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MONDAY: (MAY 18)

NO Journal Entry Collect: The Language of Literature Textbook Collect: Extra Credit (including bathroom passes, author letters, and Level

D vocabulary words Activity: Final Exam Review Jeopardy Homework: Study for the Final Exam Good luck on your finals! Get 8 hours of sleep! Have a healthy breakfast!

TUESDAY: (MAY 19)

Collect: The Language of Literature Textbook Final Exams

Period 1—7:25-8:41 AM Period 2—8:47-10:03 AM Period 3—10:09-11:25 AM

WEDNESDAY: (MAY 20)

Final Exams Period 4/5—7:25-8:41 AM Period 6—8:47-10:03 AM Period 7—10:09-11:25 AM

THURSDAY: (MAY 21)

No School!!! (Teacher workday) Graduation Rehearsal 7:30 AM Graduation Ceremony at 7 PM

FRIDAY: (MAY 22)

No School!!! (Teacher workday) Enjoy your summer and stay safe, happy, & healthy!!! Remember to use

your VOICE to make a positive difference in the world. I will miss you guys!!! You can always visit me in the Library!

MONDAY: (MAY 11)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Quiz: Independent Reading Novel Test (10 Short Answer Questions) Collect: (Due Today) 4th Quarter Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Project. Make

sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class today.)

Activity: Begin Independent Reading Novel Project Presentations

TUESDAY: (MAY 12)

Journal Entry Activity: Finish Independent Reading Novel Project Presentations Activity: Watch clips from the video, “The Poetry Lounge” Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 13th) Vocabulary Unit 15 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 13th) Study for the Unit 15 Spelling Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (MAY 13)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry Collect: The Language of Literature Textbook Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 15 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 15 Spelling Quiz Activity: Finish watching clips from the video, “The Poetry Lounge” (if needed) Activity: Final Exam Review Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 14th) Vocabulary Unit 15 Vocab Sentences

with Context Clues Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 14th) Study for the Unit 15 Vocab Quiz

THURSDAY: (MAY 14)

Journal Entry Collect: The Language of Literature Textbook Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 15 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 15 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 15 Quiz Activity: Final Exam Review Homework Reminder: (Due Fri. the 15th) “The Voice” Reflection Essay

FRIDAY: (MAY 15)

Journal Entry (Journals graded today) Collect: The Language of Literature Textbook Collect: “The Voice” Reflection Essay (1 page, typed, size 12, Times New Roman font,

double-spaced) Activity: Final Exam Review Sentence Diagramming Homework: Study for the Final Exam Reminder: All missing tests/quizzes must be made up by TODAY, Friday, May

15th, by 3:15 PM (No exceptions!)

MONDAY: (MAY 4)

No Journal Entry Activity: Watch DVD Shakespeare Uncovered: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (PBS

Series) Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Literary Analysis (Due Friday the

8th) Homework Reminder: (Tues. the 5th) Sophomore Research Project “The Power of

the Voice” (Meet in Computer Lab E245 tomorrow)

TUESDAY: (MAY 5)

No Journal Entry Activity: Computer Lab E245 for Sophomore Research Project “The Power of

the Voice” Research for PowerPoint (Note: May 5th and 6th are to FINISH your PowerPoint. You should have already been working on it since you received the assignment on March 30th)

WEDNESDAY: (MAY 6)

Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release No Journal Entry Activity: Computer Lab E245 for Sophomore Research Project “The Power of

the Voice” Research for PowerPoint (Note: May 5th and 6th are to FINISH your PowerPoint. You should have already been working on it since you received the assignment on March 30th)

Activity: (Due Today) Submit PowerPoint (by the end of the period)

THURSDAY: (MAY 7)

No Journal Entry Activity: Sophomore Research Project “The Power of the Voice” PowerPoint

Presentations

FRIDAY: (MAY 8)

No Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Literary Analysis Activity: Sophomore Research Project “The Power of the Voice” PowerPoint

Presentations Handout: Vocabulary Unit 15 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 15 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Homework Reminder: (Monday the 11th) 4th Quarter Independent Reading Novel

(IRN) Project. Make sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class on Monday.)

MONDAY: (APR. 27)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Activity: Begin reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5

TUESDAY: (APR. 28)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Finish reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5 Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5 Study Guide Activity: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5 Study Guide Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5 Comic Strip Summary Activity: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5 Comic Strip Summary

WEDNESDAY: (APR. 29)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) Activity: Complete AMND 5 Study Guide Activity: Complete AMND Act 5 Comic Strip Summary Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 30th) AMND 5 Study Guide Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 30th) AMND Act 5 Comic Strip Summary Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 30th) Study for the AMND Act 5 Quiz

THURSDAY: (APR. 30)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) AMND 5 Study Guide Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 5 Comic Strip Summary Activity: Watch DVD A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 5 Quiz: Plot and Character Quiz for Act 5

FRIDAY: (MAY. 1)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Quiz: Daily Grammar Practice Post Quiz Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #5. (Make sure your Table of

Contents is updated, every page is labeled and numbered, and your materials are taped or stapled neatly on the appropriate page.)

Homework Reminder: (Tues. the 5th) Sophomore Research Project “The Power of the Voice”

MONDAY: (APR. 20)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 14 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 14 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 4, Scene 1 Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 4 Study Guide

TUESDAY: (APR. 21) SUBSTITUTE

NO Journal Entry Overhead Transparencies: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 4, Scene 2 Activity: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2 Study Guide Activity: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2 Comic Strip

Summary Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 22nd) Vocabulary Unit 14 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 22nd) Study for the Unit 14 Spelling Quiz


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech and Sentence Parts Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 14 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 14 Spelling Quiz Activity: Complete AMND Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2 Study Guide Activity: Complete AMND Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2 Comic Strip Summary Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 23rd) Vocabulary Unit 14 Vocab Sentences

with Context Clues

THURSDAY: (APR. 23)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 14 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Activity: Watch DVD A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 4 Quiz: Plot and Character Quiz for Act 4, Scenes 1 and 2 Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 24th) Study for the Unit 14 Vocab Quiz

FRIDAY: (APR. 24)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 14 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 14 Quiz Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #5. (Make sure your Table of


MONDAY: (APR. 13)

No Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 3 Study Guide Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 3 Comic Strip Summary Quiz: AzMerit Statewide Assessment—Writing Portion (don’t forget to bring a

pencil to class)

TUESDAY: (APR. 14)

No Journal Entry Quiz: AzMerit Statewide Assessment—Reading Portion Part 1 (don’t forget to

bring a pencil to class)


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) Activity: Begin watching DVD A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3

THURSDAY: (APR. 16)

