MAY 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
4
DAY E
  • HW #23 Due
    		• 5
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY A
  • HW #24 Due
  • Finish Line
    		• 7
    DAY B
  • Stranger Than Fiction (script)
    		• 8
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    11
    DAY D
  • Stranger Than Fiction (script)
    		•  12
    DAY E
  • HW #25 Due
  • meet in 123 lab
  • Multi-Genre Absurd/Existential Essay Assignment
  • Outline Guidelines
  • Other words for "SHOW"
    		• 13
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY A
  • HW #26 Due
  • Meet in 123 lab
  • Work on Multi-Genre Absurd/Existential Essay Assignment
  • Other words for "SHOW"
    		• 15
    DAY B

    TWO COPIES DUE!
  • Peer Editing for Absurd/Existential Multi-Genre Essay
    • 18
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 19
    DAY D

    Final Draft of Multi-Genre Essay Due! Hand in packet: Writer's Response, Final draft , all peer edits, 1 rough, self-assessed rubric.
  • Bring Models for Writers and The Stranger to class! Don't forget MODELS-- we'll be using it!
  • Intro to Process Analysis
    		• 20
    DAY E
  • HW #27 Due
  • Student Models
  • Lab -- work on CLASS ASSIGNMENT: choose time frame (a day, a date, an event, etc.) + choose a perspective (pet, student, alien, whatever) and narrate the events CHRONOLOGICALLY of that time frame with purpose: was it a good event? What do we learn from the POV?
    		• 21
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 22
    NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
    25
    NO SCHOOL
    MEMORIAL DAY RECESS     		26
    DAY A
  • HW #28 Due
  • Lab -- work on
  • Process Analysis In Class Assignment (hand in at the end of the period, single spaced) -- What do we learn from the POV
    		• 27
    DAY B
  • Meet in 123 to work on Process Analysis Essay (this is YORU solo gig, 1000 words)
    		• 28
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 29
    DAY D
  • Meet in 123
    		•

    APRIL 2009

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    DAY D
    Offer condolences to Ms. G -- she turned 40 yesterday!
  • Class CANCELLED
    		• 7
    DAY E
  • HW #16 Due
  • Letter to the Author Extra Credit first draft due
  • Stranger Goup Work (if you were absent, make sure you complete one question and email me)
    		• 8
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 9
    NO SCHOOL!
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    13
    NO SCHOOL
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    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!    		 15
    NO SCHOOL
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    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!    		 17
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!
    20
    DAY A
  • HW #17 Due
  • Anti-hero, exitentialism
    		• 21
    DAY B
  • HW #18 Due
    		• 22
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 23
    DAY D
  • HW #19 Due
    		• 24
    DAY E     SHAKESPEARE DAY!
    27
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY A
  • HW #20 Due
  • Finish Stranger Talk; group presentations, wrap up
    		• 29
    DAY B
  • HW #21 Due
  • The Misunderstanding
    		• 30
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 MAY 1
    DAY D
  • HW #22 Due
  • The Misunderstanding

    NCTE Writing Contest Deadline is TODAY Submit your Sig Mom and/or Bio Essay! $5000 prize!

    • MARCH 2009

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
  • SNOW DAY!
    		• 3
    DAY D

    FINAL COPY OF SIG MOM ESSAY DUE! Hand in as a packet in this order: final copy, 1 rough, all peer edits, seld assessed rubric
  • Intro to the Bio Essay -- Please bring Models for Writers book
    		• 4
    DAY E
  • HW #9 Due
  • JOURNAL #6
  • "The Unforgettable Miss Bessie" & "I Just Wanna be Average" (in Models book)
    		• 5
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY A
  • HW #10 Due
  • Elemnts of a Bio Essay
  • "The Grocer's Daughter" (old Models book -- in class)
    • 9
    DAY B
  • HW #11 Due
    		•  10
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 11
    DAY D
  • HW #12 Due
  • meet in designated lab
  • Trade snapshots from HW with others: what dominant impression was achieved?
  • Outlining: Where to begin? Where to go? Remember that your essay should illsutrate the subject's INFLUENCE ON YOU! Yay!
    		• 12
    DAY E
  • HW #13 Due
  • meet in designated lab
    		• 13
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    16
    DAY A

    TWO COPIES double spaced of final draft of bio essay: if you are absent, you must email me the essay by class time to receive HW credit -- the peer edited drafts will be on the door of B17 to pick up for revision.
  • Peer Editing for the Biography Essay
    		• 17
    DAY B

    FINAL DRAFT OF BIO ESSAY DUE! Hand in as a packet in this order: Writer's Response, final copy, 1 rough, all Peer Edits, self assessed Bio Rubric
  • FILM: BIGFISH
  • Big Fish Study Questions
    		• 18
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 19
    DAY D
  • FILM: BIGFISH
  • Big Fish Study Questions
    		• 20
    DAY E

    Completion of Outside Reading (Memoir/Biography) DUE today
  • PLEASE BRING ACTIVE READING NOTES & OUTSIDE READING BOOK TO CLASS! There will be an open-book in-class test.
  • What to Expect on the Outside Reading Test
    • 23
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 24
    DAY A
    CLASS CANCELLED     		25
    DAY B
    FINISH PART I of Outside Reading Test     		26
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 27
    DAY D
  • Apologies, students. Class is cancelled again. I am still sick. Please complete Outside Reading Part II Analysis on your own time; please submit to turnitin.com and don't spend more than about one hour... Please complete by Monday.
    • 30
    DAY E

    Outside Reading Part II Analysis Due by midnight!
  • Finish film finally!
  • Wrap up
  • Books
  • Camus Web Quest
    		• 31
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 APRIL 1
    DAY A
  • HW #14 Due
  • BOOK TALK
    		• APRIL 2
    DAY B
  • HW #15 Due
    		• APRIL 3
    DAY C

    class does not meet today

    FEBRUARY 2009

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    DAY A
  • Welcome!
  • Course Description, Class Expectations, Rubrics
  • 10 Things People Probably Wouldn't Know About Me
    		• 3
    DAY B
  • HW #1 Due
    		• 4
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 5
    DAY D
  • HW #2 Due
  • JOURNAL #1
  • Read "The Most Important Day" (pg. 74 in Models for Writers)
  • What are the elements of a personal narrative?
    		• 6
    DAY E
  • HW #3 Due: share in class
  • Read "Shame" in MFW
  • Go over packet: College Essays
    		•
    9
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 10
    DAY A
    Outside Reading: Memoir/Bibliography Due today -- bring in the book or print out receipt
  • HW #4 Due
  • Defending HW ranks
    		• 11
    DAY B
  • HW #5 Due
  • Trena Isley's "On the Sidelines"
  • Where to begin? Outlining your significant moment essay
    		• 12
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY D
  • HW #6 Due
  • "Hitting Pay Dirt" and "How I Got Smart"
    • 16
    NO SCHOOL!
    RECESS
    		17
    NO SCHOOL!
    RECESS    		 18
    NO SCHOOL!
    RECESS    		 19
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    NO SCHOOL!
    RECESS
    23
    DAY E
  • HW #7 Due
  • meet in 123
  • Have at least 3 other students read and rank your intros w/ comments
    		• 24
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 25
    DAY A
  • HW #8 Due : please be sure to email to 2 different accounts and/or use a memory stick -- we've been having some trouble with email...
  • meet in 123
  • Remember the Dialogue
    		• 26
    DAY B

    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE! Be sure to have them printed before class or you'll lose an ORP! If you are absent, which I highly encourage you to avoid, please email a copy of your essay BY CLASS TIME so it can get edited; the copies will be in the door of B17. Otherwise, you must make arrangements with other students to peer edit your work.
  • Peer Editing for the Personal Narrative
  • Remember the Dialogue
    		• 27
    DAY C

    class does not meet today

    MAY 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5
    DAY D
  • meet in 204 to work on Stranger/Misunderstanding/Line/Waiting for Godot Essay
  • Show Verbs
    		• 6
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY F


    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED of Stranger/Misunderstanding/Line/Waiting for Godot Essay due!     		8
    DAY A

    FINAL DRAFT [Stranger/Misunderstanding/Line/Waiting for Godot Essay]DUE. In class: Writer's Response, final draft, peer edits, 1 rough, and Writer's Rubric (100 points) and ALSO submit to turnitin.com (25 points)
  • Intro to Process Analysis -- Bring models book and hand in The Stranger
    		•  9
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    12
    DAY C
  • HW #19 Due
  • Class Exercise on Process and Subtext (20 points) (Due at the end of the period) [lab]
  • Student Sample: Cat's Worst Day + Subtext (cat is pessimist and dog is optimist!)
    		• 13
    DAY D
  • HW #20 Due
  • DO NOW: Please complete Middle States Survey on Climate (see Portnet site)
  • Work on process essay: today, 1. write out the steps to your process. Each new step/phase gets its own paragraph 2. write intro 3. define your subtext or main purpose of essay (besides process)
    		•  14
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY F
  • HW #21 Due
  • Work on process essay
    		• 16
    DAY A
  • Meet in library lab
  • Work on process
    • 19
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY C

