Monday: 12/17/7
List 4 30 word vocabulary test this week!
Scarlet Letter

Tuesday: 12/18/7
Scarlet Letter

Wednesday: 12/19/7
Scarlet Letter

Handout: Crossword puzzle - Due Friday, worth 5 extra credit points

Thursday: 12/20/7
Scarlet Letter

Friday: 12/21/7
Vocabulary test - List 4, thirty word Turn in completed, correct crossword puzzle for extra credit
Scarlet Letter

*** December 10-14, 2007

Monday: 12/10/7
New vocabulary words, List 4:21-30
Whitman
Portfolio

Tuesday: 12/11/7
Whitman
Work on story
Portfolio

Wednesday: 12/12/7
Dickinson
Work on story
Portfolio

Thursday: 12/13/7
Nathanial Hawthorne
Portfolio

Friday: 12/14/7
Vocabulary quiz, List 4: 21-30
Gothic story into DUE Scarlet Letter

*** December 3-7, 2007

Monday: 12/3/7
New vocabulary words, List 4:11-20
Poe: Notes; begin "Fall of the House of Usher"

Tuesday: 12/4/7
"Fall of the House of Usher"
Portfolio

Wednesday: 12/5/7
"Tell Tale Heart"

Thursday: 12/6/7
Introduce Gothic Story intro
Prewrite: Describe cafeteria - use all senses

Friday: 12/7/7
Vocabulary quiz, List 4: 11-20
Prewrite: Describe West High's hallways during passing - use all senses
Begin Gothic Story Introduction
Portfolio

*** November 26-30, 2007

Monday: 11/26/7
New vocabulary words, List 4:1-10
Read “Thanatopsis” 171-172
Read “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” 177
Read “The Cross of Snow” 178
Answer #2 on 180 (compare the theme of death in the last two poems)

Tuesday: 11/27/7
Write about a time in your life when you experienced a life-altering change.
Review: Metaphor and apostrophe
Read “The Chambered Nautilus”
Recognize extended metaphor and compare to situation in prewrite strategy
Do #3 on 192
If time, compare to “Thanatopsis” and “The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls”

Wednesday: 11/28/7
Begin “Rappaccini’s Daughter”

Thursday: 11/29/7
Finish “Rappaccini’s Daughter”
Read bio info on Nathanial Hawthorne

Friday: 11/30/7
Vocabulary quiz, List 4:1-10
Review ideas of Transcendentalists
Define “self-reliance”
Read from Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Begin excerpts from Walden

*** November 19-23, 2007

Monday: 11/19/7
Intro notes for American Romantic period
Read intro – summarize each section (pages 138-150)

Tuesday: 11/20/7
“Rip Van Winkle”

Wednesday: 11/21/7
List 3 vocabulary test; crossword puzzles for extra credit due
“Thanatopsis”

Thursday: 11/22/7
NO SCHOOL – HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Friday: 11/23/7
NO SCHOOL – THANKSGIVING BREAK

*** November 12-16, 2007

Monday: 11/12/7
New vocabulary words, List 3:21-30
Introduce Compare/Contrast essay
Take notes, hand out packet

Tuesday: 11/13/7
IMC for T chart
Wednesday: 11/14/7
IMC rough draft due

Thursday: 11/15/7
IMC type final

Friday: 11/16/7
Vocabulary quiz: List 3:21-30
IMC final copy of compare/contrast paper due

*** November 5-9, 2007

Monday: 11/5/7
New vocabulary words, List 3:11-20
Read page 86-96, do reading check on 97 (a, c, d) Notes for Compare / Contrast essay

Tuesday: 11/6/7
Work on Compare Contrast essay

Wednesday: 11/7/7
Compare / Contrast essay

Thursday: 11/8/7
Compare / Contrast essay

Friday: 11/9/7
Vocabulary quiz: List 3:11-20
Compare / Contrast essay

American Literature / Composition

***October 29-November 2, 2007

Monday: 10/29/7
Review for test

Tuesday: 10/30/7
Sample test; take notes for test

Wednesday: 10/31/7
TEST over Revolutionary Time Period

Thursday: 11/1/7
NO SCHOOL!
Conferences 1:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Friday: 11/2/7
NO SCHOOL!
Conferences 7:30 am to 11:00 am

***October 22-26, 2007

Monday: 10/22/7
New vocabulary List 3:1-10
NOTES: Revolutionary Time Period
NOTES: Persuasive Speech Techniques
Patrick Henry’s speech

Tuesday: 10/23/7
Page 105, Writer’s Notebook, #2 in groups of 3-4

Wednesday: 10/24/7
American Dream v Patriotism
Read The Declaration of Independence

Thursday: 10/25/7
Hypocrisy
“Dear George” Break up letter from America to Britain

Friday: 10/26/7
Vocabulary quiz, List 3:1-10
Role of the voiceless

***October 15-19, 2007

Monday: 10/15/7
Review vocabulary List 2
Gramamr

Tuesday: 10/16/7
Grammar

Wednesday: 10/17/7
Hand out crossword puzzle for List 2 - Due Friday
Grammar

Thursday: 10/18/7
Grammar

Friday: 10/19/7
List 2 test, 30 word
Turn in vocabulary word search for extra points
Grammar

American Literature / Composition

***October 8-12, 2007

Monday: 10/8/7
New vocabulary words: List 2, 21-30
Grammar

Tuesday: 10/9/7
Grammar

Wednesday: 10/10/7
Grammar

Thursday: 10/11/7
Grammar

Friday: 10/12/7
List 2:21-30 quiz
Grammar

American Literature/Composition

***October 1-5, 2007

Monday: 10/1/7
New vocabulary words: List 2, 11-20
Video: The Crucible

Tuesday: 10/2/7
Finish video
Work on character web – DUE WEDNESDAY
Work on test review

Wednesday: 10/3/7
Character web DUE
Work on test review – TEST TOMORROW

Thursday: 10/4/7
The Crucible test

Friday: 10/5/7
List 2:11-20 quiz
Grammar work

***September 24-28, 2007

Monday: 9/24/7
New vocabulary words: List 2, 1-10
Crucible

Tuesday: 9/25/7
Crucible

Wednesday: 9/26/7
Crucible

Thursday: 9/27/7
Finish reading Crucible
Do page 888, reading check, also numbers 5 and 7 for Act IV
and number 1 for the whole play

Friday: 9/28/7
List 2:1-10 quiz
Research court documents in the IMC

***September 17-21, 2007

Monday: 9/17/7
REMINDER: List One Vocabulary Test is Friday!
Read The Crucible
Conflict page in yellow packet

Tuesday: 9/18/7
Read The Crucible

Wednesday: 9/19/7
Read The Crucible

Thursday: 9/20/7
Read The Crucible

Friday: 9/21/7
List One, 30 word vocabulary test
Read The Crucible

***September 10-14, 2007

Monday: 9/10/7
New vocabulary words, List 1:21-30
Read Arthur Miller and Salem information
Read intro to The Crucible
Character list for the play

Tuesday: 9/11/7
Read The Crucible

Wednesday: 9/12/7
Read The Crucible

Thursday: 9/13/7
Vocabulary quiz, List 1: 21-30
Read The Crucible

Friday: 9/14/7
NO SCHOOL!!