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Quarter 1 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Monday

8.20

 

  • Syllabus Review (Day 1 of 2)
    • Course Overview
    • Required Materials
    • Rules
    • Calendar
  • Summer Reading Information and Timeline
  • "Voices from the Past" / Advice & Lessons Learned from Class of 2013
  • Code of Conduct Review
  • All materials are due by Friday, 8.24. Special accommodations can be made, but must be discussed with Hampton prior to Friday. Minimum of paper and pencil are required for Tuesday to Thursday
  • Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4. 

Tuesday

8.21

  • Syllabus Review (Day 2 of 2)
    • Grading 
    • Missed / Late Work Policy
    • Revising Assignments
  • Classroom Tour
  • Leading a Discussion Information
  • Mr. Hampton's Life 
 

Wednesday

8.22

 
  • Textbook Pickup
  • If absent, please stop by the textbook room before or after school.

Thursday

8.23

  • Introduction to "Reading Logs"
  • How to Take Notes 
    • Color-Coded Slides
  • Notes: Moral Dilemmas 
  • Moral Dilemmas
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation for prompt; due Friday.

Friday

8.24

  • All materials are due unless special accommodations have been made with Mr. Hampton
  • How to Take Notes
    • 2-Column
  • Organize Binder
  • Hampton's Website / Schoology / Facebook / YouTube Review
  • Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4. 
  • Register for Schoology; see presentation for access code.
WEEK 2

Monday

8.27

  • Pass out: AICE Language Workbooks
  • Introduction to Study Guides
  • Notes: The Hampton System (Day 1 of 2)
  • Brainstorm Rewards
  • Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4. 
  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 

Tuesday

8.28

  • Begin Scoreboard
  • Introduction to Rubrics
  • LaD Signups (see Hampton if absent)
  • Notes: The Hampton System (Day 2 of 2)
  • Desk Olympics
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

8.29

  • Notes: Introduction to Cooperative Learning, Rules, and Procedures (Day 1 of 2)
  • Practice structures
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

8.30

  • Word of the Day Introduction
  • First Teams (see Hampton if absent)
  • Notes: Introduction to Cooperative Learning (Day 2 of 2)
  • Team Building Activity
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for prompt

Friday

8.31

  • Team Builder: Reading Log #4
  • Summer Reading Journals are due to Hampton no later than Tuesday, 9.4. 
  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 3

Tuesday

9.4

  • Summer Reading Journals Due 
  • Notes: The AICE Language Exam
  • Activator: The Power of Words
  • Read / Discuss: Literary Criticism
  • Set up Language Analysis Study Guide
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Review over "Welcome to AICE Language" Study Guide; answer all study guide questions and define all vocabulary.  

Wednesday

9.5

  • "Welcome to AICE Language" Exam (see Hampton if absent) 
  • Read "Formalist Criticism" in Workbook, pgs. 105-107
  • Bring your two summer reading books to class on Thursday.
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for prompt.

Thursday

9.6

  • Share Reading Log #5
  • Notes: Formalist ("New") Criticism, Denotation vs. Connotation
  • Teams: Magazine Advertisements in Denotation / Connotation

 

Friday

9.7

  • Teams: From Ads to Words Activity (Connotation practice)--see Hampton for a copy of the ads to practice if absent
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 4

Monday

9.10

  • Share RL #6
  • Notes: Words to Passages Tips 
  • Practice: Words to Passages / Mix Music Meet
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

9.11

  • Read: Shooting an Elephant
  • Graphic organizer in notebook
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation

Wednesday

9.12

  • Welcome to Grammar Wednesday's!
  • Notes: Making a Composition
  • Practice composition
  • Finish composition
  • Prepare for your quiz tomorrow by making sure your notebook is organized and dated properly.