No Journal Entry Quiz: AzMerit Statewide Assessment—Reading Portion Part 2 (don’t forget to

bring a pencil to class)

FRIDAY: (APR. 17)

Journal Entry Quiz: Plot and Character Quiz for Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #5. (Make sure your Table of


MONDAY: (APR. 6)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 13 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 13 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Collect: (Finish Today) “The Power of the Voice” Research Topic of Focus and

Groups (if you choose to work with another student) Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3, Scene 1 Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3 Study Guide Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3 Comic Strip Summary

TUESDAY: (APR. 7) SPECIAL AIMS SCHEDULE

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: Complete AMND Act 3, Act 1 Study Guide Activity: Complete AMND Act 3, Scene 1 Comic Strip Summary Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 8th) Vocabulary Unit 13 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 8th) Study for the Unit 13 Spelling Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (APR. 8)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 13 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 13 Spelling Quiz Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3, Scene 2 Activity: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3, Scene 2 Study Guide Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 9th) Vocabulary Unit 13 Vocab Sentences

with Context Clues

THURSDAY: (APR. 9)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 13 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Activity: Finish reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 3, Scene 2 Activity: Continue working on AMND Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 Study Guide Activity: Continue working on AMND Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 Comic Strip Summary Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 10th) Study for the Unit 13 Vocab Quiz

FRIDAY: (APR. 10)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 13 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 13 Quiz Activity: Finish working on AMND Act 3 Study Guide (Due Mon. the 13th) Activity: Finish working on AMND Act 3 Comic Strip Summary (Due Mon. the 13th)

MONDAY: (MAR. 30)

NO Journal Entry Handout: “The Power of the Voice” Research Project Activity: Computer Lab E236 for Sophomore Research Project “The Power of

the Voice” Research for PowerPoint

TUESDAY: (MAR. 31)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization and Parts of

Speech Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 2, Scene 2 Activity: Complete AMND Act 2 Study Guide Activity: Complete AMND Act 2 Comic Strip Summary

WEDNESDAY: (APR. 1)

Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Watch DVD A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 2 Free Pizza Today provided by Ms. Walker. All the pizza you can eat. For free. Pizza,

Pizza, Pizza! (Disclaimer: This may or may not be an April Fool’s Joke.)

THURSDAY: (APR. 2)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose and Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 2 Study Guide Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 2 Comic Strip Summary Collect: (Due Today) “The Power of the Voice” Research Topic of Focus and

Groups (if you choose to work with another student) Quiz: Plot and Character Quiz for Act 2, Scenes 1 and 2

FRIDAY: (APR. 3)

No School Today: Have a great 3 day weekend!!!!

MONDAY: (MAR. 23)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Activity: Students select 30 Spelling Words for the Spelling Review Test Units 10-

12 (10 words from each unit) Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 1, Scene 2 Activity: Complete AMND Act 1 Study Guide Activity: Complete AMND Act 1 Comic Strip Summary

TUESDAY: (MAR. 24)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Watch DVD A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 1 Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 1 Study Guide Collect: (Due Today) AMND Act 1 Comic Strip Summary Quiz: Plot and Character Quiz for Act 1, Scenes 1 and 2 Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 2 Study Guide Activity: Begin reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 2, Scene 1 Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 25th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 10–12

Spelling Quiz Per. 1: aspire, bleak, chide, despicable, impair, mire, obtrusive, preamble, render, slipshod,

brevity, concise, depreciation, deteriorate, enlightened, garble, recoil, reek, squander, staccato, autocratic, blanch, blasphemy, brawny, humane, illustrious, irreverent, lithe, maltreat, and ponder.

Per. 2: adept, bleak, chide, despicable, diminutive, emancipate, exploit, impair, mire, render, demure, depreciation, enlightened, garble, quaver, recoil, reek, relentless, rivulet, squander, appreciable, blasphemy, brawny, contend, humane, illustrious, intolerable, laborious, maltreat, and ponder.

Per. 3: aspire, diminutive, erroneous, exploit, extemporaneous, languid, obtrusive, preamble, skeptical, slipshod, comport, depreciation, deteriorate, enlightened, garble, proponent, recoil, relentless, rivulet, staccato, blanch, blasphemy, illustrious, intolerable, irreverent, laborious, lithe, temperate, venomous, and wily.

WEDNESDAY: (MAR. 25)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Test: Spelling Review Test Units 10-12 (30 words selected by students) Activity: Finish reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 2, Scene 1

THURSDAY: (MAR. 26) SUBSTITUTE

NO Journal Entry Activity: Complete AMND Act 2, Scene 1 Study Guide Activity: Complete AMND Act 2, Scene 1 Comic Strip Summary Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 27th) Study for the Unit 10-12 Vocab Quiz

FRIDAY: (MAR. 27)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose and Sentence Diagramming Test: Vocabulary Review Test Units 10-12 (60 words, Definitions Only, Multiple-

Choice, Divided by Units) Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 2, Scene 2

MONDAY: (MAR. 16)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 12 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 12 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Collect: (Due Today) List of 5 books from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English Reading

List. (Use the Sophomore English tab/Quarterly Independent Reading Novel tab on Ms. Walker’s website to access the directions if you can’t remember how to access the list.)

Activity: Library Book Check Out (You need your ID) Handout: Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Quarter 4 Project (Due Monday, May

4th)

TUESDAY: (MAR. 17)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: Discuss Examples of Student Work of the Independent Reading Novel (IRN)

4th Quarter Project Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Character Handout Activity: Color-Coding AMND Character Handout Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 18th) Vocabulary Unit 12 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 18th) Study for the Unit 12 Spelling Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (MAR. 18)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 12 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 12 Spelling Quiz Activity: William Shakespeare Introduction—Read ”Shakespeare’s Life” from The

Folger Shakespeare Library Edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 19th) Vocabulary Unit 12 Vocab Sentences

with Context Clues

THURSDAY: (MAR. 19)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 12 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Handout: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 1 Study Guide Activity: Read A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 1, Scene 1 Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 20th) Study for the Unit 12 Vocab Quiz

FRIDAY: (MAR. 20)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 12 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 12 Quiz Activity: Finish reading A Midsummer Night’s Dream (AMND) Act 1, Scene 1 Reminder: Extra Credit Opportunity—Staff v Students Charity Basketball Game

Tonight at 7 PM in the large gym. $5 Entrance Fee goes to the awesome Make a Wish Foundation (Arizona Chapter)