    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE of Process Due
  • Peer editing: remember, if everyone is prepared and on time (and absent kids have emailed their essay to me BEFORE class) everyone earns an EC ORP!!!
  • Peer Editing for Process Essay
    		• 21
    DAY D
    Genocide Rembrance Day

    FINAL DRAFT of PROCESS ESSAY DUE (hand in with Writer's Response, final draft, peer edits, 1 rough, and self assessed rubric (100 points)     		22
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 23
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!
    26
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!     		27
    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!    		 28
    DAY F
  • Optional: Letter to Reflect on Genocide Awareness Day
  • Argument: What's your position on lab grown meat?
    		• 29
    DAY A
  • HW #22 Due
  • Logical Fallacies
  • Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
    		• 30
    DAY B

    class does not meet today

    APRIL 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    MARCH 31
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 1
    DAY C
  • HW #13 Due! reading quiz on chapter 5 PART II
  • The Misunderstanding
    		• 2
    DAY D
  • The Misunderstanding
    		• 3
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 4
    DAY F
  • The Misunderstanding
    • 7
    DAY A
  • HW #14 Due!
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Arsenic and Old Lace Script
    		•  8
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY C
  • class cancelled
    		• 10
    DAY D
  • Arsenic and Old Lace
  • Arsenic and Old Lace Script
  • go over essay assignment
    		• 11
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    14
    DAY F
  • Finish Arsenic and Old Lace Script
  • CLASS ACTIVITY: compare & contrast Arsenic & Old LAce with The Misunderstanding; 2. Can Arsenic & Old Lace be interpreted as an existentialist play?
    		• 15
    DAY A
  • HW #15 Due!
  • Israel Horovitz' Line
    		• 16
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY C
  • HW #16 Due!
  • Israel Horovitz' Line
  • Group poster
    		• 18
    DAY D
  • Shakespeare Day
    		•
    21
    RECESS
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    RECESS
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    RECESS
    NO SCHOOL!
    28
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 29
    DAY F
  • HW #17 Due!
  • Waiting for Godot Discussion
  • Listening Passage: Definition of Absurd Theater.
  • Classwork: Show how Waiting for Godot and Line are both Theater of the Absurd [if you were absent, read Definition of Theater of the Absurd and write up your own analysis for class credit.]
    		• 30
    DAY A
    Please finish yesterday's task at home and hand in next class: How are both Line and Waiting for Godot exampels of Theater of the Absurd?
  • Assembly today
    		•  MAY 1
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 MAY 2
    DAY C
  • HW #18 Due!

    OUTLINE FOR ESSAY DUE [Stranger/Misunderstanding/Line/Waiting for GOdot Essay] . Make sure you have an interesting thesis!
  • meet in lab
  • Show Verbs

    • MARCH 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY C
  • HW #8 Due!
  • meet in 123
  • Rank three other students' intros using Insert comment feature: print intros with comments when complete
  • Choose one intro and begin essay; you'll need to be half finished by next class
    		•  4
    DAY D
  • meet in 123
  • work on essay
    		• 5
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY F

  • TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE; if you are absent make sure you email me a copy BEFORE the start of the class . Everyone prepared and on time =extra ORP
    		•  7
    DAY A

    FINAL draft of bio essay due. Hand in with : writer response, all peer edits, 1 rough, self assessed rubric
  • Have you outside reading log and book with you for today's class. You will need it!
    • 10
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 11
    DAY C

    Completion of Outside Reading Log Due!
    FINAL draft of bio essay due if you didn't already hand in. Hand in with: writer response, all peer edits, 1 rough, self assessed rubric
  • Conferences
  • Work on business letter and book review: Outside Reading Portfolio
  • Business Letter Sample with Comments
    		• 12
    DAY D
  • Work on business letter and book review: Outside Reading Portfolio
    		• 13
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY F

    Book Talk! Bring book and food item! Outside Reading Portfolio
    17
    DAY A

    Letter to author, book review, & log due today!
  • Intro to Camus, The Stranger and Existentialism
  • Camus' Philosophy
    		• 18
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 19
    DAY C
  • HW #9 Due! reading quiz on chapters 1-3
  • Notes: Tone, Absurdism, Lyricism, Characterization
  • Group Work The Stranger Chapters 1-3
    		• 20
    RECESS
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    RECESS
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    24
    RECESS
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    DAY D
  • HW #10 Due! reading quiz on chapters 4-6
    		• 26
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 27
    DAY F
  • HW #11 Due! reading quiz on chapters 1-2 PART II
  • putting Meursault on trial
    		•  28
    DAY A
  • HW #12 Due! reading quiz on chapters 3-4 PART II
  • Bush's summer reading article
    		•

    FEBRUARY 2008

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    JAN 28
    DAY A
  • Welcome! Intro to the course day, paperwork, all that fun stuff
  • JOURNAL #1 : Earliest Memory
    		• JAN 29
    DAY B
  • HW #1 Due!
  • JOURNAL #2 : School Lesson
  • Read "Most Important Day" (Models for Writers) & "Shame" (MFW)
  • What are the elements of a personal narrative/significant moment essay?
    		• JAN 30
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 JAN 31
    DAY D
  • HW #2 Due!
  • meet in the library
  • Outside Reading Assignment
    		• FEB 1
    DAY E
  • Finish "Shame"
  • Constructing theme/POV handout
  • JOURNAL #3 : Important Day(s)
    • 4
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 5
    DAY A
  • HW #3 Due!

    Outside Reading Assignment Book Choice Due! Bring the book into class or a printout of your order
  • JOURNAL #5 : Choose one of the two
  • "On the Sidelines" (MFW) & "How I Got Smart" (MFW)
    		• 6
    DAY B
    Early Dismissal: Class does not meet today     		7
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY D
  • HW #4 Due!
  • Admissions Class Activity
    • 11
    DAY E
  • HW #5 Due!
  • meet in 123: open your Intros for the Personal Narrative on screen at start of class, please -- in Microsoft Word
  • Work on essay: Final product should be 500-1000 words
  • See student samples packet
  • The Personal Narrative Essay /Common App
  • Organization the Personal Narrative
    		• 12
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 13
    DAY A
  • HW #6 Due!
  • meet in 123 to work on essay
  • Remember the Dialogue
    		• 14
    DAY B

    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED OF FINAL DRAFT ARE DUE TODAY. Be on time! If you are absent (strongly discouraged!) email me a copy BEFORE the start of class
  • Peer Edit Significant Moment Essay
    		• 15
    DAY C


    FINAL DRAFT OF SIGNIFICANT MOMENT ESSAY DUE! please submit at turnitin.com

    class does not meet today
    18
    RECESS
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    25
    DAY D

    FINAL DRAFT OF SIGNIFICANT MOMENT ESSAY DUE! please submit at turnitin.com and hand in your final draft + rough draft + peer edits in class     		26
    DAY E
  • HW #7 Due!
  • JOURNAL #8 : TITLE
    Share journals
  • read essays in Models: 92, 103, 123, 337, 302
    		• 27
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY A
    class cancelled     		29
    DAY B
  • HW #8 Due!
  • meet in lab 123. Rank intros like last time, print copy with comments. Then, choose one intro and begin essay. You need to have at least half your essay completed by next class!

    • FEBRUARY 2007

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    JAN 29
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 JAN 30
    DAY B
  • Welcome to Advanced Comp!
  • Course Description
  • Outside Reading Assignment
    		• JAN 31
    DAY C
  • HOMEWORK #1 DUE TODAY
  • Outside Reading Assignment: we'll be going to the library!
    		• 1
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 2
    DAY E
  • JOURNAL #1
  • Notes: Elements of a Sig Mom, I'm a pirate
  • "The Most Important Day" (Models for Writers MFW)
    • 5DAY F
  • HOMEWORK #2 DUE TODAY
  • Memoir/Biography Log
  • JOURNAL #3
  • Memoir/Biography Log
  • "Shame" (MFW)
  • "On the Sidelines" (MFW)
    		• 6
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY B
  • HOMEWORK #3

    Outside Reading Book Due Today! [Bring the book in or proof of having ordered it]
    		• 8
    DAY C
  • HOMEWORK #4
  • College Essay Ranking
  • JOURNAL #4
    		• 9
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    12
    DAY E
  • HOMEWORK #5 DUE TODAY
  • Claude Story
  • Create a timeline of your life
  • Intros (pg. 85)
    		• 13
    DAY F
  • HOMEWORK #6 DUE TODAY; ranking intros
  • writing essay
  • Organization the Personal Narrative
  • Remember the Dialogue
  • Student Sample Significant Moment: Making the Bed
  • Student Sample Significant Moment: ADHD
    		• 14
    DAY A


    Happy Valentine's Day!
    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY B
  • HOMEWORK #7 DUE TODAY
  • meet in lab; work on essay
  • Remember the Dialogue
    		• 16
    DAY C

    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE ESSAY @ the start of class!!!
  • Peer Edit Significant Moment Essay
    • 19
    RECESS
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    NO SCHOOL!
    26
    SNOW DAY
    NO SCHOOL!
    		27
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY E


