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Week 17: May 16 - May 20

5.16 Monday 

Journal 

DGPreview: do you think victor said he that i do not suffer also

Vocab 1-15

Act III, Scene ii

Homework: DGP 16.1 

4.26 Tuesday

DGP 16.1

Vocab 16-30

III.iii and III.iv

Homework: DGP 16.2

4.27 Wednesday 

DGP 16.2

Vocab 31-45

III.v

Homework: DGP 16.3

4.28 Thursday 

DGP 16.3

Vocab Warm-Up

Homework: DGP 16.4 + Study

4.29 Friday 

DGP 16.4

Vocab Quiz 

Week 16: May 8 - May 13

5.8 Monday 

Journal 

DGPreview: one of the sanest surest and most generous joys of life is being happy over the good fortune of others

Vocab 1-10

Act II, scenes i, ii, and iii

Homework: DGP 15.1 

4.26 Tuesday

Vocab 11-20

Finish scene iii and read scene iv

Homework: DGP 15.2

4.27 Wednesday 

DGP 15.1 and 15.2

II.v and II.vi

Homework: DGP 15.3

4.28 Thursday 

DGP 15.3

Vocab Warm-Up

III.i

Homework: DGP 15.4 + Study

4.29 Friday 

DGP 15.4

Vocab Quiz 

Research Papers - Example

Week 15: May 2 - May 5

4.25 Monday 

Journal 

DGPreview: stop procrastinating or youll never finish this assignment on time

Vocab 1-10

Type Research Papers

Introduction

Attention Grabber

Main Point 1

Main Point 2

Main Point 3

Thesis Statement

Body Paragraphs (x3)

Topic Sentence (Introduce Main Point) 

Evidence / Support from Research

Explain Evidence

Evidence 2

Explain 2

Summarize the Paragraph

Conclusion

3-5 Sentences 

Rephrase your thesis and summarize your main points

To CITE: 

Include some of your own words to introduce the quote, "write a quotation you found in your research" (Source). 

In a research paper, AVOID any first or second person (I, you, etc)., unless it is in a quote

Homework: DGP 14.1 + Rough Draft Due Tomorrow

4.26 Tuesday

DGP 14.1

Vocab 11-20

Finish Rough Drafts

Homework: DGP 14.2

4.27 Wednesday 

DGP 14.2

I.ii, I.iii

Homework: DGP 14.3

4.28 Thursday 

DGP 14.3

Vocab Warm-Up

i.iv

Homework: DGP 14.4 + Study

4.29 Friday 

DGP 14.4

Finish Act I

Vocab Quiz and New Vocab

Homework: Vocab

Week 14: April 25 - April 29

4.25 Monday 

Journal 

DGPreview: the cask of amontillado a short story by poe is the most macabre story weve read this year

Vocab 1-10

Prologue

Homework: DGP 13.1

4.26 Tuesday

DGP 13.1

Vocab 11-20

Prologue

Shakespeare Background Video

Homework: DGP 13.2

4.27 Wednesday 

DGP 13.2

Shakespeare Pronunciation

Media Center - GP

Homework: DGP 13.3

4.28 Thursday 

DGP 13.3

Vocab Warm-Up

Start Romeo and Juliet

Homework: DGP 13.4 + Study

4.29 Friday 

DGP 13.4

Finish I.i

Vocab Quiz and New Vocab

Homework: Vocab / Rough Draft Due Tuesday

1.Confines

2.Submission

3.Vile

4.Unwieldy 

5.Gallant

6.Martial

7.Lamentable

8.Intercession

9.Minstrel

10.Effeminate

11.Braggart

12.Doom

13.Apt

14.Ally

15.Exile

16.Garish

17.Tender

18.Discord

19.Fickle

20.Consort

Week 13: April 18 - April 22

4.18 Monday 

Journal 

DGPreview: when they arrived at the office he was shut up in a little room by himself and admonished by mr bumble to stay there until he came back to fetch him

Discuss

Vocab 1-10

Research Paper Example

Review ACES

Homework: DGP 12.1 and ACES

4.19 Tuesday

DGP 12.1 + 12.2

Vocab 11-20

Introduce Outline

Fill in Outlines

4.20 Wednesday 

Media Center - Outlines and intro

Homework: Finish Outline and DGP 12.3

4.21 Thursday 

DGP 12.3

Vocab Warm-Up

Survey 

Prologue

Homework: Study and DGP 12.4

4.22 Friday 

DGP 12.4

Vocab Quiz and New Vocab

Homework: Vocab 

1.Beloved 2.Conjure 3.Likeness 4.Jest 5.Envious 6.Deny 7.Counsel 8.Dwell 9.Cease 10.Grave (adj) 11.Virtue 12.Stumble 13.Vice 14.Woe 15.Chide 16.Courtesy 17.Mar 18.Commend 19.Protest 20.Swift

