Second Semester Assignments and Class Work
Pay attention to Vocabulary 
assignments!!
Fourth Quarter Assignments and Class Work
Study Guide for the Final Exam is here. (click here)
5/13/2010 & 5/14/2010 End of Semester issues and viewing film.
5/12/2010 Vocabulary quiz - Unit 15 / Word search assignment
5/11/2010 Vocabulary exercise - Graphic representation and writing test questions
5/10/2010 Brave New World : The conclusion of the story
5/7/2010 Final test on Brave New World
5/6/2010 Review for test: Jeopardy Game
5/5/2010 In-class essay on Brave New World
5/4/2010 Notes on terms: Mitsima, John the Savage, Malpais, and The Tempest, by William Shakespeare ("Brave, new world...")
5/3/2010 Reading Quiz/ Small groups read and explain.
4/30/2010 Listening to the novel: pages 78-85. Homework:page 31 Grammar practice(Due Monday)To find the homework, right-click here and choose "Save Target As". Save the file to your computer and open the saved file.
4/29/2010 Small group presentations from Tuesday - advertising / Handout #30 Study Questions arehere
4/28/2010 Unit 14 vocabulary quiz / Reading Quiz
4/27/2010 Small group advertising assignment/ presentations
4/26/2010 Terms for Brave New World are here.(page 29 in notes) Presentation for advertising assignment is here.
4/24/2010 
4/23/2010 Reading Brave New World
4/22/2010 Unit 14 Workbook is due
4/21/2010 Second half of the movie, The Island. There will be a brief, written reflection assigned for Friday.
4/20/2010 Continue presenting projects
4/19/2010 Projects and the one-page project explanation are due. Projects will be presented to class.
4/16/2010 Reading Quiz on pages 3-29. Homework page 27 is due. The movie assignmment is due.
4/15/2010 Unit 13 Vocabulary Quiz
4/14/2010 View the movie, The Island, and write a brief essay using the handout provided.The handout is here.
4/13/2010 Review family theme song assignment. Selected reading in class. Page 27 handout
4/12/2010 Presentation on Brave New World - notes on page 26. The presentation is here. Reading assignment: pages 3-29 for Friday, 4/16
4/9/2010 Final test on Ordinary People. Assignment due Sunday night on Turnitin - Think of a very happy time that you have had with your family. Find a song that relates to that happy moment. In a short (250 word) essay describe the moment and tell how the song relates to it.
4/8/2010 Read and discuss passages from the end of the novel
Discuss family theme song.
4/7/2010 Small groups prepare presentations on the characters in Ordinary People . (Character list is here) Read the drowning scene on page 217.
4/6/2010 Read and discuss the family argument scene in Ordinary People pages 108 - 114. Discuss family traditions. Reminders
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Third Quarter Assignments and Class Work
3/25/2010 View project samples from past classes
Early release schedule
3/24/2010 Quiz on vocabulary Unit 12. Dream interpretation from Chapter 9. Read pages 76 & 77 and write a short paragraph interpreting the dream.Write the paragraph on a new notebook page 25.
3/23/2010 Read pages 7-8; 48-50 Fourth Quarter Project proposals are due today.(See 3/18/2010 for the form)
3/22/2010 Handout page #24, (Found Poem), is here. Video on technological advances and perception of the world.
3/19/2010 Pep Rally Day! Rah! Rah! Rah!
3/18/2010 Read Chapter 4 in class. Instructions for the fourth quarter project are here. (Your choice must be approved)
3/17/2010 Class work - Read Chapter 5 and write a doctor's report on Conrad's meeting with Berger. The form is here.
3/16/2010 Class work - Ordinary People Handouts pgs 21 & 22 can be found here(21), and here(22).
3/15/2010 Evaluation of Research Paper method. Brainstorm for the fourth quarter project.
3/8-3/12/2010 Last minute check on Research Paper. Individual questions on the Research Paper
3/5/2010 In-class assignment on parenting. The handout is here. The assignment is to react to each of the qualities of an effective parent by describing how you would achieve each of the ten qualities with your own children in the future.