    FINAL DRAFT of Sig Mom Essay Due (include Writer's Response + all peer edits + 1 rough)
  • Personal Narrative Rubric
  • JOURNAL #5
  • College Essay Rubric
    		• MARCH 1
    DAY F
  • HOMEWORK #8 DUE TODAY
  • JOURNAL #7
  • Read “The Unforgettable Miss Bessie” ( 296) by Carl Rowan , Read “How I Got Smart” (142) by Steven Brody, Read “Intelligence” (103) by Isaac Asimov
  • Section 16 Class Assignment
    		• MARCH 2
    DAY A

    class does not meet today

    DECEMBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    4
    DAY E
  • HW #24 Due: must be available to work in lab for HW credit (15 points)
  • meet in lab
    		• 5
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY A
  • A Message from a Sick Teacher
    		• 7
    DAY B
  • HW #25 Due
  • If we are lucky, we'll get a lab...
    		• 8
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    11
    DAY D


    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE
  • meet in class
  • Peer Editing for the Multi-Genre Essay [Sam: essay is due tomorrow; try to get someone to edit for you...]
    		•  12
    DAY E


    FINAL DRAFT of ESSAY DUE with all peer edits, 1 rough. Be sure to underline all literary devices/terms in essay (characterization, theme, setting, etc.)
  • Hand in The Stranger
  • How to Make a Dead Chicken
  • How to Annoy a Sibling To A Great Extent
    		• 13
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY A
  • HW #26 Due
  • Process Student Sample: "How to Take Latin Ap Exam"
  • Process Student Sample: "Tonsil Hockey 101"
  • Process Student Sample: "Cat and Dog"
  • Begin Process Analysis Class Excercise (20 points)
    		• 15
    DAY B
  • HW #27 Due
  • 30-40 minutes to work on Process Analysis Class Exercise (20 points)
  • Shareback
  • Student Sample: Alien POV Essay
    • 18
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 19
    DAY D
  • HW #28 Due
  • Work on essay in lab
    		• 20
    DAY E
  • work on essay in lab
    		• 21
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 22
    DAY A
  • Work on essay in lab
    • 25
    RECESS

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    NOVEMBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    6
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY A
  • Ms. G out :-(
    		• 8
    DAY B
  • HW #18 Due
  • QUIZ ON READING
  • JOURNAL #6
  • What is Meursault doing wrong?
  • What is Existentialism?
  • CLASS NOTES: definitions, isolation theme, characterization
    		• 9
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 10
    NO SCHOOL!
    VETERANS DAY
    13
    DAY D
  • HW #19 Due
  • QUIZ ON READING
  • Class Notes: Anti Hero, Antagonist, Meursault's characteristics, Isolation theme, judging M in Part I
    		• 14
    DAY E
  • HW #20 Due
  • QUIZ ON READING
    		• 15
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 16
    DAY A
  • HW #21 Due
  • QUIZ ON READING
  • CLASS NOTES: Killing an Arab (The Cure), Witnesses and Testimony, Antagonist, Protagonist, and Juxtaposition.
    		• 17
    DAY B
  • HW #22 Due
  • QUIZ ON READING
    • 20
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 21
    DAY D
  • The Misunderstanding
    		• 22
    DAY E
  • The Misunderstanding
    		• 23
    NO SCHOOL
    HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
    		 24
    NO SCHOOL
    FOOD COMA RECESS
    27
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY A
  • The Misunderstanding to page 43
    		• 29
    DAY B
  • Finish The Misunderstanding
  • JOURNAL #7
  • Intro to the Multi-Genre
    		• 30
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 DEC 1
    DAY D
  • HW #23 Due
  • Conference about your outline
  • begin essay

    • OCTOBER 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    NO SCHOOL
    RECESS!    		 3
    DAY A
  • class cancelled
    		• 4
    DAY B
  • HW #10 Due
    		• 5
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY D
    JOURNAL #5
  • Bio samples
  • Bio Essay Assignment
  • Bio Pre-Writing Worksheet
    • 9
    NO SCHOOL
    COLUMBUS DAY    		 10
    DAY E
  • HW #11 Due
  • In-Class Assignment: Four Biography Intros


    Yearbook Photos Today! (10:08 AM) Look Purty!
    		• 11
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 12
    DAY A
  • HW #12 Due
  • Meet in lab
    		•  13
    DAY B
  • HW #13 Due
  • meet in library
  • Revisions of Sig Mom Essay Due (ALL SIG MOM essays must be returned to your folders); all revisions must be accompanied by the first graded draft
    • 16
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 17
    DAY D


    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE of BIO ESSAY AT THE START OF CLASS! Don't lose points by leaving room to print
  • Peer Editing Bio Essay
    		• 18
    DAY E


    Final Draft of Bio Essay Due (with all peer edits + writer response + 1 rough draft from peer edit day + self assessed rubric)
  • Fill out the Writer's Response BEFORE class & self assess the Bio Rubric as well
  • Big Fish
    		• 19
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 20
    DAY A
  • Big Fish
  • note that deadline has been pushed to Monday to give you extra time to double check your Outside Reading Logs. Please take thoughtful, legible notes! Use conflict and theme to drive your observations!
    • 23
    DAY B


    Outside Reading Completion & Book Log DUE
  • BRING THE ACTUAL BOOK (5 pts.) -- You will need it for the lesson
  • Outline
  • Business Letter Sample
    		• 24
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 25
    DAY D
  • HW #14 Due
  • Analytical Essay
    		• 26
    DAY E
  • Analytical Essay
    		• 27
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    30
    DAY A
  • HW #15 Due
  • meet in science lab
    		• 31
    DAY B

    Two Copies Double Spaced of Analytical Essay Due!
  • Peer editing for the Outside Reading Essay


    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
    		•  NOV 1
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 NOV 2
    DAY D
  • HW #16 Due

    Outside Reading Essay (see HW #16 for all the necessary details!
  • Book Talk
  • Bring Food Treat you promised
    		• NOV 3
    DAY E
  • HW #17 Due
  • Stranger Quiz, chapters 1-2
  • Existentialism

    • SEPTEMBER 2006

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

    Welcome Back!
  • Course Description
  • Absence Contract
    		• 7
    DAY B
  • HW #1 Due
  • College Essay Common Application
  • Read in MFW "The Most Important Day" (32) & "Shame" (262)
    		• 8
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    11
    DAY D
  • HW #2 Due
  • Outside Reading Assignment
    		• 12
    DAY E
  • "On the Sidelines," Juan student model, & Claude story
    		• 13
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY A
  • HW #3 Due
  • College Essay rankings by admissions officers
  • what makes a good essay
  • My Turn student essays
    		• 15
    DAY B
  • HW #4 Due
  • Discussion of topics
    • 18
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 19
    DAY D
  • HW #5 Due

    Outside Reading Assignment Book Selection & Letter Due!
  • In the lab
  • Intros vote
  • writing the essay
    		• 20
    DAY E
  • HW #6 Due [BE CAREFUL TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS
  • in the lab
  • writing the essay + conferencing the the G
    		• 21
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
  • Welcome, Parents!
  • Course Description & Rubrics
    		• 22
    DAY A
  • HW #7 Due
    SUMMER READING IN-CLASS ESSAY TEST
    		•
    25
    DAY B

    TWO DOUBLE SPACED COPIES of Sig Mom essay due (10 points)
  • peer editing (10 points)
  • Peer Editing Sig Mom [if absent, you are still responsible to edit 2 essays and have 2 others edit yours]
    		• 26
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 27
    DAY D
  • HW #8 Due
    Final Draft Due (Hand in: writer response [to be completed in class], final draft, all peer edits, 1 rough draft from peer edit day, self-assessed rubric)
  • JOURNAL #1
  • Bio Essay: #2 on the common app.
  • "The Unforgettable Miss Bessie"
    		• 28
    DAY E
  • HW #9 Due
  • Student Essays
    		• 29
    DAY F

    class does not meet today

    MAY 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		 2
    DAY F
  • HW #21 DUE
  • The Stranger & Misunderstanding Essay Assignment
    		•  3
    DAY A
  • HW #22 DUE
    		• 4
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		 5
    DAY C

  • HW #23 DUE
  • Peer Editing for the Camus Essay
    • 8 DAY D
  • Work on HW #24
  • Waking Life
    		• 9
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		 10
    DAY F


  • HW #24 DUE: FINAL DRAFT OF CAMUS ESSAY DUE
    		• 11
    DAY A
  • HW #25 Due
  • Intro to Process Analysis
    		• 12
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    15
    DAY C
  • HW #26 Due
  • The Process Analysis Essay
  • Process Analysis In-Class Exercise (20 points) [if absent, please complete]
    		• 16
    DAY D
  • HW #27 Due
  • Work on your essay; this would have been our scheduled lab time, so go write!
    		•  17
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		 18
    DAY F
  • HW #27 & 28 Due (collected)
  • Present Process Analysis Class Exercise (20 points)
  • Portfolio Requirements
    		• 19
    DAY A


