3 February 2014 English IV Do Now: Grammar-Punctuation 3, Apostrophes!

1. 3 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Grammar-Punctuation 3, Apostrophes! • Read: Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” and Keats’s “La Belle Dame sans Merci” • Respond: Analyze the use of strange and/or supernatural elements in the poems and how they affect the mood. • Last questions about your deadline? • HW-Typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis due; Buy Norton Critical Edition of Frankenstein before Feb 6.

2. 3 February 2014PSAT-10 • Do Now: Get out Ferris Buellervocabulary 1 and a highlighter! • Check FB 1 • Ferris Bueller2, 14 mins. • Simon quiz 2 • HW-Verbal packet 2 due.

3. 3 February 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Work Imagery 63! • Discussing your level questions from HoD • AP essay #1 on Heart of Darkness • Peer editing essays • HW: Things Fall Apart by February 7; • First two paragraphs and works cited due

4. 4 February 2014 • Dual Credit • Do Now: Staple typed final draft of poetry analysis on top of the rough draft and peer • comment sheets. • Introduction to Fiction-Plot! • Reading and discussing sample story as a class • Reading and analyzing a story individually

5. 4 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Turn in typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis! • Review for test on The Romantic Period • Watching BBC’s The Romantics and conferencing on deadline • HW- Prepare for test; Bring Frankenstein; Literary analysis due February 25.

6. 4 February 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Turn in typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis;Work Imagery 64! • Finish watching “The Reichenbach Fall” • Review for Victorian period test • Start conferencing on deadline • HW-Prepare for test; Bring Jane Eyre; Final literary analysis due February 25.

7. 5 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Turn in typed first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis! • Review for test on The Romantic Period • Watching BBC’s The Romantics and conferencing on deadline • HW- Prepare for test; Bring Frankenstein; Literary analysis due February 26.

8. 5 February 2014 • PSAT-10 • Do Now: Get out Comparisons and Pronoun WS from last Writing class, Verbal packet 2, and a highlighter! • Check Writing work and Verbal packet 2, receive 3; due February 13th • Writing skills: Pronoun case & Participles Case: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFiJRen36No Participles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VYkijxA8a0&list=PL41E39A95D920B37E • HW-Math

9. 5 February 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Turn in first two paragraphs and works cited page of literary analysis; Work Imagery 64! • Conferencing on deadline • Read Chinua Achebe’s essay “An Image of Africa: Racism in Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness” • HW: Background and bring Things Fall Apart.

10. 6 February 2014 • Dual Credit • Character! • Reading and discussing sample story as a class • Reading and analyzing a story individually

11. 6 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for test! • The Romantic Period test • Read Volume I, Letters 1-4 of Frankenstein; finish before next class • HW: Textbook home, bring novel; finish reading

12. 6 February 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Imagery 66; Prepare for test! • Victorian Period test-Remind me to tell you about extra credit opportunity… • Assigning Dialectical journals for novel • Finish conferencing on deadline from last class • Read Author’s Preface and Chapters 1-5 of Jane Eyre • HW-Finish reading.

13. 7 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for test! • The Romantic Period test • Read Volume I, Letters 1-4 of Frankenstein; finish before next class • HW: Textbook home, bring novel; finish reading.

14. 7 February 2014 • PSAT-10 • Math • HW-Simon quiz 3.

15. 7 February 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Imagery 66 • Discussing Achebe reading from last class • Things Fall Apart background presentations • MWDS and Dialectical journals assigned • AP Prose practice: British fiction, Passage 5 & 6 • HW: Read part 1 of Things Fall Apartby February 13.

16. 10 February 2014 • Dual Credit • Setting! • Reading and discussing sample story as a class • Reading and analyzing a story individually • HW-You will need a copy of the novel you chose in class February 19.

17. 10 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Punctuation-Commas, exercise 3! • Frankenstein activity • Reading Volume I, Chapters 1-5; finish before next class • HW-Vocab quiz 19; finish reading; Literary analysis due February 25.

18. 10 February 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Work Syntax 69! • Quiz on reading • Jane Eyre activity • Reading Chapters 6-11 before next class • HW-Vocab quiz 19; Literary analysis due February 25.

19. 11 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Punctuation-Commas, exercise 3! • Frankenstein activity • Reading Volume I, Chapters 1-5; finish before next class • HW-Vocab quiz 19; finish reading; Literary analysis due February 26.

20. 11 February 2014 • PSAT-10 • Ferris Bueller 3, 13 mins. • Simon quiz 3 • HW-Verbal packet 3 due.

21. 11 February 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Work Syntax 69! • AP Prose essay packet • AP Exam prose essay, 2013 • HW: Revise rough draft and type it for next class; Finish Part 1 of Things Fall Apart.

22. 12 February 2014 • Dual Credit • Symbolism! • Reading and discussing sample story as a class • Reading and analyzing a story individually

23. 12 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 19-Power Plus Lesson 19 • Frankenstein activity with Chapters 1-5 • Reading Volume I, Chapters 6-Volume II, Chapter 2; finish before next class

24. 12 February 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz; Work Syntax 70! • Vocabulary quiz 19-Power Plus Lesson 19 • Jane Eyre activity • Reading Chapters 12-19 before next class

25. 13 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Prepare for quiz! • Vocabulary quiz 19-Power Plus Lesson 19 • Frankenstein activity with Chapters 1-5 • Reading Volume I, Chapters 6-Volume II, Chapter 2; finish before next class

26. 13 February 2014 • PSAT-10 • Check Verbal packet 3, receive 4; due February 24th • Writing skills: Modifiers & Tenses Modifiers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YoghBZ0Z-I Tenses: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYLOsGb1X_w • HW-Math.

27. 13 February 2014 • AP English IV • Do Now: Turn in final draft of prose essay; Work Syntax 70! • Video clip on the novel • Discussing Things Fall Apart part 1 • AP Prose practice: British fiction, Passage 7 & American fiction, Passage 1 • HW: Read part 2 of Things Fall Apart by February 20; Final draft of literary analysis paper due February 24

28. 14 February 2014 • Dual Credit • Theme! • Reading and discussing sample story as a class • Reading and analyzing a story individually • HW-Bring the novel you chose.

29. 14 February 2014 • English IV • Do Now: Punctuation-Apostrophes, exercise 2! • Frankenstein activity • ReadingVolume II,Chapters 3-8; finish before next class • HW-Vocab quiz 20

30. 14 February 2014 • ACC English IV • Do Now: Syntax 71 • Half-way quiz • Jane Eyreactivity • Reading Chapters 20-24 before next class • HW-Vocab quiz 20