Tuesday, December 16th

*Course Evaluations
---I use this information to reflect on my practice and the curriculum we study, so please answer thoughtfully, honestly, and constructively.  Thank you.

Monday, December 15th

*Check & Review Shakespeare
*Complete Exam Review #4:  Poetry
---Due Tomorrow

*Meet in #151 Tomorrow.

*OBJECTIVE: Review the concepts and terms of English IV in preparation for the final exam.

Friday, December 12th

*Check & Review ACT-style Editing & Lit. Analysis
*Complete Exam Review #3:  Shakespeare
---Due Monday

*OBJECTIVE: Review the concepts and terms of English IV in preparation for the final exam.

Thursday, December 11th

*Check & Review Nonfiction
*Complete Exam Review #2: ACT & Lit. Analysis
---Due tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Review the concepts and terms of English IV in preparation for the final exam.

Wednesday, December 10th

*Review Test Blueprint
*Complete Exam Review #1: Nonfiction
---Due tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE: Review the concepts and terms of Nonfiction in preparation for the final exam.

Tuesday, December 9th

*Info.: Written Exam (Day 2 of 2)
---Yes: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Music (quietly)
---Answer on LINED paper
*End of period:
---no staple
---Name on everything
---Stack w/ prompt on top.
---WHEN BELL RINGS, drop stack off in appropriate pile (finished/not finished).

*OBJECTIVE: Illustrate your knowledge of literary concepts in argumentative paragraphs.

Monday, December 8th

*Info.: Written Exam (Day 1 of 2)
---Yes: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Music (quietly)

---Answer on LINED paper
*End of period:
---no staple
---Name on everything
---Stack w/ prompt on top.
---WHEN BELL RINGS, drop stack off in appropriate pile (finished/not finished).

*OBJECTIVE: Illustrate your knowledge of literary concepts in argumentative paragraphs.

Friday, December 5th

*Collect Citizen Kane Answers
*Exam Review Jigsaw
---Select a question
---Discuss
---Compose a response (Claim + 2 quotes).
---Report
*Written Exam
---Monday & Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Prepare for the written exam by exploring similar questions.

Thursday, December 4th

*Stray Essays?
*Citizen Kane Questions Due TOMORROW
*Read "How Much Land Does a Man Need"
---p. 883
*Read "The Prospector"
---Handout
*Exit-slip, 10 or 0 points

*OBJECTIVE:  Prepare for the written exam by exploring similar questions.

Wednesday, December 3rd

*Finish Citizen Kane
---HW: Complete Guided Viewing Questions

------Due FRIDAY

*FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm TONIGHT!!!!

*Analyze the development of satire in a grade-level text.

Tuesday, December 2nd

*Review Guided Viewing 14-19
*Watch Citizen Kane
---HW: Complete Guided Viewing Questions, 19-25

*FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*Analyze the development of satire in a grade-level text.

Monday, December 1st

*Last week:  Revision checklist and Work Cited model

*Check Guided Viewing 1-13
*Watch Citizen Kane
---HW:  Complete Guided Viewing Questions, 14-19

*FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*Analyze the development of satire in a grade-level text.

Tuesday, November 25th

*Check "About the Program" Annotations
*Watch Citizen Kane
*Complete Guided Viewing Questions, 1-13

*FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*Analyze the development of satire in a grade-level text.

Monday, November 24th

*Essay Questions
---FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3
*Elements of Satire
---Simpsons Revisited
*Intro.  Wells & Kane
*Read & Annotate "About the Program"
---Due Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Review the elements of satire by applying them to a familiar text.

Friday, November 21st

*Create Google Doc
---Share: jwbecker@g.fhsdschools.org
------Permissions: view, comment, & edit
*Schedule:
---FINAL lab day
---NO in-class revision or first-draft due date
---Schedule conference with me?
------drop off draft, 1-day turnaround
------follow-up: before, after, 4abc?
---FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*OBJECTIVE: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of a substantive text, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Thursday, November 20th

*Check Pre-writing

*Create Google Doc
---Share: jwbecker@g.fhsdschools.org
------Permissions: view, comment, & edit
*Schedule:
---ONE more lab days.
---NO in-class revision or first-draft due date
---Schedule conference with me?
------drop off draft, 1-day turnaround
------follow-up: before, after, 4abc?
---FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*OBJECTIVE: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of a substantive text, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Wednesday, November 19th

*Make-up Quizzes?
*Essay Reflection
---Two "areas of special focus"
*Create Google Doc
---Share: jwbecker@g.fhsdschools.org
------Permissions: view, comment, & edit
*Schedule:
---Two more lab days.
---NO in-class revision or first-draft due date
---Schedule conference with me?
------drop off draft, 1-day turnaround
------follow-up: before, after, 4abc?
---FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*OBJECTIVE: Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of a substantive text, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Tuesday, November 18th

*Collect Vocabulary Notes
*Vocabulary Quiz
*Essay Prewriting
---Brainstorm Causes
---Cross-pollinate
---Share & build
*Schedule:
---Three lab days:  W, R, F
---NO in-class revision or first-draft due date
---Schedule conference with me?
------drop off draft, 1-day turnaround
------follow-up:  before, after, 4abc?
---FINAL DRAFT due via turnitin.com BEFORE 11:59pm on Wednesday, 12/3

*HW:  Pick ONE organizer and complete to prewrite

*OBJECTIVE:  Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of a substantive text, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.

