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January 31, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
SSR (schedule if absent)
Finished video (schedule asap)
Video quiz given (schedule asap)
Bio. Sheet distributed and begun (get from yellow tray, if absent)
Novels distributed (see me for one asap)

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
SSR (schedule asap)
Returned Unit 5 sent. & defs. (if absent, get from pd. basket)
Corrected Unit 5 exercises (submit asap, If absent)
Continued with Shakespeare video and bio. Worksheet that goes with it (schedule video time if absent)
Homework – study Unit 5 vocab. words for Fri. quiz; create flashcards if that helps your memory of words & defs.

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January 30, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
No SSR
Historical Context for our novel (see me asap; will need 40 minutes outside of class time; preferably 0 pd.)

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Submit Unit 5 vocab. sent. & defs.
SSR (schedule asap)
Introduction to Shakespeare(schedule time to observe bio. Video asap)
Shakespeare bio. Worksheet (if absent, get from red tray asap)-complete while observing video
Homework – Unit 5 exercises are due tomorrow; bring “Wordskills”; study vocab. for Fri. quiz; create flashcards if that helps your memory of words & defs.

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January 29, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Last day to update portfolio record sheets and collate them (please do asap if absent)
Continue discussion of experientials (questions/concerns/type of journal)
Completed commitment form for experiential (due by 3 pm. Today); add days, dates, & time of day in general(morn,afternoon, eve, or full day)

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
SSR (update card please)
Last day of in class discussion on Writers Workshop (handout) essay; due on 2/12
Homework - Unit 5 - Words #3, 4, 6, 9, 16 & 20 for defs. & sents. Due Wed.; exercises due Thurs.; vocab. quiz on Fri. (do flashcards if that helps further your memory skills)

Semester 2 - January 28, 2008

January 28, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Submit playbooks
Semester 1 grades distributed
Returned extended body paragraph (if absent, see pd. basket)
Distributed experiential handout (see me if absent asap please)


Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Semester 1 grades distributed
Assigned “Wordskills” Unit 5 for this week; Words #3, 4, 6, 9, 16 & 20 for defs. & sents. Due Wed.; exercises due Thurs.; vocab. quiz on Fri. (do flashcards if that helps further your memory skills)
Returned personal narrative essay & incorporated into writing portfolio; if you took it home, please return it to the portfolio later this week
Distributed “Writer’s Workshop” handout (if absent, get from red tray); this essay is due on 2/12; available am or pm for one-on-one questions
Bring an SSR book please

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January 24, 2008

Pd. 4 & 5 only:
Completed Tangerine exam
Updated writing portfolio (“record sheet” and collated papers in chronological order)
Submitted Tangerine; need by 12:26 tomorrow
Submit novel essay, if still not completed (assigned Jan. 10th & due on Jan. 14th by 3 p.m.; see blogspot if forgotten)
Bring “Wordskills” and SSR book for Monday

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January 23, 2008

Pd. 3 only:
Completed Tangerine exam
Updated writing portfolio (“record sheet” and collated papers in chronological order)
Submitted Tangerine; need by 12:26 tomorrow
Submit novel essay, if still not completed (assigned Jan. 10th & due on Jan. 14th by 3 p.m.; see blogspot if forgotten)
Bring “Wordskills” and SSR book for Monday

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January 22, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Final exams given (2 part objective test & extended body paragraph response)

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Study time for finals
Reminder to bring novel (TANGERINE) to return during finals & to submit novel essay, if still not completed (assigned Jan. 10th & due on Jan. 14th by 3 p.m.; see blogspot if forgotten)

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January 18, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Act quiz (schedule asap please)
Exam format & review methods given (contact a peer asap)
2 handouts given regarding insight into Thoreau’s 2 passages (retrieve from yellow tray, if absent)
Homework – study, study

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Exam prep & review methods given – POSTED ON WHITEBOARD, DISCUSSED & TIME GIVEN TO COPY ON STUDENT AGENDAS (if absent, contact a peer asap and/or see me Tues.)
Finished Part 3 s. guides as a class
Homework – study, study, study per review methods

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January 17, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Finished reading Act 2 (from mid. 95 in pd. & from mid. 90 in pd. 6) & read some passages from “Civil Disobedience” & “Walden” (see me for those passages)
Homework – quiz on Act 2 tomorrow

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Discussion of pgs. 289-303
Read Bloor’s passage on pgs. 307-309 (please read, if absent)
Began class discussion of Part 3 completed s. guides; will continue tomorrow
Homework – check to see that Part 3 s. guide & char. List are completed

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January 16, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Act 1 quiz (schedule asap, if absent)
Act 2 reading begun: pd. 1 – read pgs. 77 – mid. of 95 and pd. 6 only –read pgs. 77 – mid. 90

