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Monday 6/3
1. StudySync: Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea
a. Read, Vocabulary, Comp Check
HW - Read Part 3 Chapter 1 (pp 231-246)
Tuesday 6/4
1. The Twilight Zone: "The Obsolete Man" Video
2. "The Obsolete Man" Questions
HW - Read Part 3 Chapter 2 (pp 246-269)
Wednesday 6/5
1. Finish Nothing to Envy: Writing
* Include 1984, "Nothing to Envy", and "The Obsolete Man"
HW - Read Part 3 Chapter 3 (pp 269-284)
Thursday 6/6
1. 1984: Part 3 Chapters 1-3 Study Questions
a. Small Groups
b. Turn in at end of period
HW - Read Part 3 Chapters 4 & 5 (pp 284-297)
Friday 6/7
1. 1984: Part 3 Chapters 1-3 Slides
2. 1984: Part 3 Chapters 1-3 Quiz
3. 1984: Part 3 Chapters 4-6 Study Guide & Final Exam Study Guide
HW - Read Part 3 Chapter 5 (297-308); FINISH NOVEL
Tuesday 5/28
1. SSR - Begin tonight's reading (pp 206-223)
2. Finish 1984: Part 2 "Mood" Activity
HW - Finish reading Part 2 Chapter 9 (pp 206-223)
Wednesday 5/29
1. Paper Pass Back
2. 1984 Part 2 Storyboard
HW - Read Part 2 Chapter 10 (pp 224-230)
Thursday 5/30
1. Part 2 Chapters 9 & 10 Questions
a. small groups
b. slides
HW - Review Part 2 for Quiz
Friday 5/31
1. 1984 - Part 2 Quiz
HW - None
Monday 5/20
1. 1984: Sensory Imagery (due @ end of class)
HW - Read Part 2 chapter 5 (pp 150-160)
Tuesday 5/21
1. 1984: Manipulation of History (Part 2) - turn in at end of class)
HW - Read Part 2 chapters 6 & 7 (pp 160-171)
Wednesday 5/22
1. Part 2 - Chapters 5-7 Questions
HW - Read Part 2 Chapter 8 (pp 171-183)
Thursday 5/23
1. Finish Research
2. Finish Questions
HW - Start reading Part 2 Chapter 9 (pp 183-188)
Friday 5/24
1. Review/Discuss Chapters 5-8 Questions
2. Begin Mood Activity for Chapters 7-8
HW - Continue reading Chapter 9 (pp 188-206)
Monday 5/13
1. Study Guide Review (Part 1 Chapters 1-3)
2. StudySync: The Psychology of Revolution
HW - Read Part 2 Chapter 1 (pp 107-119)
Tuesday 5/14
1. Study Guide Review (Part 1 Chapters 4-8)
2. StudySync: The Psychology of Revolution
HW - Read Part 2 Chapter 2 (pp 119-129)
Wednesday 5/15
1. 1984 Quiz #2 (Part 1 chapters 4-8)
2. Finish "The Psychology of Revolution"
HW - Read Part 2 Chapter 3 (pp 129-139)
Thursday 5/16
1. Part 2 Chapters 1-4 Study Guide
HW - Read Part 2 Chapter 4 (pp 139-150)
Friday 5/17
1. Finish Part 2 Chapters 1-4 Study Guide
2. Part 2 Imagery Activity
HW - None
Monday 5/6
1. Chapters 3-4 Historical Influences
HW - Begin reading Chapter 5 (pp 49-65)
Tuesday 5/7
1. Finish Historical References
2. Begin StudySync: Blast & DoubleSpeak
HW - Finish reading Chapter 5 (pp 49-65)
Wednesday 5/8
1. Chapter 6 Summary
2. Finish StudySync
3. Chapter 4 & 5 Study Guide
HW - Read Chapter 7 (pp 71-83)
Thursday 5/9
1. Finish Study Guide Chapters 4. 5 & 7
2. Mind Control and Psychological Manipulation (1984 Analysis)
HW - Begin Chapter 8 (pp 84-94)
Friday 5/10
1. Finish Study Guides, Mind Control
2. 1984 Symbolism Analysis
* Turn all in at the end of class period
HW - Finish reading Chapter 8 (Part 1) - pp 94-104
Monday 4/29
1. Class Reading: Begin 1984 Chapter 2
2. StudySync: 1984 Chapter 1
HW - Read 1984 Chapter 2 (pp 20-29)
