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[First
Quarter Assignments]
[Second Quarter Assignments] |
| Week
of January 10 to 14 |
| Mon |
Journal
51 (New beginnings: new year, new semester, new goals, new . . .
?). Reorganize English notebooks for 2nd semester. (Move all 1st
semester stuff to back of notebook--except syllabus.) Hmwk: review
syllabus for quiz on Wed. |
| Tues |
Journal
52 (Academic performance first semester: what you liked, what you're
going to change and how). Begin "The Parts of a Sentence,"
chpt. 13 in green grammar text. Do: Diagnostic Test A & B, pp.
376-377. Read: pp. 377 to 382. Do: ex. 1, 2, 4. Hmwk: Do ex. 3 &
5. Due Wed. |
| Wed |
Collect
ex. 3 & 5. Journal 53 (What I wish people understood about me:
what I'm good at, what I care about, what I really like about life).
Syllabus quiz. Notes about subjects and predicates. Complete ex.
1, 2, & 4 (from yesterday). Start ex. 6 & Rev Ex A--if you
have time. No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
Complete
ex. 6 & Rev Ex A. Read pp. 384 to 392. No hwmk. Happy holiday! |
| Week
of January 17 to 21 |
| Mon |
No School:
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
| Tues |
Journal
54 (When do you really feel free?). Dictate spelling words for quiz
next Tues. More notes about subjects and predicates. Do ex. 7, 8,
9, 10 (only 5 sentences, 2 with nouns of direct address), 11, 12.
Hmwk: Make up ten original sentences. Underline the complete subjects
once and the complete predicates twice. Circle the simple subjects
and verbs (including helping verbs). Include in your ten sentences
one sentence that is a question, one sentence that begins with There,
one sentence that has the predicate first and the subject at the
end, one sentence with a compound subject, and one sentence with
a compound verb. Due Wed. |
| Wed |
Collect sentences. Continue working on ex. 7-12. Hwmk: Writing Assignment,
p. 388: "Write a paragraph about your choice of an elective
you would like to take next semester. Explain why you are choosing
this subject. Add sentence variety by placing at least three of
your subjects in a position other than at the beginning." Due
Thurs. |
| Thurs |
Collect
hmwk paragraphs. Complete ex. 7-12 by end of class today. Hmwk:
Do Rev. Ex. B (on worksheet) for Mon. |
| Week
of January 24 to 28 |
| Mon |
Collect
Rev. Ex. B hmwk wkst. Journal 55. (Why I'm glad I live here and
not somewhere else OR Why I wish I lived somewhere else and not
here). Intro complements. Do ex. 15, 16, & 17. If you finish
before the end of class, quietly study spelling words. Hmwk: study
for spelling quiz. (All missed words will be written out 25 times
each.) |
| Tues |
Journal
56 (My happiest winter memory and/or thought). Spelling quiz. (All
missed words will be written out 25 times each.) Intro subject complements.
Reminder about crossing out prep phrases. Do ex. 19 to 21. Hmwk:
Complete ex. 19 to 21--if not completed in class. |
| Wed |
Collect
ex. 19 to 21. Intro to indirect objects. Do ex. 22 in class. Start
complements worksheet.
Hmwk: complete worksheet (if not finished in class). Write out words
missed on the spelling quiz 25 times each. |
| Thurs |
Collect
spelling words. Copy principle/principal
notes and sentences
from board. Fill in sentence blanks with principle or principal.
Go over complements worksheet
in class. Hmwk: complete principal/principle
sentences. You are responsible for understanding the correct
usage of these words. We will re-visit them on a spelling quiz in
the future. |
| Week
of January 31 to February 4 |
| Mon |
Journal
57 (If you hadn't chosen to be here, where would you be? Dream.
