-Parts of Speech Review -TKAM study guide (quote identification) -Vocab 6
Topic and outline for TKAM lit analysis due tomorrow-PLEASE PRINT before class! -Vocab 6 due tomorrow
-Parts of Speech Exam tomorrow
-Study for TKAM Test tomorrow! -Work on TKAM lit analysis
-Shakespeare webquest -TKAM Lit analysis due Tuesday! -Vocab 6 quiz Monday! -BRING LITERATURE BOOK TUESDAY!!! -Bring TKAM book to turn in TUESDAY!!!
Week 8 (February 3-7)
Monday, Feb. 3
Tuesday, Feb. 4
Wednesday, Feb. 5
Thursday, Feb. 6
Friday, Feb. 7
Class work:
-Daily Practice
-Vocab 5 (due Wednesday)
-TKAM quiz
-Discuss TKAM
-Read TKAM 17-18
-Reading time
-Daily Practice -Preposition Practice (p. 407 Grammar Book Ex. 4, 5, 7-- see list of prepositions on page 402)
-TKAM quiz
-Read TKAM 19-20
-Reading time
-Daily Practice
-Vocab 4 due
-Great Depression questions due
-Poetry Portfolio due!!
-Discuss Harper Lee/Great Depression
-Hand out TKAM books
-Intro to "To Kill a Mockingbird"
-Reading Time (read chapters 1-2)
-Daily Practice -TKAM character sheet
-Adjectives/Adverbs
-Time to work on poetry portfolio: Please write the limerick and the sonnet (following directions from the rubric) and email to me by the end of class! Make sure to follow iambic pentameter for the sonnet (10 beats per line)
-Study for Poetry test (tomorrow). We will review briefly before the exam on Friday.
-Vocab 3 quiz will be moved to Monday!!
-Daily Practice
-Poetry Unit Test
-Time to work on Poetry
Portfolio (due next Thursday)
Homework:
-Poetry Portfolio topic due tomorrow!
-Finish Song lyric analysis
-Poetry Unit Test tomorrow!
-Work on Poetry Portfolio
-Vocab 3 quiz Monday!!
Week 4 (Jan. 6-10)
Monday, Jan. 6
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Wednesday, Jan. 8
Thursday, Jan. 9
Friday, Jan. 10
Class work:
Snow day!
Snow day!
-Daily Practice
-Collect grammar worksheets
-Introduction to Poetry
-Bring LIT BOOK tomorrow!
-Bring a copy of your favorite poem
to class tomorrow
-Poetic devices worksheet
Week 3 (Dec. 16-20)
Monday, Dec. 16
Tuesday, Dec. 17
Wednesday, Dec. 18
Thursday, Dec. 19
Friday, Dec. 20
Class work:
-Daily Practice
-Vocab 2 (due Wed)
-Peer editing
-Intro "The Scarlet Ibis"
-Daily Practice -Short story due! -Quiz on "The Scarlet Ibis" -Discussion on "The Scarlet Ibis Review for short story test (Monday) by summarizing and analyzing elements of a short story from each story
-Daily Practice
-Short Story Test
-Go through Vocab 2
-Intro to "Eleonora" by Poe -Discussion on stories -Writing style and process(see link on left) -Spell checker mistakes -Develop your own plot/theme worksheet
Intro to Lit A Course Calendar
Week 12 (Mar. 3-7)work:
-Review for parts of sentence quiz
-Parts of Sentence exam
-Common Assessment
Week 11 (Feb. 24-28)
work:
-R&J Act III
-R&J Exam study guide
-Phrases
-Participle Practice
-Gerund Practice
-Infinitive Practice
-R&J Act IV
-Clauses
-Parts of Sentence review
-3 online worksheets and preposition/appositive
worksheet
-Clauses worksheets
-Parts of Sentence Review
Week 10 (Feb. 17-21)
work:
(President's Day)
-Shakespeare Literary Terms
-Collect TKAM Lit Analysis
-Collect TKAM books
-Discuss Webquest
-Intro to Shakespeare
-Sign-ups for Romeo and Julie
-Begin R&J
-Shakespeare's Language p. 766 LIT
-R&J Act I
-R&J Act I Quiz
-R&J Act II
-Subjects
-Read through Complements Notes below
(DO,IO,PN,PA,OC)
and p. 434-441 in GRAMMAR BOOK
-Bring Grammar Book tomorrow
-DO/IO worksheet
Week 9 (Feb. 10-14)
work:
-Vocab 5 quiz
-TKAM quiz
-Collect character worksheets
-Scottsboro boys
-Scottsboro boys update
-TKAM study guide
-Vocab 6 due Wednesday
-Discuss Thesis Statments
-TKAM movie-Write down at least
five differencesfrom the movie
and the novel (due at the
end of class)
-Collect outlines
-Collect Vocab 6
-TKAM movie
-Parts of Speech Exam
-Go through Vocab 6
-Finish TKAM movie
-Review for TKAM Test
-TKAM Exam
-Time to work on Lit Analysis
(due Tuesday)
-Any questions on Lit Analysis?
