Monday, April 15, 2013

April 15 - 19, 2013

English 9
Monday April 15, 2013 
1. Discuss Pearson practice test
2. Discuss Romeo and Juliet play

Tuesday April 16, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Wednesday April 17, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Thursday April 18, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Friday April 19, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

English 9 Pre-AP

Monday April 15, 2013
1. Discuss Pearson practice test
2. Discuss Romeo and Juliet play

Tuesday April 16, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Wednesday April 17, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Thursday April 18, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Friday April 19, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

English 10
Monday April 15, 2013
1. Discuss Pearson practice test
2. Review grammar punctuation review

Tuesday April 16, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Wednesday April 17, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Thursday April 18, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Friday April 19, 2013
1. Complete Pearson practice test

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

April 8 - 12, 2013
English 9

Monday  April 8, 2013
1. Write journal entry
2. Review punctuation usage -- common core objectives 

Tuesday APril 9, 2013
1. Review comma, semicolon, colon, and quotation mark rules
2. Proofread  and submit journal entries

Wednesday April 10, 2013
1. Identify comma, semicolon,colon, quotation marks and apostrophe

Thursday April 11, 2013
1. Complete comma, semicolin, colon quotation mark and apostrophe exercises
2. Review literary elements such as characters, plot, setting, point of view etc\

Friay April 12, 2013
1. Complete common core practice exercises



English 9 Pre-AP

Monday April 8, 2013
1. Submit Fahrenheit 451 paper
2. Determine analogy relationship and identify analogies

Tuesday April 9, 2013
1. Define literary terms, literary devices, and literary elements
2. Identify the difference with literary terms, literary devices,and  literary elements
3. Identify analogies
3. Write personal journal entry

Wednesday April 10, 2013
1. Review literary terms, literary devices, and literary elements
2. Complete and submit journal entries
3. VIew Fahrenheit 451 (if time permits)


Thursday April 11, 2013
1. View Fahrenheit 451


Friday April 12, 2013
1. Complete common core practice



English 10

Monday APril 8, 2013
1. Complete literaty devices quiz
2. Identify analogies

Tuesday April 9, 2013
1. Discuss literary devices quiz
2. Review analogies
3. Complete punctuation review -- take notes

Wednesday April 10, 2013
1.  Identify colon, semicolon, apostrophes, and quotation marks

Thursday, April 11, 2013
1. Complete colon, semicolon, apostrohe and quotation mark exercises
2. Review literary devices

Friday, April 12, 2013
1.Complete test -- literary devices and grammar

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

English 9
Monday: March 18, 2013
1. Complete edmodo vocabulary quiz
2. Write journal entry

Tuesday: March 19, 2013
1. Proofread journal entry
2. Review literary devices

Wednesday: March 20, 2013
1. Define active and passive voice
2. Review subject-verb agreement

Thursday: March 21, 2013
1. Read various literary passages
2. Identify literary devices within each passage

Friday: March 22, 2013
1. Complete grammar review
2. Identify commonly confused words

English 9 Pre-AP
Monday: March 18, 2013
1. Introduce Fahrenheit 451 paper guidelines and due date
2. Discuss thesis statement and introduction -- view example papers from last year's Pre-AP students

Tuesday: March 19, 2013
1. Review paper guidelines
2. Review edmodo vocabulary

Wednesday: March 20, 2013
1. Complete edmodo vocabulary quiz
2. Type introduction

Thursday: March 21, 2013
1. Review thesis statement, introduction and textual evidence
2. Gather information and construct paper

Friday: March 22, 2013
1. Contnue work on Fahrenheit 451 paper
2. Complete grammar review


English 10
Monday: March 18, 2013
1. Complete edmodo vocabulary quiz
2. Review literary devices

Tuesday: March 19, 2013
1. Complete literary devices online practice
2. Define literary devices

Wednesday: March 20, 2013
1. Discuss Jack London's Call of the Wild
2. Identify textual evidence and literary devices in Call of the WIild

Thursday: March 21, 2013
1. Complete literary devices quiz
2.  Identify punctuation uasge -- colon, semicolon

Friday: March 22, 2013
1. Discuss quiz
2. Grammar review 

Friday, March 1, 2013

March 4 - 8, 2013

English 9
      On Monday, each student will complete a quiz defining external conflict, internal conflict, direct characterization and indirect characterization. The quiz will also require the students to identify the characters, plot, theme, external conflict, internal conflict, resolution, and irony within the selection The Necklace. On Tuesday, I will return the quizzes in which we will discuss them,and I will answer any questions if necessary. The students will proceed to review their vocabulary on edmodo during the remaining portion of the period. On Wednesday, each student will review the literary devices such as hyperbole, allusion, irony, etc On Thursday, each student will complete a common core practice exercise. We will discuss the practice exercises on Friday.


English 9 Pre-AP
      On Monday, I will distribute questions from The Seive and The Sand which is the second chapter within Fahrenheit 451. The students will complete the questions on Monday ,and they will have an opportunity to complete and submit the questions on Tuesday. On Wednesday, I will distribute the guidelines for their 3-5 page paper on Fahrenheit 451. On Thursday, each student will complete a common core practice exercise. We will discuss the practice exercises on Friday. 



English 10
     On Monday,  the class will review irony, allusion, personification,hyperbole, etc in class. On Tuesday, each student will read a literary passage and identify the literary devices within the passage. On Wednesday, we will discuss the exercise and review common core material. On Thursday, each student will complete a common core practice exercise. We will discuss the practice exercises on Friday.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

February 25 - March 1, 2013

English 9
Monday February 25, 2013
1. Submit On Summer homework -- page 460-461
2.  Review edmodo vocabulary

Tuesday February 26, 2013
1. Review punctuation and grammar rules
2. Read "The Necklace" -- Identify direct and indirect characterization

Wednesday February 27, 2013
1. Identify characters, setting, plot, conflict, direct and indirect characterization in "The Necklace"
2. Review punctuation and grammar rules

Thursday February 28, 2013
1. Identify elements of fiction and point of view
2. Review punctuation and grammar rules

Friday March 1, 2013
1. Identify dialogue and flashback  
2. Complete "The Necklace" quiz

English 9 Pre-AP
Monday February 25, 2013
1. Review edmodo vocabulary
2. Complete Fahrenheit 451 chapter one presentations

Tuesday February 26, 2013
1. Complete Fahrenheit 451 chapter one quiz
2.  Read Fahrenheit 451 chapter 2

Wednesday February 27, 2013
1. Read Fahrenheit 451 chapter 2

Thursday February 28, 2013
1. Read Fahrenheit 451 chapter 2

Friday March 1, 2013
1. Complete Fahrenheit 451 chapter 2 quiz

English 10
Monday February 25, 2013
1. Review elements of fiction and point of view
2. Review edmodo vocabulary

Tuesday February 26, 2013
1. Complete elements of fiction and point of view questions
2. Review edmodo vocabulary

Wednesday February 27, 2013
1. Review dialogue and flashback
2.  Identify the useof dialogue and flashback in literary passage

Thursday February 28, 2013
1. Review tone, irony and style
2. Identify the use of tone, irony and style

Friday March 1, 2013
1. Identify hyperbole and archetype
2. Identify the use of hyperbole and archetypre in literary passage