Week of Sept. 28

English II

Monday:
Writing: Personification. Choose some object (like your cell phone, your backback, your car, your football) that you use every day and is important to you. What would this object say about you? Write a journal that includes dialogue that shows what that object knows about you.
PLAN TESTING IN THE MORNING (filling out information)

Tuesday:
Go over grammar: infinitives worksheet
PLAN TESTING
Antigone

Wednesday:
Word of the day words 11-15 due; four square
Go over grammar: participles worksheet
Antigone

Thursday:
Go over grammar: gerunds
Antigone

Friday:
Grammar quiz: verbals

English III

Monday:
Writing: Personification. Choose some object (like your cell phone, your backback, your car, your football) that you use every day and is important to you. What would this object say about you? Write a journal that includes dialogue that shows what that object knows about you.

Tuesday:
Go over grammar: infinitives worksheet
Scarlet Letter chapter 9

Wednesday:
Go over grammar: participles worksheet
Scarlet Letter chapter 10
Word of the day words 11-15 due; four square

Thursday:
Go over grammar: gerunds
Scarlet Letter chapter 11

Friday:
Grammar quiz: verbals

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
Writing: Personification. Choose some object (like your cell phone, your backback, your car, your football) that you use every day and is important to you. What would this object say about you? Write a journal that includes dialogue that shows what that object knows about you.

Tuesday:
Go over grammar: infinitives worksheet
Scarlet Letter go over chapters 14-16

Wednesday:
Go over grammar: participles worksheet
Scarlet Letter chapter 17
Word of the day words 11-15 due; four square

Thursday:
Go over grammar: gerunds
Scarlet Letter chapter 18
Word Study 7 packet due; quiz

Friday:
Grammar quiz: verbals

Week of Sept. 21

English II

Monday:
Writing - describe your favorite season using as much imagery as you can. Tell me how is smells, sounds, feels, and what you taste during that season. Brainstorm a list of as MUCH as you can. Then write a WELL DEVELOPED paragraph about your favorite season.

Correct the practice PLAN/PSAT tests.
Work on four squares for words 6-10

Tuesday:
PLAN test: reading
Grammar worksheet: prepositional phrases

Wedensday:
PLAN test: reading
Grammar worksheet: appositive phrases
Four Square due for words 6-10
Word of the Day quiz over words 1-10

Thursday:
PLAN test: reading
Grammar worksheet: Misplaced phrases

Friday:
Grammar quiz: phrases

English III:

Monday:
Writing - describe your favorite season using as much imagery as you can. Tell me how is smells, sounds, feels, and what you taste during that season. Brainstorm a list of as MUCH as you can. Then write a WELL DEVELOPED paragraph about your favorite season.

Correct the practice PLAN/PSAT tests.
Work on four squares for words 6-10

Tuesday:
Scarlet Letter chapters 6, 7
Grammar worksheet: prepositional phrases

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 8
Grammar worksheet: appositive phrases
Four Square due for words 6-10
Word of the Day quiz over words 1-10

Thursday:
Scarlet Letter chapters 9, 10
Grammar worksheet: Misplaced phrases

Friday:
Grammar quiz: phrases

Pre-AP English III

Monday:

Writing - describe your favorite season using as much imagery as you can. Tell me how is smells, sounds, feels, and what you taste during that season. Brainstorm a list of as MUCH as you can. Then write a WELL DEVELOPED paragraph about your favorite season.

Correct the practice PLAN/PSAT tests.
Work on four squares for words 6-10

Tuesday:
Scarlet Letter go over 10, 11, 12
Grammar worksheet: prepositional phrases

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 13, 14
Grammar worksheet: appositive phrases
Four Square due for words 6-10
Word of the Day quiz over words 1-10

Thursday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 15
Grammar worksheet: Misplaced phrases
Word Study 6 packet due
Word Study 6 quiz

Friday:
Grammar quiz: phrases

Pre-AP English III Word Study 5

Week of Sept. 14

English II

Monday:
FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAYS DUE
Writing: How do you feel about driving while intexticated (texting while driving)? Use the statistics we discuss in class to write out your opinion.
Vocabulary: Word of the Day four square

Tuesday:
Background of Greeks and Antigone
Begin Antigone
Grammar: Direct and indirect objects

Wednesday:
Antigone
Grammar: Predicate nouns and adjectives

Thursday:
Antigone
Grammar: All complements

Friday:
Grammar quiz: Complements
Phrases packet distributed for next week

English III

Monday:
FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAYS DUE
Writing: How do you feel about driving while intexticated (texting while driving)? Use the statistics we discuss in class to write out your opinion.
Vocabulary: Word of the Day four square

Tuesday:
Scarlet Letter review chapters 1-3, 4
Grammar: Direct and indirect objects

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter chapters 4,5
Grammar: Predicate nouns and adjectives

Thursday: 4,5
Scarlet Letter chapter
Grammar: All complements

Friday:
Grammar quiz: Complements
Phrases packet distributed for next week

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAYS DUE
Writing: How do you feel about driving while intexticated (texting while driving)? Use the statistics we discuss in class to write out your opinion.
Vocabulary: Go over Words of the Day
Word Study 5 assigned

Tuesday:
Go over Scarlet Letter chapters 4, 5, 6
Grammar: Direct and indirect objects

Wednesday:
Word Study 5 packet due
Scarlet Letter ch. 7, read 8 for homework
Grammar: Predicate nouns and adjectives

Thursday:
Word Study 5 quiz
Scarlet Letter ch. 9; read 10, 11, 12 for homework
Grammar: All complements

Friday:
Grammar quiz: Complements
Phrases packet distributed for next week

Week of Sept. 7th

English II

Monday: LABOR DAY. NO SCHOOL

Tuesday:
Run-on and fragment sentence practice
Additional time on Short Story Tests if needed
Writing: How to write a concluding paragraph; peer proofreading of five paragraph essays (What are your first impressions of high school?) FINAL DRAFTS DUE NEXT MONDAY

Wednesday: LIBRARY
Research: Greek and Roman gods who have influenced our vocabulary

Thursday:
Run-on and fragment sentence practice
Background on Antigone

Friday: FLEX FRIDAY
Sentences quiz
Complement packet given

English III

Monday: LABOR DAY. NO SCHOOL

Tuesday:
Crucible test periods 1 and 7
Writing: how to write a conclusion for five paragraph essay: What are your impressions of the new schedule? FINAL DRAFTS DUE MONDAY.

Wednesday:
Run-on and fragment practice
Background to The Scarlet Letter
Begin reading novel, chapters 1 and 2

Thursday:
Run-on and fragment practice
The Scarlet Letter chapters 3 and 4

Friday: FLEX FRIDAY
Sentences test
Complement packet given

Pre-AP English III

Monday: LABOR DAY. NO SCHOOL

Tuesday:
Make up tests for Crucible, Word Study 3 need to be done!
Writing: How to write a conclusion for five paragraph essay (What are your impressions of the new schedule?) FINAL DRAFT DUE MONDAY OR AS SOON AS YOU'D LIKE TO TURN IT IN.

Wednesday:
Run-on and fragment sentence review
Background to Scarlet Letter; begin novel chapters 1 and 2
Word of the Day 4 packet due

Thursday:
Word of the Day quiz unit 4 (review of units 1-3, no new words)
Scarlet Letter chapters 2 and 3. Read 4-6 for homework (go over next Tuesday)

Friday: FLEX FRIDAY
Sentences quiz
Complement packet given for next week