-Intro to Shakespeare Webquest
-TKAM study guide (quote identification)
-Vocab 6
analysis due tomorrow-PLEASE
PRINT before class!
-Vocab 6 due tomorrow
-Work on TKAM lit analysis
-TKAM Lit analysis due Tuesday!
-Vocab 6 quiz Monday!
-BRING LITERATURE BOOK TUESDAY!!!
-Bring TKAM book to turn in TUESDAY!!!
Week 8 (February 3-7)
work:
-Vocab 5 (due Wednesday)
-TKAM quiz
-Discuss TKAM
-Read TKAM 17-18
-Reading time
-Preposition Practice (p. 407 Grammar Book
Ex. 4, 5, 7-- see list of prepositions on page 402)
-TKAM quiz
-Read TKAM 19-20
-Reading time
-Read this article:
-Rosa Parks Bus Incident
and answer the 9 questions
on a piece of notebook paper.
-Read chapters TKAM 21-23. We will take a quiz over those tomorrow.
-Go through Vocab 5
-Narrative Essay due
-TKAM quiz
-Read TKAM 24-27
-Parts of Speech Review
-Online practice
-Parts of Speech review
-TKAM quiz
-Read TKAM 28-end of book
-Intro TKAM Lit Analysis (due
Tuesday, Feb. 18)
-Vocab 5 due Wed
-Bring grammar book tomorrow!
-Narrative essay due tomorrow!
(must be printed before class!)
-Vocab 5 due tomorrow (from yesterday)
-Preposition practice due tomorrow
(from yesterday)
-Character worksheet due Monday
-Vocab 5 quiz Monday!
-Parts of Speech review
Week 7 (Jan. 27-31)
work:
Answer these questions on TKAM and
email to me BEFORE class tomorrow.
Read TKAM ch. 6-8 (quiz tomorrow
over chapters 1-8)
-Go through Vocab 4
-TKAM reading quizzes (through chapter 8)
-Rosa Parks Bus Incident
-Introduce Narrative Essay
(due next Wednesday, Feb. 5)
-Quiz on TKAM
-Discuss TKAM
-Preposition practice
-Quiz on TKAM
-Discuss TKAM
-Prepositions homework
-Quiz on TKAM
-Read TKAM ch. 6-8
-Read TKAM ch. 9-10
-Prepositions practice
-Preposition practice
Week 6 (Jan. 20-24)
work:
-Vocab 3 Quiz
-Vocab 4
-Intro to Harper Lee
-Time to work on poetry portfolio
-Harper Lee Biography information due
-TKAM setting: read the following
article and answer the accompanying
questions
-Time to work on poetry portfolio
-Vocab 4 due
-Great Depression questions due
-Poetry Portfolio due!!
-Discuss Harper Lee/Great Depression
-Hand out TKAM books
-Intro to "To Kill a Mockingbird"
-Reading Time (read chapters 1-2)
-TKAM character sheet
-Adjectives/Adverbs
-Poetry portfolio due tomorrow
Week 5 (Jan. 12-16)
work:
-Vocab 3 (due Wed)
-Finish group poetry analysis
-Intro to Poetry Portfolio
assignment (topic due tomorrow!!)
