12/19/07

English 3

Launch: Complete Sentence Check 2 on pages 22-23 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Work on essay.

Homework: Finish essay.

English 4

Launch: How do you think the people you know and love would change if you won the lottery? How would you change?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading and discussing chapter 19.
3. Read and discuss chapter 20-23.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Looking at the theses on the board, which do you feel is strongest and why?

Agenda
1. Finish going over theses.
2. Read and discuss chapter 21.

Homework: Finish chapter 21 if we do not finish in class, and read chapter 22.

12/18/07

English 3

Launch: Complete Sentence Check 1 on page 22 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Work on essay draft.

Homework: Work on essay.

English 4

Launch: If you had been given the opportunity to go away to a really good high school four years ago, would you have taken it? Would you have been willing to leave your family and friends in order to have a better education? What about now? Would you be willing to leave everyone in order to go away to college?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading and discussing chapter 18.
3. Read and discuss chapters 19 and 20.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: If you were to write an essay about the use of imagery in the forest chapters, what would your thesis be?

Agenda
1. Write your thesis on the board.
2. Revise theses.
3. Read and discuss the rest of chapter 20.

Homework: Work on independent novel and journal.

12/17/07

English 3

Launch: Complete pages 20-21 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Go over sample body paragraphs and conclusion.
3. Work on essay.
4. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Work on essay.

English 4

Launch: What do you think happened to Pip's sister? Why is the situation ironic?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read and discuss chapters 16-18.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Based on what you know about Pearl, what do you think her reaction will be as she approaches her mother and the minister in the forest?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read and discuss chapters 19-20.

Homework: Work on independent journal.

12/14/07

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary book, complete the Final Check on page 19.

Agenda
1. Finish introduction. (This should already be finished. I'll will be checking them at the beginning of class.)
2. Begin writing body paragraphs. (I'll be checking at the end of class to see that you have at least one body paragraph finished.)
Note: If you have Mr. Rousseau for Multimedia, you may begin typing what you have written so far.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Since we probably wouldn't have much of a story if Pip simply became a blacksmith like Joe, what do you think is going to happen to change that?

Agenda
1. Read chapter 15
2. Answer questions 6-11 on page 71.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What do you wish Hester and Arthur would do at this point? Is that feasible? Why or why not?

Agenda
1. Vocabulary quiz.
2. Read and discuss chapter 18-19.
3. Turn in Monday's essay and your launches.

Homework: Read independent novel.

12/13/07

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary book, complete Sentence Checks 1 & 2 on pages 18-19.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Go over sample body paragraph.
3. Finish your introductory paragraph.
4. Start on your body paragraphs.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: What do you imagine happened to Miss Havisham to make her the way she is?

Agenda
1. Read and discuss chapters 12-15.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Identify a theme that is being developed in The Scarlet Letter.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read and discuss chapters 16-17.

Homework: Finish essay. Read independent book.

12/12/07

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary books, complete pages 16-17.

Agenda

1. Go over launch.

2. Read chapter 1 of Huck Finn.

3. Work on essay introduction.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: What would be your advice to Pip?  (His home life kind of sucks, but now he has been sent to entertain a crazy lady where a little girl picks on him all day long.)

Agenda

1. Discuss agenda.

2. Read chapters 10-11.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What does Hester determine towards the end of chapter 13 and why?

Agenda

1. Discuss launch.

2. Read and discuss chapter 14.

Homework: Finish essay.  Work on independent book.

12/11/07

English 3

Launch:  Complete the Final Check of chapter 2 in your vocabulary book (on page 15).  Have your research folder out on your desk so that I can check it while you work.

Agenda

1. Go over sample introduction.

2. Write your introduction.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Why do you think Mrs. Joe was so eager for Pip to go to Miss Havisham's home?

Agenda

1. Finish reading chapter 8.

2. Go over discussion questions on page 38.

3. Extra credit assignment: Complete the "Thinking and Writing" activity on page 39.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: If you were in Hester's place, what would you do?

