-Finals. Final for this class is
Thursday, June 5 at 11:20am
-Finals
Homework:
Week 11 (May 26-30)
Monday, May 26
Tuesday, May 27
Wednesday, May 28
Thursday, May 29
Friday, May 30
Class work:
-No school
-Daily Practice
-Persuasive essay due tomorrow
-Daily Practice
-Persuasive essay due!!
-Hand back research rough draft
-Individual conferences on each rough draft
-Time to work on final draft
-Daily Practice
-Time to work on final draft
-Daily Practice
-Research final draft due!!
-Nonfiction
Homework:
-Persuasive essay due
tomorrow
-Final draft of research project due Friday
-Final paper due tomorrow!
Your final paper should be paper clipped IN
THIS ORDER: FINAL OUTLINE, BODY OF PAPER,
WORKS CITED, ROUGH DRAFT FROM MRS. SPECK
Week 10 (May 19-23)
Monday, May 19
Tuesday, May 20
Wednesday, May 21
Thursday, May 22
Friday, May 23
Class work:
-Finish Peer editing
-Vocab 6 due Wed
-Work on research paper
-Time to work on research paper
-Mechanics practice
-Daily Practice
-Persuasive essay
topics
-Persuasive essay outlines
-Review for Mechanics Test
-Daily Practice
-Vocab 6 quiz
-Collect persuasive essay outlines
-Mechanics Test
Homework:
-Vocab 6
-Work on research paper
-Vocab 6 due tomorrow
-Mechanics Practice -Research paper due to Mrs Specktomorrow: 1. 4 FULL page paper with perfect MLA formatting- 2. Works Cited (No annotations. When you export from Noodletools to Word, please delete all annotations and extra spaces. The entire Works Cited should fit on one page 3. Peer editing worksheet STAPLED TO first draft (from last Friday-the one with notes from your peers) 4. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE PRINTED BEFORE CLASS BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY!
-Need persuasive essay topic
by tomorrow
-Mechanics review
-Persuasive essay outline
due tomorrow!
-Vocab 6 quiz tomorrow
-Mechanics test tomorrow
-Daily Practice
-Sequel due
-Introduction to Research Project
(NEED TOPIC for Thursday!)
-Hand out F451 and reading
time (p. 3-18)
-Daily Practice
-Go through Vocab 4
-Quiz on F451
-Discuss F451
-Read F451 (p. 18-42)
-Daily Practice
-Vocab 4 quiz
-Quiz on F451
-Discuss topics for research
-Read F451 42-68 (should have
time to get this read in class!)
-No School. Good Friday.
Homework:
-Sequel due TOMORROW!
MUST BE PRINTED BEFORE THE BELL!
-Ray Bradbury questions due tomorrow
-Read F451 3-18
-Vocab 4 due tomorrow
-Choose your topic for the
research project
-Read F451 18-42
-Vocab 4 quiz tomorrow!
-Choose your topic for the
research project
-Finish F451 42-68.
-Otherwise, no homework. Enjoy the long
weekend with your family!
Week 4 (April 7-11)
Monday, April 7
Tuesday, April 8
Wednesday, April 9
Thursday, April 10
Friday, April 11
Class work:
-No Daily Practice
-Collect "Magi" questions
-Read "The Necklace" (p. 608 LIT)
and "The Harvest" (p. 616 LIT)
-Daily Practice
-Discuss stories
-Read "One Ordinary Day with Peanuts"
p. 420 LIT
-Read "Perseus" p. 214 LIT
-Intro sequel writing assignment
(due Tuesday, April 15)
-Intro to short stories
-Literary Terms review worksheet
-Daily Practice
-The Pearl Exam
-Time to work on literary analysis
-Daily Practice
-Literary Analysis due
-Go through Vocab 3
-Read "Machine that won the war" p. 456 LIT
-Intro "Sound of Thunder"
-Daily Practice
-Quiz over SOT
-Discuss SOT
-SOT video clip
-Read "If I forget Thee, Oh Earth" p. 486 LIT
-Intro "Secret Life of Walter
Mitty" p. 346 LIT
-Daily Practice
-Vocab 3 quiz
-Quiz over short stories
-Discuss short stories
Intro "To the Residents of AD 2029" p. 495
-Intro "Gift of the Magi" p. 524 LIT
-Short story study guide
Course Calendar - Literature B
Week 12 (June 2-6)
work:
-Hand back research projects
Thursday, June 5 at 11:20am
Week 11 (May 26-30)
work:
-Persuasive essay due tomorrow
-Persuasive essay due!!
