Wednesday, March 28

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar
• Poetry

Class Work

• DOL: Grammar work
• Test over vocabulary words 11-12
• Revise and correct your publications story.
• Watch and answer questions about poetry video number 1. (Time permitting)

Homework

• Have a nice spring break. Stay out of trouble.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 p
• Mock epics

Tuesday, March 27th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar
• The Restoration: Voltaire’s Candide

Class Work

• DOL: Grammar diagnostic day 2
• Candide quiz
• Writing for the publications class
• Page 482 rhetorical strategies and quickwrite.

Homework

• Finalize your publications story.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 p
• Mock epics

Monday, March 26th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Research Paper
• The Restoration: Pope and Voltaire
• Publications writing

Class Work

• DOL: Overhead over sentence completion.
• Turn in your research paper
• Grammar diagnostic day 1
• Pretest over vocabulary list 11-12
• Discuss the study questions over Voltaire

Homework

• Voltaire quiz tomorrow.
• Get all quotations for your publications story.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points
• Mock epics

Friday, March 23rd

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar
• The Restoration: Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Rhetorical devices

Class Work

• Turn in your research paper final drafts. (Moved to Monday?)
• DOL: Vocabulary exam.
• Read and discuss “from Candide”
• Review rhetorical devices on page 482 and complete the quick write. (Continue for homework if necessary)

Homework

• Review rhetorical devices on page 482 and complete the quick write. (Continue for homework if necessary)
• Final drafts of your research papers due Monday.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 p

• Mock epics
• Bulletin board (Newspaper)

Thursday, March 22nd

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar
• The Restoration: Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
• Rhetorical devices

Class Work

• Turn in your research paper final drafts.
• DOL: Vocabulary review
• Final research paper revision (check for corrections)
• Read and discuss Candide
• Review rhetorical devices on page 482 and complete the quick write.

Homework

• Read pages 484 and 485 in your literature books and memorize the vocabulary.
• Vocabulary test 7-10 tomorrow.
• Final draft research papers due tomorrow.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 p
• Mock epics

Wednesday, March 21st

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar
• The Restoration: Voltaire’s Candide
• Satire

Class Work

• Turn in your extra credit mock epics
• DOL: Overhead concerning sentence completion.
• Watch the video over Voltaire and the Age of Reason
• Research peer editing day three
• Continue discussing Candide and take the quiz.
• Share some of the mock epics (If any are turned in.)

Homework

• Revise and reprint your research papers. This will constitute the final draft. (Due Friday)
• Vocabulary test 7-10 on Friday

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 p
• Mock epics

Tuesday, March20th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar
• The Restoration: Voltaire’s Candide

Class Work

• Turn in your extra credit mock epics
• DOL: Overhead concerning sentence completion.
• Day 2 of research paper revisions
• Finish reading the “Modest Proposals”
• Watch and answer questions about the video over Voltaire. (Time Permitting)
• Read from Candide and begin answering the study questions. (Time Permitting)

Homework

• Complete the vocabulary worksheet over Candide
• Revised research papers (Final drafts) due on Thursday. (They should be perfect. I will subtract heavily for mistakes in grammar / mechanics / usage.)

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 p
• Mock epics

Monday, February 19th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Research Paper
• The Restoration: Pope and Voltaire

Class Work

• DOL: Overhead over sentence completion.
• Day one of research proofreading.
• Pretest over vocabulary list 9-10
• Read 2 more “Modest Proposals”
• Discuss the worksheets over Alexander Pope.
• Quiz over Pope’s works.

Homework

• Revise and reprint your research papers. Do not throw away the original copy.
• The vocabulary test on Friday will include primarily lists 7-10

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points
• Mock epics

Thursday, March 15th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Spelling
• Swift and Pope
• The Restoration
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Finding errors
• Read 3 more modest proposals
• Finish reading / discussing “The Rape of the Lock” and “Essay on Man”
• Take the quiz over these two pieces
• Vocabulary / Spelling Bee

Homework

• Research papers due Monday.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points
• Mock epic 2 points (Due Tuesday)

Friday, March 9th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Spelling
• Swift and Pope
• The Restoration
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Test over spelling and vocabulary list #2
• Read 3 more modest proposals
• Proofread the newspaper.
• Finish reading and discussing “The Rape of the Lock”
• Quiz over Pope’s works.

Homework

• Extra credit: Write your own mock epic. (Due Tuesday)

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points
• Mock epic 2 points (Due Tuesday)

Thursday, March 8th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Spelling
• Swift and Pope
• The Restoration
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Chapter 31: Spelling
• “from An Essay on Man.”
• Review the characteristics of the epic.
• Discuss the study questions for “The Rape of the Lock”
• Quiz over “Heroic Couplets,” an “Essay on Man,” and “The Rape of the Lock”

Homework

• Vocabulary and spelling test tomorrow.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points

Thursday, March 7th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Spelling
• Swift and Pope
• The Restoration
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Chapter 31: Spelling
• Read from your Modest Proposals
• Discuss “Heroic Couplets” and “from An Essay on Man.”
• Review the characteristics of the epic.
• Begin reading “The Rape of the Lock”

Homework

• Vocabulary and spelling test tomorrow.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points

Tuesday, March 6th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Spelling
• Swift and Pope
• The Restoration
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Chapter 31: Spelling
• Revise your “Modest Proposal” essays
• Watch and answer the study questions over the movie about Alexander Pope. (If possible)
• Complete the vocabulary worksheet for “The Rape of the Lock” and begin reading the two poems.

Homework

• Read “Heroic Couplets” and “from Essay on Man” and be ready to present your individual study question.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points

Monday, March 5th

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Spelling
• Swift and Pope
• The Restoration
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Chapter 31: Spelling
• Pretest over vocabulary list #3
• Go to the computer lab to work on your “Modest Proposals”

Homework

• Modest proposals due tomorrow.

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points

Thursday, March 1st

Focus / Essential Vocabulary

• Grammar: Punctuation
• The Restoration: Swift and Satire
• Research

Class Work

• DOL: Chapter 31: Spelling
• Work on the Eyrie

Homework

• All newspaper assignments (not including layout) are due by the end of the period tomorrow.
• 500 + rough draft of your own “Modest Proposal” due Monday.
• Spelling and vocabulary test on Friday

Portfolio Additions

• King Arthur individual questions
• Hamlet individual questions
• Orwell Responses
• The Stranger Study questions.

Extra Credit

• Orwell Illustration 1-2 points