Week 12: April 11 - April 15

4.4 Monday 

Journal + Discuss

DGPreview: on ascending to isabellas room my suspicions were confirmed it was empty

Introduce Research Paper

Brainstorm: Subtopics

Writing a Thesis Statement 

Homework: DGP 11.1

4.5 Tuesday

Real-Life Lennie

ACES Writing

Homework: DGP 11.2

4.6 Wednesday 

DGP 11.1 + DGP 11.2

Review Thesis Statements

OMAM Review Chart

Homework: DGP 11.3 

4.7 Thursday 

DGP 11.3

Class Discussion + New Seats

Finish Charts and Begin Outlines

Get Evidence

Homework: DGP 11.4

4.8 Friday 

DGP 11.4

Of Mice and Men Comic and Quiz

Homework: Vocab 

1.Grudge

2.Civil

3.Quarrel

4.Mutiny

5.Braw

6.Strife

7.Toil

8.Spite

9.Depart

10.Fray

11. Portentous

12.Grief

13.Bound

14.Reckon

15.Consent

16.Tread

17.Volume

18.Burden

19.Vain

20.Scorn

Week 11: April 4 - April 8

4.4 Monday 

Journaling

DGPreview: mr bennet was among the earliest of those who waited on mr bingley

Research

Homework: DGP 9.1

4.5 Tuesday

DGP 10.1

Reading Check

Chapter 6 Of Mice and Men

Writing Practice

Homework: Study for the Midterm

4.6 Wednesday 

DGP 10.2

Watch Of Mice and Men

Research

Homework: DGP 9.3 + Study for the Vocab Quiz

4.7 Thursday 

DGP 10.3

Watch Of Mice and Men

Research

4.8 Friday 

DGP 10.4

Presentations

Week 10: March 21 - March 25

3.21 Monday 

Journaling

Vocab 1-10

DGPreview: mark twain who wrote both fiction and nonfiction was born on november 30 1835 in florida missouri

Practice Midterm Questions

Homework: DGP 9.1

3.22 Tuesday

DGP 9.1 + 9.2

Vocab 11-20

Practice Midterm Questions

Homework: Study for the Midterm

3.23 Wednesday 

Midterm

Homework: DGP 9.3 + Study for the Vocab Quiz

3.24 Thursday 

DGP 9.3 + 9.4

Vocab Warm-Up

Vocab Quiz

3.25 Friday No School!

Homework: Finish Of Mice and Men Chapters 4 and 5

Week 9: March 14 - March 18

3.14 Monday 

Journaling

Vocab 1-10

DGPreview: well dont be a miser with what you know scott said sharply

Create Presentations

OMAM Ch. 3

Homework: DGP 7.1

3.15 Tuesday

DGP 7.1

Vocab 11-20

Finish Chapter 3

Research - Start Presentations (Guidelines Here)

Homework: DGP 7.2 

3.16 Wednesday 

DGP 7.2

Of Mice and Men Listening Check

Comprehension Questions

Read Chapter 4

Homework: DGP 7.3

3.17 Thursday 

DGP 7.3 + 7.4

Vocab Warm-Up

Discuss Answers 

Presentation Rubric

Homework: DGP 7.4 

3.18 Friday Ms. Andersen out

Vocab Quiz

New Vocab

Start making Presentations (Due date will be given after break)  

Homework: Working definition, part of speech, and an example sentence of your own creation for our vocab words

Indignation        

Ego

Liniment

Halter (horse) 

Jeer

Sorrow

Contort 

Hurl

Mules (shoes)

Console

Rouge

Cautiously

Confide

Gesture

Reassure

Discontent

Muffled

Writhe

Sluggish

Bewildered

Week 8: March 7 - March 11

2.29 Monday 

Journaling

Vocab 1-10

DGPreview: i shall not give you any advice harriet

OMAM Ch. 2

Homework: DGP 6.1

3.1 Tuesday

DGP 6.1

Vocab 11-20

Research

Homework: DGP 6.2 

3.2 Wednesday 

DGP 6.2

Finish Chapter 2

Research

Homework: DGP 6.3

3.3 Thursday 

DGP 6.3

Vocab Warm-Up

Research

Homework: DGP 6.4 

3.4 Friday 

DGP 6.4

Vocab Quiz

New Vocab

Research 

Homework: Working definition, part of speech, and an example sentence of your own creation for our vocab words

1.Derision

2.Receptive

3.Reprehensible

4.Bemused 

5.Bleat(ed)

6.Cower(ing)

7.Maul(ed)  

8.Spectacles

9.Aloof

10. Intensity

11.Meager

12.Persuasive

13.Scornful

14.Loneliness

15.Contemptuous

16.Subside(d)

17.Appraise(d)

