Wednesday 5/15: finish reading Romeo and Juliet and permission slip to watch film
Homework: get permission slip signed
Homework: get permission slip signed
Monday 5/13: read Romeo and Juliet (finish Act 3)
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday and Friday: read Romeo and Juliet to Act 3 Scene 4
Wednesday 5/8: start reading Romeo and Juliet (through Act 1 Scene 4)
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 5/6: finish webquest
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 5/3: Shakespeare webquest: please write answers on a piece of lined paper
Homework: Webquest due the end of class on Monday 5/6
Homework: Webquest due the end of class on Monday 5/6
Wednesday and Thursday 5/1 and 5/2: MAPS Testing
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 4/29: William Shakespeare power point
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 4/26: finish place speeches
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 4/25: continue place speeches
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 4/24: start presenting place speeches
Homework: none unless your place speech is not done
Homework: none unless your place speech is not done
Monday 4/22: work on place speech
Homework: place speech due next class period
Homework: place speech due next class period
Friday 4/19: work on place speech
Homework: place speech
Homework: place speech
Thursday 4/18: Night test and start Place Speech
Homework: place speech will be due Wednesday 4/24
Homework: place speech will be due Wednesday 4/24
Wednesday 4/17: finish reading Night and study for test tomorrow.
Homework: study
Homework: study
Monday 4/15: read chapter 7 of Night
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 4/12: discuss reading from yesterday, social contract and read to page 98.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 4/11: read to page 85
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 4/10: read to page 65 and quiz
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 4/8: read to page 57 of Night
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 4/5: fun day
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 4/4: read chapters two and three of Night
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 4/3: read the first chapter of Night
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 4/1: finish presentations and assign copies of Night
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 3/29: PEAKS testing
Homework: if you have not presented your identity representation you will go on Monday 4/1
Homework: if you have not presented your identity representation you will go on Monday 4/1
Thursday 3/28: PEAKS testing
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 3/27: start presenting identity representations
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 3/25: pass back character and start identity representation
Homework: identity representation
Homework: identity representation
Friday 3/22: I'm Still Here, video about teen diaries during the Holocaust.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 3/21: power point on WW2 and Holocaust and video on lives lost during WW2
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 3/20: quick write, power points on Judaism and Night by Elie Wiesel
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 3/18: write three paragraphs about what you did over the spring break. You must write three paragraphs that are at least five sentences each. Once you have finish your paragraphs you will need to find three other students. From talking with your classmates, you will write another paragraph about what your classmates did during the break.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 3/7: watch Percy Jackson
Homework: none, have a good break
Homework: none, have a good break
Wednesday 3/6: finish TKAM and review
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 3/4: continue watching TKAM film
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 3/1: turn in TKAM final and start watching movie
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 2/28: work on final for TKAM
Homework: Final due tomorrow
Homework: Final due tomorrow
Wednesday 2/27: continue working on TKAM final
Homework: final due Friday
Homework: final due Friday
Monday 2/25: peer edit rough drafts of TKAM essays
Homework: start editing rough draft and character tracking due Wednesday 2/27
Homework: start editing rough draft and character tracking due Wednesday 2/27
Friday 2/22: work on TKAM final
Homework: rough draft of essay due Monday
Homework: rough draft of essay due Monday
Thursday 2/21: sample introduction for essay and work day.
Homework: work on TKAM Final
Homework: work on TKAM Final
Wednesday 2/20: start final for TKAM
Homework: start working on final
Rough Draft due Monday 2/25
Character Tracking due Wednesday 2/27
Final Draft, Rough Draft, Peer Edit and Outline due Friday 3/1
Homework: start working on final
Rough Draft due Monday 2/25
Character Tracking due Wednesday 2/27
Final Draft, Rough Draft, Peer Edit and Outline due Friday 3/1
Friday 2/15: last quiz for TKAM
Homework: Character Tracking
Homework: Character Tracking
Thursday 2/14: group chapter questions/present and police report handout.
Homework: police report handout
Homework: police report handout
Wednesday 2/13: work day
Homework: finish reading TKAM
Homework: finish reading TKAM
Monday 2/11: read TKAM
Homework: finish book by Friday
Homework: finish book by Friday
Friday 2/8: quiz and counselor visit.
Homework: read
Homework: read
Thursday 2/7: Group chapter questions and presentations, and read.
Homework: read
Homework: read
Wednesday 2/6: talk with classmate about character tracking, courtroom reporter handout, pass back work and read.
Monday 2/4: read silently
Friday 2/1: quiz on chapter 16-20 TKAM and discussion.
