Ms. Bentley

Assignments for 12/15 - 12/19/08

   NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

I HOPE THAT ALL MY STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES HAVE A WONDERFUL WINTER HOLIDAY AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!  THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE THIS SEMESTER. I HAVE ENJOYED HAVING YOU ALL IN CLASS! YES, EVEN YOU, .....   :)

Monday 12/15/08
- 4th period will turn in their research paper and all other related items
- Finish discussing and making notes on part 2 of Odyssey
- If time permits, watch some of Odyssey video and compare and contrast to text
EQs - What should the end product of a research paper look like?
         How do the lessons of the Odyssey relate to today?
         How does the video compare/contrast to the text?
GPS - ALL: RL1 - RL5; RC1 - RC4; W1 - W4; C1 and C2; LSV1 and LSV2

Tuesday 12/16/08
- Finish discussing and making notes on part 2 of Odyssey
- Watch some of Odyssey video and compare and contrast to text
EQs - How do the lessons of the Odyssey relate to today?
         How does the video compare/contrast to the text?
GPS - same as Monday

Wed. 12/17/08
- Review introductory material and parts 1 and 2 of Odyssey in Jeopardy game format
- If time permits, watch some of Odyssey video and compare and contrast to text
EQs - same as Tuesday
GPS - same as Monday

Thursday ( no class)

Friday 12/19/08
- Take Odyssey test
- Watch some of Odyssey video and compare and contrast to text
EQs - same as Tuesday
GPS - same as Monday

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Assignments for 12/1 - 12/5/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AND IS RESTED AND READY TO WORK! WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO FINISH IN THESE LAST THREE WEEKS.

Monday 12/1/08
- Students should complete definitions, synonyms, antonyns, usage, and analogies for unit 13 vocab. due on Wed. If everyone makes 20 or above and completes all sections, we will not have a quiz on Friday (could possibly be next week)
- Rough draft of essay due (will be checked)
- "The Cyclops" should have been read and all study questions answered.
- Edit list will be given for grammar and technical revisions to be made in class and tonight.
- MLA guidelines for documenting the primary source will be given and quotes documented correctly within the paper.
- Personal and peer editing done in class.
- HW - Final draft of essay (and all working papers and rough) due on Tuesday."
EQs - What are the MLA guidelines for documenting a primary source quote?
         What grammar elements should be edited in any formal paper?
GPS - RL1 - RL5; RC1 - RC4; W1 - W3; C1; C2; LSV1; LSV2

Tuesday 12/2/08
- Literary analysis essay due; proofread in class before turning in.
- Ask students for all writings done this semester to be filed in writing folder
- Review for EOCT - look at pretest taken earlier in semester; identify pages in text to study
- If time permits, begin "Land of the Dead" and answer study questions and make notes.
- HW- Finish reading "Land of the Dead," "Sirens," and "Scylla and Charybdis" and answer study questions; finish any vocab 13 exercises not completed.
EQs- How should I study/ prepare for the EOCT?
        What epic conventions are evident in the Odyssey?
GPS - same as Monday

Wed. 12/3/08
- Unit 13 vocab due
- Q and A regarding EOCT (test is next Monday and Tues.)
- Discuss and add notes/lists to homework readings of Odyssey
- Begin reading "Cattle of the Sun God" and answer study questions / make notes/lists
- HW - Finish any of "Cattle..." we did not finish in class
EQs - same as Tuesday  
GPS - same as Monday

Thurs. 12/4/08
- Finish discussing all of part 1 of Odyssey and check study questions
- Begin Part 2 of Odyssey - "Twenty Years Gone..." and do study questions and notes
- HW - Read and do study questions for "Argus" and "The Suitors"
EQs - same as Tuesday
GPS - RL1 - RL5; RC1 - RC4; LSV1; LSV2


Friday 12/5/08
- Take practice EOCT test and go over it
- Tell students about what they need for test on Monday and to rest and be ready.
EQs - same as Tuesday
GPS - same as Monday

Assignments for 11/17 - 11/21/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

NOTE: I WILL TRY TO POST ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS AND GA. PERFORMANCE STANDARD NUMBERS LATER.  SORRY - I HAVE HAD A DEATH IN THE FAMILY AND TIME IS SHORT.

