HW: Outside reading (bring book--20 points-- and have first 100 pages read).
April 14th, 2010
discussing classroom behavior expectations
writing reflection
journal 18: what is your philosophy toward life?
HW: outside reading
April 13th, 2010
stamp journal 15
journal 16-100 point introduction
watch movie
HW: Outside reading
April 12th, 2010
new seats
journal #14, freewrite
update journal log
assign a new logkeeper
discuss mystery stories
pass back/share stories
HW: print the bio of someone you would invite to be a guest speaker at Moorpark High.
March 31st, 2010
go to PAC HW: Have the first 100 pages of your outside reading book completed by Friday 4/16
March 30th, 2010
midterm
HW: outside reading book due; extra credit word search due
March 26th, 2010
vocab quiz
read night
midterm review journal
HW: get your outside reading book by Wednesday
March 25th, 2010
journal #9: vocab warm-up and sentences
begin reading night and answer study questions
journal #10-quickwrite
HW: quiz on vocab words from journal #9
March 24th, 2010
journal #7 quickwrite
journal #8 notes on Night
meet with groups to discuss outside reading book
HW: Get your second outside reading book
March 23, 2010
stamp journal #4
share journal #4
journal #5, video
pass out journal #6
HW: Finish journal #6, the Venn diagram
March 22, 2010
announcements
meet with groups
present outside reading books
journal #4: a page listing your earliest memories
HW: finish journal #4; select outside reading book by Friday
March 18th, 2010
grammar handout
star terms
March 16 and 17 the CAHSEE Exam!
March 15, 2010
watch video on Gerda Weissmann
introduce new unit
HW: outside reading presentation due Thursday!
March 12, 2010
finish poetry reading
improve
HW: think about novel choices for outside reading
JOURNAL LIST: Poetry and Mystery Unit
1. what is a mystery?
2. sleeping murder journal
3. agatha christie bio
4. sleeping murder fill in the blank
5. green poem
6. billy collins poems handout
7. analysis of one collins poem
8. creative picture story (black and white noir images)
9. mother dear story questions
10. witness for the prosecution questions
11. what do you like/what do you hate journal
12. notes of guilty vicarage
13. e.e. cummings
14. analyze cummings poem
15. billy collins verses e.e. cummings freewrite
16. poem workshop in class (beginning and ending line from a provided list)
17. notes on poetry
18. fill in the blank notes on the guilty vicarage
19. is poetry dead article
20. animal poem
21. picture poem
22. cheezy love poem
23. nye poems handout
24. outside reading journal (100 points!)
25. analyze one nye poem
26. random autobiography poem
27. mystery story in class writing
28. chart on parlor palms story
29. brainstorming poem presentation
30. grammar and poetry terms handout
31. grasshopper poem response
32. handout of poems
33. poem in the voice of an object
34. grammar handout (dialogue)
35. ideal house poem
March 11th, 2010
beat cafe poetry reading
HW: Have your poems to turn in; have your journals to turn in!
March 10th, 2010
counseling registration
HW: type up two poems to read for the Beat Cafe
March 8th, 2010
poetry and mystery unit test review
HW: Review for unit test!
March 5, 2010
write a poem
update journal log
pass out and work on group assignment
HW: begin thinking about your beat cafe poems
March 4, 2010
group essay on outside reading novel
HW: Bring your novel again
March 3, 2010
collect mystery story
quiz on poetry terms
book check and silent reading
HW: Outside reading due; bring book and be ready for essay
March 1, 2010
mystery story peer review
journal #33-write poem
HW: quiz on journals 30 and 32 (poetry terms and presentation poems); bring your outside reading novel
February 26th, 2010
finish poetry presentations
outside reading
mystery writing workshop
HW: 2-3 pages typed rough draft of mystery story due. No exceptions!
February 24, 2010
poetry presentations
HW: Bring your outside reading book
February 23, 2010
journal #30-grammar and poetry terms
grasshopper poem
time to meet with poetry groups for presentation
HW: be here and ready to present poem
February 22, 2010
mystery journal
mystery story assignment pass out
read story
chart journal
HW: Outside reading/invent detective!