Thursday 1/31: lecture and notes on TKAM
Homework: read
Homework: read
Wednesday 1/30: group presentations on chapters 11-15
Homework: read
Homework: read
Monday 1/28: TKAM chapters 11-15 quiz and discussion
Homework: read chapter 16-20
Homework: read chapter 16-20
Friday 1/25: No school (icy road conditions)
Wednesday 1/23: "Who's Phone is This?" handout and read.
Homework: handout and reading
Homework: handout and reading
Monday 1/21: Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
Friday 1/18: chapters 6-10 and reading
Homework: start reading next section and character tracking
Homework: start reading next section and character tracking
Thursday 1/17: work day
Homework: read and character tracking
Homework: read and character tracking
Wednesday 1/16: A day in the life of the working poor activity
Homework: read
Homework: read
Monday 1/14: Chapter 5 questions in groups
Homework: read
Homework: read
Friday 1/11: quiz and reading time
Homework: reading
Homework: reading
Thursday 1/10: character discussion in groups, class discussion on chapter 3 and work time.
Homework: read for quiz
Homework: read for quiz
Wednesday 1/9: quick write, class discuss of chapters 1-2 of TKAM, and read.
Homework: continue reading for quiz on Friday
Homework: continue reading for quiz on Friday
Start of second semester
1/7/19 Monday: assign copies of To Kill A Mockingbird, and handout reading calendar
Homework: start reading for quiz on Friday 1/11
1/7/19 Monday: assign copies of To Kill A Mockingbird, and handout reading calendar
Homework: start reading for quiz on Friday 1/11
12/19 or 12/20: final
Homework: enjoy Christmas break
Homework: enjoy Christmas break
Tuesday 12/18: review for final
Homework: study
Homework: study
Monday 12/17: start looking at study guide
Homework: study for final
Homework: study for final
Friday 12/14: turn in Scottsboro Boys handout and discuss notes for final.
Homework: review and bring notes to class on Monday
Homework: review and bring notes to class on Monday
Thursday 12/13: finish watching documentary
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 12/12: start watching documentary about the Scottsboro boys trial and handout.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 12/10: turn in webquest, "Incident" by Countee Cullen and "A Words Meaning" by Gloria Naylor
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 11/30: EARTHQUAKE!
Thursday 11/29: presentation on To Kill A Mockingbird and TKAM webquest
Homework: webquest
Homework: webquest
Wednesday: turn in essay, start overview of To Kill A Mockingbird and presentation on unreliable narrator.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 11/26: dream journal due and read sample essay
Homework: outline, rough draft, peer edit and printed final draft of essay due next class period.
Homework: outline, rough draft, peer edit and printed final draft of essay due next class period.
Wednesday 11/21: peer edits
Homework: final draft due next week
Homework: final draft due next week
Monday 11/19: work on essay, and essay check-in with Mr.Scholtz
Homework: printed rough draft due on Wednesday 11/21
Homework: printed rough draft due on Wednesday 11/21
Friday 11/16: work on rough draft of essay
Homework: rough draft of essay due next Wednesday 11/21
Homework: rough draft of essay due next Wednesday 11/21
Thursday 11/15: work on essay
Homework: rough draft of essay due next Wednesday 11/21
Homework: rough draft of essay due next Wednesday 11/21
Wednesday 11/14: Assign Einstein's Dreams essay, essay outline and notes
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 11/9: read epilogue, find favorite and least favorite vignette and make sure dream journal is done.
Homework; finish dream journal
Homework; finish dream journal
Thursday 11/8: quick write, read June 20,22,27,28 and finish journal entries.
Homework: entries
Homework: entries
Wednesday 11/7: grammar, read June 11,15,17,18 and dream journal entries.
Homework: journal entries
Homework: journal entries
Monday 11/5: share book covers as a class, read 5 June, 9 June and dialectical journal entries
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 11/2: Einstein's Dreams book cover assignment
Homework: finish book cover
Homework: finish book cover
Thursday 11/1: quick write, read 22 May, 29 May, 2 June, 3 June and dream journal entries
Homework: finish entries
Homework: finish entries
Wednesday 10/31: pass back work, review 11 May, read 14 May, 20 May and dream journal entries.
Homework: dream journal entires
Homework: dream journal entires
Monday 10/29: read 8 May, 10 May, 11 May, and dream journal entries.
Homework: dream journal entries
Homework: dream journal entries
Thursday 10/25: read 26 April, 28 April, 3 May, 4 May and Interlude from Einstein's Dreams. Make sure to make journal entries for each vignette.
