Tuesday, January 31, 2012

January 30 - February 3, 2012

English 9 Pre-AP

Monday: January 30, 2012
Tuesday: January 31, 2012
1. Identify events in Fahrenheit 451's The Sieve and The Sand
2. Read Fahrenheit 451's Burning Bright
3. List literary terms -- from mock Pre-AP  test

Wednesday: February 1, 2012
Thursday: February 2, 2012
1. Discuss events in Fahrenheit 451's The Sieve and The Sand  assignment
2. Complete the last portion of Fahrenheit 451 Burning Bright
3. Define literary terms

Friday: February 3, 2012
1. Identify events in Burning Bright
2. Identify subject/verb agreement
Homework: Study for Fahrenheit 451 test

English 9

Monday: January 30, 2012
1. Discuss grammar and TKAMB ch. 1-10 test
2. Identify errors and rewrite journal entries
3. Define and identify active and passive voice
Homework: Read To Kill A Mockingbird chapters 11-15

Thursday: February 2, 2012
1. Identify acitve and passive voice -- quiz
2. Identify events in Chapters 11-15 To Kill A Mockingbird
Homework: Read chapters 16-20

Multimedia Publications

Tuesday: January 31, 2012
1. Discuss yearbook budget 
2. Organize class favorite photos
 Homework: None

Wednesday: February 1, 2012
1. Discuss yearbook deadline
2. Review club picture day
Homework: None

Friday: February 3, 2012
1. Discuss web page revisions
2. Discuss ad sales

Psychology

Tuesday: January 31, 2012
1. Discuss chapter one test
2. Introduce chapter two Psychological Reasearch Methods and Statistics
    Describe the poscess of psychological research
3. Name the different types of psychological research
4. Summarize the methodological hazards of doing research
5. Examine experimental procedures psychologists use to avoid bias
6. Recognize types of descriptive statistics
7. Describe inferential statistics

Wednesday: February 1, 2012
1. Complete chapter two Psychological Research Methods and Statistics assessment  
2. Review for chapter two quiz

Friday: February 3, 2012
1. Complete chapter two Psychological Research Methods and Statistics quiz
2. Complete chapter two  study guide


 

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

January 23- 27, 2012 - A week

English 9
Monday: January 23, 2012
1. Complete commonly misspelled words quiz  -- 2nd attempt
2. Identify events in To Kill A Mockingbird chapters 1-10
Homework: Complete and turn in To Kill A Mockingbird assignment  Wednesday

Wednesday: January 25, 2012
1. Introduce vocabulary terms
2. Submit homework assignment
3. Read and discuss chapter 11 and 12 in To Kill A Mockingbird
Homework: Read chapters 13

Thursday: January 26, 2012 
1. Return and discuss homework assignment (Chapters 1-10 Q&A)
2. Review and discuss chapters 11 - 13
3. Read and discuss chapters 14 and 15
4. Define and review vocabulary terms
Homework : Read chapters 16-20 of To Kill A Mockingbird

English 9 Pre-AP
Monday: January 23, 2012 --- A day
Tuesday: January 24, 2012 --- B day
1. Identify story elements and events in Fahrenheit 451 The Hearth and the Salamander
2. Introduce the Sieve and Sand
3. Read the Sieve and Sand pages 71-85
Homework: None

Wednesday: January 25, 2012 --- A day
1. Identify voice and diction
2. Define and identify acitive and passive voice
3. Read Sieve and Sand
Homework: None

Thursday: January 26, 2012 --- A day
Friday: January 27, 2012 -- B day
1. Read and complete Fahrenheit 451 Sieve and Sand
2. Identify active and passive voice
3. Define literary terms
Homework: None


Psychology
Tuesday: January 24, 2012
1. Review and discuss chapter one
2. Identify the four goals of psychology and provide an example of each
3. Define the key terms within section 1,2 and 3.
4. Identify the major influential figures within Psychology
Homework: Study for test

Friday: January 27, 2012
1. Complete chapter one test


Multimedia Publications
Tuesday: January 24, 2012
1. Organize club picture day
2. Discuss yearbook ad sales
3. Discuss yearbook current sales

Friday: January 27, 2012
1. Club Picture Day 

Friday, January 13, 2012

Jan. 16 - 20, 2012

Monday
Jan. 16, 2012 -- No School -- Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

* This is a B week.

