No Class today

HOMEWORK

1.      Please reread the course introduction and review summer reading. Be sure that you bring in your summer reading books and any notes that you have taken or journals that you have written on your reading.

2. Vocab Unit 1 due Wednesday (sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms—all sections except  choosing the right word).

Begin memorizing the Invocation of the Odyssey (due Sept. 14, DAY 1)

1.      For Tuesday, Sept. 1 (DAY 2)

Please reread the course introduction and review summer reading. Be sure that you bring in your summer reading books and any notes that you have taken or journals that you have written on your reading.

2.      For Wed., Sept. 3 (DAY 4)

Vocab Unit 1 due (sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms—all sections except choosing the right word).

Begin memorizing the Invocation of the Muse (the first 18 lines of The Odyssey due Sept. 14, DAY 1.)

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2. Vocab Unit 1 due (sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms—all sections except  choosing the right word).

Begin memorizing the Invocation of the Muse from Odyssey (due Sept. 14, DAY 1)

Vocab Unit 1 due (sentence completion, synonyms and antonyms—all sections except choosing the right word).

Begin memorizing the Invocation of the Muse (the first 18 lines of The Odyssey due Sept. 14, DAY 1.)

HW

Vocab Quiz Unit 1 Thurs., Sept. 10

Work on memorization .

Vocab Quiz Unit 1 Wednesday, Sept. 9

Work on memorization .

Bring in your reading notes/journals on Tuesday if you have them. Also bring in books if you have them.

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY

NO SCHOOL MONDAY

NO SCHOOL FRIDAY

NO SCHOOL MONDAY

Discussion of summer reading.

Discussion of summer reading.

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Vocab Quiz Unit 2 on Wednesday, Sept. 16

Vocab Quiz Unit 2 on Wednesday, Sept. 16

Vocab Quiz Unit 2

Continue Speak discussions

HW: For Friday:  Book 2 of The Odyssey take notes on reading; complete Unit 3 Vocabulary

Vocab Quiz Unit 2

Continue Speak discussions

HW: For Friday:  Book 2 of The Odyssey take notes on reading; complete Unit 3 Vocabulary

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Thurs.

Finish Speak group discussions.

No class today

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Fri.

Be sure that you have your Odyssey books.

~Odyssey  Book 3 and Unit 4 Vocab due Tuesday

Terms to master: epic, epithets, in medias res

TAKE NOTES ON THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY!

For your notes:

Values of the Greeks

Stories within stories

Relationships among the gods

Relationships between mortals and humans

epithets (i.e. the grey-eyed goddess--Athena)

Signs and omens

Prophecies

Significant quotations

Be sure that you have your Odyssey books.

~Finish Speak group discussions.

~Odyssey Book 3 due Monday

~Vocab Quiz Unit 3 on Tuesday

Terms to master: epic, epithets, in medias res

TAKE NOTES ON THE FIRST THREE BOOKS OF THE ODYSSEY!

For your notes:

Values of the Greeks

Stories within stories

Relationships among the gods

Relationships between mortals and humans

epithets (i.e. the grey-eyed goddess--Athena)

Signs and omens

Prophecies

Significant quotations

~Finish discussion of Speak.

~The Odyssey

HW: Read Book 4 of The Odyssey and bring all notes on The Odyssey to class tomorrow.

~Vocab Quiz Unit 3

~Odyssey discussion

HW: Read Book 4 of The Odyssey for Thursday.

Bring all notes on The Odyssey to class tomorrow.

Complete Unit 4 Vocabulary.

Bring in your Odyssey books and all of your notes to class on Tuesday.

HW: Vocab Quiz Unit 4 Wed. Sept. 30

Essay due Thursday, Oct 1st, DAY 5

Based on Speak, Catcher in the Rye and The Odyssey, write an essay that synthesizes your first thoughts on adolescence. Use the three texts for support. Due Thursday, Oct. 1st., DAY 5. Follow writing guidelines in the course introduction, please. 2-3 typed pages

Vocab Quiz Unit 4 on Thursday, Oct. 1, DAY 5

Bring in your Odyssey books and all of your notes to class on tomorrow.

