Pleasant Valley High School

• Welcome Back:)
• New Seating Charts
• Webpage address
• Review changes for Semester 2
• Review Quiz from Semester 1 (terms)
• Imagery - what is it
• Imagery poster assignment

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

• Imagery Posters due
• library (15 mins) to check out books for SSR
• PPT - figurative language*

Homework:  Figurative language examples (3 for each)

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

• SSR (15 mins) - fill out book accountability sheet
  
• Figurative Language Examples due
• correct Review Quiz
• Select and chart strongest figurative example
• Emotions poem (topic from poster) *
• Poems must be typed - MLA format not required...be Creative:)
  

Thursday, January 10, 2013

• Typed emotions poems due
• (alliteration - add to terms)
• How to read a poem/lyrics (3 times)
• Identifying figurative language in song lyrics (My Heart's a Stereo)

Homework:  Bring your SSR books tomorrow!

Friday, January 11, 2013

• SSR
• Figurative Language in Lyrics (Ain't No Mountain High Enough)

Homework:  Have a great weekend! 

• Figurative language Quiz (identifying figurative language in song lyrics)
• Figurative Language Skit (form groups and begin writing script) *

Homework:

• Figurative language skits performed Wednesday (and Thursday if needed)
• Typed scripts are due on Wednesday
• Above and Beyond options include:  props, memorizing lines, reading well and "becoming" the characters

Tuesday, January 15 

• Sentences Review ppt - take Cornell Notes
• Skits (work with your groups)
• Turn in group members' names, and the title of your skit to Mrs. Flory
• Do you want to begin skits on Thursday??  (class vote)
• How can I best help with skits?  (props, time, ideas, etc.)

Homework

• Skits begin on ______________________?  (Weds/Thurs?  Will fill in after classes vote - currently it is Wednesday)

Wednesday, January 16

• Finish Cornell Notes (sentences review)*
• Finalize/practice skits, etc.
• Room is open during lunch - use your group's time wisely

Homework

• Scripts (typed) are due at the beginning of the period Tomorrow!!

Thursday, January 17

• Skits, skits, skits:)
• Figurative language scripts are DUE TODAY - NO EXCEPTIONS!!
• Evaluation Guidelines and Audience guidelines

Homework:

• Skits performed (if you did not perform today) 
• Bring SSR books on Friday

Friday, January 18

• Finish skit performances
• "Talk to me" written reflections
• SSR

Homework:

• Have a good 3-day weekend:)  No school on Monday!

• MLK's Birthday - No School.

Tuesday, January 22

• OMAM Anticipation Guide ( choose sides and discuss): 4 Questions
• John Steinbeck and Of Mice and Men intro powerpoint*
• Guided notes for powerpoint*
• Sentences Packet (use notes from last week's powerpoint to help you)

Homework:

• Sentences Packet due Thursday
• Sentences quiz (types, sub, pred - both simple and complete) on Thursday
• Bring SSR books tomorrow

Wednesday, January 23

• SSR and book accountability sheet
• Finish John Steinbeck and OMAM notes from ppt

Homework:

• Sentence packets due; sentences quiz tomorrow

Thursday, January 24

• Sentences Packets Due
• Sentences Quiz
• Read first  paragraph of OMAM and illustrate*

Homework:

• SSR Books due Friday
• You will have class time to finish your illustrations on Friday

Friday, January 25

• SSR
• Finish illustration

Homework:

• OMAM paragraph 1 illustration due Monday

• OMAM Paragraph 1 Illustrations due
• OMAM Vocabulary Chapters 1 - 3 (using context clues to determine meanings)*
• Turn and Talk with elbow partners:  Compare "meanings" and circle similar responses
• OMAM Vocabulary Chapters 1 - 3 (ppt)*

Homework:

• Complete vocab context clues sheet
• begin OMAM vocabulary definitions

Tuesday, January 29

• Finish OMAM vocab ppt (copy remaining definitions)
• OMAM video (8 minutes)*
• Begin reading Chapter 1 of OMAM * (complete text of OMAM found on the "Assignments and Assistance" page)

Homework:

• Bring SSR book tomorrow!!

