Announcements

Final exam paragraphs are due by Friday, May 17.

May 13 to 17

Goals: identify and explain "cause and effect" within the text; respond to themes within text


Monday: work on paragraphs; HW: be finished with the revision page of the first paragraph

Tuesday: work on paragraphs; HW: be done with the first paragraph

Wednesday: work on paragraphs; HW: be done with the outline of the second paragraph

Thursday: work on paragraphs; HW: complete both paragraphs

Friday: final paragraph project on Julius Caesar is due; this paragraph project IS the final exam--late work will not be accepted!!!

May 6 to 10


Goals: identify and explain "cause and effect" within the text; respond to themes within text


Monday: Act V, Scene 3, presentations, day 1; read Act V, Scene 4; do reading log for HW

Tuesday: Act V, Scene 3, presentations, day 2: re-read Act V, Scene 4 out loud

Wednesday: read Act V, Scene 5, out loud; finish reading log for HW

Thursday: Sky Sox

Friday: quiz 5; turn in reading logs; begin Julius Caesar paragraphs



April 29 to May 3

Goals: find figurative language within text; identify motives of characters


Monday: Scantron

Tuesday: Act V, Scene 1--do reading log for HW; also storyboard figurative language w/in the act

Wednesday: Act V, Scene 2--do reading log for HW

Thursday: Act V, Scene 3--do reading log for HW

Friday: Act V, Scene 4

 

April 22 to 25

Monday: finish Act IV

Tuesday: study guide

Wednesday: reading log check; quiz; study guide due

Thursday: responding to Julius Caesar

Friday: no school for students

 

April 15 to 19


Monday: finish presentations of Act III, Scene 1

Tuesday: Act III, Scenes 2 and 3

Wednesday: finish Act III

Thursday: study guide; go over Act IV, Scenes 1 and 2

Friday: quiz; study guide due; reading log check over Act III; read Act IV, Scene 3


April 8 to 12


Monday: study guide for quiz; per. 5 and 6: Act II, Scene 4

Tuesday: quiz and reading log check for Act II; Read Act III, Scene 1 (spoiler alert: Julius Caesar dies)

Wednesday: Act III, Scene 1

Thursday: Act III, Scene 2

Friday: Act III, Scene 2 (continued); Act III, Scene 3

 

April 3 to 5


Wednesday: per 4: Act II, Scene 2; per 5 and 6: Act II, Scene I

Thursday: per. 4: Act II, Scene 3; per 5 and 6, Act II, Scene 2

Friday: per 4: Act II, Scene 4; Per 5 and 6: Act II, Scene 3


March 18 to 22

Monday: Julius Caesar; Act I, Scene 2

Tuesday: Julius Caesar

Wednesday: Julius Caesar; quiz

Thursday: reading log check through Act II, Scene 1

 

March 11 to 15

Monday: TCAP review

Tuesday: last day of TCAPs

Wednesday: begin Julius Caesar

Thursday: Julius Caesar

Friday: Julius Caesar

 

March 4 to March 8

Monday: "A Time to Talk" and "They Have Yarns:" responding to poetry

Tuesday: TCAPs

Wednesday: TCAPs

Thursday: TCAPs

Friday: poetry workshop

 

February 25 to March 1

Monday: Megamart article and letter to the editor

Tuesday: text features and FATP in newspapers

Wednesday: text features in books

Thursday: responding to fiction/short stories

Friday: responding to fiction/short stories

 

February 19 to 22

Tuesday: text features and FATP in articles on the Industrial Revolution; creating timelines using text

Wednesday: "History of Gum," "Mayor Bass Announces Megamart Construction"

Thursday: Who's who in a story's dialogue?

Friday: "The Adventures of Robin Hood," "Sail Away"

February 11 to 15

Monday: Responding to Stargirl; summarizing and analyzing

Tuesday: 'The Professional' and 'Pep Ralley Revival;' FATP

Wednesday: FATP for nonfiction; responding to nonfiction

Thursday: 'A Robot Named Dot' and 'The Iditarod'

Friday: 'The Adventures of Robin Hood'

 

 

February 4 to 8

Monday: "Cozumel"--working with nonfiction

Tuesday: "Birches"--the pieces of a poem

Wednesday: "Little Women"--analyzing classic fiction

 

January 28 to February 1

Monday: TCAP prep/ "The Joker"/plot diagramming and the five elements of literature

Tuesday: TCAP prep/ "John's Bright Idea"/ compare and contrast works from different genres

Wednesday: TCAP prep/ "3 Famous Americans" and working with nonfiction

Thursday: TCAP prep/ "3 Famous Americans" and working with nonfiction

Friday: TCAP prep/ "3 Famous Americans" and working with nonfiction

 