Agenda

1. Go over rubric and sample essays for this week's essay.

2. Read and discuss chapter 13.  (Please finish this for homework if we do not get to it in class.)

Homework: Essay.

12/10/047

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary book, complete Sentence Checks 1 & 2 on pages 14-15.

Agenda

1. Go over launch.

2. Brainstorm reading questions.  What questions do we expect to have answered in the first chapter of a novel?

3. Read and take notes on the first chapter of Huckleberry Finn.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: What does Joe's response to the convict's confession reveal about him?

Agenda

1. Discuss launch.

2. Read and discuss chapters 6 & 7.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch:  Read this week's essay prompt and brainstorm your response.

Agenda

1. Finish reading and discussing chapter 12.

2. Begin chapter 13.

Homework: Write essay.  Due on Friday.

12/7/07

English 3

Launch: Work on you essay outline.

Agenda
1. Finish your outline. (Those of you who do not have Ms. Jann or Mr. Rousseau, please see me about additional research time during this period.)
2. Check the grade print out. I have not finished grading everything, but if there is something you know you didn't do, please be sure to work on that if you have time this period.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Great Expectations quiz.  (Answer questions 1, 2, 5, and 6 on page 38 of your book.  Be detailed in your responses.  You have until 8:45 to complete the quiz.)

Agenda
1. Presentations.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Vocab quiz.

Agenda
1. Read and discuss chapters 12 & 13.

Homework: Work on independent novel.

12/6/07

English 3

Research in Library.

English 4

Launch: Complete self/group grading form. (Remember to grade yourself as well.)

Agenda
1. Performances.
2. If you completed the independent project, it is due today.

Homework: Study for tomorrow's quiz on chapters 1-5 of Great Expectations.

AP

Launch: Why at the end of chapter 10 does Chillingworth turn away with a "wild look of wonder, joy, and horror?"

Agenda
1. Go over the discussion questions you developed for yesterday's assignment.
2. Read chapter 11.
3. Turn in Monday's "in-class" essay.

Homework: Study vocab words. Work on independent novel.

12/5/07

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary book, complete all of pages 12-13.

Agenda

1. Read "the Story of an Hour" on p. 634-638 of your red book.

2. Answer questions 1-7 on p. 638.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: If you were in Pip's place, what would you have done?

Agenda

1. Finish reading and taking notes on ch. 3-5.

2. Be prepared to present your Hamlet performances tomorrow.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What are the literary devices in chapter nine hinting at?

Agenda

1.  Read ch. 10 in small groups (3-4 people).

2. Develop at least four discussion questions based on the chapter.

Homework: Finish Monday's essay.

12/4/07

English 3

Launch: Think of your favorite movie. What was the main character trying to accomplish? What did it take to achieve that goal?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Define quest.
3. Introduction to Huckleberry Finn.

Homework: Independent reading

English 4

Launch: How does Dickens set the tone in the first few paragraphs of Great Expectations? What do you expect to happen at this point?

Agenda
1. Continue reading and discussing chapter 1.
2. Take notes.
3. Begin reading chapter 2.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Write down vocabulary words and definitions or review them if you wrote them down yesterday.

Agenda
1. Discuss chapters 8 & 9.

Homework: Work on independent book.

12/3/07

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary book, complete Sentence Check 2 and Final Check on pages 10-11.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Research check.
3. Begin essay outline.
4. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Often, the protagonist of a novel is called the hero. Is Hamlet a hero? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Lecture on tragic heroes vs. modern heroes.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Indpendent reading. Work on performance.

AP

Launch: In-class essay.

Agenda
1. Complete essay.
2. Write down vocabulary and definitions.
3. Turn in group long form.

Homework: Read chapter 9.

English 3 & 4

Same as yesterday.

AP

Launch: Briefly study for vocab quiz.

Agenda
1. Vocab quiz.
2. Read chapter 8.

Homework: Work on long form.