Wednesday, January 30

• SSR
• Finish reading OMAM Chapter 1
• Omam Chapter 1 Study Guide*

Homework:

• Chapter 1 Study Guides due tomorrow (1/31)

Thursday, January 31

• Study guides due at the top of the period
• Double - Entry Journals (work with partner to find one quote from chapter 1 and discuss/write 35 word commentary)
• Double-Entry Journal Assignment*
• OMAM movie trailer

Homework:

• Bring SSR books tomorrow!
• Double entry journals are not due until after we have finished Chapter 2 (I will give you an exact date next week)

Friday, February 1

• SSR
• Reading Response Questions
• "What do I do when I have finished my book???"  Handout for SSR novel completions*
• begin OMAM Chapter 2

Homework

• None - Have a Great Weekend:)

• Verbs ppt*
• Continue reading OMAM Chapter 2
• Verbs Packet (you will ONLY receive a verbs packet if you have your COMPLETE ppt notes!!)

Homework:

• Double-Entry Journal for OMAM Chapters 1 and 2 due Wednesday
• Verbs Packet due Thursday

Tuesday, February 5

• Finish reading Chapter 2
• Chapter 2 study guide*
• Add to Chapter 2 Double Entry Journals... (find your quotes - evidence - and commentary)

Homework:

• TYPED, PRINTED Double-Entry Journals due Wednesday (top of period - no excuses!!)
• SSR Books Tomorrow
• Verbs Packet due Thursday

Wednesday, February 6

• TYPED, PRINTED Double-Entry Journals due!!  (Please follow through on this!)
• Excuses/concerns/issues??? Write them down and hand them in to the teacher.  I will then be able to review them later.
• SSR (25 mins) - (Let's work on getting your books completed so that you can get started on your finished book assignment!)
• Study Guides collected (If you need a little bit of time to complete your Chapter 2 study guide, take part of your SSR time to do so.)
• Begin reading OMAM Chapter 3

Homework:

• Verbs Packets due Thursday

Thursday, February 7

• Questions about Verb packet???
• Finish Reading Chapter 3
• Chapter 3 study guides*
• Vocabulary Review x word
• Note:  Chapter 3 Double-Entry Journals ("big picture" quotes - See Friday, February 8 before selecting your quotes from this chapter!)

Homework:

• Vocabulary x word due
• Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow (Chapters 1 - 3)
• SSR Books tomorrow

Friday, February 8

• Vocabulary x words collected at top of period (FULLY COMPLETED, or ZERO POINTS!!!)
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Chapter 3 Study Guide (in-class work)
• Work on finding one Chapter 3 Quote related to the idea of the American Dream, and one related to the idea of lonliness
• SSR

Homework:

• Nothing due on Monday, but remember that you will be completing another Double - Entry Journal for Chapters 3 and 4 that will be due next week.  I have not given you the "big picture" quote alignment yet, so do not begin on your Chapter 4 Double-Entry Journal quote selections yet...

• Correct OMAM Vocab (1-3) quizzes
• OMAM Vocabulary ppt Chapters 4 - 6*
• Begin OMAM Chapter 4

Homework:

• none

Tuesday, February 12

• Finish OMAM Chapter 4
• Chapter 4 Study Guide*
• Double-Entry Journal Quotes - first quote must relate to/have a connection to SOCIAL INJUSTICE, second quote must
  relate to/have a connection to LONLINESS

Homework:

• Double-Entry Journals for Chapters 3 and 4 are due on Thursday
• Bring your SSR books tomorrow

Wednesday, February 13

• SSR
• Figurative Language Scavenger Hunt*

Homework:

• Double-Entry Journals for Chapters 3 and 4 are due tomorrow!

Thursday, February 14

• Happy Valentine's Day - no, we cannot have a party:(
• Double-Entry Journals are due - no exceptions!

