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[First
Quarter Assignments]
[Second Quarter Assignments] |
| Week
of January 10 to 14 |
| Tues |
Journal
28 (New beginnings: new year, new semester, new goals, new . . .?).
Rearrange English Notebooks for second semester. (Put all first
semester handouts, journals, notes, assignments, and tests and quizzes
at the back of the notebook. Keep the syllabus in the front.) Discussion
about the junior class at Prep. Intro to Evangeline by Longfellow.
Identify vocab words in first two sections. Hwmk: Read first two
parts to prepare for oral reading on Thurs. |
| Thurs |
Journal
29 (The junior class: How I fit in with regard to the discussion
last class period. Did the things we discussed fit you or not? How
comfortable were you with the discussion?). Class
participation syllabus addition and discussion about making
choices that allow classmates to meet their goals, too. Work on
definitions for the Evangeline vocab words. Begin oral reading
of Evangeline. No hwmk. |
| Week
of January 17 to 21 |
| Tues |
Journal
30 (What I want people to understand about me: what I'm good at,
what I care about, what I really like about life). Dictate spelling
words for quiz next Tuesday. (You are responsible for checking your
spelling to make sure you study the correct spelling! Any words
missed on the quiz will be written out 25X each.) Continue oral
reading of Evangeline. Continue work on vocab words. Hmwk:
Do some background reading about the historical event upon which
Evangeline is based. Write out notes (in your own words,
in your own handwriting, with source/s) to bring to class. (This
is what you will turn in for credit.) Be prepared to share what
you discover. Write out spelling words missed on final exam 25 times.
Due Thurs. |
| Thurs |
Journal
31 [Reflections on inauguration. Inauguration means "1)
Formal induction into office" (American Heritage). The verb,
inaugurate, comes from the Latin, inaugurare meaning
"to practice augury," which is "the practice of divination"
(Webster's) OR write a memory of a childhood place]. Collect final
exam spelling words written out 25 times. Check off evidence of
background reading (notes). Share with classmates what you discovered
on the historical background of Evangeline. (File in Notes
section of English notebook). Continue reading Evangeline.
Continue work on vocab words. Hmwk: Study for spelling quiz. |
| Week
of January 24 to 28 |
| Tues |
Journal
32 (Reflections on Evangeline: what is unusual? what do you
like? what do you dislike? what works? what doesn't work?). Spelling
quiz (Any words missed will be written out 25 times each.) Continue
reading Evangeline. Continue work on vocab words. Hwmk: write
out missed spelling words 25 times each. |
| Thurs |
Collect
missed spelling words written out 25 times. Journal 33 (My favorite
winter thought and/or memory). Finish vocab word definitions. Finish
reading Evangeline. Hmwk: Writing options 1) Write a new
ending. Make it clear where you begin your plot change. 2) Modernize
a section of the poem. Does modernization require a plot change?
3) A combination of the first two ideas. Due Tues. Be prepared to
share in class. |
| Week
of January 31 to February 4 |
| Tues |
Check off
writing options. Journal 34 (If you hadn't chosen to be here, where
would you be? Dream. Imagine!). Share Evangeline writing.
Poetic features of Evangeline
worksheet. Hmwk: complete definitions on Evangeline worksheet.
Due Thurs. |
| Thurs |
Check off hmwk. Journal 35 (Sports). Twenty minutes: find examples
of poetic features. Share and discuss examples and definitions on
Evangeline
worksheet. Hwmk: continue finding examples for worksheet. |
| Week
of February 7 to 11 |
| Tues |
No Class:
Monday schedule |
| Thurs |
(PUC
Basketball Tournament) Journal 36 (Basketball, etc.) Complete discussion
of examples and definitions on Evangeline worksheet. Review
for test (next Tues.). Hmwk: prepare for Evangeline test.
Study vocab, poetic features
(blue worksheet), plot details and spelling
words. |
| Week
of February 14 to 18(SA
Spirit Week) |
| Tues |
Test:
Evangeline. Includes: plot details, vocab, poetic
features (blue worksheet), and spelling
words. Notebook check. Begin
Huck Finn. Hwmk: Read to p. 39 for Thursday. |
| Thurs |
Complete
reading Huck Finn through p. 39 before class.
Reading quiz. Journal 37 (When do I feel most free? loved? successful?
fun?). Huck Finn. Watch video: Mark Twain's America
(available at PUC library: VTR PS1331 .M374 1990). Hwmk: Read to
p. 118 by next Thursday. |
| Week
of February 21 to 25 |
| Tues |
No Class:
Monday schedule. Hmwk: continue with Huck Finn reading!!! |
| Thurs |
Complete
reading Huck Finn through p. 118 before class.
Reading quiz. Journal 38 (Huck Finn: respectability, right
vs. wrong, adventure vs. safety). Huck Finn. Watch video:
first half of part one (approx. 55 min) of Ken Burn's Mark Twain
(available at PUC library: VTR PS 1331 .M37 2001). Read to p. 175.
Pay special attention to Huck's moral dilemma in Chapter XXXI. |
| Week
of February 28 to March 4 |
| Tues |
Complete
reading Huck Finn through p. 175 before class.
Reading quiz. Journal 39 (Huck's moral dilemma: how can he be so
wrong about being so right?). Huck Finn. Watch video: second
half of part one (approx. 55 min) of Ken Burn's Mark Twain.
Hwmk: complete reading of Huck Finn. |
| Thurs |
Complete
reading Huck Finn before class. Reading quiz.
Journal 40 (What do you think about the ending?). Huck Finn.
(Complete Ken Burns video--not done on Tues.) Discussion and test
prep. Study and Discussion
Questions. Hmwk: prepare for Huck Finn test. |
| Week
of March 7 to 11 |
| Tues |
Test:
Huck Finn. After test, silently read Twain's "The
War Prayer." No hmwk. Notebook
check. |
| Thurs |
(Choir
in England) Journal 41 (3rd quarter retrospective: What are you
proud of? What do you wish you had done differently?) Watch The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. |
| Spring
Break. Classes
resume March 28. |