11/29/07

English 3

Library research for your Real Hero Research Project.

English 4

Launch: Work on presentation for the first ten to fifteen minutes of class.

Agenda
1. Continue watching the film.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Meet briefly with your longform group.

Agenda
1. Read and discuss chapters 7-8.

Homework: Work on longform. Answer discussion questions.

11/28/07

English 4

Launch: What do we like about youth and is it better than old age? Explain.

Agenda
1. Guest teacher.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 3

Launch: Get your vocabulary book and complete Sentence Check 1 on page 10.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Go over research project.
3. Discuss the hero's quest.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: See Mrs. Liao for a promptbook copy of your scene. In your groups, begin working on the promptbook.

Agenda
1. Work in groups for the first 10-15 minutes of class.
2. Finish watching film.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Why do you thing Pearl is the way that she is?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Discuss chapter 6.
3. Read chapter 7.

Homework: Work on long form.

11/27/07

English 3

Launch: In your vocabulary book, complete the activity at the bottom of page 9.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Crucible exam.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Work with your group for the first 10-15 minutes of class.

Agenda
1. Finish watching Hamlet.
2. Turn in character analysis forms.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Briefly review vocabulary definitions.

Agenda
1. Vocab quiz.
2. Finish going over sample multiple choice exam.
3. Discuss chapter 5 of The Scarlet Letter.

Homework: Read chapter 6 of The Scarlet Letter.

11/26/07

English 3

Launch: Take a vocabulary book from the cart by the door as you come in. Write your name inside the front cover and on the page edges at the top of the book (so that when the book is sitting on a shelf, you can read your name on the top edge). Turn to page 8 and, with a partner sitting next to you, complete the "Ten Words in Context" activity.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Team quiz review.
3. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Get into your performance group and begin working on character analysis forms.

Agenda
1. Work on preparing for performance.
2. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Begin brainstorming for essay.

Agenda
1. In-class essay.
2. Review chapter 5 of The Scarlet Letter (for discussion tomorrow).

Homework: Work on long form.

11/21/07--Happy Thanksgiving!

English 3

Launch: Briefly prepare for presentations. Turn in this week's launches.

Agenda
1. Presentations
2. Complete group grading form.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Work with your group.

Agenda
1. Get textbooks.
2. Watch film.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Review your multiple choice practice AP test.

Agenda
1. Go over test answers.

Homework: Work on long form.

11/20/07

English 3

Launch: If you were to retell your hero's story for a modern audience, what would you change? What would stay the same?

Agenda
1. Presentations.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Work in your presentation groups for the first ten minutes of class.

Agenda
1. Continue watching film.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Read and respond:

Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672)

By Night when Others Soundly Slept

1

1By night when others soundly slept

2And hath at once both ease and Rest,

3My waking eyes were open kept

4And so to lie I found it best.
2

5I sought him whom my Soul did Love,

6With tears I sought him earnestly.

7He bow'd his ear down from Above.

8In vain I did not seek or cry.
3

9My hungry Soul he fill'd with Good;

10He in his Bottle put my tears,

11My smarting wounds washt in his blood,

12And banisht thence my Doubts and fears.
4

13What to my Saviour shall I give

14Who freely hath done this for me?

15I'll serve him here whilst I shall live

16And Love him to Eternity.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Discuss The Scarlet Letter.

Homework: Work on long form.

11/19/07

English 3

Launch: Do you believe that your group's hero was truly heroic? Explain.

Agenda
1. Work on group presentation.
2. Finish Power Point.

Homework: Finish preparing for presentation. If you did not finish your power point during class, you will need to come in during lunch or after school today.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

The United States has controlled the land around about the Panama Canal sense November 1903 but on December 31 1999 that control returns to Panama.

Agenda
1. Review Units 1-3.
2. Begin Unit 4

English 4

Launch: Meet in your presentation groups for the first 10-15 minutes of class.

Agenda
1. Work on presentation requirements.
2. Watch film.