3/4/2010 HS study day. Only periods 3&4 meet. Short film clip -
Ordinary People . Conferencing on the research paper.
3/3/2010 Individual work on Research Paper paragraphs. Read Ordinary People . Individual conferences on the Research Paper.
3/2/2010 Individual work on Research Paper paragraphs. Read Ordinary People . Individual conferences on the Research Paper.
3/1/2010 Grammar quiz on page 20 in the notebook.here Presentation on sentence fragments.(Click Here) Discussion of teen suicide based on Ordinary People.
2/26/2010 The Research Paper Checklist can be found here. This is page 19 in the notebook.
2/25/2010 Vocabulary Quiz - Unit 11- Presentation:The secrets of citation. Handout on citing the textbook (click here) These will be pages 17 & 18 in the notebook.
2/24/2010 Vocabulary Quiz - Unit 11. Work on inserting quotes from the story into each of the five paragraphs. (sentence #4) Handout on textbook citation can be found here.
2/23/2010 Use this period to make up any writing for the Research Paper that you may need to do. Paragraphs 4 & 5 are due 2/24/2010 on Turnitin.com. Handouts 14&15 and 16
Click on "14&15 " for the Research Paper guidelines and on the "16" for a sample Works Cited page.
2/22/2010 Write body paragraph 5 on looseleaf and submit by the end of the period.Use the paragraph guidelines in the Research Paper tab in the navigation menu on the left of this page. (Look high and low.)
2/19/2010 Write body paragraph 4 on looseleaf and submit by the end of the period.Use the paragraph guidelines in the Research Paper tab in the navigation menu on the left of this page. (Look high and low.)(Senior Study Day)
2/18/2010 Write body paragraph 4 on looseleaf and submit by the end of the period.Use the paragraph guidelines in the Research Paper tab in the navigation menu on the left of this page. (Look high and low.)
2/17/2010 Write body paragraph 3 on looseleaf and submit by the end of the period.Use the paragraph guidelines in the Research Paper tab in the navigation menu on the left of this page. (Look high and low.)
2/16/2010 Write Body Paragraph 2 and submit to Turnitin by Wednesday evening.Use the paragraph guidelines in the Research Paper tab in the navigation menu on the left of this page. (Look high and low.)
2/12/09 Reading Quiz/ Discussion of the book. Adjectives and Adverbs wok sheet from 2/5.
2/11/2010 Write the first body paragraph. Use the paragraph guidelines in the Research Paper tab in the navigation menu on the left of this page. (Look high and low.)
2/10/2010 Unit 10 vocabulary quiz. Bumper sticker activity/ Read select passages from the novel.
2/9/2010 Pre-writing strategy - organization of ideas. Read your free write and select the five most important ideas in the work. Write those on a seperate page (page 9). Then re-read the free write and select all of the other ideas and write them on page 9 under the main idea they match. You may use any form of outline or graph - just show the five main ideas and the minor ideas that are related to each of them.
2/8/2010 Notes on Ordinary People (page 8). The powerpoint with all the information is here.
2/5/2010 Final Test on The Metamorphosis / Books will be collected.Homework for Monday is here.
2/4/2010 Using the Introductory Paragraph as a springboard for ideas, free write about your topic. Write without correcting. Do not edit or erase. Write as fast as you can and put down as many ideas that might be related. (2 pages)
2/3/2010 Discussion of the lodgers in the story. Handout of study questions (here). FINAL TEST ON THE METAMORPHOSIS IS FRIDAY!!
2/2/2010 Database research in the library
2/1/2010 Small group discussions. Prepare a paragraph and a picture which relate to your assigned question. Questions are here.
1/29/2010 Reading quiz pages 3-37. Discuss The Metamorphosis / View video clip on The Metamorphosis here
1/28/2010 Submitting the final thesis statement. Guidlines for the thesis statement are here. Begin Intriductory paragraph. The instructions are here.
1.Submit the introductory paragraph to
TURNITIN by Sunday night.
2.Vocabulary sentences are due Sunday
night.
1/27/2010 Vocabulary quiz Unit 9 cancelled and replaced by an assignment on Turnitin.. Writing the thesis statement.
