| Syllabus
| Assignments |
Revised:
June 2, 2006 |
|
[1st
Quarter's Assignments] [2nd
Quarter's Assignments][3rd
Quarter's Assignments] |
| Week
of April 3 to 7 (Beginning of Fourth Quarter) |
| Tues |
Journal
#67 (Spring break insights). Begin Treasure Island, by R.
L. Stevenson. Distribute textbooks. Begin reading aloud in class.
Hmwk: read to end of chpt. II, p. 10. |
| Wed |
Reading
quiz: through p. 10. Journal
#68 (Pirates and pirate stories: what's in your imagination?). Continue
reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson. Hmwk: Read chpt.
V, pp. 19 to 22. |
| Thurs |
Continue
reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson (through p. 40).
Hmwk: Read chpt. 10, through p. 45. |
| Fri |
Reading
quiz. Continue reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson
(through p. 60). Hmwk for Tues: Read through p. 72. |
| Week
of April 10 to 14 |
| Tues |
Due:
read through p. 72 before class. Reading quiz. Spelling
words for quiz on Friday. Continue reading Treasure Island,
by R. L. Stevenson (through p. 78). Hmwk: Read through p. 83. Grade
your spelling pre-test to find out
which words you need to focus on before Friday. |
| Wed |
Journal
#69 (Write about another adventure tale you have read). Continue
reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson (through p. 96).
Hmwk: Read pp. 96 to 104. |
| Thurs |
Reading
quiz. Continue reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson
(through p. 118). Study for spelling
quiz. (No Treasure Island reading assignment tonight.) |
| Fri |
Spelling
quiz. Continue reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson
(through p. 129). No hmwk. |
| Week
of April 17 to 21 |
| Tues |
Continue
reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson (through p. 141).
Hmwk: read (and begin thinking about) Treasure
Island project options. |
| Wed |
Finish
reading Treasure Island, by R. L. Stevenson. Discuss Treasure
Island project options (Due Wed, May 3). No hmwk. |
| Thurs |
(Music Tour
people gone) Work period for Treasure
Island project options. No hwmk. |
| Fri |
(Music Tour
people gone) No class meeting. No hmwk. |
| Week
of April 24 to 28 |
| Tues |
View Treasure
Island movie. Hmwk: Treasure
Island project options. (Due Wed, May 3) |
| Wed |
View Treasure
Island movie. Hmwk: Treasure
Island project options. |
| Thurs |
View Treasure
Island movie. Hmwk: Treasure
Island project options. |
| Fri |
Review
for Treasure Island test. Hmwk: prepare for Treasure
Island test, Tues, May 2. |
| Week
of May 1 to 5 (Midterm) |
| Tues |
Test:
Treasure Island. No hmwk. [Treasure
Island Review Questions] |
| Wed |
Due: Treasure
Island project options. Treasure Island Party and
Treasure Hunt! |
| Thurs |
Journal
#70 (Four weeks to go: what do you need to do? Want to do? This
summer? Next year?). Share Treasure Island projects. Project
for remainder of school year. No hmwk. |
| Fri |
Begin
reading about "Twelfth
Night"
from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. No hmwk. |
| Week
of May 8 to 12 |
| Tues |
Journal
# 71 (Personalize the plane taking off metaphor from this morning's
worship. To what are you committed? You are quickly headed down
the runway to what? What needs to happen for this commitment to
your life's flight to be successful?). Spelling
words pre-test (acceptable to foreign). Continue
reading about "Twelfth
Night"
from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. Hmwk: finish up "Twelfth
Night"
from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. |
| Wed |
Reading
quiz: "Twelfth
Night"
from Lambs' Tales from Shakespeare. Shakespeare's Globe
Theatre. Begin relationship chart of major characters. Hmwk: check
out Shakespeare's Globe
in the bardweb.net site. Here are some photos
of the Globe Theatre (some taken by a Prep family!) Here are
more more
photos of the reconstructed Globe Theatre. |
| Thurs |
Journal
#72 (Adapt this line of poetry: "Oh to be in _______ now that
______ is here"). Share some Globe
Theatre photos taken by Prep students while on choir tour to
England last spring. Watch A&E video biography of Shakespeare.
Hmwk: study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
Spelling
quiz
(acceptable to foreign). Finish A&E video
biography of Shakespeare. Work on relationship chart. [See
Dramatis Personae.] No hmwk. (DAS
production of Twelfth Night: Sunday, May 14, 2 p.m.) |
| Week
of May 15 to 19 |
| Tues |
Spelling
words pre-test (gauge to occurrence). Continue
working on relationship chart for Twelfth Night. [See
Dramatis Personae.] Hmwk: write out missed spelling words (from
5/12 quiz) 25X. Due Wed. |
| Wed |
Class cancelled
for teacher in-service meeting. |
| Thurs |
Due: missed
spelling words written out 25X. Time to study for spelling quiz
(because of SA picnic tonight). Begin viewing Twelfth Night.
No hmwk (SA Picnic). |
| Fri |
Continue
viewing Twelfth Night. Hmwk: write out missed spelling words--if
you didn't do it earlier this week. Due Tues. (DAS
production of Twelfth Night: Sunday, May 21, 2 p.m.) |
| Week
of May 22 to 26 |
| Tues |
Student observer teaching:
Watch selection from Bill Moyer's video, The Language of Life:
A Festival of Poets. Hmwk: complete found poem and bring two
favorite poems to class. Practice reading the poems so that you
are prepared to share them in class.
|
| Wed |
Due: completed found
poem, and bring two favorite poems to class. Student observer teaching:
Share found poems. Poetry group activity. Hmwk: study for spelling
quiz (gauge
to occurrence). |
| Thurs |
Spelling
quiz (gauge
to occurrence). Continue viewing Twelfth Night.
Spelling
words for next quiz (pastime to weird). Hmwk:
study for spelling quiz. |
| Fri |
Continue
viewing Twelfth Night. No hmwk. (DAS
production of Twelfth Night: Sunday, May 28, 2 p.m.) |
| Week
of May 29 to June 2 (End of Fourth Quarter) |
| Mon |
No School
(DAS
production of Twelfth Night: Sunday, May 29, 2 p.m.) |
| Tues |
Finish
viewing Twelfth Night. Review for test: spelling (pastime
to weird) and Twelfth Night (characters and storyline).
Hmwk: prepare for final exam. Complete relationship chart for Twelfth
Night as part of test review. [Spelling
list] |
| Fri |
9:00 to 10:30: English
10 Final Exam (including spelling quiz (pastime
to weird). Due: relationship chart for Twelfth Night.
10:30 to noon: SA End-of-Year
Party
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