English 11 R
Work for November 16th, 2009 thru December 23rd, 2009
¡§As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.¡¨
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Monday, November 16th, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Go over vocabulary unit 8. 1. Read chapters 16-18 in HF.
2. Assign individuals to chapters. 2. Complete the study guide
3. Create a 4-8 panel cartoon for the chapter questions on a separate sheet.
you are assigned.
4. Be sure to include captions and dialogue.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
1. Share the cartoons with the class. 1. Read chapters 19 and 20 in HF.
2. Take a quiz on chapters 10-18. You may 2. Complete the study guide
use the study sheet answers if they are on a questions on a separate sheet.
separate sheet. 3. Do the Words in Context section
3. Go over the quiz. for unit 8.
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
1. Go over the study guides for chapters 19 and 20. 1. Read chapters 23 and 24.
2. Read chapters 21 and 22 in class. 2. Complete the study guide
3. Work on the study guide questions. questions on a separate sheet.
3.Write a vocabulary story for unit 8.
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
1. Go over the study guides for chapters 23 and 24. 1. Finish reading chapters 25 & 26.
2. Begin reading chapters 25 and 26. 2. Complete the study guide
3. Work on the study guides. questions on a separate sheet.
3. Study for the vocabulary quiz.
Friday, November 20th, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz on unit 8. 1. Enjoy the weekend.
2. Take a quiz on chapters 19-27 in HF.
3. Go over the quizzes.
Vocabulary Words for Unit 8: agape, carcinogen, censure, deride, gambol, gibe, grotesque, hackneyed, immolate, imperious, martinet, neologism, olfactory, quagmire, recondite
Monday, November 23, 2009
1. Read chapters 28-30. 1. Finish reading.
2. Work on the study guides. 2. Complete the study guide
questions on a separate sheet.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
GAME DAY!
Apples to Apples, Life, Monopoly, Scrabble, Battleship, etc.
¡§We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.¡¨
~Thornton Wilder
Monday, November 30, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Go over the words for vocabulary unit 9. 1. Finish chapters 31 and 32 in HF.
2. Do the Words in Context. 2. Complete the study guide
3. Review Huck Finn to date. questions on a separate sheet.
4. Begin reading chapters 31 and 32.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
1. Go over the study guides for 31 & 32. 1. Read chapters 33-35 in HF.
2. Begin reading chapters 33-35. 2. Complete the study guide
3. Work on the study guides. questions on a separate sheet.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
1. Go over the study guides for 33-35. 1. Read chapters 36-38 in HF.
2. Use the vocabulary words to write a story 2. Complete the study guide
about Huck Finn. questions on a separate sheet.
3. Begin reading chapters 36-38.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
1. Review the vocabulary words. 1. Read chapters 39-41 in HF.
2. Do the grammar sheet for HF. 2. Complete the study guide
3. Go over the study guides for 36-38. questions on a separate sheet.
4. Begin reading chapters 39-41. 3. Study for the vocabulary quiz.
Friday, December 4, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Have a great weekend!
2. Create decorations for the holiday season for
our room! ļ
Vocabulary Words for Unit 9: blanch, chimerical, eclectic, finesse, grandiose, harbinger, heterogeneous, hybrid, idiosyncrasy, machination, masochist, nubile, pejorative, raiment,
sapient
¡§The only way to have a friend is to be one.¡¨
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, December 7, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Go over vocabulary unit 10. 1. Finish reading Huck Finn.
2. Go over the study guides for 39-41. 2. Finish the study guide questions.
3. Begin reading pages 274-288 in HF.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
1. Go over the questions at the end of the reading. 1. Do the Words in Context section.
2. Discuss themes of the novel. 2. Begin the project. It will be due
3. Go over the final project for Huck Finn. December 21, 2009.
4. Do the Four Corners Activity.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
1. Begin watching the video. 1. Write a vocabulary story.
2. Take notes. 2. Work on the project.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
1. Watching the video. 1. Work on the project.
2. Take notes. 2. Study for the vocabulary quiz.
Friday, December 11, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Work on the project.