    TWO COPIES OF PROCESS DUE, double spaced for peer editing
  • Portfolio Requirements
    • 22
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 23
    DAY C
    STUFF [see #29] Due!
  • Portfolio Requirements
  • Post Course Reflection
  • Web Page Template
  • Lab Rubric
    		• 24
    DAY D
  • HW #30 Due!
  • Post Course Reflection
  • Portfolio Requirements
  • Web Page Template
  • Lab Rubric
    		• 25
    DAY E


    class does not meet today
    		 26
    NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
    STAFF DEVELOPMENT DAY
    29
    No SCHOOL
    MEMORIAL DAY     		30
    DAY F
  • HW #30 Due!
  • Portfolio Requirements
  • Web Page Template
  • Lab Rubric
    		• 31
    DAY A
  • HW #30 Due!
  • Web Page Template
  • Lab Rubric
  • Heads up for the ambitious -- get a head start on the argument essay:
  • Prompts for the Argument Essay
  • Intro to the Argument Essay
  • Logical Fallacies
    		• JUNE 1
    DAY B


    class does not meet today
    		 JUNE 2
    DAY C


    HAND IN YOUR NOTEBOOK; you will receive TWO GRADES: 1 notebook grade and 1 journal grade
  • Work on portfolio
  • Heads up for the ambitious -- get a head start on the argument essay:
  • Prompts for the Argument Essay
  • Intro to the Argument Essay
  • Logical Fallacies

    • MARCH 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    Feb. 27
    DAY C
  • Intro to the Bio Essay
  • JOURNAL #5
    		• Feb 28
    DAY D

    FINAL DRAFT OF SIG MOM DUE (include: final draft, all peer edits, 1 rough, 1 rubric)
  • Please make sure you have your Models for Writer Book
  • Writer Response
  • JOURNAL #6
  • "How I Got Smart"
    		• 1
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 2
    DAY F
  • HW #7 DUE yesterday!
  • meet in lab
  • Read "Intelligence" in MFW
  • Wait! I want to take an IQ test!
    		• 3
    DAY A
    6
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 7
    DAY C
  • JOURNAL #7
  • "The Unforgettable Miss Bessie" in MFW + "Smart Guy" (handout)
  • Biography Essay Assignment
  • Biography Pre-Writing
    		• 8
    DAY D
  • HW #8 DUE
  • Usage errors
  • "Grocer's Daughter" (302)
  • "Rat Man" (handout)
  • Worst Analogies
  • "Parent's Journey Out of the Closet" (Handout)
    		•  9
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 10
    DAY F
  • HW #9 DUE
  • meet in a lab to work on bio essay
    • 13
    DAY A


    Outside Reading Due (Log & conferences)AND TWO COPIES OF BIO ESSAY for PEER EDITING!     		14
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY C

    FINAL DRAFT OF BIO ESSAY DUE (w/ edits, 1 rough, self assessed Bio Rubric, Writer's Response)
  • Business Letter Sample
  • BRING OUTSIDE BOOK
  • Lab
  • Business Letter Sample
  • Generic Literary Essay Outline
    		• 16
    DAY D
  • HW #10 DUE
  • lab
  • Try to get your letter to me today
  • Show Verbs
  • Analyze Literature Guide
  • Literary Terms Dictionary
    		• 17
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    20
    DAY F
  • Lab: work on essay
  • Show Verbs
  • Analyze Literature Guide
  • Literary Terms Dictionary
    		• 21
    DAY A
  • Lab: work on essay
  • Show Verbs
  • Analyze Literature Guide
  • Literary Terms Dictionary
    		• 22
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 23
    DAY C

    Essay Due! Two copies double spaced
  • Peer Editing for Expository Essay
  • Looking for extra credit? Go to the Shakespeare Day meeting in 118 after school and sign up for something. The more you do, the more extra points you earn
    		• 24
    DAY D

    Essay Due
  • Book Talk & Food
  • HW #11 DUE
    • 27
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY F
  • Intro to The Stranger
  • JOURNAL #8
  • Camus' Philosophy Worksheet
    		• 29
    DAY A
  • HW #12 DUE
  • Quiz
  • How is Meursault characterized?
  • The Stranger Group Work Chapter 1 [complete on your own if absent]
    		• 30
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 31
    DAY C
  • HW #13 DUE
  • Isolation theme, M. with others
  • Last Day of Marking Period
    		•

    February 2006

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    Jan 30
    DAY A
  • Course Description
  • ABOUT ABSENCES
    		• Jan 31
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 1
    DAY C
    HOMEWORK #1 Due
  • Outside Reading Assignment
  • JOURNAL #1
    		• 2
    DAY D
    HOMEWORK #2 Due
  • Read "The Most Important Day" (32)& "Shame" (262)in MFW
    		• 3
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    6
    DAY F
  • Read "On the Sidelines" in MFW (4)
  • JOURNAL #3
  • Read "On the Sidelines" (4) & Claude essay (HO)
  • What do essays tell us about the authors?
    		• 7
    DAY A
    HOMEWORK #3 Due
  • Reader Response Guidelines
  • What makes a good college essay? (multiple handouts)
    		• 8
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY C
  • HW #4 Due
  • JOURNAL #4
  • Admissions Committee
  • Brainstorming for the SIG MOM essay
    		•  10
    DAY D
  • HW #5 Due
  • The Personal Narrative
  • Intros Task to be completed by the end of the period
    • 13
    SNOW DAY! No School.
    		14
    DAY E

    class does not meet today
    		 15
    DAY F
  • HW #6 Due
  • Student Sample Significant Moment: Making the Bed
  • Student Sample Significant Moment: ADHD
  • Remember the Dialogue
    		• 16
    DAY A

    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE of your Sig Mom essay
  • Peer Edit Personal Narrative
  • Peer edit DON'T BE ABSENT!!!!
    		•  17
    DAY B

    class does not meet today
    20
    NO SCHOOL
    Recess     		21
    NO SCHOOL
    Recess    		 22
    NO SCHOOL
    Recess    		 23
    NO SCHOOL
    Recess    		 24
    NO SCHOOL
    Recess

    May

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		3
    DAY B
  • Journal #13
  • Intro to Argument Unit
    		• 4
    DAY C
  • HW #17 Due
    		• 5
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		6
    DAY E
  • HW #18 Due
  • Journal #15
  • Logical Fallacies
    • 9
    DAY F
  • Journal #16
  • Nightline Piece
    		•  10
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		11
    DAY B
  • HW #19 Due
  • "A Modest Proposal"
  • Answer #1 & #2 under Meaning; #3 under Purpose and Audience (in NB)
    		•  12
    DAY C
  • HW #20 Due
  • Essay Prompts: The Argument Essay
    		•  13
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    16
    DAY E
  • HW #21 Due
  • Meet in lab and begin writing essay
    		• 17
    DAY F
  • meet in lab and write essay
    		• 18
    DAY A

    class does not meet today
    		19
    DAY B


    TWO COPIES DOUBLE SPACED DUE! Peer editing    		 20
    DAY C


    FINAL DRAFT DUE!
  • Supersize Me: Regents Task I
    		•
    23
    DAY D

    class does not meet today
    		24
    DAY E
  • Supersize Me: Regents Task I
    		•  25
    DAY F
  • Supersize Me: Regents Task I
    		• 26
    DAY A


    class does not meet today
    		27

    NO CLASS
    30
    No School
    Memorial Day    		 31
    DAY B
  • HW #22 Due
    		• June 1
    DAY C     		June 2
    DAY D


    class does not meet today
    		June 3
    DAY E
  • HW #23 Due

    • April

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    4
    DAY D
    S. Watt's bday was yesterday!
    DUE at start of class (no lab time): Book Review (double spaced, 3-4 pages with an emphasis on part III, which will probably end up being multiple paragraphs) & Letter to Author (single spaced)(if youdidn't already hand in
  • TODAY: Book Talk: Prepare a passage to read to class (short!) and bring food treat you signed up for! You may return your book after this class
    		• 5
    DAY E
    It's Ms. G's bday!
    It's D. Marmor's bday!
  • Intro to Process Analysis
  • Spongebob Squarepants
  • Journal #11
    		• 6
    DAY F



    class does not meet today
    		7
    DAY A
  • HW #14 Due
  • Journal #12
  • "How to Write a Personal Letter" & "How to Annoy Your Younger Sibling to a Great Extent"
    		• 8
    DAY B
  • HW #15 Due
  • Read "Confessions of a Kitchen Romeo"
  • Group Work: Describe, in an informational process, how the hypothetical WORST day happens
  • "Symbols of Love"
    It's J. Frislid's bday!
    		•
    11
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		12
    DAY D
  • HW #16 Due
  • Outlining Essay
    		•  13
    DAY E
  • meet in lab and work on essay
  • conference
    		•  14
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		15
    DAY A
  • meet in lab and work on essay
    		•
    18
    DAY B
  • meet in lab and work on essay
  • Check your subtext: is it developed? Does your essay have TWO distinct purposes?
    		•  19
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		20
    DAY D


    TWO COPIES OF ROUGH DRAFT DUE: Peer editing     		21
    DAY E
  • FINAL DRAFT of Process Essay Due
  • Recommendation Etiquette
  • Recommendation Etiquette
    		•  22
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    25
    No School!     		26
    No School!     		27
    No School!
    		28
    No School!
    		29
    No School!