Monday 11/17
- Begin to do unit 12 vocab exercises and analogies
- Take notes on epic and Odyssey (overhead notes and video notes)
- Review for AMND test on Tuesday (postponed from today)
- HW - Study for AMND test and work on Odyssey terms (given last Friday and due on Thurs.)

Tuesday 11/18
- Continue unit 12 vocab
- Take AMND test
- Finish overhead notes on Odyssey
- Watch Homer's Mythology video (Part 1)
- HW - Finish unit 12 vocab exercises and analogies; work on Odyssey terms due Thurs.

Wed. 11/19
- Unit 12 vocab due
- Watch Homer's Mythology video and make notes (Parts 2 and 3)
- Present / discuss literary analysis essay topics
- HW - Finish Odyssey terms due on Thursday; choose essay topic

Thurs. 11/20
- Correct vocab items missed
- Odyssey terms due
- Literary analysis topics chosen and structure of essay discussed ( handout)
- Begin reading Odyssey and answer discussion questions and make notes/lists
- HW - Study for unit 12 vocab quiz

Friday 11/21
- Take unit 12 vocab quiz
- Finalize content and structure of rough draft of essay due on 12/1 (Monday we return)
- Read and discuss as much of "The Cyclops" as possible and do study questions and notes/lists
- HW - Finish reading "The Cyclops" and doing study questions; write rough draft of literary essay

HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY WITH YOUR FAMILY!!!

Assignments for 11/10 - 11/14/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

NOTE: THIS WEEK WE WILL NOT DO A VOCAB UNIT.

Monday 11/10
- Finish reading act 5 of R and J and make notes and summaries
- HW - Finish reading AMND
EQs - Why  do we still study Shakespeare 500 years after his death?
         What dramatic conventions are used throughout Shak. plays?
         How does Shakespeare create conflict among his characters?
GPS - RL1-RL5; RC1-RC4; W4; C1; C2; LSV1-LSV2

NOTE: SAME EQs APPLY ALL WEEK; SAME GPS APPLY ALL WEEK

Tuesday 11/11
- Take reading check quiz over last 3 acts of AMND
- Discuss and make notes on last 3 acts of AMND
- HW - Begin to study for R and J test on Friday; define act 5 terms

Wed. 11/12
- Field trip to Shakespeare Tavern to see AMND
- Students who do not go on trip will report to room 308 (?) and will have assignments to be done in Coach book or given by teacher
- HW - Study for R and J test on Friday; finish act 5 terms

Thursday 11/13
- Act 5 terms due
- Review R and J in Jeopardy format
- HW - Study for R and J test

Friday 11/14
- Take R and J test
- Begin to define Odyssey terms
- HW - Study for AMND test on Monday

Assignments for 10/27 - 10/31/08

NOTE: THESE ASSIGNMENTS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

Monday 10/27
- Begin unit 10 vocab exercises and analogies (define/compare/contrast/use in context)
- Take act 2  quiz of R and J
- Define act 3 terms
- HW - Read 3.1 of R and J and summarize and write questions about passages not understood
EQs - How can increasing my vocabulary help me in life?
         How is Shakespeare's work still applicable today?
NOTE: THESE EQs  APPLY ALL WEEK - M-F
GPS - RL1-5; RC1-4; C1-2
NOTE: THESE GPS APPLY ALL WEEK - M-F

Tues. 10/28
- Summaries and questions for 3.1 due
- Continue unit 10 vocab exercises and analogies
- Listen to and discuss and make notes for 3.1
- Listen to and discuss and make notes for 3.2
- H W - Finish any of unit 10 exercises and analogies not completed and finish 3.2 and summarize

