Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - Day 180

Make-up day

Tuesday, June 19, 2012 - Day 179

Exams - 2, 4, 6

Student Survey

Class Photo

Today would be a good day to ask teachers for a recommendation.

Monday, June 19, 2012 - Day 178

Exams - 1, 3, 5

Student Survey

Class Photo

Friday, June 15, 2012 - Day 177

Submit Book Review

Final Exam Review Game

This Weekend's Homework:

Complete Curriculum Questions for extra credit.

Study for exam.

Thursday, June 14, 2012 - Day 176

Period 2:

Around the Horn Gatsby Discussion

Period 6:

Read and discuss ch. 8 and 9 of Gatsby

Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - Day 175

Today's Objective: To analyze plot and character development in the first few chapters of Gatsby.

Today's Agenda:

Period 2:

Chapter 7 Discussion Points

Begin reading Chapter 8

Tonight's Homework (Period 2):

Finish reading book.

Period 6:

Last Word Discussion - Gatsby through chapter 6

Begin reading ch. 7

Tonight's Homework (Period 6):

Read ch. 7

Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - Day 174

Today's Objective: To analyze plot and character development in the first few chapters of Gatsby.

Today's Agenda:

Period 2:

Last Word Discussion - Gatsby through chapter 6

Begin reading ch. 7

Tonight's Homework (Period 2):

Read ch. 7

Period 6:

Big Paper Discussion - Gatsby through chapter 4

Begin reading ch. 5

Tonight's Homework (Period 6):

Read ch. 5 and 6

Monday, June 11, 2012 - Day 173

Today's Objective: To analyze plot and character development in the first few chapters of Gatsby.

Today's Agenda:

Period 2:

Big Paper Discussion - Gatsby through chapter 4

Tonight's Homework (Period 2):

Read ch. 5 and 6

Period 6:

Read prohibition

Small groups (chapter 1)

Large group (discuss, read ch. 3 aloud)

Tonight's Homework (Period 6):

Read ch. 3 and 4

Friday, June 8, 2012 - Day 172

Today's Objective: To expose students to college.

Today's Agenda:

Hand in Hemingway essay

Marllon, Angela, and Piro present on college

College presentations

This weekend's homework:

Period 2: Read up through chapter 4 of Gatsby.

Period 6: Read up through chapter 2 of Gatsby.

Thursday, June 7, 2012 - Day 171

Period 2: The Great Gatsby, Day 3

Today's Objective: To examine historical context of Gatsby. To examine symoolism of Gatsby.

Today's Agenda: Wrap up chapter 1 discussion

Do Now: read and discuss "Prohibition" article

Small Groups: Chapter 2 discussion items

Large group Dicussion.

Period 6: The Great Gatsby, Day 1

Quote of the Day: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had."

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Biography

Read about Fitzgerald from The Secret Lives of Authors

Journal on the epigraph of The Great Gatsby, while listening to some music from the Jazz Age (Kind of Blue, Miles Davis). Discuss.

Distribute The Great Gatsby, and begin reading chapter 1.

Homeowork (both classes):

Hemingway essay

Use this site for MLA format - Purdue OWL.

Wednesday, June 6, 202 - Day 170

Period 2: The Great Gatsby

Chapter1 Discussion Questions

Small Group and then Large Group

Wednesday's HW for period 2:

Read chapter 2

Period 6:

Jimmy's group presents

Wednesday's HW for period 6:

Work on Hemingway essay

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 - Day 169

Period 2: The Great Gatsby

Quote of the Day: "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages you've had."

F. Scott Fitzgerald's Biography

Read about Fitzgerald from The Secret Lives of Authors

Journal on the epigraph of The Great Gatsby, while listening to some music from the Jazz Age (Kind of Blue, Miles Davis). Discuss.

Distribute The Great Gatsby, and begin reading chapter 1.

Period 2 HW:

Read chapter one of The Great Gatsby.

Write a one-page response paper to your reading that includes the following components:

• Who is Nick? Why is he telling the story?
• What kind of person is he?
• How does he react to the other characters in the story?
• Why is he "confused and a little disgusted" at the end of chapter one?
• 2-3 original discussion questions that you would like to pose in class on Wednesday

Period 6: Jeff's group teaches class

Period 6 HW: Read "Short Happy Life." Highlight according to what Jimmy said in class.

Monday, June 4, 2012 - Day 168

Period 2: Julie's group teaches about "Snows"

Period 2 HW: Work on Hemingway essay (due Friday)

Period 6: Aaron's group teaches about "The Killers"

Period 6 HW: Read and annotate "Snows of Kilamanjaro"

DOWNLOAD THE "SNOWS OF KILAMANJARO"

Friday, June 1, 2012 - Day 167

Today's Objectives: To expose peers to different colleges.

Today's Agenda:

College Presentations

Outside Reading

This Weekend's Homework:

Period 2: Read and annotate "Snows of Kilamanjaro"

DOWNLOAD THE "SNOWS OF KILAMANJARO"

Period 6: Read and annotate "The Killers"

Thursday, May 31, 2012 - Day 166

Period 2: Bryan's group teaches about Sun Also Rises

Period 6: Elizabeth's group teaches about "Ten Indians"

All Classes: Review Hemingway esssay assignment (due Friday 6/8)

Wednesday, May 30, 2012 - Day 165

Period 2: Maria's group teaches about "Short Happy Life"

Period 2 HW: Read and annotate Sun Also Rises

Period 6: Kayla G's group teaches about Sun Also Rises

Also, vote for winner of Hamlet festival

Period 6 HW: Read and annotate "Ten Indians"

Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - Day 164

Period 2: Lia's group teaches about "The Killers"

Tuesday's homework reading assignment for period 2:

Download here.

Friday, May 25, 2012 - Day 163

Today's Objectives: To talk with seniors about the college application process. To expose your classmates to various colleges.

Today's Agenda:

College Q & A with seniors

Wrap up Hamlet projects and vote on them (top 3)

College Presentations

Tell me what book you'll write your review on for Q4.

Tonight's Homework:

Period 2: Read and annotate "The Killers."

Period 6: Read and take notes on excerpt from The Sun Also Rises (chapters 1-4).

Thursday, May 24, 2012 - Day 162

Students teach class.

Homework: Read and annotate reading assignment.

Wednesday, May 25, 2012 - Day 161

Students teach class.

Homework: Read and annotate reading assignment.

Tuesday, May 22, 2012 - Day 160

Today's Objective: Make strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

Today's Agenda:

Hamlet Movie Presentations

Review Hemingway lesson rubric

Work on Hemingway lesson

Tonight's Homework:

Read "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place." Annotate and highlight.

Monday, May 21, 2012 - Day 159

Today's Objective: Make strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest.

Today's Agenda:

Hamlet Movie Presentations

Period 2:

Jasmine's group

AJ's group (USB)

Julia's group (DVD)

Hayley's group (DVD)

Period 6:

Aaron's group(USB)

Kayla G's group (DVD)

Naika (DVD)

Martha's group(DVD)

Christian's group

Courtney (live)

Kayla K (email)

Monday's Homework:

Work on Hemingway lesson plans. Period 6 begins presenting tomorrow. Period 2 begins presenting Wednesday.

Friday, May 18, 2012 - Day 158

Today's Objective: To expose the class to four colleges.

Today's Agenda:

Outside Reading

4 College Presentations

This Weekend's HW:

Work on Hemingway lesson plan project

Thursday, May 17, 2012 - Day 157

Lost Generation

Period 2

Today's Objectives: students will analyze how historical events such as WWI contributed to the Lost Generation.

Students will examine the development of Modernism.

Today's Agenda

HW Check and share (original poems)

Review Hemingwaay video questiosn

Review discussion leaders reciplrocal teaaching assignment

Review lesson plan template

Assign readings

Small groups: brainstorm ideas for teaching your lesson

Tonight's Homework (period 2): Read, annotate, and take notes (on a separate sheet) on your assigned reading. Feel free to do a Google search for some additional analysis AFTER you have read the story.

Period 6

Today's Objectives:

SL.11-12.4 - Present infrmation, finding, and supporting evidence in a style that is appropriate to prupose and audience.

SL.11-12.5 - Make strategic use of digital media in presentation.

Today's Agenda:

Touch base on project schedule

Work on lesson plan

1. Become an expert on your story by sharing your notes
2. Fill out lesson plan template

Today's Homework:

Work on lesson plan. Bring in outside reading book.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012- Day 156

Lost Generation

Period 2

Today's Objectives: Students will analyze how historical events such as WWI contributed to the Lost Generation.

Students will examine the deveopment of Modernism.

Today's Agenda

HW Check and Share (original poems)

Clippage: chapters 2-4 on Hamlet DVD

Discussion

Tonight's Homework (period 2): Finish guided viewing sheet for DVD

Period 6

Today's Objectives: students will analyze how historical events such as WWI contributed to the Lost Generation.

Students will examine the development of Modernism.

