3/31/08

English 3

Launch: With a partner, summarize what we have seen so far of the Star Wars trilogy.

Agenda
1. Review launch.
2. Finish watching Return of the Jedi.
3. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Describe what life is like in 1984.

Agenda
1. Review launch.
2. Continue reading excerpts from 1984.
3. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Summarize what we have read so far of Dorian Gray.

Agenda
1. Review launch.
2. Read and discuss chapter 7.

Homework: Read and summarize chapter 8.

3/21/08

English 3

Launch: None. Get out your hero/Star Wars notes.

Agenda
1. Finish watching Return of the Jedi.
2. Turn in notes.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Explain the paradoxical slogan "War is Peace."

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading excerpt from 1984.
3. Turn in launches.

Homework: independent reading.

AP

Launch: Quickly review for the vocabulary quiz.

Agenda
1. Vocab quiz.
2. Turn in 1999 essays.
3. Read chapter 6 of Dorian Gray.
4. Turn in launches.

Homework: Finish independent book and journal. (It's due the week we get back from break.)

3/20/08

English 3

Launch: Complete final check on page 79 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Continue watching and taking notes on Return of the Jedi.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Using Winston's creation of Comrade Ogilvy as a model, create your own version of today's "ideal" citizen.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading and discussing excerpts from 1984.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Develop a thesis statement for Hamlet's soliloquy in which you analyze the literary devices that Shakespeare uses to communicate the theme of the speech.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Discuss chapter 4 of Dorian Gray.
3. Read and discuss chapter 5.

Homework: Read chapter 6 of Dorian Gray.

3/19/08

English 3

Launch: Complete Sentence check 2 on pages 78-9 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Review hero characteristics and quest stages.
3. Begin watching and taking notes on Return of the Jedi.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: In your own words, explain the slogan "ignorance is strength." How might a government use this slogan to its advantage?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Continue reading and discussing excerpts from 1984.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Develop a thesis statement for Hamlet's soliloquy in which you analyze the literary devices that Shakespeare uses to communicate the theme of the speech.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Discuss chapter 4 of Dorian Gray.
3. Read and discuss chapter 5.

Homework: Read chapter 6 of Dorian Gray.

3/18/08

English 3

Launch: Complete Sentence check 1 on page 78 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Discuss Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
3. Begin watching Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. Continue to take notes.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: What does the phrase "science fiction" mean to you? What purpose could it possibly serve?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Begin reading and discussing excerpts from 1984.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Complete a close reading/analysis of Hamlet's "To Be or Not to Be" soliloquy. (Handout on projector. Use dictionary as needed.)

Agenda
1. Go over launch.
2. Discuss chapter 4 of Dorian Gray.
3. Read chapter 5.

Homework: Work on essays.

3/17/08

English 3

Launch: Complete pages 76 and 77 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Turn in reflective essay outline, if you have not already done so.
3. Write your reflective essay.
4. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Finish essay if not completed in class.

English 4

Launch: Review "The Wog" with a partner.

Agenda
1. Quiz.
2. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Look over vocab definitions.

Agenda
1. Read and discuss chapter 3 of Dorian Gray.

Homework: Read and summarize chapter 4 of Dorian Gray.

3/14/08

English 3

Launch: Vocabulary Quiz.

Agenda
1. Write reflective essay draft.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Summarize "The Wog."

Agenda
1. Quiz.
2. Discuss "The Wog."
3. Turn in launches.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: What effect do you think Dorian Gray's conversation with Lord Henry will have on him?

Agenda
1. Go over yesterday's practice AP exam.
2. Finish chapter 2 of Dorian Gray.
3. Discuss launch.
4. Turn in launches.

Homework: Essays.

3/12/08

English 3

Launch: Complete Sentence check 2 on pages 64-65 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Work on make up and extra credit.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Which of yesterday's poems was your favorite? Why?

Agenda
1. Finish discussing poems from yesterday.
2. Begin reading "The Wog."

