May 12, 2014 - May 16, 2014 Weekly Agenda for English 10B

Monday, May 12th:
Work on Vocabulary Workshop: Unit Six
Read The Catcher in the Rye
Discussion: juxtaposition of the "Sunny scene with the nuns"


Tuesday, May 13th:
Your Vocabulary Workshop: Unit Six is due today
Read Catcher in the Rye
Discussion



Wednesday, May 14th:
Short quiz on Catcher in the Rye
Work on the "Trace the Motif"

Thursday, May 15th:
Read Catcher in the Rye
Vivant Tableau for Catcher in the Rye

Friday, May 16th:
Read Catcher in the Rye 

May 5, 2014 - May 9, 2014 10 B English

Monday, May 5th:
Read Catcher in the Rye; pages 66 - 79
Discussion:
Unreliable narrator
Vocabulary
Questions:
1. When and where do you think Holden's perceptions are biased?
2. What type of people is Holden the most critical of?

Tuesday, May 6th:
Vocabulary Workshop; Unit 6 will be assigned; due Tuesday, May 13th
Read Catcher in the Rye
"Tracing the Motif":
Find references to the following words:
Moron
Money
Drinking
Cigarettes
Sex
Write the phrase
Write the context in which the reference occurs.
What is the subtext of the scene?

Wednesday, May 7th:
Work on Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 6
Read Chapter 12
Discussion

Thursday, May 8th:
Work on Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 6
Read Catcher in the Rye
Discussion

Friday, May 9th:
Work on Vocabulary Workshop: Unit 6
Read Catcher in the Rye
Discussion

April 28, 2014 - May 2, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 10 English B

Monday, April 28th:
Special Schedule. No 2nd period today.

Tuesday, April 29th:
Finish the graphic organizers for The Grapes of Wrath
Begin work on the essay portion of the Common Core Assessment

Wednesday, April 30th:
Special Schedule. No 2nd period today.

Thursday, May 1st:
Work on the essay portion of the Common Core Assessment
Must finish today! No exception.

Friday, May 2nd:
Regular schedule
Read Catcher in the Rye
Reading logs

April 21, 2014 - April 25, 2014 Agenda for English 10B

Monday, April 21st:
Read CATCHER in the RYE

Tuesday, April 22nd:
No 2nd period today

Wednesday, April 23rd:
Your final draft and work cited page for  your research paper are due today.
Any make-up work or rewrites are due this Friday, April 25th for the 3rd grading period. No exceptions.
Begin work on the Common Core GRAPES of WRATH assessment. The assessment is due by Friday, May 2nd.
Listen to and then read, annotate and discuss the lyrics to "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?'
Watch documentaries about "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", World War l, The Stock Market Crash, The Depression, The Dust Bowl
Discussion
Read excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath
Discussion
Begin work on the graphic organizer for "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Past vs. Present; "Response" and "Evidence from Text"

Thursday, April 24th:
No 2nd period today

Friday, April 25th:
Continue working on the Common Core GRAPES of WRATH assessment

April 1, 2014 - April 4, 2014 Agenda for 10th Grade English

Tuesday, April 1st:
Journal:
What are the social groups at Hollywood? Where do you fit in? Or do you?
Vin diagrams on conformity vs. nonconformity
Vocabulary words
Read CATCHER in the RYE

Wednesday, April 2nd:
No second period today

Thursday, April 3rd:
Break into groups
Analyze Holden's scene with Old Mr. Spencer
When is he being sincere?
When is he being phony?
When is he conforming to social norms?
Read CATCHER in the RYE

Friday, April 4th:
Following a Motif:
"Tracing a Motif" handout will be given to  you today.
Pair up and select a motif from CATCHER in the Rye
Write down the page number on which the motif occurs.
The context in which the motif is found (where Holden is, or what he is doing or experiencing).
Write a brief sentence describing what the motif might mean (for example, the red hunting hat), when the motif occurs and how it relates to other things (other symbols or motifs or people) in the novel.
"Tracing a Motif: Guiding Questions" will be given to you.
Use the guiding questions to frame your findings.
Vocabulary Bingo!
Read CATHER in the RYE

March 24, 2014 - March 28, 2014 Agenda for 10th Grade English

Monday, March 24th:
Begin working on your final draft of your research paper
Your final draft will be due on Friday

Tuesday, March 25th:
Continue working on your final draft

Wednesday, March 26th:
Turn in everything that is outstanding.  This is your last day. You may still turn in your final draft by Friday,  but if you have not turned in by now your letter of intent, all the note cards and your rough draft by today, then it is too late.
Meet in room 506
Begin reading Catcher in the Rye

Thursday, March 27th:
Read Catcher in the Rye
Discussion

Friday, March 28th:
Read Catcher in the Rye
Discussion

March 17, 2014 - March 21, 2014 Agenda for 10th Grade English

Monday, March 17th:
Your rough draft of your research paper is due today! No exceptions!