Today's Agenda

HW Check and share (original poems)

Review Hemingwaay video questiosn

Review discussion leaders reciplrocal teaaching assignment

Review lesson plan template

Assign readings

Small groups: brainstorm ideas for teaching your lesson

Tonight's Homework (period 6): Read, annotate, and take notes (on a separate sheet) on your assigned reading. Feel free to do a Google search for some additional analysis AFTER you have read the story.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - Day 155

Period 2: Lost Generation Unit, Day 0

Today's Objective:

Students will analyze how historical events such as WWI contributed to the Lost Generation.

Students will examine the development of Modernism.

Today's Agenda

HW Check and Review(notes on Lost Generation)

Lost Generation notes

"In a Station of the Metro"

"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus"

Generations

Period 6: Lost Generation Unit, Day 5

Today's Objective:

Students will analyze how historical events such as WWI contributed to the Lost Generation.

Students will examine the development of Modernism.

Today's Agenda:

HW Check and Review (notes on Lost Generation)

Hemingway video

Dcisuss guided viewing sheet

Tonight's HW (both periods): Write your own poem in the style of William Carlos Williams AND Ezra Pound.

Monday, May 14, 2012 - Day 154

Period 2: Lost Generation Unit, Day 4

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda

Do Now: Share and submit HW (3 reasons why "Hills Like White Elephants" is the quintessential "iceberg theory" story

Review class-created symbolism list

Small Groups: complete symbolism worksheet for one of symbol from a story we have read so far

Carousel: Send one member of your group to another group to teach that group about a new symbol

Large Group: Share what you learned

Read and discuss "A Day's Wait"

Complete Graphic Organizer

Period 6: Lost Generation Unit, Day 0

Today's Objective:

Students will analyze how historical events such as WWI contributed to the Lost Generation.

Students will examine the development of Modernism.

Today's Agenda

Return Hamlet books and submit Hamlet videos

Lost Generation notes

"In a Station of the Metro"

"Landscape with the Fall of Icarus"

Generations

Tonight's Homework (both periods): Do internet research on the Lost Generation. 10 bullet points for each generation - our generation and the Lost Generation.

Friday, May 11, 2012 - Day 153

Today's Objective: To expose the class to four colleges.

Today's Agenda:

Submit poems for poetry contest

Outside Reading

4 College Presentations

Tonight's Homework: Hamlet video project due Monday. Return Hamlet book.

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - Day 152

Period 2: Lost Generation Unit, Day 3

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda:

Do Now: Share and submit HW (3 choices response paper)

Hemingway Notes: What is a white elephant?

Read aloud: "Hills Like White Elephants"

Journal and Graphic Organizer

Discussion

• Add to big symbolism board

Tonight's Homework (Period 2):

Response Paper: How does "hills Like White Elephants" epitomize Hemingway's "iceberg theory" - 3 reasons

Period 6: Lost Generation Unit, Day 4

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda

Do Now: Share and submit HW (3 reasons why "Hills Like White Elephants" is the quintessential "iceberg theory" story

Review class-created symbolism list

Small Groups: complete symbolism worksheet for one of symbol from a story we have read so far

Carousel: Send one member of your group to another group to teach that group about a new symbol

Large Group: Share what you learned

Read and discuss "A Day's Wait"

Complete Graphic Organizer

Tonight's Homework (Period 6): Work on Hamlet Video

Wednesday, May 9, 2012 - Day 151

Period 2: Lost Generation Unit, Day 2

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda:

Do Now: Discuss initial impressions of last night's reading ("Up in Michigan")

Hemingway Notes: Why is Michigan significant?

Small Groups: Story analysis and HW check

Large Group: Discussion (symbolism, gneder roles, etc.)

• Add to big symbolism board

Tonight's Homework (Period 2):

One page on three ways that Hemingway's choices reflect his life/convey hist story or the like (feel free to cmment on symbolism, style, and other elements from graphic organizer)

Period 6: Lost Generation Unit, Day 3

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda:

Do Now: Share and submit HW (3 choices response paper)

Hemingway NoteS: What is a white elephant?

Read aloud: "Hills Like White Elephants"

Journal and Graphic Organizer

Discussion

• Add to big symbolism board

Tonight's Homework (Period 6):

Response Paper: How does "hills Like White Elephants" epitomize Hemingway's "iceberg theory" - 3 reasons

Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - Day 150

Period 2: No class due to assembly

Period 6: Lost Generation Unit, Day 2

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda:

Do Now: Discuss initial impressions of last night's reading ("Up in Michigan")

Hemingway Notes: Why is Michigan significant?

Small Groups: Story analysis and HW check

Large Group: Discussion (symbolism, gneder roles, etc.)

Tonight's Homework (Period 6):

One page on three ways that Hemingway's choices reflect his life/convey hist story or the like (feel free to cmment on symbolism, style, and other elements from graphic organizer)

Monday, May 7, 2012 - Day 149

Lost Generation Unit, Day 1

Today's Objective: RL 11-12.3 Students will analyze the impact of the author's choices regarding how to develop elements of a story.

Today's Agenda:

Hand in Hamlet essay

Do Now: Read and annotate "Old Man at the Bridge"

Small Groups: ID elements of the story

• Hemingway Graphic Organizer 1

• Hemingway Graphic Organizer 2

Large Group: Discussion of story and Hemingway's style

• Dr. J's discussion notes

Tonight's Homework: Read your assigned Hemingway short story and complete the graphic organizer provided in class (download above).

Friday, May 4, 2012 - Day 148

Today's Objective: To expose the class to four colleges. To perform a final review for Saturday's SAT.

Today's Agenda:

Outside Reading

4 College Presentations

SAT Final Review

Tonight's Homework: Hamlet Essay Final Draft due Monday

Here's a useful site for citing accordign to MLA format.

Thursday, May 3, 2012 - Day 147

Today's Objective: To peer edit our Hamlet essay drafts with our assigned partner.

Today's Agenda:

Peer Revisions and HW check

• Students as a class decide on 3-4 focus areas for revisions. Post on board and have these guide revision time.

Final 10 minutes: meet with your Hamlet video group

Tonight's Homework: College project

Due Monday: Hamlet essay

Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - Day 146

Today's Objective: To work on your Hamlet essay, with the goal of revising our existing paragraphs and adding two more paragraphs.

Today's Agenda:

Work with a partner on your essay in the computer lab

• Edit existing paragraphs
  • solid topic sentence
  • active voice, strong verbs
  • seamless interpretation of quotes
• Add two more paragraphs

Tonight's Homework: Work on Hamlet essay and/or college project.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - Day 145

Today's Objective: To work on your Hamlet essay, with a focus on incorporating your quotes.

Today's Agenda:

Share annotated bibliography - what sources do you have and how will you use them?

Writing Workshop - On the overhead, take a student example, and start to craft into a paragraph - build around the quote - quote sandwich

• Topic Sentence
• Supporting Details
• Quote
• Commentary
• Quote
• Commentary (repeat as necessary)
• Clincher

Small Groups

• Scour for more sources
• Fill out index cards
• Work on outline of talking points and sorting quotes on index cards

Tonight's Homework:

Work on Hamlet essay. Try to write three paragraphs incorporating your sources, and email them to yourself.

Monday, April 30, 2012 - Day 144

Today's Objective: To work on our Hamlet essay, with a focus on referencing sources and creating an annotated bibliography.

Today's Agenda:

Review format for bibliography (Creating a Works Cited Page)

Review fomat for annotated bibliography (Cassidy LeBert's example as mentor text)

Small Groups: Get with your partners (based on your Hamlet essay topic) and create the following tasks:

• create your topic and thesis
• outline your talking points
• fill out your index cards with a relevant quote on one side and MLA format citation on the other side

Tonight's homework:

Write an annotated bibliography for Hamlet and 3-5 other sources, using Cassidy's bibliography as an example.

Friday, April 27, 2012 - Day 143

Today's Objective: To prepare for the upcoming SAT by working on our grammar skills.

Today's Agenda:

Outside Reading

Review Hamlet essay assignment and rubric (finally)

Small groups: SAT grammar practice

Large group: review

Tonight's Homework: Read, highlight, and annotate (take notes on) your assigned Hamlet packet

Thursday, April 26, 2012 - Day 142

Today's Objectives: To analyze a different perspective on Hamlet. To work on our Hamlet project.

Today's Agenda:

15 minute reading period - Read, highlight, and annotate excerpt from Gertrude and Claudius

Discussion - questions about and new character insight from the excerpt

Small group project work time (and homework check)

Tonight's Homework:

Work on Hamlet project. Bring in outside reaading book.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - Day 141

Today's Objective: To examine Harold Bloom's writing as a mentor text for our own critical essays. To work on Hamlet video project.

Today's Agenda:

Review requirements for Hamlet essay

Read and discuss"Inferring Hamlet" (analyze approach to critical essay, highlight, annotate)

Work on Hamlet video project (and homework check)

Tonight's Homework:

One page brainstorming (bullet points, outline, or paragraph form) on topics for your Hamlet essay.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - Day 140

Today's Objective: To come up with a vision for a scene in Hamlet.

