Monday, October 18, 2010

Week of October 18th

FALL BREAK THIS WEEK - NO SCHOOL THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
Enjoy your time off!

ONE WEEK FROM TODAY 10/25 ALL LATE WORK/MAKE UP WORK DUE

Word of the Day words 21-30 due next Tuesday, Oct. 26th

English II

Monday:
Finish Antigone
Writing: Complete chart (handout in class: What is a Tragic Hero?)
5 paragraph essays due! If you could tell adults any three things about being a teen today, what would you want them to know?

Tuesday:
Antigone review

Wednesday:
Antigone test

English III

Monday:
Finish Scarlet Letter

Tuesday:
Review Scarlet Letter
All study guides due

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter test

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
Go over last chapter of Scarlet Letter
Writing: How does symbolism serve to develop plot, character, and theme in The Scarlet Letter?
Create test questions for review

Tuesday:
Scarlet Letter review

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter test
NO VOCAB THIS WEEK

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Week of October 11

PSAT TEST THIS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13TH
ALL SOPHOMORES AND ANY JUNIORS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP

EXTRA CREDIT: Find an ALLUSION in the news, newspaper, television, or any form of print (including online printed material) and bring it in.

English II


Monday:
Writing: Five paragraph essay: If you were on a panel of students talking to adults, what would you tell them that you wish they knew about teens? What are the most important topics to teens today? What do you wish you could change? What do you wish they knew more about?Grammar: finish exercises on parts of speech in text book
Go over PSAT practice test; take reading test for homework; due Wednesday

Tuesday:
Antigone Scene 3

Wednesday:
PSAT test in the morning
7th hour: take practice test; finish any grammar as needed; extra worksheets provided if needed

Thursday:
Antigone Scene 4

Friday:
Antigone Scene 5

English III

Monday:
Writing: Describe Pearl. List five important symbols from The Scarlet Letter and what each stands for.
Scarlet Letter chapter 13 summary; chapter 14

Tuesday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 15

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 16

Thursday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 17, 18 summarized

Friday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 19

Pre-AP English III

Monday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 14 read for HW
Word Skills 9 assigned
Finish parts of speech in textbook

Tuesday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 15, 16 read for HW

Wednesday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 17, 18 summary; read 19 for homework

Thursday:
Scarlet Letter summary chapter 20, 21, summary, read 23 for HW

Friday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 24 Conclusion
Word Skills 9 due; quiz

Monday, October 4, 2010

Week of October 4

WORD OF THE DAY WORDS 11-20 DUE THIS FRIDAY!
QUIZ OVER THOSE TEN WORDS!
PARENT CONFERENCES THIS TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, 4:30-7:30 AT EHS

English II

Monday: JOSTENS MEETS WITH SOPHOMORES AT 9 A.M.
7th hour only: organize writing folders
WOD docile
Writing: After reading the children's story If You Give a Moose a Muffin, create your own story using dependent clauses at the beginning of each of ten sentences. Make sure to include a comma after each introductory dependent clause.

Tuesday:
WOD review: emulate
Parts of speech: nouns and pronouns p. 600 in grammar text ex. 1,2, 3 numbers 1-5 only
Review Oedipus background
Begin Act 1 Antigone

Wednesday:
WOD epitome
Parts of speech: Verbs p. 601 ex. 4
Continue Antigone Act 2

Thursday:
WOD exasperate
Parts of speech: Adjectives and adverbs p. 602 ex. 5, 6
Continue Antigone

Friday:
WOD quiz words 11-20; activities due
Parts of speech: prepositions and conjunctions p. 602-603 ex. 7, 8

English III

Monday:
Writing: Willa Cather once said, "The end is nothing; the road is all." Brainstorm as many words as you can for five minutes that relate to the road, cars, or traveling. Use as many of those words as you can in an extended paragraph response to the quote. Do you agree or disagree?
WOD: docile
Parts of speech: nounds and pronouns p. 590 of grammar book; ex. 1, 2

Tuesday:
WOD: emulate
Scarlet Letter chapter 8, 9
Parts of speech: Verbs p. 591 ex. 3

Wednesday:
WOD: epitome
Scarlet Letter chapters 10, 11
Parts of speech: adjectives and adverbs p. 592 ex. 4

Thursday:
WOD: exasperate
Scarlet Letter chapters 12, 13
Parts of speech: prepositions and conjunction p. 592 ex. 5, 6

Friday:
WOD: exemplify
All activities due; quiz over words 11-20
Grammar work due by the end of the period

Pre-AP English III

Follow Enlgish III for WOD and parts of speech
PLEASE WATCH FOR UPDATES AS WEEK GOES ALONG TO ADJUST READING AND ASSIGNMENTS

Monday:

Writing same as Eng III
Scarlet Letter 9: read for HW

Tuedsay:
Scarlet Letter: go over chapter 10, summarize 11, watch 12

Study guides due today

Wedneday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 13, 14

Thursday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 15

Friday:
Scarlet Letter chapter 16