18.Coolly

19.Sullenly

20.Monotonous

Week 7: February 29 - March 4

2.29 Monday 

Journaling

Vocab 1-20

DGPreview: who now the price of his dear blood doth owe

Digital Source Cards

Homework: DGP 5.1

3.1 Tuesday

Research: Find 2 Sources

Homework: DGP 5.2 

3.2 Wednesday 

DGP 5.1 + 5.2

Read and Vote: To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men

Homework: DGP 5.3

3.3 Thursday 

DGP 5.3

Vocab Warm-Up

Characterization Quotes: George and Lennie

Homework: DGP 5.4 

3.4 Friday 

DGP 5.4

Characterization Drawings

Vocab Quiz

New Vocab

Homework: Working definition, part of speech, and an example sentence of your own creation for our vocab words:

1. juncture            11. anguished 

2. debris                12. stake ($)

3. mottled             13. skeptical

4. recumbent       14. mollify

5. wearily              15. pugnacious

6. morosely          16. gingerly

7. brusquely         17. ominously

8. contemplate    18. derogatory

9. elaborate (adj) 19. apprehensive

10. mimic              20. complacently

Week 6: February 22 - February 26

2.15 Monday 

Journaling

Vocab 1-10

DGPreview: each of the students was working on his writing assignment when the bell rang

Academic Writing and ACES

Homework: DGP 4.1

2.16 Tuesday

DGP 4.1

Vocab 11-20

ACES Writing - Civil Rights Timeline

Homework: DGP 4.2 

2.17 Wednesday 

DGP 4.2

Research Topics

Homework: DGP 4.3

2.18 Thursday 

DGP 4.3

Vocab Warm-Up

Research Questions

Homework: DGP 4.4 

2.19 Friday 

DGP 4.4

Vocab Quiz

Research Questions and New Vocab

Homework: Working definition, part of speech, and an example sentence of your own creation for our vocab words

Week 5: February 15 - February 19

2.15 Monday No School!

2.9 Tuesday

Journaling

DGP 2.4

DGP 3.1

lord albemarle an elderly paralytic gentleman was now the only advocate of phileas fogg

Introduce Springboard

Media Center Orientation

Homework: DGP 3.2 

2.10 Wednesday 

Springboard Lesson 3.3

Homework: DGP 3.3

2.11 Thursday 

DGP 3.2 and 3.3

Springboard Lesson 3.4

Homework: DGP 3.4 

2.12 Friday 

DGP 3.4

Present Findings

Vocab

Homework: Working definition, part of speech, and an exampe sentence of your own creation for our vocab words

Week 4: February 8 - February 12

2.8 Monday

Journaling

DGPreview: show me a thoroughly satisfied man and i will show you a failure

Review "The Gift of the Magi" Questions

Homework: DGP 2.1 and Story Draft

2.9 Tuesday

DGP 2.1

Peer Edit Stories

Homework: DGP 2.2 and story edits

2.10 Wednesday 

DGP 2.2

Close-Reading

Homework: DGP 2.3

2.11 Thursday 

DGP 2.3

Typing Stories

Homework: DGP 2.4 + Finish Stories

2.12 Friday Snow Day!

Week 3: February 1 - February 5

2.1 Monday:

Journaling

Grammar Notes

DGP

Homework: DGP 1.1 and Brainstorm Story Ideas

2.2 Tuesday:

DGP 1.1

Finish Grammar Discussion

Assign Story Assignment

Homework: Story Outline

Protagonist and Antagonist

Central Conflict

Exposition (Setting, introduce characters and mood)

Rising Action (3 events that build tension, drive plot)

Climax (Point with the most tension – edge of seat)

Falling Action (2 events which “wind down” the action)

Resolution (How the conflict is resolved)

2.3 Wednesday 

DGP 1.2

Read GOTM

Reading Check

Homework: Story Outline 

2.4 Thursday 

DGP 1.3

GOTM Questions

Work on story draft

Homework: Study for DGP Quiz

2.5 Friday

DGP 1.4 

DGP Quiz

Finish GOTM Questions

Homework: GOTM Questions and Story Draft

Week 2: January 25 - January 29

1.25 Monday:

Finish Reviewing Syllabus 

Syllabus Quiz

Journaling

Survival Activity

1.26 Tuesday:

"Survivor" Results

Story Parts Warm-Up

Literary Device Notes

Start "The Most Dangerous Game" 

1.27 Wednesday:

Literary Device Scavenger Hunt

Read "The Most Dangerous Game" 

1.28 Thursday

Literary Device Warm-Up

Finish "The Most Dangerous Game" 

Homework: Study for Lit. Term Quiz

1.29 Friday

Reading Check 

Story Parts Notes

Mapping "The Most Dangerous Game" 

Literary Terms Quiz

Week 1: January 21 - January 22

1.21 Thursday: 

FDOC Info Cards

Review class expectations and syllabus

Homework: Write me a letter; Get Syllabus signed

1.22 Friday: School Canceled! "Snow" Day