Thursday

9.13

  • Quiz #1
  • Read: Shopping for Stories 
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation

Friday

9.14

  • Return / Record New Grades
  • Teams: Share / Grade Practice Compositions
  • Notes: How to grade compositions 
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
WEEK 5

Monday

9.17

 
  • Hampton Out Sick
  • College Admissions Essay #1: "If you could be a fly on the wall to observe any situation--historical, personal, or otherwise--describe what you would choose to observe and why. What would you hope to learn and how would it benefit you?" --> 2-3 pages 
 

Tuesday

9.18

 
  • Hampton at Training
  • College Admissions Essay #2: "Tell us about the neighborhood that you grew up in and how it helped shape you into the kind of person you are today." --> 2-3 pages
 

Wednesday

9.19

  • Notes: Grammar Time! #2
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Thursday

9.20

  • Notes: Figurative Language
  • Teams: Graphic Organizer / Revisiting Shooting an Elephant & Shopping for Stories
  • Read "Did He Mean That?" on pgs. 109-111
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation

Friday

9.21

  • Return / Record New Grades
  • Teams: Continue Graphic Organizer
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
WEEK 6

Monday

9.24

  • TEAM OF THE WEEK!
  • Team Builder: Uncommon Commonalities
  • Read / Discuss / Organizer on Venice Travel Journal
  • Work on Practice Composition (5-7 comments on language)
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation

Tuesday

9.25

  • Teams: Grade Reading Log #10
  • Notes: Descriptive Language
  • Teams: "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" 
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation

Wednesday

9.26

  • Grammar Time #3
  • Notes: Part B Writing
  • Practice: Part B on Venice Travel Journal
  • Reading Log #12: See presentation
  • Prepare for quiz tomorrow by making sure your notebook is organized and dated correctly.  

Thursday

9.27

  • Quiz #2 
  • Read / Discuss: Town Bombing
  • Practice: Part B Writing 
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation

Friday

9.28

  • Read / Discuss: A Dining Experience
  • Practice: Part B 
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
WEEK 7 (Homecoming Week)

Monday

10.1

  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 

Tuesday

10.2

  • Teams: Work on Team iMovie
 

Wednesday

10.3

 
  • Early Release Day
  • 1st period Homecoming Court Assembly
  • Periods 2 and 3 will not meet today
  • Teams: Work on Team iMovie (only period 4)
 

Thursday

10.4

 
  • Teams: Work on Team iMovie
 

Friday

10.5

 
  • No Backpacks
  • Colt Olympics
  • Periods 2-3 will not meet today 
  • Pep Rally in 6th period 
  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 8

Monday

10.8

  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation

Tuesday

10.9

  • Reading Log #15: See presentation

Wednesday

10.10

  • Grammar Time #4: I vs. Me
  • Read / Discuss: George Bush Hurricane Katrina Speech
  • Reading Log #16: See presentation

Thursday

10.11

  • Return / Record New Grades
  • Quiz, Quiz, Trade Exam Review
  • Review over "Language Analysis" Study Guide, words of the day, and grammar lessons; answer all study guide questions and define all vocabulary for review.

Friday

10.12

  • Language Exam: Part I
  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Prepare for the second part of your exam:
    • Choose 1 of 3 passages:
      • Searching for Bigfoot (pg. 121)
      • A Boy's Imagination (pg. 312)
      • Hillary Clinton Speech (check link to the left)
    • Use note card (front and back) to help organize Part A and Part B response. 
WEEK 9

Monday

10.15

 
  • Language Exam: Part II
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.  

Tuesday

10.16

  • Notes: MLA Style (Part I)
  • All revision work is due to Hampton by Monday, 10.22 @ end of day. 
  • Reading Log #17: See presentation

Wednesday

10.17

 
  • PSAT Testing
  • Class will likely be canceled by testing 
 

Thursday

10.18

  • Grammar Time #5: Affect vs. Effect
  • Notes: MLA Style (Part II), Thesis Statement, etc.

