Honors English I & English I

3/4  MUGshot Monday editing exercise:  students will turn in all from the quarter; 3rd Nine Weeks Review for test on Wednesday

3/5  LTOTW:  students will turn in their chart from the quarter; 3rd Nine Weeks Review for test tomorrow

3/6  3rd Nine Weeks Exam

Honors English I & English I

2/26  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Poetry Unit:  “How to Read a Poem” notes and “Know the Lingo” literary terms

2/27  LTOTW:  logos; Poetry Unit:  “Rite of Passage” by Sharon Olds annotation as a class

2/28  1/2 Day; Poetry Unit:  “Rite of Passage” literary analysis

2/29  Poetry Unit: “Rite of Passage” literary analysis completion

3/1 EOC Revision Practice; Poetry Unit:  Walt Whitman author background research

Honors English I

2/12  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; EOC Constructed Response:  Students will work through revising and editing before they type their essay to submit; SAT Vocabulary List 8:  flashcards DUE Thursday 2/15  and TEST Friday 2/23

2/13  LTOTW:  ethos; EOC Constructed Response:  Students will write their own essay in response to EOC passage; SAT Vocabulary List 8:  flashcards DUE Thursday 2/15  and TEST Friday 2/23

2/14  EOC Constructed Response:  Students will write their own essay in response to EOC passage; SAT Vocabulary List 8:  flashcards DUE Thursday 2/15  and TEST Friday 2/23

2/15  EOC Constructed Response:  Students will complete their essay; SAT Vocabulary List 8 flashcards DUE with TEST  2/23

2/16  NO SCHOOL

English I

2/12  MUGshot Monday editing exercise;  SAT Vocabulary List 8:  flashcards DUE Thursday 2/15  and TEST Friday 2/23

2/13  LTOTW:  ethos; EOC Constructed Response:  Students will work through revising and editing before they type their essay to submit; SAT Vocabulary List 8:  flashcards DUE Thursday 2/15  and TEST Friday 2/23

2/14  EOC Constructed Response:  Students will write their own essay in response to EOC passage; SAT Vocabulary List 8:  flashcards DUE Thursday 2/15  and TEST Friday 2/23

2/15  EOC Constructed Response:  Students will write their own essay in response to EOC passage; SAT Vocabulary List 8 flashcards DUE with TEST  2/23

2/16  NO SCHOOL

Honors English I

1/29  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Essay Writing Outline; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST on Friday

1/30  LTOTW:  euphemism; EOC Informational Passage Practice; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST on Friday

1/31  1/2 Day; Think About it Thursday journal response DUE; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST on Friday

2/1  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST GimKit Review

2/2  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST

English I

1/29  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Short Constructed Response Writing Review; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST on Friday

1/30  LTOTW:  euphemism; EOC Informational Passage Practice; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST on Friday

1/31  1/2 Day; Think About it Thursday journal response DUE; SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST on Friday

2/1  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST GimKit Review

2/2  SAT Vocabulary List 7 TEST

Honors English I

11/13  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Greek Mythology:  Students will take notes over Prometheus and create flashcards for Prometheus, Epimetheus, Hephaestus and complete QuickWrite #2; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE today TEST on Wednesday

11/14  LTOTW:  denotation & connotation; Greek Mythology:  Students will take notes over Pandora and create flashcard for Pandora and complete QuickWrite #3; SAT Vocabulary List 5 GimKit for TEST tomorrow

11/15  SAT Vocabulary List 5 TEST; Greek Mythology:  Students will take notes over Demeter and create flashcards for Demeter and Persephone

11/16  Thanksgiving Activity:  Students will write a thank you letter to a faculty or staff member on the high school campus.

11/17  College/Career Fair

English I

11/13  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; “The Interlopers”  Students will read the short story in small groups before answering comprehension and analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE today TEST on Wednesday

11/14  LTOTW:  denotation & connotation; SAT Vocabulary List 5 GimKit for TEST tomorrow

11/15  SAT Vocabulary List 5 TEST

11/16 Thanksgiving Activity:  Students will write a thank you letter to a faculty or staff member on the high school campus.

