Assignment+Archives

Monday, May 9, 2011: Watch video of Act III; Complete Act III packet

Tuesday, May 10, 2011: Go over answers to Act III packet; Take Act III **Quiz**

Wednesday, May 11, 2011: Act IV notes; Act IV vocab; Begin reading Act IV

Thursday, May 12, 2011: Continue reading Act IV

Friday, May 13, 2011:

Monday, May 2, 2011: Watch video of Act II; Answer Act II Questions

Tuesday, May 3, 2011: **Quiz** over Act II

Wednesday, May 4, 2011: NOVEL DAY

Thursday, May 5, 2011: Act III Notes; Read Act III scene i; Video clip of scene i

Friday, May 6, 2011: Finish reading Act III

Monday, April 25, 2011: NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, April 26, 2011: R&J Act II Notes; Read Act II scenes i-ii

Wednesday, April 27, 2011: Act II Vocabulary notes; continue reading Act II (Scenes iii-?)

Thursday, April 28, 2011:

Friday, April 29, 2011:

Monday, April 18, 2011: Romeo & Juliet Act I Notes; Act I Vocab; Begin reading Act I

Tuesday, April 19, 2011: Romeo & Juliet; Continue reading Act I

Wednesday, April 20, 2011: Finish Act I; Complete Act I packet

Thursday, April 21, 2011: Review Act I packet; Romeo & Juliet Act I Quiz

Friday, April 22, 2011: NO SCHOOL

Monday, April 11, 2011: Passed back Sentence Opening Sheets; Revise ACT-style essay according to SOS suggestions; Add 4 quotes to essay using the 2 scholarly articles

Tuesday, April 12, 2011: NOVEL DAY; Read independent novel & complete a reading log

Wednesday, April 13, 2011: Begin Romeo & Juliet; Act I Notes; Begin Act I Scene i

Thursday, April 14, 2011: Act I vocabulary definitions; Continue Act I; Act I Vocab whskt in packet

Friday, April 15, 2011: Type final copies of Persuasive Essays

Monday, April 4, 2011: ACT-style essay due in class; 5 paragraphs on a school-related topic (dress code, grading scale, etc.)

Tuesday, April 5, 2011: find 2 scholarly articles on persuasive topic using the school's online databases (SIRS Researcher & Student Resource Center Gold)

Wednesday, April 6, 2011: Create a Works Cited page for 2 scholarly articles

Thursday, April 7, 2011: Sentence Opening Sheet

Friday, April 8, 2011: Free Verse Project due; Uploaded photos to the classroom website; Details about FVP assignment HERE

Monday, March 28-Friday, April 1: SPRING BREAK

Monday, March 21, 2011: Literary Techniques in the Odyssey Worksheet (Epithet & Formal Thetoric)

Tuesday, March 22, 2011: Review for Odyssey Part 2 Test

Wednesday, March 23, 2011: Odyssey Part 2 TEST

Thursday, March 24, 2011: Read //The Idi-Odyssey (not graded)//

Friday, March 25, 2011: SIP Day; Read //The Idi-Odyssey (not graded)//


 * Monday, March 14, 2011**: Pic Lits Marathon; respond to 4 different pic lit writing prompts; each response must have 5+ sentences and use 5+ of the given descriptive words; Online access to Pic Lit promps HERE


 * Tuesday, March 15, 2011:** Notes over the epic; Read p. 994-1001 of //The Odyssey// ("Twenty Years Gone" & "Argus"); Answer questions over both sections in Part 2 packet; Odyssey Part 2 Vocab Wksht


 * Wednesday, March 16, 2011**: Read p. 1001-1005: "The Suitors" & "Penelope"; Answer questions in packet


 * Thursday, March 17, 2011**: Read p. 1007-1017: "The Challenge," "Odysseus' Revenge," & "Penelope's Test"; Answer questions in the packet


 * Friday, March 18, 2011**: Odyssey Part 2 Word search


 * Monday, March 7, 2011:** Read "The Sirens" & "Scylla and Charybdis" in Literature textbook


 * Tuesday, March 8, 2011:** Read "The Cattle of the Sun God" in Literature book; finish worksheets in Part 1 packet


 * Wednesday, March 9, 2011:** Presentation from SAFE


 * Thursday, March 10, 2011:** Review Part 1 of //The Odyssey//


 * Friday, March 11, 2011: The Odyssey: Part 1 TEST**


 * Monday, February 28, 2011**: Article of the Week #11: "Faraway Planet Could Support Life"; Response should have: 3 direct quotes from article, 2 appositives, & 2 semicolons


 * Tuesday, March 1, 2011**: Begin reading //The Odyssey// (p. 951-955 in //Literature// textbook); begin filling out Odysseus's journey on map (stops 1-3); Vocabulary Builder worksheet in Odyssey: Part 1 packet


 * Wednesday, March 2, 2011**: Do Odyssey Part 1 review questions in packet over: Introduction, Sailing Home from Troy, & The Lotus Eaters; Begin reading "The Cyclops" (p. 956-?)