HW due Thurs., Oct. 1, DAY 5: Based on Speak, Catcher in the Rye and The Odyssey, write an essay that synthesizes your first thoughts on adolescence. Use the three texts for support. Due Friday, Oct. 2nd, a DAY 6. Follow writing guidelines in the course introduction, please. 2-3 typed pages.

In-class- Vocab Unit 5

Continue Odyssey discussion

HW Quiz Unit 5 tomorrow (Tuesday)

In-class- Vocab Unit 5

Continue Odyssey discussion

HW Book 6 of The Odyssey for Wed.

        Vocab Quiz Unit 5 Thursday

HW- ~Essay revisions due Tuesday, Oct. 13

Finish The Odyssey worksheet on Book 4 for Wed.,

Complete Vocab Unit #6 for Wednesday (Oct. 14)

Learn the correct forms on the Common Errors handout (1st page)

Quiz Vocab Unit #6 on Friday (Oct. 16)

HW- Finish The Odyssey worksheet on Book 4 for Wed. (Oct. 14)

Complete Vocab Unit #6 for Wednesday  (Oct. 14)

Learn the correct forms on the Common Errors handout (1st page) (Oct. 14)

Quiz Vocab Unit #6 on Thursday (Oct. 15)

Essay revision due Tuesday (tentative)

Happy Friday, Everyone!

HW - Journal on "A&P" due Monday, Oct. 19

          Unit 7 Vocab due Tuesday, Oct. 20

          Vocab Quiz  Thursday, Oct. 22

Happy Friday, Everyone!

HW- Journal on "A&P" due Tuesday, Oct. 20

        Unit 7 Vocab due Tuesday, Oct. 20

     Adolescence Essay revision due Thursday,  Oct. 22 and Vocab Quiz Unit 7

Please submit your revisions and "A&P" Journals to me tomorrow in my mailbox in the Teachers' Room. There will be two separate folders: Green for Adolescence; Yellow for Journals. The Odyssey assessment will be postponed until Friday. Pick up the study guide from #217 on the file cabinet on the right as you walk in the door or you can come to #227.

Oct. 27

HW Due Wednesday:

Review and analyze quotations on Book 5; look up context.

Odyssey questions on Book 6

CHANGE IN DATE FOR ASSESSMENT:

HW Due Wednesday:

Review and analyze quotations on Book 5

Odyssey questions on Book 6 worksheet

Oct. 28

In class: Discussion of Odyssey and worksheets.

In class: Discussion of Odyssey and worksheets.

Oct. 29

In class: Discussion of Odyssey and worksheets.

In class: Discussion of Odyssey and worksheets.

No Class

Oct. 30

DAY

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Block C

HW:  Due Monday, Nov. 9

Bring Catcher in the Rye notes and book to class on Monday.

Read “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter (short story packet) for Monday. Annotate the story. Pay attention to style, point of view, and tone. Complete Vocab Unit 9. Quiz on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

BLOCK E

Friday, Nov. 6 DAY 6:– Vocab Quiz Unit 8.

Bring Catcher in the Rye notes and book to class on Friday.

Mon.  Nov. 9 (DAY7):Read “On the Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter (short story packet) for Monday. Annotate the story. Pay attention to style, point of view, and tone. Complete Vocab Unit 9. Quiz on Thursday, Nov. 12.

Due Monday, Nov. 16: Unit 10 vocab (Quiz on Tuesday, the 17th) and "Araby" by James Joyce (In the short story packet). Annotate and highlight the story. Be sure that you know "A&P" and "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" well!

Be prepared to discuss your assigned themes of Catcher in the Rye for Monday.

Be sure that you are prepared to discuss your assigned themes on Catcher in the Rye for FRIDAY, the 13th.