Monday, November 17th

*Watch Act V
---Scene Summaries
*Collect Act V Big Questions & Scene Summaries
*TOMORROW
---Vocabulary Notes Due
---Vocabulary Quiz

*OBJECTIVE:  Study multiple adaptations of a literary work.

Friday, November 14th

*Final 2 Vocabulary Words
---Notes Due TUESDAY
---Quiz TUESDAY
*Check Annotations: Act V
*Discuss Act V
---EVERYONE answer Big Questions on lined paper
------Depth: What's REALLY happening? Why?

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Thursday, November 13th

*Fair Game:  Apostrophe's  Apostrophes
*Read Act V
---Annotations due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE:  Through annotating the text, we will be active readers and analyze the author's choices in this drama.

Wednesday, November 12th

*Collect "Four Ophelias"
*Finish Watching Act IV
*Collect Act IV BQ's & Scene Summaries

*OBJECTIVE:  Study multiple adaptations of a literary work.

Tuesday, November 11th

*Review Act IV Big Questions
*View Act IV

* Objective:  Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Monday, November 10th

*Four Ophelias, One Perfect Paragraph
---Due WEDNESDAY
*Check Annotations: Act IV
*Discuss Act IV
---Share annotations
------Surface: What's happening? Who's who?
---EVERYONE answer Big Questions on lined paper
------Depth: What's REALLY happening? Why?

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Friday, November 7th

*Tupperware?
*Finish Reading Act IV
*Four Ophelias
---Discuss & record your CLAIM
---Record your EVIDENCE
---Compose your WARRANT (explanation).

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze multiple interpretations of a drama, evaluating how each version interprets the source text.

Thursday, November 6th

*Read Act IV through IV.iv
*Vocabulary

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in drama / Determine & clarify the meaning of unknown words.

Wednesday, November 5th

*Review Act III Big Questions
---Collect

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Tuesday, November 4th

*Check Annotations: Act III
*Discuss Act III
---Share annotations
------Surface: What's happening? Who's who?
---EVERYONE answer Big Questions on lined paper
------Depth: What's REALLY happening? Why?

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Monday, November 3rd--SSD

*Show Act III Annotations today:  +3pts
*Watch Act III

Thursday, October 30th

*Finish Reading Act III
---Act III Annotations Due Monday

*OBJECTIVE: By using annotations, we will read and comprehend grade-level text.

Wednesday, October 29th

*Vocabulary
*Read Act III Through III.ii.133

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Tuesday, October 28th

*Write three sentences about Hamlet (the character).  Model one after each of the templates:
------1)  CT + comma + FANBOYS + CT
------2)  CT + AAAWWUBBIS + CT
------3)  AAAWWUBBIS + CT + comma + CT
*Watch Act II
---Write Scene Summaries
*Check Act II Annotations

*OBJECTIVE:  Develop command of the conventions of standard English punctuation.

Monday, October 27th

*Review Act II Big Questions
---Collect
*Review "Billy & Suzie"
---Bonus attempts?
---Review Answers

*OBJECTIVE:  Develop command of the conventions of standard English punctuation.

Friday, October 24th--sub

*Complete Act II Big Questions

Thursday, October 23rd

*6th Hour:  Vocabulary Word
*Finish Reading Act II.
*Info.:  Sentence Combining:  FANBOYS & AAAWWUBBIS
---Guided Practice
---Independent Practice
------Correct each sentence in "Billy & Suzie" by adding or deleting commas.
------Perfect?  Try it with me for +3pts.
------Tomorrow:  Answers

*HW:  Act II Annotations Due TOMORROW

Wednesday, October 22nd

*5th & 7th:  Big Answers from I.iii-I.v
*Read II.ii
*HW:  Act II Annotations Due Friday
---Catch up vocabulary, too.

*OBJECTIVE: By using annotations, we will read and comprehend grade-level text.

Tuesday, October 21st

*Collect Essay Reflections
*Review Big Questions:  I.iii-I.v
*Vocabulary
*Read through II.i

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Monday, October 20th

*Watch I.iii-I.v

*Return Essays
---READ IT.
---Complete Reflection

*OBJECTIVE:  Reflect on your writing and set goals for next time.