 

Friday

10.19

  • Notes: MLA Style (Part II), Thesis Statement, etc. 
  • Textbook Room: The Lord of the Flies (if absent, please pick up when you return)
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 

WEEK 10

Monday

10.22

  • ALL REVISED WORK IS DUE
  • NEW Study Guide/SLM: The Lord of the Flies
  • Activator: "No Man is an Island..."
  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection of Quarter 2 has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.  
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation

Tuesday

10.23

  • NEW TEAMS
  • Notes: William Golding / Lord of the Flies
  • Read: Chapter 1
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation

Wednesday

10.24

  • Grammar Time #6: Colon vs. Semi-Colon
  • Teams: New Circle Formation
  • Discuss Chapter 1 (Model LaD)
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation

Thursday

10.25

  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation

 

Quarter 2 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Monday

10.29

  • Notes: Historical, Philosophical, Genre Criticisms
  • 4-Corners: Discuss evidence for criticisms
  • Solo: Read Chapter 2
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for prompt
  • Prepare for Quiz; make sure notebook and reading logs are in order and complete. 

Tuesday

10.30

  • Quiz #1
  • "Big Circle": Discuss Chapter 2
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

10.31

  • Spencer Visit
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

11.1

  • Grammar Time #7: Hyphen, Dash, Ellipsis...Oh My!
  • Teams: Discuss Chapter 3
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation for prompt

Friday

11.2

  • LaD Day: Participants:
    • Mikanzis
    • Keina
    • Sara
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation for prompt
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
WEEK 2

Monday

11.5

  • Watch: The Lord of the Flies (1963) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

11.6

  • Watch: The Lord of the Flies (1963) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Read: Chapter 6
  • "Big Circle" Discussion
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

11.7

  • Grammar Time #8: Subject / Verb Agreement
  • Read: Chapter 7
  • Reading Log #12: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

11.8

  • Watch: The Lord of the Flies (1990) [see Hampton if absent]
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation for prompt
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 

Friday

11.9

 
  • Hampton Off Campus
  • Fill out MLA Planning sheet according to the topic you've chosen and since you last filled it out (Chapters 3-8)
 
WEEK 3

Monday

11.12

  • "Big Circle" Discussion on Chapters 7-8
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Begin working on Thesis Statement and outline (see notes); due Thursday.
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

11.13

  • Quiz #2
  • Team Questions: Chapter 9
  • Reading Log #15: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

11.14

  • Grammar Time #9: Verb Tenses and Shifting
  • Collect MLA Research
  • Reading Log #16: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

11.15

  • Return / Record New Grades 
  • Thesis Statement and Outline Due
  •  Watch: The Lord of the Flies (1990)
  • Reading Log #17: See presentation for prompt
  • Begin working on MLA Paper; due next Tuesday (11.20)

Friday

11.16

 
  • Laptops: 1st paragraph of MLA Paper
  • Conferences with Hampton (email for help if absent)
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
  • Begin working on MLA Paper; due next Tuesday (11.20)
WEEK 4

Monday

11.19

  • MLA Grading Procedures
  • Work on MLA Paper (1st page)
  • Conferences with Hampton (email for help if absent)
  • Optional: Watch Lord of the Flies (1963)
  • Work on MLA Paper; due Tuesday on Schoology by 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

11.20

  • Return / Record Grades
  • Work on MLA Paper (remaining) 
  • Conferences with Hampton (email for help if absent)
  • MLA Paper due on Schoology
  • Work on MLA Paper; due Tuesday on Schoology by 11:59 pm.
WEEK 5

Monday

11.26

  • Grade Conferences with Hampton
  • Complete LotF SLM
  • "The Deal with Homework"
  • Prepare for LotF Exam
    • Grammar Lessons
    • Words of the Day
    • SLM Questions
  • Prepare for Exam (See presentation for details)
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

 

Tuesday

11.27

  • LotF Exam
  • Reading Log #18: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

11.28

  • Pick up One Flew Over...
  • NEW OFO SLM
  • Activator: Serbian Mental Institutions 
  • Notes: Ken Kesey, One Flew Over, etc. 
  • Reading Log #19: See presentation for prompt

