| Syllabus
| Second Quarter's Assignments | Revised:
Feb. 5, 2010 |
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| [First
Quarter's Assignments] [Second Quarter's Assignments] |
Week
of January 18 to 22 (Beginning of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | No
School: MLK, Jr. Day |
| Tues | [Week
of Prayer] No class due to Week of Prayer schedule adjustment.. |
| Wed | [Week
of Prayer] [Academy Day] Spelling pre-test.
Read Learning Styles Intro.
Take Learning
Styles Survey. Print results, read them, and file them in the "Handouts"
section of your English binder. Read Four
Learning Styles. How can you use this information to advocate for your own
academic success? If there is time: submit "Night Before Christmas"
parodies to Turnitin.com.
Hmwk:
Study for spelling quiz. Make sure the
final draft of your "Night Before Christmas" parody is accessible for
class tomorrow, or submit it as a Word doc this evening from home. |
| Fri
B | [Week
of Prayer] Spelling quiz. Pass back papers.
Go over semester test. Submit "Night Before Christmas" parodies to Turnitin.com
(if not done already). No hmwk. |
| Week
of January 25 to 29 |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. Journal Writing #15 (If you could be anywhere right now, where would
you be? Time, space, and money are no object.) Give out semester grade printouts.
Pass back graded papers. Recycle returned papers--if the grade printout is accurate.
No hmwk. |
| Tues | Begin
grammar unit. Distribute textbooks. Diagnostic test, pp. 341-2. Answer these questions
on Diag test paper: When was the last time you studied parts of speech? How much?
How confident do you feel about your knowledge of grammar? Begin work on ex. 1
& 2 (modified instructions, see Hmwk).
Hmwk: Complete ex. 1 &
2. (Modified instructions for ex. 2: If a word is a common noun, also provide
a proper noun. If the word is a proper noun, also provide a common noun that would
apply. Due by the beginning of class tomorrow. |
| Wed | Due:
Ex. 1 & 2. Check off homework. Go over exercises and answer questions. Continue
with parts of speech. Notes on board about form and function definitions of nouns.
Compound nouns. Do ex. 3 orally. Intro pronouns. Begin work on ex. 4 & 5.
Due Friday at the beginning of class.
Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. Finish grammar exercises 4 and 5. (Due Friday at the beginning of class). |
| Fri
A | Spelling
quiz. Continue with parts of speech unit. Check off ex. 4 & 5. Go over
exercises and answer questions. Intro adjectives. Do ex. 6 orally, as a class.
Do ex. 7 on paper. Go over ex. 7. No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 1 to 5 |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. Continue with parts of speech unit. Work on Noun
and Pronoun Scavenger Hunt in pairs.
Hmwk: Complete Noun
and Pronoun Scavenger Hunt. Due by the beginning of class tomorrow. |
| Tues |
Due at beginning of class: Noun and Pronoun
Scavenger Hunt. Continue with parts of speech unit. Do rev. ex. A, pp. 353-4.
Go over exercise and answer questions. Review nouns, pronouns, and adjectives.
Notes on board (adjective questions). Prepare one page of notes to use on tomorrow's
quiz.
Hmwk: Finish assembling one page of notes to use on tomorrow's
quiz. You can put whatever you want on this one page: word and sentence examples,
traditional definitions from the text, structural definitions in board notes,
diagnostic questions, etc.) |
| Wed |
Continue with parts of speech unit. Quiz: nouns, pronouns, adjectives.
(Students may use one page of notes during quiz.) Begin verbs. Notes on board.
Do ex. 8 together on the board.
Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. |
| Fri
B | Spelling
quiz. Continue with verbs: transitive and intransitive verbs. Notes on board.
Do ex. 9 & 10 together aloud. Write out ex. 11 and 12. Discuss examples (and
variations). No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 8 to 12 |
| Mon | No
School: Teacher In-Service |
| Tues | Spelling
pre-test. Continue with parts of speech unit. |
| Wed |
Continue with parts of speech unit.
Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. |
| Fri
A | Spelling
quiz. Continue with parts of speech unit. |
| Week
of February 15 to 19 |
| Mon | No
School: Presidents' Day |
| Tues | Spelling
pre-test. Continue with parts of speech unit. |
| Wed | Continue
with parts of speech unit.
Hmwk: Study for spelling
quiz. |
| Fri
B | Spelling
quiz. |
| Week
of February 22 to 26 |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. |
| Tues | |
| Wed |
Hmwk:
Study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri
A | Spelling
quiz. |
| Week
of March 1 to 5 |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. |
| Tues | |
| Wed |
Hmwk:
Study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri
B | Spelling
quiz. |
| Week
of March 8 to 12 |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. |
| Tues | |
| Wed |
Hmwk:
Study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri
A | Spelling
quiz. |
| Week
of March 15 to 19 (End of Third Quarter) |
| Mon | Spelling
pre-test. |
| Tues | |
| Wed |
Hmwk:
Study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri
B | Spelling
quiz. |