Homework: journal entries
Homework: journal entries
Wednesday 10/24: read 19 April 1905 and 24 April 1905 from Einstein's Dreams.
Homework: dream journal entries
Homework: dream journal entries
Monday 10/22: start reading Einstein's Dreams, read prologue, 14 April 1905, and 16 April 1905. Start dream journal summaries of each vignette.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 10/19: no school
Thursday 10/18: Einstein notes check and watch Einstein biography
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 10/17: finish presenting poem projects, watch videos on theory of relativity and string theory. Start discussing Einstein's Dreams and taking notes on Albert Einstein.
Homework: notes on Einstein, notes should include: what year and where he was born, childhood, professions, education, life, later years, and theories. Notes will be due at the beginning of next class period.
Homework: notes on Einstein, notes should include: what year and where he was born, childhood, professions, education, life, later years, and theories. Notes will be due at the beginning of next class period.
Monday 10/15: presenting poem project
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 10/12: work on poem project
Homework: poem project due Monday
Homework: poem project due Monday
Thursday 10/11: work on poem project
Homework: poem project
Homework: poem project
Wednesday 10/10: quick write and start poem project.
Homework: poem project
Homework: poem project
Monday 10/8: write 4 paragraphs about your weekend and haiku
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 10/5: share broadsides in groups and with the class.
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 10/4: look at acrostic poem by Edgar Allan Poe and start broadside assignment.
Homework: broadsides
Homework: broadsides
Wednesday 10/3: biography of Edgar Allan Poe and read "Annabel Lee"
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 10/1: analyze "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" by Emily Dickenson and "Annabel Lee" By Edgar Allan Poe
Homework: read and annotate "Annabel Lee"
Homework: read and annotate "Annabel Lee"
Friday 9/28: turn in homework and short class because of homecoming assembly
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 9/27: Oh Captain! My Captain! by Walt Whitman, turn in Where I'm From Poem, powerpoint on poetry and haiku handout.
Homework: Haiku Handout, write a haiku about one of the following: nature, animals, seasons, colors or contrasts. Also, students need to bring a printed copy of a poem they have found on their own. This can be any poem of their choosing.
Homework: Haiku Handout, write a haiku about one of the following: nature, animals, seasons, colors or contrasts. Also, students need to bring a printed copy of a poem they have found on their own. This can be any poem of their choosing.
Wednesday 9/26: grammar, analyze lyrics in groups, and Where I'm From Poem
Homework: Where I'm From Poem
Homework: Where I'm From Poem
Monday 9/24: review poems from Friday
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 9/21: turn in "Rhyme Time" poems and read and annotate poems by Billy Collins and Joy Harjo.
Thursday 9/20: work on simile and metaphor handout and "Rhyme Time" handout.
Homework: finish "Rhyme Time"
Homework: finish "Rhyme Time"
Wednesday 9/19: quick write and finish covering "Sam McGee"
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 9/17: read and analyze "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert Service
Homework: finish analyzing and annotating the poem
Homework: finish analyzing and annotating the poem
Friday 9/14: Fun write Friday
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 9/13: MAPS testing
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 9/12: MAPS testing
Homework: none
Homework: none
Monday 9/10: analyze "The History Teacher" by Billy Collins
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 9/7: Fun write
Homework: none
Homework: none
Thursday 9/6: poetic terms table, preface to Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman, and intro to slam poetry.
Homework:None
Homework:None
Wednesday 9/5: grammar, discuss "Harrison Bergeron" and start looking at poetry.
Homework: none
Homework: none
8/31: Read "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut and discussion questions.
Homework: discussion questions
Homework: discussion questions
8/30: grammar and class discussion on "EPICAC".
Homework: none
Homework: none
8/29: quick write, Kurt Vonnegut biography, read "EPICAC", and discussion questions.
Homework: discussion questions
Homework: discussion questions
8/27: listen to This American Life podcast
Homework: none
Homework: none
Friday 8/24: Finish reading "I Stand Here Ironing" and discussion questions.
Homework: finish discussion questions
Homework: finish discussion questions
Thursday 8/23: Reading vocabulary terms handout and start reading "I Stand Here Ironing" by Tillie Olsen
Homework: none
Homework: none
Wednesday 8/22: Quick write, read " Thank You Ma'am" by Langston Hughes and discussion questions.
Homework: discussion questions
Homework: discussion questions
Monday 8/20: Introduction, review syllabus, and quick write.
Homework: syllabus signature
Homework: syllabus signature