English II (September 27-October 1)

Monday, September 27

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 12-13 of TKAM

Tuesday, September 28

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #3 Sentences
• Grammar Practice #1

Wednesday, September 29

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 14-15 (pg. 180-207) of TKAM
• VOC #3 Test
• VOC #4 Definitions-due Thursday

Thursday, September 30

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #4 Definitions
• Greek and Latin Roots Activity #1

Friday, October 1

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 16 (pg. 208-221) of TKAM
• VOC #4-lesson-due by the end of the hour
• Homework: Read Ch 17-18 (pg. 22-253) of TKAM

AR Deadline: Thursday, October 7, 2010

Honors English II (September 27-October 1)

Monday, September 27

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #4 Definitions
• Discuss Ch 14-17 of TKAM

Tuesday, September 28

• Bell Work
• Finish discussing Ch 14-17 of TKAM
• VOC #4-lesson-due by the end of the hour

Wednesday, September 29

• Bell Work
• Grammar Practice #1

Thursday, September 30

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #4 Sentences
• Discuss Ch 18-21 (pg. 239-283) of TKAM

Friday, October 1

• Bell Work
• Greek and Latin Roots Activity #1
• Group Project Meetings
• Homework: Read Ch 22-25 (pg. 284-323) of TKAM

VOC #4 Test-Monday, October 4

General Lit (September 27-October 1)

Monday, September 27

• Beyond Reality
• Author: Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• Discuss "Harrison Bergeron" (pg. 176-181)

Tuesday, September 28

• Autobiography
• Author: Maya Angelou
• Discuss "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (pg. 192-199)

Wednesday, September 29

• Reading/Studying Day

Thursday, September 30

• Author: D.H. Lawrence
• Discuss "The Rocking Horse Winner" (pg. 218-229)

Friday, October 1

• Author: John Steinbeck
• Discuss "The Chrysanthemums" (pg. 271-279)

Homework for Monday: Read Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" (pg. 280-291)

Short Story Unit Test: Tuesday, October 5, 2010

English II (September 20-24)

Monday, September 20

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 6-9 of TKAM
• Finish VOC Analogies and Context Clues #1-due by the end of the day
• Homework: Read Ch 10 of TKAM
  

Tuesday, September 21

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 10 of TKAM
  
• Idioms Pictionary
• VOC #3 Definitions
  

Wednesday, September 22
1/2 Day-Teacher Inservice (Schedule: 7th hour, 6th hour, 5th hour, 4th hour)

• Read TKAM or AR Books
  

Thursday, September 23

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #3 Definitions
• Discuss Ch 11 of TKAM
  
• Review for the TKAM Part I Test
• VOC #3-lesson-due by the end of the hour
  

Friday, September 24

• Bell Work-DUE!
• TKAM Part I Test
• Homework: Read Ch 12 (pg. 153-168) of TKAM

VOC #3 Sentences due Tuesday, September 28

Honors English II (September 20-24)

Monday, September 20

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 9-11 of TKAM
• VOC #3-lesson-due by the end of the hour

Tuesday, September 21

• Bell Work
• Idioms Pictionary

Wednesday, September 22
1/2 Day-Teacher Inservice (Schedule: 7th hour, 6th hour, 5th hour, 4th hour)

• TKAM Part I Test

Thursday, September 23

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #3 Sentences
• Discuss Ch 12-13 (pg. 153-179) of TKAM

Friday, September 24

• Bell Work-DUE!
• VOC Test #3
• VOC #4 Definitions-due Monday
• Group Project Meetings
• Homework: Read Ch 14-17 (pg. 180-221) of TKAM
  

General Lit (September 20-24)

Monday, September 20

• 1st Person Narrator
• Author: Grace Paley
• Discuss "The Loudest Voice" (pg. 90-95)

Tuesday, September 21

• Tales Within Tales
• Authors: Joseph Conrad and Mark Twain
• Discuss "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Wednesday, September 22
1/2 Day (Schedule: 7th, 6th, 5th, 4th Hour)

• Looking Inward and Outward
• Authors: Nathaniel Hawthorne and William Faulkner
• Discuss "A Rose for Emily" (pg. 148-155)

Thursday, September 23

• Discuss "Anxiety" (pg. 156-158) and "Dream Vision" (pg. 159-161)

Friday, September 24

• Beyond Reality
• Author: Edgar Allan Poe
• Discuss "The Man of the Crowd" (pg. 164-171)
• Homework: Read "Harrison Bergeron" (pg. 176-182)
  