11/17  College/Career Fair

Honors English I

11/6  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Sentence Structure:  Students will work on identifying and writing compound-complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/7  LTOTW:  symbolism;   Sentence Structure:  Students will review the four structures of sentences TEST on Thursday; Greek Mythology:  Students will take notes over expectations for this unit of study and QuickWrite #1; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/8  Sentence Structure:  Students will review the four structures of sentences TEST on Thursday; Greek Mythology:  Students will take notes over Uranus and create flashcards for Gaea, Uranus, Kronos, Hundred-Handed Giants, Cyclopes, Tartarus, Eros, and Chaos; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/9  Sentence Structure TEST; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/10  Greek Mythology:  Students will take notes over Kronos and Zeus and create flashcards for Titans, Zeus, Rhea, Hera, Poseidon, Hades; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

English I

11/6  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/7  LTOTW:  symbolism;   Sentence Structure:  Students will work on identifying complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/8  Sentence Structure:  Students will work on identifying complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/9  Author Background Research over Saki; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

11/10  “The Interlopers”  Students will read the short story by Saki and respond to analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 5:  flashcards DUE Monday, 11/13 and TEST on Wednesday 11/15

 

Honors English I

10/30  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Sentence Structure Quiz reviewing simple, compound, and complex sentences; Literary Devices Halloween activity; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST on Friday

10/31  LTOTW:  metaphor; Micro-Fiction:  students will write micro-fiction stories to share around the campfire; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST on Friday

11/1  Sentence Structure:  Students will work to identify and write compound/complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST on Friday

11/2 Sentence Structure:  Students will continue working to identify and write compound/complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4:  GimKit review today and TEST tomorrow

11/3  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST

English I

10/30  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Sentence Structure Quiz reviewing fragments, simple sentences, and compound sentences; Literary Devices Halloween activity; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST on Friday

10/31  LTOTW:  metaphor; Micro-Fiction:  students will write micro-fiction stories to share around the campfire; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST on Friday

11/1  Sentence Structure:  Students will take notes over complex sentences and work to identify them in writing; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST on Friday

11/2 SAT Vocabulary List 4:  GimKit review today and TEST tomorrow

11/3  SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST

Honors English I

10/23  MUGshot editing exercise; Sentence Structure:  Students will take notes over the four types of sentences, identifying and writing simple and compound sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/27 TEST on Friday 11/3

10/24 LTOTW:  alliteration; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/27 TEST on Friday 11/3

10/25  1/2 Day;  SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/27 TEST on Friday 11/3

10/26  Sentence Structure:  Students will review simple and compound sentences then focus on identifying and writing complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Tomorrow TEST on Friday 11/3

10/27  Sentence Structure:  Students will review the first three types of sentences by identifying and writing simple, compound, and complex sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST 11/3

English I

10/23  MUGshot editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/27 TEST on Friday 11/3

10/24  LTOTW:  alliteration; Sentence Structure:  Students will take notes over the four types of sentences, identifying simple sentences versus fragments; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/27 TEST on Friday 11/3

10/25  1/2 Day; Sustained Reading of self-selected texts; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Friday 10/27 TEST on Friday 11/3

10/26  Sentence Structure:  Students will focus on identifying and writing compound sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 flashcards DUE Tomorrow TEST on Friday 11/3

10/27  Sentence Structure:  Students will review simple and compound sentences; SAT Vocabulary List 4 TEST 11/3

 

 

Honors English I & English I

10/9  MUGshot Monday editing exercise:  turn in all MUGshots from quarter; 9 Weeks Exam review:  EXAM on Wednesday; SAT Vocab List 3 TEST Friday; Wednesday is the LAST day to turn in any late work for the quarter

10/10  LTOTW:  hyperbole – turn in 1st Quarter Chart; 9 Weeks Exam review:  EXAM tomorrow; SAT Vocab List 3 TEST Friday; Tomorrow is the LAST day to turn in any late work for the quarter

10/11  9 Weeks Exam

10/12  GimKit review for SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST tomorrow

10/13  SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST

Honors English I

10/2  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Jekyll & Hyde review for TEST tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Friday 10/6 and TEST Friday 10/13

10/3  LTOTW:  idiom; Jekyll & Hyde TEST

10/4  Cask of Amontillado:  Author Background Research on Edgar Allen Poe; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Friday 10/6 and TEST Friday 10/13

10/5  Cask of Amontillado:  Students will read Poe’s short story and review steps of literary analysis before answering analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE tomorrow and TEST Friday 10/13

10/6  Cask of Amontillado:  Students will complete literary analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 3 TEST next Friday

English I

10/2  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Jekyll & Hyde review for TEST tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Friday 10/6 and TEST Friday 10/13

10/3  LTOTW:  idiom; Cask of Amontillado:  Author Background Research on Edgar Allen Poe; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Friday 10/6 and TEST Friday 10/13

10/4  Cask of Amontillado:  Students will read Poe’s short story and review steps of literary analysis before answering analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE Friday 10/6 and TEST Friday 10/13

10/5  Cask of Amontillado:  Students will complete literary analysis questions; SAT Vocabulary List 3 flashcards DUE tomorrow and TEST Friday 10/13

10/6  Sustained Silent Reading