    March 2005

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    7 DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		8
    DAY D
  • The Personal Narrative Essay is DUE! Hand in 1 best draft, 1 rough, all peer edits, + writer response (in class)
  • Writer's Response
  • Personal Narrative Rubric
  • College Essay Rubric
  • Intro to Biography Essay (Bring Book!)
  • Journal #8
  • Read "Unforgettable Miss Bessie" (296)
    		• 9
    DAY E
  • HW #9 Due
  • Journal #9
  • "Read "How I Got Smart"
    		• 10
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		11
    DAY A
  • HW #10 Due
  • Read "Smart Guy" h/o & "Gryphon" h/o
  • Bio College Essay Assignment
  • For MONDAY 3/21: See her poetry at Cafe Mo
    • 14
    DAY B
  • HW #11 Due
  • The Bio Essay Assignment
  • Intros Task: Choose 3 Different Openers (label them cearly; print 2 copies -- one for Ms. G and one for you)
    		• 15
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		16
    DAY D
  • HW #12 Due
  • Work on The Bio Essay Assignment
  • Have three other students rank your intros
    		• 17
    DAY E
  • Work on The Bio Essay Assignment
  • Please bring graded essays back--if you're not revising-- to put in your portfolios. Those of you revsiing, remember, revision is due one week from date it was returned to you! You will hand in graded packet with revision.
    		• 18
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
  • For MONDAY 3/21: See her poetry at Cafe Mo
    • 21
    DAY A
  • In School Field Trip: Maggie Ballistreri --> See her poetry at Cafe Mo
    		• 22
    DAY B
    TWO COPIES double spaced of Bio Essay due!
  • Peer Edit
    		• 23
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		24
    DAY D
    		 25
    RECESS
    No School
    28
    DAY E


    FINAL DRAFT of Bio Essay due -- Hand in with all peer edits, 1 rough, &Writer's Response
  • Outside Reading Completion of Reading & Reader Response Log Due!
  • BRING YOUR ACTUAL OUTSIDE READING BOOK! (5 pts)
  • Conference with Ms. G
  • How to Write a Book Review
  • Sample Book Reviews
  • Business Letter Sample
    		• 29
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		30
    DAY A
  • HW #13 Due
  • How to Write a Book Review
  • Sample Book Reviews
  • Business Letter Sample
    		• 31
    DAY B
  • How to Write a Book Review
  • Sample Book Reviews
  • Business Letter Sample/Hand in by the end of class with addressed envelope if possible
    		• April 1
    DAY C


    class does not meet today


    LAST DAY TO HAND IN ANY LATE WORK or EXTRA CREDIT

    February

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    Jan 31
    DAY A
  • Welcome! (Course description)
  • Fill out Info Chart & Write Intro Letter
  • “Our lives teach us who we are.” –Salman Rushdie (Journal Entry #1)
    		• 1
    DAY B
  • HW #1 Due
  • Read "Subway Station" (289) & "Sounds of the City" (292)
  • Journal #2
  • ON LL: With a partner, describe a place at Schreiber without telling us the place. We should be able to figure it out (word charades)
    		• 2
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		3
    DAY D
  • HW #2 Due
  • Outside Reading Assignment
    		• 4
    DAY E
  • Revising for Specifics
  • Class Work: choose from list of topics and rewrite with specifics
    • 7 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		8
    DAY A
  • HW #3 Due
  • Journal #4
  • Intro to Significant Moment Essays
  • Common Application Questions
  • "The Most Important Day" (29) & "Shame" (262)
    		• 9
    DAY B
  • HW #4 Due
  • Claude Essay
  • Journal #6
    		• 10
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		11
    DAY D
  • HW #5 Due

  • Outside Reading Letter of Intent Due (Bring the actual book to class or proof of purchase or ordering)
  • Reader Response Guidelines
  • College Essay Stuff -- lots of it!
    • 14
    DAY E
  • HW #6 Due
  • NPR college admissions
  • hand in notebook
    		•  15
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		16
    DAY A
  • HW #7 Due
  • The Personal Narrative Requirements
  • Begin the Organization the Personal Narrative during class.
    		• 17
    DAY B
  • HW #8 Due
  • Meet in lab
  • Over Break
    		•  18
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
  • Over Break
    • 21
    RECESS
    No School!
  • Over Break
    		• 22
    RECESS
    No School!
  • Over Break
    		•  23
    RECESS
    No School!
  • Over Break
    		•  24
    RECESS
    No School!
  • Over Break
    		•  25
    RECESS
    No School!
  • Over Break
    		•
    28
    DAY D
  • During class, write three different possible intros for your essay (Intro Options): EXPLORE THE OPTIONS and try to make them different and interesting!
  • -- Then ask 3 other students to RANK their favorites: which intro gets their interest and makes them want to keep reading?
  • Hand in your three intros by the end of class
    		•  Mar. 1
    DAY E
  • meet in lab & work on essay
    		• Mar. 2
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		Mar. 3
    DAY A
  • Meet in science lab & work on essay
    		• Mar. 4
    DAY B

  • The Personal Narrative Essay is DUE!!! Bring TWO copies, doubled-spaced; have this ready for class -- we will NOT be in the lab. Going to print loses an ORP
  • Peer Editing for the Personal Narrative
  • Personal Narrative Rubric
  • College Essay Rubric

    • May

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		4
    DAY A
  • HW #20 Due!
  • Carlin's "Stuff"
  • "A Jerk"
  • "Bling-Bling"
  • Definition Essay Assignment
    		• 5
    DAY B
  • HW #21 Due!
  • Graphic organizer for the definition essay: welcome to INSPIRATION
  • Online Etymology Dictionary
  • Take Our Word Etymology
    		• 6
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		7
    DAY D
  • HW #22 Due!
  • Vote on best intros
  • Revise outline
  • Begin Essay
    • 10 DAY E
  • Ms. G is out sick :-( Please be studious on your essays!
  • HW #23 Due! (please give to sub at the beginning of the period if you would like credit)
  • Work on essay
    		•  11
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		12
    DAY A

    TWO COPIES OF ROUGH DRAFT DUE (10 points)
  • Peer Editing for the Definition Essay
    		• 13
    DAY B
  • Regents prep
  • Seniors will complete a senioritis assignment

    Notebooks will be collected: You will receive a JOURNAL grade & a NOTEBOOK grade
    		• 14
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    17
    DAY D

    Final Draft of Definition Essay Due [please hand in with all peer edits + 1 rough]
  • work on Regents essay
    		•  18
    DAY E
  • HW #24 Due!
  • Intro to Process Analysis
  • How to Make a Peanut Butter Sandwich Exercise & Digesting
  • "On Dumpster Diving" (326) & answer questions
    		• 19
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		20
    DAY A
  • HW #25 Due!
  • Process Analysis
  • Read student essay "How to Annoy a Younger Sibling" & "How to Eat an Ice Cream Cone (h/o)
  • Go over essay topics.
    		•  21
    DAY B
  • HW #26 Due!
  • meet in lab to work on process essay
  • Joey: click here
    • 24
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		25
    DAY D

    BRING TWO COPIES OF DRAFT FOR PEER EDITING     		26
    DAY E
  • Regents TASK III
    		• 27
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		28

    RECESS

    April

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    5 RECESS
    It's Ms. G's Bday!    		 6
    RECESS
    WE    		 7
    RECESS
    DON'T    		 8
    RECESS
    HAVE    		 9
    RECESS
    SCHOOL!
    12
    RECESS
    SO     		13
    RECESS     ENJOY!    		 14
    DAY E
  • HW #16 Due!
  • Prompts for the Argument Essay
  • Outline
  • Model Argument Essay: Cat Essay
  • COMPLETE Writing an Indirect or Direct Intro for the Argument Essay
    		• 15
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		16
    DAY A
  • HW #17 Due!
    • 19
    DAY B

    ROUGH draft of argument essay is due (two copies, double spaced)
  • Peer Edit for the Argument Essay
    		• 20
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		21
    DAY D
  • Listening passage and in class essay
  • REGENTS TASK A: Speechwriting Essay
    		•  22
    DAY E

    FINAL DRAFT of argument essay due (include: writer's response, best draft, all peer edits, 1 rough, and self assessed rubric)
  • In Class Regents Essay
    		• 23
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    26
    DAY A
  • Intro to the definition essay
  • Journal # 12
  • Essay of Definition h/o
  • "How the Net has changed the way we use words" h/o
    		• 27
    DAY B
  • HW #18 Due!
  • Journal # 13
  • Neologizing
  • Journal # 13
    		•  28
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		29
    DAY D
  • HW #19 Due!
  • Journal # 14
  • using personification & analogy to entend a definition
    		•  30
    DAY E
  • HW #20 Due!