Today's Agenda:

Mentor Video: View Kiley Callahans's Hamlet video

Review Expectations for Project

Small Groups (work on Hamlet video project plans)

Tonight's Homework:

Write a preliminary script or storyboard for your Hamlet video.

Monday, April 23, 2012 - Day 139

Today's Objective: To examine a sample video from the Reduced Shakespeare Company and to review expectations for creating our own video.

Reduced Shakespeare Company

• Part 1

• Part 2

• Part 3

Distribute assignment and review expectations, rubric, etc.

Tonight's Homework:

Write a one page visioni of your scene for the video assignment.

Friday, April 13, 2012 - Day 138

College!

Today's Objective: To review our expectations for the college vistiation assignment. To begin a dialogue about college.

Today's Agenda:

Hand in movie review

Outside Reading

Review College Project

• Expectations
• Rubric
• Samples of Student Work - "Mentor Texts"
  • Jonathan Nkangabwa

• Anna Owen

• Dee Cedrone

• Questions about visiting a college

Homework for the Vacation:

Visit a college. Take some notes on your visit. For extra credit, take some photos. Talk about your college visit with your friends and familymenbers. Start to put together a list of colleges you like.

Thursday, April 12, 2012 - Day 137

Hamlet Final Discussion

Today's Objective: To discuss plot, theme, and characterization in Hamlet.

Today's Agenda:

GSA Day of Silence

• Disucss Day of Silence
• View PSA

Complete Individual Hamlet Questions

Hamlet final discussion

• Download here

Your discussion questions from the do now

Tonight's Homework: Work on Hamlet movie review assignment (due Friday)

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 - Day 136

Today's Objective: To examine the climax of the play

Today's Agenda:

View Act 5 of Hamlet on DVD (student-choice)

Take notes on acting, stage direction, character development, etc. - download guided viewing sheet

Discuss

Tonight's Homework: Work on Hamlet movie review assignment (due Friday)

Tuesday, April 10, 2012 - Day 135

Today's Objective: To show how act 5, scene 1 sets up the conclusion of the play.

Today's Agenda:

Do Now: Read the dialogue between the gravediggers in 5.1; write 3 questions (this will serve as your log in this scene)

Stage grave digger scene

Read through and act rest of 5.1

Discuss how 5.1 sets up 5.2

Tonight's Homework: Read 5.2; write in log

Monday, April 9, 2012 - Day 134

Today's Objective: To analyze the significance of your assigned character from Act 4 - how he/she develops, how he/she affects the plot, etc.

Today's Agenda:

Small Groups: Character Committees (ad act 4 log check)

• Take 25-30 minutes with your group, using your act 4 logs and act 4 movie hndout to prepare a 5 minute presentation on your character's development.
• Write talking points, questions, quotes, etc. on big paper

Present out (5 minutes each)

Tonight's Homework: Finish book review (and print it) Mke up all work

Thursday, April 5, 2012 - Day 133

Today's Objective: To analyze character development in Act 4.

Today's Agenda:

View Act 4 on DVD

Answer guided viewing questions

Tonight's Hoemwork: Work on book review. Due Tuesday.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 - Day 132

Today's Objective: To assess what we know about To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, vocabulary, grammar, and critical reading.

Today's Agenda:

Quarterly Exam

Tonight's Homework:

Act 4 log for Hamlet (write 3 times about the charcter you chose to follow)

Tuesday, April 3, 2012 - Day 131

Today's Objective: To review for tomorrow's quarterly exam on To Kill a Mockingbird, Hamlet, word of teh day vocabulary, and critical reading strategies.

Review format of the test and how to use website as a resource for review

Jeopardy Review Game

Tonight's Homework:

Study for tomorrow's quarterly exam.

For Thursday: Complete Act 4 log, with a focus on your particular character.

Monday, April 2, 2012 - Day 130

Announcements:

• Register for SAT by Friday, 4.6
• Plan to visit a college in April
• Quarterly Exam this Wednesday, 4.4
• Book Review due Tuesday, 4.10
• Hamlet Movie Review due Friday, 4.13

Today's Objectives: To assess our critical reading skills. To discuss the tone and signfiicance of various interprestations of Hamlet 3.4 - The Closet Scene.

Today's Agenda:

Do Now:Finish SAT 6.3 and check answers

Submit HW (rhetorical analysis of soliloquy), go over character committees handout

Journal and Discussion: Write about a fight you've had with a parent or other adult. What is the tone? What are some of the strategies you use?

Viewing 3.4

• Watch two versions to contrast.
• Guided Discussion Questions
  • Why wasn't the ghost visible to Gertrude? Was it really there, or in Hamlet's head? Is the ghost only CHOOSING to appear to Hamlet?
  • What do you make of Hamlet's actions after the death of Polonius? Is he still ACTING crazy, or at this point is he BECOMING crazy?
  • What do you make of the death of Polonius? Is he just in the wrong place at the wrong time, or is he somewhat culpable?
  • Do you think Hamlet feels remorse after killing Polonius? Would he have felt remorse earlier in the play, but not now?
  • How does Rosencrantz anad Guildenstern's ultimate end serve to demonstrate how they are foils to Hamlet (and primarily to his intellect)?

Homework:

Review for quarterly exam (test date = Wednesday, 4.4)

Work on Hamlet logs (Act 4 due Thursday, 4.5)

Friday, March 30, 2012 - Day 129

Announcement: Quarterly Exam on Wednesday

Today's Objectives: To wrap up our work on Hamlet from the week. To work on our critical reading skills.

Outside Reading

Wrap up yesterday's physicalized soliloquy presentations, hand back logs (1-2) submit logs (3), review character committee handout

SAT 6.3, part two

This weekend's homework:

Due Monday: One page analysis of the literary and rhtorical devices employed in the soliloquy you presented in class (diction, imagery, tone, connotation, metaphor, personificaation, anaphora).

Due next Thursday (plenty of advanced notice because of quarterly exams) - read all of act 4, and comment in your log according to the character committee handout

Thursday, March 29, 2012 - Day 128

Today's Objective: To visualize the implication of words and the images they evoke to help understand character and theme.

Access prior knowledge: review 3.3, questions from logs

Small groups: physicalize soliloquy (ID 5 images)

Present out and explain images

Tonight's Homework: Read Hamlet 3.4. Write in your log, which I will collect tomorrow. Bring in outside reading book.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012 - Day 127

Hamlet 3.2

Today's Objectives: To analyze various interpretations of the "Mousetrap" scene and to plan our own version.

What clippage do we want to watch today?

Pair and share HW (and HW check)

Share best HW with large group

Clip 1 (Branagh)

Clip 2 (Tennant)

Distribute essay assignment and rubric

Tonight's Homework: Read Hamlet 3.3 and write in your log.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - Day 126

Hamlet 3.2: Acting "The Mousetrap"

Today's Objective: To act out the famous "Mousetrap" scene, with a particular focus on what it shows abotu Claudius and Hamlet's characters.

Today's Agenda:

Access prior knowledge: Review the plot of 3.2

Small Groups: Prep your portion of the assigned scene

• before the play (3.2.90-140)
• the dumb show (stage direction at 140)
• The Mousetrap (3.2.140-235)
• Claudius's reaction (3.2.235-280)

Present Out in Relay

• Act out your scene
• Explain its significance

Tonight's Homework: Complete "Cast Your Own Mousetrap" handout.

Monday, March 26, 2012 - Day 125

Hamlet 3.1: "The Nunnery Scene" Comparative Film Analysis

Today's Objective: To analyze various interpretations of Hamlet 3.1, focusing on the text and directorial decisions.

Today's Agenda

Clippage

Analysis

Journal

Discussion

Download lesson and handouts here.

Tonight's Homework:

In your log, write a one page analysis about the film clips today, responding to "some things to consider."

Friday, March 23, 2012 - Day 124

Today's Objective:

To work on vocabulary and reading comprehension skills.

Today's Agenda:

Outside Reading

Pair and share - have a partner complete your homework exercise

SAT Reading Passage 6.3, part one

• Read aloud
• Practice active reading strategies
• State main idea and supporting details
• Complete questions 10-15 with a partner
• Review answers

This weekend's homework:

Read Hamlet 3.1 and 3.2. Write in your log.

Thursday, March 22, 2012 - Day 123

Today's Objective: To demonstrate how Hamlet's tone may shift if he is aware that he is being watched by Polonius and Claudius.

Today's Agenda:

Share homework (your own "To be or not to be")

• share with a partner
• share with the large group
• submit

Access prior knowledge

• what do we alreadyknow about the conversationbetween Hamlet and Ophelia in 3.1?

Quick reading of 3.1 (selected dialogue between Ophelia and Hamlet)

Small Groups:

• Hamlet knows he's being watched
• Hamlet doesn't know he's being watched
• Hamlet doesn't know at first, but then he realizes

Present Out

• Each group presents:
  • Explain what supports their reading of the text
  • Read some lines to show Hamlet's tone

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Day 122

Hamlet, Act 2

Today's Objective: To analyze Hamlet's "To be or not to be" soliloquy, with a focus on rhetoric and character.

