English 1/2 Honors Assignments

Fri. 5/23 & Tue. 5/27

Final Exams

 

Thurs. 5/22

Jeopardy to review for finals

Hwk:

Study for finals

 

Wed. 5/21

Judge masks

Collect reading logs

Practice 4

Hwk:

Study for finals

 

Tues. 5/20

Practice 3 in Sentence Composing: Appositive Phrases

I-Safe Lesson: "Online Friending"

Hwk:

Study for finals

 

Mon. 5/19

Share out on grammar imitations

Return essays and folders

Hwk:

Study for finals

 

Fri. 5/16

Go over final review guide

Collect homework

Finish grammar imitation sentences

Hwk:

Study for finals

 

Thurs. 5/15

Socratic Seminar: Pyramus and Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet

Hwk:

Respond: What do the differences between P&T and R&J reveal about themes in R&J?

 

Wed. 5/14

Sentence Composing: Appositive Phrases (Practices 1-2)

Hwk:

Double Bubble: Pyramus & Thisbe and Romeo and Juliet (focus on plot details, character, setting, theme)

 

Tues. 5/13

Finish movie

Go over vocab

Hwk:

Read Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid

Annotate for similarities and differences from Romeo and Juliet

 

Mon. 5/12

Continue movie

Take id photos

Hwk:

Finish vocab

 

Fri. 5/9

Continue movie

Hwk:

R&J Acts 3-5 vocab (download)

 

Thurs. 5/8

Romeo and Juliet movie

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Wed. 5/7

Romeo and Juliet essay test

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Tues. 5/6

Discuss fate vs. human action

Define elements of tragedy--modern definition, Aristotle's Poetics

Tree map: virtues and flaws for Romeo and Juliet

Hwk:

Gather evidence: virtues and flaws of Romeo and Juliet

 

Mon. 5/5

Read and discuss (V, iii). Take notes on fate vs. human action

Hwk:

Review argumentative writing

 

Fri. 5/2

Discuss literary devices in (V, i)

Read (V, i)

Answer individually, p. 285, #1 and 4

Hwk:

Read (V, ii)

 

Thurs. 5/1

Discuss (IV, iii)

Lecture: types of speeches

Juliet's state of mind in soliloquy

Summarize (IV, iv-v)

Hwk:

Read (V, i)

 

Wed. 4/30

Finish sharing out on notes taken on (III, v)

Summarize (IV, i-ii)

Hwk:

Read (IV, v)

 

Tues. 4/29

Find irony, foreshadowing, fate vs. human action in (III, v) and surrounding scenes

Hwk:

Read (IV, iv)

 

Mon. 4/28

Discuss (III, v): Juliet's relationships with Nurse and LC, development of their characters

Define types of irony

Hwk:

Read (IV, iii)

 

Fri. 4/25

Analyze Capulet's character development

Read (III, v)--add to notes on character

Hwk:

Read (IV, ii)

 

Thurs. 4/24

Double bubble to compare Romeo's and Juliet's responses to tragic news

Hwk:

Read (IV, i)

 

Wed. 4/23

Pass back benchmark essays

Read and discuss (III, iii): compare Romeo's and Juliet's responses to tragic news

Hwk:

Read (III, v)

 

Tues. 4/22

Analyze Juliet's state of mind and character in (III, ii)

Hwk:

Read (III, iv)

 

Mon. 4/21

Read and discuss (III, i) to (III, ii)

Hwk:

Read (III, iii)

 

Fri. 4/18

Finish discussing Act II

Hwk:

Read (III, ii)

 

Thurs. 4/17

Finish evaluating paragraphs from share-out

Go over vocab

Discuss Act II: Juliet & Nurse's relationship; Friar and Romeo's relationship; fate vs. human action; foreshadowing

Hwk:

Read (III, i)

 

Wed. 4/16

Finish share out

Hwk:

Acts I-II vocab

 

Tues. 4/15

Continue share out

Hwk:

R&J Acts I-II vocab (download below)--due Thursday.

 

Mon. 4/14

Share out on (II, ii) paraphrases and analyses

Hwk:

Read (II, v-vi)

 

Fri. 4/11

Finish (II, ii) group work

Hwk:

Read (II, iv)

 

Thurs. 4/10

Discuss Capulet's character in (I, v)

Summarize Prologue to Act II and (II, ii)

Begin (II, ii) group work
Hwk:

Read (II, iii)

 

Wed. 4/9

Discuss (I, iv)

Read (I, v)

Hwk:

Read (II, ii)

 

Tues. 4/8

Finish share-out of (I, i)-(I, iii) work

Discuss (I, iv)

Hwk:

Read Prologue to Act II and (II, i)

 

Mon. 4/7

Close reading activities (I, i) to (I, iii)

Share out

Hwk:

Read (I, v): consider how you would direct actors to perform this scene.

