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.