MONDAY: (MAR. 2) SUBSTITUTE

Journal Entry Handout: Vocabulary Unit 11 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 11 Etymologies Sheet Overhead Transparencies: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Collect: (Due Today) Optional Extra Credit Job Shadow / Interview Activity (20

points possible) Activity: View: “Ready for Work: Qualities that Count with Employers” Handout: “Ready for Work: Qualities that Count with Employers” Video Viewing

Guide Reminder: All missing tests/quizzes must be made up by Thursday, March 5th, by

3:15 PM

TUESDAY: (MAR. 3)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Quiz: Business Unit Open Note Review Quiz (From Parachute and the Business Unit

PowerPoint (available on Ms. Walker’s website.) Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 4th) Vocabulary Unit 11 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 4th) Study for the Unit 11 Spelling Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (MAR. 4)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 11 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 11 Spelling Quiz Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 5th) Vocabulary Unit 11 Vocab Sentences with

Context Clues Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 5th) Study for the Unit 11 Vocab Quiz

THURSDAY: (MAR. 5)

Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) 3rd Quarter Extra Credit (Bathroom Pass) Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 11 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 11 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 11 Quiz Reminder: All missing tests/quizzes must be made up by TODAY, Thursday, March

5th, by 3:15 PM (Exception: If the student had an excused absence today.)

FRIDAY: (MAR. 6)

Schedule “E”—Double Assembly Schedule (Ms. Walker’s 3rd hour class comes to class first and then we’ll attend the 2nd assembly)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) Activity: Go to MacLab (in the library) to locate 5 Book Titles for 4th Quarter IRN

(from Ms. Walker’s reading list) Homework Reminder: (Due Monday, March 16th) 5 Book Titles for 4th Quarter IRN Homework Reminder: Have a safe, happy, and healthy Spring Break!

MONDAY: (FEB. 23)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Quiz: Independent Reading Novel Test (10 Short Answer Questions) Collect: (Due Today) 3rd Quarter Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Project. Make

sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class today.)


TUESDAY: (FEB. 24)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Finish Independent Reading Novel Project Presentations PowerPoint: Begin “Writing a Formal Business Letter”

WEDNESDAY: (FEB. 25)

REGULAR Schedule “A”— NO Early Release Today!!! (Due to AIMS) Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts PowerPoint: Finish “Writing a Formal Business Letter” Handout: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Personality Test Activity: Write a Rough Draft of a Formal Business Letter

THURSDAY: (FEB. 26)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: Guest Speaker from Human Resources Department (Periods 1 & 2) Activity: Finish writing a Rough Draft of a Formal Business Letter Homework: (Due Friday the 27th) Typed Formal Business Letter

FRIDAY: (FEB. 27)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Typed Formal Business Letter Handout: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Handout: The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009

MONDAY: (FEB. 16)

No School Today: Happy President’s Day!

TUESDAY: (FEB. 17)


Speech Handout: Vocabulary Unit 10 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 10 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Activity: Guest Speakers from Junior Youth Program


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) Collect: (Due Today) Career Mosaic Activity: Begin Career Mosaic Presentations Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 19th) Vocabulary Unit 10 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 19th) Vocabulary Unit 10 Vocab Sentences

with Context Clues Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 19th) Study for the Unit 10 Spelling Quiz

THURSDAY: (FEB. 19)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 10 Spelling Copy Sheets Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 10 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 10 Spelling Quiz Activity: Finish Career Mosaic Presentations Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 20th) Study for the Unit 10 Vocab Quiz

FRIDAY: (FEB. 20)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 10 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 10 Quiz

MONDAY: (FEB. 9)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 12 Group PPT Presentation and

Activity (Students who were assigned Chapter 12 should have emailed Ms. Walker the PPT ahead of time, rehearsed, need to be prepared for the presentation and the activity, and need to be dressed appropriately for the presentation in professional interview attire.)

Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #4 on Tuesday. (Make sure your Table of Contents is updated, every page is labeled and numbered, and your materials are taped or stapled neatly on the appropriate page.)

TUESDAY: (FEB. 10)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Activity: Notebook Check #4 (Make sure your Table of Contents is updated, every

page is labeled and numbered, and your materials are taped or stapled neatly on the appropriate page.)

Activity: Introduce Career Mosaic Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are

always welcome! (In the Library Seminar Room)


Schedule “D”—Half Day NO Journal Entry Activity: Career Mosaic (Research using Netbooks in class)

THURSDAY: (FEB. 12)

NO Journal Entry Activity: Junior Year Registration in Guidance (If you are absent, Ms. Walker will

turn your Pink Registration signed form in for you.) Activity: Career Mosaic (Research using Netbooks in class)

FRIDAY: (FEB. 13) SUBSTITUTE

NO Journal Entry Activity: Career Mosaic (Research using Netbooks in class)

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MONDAY: (FEB. 2)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Activity: Students select 30 Spelling Words for the Spelling Review Test Units 7-9

(10 words from each unit) Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 10 Group PPT Presentation and


Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!

(In the Library Seminar Room)

TUESDAY: (FEB. 3)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Self-Assessment Activity: Color Quiz Personality Questionnaire

WEDNESDAY: (FEB. 4)

Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 11 Group PPT Presentation and


Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 5th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 7-9 Spelling Quiz

Per. 1: adieu, apex, bogus, exorbitant, metropolis, obstreperous, pensive, shoddy, surly, vagrant, console, dilate, dross, dwindle, flippant, institute, preposterous, rabid, sparse, warp, candid, cubicle, flair, horde, impel, incredulous, inscribe, monologue, repugnant, and scuttle.

Per. 2: advent, apex, assimilate, bogus, metropolis, obstreperous, pensive, shoddy, sprightly, surly, asylum, dilate, dross, dwindle, flippant, immunity, preposterous, rejuvenate, sterling, warp, drudgery, envoy, escalate, heterogeneous, horde, impel, inscribe, monologue, rasping, and scuttle.

Per. 3: advent, apex, bogus, exorbitant, interim, metropolis, momentous, obstreperous, shoddy, sprightly, asylum, dilate, flippant, immunity, institute, liability, remunerate, sterling, venture, warp, auxiliary, drudgery, envoy, expedient, feign, heterogeneous, horde, impel, monologue, and repugnant.

