Monday 5/21
1. SSR
2. Speech Appointment Times
3. What to wear?
HW - work on speech
Tuesday 5/22
1. Speech walk-through
2. Speech Q & A
3. Speech Groups by room assignment
4. Field Trip and Speech Practice
HW - Have your outfit and any visual aides (project people only) ready before going to bed tonight. Get a good night of sleep and have a good breakfast in the morning.
Wednesday 5/23
1. Sr. Project Speech Day!!!
HW - none
Monday 5/14
1. SSR
2. Introduction "Hotseat"
3. Work on speech
HW - Be prepared to give entire speech using minimal notes. Introduction needs to be memorized.
Tuesday 5/15
1. SSR
2. In class introductions
HW - Work on speech
Wednesday 5/16
1. SSR
2. Whole Speech Hot Seat
HW - work on speech. be prepared tomorrow to give entire speech without using any notes
Monday 5/7
1. SSR
2. Finish Introduction & Practice for Time
HW - Finish Introduction and add to outline
Tuesday 5/8
1. SSR
2. Speech conclusions & check list
3. Speech practice
HW - Type Speech Intro, Outline, & Conclusion (print a copy for you and a copy for me)
Wednesday 5/9
1. SSR
2. Turn in homework
3. Speech work day
HW - work on speech
Thursday 5/10
1. SSR
2. Delivery Notes
3. Speech Practice
HW - work on speech
Friday 5/11
1. SSR
2. Speech Introductions (Everyone out loud)
HW - Memorize Introduction, revise speech for time (get complete speech close to 5 minutes), and be sure there are sufficient stories from your actual experience.
Monday 4/30
1. SSR
2. Introduction to Sr. Project Speech
HW - Specific Purpose for Speech
Tuesday 5/1
1. SSR
2, Share Specific Purposes
3. Begin to Determine Main Points and Order
HW - Finish determining Main Points and Order
Wednesday 5/2
1. SSR
2. Public Speaking & Daily Conversations: Similarities & Differences
3. Sub-Points and Order of Main Points
HW - Continue to work on speech outline
Thursday 5/3
1. SSR
2. Speech Outline Time Trial
3. Connective Devices
HW - Complete Outline of Speech Body
Friday 5/4
1. SSR
2. Time Trial #2
3. Introductions
HW - Find 1 or 2 possible "hooks" for the introduction of your speech
Monday 4/23
1. SSR
2. Sr. Project Stuff
HW - Work on Sr. Project Journal
Tuesday 4/24
1. STAR Testing - no class
HW - 2nd period bring Sr. Project Journal on Wed.
Wednesday 4/25 - IMPORTANT 11:00 AM SENIOR MEETING!!!!
1. SSR
2. 2nd period meets - peer/evaluation of Sr. Project Journal
HW - Work on Sr. Project Journal - 3rd period bring it on Thursday
Thursday 4/26
1. SSR
2. 3rd period meets - peer evaluation of Sr. Project Journal
HW - Sr. Project Journal is due Friday 4/27
Friday 4/27
1. Turn in Sr. Project Journal
2. Introduction to Sr. Project Speech
Monday 4/16
1. SSR
2. Upcoming Events
HW - None
Tuesday 4/17
1. SSR
2. Review Frankenstein Unit Test
3. 3Q Grades
HW - none
Wednesday 4/18
1. SSR
2. Benchmark Review Sheet
HW - none
Thursday 4/19
1. Benchmark Review Sheet
HW - finish review sheet if not completed during class and study for Benchmark Test. Bring completed Sr. Project Hour Log.
Friday 4/20
1. Final Benchmark Test (HOORAY!)
Monday 4/2
1. SSR
2. Frankenstein Discussion Questions
HW - Finish reading the novel & Discussion Questions
Tuesday 4/3
1. SSR
2. Frankenstein Quiz Chapters 22-end
3. Frankenstein Study Questions chapters 22-end and Study Guide
HW - Finish Study Questions chapters 22-end
Wednesday 4/4
1. SSR
2. Frankenstein Unit Exam
HW - None
Thursday 4/5
1. Frankenstein Unit Exam Make up exams and movie
HW - None
Friday 4/6
1. Frankenstein Make-Up exams
2. Frankenstein Movie
HW - Finish Sr. Project Hours
Monday 3/26
1. SSR
2. Chapter 1-10 Timeline
3. What does it mean to be "human"?
HW - Read chapters 11-14 (pp 70-90)
Tuesday 3/27
1. SSR
2. "Sympathy for the Creature" (small groups)
HW - Read Chapter 15-16 (90-104)
Wednesday 3/28
1. SSR - Chap. 17
2. "Sympathy" Discussion (small groups & individual response)
HW - Read chapters 18-19 (pp 108-120)
Thursday 3/29
1. SSR
2. Begin Study Questions Chapters 9-20
HW - Finish Study Questions Chapters 9-12
Friday 3/30
1. Correct Study Questions 9-12
2. Frankenstein Videos
HW - Finish Study Questions Chapters 13-20 & get caught up on the reading if you've fallen behind.