Today's Agenda:

Clippage: "To be or not to be" on video (2 or 3 versions); discuss

Small groups:

• Review paraphrase
• Review rhetorical analysis (ID 3 examples)

Large group

Begin writing your own version

Tonight's Homework:

Write your own "To ______________ or not to _____________" soliloquy, based on the structure of Hamlet's soliloquy.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012, Day 121

Hamlet, Act 2

Today's Objective: To analyze the "O What a Rogue" soliloquy. To compare various interpretations of Hamlet.

Today's Agenda:

Clippage: Hamlet and Polonius, in different versions, 7 minutes - This introduces the theme of comparative film study.

Small Groups: Review HW (translation of "O What a Rogue") and answer "O What a Rogue" questions

Review Small Group Work

Clippage: O What a Rogue in one of two versions

• David Tenant

• Kenneth Branagh

Tonight's Homework: Paraphrase the "To be or not to be" soliloquy (10 minutes). Write a one-page rhetorical analysis of the soliloquy (20 minutes).

Monday, March 19, 2012, Day 120

Hamlet, Act 2

Today's Objective: To analyze Shakespeare's use of three classical language tricks: double entendre, pun, and classical allusion.

Agenda:

Access Prior Knowledge: Discuss (1) Hamlet's plan to put on an "antic disposition" and (2) Polonius's values

Hamlet Act 2 on Video (students choose version?)

Review definitions of 3 language tricks:

• double entendre
• pun
• classical allusion

Small Groups: ID your assigned language trick

Large Group: Review language tricks and wrap-up

Tonight's Homework: Write your own version of the "O What a Rogue" soliloquy.

Friday, March 16, 2012 - Day 119

Today's Objective: To practice reading comprehension skills, your request on yesterday's exit slips.

Today's Agenda:

Outside Reading

Pair and share: Score last night's SAT essay and submit

Review Reading Comprehension Strategies

Read aloud long reading passage from SAT test 5, section 9, while reviewing active reading strategies

Answer multiple choice questions independently, and then review

Tonight's Homework:

Read Hamlet 2.2. Write in your log.

Thursday, March 15, 2012 - Day 118

Hamlet 2.1

Today's Objective: To determine Polonius's values and its significance to the text.

Today's Agenda:

Determining Polonius's Values

Tonight's Homework:

25 minute SAT writing

There is, of course, no legitimate branch of science that enables us to predict the future accurately. Yet the degree of change in the world is so overwhelmng and so promising that the future, I believe, is far brighter tahn anyone has contemplated since the end of the Second World War.

Is the world changing for the better? Plan and write an essay in which you develop a point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - Day 117

Read Hamlet 2.1. Write in your log. Finish for homework.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - Day 116

Hamlet Comparative Film Analysis

Watch Act 1 on Kenneth Branaugh's Hamlet

Write a compare/contrast analysis comparing it to Mel Gibson's version.

Monday, March 12, 2012 - Day 115

Hamlet Comparative Film Analysis

Watch Act 1 on Mel Gibson's Hamlet

Complete guided viewing sheet

Friday, March 9, 2012 - Day 114

Today's Objective: To prepare for tomorrow's SAT.

Outside Reading

Review SAT practice test 5, section 7 (last night's HW)

Complete SAT practice test 5, section 6 in small groups

Review grammar section (section 6) and final SAT tips

This weekend's Homework:

Read Hamlet 1.4 and 1.5. Write in your logs for each scene.

Thursday, March 8, 2012 - Day 113

Today's Objectives:

To explore relationships in Polonius's family and compare these to the relationships in the royal family.

To explore language devices as ways of analyzing character.

Today's Agenda:

Improvisations (Polonius's family)

Family Relationships

Polonius's Language Cues

Tonights' Homework:

Complete 25 minute SAT section.

Bring in outside reading book.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 - Day 112

Today's Objective: To make Shakespeare's rich language tangible by illustrating Hamlet's words with physical objects and illustrations.

Review Homework (paraphrase of and questions about Hamlet's soliloquy)

Small Groups: Planning the Physical

Physicalizing the Soliloquy

Tonight's Homework:

Read Hamlet 1.3. Write in your logs.

Monday, March 5, 2012 - Day 111

Today's Objectives: To examine how word choice of idiom or metaphor can suggest a speaker's attitudes or motives.

Today's Agenda:

Questions from Logs

Getting the Politics

Close Reading of Claudius's Speech

• Royal "We"
• Antithesis/Oxymoron
• Understatement
• Word Choice
• Ethos
• Pathos
• Logos
• Other Ideas

Underlying Thoughts of Hamlet

Tonight's Homework:

Close reading of Hamlet's soliloquy.

Download handout for Hamlet's soliloquy here.

Friday, March 2, 2012 - Day 110

Today's Objectives:

To show what we know about vocabulary through formative assessment. To prepare for SAT by practicing reading comprehension skills.

Today's Agenda:

Vocabulary Quiz

Return To Kill a Mockingbird and submit essay

Outside Reading

SAT Preparation: practice test 5, section 3

• Reading period - 6 minutes - read as many of the passages as you can. highlight and underline for main ideas
• Small groups - 15-20 minutes - work through questions
• Large group - reveal answer, correct your own packet

This weekend's homework:

Read Hamlet 1.2. Write in your logs.

Thursday, March 1, 2012 - Day 109

Hamlet, Day 2: Acting 1.1

Today's Objective: To sort through Shakespeare's language to figure out how to stage Hamlet 1.1.

Today's Agenda:

Read Around

Questions

Deciding How to Play the Ghost

Settingthe Scene

Acting Scene

Tonight's Homework:

Finish your To Kill a Mockingbird essay.

Be prepared for a quick vocabulary quiz.

Words for tomorrow's vocab quiz: auspicious, belie, bellicose, diffident, epiphany, evanescent, facetious, homogeneous, hubris, impeach

Bring in your outside reading book.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - Day 108

Hamlet, Day 1: Logs

Unit Objectives:

• Students will develop an appreciation of Shakespeare's language.
• Students will use performance as a way to understand Shakespeare's language.
• Students will understand that the text of Hamlet is a script containing textual and subtextual signals.
• Students will learn and use several close-reading techniques.
• Students will recognize universal themes found in Hamlet.

Today's Agenda

Establish the Log

Model Entries (download sample log assigment from Talia Boos '11 here)

Write

Respond

Tonight's Homework:

Work on To Kill a Mockingbird Essay (due Friday)

Tuesday, February 28, 2012 - Day 107

Writing Workshop: To Kill a Mockingbird

Today's Objectives (Focus Areas for Revision):

from Elements of Style

14. Use the active voice.

15. Put statements in positive form.

16. Use definite, specific, concrete language.

21.In summaries, keep to one tense.

22. Place the emphatic words of the sentence at the end.

Today's Agenda:

Review Elements of Style rules

Work on essay revisions on laptop

Tonight's Homework:

Work on To Kill a Mockingbird essay.

Monday, February 27, 2012 - Day 106

Writing Workshop: To Kill a Mockingbird

Review and workshop some student essays on the overhead projector

Small group revisions

Monday's Homework:

Work on To Kill a Mockingbird essay assignment.

On tap for Tuesday: Elements of Style revisions

Friday, February 17, 2012 - Day 105

To Kill a Mockigbird test

Today's Objective: To show what we know about To Kill a Mockingbird.

Take test

Hand in test and essay

Outside reading

Homework for the vacation:

Write a rough draft of your Mockingbird essay.

Print this and bring it to class, in addition to emailing it to yourself to revise in class on Monday when we return.

Thursday, February 16. 2012 - Day 104

To Kill a Mockingbird, final

Do Now: Complete Mirrors and Windows and Pair and Share

Discussion: Themes of To Kill a Mockingbird (use essay prompts to guide discussion)

Bonus: Similar Themes in Poetry and Song

• "Strange Fruit," Billie Holiday
• "My Arkansas," Maya Angelou
• "Incident," Countee Cullen

Distribute SAT-style writing prompt

Tonight's Homework:

CompleteSAT-style writing prompt

Study for tomorrow's test

HERE IS A LIST OF VOCABULARY WORDS FROM THE UNIT.

Wednesday, February 14, 2012 - Day 103

To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 26-28

Download today's lesson plan here.

Today's Objectives: To examine the historical precedence for Mayella Ewell's character. To trace motifs regarding coming-of-age.

In-context vocabulary: Any vocabulary questions from last night's reading?

Informational Text: "Ruby Bates" - read, highlight and annotate, discuss

Review last night's reading (summarize)

Coming-of-age motifs

• Complete handout in small groups
• Review with large group

Tonight's homework:

Finish the book, employing active reading strategies as you read. Focus on mirrors(elements of the book that reflect you and your experiences) and windows (elements of the book that provide new insight).

Tuesday, February 14, 2012 - Day 102

To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 23-25

Download today's plan here.

Today's Objective: To examine the falling action of To Kill a Mockingbird.