Wed. 10/29
- Unit 10 vocab due
- Discuss rest of 3.2 and make notes
- Orally read 3.3 and discuss and make notes and summarize
- HW - Read 3.4 and summarize and write questions for items not understood

Thurs. 10/30
- Correct unit 10 vocab items missed on check
- Go to Media Center and check out A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Discuss characters and reading schedule and play-within-a-play format for AMND
- HW - Study for unit 10 vocab quiz and begin to read AMND

Friday 10/31
- Take unit 10 Vocab quiz
- Begin unit 11 vocab exercises and analogies
- If time permits, begin to read 3.5 of R and J and discuss and make notes
- HW - Read AMND

Assignments for 10/20 - 10/24/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

Monday 10/20
- Begin unit 9 vocab. (define, compare, contrast, use in context)
- Perform 2.2 of R and J and then discuss, analyze and summarize scene
- Attend to tape of 2.3 and discuss, analyze, and summarize scene
- Go over returned drama terms and correct missed items
- HW - Finish act 2 terms due Tues (4th) and due Mon. for 3rd
- HW  - Read 2.4 and pick out 10 dramatic conventions; label with act.scene.line #
EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary?
         How is Shakespearean drama different from modern drama?
GPS - RL1-RL5; RC1-RC4; W1; W2; C2

Tues. 10/21
- Continue with unit 9 vocab.
- Attend to tape of 2.4 of R and J and discuss, analyze, and summarize scene
- If time permits, begin 2.5
- HW - Finish any of unit 9 vocab exercises and analogies due Wed.; study for drama terms and notes test on Thurs.
EQs - same as Monday
GPS - same as Monday

Wed. 10/22
- Unit 9 vocab due
- Review for drama terms and notes test on Thurs.
- Perform choral reading  and discuss 2.5 of R and J and discuss, analyze and summarize scene
- HW - Study for drama terms and notes test on Thurs.
EQs - Same as Monday
GPS - Same as Monday + LSV1

Thurs. 10/23
- Take Drama Terms and NOtes test (define, choose, plan, classify, compare, support)
- Correct items missed in unit 9 vocab check
- HW - Study for unit 9 vocab quiz on Friday
EQs - same as Monday
GPS - same as Monday + W4

Friday 10/24
- Take unit 9 vocab quiz (define, compare, contrast, identify, use in context)
- Begin unit 10 exercises
- If time, perform choral reading of 2.6 of R and J and discuss, analyze and summarize scene
- HW - Study for act 2 quiz on Monday (even if did not finish 2.6, we will on Monday and still have time for quiz)
EQs - same as Monday
GPS - same as Wed.

Assignments for 10/6 - 10/10/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NECESSARY.

Monday 10/6 (sub)
- Watch video of Shakespeare in the Classroom and fill out video note sheet
- Compare Elizabethan theater to modern theater
- Begin unit 7 vocab exercises and analogies (define, compare, contrast, use in context)
- Watch video of Cold Sassy Tree and compare and contrast to novel
- HW - Study for Cold Sassy Tree test on Tuesday
- EQs - How does Elizabethan theater differ from our modern theater?
           How can I improve my vocabulary?
- GPS - RL3, RL4, RL5, RC3, RC4, LSV2

Tuesday 10/7
- Take Cold Sassy Tree test (relate/choose/critique/compare/contrast/identify)
- Work on unit 7 vocab due Wed. or begin to define act 1 terms for R&J
- Discuss bookmark project (due Friday)
- HW - Finish unit 7 vocab exercises and analogies due Wed.; work on act 1 terms due Thurs.
- EQs - How are the elements of fiction evident in Cold Sassy Tree?
           How is Cold Sassy Tree a southern local color novel?
           How can I improve my vocabulary?
- GPS - RL1 through RL5, RC1 through RC4, W1, W2, W4, C2, LSV2