1/26/2010 Introduction to Kafka. Take notes on page 3 in the notebook. The powerpoint is here.
1/25/2010 Reading quiz on pgs. 3-19. General topics for the Research Paper are here. Finish job interviews.
1/22/2010 Continue Job Interviews
1/21/2010 Pages 2 & 3 are due. Job Interviews begin
1/20/2010 Vocabulary workbooks are due (Unit 9) Prepare for job interviews/Intro to The Metamorphosis and Kafka
Reading Assignments for Metamorphosis:
pages 3-19 January 25th
pages 20-37 January 29th
pages 38-55 February 1st
The complete text of The Metamorphosis can be found here.
First Semester Assignments and Class Work
1/13 - 1/15/2010 Midterm Exams
1/12/2010 Review for midterm
1/11/2010 Review for midterm
1/8/2010 Job interview and Resume assignment The job questions (here) are due Jan.21st. NO SHORT ANSWERS. THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS (HERE) ARE ALSO DUE ON THE 21ST. SELECT THREE ANSWERS TO PREPARE FOR YOUR INTERVIEW.
1/7/2010 HS study day. Only 5th and 6th periods meet.
1/6/2010 Quiz on Macbeth. 6th period class also has a quiz on Vocabulary Unit 8 with questions from Macbeth. Sonnet 1360 summary assignment is due Friday, 1/8.
1/5/2010 Finish Macbeth and review.
1/04/2010 Review Acts I - IV .Finish ACT V of Macbeth. Homework page 33 is due.
12/18/09 Begin ACT V
12/17/09 Continue ACT IV
12/16/09 Vocabulary workbooks are due. Begin ACT IV
The text for Act IV is here
12/15/09 Essay exam. The prompts are here.
12/14/09 Begin Act III Homework for January 4th - Answer briefly the study questions on page 33. (Click here for page 33)
12/11/09 Homework is due. Finish reading Act II. Essay prompts for Tuesdays Writing Exam are here.
12/10/09 Homework from Dec. 4th is due. Begin Act 3. The text is here. Homework for Friday, December 11th can be found on Turnitin.com. Sign in and click on "Macbeth Writing #1" for instructions. You will need notebook page 32 (click here) to do the assignment.
12/9/09 Quiz on Vocabulary Unit 7 and on class study of Macbeth up to December 4th. Read pages 271-274 in the text and take notes (There will be a quiz) For the reading click for each page 271 272 273 274
12/8/09 Begin Act II of Macbeth. The text is here. Homework for Friday, December 11th can be found on Turnitin.com. Sign in and click on "Macbeth Writing #1" for instructions. You will need notebook page 32 (click here) to do the assignment.
12/7/09 Finish reading Act I. Read Act 1 here
12/4/09 Continue reading Act 1 here . Homework due Thursday, December 10 is here.
12/3/09 HS study day/ Only periods 1 & 2 meet
12/2/09 Vocabulary workbook check/ Continue reading Act 1 of The Tragedy of Macbeth
12/1/09 Notebook check.
Read Act 1,Scene here Terms: paradox, foreshadowing, blind ambition, heath, irony , hurlyburly, broil, valor, minion
11/30/09 Introduction to Shakespeare. View presentation here . The video is here. Short notes are here
11/25/09 Finish "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" The video is here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
11/24/09 Unit test on Middle Ages, Chaucer, literary terms, and Canterbury Tales. (Study the pilgrims!)
11/23/09 Review "Federigo's Falcon" and begin to read "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" The first reading can be found under the entry for 11/19. The Sir Gawain story can be found here.
11/20/09 Assessment on the homework due today (read The Pardoner's Tale) assigned Monday, 11/16 The assignment is here.
11/19/09 Quiz on Unit 6 vocabulary words and class study of Chaucer. Read "Federigo's Falcon" by Monday(click here for the story)
11/17/09 and 11/18/09 BAT testing - only 3rd period class meets
11/16/09 Students read their journey poems to the class. Read the Prologue to the Pardoner's Tale. Homework for Friday- Read "The Pardoner's Tale". Both readings can be found here. (Study for Thursday's vocabulary quiz)
11/13/09 Finish the Wife of Bath Tale. here
11/10/09 Continue reading the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales / Canterbury Tales Prologue Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Begin the Wife of Bath Tale here.