Thursday, October 9th

*6th:  Collect B.Q. #1
*Check Annotations:  I.iii-v
*Discuss Hamlet through I.v
---Share annotations
------Surface: What's happening? Who's who?
---EVERYONE answer Big Questions on lined paper
------Depth: What's REALLY happening? Why?

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Wednesday, October 8th

*Read I.iv-v
---Develop Annotations
---Single partner?
*New Annotation Rule
---No:   "What does X mean?"
---Yes:  Seem important?  Look it up!
---Yes:  Use context to make an inference.
---No:  No more than 10% of your annotations should address vocabulary.

*OBJECTIVE:  Through annotating the text, we will read and comprehend grade-level text.

Tuesday, October 7th

*Hamlet (1998):  Reactions?
*Discuss Big Questions:  I.i-I.ii
*Read I.iii
---Keep up annotations
---Rest of Act I due Thursday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Monday, October 6th--sub

*Complete Big Questions over I.i-I.ii
*Watch I.i-I.ii

Friday, October 3rd

*Collect stray Dubliners
*Check annotations

*Discuss Hamlet through Act I, Scene 2 (I.ii)
---Share annotations
------Surface:  What's happening?  Who's who?
---EVERYONE answer Big Questions on lined paper
------Depth:  What's REALLY happening?  Why?

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze an author's choices in drama.

Thursday, October 2nd

*Collect Dubliners
*Hamlet Vocab:  2 words
---Same structure as Dubliners
---Due at play's end, right before the quiz
*Read I.i
---Develop annotations and write vocabulary sentences.

*OBJECTIVE:  Through annotating the text, we will read and comprehend grade-level text.

Wednesday, October 1st

*Class Goal
*Share predictions from "Wordles, Wordles, Wordles"
*Family Tree
*Hamlet, via Simpsons
*How We'll Read

*Final copy due via turnitin.com:
---TODAY!!!!, before 11:59pm

Tuesday, September 30th

*Check Hamlet's Themes
---Discuss
*"Wordles, Wordles, Wordles"

*Final copy due via turnitin.com:
---Wednesday, 10/1 before 11:59pm
------Conferencing & Revision after school:  Last Day
---------Seminar, tomorrow, too

*OBJECTIVE:  Continue exploring the big ideas of Hamelt in preparation for reading the play.

Monday, September 29th

*Turnitin.com stragglers?
*TODAY:
---Effort Wins!
---Fair Game:  Formatting Titles
---Ctrl + F
---KEEP GOING!

*Final copy due via turnitin.com:
---Wednesday, 10/1 before 11:59pm
------Conferencing & Revision after school:  Today, Monday, & Tuesday

Friday, September 26th

*Themes Discussion
---4:00 talk time, 2:00 write time
---Everyone writes
------Agree/Disagree and to what extent (fully, partially, not at all, etc.)
------Why?  Explain using examples (personal experience, historical precedent, today's news, etc.)
*ONE MORE LAB DAY on essay Monday:  Mechanics Day, ctrl+F
---BRING YOUR FILE!!!

*Final copy due via turnitin.com:
---Wednesday, 10/1 before 11:59pm
------Conferencing & Revision after school:  Today, Monday, & Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Introduce and explore some of Hamlet's themes.

Thursday, September 25th

*Turnitin.com
---Create Account (if necessary)
---Enroll in class
---Submit Sample Document
*Finish Peer-Revision Experts
*After School, #151?

*OBJECTIVE:  Develop and strengthen our writing.

Wednesday, September 24th

*Check first drafts
*Peer-revision experts
*No draft? Write!
*Tomorrow: Meet in 151
---Revise Essay

*Final copy due via turnitin.com:
---Wednesday, 10/1 before 11:59pm

Tuesday, September 23rd

*Plagiarism:  Defined
*Works Cited
*First Draft Expectations

*FINAL LAB DAY: Draft Dubliners Essay
*Coming Soon . . .
---turnitin.com

*Typed, Completed First Draft Due TOMORROW
---hard-copy

*OBJECTIVE: Write explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas.

Monday, September 22nd

*MLA, Works Cited
*Draft Dubliners Essay
*Coming Soon . . . 
---turnitin.com 

*Typed, Completed First Draft Due Wednesday, 9/24
---hard-copy

*OBJECTIVE: Write explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas.

Thursday, September 18th

*Topic Outlines
---Bubbles: Optional
---Outline: Mandatory 
---Must check with me, 10pts
*Finished with all that? Draft!
*Coming Soon . . . 
---MLA, Works Cited
---turnitin.com 

*Typed, Completed First Draft Due Wednesday, 9/24
---hard-copy

*OBJECTIVE: Use a topic outline to organize your ideas before writing.