In-context vocabulary

• acquittal
• arid
• exodus
• impudent

Small groups: Analyze chapters 21-25

Download Falling Action Jigsaw Analysis Sheet

"Jigsaw" presentations from groups

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 26-28. Complete active reading strategies.

Monday, February 13, 2012 - Day 101

To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 20-22

Download today's lesson plan.

Today's Objective: To examine the use of rhetoric in To Kill a Mockingbird.

Do Now: Reread selected scenes from Tom Robinson's trial.

Access prior knowledge: Review rhetorical terms

Clippage: 2 closing arguments (download text below)

• Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird

• Jake Brigance - A Time to Kill

Small Groups: Complete rhetorical analysis

Large Group: Review rhetorical analysis

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 23-25. Employ active reading strategies.

Friday, February 10, 2012 - Day 100 (Woohoo!)

Reflection, Outside Reading, SAT Preparation

Today's Objectives: To reflect on our work from second quarter. To drop everything and read. To prepare for the SAT.

Portfolio Reflection (select 3 works, write 1 reflection)

Download Portfolio Curriculum Sheet here.

Outside Reading

Small Groups: Complete SAT Practice Test 4, Section 10

Large Group: Review and score SAT Practice Test 4, Sections 2 and 10

This weekend's homework:

Read chapters 20-22 in To Kill a Mockingbird. Do an active reading strategy (that I'll check on Monday), with a particular focus on the closing argument.

Thursday, February 9, 2012 - Day 99

To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 17-19

Download today's lesson plan here.

Today's Objective: To analyze the historical significance of the lynch mob. To analyze symbolic significance of names and other elements.

Warm-up: Vocabulary (PPT with last two days' vocab)

1. acrimonious
2. tenet
3. mollified

Read excerpts about lynching from Mark Twain and the Southern Women's Conference; Discuss

1. underline and annotate
2. main idea
3. tone
4. connections

Symbolism - Download graphic organizer here

1. small groups - explain these characters' names
   1. Robert E. Lee Ewell
   2. Atticus
   3. Scout
   4. Mayella Ewell
   5. Mr. Underwood
   6. Tom Robinson
2. large group

Tonight's Homework

Complete SAT practice test 4, section 2.

Bring in outside reading book.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - Day 98

To Kill a Mockingbird, chapters 14-16

Download today's lesson plan here.

Today's Objective: To identify and analyze the rising action of the story.

In-context vocabulary

• placid
• venerable

Review rising action (lit. term); reread pp. 201-207

Small Groups: Complete Rising Action graphic organizer

Large Group: Discussion

Tonight's Homework: Read chapters 17-19. Continue with your active reading strategies.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - Day 97

To Kill a Mockingbird

Today's Objectives: To review in-context vocabulary. To reflect on Atticus Finch's advice. To discuss the significance of Mrs. Dubose's character. To analyze plot and character development.

Download today's lesson plan.

Today's Agenda

Vocabulary (In-context)

Journal and Discussion

Small Groups: Mrs. Dubose

Large Group

Tonight's Homework

Read chapters 14-16. Employ active reading strategies. (I will check these tomorrow)

Monday, Feburary 6, 2012 - Day 96

Read chapters 10-13 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Complete 3-2-1 Active Reading Strategies.

Friday, February 3, 2012 - Day 95

SAT Preparation

Today's Objectives: To work on revision skills. To practice Standard English conventions. To prepare for the SAT.

Outside Reading

Improving Paragraphs (practice test 3, section 10)

Improving Sentences (practice test 3, section 6)

Homework for the weekend:

Finish your Ethan Frome essay.

Thursday, February 2, 2012 - Day 94

To Kill a Mockingbird, Day 4

Today's Objective: To follow Atticus and Scouts dynamic father-daughter relationship. To analyze what Scouts narrative voice and perspective bring to the novel. To analyze the significance and foreshadowing of what she finds out about the Tom Robinson trial.

Download today's lesson plan here.

In-Context Vocabulary

• ascertain
• unfathomable
• aberration
• libel
• dire

Journal and Discussion: Atticus as a dad, take 2

Perspective and Voice

Wrap-up Discussion and Ticket to Leave

Tonight's Homework: Work on Ethan Frome essay.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - Day 93

To Kill a Mockingbird, Day 3

Today's Objective: To analyze Atticus Finch as a father. To analyze the imagery and figurative language used to describe Boo Radley.

Download a copy of today's lesson plan here.

In-context vocabulary

Journal and Discussion: Atticus as a father

Small Groups: complete character analysis sheet (figurative language) for Boo Radley

Discussion and ticket out the door (one thing you learned about how Lee uses literary devices to set a tone for Boo Radley)

Tonight's Homework: Read chapters 7-9. Continue with active reading strategies. (Try 3-2-1).

Frome essay due Friday.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - Day 92

To Kill a Mockingbird, Day 2

Today's Objective: To make inferences about the main characters via indirect characterization.

Download today's lesson plan here.

Do Now: In-context vocabulary warm-up

Small Groups: Character Analysis

1. Scout
2. Jem
3. Atticus
4. Calpurnia
5. Dill
6. Boo Radley
7. the South

Discussion

Ticket out the door: Tell me one thing you inferred about your character via indirect characterization.

Tonight's homework: Read chapters 4-6. Employ active reading strategies.

Monday, January 30, 2012 - Day 91

To Kill a Mockingbird, Day 1

Introductory PowerPoint

Introductory Discussion Questions

Distribute books

Begin reading

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 1-3. Employ active reading strategies.

Ethan Frome essay due Friday, 2.3.2012.

Friday, January 27, 2012 - Day 90

SAT Preparation

Today's Objectives: To practice making inferences and making grammatical corrections.

SAT details for tomorrow

Outside Reading

On your own - inference questions (from test 3 in the blue and green SAT practice book)

Small groups - grammar corrections (from test 3 in the blue and green SAT practice book)

Review questions

This weekend's homework:

Book review on www.goodreads.com uploaded by 1.30.2012.

Ethan Frome essay due 2.3.2012.

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - Day 89

Ethan Frome Writing Stations lesson plan

Today's Objective: To leave class today with a thesis, evidence, quotes, and terms to use in your Ethan Frome essay.

Distribute Ethan Frome essay rubric

Writing Stations

1. Thesis
2. Evidence
3. Primary Source Quotes
4. Secondary Source Quotes
5. Vocabulary/Literary Terms

Tonight's Homework

Study for exams

Bring in outside reading book

Book review due 1/30/2012

Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - Day 88

Midterm Exam

Submit written portion of the exam

Complete multiple choice portion of the exam

Tonight's Homework:

Study for exams

Book review uploaded to Good Reads site by 1/30

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 - Day 87

Midterm Exam Review

Review long composition prompt

Jeopardy Review Game

Questions?

Tonight's homework:

Write essay component of exam.

Look at prompt here.

Be sure to use one of our works of literature as the chief example in your essay.

Study for test.

Monday, January 23, 2012 - Day 86

Ethan Frome - Final Discussion

Do Now: Complete Mirrors & Windows and Discussion Points handout (with HW check)

Circle Discussion:

• Mirrors and Windows
• Your talking points (incorporate themes)
• Mr. Ambrose's talking points

Tonight's Homework:

Spend 30 minutes studying for Wednesday's exam.

Don't forget - book review due on Monday, 1.30!

Friday, January 20, 2012 - Day 85

SAT Preparation

Outside Reading

Vocabulary Warm-up: The Free Rice Game

Swap and score your essays from HW

• Here's the rubric and prompt

Submit essays; Mr. Ambrose shares his

Grammar for Writing - multiple choice practice

Tonight's Homework:

Finish reading Ethan Frome. Continue with your annotations. Write three "talking points" for Monday's discussion on the book - consider the five themes we introduced last week.

Thursday, January 19, 2012 - Day 84

Ethan Frome, Day 7

Today's Objective: Analyze Wharton's use of symbols and motifs - how they contribute to theme and characterization.

Do Now: Vocabulary

• resolute
• ingratiate
• affable
• desolate
• destitute

Small Groups: Complete symbolism chart

Large Group (Circle Discussion)

• Review symbolism chart (with textual evidence)
• Discuss chapters 7-8

Tonight's Homework:

Complete the SAT essay (25 min.) that is available from this College Board link.

If the link does not work, here is the prompt:

Think carefully about the issue presented in the following excerpt and the assignment below.

Assignment: Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

Model your essay after the sample essay on the College Board site above - just click on the link for "Score =6 (Example 1)" or "Score = 6 (Example 2)".

Also, don't forget your outside reading book.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 - Day 83

Ethan Frome, Day 6

Download lesson plan and handout for today here.

Do Now: copy vocabulary

Small Group: RAFT Activity

• role: Ethan (and his conflicted personality)
• audience: our class
• format: rap/poem/dialogue
• topic: feelings toward Mattie vs. obligation toward Zeena

Large Group: Discussion (quotes ch. 4-6)

Homework: Read ch. 7-8. Continue to annotate, with a focus on how Ethan is affected by Mattie's presence/absence (THEME: People need people.)

Tuesday, January 17, 2012 - Day 82

Ethan Frome, Day 5

Download lesson plan here.

