Sunday, October 28, 2007

Week of October 29-November 2

English 10

Monday: PowerPoint Presentations
Tuesday: PowerPoint Presentations
Wednesday: Mrs. Hoyt's presentation
Thursday: Work day for iMovie
Friday: PowerPoint Presentations

English 11

Monday: Begin Poe Packet. Poe facts are due at the end of the period
Tuesday: Poe Packet. Read The Pit and the Pendulum.
Wednesday: Mrs. Hoyt's presentation.
Thursday: Poe Packet. Poe Poetry.
Friday: Poe Packet. Razzin' the Raven.

English 12

Monday: Finish Frame stories quiz.
Tuesday: Check Frame stories quiz and Chaucer Quiz.
Wednesday: Mrs. Hoyt's presentation
Thursday: Collection 2 Test
Friday: Work on PowerPoint Presentation

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Check Frame Story Quiz and Chaucer Quiz
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Collection 2 Test
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Persuasive Speeches
Tuesday: Persuasive Speeches
Wednesday: Persuasive Speeches
Thursday: Persuasive Speeches
Friday: Persuasive Speeches

Monday, October 22, 2007

Week of October 22-26

English 10

Monday: Work on PowerPoint Presentation
Tuesday: Intro to Of Mice and Men
Wednesday: 5 slides due
Thursday: Of Mice and Men
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Questions Day.
Tuesday: ASVAB Results
Wednesday: Notes over Melville. Begin Moby Dick
Thursday: Moby Dick
Friday: No School
English 12

Monday: Poems
Tuesday: Review Frame Stories & Poems
Wednesday: Review Frame Stories and Poems.
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: King Arthur Stories
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Poems & Review
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Fixing Prose
Tuesday: Fixing Prose
Wednesday: Final Presentation of Prose
Thursday: Final Presentation of Prose
Friday: No School

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Week of October 15-19

English 10

Monday: Edit/Revise Papers
Tuesday: Edit/Revise Papers
Wednesday: Edit/Revise Papers
Thursday: Papers Due!!!
Friday: No School

English 11

Monday: Notes over Hawthorne. Read "The Minister's Black Veil" Answer Questions.
Tuesday: Discuss Hawthorne & Stories.
Wednesday: Hawthorne Quiz
Thursday: Finish Hawthorne Quiz.
Friday: No School
English 12

Monday: Read "Fedrigo's Falcon"
Tuesday: Discuss "Fedrigo's Faclon". Introduce King Arthur Tales.
Wednesday: King Arthur Tales
Friday: No School

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "Righ Mind Wrong Mind" in class. Read "Sinbad" out of class
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Read "Fedrigo's Falcon" in class.
Friday: No School

Speech

Monday: Cuttings of Prose
Tuesday: Cuttings of Prose
Wednesday: Cuttings of Prose
Thursday: Cuttings of Prose
Friday: No School

Monday, October 8, 2007

Week of October 8-12

English 10

Monday: Hand out Peer Review Rubrics. Explain how they work. Begin reviewing citations.
Tuesday: Finish reviewing citations. Go over revision marks, what to look for.
Wednesday: Review Introductions and Conclusions.
Thursday: Review Transitions. Begin in-class reviews of peer papers.
Friday: Complete in-class reviews of peer papers. All Peer Review Rubrics due on Monday, October 15.

English 11

Monday: Discuss Walden. Assign Civil Disobedience. Answer questions over both essays.
Tuesday: Quiz over Emerson's essays and Walden and Civil Disobedience. Notes over Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Wednesday: Read "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" in class together. Answer questions.
Thursday: Read "The Minister's Black Veil" Answer Questions.
Friday: Quiz over Hawthorne's stories.

English 12

Monday: Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale". Answer the questions
Tuesday: Quiz over The Canterbury Tales Prologue, "The Pardoner's Tale", and "The Wife of Bath's Tale"
Wednesday: Write a poem that introduces a character like Chaucer did in the prologue.
Thursday: Talk about frame stories. Notes over Panchantra. Read Right Mind Wrong Mind.
Friday: Read "Fedrigo's Falcon"

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read "The Wife of Bath's Tale" and answer Questions
Wednesday: College English over ITV
Thursday: Quiz over The Canterbury Tales and both Tales
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Cuttings of Prose
Tuesday: Cuttings of Prose
Wednesday: Cuttings of Prose
Thursday: Cuttings of Prose
Friday: Cuttings of Prose

Monday, October 1, 2007

Week of October 1-5

English 10

Monday: Begin writing rough draft of research paper. Bibliography notes. Please use these cites to learn how to make a bib page.

http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite
Has forms for MLA, APA, and Chicago styles

http://noodletools.com
Contains both free and subscription services for MLA and APA styles

http://citationmachine.net
Contains help with formatting MLA and APA styles


Tuesday: Still working on the rough draft...
Wednesday: And still working....
Thursday: And you should be close to finished working...
Friday: Rough draft of the paper due.

English 11

Monday: Discuss poems. Quiz over "The Devil and Tom Walker," "Rip Van Winkle" and the Fireside poets & poems. Do questions over poems in journal.
Tuesday: Notes over Transcendentalism & Ralph Waldo Emerson. Begin paper on Transcendentalism.
Wednesday: Review Ralph Waldo Emerson. Read "Nature"
Thursday: Read "Self-Reliance" & discuss Essays.
Friday: Quiz over Ralph Waldo Emerson & his essays. Essay due.

English 12

Monday: Share Character Sketches. Papers due. Talk about The Canterbury Tales Prologue.
Tuesday: Read The Pardoner's Tale & Answer Questions.
Wednesday: Read The Wife of Bath's Tale & Answer Questions
Thursday: Review sheet of The Canterbury Tales
Friday: Talk about frame stories. Notes over Panchantra. Read Right Mind Wrong Mind.

College English

Monday: College English over ITV
Tuesday: Read Prologue to The Canterbury Tales
Wednesday: No School
Thursday: Read Pardoner's Tale & Answer Questions.
Friday: College English over ITV

Speech

Monday: Children's prose.
Tuesday: Looking for prose for contest
Wednesday: Looking for prose for contest
Thursday: Looking for prose for contest
Friday: Present Children's prose to elementary?