February 17, 2010
outside reading book assessment
February 16, 2010
silent reading
journal#22-cheezy love poem
journal #23-Nye poems
HW: have read the first 100 pages of the outside reading book; bring your book to class
February 10, 2010
silent reading
journal #19 notes
journal #20 article
HW: outside reading; bring your outside reading novel
February 9, 2010
silent reading
share poems
finish discussing e.e. cummings poetry
journal #17-fill in the blank notes
HW: Bring your outside reading book
February 8, 2010
go over cummings poems
journal 15 and 16
HW: Finish poem; get outside reading book (50 points)
February 4, 2010
read e.e. cummings' poems
write a response
HW: Find your outside reading book
February 3, 2010
quiz on "Witness"
discuss "witness"
journal
HW: finish the in class journal, a one page explanation of one thing like OR one thing you hate.
February 2, 2010
new seats
finish discussing Collins' poems
share children's book
mother dear story
journal #9
HW: be ready for a quiz on "Witness"; bring story to class
February 1, 2010
discuss Billy Collins
Pick novels
journal #8 creative journal
share in pairs
Begin reading story
HW: Finish readint the story by Wednesday
January 29th, 2010
finish discussing journal 2
journal #6 billy collins
journal #7-share children's stories
pick groups
pass out novel assignment
HW: research novels you want to choose
January 28th, 2010
finish movie
discuss journal 2
HW: finish journal 2
January 27th, 2010
share "green" poems
watch movie
HW: Quiz on Agatha Christie bio and movie tomorrow!
January 26th, 2010
stamp journal 3
read/share children's books
recap/watch video
journal #4 on Sleeping Murder
HW: write a 14-20 line poem inspired by the color green (journal #5)
January 25th, 2010
what is a mystery?
the new eclr
watch the movie/journal 2
HW: For journal #3, read this brief biographical excerpt on Agatha Christie: http://christie.mysterynet.com//, then write a paragraph in response to each of the following questions: First, write one paragraph summarzing the main aspects of Christie's life; two, write an imaginative paragraph describing what you imagine happened to Christie during the three weeks she disappeared (as mentioned in the article). The two paragraphs combined should be a page of writing.
January 15th, 2010
journal #11: freewrite
go over journal #9 and journal #10
read your stories
HW: finish reading Fahrenheit
January 14th, 2010
book check
quiz on part II
journal 10
work on final review packet
HW: finish the final review packet
January 13th, 2010
book burning presentations
HW: read fahrenheit part two; bring fahrenheit
January 12th, 2010
work on final review packet
January 11th, 2010
stamp journal #5
scantron quiz on part one of Fahrenheit 451
schedule
complete journal #8
finish film clip
HW: read Fahrenheit part II by Thursday; book burning project due Wednesday
January 8th, 2010
poetry out loud extra credit
time to read Fahrenheit 451
film clip
book burning presentation
HW: Finish part one of Fahrenheit 451 and journal #5
January 7th, 2010
stamp journal #6
some writing on the future
read fahrenheit 451
HW: Poetry out loud extra credit
January 6th, 2010
silent reading 15-20 minutes
journal #5
pass out and discuss book burning project
HW: finish reading censorship articles and complete journal #6 response
January 5th, 2010
stamp journal #3
go over journal #3/poem
some grammar
begin reading fahrenheit 451
HW: begin journal reading and journal
January 4th, 2010
journal #1-freewrite on love conquers all
i need a new logkeeper
journal #2-some notes
poetry out loud extra credit opportunity for Friday
journal #3, a poem
pass back some old work
HW: finish journal #3, a one page analysis of the Dover Beach poem
HW: you must be here with ALL speech materials and ready to deliver
December 4, 2009
speech reminders
quiz act II
write story with a partner
HW: work on final draft of speech due Tuesday
December 3, 2009
journal #23 freewrite: "It was what he most wanted..."
read more of Julius Caesar
study chart, journal #24
HW: Quiz on Act II tomorrow!
December 2, 2009
read speech
read section on persuasive speech
take notes
HW: persuasive techniques handout is due
December 1, 2009
stamp rough draft of speech
peer review
persuasive techniques handout
HW: Work on persuasive techniques handout due THURSDAY!
November 30, 2009
stamp journal #20
finish reading The Crucible
Watch The Crucible
journal 22
HW: Finish journal #22, the word search!
