Friday, February 29th

*Check/discuss "The Tables Turned"
*"War is Kind"--20 pts (2 per item)
*Collect & discuss answers (time-permitting)

Thursday, February 28th

*Collect stray _Hamlet_ books
*Discuss Wordsworth's bio
*Read "The Tables Turned", do vocab, and answer questions.
*Review/discuss

Wednesday, February 27th

*Check "Autumn Song" questions & vocab
*Collect _Hamlet_ books
*Discuss "Autumn Song"
*Author Bio: William Wordsworth

Tuesday, February 26th

*Collect late essays
*Check dialogue journals
*Discuss "A Carcass"
*Read "Autumn Song," look up unfamiliar words, and then answer questions

Monday, February 25th

*Turn in _Hamlet_ Essays
*Read "A Carcass" and . . .
--Use the dictionary to define any unfamiliar words
--Complete dialogue journal of your reading: 5 entries
*Due tomorrow.

Friday, February 22nd

*Snow Day

Thursday, February 21st

*Snow Day

Wednesday, February 20th

*View Simpsons' _Hamlet_ again?
*Author Intro: Baudelaire

*Final Draft Due Friday, 2/22

Tuesday, February 19th

*Check transition wksts
*Review
*Trade drafts w/ neighbor, read essay, mark text
1) choppy
2) transition needed

*Final Draft Due Friday, 2/22

Friday, February 15th

*Notes: Transitions
*Complete wkst on transitions

Thursday, February 14th

*Check First Drafts of those who did not have it yesterday
*Peer Editing Experts (last day in class)

*Final Draft Due Friday, 2/22

Wednesday, February 13th

*Check First Drafts (Since we set this due date almost two weeks ago, YES, they're still due today)
*Check for the following: underline play, (IV.4.123-45), sentences that start with FANBOYS or formal connectors, contractions.
*Peer Editing Experts (SHOULD roll over into tomorrow)

*Final Draft Due Friday, 2/22

Tuesday, February 12th

*Snow Day

Monday, February 11th

*Guided Practice: Semicolon or Colon?
*Independent Practice: Semicolon or Colon?

*COMPLETED first draft due-Wednesday, 2/13
*Final Copy Due-Friday, 2/22

Friday, February 8th

*Check 14 sentences
*Post them around the room; evaluate/discuss

*COMPLETED first draft due-Wednesday, 2/13
*Final Copy Due-Friday, 2/22

Thursday, February 7th

4c5b & 6th Hours
*Notes: Colons & Semicolons
*Check topic outlines while . . .
*HW: Compose 2 sentences using each of the rules (for both colons and semicolons), for a total of 14 sentences.

2nd & 3rd Hours
*(3rd Hour: finish checking topic outlines)
*Work Day on Essay

*COMPLETED first draft due-Wednesday, 2/13
*Final Copy Due-Friday, 2/22

Wednesday, February 6th

4c5b & 6th Hours (sub)
*Work Day on Essay

2nd & 3rd Hours
*Notes: Colons & Semicolons
*Check topic outlines while . . .
*HW: Compose 2 sentences using each of the rules (for both colons and semicolons), for a total of 14 sentences.

*COMPLETED first draft due-Wednesday, 2/13
*Final Copy Due-Friday, 2/22

Tuesday, February 5th

*Work-day on Topic Outlines, due tomorrow

*COMPLETED first draft due-Wednesday, 2/13
*Final Copy Due-Friday, 2/22

Monday, February 4th

*Return Essays: Questions today or schedule conference?
*Hand back essay brainstorming
*Organization:

• 1 theme, conflicts/characters/events/situations
• several themes, prove each

*HW: Topic Outline due on Wednesday

Friday, February 1st

*Snow Day