January 22 to 25

Tuesday: International Towne preparation

Wednesday: International Towne preparation

Thursday: International Towne field trip

Friday: reading activity

 

January 14 to 18

Monday: vocab 13; read "Apollo and Daphne"

Tuesday: "Cupid and Psyche"

Wednesday: "Cupid and Psyche"

Thursday: prep for International Towne

Friday: vocab 13 due; quiz 13; prep for International Towne

 

January 8 to 11

Tuesday: Vocab 12 worksheet; read "Pygmalion and Galatea"

Wednesday: International Towne pretest; read "Echo and Narcissus"

Thursday: read "Apollo and Daphne"

Friday: Vocab 12 due; quiz 12; read "Orpheus and Eurydice"

 

 

December 17 to 21

Monday: study guide

Tuesday: exam

Wednesday: the poetry of Christmas

Thursday: winter poetry

Friday: holiday poetry

 

 

December 3 to 7

Monday: "Woman Work" poem; begin Vocab 11 (due Friday)

Tuesday: "All the World's a Stage"

Wednesday: continue "All the World's a Stage"

Thursday: Rudyard Kipling's "If"

Friday: "Sympathy/I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"; Quiz 11; vocab 11 due

 

 

November 26 to 30

Monday: TCAP prep/reading comprehension packet (in class)

Tuesday: Vocab 10 wkst (words from "Walden"); read "Walden" out loud in class and do two-column notes

Wednesday: Finish reading "Walden" and doing two-column notes; two-column notes due by the end of the period; begin  Socratic Seminar

Thursday: Socratic Seminar on Walden

Friday: quiz on Vocab 10 and Walden; writing activitiy

November 12 to 15

Tuesday: read chapters 10 and 11; do 4 post-its; begin study guide

HW: finish reading log for 10 and 11; do study guide

Wednesday: read chapters 12 and 13 out loud

HW: finish reading log; do study guide

Thursday: read 14 and 15 out loud; do study guide

HW: finish reading log; finish study guide

Friday: turn in reading logs and study guides; Children's Homer test

 

November 5 to 9

Monday: vocab list 8; read chapters 3 to 4 and do 6 post-its

HW: do chs. 3 and 4 in the reading log

Tuesday: read chapters 5 and 6 out loud; do chs. 5 and 6 in reading log

Wednesday: read chs. 7 and 8; do 5 post-its

HW: do chs. 7 and 8 in reading log

Thursday: reading log check today! in-class writing activity

HW: finish in-class writing activity if needed

Friday: quiz 8; read chs. 9 and 10 silently

 

October 29 to November 2

Monday: vocab list 8, 11-sentence summary of The Iliad

HW: finish summary; vocab sheet 8 due Friday

Tuesday: begin paragraph analyzing heroism in The Iliad (part I of Children's Homer)

Wednesday: continue working on paragraph

Thursday: read Chs. 1 and 2 of Part II of Children's Homer

HW: finish reading log

Friday: vocab sheet 8 due; quiz 8; read chapters 3 and 4 of Children's Homer, part 2

 

October 14 to 16

Monday: Read chapters 15 and 16 in class; do reading log

HW: 4th and 5th periods: read chapters 17 and 18 and do 3 post-its

       6th period: finish reading log for chapters 13, 14, 15, and 16

Tuesday: read chapters 19 and 20 silently; do 3 more post-its; do reading log for chs. 17 to 20

HW: finish reading log for chapters 17 to 20

Wednesday: Read 21 and 22 aloud; do reading log as a class

 

October 8 to 12

Monday: Vocab worksheet 7; read chapters 7 and 8 silently (do 5 post-its); do reading log (see rubric)

HW: vocab worksheet due Friday; finish unfinished work from class

Tuesday: Chapters 9 and 10 out loud in class; reading log (see rubric)

HW: vocab worksheet due Friday; finish reading and reading log if unfinished

Wednesday: Chapters 11 and 12 silently with 5 post-its; reading log (see rubric)

HW: vocab wkst due Friday; finish any unfinished work from class; be prepared for a reading log check on Thursday

Thursday: turn in reading logs; reading response practice; read chs. 13 and 14 for homework (5 post-its)

Friday: quiz 7; reading log as a class

 

October 1 to 5


Monday: TCAP practice

Tuesday: intro to Ancient Greece

Wednesday: read chapters 1 to 3 in class, do chapters 1 to 2 in reading log. No homework!

Thursday: Do chapter 3 in reading log, read chapters 4 and 5 silently (5 post-its) HW: reading log chapters 4 and 5

Friday: read chapters 6 and 7