For Monday, read "Araby" by James Joyce (In the short story packet). Annotate and highlight the story. Be sure that you know "A&P" and "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" well!

Also due Monday: Unit 10 vocab; quiz on Wednesday.

Vocab Quiz Unit 10 Tuesday, Nov. 17

Quotation sheets due Tuesday also.

Vocab Quiz Unit 10 on Wednesday, Nov. 18

Quotation sheet due on Wednesday

Read Books 7 and 8 of The Odyssey.

Read Books 7 and 8 of The Odyssey.

Be sure that you have read and annotated "The Found Boat."

For Wed.: Read and annotate "Eveline" by James Joyce.

Unit 11 Vocab also due Wed.; quiz on Thursday.

All stories that we have already read should be annotated!

Books 9 and 10  of The Odyssey due Tuesday.

For Thurs.: Read and annotate "Eveline" by James Joyce.

Unit 11 Vocab also dueThurs.; quiz on Firday.

All stories that we have already read should be annotated! Be sure that you have also read and annotated "The Found Boat."

Books 9 and 10  of The Odyssey due MONDAY.

(You should already have 7 and 8 completed.)

Books 9 and 10  of The Odyssey due Monday, Dec. 7.

(You should already have 7 and 8 completed.)

Grammar Lesson in class: Sentence Parts and Complements.

READING ASSIGNMENTS:

For Tuesday, Dec. 8:

Read "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence and complete

Unit 12 Vocab Quiz and Complements Quiz

For Wed., Dec. 9  Unit 12 Vocab Quiz

For Friday, Dec. 11: "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather

For Monday, Dec. 14: "Barn Burning" by Wm. Faulkner

Books 9 and 10  of The Odyssey due Monday.

(You should already have 7 and 8 completed.)

Grammar Lesson in class: Sentence Parts and Complements.

READING ASSIGNMENTS:

For Wed, Dec. 9:

Read "The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D. H. Lawrence and complete

Unit 12 Vocab Quiz and Complements Quiz

For Thurs., Dec. 10  Unit 12 Vocab Quiz

For Friday, Dec. 11 "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather

For Tuesday, Dec. 15: "Barn Burning" by Wm. Faulkner

No class today

HW: Review or reread if necessary, "Paul's Case."

Review Unit 12 vocab for quiz retake.

Block E

For Friday, Dec. 11:

Homework: Complete the exercises in the complement packet (Subject Complements; Direct and Indirect Object Complements) . On page 71 you are looking for direct and indirect objects.

For Tuesday., Dec. 15:

"Paul's Case" by Willa Cather

and

"Barn Burning" by Wm. Faulkner

Due Thursday: Grammar: Study Verbals in the Grammar packet and review complements.

GRAMMAR ASSESSMENT ON MONDAY, DEC. 21st--

Know the parts of speech and recognize the parts of speech in sentences. Know sentence parts (up to , but not including verbals). Be prepared to write out the sentence patterns, identify subject, verb (simple predicate), complements (indirect and direct object complements; subject complements (predicate noun, predicate pronoun, or predicate adjective), recognize and identify prepositional phrases, and identify appositive phrases.  Know the common linking verbs. Know what the questions are asking.

Due Wed., Dec. 21st: Books 11 and 12 of The Odyssey.

Due Thursday: Grammar: Study Verbals in the Grammar packet and review complements.

Due Friday: TBA

Due Monday, Dec. 21st: Books 11 and 12 of The Odyssey.

GRAMMAR ASSESSMENT ON TUESDAY, DEC. 22nd.

Know the parts of speech and recognize the parts of speech in sentences. Know sentence parts (up to , but not including verbals). Be prepared to write out the sentence patterns, identify subject, verb (simple predicate), complements (indirect and direct object complements; subject complements (predicate noun, predicate pronoun, or predicate adjective), recognize and identify prepositional phrases, and identify appositive phrases.  Know the common linking verbs. Know what the questions are asking.

