BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. Grammar
-noun, verb, adjective, pronoun review and activities in green workbook....

HONORS
1. "A Rose for Emily"
-review story
-collect/go over notes about the character of Emily and 'clues' that tell us what is going to happen at the end....
2. OWL #1
-begin list of commonly misused homonyms, etc (we will finish next time)
3. Short Story Papers due on Friday....

COLLEGE PREP
1. OWL
-affect/effect/farther/further practice sheet
2. College Essay
-whip around room and share list of "clothing" that is significant to you
-read "Outfits," my own response to this prompt
-begin discussing importance of intros
-writing time to address this prompt: Describe what your "clothing" says about you as in individual"
This must be at least 1.5 pages long....rich in voice....rich in a creative and unusual lead!
-This is due PRINTED OUT on Friday. 

 

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. We "curtailed" our normal class stuff for today, due to the unfortunate events surrounding two Winslow High School students, Scott and Alli....

HONORS ENGLISH
1. We had the same plan as the Orange Day class--please see this plan....see me if you need a paper copy of the story...

COLLEGE PREP
1. Check this blog (haha)
2. OWL list
-worksheet and put twenty words in sentences in order to review words
-STUDY the differences between these words, as a lot of you dont know them
-test for this will be on Friday
3. College Essay
-please look at last Thursday's blog entry...you should do this "clothing list" for next time....it will be checked off for a participation grade

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP
1. With Ms Conroy, work on projects involving recorded documentaries....

HONORS
1. Thesis work
-revisit the paper topic and hear working thesis statements
-create thesis statements applying the topic to a favorite movie, book, life experience, etc
2. "A Rose for Emily"
-'what's going on' activity
-read the story together/on own...
-finish it for Monday...and, also, take notes on the "clues" and 3-4 quotes to exemplify the character of Emily Grierson....

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. OWL test
2. HEROES
-collect irony responses
-five discussion points written on the board....take a few minutes and respond to each of these opinion questions....
3. Grammar
-begin new unit for next four classes
-brief discussion of nouns, verbs, adjectives, subject, etc....
4. Go vote in mock election!

HONORS
1. Same as orange day class....minor differences though....quick game of inkypinky....create continuum for "The Bet" and discuss story....paper was assigned...PLEASE check yesterday's honors class blog for the exact assignment! Be sure to bring a working thesis to class on Monday....

COLLEGE PREP
1. OWL list number 1....if you missed these notes, get them IMMEDIATELY!
2. College Essay
-voice..."annoying" prompt to prove the differences that exist between our unique writing voices...
-for Monday, please do the following (it will be checked off for a grade!!): Brainstorm a list of your top 15 favorite pieces of "clothing" that you feel describes you as a person. "Clothing" does not just mean pants, shirts, etc....but, rather, all "accessories" (piercings, jewelery, tattoos, hats, things you carry with you, bags, etc etc....). The goal is to think about how your clothing identifies you as an individual....we will be using these lists in class in order to write in class on Monday!

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP
1. Ms Conroy's college essay unit....due on Friday.....begin documentary unit together....

HONORS ENGLISH
1. Vocabulary Test
2. UMO in guidance....many of you went to this presentation....
3. "The Bet"
-with the time we had, we had a brief discussion of the story, lit terms, etc.
-collect literary device notes....
4. Due to time constraints, we will do our final story next time!
5. Paper--due next Thursday--assigned as the culmination of the short story unit...please have a working thesis for next class!:

How can a seemingly POSITIVE quality--such as loyalty, kindness, tenacity, etc--actually work towards DAMAGING a person's (or multiple people's) life? How can this seemingly good quality actually be "bad?" Use one or several stories we have read during this unit in order to explore this idea. Please note that a CLEAR THESIS is a must for this paper

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. OWLs
-put 20 of your 32 words into correct sentences, as we prepare for the test
-practice test/worksheet to reinforce homonyms, etc...the test for this will be on THURSDAY
2. HEROES
-I will collect your 'irony' writing next time....the book should be finished!

HONORS
1. Same as orange day class...please see their plan so you know what to do with "The Bet.