-Hand back research rough draft
-Individual conferences on each rough draft
-Time to work on final draft
-Time to work on final draft
-Research final draft due!!
-Nonfiction
tomorrow
Your final paper should be paper clipped IN
THIS ORDER: FINAL OUTLINE, BODY OF PAPER,
WORKS CITED, ROUGH DRAFT FROM MRS. SPECK
Week 10 (May 19-23)
work:
-Vocab 6 due Wed
-Work on research paper
-Mechanics practice
-Go through Vocab 6
-Research paper due!!
-Mechanics Test review
-Intro to Persuasive Essay
-Possible topics (note: not all of these are approved!)
-Persuasive essay
topics
-Persuasive essay outlines
-Review for Mechanics Test
-Vocab 6 quiz
-Collect persuasive essay outlines
-Mechanics Test
-Work on research paper
-Mechanics Practice
-Research paper due to Mrs Speck tomorrow:
1. 4 FULL page paper with perfect MLA formatting-
2. Works Cited (No annotations. When you export from Noodletools to Word, please delete all annotations and extra spaces. The entire Works Cited should fit on one page
3. Peer editing worksheet STAPLED TO first draft (from last Friday-the one with notes from your peers)
4. EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE PRINTED BEFORE CLASS BEGINS ON WEDNESDAY!
by tomorrow
-Mechanics review
due tomorrow!
-Vocab 6 quiz tomorrow
-Mechanics test tomorrow
Week 9 (May 12-16)
work:
-Time to work on Annotated Bibliography
-Annotated Bibliography
due tomorrow
-Vocab 5 quiz
-Commas practice
-In-text citations
-Time to work on research paper
-Commas and semicolons
-Peer editing
due Wed!
-Commas practice, Ex. 11 ([p. 666), Ex. 12 (668), Ex. 13 (p. 671) GRAMMAR
-Vocab 5 quiz tomorrow
-Annotated Bibliography
due tomorrow (please PRINT before class!)
PRINTED BEFORE CLASS! MUST BE
4 FULL PAGES!
-Mechanics practice
rough draft from peer
editing
Week 8 (May 5-9)
work:
-Allusions presentations
-Review for test
-Time to work on notes
-Discuss final outlines (due Friday)
-F451 Exam
-Time to work on research notes
-Vocab 5
-Time to work on final outline
-Research Notes due!!
-Vocab 5 due
-Questions on outline
-Time to work on final outlines
-Final outlines due
-Commas
(do not print- PLEASE EMAIL ME!)
Exercises 7, 8, 10 (1-10 each) starting on page 659 GRAMMAR
Week 7 (March 28-May 2)
work:
-Intro to allusions activity
-Read F451 113-125
-F451 study guide
(test next Tuesday, May 6)
-Note-taking: plagiarism
-Writing Thesis Statements
and outline
-Time to work on thesis statements
and outliens
-Read F451 125-145
-F451 Quiz
-Collect capitalization practice
-Questions on writing Thesis
Statements and outline
-Part II Questions
-Allusions activity
-Thesis and preliminary
outline due!
-Note taking
-Allusions presentations
-Read F451 145-165
-F451 Quiz
-Read Afterword and Coda
-Check notes and outlines
-Capitalization practice
outline due tomorrow!
-Be working on taking notes!
-Be working on taking notes!
-F451 Test next Tuesday!
-Work on research notes this weekend!
Week 6 (March 21-25)
work:
-Library day for research project
-Finding reliable sources on the internet
-Annotations
-Need six sources in Noodletools by the end of class.
-Read F451 71-91
-Capitalization notes
-Read F451 91-110
-Capitalization notes and practice
Week 5 (April 14-18)
work:
-Vocab 4 due Wed
-Read Ray Bradbury biography
and answer questions
-Time to work on sequel
-F451 Anticipation Guide
-Sequel due
-Introduction to Research Project
(NEED TOPIC for Thursday!)
