Honors English I & English I

4/19  Romeo & Juliet:  Students will read Act I Scene 5 together in class and study Act I Prologue to be recited tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 10 TEST on Friday

4/20  LTOTW:  euphemism; Romeo & Juliet: Students will recite Act I Prologue; SAT Vocabulary List 10 TEST on Friday

4/21  Romeo & Juliet:  Students will read Act II Prologue and Scenes 1-2 together in class; SAT Vocabulary List 10 TEST on Friday

4/22 Romeo & Juliet:  Students will read Act II Scenes 3 & 4 together in class; SAT Vocabulary List 10 TEST Tomorrow

4/23  SAT Vocabulary List 10 TEST

Honors English I & English I

4/12  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Shakespeare:  Honors students will take notes over Shakespearean sonnets before writing their own; SAT Vocabulary:  List 10 flashcards DUE 4/16 and TEST 4/23

4/13  LTOTW:  hubris; Algebra I Benchmark for most freshmen

4/14  Shakespeare:  Romeo & Juliet – As a class, students will read Act I Prologue to Act I Scene 1 in assigned parts; Students will memorize the prologue to be recited on April 20

4/15 Shakespeare:  Romeo & Juliet – One Question Quizzer over previous reading and as a class, students will read Act I Scene 2 & 3; If time, students will participate in a Insult/Flattery Slam using Shakespearean terms; SAT Vocabulary List 10 flashcards DUE tomorrow

4/16  Shakespeare:  Romeo & Juliet – One Question Quizzer over previous reading and as a class, students will read Act I Scene 4; Honors Only:  Queen Mab assignment DUE Monday

Honors English I

4/5  NO SCHOOL – Good Friday

4/6  EOC Exam

4/7  LTOTW:  epithet; Shakespeare Speeches – students will continue working on their speeches which will begin tomorrow

4/8  Shakespeare Speeches begin

4/9  Shakespeare Speeches will continue

English I

4/5  NO SCHOOL – Good Friday

4/6  EOC Exam

4/7  LTOTW:  epithet; Sustained Silent Reading of self-selected text

4/8 Shakespeare Unit:  Students will research author background

4/9  Shakespeare Unit:  Globe Theatre research

Honors English I

3/29  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Poetry:  “Miniver Cheevy” discussion; Shakespeare Speeches introduction

3/30  LTOTW:  apostrophe; Shakespeare Speeches research – Speeches given April 7-9

3/31 EOC Review for Test on Tuesday 4/6

4/1 SAT Vocabulary List 9 TEST

4/2  NO SCHOOL – Good Friday

English I

3/29  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; EOC Essay Review

3/30  LTOTW:  apostrophe; Poetry:  Acrostic Poetry

3/31 EOC Review for Test on Tuesday 4/6

4/1 SAT Vocabulary List 9 TEST

4/2  NO SCHOOL – Good Friday

Honors English I

3/22  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Poetry Mini-Unit:  Students will take notes over how to read a poem and work on understanding poetry lingo; SAT Vocabulary List 9 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST Thursday 4/1

3/23  LTOTW:  allusion; Poetry:  Students will analyze pop music vs classic poetry

3/24  Poetry:  Students will continue their analysis of pop music vs classic poetry

3/25  Poetry:  Students will read, annotate, and analyze “Miniver Cheevy”; SAT Vocabulary List 9 flashcards DUE Tomorrow; TEST Thursday 4/1

3/26  Poetry:  Students will have class discussion of “Miniver Cheevy” and read, annotate, and analyze “Seven Ages of Man” after watching a video clip of the reading

English I

3/22  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; SAT Vocabulary List 9 flashcards DUE Friday; TEST Thursday 4/1

3/23  LTOTW:  allusion; Poetry:  Poetry Mini-Unit:  Students will take notes over how to read a poem and work on understanding poetry lingo

3/24  Poetry:  Students will analyze pop music vs classic poetry

3/25  Poetry:  Students will complete the analysis questions of pop music vs classic poetry and/or the flashcards for SAT Vocabulary List 9 DUE Tomorrow; TEST Thursday 4/1

3/26  Poetry:  Students will have class discussion of pop music vs classic poetry before Sustained Silent Reading of self-selected novel for Book Talks DUE 5/12

Welcome to the 4th Quarter! You are almost to the end of your freshman year!

3/8  Students will complete benchmark test

3/9  LTOTW:  paradox;  students will enter benchmark answers into DMAC

3/10  Students will review the eight parts of speech

3/11  Students will review sentence structure

3/12  Students will go to the library to self-select a novel for the 4th quarter Book Talks DUE 5/12

3/1  MUGshot Monday editing exercise; Benchmark Testing continues; Book Talks DUE Thursday; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST on Friday

3/2  LTOTW:  hyperbole; Benchmark Testing continues;  Book Talks DUE Thursday; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST on Friday

3/3  Benchmark Testing concludes; Book Talks DUE tomorrow; SAT Vocabulary List 8 TEST on Friday

3/4   Students will record Book Talk videos on Flipgrid link in the Google Classroom if they have not yet done so and then study vocabulary terms for TEST tomorrow (Quizlet in Google Classroom)

3/5  Vocabulary List 8 TEST

2/15  NO SCHOOL – Presidents Day

2/16 – 2/19  NO SCHOOL – Snow Days!

Honors English I & English I

12/14  MUGshot Monday editing exercises will be turned in; Book Talks (TEST grade) will be recorded on Flipgrid link posted in the Google Classroom DUE Tomorrow

12/15  LTOTW 2nd Quarter chart will be turned in; Book Talks (TEST grade) will be recorded on Flipgrid link posted in the Google Classroom DUE Today

12/16 Early Dismissal at 12:15 – no busses; Students will complete all missing assignments and prepare English journal for Semester Review (TEST grade)

12/17  Early Dismissal; Semester Review (TEST grade)

12/18  Early Dismissal; Semester Review (TEST grade)

Spend time this weekend reading your self-selected novel for Book Talks which are Monday and Tuesday! Remember, Book Talks are TEST grades!

Also, clear the zeros!! A late grade is better than a zero! If you submit late work, send me an email letting me know. Otherwise, I’m not going back to look through every assignment on the off-chance someone turned something in. This is your responsibility!