Do Now: Copy vocabulary

Journal: Describe the history of Ethan and Zeena's marriage.

Small Groups: Use your journal and your homework annotations to create an original skit ("The Courtship of Ethan and Zeena" or "Dr. Phil")

Present skits

Discussion: chapter 4 (Ethan's character development, symbolism)

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 5 and 6. Continue with annotations, focusing on Ethan's character development and symbolism.

Friday, January 13, 2012 - Day 81

SAT Practice

Outside Reading

SAT Free Write: 25 minutes on SAT prompt 1

Review SAT rubric

With a partner, score two essays according to rubric

Discuss strategies

Tonight's Homework

Read chapter four of Ethan Frome.

Use Post-it notes to annotate. Focus on the marriage of Ethan and Zeena as you take notes.

Thursday, January 12, 2012 - Day 80

Ethan Frome, Day 4

Download lesson plan here.

Facebook characterization sheet

Tonight's Homework

Complete the 25 minute SAT essay prompt here.

You can also check out the SAT myths debunked for a guide.

If the download doesn't work, here is the assignment:

This essay prompt appeared on the SAT a few years ago. After reading, respond to it as you would on the SAT. (Dont forget the strict 25-minute time limit.)

The only way a government can function, and the only way a peoples voice can be expressed, is through a process in which decisions are made by the majority. This is not a perfect way of controlling government, but the alternatives decisions made by a minority, or by one person are even worse.

Adapted from Thomas Jefferson

Assignment: Is the opinion of the majority always right? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - Day 79

Ethan Frome - Day 3

Download lesson plan here.

Tonight's Homework: Read chapter 3. Use your post-it notes to annotate your text.

Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - Day 78

Ethan Frome - Day 2

Download lesson plan here.

Tonight's homework: Complete remainder of handout.

Monday, January 9, 2012 - Day 77

Ethan Frome - Day 1

Today's Objective: Introduce five themes of Ethan Frome.

1. Conflicts exist between personal inclinations and group obligations.
2. How much control do we have over the choices we make?
3. Suicide
4. People need people.
5. How do we know what is true or real?

Tonight's Homework:

1. Read the prologue of Ethan Frome (pp. 1-17). Use sticky notes to follow each theme.
2. Find and print (or email me) photos that reflect the imagery of Starkfield, the setting of this book. (Don't just do a Google Images search for Starkfield - it's a fictional town!)

Friday, January 6, 2012 - Day 76

Outside Reading

Small Groups: Review sections 1 and 3 of the 2010 PSAT (Critical Reading) - HW check (works cited page)

Large Group: Review 2010 PSAT

Homework: Final draft of As I Lay Dying essay

Thursday, January 5, 2012 - Day 75

Do Now: Read the excerpt from The Literary 100

Review how to handle quotes in text

Using student samples on overhead, practice workshopping incorporation of quotes

Small Groups: Workshop your quotes to ensure a smooth transition in your writing (and HW check)

Distribute "Creating a Works Cited Page According to MLA Format" and review

Tonight's Homework

Work on your As I Lay Dying essay. At the very least, create your Works Cited page and bring it to me for approval tomorrow.

Bring in your outside reading book and your PSAT material tomorrow.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - Day 74

William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Presentation Speech

William Faulkner's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech

Small Groups: Finding Quotes to support your assertions

HW Check

Tonight's Homework: 1-2 page typed draft of your essay - with quotes! (Remember that our eventual goal is to haev 3-5 pages with quotes from the primary source - As I Lay Dying - and two secondary sources.)

On tap for tomorrow: Literary 100, Practice Incorporating Quotes as a Large Group, Incorporate Quotes Independently, MLA Format, Review

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 - Day 73

Do Now: Read and annotate excerpt from Harold Bloom's How to Read and Why

Discuss Bloom's main points

5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis

Small Groups: Develop original ideas for As I Lay Dying essay

Today's Objective: Examine a model of literary criticism and begin to write our own.

Tonight's Homework:

Type an original thesis and paper proposal for As I Lay Dying.

Friday, December 23, 2011 - Day 72

As I Lay Dying test

Read "It's Not Easy Being Santa"

Homework for the break:

Spend some time with your family. Shovel for your family if it snows. Read your outside reading book. Do something nice.

If you want to get ahead, start writing initial draft of As I Lay Dyingessay or start chatting with your friendsabout ideas for a coolAs I Lay Dying project.

Thursday, December 22, 2011 - Day 71

As I Lay Dying Review Day

Share and submit HW (Faulkner's influence) - 5 min.

Do Now: What's in a Name? Etymology in As I Lay Dying- read, annotate, discuss -10 minutes

Review sheet for concepts - 10 minutes

• significance of characters' names
• chiasmus
• satire of the heroic narrative

Small Groups: Quotes and Vocabulary - 15 minutes

Preview: Student project - 10 minutes

• As I Lay Dying movie trailer

Mr. Ambrose's As I Lay Dying rap - 5 minutes

Tonight's Homework

Study for As I Lay Dying test

Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - Day 70

As I Lay Dying, wrap-up discussion

Review tonight's response paper homework assignment

Small groups: Share HW and HW check

Circle discussion: 7 Oprah's Book Club questions on As I Lay Dying (plus the significance of Cash's quote on 233 - a potential journal response)

Tonight's Homework:

Complete 500-750 word short essay on how Faulkner's work influences a modern-day film or book. (50-point quiz grade)

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - Day 69

As I Lay Dying, ch. 46-52

Small group preparation (15 minutes)

• Review your homework
• Homework check
• Prepare a 5 minute report on 4 literary elements of your assigned chapter

Report out to large group and discuss (35 minutes)

• Characterization
• Plot
• Inferences
• Questions

(Be sure to refer back to the text to support your assertions regarding your assigned chapter.)

Tonight's Homework:

Finish reading the book.

Answer the 7 book club discussion questions (handout from class).

Monday, December 19, 2011 - Day 68

Close reading of Addie and Whitfield's chapters

Read Addie and Whitfield's monologues aloud

Work on making inferences and indirect characterization

Answer discussionquestions on ch. 40-45

Tonight's homework:

Read chapters 46-52. Write a response using quotes for each chapter.

Friday, December 16, 2011, Day 67

Ouside Reading

PSAT Review: section 5, 2011 PSAT

This weekend'shomework:

Read chapters 40-45 in As I Lay Dying. Write a one-page response on the chapters. Be sure to use quotes. Focus on Addie's character, and what we learn about her in these chapters.

Thursday, December 15, 2011, Day 66

Do Now: Vocabulary, ch. 20-39

Last Word Discussion format

• Ch. 20-28 discussion questions
• Ch. 20-39 discussion questions

Tonight's Homework:

Bring in our outside reading book

Wednesday, December 14, 2011, Day 65

In class:

Complete discussion questions, ch. 20-28

For homework:

Complete discussion questions, ch. 20-39

Tuesday, December 13, 2011, Day 64

As I Lay Dying

Small Groups: In-context Vocabulary, ch. 1-19

What is dark humor? Review handout and discuss

Clippage (ch. 13 and 14 of Little Miss Sunshine)

Discussion, six questions from ch. 1-19 (using textual evidence)

Tonight's Homework:

Read up through chapter 32. Write bullet point notes for each chapter. Extra credit for typing and/or including quotes.

Monday, December 12, 2011, Day 63

In small groups, find two quotesto support your assertions in each of the six discussion questions for chapters 1-19. (12 quotes total)

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 20-24. Write bullet point notes for each chapter.

Friday, December 9, 2011, Day 62

Outside Reading

What does my PSAT score mean?

In small groups, go through the 2011 PSAT and idenfity areas of strengths and weaknesses.

Additionally, write an explanation for anything you got wrong - why you got it wrong and why the right answer is the right answer.

Homework for the weekend:

Read up through chapter 19. Answer discussion questions for chapters 1-19.

Thursday, December 8, 2011, Day 61

As I Lay Dying, Day 3

DoNow:Read and annotate first two lectures of Faulkner college lecture.

Discussmain ideas and supporting details of lecture.

Small groups: review HW (and HW check)

Large group Discussion: chapters 7-12

Homework:

Bring in outside reading book.Bring in PSAT materials.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011, Day 60

As I Lay Dying, Day 2

Small Groups: Discuss Homework (and HW check)

Circle Discussion: Chapters 1-6 of As I Lay Dying

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 7-12 of As I Lay Dying.

Complete discussion questions.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011, Day 59

As I Lay Dying, Day 1

Submit HW

Journal and Discussion: Think about a book you have read or a movie that you have scene that using multiple narrative perspective (Vantage Point, any Jodi Picoult book). Write about what the narrative perspective adds to the story.

Notes on As I Lay Dying

Read and discuss chapter 1

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapters 2-6. Answer discussion questions.

Monday, December 5, 2011, Day 58

The Jungle, Final Day

Guiding Question: How is Sinclair's work still relevant?

Do Now: Read and annotate two pages from Fast Food Nation. Identify main ideas and interesting points, and discuss.

