English Lessons Dec. 14 - 18

English IV:

Monday: Plot wkst. & Allegorical Parallels due! 

* Animal Farm AR & Lit. Skills Quiz

** Homework: Complete Quotes and AF Review.

Tuesday:

* Continue Cutting and Pasting

Wednesday: 

* Continue Cutting and Pasting! 

Thursday: 

* Continue Cutting and Pasting!

Friday: 

* Review for final

* Final Review AF Sheets due Monday!

AP English IV

Monday:

* Frankenstein Quick Quiz 

* Discuss all of  Frank.

Tuesday:

*AR and Lit. Skills Test Frank.

* Hand out final review.

Wednesday: 

*Complete Introduction.

Thursday:

*Prepare for Dual Credit Final 

Friday: 

*Dual Credit Final!!

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:1/2 Day

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lessons December 7 - 11

English IV:

Monday: 

* Animal Farm Quiz 3

** Homework: Complete Allegorical Parallels & Plot Explanation -- Due Monday, December 7!

Tuesday:

* Check Sources & Highlighting

* Create a "Works Cited" page.

Wednesday: 7, 6, 5, 4 -- 1/2 Day

* Review Parenthetical documentation

* Begin Cutting and Pasting! 

Thursday: 

* Continue Cutting and Pasting!

Friday: 

* Cutting and Pasting Due!

* Work on Animal Farm homework.

AP English IV

Monday:

* Frankenstein Quiz #5

* Response 8 & 9  Due!

* Discuss Chapters

*Finish the Novel & complete Responses -- All due Monday, December 14.

Tuesday:

*Continue Outline.

Wednesday: 

*Outline Due!

*Begin Introduction. 

Thursday:

*Introduction Due!

Friday: 

*Read Frankenstein & Complete Responses.

**Homework all Week:  Finish Frankenstein & complete reading responses.  Due Monday, December 14.

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:1/2 Day

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lessons November 30 - December 4

English IV:

Monday: 

* Animal Farm Quiz 2

** Homework: Read Chapters 7 - 10 -- Due Monday, December 7!

Tuesday:

* Hours 1 & 3 Assembly

* Hours 6 & 7 Begin Research

Wednesday: 7, 6, 5, 4 -- 1/2 Day

* Continue Research 

* Must have all sources by end of hour! 

Thursday: 

* Sources are due!

* 2 book, 2 internet, & 2 Data base

* Begin Highlighting

Friday: 

* Highlighting Due!

* Create Works Cited

AP English IV

Monday:

* Frankenstein Quiz #4

* Response 6 & 7  Due

* Discuss Chapters

*Read Volume II -- Chapters VI - IX & complete Responses 8 & 9 

Tuesday:

*Assembly

Wednesday: 1/2 Day

*Hours 7, 6, 5, & 4

Thursday:

*Check paraphrasing.

*Create Outline

Friday: 

*Complete Outline

**Homework all Week:  Read Frankenstein chapters 5 - 8  & complete reading response #s 4 & 5.  Due Monday, November 23rd.

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:1/2 Day

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English lessons November 23 -24

English IV:

Monday: 

* Animal Farm Quiz #1

* Discuss

** Read chapters 4 - 6 & Complete Questions = Due Nov. 30th

Tuesday:

* Research: 2 Internet Source + 2 Data Base Sources

AP English IV

Monday:

* Frankenstein Quiz #3

* Response 4 & 5  

* Discuss Chapters

** Read Volume II: Chapters 1 - 5 & Complete Responses 6 & 7 = Due Monday, November 30th! 

Tuesday:

*Paraphrasing = Due

*Introduce Outline!

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

English lessons November 16 - 20

English IV:

Monday: 

* "Beowulf" Test B

** Homework: Define Vocab. & lit. terms for Animal Farm Due Tuesday!

Tuesday:

* Power Point George Orwell

* Complete handout!

Wednesday: Bell Work -- Orwell -- 1/2 Day

* Group work background Information Animal Farm.

* Read & complete visual organizer.

Thursday: 

* Finish Group Work

* Hand out Animal Farm Books.

* Read chapters 1 - 3 -- Due Monday!!

Friday: 

* Introduction to Research

* Choose artist!

* Begin research!

AP English IV

Monday:

* Frankenstein Quiz #2

* Response 2 & 3  Due

* Discuss Chapters

Tuesday:

*Finish cutting and pasting.

Wednesday: 1/2 Day

*Review paraphrasing and quoting.

*Begin paraphrasing

Thursday:

*Continue paraphrasing.

Friday: 

*Paraphrasing Due!

*Introduce outline!

**Homework all Week:  Read Frankenstein chapters 5 - 8  & complete reading response #s 4 & 5.  Due Monday, November 23rd.