Imagine!). Begin Rev. Ex. E (p. 407), ex. 23 & 24 (directions:
write down and identify the complements), Rev. Ex. F (p. 410), and
ex. 25. These will be collected at the end of class on Wed. No hmwk. |
| Tues |
Journal
58 (By RJ & SB: If you were any drink, what would you be? Who
would drink you? Where? Under what conditions?). Continue working
on exercises due at the end of class on Wed. Hmwk: Hmwk: Posttests
1 (A & B) & 2 (on pink sheet). |
| Wed |
Collect
homework on pink sheet. Journal 59 (Sports). Complete exercises
due at end of class today. Chapter
review worksheet. Hmwk: Complete chapter
review worksheet. This will be checked off at the beginning
of class tomorrow. |
| Thurs |
Check
off completed chapter
review worksheets. Go over chapter
review worksheets, sharing sentences and checking answers. Hwmk:
study for test on Tuesday. |
| Week
of February 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
No School:
Staff Development Day. |
| Tues |
(Monday
classes) Test: Parts of the
Sentence. Notebook Check. |
| Wed |
(PUC Basketball
Tournament) Journal 60 (topic of your choice--6 minutes with a kitchen
timer). Hand back Parts of Speech test. Spelling
words for next Tuesday's quiz. Hwmk: complete timed journal
#60 and begin studying spelling words for
next Tuesday's quiz. |
| Thurs |
(PUC Basketball
Tournament) Check off Journal #60. Journal 61. Intro Cyrano de
Bergerac, by Edmond Rostand. Assign textbooks. Rd. back cover
blurb and "Note" (at the beginning of the book). Plot
outline. Hmwk: continue studying spelling words for next Tuesday's
quiz. |
| Week
of February 14 to 18 |
| Mon |
Journal
62 (Valentine's Day). Assign parts and begin reading Cyrano de
Bergerac (to bottom of p. 9). Hmwk: study spelling
words for quiz tomorrow. |
| Tues |
Spelling
quiz. Continue reading Cyrano
de Bergerac (p. 10 to end of Act 1). Hmwk: Begin Cyrano
background project (due next Wed, Feb. 23). |
| Wed |
Continue
reading Cyrano de Bergerac
(Act 2). Hmwk: continue on Cyrano
background project. |
| Thurs |
Continue
reading Cyrano de Bergerac
(Act 3). Hmwk: continue
on Cyrano
background project. |
| Week
of February 21 to 25 |
| Mon |
No School:
President's Day. Hmwk: continue
on Cyrano
background project. |
| Tues |
(Monday
classes) Journal 63 (What is honor? What does honor look
like?). Continue reading Cyrano
de Bergerac (first half of Act 4). Hmwk:
complete Cyrano
background project. |
| Wed |
Due:
Cyrano
background project. Share projects. Continue reading Cyrano
de Bergerac (second half of Act 4). Hmwk: write out spelling
words missed on (2/15) quiz. If you missed principle/principal,
you must do the principal/principle
worksheet to turn in Thurs. |
| Thurs |
Collect
spelling words (written out 25X and/or worksheet).
Journal 64 (Cyrano, speaking the truth about love, how would you
change the plot?) Complete reading Cyrano de Bergerac (Act
5). No hmwk. |
| Week
of February 28 to March 4 |
| Mon |
Intro
Cyrano response projects.
View video: Cyrano de Bergerac (available at PUC library:
VTR PQ 2635 .07 C97). Hmwk: Cyrano
response projects |
| Tues |
View video:
Cyrano de Bergerac (available at PUC library: VTR PQ 2635
.07 C97). Hmwk: Cyrano response
projects |
| Wed |
No Classes:
Prep Ski/Snow Day |
| Thurs |
View video:
Cyrano de Bergerac (available at PUC library: VTR PQ 2635
.07 C97). Hmwk: complete Cyrano
response projects. |
| Week
of March 7 to 11 |
| Mon |
Due:
Cyrano response projects.
Journal 65 (3rd quarter retrospective). Show and tell. Review for
test. Hwmk: study for Cyrano test. |
| Tues |
Test:
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Wed |
(Choir in
England) Video: The Man in the Iron Mask (first half) |
| Thurs |
(Choir in
England) Finish video: The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Spring
Break. Classes
resume March 28. |