Weekly+Assignments

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5/20--5/24 M: Group assignment on monthly book-download from one pager hw: finish making qr codes for class T: artwars choices and work; finish hyperlink poems hw: take notes on Pablo Neruda---links on poetry resources page; work on artwars R: Artwars choices and work; begin film F: Watch Il Postino; artwars hw: artwars uploaded to ** dropbox and turnitin by Tuesday before class **

5/13-5/17 M: Read chapt 6; Do all exercises on pages1-10; learn terms and poems; Prep for discussion hw: finish work from class; review what ARTWARS stands for; finish Kite Runner T: Discuss ending of the book; quiz hw: Watch videos and take notes on Pablo Neruda (use link as well) W: Artwars on one Neruda poem; paired work on Neruda poem hw: finish Neruda ARTWARS poem; F: paired poem ARTWARS; individual choices: ARTWARS from book hw: do ARTWARS on poem

5/6-5/10 M: Discuss Kite Runner hw: finish book by Monday T: Poetry terms, chps 3+4; chpt 5 intro hw: read chpt 5; do exercise on pg 88 R: Sonnet forms; sorta sonnet hw: write three haikus (see chpt 5) about any subject, one from our class; I have examples on the poetry link F: Share haikus; begin ARTWARS analysis practice hw: one pager; Kite Runner

4/29-5/3 M: Discuss Kite Runner hw: read pgs166-258 to discuss next Monday T: animoto review; poetry reading practice; chpt 3 hw: log in 30-35 5 poems; exercise announced in class; read pages in text R: Sestina introduced; sestina writing hw: log in 35-40 poems; work on sestina--upload to dropbox F: chpt 3 discuss and read; sestina review hw: read one pager;

4/22-4/25 M: Discussion //The Kite Runner// hw: log 5 poems 25-30; read KR chpt 7 T: discuss chpt 7; chpt 2 irony--The Chimney Sweeper hw: chpt. 2 pgs:33-44/Read for Monday KR 80-166 R: Animoto in computer lab hw: log in five poems; chpt. 2, exercise pg 37 1-4 "The Golf Links" ; read KR 80-166 for Monday F: playing with words; quiz on chpt 2; hw: Read Kite Runner through 166 and lit circles book; log in 5 more poems

4/8-4/12 M: vocab; textbook poetry book; literary circles book hw: check logs; log in 5 poems T: spiney poems hw: upload pictures of spiney poems; do exercise on page 10; upload one pager to dropbox by midnight Wednesday R: poetry book- discuss hw; "Aunt Jenny's Tigers" hw: log in five poems F: vocab quiz and poetry terms hw:

4/2-4/5 T: Papers back! Review and rejoice! Writing notebooks; poetry 180; vocabulary; poetry resources; hw: Find poetry textbooks; Read five poems and log them in on poetry log; R: Textbook poetry work hw: read chapter assigned in class F: hw check; writing poems; vocabulary quiz over all 17 words on Monday hw: upload poems to new dropbox folder entitled "Poetry;" Log in 10 poems over the weekend using links on the poetry page; study for vocab quest

M: vocab; thesis approved; [] hw: vocabulary, finish body paragraphs 1,2, or 3 T: Check body paragraphs; REVISE hw: revise; add body paragraphs 3/4/5 intro and conclusion; vocab R: Final draft ready for class; revision work hw: continue revision work; vocab F: vocab quiz; upload and do self reflection and attachments hw: upload to dropbox and turnitin.com by midnight

M: vocab catch up: where are we? new words: close reading---the final proposal hw: vocabulary, open and read **last year's** essay topic on P&P page; read and annotate the [|Jane Austen essay #1]: write down two takeaways T: Discuss novel hw: vocabulary;open and read **last year's** essay topic on P&P page; read and annotate the [|Jane Austen essay #2]; write down two takeaways; read this year's essay question and begin planning R: Discuss novel;discuss essay questions and do thesis statements in class hw: body paragraphs 1&2 Jane Style--typed and saved on dropbox F: body paragraphs 3/4 Jane Style in class; vocab quiz 41-55 hw: write intro and conclusion; upload draft to dropbox

3/4-3/8 M: New words! Pride and Prejudice Found Poems; begin close reading passage, chpt. 43 hw: Pride and Prejudice poems; finish book by Friday T : close reading passage cont.; discussion of book hw: Pride and Prejudice: finish book by Friday R: Library day: book talks, find a book with a partner for double dating a book this month; F: Discussion and quiz--end of book