COLLEGE PREP
1. College Essay
-"collecting activity" where we make lists in order to generate topics....
-for ten minutes, write, expanding on one of the categories we did in the collecting activity
-model the Point Question Connect strategy with Brittany's writing
-trade papers and PQC to your partner's....give them good feedback...I collect all papers
-taking 'diet rice cake' words and turning them into 'dorito spicy' words!

ORANGE DAY

CP ENGLISH
*Per Ms Conroy's instructions....working on college essays....revisions....

HONORS ENGLISH
1. "Once More to the Lake"
-collect symbolism responses
-before handing in responses, take notes on the conflict, the symbolism, the setting
-discuss these notes and the rest of the essay....idea of how place changes, etc...
2. The vocab test will be FIRST THING ON WEDNESDAY
2. "The Bet" by Anton Chekhov
-read story on-line (see me if you would like a paper copy)
-take a good page of notes on ALL the literary devices you can find within the story....know that there is definitely irony, DRAMATIC irony, foil, and ALL THREE types of conflict in this story...I expect you to identify it all!

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. OWL List
-finish
2. HEROES
-notes and discussion on last chapter
-for next time, you are to finish the book AND write down examples of things you find IRONIC (the opposite of what you would expect) in the final pages of the story....I will give you the first 20 minutes of class to finish this on Tuesday.....

HONORS
1. Same as Orange Day plan from this past Tuesday....although we did have the vocab test today....you should remember to give me the "Once More to the Lake" response next time....

CP ENGLISH
1. Vocabulary quiz
2. College Essay
-introduce Point, Question, Connect....
-list of questions activity in commons....interview each other....
-PQC to the conversations you had....share with the class....
-Focused writing for 8 minutes: Pick one of the "questions" and write to it with as much voice as possible....then, swop and PQC to someone else's writing....

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. We did not have class because of the PSAT/Financial Awareness workshop....we will continue with our plan on Friday.....

HONORS
1. We did not have class because of the PSAT/Financial Awareness stuff....we will continue with our plan on Friday....HOWEVER, we will have our vocab test on Friday, so please come prepared for that!

CP ENGLISH
1. College Essay
-rest of notes on essay and voice!
-rubric given: you are graded on voice, a good lead, and sentence variety
-examine possible topic--give doublesided sheet explaining essay
-college essay game: Kite or Clothesline?
-five minute writing prompt: What CD would you listen to for 24 hours and why? Which one would you NOT listen to and why? Bring this next time as we will use it in class!

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP
1. Ms Conroy was out today on break, so we....
a. collected essays and books.....
b. did vocab review sentences in class as a review for the quiz on Thursday....
c. Read IT'S CATCHING by David Sedaris, and had a conversation about its merits as a personal narrative essay....

HONORS
1. "In the Twilight"
-puppetman story....
-discuss inferences you made, symbolism, parallelism, and the rest of the stuff on the "points to ponder" side of your notes....
2. "Once More to the Lake" by EB White...
-read essay in class, and write the following response:
         Discuss how EB White uses symbolism  in his essay 'Once More to the Lake." Analyze one or 
         several examples of how regular, concrete things stand for something much deeper, thus adding 
         to the mood or tone of the essay....
-this essay is due next class!

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. OWL List #1
2. HEROES
-open note test--you may use your notes, but not your book!
-read short chapter together....you should be through the end of page 108.....

HONORS
1. Same as Orange day schedule from last Friday
2. Vocabulary test is going to be on Friday...dont forget!

CP ENGLISH
1. Vocabulary
-finish words
-use each word in a sentence....break down the 20 words so you have 5 about you, 5 opposite of you, 5 about a person in this class, and 5 about a movie you have seen....this is a participation grade
2. College Essay Unit
-begin by briefly discussing college essays, etc....
3. Collect Beowulf papers  **NOTE** if you are using a tech day, you must give me the paper TOMORROW (Tuesday) even though we do not have class!!

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP

1. Ms Conroy's college essay unit.....fun!!!

HONORS

1. Reminder of vocab test
2. "In The Twilight"
-2 Truths and a lie in order to reinforce idea of character inference
-begin reading story in class
-for next time, please finish the story AND take a good page of notes where you generate inferences you make on the individual characters in the story....each inference/generalization should be joined by a quote from the story, even

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. HEROES
-hear your notes, etc on the reading and technical parts of table tennis
-discuss the idea of metaphor, and the technical terms being metaphors for life!
-read on in book pages 82-104....
-next time there will be a test on the reading as well as the notes on the last few chapters....you may use your notes on this test...