Homework:

• none. 

Friday, February 15

• Hello 4 - day weekend:)  See you next Tuesday!

• Holiday - NO SCHOOL:)

Tuesday, February 19

• New Seating Charts
• Expectations of Student Work
• Quickwrite:  How do you measure up?  Are you settling or striving? 
• Read Chapter 5 (OMAM)

Homework:

• Remember you should be working on your Double - Entry journals (quotes from Chapter 5 - your choice)
• SSR books tomorrow

Wednesday, February 20

• SSR
• Chapter 5 study guide - powerpoint notes (Focus: Characterization)*
• Finish study guides IN CLASS!!  This is NOT homework!  Individual assignment - no partners or groups for this one
• Unit 2 Sentences packet (pages 30,31,32,33)

Homework:

• Sentences Packet due tomorrow
• Vocabulary Quiz tomorrow (OMAM Chapters 4 - 6)

Thursday, February 21

• Sentences Packets due
• Vocabulary Quiz Chapters 4 - 6 (OMAM)
• Read OMAM Chapter 6
• Chapter 6 Study Guide (Focus:  Theme)*

Homework:

• OMAM test tomorrow (including vocabulary from Chs 1 - 6)
• SSR books tomorrow
• Study guides due tomorrow - done well, or don't turn them in.
• Double-Entry Journals for Chapters 5 and 6 due on Monday

Friday, February 22

• Study guides due
• OMAM test
• SSR

Homework:

• Double-Entry journals (on time only.  IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO PRINT THESE - NO EXCEPTIONS!!)  Do not wait until the last minute to see if the technology you are depending on is functioning properly!!

• Double-Entry Journals due (5 and 6)
• Make up OMAM tests
• Movie - OMAM

Homework:

• Double-check your grade on Aeries
• Questions???

Tuesday, February 26

• Poetry notes (begin)*
• Movie - OMAM

Homework:

• none

Wednesday, February

• More Poetry notes
• Watch movie - OMAM

Homework:

• None

Thursday, February 28

• Finish poetry notes (from ppt)*
• Finish OMAM movie

• SSR tomorrow

Friday, March 1

• SSR
• Book Response Sheet
• "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" (Robert Frost)
• Rhyme Scheme

Homework:

•  bring a copy of a poem (hand written or printed, NOT THE BOOK FROM WHICH IT CAME!!) to read aloud to the class on Monday
• What drew you to the poem?
• What poetic elements do you see?

• Counselors visit classroom - part 1 of Freshman Registration for next year's classes
• Poems due today (any turned in today are xc)

Homework:

• bring a poem to class (LAST CHANCE - NO LATE POEMS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER TUESDAY UNLESS YOU ARE ABSENT ON TUESDAY AND DID NOT HAVE A POEM ON MONDAY!!!!)
• be prepared to address the following questions during your presentation:
• who is the author of the poem?
•   Where did you find the poem? (source) 
• Why were you drawn to the poem?  (in other words, why did you select it?) 
• What is the poem saying? (meaning or message???) 
  

• Read poems in pers 1 and 5 (period 3, since I did not remind you yesterday, your poems are due tomorrow!!)
• period 3 - study poem "The Highwayman"

Homework:

• Period 3 - poems due (see Monday's description)
• Periods 1 and 5 - we will finish poems tomorrow
• bring SSR books
  

Wednesday, March 6

• finish poems in pers 1 and 5
• period 1 - guest speaker (international teacher) presentation
• read poems in per 3
• ssr and book response sheet in per 5 (poem introduction)

Homework:

• none

Thursday, March 7

• Quickwrite:  If I could go back in time (to my first-grade self), what would I tell myself about preparing for the future of a high school freshman?  What happened?  WHat did you learn?  Advice?  Humor?  Encouragement?
• Write a response that is 1/2 to one full page in length.  Write legibly.  Be prepared to share with a partner.
• Poem and poem response sheet:  "Letter to Me" by Brad Paisley
• Poem template:  "Did I grow up?"  poem
• Brainstorm and write poem

Homework:

• Typed and decorated poem due tomorrow.  Colorful, creative, follows format but does not follow the examples from the ppt poem.  Go above and beyond in terms of your presentation of the poem.  You might want to give this to a parent, guardian, or special person as a gift.
• Reminder - you may print in color in the library, but it costs more than the standard fee.  You may also use pictures or hand drawn illustrations, borders, etc. when displaying your poem.
• SSR books tomorrow also!!

