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Phone Number:  (714) 986-7580 ext.  11205
Email (Contact):  [email protected]
Homepage (Daily Agendas and Homework): 
 
Schedule:
Period 0:  AP Language and Composition
Period 1:  English Language Arts II 
Period 2:  AP Language and Composition 
Period 3:  English Language Arts II
Period 4:  English Language Arts II
Period 5:  Conference
 
 
Tutoring:  Break, Lunch and After School by. Appt.
 
 
 

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Agendas and Homework: 11/5/13

LA II:

  • Collect Antigone Essay (Final, Rough, &  Outline)
  • Finish "By the Waters of Babylon" Questions

HW:  Finish "BTWOB" Questions

 

LA III:

  • Discuss Dr. H's Experiment Image Questions
  • Discuss QW Answers
  • Read and Annotate "The Path of a Pandemic" and"The Great Pandemic 1918-1919"

HW:  Finish Articles

 

LA II H:

  • Discuss Questions 2 and 3 from "Tyranny and Rule of the Law"
  • Scenes 2 and 3 Guided Questions
  • Continue Antigone

 

HW:  Vocab. Definitions and Guided Questions (Scs. 2 & 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agendas and Homework: 11/1/13

LA II

  • Finish "Eye of the Beholder " Questions
  • Discuss Questions
  • Begin "By the Waters of Babylon" (Take Notes)

HW:  No Homework

 

LA III

  • Voice Lesson 2 (Details)
  • Questions of Dr. H's Image/Pict.

HW:  No Homework

 

LA II H

  • Vocab. 8 Quiz
  • Correct Quiz
  • Tyranny and the Law" Questions (Group)

HW:  No Homework

Agendas and Homework: 10/31/13

LA II

  • SSR
  • Dystopia Handout
  • Watch "Eye of the Beholder"
  • Begin "E o t B"  Questions

HW:  No Homework

 

LA III

  • SSR
  • Voice Lesson (Detail) 1
  • Discuss Dr. H. Symbols Chart
  • Begin Analysis of Picture

HW:  No Homework

LA II H

  • Discuss Ode 3
  • Read and Annotate "Tyranny and the Rule of Law"

HW:  Vocab. 8 Quiz Tomorrow

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/30/13

LA II

  • Finish Rough Draft
  • Peer Evaluations
  • Revise / Edit

HW:  Final Draft Due Tuesday (11/5/13):  Typed, Double-Spaced, 12 Font

 

LA III

  • SSR (Check and Stamp Homework)
  • Discuss Allegory Wksht. ( Dr.  H's Experiment)
  • Dr.  H's Interpretation and Symbolism Wksht.

HW:  Finish Dr. H's Interpretation and Symbolism Wksht.

 

LA II H

  • SSR (Check Vocab.  Definitions)
  • Discuss Definitions
  • Continue Reading Antigone

 

HW:  Read and Annotate Ode 3

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/28/13

LA II:

  • Review Writing Structure
  • Provide Prompt:  
  • Essay Outline

HW:  Finish Outline

 

LA III:

  • Read "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" and take notes:  Setting, Atmosphere, Character, Symbolism, Allegory...

HW:  Finish Story and Notes; 15 Point Quiz Tomorrow (May Use Notes)

 

LA II H:

  • Vocab. List 8
  • Continue Antigone
  • Annotate Ode 2

HW:  Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/25/13

LA II

  • Collect Antigone Review
  • Antigone Exam

 

LA III

  • Share allegories in small groups
  • Begin Dr. Heidegger's Experiment

 

LA II H

  • Vocab. Quiz 7
  • Correct
  • Continue reading Antigone

 

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/24/13

LA II

  • Review Guide
  • Discuss Guide

HW:  Review Guide Due Tomorrow:  Antigone Exam Tomorrow

 

LA III

  • Allegory Sketch

HW:  Finish Sketch

 

LA II H

  • Guided Questions Prologue and Scene 1

HW:  Review Vocab.; Quiz Tomorrow

Agendas and Homework: 10/21/13

LA II

  • Tragic Hero Wksht.

HW:  Finish Wksht. (4th; 0 will have ten minutes tomorrow to finish)

 

LA III

  • Discuss "The Lightning Rod Man"
  • "The Lightning Rod Man"  Questions

HW:  Finish the Questions

 

LA II H

 

  • Vocab. 7 List
  • Discuss Ship of State Annotations
  • Continue Reading

HW:  Vocab. Words Due Wed.

