Wednesday, April 1st

*Finish: "All Good Slides Are Slippery"
*Find a Poem
---10pts, due by end of class tomorrow
------Hard Copy (I can print for you)
---------Title
---------Poet's Name
---------Year of poet's birth
---------YOUR name
*Collect 1984

*OBJECTIVE:  Find your poem.

Tuesday, March 31st

*Absentees:  Schedule make-up tests
*Absentees:  Make-up Quizzes today
*Winston:  Anti-hero
*"All Good Slides Are Slippery"
---10m, 1/2 page:  Choose one (or more) quote(s) and respond.
---Discuss
*Collect Books Tomorrow

*OBJECTIVE:  Reconsider poetry--what it's good for and how best to cope.

Monday, March 30th--sub

*1984 Essay Test

Friday, March 27th

*Collect Vocabulary Notes
*Vocab. Quiz
*Pre-write for Essay Test
---Monday, all hour
---May use book & ONE SIDE OF A PAGE of prewriting

*OBJECTIVE: Compose well-organized writing through the use of pre-writing strategies.

Thursday, March 26th

*Socratic Seminar #6
*Tomorrow:
---Vocab. Notes Due
---Vocab. Quiz
---Essay Test Prep.
*Monday:  Essay Test

*OBJECTIVE: Initiate & participate effectively in collaborative discussions.

Wednesday, March 25th

*Final 3 Vocab. Words
---Notes Due Friday
---Quiz Friday
*Finish 1984: pp. 260-298
---Due Thursday w/ Seminar #6 Notes
*Essay Test Monday
---Prep Friday

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze the development of theme in literature.

Tuesday, March 24th

*Info.:  Seminar #6
*Return Essays, etc.
---ID, ORG, Voice, CONV:  x / 4
---MLA:  x / 10
------File Conversion Weirdness
---50%+ Databases?
---8+ Sources?
---On-time?
*Finish 1984: pp. 260-298
---Due Thursday w/ Seminar #6 Notes
*Essay Test Monday

---Prep Friday

*OBJECTIVE:  Analyze the development of theme in literature.

Monday, March 23rd

*Socratic Seminar #5
*Finish Novel: pp. 260-end
---Due Thursday (Seminar #6)

*Essay Test Friday

---Details coming tomorrow. . .

*OBJECTIVE: Initiate & participate effectively in collaborative discussions.

Friday, March 6th

*Check Word Pairs
---Share & Compare
---Collect
*Read Section #5, pp. 217-260
---Socratic Seminar Monday

*OBJECTIVE: Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Thursday, March 5th

*Info.:  Seminar Prompt #5

*Vocab.:  9-12

---Word-pairs

---Share & turn in
*HW: Section #5, pp. 217-260
---Socratic Seminar Monday

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words

Wednesday, March 4th

*Check "Why Privacy Matters" Responses
*Review "The Book"
---Re-read your section
---Discuss, summarize 2 "big ideas"
---2 different group members report
*HW:  Section #5, pp. 217-260
---Due upon return from break
---Seminar Prompt coming tomorrow

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

Tuesday, March 3rd

*Watch, "Why Privacy Matters"
---Read/Highlight
*10 minutes:  Using two quotes from the article, compose a response
---Agree/Disagree?
---Extend one of his ideas?
---Apply it to your/real life?
*Highlight a sentence or short passage from your own writing.
*Read it (Fist = No follow-up)
---Discussion

*HW: pp. 156-217 Due TOMORROW
---No Socratic Seminar

*OBJECTIVE: Analyze and/or evaluate the main ideas in nonfiction.

Monday, March 2nd

*Vocab.:  Words 5-8
---Catch up Sentences
*Read Section #4
---No Socratic Seminar
---pp. 156-217 due Wednesday

*OBJECTIVE:  Determine and clarify the meaning of unknown words.