-Types of poems
-Poetry Portfolio Topics
-The Raven (p. 940),
-Go through Vocab 3
-Song lyric analysis
-Hand out poetry study guide
-Emily Dickinson, maggie and milly and molly and may (p. 328)
Your little voice
-Read "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allen Poe and answer questions
-Time to work on poetry portfolio: Please write the limerick and the sonnet (following directions from the rubric) and email to me by the end of class! Make sure to follow iambic pentameter for the sonnet (10 beats per line)
-Study for Poetry test (tomorrow). We will review briefly before the exam on Friday.
-Vocab 3 quiz will be moved to Monday!!
-Poetry Unit Test
-Time to work on Poetry
Portfolio (due next Thursday)
-Vocab 3 quiz Monday!!
Week 4 (Jan. 6-10)
work:
-Collect grammar worksheets
-Introduction to Poetry
-Poetic Devices Notes
-Action/Linking Verb Practic
-Transitive/Intransitive Verb Practice
-"Summer" p. 927
-Analyzing favorite poems
-Poetry Group Analysis
-Poetry Analysis presentations
-Grammar practice
-Individual Poetry Analysis (due at end of class)
-Bring a copy of your favorite poem
to class tomorrow
-Poetic devices worksheet
Week 3 (Dec. 16-20)
work:
-Vocab 2 (due Wed)
-Peer editing
-Intro "The Scarlet Ibis"
-Short story due!
-Quiz on "The Scarlet Ibis"
-Discussion on "The Scarlet Ibis
Review for short story test (Monday)
by summarizing and analyzing elements
of a short story from
each story
-Short Story Test
-Go through Vocab 2
-Nouns/Pronouns
-Noun/pronoun practice
-Intro short story
-Vocab 2 quiz
-Discuss short story
-Finish nouns/pronouns
-Verbs
Ibis"
-Short story due tomorrow!
-Vocab 2 (due Wed)
-Vocab 2 due tomorrow
-Pronoun Practice
-Verb practice
Week 2 (Dec. 9-13):
work:
-Vocab 1 due Wednesday
-Introduction to Edgar Allen Poe
-Intro "The Tell-Tale Heart"
-Intro to "Cask of Amontillado" p.7-12 LIT Book
-Develop your own character/setting
worksheet
-Quiz on "Cask of Amontillado"
-Go through Vocab 1
-Intro short story writing assignment
-Intro to "Eleonora" by Poe
-Discussion on stories
-Writing style and process(see link on left)
-Spell checker mistakes
-Develop your own plot/theme worksheet
-Hand out Short Story Test Review
(test next Wednesday)
-Biography information on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
-Intro to "The Red-Headed
League"
-Vocab 1 Quiz
Quiz on RHL
-Discussion of RHL
-Time to work on short story
-Analysis of Tell-Tale Heart due tomorrow
-Vocab 1 due Wednesday
-Develop your own character/setting worksheet
-Finish Vocab 1 (due tomorrow)
-Begin working on short story draft
-Read "Eleonora" by Poe
-Commonly confused words quiz tomorrow!
-Red-Headed League worksheet
-Keep working on on short story draft
-Vocab 1 quiz tomorrow
Week 1 (December 2-6):
work:
-Introductions
-Course Expectations
-Getting to know the class wiki
-Daily Practice
-MLA formatting (see link on left)
-Vague words activity
-Common Assessment
-Why and how we read
-Sentence Combining
-Explanation of Descriptive paragraph
-Notes on elements of a short story
-"Casey at the Bat" p. 42 LIT BOOK and
discuss 5 elements
-Intro "The Birds"
-Reading Time
-Quiz on "The Birds"
-Discuss "The Birds" and 5 elements of that story
-More literary terms
-Intro "The Most Dangerous
Game" LIT Book p. 19-36
-Quiz on "TMDG"
-MDG group discussions
-Assign expository paragraph
-Email Mrs. Speck Daily Practice
-Descriptive paragraph due tomorrow!
**MUST BE PRINTED BEFORE CLASS!
(quiz tomorrow)
Game" p. 19-36