Monday 1/25
1. Final Exam Study Guide (Stations)
HW - Test Prep
Tuesday 1/26
1. Final Exams (Periods 1 & 6)
HW - Test Prep
Wednesday 1/27
1. Final Exams (Periods 2 & 3)
HW - Test Prep
Thursday 1/28
1. Final Exams (Periods 4 & 5)
HW - None. Great Job This Semester. See you Next Week!
Tuesday 1/19
2. Begin Presentations
HW - None
Wednesday 1/20
1. Continue Presentations
HW - None
Thursday 1/21
1. Finish Presentations
HW - None
Friday 1/22
1. Final Exam Study Guide
Monday 1/11
1. Paper Pass Back
2. NFL Dementia: Thrash-Out
3. Collect MLA Paragraph & Annotated Article
HW - None
Tuesday 1/12
1. Stations: Academic Vocabulary, Main Ideas/Supporting Details #2, Active Reading (Visual Literacy)
HW - Finish any station activity that you did not complete during class.
Wednesday 1/13
1. Correct Topic & Stated Main Idea Exercise
2. Discuss "Oil" Chart Comparison
3. "Oil" Article Active Reading and Annotations (whole class/small group)
4. "Oil" Article Annotation Quiz
HW - None
Thursday 1/14
1. Collect "Oil" Article
2. Computer Lab: Finish Senior Challenge Presentation Slides
* Presentations will be done in class on 1/18-1-19 (Mon & Tues)
HW - None
Monday 12/14
1. Stations: Sentence Types, Cliffhanger Vocab, Cliffhanger Document
HW - Finish any activity you did not finish in class
Tuesday 12/15
1. Collect Sentence Type HW
2. Discuss "Going for the Gold" Predicted Endings
3. "Going for the Gold" Kerri Strug Video
4. Genre & Subgenre Activity
HW - Finish Genre & Subgenre
Wednesday 12/16
1. Discuss & Collect Genre & Subgenre
2. Writing your own fiction subgenre samples
3. Brainstorm & Rough Draft
HW - Prepare to type short story samples
Thursday 12/17
1. Writing Lab: Fiction Subgenre Samples
HW - Study for Friday's Quiz:
1) Sentence Types: Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
2) Sentence Functions: Declarative, Imperative, Interrogative, Exclamatory
3) Prefixes & Roots: meter/metr, micro, mis/miso, homo, hydr, hyper, hypo, dys, gram, graph, hetero
4) All homophones
Friday 12/18
1. Weekly Assessment #6
2. Writing Lab: Finish & Print Fiction Subgenre Samples
3. Complete "Senior Challenge" Slides if you have time
HW - None. Have a Wonderful Christmas & New Years Celebration.
Tuesday 12/8
1. Stations: 1) Sentence Functions - 2) Greek Roots - 3) Active Reading: Video Game Addiction
HW - Finish Sentence Functions Worksheet and Active Reading Annotations
Tuesday 11/30
1. Argument & Counter-Argument Organization
2. Argument & Counter-Argument Pre-Writing
HW - Finish Essay Outline
Wednesday 12/1
1. Introductions & Conclusions
2. Continue "Blackfish" Essay Pre-Writing
HW - Come prepared to type essay
Thursday 12/2
1. Writing Lab: "Blackfish" Essay
Friday 12/3
1. Chromebooks: Finish "Blackfish" Essay
HW - Print Final Essay and have ready to turn in on Monday
Monday 11/16
1. Stations: Homophones, Prefixes & Roots, Active Reading "SeaWorld"
HW - Finish Homophones and Active Reading
Tuesday 11/17
1. Correct Homophones
2. Discuss "Seaworld" Article #1
3. "Seaworld" News Report
4. "Seaworld" Article #2 - Active Reading; "Blackfish" Anticipation Questions
HW - Finish Article #2 Active Reading & Anticipation Questions; "Blackfish" Persmission Slip due
Wednesday 11/18
1. "Blackfish" Documentary
Thursday 11/19
1. "Blackfish" Documentary
Friday 11/20
1. Whales in Captivity Argument Mini Thrash-Out
Tuesday 11/17
1. Correct Homophones
2. Discuss Active Reading
3. "SeaWorld" Article #2
4. Small Groups Annotations
HW - Finish Annotations
Wednesday 11/18
1. "Blackfish" Documentary
Thursday 11/19
1. "Blackfish" Documentary
2. Argumentative Paragraph Organization
HW - Prepare for "Blackfish" Argumentative Paragraph
Friday 11/20
1. Computer Lab: "Blackfish" Argumentative Paragraph
Thursday 11/12
1. PYLUSD District Benchmark
Monday 11/2
1. Stations: Hyphens, Cliffhanger Vocabulary, Cliffhanger reading comprehension
HW - Finish work for all stations
Tuesday 11/3
1. Correct Hyphens homework
2. Discuss Cliffhanger
3. Affect vs Effect Homophones
HW - Finish affect vs effect
Wednesday 11/4
1. Correct affect vs effect
2. Parallel structure
3. Colon & Semi-colon puncutation
HW - Finish parallel structure and colon, semi-colon activities
Monday 10/26
1. Stations: Prefixes, Participial Phrases, Read "Through the Tunnel"
HW - Finish reading "Through the Tunnel" & participial phrases worksheet
Tuesday 10/27
1. Correct participial phrase worksheet
2. "Through the Tunnel" Comprehension check
3. "Through the Tunnel" Character Development & Symbolism
HW - Finish Character Development & Symbolism
Monday 10/19
1. Stations: Prefixes, Prepositional Phrases, Read "The Sniper"
HW - Finish reading "The Sniper" and prepositional phrases worksheet
Tuesday 10/20
1. Correct Prepositional Phrases
2. "The Sniper" Comprehension Check
3. "The Sniper" Analysis Questions and Writing Assignment
HW - Finish Analysis Questions and Writing Assignment if not completed during class.