Agendas and Homework: 10/18/13

LA II

  • Vocab. Quiz 5/6
  • Correct Quiz
  • Begin Tragic Hero Activity (Antigone versus Creon)



LA III

  • Vocab. Quiz (from "The Devil and Tom Walker")
  • Correct Quiz
  • Annotate "The Lightning Rod Man"

HW:  Finish Annotations

LA II H

 

  • Vocab. Quiz 6
  • Correct
  • Annotate Creon's Ship of State speech

Agendas and Homework: 10/17/13

LA II

  • Vocab. Practice
  • Analogies
  • Correct Analogies
  • Stamp/Discuss/Collect Antigone Questions: Scs. 3-5

HW:  Review Vocab. Definitions and Exercises; Vocab. Quiz (25 Pts.) Tomorrow

LA III

  • Vocab. Practice
  • Finish "Devil...Tom Walker"Aphorism/Proverb Visual
  • Introduce Pathetic Fallacy
  • "The Lightning Rod Man"  Herman Melville

HW:  Review Vocab. Definitions and Sentences; Vocab. Quiz (20 Pts.) Tomorrow

 

LA II H

  • Stamp and Discuss Parodos via Doc. Cam.
  • Cont. Reading Antigone 

 

HW:  Review Vocab. Definitions; Vocab. Quiz (20 Pts.) Tomorrow

 

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/16/13

LA II

  • SSR (Check Vocab.)
  • Discuss Vocab.
  • Vocab. Exercises (Sentence Completion)
  • Discuss
  • Finish Play

HW:  Answer Antigone Questions (Scenes 3 - 5)

 

LA III

  • SSR (Check Vocab.)
  • Discuss Vocab. Definitions
  • Draw/Decorate Aphorism/Proverb

HW:  Review Vocab.

 

LA II H

  • SSR  (Check Vocab.)
  • Discuss Vocab. Definitions
  • Continue Reading Antigone
  • Annotate Parodos

HW:  Summarize Parodos (One Sentence Per Stanza)

 

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/15/13

LA II

  • SSR
  • Vocab. Exercise (Context Clues)
  • Discuss Exercise
  • Continue Reading Antigone

 

HW:  Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow

 

LA III

  • SSR (Stamp Soapstone Chart [HWK]
  • Define Aphorism and Proverb
  • In pairs, write 3 aphorisms/proverbs that connect with "The Devil and Tom Walker"

HW:  Vocab. Definitions and Sentences Due Tomorrow

 

LA II

  • Finish Greek Theatre Notes
  • Begin Antigone

 

HW:  Vocab. Definitions Due Tomorrow

 

Agendas and Homework: 10/14/13

LA II

  • Vocab. list (5/6)
  • Continue reading Antigone

 

HW:  Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday 10/16

 

LA III

  • Vocab. list ("The Devil and Tom Walker")
  • Collect American Gothic Allegory Chart
  • Discussion of "Sympathy...Devil" annotations
  • SOAPStone Chart of "Sympathy...Devil"

HW:  Finish Chart (10/15), Definitions and Sentences Due Wednesday 10/16

LA II H

  • Vocab. list 6
  • Finish Poetics Poster 
  • Greek lecture notes

HW:  Vocab. Definitions Due Wednesday 10/16

Agendas and Homework: 10/11/13

LA II

  • Read and annotate Ode 4
  • Discuss via doc-cam
  • Continue reading

 

LA III

  • Stamp and discuss American Gothic Allegory Chart
  • Listen and annotate "Sympathy for the Devil".  Address SOAPSTone and satirical elements of song

  • HW:  Finish Annotations

 

LA II H

  • Vocab. Quiz 5
  • SSR
  • Correct Quiz 5
  • Poetics Poster

Agendas and Homework: 10/10/13

LA II

  • Stamped and discussed Ode 3 annotations
  • Continued reading:  Scene 4

HW:  Read Ode 4

 

LA III

 

  • Voice Lesson 5 (Diction)
  • Discussed "The Devil and Tom Walker" Quiz
  • Allegory chart

HW:  Finish chart

 

LA II H

Continued Poetics Poster

HW:  Vocab. Quiz 5 tomorrow