DECEMBER 2011

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
5
DAY C
  • HW #22 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 95-126)
  • Paragraph Journal #4 (5 points):Disturbing World. What most disturbed you about our last reading (95-126)? Cite/show a passage or section and react. Why do you suppose Atwood presented us with this?
    		• 6
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY E
  • HW #23 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 127-162)
  • ZONES (10 points)
    		•  8
    DAY F
  • HW #24 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 163-191)
  • Pearl Jam's "Do the Evolution"
  • The Final Project
  • Violent Video Games Disrupt Emotion and Cognition in Young Men
  • TRENDS 29 only: Journal #5 (5 points): Reread page 167. Describe Crake and Jimmy's diifering understanding on "human meaning." What so think is "human meaning"?
    		• 9
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    12
    DAY B
  • HW #25 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 192-218)
  • Would You Eat FrankenMeat?
  • Would Lab Grown Meat Be Better for Us and the Planet?
  • Coming Soon, Test Tube Burger
  • Soon, Lab Grown Meat to Feed the World
  • Lab Grown Meat: Would You Eat It?
  • Petri Dish to Dinner Plate, In-Vitro Meat Coming Soon
    		• 13
    DAY C
  • HW #26 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 222-251)
  • What Are Chicken Nuggets Made Of?
  • Theme Groupwork
    		• 14
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY E
  • HW #27 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 252-280)
    		•  16
    DAY F
  • HW #28 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 282-317)
    • 19
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY B
  • HW #29 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 318-347)
  • Crake's Plan: What if...?
    		• 21
    DAY C
  • HW #30 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 348-374)
  • End of Novel Assessment
    		• 22
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 23
    DAY E
  • HW #31 DUE!
  • End of Novel Assessment
    • 26
    RECESS
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    		 30
    RECESS

    NOVEMBER 2011

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    OCT 31
    DAY F
  • Thirteen Goddesses
  • Kali Wikipedia
  • Story of Kali
  • Kali Goddess of Chaos
  • Kali Goddess of Chaos Image
  • The Entropy Essay
  • write in lab
    		• 1
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 2
    DAY B
  • The Entropy Essay
  • write in lab
    		• 3
    DAY C

    FINAL DRAFT Essay Due
  • 7 Billion People
  • Earth's Most Typical Person
  • Overpopulation Groupwork
    		• 4
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    7
    DAY E
  • Group presentations
  • HW #17 DUE!
  • "Sliced=Crosswise" quiz and discussion
    		• 8
    ELECTION DAY
    NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS    		 9
    DAY F
  • David Olsson's "Id"
  • Soylent Green
    		•  10
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 11
    RECESS
    14
    DAY B
  • HW #18 : Overpopulation Creative Writing Scene DUE (printed, single spaced, landscape, two columns for class)
  • Soylent Green
    		•  15
    DAY C
    Tuesday is Soylent Green day     		16
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY E
    Finish Soylent Green and Open Note Quiz (pair share in paragraphs!)     		18
    DAY F
    Delicatessen
    21
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 22
    DAY B
  • Delicatessen
    		• 23
    DAY C
  • HW 18.5: PREPARE AN INDEX CARD for in-class essay! [if you are absent, you will make it up when you return by Tuesday in the English Office during your own time]
  • Schreiber Climate Survey
  • In Class Regents Style Critical Lens Essay
  • NYS Critical Lens Rubric
  • Tips While Reading Oryx and Crake
    		• 24
    RECESS
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!     		25
    RECESS
    FOOD COMA DAY
    28
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 29
    DAY E
  • HW #19 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 3-33)
  • Tips While Reading Oryx and Crake
  • In-Class Written Response: General Impressions. What are your thoughts about the first thirty pages?
  • Genetically Altered Salmon (Newsday)
  • "Artificial liver 'could be grown'"
    		• 30
    DAY F
  • HW #20 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 37-68)
  • Paragraph Journal #2: Write out a passage with page number citation and respond to the text from a part of our reading (pages 37-68). What is it saying? How is it saying it? Why is it saying it? Upon what does it make you reflect? (5 points)
  • Physics of the Future (NPR)
  • Skin Guns "Phizer's "Nooskins"
    		• DEC 1
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 DEC 2
    DAY B
  • HW #21 DUE! (Oryx and Crake 69-92)
  • Paragraph Journal #3 (5 points): Jimmy and Glenn/Crake's World. React to the activities in which Jimmy and Glenn partake. Comment on the games, drug use, and sites. What does Atwood want us to think?

    • OCTOBER 2011

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY F
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Arthur Clarke's "The Sentinel"
  • Symbols in 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • 2001 and Beyond
  • "The 'Worm' That Could Bring Down The Internet"
    		• 5
    DAY A
    2001 Odyssey vs. Homer's Odyssey ; imagery/themes
  • More 2001 Analysis
    		• 6
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY C
  • HW #10 DUE!
  • The Time Machine
  • Time Machine Vocab
    • 10
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!     		11
    DAY D
  • HW #11 DUE!
  • The Time Machine
  • How I Got Out of Writing an Essay on The Time Machine
    		• 12
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY F
  • HW #12 DUE!
  • Time Machine Zones
  • Found Poems Gallery
  • Ursula Le Guin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
    		• 14
    DAY A
  • HW #13 DUE!
  • Zoline Pre-reading Show and Tell
  • Reading and annotating Pamela Zoline's The Heat Death of the Universe"
    		•
    17
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 18
    DAY C
  • HW #14 DUE!
  • Zoline Pre-reading Show and Tell
  • Reading and annotating Pamela Zoline's The Heat Death of the Universe"
    		•  19
    DAY D
  • HW #14 DUE!
  • Zoline Pre-reading Show and Tell
  • Reading and annotating Pamela Zoline's The Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 20
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 21
    DAY F
  • HW #14 DUE!
  • Zoline Pre-reading Show and Tell
  • Reading and annotating Pamela Zoline's The Heat Death of the Universe"
    • 24
    DAY A
  • HW #14 DUE!
    		• 25
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 26
    DAY C
  • HW #15 DUE! I will collect your ZOline annotations today
  • TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men"
  • Nobel Prize Winners
  • Social Network Anxiety
    		• 27
    DAY D
  • HW #16 DUE!
  • The Entropy Essay
  • write in lab
    		• 28
    DAY E