Monday 10/12
1. Stations: Prefixes, Appositive Phrases, "The Gift of the Magi"
HW - Finish Appositive Phrase worksheet & read "The Gift of the Magi"
Tuesday 10/13
1. Correct Appositive Phrases
2. "The Gift of the Magi" Comprehension Quiz
3. Irony Activity (Verbal, Situational, Dramatic).
HW - Finish Irony in "The Gift of the Magi" Analysis
Wednesday 10/14
1. Correct Irony Activity
2. "The Gift of the Magi" writing prompt
3. "The Gift of the Magi" writing organization & appositive phrase inclusion
HW - Prep for writing lab
Thursday 10/15
1. Writing Lab
HW - Study for Weekly Assessment #3
Friday 10/16
1. Weekly Assessment #3
(Prefixes, Appositive Phrases, Dramatic, Situational, Verbal Irony, Point of View, Subject-Predicate pronouns & agreement)
Monday 10/5
1. Stations: Prefixes, Subject-Verb Agreement, "Fear" Active Reading
HW - Finish Subject-Verb Agreement & "Fear" Annotations
Tuesday 10/6
1. Correct Subject-Verb Agreement
2. "Fear" Analysis for Rainsford & Zaroff (small group)
3. Point of View Activity
HW - Finish "Fear" Analysis & Point of View Activity
Wednesday 10/7
1. Correct Point of View Activity
2. Discussion of "Fear" Analysis
3. Paragraph Organization (Pre-Writing)
HW - Prepare for Writing Lab "Fear" Analysis
Thursday 10/8
1. Writing Lab: "Fear" in "The Most Dangerous Game"
HW - Study for Weekly Assessment #2
Friday 10/9
1. Weekly Assessment #2: Prefixes, Subject & Predicate Pronouns, Subject-Verb Agreement, Point of View
HW - None
Monday 9/28
1. Library Orientation
HW - None
Tuesday 9/29
1. Easybib Orientation
HW - Read "The Most Dangerous Game"
Wednesday 9/30 BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
1. Research Orientation
HW - Finish Reading "The Most Dangerous Game"
Thursday 10/1
1. "The Most Dangerous Game" Analysis Questions & Post-Reading Discussion
HW - None
Friday 10/2 - VARSITY FOOTBALL vs VILLA PARK
1. Finish "The Most Dangerous Game" Analysis Questions
2. Read "The (Only) 5 Fears We All Share" and complete the character analysis activity
HW - None
Monday 9/21
1. Stations: Prefixes #2, Subject Predicate Pronouns, Active Reading "Warning: This homework may cause negative effects!" & "Why Homework is Good for Kids"
HW - Finish all assignments
Tuesday 9/22
1. Homework Article #4: Independent Active Reading
2. Collect Homework - Subject Predicate Pronouns
3. Direct vs Indirect Characterization
4. Check Out Textbooks
HW - Finish Direct vs Indirect Characterization Activity, Finish "Rethinking Homework" Active Reading
Wednesday 9/23
1. Finish Direct vs Indirect Characterization
2. Homework Opinion Paragraph Organization
3. Begin Reading "The Most Dangerous Game" (pp 39-51)
HW - Be prepared for Homework Opinion Paragraph
Thursday 9/24
1. Writing Lab: Homework Argument Paragraph (Print)
HW - Finish reading "The Most Dangerous Game" (pp 39-51) & Print Homework Paragraph if not done during class.
Friday 9/25 - VARSITY FOOTBALL vs YORBA LINDA HS
1. Collect Homework Paragraphs
2. "The Most Dangerous Game" Questions pp 39-51. Due at the end of class.
HW - None
Monday 9/14
1. Finish "As I Stood"
2. Finish Tone vs Theme Activity
HW - None
Tuesday 9/15
1. MLA format "Nuts & Bolts"
2. Narrative Definition Paraphrase/Summary Directions
3. Computer Lab
HW - None
Thursday 9/17
1. Computer Lab: Finish Narrative Paraphrase
HW - Study for Quiz
Friday 9/18
1. Weekly Assessment #1
Tuesday 9/8
1. Attendance
2. Chrome Books
3. Evernote
HW - None
Wednesday 9/9
1. Attendance
2. Introduction to Narrative: Small Group Analysis
3. Small Group Explanation
4. 1st Narrative Analysis: "Partly Cloudy"
HW = Finish "Partly Cloudy" Analysis
Thursday 9/10
1. Discuss Partly Cloudy Responses
2. Tone vs Theme (Video Clips & Response)
HW - None
Friday 9/11 - PATRIOT DAY & VARSITY FOOTBALL GAME vs FULLERTON
3. Patriot Day
HW - SSR Material on Monday & ALOHA DANCE SAT NIGHT
Tuesday 9/1
1. Attendance
2. Welcome
3. Course Outline or Eldo FAQ's
HW - None
Wednesday 9/2
1. Attendance
2. Eldo FAQ's or Course Outline
HW - None
Thursday 9/3 VARSITY FOOTBALL VS TROY
1. Attendance
2. "Mrs. Holton or Mr. Wolf?"
HW - None