January  February  March  April May

This calendar is constantly evolving according to the needs of the students.

January
6 -myFAKEspace information,  first half of AP vocabulary maps  assigned 7 "Possibility of Evil"  Nonfiction articles about internet, poll questions 8 - Create myFAKEspace  Mobile Lab 2, sign up for turnitin.com  class id is 2339747 class password is House1 9- Finish myFAKEspace. "Like Lambs to Slaughter" Irony, Biblical Allusion, Character development and comparisons, First   half of AP  vocabulary maps due  "Check"    story
12- By the Waters of Babylon" Allusion, theme  Quiz over story, second half of AP vocabulary words

 

 13 - "The Pedestrian" Vocab. Quiz 14 - "Cold Equation" 15-  "Harrison Bergeron" (Theme and plot line) 16-  vocab. maps due, Timed Writing
19 -  No school 20 -  No school. 21 - SNOW! 22 - Finish essays. Review figurative language Read "Sound of Thunder" YOUR TEST IS OVER THIS STORY. 23 -  Major AP essay prompt (rubric), Show sample essays, Work on essays documented with quotes from short stories, Major Short Story Test,.
26 - Pass out A SEPARATE PEACE, Read chapter one,  work on rough drafts due tomorrow (We'll type in class.) 

 

 27-  Work on rough drafts. ASP chapter two, ASP webquest,  LIB/LAB 28-Type rough drafts, look over them.  Discussion of ASP, read 3 - 5 by Friday.

 

 

 

 29-  Rationcination of drafts. 30 - Final copies due to turnitin.com and me by end of class, LIB/LAB Discussion of three - five (bring in two questions for the class) Quiz
February 
2  - Non-Fiction article:  connect to ASP 3 - Discuss ASP 6-9 4 -Snow day 5 - Snow day 6 - Novel must be finished by Monday, Dear Abby character letters
9 -Non-fiction article due, Final discussion of ASP 10 -Test over ASP 11 - Dead Poet's Society 12 - Work on drafts. 13 - No school
16 - No school 17 - Brittany Spears or Shakespeare?  You decide.  Begin CAESAR, recitation, symbols, character motivation, truth vs. reality, grammar 18 -  Act I of Caesar 19 - Close reading Act I, scenes i and ii, CAESAR II, Close reading Act II, scene i 20 -Act III, Close reading,
23 - Correct Essays, Act III and IV 24 -  25 - Finish Play,  26 - study stacks 27 -Test Caesar    
March -         
2-Hound of the Baskerville, Response Journal and Rubric View part one of Hounds, Caesar essay prompt 3 - Conferencing on essays Hamlet, assign Hamlet groups, United Streaming 4-Hamlet, assign Hamlet groups, United Streaming, Begin Act I 5 - MIDTERM   6 - 

Act I and II
9 - Act II and III 10 - Act III and IV, Work on Hamlet groups, recitations/podcasts 11 - Act IV and Act V, Work on Hamlet groups 12 - Work on Hound responses and discus,  13 - Hound discussion, chapters 1-7, HAMLET quiz
16 - work on Hamlet projects and Hound Journal, library lab 17 -Computer Lab 18- Hamlet Projects due, Library lab 19- Hamlet Projects due, Hound Quiz 20 -Spring Break
23 - Spring Break

 

24 - Spring Break 25 - Spring Break 26 - Spring Break 27 -Spring Break

 

 
30 - View Hound 31  -HOUND Journal due,  Poetry! meter
April        
1-Poetry! Spoon River 2- Glawpigt guest speakers Poetry! 3- Poetry!
6 -Poetry! Poetry Approaches project, movie makin' time! 7 Poetry 8 -work on poetry approaches, library lab, practice research 9 -TALENT SHOW, CAREER DAY, BLUE RIBBON CELEBRATION 10- GOOD FRIDAY
13 - 14 - Poetry test 15-poetry approaches   16- Practice research 17-poetry approaches  DUE
20 - Research in Library 21 - Library 22 - Library 23- Rough draft work 24- rough draft work
27 -Lib/lab 28 - Lib/lab 29- Editing of draft 30 Lib/lab
May It's a surprise!         
1 -Final copies due - Two Major Grades, Oedipus Rex Notes over Greek Tragedy
4 - Oedipus 5- Oedipus 6- Oedipus 7 8-Test over OEDIPUS REX 
11 12 13 14 15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October
    1 - View Hamlet, Email doc.  Recommendation doc. 2 - 1 and 7 midterms 3 - 4 and 9 midterms

View Hamlet
6 - Hamlet essay prompt 7 - Work on groups 8 - Hamlet group presentations (videos) 9-edit and revise rough drafts essays 10- Hamlet essay due

WebQuest
13 - No school 14 -  Pass out A SEPARATE PEACE, Read chapter one 15 -"Stopping by the Woods"  16 - "Shall I Compare Thee" "Bonny Barbara Allen" 17 - Quiz 1-3 ASP, Correct essays, AP Poetry packet, Grades mailed home
20 - Discuss "Bonny Barbara" and "Shall I Compare Thee" 21- Discuss ASP on our message board due Thursday,  Quiz 4-7, "Lucinda Matlock" Spoon River Research 22 Continue poetry 23 - work on Poetry project. 24 - Poetry Test, Read novel
27- Work on project, Quiz 8-11 28 -Dead Poets Society 29 - Project due, Review ASP, finish Dead Poet's 30 -  ASP test 31 - No school
November
3 A Separate Peace essay assigned

 

 4- ELECTION 5  - PLAN TEST  6 - Type rough draft in class 7  War stories, "Declaration of Ind.  from the Was in Vietnam" and non fiction, primary and secondary sources
10 - "Where have you gone Charming Billy"

Practice research skills

 11 -Final copy of essay to me and turnitin.com, "Declaration of Ind.  from the Was in Vietnam" Reunion Research paper assigned.  Research info 12 -  Library

Research Rubric

 13 -Library - Last day

Note and bib cards due

 14 - Interim Grades Home, work on research in comp. lab

use templates
17 -  Work on research in lib/lab 18-Nonfiction, "Notes from a Bottle" Eyewitness accounts from Hurricane Katrina   19 -Research paper due TWO MAJOR GRADES,   "Good Samaritan"  20 - nonfiction, Tragic Hero  21 - Non-fiction assignment due, Poetry contests

Here's the big one.

Contest   Contest  Contest
24 -Gateway practice 25 -Timed Writing? Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
December
1 -Oedipus, notes over Greek theatre and Greek Tragedy 2- Oedipus  3 - English Gateway 4 -Biology Gateway 5 Oedipus
8 9 -Test over Oedipus and Greek theatre (might need to be moved to Wednesday) 10 - OEDIPUS AT COLONUS 11-  12
15 -  16  - 1 and 7 Finals 17 4 and 9 Finals 18 19

 

Begin HOUNDS, Response journal   using RAID (rubric), second half of AP vocabulary words, Finish lit terms, "Harrison Bergeron" (Theme and plot line)