Small Groups: Share article from last night's homework. Discuss relevance to The Jungle.

Large Group: Share your articles. Share Ambrose's article (Food Lion and Boston Public Schools articles).

Tonight's Homework:

Finish reading Fast Food Nation excerpt. Write a one page response.

Friday, December 2, 2011, Day 57

Do Now: New York Times article from Ms. Daneu

Clippage

1. Food Lion
2. Fox News

Discussion

Small Groups: Read second article from Ms. Daneu. Identify 3 issues that still exist today that were prevalent in Sinclair's time.

Discussion and wrap up.

Tonight's Homework:

Find an article online that relates to one of the themes from The Jungle - predatory mortgage lending, food regulations, the meat industry, workers' rights, immigration, etc. Write a one page response connecting it to The Jungle.

Thursday, December 1, 2011, Day 56

Today's Class:

ID 5 quotes from The Jungle. Write a paragraph explaining the significance of each.

Tonight's Homework:

Read chapter 4 of The Jungle. You can use this link here:

http://www.online-literature.com/upton_sinclair/jungle/4/

Print it and highlight/annotate it for class. We'll talk about it on Friday and on Monday in class.

Bring in your second quarter outside reading book for approval. Please feel free to borrow one of mine!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011, Day 55

The Jungle co-curricular unit with Ms. Daneu

Tuesday, November 29, 2011, Day 54

The Jungle co-curricular unit with Ms. Daneu

Monday, November 28, 2011, Day 53

Submit essays

Short story test

Tonight's Homework:

E-mail me your personal narrative (misterambrose@yahoo.com) for our digital portfolio.

Wednesday,November 23, 2011, Day 52

Today's Objective: Assess our performance so far this year and reflect on what we've learned.

Complete curriculum sheet for one assignment from quarter one.

In a packet, submit the following:

• A reflection on your goals
• Your three best assignments from quarter one, along with reflections on why they represent your best work
• A completed curriculum sheet for one of the assignments

Tonight's Homework:

Tonight's Homework (Due Monday, 11/28):

2-3 page typed polished story suitable to be a college essay

Study for short story test

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - Day 51

Short Stories: "Slowing Down the Moment" and Revision

Download lesson plan here.

Opener: Big Fish

Examples of Stories We've Read

Journal

Peer Revision

Share Mr. Ambrose's memoir and review rubric

Tonight's Homework (Due Monday, 11/28):

2-3 page typed polished story suitable to be a college essay

Study for short story test

Monday, November 21, 2011 - Day 50

Short Stories: Trying to Save Piggy Sneed

Download lesson plan here.

Literary Terms

Vocabulary

Opener: "We can always imagine a better detail than the one we can remember. The correct detail is rarely, exactly, what happened; the most truthful detail is what could have happened or what should have happened."

Small Groups

• Tone: comic
• Tone: nostalgic
• Tone: moralizing
• Characterization: Piggy Sneed
• Characterization: Grandmother
• Theme: moral?

Report out to large group.

Tonight's Homework:

Write your own memoir. Perhaps try starting it with this line: "With that in mind, I think I have become a ____________ because of _____________ and ..."

On tap for Tuesday: Slowing down the moment revisions

On tap for Wednesday: Portfolio and assessment

Friday, November 18, 2011 - Day 49

Submit HW (coming-of-age piece)

Outside Reading

SAT Prep (Practice test 1, sections 6 and 10)

• Complete exercises in small groups
• Review exercises

Tonight's Homework

Read and annotate the memoir, "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed," by John Irving.

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - Day 48

Short Story Unit: A Retrieved Reformation

Opener: Journal

Terminology

• Situational Irony
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
• Pygmalion Effect
• Phoenix

Discussion

• Initial Impressions of the Story
• Ironic Elements
• Contrast
• Suspense
• Jimmy's Risk

Read and discuss: "The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy or Pygmalion Effect"

Plot Diagram (Freytag's Pyramid)

Don't forget to bring your outside reading book tomorrow!

Homework (due Monday):

Read, highlight,and annotate "Trying to Save Piggy Sneed."

Complete Plot Diagram for the story.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - Day 47

Short Story Unit: Coming-of-Age and Freytag's Pyramid

DiscussCreighton University"A & P"questions(and submit this HW)

Journal on one coming-of-age experience (from last night's HW)

Pair and share journals, get feedback, add to journal

Notes on Freytag's Pyramid (Plot Diagram)

Tonight's Homework

Read "A Retrieved Reformation." Complete Plot Diagram handout. Write one paragraph on what ironic elements are present in the story.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - Day 46

Short Story Unit: A and P

Pair and share artifact story

Share what you liked about your partner's story

Discuss coming-of-age

• What is it?
• What stories have you read?

Read and discuss "A and P"

Wrap up with four discussion questions about "A and P"

Tonight's Homework

Completethe seven Creighton University discussion questions on A and P (handout from class).

Brainstorm five coming-of-age experiences that you have had in your life.

Monday, November 14, 2011 - Day 45

Short Story Unit: Artifact Exchange

Work on your "artifact" story (due tomorrow).

Thursday, November 10, 2011 - Day 44

Artifact Exchange Lesson

Go to lesson plan library for lesson plan.

Homework (due Tuesday):

Write a two-pagetyped personal artifact essay, using mine as a model.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - Day 43

Quarterly Reflection

Select your three best pieces of work from quarter one. Write a paragraph reflection on each - why it represents your best work and what you learned from the assignment.

Write one to two paragraphs reflecting on your goals from day one - what you have done to achieve them and what you can do to achieve them in the future.

Keep these items in your notebook. They will be included in your portfolio next week.

Monday, November 7, 2011 - Day 42

Everyday Use Lesson

Go to lesson plan library to download lesson plan and handouts.

Tonight's Homework:

Answer 7 discussion questions on "Everday Use." Bring in your personal artifact for Thursday.

Friday, November 4, 2011 - Day 41

Outside Reading

Mr. Ambrose's Sample Good Reads Book Review

Submit "Girl" pieces

SAT Preparation (p. 402 and 410 in SAT practice book)

• complete in group of 3
• review with class

Tonight's Homework:

GET CAUGHT READING

On tap...

M "Everyday Use"

W Portfolio and Goals

Th Artifact Exchange

Thursday, November 3, 2011 - Day 40

Quarter 1 Exam

Tonight's Homework:

Read your outside reading book for 30 minutes.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - Day 39

Quarter 1 Exam Review

Tonight's Homework:

Study for Exam

Monday, October 31, 2011 - Day 37

Short Story Unit, Day 1

Download today's PowerPoint with images- period 2

Download today's PowerPoint with imaegs - period 6

Download today's lesson plan

SnapshotsUnit Overview

What isWriting? - Read and discuss

Slide Show of Images with Free Write

Tonight's Homework

Formalize your free write from today into a polished short story to share tomorrow.

Friday, October 28, 2011 - Day 36

Outside Reading

ReviewSAT essay scoring rubric

Select a quote from "Self-Reliance"

25 minute timed writing(SAT-style) on thequote

Pair withtwo other students, have them read your essay, and score according to rubric

Tonight'sHomework:

Thoreau essay

Thursday, October 27, 2011- Day 35

Transcendentalism Unit Test

Tonight's Homework

Bring in outside reading book.

Transcendentalism Essay due Monday

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - Day 34

Share original "Whitman style" poems

Read and discuss excerpt from "Self-Reliance"

Transcendentalism Test Review

Review rubric for Thoreau essay

Tonight's Homework

Study for Transcendentalism test

Tuesday, October 25, 2011 - Day 33

Discuss and submit homework - Is Thoreau still relevant today?

Walt Whitman background

"When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer"

Tonight's Homework: Write your own version of one of the poem's we studied today. For extra credit, write two.

Monday, October 24, 2011 - Day 32

Walden, Day 6

Guiding Question: Is Thoreau still relevant today?

Do Now: Listen to "You Never Know" and write about how it represents Transcendentalist views. Discuss.

Discussion (small groups or circle): 2 articles from HW (and submit HW)

$75 K is the price of happiness article

Period 6: Report on ReadingCarousel from Friday

On tap for tomorrow: Your own Walden assignment and Emerson's Self-Reliance

Homework: Write one page on whether you think Thoreau is still relevant, using examples from today's class.

Friday, October 21, 2011 - Day 31

Walden, Day 5

Outside Reading SSR

Reading Carousel Activity

Small Groups Report on Carousel (period 2)

Weekend homework:

Read the following two articles:

Depth and Purity

Thoreau Rediscovered as a Climatologist

Write one paragraph on each (one page total)

Thursday, October 20, 2011 - Day 30

Walden, Day 4

Do Now: My Personal Economy (Complete then discuss)

20 minutes: circle discussion on "Economy"

20 minutes: circle discussion on "Where I Lived"

Submit "Economy" reflection paper

Tonight's Homework: Answer questions regarding 6 quotes from Reading

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - Day 29

Walden, Day 3

Work on Quote Sheet (Where I Lived...)

Submit Quote Sheet

Tonight's Homework (Due Tomorrow):

Read, highlight and annotate Economy(a chapter from Walden).