THURSDAY: (FEB. 5)

NO Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose and

Sentence Diagramming Test: Spelling Review Test Units 7-9 (30 words selected by students) Activity: View “Interviewing: Getting Ready” starring the Standard Deviants Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 6th) Junior Year Pink Registration form due (Signed by

teachers and parent/guardian) Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 6th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 7-9 Quiz

FRIDAY: (FEB. 6)

NO Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Junior Year Pink Registration signed form due Test: Vocabulary Review Test Units 7-9 (60 words, Definitions Only, Multiple-Choice,

Divided by Units) Activity: View “Interviewing: Putting Your Best Foot Forward” starring the

Standard Deviants

MONDAY: (JAN. 26)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 9 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 9 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Collect: (Due Today) Résumé (typed and accurate) Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 4 Group PPT Presentation and


Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are


TUESDAY: (JAN. 27)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 PowerPoint: Business Unit Day 2 Information (Continued) Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 28th) Vocabulary Unit 9 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 28th) Study for the Unit 9 Spelling Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (JAN. 28)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts, Clauses, Sentence Type, &

Purpose, and Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 8 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 8 Spelling Quiz Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 5 Group PPT Presentation and


Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 29th) Vocabulary Unit 9 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues

THURSDAY: (JAN. 29)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose PowerPoint: Business Unit Day 3 Information Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 9 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Homework Reminder: (Due Fri. the 30th) Vocabulary Unit 9 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 30th) Study for the Unit 9 Vocabulary Quiz

FRIDAY: (JAN. 30)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 9 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 9 Quiz Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 9 Group PPT Presentation and


MONDAY: (JAN. 19)

No School Today: Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!

TUESDAY: (JAN. 20)


Speech Collect: (Due Today) “Getting a Job” questions on page 417: “Comprehension Check”

questions (all 3 bullets) and “Think Critically” questions 3, 4, and 5. Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 2 Group PPT Presentation and



Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) PowerPoint: Business Unit Day 1 Information Activity: Application Practice

THURSDAY: (JAN. 22)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 3 Group PPT Presentation and


FRIDAY: (JAN. 23)

Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming PowerPoint: Business Unit Day 2 Information PowerPoint: Résumé Design 101 Homework: (Due Mon. the 26th) Résumé (typed and accurate)

MONDAY: (JAN. 12)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 8 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 8 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Activity: TedTalks Video: Angela Lee Duckworth—”The Key to Success? Grit.” Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are


TUESDAY: (JAN. 13)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter 1 Group PPT Presentation and


Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 14th) Vocabulary Unit 8 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 14th) Study for the Unit 8 Spelling Quiz


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry (Journals Graded Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts, Clauses, Sentence Type, &

Purpose, and Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 8 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 8 Spelling Quiz Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 15th) Vocabulary Unit 8 Vocab Sentences with

Context Clues Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 15th) Vocabulary Unit 8 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 15th) Study for the Unit 8 Vocabulary Quiz

THURSDAY: (JAN. 15) SUBSTITUTE

No Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 8 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 8 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 8 Quiz Activity: Read the excerpt, “Getting a Job,” from I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou from the textbook (page 411). Activity: Answer questions on page 417: “Comprehension Check” questions (all 3

bullets) and “Think Critically” questions 3, 4, and 5.

FRIDAY: (JAN. 16)

No Journal Entry Activity: Meet in Computer Lab E237 for Guidance Counselor Presentation regarding

Registration for Junior Year

MONDAY: (JAN. 5)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Collect: (Due Today) List of 5 books from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English Reading


Activity: Library Book Check Out (You need your ID) Handout: Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Quarter 3 Options (Due Monday, Feb. 23rd) PowerPoint: Begin SMART Goals

TUESDAY: (JAN. 6)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Collect: (Due Today) Anthem Individualism vs. Collectivism Outline (Remember to print

and bring your article from the Subscription Databases on the Corona Library page.) PowerPoint: Finish SMART Goals Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter PPT Group Assignment

WEDNESDAY: (JAN. 7)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Computer Lab E245 Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter Group PPT’s

THURSDAY: (JAN. 8)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: Computer Lab E245 Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter Group PPT’s

FRIDAY: (JAN. 9)

Dave Matthew’s Birthday! Happy birthday, Dave! Journal Entry PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Activity: Computer Lab E245 Activity: What Color is Your Parachute Chapter Group PPT’s

MONDAY: (DEC. 15)

Journal Entry Test: Anthem Test (30 Multiple-Choice Questions) Collect: (Due Today) 2nd Quarter Extra Credit (Bathroom Pass) Activity: Fall Final Exam Study Time (Study Guide available on Ms. Walker’s

website) Reminder: All missing tests/quizzes must be made up by TODAY, Monday,

Dec. 15th, by 3:15 PM (Exception: If the student had an excused absence today.) Homework: (Due Monday, January 5th) 5 Book Titles for 3rd Quarter IRN Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are


TUESDAY: (DEC. 16)

Journal Entry Activity: Fall Final Exam Jeopardy Review Activity: Computer Lab to create list of 5 books from Ms. Walker’s

Sophomore English Reading List. (Use the Sophomore English tab/Quarterly Independent Reading Novel tab on Ms. Walker’s website to access the directions if you can’t remember how to access the list.)

Homework: (Due Monday, January 5th) 5 Book Titles for 3rd Quarter IRN

WEDNESDAY: (DEC. 17)

Schedule “F”—Finals NO Journal Entry Final Exams

Period 1—7:25-8:41 AM Period 2—8:47-10:03 AM Period 3—10:09-11:25 AM


THURSDAY: (DEC. 18)

Schedule “F”—Finals NO Journal Entry Final Exams

Period 4/5—7:25-8:41 AM Period 6—8:47-10:03 AM Period 7—10:09-11:25 AM


FRIDAY: (DEC. 19)

No School Today (Teacher Workday Only) Have a safe, happy, and healthy Winter Break!!!

MONDAY: (DEC. 8)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 7 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 7 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 8-9) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide

TUESDAY: (DEC. 9)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Quiz: Anthem Plot Quiz (Chapters 7-9) Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 10th) Vocabulary Unit 7 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 10th) Study for the Unit 7 Spelling Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (DEC. 10)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 7 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 7 Spelling Quiz Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Chapters 10-11) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 11th) Vocabulary Unit 7 Vocab Sentences with

Context Clues

THURSDAY: (DEC. 11)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 7 Vocab Sentences with Context Clues Activity: Finish reading Anthem (Ch. 12) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide Activity: Watch “Anthem” video Activity: Watch “Phil Donohue” interview with Ayn Rand Homework Reminder: (Due Fri. the 12th) Vocabulary Unit 7 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 12th) Study for the Unit 7 Vocabulary Quiz

FRIDAY: (DEC. 12)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 7 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 7 Quiz Activity: Finish watching “Phil Donohue” interview with Ayn Rand Handout: Anthem Individualism vs. Collectivism Research Assignment

MONDAY: (DEC. 1)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Quiz: Independent Reading Novel Test (10 Short Answer Questions) Collect: (Due Today) 2nd Quarter Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Project. Make sure

you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class today.)


