this week working on CAPT strategies to help you in
“Response to Literature” and “Reading for Information.” This work will be completed in class.
Instructional Plans for the
week of November 28th –
British Lit. – We will be
finishing King Lear in class. You will have this week to read A Christmas Carol and complete the
questions and activities in the packet that you were given. You will also begin working on your
individual King Lear papers. Papers will be due on Friday, December
9. Remember that Monday, December 5th
is the day we will be writing thank-you notes to our troops overseas. Buy your note cards this week so that you are
prepared when we begin to write.
English 11H – We will be
working on Vocabulary 7 exercises this week and you will have a quiz on those
words on Friday. We will be completing our final discussions of the Scarlet
Letter this week. You are responsible
for working on your comparison/contrast essay on The Scarlet Letter and The
Crucible. Your first draft will be
due on Friday, December 9. Remember that
Monday, December 5th is the day we will be writing thank-you notes
to our troops overseas. Buy your note
cards this week so that you are prepared when we begin to write.
English 9/9H – We will be working
on CAPT practice activities all week long.
You will have the opportunity to work on portions of the “Response to
Literature” section of the CAPT at home as well. We will also begin reading A Christmas Carol and completing
activities as a class. English 9H will
complete vocabulary exercises on Monday and they will have a quiz on Friday.
Remember that Monday, December 5th is the day we will be writing
thank-you notes to our troops overseas.
Buy your note cards this week so that you are prepared when we begin to
write.
Instructional Plans for the week of November 21, 2011 –
British Lit. H – We should work our way through Act 3 of King Lear. You will be responsible for any packet pages
assigned. There will be NO HOMEWORK OVER
THE THANKSGIVING BREAK. ENJOY!
English 11H- We will discuss the major essay that you will
be writing on The Scarlet Letter. THERE WILL BE NO HOMEWORK OVER THE
THANKSGIVING BREAK. ENJOY!
English 9H&English 9- We will have a test on Of Mice and Men on Tuesday. We will finish class presentations on the
novel and finish the film. THERE WILL BE NO HOMEWORK OVER THE THANKSGIVING
BREAK. ENJOY!
Instructional Plans for the week of November 14, 2011 –
British Lit. H – You will write an in-class essay on Doctor Faustus on Monday. We will spend this week on King Lear, and you will be completing
pages in the packet while we work through the text.
English 11H – On Monday we will work on vocabulary. You will finish The Scarlet Letter this week.
Expect a quiz on the book on Wednesday, and a vocabulary quiz on
Friday. You will read 2 chapters per
night.
English 9H – We will work on vocabulary on Monday, and you
will have a quiz on Friday. This week
you will work on your Of Mice and Men
projects and you will present them to your class on Friday.
English 9 – You will spend this week working on your Of Mice and Men project to present on
Friday. We will also be viewing the DVD.
Instructional Plans for the
week of November 7th:
British Literature H – We will
finish the film on Shakespeare on Monday.
Each day in class we will be working on King Lear together on CD.
Each night for homework you will be reading Doctor Faustus for an assessment on Monday, November 14th.
English 11H –On Monday we will
work on Vocabulary Lesson 6, and you will be quizzed on Friday. Monday night you will read chapters 17 and 18
of The Scarlet Letter and finish any
vocabulary work not completed in class.
Wednesday night you will read chapters 19 and 20. Friday you will have the vocabulary quiz and
will read chapters 21 and 22.
English 9H – You will have
vocabulary lesson 6 to work on in class and to finish for homework. We will begin a class jigsaw activity based
on your packet on Of Mice and Men.
You will also select a group to complete 1 of 5 written project
assignments on the novel. That will be
your homework for the week. You will
have a vocabulary quiz on Friday. There
will be a test on Of Mice and Men on
Wednesday, November 16th.
English 9 – You will have a new
vocabulary lesson based on the words in the Of
Mice and Men packet. We will work
through activities in class and you will finish them for homework this
week. You will have a vocabulary quiz on
Friday. There will be a test on the novel on Thursday, November 17th.
Instructional Plans for the week of October 31st
– (NO SCHOOL MONDAY & TUESDAY BECAUSE OF THE SNOW STORM)
British Literature H – We will begin reading King Lear and continue reading it in
class throughout this week. You will be
reading Doctor Faustus on your own
each night for homework. You will have a packet on Lear to answer questions or complete writings as we move throughout
the play. Everyone should have the
assigned Lear paper topic. The Faustus test will be on Monday, November
14th.
English 11H- We will continue reading The Scarlet Letter for homework.
We will not complete vocabulary this week because of the shortened
time. Wednesday night read Chapters 13
& 14, and Friday night read Chapters 15 & 16.
English 9H & English 9 - We will not do vocabulary this
week because of the shortened time. We
will complete reading Of Mice and Men
and you will have several pages in the packet to complete.