Monday 3/19
1. SSR
2. Read Chapter 1 (pp 14-18)
3. "How Hollywood Made a Monster" Video
HW - Read Chapters 2-4 (pp 19-34)
Tuesday 3/20
1. SSR - Read Chapter 5
2. Finish "How Hollywood Made a Monster" Video
HW - Read Chapters 6 & 7 (pp 40-54)
Wednesday 3/21
1. SSR
2. Frankenstein Study Questions Chapters 1-8
HW - Read Chapter 8 (pp 54-60) and finish study questions
Thursday 3/22
1. SSR
2. Correct Chapter 1-8 Study Questions
HW - Read Chapter 9 (pp 61-64)
Friday 3/23
1. SSR
2. Read Chapter 10
3. Frankenstein Quiz (Letters - Chap 10)
4. Paper Pass Back
HW - Be up to Chapter 11 by Monday
Monday 3/12
1. SSR
2. Introduction to Romanticism
3. Introduction to Frankenstein Themes
HW - Finish responses to Frankenstein themes
Tuesday 3/13
1. SSR
2. Discuss Frankenstein themes
3. Mary Shelly Biography
4. Frankenstein "Author's Introduction"
HW - Type MLA response to most relevant Frankenstein Theme and respond to "Author's Intro" questions.
Wednesday 3/14
1. SSR
2. Correct "Author's Introduction" questions
3. Frankenstein Powerpoint Notes
4. Frankenstein reading schedule
HW - Read "Letters 1-3" pp 1-7
Thursday 3/15
1. SSR
2. Finish Frankenstein Powerpoint Notes
3. "Letter" Summaries (1-3)
HW - Read "Letter 4" pp 8-14 & complete "Letter" summaries
Monday 3/5
1. SSR
2. Satire Videos
3. Go over Non-Fiction Test answers
HW - work on Career Investigation
Tuesday 3/6
1. SSR
2. Senior Project Review/Preview Q & A Day
HW - work on Career Investigation & Works Cited page
Wednesday 3/7
1. Period 3 Computer Lab Sr Project Career Investigation -
Period 2 Sr. Project Speech info.
Thursday 3/8
1. Period 2 Computer Lab Sr. Project Career Investigation -
Period 3 Sr. Project Speech info.
HW - Finish Sr Project Career Investigation
Monday 2/27
1. SSR
2. Sr. Project Proposal Letter and Mentor Agreement revisited
3. Weekly Plan
4. Paper Pass Back & Finish Satire Project
HW - Finish Satire Project
Tuesday 2/28
1. SSR
2. Group Share: Satire Project
3. In-class Rhetoric Writing
HW - Bring revised and perfected Sr. Project Proposal Letter and yellow Mentor agreement letter to class on Wednesday
Wednesday 2/29
1. SSR
2. Non-Fiction/Rhetoric Review
HW - Study for Test tomorrow
Thursday 3/1
1. Non-Fiction / Rhetoric Test
HW - None
Friday 3/2
1. Make up Non-Fiction / Rhetoric Tests
2. Satire Videos
HW - None
Tuesday 2/21
1. SSR
2. Satire Proposal Group Work
3. Helen Keller Speech Analysis
HW - Finish Keller Speech Analysis and bring Sr. Project Career Investigation paperwork to class tomorrow.
Wednesday 2/22
1. Library - Career Investigation
Thursday 2/23
1. SSR
2. Read "A Vindication of the Rights of Women" pp 631-636
3. Complete "Literary Analysis" in paragraph form and write a second paragraph indicating which rhetorical devices are the most frequently used in this essay.
HW - None
Friday 2/24
1. Satire Proposal Work Day
HW - None
Monday 2/13
1. SSR - Finish Susan B. Anthony speech analysis
2. Introduction to Satire
3. "A Modest Proposal" Introduction
HW - Read "A Modest Proposal" on pages 612-619. Do the "Active Reading" exercise outlined on page 611 and answer the "Active Reading" questions found throughout the essay. Identify the TOPIC being satirized and the rhetorical devices used within the essay.
Tuesday 2/14 (Happy Valentine's Day)
1. SSR
2. Crossfire Satire
3. A Modest Proposal Analysis Questions
4. Online Satire Evaluation
HW - Finish A Modest Proposal Analysis Questions
Wednesday 2/15
1. SSR
2. Discuss "A Modest Proposal" Answers
3. Satire Example: Ben Franklin Essay
4. Satire/Parody Example: SNL
5. Intro. to "Multimedia Satire Proposal"
HW - Finish online satire evaluation, read/listen to P. Henry's
Speech at the Virginia Convention (
http://www.history.org/media/audio.cfm) and turn in your Sr. Project Teacher Facilitator Informational Sheet by TOMORROW!!!!!
Thursday 2/16
1. SSR
2. Turn in homework
3. Speech at the Virginia Convention Question/Quiz
4. Intro/Brainstorm: Multimedia Satire Proposal
HW - None
Monday 2/6
1. SSR
2. Read pp 546-547
3. Philosophical Assumptions
4. Parallelism / Parallel Structure
HW - Complete "Connect to Your Life" on page 554, read "Letters to His Son" and "Letter to Her Daughter" pp 555-562 and complete the "Active Reading (pg 554) while reading (identify examples of parallelism as you read)
Tuesday 2/7
1. SSR
2. Read "...Reflections upon Marriage" pg 563
3. Answer questions on page 564 (#5-#8 & Literary Analysis)
HW - Complete Parallelism Worksheet
Wednesday 2/8
1. SSR
2. Read "Build Background" and 3 poems (pp 1107-1110) and do the "Active Reading"
3. Answer questions 4 & 6 on page 1111.
HW - Finish questions 4 & 6 and parallelism worksheet
Thursday 2/9
1. Collect HW
2. Introduce Sr. Project Career Investigation
3. Computer Lab - Begin Career Investigation
HW - none
Friday 2/10
1. SSR
2. Rhetorical Devices
3. Susan B. Anthony Speech Analysis
HW - None
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