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Language Arts 4 (Period 2 & 3) Assignments

Instructor
Mr. Brian Wolf
Term
Fall 2011
Department
Language Arts
Location
603
Description
Monday 1/30
1.  SSR
2.  2Q Benchmark Review
HW - Review & prepare for SSR Essay
Tuesday 1/31
1.  2Q Benchmark Test
HW - Finish preparing for SSR Essay
Wednesday 2/1
1.  SSR Essay Day 1 (Collaboration)
Thursday 2/2
1. SSR Essay Day 2 (Rough Draft)
Friday 2/3
1.  SSR Essay Day 3 (Final Draft)
 
 
Monday 1/23
1.  SSR
2.  Final Exam Study Hall
HW - Study for final exams
Tuesday 1/24
1.  Final Exam Study Hall
HW - Study for final exam
Wednesday 1/25
1.  LA4 Final Exam - Periods 2 & 3
HW - Study for Final Exams
Thursday 1/26
1.  No LA4 class


Tuesday 1/17
1.  SSR
2.  Macbeth Act 5 reading check
3.  Macbeth Act 5 video
4. Macbeth Act 5 Study Questions
HW - Finish Macbeth Act 5 Study Questions
Wednesday 1/18
1.  SSR
2.  Correct Act 5 Study Questions
3.  Begin Lady Macbeth Character Analysis
HW - Finish Lady Mac worksheet and type MLA character analysis paragraph.
Thursday 1/19
1.  SSR
2.  Macbeth Tragedy Analysis
HW - Finish Tragedy worksheet and type MLA character analysis paragraph.
Friday 1/20
1.  SSR
2.  Final Exam Review Sheet
HW - None
 
Monday 1/9
1.  SSR
2.  "Double Double Toil & Trouble" Dramatic Reading
3.  The Animaniacs take on Shakespeare
HW - Read Act 4 sc. 1 & 2 and complete Study Questions
Tuesday 1/10
1.  SSR
2.  Correct Act 4 sc. 1 & 2 Study Questions
3.  Sr. Project Teacher Link & Self "Snapshot"
4.  Paper Pass Back
HW - Read Act 4 sc. 3 (pp. 391-398)
Wednesday 1/11
1.  SSR
2.  Small Groups: Act 4 sc. 3 Study Questions and Macduff's Reactions (Subtext)
3.  Finish Sr. Project Information
4.  Paper Pass Back
HW - Finish Act 4 sc. 3 Study Questions and Macduff's Reactions
Thursday 1/12
1.  SSR
2.  Correct Act 4 sc. 3 Study Questions
3.  Discuss Macduff Reactions
HW - Study for Act 3 & 4 Test
Friday 1/13
1.  Macbeth Act 3 & 4 Test
 HW - Read Act 5 sc. 1-8 (pp 401-416)

Tuesday 1/3
1.  SSR
2.  Begin reading Act 3 sc. 1 (lines 1-70)
3.  Begin working on Act 3 sc. 1 Study Questions
HW - Finish reading Act 3 sc. 1 (pp 363-368) and complete study questions
Wednesday 1/4
1.  SSR
2.  Correct & Discuss Act 3 sc. 1 Study Questions
3.  Begin Act 3 sc 2 Study Questions
HW - Read Act 3 sc. 2 & 3 (pp 368-372) and complete Act 3 sc. 2 Study Questions
Thursday 1/5
1.  SSR
2.  Correct Act 3 sc. 2 Study Questions
3.  Begin Act 3 sc. 4 Study Questions
HW - Sr. Project Mentor/Advisor Agreement and Profile Paragraph due Friday 1/6.  Also finish reading Act 3 (pp. 372-379 - You can SKIP scene 5) and finish Study Questions for scene 4
Friday 1/6
1.  Correct Act 3 sc. 4 Study Questions
2.  Macbeth movie
HW - None - Begin Sr. Project hours?
 
Monday 12/12
1.  SSR
2.  Correct Study Questions Act 1 sc. 7
HW - Read Act 2 scenes 1 & 2 and answer study questions
Tuesday 12/13
1.  SSR
2.  Correct Act 2 sc. 1 & 2 Study Questions
HW - Read Act 2 sc. 3 & 4 (pp 354-360) and answer study questions
Wednesday 12/14
1.  Correct Act 2 sc. 3 & 4 study questions
2.  Flipchart Test Review (Hoorary!):  Quote ID and Literary Devices
HW - Review Acts 1 & 2 in preparation for test
Thursday 12/15
1.  Macbeth Test on Acts 1 & 2
HW - NONE
Friday 12/16
1.  Paper & Test Pass Back
2.  Current Grades
HW - None. Enjoy your Christmas Break!
 
