January 2010

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Parent-Teacher Conferences

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Teacher In-Service

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College Engish: 

Research Revisions/Prologue of The Canterbury Tales (characterization of all pilgrims)

Eng. 12:

In English Fundamentals complete pages 265 to 270.

Adv. Eng. 11:

Study Island Assessment due March 31st and notes from "American Romanticism," pages 138 145.  This is due Monday, 01/25.

Eng. 12: 

"Main Idea" handout questions 1 to 8.

If not yet complete, work on Study Island "Prefixes, Suffixes, and Root Words" AND "Antonyms and Synonyms."

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College English:

Read The Prologue and analyze the character of the following pilgrims:the Miller, the Plowman, the Pardoner, and the Summoner.

English 12:

Study the Glossary of Usage.  Complete handouts and all exercises from pages 265 to 272 (Unless you have been absent, you have finished almost all of these exercises already.)

Adv. English 11:   

Take notes on American Romanticism, pages 138 to 145.

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College English:

Studyfor Medieval Llterature test.

Draft your comparison essay for Friday.

English 12:

Study for the Glossary of Usage test.

Advanced English 11:

Answer all questions about the poem Thanatopsis (on the worksheet with the poem.)

English 11, 9th period:

Work on all assigned Study Island exercises.    (Assignments marked on Study Island website)

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College English:

Draft comparison essay for Friday.  Be ready to type!!

English 12:

N/A

Advanced English 11:

Read Washington Irving's biography in lit books.  Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" for Monday.  Answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 on page 162.

English 11:

Complete all Study Island assignments. (list at Study Island website)

Eng. 11 (Period 9):

Complete "Detail Questions" handout.

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College English:

Draft comparison essay for Monday.

English 12:

N/A

Advanced English 11:

See yesterday's assignments.

English 11:

Complete all Study Island assignments. (list at Study Island website)

Period 1:

Complete "Detail Questions" handout.

February 2010

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College English: N/A

English 12: Page 139 in English Fundamentals

Advanced English 11:

Answers all questions about "The Devil and Tom Walker" (handout and textbook). See last Friday's assignments for more specificc.

English 11:

Period 1: "Answering Detail Questions"

Period 9: N/A

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 College English: N/A

English 12:

145-146 in English Fundamentals

Adv. English 11:

Study Island assignments

Begin to review all authors covered in section on Romanticism.

English 11:

Study Island Assignments (earn an 80%!!!)

Pd. 9--Tone exercise (a handout)

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College English: Work on comparison paper.  Make certain that you read and reread your next paragraph.  (Edit for style and grammar.  Make the conent specific and appropriate.

English 12:

Study for Misplaced/Dangling Modifier test.

Advanced English:

Look over "The Bells." Be ready to read your parts. 

English 11:

Pd 1: Finish Handout on Connotation and Denotation (if you did not finish it in class).

Pd. 9: Look over all worksheets and terms (inference, main idea, tone, etc.) to prep for practice PSSA test tomorrow.

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College English:

N/A

English 12:

PD 3: N/A

PD 4: HW: Your Dangling Modifier test has now moved to Monday.  Please review before you come in, or you may forget the rules!

Adv. English:

HW:

Work on Study Island Assignments if you are online at home!

English 11:

HW:

Look over all worksheets and terms (inference, main idea, tone, etc.) to prep for practice PSSA test on Monday.

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 College English:

HW: Read "The Pardoner's Tale" on 146 to 153.  In notebooks answer this question:  How does his tale reflect his personality, as revealed in The General Prologue?

English 12:

HW: N/A (Test Today)

English 11:

HW: N/A (PSSA practice test today)

Advanced English 11:

HW: Read biography of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, the section titled "Make the Connection,"  and 'The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls." (Pages 170-172)  Answer the "Making the Connection" question in your notebooks.

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College English:

HW:

Questions 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 on 154 in British Literature book

Edit research papers.

Advanced English 11:

 HW: Study Island Assignments/Look over all notes on Romanticism and Romantic writers

English 12:

N/A

English 11:

N/A

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College English:

Edit research draft

English 12:

Page 160 in English Fundamentals

English 11: N/A

Adv. Eng. 11:

Begin to study for Wed.'s test on all Romantic writers covered in class.