HONORS
1. Same as Orange day class!

CP ENGLISH
1. Beowulf test
2. Beowulf paper is due MONDAY...also, please bring your books back to hand in
3. New vocabulary word list for test next FRIDAY

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP
1. Vocab: New words for test next THURSDAY
2. Collect papers/books from Beowulf....remember that if you are using a tech day, you need to give me your paper TOMORROW not on Friday!!!
3. Ms Conroy "officially" takes the reigns....you will love her!

HONORS
1. Vocab: New words for test next THURSDAY
2 "The End of Something"
-all notes and discussion on the present symbolism, parallelism, etc
3. We did not begin the next story...we will do it Friday in class!

Black Day

English 12
1. HEROES
-you folks read through page 61....now, together and on your own, you read through page 81 (the end of the chapter) and take notes on two things a) passages that show Francis being happy and b) passages showing the technical aspects of table tennis
-you wrote about a mentor you had who has taught you an important life lesson
-for a quiz grade, write about the life lessons that Larry seems to be teaching Francis thus far in the story....cite specific examples...write at least a half of a page
-collect books at end of class...you can give me the response next time....

Honors English
1. Same as the last OrangeDay plan....but we spent about 15 minutes in groups discussing the "outsidethebox" issues from the story

CP English
1. Beowulf
-all stereotype convention notes on Epic Hero
-discussion and notes on "Cultural Hero"
-officially assign paper (see Sept 23 blog post for details)...this paper will be due on MONDAY
-next class you will have your TEST on BEOWULF....study all your notes, etc!!

ORANGE DAY

COLLEGE PREP
1. Beowulf
-take test
-your paper is due next WEDNESDAY (please see Sept 26 orange day blog for explanation of this assignment....)

HONORS ENGLISH
1. Papers
-pass back
-go over some struggles I saw...topic sentences, paragraph structure, etc
2. Hemingway "The ENd of Something"
-read story in class
-take notes on the 8 symbolic items I told you to write down from the board
-we will go over this stuff next class, even! We will also do vocab next time....

BLACK DAY

ENGLISH 12
1. Vocabulary test
2. HEROES
-go over up through page 47 and all the stuff that should be included on the information map
-read together and on own THROUGH the end of page 61...we will continue with this next time we have class on Tuesday....bring all your notes next time as we will have a quiz

HONORS
1. THE LOTTERY
-all notes on the story/discussion, etc
-go over traditions/etc
-assign paper (same as Orange day from last week....to see the literal assignment prompt, please see the blog post from 'september 26,' which was an orange day....see me if you have any questions....
2. THE BIRTHMARK
-begin discussion of Romantism, characters, etc.
-we ran out of time, and on Tuesday, when we have class, we will continue for about ten minutes on the rest of the notes for this story
3. There is no new reading, as now you are pretty much caught up with Orange day...but you should start thinking about your paper!

COLLEGE PREP
**Many of you missed today because of the yearbook ad drive....make sure to get the notes you missed...also you will need to make up the quiz**
1 BEOWULF
-touch base with what you did with sub on Monday
-quiz on section 3
-begin notes on Epic Superhero 'conventions' and 'stereotypes' in an effort to get you prepared for the paper which will be due next week....I will 'officially' assign this paper on Tuesday, when we finish doing all the notes on this!

ORANGE DAY

CP ENGLISH
1. Beowulf
-go over hero cycle/epic graphic organizer
-read, together, the last section of Beowulf, and work on correcting the incorrect timeline I passed out...
-REMEMBER that on Thursday you have your test on Beowulf...this will include all the notes, historical stuff, etc....STUDY
-your comparison essay (see last week's blog for the details!) is due next WEDNESDAY because of the Columbus Day holiday!

HONORS
1. "The Birthmark"
-class questions/notes/discussion...be sure to get them if you were out
-group questions "outside the box" about perfection in nature/science/humanity's fatal flaw...
2. Papers from "Lottery" story due in class today


**ALL CLASSES please remind me to pass stuff back to you...I have it all graded...haha