Write a one page response paper.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - Day 28

Walden, Day 2

Wrap up Agree/Disagree Discussion

Pair and share HW (What you Live and What You Life For)

Group work: Work on Quote Sheet

Last 10 Minutes: Review samples from Quote Sheet

Questions from the the Reading

Tonight's Homework (Due Thursday)

Read, highlight and annotate Economy(a chapter from Walden).

Write a one page response paper.

Monday, October 17, 2011 - Day 27

Walden, Day 1

Walden Slide Show and Free Write Journal

5 Signs You Might Be a Transcendentalist

Agree/Disagree Discussion

Homework due Tuesday:

Read and annotate except from Thoreau's Walden. (Where I Lived and What I Lived For)

Write your own version - What you live for (one page).

Friday, October 14, 2011 - Day 26

How did things go at the college fair?

PSAT Tips and FAQ

• What time should I arrive?
• What should I bring?
• When should I guess?

Review and correct 2009 PSAT

Opportunity for further practice: 2011 practice book

Homework due Tuesday:

Read and annotate except from Thoreau's Walden. (Where I Lived and What I Lived For)

Write your own version - What you live for (one page).

Thursday, October 13, 2011 - Day 25

Do Now: 3 Questions about College

College Pride Day Presentation

College Q and A

Tonight's Homework:

Thoreau/King essay

Bring in PSAT Practice Booklet

COLLEGE FAIR TONIGHT!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - Day 24

PSAT section 5 (2009)

Tuesday, October 11, 2011 - Day 23

PSAT section 3 (2009)

Friday, October 7, 2011 - Day 22

PSAT section 1 (2009)

Thursday, October 6, 2011 - Day 21

SAT in-class practice essay (May 2011 writing prompt 2)

Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - Day 20

SAT in-class practice essay (May 2011 writing prompt)

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - Day 19

3-2-1 Journal

(3 main points, 2 questions you have, 1 challenging vocabulary word)

Civil Disobedience Part 3 Discussion

No homework tonight.

Monday, October 3, 2011 - Day 18

3-2-1 Journal

(3 main points, 2 questions you have, 1 challenging vocabulary word)

Civil Disobedience Part 2 Discussion

Tonight's Homework:

Read and annotate part 3 of Civil Disobedience.

Friday, September 30, 2011 - Day 17

Outside Reading Time

PSAT Preparation Session 3: Grammar for Writing

Review Homework

Tonight's Homework:

Read and annotate part 2 of "Civil Disobedience"

Thursday, September 29, 2011 - Day 16

Civil Disobedience, Day 2

3-2-1 Journal on last night's reading

• 3 Things you found interesting
• 2 Questions you have
• 1 Thing you learned

Circle Discussion

• Questions you have about the reading
• Main ideas and supporting details

Tonight's Homework

Bring in your outside reading book.

Complete PSAT Grammar for Writing handout.

Write explanations for each answer, if you know the grammar rule.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - Day 15

Civil Disobedience - Day 1

Journal and Discussion

Definition of Civil Disobedience

Five Things You Didn't Know About Thoreau

Thoreau Timeline

Tonight's Homework:

Read, highlight and annotate part 1 of Civil Disobedience.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - Day 14

MLK Test

Monday, September 26, 2011 - Day 13

MLK Vocabulary

Wrap up MLK Discussion

Mr. Milne's MLK Article - Journal and Discussion

Test Review

Tonight's Homework:

Study for MLK Test

Friday, September 23, 2011 -Day 12

PSAT Week 2 Vocabulary Quiz

Outside Reading

PSATPreparation - Session 2: Passage-Based Reading

Tonight's Homework:

Poster and essay rough draft due Wednesday, 9/28.

Thursday, September 22, 2011 - Day 11

Do Now: Review MLK Vocabulary

Student-led circle discussion on MLK:

• ID rhetoric
• Questions for clarification that you might have
• Your questions and talking points

Tonight's Homework:

Study for PSAT Vocabulary Quiz.

Bring in outside reading book.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - Day 10

Tuesday, September 20, 2011 - Day 9

Monday, September 19, 2011 - Day 8

Distribute and review PSAT Vocab, Week 2

Letter from Birmingham Jail, Day 3

Historical Context Notes

Objective: To understand the historical context of King's arrest and his letter from Birmingham Jail.

Tonight's Homework:

Highlight/underline and annotate "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Download some tips for annotating here.

Friday, September 16, 2011 - Day 7

Vocabulary Quiz

PSAT Session 1: Sentence Completions

Guided Practice (PSAT p. 254)- Complete and Review

Show me your reading workshop book and read

Tonight's Homework:

Sign in to Good Reads and explore the site.

For Tuesday: Read, underline/highlight, and annotate "Letter from Birmingham Jail." (Use Hunter College handout for ideas on the method of annotating. See me if you need a copy of the letter.)

Thursday, September 15, 2011 - Day 6

Do Now: Review PSAT vocabulary.

"Letter from Birmingham Jail," Day 2

Download lesson plan here.

Birmingham Segregation Ordinances

Birmingham in the 1960s

What's the appropriate action to take? (Next time, we'll talk about the action that was taken - Project-C.)

Review how to set up a Good Reads account.Explore www.goodreads.com. Show examples of book reviews from previous students on the Good Reads site. Browse my book shelves for an outside reading book.

Tonight's Homework:

Bring in an outside reading book. Study for vocabulary quiz (week one PSAT words).

For Tuesday: Bring in your copy of "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Be sure to read, highlight/underline, and annotate. I will check this for a grade.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011 - Day 5

(Review PSAT Vocabulary)

"Letter from Birmingham Jail," Day 1

Download Lesson Plan Here.

Unjust Laws

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Bill of Rights

How did the Birmingham segregation ordinances of 1960s violate these two documents?

Discussion

Tonight's Homework: Read Birmingham in the 1960s. Write a brief response to the piece.

Challenge: Incorporate specifics of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and/or the Bill of Rights.

Monday, September 12, 2011 - Day 4

Distribute PSAT Vocabulary List

In-Class Essay

Tonight's Homework:

Define PSAT Vocabulary Words (10 min.).

Identify one example of an unjust law (today or historically) and write one or two paragraphs explaining why it is unjust. (10-20 min.).

Friday, September 9, 2011 - Day 3

Submit Parent Form

Browse Website

Writing Lesson

Begin Outline

Download graphic organizer here

Tonight's Homework:

Outline your essay. Prepare for in-class essay on Monday.

Thursday, September 8, 2011 - Day 2

Distribute and review parent note

Share and submit name histories

Seating chart

Tonight's homework:

Get parent note signed.

Bring in summer reading book (if you still have it) and any notes you may have on the book.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011 - Day 1

Welcome and Introductions

Review syllabus and course expectations

Setting goals

Complete student survey

Tonight's homework:

Read "My Name," a vignette from The House on Mango Street, by Sandra Cisneros.

Write your own name history (two paragraphs). You will present this to the class tomorrow.

In other news...

Wednesday, June 13:

• Period 2:  ch. 7 discussion, read ch. 8, discussion, HW:  read ch. 9
• Period 6:  last word, read ch. 7 HW: finish ch. 7

Curriculum Questions for final

Reading assignments for Gatsby:

• due M 6.11 - ch. 3 and 4 (Big Paper in class thru ch. 3 and Esner's color symbolism)
• due Tu 6.12 - ch. 5 and 6 (Last Word in class)
• due W 6.13 - ch. 7 and 8 (discussion questions in class)
• due Th 6.14 - ch. 9 (Around the Horn in class)

F 6.15 - final exam review

Tu 6.19 - final exam, survey, photos

Announcing the winners of the Hamlet Video Festival:

Period 2:

1. Julia's group (47 points)
2. Maria's group (26 points)
3. AJ's group (25 points)

Period 6:

1. Karina (38 points)
2. Kayla G's group (24 points)
3. Susie's group (19 points)

Students from period 2 who will present their college projects on June 8:

1. Julie
2. Alex
3. Madeleine
4. Michelle
5. Shirley

Students from period 6 who will present their college projects on June 8:

1. Jeff
2. Kayla G
3. Carlos
4. Nick
5. Katherine

Download course calendar for period 2 here.

Download course calendar for period 6 here.

Quarter 3

To Kill a Mockingbird

Hamlet

Quarter 4

College Visits

The Lost Generation Unit

• Sun Also Rises
• Great Gatsby
• Hemingway Short Stories

After the Break:

• Reduced Shakespeare
• Gertrude and Claudius
• Critical Readings
• Gather Evidence with Note Cards
• Use Mentor Texts for Essay (Mady, Tasha)
• Hamlet Essay Workshops
• Hamlet Projects
• Hip Hopera
• Portfolio Reflections

SAT material we've covered so far:

4.2

4.10

5.3

5.6

5.7

5.9

6.3

6.6

Announcement regarding outside reading book reviews

Starting with quarter 3, please submit a printed copy of your book review in addition to posting it on Good Reads.

Book reviews will be do five school days before the end of the quarter.