Homework: Work on presentation.

AP

Launch: Begin working on practice AP test.

Agenda
1. Complete multiple choice exam.
*No essay this week.
2. Assign vocab definitions. (Quiz on Monday.)

Homework: Work on long form and Scarlet Letter discussion questions. (We will be going over chapters 1-5 tomorrow.)

11/16/07

English 3

Launch: What do you find most interesting about your assigned hero? What does his story tell you about the culture the story comes from?

Agenda
1. Finish reading hero packet.
2. Work on Power Point presentation.

Computer #1: 1st - Theseus; 2nd - Jason
Computer #2: 1st - Odysseus; 2nd - King Arthur
Computer #3: 1st - Hercules; 2nd - Sir Gawain
Computer #4: 1st - Beowulf; 2nd - Gilgamesh

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct sentence:

Crow indians native americans who now live in southeastern montana use to chew willow bark for headaches, willow bark contains salicylic acid which we call asprin.

Agenda
1. You may read or work on homework quietly.
2. Turn in launches.

English 4

Launch: Which scene of the play did you find most interesting? Why? (This does not have to be one of the scenes we watched.)

Agenda
1. Go over final project for Hamlet.
2. Get into groups and begin working on project.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Briefly review vocab words.

Agenda
1. Vocab quiz.
2. Sample multiple choice exam.

Homework: Read chapter 5 of The Scarlet Letter and work on discussion questions. (Please be prepared to discuss these on Monday.)

11/15/07

English 3

Launch: What have you learned about your hero so far? What makes him a hero?

Agenda
1. Finish reading your hero packet.
2. Begin working on powerpoint.

Computer #1: 1st - Theseus; 2nd - Jason
Computer #2: 1st - Odysseus; 2nd - King Arthur
Computer #3: 1st - Hercules; 2nd - Sir Gawain
Computer #4: 1st - Beowulf; 2nd - Gilgamesh

Homework: Finish reading hero packet for your independent reading.

CAHSEE prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Archeologist Leonard wooley set out in 1922 to look for ur a city mentioned in the bible, Ur was the original home of abraham the father of the Hebrew people.

English 4

Launch: Based on what you have seen of each filmmaker's style, what do you expect to see in each of the film versions of the fight scene?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Watch and compare final scene.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What happened at the end of chapter 3?

Agenda
1. Discuss chapter 3.
2. Read chapter 4.
3. Meet with long form group.

Homework: Work on long form theses. Study for vocab quiz.

11/14/07

Enlgish 3

Launch: Who would you consider a hero and why? (Give several people, either from real life or from literature.)

Agenda
1. Go over ancient hero assignment.
2. Work in groups to read about your assigned hero.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

My sister wants to become an industrial engineer, shes gonna write to the institute of industrial engineers in norcross georgia for more information.

English 4

Launch: In groups of four, plan a brief performance of what we have read so far of the fight scene.

Agenda
1. Scene performances.
2. Finish reading the play.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: In small groups, review some of the more challenging discussion questions from the beginning of The Scarlet Letter.

Agenda
1. Go over discussion questions that still need to be addressed.
2. Read sample "Convergence" essays.
3. Handout discussion questions for chapters 3-5.

Homework: Read chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter.

11/13/07

English 3

Launch: Often, in literature, we call the protagonist of a story the hero. Is John Proctor a hero? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Go over practice quizzes.
3. Hero lecture.
4. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

The cancer drug taxol that aunt janet took is extracted from the bark of pacific Yew Trees that grow in washington and oregon, it takes the bark from three large trees too treat one patient for a year.

English 4

Launch: Do you think Ophelia is actually guilty of suicide? Explain. If not, then who is responsible for her madness and eventual death?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading Act 5.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Begin working on in-class essay.

Agenda
1. Complete in-class essay and turn in.

Homework: Study for vocab quiz.

11/9/07

Enlgish 3

Launch: What do you imagine happened to Abigail once she left Salem?