Tuesday 4/30
1. Finish "Why do People Follow the Crowd?"
2. Newspeak Slides
HW - Read Chap 3 (pp 30-38)
Wednesday 5/1
1. Finish Newspeak Slides
2. Author's Purpose: Due at the end of class
HW - Read Chapter 4 (pp 38-49)
Thursday 5/2
1. 1984 Study Guide: Part 1 Chapters 1-3
HW - Finish and Review Study Guide
Friday 5/3
1. Review Study Guide & Turn it in
2. 1984 Quiz #1
3. Chapters 3-4 Historical Influences
HW - TBD
Monday 4/22
1. "In the Lead" Introduction: StudySync Background Questions, Quick Poll, Number Crunch, Blast
HW - None
Tuesday 4/23
1. "In the Lead" Research x 3
HW - None
Wednesday 4/24
1. 1984 Introduction Stations
a. "I Spy"
b. Utopia vs Dystopia
c. Propaganda
d. Orwell Excerpt
e. Quote Analysis
HW - None
Thursday 4/25
1. Finish 1984 Stations
2. Check out books
3. Begin reading 1984
HW - read 1984 (pp 1-15)
Monday 4/8
1. "Love" Essay: Informational Texts
2. EQ Notes: Informational Texts (3)
"Romantic Love: Reality or Myth?" StudySync
HW - Finish Cornell Notes
Tuesday 4/9
1. Finish R & J Movie
HW - Have all EQ Sheets Complete & Ready to Plan Essay
Wednesday 4/10
1. "All for Love" Essay Day #1
HW - None
Thursdsay 4/11
1. "All for Love" Essay Day #2
HW - None
Friday 4/12
1. "All for Love" Essay Day #3 (final draft due at end of class)
HW - Have a great Spring Break
Wednesday 4/10
1. "Love" Essay Day #1 (Collaborative Planning)
HW - None
Thursday 4/11
1. "Love" Essay Day #2 (Begin Final Essay)
HW - None
Friday 4/12
1. "Love" Essay Day #3 (Finish Final Essay)
HW - None
Monday 4/1
1. StudySync: "...Frauds and Abuses Committed by Apothecaries"
HW - Finish for HW
Tuesday 4/2
1. R & J Test Review Sheet
HW - Finish Parts 1-3 and StudySync
Wednesday 4/3
1. Finish Review Sheets
2. Garbage Ball: Test Review
HW - Study Review Sheet
Thursday 4/4
1. R & J: Objective Unit Test
HW - None
Friday 4/5
1. Begin R & J Movie
Monday 3/25
1. Finish Act 4 Perspective Sheet
2. Work on EQ Tracker (Acts 1-3)
HW - Read/Listen to Act 5 scene 1 (pp 106-109)
Tuesday 3/26
1. Discuss Act 5 scene 1
2. Read Act 5 scene 2
3. Work on EQ Tracker (Acts 1-4)
HW - Continue working on EQ tracker
Wednesday 3/27
1. Begin Act 5 scene 3
2. Begin Act 5 Analysis Questions
HW - None
Thursday 3/28
1. Finish Act 5 scene 3
2. Finish Act 5 Analysis Questions
HW - Act 5 Perspective Sheet
Monday 3/18
1. 2019-20 Registrations
2. R & J: EQ Sheets for Acts 1-3
HW - None
Tuesday 3/19
1. 80 second Shakespeare
2. Review end of Act 3 scene 5
HW - None
Wednesday 3/20
1. Review of Ironies
2. Read Act 4 scene 1
3. Begin Act 4 scene 1 irony analysis
HW - Finish front side of Act 4 scene 1 irony analysis and Read/Listen to Act 4 scene 2
Thursday 3/21
1. Finish backside of Act 4 scene 1 irony analysis
2. Act 4 scene 2 reading check
3. Class Reading: Act 4 scene 3
4. Act 4 scene 3 activity
HW - Read/Listen to Act 4 scene 4
Monday 3/11
1. Develop Act 3 scene 1 Tableaux Vivant
HW - Prepare for Tableaux
Tuesday 3/12
1. Practice Tableaux
2. Perform Tableaux
HW - Read/Listen to Act 3 scene 2
Wednesday 3/13
1. StudySync: Act 3 scene 2
HW - Read/Listen to Act 3 scenes 3 & 4
Thursday 3/14
1. Nonsense in the Nest
2. Act 3 scenes 2-4 Questions
HW - Read/Listen to Act 3 scene 5
Friday 3/15
1. R & J Acts 2 & 3 Quiz
2. Act 3 scene 5 Questions
HW - None
Monday 3/4
1. New Terms