 

Fri. 4/4

Discuss (I, ii)--Go over homework

Read (I, iii)

Hwk:

Read (I, iv)

 

Thurs. 4/3

Define iambic pentameter, blank verse, oxymoron

Go over paraphrase of prologue

Clarify plot in (I, i)

Hwk:

Answer questions #3 & 6, p. 260--answer in complete sentences

 

Wed. 4/2

Discuss the servant's speech in (I, i)

Define pun

Hwk:

Read Act I, scene 2 (I, ii)

 

Tues. 4/1

Read Act 1, scene 1 of Romeo & Juliet

Hwk:

Describe the character of the servants. What does their language reveal about them?

 

Mon. 3/31

Watch video to prep for Romeo and Juliet

Take notes

Hwk:

Read the prologue to Romeo and Juliet. Paraphrase the prologue line by line.

 

Fri. 3/28

Go over drama terms

"Mistress" group work

Hwk:

Written response: What do you think is the difference between an epic hero and a tragic hero?

 

Thurs. 3/27

Finish discussing "Fifteen"

Lecture on imagery

Share figures of speech (homework)

Read "My Mistress's Eyes Are Nothing Like the Sun"

Hwk:

Match drama terms

 

Wed. 3/26

Discuss "Fifteen" to analyze the poet's diction

Hwk:

Write 3 similes to compliment a lovely woman. Write 3 metaphors to insult a less appealing woman. The figures of speech should focus on her smile, her eyes, and her complexion.

 

Tues. 3/25

Discuss "Travel"

Meter practice

Lecture on diction

Hwk:

Read and annotate "Fifteen"

 

Mon. 3/24

Turn in rewrites

New seats

"Travel" group work

Hwk:

Freewrite: What do you think it's like to be 30 years old? (Write for 15 minutes straight--no stopping. Keep writing, "I don't know what to write," if you need to.)

 

Fri. 3/14

Finish giving feedback on essays

Lecture on elements of poetry (rhyme, rhythm, sound)

Hwk:

Read and annotate "Travel" for sound devices (download poem below)

 

Thurs. 3/13

Finish movie

Return essay: Identify your errors in an argumentative essay
Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Wed. 3/12

Continue movie

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Tues. 3/11

Registration presentation by counselors

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Mon. 3/10

Continue movie

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Fri. 3/7

Go over dangling modifiers

Continue Odyssey movie

Hwk:

For "Choice," identify purpose, argument, persona, audience. Write about these in separate paragraphs

 

Thurs. 3/6

Discuss King--turn in work

Start Odyssey movie

Hwk:

Read "Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr." (p. 367-370 in Elements of Literature)

Annotate with post-it notes

 

Wed. 3/5

District Writing Assessment

Hwk:

Dangling Modifiers practice

 

Tues. 3/4

Finish MLK group work

Discuss MLK

Hwk:

Prep for writing test tomorrow

 

Mon. 3/3

Prep for Benchmark Exam: Analyze prompt, read and annotate text, consider stances, review structure for argumentative writing

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

Think of examples for the benchmark exam

 

Fri. 2/28

Collect essays

Finish MLK analysis

Hwk:

Read 30 min.

 

Thurs. 2/27

Finish peer editing

Read and annotate MLK, "I Have a Dream"

Hwk:

Essay--due tomorrow (bring drafts and prewriting assignments)

 

Wed. 2/26

Go over mm/dm practice

Peer editing

Hwk:

Essay

 

Tues. 2/25

Misplaced/Dangling Modifier

Hwk:

Essay--2nd draft due tomorrow

 

Mon. 2/24

SV agree quiz

Lecture: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Hwk:

Essay-revise

 

Fri. 2/21

Go over grammar

Socratic Seminar: Greek values

Hwk:

Revise essay

Study for sv agree quiz

 

Thurs. 2/20

Peer review

Hwk:

Essay-revise

 

Wed. 2/19

Share completed flow maps

Prep for Socratic Seminar: Circle map to define Greek values

Hwk:

Essay--first draft due tomorrow

SV agree wksht (optional)

 

Tues. 2/18

Reading quiz

Subj.-verb agree review

Finish tree map and flow map for essay

Hwk:

Finish reading "Heracles"

Essay: finish thinking maps; start rough draft

 

Fri. 2/14

Outline structure of an argumentative essay

Prewriting activities for the essay: tree map and flow map

Hwk:

Read first half of "Heracles" (213-221)

Essay

 

Thurs. 2/13

Finish analyzing diction in "To a Friend..."

Corner Debate: taking a stance in making an argument

Assign essay

Hwk:

Read "Theseus" (193-212)

 

Wed. 2/12

Finish group work: Analyze "To a Friend..."