Snow Day/Make-up

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 HW:

College English:

Edit Research Drafts

(Make an appointment to stay if you need help!)

English 12:

Pd. 3--study for test on  Illogical Comparisons and Faulty Parallel Structure

Pd. 4--page 160 in English Fundamentals

Adv. Eng. 11:

Study for test on Romanticism; complete Study Island assignments

English 11:

Handout on Bias and Propaganda

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HW:

College English: Edit your research drafts....make an appointment to stay after school if you need extra help.

English 12:

HW: Study for test on Illogical Comparisons and Faulty Parallel Structure (period 3 must finish)

English 11:

Work on "Biases" handout ("Arts Education is Priceless").  Label all biases you find within the article.

Advanced English 11:  Look over notes/literature from Romantic period in preparation for the written section of the test.

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College English: Read

the Wife of Bath's Tale in the literature book.  Be ready for open book quiz on plot, theme, etc.

English 12:

N/A (unless you need to make up the Parallel Structure quiz)

Advanced English 11:

English 11:

Read "Cleaning Up College Basketall," page 289.  Be ready to complete a quiz on biases within the article tomorrow.

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 HW:

College English:

Edit/revise your research drafts

English 12: Passive Voice handout and book work (page 55)

Advanced English 11:

Takes notes on Transcendentalism (146-147; read and take notes on Emerson (pages 179 -180); andread the  excerpt from Nature and answer boxed questions (182-183).

English 11:

Finish the article "Cleaning Up College Basketball."  Record all biases on the handout.

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Take notes on the introduction to the Renaissance in your literature books for tomorrow.

Advanced English 11:

Complete the handout from class today.  (Questions about "Self-Reliance")  Be ready to discuss.

English 12:

Period 3 only)Complete your group's questions on the Pronoun Reference handout.

English 11:

If you did not finish coming up with your own examples of specific logical fallacies (bandwagon, implication by association, etc.) make certain that is finished for Thursday.  This information is on a handout I gave to you in class.

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College English:

Edit your research paper. 

Advanced English:  In lit book read "Economy" on pages 193 to 196.  Answer appropriate study guide questions.

English 12:

Period 4 only: Complete Pronoun Reference questions on handout.

English 11:

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March 2010

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College English:

You should all be working on the research revisions.

Advanced English 11:

Read "Where I Lived and What I Lived for" in the lit. book.  Answer appropriate questions on the handout.  You should also be working to complete all Study Island Assignments.  These assignments are listed on that website.

English 11:

Work on all assigned Study Island assignments that you have not yet completed with an 80%.

English 12:

You can begin to review parallel structure, illogical comparisons, dangling and misplaced modifiers, usage, and passive and active voice for next week's test that will incorporate all these errors.

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College English:

As always, work on that revision of your research paper.  make an appointment to come and get help!

Read to the end of Act I, scene i and answer all study guide questions.  Look up five unfamiliar words and define them.

Adv. English 11: Look closely at the last column of "Conclusion," by Thoreau.  Determine what Thoreau is saying about society by telling the story of the insect in the table.

English 11: If online at home, work on Study Island assignments.  The marking period ends next week!

English 12:  You will be finishing your Pronoun Reference test tomorrow.  Remember that next Friday you have a test on all grammar points covered in English Fundamentals (in addition to pronoun reference).  Begin to review now.

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College English: Revise Research papers.  Read the rest of Act I, scene ii.  Make certain all study guide questions for scenes i and ii are complete.

Advanced English 11:

Study for test on Emerson and Thoreau.  Think about the essay question (given to you in class) before you come in!

English 12: N/A

English 11:  Study Island assignments

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College English: Revise Research papers.  Read up to page 51 in Hamlet.  Define five unfamilar words adn answer all study guide questions.

Advanced English 11:

 Think about the essay question (given to you in class) before you come in! (Find one concern Thoreau would have with today's society.  Think of his words and be prepared to use them as support in your response.

English 12: N/A

English 11:  Complete all assigned Study Island sections by Thursday.  Aim for an 80%.

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 College English:

Finish reading Hamlet's conversation with his father.  Answer study guide questiond.

Adv. English 11:

Work on essay question for the 26th.  Complete E-O worksheets.