TUESDAY: (DEC. 2)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Finish Independent Reading Novel Project Presentations

WEDNESDAY: (DEC. 3)

Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 4 and 5) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide

THURSDAY: (DEC. 4)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 6) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide Quiz: Anthem Plot Quiz (Chapters 4-6)

FRIDAY: (DEC. 5)


Journal Entry PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Quiz: Sentence Diagramming Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 7) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide

MONDAY: (NOV. 24)

Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) The final draft of the Original Science Fiction Short Story (Ms.

Walker is collecting the following FOUR items stapled in this order: 1) Final Draft (typed and revised) (Times New Roman, Size 12, Double-Spaced) 2) Peer Edit Handout (Completed) 3) Assignment/Rubric 4) Rough Draft (typed and edited)

Activity: Original Science Fiction Short Story Group Share Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Finish Ch. 1) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide

TUESDAY: (NOV. 25)

Journal Entry Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 2-3) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #3 on Wednesday. (Make sure your

Table of Contents is updated, every page is labeled and numbered, and your materials are taped or stapled neatly on the appropriate page.)

WEDNESDAY: (NOV. 26)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry Quiz: Anthem Plot Quiz (Chapters 1-3) Activity: Notebook Check #3 (Make sure your Table of Contents is updated, every

page is labeled and numbered, and your materials are taped or stapled neatly on the appropriate page.)

Homework Reminder: (Mon. the 1st) 2nd Quarter Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Project. Make sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List (if you’re not already finished reading it) and that you finish and turn in your project on Monday. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class on Monday.)

THURSDAY: (NOV. 27) Thanksgiving

Day!

No School Today—Happy Thanksgiving Day! Homework Reminder: (Due Mon. December 1st) 2nd Quarter Independent Reading

Novel (IRN) Project. Make sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List (if you’re not already finished reading it) and that you finish and turn in your project on Monday. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class on Monday.)

FRIDAY: (NOV. 28)

No School Today—Happy “Black Friday” Shopping Day! Homework Reminder: (Due Mon. December 1st) 2nd Quarter Independent Reading

Novel (IRN) Project. Make sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List (if you’re not already finished reading it) and that you finish and turn in your project on Monday. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class on Monday.)

Don’t forget to celebrate “Small Business Saturday” by shopping or dining at a local

business.

MONDAY: (NOV. 17)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization PowerPoint: “The Last Flower” by James Thurber Handout: Original Science Fiction Short Story (Typed Rough Draft due Thursday, Nov.

20th. Typed Final Draft Due Monday, Nov. 24th) PowerPoint: Anthem Introduction

TUESDAY: (NOV. 18)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Handout: Anthem Study Guide Activity: Begin reading Anthem (Ch. 1) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Handout: Science Fiction Short Story Matching Review Study Guide Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 20th) Finish writing and type your rough draft of

your Original Science Fiction Short Story

THURSDAY: (NOV. 20)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: (Due Today) Peer Edit Original Science Fiction Short Story (Typed Final

Draft Due Monday, Nov. 24th) Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 1) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 21st) Study for the Science Fiction Short Stories Test

FRIDAY: (NOV. 21)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Test: Science Fiction Short Stories (the ones that we read in class) You should have

studied “The Elements of a Short Story” Handouts for this test (*If you were absent for any of the stories, you should have read them as make-up work for this test.)

“Harrison Bergeron” (textbook pg. 21) “A Sound of Thunder” (textbook pg. 72) “The Pedestrian” (textbook pg. 96) “Searching for Summer” (textbook pg. 31)

Activity: Continue reading Anthem (Ch. 1) Activity: Answer the questions on the Anthem Study Guide Homework Reminder: (Mon. the 24th) Edit, revise, and proofread your TYPED Original

Science Fiction Short Story Final Draft

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MONDAY: (NOV. 10) SUBSTITUTE

NO Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “A Sound of

Thunder” Collect: (Due Today) Jurassic Haiku Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) Activity: Read the short story “Searching for Summer” by Joan Aiken with a taped

recording (textbook pg. 31) (Reminder—you do NOT need to bring your textbook to class. We have a class set.)

Activity: Begin filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Searching for Summer”

TUESDAY: (NOV. 11)

No School Today—Happy Veteran’s Day!


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry Activity: Finish filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Searching

for Summer” Collect: (Due Today) “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Searching for

Summer”

THURSDAY: (NOV. 13)

Journal Entry Activity: Begin reading the short story “The Pedestrian” by Ray Bradbury (textbook

pg. 96) Activity: Fill out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “The Pedestrian”

FRIDAY: (NOV. 14) SUBSTITUTE

NO Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “The Pedestrian” Quiz: Read the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” by Ray Bradbury (textbook

pg. 86) and answer 5 Multiple-Choice Questions and 1 short answer.

MONDAY: (NOV. 3)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Collect: (Due Today) Original ending for “All Summer in a Day” (1 page minimum) Activity: Students select 30 Spelling Words for the Spelling Review Test Units 4-6

(10 words from each unit) Activity: Read Kurt Vonnegut Jr.’s “Harrison Bergeron” Short Story (textbook pg.

21) (Reminder—you do NOT need to bring your textbook to class. We have a class set.)

Activity: Begin filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Harrison Bergeron”

TUESDAY: (NOV. 4)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Continue filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Harrison

Bergeron” Activity: Watch “2081” (a short film adaptation of “Harrison Bergeron”) (Note—if

you are absent today, you will need to go to the CdS library to make up this video this week.)

Activity: Class discussion—Compare “2081” to “Harrison Bergeron” Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 5th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 4-6 Quiz

Per. 1: abscond, access, anarchy, auspicious, biased, daunt, fated, hoodwink, inanimate, revile, accomplice, annihilate, arbitrary, brazen, latent, morose, prattle, rebut, slapdash, stagnant, atone, defray, doleful, ghastly, hew, incessant, lucid, posthumous, prim, and taunt.

Per. 2: access, anarchy, biased, daunt, fated, hoodwink, inanimate, incinerate, intrepid, revile, accomplice, annihilate, brazen, catalyst, exodus, facilitate, militant, morose, prattle, rebut, bondage, diligent, doleful, ghastly, hew, incessant, posthumous, prim, sardonic, and superfluous.

Per. 3: abscond, arduous, auspicious, biased, disentangle, inanimate, incinerate, precipice, rectify, revile, accomplice, catalyst, exodus, latent, militant, opaque, paramount, prattle, rebut, slapdash, credible, doleful, ghastly, hamper, incessant, posthumous, prim, sardonic, superfluous, and tenacious.