Tuesday, March 18th:
No second period today.
Periods 4 - 7 only today.

Wednesday, March 19th:
Begin working on your final draft

Thursday, March 20th:
Continue working on your final draft

Friday, March 21st:
Continue working on your final draft

March 10, 2014 - March 14, 2014 Agenda for 10th Grade English

Monday, March 10th:
Library
10 minute CAHSEE Prep
Continue research
Turn in five note cards today

Tuesday, March 11th:
Library
10 minute CAHSEE Prep
Continue research
Turn in five note cards today.

Wednesday, March 12th:
Library
10 minute CAHSEE Prep
Continue research
Final day to turn in note cards

Thursday, March 13th:
Library
10 minute CAHSEE Prep
Begin work on rough draft of research paper

Friday, March 14th:
Library
10 minute CAHSEE Prep
Continue working on rough draft of research paper

Monday, March 17th:
Rough draft is due today.

February 24, 2014 10th Grade English Agenda

10th Grade English Class

February 24, 2014 - February 28, 2014

Monday, February 24th:

Continue working on your research paper

Tuesday, February 25th:

Must turn in your "letter of Intent" by today

Continue working on your research paper

You need to have finished five note cards by the end of class.

Each day in class your note cards will be checked for format and quantity.

Wednesday, February 26th:

Continue working on your research paper

You need to have finished five note cards by the end of class.

Each day in class your note cards will be checked for format and quantity.

Thursday, February 27th:

Continue working on your research paper

You need to have finished five note cards by the end of class. 

Each day in class your note cards will be checked for format and quantity.

Friday, February 28th:

Continue working on your research paper

You need to have finished five note cards by the end of class

Each day in class your note cards will be checked for format and quantity.

By Monday, March 2nd, you should have twenty-five note cards and will begin working on the rough draft of your paper. 

Your rough draft will be due on Monday, March 10th

February 17, 2014 - February 21, 2014 World Literature

Monday, February 17th:
No school today

Tuesday, February 18th:
Block schedule this week; no fourth

Wednesday, February 19th:
Watch HAMLET, Act 1, Scene 1
Read
Discuss
Handout on Iambic Pentameter

Thursday, February 20th:
Watch HAMLET, Act 1, Scene 2
Read
Discuss
Pass out open book test on HAMLET, Act 1

Friday, February 21st:
Watch HAMLET, Act 1, Scene 3
Read
Discuss

February 17, 2014 - February 21, 2014 English 10 B

Monday, February 17th:
No school today

Tuesday, February 18th:
In Room 506 today
Work on "Letter of Intent"
Conferences on research topics and letters of intent
Continue with research

Go over Participial Phrase handout

Wednesday, February 19th:
Block schedule today
No 2nd Period today

Thursday, February 20th:
Work on Letter of Intent
Work on bibliography cards
Start work on note cards
Continue research

Friday, February 21st:
In library
Continue research

February 10, 2014 - February 14, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 10th Grade English B

Monday, February 10th:
Reflective questions over the essay "Man's Search for Meaning"

Reflective Questions on “Man’s Search for Meaning”: 

1. What are the major themes of the essay?

2. Give two examples from NIGHT of exemplary (excellent, superior) behavior of prisoners in the camps, who have transcended their barbaric conditions. 

3. Give two examples from NIGHT of behavior in which the prisoners have given into their baser (lower) nature.

4. According to Viktor E. Frankl, in B. “The Power of Love”, what gave a prisoner a sense of humanity? If a prisoner lost this, what happened to the prisoner? Find an example in NIGHT where a prisoner was sustained by love. What happened to the prisoner when hope was lost?

5. According to Viktor E. Frankl, in C. “The Loss of Human Values”, what was the most important thing to the bureaucrats who ran the camps? What did this reduce the prisoners to? Give an example of how the bureaucrats saw sick prisoners and how this determined the bureaucrats’ treatment of those prisoners. 

6. In D. “The Importance of the Future in Suffering”, what was the most effective way of combating the camp’s psychopathological influence on the prisoners?