Friday, March 8

• Share poems (volunteer basis)
• All poems are due
• Senior Letters (you will NEED to complete you senior letters in class.  If you want me to leave your envelope unsealed so that you can bring things for it - for example, pictures, money, or anything significant to you this year, I will hold your envelope open until Monday.)
• SSR

Homework:

• none

• Book Reports Review and FINAL DUE DATE...(Friday, April 12)
• Mid-Year (third quarter) Assessment
• Imagery poem illustration:  "The Rose that Grew from Concrete"
• Finish Senior letters during class or during lunch today

Homework:

• Poem illustration due Tuesday

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

• Poem Illustrations Due
• Examine poem (ppt) and sample analysis questions
• Poetry Analysis Packet #1

Homework:

• Poetry analysis packet #1 due
• SSR books

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

• Poetry Analysis Packet due
• Poem study
• SSR

Homework:

• Bring signed, yellow course selection sheets tomorrow for sophomore registration with counselors

Thursday, March 14, 2013

• Counseling Registration (in office)
• Return to class - Poetry Analysis Packet #2

Homework: 

• Poetry Analysis Packet #2 due
• SSR books for Friday

Friday, March 15, 2013

• Poetry Analysis Packet #2 due
• Poem Response Sheet
• Poem:  "The Dance"
• SSR

Homework:

• Have a great break!!

• Watch first part of movie (documentary) Shakespeare High
• 15 interesting facts from the entire movie (complete sentences)

Homework:

• None

Tuesday, March 26

• Finish movie
• Turn in facts sheet
• Poetry Elements ID Chart "From Silverstein to Shakespeare"

Homework:

• Poetry Elements ID Charts due
• Poetic Elements test Wednesday
• Bring SSR books

Wednesday, March 27

• Poetry Elements ID Charts due
• Review Poetry Elements (5 mins)
• Poetry Test
• SSR

Homework:

• None

Thursday, March 28

• "If Shakespeare Wrote the Three Little Pigs" (video) - intro to shakespearean language

• Introducing Iambic Pentameter and the Shakespearean Sonnet

Homework:

• Reminder:  Book Reports are due on April 12...(see assignments and assistance page - prior date - if you lost your handouts)

• Research Shakespeare's life, times, works, and language.
• Write a two page essay focusing on one key aspect about Shakespeare.
• Paper must be typed, in MLA format - NO EXCEPTIONS!
• Use at least 3 sources and cite them properly (note:  not all sources may be from the internet - at least one needs to be in print form.  You can use your text book as a source.)
• This needs to be completed during break and turned in tomorrow.*

Homework:

• Essay due at the top of the period on Tuesday. 
• You may email your essays to me this time (exception), but they need to be attached as a Word Document or the MLA formatting will be messed up.  You may also choose to print the essays on your own.

Tuesday, April 2

• Review assignment
• "What is iambic pentameter and why is it important when studying Shakespeare?"
• ppt and worksheet (analysis) of Sonnet 18*
• Worksheet: Shakespeare's Style (The Sonnet Form and Iambic Pentameter)

Homework:

• Worksheet: Shakespeare's Style (The Sonnet Form and Iambic Pentameter) due at the top of the period
• SSR books for Wednesday

Wednesday, April 3

• Sonnet-writing activity (and helpful tips for planning your sonnet)*
• Sonnets written in class only!!
• Rough draft sonnets stamped today
• SSR

Homework:

• If you do not finish your sonnet, you need to come in to class during lunch to finish or you may finish on Friday during SSR

Thursday, April 4

• Movie:  Shakespeare A & E Biography and worksheet

Homework:

• If you are absent today (April 4), you will obviously miss the movie.  You are responsible for knowing the background information about Shakespeare's life.
• See Mrs. Flory when you return and she will give you the alternate assignment for today's lesson.

