January 4-21
1/4: Civil disobedience
Oedipus myth
Antigone (lit. books)
Correct punctuation homework
1/6: Late start day
Punctuation Test
Antigone
1/10: Vocabulary Test #7
Antigone
1/12: Antigone
Review for finals
1/14: Antigone Test
Review for finals
1/19: Periods 0, 1, 3 finals
1/20: Periods 0, 2, 4 finals
1/21: Periods 5 and 6 finals
Dismissal at 12:40 during finals
JANUARY 24--FEBRUARY 25
1/25 New seats and vocab. lists
Prepositional phrases (418-426)
Discuss prejudice
1/27 Participial phrases (427-431)
Start School Ties (film)
1/31 Late Start Day
Finish and discuss film
Gerund phrases (431-435
2/2 Infinitive phrases (435-38)
Check out To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM)
BRING NOVELS TO CLASS EVERY DAY.
Discuss chapter assignments
Vocabulary Test #8 CHANGE!
2/4 Appositive phrases (441-445)
TKAM quiz, chs. 1-3
2/8 Review phrases
TKAM quiz, chs. 4-6
2/10 Phrase Test
TKAM chs. 7-9 quiz and assignment
2/14 TKAM chs. 10-11 quiz and assignment
2/16 TKAM chs. 12-15 quiz and assignment
2/18 TKAM chs. 16-20 quiz and assignment
Vocabulary Test #9 (MOVED TO 2/21)
2/21 SCHOOL HOLIDAY
2/23 TKAM chs. 21-24 quiz and assignment
Vocabulary Test #9.
2/25 TKAM chs. 25-27 quiz and assignment
March 1 - April 1
3/1: TKAM chs. 28-31
Work on essays
3/3: Typed thesis and statements of organization are due.
TKAM Socratic Seminar
3/7: TKAM Test
First draft of essay is due; peer editing
3/9: Vocabulary Test #10
Watch TKAM film
Essay help
3/11: Final draft of essay is due; submit to turnitin.com
Finish TKAM film
Grammar: semicolons (624-630)
3/15: Life Lessons booklets are due
Grammar: colons (632-637)
"Marigolds"
3/17: Colon/Semicolon Test
Short Story Assignment (Bring lit. books)
Check out The Chosen
3/21: "The Cold Equations" (7) Read before class.
Grammar: clauses (450-452)
3/23: Late Start
Grammar: adjective clauses (450-455)
Work in short story groups.
3/25: Vocabulary Test #11
Grammar: adverb clauses (455-458)
Group work
3/29:` Grammar: noun clauses and sentence structure
(458-9, 463-66)
Short Story TBA
3/31: Grammar: review clauses (467-71)
Group work
Short story presentations on April 6 and 8
APRIL 4-29
4/4 Clause Test
Short Story Presentations
4/6 and 4/8 Short Story Presentations
4/12 Short Story Terms Test
The Chosen Socratic Seminar
Select new novels
4/14 Write The Chosen essays in class
Assign new novels
SPRING BREAK!
4/25 The Chosen Test
Turn in novels
Grammar: End Marks (596-605)
4/27 Bring new novels for group work.
Commas (605-613)
Meet with counselors
4/29 Vocabulary Test #12
Commas (613-620)
The Business Letter
MAY 2-27
5/2 Business letter is due
Review commas and end marks.
Discuss definition paper
Read novels.
5/5 Comma/End Mark Test
Modifier Usage (541-549)
Read novels
5/9 Vocabulary Test #13
Modifier Usage (549-556)
Read novels
5/11 Lit. Circle #1
Modifier Usage Test
Read novels
5/12-16 STAR Testing
5/18 Definition paper is due (turnitin.com)
Intro. to Our Town, gratitude journals
Read novels
5/20 Lit. Circle #2
Discuss description paper
Read novels.
5/24 Our Town
Read novels
5/26 Our Town
Vocabulary Test #14
Description paper is due.
MAY 30 - JUNE 17
5/30: School Holiday
5/31: Lit. Circle #3
Our Town Act III
6/2: Our Town Film
6/6: Finish film/discuss
Test on outside novel
Review for finals
6/8: Our Town Test
Review for finals
6/10 Vocab. Test #15
Gratitude journals are due
Review finals
6/15: Period 2 final
6/17:` Period 6 final
HAPPY SUMMER!