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:1/2 Day

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lessons November 9 - 13

English IV:

Monday: 

* Continue "13th Warrior."

** Homework: Modern Comparison Outline is Due Tuesday!

Tuesday:

* Finish "13th Warrior."

* Modern Comparison Outline Due!

* Movie Quiz

* Test Review!

Wednesday: 

* Review for Test!

* Test Thursday & Friday

Thursday: 

* "Beowulf" Test A

Friday: 

* "Beowulf" Test B

AP English IV

Monday:

* Frankenstein Quiz #1

* Response 1 & Vocab. Due

* Discuss Letters

Tuesday:

*Label Sources 

*Begin Cutting and Pasting

Wednesday:

*Continue Cutting and Pasting

Thursday:

*Cutting and Pasting due!

*Begin Paraphrasing!

Friday: 

*Continue Paraphrasing!

**Homework all Week:  Read Frankenstein chapters 1 - 4 & complete reading response #s 2 & 3.  Due Monday, November 9th.

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lessons November 2 - 6

English IV
Monday:
*Vocabulary Test
*"Beowulf" Plot
*"Beowulf" Notebook Due Today!
* Homework: Read Excerpt from John Gardner's Grendel

Tuesday:

*Complete Grendel Review.

*Introduce Modern Comparison & complete research!

Wednesday:

*Complete research for MC.

*Create "Works Cited" and begin typing MC.

Thursday:

*Complete MC.

*Peer Edit & Make changes.

Friday:

*MC Due Monday at the end of the day!!

*Begin watching "13th Warrior"

*** "Beowulf" Test = November 11th

AP English IV

Monday:

*Complete Research = All 6 sources due Tuesday!

*Mary Shelley info. due!

*Assign Frankenstein anticipation guide, chapters, reading responses and vocab.

Tuesday: Allusions = all make-up

*Begin Highlighing and labeling sources

Wednesday:

*Highlighting and labeling due by end of the hour!

Thursday:

*Complete a "Works Cited."

*Begin Cutting and pasting.

Friday:

*Complete cutting and pasting.

** Frankenstein chapters, response and vocab. due Monday!!

English Lessons October 26 - 30

English IV 

Monday: Bell Work Response

• Discuss Anticipation Guide
• Listen to Old English "Beowulf"
• Read "Beowulf" Battle #1

Tuesday: Bell Work Response

• Quiz "Beowulf"
• Read Battle #2

Wednesday: Bell Work Response

• Group review
• Finish "Beowulf"

Thursday: 

• Notebook Due!
• Read excerpt from Grendel

Friday: Bell Work Response

• Complete Grendel Review.
• 30 Word Vocabulary Test

AP English IV

Monday:

• Discuss Timed Writing
• Prepare for timed writing

Tuesday: Allusion

• Timed Writing

Wednesday:

• Introduce Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
• Anticipation Guide
• Complete Mary Shelley research  -- Due Monday

Thursday: Allusion

• Introduce Research Paper
• Choose Topic

Friday: Modern Comparison is due!

• Research in Library
• All sources Due by end of hour!

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lesson Plans October 19 - 23

English IV 

Monday: Bell Work Response

• Complete Presentations
• Intro. Anglo-Saxon time period
• "Beowulf" Lit. terms due!

Tuesday: Bell Work Response

• Application Essay Corrections

Wednesday: Bell Work Response

• "Eritier" group response
• Intro. Anglo-Saxon Time Period
• Begin Concept Map

Thursday: 

• Finish Concept Map
• Concept Map Due Friday -- When you walk in!

Friday: Bell Work Response

• On own, complete the Anglo-Saxon Time period review.
• Vocab. Review due Monday!

AP English IV

Monday:

• Finish "14th Warrior."
• Complete chart
• Modern Comparison -- Rough draft due!

Tuesday: Allusion #3 -- Christina

• Exchange and edit Modern Comparison. 
• Make changes and hand in final!

Wednesday:

• Review for the test over everything, thus far.

Thursday:

• Test part 1

Friday: Modern Comparison is due!

• Prep. for timed writing. 
• Timed writing -- Monday!

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lesson Plans October 12 - 16

English IV 

Monday: Bell Work Response

• Complete author paragraph.
• Peer Edit.
•  QAR questions for novel Due!
• Introduce Presentations 

Tuesday: Bell Work Response

• Make corrections to author paragraphs -- Final due Today!
• Hand back QAR Questions.
• Draw for order -- Presentations begin Thursday!

Wednesday: Bell Work Response

• Give example presentation.
• Hand out Vocabulary Review = all 30 words. 
• Work on projects!

Thursday: 

• First 9 presenters will present.
• Complete Vocabulary review by Friday!

Friday: Bell Work Response

• Last 8 presenters will present.
• Vocabulary review due!
• Complete "Beowulf" literary terms for Monday!