2/25-3/1 M: New words! Make up last week's quiz on vocab hw: 41-45; one pager, journal T : close reading passage hw: finish one pager; read ahead, catch up R: ONE PAGERS DUE on blind date books! Writing in class F: journal questions; upload to turnitin.com by MIDNIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT; discuss lit circles read 45-50 discuss lit circle book for March;

2/19-2/22 T: Discuss journal answers; questions/discussion; new vocab 31-40 hw: 31-35 and journal questions R: Letters and reading in P&P; reading quiz 20-35 hw: catch up on reading and journal questions F: writing notebook; vocab quiz; discussion/questions hw: one-pager, 35-40

2/11-2/15 M: Questions about journal questions? Vocabulary words 1-30 hw: read 20-24;download and begin next set of journal questions T: Wickham/foils; dancing--discussion focus; return last week's journals and discuss answers hw read chpt 24-30; journal; vocabulary R: Questions; discussion; hw: journal questions due at turnitin.com by midnight Friday; study for vocab F: discussion; vocab quiz 1-30 hw: journal questions due to turn it in for 15-30 MONDAY

2/4-2/8 M questions; quiz 1-10 hw: read 11-15 T: interupted summary; questions; "reading" characters hw: finish journal questions; upload to turnitin.com by midnight Wednesday R: one word significance; questions hw: 15-20 P&P; you may want to read ahead if you know you'll be busy next week; read one pager too

1/28-2/1 M: Blind date book! Play productions. Writer’s notebook, write down 10 things you didn’t know about Jane Austen before watching the videos; discuss chpt. 1 Hw: In writer’s notebook, write down 10 things you didn’t know about Jane Austen before watching the videos. Write down any questions and two comments about chapt. 1 from today's assignment T: Discuss embedding and reading assignment for Pride and Prejudice; discuss reading schedule Hw: review embedding quotations videos on writing page of wiki; read chapts 2-5 R: Discuss and quiz Hw: read and do embedding/reading assignment 6-10 F: TBD; vocabulary study on P&P hw: read blind date one pager and read ahead in Pride and Prejudice

F: TBD 1/22-1/25 T: Review tests; practice plays hw: Watch The Real Jane Austen and take notes R: one pagers hw: write in your notebooks about your vision for the play; read chpt. 1 of P&P F: discussion chpt. 1; assignment February one-pager partners and assignment hw: Play productions;

1/3-1/4 R: Act IV hw: Read act V F: tips for writing an in class essay; play production group work; hw: read January one pager; review play production lines;

1/7-1/1 M: Discussion; group work; hints about timed writing hw: practice lines/group work outside of class T: In class essay on MND hw: practice lines; work in groups; writer's notebook R: Play production work time! hw: play productions; writer's notebook F: Play Productions! You will be videotaped!!! Collect writer's notebook

1/14: Reading Day

12/18-12/19 M: Finish in groups Act IV hw: read whatever we did not finish together T: quiz on III and IV; watch Act V together! HW: read your January One pager book! Enjoy a restful Christmas full of fun and books! 12/10-12/15 M: Act I and II questions; quiz; Act III groups HW: print out one setting and one costume pic for writer's notebook; finish scene i of Act III T: Groups: Act III hw: read assigned passage from class; describe setting idea (1 paragraph) and costuming idea (1 paragraph) in your writer's notebook next to your pictures R: finish Act III hw: comment in writer's notebook: draw a diagram of who likes whom; comment on the action F: December one-pager hw: finish last scene; December one pager too!

12/2-12/7 M: Act I questions; summaries in writing notebook; pinterest collections HW: collect images for costuming and set on pinterest for MND; T: Act II reading; relationship portraits hw: Add two words, definitions, and references from text to vocabulary page here on wiki. R: Finish Act II; Act III hw: Add two words to vocabulary list F: hw: finish last scene; December one pager too!

11/19-11-23 M: Peer review; highlighting; rubric hw: revise paper T: Upload paper to turnitin.com by midnight on Tuesday; hw: read and annotate introductory material to //Midsummer Night's Dream//; read one-pager book---due December 14th

11/12-11/16 M: Shared inquiry discussion preparation/ paper questions 1: What does this play suggest about gender and gender roles? 2: What are the most important choices made by Macbeth and what larger issues do those choices point to? 3: What are some of the mysterious elements in the play and what larger questions do they raise? hw: Please prepare examples/notecards for discussion T: Shared inquiry discussion hw: Brainstorming and begin Jane-style outline R One pager day! Come prepared to write hw: finish Jane style outline; come to class on Monday with a rough draft of a paper; See grading rubric on course documents page

11/5-11/9 M T: questions over act V; review vocab hw: notecards, review vocab R Vocab quiz; describe graded discussion F No school hw: prepare notecards for graded discussion on Monday; review essay questions, and begin planning essay.