English II (September 13-17)

Monday, September 13

• Bell Work
• Discuss Ch 3 of TKAM

Tuesday, September 14

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #2 Sentences
• Practice Revising

Wednesday, September 15

• Bell Work
• Revise "I am..." paragraphs

Thursday, September 16

• Discuss Ch 4-5 (pg. 43-66) of TKAM
• VOC #2 Test
• VOC Analogies #1-due by the end of the hour

Friday, September 17

• Bell Work
• DUE: "I am..." Paragraph Revisions
• VOC Context Clues #1-due by the end of the hour
• Homework: Read Ch 6-9 (pg. 67-117) of TKAM
  

Honors English II (September 13-17)

Monday, September 13

• Bell Work
• VOC #2 Test
• Discuss Ch 3-6 of TKAM

Tuesday, September 14

• Bell Work
• VOC Analogies #1 and VOC Context Clues #1-due at the end of the hour

Wednesday, September 15

• Bell Work
• Practice Revising
• VOC #3 Definitions

Thursday, September 16

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #3 Definitions
• Revise "I am..." Paragraphs

Friday, September 17

• Bell Work
• DUE: "I am..." Paragraph Revisions
• Discuss Ch 7-9 (pg. 77-117)

Homework: Read Ch 10-11 (pg. 118-149)of TKAM

General Lit (September 13-17)

Monday, September 13

• The Storytellers
• Discuss "High Horse's Courting," "Old Boss Wants Into Heaven," and "If Not Higher"

Tuesday, September 14

• The Reporters
• Iceberg Theory
• Author: Ernest Hemingway
• Discuss "Hills Like White Elephants"

Wednesday, September 15

• The Reporters
• Fiction Journal #1
• Unreliable narrator
• Discuss "A Pair of Silk Stockings"

Thursday, September 16

• The Reporters
  
• Authors: Eudora Welty and Joyce Carol Oats
• Discuss "A Worn Path" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"

Friday, September 17

• First Person Narrators
• Fiction Journal #2
• Discuss "The Yellow Wallpaper"
• Homework: TBA
  

English II (September 6-September 10)

Monday, September 6

• No school-Labor Day

Tuesday, September 7

• Bell Work
• Introduction to Harper Lee (PowerPoint and Author Page)
  
• Lit Terms PowerPoint-denotation, connotation, point of view, stereotype, allusion
• Go over VOC Sentence #1 Revisions
  

Wednesday, September 8

• Bell Work
• VOC #2 lesson-due by the end of the hour
• Begin TKAM chapter 1 and 2 study questions
  

Thursday, September 9

• Bell Work
  
• DUE: VOC #1 Sentence Revisions
• TKAM chapter 1 and 2 study questions-due by the end of the hour
  

Friday, September 10

• Bell Work-DUE
• Harper Lee and Lit Terms Quiz
• Discuss Ch 1-2 of TKAM
  
• Homework: Read Ch 3 (pg. 30-42) of TKAM

VOC #2 Sentences-Tuesday, September 14

Honors English II (September 6-September 10)

Monday, September 6

• No school-Labor Day

Tuesday, September 7

• Bell Work
• TKAM group project guidelines and assign groups
• Lit Terms PowerPoint-denotation, connotation, point of view, stereotype, allusion
  

Wednesday, September 8

• Bell Work
• DUE: VOC #2 Sentences
• Introduction to Harper Lee (PowerPoint and Author Page)
• Jim Crow Laws article and discussion questions
  

Thursday, September 9

• Bell Work
  
• Harper Lee and lit terms quiz
• Discuss Ch 1-2 (pg. 1-29) of TKAM
  

Friday, September 10

• Bell Work-DUE
• Jim Crow Laws article and discussion questions-due at the end of the hour
• Homework: Read Ch 3-6 (pg. 30-76) of TKAM

VOC #2 Test-Monday, September 13

General Lit (September 6-September 10)

Monday, September 6

• No school-Labor Day

Tuesday, September 7

• Discuss Ch 12-Epilogue of Whale Talk
• Quiz over reading
• Journals 1-3 Due

Wednesday, September 8

• Whale Talk Unit Test

Thursday, September 9

• The Art of Narration: Giving Meaning to Action
• Discuss "Clever Manka" and "The Story of an Hour"
• Homework: Come up with a paper topic and title that you might write an essay about utilizing these two short stories

Friday, September 10

• Share paper topics and titles
• Homework: TBA