Outside Reading: A Separate Peace

Completed worksheets on Verbals due Thursday, January 7

Quiz on Verbs and Verbals-

Participles, Gerunds, and recognizing Infinitives in a sentence; distinguishing verbs from verbals;

Know what the participles modify in the sentence and what parts of the sentence the gerunds are (subject, predicate nominative, direct object, or indirect object).

Luck on your

Hi All-- Just a note about your exam.

You need to make sure that you know the following terms: stream of consciousness, which is where the writer tries to imitate the random flow of thoughts of a character--hence, stream of consciousness. Faulkner does this in "Barn Burning."

You also need to know what a flashback is, a simile, metaphor, and personification, all in addition to the terms on your study guide. Don't forget that "The Found Boat" is also on the exam.

Get a good night's sleep before each of the exam days!

Exam Room #216, Mr. Grady is the proctor.

Part I 175 Mulitple Choice Vocab/Grammar/Lit. Terms/Literature

On the Scantron. You need two #2 pencils.

Hi All-- Just a note about your exam.

You need to make sure that you know the following terms: stream of consciousness, which is where the writer tries to imitate the random flow of thoughts of a character--hence, stream of consciousness. Faulkner does this in "Barn Burning."

You also need to know what a flashback is, a simile, metaphor, and personification, all in addition to the terms on your study guide. Don't forget that "The Found Boat" is also on the exam.

Get a good night's sleep before each of the exam days!

Exam Room #215, Mr. Bourque is the proctor.

Part I 175 Mulitple Choice Vocab/Grammar/Lit. Terms/Literature

On the Scantron. You need two #2 pencils.

New Short Story to read and annotate, 5 questions to answer about the story, and an essay to write comparing the story to A Separate Peace and one short story of your choosing. Pay attention to the glossary.

Final presentation on Monday.

As you Like It speeches due Thursday for Block C.  See link below:

As you Like It speeches due on Wednesday for Block E.  See link below:

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Vacation!

Please bring your version of the seven ages of man (As You Like It speech) when you return.

How would you describe the seven ages?

When we return from vacation will will be starting Romeo and Juliet. If you would like to get a head start. Read the first act!

Happy Valentine's Day and Happy Vacation!

Please bring your version of the seven ages of man (As You Like It speech) when you return.

How would you describe the seven ages?

When we return from vacation will will be starting Romeo and Juliet. If you would like to get a head start. Read the first act!

Please bring your version of the seven ages of man (As You Like It speech) on Wednesday. 

Read Act  1, Scenes 1, 2, and 3 of Romeo and Juliet  and  answer the following questions for Wednesday:     Act 1 sc 1-2-3.htm

For Thursday Feb. 25: Read Act 1, scenes 4 and 5, and follow the link for the questions. You only need to do the questions for scene 4 for tomorrow, but you can start the questions for scene 5.

Act 1, Scene 4 Romeo and Juliet

Please ignore the two questions below #10 on scene 5.

Vocab quiz on Friday, Feb. 26 Units 2 and 3; be sure that you have completed unit 4 also, but we will have the quiz 4 next week.

For Tuesday, March 2: All of Act 2, scenes 1-6 (questions to follow)

Due tomorrow (Tuesday):

Write your version of the seven ages of man (As You Like It speech) when you return. How would you describe the seven ages? Either poetry form or prose is acceptable.

If you want to work ahead: Read Act  1, Scenes 1, 2, and 3 of Romeo and Juliet  and  answer the following questions (due on Thursday):

Act 1 sc 1-2-3.htm

Vocab quiz on Friday, Feb. 26 Units 2 and 3; be sure that you have completed unit 4 also, but we will have the quiz on 4 next week

Also for Friday Feb. 26: Read Act 1, scenes 4 and 5, and follow the link for the questions. You only need to do the questions for scene 4 for Friday, but you can start the questions for scene 5 if you like.