    • March

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY D
  • HW #9 Due!
  • meet in lab
  • Journal # 8:Descriptive Word Activity
    		•  2
    DAY E

    ROUGH DRAFT DUE! Bring TWO copies, double spaced, complete (500 words)(10 points)
  • Peer Edit Personal Narrative
  • Personal Narrative Self Review Worksheet
  • Remember the Dialogue
    		• 3
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		4
    DAY A


    FINAL DRAFT DUE @ the beginning of the period! (submit in this order: writer's response, best copy, all peer edits, 1 rough, self-assessed rubric)
  • Personal Narrative Rubric
  • Writer's Response
  • Bio College Essay Assignment
  • Biography Pre-Writing
    		• 5
    DAY B
  • HW #10 Due!
  • Just like you did for your personal narrative, write three possible intros from the Intros Task Worksheet. Have 3 peers vote on your most effective intro (15 points. Due by the end of class! Get cracking!)
    • 8 DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		9
    DAY D
  • HW #11 Due!
  • work on essay
    		•  10
    DAY E


    TWO COPIES (double spaced) of bio essay are due (10 points)
  • Peer Editing for the Biography Essay
    		• 11
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		12
    DAY A

    FINAL DRAFT DUE (Writer's Response, best draft, all peer edits, 1 rough, self-assessed Bio Rubric )
  • Etiquette & College Essays
    • 15
    DAY B


    Outside Reading & Reader Response Log Due = Conferences today
  • Begin Review & Letter
  • Conferences today
  • Check out book review samples
    		• 16
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		17
    DAY D
    EXPOS 5:
    Bring food treat you signed up for: book reading is today! (50 points)
  • Business Letter Sample
  • How to Write a Book Reivew
    		•  18
    DAY E

    EXPOS 9:
    Bring food treat you signed up for: book reading is today! (50 points)
  • Business Letter Sample
  • How to Write A Book Review
    		•  19
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    22
    DAY A

    Book Review and Letter w/ envelope Due @ the start of class
  • Journal # 9
  • Intro to the argument
  • Read "In Praise of the F Word"
    		•  23
    DAY B
  • HW #12 Due!
  • "The Right to Fail"
    		•  24
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		25
    DAY D
  • HW #13 Due!
  • Personality Types and Pros and Cons Activity
    		•  26
    DAY E

  • HW #14 Due!
  • Discussing issues of importance & arguing
    • 29
    DAY F


    class does not meet today
    		30
    DAY A
  • HW #15 Due!
  • Fishbowl Argument
  • Logical Fallacies
    		• 31
    DAY B
  • Wish Josh B. a happy birthday!
  • Journal # 11
  • Pledge of Allegiance Fish Bowl
    		•  April 1
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		April 2
    DAY D
  • "A Modest Proposal"

    • February

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    DAY A
  • Welcome! (Course description)
  • Class Participation Rubric
  • Journal #1
    		• 3
    DAY B
  • HW #1 Due!
  • Journal # 2: Childhood Memory Tasks
  • Read Lynda Barry's "Halloween with Dad"
    		• 4
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		5
    DAY D
  • HW #2 Due!
  • Outside Reading Assignment
  • College Common Application Questions
  • Read "Shame" and "Most Important Day" in book
    		•  6
    DAY E
  • HW #3 Due!
  • Journal #3
  • Distingusish b/w sig moms and bios
  • Read Asimov's "Intelligence" (103) & Rowan's "Unforgettable Miss Bessie" (296)
    • 9 DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		10
    DAY A
  • Objects of significance in the personal narrative
  • Journal #4
  • Read "Fairy Tale with Sprockets" & "Excavating Rachel's Room" [both are handouts (h/o)]
    		• 11
    DAY B
  • HW #4 Due!
    BRING Outside Reading Book
  • Begin Journal #5
  • Read "How I Got Smart" (142) & "Hitting the Mark with Your Essay" (h/o)
    		• 12
    DAY C


    class does not meet today
    		13
    DAY D
  • HW #5 Due!
  • OVER BREAK HW: read Outside Reading & keep Reader Response Log; also choose focus moment for sig mom essay
  • Begin Journal #6
  • Writer's Craft h/o & "Eye Witness" h/o
  • group work on NPR essays (h/o)
    		•
    16

    WINTER
    		 17

    RECESS!
    		 18

    		19

    NO
    		20

    SCHOOL!
    23
    DAY E
  • HW #6 Due!
  • Rank NPR essays in group
  • Dissect Student Pieces & complete worksheet
    		• 24
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		25
    DAY A
  • HW #7 Due!
  • The Personal Narrative
  • Complete the Organization the Personal Narrative
    		• 26
    DAY B
  • HW #8 Due!
  • DO NOW: Journal #7 (Yep's article)
  • The Personal Narrative
  • Today: complete the Intros Task (15 points)
    		• 27
    DAY C


    class does not meet today

    December

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1
    DAY E
  • HW #26 Due
  • Journal entry #12
  • Debate on topics (Intro to the argument)
    		•  2
    DAY F
    class does not meet today     		3
    DAY A
  • Journal #13
    		•  4
    DAY B
  • Read "Against the Great Divide and Discuss
  • IN class writing task (p. 437, #1, replace "black and white teenagers" with "all the various races represnted at Schreiber" (note that your HW is to finish if you don't during class
    		•  5
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    8 DAY D
  • HW #28 Due
  • Read "The Right to Fail"
  • Write a mini-argumrnt essay that addresses a controverisal element discussed in the essay. Make sure you believe it!
  • Use paragraphs to effectively make your point
    		• 9
    DAY E
  • HW #29 Due
  • Discuss race and failing mini-essays
  • read "In Praise of the F Word"
  • The Thesis Statement
  • Go over your essays on race and failing
  • Brainstorm for meaningful argument topic
    		•  10
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		11
    DAY A
  • HW #30 Due
  • Outline your essay
  • Model Argument Essay: Cat Essay
    		• 12
    DAY B
  • HW #31 Due
  • "Modest Proposal"
  • KEep your topic in mind: what would your "modest" proposal be?
    		•
    15
    DAY C

    class does not meet today     		16
    DAY D
  • HW #32 Due
  • Journal Entry
  • Death Penalty essays
    		•  17
    DAY E
  • HW #33 Due
  • Work on essay in lab
    		• 18
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		19
    DAY A
    TWO copies of Argument Essay Due (if you are absent, you must hand in earlier in week!
  • Peer Edit the Argument Essay
  • Argument Essay Rubric
    Winter Recess Begins tonight!

    See ya next year!

    • November

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY F
    class does not meet today     		4
    DAY A
  • HW #19 Due
  • Finish "Wag the Dog"
    		•  5
    DAY B
  • HW #20 Due
  • Journal #9
  • Connotations
  • Group Work
    		• 6
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    END OF THE MARKING PERIOD     		7
    DAY D
  • HW #21 Due
  • Journal #10
  • Evil essay
  • Say happy bday to George
    		•
    10 DAY E
  • HW #22 Due
  • Journal #11
  • Words of Identity
    		•  11
    no school!

    Veteran's Day    		 12
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		13
    DAY A
  • HW #23 Due
  • N-Word essay
  • Jerk essay
  • overused and mis-used words
  • Definition Essay Assignment
  • Definition Essay Pre-Writing Task
    		• 14
    DAY B
  • HW #24 Due
  • Definition Essay Assignment
  • Definition Essay Pre-Writing Task
  • Using Inspiration to Outline and think about word
    • 17
    DAY C
    class does not meet today     		18
    DAY D
  • meet in lab & work on essay
    		• 19
    DAY E
  • meet in lab & work on essay
  • HW #25 Due

    NBs collected today!
    		• 20
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		21
    DAY A
  • meet in lab & work on essay
    		•
    24
    DAY B

    TWO copies, doubled spaced of definition essay due!
  • Peer Editing the Definition Essay
    		•  25
    DAY C
    class does not meet today     		26
    DAY D

    Definition Essay Due [if you are going away, please hand in before leaving] Turn in with Writer's Response on top, best final copy, ALL peer edits, 1 rough, self-assessed rubric.
  • Turkey writing activity
  • HW #26 is for over break
    		• 27


    Happy Gokturkey Day!    		 28
    DAY E
    Recess! Recover from too much turkey

    September

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    1

    LABOR DAY    		 2
    		 3
    DAY A
    Welcome back!
  • Welcome! (Course description) and Class Participation Rubric.
  • Listen to David Sedaris' "Big Boy" essay
    		• 4
    DAY B
    HW #1 Due
  • share HW & hand in
  • short video
    		• 5
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    8 DAY D
  • HW #2 Due
  • Intro to the personal narrative
  • "The Most Important" & "Shame"
    		•  9
    DAY E
  • HW #3 Due
  • "On the Sidelines"
  • Claude essay
  • Journal Entry 1 [see homework page for entries -- scroll down]
    		• 10
    DAY F
    class does not meet today     		11
    DAY A
  • HW #4 Due
  • Journal Entry #2
  • Timelines
  • Personal Narrative Assignment
    		•  12
    DAY B
  • HW #5 Due
  • Review HW and Yep advice
  • Review Reader Response Guidelines
  • Meet in the English lab today: work on personal narrative
    • 15
    DAY C
    class does not meet today     		16
    DAY D
  • HW #6 Due
  • Review Dialogue Format
  • meet in lab today (123)
    		•  17
    DAY E

