Monday
- 4-6 vocab test
Tuesday
- Longfellow - “The Cross of Snow”
- Whittier - “Snow-Bound”
Wednesday
- Holmes - “The Chambered Nautilus,” “Old Ironsides”
Thursday
- review for Romanticism quest
HW: Gatsby projects due Friday
Friday
- Romanticism quest
Monday
- 4-6 vocab test
Tuesday
- Pygmalion quiz
- discuss Acts 4 and 5
- discussion on writing introductions
HW: rough draft due Monday
Wednesday
- discussion of how to incorporate quotes into paper
Thursday
- review for Middle Ages test
- field any questions regarding rough draft
Friday
- Middle Ages test
HW: rough draft due Mon.
Monday
- developing a thesis and creating an outline
Tuesday
- computer lab — outline
HW: rough draft of research paper due Monday
Wednesday
- computer lab - formatting works cited and paper
Thursday
- computer lab - working on rough draft
Friday
- cont. research paper work
HW: rough draft due Monday
Monday
- finish performing fable skits
- begin “The Ransom of Red Chief”
Tuesday
- finish “The Ransom of Red Chief”
- questions
- reading time
Wednesday
- “Red Chief” quiz
- “Pecos Bill” and “Paul Bunyon”
- reading time
Thursday
- quiz
- hero activity - comic book cover
Friday
- cont. hero activity
- reading time
Monday
- introduce American Romanticism unit
HW: vocab p. 75-78 - skip Word Families
Tuesday
- Washington Irving
- begin “Rip Van Winkle”
Wednesday
- finish “Rip Van Winkle”
- discuss satirical elements of story
- introduce Gatsbyproject
Thursday
- Bryant
- “Thanatopsis”
Friday
- review vocab HW
- Longfellow - selected poems
Requirements of Source NotebookRequirements of Source NotebookMonday-Friday
- in computer lab and library gathering sources for argumentation research paper
- source notebook due Friday at the end of class
Monday
- Unit 6 vocab quiz
- finish “The Wife of Bath’s Tale”
HW: Pygmalion Act III; vocab p. 75-78 - skip Word Families
Tuesday
- Pygmalion
HW: Finish the play for next Tuesday
Wednesday
- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Thursday
- La Morte d’Arthur
Friday
- review vocab HW
- wrap up Middle Ages unit
Monday
- “Fame Is a Bee”
- “Oranges”
- write an original poem
Tuesday
- reading time
- “Brer Possum”
- fable
Wednesday
- Listen to “Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon” and “Brer Rabbit and Brer Lion”
- p. 469 #1-6
- reading time
Thursday
- Rewrite the ending of one of the fables by creating a 3-5 minute skit. Skit must end with a moral.
- reading time
Friday
- perform skits
- reading time
Monday
- Unit 6 vocab test
- review for Beginnings-1800 test
Tuesday
- Gatsby quiz - 7-9
- discuss reading
Wednesday
- Beginnings-1800 test
Thursday
- analyze themes in Gatsby
Friday
- Gatsby test - bring copy of the novel
Monday
- Unit 6 vocabulary quiz
- review for Beginnings-1800 test
Tuesday
- Gatsby quiz - Ch. 7-9
- discuss end of the novel and themes
Wednesday
- Beginnings-1800 test
Thursday
- practice note taking on argumentation articles
Friday
- Gatsby test - bring copy of the novel