Act 1, Scene 4 Romeo and Juliet

1. Romeo and Juliet: Continue with the reading assignments on the handout.

English I March 4.htm

2.  Know basic clause information (review your handouts) and the following for the next class:

Difference between a phrase and a clause.

5 sentence parts that will always be a noun or pronoun.

-how an adjective functions

-how an adverb functions

-where you find nouns in a sentence.

Basic clause information:

Independent (main) clause (can stand alone)

Dependent (subordinate clause) (cannot stand alone)

       1. adjective clause

       2. adverb clause

       3. noun clause

3. By Friday, March 12th:

-Have the Prologue memorized.

-Complete Vocab unit 5

1. Romeo and Juliet: Continue with the reading assignments on the handout.

English I March 4.htm

2.  Know basic clause information (review your handouts) and the following for the next class:

Difference between a phrase and a clause.

5 sentence parts that will always be a noun or pronoun.

-how an adjective functions

-how an adverb functions

-where you find nouns in a sentence.

Basic clause information:

Independent (main) clause (can stand alone)

Dependent (subordinate clause) (cannot stand alone)

       1. adjective clause

       2. adverb clause

       3. noun clause

3. By Friday, March 12th:

-Have the Prologue memorized.

-Complete Vocab unit 5

-Read "Powder" by Tobias Wolff in your short story packet.

March 12

Find quotations for your paper as you continue to read the play. Please see link to schedule of assignments below.

Find quotations for your paper as you continue to read the play. Please see link to schedule of assignments below.

Please check you email for the paper revision checklist!

R&J Scenes on MONDAY

Please check you email for the paper revision checklist!

R&J Scenes on MONDAY

Outside reading: The Bean Trees due after vacation.

Block C

Vocab quiz Units 6 and 7 on Thursday, the 29th

Revisions of R&J papers due Thursday, the 29th also.

Work on quotation sheet for R&J and bring tomorrow (Tuesday) along with your completed vocab units.

Block E

Vocab quiz Units 6 and 7 on Thursday, the 29th

Revisions of R&J papers due Thursday, the 29th also.

Work on quotation sheet for R&J and bring on Wednesday along with your completed vocab units.

Outlines for Adolescence paper due tomorrow (Thursday);

Bring clause worksheet and grammar handouts to class.

Bring poetry books daily.

Outlines for Adolescence paper due tomorrow (Thursday);

Bring clause worksheet and grammar handouts to class.

Bring poetry books daily.

Finish Lord of the Flies

1. Complete the usage packet that has the heading Usage Overview.

2. Read all of the poetry packets, including the poems.

3. Read and study the Sound and Sense poetry book Chapter 8 on Allusion.

4. Work on your papers over the weekend.

1. Complete the usage packet that has the heading Usage Overview.

2. Read all of the poetry packets, including the poems.

3. Read and study the Sound and Sense poetry book Chapter 8 on Allusion.

4. Work on your papers over the weekend.

HW-

1. Read and annotate all of the poems in your poetry packets; review material in Sound and Sense for Monday

2. Review common errors and grammar.

3. Complete Units 11 and 12 vocabulary. Quiz Friday, June 11th

4. Bring all textbooks to return!

1. Please be sure to submit your adolescence DRAFT if you have not already done so.

PLEASE NOTE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBMISSIONS.

2. Final Papers are due on Monday, June 7th at the beginning of your class.

3. I am extending the due date for the FINAL PAPERS to be submitted to turnitin.com to Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m.

HW-

1. Read and annotate all of the poems in your poetry packets; review material in Sound and Sense for Monday

2. Review common errors and grammar.

3. Complete Units 11 and 12 vocabulary. Quiz Friday, June 11th

4. Bring all textbooks to return!

1. Please be sure to submit your adolescence DRAFT if you have not already done so.

PLEASE NOTE WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SUBMISSIONS.

2. Final Papers are due on Monday, June 7th at the beginning of your class.

3. I am extending the due date for the FINAL PAPERS to be submitted to turnitin.com to Monday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m.