November 24, 2009
tone chart
finish reading act II scene i
begin rough draft
HW: outside reading/work on speech
November 23, 2009
journal #18-freewrite
pass out workbooks and read Julius Caesar
journal 19-sentences
finalize speech topics
HW: print out and bring two articles related to your speech topic to class
November 20, 2009
journal #17 rhetorical strategies
read Susan B. Anthony's speech
finish journal #17-answer questions
discuss speech topics
HW: Outside reading
November 19, 2009
quiz on Act I
begin reading Act II
answer questions
Vocabulary sentences
HW: decide on your speech topic (come up with at least 3 options in case you don't get your first choice)
November 18, 2009
stamp journal 14
go over journal 14
journal 15-brainstorming
pass out and explain speech assignment
HW: review for a quiz on Act I
November 17, 2009
journal #13-grammar journal
Julius Caesar film clip
journal #9
Pass out homework journal and explain
Watch Shakespeare in Love clip
HW: complete handout
November 16, 2009
freewrite
read pages 728-732 (finish scene one)
journals 8 and 9
film clip and journal 10
HW: outside reading
November 13, 2009
read pages 723-728
journals 8 and 9
journal 11 (notes on Shakespeare)
film clip from Shakespeare in Love journal 10
HW: outside reading
November 12th, 2009
finish reading sonets
read act I scene i
journals 8 and 9
journal 10 and film clip
HW: outside reading
November 11th, 2009
veteran's day
November 10, 2009
directions
read/share sonnets
complete journal #7 on sonnet
HW: review your roles in the play!
November 9, 2009
journal #5-freewrite
journal #6-notes on Julius Caesar
assign roles handout
review character list
sonnet assignment reminders
HW: Have your typed rough draft (signed by someone for review) and typed final draft ready to turn in tomorrow; you will be reading your sonnets out loud to class so practice; be sure to be dressed in blue and/or white!
November 6, 2009
peer review on sonnet
worksheet on Julius Caesar
HW: Outside reading
November 5, 2009
stamp journal #2 (sonnet summary)
discuss sonnet
pass out sonnet assignment
journal #3: write predraft of sonnet
HW: type up rough draft of sonnet for the peer review tomorrow
November 4, 2009
collect journals
pass out log sheet
journal #1-grammar worksheet
journal #2/sonnet
roles, Julius Caesar
HW: finish journal #2--write a summary of the sonnet, and find one metaphor, one example of personification, and one image in the sonnet.
November 3, 2009
play presentations
HW: organize journals 1-24
November 2, 2009
journal#24 (free choice)
pass out lit books and read about Shakespeare
work on play assignment
HW: Plays due tomorrow! Be sure to have one typed script and be ready to perform!
October 30, 2009
midterm!
check outside reading book
HW: Work on play assignment. I will collect journals next Wednesday!
October 29, 2009
Entire period to work on play assignment
Call up students to discuss grades
HW: Bring your second outside reading book for fifty points!
October 28, 2009
go over midterm review packet
finish written part of Angitone test
HW: find your outside reading book for Friday!
October 27, 2009
due dates handout
multiple choice part of test
work on journal #23-midterm review
HW: journal #23 due (midterm review); also, we will finish the writing part of the test!
October 26, 2009
quiz on Antigone scene 5 and exodus
journal #22: notes on antigone
some review questions on Antigone
midterm review packet (journal #23)
HW: Review journals for unit test on Antigone (your play assignment is now due Tuesday 11/3--next week)
October 23, 2009
pass out lit books
finish journal #21
stamp journal #21
pass out play assignment
work in groups
pass back group essays
HW: quiz on scene 5 and exodus on Monday
October 22, 2009
book check
pass out assignment
complete outside reading book assessments!
HW: Begin looking for your next outside reading novel (you will need to bring it to class on 10/30)
October 21, 2009
pass out lit books
finish journal #20 (questions on scene 5)
finish reading Antigone (the Exodus)
Journal #21 questions on Exodus
HW: bring your outside reading book; bring your outside reading book log!
October 20, 2009
journal #19 euthanasia debate
debate
pass out lit books
read scene five
read journal #20
HW: Update log; outside reading...
October 19, 2009
journal #16-freewrite/free choice
journal #17 family tree and antigone
pass out euthanasia reading
HW: Read article on euthanasia; answer the two questions at the end
October 16, 2009
quiz on scenes 2 and 3
pass out lit books
red scene 4
journal #15: questions on scene 4
HW: outside reading is due 10/22
October 15, 2009
Journal #13 freewrite "Kino awakened in the near dark."
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