7. Describe the prisoner who has given up.

8. Explain what Nietzsche means when he says, “He who has a why to live for can bear with almost and how.” 

9. Explain what Frankl means in the final paragraph in D. “The Importance of the Future in Suffering”. What must we change about ourselves?  What is more important than talk and meditation? What does life ultimately mean? 

Barbaric: uncivilized, violent, destructive, going against excepted codes of civilized behavior. 

Grammar Handout on Participial Phrases; due Thursday, February 13th.

Tuesday, February 11th:
Library: begin research for paper on the Holocaust

Wednesday, February 12th:
Library: continue research for paper on the Holocaust
Conferences with individual students on research topics
Hand out "Letter of Intent"; this will be due on Friday. It must be typed. Please follow format of letter.

Thursday, February 13th:
Library: Conferences with individual students on research topics continued.
Review format of "Letter of Intent"
Grammar Handout is due today; participial phrases; exercises 3, 4, 5 and Review D.

Friday, February 14th:
Library: Handout on "Letter of Intent" is due today.
Begin research; review note cards and bibliography cards.

February 3, 2014 - February 7, 2014 Agenda for English 10B

Monday, February 3rd:

Warm-up:

Vocabulary Unit 4: "Completing the Sentence"

Finish reading the essay "The Scapegoat"

Discussion 

Reflective Questions

Tuesday, February 4th:

Vocabulary Unit 4: "Synonyms"

Grammar: Sentences with Introductory Clauses

Read the essay "The Will to Live"

Discussion

Reflective Questions

Wednesday, February 5th:

No 2nd Period

Thursday, February 6th: 

Vocabulary Unit  4: "Antonyms"

Write five sentences with introductory clauses using your Unit 4 vocabulary words
Read the essay "The Will to Live"
Diacritical journal on the essay 

Friday, February 7th: 

Unit Four Vocabulary is due today.
Read the essay "Propaganda"
Diacritical journal on the essay
Assign Participial Phrases from HOLT HANDBOOK; exercises 3, 4 and Review B for homework. This will be due on Tuesday, February 11th.

January 27, 2014 - January 31, 2014 Agenda for 10B English

Monday, January 27th:

Read NIGHT

Discussion

Reflective Questions

Tuesday, January 28th:

Vocabulary Unit 4; Definitions; #11 - 15

Read NIGHT

Discussion 

Reflective Questions

Wednesday, January 29th:

Vocabulary Unit 4; Definitions; #16 - 20

Read NIGHT

Discussion

Reflective Questions

Thursday, January 30th:

Vocabulary Unit 4; "Completing the Sentence"; #1 - 10

Read NIGHT

Discussion 

Reflective Questions

Friday, January 31st:

Vocabulary Unit 4; "Completing the Sentence"; #11 - 20

Read the essay "The Scapegoat"

Discussion

January 21, 2014 - January 24, 2014 10B Agenda




Tuesday,
 January
 21st:

Go
 over
 the
 class 
syllabus 
for 
English
 10B

Collect 
the
 grammar 
handout 
for
 “Run‐on 
Sentences”


Read
 NIGHT; 
pages
 53
–
56


Questions
 to Ponder While
 Reading:

What 
does
 Elie 
Wiesel
 mean
 when
 he
 says 
that 
the
 false
 rumors 
are 
an
 injection
 of 
morphine?

What
 was 
the
 bad
 news 
the
 heads 
of 
the
 block 
were
 told?

What 
were
 the
 rumors
 flying
 about 
regarding
 the
 invalids?

What
 decision
 did
 Elie
 and
 his
 father
 decide
 to
 do?

What
 was
 the
 fate 
of 
the
 invalids
 left
 behind
 in
 the
 hospital?


How 
is 
this
 ironic?

 

Vocabulary:

 
Buffoon:
 fools



Wednesday, 
January
 22nd:


Go 
over 
grammar
 handout
 
Please
 bring
 your 
vocabulary
 book 
to 
class 
today.

Assign
 Vocabulary 
Unit
 4;
 page 
54:
“Completing 
the
 Sentence”; 
sentences 
1
–
10

Read 
NIGHT;
 Chapter
 6

Comprehension
 questions



Thursday,
 January 
23rd:


Please
 bring
 your
 vocabulary 
book 
to 
class
 today.

Assign 
Vocabulary 
Unit 
4; 
pages 
54
–
55;
“Completing
 the
 Sentence”;
 sentences
 11
–
20


Read
 NIGHT; 
Chapter
 7

Comprehension 
questions



Friday, 
January
 24th:

 
Please 
bring
 your 
vocabulary
 book 
to
 class 
today.