Monday 12/5
1.  SSR
2.  Review Discussion of Tragedy
3.  They Say...I Say Written Assessment
HW - Read pp 315-322 in purple textbook

Tuesday 12/6
1.  Shakespeare Terminology Pre-Quiz
2.  Preview H/W & Reading
HW - Read Macbeth Act 1 scenes 1-2 (pp 328-331) and answer study questions
Wednesday 12/7
1.  SSR
2.  Discuss/Grade Study Questions for Act 1 sc. 1 & 2
3.  Begin reading Act 1 sc. 3
HW - Finish reading Act 1 sc. 3 & 4 and answer study questions
Thursday 12/8
1.  SSR
2.  Discuss/Grade Study Questions for Act 1 sc. 3 & 4
3.  Begin Study Questions for Act 1 sc. 5
HW - Finish study questions and read Act 1 sc. 6 & 7 (pp 341-345)
Friday 12/9
1.  Collect HW
2.  SSR
3.  Small Group Work on Study Questions for Act 1 sc 7 (due at the end of the period)
HW - None

Monday 11/28
1.  SSR
2.  Sr. Project Proposal Letter:  Format & Content
3.  "Did You Know?" Video
HW - Type 1st draft of Proposal Letter & bring to class on Tuesday
Tuesday 11/29
1.  SSR
2.  Review Proposal Letters
3.  "Did you Know?" Video & Discussion (Sr. Project)
HW - None
Wednesday 11/30
1.  SSR
2.  Introduction to tragedy
3.  Small group analysis of definitions 1-3
HW - Finish analysis of definitions 1-3
Thursday 12/1
1.  SSR
2.  Small group discussion of definitions 1-3
3.  Small group presentations of definitions 1-3
4.  Begin analysis of "Tragedy and the Common Man"
HW - Final Draft of Sr. Project Proposal Letter due tomorrow
Friday 12/2
1.  SSR
2.  Turn on Proposal Letter
3.  Small group analysis of "Tragedy and the Common Man" cont.
HW - Finish analysis and summary of essay.  We begin Macbeth on Monday.
 
Thursday 12/1
1.  SSR
2.  Type summation & analysis of definitions 1-3 (computer lab)
HW - Analysis & summation of "Tragedy and the Common Man" essay
 
Monday 11/21
1.  Begin LA4 Benchmark Test
HW - Finish Medieval Research Project (due tomorrow)

Tuesday 11/22
1. Finish LA4 Benchmark Test & turn in Medieval Research

Monday 11/14
1.  Turn in Study Guides
2.  Take Medieval Unit scantron exam
HW - None
Tuesday 11/15
1.  Drama Production: The Canterbury Tales
HW - None
Wednesday 11/16
1. SSR
2.  The Canterbury Tales: Videos
HW - None
Thursday 11/17
1.  SSR
2.  Introduction to Medieval Research Project
3.  Computer Lab or Library Research
HW - Bring signed Sr. Project Parent Letter to class on Friday
Friday 11/18
1.  Review Annotated Bibliographies
2.  Review Skill Sets & Terminology
3.  Computer Lab: Medieval Research Project
HW - Work on Medieval Research Project and review terminology

Monday 10/31
1.  SSR
2.  "The Pardoner's Tale" study questions: #1-8 & Literary Analysis
HW - Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale" pp 155-166
Tuesday 11/1
1.  SSR
2.  "Wife of Bath" Quiz
3.  Irony Search
HW - None
Wednesday 11/2
1.  SSR
2.  "The Wife of Bath's Tale" study questions #1-8 & Literary Analysis
HW - None
Thursday 11/3
1. SSR
2.  Analysis of Chaucer's Style pg 168
HW - Read "Federigo's Falcon" pg 171-176
Friday 11/4
1.  SSR
2.  "Federigo's Falcon" reading check
3.  Finish Irony Chart & Analysis of Chaucer's Style
HW - None
 