Wednesday, September 17th

*Reminders:  Organization
*Topic Outlines
---Bubbles: Optional
---Outline: Mandatory
---Must check with me, 10pts
*Finished with all that? Draft!
*Coming Soon . . .
---MLA, Works Cited
---Basic Organization
---turnitin.com
*CHANGE:  Typed, Completed First Draft Due Wednesday, 9/24
---hard-copy

*OBJECTIVE: Use a topic outline to organize your ideas before writing.

Tuesday, September 16th

*Vocab. Notes & Test

*Info.:  Literary Analysis Essay

*Topic Outlines
---Bubbles:  Optional
---Outline:  Mandatory 
---Must check with me, 10pts
*Finished with all that?  Draft!
*Coming Soon . . . 
---MLA, Works Cited
---Basic Organization
---turnitin.com 
*Typed, Completed First Draft Due Tuesday, 9/23
---hard-copy

*OBJECTIVE:  Use a topic outline to organize your ideas before writing.

Monday, September 14th

*5 mins:  Last chance to organize
*Watchers:  Complete Organizer
*Present!
*Vote (for a group other than your own)
---Which performance was the most memorable
*Tomorrow:
---1)  Vocabulary Notes Due
---2)  Vocabulary Test

*OBJECTIVE: Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Friday, September 12th

*Check "The Dead" HW
---Discuss/Review
---Collect
*Continue preparing your vocabulary skit
---Monday:  5 mins to organize, then present
*Tuesday
---Vocabulary Notes Due
---Vocabulary Test

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the central ideas in a text and track how they develop over the course of the reading.

Thursday, September 11th

*Read "The Dead"
---HW:  Prepare GR's & Written Response by TOMORROW
*Vocabulary ...Project
---Create/Compose Today
---Present Monday
*Vocabulary Test TUESDAY
---Notes due before the test that day.

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Wednesday, September 10th

*Pictograms for "Mother" & "Grace"
*Review Paralysis Questions
*Read "The Dead" and answer GR's (and written response)
---Due Friday

*OBJECTIVE: Read and comprehend grade-level texts.

Tuesday, September 9th

*Quiz:  "A Mother" & "Grace"
*Written Response
---small groups
------everyone writes

*HW:  Read "The Dead" & Answer GR's by Friday

*OBJECTIVE:  Use relevant evidence and valid reasoning to support your claims in writing.

Monday, September 8th--sub

*Read "A Mother" & "Grace" for tomorrow.

Friday, August 5fth

*6th & 7th: Maturity in Dubliners
*Remaining Vocabulary
*Pictograms: "Clay" & "A Painful Case"
*Favorite? Why?

*HW: Read "A Mother" & "Grace" by Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE: Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Thursday, September 4th

*"Clay" & "Painful Case" Quiz
*Childhood, Adolescence, & Maturity in Dubliners
---Brainstorm
---Discussion

*"Ivy Day In the Committee Room"

*HW:  Read "A Mother" & "Grace" by Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the central ideas in a text and track how they develop over the course of the reading.

Wednesday, September 3rd

*6th & 7th:  Pictograms for "Cloud" & "Counterparts"?

*Read "Clay" & "A Painful Case" by TOMORROW
---Reading-check Quiz

*OBJECTIVE:  Read and comprehend grade-level texts.

Tuesday, September 2nd

*Pictograms?
*Comparison/Contrast Response
---May work with ONE partner
------Everyone writes
---Fair Game List
---Due by hour's end
*Finish 7 Sentences

*HW:  Read "Clay" & "A Painful Case" by Thursday

*OBJECTIVE:  Use relevant evidence and valid reasoning to support your claims in writing.

Thursday, August 28th

*"Boarding House" Quiz
*Vocabulary #3
*Finish 7 Sentences
*HW:  Read "Little Cloud" & "Counterparts" by Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE: Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Wednesday, August 27th

*Finish:  7 Sentences
*HW: Read "The Boarding House" by Thursday
---Reading-check Quiz

*OBJECTIVE: Learn to attach &, especially, to embed quotations in your writing.

Tuesday, August 26th

*Quiz:  "Race" & "Gallants"
---Discuss
*Practice:  Attaching Quotations
*HW:  Read "The Boarding House" by Thursday
---Reading-check Quiz

*OBJECTIVE: Learn to attach &, especially, to embed quotations in your writing.

Monday, August 25th

* . . . on plagiarism.
*Return "Araby" Answers
*Info: Embedding Quotes
*Practice: 7 sentences
---MUST check with me before week's end
---MUST be PERFECT to receive ANY credit
---Once it's perfect, 10 / 10pts.
---Perfect the FIRST time, 13 / 10pts
*HW:  Finish reading "After the Race" & "Two Gallants"
---Reading-check quiz tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Learn to attach &, especially, to embed quotations in your writing.