Agenda
1. Turn in launches.
2. Answer questions on the Act 3 and Act 4 practice quizzes.

Homework: Independent reading

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Mr. smith's bonus question onour test was did president carter visit Karen smith md? Before or after he toured the African-american and the Hispanic culture fairs.

Agenda
1. Complete the activity on page 87 of your book.

English 4

Launch: What do you think Hamlet is going to do when he finds out Ophelia is dead? Explain.

Agenda
1. Turn in launches.
2. In small groups (3-4) choose a soliloquy of Hamlet's to paraphrase. Turn in your work at the end of the period.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Study your vocab words

Agenda
1. Vocab quiz
2. Correct quiz.
3. Turn in quiz, launches, essay, and journal.
4. Begin defining next week's words.

Homework: Answer discussion questions for The Scarlet Letter

11/8/07

English 3

Launch: Do you think that John is making the right decision by confessing? Explain.

Agenda
1. Finish reading the play.
2. Watch Act 4.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

I like the south better then the north however if I had to travel east, I would go to new york city. The capitol of the united states from 1785 to 1790.

English 4

Launch: What might Shakespeare want us to think of Hamlet based on how he compares with Fortinbras and Laertes? What specific lines in the confrontation between Laertes and the King suggest that we should admire his actions?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Summarize 4.7.
3. Begin reading Act 5.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What connotations does the word "scarlet" have?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.

Homework: Finish essay and journal to turn in tomorrow.

11/7/07

English 3

Launch: Which character in the play can you relate to most? Explain. If you were to perform the play, which character would you want to be and why?

Agenda
1. Continue reading Act 4.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Because queen nefertiti and her husband king amenhotep iv who came to power in Egypt in 1379 b.c. built the city of aten in honer of the Egyptian sun god amun-ra.

English 4

Launch: What do you think the king will do when he discovers that Hamlet did not go to England but, instead, has returned to Denmark? Why?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Watch and compare scenes.

Homework: Independent reading.

11/6/07

English 3

Launch: What do you think makes some people in the play choose to die rather than confess to witchcraft?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Go over Act 2 practice quiz answers.
3. Continue reading Act 4.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Kelly’s t-shirt has the latin phrase ceve canen (beware of the dog) and pictures of these three well known dogs a german shepard and English sheepdog and a beagle.

English 4

Launch: Why do you think Horatio is so concerned that the queen speak with Ophelia? What ideas do you think Ophelia's ravings might be giving people?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading 4.5.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Meet briefly with your long form group.

Agenda
1. Presentations.
2. Form new groups for next long form.
3. Read the first chapter of The Scarlet Letter.

Homework: Work on "Coriolanus" essay, independent book journal, and Scarlet Letter questions.

11/5/07

English 3

Launch: What, do you imagine, are Abigail's thoughts at the end of Act 3? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Begin reading Act 4.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

According to the book Lost cities of the Ancient world. The mayans great civilization existed in central America many years before Europeans discovered the americas

English 4

Launch: What do you think could be some of the consequences of Polonius's death?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Begin reading Act 4.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Begin brainstorming for this week's essay.

Agenda
1. Long-form presentations.
2. Go over vocab list.

Homework: Finish Coriolanus essay. Finish independent book journal. Both due Friday.

11/2/07

English 3

Launch: As we watch Act 3, it seems that some of the judges don't want to know whether or not the girls are truthful. Why might this be the case?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish watching Act 3.
3. Work on Act 2 practice quiz.
4. Turn in launches.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Sixteenth-centery English poet Thomas Deloney didn’t think much of cooks in fact, he once wrote the following God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.

English 4

Launch: What do you think the audience members thought of Hamlet's play?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish watching and comparing scenes.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Reread "Diving into the Wreck" and finish your explanation of it from yesterday's launch.

Agenda
1. Vocabulary quiz.
2. Discuss "Diving into the Wreck."
3. Exchange books.
4. Turn in launches and "Convergence" essay.