11/9/09 Presentations on the Canterbury Tales Pilgrims. Take notes on pages 23-25.Canterbury Tales Prologue Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Lyric assignment for Monday, November 16th is here.
11/6/09 Presentations on the Canterbury Tales Pilgrims. Take notes on pages 23-25.Canterbury Tales Prologue Part 1 is here
11/5/09 Presentations on the Canterbury Tales Pilgrims. Take notes on pages 23-25.Canterbury Tales Prologue Part 1 is here
11/4/09 Quiz - Vocabulary Unit 5 and quiz on class notes on Middle Ages, Chaucer, Humor in the Middle Ages.(Everything covered in class since Beowulf and up to 10/30)
11/3/09 Begin the reading of the Prologue to Canterbury Tales. Read Chaucer's presentation of the Knight - note the methods of characterization.Begin reading Canterbury Tales Prologue Part 1 is here
11/2/09 Present the lyric projects
10/30/09 Possible quiz on Chaucer and the Middle Ages. Begin reading Canterbury Tales Prologue Part 1 is here
10/29/09 Continue the presentation on Humor in the Middle Ages -The powerpoint is here.
10/28/09 Vocabulary workbook is due: Unit 5
Powerpoint on humor and sources of The Canterbury Tales. The powerpoint is here.
10/27/09 Small groups will present on the elements of the Middle Ages. The textbook text is here.
10/26/09 Introduction to Chaucer. The powerpoint is here.
Lyric Assignment:Create a poster using the song lyrics you submitted. Use poster paper - either half or full size. The song title, artist's name, and some of the lyrics must be on the poster. You may include all the lyrics, if you wish. You may use any type of graphics - be creative! Grading Rubric
Design and effort - 20 points
Originality - 5 points
Cleverness - 5 points
Written analysis of the song = 10 points
BEGIN SECOND QUARTER
10/20/09 Web research on Middle Ages. Research your topic on the web and take notes for presentation to the class.
The topics will be assigned. The textbook text is here.
10/19/09 Response chart - click here . Fill out the first two columns. Literary terms for the study of Chaucer are here. Take notes on the terms in your notebook. The genre of Ballad. The reading is here. (Read "Lord Randall")
10/16/09 Beowulf final exam. Homework for Monday is here.
10/15/09 Review for test then view the Beowulf movie.
10/14/09 First and Third periods do not meet. Other classes will have a modified Socratic Seminar on the idea of "hero."
10/13/09 Finish reading The Battle with Grendel's Mother and The Final Battle. Click here for the Final Battle. See 10/12 for the story of the Battle With Grendel's Mother.
10/12/09 Lyric asssignment is due today on Turnitin.com. Read the story of the Battle with Grendel's mother (Click Here) and read.
10/9/09 Read in class the battle of Beowulf and Grendel. If you missed this, (Click Here) and read . Groups finish their graphic representations of the Anglo-Saxon period and present their reports to the class. The BEOT essay is due today - typed.
10/8/09 On page 14 in the notes, analyze the lyrics to the song:"Holding out for a Hero" Read and listen to the story of the banquet welcoming Beowulf. Assignment: Select a song which you would like to analyze. Submit the lyrics to Turnitin by Monday, October 12th. Group work: Summarize your group's paper and draw a picture which relates to your topic.
Terms: giver of rings, Wealtheow, hall-goblet, mead-flagon, Healfdene's son
10/7/09 Vocabulary Quiz Units 1-3. Quiz on the class study of Beowulf.
10/6/09 Continue with the reading of Beowulf. Take notes on page 12. Vocabulary quiz Units 1-3 tomorrow. *Also a Quiz on class study of Beowulf.
Terms: Ecgtheow, Wulfings, Unferth,reparations
Brecca
10/5/09 Continue with the reading of Beowulf. Take notes on page 12.