Friday, August 22nd

*FINISH Community Cards
*HW: Read "After the Race" & "Two Gallants"
---No GR's
---Reading-check Quiz
---CHANGE:  Due TUESDAY

*OBJECTIVE: Read and comprehend grade-level texts.

Thursday, August 21st

*Check "Eveline" GR's
---Review
*Should she stay or should she go?
---Small Groups:  Pros & Cons
------Discuss
*Community Cards?
*HW:  Read "After the Race" & "Two Gallants"
---No GR's
---Reading-check Quiz
---Due Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Respond thoughtfully to diverse perspectives; synthesize comments, claims, and evidence made on all sides of an issue

Wednesday, August 20th

*Vocabulary
*Work-time on "Eveline"
---GR Answers Due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Tuesday, August 19th

*Check "Araby" GR's
---Review
*Small-Groups: Discuss extra question
*Collect "Araby" GR's
*Community Cards?
*HW:  Read "Eveline" and Answer GR's
---Due Thursday

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine the central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.

Monday, August 18th

*ARLI ("Chaser") Review
---Return, review levels
---Next time, graded
---Re-Collect "Chaser"

*HW:  "Araby" answers due TOMORROW

---Look over questions together.

*OBJECTIVE:  Read and comprehend grade-level texts.

Friday, August 15th

*Finish Discussing "Encounter"
*Vocabulary in Dubliners
---Vocab. Notes
---First 4 of 15 words
*HW: Read "Araby" & Complete GR's
---Due Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Thursday, August 14th

*Check HW
*Small groups
---+/-, be specific
---Discuss
*Review GR's
---Below your answers, pick one (confusing, interesting, important) line from ___________ that you think we should discuss as a class.
*Collect HW
*HW:  Read "Araby" & Complete GR's
---Due Tuesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze how Joyce's choices (setting, character, tone, etc.) help to develop a theme in Dubliners.

Wednesday, August 13th

*Community Card
*Read "Sisters" & "Encounter"
---GR answers due TOMORROW

*OBJECTIVE: Read and comprehend literature.

Tuesday, August 12th

*Check-out Books
---Bring DAILY
---NO loaners
*Community Cards (galore!)
*HW:  Read "Sisters" & "Encounter"
---GR Questions Due Thursday
---Work-Day Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Read and comprehend literature.

Monday, August 11th

*Check/Collect:  Class Materials/Syllabus Signature Page
*5 min:  Write about a time when you were "stuck" . . . you were held back, prevented from getting or doing the thing you wanted to do.
*Setup Dubliners
---Notes
*Community Cards

*OBJECTIVE:  Get to know the author and setting of James Joyce's Dubliners.

Friday, August 8th

*Finish "The Chaser"
*Community Cards

*HW:  Class Supplies & Syllabus Signature Page Due MONDAY

*OBJECTIVE:  Cite strong and thorough evidence to explain and interpret literature.

Thursday, August 7th

*Focus Question:  When a person loves too much, too passionately, what are the consequences?
*Community Card
*Discuss Focus Question
*Analytical Reading Level Inventory
*HW:  Supplies & Signature Page by Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Cite strong and thorough evidence to explain and interpret literature.

Wednesday, August 6th

*Code of Conduct
*Course Syllabus
---Signature page & class materials by Monday = 10pts
*Parents/Guardians:  Sign handbooks online by August 13th
*Community Cards

*Objectives:  setting expectations, getting to know each other a bit

Tuesday, May 27th

*Check/Discuss Fiction Review
*Course Evaluations

Friday, May 23rd

*Check ACT-style Editing Review
---Discuss
*Review:  Fiction
---Due TUESDAY

*Meet in #151 TUESDAY

Thursday, May 22nd

*Check Review:  Personal Essay & Nonfiction
---review
*Review:  ACT-style Editing
---Due TOMORROW

Wednesday, May 21st

*Collect Inferno Projects
*Exam Blueprint
*Review:  Personal Essay & Nonfiction
---Due Tomorrow

Tuesday, May 20th

*Inferno Project
---FINAL work-day
---DUE TOMORROW.

Monday, May 19th

*Senior Survey
*Inferno Project
---After today, ONE work-day
---DUE WEDNESDAY.

Friday, May 16th

*After today, 1.5 work-days
---Today & Monday
------Create your poster
*DUE WEDNESDAY.

Thursday, May 15th

*Info.:  Inferno Project
*May work alone, in pairs, or with a trio
---No more.
*Three work-days
---Today:  Planning
------work on notebook paper to pick a theme and sketch/plan your nine levels.
---Tomorrrow & Monday
------Create your poster
*DUE TUESDAY.