    class does not meet today

    SEPTEMBER 2011

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5

    LABOR DAY    		 6

    		 7
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY B
    Welcome to the End of the World!
  • Trends Course Description
  • Class Rules
  • Absence Policy
  • James Thurber's "The Last Flower" : what emerging course themes does Thurber present?
    		• 9
    DAY C
  • HW #1 DUE!
  • Let's build a utopia!
  • More's Utopia
    		•
    12
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY E
  • HW #2 DUE!
  • Presentation of Utopias
    		• 14
    DAY F
  • HW #3 DUE!
  • Book of Genesis quiz and discussion
    		• 15
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    		 16
    DAY B
  • HW #4 DUE!
  • Flood Myths Discussion: God as Destroyer
  • "Adam and No Eve" quiz + Man as Destroyer?
  • Protons and Champagne Mix as New Particle Collider is Revved Up (NY TImes)
  • "A Final Smash for America's Giant Particle" Collider
  • Accelerator Anxiety (editorial, Boston Globe)
    • 19
    DAY C
  • HW #5 DUE!
  • "Adam and No Eve"
  • Franz Leiber's "A Pail of Air"
  • Cozy Catastrophe?
    		• 20
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 21
    DAY E
  • HW #6 DUE!
  • "The Star" & "There Will Come Soft Rains"
    		• 22
    DAY F
  • HW #7 DUE!
  • "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
  • IBM's Watson on Jeopardy! (2011)
    		• 23
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    26
    DAY B
  • HW #8 DUE!
  • "Singularity" by Lev Grossman (Time, Feb 2011)
  • 2015
    		•  27
    DAY C
  • HW #9 DUE!
  • Singularity at 2045
  • meet in lab to write
  • "The 'Worm' That Could Bring Down The Internet"
    		• 28
    DAY D

    Writing Assigment 2045 (50 points) due on Sunday at 11:59 PM on turnitin.com
    class does not meet today
    		 29
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 30
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS

    DECEMBER 2010

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    DAY C
  • HW #26 DUE
  • Journal #11
    		• 7
    DAY D     ASSEMBLY     		8
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY F     MEET IN ENGLISH LAB
  • HW #27 DUE
  • Oryx and Crake In-Class Essay
  • You have one period to write so arrive promptly!
    		• 10
    DAY A


    JOURNALS DUE, please
  • Post Apocalyptic or Dystopian Project is here!
  • Twelve Monkeys
    • 13
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY C
  • Twelve Monkeys
    		• 15
    DAY D
  • HW #28 DUE
  • Twelve Monkeys
    		• 16
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY F
  • HW #29 DUE
  • Finish Film
  • Twelve Monkeys Quiz/Analysis
  • Workshop
  • La Jetee
    Happy Birthday, Sarah M!
    		•
    20
    DAY A
    ZPG: Zero Population Growth    		 21
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 22
    DAY C
    ZPG: Zero Population Growth     		23
    DAY D

    1st DRAFT of PROJECT DUE! Please have a copy for each group member and 1 for me, please.     		24
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!
    27
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!    		 28
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!    		 29
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!    		 30
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!    		 31
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!

    NOVEMBER 2010

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY A
  • HW #14 DUE
    		• 2
    NO SCHOOL
    ELECTION DAY    		 3
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY C
    MIDTERM EXAM (multiple choice)
  • REVIEW FOR MIDTERM EXAM
  • Oryx and Crake Reading Schedule
    		• 5
    DAY D
    END OF 1ST QUARTER
  • HW #15 DUE
  • Journal #1
    • 8 DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY F
  • HW #16 DUE
  • Journal #2
    		• 10
    DAY A
  • HW #17 DUE
  • Journal #3
    		• 11
    RECESS
    VETERANS' DAY    		 12
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    15
    DAY C
  • HW #18 DUE
  • Journal #4
    		• 16
    DAY D
  • HW #19 DUE
  • Journal #5
  • Oryx and Crake Character Philosphy Collage
    		• 17
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 18
    DAY F
  • HW #20 DUE
  • Journal #6
  • Finish Oryx and Crake Character Philosphy Collage
    		•  19
    DAY A
  • HW #21 DUE
  • Journal #7
    • 22
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 23
    DAY C
  • HW #22 DUE
  • Journal #8
    		• 24
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL     		25
    RECESS

    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!    		 26
    RECESS
    FOOD COMA DAY
    29
    DAY D
  • HW #23 DUE
  • Journal #8
    		• 30
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 DEC 1
    DAY F
  • HW #24 DUE
  • Journal #9
    		• DEC 2
    DAY A
  • HW #25 DUE
  • Journal #10
    		• DEC 3
    DAY B
    class does not meet today

    OCTOBER 2010

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    4
    DAY F
  • HW #9 DUE
  • Note Taking Prompt for Soylent Green
    		• 5
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY B
  • HW #10 DUE
  • Note Taking Prompt for Soylent Green
    		• 7
    DAY C
  • HW #10 DUE
  • Soylent Green Quiz
  • What's in that chicken nugget?
    		•  8
    DAY D
    class does not meet today


    Short Story Essay Assignment DUE at turnitin.com by midnight tomorrow!
    11
    COLUMBUS DAY
    NO SCHOOL     		12
    DAY E
  • Delicatessen Note Taking Prompt
    		• 13
    DAY F
  • Delicatessen Note Taking Prompt
    		• 14
    DAY A
    class does not meet today

    OPEN SCHOOL NIGHT
  • Course Description
  • Absence Policy
  • Class Guidelines
    		• 15
    DAY B
  • Delicatessen Note Taking Prompt
    • 18
    DAY C
  • HW #11 DUE
  • Mnemonic excerpt (memory & generations)
  • Time Machine I
    		• 19
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY E
  • HW #12 DUE
  • Time Machine II
  • What Does the Time Traveller Value?
    		• 21
    DAY F
  • Time Machine Wrap Up
  • Simpsons Time Travel and Cannibalism episodes (from Treehouse of Horrors)
  • David Olsson's "Id"
    		• 22
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    25
    DAY B
  • HW #13 DUE
  • How to Annotate
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe": You will annotate and be graded on your annotations during this unit
    		•  26
    DAY C
  • HW #14 DUE
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 27
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY E
  • HW #14 DUE
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 29
    DAY F
  • HW #14 DUE
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"