2. Read Friar Lawrence's Soliloquy (Act 2 scene 3)
3. Identify Figurative Devices
4. Finish reading Act 2 scene 3
HW - Finish Act 2 scene 3 questions
Tuesday 3/5
1. Turn in Act 2 scene 3 questions
2. Listen to Act 2 scene 4
3. Class Reading Act 2 scene 5
4. Act 2 scenes 4-6 Questions
HW - Read/Listen to Act 2 scene 6 & finish questions
Wednesday 3/6
1. Discuss/Correct Act 2 scenes 4-6 Questions
2. Act 2 Activity
HW - Read/Listen to Act 3 scene 1 (pp 60-67)
Thursday 3/7
1. Listening/Reading Check
2. Act 3 scene 1 Questions (turn in at the end of the period)
HW- Read Act 3 scene 2 (pp 67-72)
Monday 2/25
1. Chromebooks: Finish "Party Playlist"
HW - Print "Party Playlist" @ home or in library; Read/Listen to Act 2 Prologue and scene 1
Tuesday 2/26
1. Share "Party Playlists"
2. Act 2 Prologue Paraphrase
3. Act 2 Vocabulary
HW - None
Wednesday 2/27
1. Read Act 2 scene 1
2. Act 2 scene 1 questions
HW - None
Thursday 2/28
1. Read Act 2 scene 2
2. Act 2 scene 2 questions
HW - None
Friday 3/1
1. Finish Act 2 scene 2 questions
2. StudySync: Balcony Scene Questions & Vocab
HW - None
Tuesday 2/19
1. Romeo and Juliet - Terminology (Notes)
2. Finish Act 1 scenes 3 & 4 Questions & Queen Mab Illustration
HW - None
Wednesday 2/20
1. Read R & J Act 1 scene 5
2. Begin Act 1 scene 5 Questions
HW - None
Thursday 2/21
1. Finish Act 1 scene 5 Questions
HW - Study for Quiz (Terms and Act 1)
Friday 2/22
1. Term & Act 1 Quiz
HW - None
Tuesday 2/12
1. Quick Review of Act 1 Scene 1 lines 1-82
2. Listen to the rest of Act 1 scene 1
3. Act 1 scene 1 Comprehension Questions
HW - None
Wednesday 2/13
1. Discuss / Correct Act 1 scene 1 questions
2. Class Reading - Act 1 scene 2
3. Act 1 scene 2 questions (turn in at end of class)
HW - None
Thursday 2/14
1. Review Act 1 scene 2
2. Act 1 scene 2 Comprehension Questions (due at the end of class)
3. Act 1 scenes 1 & 2 Extra Credit Assignment
HW - Finish extra credit assignment (return it tomorrow)
Friday 2/15
1. Class Reading Act 1 scenes 3 & 4
2. Scenes 3 & 4 Analysis Questions
HW - None
Monday 2/4
1. Chromebooks: Go to StudySync and complete the assignment titled "All for Love"
2. Stay on StudySync and complete the assignment titled "First Read: Sonnet 73"
HW - Finish "All for Love" and "Sonnet 73" if not completed during class
Tuesday 2/5
1. R & J Prologue Paraphrase
2. Check out books
3. Begin reading R & J
HW - None
Wednesday 2/6
1. Finish Prologue Paraphrase
2. 1st and 2nd reading of Act 1 scene 1
HW - None
Thursday 2/7
1. 3rd reading of Act 1 scene 1
2. Complete Act 1 scene 1 questions
HW - None
Monday 1/28
1. Seating Chart
2. Introduction to TKAM Essay on Compassion
3. Planning Day #1 (Evidence Search)
HW - None
Tuesday 1/29
1. TKAM Compassion Essay Planning Day #2
2. Finish Evidence Search and Outline
HW - None
Wednesday 1/30
1. TKAM Compassion Essay Writing Day #1
HW - None
Thursday 1/31
1. TKAM Compassion Essay Writing Day #2
* Essay is due at the end of class
HW - None
Tuesday 1/22
1. 1st Period Final Exam
2. 6th Period Final Exam
HW - Study for Finals
Wednesday 1/23
1. 2nd Period Final Exam
2. 3rd Period Final Exam
HW - Study for Finals
Thursday 1/24
1. 4th Period Final Exam
2. 5th Period Final Exam
HW - Enjoy the 3-Day Weekend. Congratulations on finishing your 1st semester of high school!!!
