LIST OF ACTIVITIES AND ASSIGNMENTS
| MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH | "Everyone Deserves A Kiss" - Welcome to My Class |
1st-day office paperwork | |
 Bernards Guidelines and Expectations.doc | |
| "Alma Mater" - Due Friday | |
| Sophomore Assembly | |
| Student Information Sheet.doc | |
| Assign Grammar and GEE Workbooks | |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH | First Day - Me Myself and I.doc |
| Daily Reading Activity Form.doc | |
| DRA (Daily Reading Activity) Procedures | |
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12TH | Two-Column Notes |
| Vocabulary For the Real World | |
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH | Vocabulary For the Real World |
| "Story of an Hour" | |
| Learn About Literature Circles | |
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH | Recite the "Alma Mater" |
| Learn About Literature Circles | |
| TEST - Apply "Story of an Hour" to Lit. Circles Task Sheet that has all 4 roles. | |
| Task Sheets - All Tasks - For Students Who Must Work Alone.doc | |
| MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH | "Star-Spangled Banner" - Due Friday |
| TEST - Apply "Story of an Hour" to Lit. Circles Task Sheet that has all 4 roles. (Continued) | |
| Practiced writing sentences with vocabulary words - Vocabulary Test Wednesday. | |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 18TH | GEE Workbook - Proofreading - Pages 109-114 and Reading and Responding - Pages 13-19 |
| GRAMMAR Workbook - Pages 23 - 32 - Parts of Speech and Sujects/Verbs | |
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19TH | Vocabulary Test |
| HOW TO ANSWER A DISCUSSION QUESTION -- PRESENTATION.PPT | |
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH | GRAMMAR Workbook - Pages 23 - 32 - Parts of Speech and Sujects/Verbs |
| Ways to Avoid Run-on Sentences - Presentation.ppt | |
| HOW TO ANSWER A DISCUSSION QUESTION -- PRESENTATION.PPT | |
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST | Recite the "Star-Spangled Banner" |
| GRAMMAR Workbook - Turn in and review pages 23 - 32 - Parts of Speech and Sujects/Verbs | |
| Vocabulary Words "The Monkey's Paw" | |
| MONDAY, AUGUST 24TH | 1st Period - School Pictures tomorrow! |
| "The Monkey's Paw" - Follow the Lesson Plan | |
| Open House Poem - Due Friday | |
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH | "The Monkey's Paw" - Follow the Lesson Plan |
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH | "The Monkey's Paw" - Follow the Lesson Plan |
| VOCABULARY TEST FRIDAY | |
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH | "The Monkey's Paw" - Follow the Lesson Plan |
| Application Test - Individually reading a short story and applying the Story Form Elements to that story. | |
| Work on Open House Poems - New Deadline - Monday | |
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH | "The Monkey's Paw" - Follow the Lesson Plan |
| SONG - "Monkey's Paw" comparitive paragraph essay to "The Monkey's Paw" | |
| MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST | OPEN HOUSE TOINGHT |
| AND TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST | "The Monkey's Paw" - Follow the Lesson Plan |
| SONG - "Monkey's Paw" comparitive paragraph essay to "The Monkey's Paw" | |
| GEE - Pages 20-27 | |
| GRAMMAR - PAGES - 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102 | |
| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND | Gave back all graded materials, reviewed them, and gave averages. |
| Worked on SONG - "Monkey's Paw" comparitive paragraph essay to "The Monkey's Paw" - See "Monkey's Paw" Lesson Plan for example Powerpoint. "The Monkey's Paw" | |
| THURSAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD | Worked on - GRAMMAR - PAGES - 95, 96, 97, 98, 100, 101, 102 - Due tomorrow |
| Worked on SONG - "Monkey's Paw" comparitive paragraph essay to "The Monkey's Paw" - See "Monkey's Paw" Lesson Plan for example Powerpoint. "The Monkey's Paw" | |
| FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH | Worked on SONG - "Monkey's Paw" comparitive paragraph essay to "The Monkey's Paw" - See "Monkey's Paw" Lesson Plan for example Powerpoint. "The Monkey's Paw" |
| Picked up and Review Grammar | |
| TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH | Worked on SONG - "Monkey's Paw" comparitive paragraph essay to "The Monkey's Paw" - See "Monkey's Paw" Lesson Plan for example Powerpoint. "The Monkey's Paw" |
| Choose a poem out of the text book and present to the class on Friday. Research the author and meaning of the poem. | |
| WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH | Peer edited Essays - Due Friday |
| Vocabulary - "Lamb to the Slaughter" | |
| "Free Writing" - Can't be made up. | |
| THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10TH | Vocabulary - "Lamb to the Slaughter" |
| Read "Lamb to the Slaughter" | |
| Practice Poetry Assignment | |
| Friday, September 11th | Poem Presentations |
| Monday, September 14th | Analyze "Lamb to the Slaughter" |
| Listen to "Isn't it Ironic" and Study Irony with Notes - See Lesson Plan | |
| GEE - Pages 134-144 (Page 140 excluded) | |
| GRAMMAR - Pages 103-110 - Due Friday | |
| Tuesday, September 15th | Finish Poetry Presentations |
| Continued "Lamb..." Lesson Plan from the 14th | |
| Wednesday, September 16th | Introduced GEE Writing Assignment |
| Vocabulary from "Lamb to the Slaughter" | |
| Thursday, September 17th | Practiced Story Form Application with "Lamb to the Slaughter." - (Doesn't need to be made up if absent) |
| Friday, September 18th | Sample GEE Essay - Advanced - Mastery - Approaching Basic - With Annotated Scores.ppt |
| GEE - Samples of Advanced - Master - Approaching Basic - Basic.ppt | |
| GEE - Practice Writing Topic - Outstanding Teacher of the Year.ppt | |
| After view these Powerpoints, choose either the "Carwash" or "Outstanding Teacher Award" topic to write your own letter, and submit for two test grades. | |
| Monday, September 21st | Grammar Assignment: Pages 307, 308, 309, 310, 317, 318, 319, and 320 |
| GEE Workbook Assgnment: Pages | |
| Continued GEE Writing Assignments | |
| Tuesday, September 22nd | GEE Workbook - Pages 33-38 and 50-53 |
| Continued GEE Writing Assignments | |
| Wednesday, September 23rd | PLAN TEST - ALL ENGLISH II STUDENTS |
| 4TH Period - "Draw It" Activity - Can't be made up | |
| Thursday, September 24th | 1st and 2nd Period - "Draw It" Activity - Can't be made up |
| Worked on Grammar | |
| Friday, September 25th | Worked on Rough Draft of GEE Letter - "Carwash" or "Outstanding Teacher Award" |
| Corrected and Turned in Grammar Workbook Assignments | |
| Presented "Draw It" | |
| Monday, September 28th | Went to the Lab to type Final Draft of GEE Letter and turned in at the end of class. |
| GEE Workbook - Pages 39, 41, and 45 | |
| Tuesday, September 29th | GEE Workbook - Pages 39, 41, and 45 |
| START Poetry Unit - Vocabulary Poetry Vocabulary - Words and Definitions.doc | |
| Wednesday, Oct 30 - Friday, Oct 8th | GEE - PAGES 73, 82, 91, 100, 140 - Choose 1 Writing Prompt |
| Worked on Poetry Projects | |
| Reviewed and Took Mid-Term Exam | |
| Took Vocabulary Test | |
| Reviewed Figurative Language and Sound Devices | |
| Monday, October 12th | |
| Picking Partners - Caricatures | |
| "Lamb to the Slaughter" | |
| "The Masque of the Red Death" | |