November 30

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students completed the Holt Exam.

We completed the reading of Act 1.

Students worked on the Love Connection handout.

HW: none

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We discussed issues around the play.

Students completed a journal: “What function does a conscience serve? Why does Huck think that a person’s conscience is of no use? How is a conscience useful? How not?”

Students received a handout concerning satire.

HW: rd. ch. 34-36

November 29

Freshman

November 28

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Continue with the study of grammar

Group work: Shakespeare’s insults. Put students into groups, Montague and Capulet.

Continue reading Act 1 sc. 2 and 3/watch

HW: Complete the first three entries on “The Love Connection.”

November 29, 2006

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students continued working on “Shakespeare’s Insults.”

Students took the third quarter Holt examination.

HW: none

Juniors

November 28

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We continued watching the group videos.

We read chapter 31 in class.

Then we completed study guides 26-31.

HW: rd. ch. 32-33

November 29

Students went to see the play The Other Side of the Closet.

HW: none

November 27

Freshman

November 20

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Any students who didn't present their collages last week did so today.

I answered questions students had concerning their projects.

We continued to watch To Kill a Mockingbird.

HW: complete your project

November 21

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We finished To Kill a Mockingbird and compared the novel with the movie.

HW: none.

November 27, 2006

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We reviewed the life of William Shakespeare and students were introduced to different aspects of theatre during his life.

Students were assigned parts for the reading of the play.

We read Act 1 sc. 1 and then watched it.

HW: none.

Juniors

November 20

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students continued to work on their video projects and the writing assignment.

HW: rd. ch. 23-24


November 27, 2006

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We discussed the project, checked in concerning issues/ploblems.

We complete Study Guides 15-21 and turned them in.

Students worked on a DBL entry journal.

HW: rd. ch. 28-30

November 17

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students presented their collages.

Students were reminded to work on their projects.

Students began watching To Kill a Mockingbird.

HW: complete your project

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students worked on their video projects and their writing assignment.

HW: rd. ch. 21-22

November 16

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students attended a live performance of several scenes from Shakespeare's plays.

HW: work on project

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students worked on their video project and were then assigned a writing assignment.

HW: rd. ch. 21-22

November 15

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We graded the tests.

Students were reminded that their project is due Tuesday, November 21.

We read pgs. 776-782, about the life and times of Shakespeare

HW: work on project

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

I answered quick questions concerning the study guide.

Students wronte a 3/4 page journal: “What moral dilemma does Huck face? What would be a modern equivalent?”

We generated themes concerning the novel.

HW: rd. ch. 17-18

November 14

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students took the test over the novel.

Students completed their collage.

HW: Bring text-book to class tomorrow.

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Student groups met for ten minutes.

With partners, students engaged in an activity to find issues of morality in the novel.

We worked on the study guide.

HW: rd. ch. 15-16 and complete the study guide.

November 13, Nov. 9 and 8

Freshman

November 8

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students listed conflicts in the novel and analyzed the novel for relevance to modern times.

Students began work on a collage which is to be presented to the class.

HW: rd. ch. 25-26

November 9

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We read chapters 27-30 in class and discussed the significance of fantasy/projection vs. reality.

Students continued with the collage.

Students turned in their essays.

HW: none

November 13

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students wrote a 3/4 page journal: “What makes this novel ‘great?’ Or is TKAM a great novel?”

Students continued working on the collage.

HW: study, prepare for the test.



Juniors

November 8

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students continued with their presentations.

Students went over the first two study guides.

Students began reading chapter 3.

HW: rd. ch. 3-6

November 9

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We went over chapters 3-6.

We watched a video of Twain’s life.

HW: rd. ch. 7-10

November 13

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students groups met for ten minutes.

We read chapter 11 in class.

Students wrote a 3/4 page journal: “What are the three most important conflicts of this novel? Please explain how they relate to the other novels we’ve read.”

We completed the study guide for chapters 4-7 and students turned them all in.

HW: rd. ch. 12-14

November 7

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

The class discussesd cynicism and what it might mean that the children have become cynical after the guilty verdict in the novel.

Students read chapter 23 and generated a list of the problems that Jem has with the American justice system.

Collage: make a collage for one of the children. Include images which convey who the child is throughout the story.

HW: rd. ch. 24

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students picked up the new book and received the new study guide.

Begin classroom presentations concerning the NEBC.

Students were introduced to the Organizational Analysis paper.

HW: rd. ch. 1-2 and study guide

November 6

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students completed their character charts.

I reintroduce to students the project for this novel. Final project due Nov. 17

We read chapter 21 in class.

Students completed a 3/4 page journal: “How might this verdict affect the children? What result might it have for Atticus? Do you think the town really believes that Tom Robinson raped Mayella? Then why convict her?”

Essays due tomorrow.

HW: rd. ch. 22

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students wrote an essay in class:

Using their own thematic statements.

Each essay must have the following: three or more quotes, be legible, five or more paragraphs.

HW: Read “The Lottery”

November 3

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students wrote 3/4 page journal: “Explain in ¾ pg, “Will Tom Robinson be found guilty or innocent? What leads you to believe one or the other? What factors/evidence would lead the jury to find him guilty? What factors/evidence would lead the jury to find him guilty?”

Students engaged in their peer editing of essays.

Students began character charts.

HW: Do catch-up on reading.

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students completed the last study guide: we read chapter 20 in class.

Complete a thorough examination of the husbands of Janie

HW: prepare for essay test.

November 2

Freshman

Please pickup the grammar handouts from the homework bin at the back of the room. They are marked "Rev A" and "Rev B."

As a class we went over the most recent study guide.

We read aloud chapter 19 and continued compiling evidence for and against Tom Robinson.

HW: Rd. ch. 20

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students continued working with theme by developing a theme and finding six quotes which deal with the issue(s) conveyed by the thematic statement.

We answered the study guide questions.

HW: rd. ch. 19

November 1

Freshman

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

We went over the study guides up through chapter 11.

We read chapter 18 in class with students. Students are still listing the evidence against Tom Robinson.

Peer editing tomorrow in class tomorrow.

HW: work on narrative

Juniors

Please write a one page journal entry to makeup for today’s Daily Language.

Students continued working with theme.

NEBC assignment: find an image and explain how it is applicable.

Students spent time working on their video projects.

HW: rd. ch. 18