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A Tale of Two Cities Book 2 chapters 10-13

Quiz: A Tale of Two Cities vocab Book 1
You do NOT have to complete chapter questions

Print and bring in copies for Thursday

Download the following handouts for A Tale of Two Cities

Romeo and Juliet essay rewrite. Typed. Double-space. Bring rough draft with you.

Due: Textbook: pages 944-959. Comparing Archetypal Themes. Ovid's "Pyramus and Thisbe" and Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Answer critical thinking questions numbers 1 and 2 for each selection.
Review pages: 592-595 (know how to answer)
and pages 614-615

Due: Romeo and Juliet essay questions/study guide (index cards)
Period 3 prompts, 1: 4 and 5
Perod 5 prompts: 1, 3 and 4

Due: Romeo and Juliet Style analysis (language exercise)
Read 1/3 of Elizabethan Research analysis

Poetry terms test

Due: Romeo and Juliet Elizabethan Research Topic
Poetry homework: Textbook: pages 617—618 review. Pages 619-629.
Read poetry of: Langston Hughes, Jean de Sponde, Gabriela Mistral and William Wordsworth.
Answer critical thinking questions #1-5 (pg. 628) and Literary Analysis Figurative Language #1-3 (pg. 629)

Romeo and Juliet Act IV due

Due: Romeo and Juliet Act III scene iv
Character adjective list
Act III questions #1-4 (not the textbook questions)
Bring registration material

Due: Romeo and Juliet Act III: scenes i and ii
Read pages: 860-861

Romeo and Juliet Act II questions (textbook)
Poetry: pg. 612, 613

Due: Romeo and Juliet Act II
Due: Business letter final draft

Due: Poetry terms--definitions and examples. Use textbook as primary resource. (Yes, you need to include an entire sonnet:)

Due: Romeo and Juliet Act 1. Complete questions 5-10.
Pre-Registration with GLCs

Due: Textbook poetry notes pages 608-610.

Download the following worksheets: Romeo and Juliet Prologue
Vocab and Act 1-3 questions

Write a business letter.
Example: hhttp://www.coachingspeech.com/files/Commapp/Writing/request%20letter%20packet.pdfttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090417021603_653.pdf

Read article and comments online The Washington Post "Common Core Sparks War over Words" by Lindsey Layton
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/common-core-state-standards-in-english-spark-war-over-words/2012/12/02/4a9701b0-38e1-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story_1.html

Due:Textbook: "Libraries Face Sad Chapter" pg. 528-535 Answer Literary Analysis questons # 1-3 on pg. 535.
Review Lincoln/Arthur Ashe biography
Prepare for unit 3 test.

Due: Comparing Literary Works: Biographical Writing pg. 498. Take notes. Read Carl Sandburg's piece "A Lincoln Preface" and John McPhee author of "Arthur Ashe Remembered" Complete the organizer on pg. 498 after you finish the works.

Literary Device #7 due

Due: Textbook pg. 488 Predicate Nominatives and Predicate Adjectives Practice tests A, B Reading Application, Writing Application
Due: Find an account of the same event you watched on the Nightly News from a local newspaper or an online version of the newspaper. Bring copy of article/notes to class.

Latin roots # 19 test
Textbook: Pages 476-487 Meet Neil Postman author of "The News"
Read work: be prepared to discuss questions posted on pages 486 & 487
Watch Nightly News Broadcast ABC, NBC or CBS @6:30 p.m. Highlight 5-7 main ideas discussed in the broadcast.

Due: "A Celebration of Grandfathers" by Rudolfo A. Anaya pgs. 444-452. Read and know.

What we did in class today: Quiz: examining rhetorical devices, Anaya's essay "A Celebration of Grandfathers". Correct Latin roots unit 19. Grammar textbook pg. 500 and 501 complete exercise 19 & 20.

Due: Textbook reading: Types on Nonfiction: Read Model 1 "I Am an American" and Model 2 "Speech to the Virginia Convention" pgs. 431-434

Due: The House on Mango Street. Write a commentary about "Sally" or "The Three Sisters"
Latin roots Unit 17 quiz

Due: LIterary device #6

The House on Mango Street. Read pages 31-57 Write two pages about a childhood game or about eating lunch at WHS. Use "showing" details in your writing.

Latin Roots lesson 15 quiz
Bio-poem due

Cisneros: The House on Mango Street. Pgs. 3-30. Complete writing assignment.

Latin Roots Unit 14 quiz

Literary device #5 due.

Due: Writing a Myth. 2 pages, double spaced, typed.

Period 3 Final: 10:05-12:05 p.m.

Period 5 final 10:05-12:05 p.m.

Due: Portfolio. Fill in 12-15 assignments. You do not need to write comments--we will do this in class.

Due: To Kill a Mockingbird essay rewrite. Bring rough draft.
Due: Read "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber pages 128-134. Review Critical Thinking questions
Bring Mythology book

Read Julia Alvarez's "My English" pg. 113-120 Review Critical Thinking questions #1-4

Literary device #4 due
Mythology "Cupid and Psyche" due

Hamilton: Mythology text Chapters 3 & 4 due.