Wednesday, May 14th

*Check Notes:  Cantos XXXII-XXXIV
*Discuss Same
---one-day discussion grade
------(attentive) bump-on-a-log, 6/10
------1 contribution, 7 or 8
------2+ contribution, 9 or 10

Tuesday, May 13th

*Read Cantos XXXII-XXXIV
---12-entry double-column notes
---Due TOMORROW

Monday, May 12th

*Check Canto V Notes
*Discuss Canto V
---one-day discussion grade
------(attentive) bump-on-a-log, 6/10
------1 contribution, 7 or 8
------2+ contribution, 9 or 10
*Read Cantos XXXII-XXXIV
---12-entry double-column notes 
---Work-day tomorrow
---Due Wednesday

Friday, May 9th

*Check HW
*Discuss Canto IV
---one-day discussion grade
------(attentive) bump-on-a-log, 6/10
------1 contribution, 7 or 8
------2+ contribution, 9 or 10
*Read Canto V
---First, read summary
---HW:  As you read, two-column notes, 5+ entries
---DUE MONDAY

Thursday, May 8th

*Check HW
*Discuss Canto III
---one-day discussion grade
------(attentive) bump-on-a-log, 6/10
------1 contribution, 7 or 8
------2+ contribution, 9 or 10
*Read Canto IV
---First, read summary
---HW:  As you read, two-column notes, 5+ entries
---DUE TOMORROW

Wednesday, May 7th

*Poetry Pandemonium
---Finals!
*Dante
---Small Group Discussions (10 mins)
---Full group
*Read Canto III
---Read summary together
---HW:  Complete 5-entry dialogue journal
------Due TOMORROW

Tuesday, May 6th

*Poetry Pandemonium
---Down to two
*Intro.:  Dante's Inferno
---Small Group Discussions
---Full group? (time permitting)

Monday, May 5th

*Poetry Pandemonium
---Down to Final Four

Thursday, May 1st---2nd, 6th, & 7th Hours

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Tuesday, April 29th--2nd & 6th Hours

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Monday, April 28th--7th Hour

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Friday, April 25th--2nd, 6th, & 7th Hours

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Thursday, April 24th--6th Hour (42 mins)

*Continue Poetry Pandemonium

Wednesday, April 23rd---2nd Hour

*Explore another poem by your author
---Comparison/Contrast Questions Due FRIDAY
---Print to FHC_RM151_color

Tuesday, April 22nd--7th Hour (42 mins)

*Read "All Good Slides Are Slippery" Together
*Write a response to one of these quotes.  Be ready to share.
---Discuss

Tuesday, April 22nd--2nd & 6th Hours

*Review details of Poetry Pandemonium
---order
---procedure
---voting
---scoring guide
*5 mins prep.
*Begin!
---unprepared when called = -1 letter-grade

Monday, April 21st--7th Hour

*Review details of Poetry Pandemonium
---order
---procedure
---voting
---scoring guide
*5 mins prep.
*Begin!
---unprepared when called = -1 letter-grade

Wednesday, April 16th---2nd Hour, 42 mins

*Read "All Good Slides Are Slippery" Together
*Write a response to one of these quotes.  Be ready to share.
---Discuss

Tuesday, April 15th--2nd & 6th

*6th Hour--B Lunch:  11:05-11:40
*Check Author Research
*Work-day on explication
---Review presentation scoring guide
---Review instructions
------Intro.
------Body
------Conclusion
*First draft due Thursday.

Monday, April 14th--7th Hour

*B Lunch:  11:05-11:40
*Check Author Research
*Collect Stray Poems
*Work-day on explication
---Review presentation scoring guide
---Review instructions
------Intro.
------Body
------Conclusion
*First draft due Thursday.

Friday, April 11th

*Will check author-research next time I see you.

Suggestions on how to proceed:

1)  First, mark all words and phrases that were especially important in helping you make sense of the poem.

2)  Next, look up the meanings of all unfamiliar words and phrases.

3)  Then, read the poem more closely and settle on a dominant theme/emotion to focus on.

4)  Now, annotate the HECK out of it, making especially sure to mark passages which relate to your thesis.

5)  At that point, begin assembling a draft of your explication.  This could be done in several ways.

*First-draft of explications  due on Thursday, 4/17.