    1st draft due (BRING 2 copies) at beginning of period (-20 points on final grade if not in on time)
  • Peer Edit Personal Narrative
    		• 18
    DAY F
    class does not meet today     		19
    DAY A

    Summer Reading In-Class Essay Test (YOU MAY BRING YOUR BOOK!)
    22
    DAY B
  • Journal Entry #3
  • HW #7 Due
  • Personal Naratives
  • Anyone interested in completing an honors project must submit a proposal this week!
    		•  23
    DAY C     class does not meet today     		24
    DAY D
  • HW #8 Due
  • journal #4
  • Intro to Biography Essay/College Essay
  • Read "Unforgettable Miss Bessie" (296) & discuss elements of a bio essay of influence
    		• 25
    DAY E


    FINAL DRAFT of personal narrative due (include: Writer's Response, best draft, peer edits, ONE rough draft, self-assessed Personal Narrative Rubric, Personal Narrative Self Review Worksheet
  • "Eyewitness"
  • Go over college essay article
    		• 26
    DAY F
    class does not meet today

    June

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    DAY A

    FIRST DRAFT OF ESSAY DUE for peer edits
  • Peer Editing the Process Analysis
  • meet in lab
    		•  3
    DAY B
  • HW #29 Due

    English Regents Review! After school (3:15-5:30 PM), room 122. Event hosted by Mrs. Kennedy. Don't miss out on learning her sure-win techniques to acing and mastering the Regents!
  • meet in classroom
  • Regents Review #2
    		•  4
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    		 5
    DAY D

    In-Class Final Essay Exam. You will be given a question and must write an essay that utilizes one of the essay methods you learned this semester (process, personal narrative, biography, argument, multi-genre, etc.)
  • Process Essay Due
    		•  6
    DAY E
  • HW # 30

    Hand in your notebook [project grade!]
  • BRING ALL WRITTEN WORK FROM SEMESTER ELECTRONICALLY
  • portfolio updates
  • Portfolio Requirements and Instructions
    • 9 DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 10
    DAY A

    EXTRA CREDIT assignment is due; this should also be included in your portfolio COMPLETE 5 options, one page each, single spaced [have available on U drive for posting
  • Web Page Update
  • Portfolio Requirements and Instructions
    		•  11
    DAY B
    Regents Review #3    		 12
    DAY C

    class does not meet today

    Last Day of Classes!!!
    Portfolio Due! If you are handing in a webpage, please email Ms. G your link as a backup: vgokturk@portnet.k12.ny.us -- If you are handing in a hard copy, please leave on her desk and pick up next week.     		13

    16
         		17
    		 18

    English Regents     		19

    English Regents    		 20

    23
    		 24
    		 25

    		26

    		 27

    Graduation!

    May

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    28
    DAY A
  • HW #23 Due
  • Listening and Writing Task: Cat Article Assignment
    		• 29
    DAY B
  • Argument Essay Exercise: Cooperative Learning
    		•  30
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 May 1
    DAY D
    "A Modest Proposal"
  • Journal entry an outrageous proposal
    		•  May 2
    DAY E
    "Legalize Murder Once a Month"
  • Group Work
    		•
    5 DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY A
  • Complete task assigned from packet handout and hand in before the end of the period
  • Prompts for the Argument Essay
  • Outline
    		• 7
    DAY B
  • HW #24 Due
  • Have outline approved and begin argument essay
    		•  8
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 9
    DAY D
  • HW #25 Due
  • Work on Argument Essay (meet in lab)
    • 12
    DAY E
  • Grammar soundbyte

    First Draft of Argument Essay Due (bring two copies, double spaced): peer editing
    		•  13
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY A
  • Intro to Process Analysis
    		•  15
    DAY B


    Final Draft of Argument Essay Due! Hand in with writer response, outline, peer edits, and 1 rough
  • Dissect a Process Analysis: HO #2, "How to Write a Letter" p. 311
  • "Writing an Analysis of Process" and "How to Enter a 'Green Room'"
    		• 16
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    19
    DAY D
  • HW #26 Due
  • Using Inspiration to Dissect an Informational Process Analysis: HO #4
    		• 20
    DAY E
  • HW #27 Due
  • Discuss "How to Eat an Ice Cream Cone"
  • How to Give Gifts
  • The Process Analysis Essay
  • Pre-Planning My Process Analysis Essay
  • Planning My Process Analysis: The Outline 0
    		• 21
    DAY F

    class does not meet today
    		 22
    DAY A
  • HW #28 Due
  • The Process Analysis Essay
  • Pre-Planning My Process Analysis Essay
  • Planning My Process Analysis: The Outline
  • Inspiration Outlining
  • Student samples [but browse for others]: Julie's, Erika's, Rebecca's
    		• 23
    DAY B
    26
    School Closed!    Memorial Day    		 27
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 28
    DAY D
    Regents Review #1 (meet in room)     		29
    DAY E
    meet in lab
  • work on Process Essay
    		•  30
    DAY F

    class does not meet today

    April

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    31
    DAY F
  • meet in lab today to work on: Book Review, Quote Page, and Business Letter
    		• 1
    DAY A

    Book Review, Quote Page, and Business Letter Due!
  • Book Excerpt Reading Today! Don't forget to bring the yummy you signed up for!
  • Book Review Rubric
    		• 2
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 3
    DAY C
  • HW #19 Due
  • Watch snazzy video clip on responding to lit
  • Multi Genre Song Comparison Essay
  • Begin reading monolgue and search for literary elements
  • Go over writer rules
    		• 4
    DAY D
  • HW #19 Due
  • Work in groups of three to dissect the monolgue using the The Analyze Literature Guide Answer all parts of the guide on a separate sheet of paper. This will be collected! If you were lucky to go to Boston, please complete this on your own. Provide thorough responses using text-based references to support your analysis and cite page numbers! This will be the pre-cursor to your Multi Genre Song Comparison Essay
  • Analyze your poem/song directly on the paper making annotations in the margins. This will be collected as well. Having trouble finding a poem? Go to poets.org and do a poem search for "death" or "loss of innocence" or whatever other theme!
  • Literary Terms Dictionary
    • 7
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY F
  • HW #20 Due
  • ON YOUR SONG/POEM, note the structure (chronological or thematic), symbolism, imagery, themes, POV, etc.
  • Create a Venn diagram for the song and monologue
  • Where the two circles overlap, write a one sentence clear thesis sentence
    		• 9
    DAY A
    meet in library
  • HW #21 Due
  • Work on Multi Genre Comparison Essay
    		• 10
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 11
    DAY C
  • HW #22 Due
    Video
    		•
    14 DAY D
    Two copies of Multi Genre Comparison Essay first draft due for peer efditing    		 15
    DAY E
    class does not meet today
    		 16
    DAY F
  • meet in lab

    Final draft of Multi Genre Comparison Essay due: writer's response, best, peer edits, 1 rough
  • Work on webpage today. Please be sure to have all essays saved on U drive in MS Word
  • Please choose ONE of the following Personal Writing Prompts to write about for today! Have fun with it!
  • HW #23 is for over break
    		•  17

    Spring Recess Begins! No School!     		18

    No School!
    21
    No School!    		 22
    No School!    		 23

    No School!     		24

    No School!    		 25

    No School!
    28
    DAY A
  • HW #23 Due
  • Listening and Writing Task: Cat Article Assignment
    		• 29
    DAY B
    class does not meet today
    		 30
    DAY C
  • Argument Essay Exercise: Cooperative Learning
    		• May 1
    DAY D
    		May 2
    DAY E
    class does not meet today

    March

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    3
    DAY D
  • HW #10 due!
  • meet in the lab
  • work on The Personal Narrative
    		• 4
    DAY E
  • HW #11 due!
  • meet in lab
  • Work on personal narrative
  • WebPage Update (have your collage statement and pre-course reflection statement revised on U drive)
  • Happy Birthday to Brynn!
    		•  5
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 6
    DAY A

    First draft due (2 copies, doubled spaced)[note: it is counted late if you do not have it with you at the beginning of class]
  • Peer Editing
  • Personal Narrative Rubric
    		• 7
    DAY B

