Assignment Calendar

Date Class work--Regular English Homework--Regular English
7/11/07 Introduction to class
  1. Get plagiarism and cheating form signed
  2. Get student handbook sheet signed
7/12/07 Memoir Book Project assigned Complete memoir book project
7/13/07 Memoir Book Project presentations complete daybook question for Monday
7/16/07
  1. Memoir written assignment given
  2. Daybook
  
7/17/07 write rough drafts in class  
7/18/07
  1. write rough drafts in class
  2. Rough drafts due at end of class
  
7/19/07 Middle School computer lab--type final draft  
7/20/07 library and classroom--type final draft Final draft of memoir and persuasive essay are due on Monday by 2:45
7/23/07
  1. Memoir Final draft and persuasive essay due by 2:45
  2. introduce Administrative Letter Project
  3. daybook
  
7/24/07
  1. daybook
  2. Complete Administrative Letter handout
  3. Break into groups and begin letter rough draft
  
7/25/07
  1. literary terms quiz--acronym-basic situation
  2. write rough draft in groups
  
7/26/07
  1. daybook
  2. finish rough draft in groups
  
7/27/07
  1. daybook
  2. type final draft--2 copies are due at the end of the period
  3. daybooks due
  
7/30/07
  1. literary terms quiz--dissonance-folklore
  2. Begin Collection One Unit
 Read and answer questions on pages 3-11 in your Holt Readers
7/31/07
  1. daybook
  2. Begin notes on The Ancient Middle East
  
8/1/07
  1. daybook
  2. Finish notes on the Ancient Middle East
  
8/2/07
  1. literary terms quiz--resolution-sentimentality
  2. Ancient Middle East quiz
  3. Begin the Epic of Gilgamesh in Holt Readers
  
8/3/07
  1. daybook
  2. The Epic of Gilgamesh
 Finish through The Story of the Flood in Holt Readers
8/6/07
  1. daybook
  2. Epic of Gilgamesh Celebration of Learning
  3. Complete the section labeled "The Return"
 Complete the two followup activities to the epic in your Holt Readers.  You should have the Holt Reader completed through page 30.
8/7/07
  1. literary terms quiz--simile-stereotype
  2. Career survey
  3. go over yesterday's test
  4. 2nd and 3rd--Epic transparency questions
  
8/8/07
  1. daybook
  2. The Great Hymn to the Aten
  
8/9/07
  1. daybook
  2. New Kingdom Love Lyrics (Holt Reader)
  
8/10/07
  1. literary terms test
  2. daybooks due
  3. Holt Reader Check
  
8/13/07
  1. daybook
  2. In the Beginning
  
8/14/07
  1. daybook
  2. The Book of Ruth in your Holt Reader
  
8/15/07 quiet day  
8/16/07
  1. literary terms quiz--blank verse-complication
  2. literary focus and vocabulary for The Book of Ruth excerpt
  3. Noah and the Flood
  4. daybook
  
8/17/07 Dr. Knight in classes  
8/20/07
  1. literary terms quiz--foreshadowing-inference
  2. The Psalms
  
8/21/07
  1. daybook
  2. "The Prodigal Son" and "The Talents" in your Holt Reader
 complete the Holt Reader section from class
8/22/07
  1. daybook
  2. Skill Practice pp.94-99 in lit book
  3. Unit One Review
 study guide
8/23/07
  1. daybook grading
  2. Holt Reader check 2
  3. Unit One Test
  
8/24/07 parent-teacher conference day  
8/27/07
  1. literary terms quiz--monologue-poetry
  2. video: Elie Wiesel:  Interview at Auschwitz
  
8/28/07
  1. daybook
  2. Finish video and handout
  3. Introduction to the Holocaust
  
8/29/07
  1. literary terms quiz--stream of consciousness-tone
  2. handouts (syllabus, vocab list, etc.)
  3. explanation of reading logs and journal letters
  4. Internet scavenger hunt
 Finish the Internet scavenger hunt and write at least a four paragraph letter to your letter pal in your daybook concerning what you learned.
8/30/07
  1. daybook
  2. Read pages 13-37 (chapters one and two)
 Complete the Making Meanings Questions and Understanding Motifs
8/31/07 Read pages 38-72 (Chapters three and four) Write at least a four paragraph letter to your letter pal concerning what you learned from the reading
9/4/07
  1. daybook
  2. Reading quizzes 1 and 2
  3. Read pages 73-90 (chapter five)
  4. Complete the internal conflict handout
 Study part 1 and part 2 vocabulary terms
9/5/07
  1. literary terms test
  2. Parts 1 and 2 vocabulary test
  3. Read pages 91-119 (chapters six-eight)
 Write at least a four paragraph letter to your letter pal concerning what this book has taught you.
9/6/07
  1. daybook
  2. Theme worksheet
 Motifs handout and study for your final test on the book
9/7/07
  1. Night Test
  2. Night discussion questions are due
  3. daybooks due