Friday, April 5

• (finish film if necessary)
• Intro to R and J notes
• "The Perfect Mate" assignment  (complete your part during class.  Have Mrs. Flory stamp it or it will not receive credit.)
• Your part is mandatory; your mom or dad (or both, or guardians) have the opportunity to do an extra credit assignment for you at home.  It is their part of the assignment and is worth xtra points, which should make them happy as well:)
• SSR (or finish sonnets)

Homework:

• "The Perfect Mate" assignment (extra credit option) will be due on Monday - no excuses, you just won't get the extra credit:(
• Final draft of sonnets will be due on Tuesday, April 9 (next Tuesday).  Sonnets MUST be typed!! You are required to print them out - I will not accept them via email (FROM ANYONE!).  This gives you Monday in the library, at home, or Tuesday in the library.  Do not expect to use class time to go to the library and print.  If the library is closed, ask NICELY if you can go in to print and you may be able to do this.
• Remember - book evaluations are due on April 12!!!  NOTHING WILL BE ACCEPTED LATE...PERIOD!!

• Perfect Mate Parent Form due (xc)
• Sonnet Check and Review (Quiz)
• A Fair Elizabethan Woman - going to extremes to be perfect then and now...
• Finish R & J Intro Notes (ppt)
• Academic Vocabulary (ppt)

Homework:

• BOTH Original (ROUGH DRAFTS) and Final Copies (TYPED>>>ONLY!!) of Sonnets due tomorrow - NO EXCEPTIONS!
• Remember, I DO NOT print these out for you.  You must find a way to print them PRIOR to the start of class.
• Academic Vocabulary Terms Quiz tomorrow - STUDY YOUR NOTES!!

Tuesday, April 9

• Original (YOOS) Sonnets due (rough drafts AND final copies...or zero credit - together, they are ONE ASSIGNMENT)
• Academic Vocabulary Quiz
• R & J Prologue Activity (perhaps you can work with a partner, perhaps not. Depends on entire class finishing quiz, in addition to class dynamics for the day...)*

Homework:

• Prologue Activity due at the TOP OF THE PERIOD on WEDNESDAY.  You may have to complete this assignment on your own at home, REGARDLESS of whether or not you were working on it with a partner during class.  YOU ARE INDIVIDUALLY ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS ASSIGNMENT!!
• Bring SSR books!

Wednesday, April 10

• Prologue Activity Sheet DUE at the TOP OF THE PERIOD today! 
• Shakespeare Character Sheet (attached to website for you to access if you are ever confused about the relationships between the characters)
• Correct Academic Vocab Quizzes
• SSR

Homework:

• Nothing due tomorrow

Thursday, April 11

• R & J unit vocabulary (10 words) - see the Romeo and Juliet Introductory ppt : vocabulary slides are at the end of the presentation*
• Read "One Day at the Globe" and answer Comprehension Questions
• Look up vocabulary - definitions due by tomorrow

Homework:

• Definitions due
• Book Evaluations/Reports due (EVERYTHING YOU COULD POSSIBLY NEED IS ON THE "ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSISTANCE" PAGE FOR THIS WEEK,  BUT...YOU MUST READ THE ENTIRE WORKSHEET IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS EXPECTED!! 
  
• ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY, ABSOLUTELY NO EXCEPTIONS - If your evaluation/report is not here on Friday, April 12 (regardless of if you are), it will not be accepted.  You have had FULL KNOWLEDGE of this assignment since the very, very beginning of FEBRUARY!!