Instructional Plans for the week of October 24th:
British Literature H- We will continue to share “The Star
Wars Cantina Tales” in class. We will
also begin our movement into the Renaissance.
You need to read the introduction to the period in the black textbook. We will also read and discuss the examples of
Italian and English sonnets found in the text.
You will need to write a sonnet in one of those formats, using the “love
of nature/nature of love” themes that we discuss in class. You may not use the word “LOVE” in your
poem. These will be due on Monday,
October 31st. We will also
explore a piece of Edmund Spenser’s The
Faire Queene.
English 11H – On Monday you will work on Vocabulary Lesson
5. Exercises are due on Tuesday and the
quiz will be on Friday. We will continue
reading The Scarlet Letter. Chapters 9, 10 for Tuesday, 11,12
for Wednesday, 13,14 for Thursday. We
will discuss the book as we move along and you will have packets to work
from. We will also read “Half-Hanged
Mary” this week.
English 9H – Vocabulary Lesson 5 for Monday. Exercises will be due on Tuesday, and the
quiz will be on Friday. We will continue
our reading of Of Mice and Men in class, and you will be
working on pages from the packet each night.
English 9 –We will continue reading Of Mice and Men in
class. You will have guided reading
questions to work on each night. You
will also have vocabulary from the novel to work on throughout the week. We will continue our parts of speech work
each day. Vocabulary quiz will be on
Friday.
Instructional Plans for the week of October 17th:
British Lit. – We will finish our discussion of “The Wife
of Bath’s Tale,” work on “The Miller’s Tale” and “The Reeve’s Tale.” You should
be thinking about your character’s tale for our class Star Wars Cantina
contest. Final copy of 4 pages in heroic
cuplets will be due on October 25th.
English 11H – We will be working on Vocabulary Lesson 4
this week. Complete the exercises for
Tuesday and we will have a quiz on Friday.
We will read the poem “Half-Hanged Mary” in class, and we will work on The Scarlet Letter. Plan on reading about 25 pages of that book
each night, and answer the guided reading questions that I give you.
English 9H- We will complete vocabulary lesson 4 this
week. Quiz will be on Friday. We will
spend our classes this week doing a walk-thru of a CAPT “Response to
Literature” test section. For homework,
you will read 1 chapter per night in Of
Mice and Men and complete the guided reading questions. Please bring grammar packets to class each
day also. You will also work on draft 2 of The
Miracle Worker formal essay.
English 9 – We will spend this week working on the CAPT
test. We will also begin an in-depth
study of parts of speech. You will also have the opportunity to begin a formal
essay on one of the two topics I give you about The Miracle Worker. More details to follow.
Instructional Plans for the
week of October 11th:
British Lit. – We will spend
this week discussing the Pardonner and his tale. You will also read “The Wife of Bath’s
Tale.” Continue working on your character’s
tale for homework each night. The final
paper will be due on Monday, October 17th.
English 11H – We will have our
test on The Crucible on Wednesday, October 12th. We will then begin reading The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne. You will need to have completed the first 5
chapters for Monday, October 17th.
No vocabulary during this short week.
English 9H – You will have your
final test on The Miracle Worker on
Tuesday, October 11th. You
will finish your formal essay on The
Miracle Worker for Friday, October 14th. No vocabulary during
this short week.
English 9 – You will have your
final test on The Miracle Worker on
Friday, October 14th. You
will work on an informal essay based on a brief writing by Helen Keller. No vocabulary during this short week.
Instructional Plans for week of October 3rd:
British Lit. – Chaucer character charts are due on Monday,
October 3rd. This week you
will be reading “The Nun’s Priest’s Tale” and “The Pardonner’s
Tale.” You will be filling out the
analysis forms found in the 2nd Chaucer packet. You will also be responsible for creating a
character to participate in our class pilgrimage. Details will be given in class, but info is
also available in the 2nd Chaucer packet. Character description is due on Friday,
October7th.
English 11H – Final Crucible
projects are due on Friday, October 7th. We will complete vocabulary lesson 3 this
week and you will have a quiz on Friday.
We will have a final assessment on the Crucible next week. This
week we will continue our discussions and view the film.
English 9H – We will continue viewing and discussing The Miracle Worker. You will also work on Vocabulary Lesson 3,
and be quizzed on those words on Friday, October 7th. You will have
the final test on the play on Tuesday, October 11th.
English 9 – We will finish reading The Miracle Worker and begin to watch the film this week. You will be responsible for completing the
vocabulary work for Act 3. You will be
quizzed on Act 3 on Thursday, and you will have a vocabulary quiz on
Friday. These will be three worksheets
to complete on the play also.
Instructional Plans for the
week of September 26, 2011:
British Lit. – We will finish
up our work on Arthurian legend. The
packets will be completed and turned in on Wednesday. We will begin Chaucer on Wednesday. You must have read “The General Prologue” and
completed the character handout for Monday, Oct. 3rd.