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

3/11/08

English 3

Launch: Complete Sentence Check 1 on page 64 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Read final sample essay for sensory details.
3. Work on outline/brainstorming worksheet.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Considering your own group's observations and our class discussion about the poem "Diving Into the Wreck", what message do you think the poet is trying to convey?

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read handout with four poem. As you read in groups, take notes about what you feel may be the message of each poem.
3. Class discussion of poems.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Begin brainstorming ideas for the three 1999 AP essay questions.

Agenda
1. Finish reading and discussing chapter 1.
2. Choose a vocabulary word from chapter 1 of Dorian Gray and write it up on the board. (If we are running out of words, feel free to skim through chapter 2 as well.)
3. Begin reading chapter 2.

Homework: 1999 essays.

3/10/08

English 3

Launch: Complete pages 62-63 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Read sample reflection essays, looking for sensory details.
3. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: What do you think the author of "Dhowli" is trying to say about her society? Explain.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read and discuss the poem "Diving into the Wreck" in groups. What is the message of the poem?
3. Discuss the poem as a class.
4. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: Read the "Preface" on pages 21-22 of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read and discuss chapter 1.
3. Choose vocabulary words from the chapter.

Homework: Work on 1999 AP exam essays.

3/7/08

English 3

Launch: Complete the final check on page 61 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Read and discuss sample reflective essay.
3. Finish "Mother Tongue" questions.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: Summarize part 1 of "Dhowli."

Agenda
1. Discuss launch.
2. Read and discuss part 2.
3. Turn in launches.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

Launch: On a separate piece of paper, write down the vocabulary words, the definitions, and examples (for extra credit).

Agenda
1. Once you have finished the quiz and turned it in, get a copy of the AP scoring worksheet. Calculate a hypothetical score based on the sample multiple choice test we worked on last week and any three of your essays that you have gotten back with a score.
2. Turn in launches and thesis writing activity from this week.
*Note: Please bring The Picture of Dorian Gray to class next week.

Homework: Work on independent book and journal

3/6/08

English 3

Launch: Complete sentence checks 1 & 2 on pages 60-61 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Read and discuss sample reflective essays. Take notes on the sensory details in each essay.

Homework: Independent reading.

English 4

Launch: What is the main conflict in the story "Dhowli"? How do you think it should be resolved and why? How do you think it will end up being resolved?

Agenda
1. Discuss what you have read so far.
2. Finish reading the story in your groups.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

3/4/08

English 3

Launch: Complete pages 58-59 of your vocabulary book.

Agenda
1. Go over launch answers.
2. Discussion: What does it mean to reflect?
3. Introduction to reflective essay.
4. Brainstorm possible responses.
5. Read sample essay.

Homework: Independent reading.

Standard: 2.3 Write reflective compositions:
a. Explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description, exposition, persuasion).
b. Draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life.
c. Maintain a balance in describing individual incidents and relate those incidents to more general and abstract ideas.

English 4

Launch: How would you define your group of friends? How would other people at school define your group? Thinking about the last person who became a part of your group, how did this person become your friend? What did he/she have in common with the rest of the group?

Agenda
1. Watch video clip.
2. Discussion: Do cliques exist? What impact do they have on individuals and on the school as a whole?
3. Discussion: How do cliques compare with social class?
4. Introduction to "Dhowli" and what to look for as you read.

Homework: Independent reading.

Standard: 3.3 Analyze the ways in which irony, tone, mood, the author's style, and the "sound" of language achieve specific rhetorical or aesthetic purposes or both. (How does the narrator's attitude toward and portrayal of the characters affect how you feel about them?)

AP

Launch: Write down or mark vocabulary words on your list.

Agenda
1. Finish reading and discussing "The Waste Land."
2. Turn in burial essay.

Homework: Work on independent book and journal.

3/3/08

English 3

Period 4: See Friday's agenda.

Period 6: Check grade print out and work on make up work.

English 4

Launch: Check grade print out.

Agenda
1. Work on make up work.
2. Turn in reading log.

Homework: Independent reading.

AP

In-class essay.