Friday, April 12

• Book Evaluations/Reports due (TYPED, not handwritten OR emailed!!!) at the top of the period - ENOUGH SAID.
• Vocabulary Definitions due 
• Vocabulary "quick check" (completing the sentences)
• Look over R & J Act I
• Script Roles for Act I
• Begin R & J

Homework

• none
  

• Review Late Work Policy AGAIN...
• Reading Passage - Romeo and Juliet (an introduction)
• Begin reading Romeo and Juliet - Act I

Homework:

• Be nice to your parents - it is April 15 (tax day in the grown up world - and no one enjoys it!)

Tuesday, April 16

• Finish reading Romeo and Juliet Act I, scenes 1 and 2
• "And then we masked..." Masquerade Ball Mask Project (handout and rubric)

Homework:

• Masks due on Monday, April 22nd  (pay close attention to the project rubric!!)

Wednesday, April 17

• Read R & J Act I (scenes 3 and 4)
• Worksheet:  "Standards Focus:  Dialogue, Monologue, and more)
• Exit Ticket (old, new, borrowed, and blue...)
  

Homework:

• Complete "Standards Focus..." worksheet
• Study Vocab for Act I (Quiz tomorrow)  VOCABULARY AND DEFINITIONS CAN BE FOUND ON THE "ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSISTANCE" PAGE - REVIEW THEM!  *
• Masks due Monday, April 22

Thursday, April 18

• "Standards Focus..." worksheet due
• Read R & J Act I (scene 5)
• Vocabulary Quiz
• Review Questions (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10)
• Index Cards (hand out if needed)

Homework:

• Act I quiz Friday
• Review Questions due Friday

Friday, April 19

• Review Questions due
• Act I quiz
• Read:  "Juveniles Sentenced to Shakespeare" and complete questions

Homework:

• Mask projects due on Monday, April 22 (include mask, index card, and rubric sheet with your name on it)

• R & J Masks due
• Testing strategies and schedule review
• Watch ACT I (R & J) - BEGIN
• Exit Ticket

Homework:

• Get a good night's sleep - school-wide (standardized) MATH testing begins tomorrow!
• Remember that you will be testing in your 3rd period class - go there first!
• We will have our mask contest in periods 1 and 3 tomorrow

Tuesday, April 23 - IT IS WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!!!

• School-wide (standardized) ENGLISH (ELA)testing is today.
• Remember that you will be testing in your 3rd period class - go there first!
• We will have our mask contest in period 5 tomorrow!

Homework:

• none for you - grades are due tomorrow from your teacher (LOOK FOR PROGRESS REPORTS THIS WEEK!)

Wednesday, April 24

• Standardized testing - same agenda as Tuesday

Homework:

• none

Thursday, April 25

• Finish watching Act I video
• Awards ceremony for mask contest
• Act II vocabulary

Homework:

• Act II vocabulary defs, pos, and sentences (use strong context clues to determine meaning!)

Friday, April 26

• Read R and J (in front of class)
• Act II: scenes 1 and 2

Homework:

• none

• Review the meaning of "context clues" and vocabulary assignment from last week
• Watch Act II (scenes 1 and 2)
• Standards Focus:  Character Analysis worksheet

Homework:

• Character Analysis worksheet due Tuesday

Tuesday, April 30

• Stamp Character Analysis worksheet
• Homework explanation
• Read R and J Act II (scenes 3 and 4)

Homework:

• Character Analysis exemplars due Wednesday

Wednesday, May 1

• Character Analysis sheets and homework assignment due
• Read Romeo and Juliet Act II (scene 5,6)
• R and J study guides Act II

Homework:

• Study guides due Thursday
• Quiz Thursday (Act II)

Thursday, May 2

• R and J Quiz (Act II)
• Teacher Appreciation Letters

Homework:

• Teacher Letters (rough drafts) due tomorrow - checked off by teacher

Friday, May 3

• Teacher Letters (rough drafts) checked off by teacher
• Romeo and Juliet Vocabulary (Act III)*
• Listen to R & J Act III; scene 1
• Begin study guide Act III; scene 1

Homework:

• Teacher letters (rough drafts!!!) DO NOT TYPE FINAL COPIES!
• We will be in the library on Monday to type
• 10 cents for B&W copies (per page); 25 cents for color copies (per page) in library
• Keep your study guides - we will continue to work on them throughout Act III and they will be turned in when we have finished with the Act

• Teacher Appreciation Letters - type in the library
• Act III Vocabulary Scene/Term ID sheet

Homework:

• Vocabulary sheets due tomorrow

Tuesday, May 7

• Vocabulary sheets due
• Read/Listen to Act III  (scenes 2 and 3)
• Study guides for Act III, scenes 1,2,3 will be checked tomorrow

Homework:

• Finish reading Act III (through scene 3) if needed due to time
• Study guides current through Act III, scene 3
• Vocabulary fill in the blanks quiz tomorrow - study your definitions!!

Wednesday, May 8

• Study Guides Checked
• Vocabulary Fill In The Blanks Quiz
• Finish reading Act III; scene IV
• Begin scene V
• update study guides

Homework:

• update study guides (through scene IV)

Thursday, May 9

• Finish Act III and study guides
• Vocab for Act IV (ppt)*
• Vocab sentences

Homework:

• Vocab sentences due (COMPLETE SENTENCES, USE WORDS CORRECTLY IN CONTEXT, DO A WORTHY JOB!!)
• Finish study guides for Act III and turn in tomorrow

Friday, May 10

• Vocabulary sentences (and Act III study guides) due
• Read R and J (Act IV; scenes 1,2,3)
• Study guides (or quote ID)

Homework:

• keep current on ongoing assignments (like study guides, etc.)!!

• Finish R and J Act IV
• Act IV study guides due tomorrow

Homework:

• Act IV quiz
• Act IV study guides due
  

Tuesday, May 14

• Act IV quiz
• Turn in study guides
• Movie

Homework:

• none

Wednesday, May 15

• Listen to Act V
• Act V Timelines

Homework:

• Act V:  work on study guides and timelines - they are due on Friday

Thursday, May 16

• Finish Act IV
• Themes Assignment for R and J

Homework:

• Themes Assignment, R & J timelines, and Act 5 study guides due on test day
• Final R and J Test tomorrow - bring something to work on or to read!!

Friday, May 17

• R and J final test

Homework:

• None

• Finish movie

Homework:

• none

Tuesday, May 21

• MAKE-UP R & J TESTS DUE TO FRIDAY ABSENCES NEED TO BE DONE TODAY!!!
• Introduction to Beowulf (epic and epic hero notes) ppt*
• Beowulf packets
• Beowulf vocabulary Chapters 1 - 3*
  

Homework:

• Finish vocabulary

Wednesday, May 22

• Read Beowulf Chapters 1 - 3 (pages 7 - 21)
• turn in vocab (1 - 3)
• Comprehension Questions
• Review R & J test
• vocabulary Chapters 4 and 5

Homework:

• Vocabulary Chapters 4 and 5 from packet

Thursday, May 23

• Read Beowulf Chapters 4 and 5 (pages 22 - 36)
• Comprehension Questions
• Vocabulary for Chapters 6 - 9 from packet

Homework:

• Vocabulary due Friday

Friday, May 23

• Read Chapter 6 (independently)
• Chapter Illustration (scene)

Homework:

• finish your scene and/or chapter 6 - Enjoy your 3-day weekend:)

• Memorial Day - no school

Tuesday, May 27 - Friday, May 30

• Finish Beowulf
• complete all assignments and hand in together when you take your final*
• Beowulf books due on the day you take your final

NOTE:  HOLT TEXTBOOKS:  TURN IN FOR PERIODS 1 & 3 - THURSDAY, MAY 29

                                              TURN IN FOR PERIOD 5 - FRIDAY, MAY 30

FINALS SCHEDULE IS ATTACHED TO THE HOMEPAGE...JUST CLICK ON IT AND YOU WILL SEE YOUR ENTIRE SCHEDULE FOR NEXT WEEK