AP English IV

Monday:

• Make corrections to AP Essay!
• Discuss John Gardner's Grendel.

Tuesday: Allusion #3 -- Christina

• Introduce Modern Comparison. 
• Begin Research and Writing.
• Modern Comparison RD due Friday!

Wednesday:

• Watch "13th Warrior."
• Complete T-Chart Epic characteristics & Comparison

Thursday:

• Watch "13th Warrior. 
• Complete T-Chart Epic characteristics & Comparison

Friday: Modern Comparison is due!

• Finish "13th Warrior" and T-Chart.
• Discuss findings and hand out test Review!

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lesson Plans October 5 - 9

English IV 

Novel and AR Test Due on October 1st!

Monday: Bell Work Response & check Bell work!

• Begin Author Research.
• Must have 2 sources by end of hour.
• Highlight both sources by Tuesday!

Tuesday: Bell Work Response

• Highlighting and list due when you walk in!
• Introduce Works Cited.
• Complete Works Cited -- Due end of hour!

Wednesday: Bell Work Response

• Introduce parenthetical documentation (Group).
• Create Citation for your three sources.
• Practice paraphrasing, quoting and giving credit. 
• Begin author paragraph.

Thursday: Bell Work Response

• Complete author paragraph.
• Peer Edit.
• Final paragraph due!
• Introduce QAR questions for novel.

Friday: Bell Work Response

• Complete QAR questions & answers.
• Due end of Day!!
• Draw for presentation order.

AP English IV

Monday:

• Introduce Poetry project.
• Hand out notebook 
• Complete "Beowulf" quiz & discuss
• Notes

Tuesday:

• Read pages 51 - 61 for Wednesday!
• Review reading & discuss!

Wednesday:

• Quiz all "Beowulf"
• Complete Epic characteristics & Summary!

Thursday:

• Introduce Modern comparison.
• Choose topic & find a credible source!
• Begin typing

Friday:

• Complete Modern Comparison
• Exchange and peer edit!
• Peer editing must be completed by Monday!!

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lesson Plans September 27 - October 2

English IV 

Novel and AR Test Due on October 1st!

Monday: Bell Work Response

• Review for Short Story Test
• Test Review handed out = Complete by Tuesday Extra Credit on Test!
• Short Story Tests -- Tuesday & Wednesday

Tuesday: 

• Short Story Test #1
• Read Novel/Take AR Test when finished

Wednesday: 

• Short Story Test #2 
• Vocabulary #3

Thursday: Bell Work

• Introduce Author Research.
• Find two credible sources.
• All sources due Friday & Highlighted.

Friday: Bell Work -- Author Info.

• Create list
• Vocab. #3 worksheet Due!
• Homework: Vocab. Picts.

AP English IV

Monday:

• "Eritier" Reflection
• Begin Concept Map pgs. 6 -12.
• Homework: "Beowulf" Terms

Tuesday:

• "Beowulf" Terms Due
• Finish Concept Map.

Wednesday:

• Utilizing Concept Map, Complete Review
• Homework: "Beowulf" Anticipation Guide

Thursday:

• Discuss Anticipation Guide.
• Listen to "Beowulf" in OE.
• Begin Reading "Beowulf."

Friday:

• Quiz #1 "Beowulf"
• Discuss Battles 1 & 2 in depth & complete analysis.

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.

English Lessons September 21 - 25

English IV

Novel and AR Test Due on October 1st!

Monday: Bell Work Response

• Stephen King Info. Due
• Begin Reading "Strawberry Spring."
• Finish Story for Tuesday!

Tuesday: Bell Work SS

• Quiz Strawberry Spring
• Group Analysis
• Homework: King Review -- Due Thursday

Wednesday: Bell Work Novel Response

• Discuss SS
• Class Review

Thursday: Bell Work

• King Review Due!
• Groups
• Choose Short Story
• Read & Begin Analyzing

Friday: Bell Work -- SS Response

• Continue Group Analysis of Chosen Short Story!
• Homework: Vocab. Wkst.

AP English IV

Monday:

• "The Sniper" Review
• Introduce Timed Writing

Tuesday:

• Preview a timed writing example.
• Discuss Expectations -- Index card Wed.
• Introduce Allusions

Wednesday:

• Timed Writing
• Homework: Create a concept map/notes for pages 6 - 12.
• Thursday = Work day concept map.

Thursday:

• Work on Concept map!

Friday:

• Concept map Due!
• Complete Review!
• Homework: "Beowulf" Lit. Terms

English Skills:

Monday:

• Check Planner
• Introduce homework: Completed by Friday!

Tuesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Wednesday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Thursday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

Friday:

• Check Planner
• Homework

All lesson plans may be modified due to schedule changes or time constraints.