Middlekauff’s Memos and Mandates

For the week of 8/18

Monday
- quiz over “The Monkey’s Paw”
- read “The Landlady” and “The Listeners” (poem) p. 171-180
- Making Meanings questions 1-5, 7 p.181

Tuesday
- finish “The Landlady” questions
- fun read

Wednesday
- quiz over “The Landlady”
- begin “The Tell-Tale Heart”
- fun read

Thursday
- read and watch remainder of “The Tell-Tale Heart”
- Making Meaning questions 1-9 p. 209
- begin “live interview” group activity for “The Tell-Tale Heart”

Friday
- prepare for skit presentation
- fun read
HW: “live interview” skits performed Monday

For the week of 8/18

Monday
- introduce Unit 1 vocab
- discuss 1984
HW: study for test; vocab p. 24-27 due Friday

Tuesday
- 1984 test

Wednesday
- begin Common Errors unit

Thursday
- cont. Common Errors unit

Friday
- review vocab HW
- revision practice
HW: study for vocab quiz

For the week of 8/18

Monday
- introduce Unit 1 vocab
- discuss Ethan Frome
HW: study for Ethan Frometest; vocab p. 24-27 due Friday

Tuesday
- Ethan Frome test

Wednesday
- begin Common Errors unit

Thursday
- cont. Common Errors

Friday
- review vocab HW
- revision practice - focus on ideas and supporting details
HW: study for vocab quiz

For the week of 8/18

Monday
- introduce Unit 1 vocabulary
- discuss The Glass Menagerie
- characterization, conflict, symbols, themes
HW: study for TGM test; vocab p. 24-27 due Friday

Tuesday
- The Glass Menagerietest

Wednesday
- discuss Jane Eyre

Thursday
- Jane Eyre test

Friday
- review Unit 1 vocab
- begin Common Errors unit
HW: study for vocab quiz

For the week of 8/11

Monday - no school
Tuesday - syllabus and reading discussion
Wednesday - go to library to select “fun book”; discuss how to choose a book
Thursday - “The Monkey’s Paw”
Friday - act out “Monkey’s Paw”; fun read
HW: have a notebook for class - Monday

For the week of 8/11

Monday - no school
Tuesday - syllabus and book distribution; goals
Wednesday - intro to British literature
Thursday - discuss The Lord of the Flies
Friday - LoF test
HW: bring vocab book to class

For the week of 8/11

Monday - no school
Tuesday - syllabus and book distribution
HW: cover book; get syllabus signed
Wednesday - intro to American literature
Thursday - discuss The Glass Menagerie
Friday - test on The Glass Menagerie
HW: Bring vocabulary book on Monday

For the week of 8/11

Monday - no school
Tuesday - syllabus and book distribution
Wednesday - introduction to American literature
Thursday - discuss Fahrenheit 451
Friday - 451 test
HW: Bring vocabulary book to class; have a spiral notebook to begin Daily Journal

For the week of 2/11

Monday
- 10-12 vocab test

Tuesday
- finish “The Pit and the Pendulum”
- JLC quiz
- discuss reading

Wednesday
- Joy Luck Club

Thursday
- review for short story test

Friday
- short story test
HW: JLC through “Waiting Beneath the Trees”

For the week of 2/4

Monday
- Unit 12 vocab quiz
- Benjamin Carson essay
HW: vocab 10-12 review - Fri.; essay due Tues.

Tuesday
- “Through the Tunnel”
- 3rd person omniscient, characterization

Wednesday
- finish “TTT”
- Poe
- begin “The Pit and the Pendulum”

Thursday
- cont. “P&tP”

Friday
- review vocab HW
- discuss “P&tP”
HW: study for vocab test