Week of November 16

English II

Monday: The last sentence of chapter 4 reads, "So he [Dunstan] stepped forward into the darkness..." Write a page about what happens next in the story. Make up whatever you think will happen. You could include characters like Silas, Dunstan, Godfrey, William, Sarah, Nancy, or Squire Cass. You could discuss the setting or other things that have happened in the plot. You predict! What will happen next?

Tuesday:
Define irony and listen to song "Ironic" by Alanis Morisette. Find examples of irony in the song.
Read chapter 5 Silas

Wednesday:
Chapter 6 and 7 in Silas

Thursday: Chapter 8 Silas

Friday: Chapter 9 Silas

English III

Monday: Five paragraph essays due
Open book/open note test: Revolutionary writers and Romantics

Tuesday:
Read "Olaudah Equiano" p. 78
Watch clip of Amistad for visual imagery.
Make a list of how the slave ships looked, sounded, felt, tasted, smelled.

Wednesday:
Read "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and "The Gettysburg Address"
BONUS: Write a story that uses flashback as an element.

Thursday:
Twain background
Read Huck Finn chapter 1, summarize 2 and 3

Friday:
Huck Finn Chapters 4,5,6

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
Writing: Write a narrative that uses the literary technique of flashback, using "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" as a model. Write about what you know about, using things from the area around you (the ideas of REGIONALISM that we will be discussing with Huck Finn)
Read chapter 1 from Huck for homework.

Tuesday:
Huck background, go over chapters 1-3; read chapters 4 and 5, summarize 6

Wednesday:
Huck chapters 7, 8, 9; read 10 for homework

Thursday:
Word Study 12 due; quiz
Huck chapters 11-14

Friday:
Huck chapters 15-17; finish those for homework if needed.

Week of November 9

VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, 9:30

English II

Monday:Writing
We read the children's book If You Give a Mouse a Muffin and studied the dependent clauses in the story. Write ten sentences of your own that each start with a dependent clause and end with an independent one. Try to have a chain of events or story.
Begin Silas Marner chapter 2
Grammar p. 97 ex. A



Tuesday:
Grammar p. 610 ex. 2
Silas chapter 2



Wednesday:
Grammar p. 99 ex. A
Silas chapter 3
Word of the day sentences due for words 31-40



Thursday:
Grammar p. 611 ex. 3
Silas chapter 4



Friday:
Word of the Day review crossword puzzle words 21-40; quiz words 31-40

English III

Monday:Writing: After reading If You Give a Mouse a Muffin and studying dependent and independent clauses, write ten sentences that begin with an dependent and and with an independent clause. Try to have a chain of events or story like the book.
Golf balls deomonstration: What are three influences in your life that have shaped you? Write a five paragraph essay. Due next Monday.

Tuesday:
Romantic poetry: define Romanticism
Read "Thanatopsis" p. 328, "Psalm of Life" p. 334, "Chambered Nautilus" p. 340, and "Old Ironsides"

Wednesday:
Notes on Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism
Dark Romantics: read "The Raven" and "Masque of the Red Death"
Word of the Day sentences due for words 31-40

Thursday:
In library, typing final drafts of resumes

Friday:

Word of the day review crossword and quiz for words 31-40
Open book/open note test

Pre-AP English III

Monday
Writing: Write ten sentences that begin with dependent clauses modeled after the children's book we read If You Give a Mouse a Muffin.
Golf ball demonstration:What are three influences in your life who have shaped you to be who you are? Five paragraph essay due next Monday.

Tuesday:
Read "Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano" p. 78. Make a list of images he used to convey his message (how it looked, sounded, tasted, felt, smelled).

Wednesday:
10 sentences using words 31-40 due.
Watch clip from Amistad for visual imagery from a slave ship
Read p. 552 "Incidents of a Slave Girl"
Read p. 564 "Gettysburg Address"

Thursday:
Word Study 11 packet due; quiz
Read p. 580 "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"; quiz

Friday:
Word of the Day words 31-40 quiz; review crossword
Watch video "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"

Week of Nov. 2

SCHOOL ASSEMBLY WEDNESDAY, 9:30 A.M.

English II

Monday:
Class writing time for five paragraph essay: What has influenced you the most in your life (three things)? Final drafts due at the beginning of the period tomorrow.

Tuesday:
Writings due
Go over grammar packet: Clauses

Wednesday:
Begin novel Silas Marner chapter 1
Grammar review

Thursday:
Silas chapter 2, 3
Grammar review

Friday:
Grammar test: clauses
Silas chapter 4
R U Rdng: Have something to read for 4th period!

English III

Monday:
Writing: What would you do with more time (after you have been able to sleep as long as you'd like)?
Go over clause packets

Tuesday:
Writing resumes: finish for homework
Reading: Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" in text
Grammar review: finish packet

Wednesday: SCHOOL ASSEMBLY 9:30 A.M.
Writing Marketing letters: finish for homework
Type resumes
Romantics: background notes, poetry p. 330-344

Thursday:
Grammar review: worksheets
Romantics: "Masque of the Red Death" and "The Raven"

Friday:
Grammar quiz: clauses
R U Rdng: Have something to read for 4th period!

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
Writing: What would you do with more time?
Go over grammar packets
Word Study 10 assigned; due Thursday

Tuesday:
Writing resumes and marketing letters; finish for homework
Go over Romantic poetry p. 330-344

Wednesday:
Laptops: type resumes and marketing letters
Homework: finish resumes and marketing letters if needed
Word Study 10 due tomorrow; quiz
Grammar review: clauses

Thursday:
Word Study 10 quiz
Romantic/Revolutionary quiz: Open note/open book; find examples of characteristics of
Revolutionary and Romantic writing
Homework: Read "View from the Bottom Rail" handout for Monday

Friday:
Grammar quiz
R U Rdng: Have something to read for 4th period!

Word Study 10

Word Study 9