Homework: Read assigned section of "The Custome House."

11/1/07

English 3

Launch: Imagine a situation where you had a disagreement with your parents or your best friend, and neither of you were willing to back down. What would happen?

Agenda
1. Finish watching and discussing Act 2.
2. Begin reading Act 3.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Alcohol, Billy Sunday use to preach “is an appalling source of misery and crime in the land” his efforts helped bring about legal prohibition in the 20s and early 30s.

English 4

Launch: Do you think it was appropriate for Hamlet to confront his mother the way he does? What purpose does it serve? How might it help him in his revenge?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Discussion of the Oedipus Complex.
3. Watch and compare play scene and Hamlet & Mother confrontantion.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Read and explain the poem "Diving into the Wreck" (around page 297).

Agenda
1. Go over scoring guide for Convergence essay.
2. Read S&S on explication and analysis.

Homework: Finish/Revise Convergence essay.

10/31/07--Happy Halloween

English 3

Launch: What do you think will happen when John, Giles, Francis, and Mary Warren go present their evidence to the judges about why the men's wives are innocent? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Watch Act 2.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Won of the greatest baseball players of the 1880’s and 1890’s was left handed Billy Sunday a native of Ames Iowa was discovered by the famous player-manager Cap Anson of the Chicago White Stockings.

English 4

Launch: How do you think the King is going to react to Hamlet's little play? What will he do?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read both the King's soliloquy and Hamlet's and discuss.
3. Read Hamlet's encounter with his mother.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: How might an author create mystery, suspense, and horror in their writing?

Agenda
1. Read "The Black Cat" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Homework: Finish "Convergence" essay.

10/30/07

English 3

Launch: How far do you think Abigail is willing to go in order to get rid of Elizabeth? What do you think she is willing to do? How far do you think John is willing to go to save Elizabeth?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading Act 2.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Because they bot it with shared money Manuel and Morgan’s tape CD player belongs to both of them and I can’t understand why Morgan always says That’s mine!

English 4

Launch: What do you think Hamlet should do at this point? Is it good or bad that he is waiting to take revenge? What might happen if he waits too long?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read the play within the play.

Homework: Independent reading

AP

Launch: Pass back papers. Define vocab words.

Agenda
1. Finish discussing "The Convergence of the Twain."
2. Read examples of explication and analysis.

Homework: Write essay.

10/29/07

English 3

Launch: Do you think something similar to the Salem witch trials could happen today? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading Act 2.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

On July 23 1995 I was watching 60 Minutes and saw a tape of Martin Luther King Jr. giving his famous speech I have a dream.

Agenda
1. Correct launch.
2. Begin unit 2.

English 4

Launch: When, if ever, do you think Hamlet realizes that he and Ophelia are being watched? Give evidence to support your answer.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Watch various versions of the scene and write your comments.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What is the purpose of including quotes when writing about literature?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read section in Sound & Sense on using quotes.
3. Read and discuss essay prompt from the 2002 AP exam.

Homework: Convergence of the Twain essay. Finish journal for last quarter's independent book.

10/26/07--Homecoming!

English 3

Launch: Turn in all make up work and this week's launches.

Agenda
1. Finish district assessment (multiple choice exam).

Homework: Independent reading. The reading log you turn in on Monday will the be the first grade of the new quarter.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Head lice lay their eggs which are called nits in people’s hair consequently just hatched lice have a ready to eat food source in the blood just under their hosts’ scalps.

English 4

Launch: Turn in all make up work and this week's launches.

Agenda
1. Finish reading and discussing Hamlet's encounter with Ophelia.

Homework: Independent reading. The reading log you turn in on Monday will the be the first grade of the new quarter.

AP

Launch: Turn in all make up work and this week's launches.

Agenda
1. Meet with long form group to prepare presentation.

Homework: Independent reading.

10/25/07

English 3

Launch: Pass back graded papers and double check grade print out.