English 12: N/A

English 11: N/A

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College English:

Study Act I for Friday...make certain your vocabulary is ready to turn in. 

Edit your research paper.

Advanced English 11:

Find and label biases and faulty logic in "Arts Education" handout and PSSA test "Teenage Driving."

English 12: N/A

English 11: All assigned Study Island sections.

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College English:

Study for Act I Hamlet test.

Advanced English 11:

Complete Study Island assignments.

English 12: N/A

English 11: (period 1)

Complete "Embedded Passages" handout.

Period 1 and 9: Complete all Study Island assignments for tomorrow! 

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2hr. Early Dismissal

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In-Service Day (No School for Students)

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 College English: Bring with you the handouts on writing the introductions.  Read through them carefully.

Adv. English 11:

Complete: Answering  Tone Questions." Complete the Connotation and Denotation exercise too.  Comlete Study Island too.  Your time is running out!!!

English 11: N/A

Eng. 12: N/A

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College English: Brainstorm ideas for in-class essay.  Come prepared to write!

Adv. English 11: Study Island assignments.

English 11, Pd1: Review comma rules for "Commas to Separate."  Be prepared for a test.

English 11, Pd.9: Comma Handouts

English 12: N/A

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College English: Draft Hamlet essay.  Come in on Monday ready to type.  It is due on Tuesday.

Advanced English 11: Work to complete Study Island assignments.

English 11: Complete 3 Study Island Writing assignments if you are online at home.

English 12: Fix the sample student outline given to you today on the handout.

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 College English: Finish your essay on Hamlet's emotions (Act I).

Advanced English 11: Complete Study Island assignments.

English 12: Read first article on Pet Therapy.  Read and take notes.  (Remember, you are trying to answer our research question).

English 11: N/A

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College English: Read Act II, Scene i to page 74 (where R and g enter the scene).  Answer all accompanying questions on the study guide.

Advanced English 11: Complete all Study Island assignments.  Write your Thoreau essay.  It is due on Friday!

English 11: N/A

English 12: Read and take notes on sources printed in class today.  Set up the bibliography for each.

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College English:  Make certain Act II study guide is complete.  If you did not completely understand what we covered in class, reread the section.  Work on your research draft.

Advanced English 11:  Complete Study Island assignments.  Work on the paper that is due on Friday!

English 11:  N/A

English 12:  Read and take notes on sources printed in class today.  Set up the bibliography for each.  Be thinking of how you could set up your outline. 

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College English:  You should, as always, be working on your research paper.

Advanced English 11:

Thoreau Paper is due tomorrow!

English 12: Read those articles and take notes.  Be thinking of a possible outline.

English 11: N/A

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College English:  Edit research assignment.

Advanced English 11:

Read handout titled "Simplicity."  Complete wordiness exercise.  Those who have not turned in a paper, you need to turn it in by Monday. You may email it to me through the school's website over the weekend.

English 11, Pd. 9:  Complete your informative essay on the prompt distributed in class today.  

English 12:  Read through your source information, take notes, set up the bibliography, and begin to put together a working outline.

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College English:  Work on that research draft...the deadline is approaching!

Advanced English 11: Read PSSA reading poem and open-ended prompt and be ready to discuss it.  Complete "Embedded Passages" too.

English 12: Keep reading your source information for your research paper.  Take notes and prepare the bibliographies for each one you are going to use. 

English 11: N/A

April 2010

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College English:  Look for additional sources and edit that research paper!!

All English 11 classes: Rest up for the PSSAs.

English 12: Read sources for your paper, create the bibliographies for all sources you will use, and draft your introduction if you did not do so in class.

Snow Day/Make-up

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No School for staff or students

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Snow Day/Make-up

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College English: Begin to final research draft.  Be ready to type in Mr. Clawson's room tomorrow!

English 12: Read and take notes on sources.  Set up your Works Cited page.  Draft the body paragraphs.

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English 12:  Draft section I of your essays.  Complete your works cited page.

College English:  Edit your research papers!

English 11: Period 9: Read Chapter 1 or The Great Gatsby and complete study guides.

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English 12:  Draft section I of your essays.  Complete your works cited page.

College English:  Edit your research papers!

