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1/31/11

In Classroom on January 31, 2011 at 8:24 AM

English 11

  1. Thomas Jefferson background info. (112)
  2. The Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson (113)
  3. Copy Vocabulary (113)
  4. Looking for Parallelism (114-116, 117)
  5. FYI: MANY PEOPLE ARE GETTING ZEROS FOR JOURNALS 1-10!

Short Stories

  1. Turn in “Babylon Revisited” packet.
  2. READ “CCBB”!

AP Literature

  1. Novel Presentation and details.

Novels

  1. Western Packet DUE TOMORROW!
  2. Brown bag book reports — easy, but require prep work.

1/28/11

In Classroom on January 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM

English 11

Period 1 — Turn in Patrick Henry work from yesterday.
Period 6 — Same as 1st + work on journals
Period 7 — Same as 6th.

Short Stories

  1. 10th vocab word!
  2. Finish “Babylon Revisited” packet, DUE MONDAY.
  3. Start reading “CCBB” <- It is much different than the movie; read it!

AP Literature

  1. Starter activity
  2. Group novel presentation — I will be giving one next week for one of my favorite books. — You need to make sure you are making progress.

Novels

  1. Quiz
  2. Packet DUE NEXT WEEK.
  3. I will be giving a demo of the brown bag book report next week.  Then, we will go in alphabetical order for presentations starting (weather pending) Thursday.

 

1/27/11

In Classroom on January 27, 2011 at 8:24 AM

English 11

  1. Rhetoric of Revolution
  2. Speech to the Second Virginia Convention (listen and summarize)
  3. Parallelism and rhetorical questions
    • Find two examples of rhetorical questions.  Write the question he asks, then summarize his answer.
    • Find and copy one example of parallelism.

Short Stories

  1. Work to finish packet for “Babylon Revisited”.

AP Literature

  1. Finish work from Tuesday.

Novels

  1. Start packet for novel.

1/25/11

In Classroom on January 25, 2011 at 11:51 AM

English 11

  1. Answering questions on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (101)
  2. Reading and questions from Poor Richard’s Almanack (102)
  3. Journal 1-12 check

Short Stories

  1. Vocab 1-5 check.
  2. Short story packet…fill it out.

AP Literature

  1. Read 104-5 — Copy definitions of bold words.
  2. Read 106.
  3. Read 108-110 — Complete “Writing About Literature” on page 111.

Novels

  1. Novel packet explained.

 

1/24/10

In Classroom on January 24, 2011 at 10:07 AM

English 11

Because of the # of people absent, we will use today as a journal work day and complete 1 & 2 tomorrow too.

  1. Answering questions on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (101)
  2. Reading and questions from Poor Richard’s Almanack (102)
  3. Journal 1-12 check tomorrow?

Short Stories

  1. Vocabulary
  2. Checking Vocabulary up to today.
  3. Babylon Revisited — have it finished for tomorrow.

AP

  1. Turn in HAND-WRITTEN draft.
  2. -1% if turned in tomorrow.

Novels

  1. Reading and packet.

Delay Schedule

In Classroom on January 24, 2011 at 9:58 AM

Two–hour Delay – Schedule

Period 1 – 10:10 – 10:43
Period 2 – 10:48 – 11:21

Period 3 – Lunch 1 – 11:21 – 11:52
(Teachers last name A to Hennette)
Class – 11:57 – 12:28

Class – 11:26 – 11:57
Lunch 2 – 11:57 – 12:28
(Teachers last name Hickerson to Temple)

Period 4 – 12:33 – 1:06
Period 5 – 1:11 – 1:44
Period 6 – 1:49 – 2:22
Period 7 – 2:27 – 3:00

 

1/19/11

In Classroom on January 19, 2011 at 8:17 AM

English 11

  1. Journals — You need to have 12 journals for Monday.
  2. What’s the difference Autobiography/Memoir/Biography
  3. Copy vocabulary words with their part of speech and definition on 97
  4. Read/Listen to The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (98)

Short Stories

  1. Vocabulary word of the day :)
  2. Quiz…
  3. Finish “Babylon Revisited” for Monday!

AP

  1. College essay prompt — hand-written, rough draft DUE MONDAY!

Novels

  1. Novel reading day… fill out your reading log.

1/18/11

In Classroom on January 18, 2011 at 8:26 AM

ALL Classes will be working to complete the Sub Assignment and turn it in.

1/14/11

In Classroom on January 14, 2011 at 8:20 AM

English 11

  1. Create a picture of hell using some of the imagery from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards.  Include the title on the page if you can.  It needs to have color and show effort — staple your vocab to it and turn it in.

Short Stories

  1. Reading “Babylon Revisited”.

AP

  1. Novels project — different than last semester.
  2. Library visit.

Novels

  1. Reading Westerns — record it on your log and put the log back in the inbox.

1/13/11

In Classroom on January 13, 2011 at 9:39 AM

English 11

  1. ALWAYS BRING YOUR LIT. BOOK!
  2. Beginning “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards (89)
  3. You should have already copied the vocabulary words on page 89!

Short Stories

  1. ALWAYS BRING YOUR SHORT STORY!
  2. Reading “Babylon Revisited” by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  3. Last reading day several people did not receive points.

AP

  1. ALWAYS BRING YOUR LIT. BOOK!
  2. Turn in work assigned prior to the snow day :)

Novels

  1. ALWAYS BRING YOUR NOVEL.
  2. Passing out packets so you can record your reading for today.
  3. Turn them back in at the end of the period.
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