    • SEPTEMBER 2010

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    LABOR DAY
    NO SCHOOL     		7
    DAY A
    WELCOME BACK!
  • Trends in Lit Course Description
  • What are manmade problems that threaten our future and how?
  • Watch Opening Sequence to Soylent Green + discuss
    		•  8
    DAY B
  • HW #1 DUE
  • About Absences
  • Class Expectations
  • Read "The Last Flower" in class (an example of an ouroboros text)
  • Read 1st half Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (note personification and conflict development)
    		•  9
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL    		 10
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL
    13
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY D
  • HW #2 DUE
  • Quiz on "Adam and No Eve"
  • Finish "Soft Rains"
    		•  15
    DAY E
  • HW #3 DUE
  • Quiz on Genesis
  • Discuss "Adam and No Eve," Genesis
  • Read Accelerator articles.
    		• 16
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY A
  • HW #4 DUE: "I Have No Mouth"
  • DO NOW: What similarities can you find in Genesis and "I Have No Mouth"?
    • 20
    DAY B
  • HW #5 DUE: "Nightfall"
    		• 21
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 22
    DAY D
    Revelations: Terms, theories, summary and Discovery's Historic Interpretation    		 23
    DAY E
  • HW #6 DUE
  • "A Pail of Air" and "The Star"
  • Begin groups?
    		• 24
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    27
    DAY A
  • HW #7 DUE:How Do You Solve a Problem Like Overpopulation?
  • Short Story Movie Poster Group Work
    		• 28
    DAY B
  • Short Story Movie Poster Group Work half period + present
  • How Do You Solve a Problem Like Overpopulation? Discussion
    		• 29
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 30
    DAY D
  • HW #8 DUE
  • How Do You Solve a Problem Like Overpopulation? Discussion
  • "The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World"
    		• OCT 1
    DAY E
  • HW #9 DUE
  • Note Taking Prompt for Soylent Green

    • Fall 2007 Old Calendars

    DECEMBER 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY A
  • HW #22 Due:Oryx and Crake Reading #1
    		• 2
    DAY B
  • HW #23 Due:Oryx and Crake Reading #2
    		• 3
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY D
  • HW #24 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #3
    		• 5
    DAY E
  • HW #25 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #4
    • 8 DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY A
  • HW #26 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #5
    		• 10
    DAY B
  • HW #27 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #6
    		• 11
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY D
  • HW #28 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #7
  • Create a Study Guide
    • 15
    DAY E
  • HW #29 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #8
    		• 16
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY A
  • HW #30 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #9
    		• 18
    DAY B
  • HW #31 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #10
    		• 19
    DAY C
    class does not meet today


    Commentary for the ClassDUE AT TURNITIN
    22
    DAY D
  • HW #32 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #11
    		• 23
    DAY E
  • HW #33 Due: Oryx and Crake Reading #12
  • Please submit a brief project proposal to turnitin.com: Final Project Guidelines
    		•  24
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    		25
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    		26
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    29
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    		30
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    		31
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    		JAN 1
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    		JAN 2
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!

    NOVEMBER 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY D
  • HW #15 Due
    		•  4
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS FOR STUDENTS    		 5
    DAY E
  • HW #16 Due
    		• 6
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY A
  • HW #17 Due
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    LAST DAY OF FIRST MARKING PERIOD
    • 10
    DAY B
  • HW #18 Due
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 11
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!    		 12
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY D
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 14
    DAY E
  • HW #19 Due
  • Finish Zoline!
    • 17
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 18
    DAY A
  • HW #20 Due
  • TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men" (1925)
  • Entropy Essay
    		• 19
    DAY B
  • HW #21 Due
  • Entropy Essay
    		• 20
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 21
    DAY D
  • Meet in room 204
  • Entropy Essay
    • 24
    DAY E

    Entropy Essay Due at turnitin by 11:59 tonight!
  • Ishi The Last Yahi Video Questions
  • Oryx and Crake Vocabulary
  • Final Project Guidelines
    		• 25
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 26
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!    		 27
    NO SCHOOL
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!     		28
    NO SCHOOL

    FOOD COMA DAY

    OCTOBER 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    DAY D
  • HW #10 Due
  • Poster Walk-Through/Presentations
  • Self and Group Assessments
  • HG Wells' "The Star" Discussion
  • Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" quiz & discussion
    		• 7
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY F
  • HW #11 Due
  • Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains"
    		• 9
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!     		10
    DAY A
  • Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains"
  • Thurber's "The Last Flower" (a parable in pictures)
  • Simpsons "Homer in Space"
  • 20/20's End of Days
    • 13
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!     		14
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY C


    Independent Reading DUE: In class essay! Your index card may be up to 5" x 7"
  • How to Prepare for the Outside Reading Test
    		• 16
    DAY D
  • HW #12 Due (20 points!)
  • Meet in 123
  • Group Work: Outside Reading Portfolio
    		• 17
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    20
    DAY F
  • Meet in 123
  • Group Work: Outside Reading Portfolio
    		• 21
    DAY A
  • Meet in 123
  • Group Work: Outside Reading Portfolio
    		• 22
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 23
    DAY C
  • Thank Franco: He negotiated an extra class day for this project... Meet in 123
  • Group Work: Outside Reading Portfolio
    		• 24
    DAY D


  • Group Work: Outside Reading Portfolio Due! Present your portfolio to the class
  • 20/20's End of Days
    		•
    27
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY F
  • HW #13 Due: Reading quiz on TM chapts 1-3
  • Time Machine Vocabulary
    		• 29
    DAY A
  • HW #14 Due: Reading quiz 4-6
  • Commentary for the Class
    		• 30
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 31
    DAY C


    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

    EC for those who dress up like a character, theme from our readings thus far!

    SEPTEMBER 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    No School
    Labor Day    		 2
    		 3
    DAY A

    Welcome Back!
    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY B
  • Course Description & Class Rules
  • Independent Reading Choices
    		• 5
    DAY C
  • HW #1 Due
  • Writing Prompts (on loose-leaf) 1. Describe a human paradise. Does it exist? Explain. 2. Describe a man-made problem: Man-Made Problem Prompt
  • Commentary for the Class
    • 8 DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY E
  • HW #2 DUE

