1/8/09: View film, Shakespeare in American Communities, to discuss WHY we study Shakespeare. We
will have a short discussion, including note-taking, after the film.
1/9/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
1/12/09: Journal, define vocabulary for Romeo and Juliet, Act I, begin reading Romeo and Juliet in class
1/13/09: Journal, continue Romeo and Juliet and take notes
1/14/09: Journal, continue Romeo and Juliet and take notes
1/15/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK, VOCABULARY QUIZ
1/16/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
1/20/09: Journal, continue Romeo and Juliet
1/21/09: Journal, continue Romeo and Juliet
1/22/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK, complete worksheet packet
1/23/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
1/25/09: Journal, define vocabulary, continue Romeo and Juliet (begin Act II)
1/26/09: Journal, continue Romeo and Juliet
No school 1/27/09 for "ice" day
1/28/09: Journal,create Romeo and Juliet timeline (100 points). Start with the servants fight that leads
to the Prince's ultimatum in Act I and include at least 25 specific details/events ending with
Romeo's banishment in Act II. DUE TOMORROW
1/29/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK, VOCABULARY QUIZ
1/30/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
2/2/09: Journal, continue reading Romeo and Juliet, Fifth period ONLY: p. 675 #1-14 (due tomorrow
after assessments)
2/3/09: Journal, FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS
2/4/09: Journal, continue reading Romeo and Juliet
2/5/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK, worksheets assigned
2/6/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
2/9/09: Journal, continue Romeo and Juliet and take notes INTERIM REPORTS SENT HOME !
2/10/09: Journal, finish Romeo and Juliet and take notes
2/11/09: Journal, group work with AP test questions concerning Romeo and Juliet
2/12/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK (5th period will go to the play if they have purchased tickets,
which are sold at lunch for $4 this week...if not, they will go to study hall)
2/13/09: The counselors will spend the entire period discussing schedules and pre-registration for
next year.
Note to parents: Next week we will begin reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. I will have books available to read during class, if needed, but I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE the kids to buy their own copy and bring it to class. That way, they can write notes in the margins and highlight important information. We will be working extensively with this novel for several weeks (at least until Spring Break, I think) and will dig deeply into the text.
2/17/09: Journal, play "You've Been Sentenced" during class time to brush up on grammar
2/18/09: Journal, discuss Harper Lee background information and begin reading To Kill a Mockingbird,
comprehensive study questions for the novel will be distributed in class.
2/19/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK, work on study questions for To Kill a Mockingbird
2/20/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
2/23/09: Journal,define To Kill a Mockingbird vocabulary (Test will be NEXT week combined with
next week's words), read Chapter Two of To Kill a Mockingbird
2/24/09: Journal, continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
2/25/09: Journal, continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
2/26/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK, work on To Kill a Mockingbird questions
2/27/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
3/2/09: Journal, define vocabulary words, continue To Kill a Mockingbird
3/3/09: Journal, continue To Kill a Mockingbird study questions
3/4/09: Journal, continue To Kill a Mockingbird
3/5/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK
3/6/09: INDEPENDENT READING DAY
3/9/09: Journal, continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
3/10/09: Journal, continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
3/11/09: Journal, continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird, VOCABULARY QUIZ (20 words from last two weeks)
3/12/09: Journal, JOURNAL CHECK
This marks the end of the third nine week grading period! There will be no school on Friday, March 13, 2009, as it is a Records Day for the teachers.
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