Thursday

11.29

  • Finish Notes from Wednesday (if applicable)
  • Read: OFO, pgs. 3-8
  • Reading Log #20: See presentation for prompt

Friday

11.30

  • Return / Record Grades (MLA paper)
  • Notes: Common MLA Errors
  • Read: OFO, pgs. 8-13
  • Prepare for Quiz on Monday
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 6

Monday

12.3

  • Quiz #1
  • Notes: New Criticisms
  • Notes: Acutes vs. Chronics
  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

12.4

  • Review: Paper Topics for OFO / MLA Planning Sheet
  • 2-Column Organizer
  • Team: Read pgs. 15-26

 

Wednesday

12.5

  • 2-Column Organizer
  • Team: Read pgs. 15-26

 

Thursday

12.6

  • Read: "IAAS..." on pg. 187 in workbook
  • Team: pgs. 27-41 
  • Reading Log #21: See presentation for prompt

Friday

12.7

  • Leading a Discussion (pgs. 3-41):
    • Dalyn Jones (2nd)
    • Brittany Lasher (3rd)
    • Alex Riden (4th)
  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 7

Monday

12.10

  • Grammar Time #10: Verb Shifting REDUX 
  • Notes: Group Therapy
  • Read: pgs. 42-49
  • Reading Log #22: See presentation for prompt
  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

12.11

  • Notes: EST & Lobotomy 
  • Read: pgs. 56-65
  • Reading Log #23: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

12.12

  • Leading a Discussion (pgs. 42-68):
    • Susan Cowart (2nd)
    • Kia Hickey (3rd)
    • Sabrina Gonzalez (4th)
  • Prepare for Quiz on Thursday

Thursday

12.13

 
  • Quiz #2
  • Watch: One Flew Over...
 

Friday

12.14

 
  • Watch: One Flew Over...
  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 8

Wednesday

1.2.13

 
  • Hampton Out Sick
  • Essay prompt left: What have you undertaken or done on your own in the last 2 years that has nothing to do with your academic work? Explain.
 

Thursday

1.3

 
  • Hampton Out Sick
  • OFO, get to pg. 84; collect research
 

Friday

1.4

  • NEW TEAMS
  • Notes: pgs. 3-84
  • Read: OFO, pgs. 85-90
  • Finish Essay Prompt from Wednesday; collect research up to pg. 90
  • Prepare for Quiz on Monday
WEEK 9

Monday

1.7

  • Quiz #3
  • Read: pgs. 91-101
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Reading Log #24: See presentation for prompt

Tuesday

1.8

  • Discussion on McMurphy's Boxers
  • Read: pgs. 102-116
  • Reading Log #25: See presentation for prompt

Wednesday

1.9

  • Grammar Time #11: Active vs. Passive Verb Choice
  • Read: pgs. 117-129
  • Reading Log #26: See presentation for prompt
  • Prepare for Quiz on Thursday

Thursday

1.10

  • Quiz #4
  • Read: pgs. 130-145
  • Reading Log #27: See presentation for prompt

Friday

1.11

 
  • Leading a Discussion (pgs. 91-145):
    • Danielle (2nd)
    • Ama (3rd)
    • Angela (4th)
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm. 
WEEK 10

Monday

1.14

 
  • 7TH PERIOD MIDTERM
 

Tuesday

1.15

 
  • 1ST, 2ND, 3RD PERIOD MIDTERM
 

Wednesday

1.16

 
  • 4TH, 5TH, 6TH PERIOD MIDTERM
 

 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Tuesday

1.22

  • Return / Record Grades
  • Read: pgs. 149-166
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation for details
  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Move assignments to "best of" section in binder; see presentation for details (Due Friday)

Wednesday

1.23

  • GT #12: Fragments and Run-On Sentences
  • Read: pgs. 167-187
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation for details

Thursday

1.24

  • Quiz #1
  • Read: pgs. 188-201
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for details

Friday

1.25

  • Leading a Discussion (pgs. 149-201):
    1. Jared (postponed)
    2. Noelle
    3. Noah (postponed)
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for details
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #1 by Sunday.
WEEK 2

Monday

1.28

  • Leading a Discussion (pgs. 149-201):
    1. Jared
    2. 3rd period: Watch OFO
    3. Noah
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for details
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Begin working on MLA Paper; it is due to Schoology by next Monday. 