    Summer Reading Test
    		• 10
    DAY F
  • HW #3 Due
  • Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall" + Quiz
  • Class Notes: ourobouros, Lagash, setting, characterization, how Earth compares, author's warning
    		•  11
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY B
  • HW #4 Due: Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star" quiz
  • Summary of Book of Revelations
  • Class notes: revelation, irony, setting, characterization
  • 2001:A Space Odyssey clip
    • 15
    DAY C
  • Different ways of looking at Revelation...
  • Discovery Channel's Ancient Evidence: Revelations -- The End of the World?
    		• 16
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY E
  • HW #5 Due
  • "A Pail of Air"
  • Cozy Catastrophe
    		• 18
    DAY F
  • HW #6 Due
  • "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
    		• 19
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    22
    DAY B
  • HW #7 Due
  • "Nine Billion Names of God"
    		• 23
    DAY C
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
    		• 24
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		 25
    DAY E
  • HW #8 Due
  • "Adam and No Eve"
  • Understanding 2001: Space Odyssey
    		• 26
    DAY F
  • Understanding 2001: Space Odyssey
  • Group Work: Analyzing the Technology Short Stories
    • 29
    DAY A
    class does not meet today
    		 30
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 OCT 1
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 OCT 2
    DAY B
  • HW #9 Due
  • Wells' "The Star" quiz
  • Technology Short Story Groupwork: Educational Poster
  • Welcome, parents!
    		• OCT 3
    DAY C
  • Technology Short Story Groupwork: Educational Poster

    • DECEMBER 2007

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3 DAY D
  • HW #25 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #3 (69-92)
    		•  4 DAY E
  • HW #26 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #4 (95-126)
    		• 5 DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		 6 DAY A
  • HW #27 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #5 (127-162)
    		•  7 DAY B
  • HW #28 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #6 (163-191)
  • Setting Creative Writing Assignment (20 points)
    • 10 DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 11 DAY D
  • HW #29 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #7 (192-218)
    		•  12 DAY E
  • HW #30 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #8 (222-251)
    		• 13 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 14 DAY A
  • HW #31 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #9 (252-280)

    Short Story Plot Graph OR Final Essay Outline Due: complete in pencil or typed (HAND IN; CONFERENCES W/ Ms. G)
    • 17 DAY B
  • HW #32 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #10 (282-317)
    		•  18 DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 19 DAY D
  • HW #33 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #11 (318-347)
    		•  20 DAY E
  • HW #34 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #12 (348-374)
    		•  21 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    24
    RECESS!
    		25
    RECESS!
    		 26
    RECESS!
    		 27
    RECESS!
    		 28
    RECESS!

    NOVEMEBER 2007

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5 DAY E
  • HW #16 DUE
  • TRENDS 13: In-Class Zoline essay; you may use your annotations and story -- Submit to turnitin.com; class ID is: 1985087 and the password is: surfturk
    		• 6 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 7 DAY A
  • HW #17 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #1 (3-35)
  • Planet of the Apes setting, characters, conflict, narration
    		• 8 DAY B
  • HW #18 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #2 (37-75)
    		• 9 DAY C

    class does not meet today
    12 RECESS
    VETERANS DAY     		13 DAY D
  • HW #19 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #3 (77-110)
    		• 14 DAY E
  • HW #20 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #4 (111-138)
  • POV Animal Writing Exercise
    		• 15 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 16 DAY A
  • HW #21 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #5 (139-177)
  • POV Animal Writing Exercise
    • 19 DAY B
  • HW #22 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #6 (179-216)
  • POV Animal Writing Exercise: print one copy single spaced' submit one to turnitin.com
    		• 20 DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 21 DAY D
  • HW #23 DUE: reading quiz on Planet of the Apes reading #7 (217-268)
  • Discuss the end of the novel
  • Share animal POV from a few students
  • Film Clips
    		• 22 RECESS
    THANKSGIVING!
    		 23 RECESS
    FOOD COMA DAY!
    26 DAY E
  • Planet of the Apes film clips
  • Short story settings
    		•  27 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 28 DAY A
  • HW #23 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #1 (3-33)
    		• 29 DAY B
  • HW #24 DUE: Read Oryx and Crake #2 (37-68)
    		•  30 DAY C

    class does not meet today

    OCTOBER 2007

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY E
  • Walk-Through Short Story Poster Presentations
  • Time Machine Vocabulary List
  • The Last Mimzy
    		•  2
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 3
    DAY A
  • HW #9 DUE

    VOCABULARY QUIZ (100 points) Chpts. 1-2: Time Machine Vocabulary List
    		• 4
    DAY B
  • HW #10 DUE: Reading quiz on Time Machine (chapters 1-3)
  • CLASS CANCELLED FOR TRENDS 12
    		•  5
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    8 RECESS
    NO SCHOOL    		 9
    DAY D
  • TRENDS 13: HW #11 DUE: Reading quiz on Time Machine (chapters 4-6)
  • TRENDS 12: HW #10 DUE: Reading quiz on Time Machine (chapters 1-3) + A MESSAGE FOR TRENDS 12! (see email)
  • TRENDS 13: notes: sphinx, TT, Eloi, Morlocks, theme
    		• 10
    DAY E
  • TRENDS 12: HW #11 DUE: Reading quiz on Time Machine (chapters 4-6) notes: sphinx, TT, Eloi, Morlocks, theme -- groups
  • TRENDS 13: NO HOMEWORK DUE; in class: posters + time travel
    		• 11
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY A


    VOCABULARY QUIZ (100 points) Chpts. 3-4: Time Machine Vocabulary List
  • Presenting TBE
  • Time Machine Essay Assignment
    • 15
    DAY B
  • HW #12 DUE: reading quiz on TM 7-9
  • Time Machine Essay Assignment
    		• 16
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY D


    VOCABULARY QUIZ (100 points) Chpts. 5-6: Time Machine Vocabulary List     		18
    DAY E
  • HW #13 DUE: Quiz on chapters 10-Epilogue
  • What Does the TT Value or Disdain?
    		•  19
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    22
    DAY A
  • HW #14 DUE
  • trends 12: meet in lab 204
  • Trends 13: meet in library lab
    		• 23
    DAY B
  • trends 12: meet in lab 123
  • Trends 13: meet in foreign language lab
    		• 24
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 25
    DAY D
  • Work on essay
    		•  26
    DAY E
    29
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    Time Machine Essay Due by midnight: Submit to turnitin.com; class ID is: 1985087 and the password is: surfturk     		30
    DAY A
  • meet in classroom for HG Wells Biography
    		• 31
    DAY B
  • HW #15 DUE
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
  • Planet of the Apes Reading Schedule
    		• NOV 1
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 NOV 2
    DAY D
  • TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men" (1925)
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"

    • September 2007

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    NO SCHOOL
    Labor Day    		 4
    		 5
    DAY A

