August, September, October, November, December

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

August
11- myFAKEspace information,  first half of AP vocabulary maps  assigned, poll questions

 

 12 - "Possibility of Evil"  Nonfiction articles about internet, poll questions 13 - Create myFAKEspace  Mobile Lab 2, sign up for turnitin.com  class id is 2339747 class password is House1 14-  Finish myFAKEspace. "Like Lambs to Slaughter" Irony, Biblical Allusion, Character development and comparisons 15-  "By the Waters of Babylon" Allusion, theme  Quiz over story First half of AP  vocabulary maps due
18 -  Begin HOUNDS, Response journal   using RAID (rubric), second half of AP vocabulary words, Finish lit terms, "Harrison Bergeron" (Theme and plot line) 19 -  "Cold Equation" 20 - "Poor Richard's Almanac"  Timed Writing 21 - "Everyday Use","Pit and the Pendulum" setting and symbols, form follows function,  22 -  Show sample essays, Work on essays documented with quotes from short stories, vocab. maps due
25 - Read "Sound of Thunder" YOUR TEST IS OVER THIS STORY.

 

 26- Major Short Story Test, AP vocab. will be on the test also. 27- Start work on short story essay.

 

Major AP essay prompt (rubric)

 

 28-  Work on essays No school
September
1  Labor Day   2 - Typed rough draft due. Correct essays, AP logic, review propaganda

3 - Brittany Spears or Shakespeare?  You decide.  Begin CAESAR, recitation, symbols, character motivation, truth vs. reality, grammar

 4 - HOUNDS Act I of Caesar

 

 

 5 - HOUNDS quiz, Response Journal due. Acts I and IIAct I, 
8 - Close reading Act I, scenes i and ii, CAESAR II, Close reading Act II, scene i 9 - Interim Grades go home,  Act III, Close reading,

Recitations start

 

 10 - Acts IV and V 11 - Try to finish play? 12 - 
15 - Political ads, list of rhetorical devices, see Gaggle Blog for instructions.  Review using Study stacks.  16 -Test over Caesar 17-Timed writing 18 - Reverse Flee map of persuasive election essay.     19 - Self check of essays as rough drafts are typed 
22 - No school

 

23 - HAMLET, assign Hamlet groups or poetry, class poll.

View United streaming.

 24 - Persuasive essay over elections due, rubric

Finish Act I

 25 - Act II 26 -Act II and III

 

 
29 - Act III and IV

Blog Homework due Friday.

 30 Act V - everybody dies!      
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, Gateway practice
24 -Gateway practice 25 -Timed Writing? Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving
December
1 -Oedipus, notes over Greek theatre and Greek Tragedy 2-  3 - English Gateway 4 5 Oedipus
8 9 Test over Oedipus and Greek theatre 10 -  11 12
15 - 1 and 7 Finals 16  - 4 and 9 Finals 17 18 19