Wed. 10/8
- Unit 7 vocab exercises and analogies due
- Listen to tape  and discuss prologue and act  1.1 of R & J and make notes  then summarize each scene
- HW - Define act 1 terms due on Thurs.; work on bookmark
- EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary?
         - What dramatic conventions does Shakespeare use to begin R and J?
         - What plot events summarize the prologue and 1.1 of R and J?
- GPS - RL1 through RL5, RC1 through RC4, W1, W2, C2, LAV2

Thurs. 10/9
- Act 1 terms due
- Correct items missed on unit 7 check and ask questions before quiz on Friday
- Continue listening to tape and discuss 1.2 and 1.3 of R and J and make notes and then summarize scenes
- HW - Study for unit 7 vocab quiz on Friday; finish bookmark
- EQs  - How does the language of Shakespeare's R and J differ from our language of today?
          - What plot events and dramatic conventions are evident in R and J?
          - How can I improve my vocabulary?
- GPS - same as Wed.

Friday 10/10
- R and J bookmark due
- Take unit 7 vocab quiz
- Continue with tape of 1.3 and 1.4 of R and J and make notes and summarize each scene
- EQs - same as Thursday
- GPS - same as Wed.

Assignments for 9/29 - 10/3/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

Monday  9/29
- Students take Short Story unit test.
- Students define given drama terms.
- Begin unit 6 vocab exercises and analogies
- HW - Finish EOCT Pretest in workbook
EQs - How are the elements of fiction evidenced in short stories?
       - How can I increase my vocabulary?
       - What terms and devices are evident in drama?
GPS - RL1, RL2, RL3, RL4, RL5, RC1, RC2, RC3, RC4, W1, W2, W4, C1, C2

Tues. 9/30
- Continue working on unit 6 vocab exercises (define/compare/contrast/use in context)
-EOCT Pretest due
- Students make notes on new material: contrast fiction and drama; conventions of drama;
Shakespearean language; etc
- Define drama terms
-HW - Read Cold S. Tree  (due Thurs.) and define drama terms due Wed.; finish any unit 6 vocab not completed
EQs - How can I increase my vocabulary?
        How do fiction and drama contrast?  How is Shakespearean language different than ours?
GPS: RL1 through RL5, RC1 through RC4, LSV1

W ed. 10/1
- Unit 6 vocab due
- Finish any intro notes to drama
- Drama terms due at end of period
-HW - Finish reading Cold S. Tree
EQs - What was Shakespearean theater and Shakespearean language like?
GPS - RL3, RL5, RC2, LC3, RC4,

Thurs. 10/2
-Correct missed vocab items from check on Wed.
- Take reading check quiz for last chapters of Cold S. Tree
- Summarize/relate/appraise characters and plot events in last chapters of Cold S. Tree; students make notes
- HW - Study for unit 6 vocab quiz
EQs - How can I increase my vocabulary?
         How do the characters and subplots in Cold Sassy Tree intertwine?
GPS: RL1 through RL5; RC1 through RC4; LSV1; LSV2

Friday 10/3
- Take unit 6 vocab quiz
- Complete assigned EOCT practice pages in workbook and turn in
- Begin unit 7 vocab exercises and analogies
- HW  - Begin to study for Cold S. Tree test next week
EQs - How can I increase my vocabulary?
        How can I prepare for the EOCT test?   
GPS: RL1 through RL5; RC1, RC3, RC4, C1, C2, LSV2

Assignments for 9/22 - 9/26/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

Monday 9/22
- Begin Unit 5 vocab exercises and analogies (define/compare/contrast/contextualize)
- Complete "The Interlopers" study guide (analyze/define/identify) and then discuss story
- Read Cold S. Tree   (identify/analyze)
- HW - Read last chosen short story (different for each class)
EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary across the curriculum?
         How does the term "interlopers" relate in several ways to this story?
GPS - RL1, RL2, RL3, RC1, RC2, RC3, RC4, C2, LSV1, LSV2