Monday 1/14
1. SSR/StudySync Student Discussion
2. Chromebooks: Timed Writing
3. TKAM Movie Permission Slip
4. Final Exam Review Sheet
HW - Read Chp 21 & 22
Tuesday 1/15
1. SSR
2. Final Exam Review Sheet: Small Group Research and Study
HW - Read Chp 23 & 24
Wednesday 1/16
1. TKAM Chapter 21-24 Questions
2. Begin TKAM Movie
HW - Read Chp 25 & 26
Thursday 1/17
1. Check Chapter 21-24 Quesitons
2. Finish Chapter 25 & 26 Questions (turn in when done)
3. Continue TKAM Movie
HW - Read Chp 27 & 28
Friday 1/18
1. SSR
2. Finish TKAM Movie
HW - Read Chp 29-31; Finish the novel
Monday 12/17
1. TKAM Chapter 7-9 Questions
* due at the end of the period
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 10
Tuesday 12/18
1. Claudette Colvin Videos
2. "Freedom Walkers" - StudySync (due at end of period)
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 11
Monday 12/10
1. SSR (Finish Chapter 4 - Begin Chapter 5)
2. TKAM Vocab #3
3. Finish Chapter 1-3 questions if needed
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 5
Tuesday 12/11
1. Discuss & Check TKAM Vocab #3
2. "Freak the Mighty" StudySync
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 6 & Finish "Freak the Mighty" if not completed during class.
Wednesday 12/12
1. SSR - Finish Chapter 6 - Start Chapter 7
2. TKAM Small Group Discussion Questions (Talk then Write)
3. TKAM Comprehension Questions Chapters 4-6
HW - Read/Listen to Chp 7
Monday 12/3
1. TKAM Vocab #2
HW - None
Tuesday 12/4
1. Discuss Vocab #2
2. StudySync Blast: Empathy
3. Check out TKAM books
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 1 of TKAM
Wednesday 12/5
1. Harper Lee Slides
2. TKAM Introductory Video
3. TKAM Characterization and Map
4. TKAM Chapter 1 Multiple Choice & Short Answer Questions
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 2
Thursday 12/6
1. Harper Lee Slides & Video
2. Chapter 1 Questions
3. "Found" Poem (Start)
HW - Read Chapter 3 and study for vocab quiz
Friday 12/7
1. TKAM Vocab #2 and Introduction Quiz
2. Chapters 1-3 Questions
HW - Read/Listen to Chapter 4
Monday 11/27
1. TKAM Anticipation Guide
2. TKAM Vocab #1
3. Discuss Anticipation Guide 1 & 2
HW - Finish Vocab #1
Tuesday 11/28
1. Check & Discuss Vocab
2. Discuss Anticipation Guide #3-6
3. Point of View Activity #1
HW - Finish POV #1-8
Wednesday 11/28
1. Check POV #1-8
2. POV #9-15 - Partners
3. Famous Trials (Informational Comprehension & Predictions)
HW - Finish Famous Trails: Predictions 1 & 2
Thursday 11/29
1. Finish POV
2. Trials 1 & 2: Predictions and results & Graphic Organizer
3. Predictions 3-5
HW - Finish predictions 3-5 and study Vocab
Tuesday 11/13
1. Introduction to "Dreams & Aspirations" In-Class Writing
HW - None
Wednesday 11/14
1. "Dreams & Aspirations" Essay: Collaboration Day
HW - None
Thursday 11/15
1. "Dreams & Aspirations" Essay: Rough Drafting Day
HW - None
Friday 11/16
1. "Dreams & Aspirations" Essay: Final Draft Day (Due @ the end of the period)
HW - None
Monday 11/5
1. MLA Format Review
2. "Lennie's Writing Assignment"
HW - Work on "Lennie" Writing as needed
Tuesday 11/6
1. Finish "Lennie" writing assignment
2. "To a Mouse" - poem analysis & text-to text discussion
HW - Finish "Lennie" writing & "To a Mouse"
Wednesday 11/7
1. Discuss "To A Mouse"
2. OMAM Test Study Guide
HW - Review Study Guide
Thursday 11/8
1. OMAM Test
HW - None
Friday 11/9
1. Introduction to OMAM "Dreams & Aspirations" Essay
Monday 10/29
1. "Friendship" - Defined
2. "Friendship in the Age of Economics" - Article 1st Read (Vocab)
3. Look up and define/synonyms for unfamiliar words
HW - Finish Vocab Annotations (open article vocab quiz tomorrow)