-Hand out F451 and reading
time (p. 3-18)
-Go through Vocab 4
-Quiz on F451
-Discuss F451
-Read F451 (p. 18-42)
-Vocab 4 quiz
-Quiz on F451
-Discuss topics for research
-Read F451 42-68 (should have
time to get this read in class!)
MUST BE PRINTED BEFORE THE BELL!
-Ray Bradbury questions due tomorrow
-Vocab 4 due tomorrow
-Choose your topic for the
research project
-Vocab 4 quiz tomorrow!
-Choose your topic for the
research project
-Otherwise, no homework. Enjoy the long
weekend with your family!
Week 4 (April 7-11)
work:
-Collect "Magi" questions
-Read "The Necklace" (p. 608 LIT)
and "The Harvest" (p. 616 LIT)
-Discuss stories
-Read "One Ordinary Day with Peanuts"
p. 420 LIT
-Read "Perseus" p. 214 LIT
-Intro sequel writing assignment
(due Tuesday, April 15)
-Short story study guide
-Quiz on "Perseus"
-Discuss stories
-Into to "Return of Odysseus" Activity
-Read "Return of Odysseus"
p. 1021-1046
-Quiz and discussion on "Odysseus"
-MLA formatting
-Review for short story exam (tomorrow!)
-Short story exam
-Work on sequel
p. 1021-1046
Week 3 (March 31-April 4)
work:
-Vocab 3 due Wednesday
-Review for The Pearl exam
Go through Thesis Statements
-The Pearl Questions
-Intro to short stories
-Literary Terms review worksheet
-The Pearl Exam
-Time to work on literary analysis
-Literary Analysis due
-Go through Vocab 3
-Read "Machine that won the war" p. 456 LIT
-Intro "Sound of Thunder"
-Quiz over SOT
-Discuss SOT
-SOT video clip
-Read "If I forget Thee, Oh Earth" p. 486 LIT
-Intro "Secret Life of Walter
Mitty" p. 346 LIT
-Vocab 3 quiz
-Quiz over short stories
-Discuss short stories
Intro "To the Residents of AD 2029" p. 495
-Intro "Gift of the Magi" p. 524 LIT
-Short story study guide
-Literary Terms review worksheet
-Vocab 3 due Wed.
-Bring LIT BOOK tomorrow and each day this week!
-Literary analysis due tomorrow!
-Voc. 3 due tomorrow
p. 346 LIT
-Finish "If I forget Thee..."
Week 2 (March 24-28)
work:
-Vocab 1 Quiz
-Vocab 2 due Wednesday
-Quiz on The Pearl
-Discussion on The Pearl
-Reading time
-Quiz on The Pearl
-Discuss The Pearl
-Reading time
-Agreement study guide
-Review for Agreement test
-Go through Vocab 2
-The Pearl quiz
-Chapter 4 questions
-Reading Time
-Review for Agreement Exam
-Agreement Exam
-Quiz/discussion on The Pearl
-Reading time
-Vocab 2 quiz
-Introduce The Pearl writing assignment
-Writing process; punctuating quotes
-Thesis Statements
-The Pearl study guide
-Time to work on Literary Analysis
-Vocab 2 due Wed.
-Vocab 2 due tomorrow
-Agreement Study Guide
-Agreement exam tomorrow
(extra practice for those with a 12/15
or lower on study guide)
-Chapter 4 questions
-Vocab 2 quiz tomorrow
-Thesis due Monday
Week 1 (March 17-21)
work:
-Hand out books
-Rules and Expectations
-Review of Literature A
-Common Assessment
-MLA review
-Getting to know the class wiki
-Get to know you Questions (email me)
-Vocab 1 due Wed.
-Review Sentence parts (adjective, subject, verb, adverb, prep, etc.)
-Identify plural/ singular nouns
-Notes on subject/verb agreement
-Vocab 1 due
-Collect S/V agree
-Collect MLA
-Pronoun/antecedent agreement
-Pronoun/Antecedent Practice
-Pearl Anticipation Guide
-Vocab 1 Quiz Monday!
-Background on The Pearl
-Hand out The Pearl
-Reading time
-Email me Daily Practice
-MLA worksheet
-Bring Grammar book each day this week!
-Vocab 1 due tomorrow!
Monday)
-Extra Agreement Practice
-Vocab quiz Monday!