Psychology
Tuesday: Jan. 17, 2012
1. Read and discuss "Why Study Psychology"
2. Describe the rande of topics that are covered in an introductory psycholgy course
3. Cite the goals and scientific basis of psychology
4. Explain important trends in the history of psychology
5. Identify various approaches to the study of psychology
Homework: complete assessment section one and two

Wednesday: Jan. 18, 2012
1. Review the topics covered in an introductory course
2. Discuss Why Study Psychology section one and two
3. Explain the work of a psychologist
4. Summarize the careers oand specialized fields in psychology
Homework: None

Friday: Jan. 20, 2012
1. Discuss Why Study Psychology section one and two assessment
2. Complete Why Study Pshychology section three assessment 
3. Complete Why Study Psychology chapter one assessment
Homework: study for Jan. 24, 2012 test

Multimedia Publications
Tuesday: Jan. 17, 2012
1. Finalize class favorites categories
2. Finalize fall photo yearbook pages

Wednesday: Jan. 18, 2012
1. Confirm Jerry Damson ad photo
2. Organize club picture day
Friday: Jan. 20, 2012
1. Finalize club picture day details
2. Discuss current budget
3. Explain 2012 slide show details

English 9 Pre-AP
Tuesday: Jan. 17, 2012
1. Complete Fahrenheit 451 pages 1-30 quiz
2. Discuss Pre-AP mock exam
3. Read and discuss Fahrenheit 451 pages 31-40
Homework: None

Wednesday: Jan. 18, 2012
Thursday: Jan. 19, 2012 -- A day
1. Discuss short story elements within Farenheit 451 pages 31-40
2. Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 40-50
3. Identify tone and diction
Homework: None

Friday: Jan. 20, 2012
1. Complete Fahrenheit 451 The Hearth and the Salamander
2. Identify tone and diction
3. Define and identify literary techniques
4. Define and identify active and passive voice
Homework: None

English 9
Thursday: Jan. 19, 2012
1. Spell commonly misspelled words (the list was given at the last class meeting)
2. Review and discuss short story elements in To Kill A Mockingbird --Chapters 1-5
3. Read and discuss TKAMB chapter 6 and 7
4. Discuss grammar and literature test
Homework: Read To Kill A Mockingbird chapter 8, 9, and 10

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Jan. 9 - 13, 2012

ENGLISH 9 PRE- AP
A Week
Monday: Jan. 9, 2012
Tuesday: Jan. 10, 2012 --- B Day
Objective:
1. Complete Pre-AP Mock exam
2. Introduce Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
3. Read The Hearth and the Salamander -- first section of Fahrenheit 451
*** The Fahrenheit 451 books are a classroom set. We will read the entire book in class.

Wednesday: Jan. 11, 2012
Friday: Jan. 13, 2012 -- B Day
Objective:
1. Complete remaining portion of Pre-AP Mock exam
2. Review Monday's The Hearth and the Salamander
3. Continue to read The Hearth and the Salamander

Thursday: Jan. 12, 2012
Objective:
1. Discuss Pre-AP Mock exam
2. Continue Fahrenheit's 451 The Hearth and the Salamander
3. Introduce literary terms

ENGLISH 9
A Week
Monday: Jan. 9, 2012
Objective:
1. Distribute 2011 midterms
2. Discuss Thursday's test -- which will cover areas of the midterm in which the class did not perform satisfactory.
3. Introduce Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird

Wednesday: Jan. 11, 2012
Objective:
1. Review Thursday's test study guide
2. Review Ch. 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird
3. Read Ch. 2 To Kill A Mockingbird
4. Introduce vocabulary terms
Homework: STUDY FOR TEST & define vocab terms

Thursday: Jan. 12, 2012
Objective:
1. Complete grammar & literature test
1. Review Ch. 2 of TKAMB
2. Read Ch. 3 of TKAMB
3. Define vocab terms
Homework: Read chapters 4-7 in TKAMB

PSYCHOLOGY
A Week
Tuesday: Jan. 10, 2012
Objective:
1. Describe the range of topics that are covered in an introductory psychology course
2. Cite the goals and scientific basis of psychology
3. Complete section 1 assessment
Homework: None

Friday: Jan. 13, 2012
Objective:
1. Explain important trends in the history of psychology
2. Identify various approaches to the study of psychology
3. Complete section 2 assessment
Homework: None

MULTIMEDIA PUBLICATIONS
A Week
Tuesday: Jan. 10, 2012
Objective:
1. Yearbook -- review page responsibilities
2. Webpage -- discuss new web page
3. Newsletter -- discuss February issue
Homework: Complete fall photo pages Friday

Friday: Jan. 13, 2012
Objective:
1. Yearbook -- fall photo pages due
2. Discuss and organize NCTHS Club Picture day
3. Discuss and organize senior panoramic photo
Homework: None

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Jan. 5-6, 2012

Thursday: Jan. 5, 2012
English 9 Pre-AP
1. Discuss and review midterm
2. Discuss final exam
3. Take notes regarding final exam paper
4. Discuss Fahrenheit 451
Homework: None

English 9
1. Discuss midterm -- define 8 parts of speech
                                  writing prompts
2. Discuss test -- Thursday Jan. 12, 2012
3. Discuss To Kill A Mockingbird
Homework: None

Friday: Jan. 6, 2012

Psychology
1. Introduce the course requirements
2. Define Psychology
3. Introduce chapter one Why Study Psychology?
Homework: None

Multimedia Publications
1. Discuss senior formal
2. Discuss February yearbook deadline
3. Discuss NEW webpage
4. Discuss Feb. newsletter
Homework: None

English 9 Pre-AP
1. Discuss and review midterm
2. Discuss final exam
3. Take notes regarding final exam paper
4. Discuss Farenheit 451
Homework: None