WEDNESDAY: (NOV. 5)

Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Test: Spelling Review Test Units 4-6 (30 words selected by students) Activity: Fill out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Harrison Bergeron”

THURSDAY: (NOV. 6)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “Harrison

Bergeron” Activity: Begin reading the short story “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury

(textbook pg. 72) Activity: Begin filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “A Sound of

Thunder” Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 7th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 4-6 Quiz

FRIDAY: (NOV. 7)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Test: Vocabulary Review Test Units 4-6 (60 words, Definitions Only, Multiple-Choice,

Divided by Units) Activity: Finish reading “A Sound of Thunder” Short Story (textbook pg. 72) Activity: Finish filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “A Sound of

Thunder” Activity: Jurassic Haiku

MONDAY: (OCT. 27)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Handout: Vocabulary Unit 6 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 6 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Activity: Library Book Renewal (You need to bring your library book today.) PowerPoint: Characteristics of Dystopian Science Fiction (take notes)

TUESDAY: (OCT. 28)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 29th) Vocabulary Unit 6 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 29th) Study for the Unit 6 Spelling Quiz Activity: Read “The Censors” Short Story (handout) Activity: Begin “The Censors” Short Story Group Activity

WEDNESDAY: (OCT. 29)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 6 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 6 Spelling Quiz Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 30th) Vocabulary Unit 6 Vocab Sentences Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 30th) Vocabulary Unit 6 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 30th) Study for the Unit 6 Vocabulary Quiz Activity: Finish “The Censors” Short Story Group Activity

THURSDAY: (OCT. 30)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 6 Vocab Sentences Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 6 Vocab Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 6 Quiz Activity: Read “All Summer in a Day” Short Story (handout) Homework: Original ending for “All Summer in a Day” (1 page minimum) Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!

(In the Library Classroom)

FRIDAY: (OCT. 31)

Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Halloween Party Extra Credit (if the class met their goal) Activity: Watch “All Summer in a Day” (Note—if you are absent today, you will need

to go to the CdS library to make up this video.)

MONDAY: (OCT. 20)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Collect: (Due Today) Night Study Guide (*Some students chose to turn it in on Friday,

Oct. 17th.) Activity: Notebook Check #2 (Make sure your Table of Contents is updated, every

page is labeled and numbered, and your materials are taped or stapled neatly on the appropriate page.) (*Some students chose to turn it in on Friday, Oct. 17th.)

Handout: Night Character & Quote Assignment (Due Thursday, October 23rd) Activity: Work on the Night Character & Quote Assignment

TUESDAY: (OCT. 21)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Continue to work on the Night Character & Quote Assignment


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Jeopardy Review for Night Character Quiz and Night Unit Exam PowerPoint: Holocaust PowerPoint Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 23rd) Night Character & Quote Assignment Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 23rd) Study for the Night Character Quiz

THURSDAY: (OCT. 23) SUBSTITUTE

NO Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Night Character & Quote Assignment Quiz: Night Character Quiz (Matching, 21 characters) Activity: Begin Holocaust Documentary, “I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People

Who Lived During the Holocaust” Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 24th) Study for the Night Unit Exam Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!


FRIDAY: (OCT. 24)

NO Journal Entry Test: Night Unit Exam (50 questions total: 20 Matching, 5 True/False, 5 Identify the

Speaker of the Quote, 20 Multiple-Choice) Activity: Finish viewing Holocaust Documentary, “I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young

People Who Lived During the Holocaust”

MONDAY: (OCT. 13)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 5 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 5 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Collect: (Due Today) List of 5 books from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English Reading


Activity: Library Book Check Out (You need your ID) Handout: Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Quarter 2 Options (Due Monday, December

1st)

TUESDAY: (OCT. 14)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #2 on Monday. (Make sure your


Homework Reminder: (Due Weds. the 15th) Vocabulary Unit 5 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 15th) Study for the Unit 5 Spelling Quiz


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 5 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 5 Spelling Quiz Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #2 on Monday. (Make sure your


THURSDAY: (OCT. 16)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 5 Vocab Sentences Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped

recording of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read along in class. Homework Reminder: (Due Fri. the 17th) Vocabulary Unit 5 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 17th) Study for the Unit 5 Vocabulary Quiz Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!


FRIDAY: (OCT. 17)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 5 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 5 Quiz Activity: Finish reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording of

the book) Activity: Finish answering the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read along in

class.

MONDAY: (SEPT. 29)

Journal Entry Handout: Vocabulary Unit 4 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 4 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Quiz: Independent Reading Novel Test (10 Short Answer Questions) Collect: (Due Today) 1st Quarter Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Project. (Make sure

you read a novel from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List and that you completed 1 of the 10 projects listed on Ms. Walker’s website.)

Activity: Begin Independent Reading Novel Project Presentations Homework Reminder: (Due Tues. the 30th) Vocabulary Unit 4 Copy Sheet Homework Reminder: (Tues. the 30th) Study for the Unit 4 Spelling Quiz

TUESDAY: (SEPT. 30)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 4 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 4 Spelling Quiz Activity: Finish Independent Reading Novel Project Presentations Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped

recording of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in

class.

WEDNESDAY: (OCT. 1)

Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 4 Vocab Sentences Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class. Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 2nd) Vocabulary Unit 4 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Thurs. the 2nd) Study for the Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

THURSDAY: (OCT. 2)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 4 Etymologies Collect: (Due Today) 1st Quarter Extra Credit (Holocaust Film & Bathroom Pass) Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 4 Quiz Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class. Reminder: All missing tests/quizzes must be made up by TODAY, Thursday,

Oct. 2nd, by 3:15 PM (Exception: If the student had an excused absence today.) Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!


FRIDAY: (OCT. 3)

NO Journal Entry Quiz: District-Mandated Assessment on Night

MONDAY: (SEPT. 22)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Quiz: Night Plot Quiz (Chapters 1-3) (6 questions—3 Multiple-Choice & 3 Short

Answer) Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class. Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always

welcome! (In the Library Seminar Room)

TUESDAY: (SEPT. 23)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class.

WEDNESDAY: (SEPT. 24)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class.

THURSDAY: (SEPT. 25)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class. Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!


FRIDAY: (SEPT. 26)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Quiz: Night Plot Quiz (Chapters 4-6) (8 questions—3 Multiple-Choice & 5 Short

Answer. 1 bonus question for extra credit.) Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class. Homework Reminder: (Due Mon. the 29th) 1st Quarter Independent Reading Novel

(IRN) Project. Make sure you read the novel that you selected from Ms. Walker’s Sophomore English List (if you’re not already finished reading it) and that you finish and turn in your project on Monday. (Don’t forget to bring your project and your fiction novel to class on Monday.)