Agenda
1. District assessment (mulitiple choice).

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

According to a study published in the January 1995 journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine athletes back pain symptoms may indicate fractured vertebrae.

English 4

Launch: Why do you think Hamlet is so interested in the actors? Why can he sympathize with them and why might he be so anxious for them to perform a play?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read Hamlet's next two soliloquy's.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Vocabulary quiz.

Agenda
1. Grade vocab quiz.
2. Poem presentations.
3. Meet in long form groups for presentations.

Homework: Finish long form essays.

10/24/07

English 3

Launch: Brainstorm responses to the district writing assessment. (Handout)

Agenda
1. Write essay.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

French author George Sand born July 1 1804 was a well known rebel for the following reasons she took numerous lovers she dressed in mens cloths and she smoked cigars.

English 4

Launch: Think about a movie or television show that made you laugh, made you cry, made you angry or sorry, or in some other way affected you emotionally. What was it about that film that had such a strong impact on you?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading 2.2.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Read and respond to "A Red Flower" by Claude McKay. (On yesterday's handout.)

Agenda
1. Vocabulary quiz.
2. Discuss launch.

Homework: Work on long form essays.

10/23/07

English 3

Launch: What do you think John should do now that Elizabeth has been mentioned in court by Abigail? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish reading Act 2.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Millions of creatures live in and on our bodies, the human armpit for instence has up to 500 million bacteria in the space of a tiny insignificant pinhead.

English 4

Launch: What do you think is going on in Ophelia's mind with everything that has been happening? Who would you believe? Whose advice would you follow? Why?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading 2.2.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Read and respond to "Drum" by Langston Hughes. (Handout)

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Finish chapter 13.
3. Read and discuss "A Red Flower" by Claude McKay.

Homework: Finish long form essays.

10/22/07

English 3

Launch: What advice would you give Elizabeth in regard to her relationship with her husband? (How should she treat him after finding out he had an affair? Should she forgive him and trust him again now that he has apologized and ended the affair?) What advice would you give John about his relationship with his wife? (How can he win back her trust? Should he even try to save the relationship?)

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading Act 2.
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

When Astronomer Galileo observed sunspots in 1610 church leaders were angry that he’d suggest the sun wasnt perfect today we no sunspots are just the sun’s relatively cold areas.

Agenda
1. Go over sentence corrections.
2. Begin unit 1.

English 4

Launch: Imagine that your parents don't really believe that you are going to all of your classes and doing your work, so they've paid one of your classmates to check up on you and tell them what you are doing during class, lunch, and after school. What would you do once you found out this was going on?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading Act 2
3. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Define this week's vocabulary words.

Agenda
1. Read ch. 13 of Sound & Sense.

Homework: Work on long form essays. Due Friday.

10/19/07

English 3 & 4

Launch: Check the grade print out and write down your missing assignments.

Agenda
This is the time of the quarter that I usually give you one day of class time to reevaluate your grade, figure out what you are missing, ask me questions about assignments, and get the work turned in. Next Friday is the last day of the first quarter; all make up work will be due by 3:30 that day. Please use the time in class today wisely, so that you can raise your grade.

You may use the computers today ONLY to check the class website for the launches and assignments you are missing. Please write down what you are missing, then return to your seat to complete the work so that others may use the computer.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

Rutherford B Hayes the 19th president of the United States was born in Delaware Ohio in 1822 and following a quiet dramatic election became president in March 1877 at age 54.

Agenda
1. Correct sentence.
2. Discuss Practice Writing Task.
3. Write essay.

AP

Launch: Meet with your poem group and prepare for presentation.

Agenda
1. Presentations.
2. Meet in longform groups to review/revise thesis statements.
3. Turn in thesis statements.

Homework: Read independent book.

10/18/07

English 3

Launch: Summarize what you read yesterday.

Agenda
1. Continue reading Act II.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence.

According to a newspaper in Franklin County Ohio dog names used a lot in that county include Lady Bear Ginger Maggie and Brandy but the dogs name used the most is Max.