Thursday, April 10th

*Stray Poems?
*Begin Author Research (10pts)
---Use at least 2 sources (yes, one may be Wiki) to answer...
------Poet's life-span
------Significant life experiences that may have influenced his/her work?
------Political/social issues that were of special interest to the poet (if any)?
---Works Cited
*Finished?
---Start "Suggestions on how to proceed" process
------1)  Unfamiliar vocabulary

Wednesday, April 9th

*Collect Poems
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*"Eating Poetry"
---model explication
*Info.:  Poetry Pandemonium
*Meet in #151 tomorrow

Tuesday, April 8th

*Find a Poem
---10pts, due TOMORROW
------Hard Copy (I can print for you)
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*Collect 1984

Monday, April 7th

*Final Jeopardy Recap
*Vocabulary Post-test
---30pts
*Collect Vocabulary Notes
*Find a Poem
---10pts, due Wednesday
------Hard Copy (I can print for you)
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*Collect 1984

Friday, April 4th

*Vocabulary Review
*Monday:
---Post-test: 30pts
---Collect Novels
---Collect Vocabulary Notes

Thursday, April 3rd

*1984 Essay Test
---2+ sides of a page
---paragraphs!
---dictionary, thesaurus
---vocabulary
---hold essay until end of period

Wednesday, April 2nd

*Prewrite for Essay Test
---up to 1 side of a page
---no sentences/paragraphs
---outline, sticks-n-bubbles, lists
*Useful pieces
---sketched thesis
---sketched topic sentences
---page #'s for quotes
*TOMORROW:  1984 Essay Test

Tuesday, April 1st

*Discussion #6
---one-day discussion grade
------(attentive) bump-on-a-log, 6/10
------2 contributions, 8-9
------3+ contributions, 10
*Wednesday:  Pre-write for essay test.
*Thursday:  1984 Essay Test

Monday, March 31st

*Preview:  Essay Test THURSDAY
---Wednesday:  Prepare
*HW:  Continue Section #6
---finish novel (not Appendix)
---Response Due & Discussion TOMORROW.

Friday, March 27th

*Last 3 Vocabulary Words
---Whole notebook due after we finish with 1984.
*Pick a word and use it to make a prediction about the end of the novel.
---NO SPOILERS
*HW:  Continue Section #6
---finish novel (not Appendix)
---Response Due & Discussion Tuesday. 

Thursday, March 26th

*Discuss Section #5
---Discussion Grade reduced to 42 max (finished today)
*HW:  Begin Section #6
---finish novel (not Appendix)
---due Tuesday.

Wednesday, March 26th--Sub

*Read & Write for Section #5
---pp. 217-260
---Due Thursday

Tuesday, March 25th

*Review "Is Anything Private Anymore?"
*Read & Write for Section #5
---pp. 217-260
---Due Thursday

Monday, March 24th

*Read "Is Anything Private Anymore?"
---Small Groups: "Was Orwell's vision/warning of the future accurate? In what ways did he perhaps go too far?"
---------2 quotes: 1 from article, 1 from novel
*HW:  Begin Section #5
---pp. 217-260
---Due Thursday

Wednesday, March 12th

*Review "The Book"
---Re-read your section
---Summarize 2 "big ideas"
---Report
*Discussion #4
---Check, collect Response #4

Tuesday, March 11th

*Next 3 Vocabulary Words
---Keep up notebook
*Read Section #4
---pp. 156-217
---Response #4 due TOMORROW

Monday, March 10th

*Using AT LEAST 2 words from the word wall, either
---make a prediction
---evaluate a character
---summarize an event
---finish this thought:  "Orwell seems to think . . . "
*Read Section #4
---pp. 156-217
---Response #4 due Wednesday

Friday, March 7th

*Check Response #3
*Discussion #3
*HW:  Begin Section #4
---pp. 156-217
---Response #4 due Wednesday

Thursday, March 6th

*Next 3 Vocabulary Words
---Keep up notebook
*Read Section #3
---pp. 105-156
---Response #3 due TOMORROW

Wednesday, March 5th

*Next 3 Vocabulary Words
---Keep up notebook
*Read Section #3
---pp. 105-156
---Response #3 due Friday 

Tuesday, March 4th

*Check Response #2
*Discussion #2
*HW:  Begin Section #3
---pp. 105-156
---Response #3 due Friday

Friday, February 28th

*Info.:  How we'll do vocabulary
---First three words in collection
---Wandering Words
*Read Section #2:  pp. 48-104
---Response #2 Due Monday (discussion #2)

Thursday, February 27th

*Check & Review:  Character Sketch

Wednesday, February 26th

*Character Sketch:  Winston
---Everyone writes on a separate sheet of paper.
---Due Tomorrow
*Section #2:  pp. 48-104
---Response #2 Due Monday (discussion #2)

Tuesday, February 25th--sub

*Discussion #1
---Response #1 due
*Next Section:  pp. 48-104
---Due Monday

Monday, February 24th

*HW:  Read pp. 1-48 & write response
---Discussion #1 TOMORROW
---Response #1 DUE TOMORROW

Friday, February 21st

*Check HW
---discuss
*Orwell's Bio
*Info.:  How we'll read
*HW:  Read pp. 1-48 & write response
---due (discussion) Tuesday

Thursday, February 20th

*Check out 1984

*read pp. 1-9

---Write a 1/2 page response to the following prompt:  "So far, what do you think?  What do you make of the characters and the style in which it's written?  Think you'll like it?  Why or why not?"