10/2/09 Review Anglo-Saxon Worksheet/ Introduce the Beot assignment/ Instructions are here Continue reading and discussing the text.
10/1/09 Period 5&6 Read and discuss "The Judgment" by Franz Kafka
9/30/09 Continue reading and listening to Beowulf.Small groups interpret Chapter2 and present
9/29/09 Two homework assignments are due. See instructions for 9/24/09 for the assignments and materials. Continue taking notes on the history of the language.
9/25/09 Quiz on Unit Two vocabulary words and on other recent class material.
9/24/09 Vocabulary activity - Unit One and Two. View short film here and write a comparison of tone and meaning in this short film - and the novel, The Stranger. This is due 9/29 . Write on notebook page 6. Worksheet on Anglo-Saxons is due Tuesday, 9/29 The sheet is here.
9/23/09 Powerpoint on Epic and Epic Hero. Students will take notes. Powerpoint is here
9/22/09 Listen to a lecture on the History of the English Language and take two-column notes. There will be questions on Friday's vocabulary quiz from this audio. See Mr. Troha to make up this class work. College essays are due - typed - tomorrow.
9/21/09 Revise the rough draft of your college essay. Save to jump drive or paste in submission box here.
9/18/09 Read pages 2-16 in the classroom textbook. Start a notebook page 8 and take notes on the main points while you read.
9/17/09 Begin the college essay. Use this checklist (here) for the guidlines and choose your topic from this list. (click here) If you have your own prompt from the University or college of your choice, use that prompt for your essay.
9/16/09 Vocabulary Quiz Unit 1 / Vocabulary workbook
Unit 2 / Final Test on The Stranger / Grammar worksheet is due Friday.Worksheet is here. (Big file - be patient! Download and print the sheet - then do your best to fill it out.
9/15/09 Review selected passages from Part 2 of The Stranger in preparation for Wednesday's test
9/14/09 Review selected passages from Part 2 of The Stranger in preparation for Wednesday's test
9/11/09 Existentialism in video example. Viewing and analyzing the presentation.
9/10/09 Poetry writing workshop.
9/9/09 Survey of Kohlberg's stages of moral development as it relates to existentialism. Small groups discussed and presented their answers to the class. The stages are listed here.
9/8/09 Character list for The Stranger can be found here. Class review of passages in Part I. The vocabulary quiz scheduled for 9/9 has been rescheduled to 9/16. The quiz will be on Unit One. Unit two in the workbook will be due the same day. We will also have the final test on The Stranger on that day (September 16th).
9/4/09 Typed paragraph is due.(see assignment from Monday and Tuesday - 8/31 & 9/1) The Stranger up to
page 59.
9/3/09 Only fifth period met. Paideia seminar on happiness and existentialism.
9/2/09 Quiz on The Stranger up to page 33. Vocabulary workbooks will be collected. Unit One is due.
9/1/09 Writing workshop. Finish writing CEI paragraph (see yesterday's assignment)Typed copy is due with the rough draft (page 4) on Friday
8/31/09 Defining an analytic paragraph. Notes on page 4.
Begin CEI assignment found here.
8/28/09 Biographic information on Camus. The powerpoint can be found here. Study questions for The Stranger can be found here
If you don't have your copy of the first three assignments, you can find it and print it by clicking here. You and your parents can view the syllabus by clicking here.
Information on TURNITIN.COM can be found by clicking on the tab in the navigation panel on the left side.
8/27/09 Presentation on the Tenets of Existentialism. The main ideas are here.
8/26/09 Summer reading exam. Introduction to The Stranger
8/25/09 Introduction to Camus and Existentialism. Review of the Syllabus. Powerpoint on plagiarism can be viewed here. Assignment: sign the plagiarism contract and get your parent to sign as well. If you need another copy of the contract, click here.
8/24/09 Explanation of class rules and the first three assignments. Hand out the first novel: The Stranger. Read the "Translator's Note" for Assignment #3. Read Chapter One -pgs. 3-18 for Monday, 8/31. Notebook page 1 begins with the :First Five" assignment and continues with notes on class procedures. The "First Five" assignment instructions are here