English 11H – Vocabulary will
be finished for Tuesday so that we can go over it. There will be a vocabulary quiz on
Friday. We will finish reading The
Crucible and you will finish writing the draft journal entries for Monday,
Oct. 3rd. You will have until
Friday, October 7th to “spiff” them up for a final grade. Vocabulary must be complete for Tuesday’s
class so that we can go over the words.
Quiz will be Friday.
English 9H- We will spend the
week discussing and working on the elements of fiction as they appear in The Miracle Worker. Specific expectations will be given daily in
terms of when work is handed in.
Vocabulary work is due Tuesday, and there will be a quiz on Friday.
English 9 – We will continue
reading The Miracle Worker. We will
continue our discussions of the elements of fiction as they apply to the
play. Vocabulary will be completed in class
on Tuesday and there will be a quiz on those words on Friday.
Instructional plans for the week of September 19th:
British Lit – We will continue our studies of King Arthur
and the completed packet will be due on Thursday. The class will begin our work on the miracle
play “Noah’s Flood” and we will also begin looking at traditional ballads. All ballads in the textbook should be read.
Your homework over the weekend will be to select a contemporary ballad that
fits the criteria of a traditional one.
You will bring to class on Monday your music (on tape or CD), your
lyrics and a brief explanation of your choice.
Remember…how is it a ballad?
English 11H – You
will have one journal entry to complete
each night as we continue to read through The Crucible. There will be a
total of 6 journal entries due that represent the four modes of writing that we
have discussed in class. You may be asked to share these nightly writing
assignments in class. You will have Vocabulary Lesson 2 on Monday and you will have a quiz on Friday. You will
have additional activities to complete in class…they are in your packet. You will also take a writing assessment and a
grammar assessment in class this week.
We should be into Act 3 of the Crucible by the weekend. Please check
with your homework buddy for additional details.
English 9H –You will have Vocabulary Lesson 2 exercises for
homework on Monday, and you will have a quiz on those words on Friday. We will
continue our reading of The Miracle Worker. You will have activities assigned from your
packet as we move through the play.
Please check with your homework buddy for details.
English 9 – You will have vocabulary from Act Two of the
Miracle Worker to complete. I hope to
have completed Acts One and Two by the weekend. You will have a vocabulary quiz
on Friday. We will be completing a
variety of activities based on the Miracle Worker, and they will be distributed
daily. You will also be wrting a short in-class journal response to the play.
Instructional plans for my classes: Week of September 12th
British Literature H – Monday we will begin our group work
on Beowulf and our exploration of “the hero.”
Your mini-projects on Beowulf will be due (and shared) on Thursday. Thursday night for home work, you will read
the introduction to the Medieval Period in your textbook. Thursday night’s homework will begin
exploring the tales of King Arthur and the beginnings of the romance in English
Lit. Friday we will read and discuss “Le
Mort d’Arthur” and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.” There will be several sheets to complete over
the weekend.
English 11H – We will begin our vocabulary study on
Monday. You will be expected to know
parts of speech, definitions, synonyms and antonyms for a quiz on Friday. We will go over the vocabulary exercises that
you complete for homework on Tuesday. We will continue our in-depth study of The
Crucible by
Arthur Miller. We will do the reading of the play together in class. You will be responsible for completing
selected questions on the 2 acts we cover this week. You will also begin your Crucible
writing/journal project. Explanations
will be given in more depth in class.
You will also be taking diagnostic reading and grammar assessments in
class this week.
English 9H/9 – We will begin working in William Gibson’s The
Miracle Worker this week. We will
begin our review and application of the elements of fiction to this
contemporary classic drama. We will do most of the reading in the classroom,
and you will be responsible for completing activities from our packet while you
are home. You will also have vocabulary
lesson to complete on Monday, and there will be a quiz on those words on
Friday. You will also take diagnostic reading and grammar assessments this week
in class. You will read and complete the questions on 2 poems “The Blind Man”
and “Deafness.”
Instructional plans for my
classes: Week of September 6th
British Lit. Honors – We
will begin with the Anglo-Saxon Period of Brit. Lit. You will be expected to read that
introductory material in the text. You
will work on solving several riddles from the Exeter Book, and look at several short pieces in Old English. With luck, we will begin Beowulf and plan for an assessment due next week.
English 11 Honors – We will
begin with the earliest American literature and you will be expected to read
the introduction in our textbook. We will also begin reading The
Crucible, a modern play about the Salem Witch Trials of
1692.
English 9 Honors – We will
begin with our exploration of the elements of fiction. This will be the overarching idea that we
will apply to all of the genres we examine this year. We will start with some
easy stories (for review) and then begin applying the concepts to more
challenging works of literature.