1/16/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Nonfiction reading

• Nonfiction writing

• Write article

• Vocab 1st 1/2 10

1/18/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Article Due

• Intro to poetry (PowerPoint)

• 2nd 1/2 Unit 10 Vocab

• Read pages 474-477

• Quickwrite: Cluster map

• Page 479 #s 1-4; 6

1/23/08

(F;1:10)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Poetry, poetry, poetry

• Finish PowerPoint

• Starfish

• Vocab Quiz

• Maya Angelou page 485

• Write imagery poem

1/25/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Poetry, Poetry, Poetry!

• Poetry

• Maya Angelou

• Poetry 'survey'

• Poetry analysis together

• Poetry term quiz

• Analyze 'Woman's Work"  using analysis guideline handout

1/29/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Finish "Woman's Work"

• "in Just" - reading and analysis

• Finish "In Just-" analysis

• Answer questions 1-6 page 492

• QuickWrite page 494

• Read page 495

• Page 497 #s 1-6 and writing

1/31/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Finish "In Just-"

• Haiku

• Sonnett

• Robert Frost

• Reread page 499

• Answer questions page 503 #s 1-9

• Read pages 504-505

• Vocab 1st 1/2 Unit 11

2/4/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Supplemental Sonnets

• Dickenson and Quickwrite

• Questions 515 #s 1-5

• Vocab finish Unit 11

2/6/08

(D; Paraliturgy)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Simile and Metaphor

• writing metaphor poems

• extended metaphor (using Dickenson)

• Simile and metaphor handout/exercises

• Vocab Quiz Unit 11

• Poem Due (metaphor)

• Page 522 #s 6

• Read 530-531; 533

• Page 536 #s 1-9

2/8/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Simile and Metaphor

• writing metaphor poems

• extended metaphor (using Dickenson)

• Simile and metaphor handout/exercises

• Vocab Quiz Unit 11

• Poem Due (metaphor)

• Page 522 #s 6

• Read 530-531; 533

• Page 536 #s 1-9

2/12/08

(B; Class Mtg)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Poetry Test

2/14/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Poetry Test

• Poetry Analysis

Make sure to email poems to me no later than FRIDAY 2/22.

2/25/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Read pages 736-738

• Page 739 #s 1-4

2/27/08

(B; Noon)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Finish presentations

• Odyssey intro notes

• Vocab 1st 1/2 Unit 12

2/29/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• The Odyssey Webquest

• The Odyssey people and places

• Finish Vocab Unit 12

• Read pages 740-748

• Finish Webquest

3/4/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• The Odyssey United Streaming

• Start reading The Odyssey together for comprehension.

3/6/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

3/10/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Odyssey books

• Reread pages 773-786

• Page 787 #s 1-7

• Grammar workbook pages 33-34

3/12/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Grammar: Sentence fragments

• Odyssey: Part I

• Grammar workbook: pages 36-38

3/14/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Grammar: Compound subjects and verbs

• Odyssey Part I

• Grammar pages 39, 40, 41

3/18/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Odyssey special guest (cross curriculum)

• Grammar

• Grammar page 43

3/20/08

(F; Noon)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Odyssey: Finish Part I

• Read Book II Odyssey pages 790-811

• Grammar Quiz

3/25/08

(B; Grades Close)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Grammar Quiz

• Hand out independent reading assignment (due after break)

• Odyssey Book II discussions

• Book I Odyssey Quiz

• Grammar pages 48, 49 & 50

3/27/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Grammar: direct and indirect objects

• Odyssey Book II

• Questions 1-15 page 813

• Grammar worksheet (online)

3/31/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Grammar Quiz

• Odyssey Book II

• Odyssey Test

• Odysseus 'job' project (online)

4/2/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Odyssey Test

• Grammar pages 88 & 89

• Vocab 1st 1/2 Unit 13

• Read pages 690-896

• Page 897 - Quickwrite and copy definitions into your notebook

4/4/08

(D; First Friday)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Grammar: Clauses

• Intro Shakespeare PowerPoint

• 2nd half Vocab unit 13

• Read intro

4/8/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Intro Romeo and Juliet

• Read R&J prologue

4/10/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Vocab Quiz

• Romeo and Juliet United Streaming video

• Independent reading test

4/21/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Glass Menagerie Test

• Read AI SI pages 902-909

• 1st 1/2 Unit 14 Vocab

4/23/08

(F; Health Day)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J

• Begin reading journal

• 2nd 1/2 Unit 14 Vocab

• Read A1 SII-III pages 910-918

4/25/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J

• Reading journal

• Vocab 14 quiz

• Interpreting Lines Worksheet

4/29/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J

• Reading journal

• Finish A1 pages 918-929

• Page 929 #s 1-11

5/1/08

(F; Liturgy)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Read AII

• Questions 1-12 page 957

5/5/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Read AIII SI pages 959-966

5/7/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Read AIII SII pages 967-972

5/9/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Finish AIII

• Page 988 #s 1-11

• Finish class work

5/13/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J Act I

5/15/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J Act II

• Finish Act III and questions 1-10 at end of act

5/20/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J Act III

• Read Act IV
• Questions 1-8
• Act I and Act II Quiz

5/22/08

(B)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• R&J Act IV Questions

• Read Act V and questions

5/27/08

(D)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Finish R&J

• Romeo and Juliet Test

• R&J Essay Due

5/29/08

(F)

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Romeo and Juliet Test

• R&J Essay

• Prepare for final

Lesson Unit/Topic

• Final Review

• Prepare for Final Exam