    Welcome Back
  • On the board: Types of Endings, How the World Can End, Endings Not Really Possible k
    		• 6
    DAY B
  • HW #1 DUE
  • In Class Summer Reading Written Response
  • How would you behave if you had 4 days before a meteor hit? Four years?
  • Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star"
    		• 7
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    10
    DAY D
  • HW #2 DUE: share with class
  • Video clip "End of Days"
  • Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star"
    		• 11
    DAY E
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Asimov's "Nightfall"
    		• 12
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 13
    No School
    RECESS!    		 14
    No School
    RECESS!
    17
    DAY A
  • HW #3 DUE
  • "Nightfall" quiz
  • Nightfall Class Work
    		• 18
    DAY B
  • HW #4 DUE
  • "Nine Billion Names of God" quiz
  • Finish "Nightfall Groupwork
    		•  19
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY D
  • HW #5 DUE: share
  • Commentary Expectations
  • "Nine Billion Names of God"
  • Technology "End Days" clip
  • "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
    		• 21
    DAY E
  • HW #6 DUE
    • 24
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 25
    DAY A
  • HW #7 DUE
  • Mimsy Were Borogroves
  • Short Story Unit Project
    		• 26
    DAY B
  • HW #8 DUE (you will not have computer access during class!)
  • Short Story Unit Project
    		• 27
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY D


    Short Story Poster Due at the end of class!

    Fall 2006 Old Calendars

    JANUARY 2007

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    RECESS

    		2
    RECESS
    		3
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY C
  • 12 Monkeys Journal/Study Guide
  • JOURNAL #14 & 15
  • Twelve Monkeys Screen Play
  • Twleve Monkeys "Fact Sheet"
    		• 5
    DAY D
  • ABOUT YOUR FINAL PROJECT
  • The Matrix
    		•
    8 DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY F


    JOURNALS DUE: TWO grades: 1 notetaking grade + 1 journal grade: review JOURNAL ENTRIES
  • The Matrix
    		•  10
    DAY A
  • Accepting Early Submission Final Projects for EC
  • ABOUT YOUR FINAL PROJECT
  • Final Project Checklist (must be completed and attached as cover sheet to final project submission)
  • The Matrix
  • Equilibrium
    		•  11
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY C
  • Accepting Early Submission Final Projects for EC
  • ABOUT YOUR FINAL PROJECT
  • Final Project Checklist (must be completed and attached as cover sheet to final project submission)
  • Equilibrium
    • 15
    RECESS
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • No School
    		•  16
    DAY D

    FINAL PROJECT DUE
  • ABOUT YOUR FINAL PROJECT
  • Final Project Checklist (must be completed and attached as cover sheet to final project submission)
  • Equilibrium
    		• 17
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 18
    DAY F
  • Finish Equilibrium
  • Presentations
    		•  19
    DAY A Due
    LAST DAY OF CLASS: It's the End of the World As We Know It, and I Feel Fine
    22
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
  • LAST DAY OF CLASSES
    		• 23
    		 24

    		25

    		 26

    29
    DAY A
    		 30
    DAY B
    		31
    DAY C
    		FEB 1
    DAY D
    		FEB 2
    DAY E

    DECEMBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    4
    DAY E
  • HW #30 Due: Reading # 4 + quiz
  • An Inconvenient Truth

    Earth Abides Essay is due from: CC, Paula, Steve, Tim
    		• 5
    DAY F
  • HW #31 Due: Reading # 5 + quiz
  • JOURNAL #10
  • Games and websites
    		• 6
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY B
  • HW #32 Due: Reading # 6 + quiz
  • Drawing Characterization: Orx and Crake [if you were absent (CC, Manzo, Tim) complete the TBE search for 1 character of your choice; you will work alone to illustrate in class]
    		• 8
    DAY C
  • HW #33 Due: Reading # 7 + quiz Drawing Characterization: Orx and Crake

    FINAL PROJECT choice due today: you'll be letting Ms. G know what you are choosing; please return Earth Abides and Time Machine if you are NOT writing an essay
    • 11
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY E
  • HW #34 Due: Reading # 8 + quiz
  • Character Poster presentations
    		• 13
    DAY F
  • HW #35 Due: Reading # 9 + quiz
    		• 14
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY B
  • HW #36 Due: Reading # 10 + quiz
    • 18
    DAY C
  • HW #37 Due: Reading # 11 + quiz
  • JOURNAL #11
  • TRENDS 10 is cancelled; ONLY Trends 10!!! Trends 8 meets
    		• 19
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY E
  • HW #38 Due: Reading # 12 + quiz
  • TRENDS 10: double quiz: # 11 & #12
  • JOURNAL #12 & 13
    		• 21
    DAY F
  • HW #39 Due

    FINAL PROJECT: PLOT GRAPH FOR STORY / ESSAY OUTLINE DUE
  • Twelve Monkeys
  • 12 Monkeys Journal/Study Guide
  • JOURNAL #14
    		• 22
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    25
    RECESS

    		26
    RECESS

    		27
    RECESS

    		28
    RECESS

    		29
    RECESS

    NOVEMBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    DAY F
  • HW #22 Due
  • Reading Quiz on Reading #4: chapters 7-Q (104-143)
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project
  • Group Lists
  • Lesson Plan Pointers
  • Earth Abides Themes, Concepts, Patterns
    		• 7
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY B
  • HW #23 Due: Group Prep Assignment
  • This entire class period will be allotted for preparation for your lesson
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project
  • Group Lists
  • Lesson Plan Pointers
    		• 9
    DAY C
  • HW #24 Due
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project
  • Group Lists
  • Lesson Plan Pointers
    		• 10
    NO SCHOOL!
    VETERANS DAY
    13
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY E
  • HW #25 Due
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project: Groups #1 & #2 Present Today!
  • Presentation Peer Evaluation Criteria
    		• 15
    DAY F
  • HW #25 Due
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project: Group #3 & #4 Present Today!
  • Presentation Peer Evaluation Criteria
    		• 16
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY B
  • Ms. G had an emergency last minute today and won't be in... Apologies to group 5.... You will present Monday
    • 20
    DAY C
  • HW #25 Due
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project: Group #5 Presents Today!
  • Presentation Peer Evaluation Criteria
  • Final Project Options
    		• 21
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 22
    DAY E
  • HW #26 Due
  • TWO QUIZZES TODAY: First, Quiz on LAST READING for all students
  • Then Jigsaw Reading Group Project: Group #6 Presents Today!
  • Then Open Note QUIZ ON PRESENTATIONS
  • Final Project Options
    		• 23
    NO SCHOOL
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
    		 24
    NO SCHOOL
    FOOD COMA RECESS
    27
    DAY F
  • HW #27 Due
  • Oryx and Crake Reading Schedule
  • Oryx and Crake Vocabulary List
  • Class notes: Snowman & children characterization, setting, exposition, chapter headings significance, Snowman's World vs. Jimmy's World
    		• 28
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 29
    DAY B
  • HW #28 Due
  • JOURNAL #9
  • Genetic engineering articles & discussion
    		• 30
    DAY C
  • HW #29 Due: Reading # 3 + quiz
  • Because today was a record breaking high temperature, we watched An Inconvenient Truth (instead of later)[if you were absent, it's available on DVD or set up a viewing with Ms. Gokturk]
  • An Inconvenient Truth
    		• DEC 1
    DAY D

    class does not meet today

    OCTOBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!    		 3
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY B
  • HW #12 Due
  • Reading Quiz chapters 6-8
  • Time Machine Movie (1960) [1st half]
    		• 5
    DAY C