    Final Draft Due (hand in clean copy, peer comments, 1 rough draft, writer response)[note: it is counted late if you do not have it with you at the beginning of class]
  • Personal Narrative Rubric
  • Intro to the Bio Essay
  • Watch video and take notes
  • Read pp. 287-291 in text; complete (in NB) activity 2 on p. 291
    • 10 DAY Cclass does not meet today
    		 11
    DAY D
  • HW #12 due!
  • Review Vocab exercises
  • read obits
  • Read "Unforgettable Miss Bessie" (296)
  • Write obit for Bessie
  • Look at photos and write down everything you can about the person's physical description
    		• 12
    DAY E
  • HW #13 due!
  • Watch Biography
    		•  13
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY A
  • HW #14Due
  • Do Now: Describe a situation you had with another person that made you realize something negative about yourself, a sort of shortcoming.
  • Read "Of My Friend Hector..." (92), "I Just Wanna Be Average" (123), "How I Got Smart" (142), and Intelligence" (103): For each, in NB: What is the glue? What items has the author chosen to include about subject to support this glue? How is the essay structured? Please outline each.
    • 17
    DAY B
  • HW #15 Due
  • Meet in the lab
  • Biography Essay Assignment
  • Bio Rubric
    		• 18
    DAY C    class does not meet today
    		 19
    DAY D
  • HW #16 Due
  • Meet in the lab
  • Biography Essay Assignment: Don't forget to include 10 vocabulary words bolded in essay
  • Bio Rubric
    		• 20
    DAY E
  • HW #17 Due
  • Meet in the lab
  • Biography Essay Assignment : Don't forget to include 10 vocabulary words bolded in essay
  • Bio Rubric
    		• 21
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    24
    DAY A

    Peer Editing Today: Have 2 copies printed of your essay at the beginning of class: Don't forget to include 10 vocabulary words bolded in essay
  • Peer Editing for the Biography Essay
    		• 25
    DAY B
  • HW #18 Due
  • meet in lab

    Outside Reading Completed by today + reader response log and conference
  • How to Write a Book Review
  • Book Review Rubric
  • Business Letter Sample
  • Quote Page Guidelines
    		• 26
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 27
    DAY D

    Final Draft of Bio Due (writer's response, final copy, peer edits, 1 rough draft, rubric self assessed)
  • conferences with Ms. G for outside reading
  • meet in lab today to work on: Book Review, Quote Page, and Business Letter
    		• 28
    DAY E
  • meet in LANGUAGE lab today to work on: Book Review, Quote Page, and Business Letter

    • February

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    24
    DAY E
  • meet in library
  • Outside Reading Assignment
  • Reader Response Guidelines
    		• 25
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		26
    DAY A
  • HW #8
  • The Personal Narrative
  • Organization the Personal Narrative
  • Intros for the Personal Narrative
    		• 27
    DAY B
  • HW #9
  • meet in lab
  • work on The Personal Narrative
    		• 28
    DAY C


    class does not meet today

    December

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    2
    DAY E
  • "A Modest Proposal"
  • brainstrom for next argument essay
    		• 3
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		4
    DAY A
    HW #25 Due!
  • Complete Outline and have it approved
  • Complete Intro Paragraph
    		• 5
    DAY B
    HW #26 Due!
  • Transitions
  • Work on Argument Essay in class
    		•  6
    DAY C

    class does not meet today
    9 DAY D
  • HW #27 Due!
  • Work on Argument Essay
    		•  10
    DAY E
  • HW #28 Due!

    First Draft of Argument Essay Due
  • Peer Editing for Argument Essay #2today: 2 copies, please
    		•  11
    DAY F

    class does not meet today     		12
    DAY A

    Final Draft Due at beginning of period.
  • Complete an in-class rough essay for one prompt:Expository Essay Promt
  • Intro to the Research/Expository Essay Assignment
  • Brain Storm for Research
    		• 13
    DAY B
  • HW #29 Due!
    Meet in the library today: Research
  • Outline
  • Research Citation Guide
  • Paranthethical Citations (Another Model)
    • 16
    DAY C

    class does not meet today    		 17
    DAY D
  • HW #30 Due!
    Meet in the library today: Research
  • Research Citation Guide
    		• 18
    DAY E
  • Website Research today
    		• 19
    DAY F

    class does not meet today    		 20
    DAY A
    WINTER BREAK BEGINS TONIGHT!
    HW #31 OVER BREAK
  • Index Card Model

    • November

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    28
    DAY A

    Outside Reading Due
  • Book Talk with Ms. G
    		• 29
    DAY B
  • Book Talk with Ms. G
  • WORKSHOP and Finish Definition Essay: Revise USING COMMENTS
    		•  30
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		31
    DAY D

  • Final Draft of Definition Essay Due (hand in with rough draft and peer comments)
  • Work on
  • Outside Reading Assignment Book Project: Book Review
  • How to Write a Book Reivew
  • Book Review Rubric
    		• 1
    DAY E
  • Work on Book Project: Book Review
  • How to Write a Book Reivew
  • Book Review Rubric
    • 4
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 5
    DAY A
  • Work on Book Project: Business Letter
  • Business Letter Sample
    		• 6
    DAY B
    marking period ends
  • Work on Book Project: Theme/Quote Page
    		• 7
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    		 8
    DAY D

    Book Reading Due (Bring Treats!)
    11
    No school

    Veteran's Day
    No school    		 12
    DAY E

    Book Project Written Portfolio Due
  • Discuss Paragraphs
  • Journal Entry from p. 14 in "Paragraphs with Topic Sentences" packet
    		•  13
    DAY F
    class does not meet today
    		 14
    DAY A
  • HW # 19 Due
  • Death Penalty Journal Entry (see list)
  • Read "Death and Justice" (in packet), "when Justice Let Us Down" (p.461), and "Cruel and Unusual" (p. 456)
  • Death Penalty Debate
    		•  15
    DAY B
  • HW # 20 Due
  • The Persuasive Essay
  • Argument Essay Prompts
  • Model
    • 18
    DAY C    class does not meet today

    Deadline to sign up for NCTE contest!    		 19
    DAY D
  • HW # 21 Due
  • Work on Argument Essay
    		• 20
    DAY E
  • Work on Argument Essay
  • Argument Essay Rubric
  • Constructing a Solid Paragraph
    		• 21
    DAY F
    NCTE Achievment Awards Contest. (2:10-4:10 PM)
  • class does not meet today
    		•  22
    DAY A
  • HW # 22 Due
  • Work on Argument Essay
  • Constructing a Solid Paragraph
  • 2nd half:
  • Peer Edit : Please have TWO copies available for TWO peer editors
  • Argument Essay Rubric
    • 25
    DAY B
  • HW #23 Due!

    Argument Essay Due Today !Please hand it in with ONE rough, both peer edit sheets, and best copy on top.
  • Argument Essay Rubric
  • Change in Plan: We will work on our webpages today, though you may opt to spend the 2nd half ofthe period revising your essay before turning in.
    		•  26
    DAY C     class does not meet today
    		27
    DAY D
  • Shveta's speech on "Why Lateness is Bad and How to Avoid Being Late" speech is today!
  • HW # 24 is for Over Break!
  • Today's menu: TBA
    		• 28

    No School
    Thanksgiving Recess
    Got turkey?    		 29

    No School
    Have a happy Gokturkey!

    October

    Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
    30
    DAY F
    class does not meet today

    Email Book confirmation due     		Oct 1
    DAY A
  • HW #9 JOURNAL ENTRIES Due

    Critical Lens Essay Test on Summer Reading Today!
    		• Oct 2
    DAY B
  • HW #10 Due
    		• Oct 3
    DAY C
    class does not meet today     		Oct 4
    DAY D
  • HW #11 Due
  • I will collect journals today since I didn't collect them on Tues.
  • Today: finishing that web page!
    		•
    7
    DAY E
  • HW #12 Due
  • Workshop writing
  • Complete writing tasks assigned
    		•  8
    DAY F     class does not meet today     		9
    DAY A
  • HW #13
    		• 10
    DAY B
  • HW #14
  • Meet in lab
    		•  11
    DAY C
    class does not meet today
    14
    No classes today -- Columbus Day     		15
    DAY D
  • HW #15
    		•  16
    DAY E

    First Draft Due
  • BRING PRINTED COPY TO CLASS FOR WORKSHOP FOR EACH MEMBER OF GROUP
  • Bio Rubric
  • Peer Editing for the Biography Essay
    		• 17
    DAY F
    class does not meet today     		18
    DAY A
    finish bio in lab
  • HW #15 due
    		•
    21
    DAY B

    Bio Essay Due!
    Hand in with all peer comments + ONE rough draft
  • use the bio rubric to get yourself into an A range!
  • HW #16 due
  • Read "Families" [handout] by Jane Howard
  • Complete #s 5, 6, 8 during class. [Use your response to HW #16 as a basis for answering #8 if possible!]
    		• 22
    DAY C     class does not meet today     		23
    DAY D
  • HW #17 Due
  • Discuss responses to HW
  • Complete Journal entry on p. 59
  • Read Naylor's "The Meaning of Words" (59)
  • Project #3: The Definition Essay
  • Definition Essay Pre-Writing Task
  • Student Model Defintion Essay
    		• 24
    DAY E
  • HW #18 Due
  • Write three intro paragraphs choosing from the list on "Snare Your Reader in Your First Paragraph" handout; hand in to Ms. G
  • Choose the best paragraph and work on definition essay in class
  • Post Revised Project #2: Biography Essay on Website (include photo of subject)
    		•  25
    DAY F
    class does not meet today

    Revision of Biography Essay is Due Today [put it on my desk; sorry, no revisions will be accepted after today]