2. Watch the video.
Vocabulary Words for Unit 10:
adulterate, bucolic, caveat, defile, diadem, emanate, garish, gratuitous, idolatry, immutable, impecunious, impious, onus, redolent, sedition
¡§Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving,
Make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!¡¨
~ Amanda Bradley
Monday, December 14, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Go over the words for vocabulary unit 11. 1. Do the Words in Context.
2. Finish the movie for Huck Finn. 2. Continue working on your
3. Critique the movie using your notes. projects. They are due 12/21.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
1. Introduce Robert Frost. 1. Work on the project.
2. Listen to ¡§The Mending Wall¡¨ and ¡§After Apple Picking¡¨.
3. Answer the questions for the poems
4. Discuss the poems.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
1. Listen to ¡§The Road Not Taken¡¨ and ¡§Birches¡¨. 1. Write a poem using at
2. Answer the questions for the poems. ten of the vocabulary words.
3. Discuss the poems.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
1. Review the vocabulary words for the unit. 1. Study for the vocab. quiz.
2. Listen to ¡§Out, Out-¡§ and ¡§Fire and Ice¡¨. 2. Work on the project.
3. Discuss the poems.
Friday, December 18, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Finish the project for
2. Listen to and discuss ¡§Nothing Gold Can Stay¡¨ Monday.
and ¡§Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening¡¨.
3. Answer questions.
Vocabulary Words for Unit 11:
cessation, delineate, desiccated, elixir, epitome, fetish, fissure, garrulous, juxtapose, kinetic, lachrymose, languid, legerdemain, libertine, scintillate
¡§Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on,
with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ¡§
~Hal Borland
Monday, December 21, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Present your projects for Huck Finn. 1. Do a ten minute free-
write using the N2SSWTSW rule.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
1. Finish presenting projects. 1. Do a ten minute free-
2. Start holiday project. write using the N2SSWTSE rule.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
1. Finish the holiday project. 1. Have a great holiday!!
N2SSWTSW Rule: No Two Sentences Start With The Same Word
Happy Holidays to You
and to Your Family!
Thank you for making me smileļ
English 11 H Name ________________________
Monthly Work Sheet Date ______________ Period ____
Work for November 16th, 2009 thru December 23rd, 2009
Changes: Book Two Notes are now due Monday, November 30, 2009.
The Rough Draft will be due Monday, December 14, 2009.
The Final Copy of the Term Paper is due January 5, 2010 in place of that week¡¦s conversation.
¡§As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the
highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.¡¨
~John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Monday, November 16th, 2009
Please note: There is a conversation due Wednesday of this week, and there is not one due again until January 12, 2010.
In Class Homework
1. Go over vocabulary unit 8. 1. Do the Words in Context (8).
2. Go over and discuss chapters 5-8. 2. Read chapters 9-12 in TSL.
3. Distribute literary terms sheet.
4. Review terms.
Tuesday, November 17th, 2009
1. Break into four groups. 1. Complete the study guides.
2. Do the following study guide pages: 2. Finish your conversation.
Group 1: pages 16-18
Group 2: 21-22
Group 3: 23
Group 4: 24
Wednesday, November 18th, 2009
Collect conversations.
1. Present study guides. 1. Read chapters 13-16.
2. Begin reading chapters 13-16. 2. Write a vocabulary story.
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
1. Break into groups. 1. Finish the study guides.
2. Do the following study guide pages: 2. Study for the vocab. quiz.
Group 1: page 25
Group 2: 26-27
Group 3: 28-29
Group 4: 30-31
Friday, November 20th, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Read chapters 17-20.