Tues. 9/23
- Continue with unit 5 vocab exercises and analogies
- Discuss last short story (either "Scarlet Ibis" for  3rd period or "Gift of the Magi" for 4th) and   make notes      
- Make list of items to study for short story test on Monday
- HW - Finish any of unit 5 vocab exercises needed (due Wed.) and read Cold Sassy Tree (due Wed.)
EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary across the curriculum?
         How are the characters in these stories static/dynamic  or round/flat  or foil/stereotype?
GPS - same as Monday

Wed. 9/24
- Unit 5 vocab due
- Quiz over chps. 21-38 of Cold Sassy Tree
- Discuss and make notes on Cold Sassy Tree
- HW - Read final chps. of Cold Sassy Tree ( due next Tues.)
EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary across the curriculum?
         How are the many subplots of Cold S. Tree related to the main plot?
GPS - Same as Monday

Thurs. 9/25
- Correct any of  missed items in Unit 5 vocab
- Finish any of 6 short stories not completed
- Review for short story test in Jeopardy format
- HW - Study for short story unit test on Monday and for unit 5 vocab quiz on Friday
EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary across the curriculum?
         How are the elements of fiction evident in the short stories we studied?
GPS - Same as Monday

Friday 9/26 (sub)
- Take unit 5 vocab quiz
- Complete assigned pages in EOCT Coach workbook and turn in
- HW - Study for short story test on Monday and read Cold Sassy Tree final chps.
EQs - How can I improve my vocabulary across the curriculum?
         What reading strategies will help me on the EOCT?
GPS - Same as Monday

Assignments for 9/15 - 9/19/08

NOTE: THESE PLANS ARE TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS NEEDED.

Monday 9/15
- Begin unit 4 vocab exercises and analogies- due Wed.
- Orally review two stories read and analyzed on Thursday and Friday - make notes.
- HW - Finish chapters 1-20 of Cold Sassy Tree due Tuesday
EQs - How does the study of vocabulary help me across the curriculum?
         What elements make "The Red-Headed League" the perfect detective story?
         How did Twain incorporate humor into "The Interlopers" ?
GPS - RL1, RL2, RL5, RC1, RC2, RC3, RC4, C2, LSV1

Tues. 9/16
- Continue unit 4 vocab exercises and analogies - due Wed.
- Take reading check quiz over chps. 1-20 of Cold S. Tree
- Analyze novel for style and for local color - make notes
- HW - Read "The Cask of Amontillado"
EQs - How does the study of vocabulary help me across the curriculum?
         What makes Cold Sassy Tree a southern local color novel?
GPS - same as Monday

Wed. 9/17 (sub)
- Unit 4 vocab due
- Watch video of  "Edgar A. Poe: His Life and Works" and make notes on given study guide
- Afterwards students can ask questions re: items missed during video (sub can allow other
  students to help them and give answers
- Listen to tape of "Cask..." and follow along in text
- Read Cold Sassy Tree
EQs - How does the study of vocabulary help me in other curriculum areas?
         What life experiences influenced Poe's writing and how?
         How does Poe use foreshadowing and irony to build suspense in this horror story, "Cask of
         Amontillado"?
GPS - same as Monday + W3, LSV2

Thursday 9/18
- Correct unit 4 vocab items missed
- Make notes (overhead) on "Cask..." re: setting, theme and characters
- HW - Study for unit 4 vocab quiz
EQs = How does Poe's choice of setting affect the murderer's deed?
         How does the study of vocabulary help me in other curriculum areas?
GPS - same as Monday

Friday 9/19
- Take unit 4 vocab quiz
- Begin unit 5 vocab exercises and analogies
- HW - Read "The Interlopers" by Monday and fill out study guide
EQs - How does the study of vocabulary help me in other curriculum areas?
GPS - same as Monday +W3