Week Thirty-Seven: May 7-11 Monday: 1. Review answers to the Riding the Rails study guide 2. Begin reading chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men 3. Chapter 1 PowerPoint Homework: none
Tuesday: 1. Finish chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men 2. Chapter 1 PowerPoint Homework: none
Thursday: 1. Finish chapter 2 if necessary 2. Begin reading chapter 3 Homework: finish chapter 3
Friday: 1. Begin chapter 4 Homework: finish chapter 4 if needed
Week Thirty-Six: April 30-May 4 Monday: 1. Book Club Meeting #9 Homework: prepare for next meeting
Tuesday: 1. Hand back LOTF tests 2. Finish Cast Away Homework: prepare for next meeting
Wednesday: 1. Review LOTF test 2. Book Club Meeting #10--LAST ONE! Homework: none
Thursday: 1. Collect book club novels 2. Begin documentary Riding the Rails as an introduction to Of Mice and Men 3. Riding the Railshandout Homework: none
Friday: 1. Finish documentary Homework: Week Thirty-Five: April 23-27 Monday: 1. Book Club Meeting #6 Homework: prepare for next meeting
Tuesday: 1. Vocab Quiz #12 (Last One!) Homework: finish class activity and prepare for next meeting
Wednesday: 1. Book Club Meeting #7 Homework: prepare for next meeting
Thursday: 1. Study Hall Homework: prepare for meeting tomorrow
Friday: 1. Book Club Meeting #8 Homework: prepare for next meeting (Monday)
Week Thirty-Four: April 16-20 Monday: 1. Book Club Meeting #3 Homework: prepare for next meeting
Tuesday: 1. Access the following website and complete one or two of the activities listed for your novel (if you finish one activity well before the period is over, do another one): www.ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/Resources/Journals/EJ/0871-jan98/EJ0871Ideas.PDF 2. You may use the art materials located beside the classroom door if you need to. 3. Be prepared to share your work with your group at tomorrow's meeting. Homework: finish class activity and prepare for next meeting
Wednesday: 1. Book Club Meeting #4 Homework: prepare for next meeting
Thursday: 1. FastBridge Testing--BRING TABLETS! Homework: prepare for meeting tomorrow
Friday: 1. Book Club Meeting #5 2. Quiz for some groups Homework: prepare for next meeting (Monday)
Friday: 1. Book Club Meeting #2 Homework: prepare for next meeting (Monday)
Week Thirty-Two: March 26-30 Monday: 1. Simon writing (part two)--see Batchelor to make up Homework: chapters 10-11 due tomorrow
Tuesday: 1. Hand in Simon writing (one of your choice) 2. Begin working on LOTF Sociograms Homework: Sociograms due Friday (end of class), LOTF test Thursday/Friday Wednesday: 1. Work on Sociogram Homework: LOTF test tomorrow/Friday
Thursday: 1. LOTF Test (and final page of packet due) Homework: none
Friday: 1. LOTF Test (and final page of packet due) 2. Sociograms due Homework: Spring Break....WOO-HOO!!
Tuesday: Batchelor Out = Substitute 1. In groups, work on the Applied Practice multiple choice passage-based quizzes for LOTF Homework: none
Wednesday: 1. Vocab quiz #11 (Vocab list for quiz 12) 2. Begin reading chapter 8 together in class Homework: none
Thursday: 1. Finish chapter 8 2. Chapter 8 close reading Homework: chapter 9 due tomorrow Friday: 1. Chapter 9 discussion Homework: chapters 10-11 due Tuesday (and chapter 12 due Tuesday; LOTF unit test Thursday/Friday)
Week Thirty: March 12-16 Monday: 1. Vocab List for Quiz #11 (Wednesday, March 21) 2. LOTF chapter 4 group activity Homework: chapter 5 due Wednesday; Commonlit.org assignment due Wednesday
Tuesday: 1. Finish chapter 4 group assignment Homework: chapter 5 due Wednesday; Commonlit.org assignment due Wednesday
Thursday: 1. Hand in Simon writing assignment 2. Discuss chapters 2-3 Homework: chapter 4 and assignment in packet due Monday Friday: Digital Learning Day 1. "The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster" on Commonlit.org -go to Commonlit.org and choose to login with a Google Account -select your @fcsgaonline.org email address and use your lunch number as your password -You will be prompted to change your password -Find your assignment "The 1972 Andes Flight Disaster": read piece and complete the reading questions (you can choose to listen to a reading of the text by pressing the play button on the green toolbar at the top right) Homework: complete Commonlit.org assignment Week Twenty-Eight: February 26-March 2 Monday: 1. Vocabulary List (mood/tone #3)--Quiz March 7 2. Discussion starter questionnaire 3. Introduce Lord of the Flies novel unit Homework: none
Wednesday: 1. Finish chapter one ("The Sound of the Shell") Homework: Complete chapter one assignment in packet
Thursday: 1. Discuss chapter 1 page in packet 2. Begin reading chapter 2 Homework: finish chapter 2-- DO NOT complete chapter 2 page in the packet Friday: (Batchelor out = Substitute) 1. In small groups, work through the chapter 2 page in your LOTF packet 2. Begin reading chapter 3 for Monday Homework: complete the chapter 3 assignment in packet
Thursday: 1. Continue composing Research Essay Outline 2. Use this example if needed Friday: 1. Outlines due to Turnitin.com by the beginning of the period
Week Twenty-Four: January 29-February 2 Monday: 1. See Research Calendar
Week Twenty: December 18-22 Monday: 1. Finish Macbeth--final discussion
Tuesday: 1. FINALS
Wednesday: 1. FINALS
Thursday: 1. FINALS
Friday: No School
Week Nineteen: December 11-15 Monday: 1. SCHOOL IS CANCELLED. IF YOU'RE CHECKING THIS, PLEASE READ ACT III OF MACBETH ON YOUR OWN AND COMPLETE THE ACT III HANDOUT. I ATTACHED THE AUDIO HERE, BUT YOU SHOULD ALSO FEEL FREE TO USE SPARK NOTES' "NO FEAR SHAKESPEARE". DO THE BEST YOU CAN. WE ARE WAY BEHIND AFTER THE EARLY RELEASE ON FRIDAY AND NOW NO SCHOOL ON MONDAY. 2. Complete the Act III handout
Tuesday: 1. Discuss Act III handout 2. Begin Act IV (maybe) Homework: none
Wednesday: 1. Finish Act IV and discuss Act IV handout 2. Begin Act V (maybe) Homework: none
Thursday: 1. Continue/Finish Macbeth Act V Homework: Macbeth Act V handout
Friday: 1. Review Macbeth Act V handout from last night
Week Eighteen: December 4-8
Monday: 1. Discuss Macbeth Act I handout from the weekend Homework: none