Week of February 15

NO SCHOOL MONDAY: PRESIDENTS DAY

English II

Tuesday:
Finish Julius Caesar Act 5; review for test tomorrow
Word of the Day activities due; quiz tomorrow

Wednesday:
Caesar test
Word of the Day test words 11-20

Thursday:
IN LIBRARY: Research any topic of your choice. Find three sources, print out, and create a report on them

Friday:
IN LIBRARY

English III

Tuesday:
Gatsby chapter 6, begin 7; finish reading for homework
Word of the day words 11-20 due (activities)

Wednesday:
Chapter 8
Word of the Day quiz, words 11-20

Thursday:
Chapter 9

Friday:
Review for test on Monday over Gatsby

Pre-AP English III

Tuesday:

Gatsby test

Word of the day words due (11-20); quiz tomorrow in library

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: in library researching author background; DUE NEXT TUESDAY FEB. 23rd. Find background information, awards won, and interesting facts. List sources in MLA format

Week of February 8

English II

Monday:
Make a list of ten similes/metaphors, ten examples of personification, and use five word of the day in sentences that all describe your weekend, the month of February, or the Winter season.
Grammar: Pronouns p. 181, 184

Tuesday:
Julius Caesar Act 3, starting on p. 1141; funeral speech of Brutus and Mark Antony; watch video in class, read text to answer study guide questions

Wednesday:
Short essay: choose one of the essay questions for Act 3 to answer
Begin Act 4

Thursday:
Continue Act 4

Friday:
Valentine's Day proofreading worksheet (due in class); review Word of the Day words 11-20; activities due Tuesday

English III

Monday:
Make a list of 10 similes/metaphors, 10 examples of personification, and use 5 word of the days in sentences to describe your weekend, the month of February, or the Winter season.
Read Gatsby ch. 3 through page 53 for tomorrow

Tuesday:
Gatsby chapter 3

Wednesday:
Gatsby chapter 4; quiz over chapters 1-3

Thursday:
watch Gatsby chapter 5; read text to answer study guide questions
Chapter 6: read pages 103-110

Friday:
Valentine's proofreading sheet; review word of the days words 11-20; activities due Tuesday

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
See writing assignment for English II and III
Go over Gatsby chapter 5 (quiz)
Read chapter 6

Tuesday:
READING DAY: finish chapters 6 and read chapter 7

Wednesday:
Reading quizzes chapters 6 and 7
Read chapter 8

Thursday:
Go over all study guide questions; watch section of video
Read chapter 9 for HW

Friday:
Valentine's proofreading; review word of the day (activities due Tuesday);
Review Gatsby: test Tuesday. Be ready for essay: How is The Great Gatsby the perfect Modern novel?

Week of February 1

English II

Writing for all classes: Five paragraph essay rough draft due Thurs, final draft due Friday:
"What would you do to leave something better than you found it?" In other words, what would you do to improve yourself, your home, your school, your community, or your world? You may write about anything you would like (or one of each!). Make sure you have a thesis sentence that clearly lists the three main ideas (this should be at the end of your first paragraph that grabs the reader's attention), three body paragraphs (one about each main point), and a conclusion that summarizes your main points.

Monday:
See above writing assignment

Tuesday:
Word of the day words 1-10 due
Julius Caesar: finish Act 2, complete study guide

Wednesday:
Do one of the two essay questions listed on your study guide for Caesar
Begin Act 3

Thursday:
Rough drafts of five paragraph essays due; proofread in class
Review subject/verb agreement (worksheet in class)
Continue Caesar as needed; watch video segment of what we have read so far

Friday:
Five paragraph essays due - final draft and rough draft
Subject/Verb agreement quiz
Word on word of the day for words 11-20
Watch Caesar video

English III

Monday:
See above writing assignment

Tuesday:
Word of the Day activities due
Background for The Great Gatsby; begin chapter 1

Wednesday:
Word of the Day test, words 1-10
Gatsby chapter 1 and 2

Thursday:
Review Subject/Verb agreement (worksheet in class)
Gatsby chapter 2; video
Five paragraph essays due; editing time for rough drafts

Friday:
Subject/Verb agreement quiz
Five paragraph essays due
Word ahead on Word of the day words 11-20

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
See above writing assignment
Gatsby reading quiz over chapter 1,2

Tuesday:
Word of the Day words 1-10 words due
Gatsby video
Read chapter 3 for Wednesday

Wednesday:
Word of the Day quiz, words 1-10
Quiz over chapter 3 Gatsby

Thursday:
Review Sujbect/Verb agreement (worksheet in class)
Read chapter 4 for Friday
Five paragraph essays due: rough draft; editing time

Friday:
Five paragraph essays due
Subject/Verb agreement quiz
Gatsby chapter 4 quiz; go over all study guide questions