Monday 10/24
1.  SSR
2.  Finish Character Desctiptions for The Prologue
HW - Finish Character Descriptions if not finished in class.
Tuesday 10/25
1.  SSR
2.  Character/Pilgrim Open Note Test
HW- Complete #5 (3 sentences), #7 (5 sentences) & Literary Analysis on pg 137
Wednesday 10/26
1.  SSR
2.  Canterbury Terms: 1-3
3.  31st Pilgrim Creation
HW - Finish 31st Pilgrim
Thursday 10/27
1.  SSR
2.  Small Group Share: 31st Pilgrim
3.  Terminology: Flashback, Foreshadowing, Framed Narrative
4.  QW: The love of $...
HW - Read "The Pardoner's Tale" pp 142-153
 
Monday 10/17
1.  SSR
2.  Jostens
3.  Intro Notes: Medieval Period
HW - Read "The Venerable Bede" pp 98-103
Tuesday 10/18
1.  SSR
2.  Answer study questions #1, Comp. Checks, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8 & Literary Analysis on page 104
HW - None
Wednesday 10/19
1.  SSR
2.  Continue Medieval Period Notes
3.  Writing Options (see me for prompts if absent today)
HW - None
Thursday 10/20
1. SSR
2.  Continue Medieval Period Notes
3.  Begin "Prologue Character Descriptions"
HW - Do character descriptions through the "The Merchant" pp. 113-120 & read about Thomas Becket in the notes.
 
 
Monday 10/10
1.  SSR
2. Make up Essay & Exam Day
3.  Paper Pass Back
HW - None
Tuesday 10/11
1.  SSR
2.  Introduction to Beowulf Alternate Ending
3.  Group Work on Alternate Ending
Wednesday 10/12
1.  SSR
2.  Group Work on Alternate Ending and Presentation

Thursday 10/13
1.  SSR
2.  Finish working on Beowulf Re-write and Presentation
HW - Bring Presentation Materials & Typed Final Draft of Alt. Ending
Friday 10/14
1.  SSR - Homecoming Assembly
2. Beowulf Presentations
HW - None
 
Monday 10/3
1.  SSR
2.  Beowulf Review Sheet
3.  Paper Pass Back
HW - Finish review sheet
Tuesday 10/4
1.  SSR
2.  Exam Review
HW - Study for Beowulf Unit Scantron Exam
Wednesday 10/5
1.  Beowulf Unit Scantron Exam (100 points)
HW - Bring notecard to class
Thursday 10/6
1.  SSR
2.  Beowulf Written Assessment Prep
3.  Notecard & Concrete Details
HW - Finish notecard
Friday 10/7
1.  SSR
2.  Beowulf Written Assessment
HW - None
 
Monday 9/26
1.  SSR
2.  Translation Practice #1
3.  Translation Practice #2
4.  Begin Epic: Terminology
HW - Read Beowulf pp 33-39
Tuesday 9/27
1.  SSR
2.  Beowulf Study Question pp 33-39
HW - Read Beowulf pp 40-44
Wednesday 9/28
1.  SSR
2.  Terminology:  Caesura, Litote
3.  Beowulf Literary Device Search Worksheet
HW - Read Beowulf pp 45-60
Thursday 9/29
1.  SSR
2.  Beowulf Quiz (20 points)
3.  Beowulf Study Questions pp 45-60
HW - Read pp 61-62, Finish Study Questions, Extra Credit?
Monday 9/17
1.  SSR
2.  Check out Purple Textbooks
3.  PHSN Rubric
4.  Work on PHSN
HW - Work on PHSN
Tuesday 9/18
1.  SSR
2.  Computer Lab & Orientation Assembly
HW - PHSN Rough Draft due Wed
Wednesday 9/20
1.  SSR
2.  PHSH Rough Draft Peer Edit
3.  Introductory Notes to Beowulf
HW - Work on PHSN
Thursday 9/21
1. SSR
2.  Cont. Beowulf Intro. Notes
3.  Computer Lab - Final Touches on PHSN
HW - PHSN Due Friday
Friday 9/22
1.  Portfolio Scramble
2.  SSR
3.  Turn in PHSN
4.  Finish Beowulf Intro. Notes
HW - Read pp 18-21 & 31 in purple textbook and take notes
 