10/29-11/2 R: DGP: Act V group work HW: read on your own: decided in class how much; memorize vocab F: DGP; quiz over act IV; continue Act V HW: Read your November book; due November 14; do notecards; vocab quiz Monday

10/22-10/25 M: DGP: Macbeth--finish Act III HW: Do notecards on Act III T: DGP: Act IV. i, ii: Watch together; make sure you know the apparitions and what they mean HW: read what we saw in class today---marking the text; do notecards R: DGP: Macduff and Malcolm together: Act III, scene iii. Malcolm tests Macduff. What does he say his faults are? How does Macduff react? How do we know that King Edward is a good man? What news does Ross bring Macduff and Malcolm? HW: read Act V; F: DGP; Act V group work HW: Read your November book; due November 14; do notecards

10/8-10/13 M: DGP: Macbeth Act II  HW: Notecards--gender, choices, mysteries---examples from Act I

T: DGP: Collect Act I notecards; Macbeth Act II scenes i-iii in class HW: do notecards on Act II; add word to Macbeth vocabulary on wiki

R: DGP: Act II notecards; Act III in class groups HW: Answer questions from class group

F: DGP; Act III group work HW; Shakespeare work as assigned; HW: Read your November book; due November 14

10/1-10/5

M: Happy Columbus Day!

T: DGP: discuss papers; bloopers; Act I finish!

HW: Review Lady Macbeth lines; finish Act I

R: DGP: Quiz over Act I

HW: Read Act II summaries; Watch 4 versions of dagger speech and identify differences

F: DGP; One pager

HW; Get new book for November one-pager

10/1-10/5

M: DGP: Macbeth begins: Tableaux of famous lines HW: upload paper to Turnitin and dropbox; Grammar hw: review DGP---any questions?

T: DGP: Quiz over introductory chapters; Act I, scenes i, ii, HW: written paraphrase of "Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Tomorrow"

R: DGP: Act I, scenes iii, iv, v, vi HW: read Act I, scenes vii; paraphrase

F: DGP; quiz: Act I; HW; Shakespeare work as assigned; HW: Read your Sept. book; due October 10

9/24-9/28 M: DGP: finish presentations; Jane Schaefer writing HW: Thesis and topic sentences T: DGP: Jane Schaefer body paragraphs of essay HW: finish any work not in done in class; always upload to dropbox R: DGP: intros and conclusions; HW: Read intro material in Macbeth book; edit and revise paper. F: DGP; peer editing //HW; revise and edit final draft of essay; upload Cold Mountain essay to dropbox Monday// // HW: Read your Sept. book; due October 10 //

9/17-9/21 M: DGP; Join my quizlet classes; Join noredink and follow directions on grammar page HW: No grammar work; memorize vocab list on Vocab page; make up games/notecards on quizlet page T: review last week's grammar exercises; panel HW: memorize vocab; R: Vocabulary quiz; panel HW: read each of the three paragraphs given in class three times; mark observations; 33, 276, 426 F: Discuss passage writing; panel discussion HW: read September book

9/10-9/14 M: DGP; Crivelli room for one pagers and book talks; grammar reminder HW: 77-86 evens in grammar wb--due T T: Panel group work (rubric, expectations) check last week's and this week's grammar HW: panel group work R: Vocabulary/ Cold Mountain and the Odyssey-Mrs. Jensen's panel HW: l earn vocab; explore quizlet.com; F: Graded panel discussion HW: read September book

8/27 M: No class on the first day of school. I'm sad about that.

T: Learning to See with Bruegel, Auden, and You. Review summer assignment; point out teacher pages, wiki, syllabus location, dropbox.com, turnitin.com <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HW: read my syllabus carefully; bookmark my wiki page, turnitin.com, and dropbox.com; prepare for quiz

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">R: questions about reading; Summer reading quiz; <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HW: read Adler's "How to Mark a Book"; after joining wiki, add your word to our vocabulary page

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">F: "Marginalia" and Adler essay: marking <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">HW: watch dropbox video on dropbox.com; pick out a pleasure reading book

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">9/3-9/7 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">T: Finish discussion of Adler essay; Check reading quiz most missed questions;re- introduce Mr. Pesky Pronoun and his friends, transitive/intranstive verbs HW: Grammar workbook, pages 51-56, no paragraph writing on 56 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">R: Vocabulary/ Cold Mountain panel work/ review grammar hw HW: l earn vocab; explore quizlet.com; prep CM discussion/presentations <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">F: Computer lab: sign up for dropbox, turnitin, easybib, images, and presentation tools from cooltoolsforschools HW: TBw