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Discussion of pgs.265-288
SSR (schedule asap please, if absent)
Read pgs. 289-303
Homework – COMPLETE ALL PART 3 STUDY GUIDES & ongoing CHARACTER LIST FOR CLASS TOMORROW (bring to class please)

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January 15, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Finish reading Act 1: pd. 1 only-from mid. of pg. 54 to end of Act 1 and several excerpts from “Walden” and “Civil Disobedience” (orange textbooks-see me asap for those); pd. 6- from 2/3 of pg. 32 to end of Act 1

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Discussion of pgs. 248-265
Read pgs. 265-288 (much of pd. given to read)
SSR (schedule asap please)
Last s. guide for pgs.266-309 given (if absent, get from red tray asap)

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January 14, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Continued reading Act 2 (sticky note beliefs while reading); pd. 1 only -from middle of pg. 20 to middle of pg. 54; pd. 6 only – from middle of pg. 9 to 2/3 of pg. 32 & also, read pgs. 370-372 of “Civil Disobedience”

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Submit essay assigned on Thurs.; follow submission format on prompt; will accept til 3pm today whether in attendance or absent;
Discussion of pgs. 223-248;
We read aloud pgs. 248 to 251;
SSR (schedule if absent, pleas)
Read pgs. 251 to 265
Distributed s. guide for remainder thru. Pg. 265 (if absent, get it from red tray asap)
Homework – read pgs. 251-265 if unfinished during class and complete s. guide thru the reading

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January 11, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Selected roles for play (distributed playbooks for pd. 6 too)
Began Act 1 of the play (read thru middle of pg. 20 for pd. 1 and mid. Of pg. 9 for pd. 6; remember we sticky note beliefs that we believe are being presented in dialogue and/or action that depict transcendentalism)
Also, read pgs. 370 to middle of pg. 372 of “Civil Disobedience” (textbook) for pd. 1 only

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Discussion of pgs. 203 to bottom of 222
Distributed s. guide for our reading of pgs. 203-222 (complete please) and s. guide for pgs. 223-248 also (WE WILL DO STUDY GUIDES FOR PART 3 OF THE NOVEL; COMPLETE WHILE READING PLEASE)
Assigned pgs. 223-248 reading for Monday (read much of class pd. today too)
Homework-complete essay for Monday (essay prompt was given yesterday, 1/10; follow the 3 pages for directions, organization & development; read whatever you didn’t finish thru 248 for Monday with s. guide

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January 10, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Discussion on Self-reliance; self-corrected worksheet too
Introduced Thoreau, beyond pg. 380 bio. in textbook (read if you haven’t yet)
Distributed playbook(overviewed playwrights motivation (read those pgs. In it if absent please)

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Pgs. 176-199 reading quiz (schedule asap if absent)
Discussion of pgs. 176-199 and motivation to begin reading Part 3
Distributed Part 2 essay prompt (get from me asap please) & discussed it-submit by 3 pm (absent or in attendance) on Jan. 14; I am available 0 pd. or after school if you need individual help with the prompt; please complete the “planning”/brainstorming worksheet (attached to your prompt)
Assigned pgs. 203 to bottom of pg. 222 for tomorrow

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January 9, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Read pgs. 363-367 (lit. textbook) and complete worksheet (must schedule asap please)
Read Thoreau bio. on pgs. 380 also

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Pgs. 151-176 quizzes (schedule asap; broke into 2 quizzes to make it less complex)
Discussion of pgs. 151-176
Read pgs. 176-199
Homework – finish reading pgs. 176-199 for tomorrow

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January 8, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
Transcendentalism notes/discussion (see a peer asap)
Read aloud “Nature” and completed worksheet (see me if absent); discussion of applied concepts while reading

Pds. 3, 4 & 5:
Pgs. 133-151 quiz (see me asap)
Discussion of pgs. 133-151
SSR (schedule if absent)
Assigned pgs. 151-176

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January 7, 2008

Pds. 1 & 6:
January calendar given with final exam schedule (see a peer asap)
Introduced next lit. unit –transcendentalism
Bio. Handout given & completed for Ralph Waldo Emerson (see me if absent)
No homework

Pds. 3,4 & 5:
January calendar given with final exam schedule (see a peer asap)
Class review/discussion of pgs. 116-133
Assigned pgs. 133-151 for tomorrow
NO “WORDSKILLS” FOR REST OF THIS QUARTER; WILL BEGIN AGAIN NEXT QUARTER
REST OF QUARTER PTS. WILL BE BASED ON OUR NOVEL, TANGERINE (ALSO, NOTE THAT OUR FINAL EXAM WILL BE ON ENTIRE NOVEL)
Homework- read pgs. 133 thru 151 for tomorrow’s reading quiz