    Time Machine Vocab Quiz (chapters 5,6,7)
  • JOURNAL #2
  • What Does the TT Value or Disdain?
  • Class Assignment: Time Machine Chapters 1-8
    		•  6
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    9
    NO SCHOOL
    COLUMBUS DAY    		 10
    DAY E
  • HW #13 Due
  • Time Machine Essay Options + Outline


    Yearbook Photos Today! 8:50 AM Look Purty!
  • Time Machine Film
    		• 11
    DAY F

    Time Machine Vocab Quiz (chapters 8,9,10)
  • Journal #3: Movie
    		• 12
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY B
  • HW #14 Due
  • Movie
  • Journal #3: Movie
  • Outline Conferences
    • 16
    DAY C
  • HW #15 Due
    		• 17
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 18
    DAY E
  • HW #15 Due
  • Open an Account at Turnitin.com
  • Zoline Pre-Reading Web Quest (Absentees: complete 1-22 on your own, in your own words, using Internet to research: Elena, Tim, Cassie, Sirotkin)
    		•  19
    DAY F

    Time Machine Essay Due DOUBLE SPACED TYPED
  • Please hand in the Zoline Pre-Reading Web Quest if you didn't already
  • What is active reading? What does it mean to annotate?
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat death of the Universe"
  • JOURNAL #4
    		• 20
    DAY A
  • TURNITIN DUE BY MIDNIGHT
    class does not meet today
    		•
    23
    DAY B
  • HW #16 Due
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat death of the Universe"
    		• 24
    DAY C
  • HW #17 Due
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 25
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 26
    DAY E
  • HW #18 Due
  • Journal #5
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
  • ANNOTATE TS Eliot's "The Hollow Men" (1925)
  • Earth Abides Reading Schedule
  • Earth Abides Vocabulary List
    		•  27
    DAY F
  • HW #19 Due
  • Reading Quiz on Reading #1
  • Journal #6
  • Ish Characterization, Setting
    		•
    30
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 31
    DAY B
  • HW #20 Due
  • Reading Quiz on Reading #2
  • Earth Abides Groupwork Chapters 1-4 [if you were absent, you must choose one question to complete on your own]


    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
    Extra Credit Halloween Option
  • Admire ms. GOKTHturk
    		• NOV 1
    DAY C

    Notebooks collected today: this is for two grades: 1 notetaking grade + 1 journal grade. CHECK YOUR NOTES!!!!
  • Ishi the Last Yahi Video Questions
  • Background on Ishi
  • Ishi the Last Yahi
  • George Stewart Bio
    		• NOV 2
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 NOV 3
    DAY E
  • HW #21 Due
  • Reading Quiz on Reading #3
  • Jigsaw Reading Group Project
  • Group Lists
  • Lesson Plan Pointers
  • Earth Abides Themes, Concepts, Patterns

    • SEPTEMBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    4
    Labor Day
    		5
    RECESS
    Teachers Report Back     		6
    DAY A

    Welcome Back!

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY B
  • Course Description
    		• 8
    DAY C
  • HW #1 Due
  • Clarke's "The Star" reading quiz & discussion
  • 2001: Space Odyssey clip
    • 11
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY E
  • HW #2 Due
  • HG Wells' "The Star" Quiz & Discussion
  • 20/20 clips "End of Days"
    		• 13
    DAY F
  • HW #3 Due
  • "Nine Billion Names of God" Quiz & Discussion
  • "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream"
    		• 14
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY B
  • HW #4 Due
  • "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" Quiz and Disccusion
  • Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall"
    		•
    18
    DAY C
  • HW #5 Due
  • "Nightfall" Quiz and Discussion
  • Educational Poster Group Assignment
    		•  19
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY E
  • HW #6 Due
  • Educational Poster Group Assignment
    		• 21
    DAY F
  • HW #7 Due

    Summer Reading Test Today (in class essay)
  • Welcome, Parents! What is Trends in Literature?
    		• 22
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    25
    DAY B
  • HW #8 Due
  • Poster Presentations [if you were absent, you will need make a mini-version on your own]
  • Peer Evaluation Forms: Short Story Poster Assignment
  • Time Machine Quiz (chpts. 1-3)
  • Is Time Travel Possible>?
  • Time Machine Vocabulary
    		• 26
    DAY C
  • HW #9 Due

    Time Machine Vocab Quiz (chapters 1 & 2)
  • JOURNAL #1
    		• 27
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY E
  • HW #10 Due
  • Er, What Group Am I In?
  • Illustrating Characters and Setting
    		•  29
    DAY F
  • HW #11 Due

    Time Machine Vocab Quiz (chapters 3 & 4)

    • Fall 2005 Old Calendars

    December

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		6
    DAY E
  • HW #25 Due
  • Oryx and Crake Reading Schedule
  • Oryx and Crake Vocabulary List
  • About the Author
  • Do you Believe in Crake?
    		• 7
    DAY F
  • HW #26 Due
  • JOURNAL #9
  • Cloning Timeline
    		• 8
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		9
    SNOW DAY!
    12
    DAY B
    Ms G is out sick :-( Please keep up with the reading     		13
    DAY C
  • HW # 27 & #28 Due (QUIZ on all that reading)
  • JOURNAL #10
  • Setting & Characterization
    		• 14
    DAY D
    class does not meet today
    		15
    DAY E
  • HW #29 Due
  • Illustrating Chracterization
    		• 16
    DAY F
  • HW #30 Due
  • Illustrating Chracterization
  • End of the World Final Project Options
    • 19
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		20
    DAY B
  • HW #31 Due
  • End of the World Final Project Options
  • Examining Crake's vision
    		• 21
    DAY C
  • HW #32 Due
  • JOURNAL #13
    		• 22
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		23
    DAY E
  • HW #33 Due
    • 26
    NO SCHOOL!