MONDAY: (SEPT. 15)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Activity: Students select 30 Spelling Words for the Spelling Review Test Units 1-3 (10

words from each unit) Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording

of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in class. Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always

welcome! (In the Library Seminar Room)

TUESDAY: (SEPT. 16)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Homework Reminder: Study for the Spelling Review Test Units 1-3:

Per. 1: breach, brigand, deadlock, debris, diffuse, dilemma, efface, muddle, opinionated, relinquish, adjourn, alien, compensate, fodder, fortify, jeer, mediocre, proliferate, sully, terse, abridge, altercation, condone, fabricate, irate, pauper, rift, surmount, terminate, and usurp.

Per. 2: admonish, breach, brigand, cumbersome, deadlock, debris, diffuse, efface, muddle, salvage, comely, compensate, erratic, expulsion, fodder, fortify, illegible, mediocre, proliferate, sully, adherent, altercation, cherubic, eminent, exorcise, irate, marauder, obesity, pauper, and terminate.

Per. 3: breach, commandeer, cumbersome, deadlock, debris, diffuse, efface, relinquish, salvage, unbridled, compensate, dissolute, erratic, fodder, fortify, illegible, lucrative, proliferate, subjugate, unflinching, adherent, cherubic, eminent, exorcise, marauder, pilfer, semblance, surmount, terminate, and usurp.

Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording of the book)

Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in class.


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Test: Spelling Review Test Units 1-3 (30 words selected by students) Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording

of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in class.


Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording

of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in class. Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 20th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 1-3 Quiz Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome!


FRIDAY: (SEPT. 19)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Test: Vocabulary Review Test Units 1-3 (60 words, Definitions Only, Multiple-Choice,

Divided by Units) Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording

of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in class.

MONDAY: (SEPT. 8)

“Flood of the Century!” Ms. Walker was unable to make it to school today because her family room flooded due to the heavy rain.

Friends of the Library Club Meeting Cancelled due to rain. The next meeting will be

on Sept. 15th.

TUESDAY: (SEPT. 9)


Speech Handout: Vocabulary Unit 3 Spelling Copy Sheet (Due Fri. the 12th) Handout: Vocabulary Unit 3 Etymologies Sheet (Due Fri. the 12th) PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-10 Handout: Night Study Guide (This will be checked periodically and collected when we

finish the book.) Activity: Begin reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped recording

of the book) Activity: Answer the questions on the Night Study Guide as we read the book in

class.


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts and Clauses, Sentence Type,

& Purpose PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-20 Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class. Homework Reminder: (Due Thurs. the 11th) Vocabulary Unit 3 Vocab Sentences with

Context Clues


No Journal Entry Today Activity: Meet in E237 for Sophomore ECAPS Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 3 Vocab Sentences Homework: (Due Fri. the 12th) Vocabulary Unit 3 Spelling Copy Sheets Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 12th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 3 Spelling Quiz Homework Reminder: (Due Fri. the 12th) Vocabulary Unit 3 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 12th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always

welcome! (In the Library Classroom)

FRIDAY: (SEPT. 12)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 3 Etymologies Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 3 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 3 Spelling Quiz Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 3 Quiz Activity: Continue reading Night by Elie Wiesel (following along with a taped


class.

MONDAY: (SEPT. 1)

!

No School Today—Happy Labor Day!

TUESDAY: (SEPT. 2)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation &

Capitalization & Parts of Speech Activity: Class discussion about “The Elements of a Short

Story” Handout for “No Witchcraft for Sale” by Doris Lessing (pg. 148 of the textbook) (Persia / Southern Rhodesia)

Activity: KWL—Hitler and the Holocaust (on mini whiteboards) Collect: (Due Today) “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout

for “No Witchcraft for Sale”


Schedule “H”—Academic Lab and Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Handout: Timeline of the Holocaust/Guide to Jewish

References in Night Handout Handout: “Victims of the Holocaust” Fill-in-the-Blank Notes

Handout Activity: Begin “Victims of the Holocaust” PowerPoint

presentation

THURSDAY: (SEPT. 4)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, &

Purpose Activity: Finish “Victims of the Holocaust” PowerPoint

presentation Handout: Introduction to Night Fill-in-the-Blank Notes

Handout Activity: Introduction to Night PowerPoint presentation

FRIDAY: (SEPT. 5)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Activity: Renew Independent Reading Novels in the Library Quiz: Grammar Review Quiz (19 questions and 1 sentence

diagram)

MONDAY: (AUG. 25)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Handout: Vocabulary Unit 2 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 2 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-5 Activity: Fill out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “A Very Old Man

with Enormous Wings” and complete the accompanying questions Homework: (Due Weds. the 27th) Vocabulary Unit 2 Spelling Copy Sheets Friends of the Library Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are


TUESDAY: (AUG. 26)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 6-10 Activity: Read “No Witchcraft for Sale” Short Story by Doris Lessing (pg. 148 of

the textbook) (Persia / Southern Rhodesia) Handout: “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “No Witchcraft for Sale”

Homework: (Due Weds. the 27th) Vocabulary Unit 2 Spelling Copy Sheets Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 27th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 2 Spelling

Quiz

WEDNESDAY: (AUG. 27)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-15 Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 2 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 2 Spelling Quiz Activity: Continue reading “No Witchcraft for Sale” Short Story by Doris Lessing

(pg. 148 of the textbook) (Persia / Southern Rhodesia)

THURSDAY: (AUG. 28)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 16-20 Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 2 Vocab Sentences Activity: Finish reading “No Witchcraft for Sale” Short Story by Doris Lessing (pg.

148 of the textbook) (Persia / Southern Rhodesia) Activity: Prepare Notebooks for Notebook Check #1 on Friday. (Make sure your


Homework Reminder: (Due Fri. the 29th) Vocabulary Unit 2 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Fri. the 29th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always

welcome! (In the Library Classroom)

FRIDAY: (AUG. 29)


Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 2 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 2 Quiz Activity: Notebook Check #1 Activity: Finish filling out “The Elements of a Short Story” Handout for “No

Witchcraft for Sale”

MONDAY: (AUG. 18)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry (Grade Week 1’s journals today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Punctuation & Capitalization Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 1 Etymologies Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz

TUESDAY: (AUG. 19)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Parts of Speech Activity: Read “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” by Russian Author Leo

Tolstoy Homework: Bring your Picture Packet for School Yearbook Pictures Weds.