------Due Tomorrow

Wednesday, February 19th

*Late Essays:  -1 letter-grade per day!!!
*Take Vocab pre-reading assessment
*Discuss theme statements

Tuesday, February 18th

*Essay Questions
---Final Draft due via turnitin.com before 11:59pm:  TONIGHT!!!
---Not working?  Email!
*1984 Themes Discussions

*Class Goal:  ALL Drafts in on Time!!!
---minus-1 letter-grade per day!

Thursday, February 13th

*Switched hours?
---Re-enroll at turnitin.com
*Revision
---Works Cited
------Export to Google Drive
------Print
------Read and checkmark
------Delete unused sources
------Check it:  8+ total, 50%+ databases
------Paste in to Feature Story document
---------Ctrl + Enter
---[ctrl + F] Revisions
*FINAL in-class revisions

*Final Draft due via turnitin.com before 11:59pm:  Tuesday, 2/18

Wednesday, February 12th

*Switched hours?
---re-enroll at turnitin.com
*Revise quote usage
*Finish:  Peer-revision Experts?
*Edit on own?  Mini-conference?  Etc.
*Meet in #151 tomorrow.

*Final Draft due via turnitin.com before 11:59pm:  Tuesday, 2/18

Tuesday, February 11th

*Check first drafts
*Peer-revision Experts
*Behind?  Write!

*Final Draft due via turnitin.com before 11:59pm:  Tuesday, 2/18

Monday, February 10th

*Draft Feature Story
---First, completed Draft due TUESDAY!
*Check Interview #2 Answers

Friday, February 7th

*Draft Feature Story
---First, completed Draft due TUESDAY!
*Extension:  Interview #2 Answers due Monday!

Thursday, February 6th

*Draft Feature Story
---First, completed Draft due TUESDAY!

Tuesday, February 4th

*Draft Feature Story
---First, completed Draft due MONDAY!

Monday, February 3rd

*Check 35 cards
*Model Feature Story
---When, why, and how do I document?
*Interview #2 details
---Compose 10+ questions.
---Answers due on Thursday
*Set up Gdoc

*Finished with all that?  Begin drafting!
---First, completed Draft due MONDAY!

Friday, January 31st

*Check TWENTY-SIX cards total
*HW:  Continue Research
---35 notecards TOTAL due Monday

Thursday, January 30th

*Check EIGHTEEN cards total
*Today:  Stay in Databases?
*Organize cards
*HW:  Continue Research
---26 notecards TOTAL due tomorrow

Wednesday, January 29th

*Check TEN cards
*Today:  Stay in Databases?
*HW:  Continue Research
---18 notecards TOTAL due tomorrow

Tuesday, January 28th

*Check ONE card
*Today:  Stay in Databases?
*HW:  Begin Research
---10 notecards due tomorrow

Monday, January 27th

*Check Interview Answers
*Info.:
---Ebsco (another database)
---Setup & Use of Easybib

*HW:  ONE card by tomorrow

Friday, January 24th

*2nd Hour:  COC Videos
*Meet In Library
*Info.:  Using online databases

*Transcribe interview answers.
------Due MONDAY
------10pts

Wednesday, January 22nd

*Review Assignment Packet
*Finish Interview #1 Questions
*Develop Research Plan
*Meet In Library Tomorrow

*Transcribe interview answers.
------Due Friday, 1/24
------10pts

Friday, January 17th

*Collect/Review/Discuss Paper Proposals
*Write questions for interview #1
---Transcribe answers on a separate sheet of paper.
------ANSWERS Due THURSDAY, 1/23

Thursday, January 16th

*Check Organizers
*Discuss "How David Beats Goliath"
*Synthesis:  What is a Feature Story?
*Brainstorm:  Who has a good story to tell?
---Paper Proposal Due Tomorrow

Wednesday, January 15th

*6th:  Discuss "Against All Odds"
*Read "How David Beats Goliath"
---Read first three pages
---last page
---Complete its row in the organizer.
---Due tomorrow.

Tuesday, January 14th

*Seating Chart
*Read "Against All Odds" and complete organizer.
--- Last 15 mins:  Discuss

Monday, January 13th

*Small Groups
---Label
------Color #1 = Narrative (Storytelling)
------Color #2 = Research
---Main Idea?
*Check first row of organizer.
---Discuss
*Our Feature Story (short version)

Friday, January 10th

*Research Paper Feature Story
---Same, but different
---Let's define . . .
*HW:  Read Wiedeman article and record your observations on the graphic organizer
---Due Tuesday.