2. Present the study guides.
3. Begin reading.
Vocabulary Words for Unit 8: agape, carcinogen, censure, deride, gambol, gibe, grotesque, hackneyed, immolate, imperious, martinet, neologism, olfactory, quagmire, recondite
Monday, November 23, 2009
1. Break into groups. 1. Finish the study guides.
2. Do the following study guide pages: 2. Finish book three notes.
Group 1: 34-35 and 43 (conversations w/ 1&2)
Group 2: 38 and 43 (conversations w/ 3&4)
Group 3: 39-40 and 43 (conversations w/ 5&6)
Group 4: 41-42 and 43 (conversations w/ 6&7)
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
GAME DAY!
Apples to Apples, Life, Monopoly, Scrabble, Battleship, etc.
¡§We can only be said to be alive in those moments
when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.¡¨
~Thornton Wilder
Monday, November 30, 2009
Check book notes.
In Class Homework
1. Go over the words for vocab. unit 9. 1. Read chapters 21-24 for Monday.
2. Begin working on the thesis statements.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
1. Work on thesis statements. 1. Complete your Work Cited page.
www.citationmachine.net (MLA)
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
1. Finish thesis statements. 1. Review chapters 17-20.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
1. Present study guides for chapters 17-20. 1. Study for the vocab. quiz.
Friday, December 4, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Finish reading chapters 21-24.
2. Create decorations for the holiday season for 2. Work on your rough draft.
our room! ļ
Vocabulary Words for Unit 9: blanch, chimerical, eclectic, finesse, grandiose, harbinger, heterogeneous, hybrid, idiosyncrasy, machination, masochist, nubile, pejorative, raiment,
sapient
¡§The only way to have a friend is to be one.¡¨
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Monday, December 7, 2009
Reminder: Your Rough Draft is due next Monday, December 14, 2009.
In Class Homework
1. Go over vocabulary unit 10. 1. Finish the study guides.
2. Break into two groups. 2. Do the Words in Context.
3. Complete the study guide pages:
Group 1: 45-46
Group 2: 47-48
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
1. Present your study guides. 1. Look over the impromptu
2. Discuss themes of the novel. speech topics.
3. Do the Wrap-Up activity.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
1. Do the impromptu speeches. 1. Work on your Rough Draft.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
1. Review the vocabulary words. 1. Study for the vocab. quiz.
2. Start watching the video for The Scarlet Letter. 2. Work on your Rough Draft.
Friday, December 11, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Finish your Rough Draft for
2. Watch the video. Monday.
Vocabulary Words for Unit 10:
adulterate, bucolic, caveat, defile, diadem, emanate, garish, gratuitous, idolatry, immutable, impecunious, impious, onus, redolent, sedition
¡§Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving,
Make every day a holiday and celebrate just living!¡¨
~ Amanda Bradley
Monday, December 14, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Go over vocabulary unit 11. 1. Take the night offļ
2. Watch the video.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
1. Watch the video. 1. Read the Robert Frost
poems ¡§The Mending Wall¡¨
and ¡§After Apple Picking¡¨.
*For all of the poems you read this week,
write a paragraph summary of each poem and a paragraph reaction.
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
1. Watch the video. 1. Read ¡§The Road Not
Taken¡¨ and ¡§Birches¡¨.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
1. Watch the video. 1. Read ¡§Out, Out-¡§ and
¡§Fire and Ice¡¨.
Friday, December 18, 2009
1. Take the vocabulary quiz. 1. Read ¡§Nothing Gold Can
2. Take the test on The Scarlet Letter. Stay¡¨ and ¡§Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening¡¨.
Vocabulary Words for Unit 11:
cessation, delineate, desiccated, elixir, epitome, fetish, fissure, garrulous, juxtapose, kinetic, lachrymose, languid, legerdemain, libertine, scintillate
¡§Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on,
with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ¡§
~Hal Borland
Monday, December 21, 2009
In Class Homework
1. Discuss the Robert Frost poems. 1. Work on the term paper.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
1. Finish discussing the poems. 1. Work on the term paper.
2. Start the holiday project.
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
1. Finish the holiday project. 1. Have a great holiday!!
Happy Holidays to You
and to Your Family!
Thank you for making me smileļ
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