Friday, March 27, 2009

English II (Week of March 30-April 3)

Monday, March 30
  • Memoir peer eidts
Tuesday, March 31
  • Introduction to satire, hyperbole, understatement, and overstatement
  • VOC #17 Test
  • Memoir revisions
  • VOC #18-definitions-due Wednesday
Wednesday, April 1
  • DUE: VOC #18-definitions
  • Read Thurber's essay "The Dog That Bit People"
Thursday, April 2
  • DUE: Final Draft of Memoir
  • Satire group activity with The Simpsons
Friday, April 3
  • Bell Work-DUE!
  • Nonfiction Unit Test
  • VOC #18-lesson-due by the end of the hour
  • Read AR books
VOC #18-sentences-due on Tuesday, April 7th

Honors English II (Week of March 30-April 3)

Monday, March 30
  • Introduction to satire, hyperbole, understatement, and overstatement
  • Memoir revisions
  • VOC #18-definitions-due Tuesday
Tuesday, March 31
  • DUE: Memoir Final Draft
  • DUE: VOC #18-definitions
  • Read Mark Twain's essay "A Toast to the Oldest Inhabitant: The Weather of New England"
Wednesday, April 1
  • VOC #18-lesson-due at 9:15
  • Satire Group Activity using The Simpsons
Thursday, April 2
  • Read Thurber's essay "The Dog That Bit People"
Friday, April 3
  • Bell Work-DUE!
  • DUE: VOC #18-sentences
  • Nonfiction Unit Test
  • Read AP Books

Monday, March 23, 2009

English II (Week of March 23-27)

Monday, March 23
  • Begin nonfiction unit
  • Read "Keep Memory Alive"
  • VOC #17-definitions
Tuesday, March 24
  • DUE: Voc #17-definitions
  • Frank McCourt and read excerpt from Angela's Ashes
Wednesday, March 25
  • Watch Frank McCourt interview
  • Memoir writing assignment guidelines
Thursday, March 26
  • VOC #17-lesson-due at the end of the hour
  • Memoir writing assignment
Friday, March 27
  • DUE: VOC #17-sentences
  • Memoir writing assignment-due by the end of the hour

Honors English II (Week of March 23-27)

Monday, March 23
  • Begin Nonfiction Unit
  • Read "Keep Memory Alive"
  • VOC #17-definitions
Tuesday, March 24
  • DUE: Voc #17-definitions
  • Discuss Frank McCourt and read excerpt from Angela's Ashes
Wednesday, March 25
  • VOC #17-lesson-due at 9:15
  • Watch Frank McCourt Interview
  • Memoir Writing Assignment Guidelines
Thursday, March 26
  • DUE: VOC #17-sentences
  • Memoir writing assignment-due Friday
Friday, March 27
  • DUE: Memoir writing assignment
  • VOC #17 Test
  • Memoir writing assignment-Peer Edits
Memoir Writing Assignment Final Draft-DUE TUESDAY, MARCH 31

Friday, March 6, 2009

English II (Week of March 9-13)

Monday, March 9
  • Bell Work
  • Finish discussing "Everyday Use"
  • "Everyday Use" Personality Chart Guidelines
  • VOC #16-lesson-due by the end of the hour
Tuesday, March 10
  • Bell Work
  • DUE: 3rd Quarter AR (by 3:15)
  • "Everyday Use" Test
  • Work on personality charts
Wednesday, March 11
  • Bell Work
  • DUE: "EU" personality charts
  • VOC #16-Test
  • Introduction to the quilting project
Thursday, March 12
  • Bell Work
  • Quilting project
Friday, March 13
  • Bell Work-DUE!
  • Quilting project-due by the end of the hour

Honors English II (Week of March 9-13)

Monday, March 9
  • Bell Work
  • DUE: "Everyday Use" Personality Charts
  • Introduction to quilting project
Tuesday, March 10
  • Bell Work
  • "Everyday Use" Test
  • Quilting project
Wednesday, March 11
  • Bell Work
  • Quilting project-due by the end of the hour
Thursday, March 12
  • Bell Work
  • VOC Analogies #8 (pg. 133)-due by the end of the hour
  • VOC Context Clues #8 (pg. 185-190)-due by the end of the hour
Friday, March 13
  • Bell Work-DUE
  • AP Workday