Discuss poem

Hwk:

Read "Golden Fleece" (166-189)

 

Tues. 2/11

Finish discussion on "Musee des Beaux Arts": analyze literary devices

Group work: analyze "To a Friend Whose Work Has Come to Triumph"

Hwk:

Read "Chimera" and "Medusa's Head" (146-165)

 

Fri. 2/7

Reading Quiz

Discuss "Musee des Beaux Arts": What is the poem's meaning?

Hwk:

Read "Cupid and Pysche" (43-58)

 

Thurs. 2/6

Group work: analyze "Musee des Beaux Arts"

Hwk:

Read "Lover of Beauty" (111-113); "Pyramus and Thisbe," "Baucis and Philemon" (124-134)

 

Wed. 2/5

Analyze Icarus's strengths and weaknesses: tree map

Analyze Pieter Breughel's painting: Discuss how Breughel views Icarus

Video on Icarus myth in poetry

Hwk:

Read "Loves of Apollo" (9-11); "Great Musician" (105-110); "Fortunate King" (114-123)

 

Tues. 2/4

Go over grammar

Reading quiz

Analyze words derived from mythology

Begin tree map: Analyze Icarus's strengths and weaknesses

Hwk:

Read "Arachne" (22-37); "Midas" (93-104)

 

Mon. 2/3

Collect pt 2 vocab

Go over grammar (sv agree with compound subjects)

SV agree review

Hwk:

Read "Niobe" and "Daedalus" (pp 81-92); "Phaethon" (12-17)

 

Fri. 1/31

The Odyssey Test

Hwk:

Read "Creation of Man," "Coming of Evil," "Great Flood" (pp 69-78); "Origin of Seasons" (28-35)

 

Thurs. 1/30

Grammar wksht on sv agreement for compound subjects

Answer questions about passages on Homeric similes review worksheet

Hwk:

Study for test

 

Wed. 1/29

Pick up Greek Myths

Go over vocab

Homeric similes practice

State rules for sv agreement for compound subjects

Hwk:

Study for test

 

Tues. 1/28

Finish share out

Homeric similes practice: identify Homeric similes

Hwk:

Odyssey part 2 vocab--due tomorrow

Mon. 1/27
Continue share out on symbolism
Hwk:
Odyssey Vocab part 2--due Wed. (all words are listed on p. 953)

Fri. 1/24
Finish group work on symbolism in The Odyssey
Share out
Hwk:
Read "Test of the Great Bow" to "Odysseus and Penelope" (pp. 936-947)

Thurs. 1/23
Go over grammar wksht and Cyclopes inferences
Start analyzing the symbolism in The Odyssey
Hwk:
Read "Father...Son" to "Beggar...Dog" (pp. 928-934)

Wed. 1/22
Finish grammar wksht from last week
Summarize Odysseus's encounters with Circe, Tiresias in the Land of the Dead, Sirens and Scylla and Charybdis, and Helios
Hwk:
Finish summaries

Tues. 1/21
Go over vocabulary
Socratic Seminar on Calypso: Do you sympathize with Calypso?
Hwk:
Cyclops worksheet: making inferences

Fri. 1/17
Multi-flow: "Calypso lets Odysseus go." (Use circle maps to connect character traits with motives for action.)
Subject-Verb Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns
Hwk:
Finish Part 1 vocab

Thurs. 1/16
Analyze Odysseus's and Calypso's characters in Vega's song (circle maps)
Hwk:
The Odyssey Part I vocab--due Tues. (assignment is the same as before, list of words can be found on p. 927)

Wed. 1/15
Analyze Odysseus's and Calypso's characters in Homer (make circle maps)
Hwk:
Read pp. 911-924 "Circe" to "The Cattle of the Sun God"

Tues. 1/14
Go over answers for "Trojan War" (Questions for Review and Word Study)
Discuss p. 890 (invocation)
Hwk:
Read pp. 895-909 "Laertes' Son" to "Cyclops"

Mon. 1/13
Finish group work
Go over answers for "Trojan War"
Hwk:
Read pp. 891-893 "Calypso"

Fri. 1/10
Finish Questions for Review on p. 202
Group work: Word Study #4 on p. 201-202 
Hwk:
Finish reading and paraphrasing p. 890

Thurs. 1/9
Go over homework
SV agreement: with intervening phrases
Hwk:
Read and paraphrase p. 890 of anthology ("translate" line by line)

Wed. 1/8
Finish reading pp. 186-196 in Myths and Their Meanings
Questions for Review p. 202 #1-29
Hwk:
Odyssey Intro questions: Please answer in complete sentences on a separate sheet of paper.

Tues. 1/7
Lecture and practice: SV Agreement
Read pp. 186-196 in Myths and Their Meanings
Hwk:
Read pp. 878-884 in Elements of Literature (anthology)

Mon. 1/6
Announcements: new seats, review policies, new reading logs
Define myths and mythology
Introduce Olympian gods and goddesses
Review subjects and verbs
Hwk:
Mythology "Pretest"