    		27
    NO SCHOOL!
    		28
    NO SCHOOL!
    		29
    NO SCHOOL!
    		30
    NO SCHOOL!

    November 2005

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    7
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		8
    DAY F
  • HW #15 Due

    Found Poem Assignment DUE
  • Return Time Machine
  • Journal #6
  • Earth Abides Reading Schedule
  • Earth Abides Vocabulary List
    		• 9
    DAY A

    NOTEBOOKS COLLECTED TODAY: 2 grades...1 notebook grade/10 pts per journal entry
  • HW #16 Due
    		• 10
    DAY B
    LAST DAY OF MARKING PERIOD



    class does not meet today
    		 11
    NO SCHOOL
    Veterans Day
    14
    DAY C
  • HW #17 Due
  • Journal #7
  • Earth Abides Group Work Chapters 1-4
    		• 15
    DAY D
  • HW #18 Due
  • Earth Abides Group Work Chapters 1-4
  • Graded Group Discussion of 5 & 6: How Ish Gets a Mate
    		• 16
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		17
    DAY F
  • HW #19 Due
  • Ish, I'm pregnant!
    		•  18
    DAY A
  • HW #20 Due
    		•
    21
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		22
    DAY C
  • HW #21 Due
  • GROUP WORK JIGSAW
  • Earth Abides Jigsaw Reading Project
  • Earth Abides Lesson Basics
  • Earth Abides Themes
  • Earth Abides Reading Schedule
  • Ecclesiastes "Compilation" Handout
    		• 23
    DAY D
  • HW #22 Due
  • Earth Abides Jigsaw Reading Project
  • Earth Abides Lesson Basics
  • Earth Abides Themes
  • Earth Abides Reading Schedule
  • Ecclesiastes "Compilation" Handout
  • Earth Abides Presentation Rubric
    		• 24
    NO SCHOOL
    Thanksgiving!

    Have a happy Gokturkey Day!
    		25
    NO SCHOOL
    28
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		 29
    DAY F

    JIGSAW Presentation Due!
  • Earth Abides Jigsaw Reading Project
  • Earth Abides Presentation Rubric
  • Take notes as you listen!
    		• 30
    DAY A
  • HW #23 Due
  • Earth Abides Jigsaw Reading Project Presentations Cont.
  • Expect a quiz on the materials covered by peers
    		• Dec. 1
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		 Dec. 2
    DAY C
  • HW #24 Due
  • Return books
  • The story of Ishi the Last Yahi
  • Quiz on Presentations

    • October

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY B
  • Zoline
    		• 4
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 5
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 6
    DAY C
  • HW #7 DUE
  • Journal #1
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
  • Annotate Zoline Story Project (200 points)
    		• 7
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    10
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 11
    DAY E
  • meet in lab
  • HW #8 DUE
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
  • Annotate Zoline Story Project (200 points)
  • How to Cite for the Zoline Project
  • Rubric for Zoline Annotations Project
    		• 12
    DAY F
  • meet in lab
  • Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
  • Annotate Zoline Story Project (200 points)
  • How to Cite for the Zoline Project
    		• 13
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS    		 14
    DAY A


    class does not meet today
  • Heat Death Project Format Sample
    		•
    17
    DAY B
  • Heat Death Project Format Sample

    Annotate Zoline Story Project (200 points) DUE
  • turnitin.com
  • Time Machine Vocabulary
  • JOURNAL #3
    		• 18
    DAY C
  • HW #9 DUE
  • Characterization in Chapters 1 & 2
    		•  19
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY E
  • HW #10 DUE
  • Reading Quiz
  • Illustrating Characterization
    		• 21
    DAY F
    Ms G out :-(
    24
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 25
    DAY B
  • HW #11 DUE

    Time Machine Vocabulary Quiz 1-2
  • Finish Illustrating Characterization
    		• 26
    DAY C
  • HW #12 DUE
    		• 27
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY E
  • HW #12 DUE

    Time Machine Vocabulary Quiz 3-4
  • JOURNAL #4
  • What Does the TT Value or Disdain?
    • 31
    DAY F
    Halloween!
  • HW #13 DUE
  • JOURNAL #5
    		• NOV 1
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 NOV 2
    DAY B
  • HW #14 DUE

    Time Machine Vocabulary Quiz 5-6
  • Film Assignment
  • Found Poem Assignment
    		• NOV 3
    DAY C
  • FILM
    		• NOV 4
    DAY D
    Disney's Chicken Little Movie comes out today!

    class does not meet today

    September

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5
    Labor Day    		 6
    DAY A

    Welcome Back!
  • End of the World Course Description
    		• 7
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY C

    HW #1 DUE
  • Billy Graham's Signs of the Apocalypse
  • Begin Asimov's "Nightfall"
    		• 9
    DAY D

    HW #2 DUE
  • Discuss "Nightfall"
  • "Nightfall" Group Work
    • 12
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY F
  • Share back "Nightfall" Group Work
  • Contemplations: Connections to Our World
    		•  14
    DAY A
  • Journal #1
  • Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star"
  • Clarke's "The Star" Group Work
    		• 15
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
  • Welcome, Parents!
    		•  16
    DAY C
    What to expect...

    Summer Reading "Test"
    19
    DAY D
  • The Apocalypse: Interpreting the Signs?
    		• 20
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 21
    DAY F
  • HW #3 DUE
    		• 22
    DAY A
  • HW #4 DUE
  • HG Wells' "The Star"
  • Comparing Asimov, Clarke, and Wells
    		•  23
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    26
    DAY C
  • Some discussion of stories
  • Rework Outlines
    		•  27
    DAY D
  • HW #5 DUE
  • Intro to Entropy Unit
  • Read and annotate through paragrpah 11 -- Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 28
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		 29
    DAY F
  • HW #6 DUE
  • Annotate Zoline Story Project (200 points)
  • How to Cite for the Zoline Project
  • Rubric for Zoline Annotations Project
    		• 30
    DAY A
  • Zoline
  • Annotate Zoline Story Project (200 points)
  • How to Cite for the Zoline Project
  • Rubric for Zoline Annotations Project

    • Fall 2004 Old Calendars

    January

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY F
  • 12 Monkeys
    		•  4
    DAY A
  • Twleve Monkeys "Fact Sheet"
    		•  5
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		6
    DAY C
  • Twelve Monkeys Characters
  • Twelve Monkeys Theme Worksheet
  • Twelve Monkeys Screen Play
    		• 7
    DAY D
  • Twelve Monkeys Post-Movie Discussion Worksheet