Agenda
1. Correct sentence.
2. Go over and discuss practice test.

English 4

Launch: Prepare your Hamlet & Ophelia scene.

Agenda
1. Hamlet & Ophelia encounter performances.
2. Watch Hamlet & Ophelia encounter in films.
3. Discuss.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Complete exercise 1 at the end of chapter 12.

Agenda
1. Vocabulary quiz.
2. Discuss chapter 12.

Homework: Work on group longform.

10/16/07

English 3

Launch: Look over the questions on the practice quiz for Act I of The Crucible. Answer as many as you can.

Agenda
1. In pairs, complete the practice quiz.
2. Go over correct answers.
3. Begin reading Act II.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

In eight hours fifty one miles and three sets of locks you can pass threw the Panama Canal but first you have to pay a toll which can be as much as $100000 for a large cruise ship.

Agenda
1. Correct launch.
2. Finish practice quiz.

English 4

Launch: Do you think your parents would trust you to go away to college? Why or why not? What might your parents do if they were worried about you?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Begin reading 2.1.
3. Perform the encounter between Hamlet and Ophelia.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Read and respond to "We Real Cool" (around page 188).

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read chapter 11.

Homework: Work on group longform.

10/15/07

English 3

Launch: Summarize Act I.

Agenda
1. Review Act I by completing the multiple choice questions.
2. Discuss film adaptation of the first act.
3. Begin reading Act II.
4. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the sentence:

I know Dr Mitchells hole address (street city state and zip) is 209 Buena Vista Ave
Northport NE 68409 but you listed the street address as 209 Buena Vista Dr

Agenda
1. Go over sentence corrections.
2. Discuss PSAT
3. Finish practice test questions.

English 4

Launch: Summarize Act I.

Agenda
1. Review Act I.
2. Discuss film scenes from Thursday.
3. Begin reading Act II.
4. Turn in reading logs.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Define vocabulary words.

Agenda
1. Read chapter 11 of Sound and Sense.

Homework: Work on group long form.

10/11/07

English 3

Launch: If you were in a similar situation to Tituba, what would you have done? For example, what if you had been accused of stealing someone's iPhone and you were only given two options: pay back the cost of the phone or be expelled from school and arrested.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Discuss end of Act I.
3. Watch Act I of the movie.
4. On your launch page, answer the question, "What does this filmmaker want you to think about each character? What make you think this?"

Homework: Independent reading.

CAHSEE Prep.

Launch: Correct the following sentence:

The United States has controlled the land around about the Panama Canal sense
November 1903 but on December 31 1999 that control returns to Panama.

Agenda
1. Go over launch corrections.
2. Begin working on practice test.

English 4

Launch: Have you ever been in a situation where you knew you should do something, but you really didn't want to? What did you end up doing?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Compare film versions of the opening of the play and 1.4-5.
3. On your launch paper, answer the question, "What does each filmmaker want the audience to think about the situation and the characters? Explain what gives you this information."

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Find your multi-page copy of the sample AP multiple choice prompt I gave you a week or so ago. (It says "Sample Examination I" at the top and the prompt is a poem called "An Epitaph.") With a partner, read the poem and then answer the multiple choice questions.

Agenda
1. Go over sample test questions.
2. Define vocabulary words.
3. Turn in Mending Wall essay.

Homework: Work on group long form.

10/10/07

English 3

Launch: What are some superstitions that people have about witches and the devil? In general, what other types of superstitions do people have?

Agenda
1. Tea party.
2. Discuss launch.
3. Continue reading Act 1.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: If you were to perform part of Act 1, which part would you do and why? Which character would you want to be and why?

Agenda
1. Introduction to blocking.
2. Block the end of 1.5.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Vocabulary quiz.

Agenda
1. Go over tone
2. Meet with long form group.

Homework: Work on Mending Wall essay. Begin working on group long form. Thesis statements due 10/19.