Monday 9/12
1.  Seating Chart
2.  Finish College Research Worksheet Explanation
3.  Compter Lab:  Research
Tuesday 9/13
1.  SSR
2.  College 101 Notes
HW - Continue College Research
Wednesday 9/14
1.  SSR
2.  Finish College 101 Notes
3.  Personal Questionnaire, Interview, Resume, Goals
4.  College Catalog Research
HW - Continue work on PHSN
Thursday 9/15
1.  SSR
2.  Resume Writing
3.  College Catalog Research
HW - Continue to work on PHSN
Friday 9/16 - ALOHA ASSEMBLY
1.  Computer Lab - Research & Word Processing
 
Tuesday 9/6
1.  Welcome Back
2.  Attendance
3.  Course Outline
Wednesday 9/7
1.  Attendance
2.  Finish Course Outline
3.  "Who is Mr. Wolf?"
Thursday 9/8
1.  Attendance
2.  "Who Are We?"
Friday 9/9
1.  Attendance
2.  Finish "Who Are We?"
3.  College 101 Notes

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Finish preparation for SSR Essay

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Finish reading the books you have selected off of the LA4 SSR Project List.  In-class essay process begins this week!

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Study for 4th & 5th period final exams

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Study for LA4 final exam (exam Wed.)

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Finish Tragedy worksheet and type MLA character analysis paragraph.

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Finish Lady Macbeth worksheet and type MLA character analysis paragraph.  Respond to the prompt:
Discuss Lady Macbeth as a dynamic character.
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Finish Macbeth Act 5 Study Questions

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Read Act 5 sc. 1-8 (pp 401-416)

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Study for Macbeth Act 3 & 4 Test

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Finish Act 4 sc. 3 Study Questions and Macduff's Reactions

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Read Act 4 sc. 3 (pp. 391-398)

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Read Act 4 sc. 1 & 2 and complete Study Questions

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No homework.  Begin Sr. Project hours?

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Sr. Project Mentor/Advisor Agreement and Profile Paragraph due Friday 1/6.  Also finish reading Act 3 (pp. 372-379 - You can SKIP scene 5) and finish Study Questions for scene 4

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Read Act 3 sc. 2 & 3 (pp 368-372) and complete Act 3 sc. 2 Study Questions

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Finish reading Act 3 sc. 1 (pp 363-368) and complete study questions

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Review Acts 1 & 2 in preparation for test

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Read Act 2 sc. 3 & 4 (pp 354-360) and answer study questions

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Read Act 2 scenes 1 & 2 and answer study questions

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Finish study questions and read Act 1 sc. 6 & 7 (pp 341-345)

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Finish reading Act 1 sc. 3 & 4 and answer study questions

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Read Macbeth Act 1 scenes 1-2 (pp 328-331) and answer study questions

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Read pp 315-322 in purple textbook

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Finish analysis and summary of "Tragedy and the Common Man".  We begin Macbeth on Monday.

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Final draft of Sr. Project Proposal Letter due Friday.

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Finish analysis and summation of tragedy definitions 1-3

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Type 1st draft of Proposal Letter & bring to class on Tuesday

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Medieval Research due Tuesday (Typed MLA Character Profile & Annotated Bib)

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Work on Medieval Research Project & terminology

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Bring signed Sr. Project Parent Letter to school on Friday (due Friday)

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Complete Study Guide for Medieval Literature unit and study for exam on Monday

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Read "Federigo's Falcon" pp 171-176

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Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale" pp 155-166

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Read "The Pardoner's Tale Prologue & Story" pp 142 - 153.

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Finish 31st Pilgrim

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Complete #5 (3 sentences), #7 (5 sentences) & Literary Analysis on pg 137

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Finish Character Descriptions & Study Questions for "The Prologue" to The Canterbury Tales pp 113-136

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 Do character descriptions through the "The Merchant" pp. 113-120 & read about Thomas Becket in the notes.

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Read "The Venerable Bede" pp 98-103

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Finish notecard.  Be prepared for Beowulf written assessment.

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Bring notecard to class

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Study for Beowulf Unit Exam (100 points)

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Finish Beowulf Review Sheet

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Read pp 61-62, Finish Study Questions, Extra Credit?

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Read Beowulf pp 45-60

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Read Beowulf pp 40-44

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Read Beowulf pp 33-39

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Read pp 18-21 & page 31 in purple textbook & take notes.

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Continue to work on College Research

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SSR book due

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