    Outside Reading Reader Response Log Due
  • Conferences today
  • Outside Reading Small group Discussion Prep Sheet
    • 10 DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		11
    DAY F
  • HW #35 Due
  • Outside Reading group Discussion Assignment
    		•  12
    DAY A
  • Outside Reading group Discussion Assignment
    		• 13
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		14
    DAY C
  • Definition of Matrix
  • Matrix Script
    • 17
    NO SCHOOL     Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day    		 18
    DAY D
  • Significance of Names in The Matrix
  • Philosophy in The Matrix
  • More Philosophy of the Matrix
    		• 19
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		20
    DAY F
  • Trapped in the Matrix
  • Messiah in the Matrix
    		• 21
    DAY A
  • Final Exam
    • 24
    DAY B


    class does not meet today

    Last Day of Classes    		 25
    		 26

    Final Exam 9-11 AM RM 118
  • Final Exam
    		•  27
         		28

    November

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		2
    DAY A
  • Time Machine 1960 Film Assignment
    		• 3
    DAY B
  • HW #19 DUE
  • film
    		•  4
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		5
    DAY D
  • HW #20 DUE
    • 8 DAY E
  • Short Story Share
    		•  9
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		10
    DAY A


    Notebooks collected today
  • Notebook Rubric
  • End of the Marking Period: No work accepted after today
  • Intro to Flood Unit
    		• 11
    Veteran's Day
    No School


    		12
    DAY B
  • HW #21 DUE
  • Flood Myth Project
  • Flood Stories From Around the World
  • meet in library lab 2nd half
    		•
    15
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		16
    DAY D
  • HW #22 DUE
  • meet in lab
  • happy bday Melissa
    		•  17
    DAY E
  • meet in classroom
  • Atlantis video
  • Sample Flood Chart
    		•  18
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		19
    DAY A
  • HW #23 DUE
  • meet in lab 123

    Outside Reading Teacher Conference: You will meet with Ms. G about your book. Please have reviewed your book
  • Please hand in your handout table comparing your 2 myths with the Noah or Gilgamesh
  • Sample Flood Chart
    		•
    22
    DAY B
  • meet in lab 123

    Presentations Due Today: Please bring on a CD or Floppy
  • Children's Flood Myths Book Rubric: Hard Copy
  • Children's Flood Myths Book Rubric: PowerPoint
  • PowerPoint Flood Myths Rubric
    		• 23
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		24
    DAY D
  • Presentations cont.
  • Earth Abides Handed Out
  • Earth Abides Reading Schedule
    		• 25
    Thanksgiving

    Happy Thanksgiving!     		26
    Recess

    Happy Thanksgiving!
    29
    DAY E
  • Finish Presentations
  • Intro to Earth Abides
  • Earth Abides Reading Schedule
  • Earth Abides Vocabulary List
    		• 30
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		Dec 1
    DAY A
  • HW #24 DUE
    		• Dec 2
    DAY B
  • HW #25 DUE
    		• Dec 3
    DAY C


    class does not meet today

    October

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    4
    DAY E
  • HW #9 Due

    Summer Reading Critical Lens Test
    		• 5
    DAY F
  • Begin Pamela Zoline's "Heat Death of the Universe"
    		• 6
    DAY A



    class does not meet today
    		7
    DAY B
  • HW #10 Due
  • meet in library
  • Outside Reading Assignment
    		• 8
    DAY C


    FINAL DRAFT of short story due. Final draft is single spaced .5 margins to save paperw/ title and byline (no header)-- unstapled + 1 rough draft, all peer edits. Also include 1 copy final draft double spaced
  • Short Story Rubric
    • 11
    No school
    Columbus Day     		12
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		13
    DAY E
  • Discuss "Heat Death of the Universe"
  • Annotate Zoline Story Assignment
    		• 14
    DAY F
  • HW #11 & 12 DUE
  • Reader Response Guidelines for the Outside Reading
  • work on Annotate Zoline Story Assignment in lab
  • How to Cite for the Zoline Project
  • Rubric for Zoline Annotations Project
    		•  15
    DAY A


    class does not meet today
    18
    DAY B
  • HW #13 DUE
  • work on Annotate Zoline Story Assignment in lab
  • How to Cite for the Zoline Project
  • Rubric for Zoline Annotations Project
    		•  19
    DAY C
    Annotate Zoline Story Assignment DUE
  • Rubric for Zoline Annotations Project
  • Begin Time Machine
  • Time Machine Vocabulary
    		• 20
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		21
    DAY E
  • HW #14 DUE
  • Characterization in Chapters 1 & 2
    		•  22
    DAY F
  • HW #15 DUE
  • Illustrating Characterization
    • 25
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		26
    DAY B
    Vocab Quiz CHAPTERS 1-2
  • Time Machine Vocabulary
    		• 27
    DAY C
  • HW #17 DUE
  • Class Assignment: Time Machine Chapters 1-8
    		•  28
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		29
    DAY E
  • HW #18 DUE
  • Time Machine Found Poem Assignment

    • September

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    NO SCHOOL
    Labor Day    		 7
    		 8
    DAY A


    class does not meet today     		9
    DAY B
  • Rubrics: Class Participation, Notebook, Discussion
    		•  10
    DAY C
  • Arthur Clarke's "The Star"
  • Group Work for Arthur Clarke's "The Star"
    • 13
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		14
    DAY E
  • HW #1 Due
  • HG Wells' "The Star"
    		• 15
    DAY F
  • HW #2 Due
  • Isaac Asimov's "Nightfall"
  • Ourobouros
  • Glossary
    		•  16
    No School
    RECESS!    		 17
    No School
    RECESS!
    20
    DAY A


    class does not meet today
    		21
    DAY B
  • HW #3 Due
  • "Nightfall" Quiz
  • "Nightfall" Group Work
    		• 22
    DAY C
  • HW #4 Due
  • Short Story Guidelines
  • Creating Characters Worksheet
  • Plot Graph
    		• 23
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		24
    DAY E
  • HW #5 Due
    • 27
    DAY F
  • HW #6 Due
  • Yearbook Photos

    Honors Proposals Due
    		• 28
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		29
    DAY B
  • HW #7 Due
    		• 30
    DAY C
  • HW #8 Due

    Bring TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED of your story to class (5 pts each) for PEER EDITING
  • Peer Editing for the Short Story
    		• Oct 1
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    Summer Reading Critical Lens Test is MONDAY