 Assign
 Vocabulary
Unit 
4; 
page
 55;
“Synonyms”; 
1
–
8.

 
Read
 NIGHT

Comprehension
 questions


 

January 13, 2014 - January 17, 2014 Weekly Agenda for 10th Grade English

Monday, January 13th:

Class check-in.

Class Syllabus

Tuesday, January 14th:

Read NIGHT; Chapter 5

Documentary: The Kaddish, the Jewish Prayer for the Dead

Assign: Vocabulary, Unit 3; this will be due on Friday, January 17th

Wednesday, January 15th:

No 3rd Period

Thursday, January 16th:

Read and discuss:"Fifty Years After the Eve of Destruction"

Read NIGHT

Friday, January 17th:

Grammar: Run-on Sentences; this will be due on Wednesday, January 22nd. 

Vocabulary, Unit 3 is due today

Continue reading NIGHT

December 2, 2013 - December 6, 2013 Weekly Agenda for 10th Grade English

Monday, December 2nd:
Read NIGHT
Discussion and Reading Log

Tuesday, December 3rd:
Shortened Day
Read NIGHT
Discussion and Reading Log

Wednesday, December 4th:
No Class Today

Thursday, December 5th:
Read NIGHT
Discussion and Reading Log

Friday, December 6th:
Read NIGHT
Discussion and Reading Log

November 18, 2013 - November 22, 2013 Weekly Agenda for 10th Grade English

Monday, November 18th:
Check out NIGHT by Elie Wiesel to students
Read pages 10 - 12
Comprehension and Discussion

No Class on Tuesday

Wednesday, November 20th:
Continue reading NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
Read pages 12 - 21
Comprehension and Discussion

Thursday, November 21st:
Continue reading NIGHT by Elie Wiesel
Read pages 22 - 26
Comprehension and Discussion

Friday, November 22nd:
List the examples of metaphor, simile, imagery and  personification in Chapter One.

Metaphors: comparison of two unlike things not using like or as.

Similes: comparison of two unlike things using like or as. 

Imagery: words or phrases that appeal to the five senses.

Personification: giving inanimate objects human characteristics

Read pages 22 - 33

Questions over Pages 22 - 33:

How are the Jews supposed to get to the next block in Auschwitz?

Who is put in charge of Elie, his father and the other prisoners in this prison block?

How do the Jews sleep the first night in the prison block at Auschwitz?

What is Elie’s reaction to the thick soup offered to him the day after arriving at Auschwitz?

What do the SS officers do to the prisoners the day after arriving at Auschwitz?

What is A-7713?

What is the lie that Elie tells the man looking for Wiesel of Sighat?

What is the man’s response to Elie’s news of his family?

Class Notes for November 12, 2013

Peer Editing for the essay on Martin Luther King’s “I Have Been to the Mountaintop”

Pass the paper to the first person sitting to your left.

Introductory Paragraph:

Check to see if the person has her name and date in the upper right corner

Make sure they have a title on the paper

Make sure they have the following:

A thesis statement

Make sure the title of the essay has quotation marks and the name of the speaker

The first time you refer to the author you should use the full name of the writer.

Subsequently, you may use the last name only or the first and last name.  You may use Dr. King.

Briefly discuss what the speech is about and Dr. King’s main ideas.

The Second Paragraph:

Make sure each paragraph has a topic sentence.

Make sure you analyze Dr. King’s position

Agree or disagree with his position: yes, we have made progress or no, we haven’t.

Defend your position with statistics, data, anecdotal evidence.

Make sure you introduce the statistics, data, anecdotal material: state where you got the information from and from whom, and what it pertains to.

After the introduction of the information, please show how it pertains to the thesis statement. Explain, discuss and/or expand upon the information.

Make sure you include quotations

Make sure you discuss and/or explain the quotation

Show how the quotation fulfills the thesis statement.

Make sure you have a good transition statement.

Make sure somewhere in the 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th paragraphs you include a counter claim and then show how and why the counter claim is incorrect.

Conclusion:

Make sure you briefly go over the main points in your essay.

Answer the question posed in the thesis statement.

Your final thoughts.

November 12, 2013 - November 15, 2013 10th Grade English

Tuesday, November 12th:
Your essay rough draft is due today.
Break into groups of four to peer edit it.

Wednesday, November 13th:
Your final draft is due today.
Begin reading NIGHT

Thursday, November 14th:
Read NIGHT
Close Reading
Discussion

Friday, November 15th:
Read Night
Close Reading
Discussion