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Parts Activity: School Yearbook Pictures in Auditorium (Don’t forget your

picture packet if you plan on purchasing your pictures) Activity: Begin “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” Short Story Group

Activity

THURSDAY: (AUG. 21)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Clauses, Sentence Type, & Purpose Activity: Finish “How Much Land Does a Man Need?” Short Story Group

Activity

FRIDAY: (AUG. 22)

Journal Entry (Grade Journals Today) PowerPoint: Daily Grammar Practice—Sentence Diagramming Collect: (Due Today) Daily Grammar Practice—Week 1 Activity: Renew Independent Reading Novels in the Library Activity: Read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Columbian author

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

MONDAY: (AUG. 11)

Journal Entry Handout: Vocabulary Unit 1 Spelling Copy Sheet Handout: Vocabulary Unit 1 Etymologies Sheet PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 1-5 Activity: Work on writing Rough Draft “Who Are You” Brochure Homework: (Due Weds. the 13th) Vocabulary Unit 1 Spelling Copy Sheets

TUESDAY: (AUG. 12)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 6-10 Activity: Fill-in-the-Blank Vocabulary Unit 1 Story (Pairs) Homework: (Due Weds. the 13th) Vocabulary Unit 1 Spelling Copy Sheets Homework Reminder: (Weds. the 13th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 1 Spelling Quiz Homework reminder: (Due Weds. the 13th) “Who Are You” Brochure (All brochures

are due on Weds. the 13th no matter which day you signed up to present.)


Schedule “B”—Early Release Journal Entry PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 11-15 Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 1 Spelling Copy Sheets Quiz: Vocabulary Unit 1 Spelling Quiz Collect: (Due Today) “Who Are You” Brochure (All brochures due today no matter

which day you signed up to present.) Activity: Share one paragraph from “Who Are You” Brochure (This depends on the

day you signed up to share.) 1st: Madi, TJ, JT, Jake, Adrienne, and Susan 2nd: Seth, Teri, Cynthia, Lauren, Isabel, and Jacob S 3rd: Madi, Alyssa, Ethan, Lillian, Josh O, and Josh W

THURSDAY: (AUG. 14)

Journal Entry PowerPoint: Vocabulary Etymologies words 16-20 Collect: (Due Today) Vocabulary Unit 1 Vocab Sentences Activity: Share one paragraph from “Who Are You” Brochure (This depends on the

day you signed up to share.) 1st: Brooklyn, Jaclyn, Chase, Tanner, Tiana, Nataani, Ara, Julissa, James,

Jacob F, Marianna, Tommy, Ben, and Alyssa 2nd: Nick, Kevin, Simrah, Amanda, Heba, Shane, Alex A, Austin, Daniel,

Cheyanne, Alex B, Yazmine, and Charlsie 3rd: Tyrese, Ashley, Maria, Tyler, Shreya, Catherine, Nicos, Ryan, Mica,

Alana, and Jack

Make a Wish Club Meeting After School at 2:20—New members are always welcome! (In the Library Classroom)

FRIDAY: (AUG. 15)

Journal Entry Activity: Share one paragraph from “Who Are You” Brochure (This depends on the

day you signed up to share.) Homework reminder: (Due Mon. the 18th) Vocabulary Unit 1 Etymologies Homework Reminder: (Mon. the 18th) Study for the Vocabulary Unit 1 Quiz

1st: Megan, Jazz, Justin, Diego, David, Tyler, Ziad, Anthony, Brittany, Ronny, Parker, Alex, and Chloe

2nd: Danielle, Saban, Sienna, Hunter, Sam, Johnny, Keila, Emma, Max, Jacob, Marian, and Colton

3rd: Vignesh, Jeremy, Dani, Cesar, Dre, Riley, Tylee, Amani, Aaron, and Kyla

MONDAY: (AUG. 4)

First Day of the 2014-2015 School Year!!! Handout: Fill out Student Information Sheet PowerPoint: Syllabus Policies & Procedures Handout: Syllabus Activity: Play “Dice to Meet You!” Game Homework: (Due Weds. the 6th) Bring $1 to purchase 2 composition notebooks from

Ms. Walker OR bring 2 composition notebooks (must have 100 sheets/200 pgs). Homework: (Due Fri. the 8th) Go online to Ms. Walker’s website & go on the link to

Sophomore English library list. Find 5 books on the list that you would like to read for 1st Quarter’s Independent Reading Novel Project. (Demonstrated in class.) (You’re only actually going to read 1 book but that book might be checked out so you need back-ups just in case.) Your list will be collected for points.

Homework: (Due Fri. the 8th) Have Parent/Guardian read & sign the Syllabus Signature handout

TUESDAY: (AUG. 5)

Collect: (Due Friday) Parent/Guardian Signed Syllabus handout Quiz: Four Writing Styles Activity: “I Am” Poem Homework reminder: (Due Weds. the 6th) Bring $1 to purchase 2 composition

notebooks from Ms. Walker OR bring 2 composition notebooks (must have 100 sheets/200 pages).

WEDNESDAY: (AUG. 6)

Schedule “B”—Early Release Collect: (Due Friday) Parent/Guardian Signed Syllabus handout Handout: Discuss “The Fab Four Writing Styles” Handout: (Due Weds. the 13th) Discuss “Who Are You” Brochure Activity: Work on writing Rough Draft “Who Are You” Brochure

THURSDAY: (AUG. 7)

Journal Entry Collect: (Due Friday) Parent/Guardian Signed Syllabus handout Collect: (Due Today) $1 to purchase 2 composition notebooks OR 2 composition

notebooks Activity: Notebook Set-Up (If you are not prepared and don’t have your notebooks

in class today, you will need to do this on your own time.) Activity: Work on writing Rough Draft “Who Are You” Brochure Homework reminder: (Due Fri. the 8th) Go online to Ms. Walker’s website & go on the

link to Sophomore English library list. Find 5 books on the list that you would like to read for 1st Quarter’s Independent Reading Novel Project. (Demonstrated in class.) (You’re only actually going to read 1 book but that book might be checked out so you need back-ups just in case.) Your list will be collected for points.

Homework: Bring your student ID to class on Friday for Library Book Check Out Homework reminder: (Due Fri. the 8th) Have Parent/Guardian read & sign the

Syllabus Signature handout

FRIDAY: (AUG. 8)

Journal Entry Collect: (Due Today) Parent/Guardian Signed Syllabus handout Collect: (Due Today) List of 5 books from Sophomore English Reading List. Activity: Library Book Check Out (You need your ID) Handout: Independent Reading Novel (IRN) Quarter 1 Options (Due Monday,

September 29th) Activity: Classroom Expectations Game Homework reminder: (Due Weds. the 13th) “Who Are You” Brochure

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