Tuesday 10/30
1. "Friendship" article - open annotation quiz
2. Any other unfamiliar words?
3. Article 2nd Read (Annotate for Question #3)
4. Respond to Questions
HW - Finish Questions #1 -3
Wednesday 10/31
1. Finish Questions #1-5
2. Begin OMAM movie
HW - None
Thursday 11/1
1. OMAM Movie
HW - None
Friday 11/2
1. Finish OMAM Movie
HW - None
Monday 10/8
1. Participial Phrases
2. StudySync: OMAM Chapter 1
HW - None
Tuesday 10/9
1. Discuss Prepositional phrases
2. Participial Phrases
3. OMAM Chapter 1
HW - None
Wednesday 10/10
1. Survey
2. Participial Phrases #2
3. Descriptive Writing
4. Cont. Reading Chapter 1
HW - Finish Chapter 1
Thursday 10/11
1. Chapter 1 Comprehension Questions
HW - None
Friday 10/12
1. Discuss Chapter 1 Comp Questions
2. Phrase Review: Application & Writing
HW - Read Chapter 2 (pp 17-37)
Monday 10/1
1. Chromebooks: "Sympathy" First Read - complete all
HW - Finish "Sympathy" if not completed in class
Tuesday 10/2
1. Discuss "Sympathy"
2. Begin "Sympathy Imitation"
HW - None
Wednesday 10/3
1. "I Know why the Caged Bird Sings" - Chromebooks
2. Finish imitation poem
HW - None
Monday 9/24
1. Prefixes #31-35
2. Comparative vs Superlative #2; Homophones #2
3. "Dreams and Aspirations" Reading #1 - StudySync
4. Finish last week's StudySync assignments if not already completed
HW - Finish prefixes 31-35, Comparatives vs Superlatives, & Homophones
Monday 9/17
1. Paper Pass Back
2. Homophones #1
3. Prefixes #21-25 (finish in class)
HW - None
Monday 9/10
1. Review Friday's Quiz
2. Subject-Verb Agreement #2
3. Prefixes #11-20
HW - Finish Subject-Verb Agreement #2 & Prefixes 11-15
Tuesday 9/11
1. Check & Correct Subject-Verb Agreement #2
2. Pass Back and Review Weekly Skills Quiz #1
3. Prefixes #16-20
HW - Finish Prefixes (all) if not completed during class
Wednesday 9/12
1. Prepositional Phrases
2. Subject-Predicate Pronouns
3. "Dreams and Aspirations" Introduction
HW - None
Thursday 9/13
1. Check and Correct Prepositional Phrases and Subject-Predicate Prounouns
2. "Dreams and Aspirations" Quick Write Questions (Pre-Writing)
3. "Dreams and Aspirations" Paragraph Rough Drafting
HW - Study for Weekly Skills Quiz #2 (Prefixes, Phrases, Sentence Parts/Diagramming)
Friday 9/14
1. Weekly Skills Quiz #2
2. "Dreams and Aspirations" In-Class Writing
HW - None
Tuesday 9/4
1. Finish "Who is Mr. Wolf?"
2. Prefix List #1 - Note Taking
3. Prefix List #1 - Sentences & Images
HW - Finish Prefix List #1 if not completed during class
Wednesday 9/5
1. Seating Chart
2. Discuss Prefix List #1
3. Subject vs Predicate & Appositive Phrases
4. Begin StudySync "Dreams & Aspirations" Unit
HW - Finish Subject vs Predicate and Appositive Phrases if not completed during class
Thursday 9/6
1. Correct/Discuss Subject vs Predicate and Appositive Phrases
2. MLA Format "Nuts & Bolts" and Google Doc set up
3. "Dreams and Aspirations" Paragraph + Appositive Phrases
HW - Finish Paragraph if not completed during class & PRINT
Friday 9/7
1. Turn in Paragraphs
2. Weekly Quiz #1: Prefixes, Subject vs Predicate, Appositive Phrases, MLA Format
HW - None
Tuesday 8/28
1. Check Locators
2. Welcome & Seating Chart
3. Begin "Course Outline"
HW - None
Wednesday 8/29
1. Finish "Course Outline"
2. "Who is Mr. Wolf?"
HW - None
Thursday 8/30 - ALOHA ASSEMBLY
1. Finish "Who is Mr. Wolf?"
2. Course Outline Close Reading Comprehension Quiz
HW - None
2. DOL - Subject & Predicate Structure, Proper & Common Nouns, Subject & Predicate Pronouns
3. Academic Vocabulary List #1