 * Thursday, March 3, 2011**: Finish reading "The Cyclops"; Answer Cyclops review questions in Part 1 packet; watch video of the cyclops from Odyssey movie


 * Friday, March 4, 2011**: Read "The Land of the Dead" in Literature textbook; answer review questions in the Part 1 packet


 * ODYSSEY PART 1 TEST ON FRIDAY, MARCH 11**


 * Monday, February 21, 2011**: NO SCHOOL; PRESIDENT'S DAY


 * Tuesday, February 22, 2011**: Watch Search Stories


 * Wednesday, February 23, 2011**: Notes on characters from The Odyssey


 * Thursday, February 24, 2011**: Article of the Week: "Kids Who Skip School Are Tracked by GPS"


 * Friday, February 25, 2011**: Watch Clash of the Gods: Hades (video)


 * Monday, February 14, 2011**: Article of the Week #9: Valentine's Day; response must have 10 sentences w/ 2 allusions (1 to mythology & 1 your choice)


 * Tuesday, February 15, 2011**: Class Registration with Mrs. Fisher


 * Wednesday, February 16, 2011**: Watch //Hercules// (movie)


 * Thursday, February 17, 2011:** Computer Lab; Creating Search Stories


 * Friday, February 18, 2011:** NO SCHOOL; TRI-COUNTY INSTITUTE


 * Monday, February 7, 2011**: 12 Olympian flashcards (highlight important info that might appear on quiz Friday); Distribute Article of the Week #8 "The Tell-Tale Bacteria"


 * Tuesday, February 8, 2011:** Mythology Barbie (based on one of the Olympians)


 * Wednesday, February 9, 2011**: Finish reading The Trojan War; watch clip from The Odyssey


 * Thursday, February 10, 2011**: review for quiz over Olympians


 * Friday, February 11, 2011**: Turn in Article #8; QUIZ OVER OLYMPIAN FLASHCARDS


 * Monday, January 31, 2011**: Perform Reader's Theater pieces; Continue reading "Trojan War" packet (p. 181-185) up to battle between Paris & Menelaus


 * Tuesday, February 1, 2011**: SNOW DAY


 * Wednesday, February 2, 2011**: SNOW DAY


 * Thursday, February 3, 2011**: SNOW DAY


 * Friday, February 4, 2011**: SNOW DAY


 * Monday, January 24, 2011:** revise an Article of the Week response; include 2 quotes from the article & 2 appositives; fill out a Sentence Opening Sheet for the revised response

Example: "He was angry." (tell) "His face turned bright red and the veins on his forehead began to poke out from beneath his sweaty brow." (show)
 * Tuesday, January 25, 2011**: "Show, Don't Tell" practice (write one 5-sentence "show" paragraph for writing binders; turn in SOS for article revision


 * Wednesday, January 26, 2011**: Begin reading about the Trojan War


 * Thursday, January 27, 2011**: Read "The Judgment of Paris" (handout p. 178-181); work in groups of approx. 4 to write a readers' theater adaptation of the myth (for an example of readers' theater, view the myth of Io)


 * Friday, January 28, 2011**: Perform Readers' Theater pieces; Type revised Article of the Week responses in the computer lab.


 * Monday, January 17, 2011**: NO SCHOOL; MLK DAY


 * Tuesday, January 18, 2011**: Practice ACT test (English subtest)


 * Wednesday, January 19, 2011**: Practice ACT test (Reading subtest)


 * Thursday, January 20, 2011**: SNOW DAY


 * Friday, January 21, 2011**: Read article "The Internet is Spying on You"; Highlight & annotate article; write a 10-sentence response


 * Monday, January 10, 2011**: Read the myth of Cupid & Psyche


 * Tuesday, January 11, 2011**: Strip Generator version of a myth


 * Wednesday, January 12, 2011**: Student-Created Myths


 * Thursday, January 13, 2011**: SNOW DAY


 * Friday, January 14, 2011**: Pass Back Papers/Organize Writing Binders


 * Monday, January 3, 2011**: "Medusa: Clash of the Gods" (video); answer Medusa Video Quiz questions


 * Tuesday, January 4, 2011**: Finish "Medusa: Clash of the Gods"; finish Medusa Video Quiz; Begin reading Perseus myth


 * Wednesday, January 5, 2011**: Finish reading Perseus myth; begin Clash of the Titans (2010 movie)


 * Thursday, January 6, 2011**: Clash of the Titans (2010 movie)


 * Friday, January 7, 2011**: Clash of the Titans (2010 movie); myth of Io (time permitting)