To Kill a Mockingbird essay due. Five paragraphs. Typed, double-spaced.
Latin Roots quiz Unit 12

Mythology: chapters 1 and 2 due.

Literary device #3 due. Typed. Double-space

Latin roots Unit 11 quiz
Hamilton Mythology: Introduction due pgs. 13-23
Read: Hamilton's Perseus (textbook) Know the difference between myth and tall-tale

To Kill A Mockingbird final

Finish reading To Kill a Mockingbird. Prepare for Tuesday's test.

To Kill a Mockingbird vocabulary test
No Latin roots test this week.
Reading: chapters 23-28 (stop at 28)
You do NOT have a final exam on TKM today--it will be next week after we finish the novel.

Literary device #2 due. Double space. Typed.

To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 20-22
Latin roots Unit 10 quiz postponed until Friday 11/9

Four Year Plan Due
Read To Kill a Mockingbird: chapter 16

Review "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe

Literary device #1 due

To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 9&10 due Friday (you do not need to answer the chapter questions but do read them over)
Complete vocabulary lists 3-6

Latin Roots Unit 8 quiz

Read To Kill a Mockingbird chapters 6 and 7. We will do the questions in class.

Textbook: Read "The Washwoman" by Isaac Singer pages 25-32
Period 3: answer critical thinking questions # 1-4.

To Kill a Mockingbird vocab list 1 and 2 due.
Chapter 1 questions due (text evidence needed for # 4 and # 8)
Latin Roots Unit 7 quiz

Freshmen Grammar On-line assignmentsThe URL is:
www.phschool.com/atschool/writing_grammar/for_parents.html
Follow these steps on the site:
Select Language Arts under Course Content on the left.
Select Textbook Companion Sites under Language Arts/Student Resources
Select Writing and Grammar 2004
Select Gold
Select Online Exercise Bank

Complete Nouns and Pronouns

Download study guide for class

Due: Of Mice and Men essay. 4 paragraphs--double spaced. Do not forget to include the author and novella title in your introduction.

Latin roots test Unit 6.

Fill out study guide for Of Mice and Men. (second half of paper--starts with Interpreting) #1 How does an innocent longing for human contact lead to catastrophe? and Commentary (analyze 4 passages) and Interpreting: questions 1 and 2. Answer in your CCC pg. 6

Of Mice and Men essay preparation. 3x5 or 4x6 notecards. 4 quotes per card (you may include more if space permits). 3 possible topics=3 cards total

Review from "the Giant's House" and "Desiderata" for Monday test. Bring textbook.
Fill out study guide for Of Mice and Men. Due block (second half of paper--starts with Interpreting) #1 How does an innocent longing for human contact lead to catastrophe? and Commentary (analyze 4 passages) and Interpreting: questions 1 and 2. Answer in your CCC pg. 6

Latin roots unit 5 quiz

Of Mice and Men chapter 5 questions due

Color coding: Of Mice and Men chapter 3 and 4 due.

Literary Terms test!

Download and bring a copy of Chapter 3 questions for Of Mice and Men

Textbook: Read "The Giant's House". Fill out Common Core Companion analyzing the following literary devices: Setting, Conflict, Character, Symbol and Theme (page 5)
Vocab: quiz: Latin roots lesson 3

Due: My Antonia AP Study Guide questions chapter 2. Print and bring to class (completed).

Literary Term due (please make 35 copies)
Latin roots test unit 2

Due: Fiction/non-fiction notes in workbook (Common Core Companion) pg. XIV
Due: Talk the talk literary term: please make 35 copies
Due: Quiz Unit 2 Latin Roots
Due: Of Mice and Men pg. 23. Stop at introduction of new character Slim. Don't forget color coding.

My Antonia test (multiple choice). The essay will be later in the week.

Complete color coding for Of Mice and Men chapter 1:
Blue: Major plot events
Green: Character names and descriptions
Black: setting description/information
Red: unknown words and events/questions you may have

Of Mice and Men vocabulary due. You do not need the page numbers from the text--only definitions.

Due: "Talk the talk" literary device handout (one copy only) for me to proofread over the weekend.

Latin roots quiz Unit 1
My Antonia Study Guide Sheet: answer questions #5 and #10 from Book 1 Chapters 1 and 2. You will turn in two writing workshop, body paragraphs. Don't forget the format:
TS topic sentence (thesis)
CD Foir example,
CM
CM
CD In addition,
CM
CM
CS concluding sentence

Review questions from Introduction and Book 1 chapters 1 and 2 for class discussion.

Of Mice and Men: bring book (I will give you one if you do not have a copy)

Due: Read short story: "A Pair of Sllk Stockings". Prepare for class discussion.
We will begin Of Mice and Men

Literary terms. Definitions and examples.
Study My Antonia--quiz is on the way.