English 11: Period 9: Read Chapter 1 or The Great Gatsby and complete study guides.

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English 12:  Draft section I of your essays.  Complete your works cited page.

College English:  Edit your research papers!

English 11: Period 9: Read Chapter 2 or The Great Gatsby and complete study guides.

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 English 12: By Friday you must have drafted your introduction and your thesis and all of Section I.  Your Works Cited page is also due on Friday.

Advanced English 11: remember to fix your drafts and be ready to share the revisions with the class on Friday.  read 1 to 4 of The Great Gatsby amd answer all study guide questions.

College English: Your final copy of your research paper is due on Monday, April 26th.

English 11, period 9: By Friday you should have read Chapter1 to 3 of The Great Gatsby.  All three study guides must be complete.

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 English 12: By Friday you must have drafted your introduction and your thesis and all of Section I.  Your Works Cited page is also due on Friday.

Advanced English 11: remember to fix your drafts and be ready to share the revisions with the class on Friday.  read 1 to 4 of The Great Gatsby amd answer all study guide questions.

College English: Your final copy of your research paper is due on Monday, April 26th.

English 11, period 9: By Friday you should have read Chapter1 to 3 of The Great Gatsby.  All three study guides must be complete.

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College English: Review Hamlet, Acts II and III.  Gather ideas for Hamlet written responses (given to you today in class). 

English 12:  If you have turned in your research draft, you should be reading Tuesdays with Morrie, answering study questions, and writing five journal entries.  Follow my guidelines on the handout so that you can receive all the points!

Advanced English:  Read The Great Gatsby (chapters 1 to 5) and answer all study questions. 

English 11, Period 9:

Review The Great Gatsby, Chapters 1 to 3. Begin Chapter 4 and answer study questions.  We will be testing this week on Chapters 1 to 4.

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College English: Study from Hamlet test, Acts II and III.

English 12: Read Tuesday with Morrie and complete journals.  Be certain to follow the directions on the handout.

Adv. English 11: Read 1 to 5 of The Great Gatsby and complete all guides.

English 11: Complete chapters 1 to 4 of The Great Gatsby.

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College English:  Look over open-ended response questions for tomorrow's test.

English 12, Advanced English 11, and English 11: same as yesterday.

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College English:

Hamlet, Act IV, scenes i and ii with study guide questions

English 11, pd 9:

Chapter 5, The Great Gatsby, with study guide questions

Adv. English 11:

Study for Gatsby test, chapters 1 to 5

English 12:

Read Tuesdays with Morrie and/or work on your research revisions.

May 2010

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College English:  Reread the part of Act IV we tried to cover today in class.

Adv. English 11: Finish Chapter VI of The Great Gatsby.  Complete all study questions.

English 11, Pd 1: Look over vocabulary words for Act I Our Town.

English 12: Read Tuesdays with Morrie and complete journals.You should also be working on your research papers.  Remember that the journals are due on May 14th and the research paper on May 17th.  If you turn in your research paper before Monday the 17th, you will receive ten bonus points.

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College English: Review Act IV of Hamlet for the test on Monday.

Advanced English 11: Read Gatsby, Chapter VII.  Complete all study questions. 

English 11, Pd. 9: Read chapter VIi of Gatsby and complete all study questions.  Be ready for a quiz.

English 12: Read Tuesdays with Morrie and complete journals.  Work toward completing your research paper.

English 11, Pd. 1:  Look over vocabulary for Act I of Our Town.  Quiz on Monday!

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FUN DAY!!!!

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College English: Read the first ten pages of Act V in preparation for an open-book/partner quiz.

English 12: Read Tuesdays with Morrie and complete journals.You should also be working on your research papers.  Remember that the journals are due on May 14th and the research paper on May 17th.  If you turn in your research paper before Monday the 17th, you will receive ten bonus points.

English 11: none

Advanced English 11:make certain that chapter 7 is done (study guides too).

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College English: Read Act V in prep for an open-book partnet test.

English 12: Read Tuesdays with Morrie and complete journals.You should also be working on your research papers.  Remember that the journals are due on May 14th and the research paper on May 17th.  If you turn in your research paper before Monday the 17th, you will receive ten bonus points.

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Snow Day/Make-up

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No School for Staff and Students