Tuesday

1.29

  • Quiz #2
  • Watch: OFO (Fishing scene)
  • Read: pgs. 261-288
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation for details

Wednesday

1.30

  • GT #13: Misplaced Modifiers and Participles
  • Read: pgs. 289-309
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation for details

Thursday

1.31

  • Quiz #3
  • Read: pgs. 310-end
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation for details

Friday

2.1

  • Leading a Discussion (pgs. 225-325):
    1. Michael
    2. Maina
    3. Holly
  • Begin working on MLA Paper; it is due to Schoology by next Tuesday.
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #2 by Sunday.
WEEK 3

Monday

2.4

  • Work on MLA Papers
  • Conferences with Hampton
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Begin working on MLA Paper; it is due to Schoology by next Tuesday. 

Tuesday

2.5

 
  • Watch: OFO (to end)
  • Finish working on MLA Paper; it is due to Schoology today.
  • Study for OFO Exam (specifics listed on Monday's presentation)

Wednesday

2.6

 
  • Junior Class Presentations --> Exam postponed until Thursday

 

Thursday

2.7

 
  • OFO Exam
 

Friday

2.8

  • NEW Fictional Writing SLM
  • Notes: AICE Exam, Fictional Writing
  • Activator: Stranger Than Fiction
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #3 by Sunday.
WEEK 4

Monday

2.11

  • Notes: The Three Acts
  • Teams: Three Act Challenge 
  • Solo: Ordinary Beginnings...
  • Your 4th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation for details

Tuesday

2.12

  • Teams: Exam Preview
  • Solo: ...Extraordinary Happenings
  • Hampton Write-Along Challenge
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation for details

Wednesday

2.13

  • GT #14: Idiomatic Expressions
  • Notes: Storyboarding
  • Solo: "A Moment in Time" Storyboard
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation for details

Thursday

2.14

  • Solo: "A Moment in Time" Story
  • Hampton Write-Along Challenge 
  • Watch: Stranger Than Fiction
  • Reading Log #12: See presentation for details

Friday

2.15

  • Return New Grades
  • Solo: Internal Design & Description
  • Hampton Write-Along Challenge
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation for details
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #4 by Sunday.
WEEK 5

Tuesday

2.19

  • Notes: Internal Description & Describing by Simile
  • Teams: Practice Metaphor / Simile
  • Solo: "The Sickness" 
  • Your 5th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation for details

Wednesday

2.20

  • Notes: Internal Description & Describe an Adjective and Adverbs
  • Team: Descriptive Object Challenge
  • Reading Log #15: See presentation for details
  • Bring a blanket or towel; you'll be sitting outside tomorrow

Thursday

2.21

  • Team: Going Outside Day
  • Solo: "The Forest"
  • Reading Log #16: See presentation for details
  • Reading Log #17: See presentation for details

Friday

2.22

 
  • Leading a Discussion (The Rules of the Game):
    1. Pieter
    2. Olga
    3. Danielle
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #5 by Sunday.
WEEK 6

Monday

2.25

  • 2nd period: PERT Testing
  • 3rd / 4th period:
    • Notes: Building Characters / Direct & Indirect Characterization
    • Team: Direct to Indirect Challenge
  • Your 6th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Reading Log #18: See presentation for details

Tuesday

2.26

  • 2nd period: Does not meet due to FCAT Writes
  • 3rd period: PERT Testing
  • 4th period: 
    • Notes: Ekphrastic Story Creation
    • Solo: Ekphrastic Story  
  • Reading Log #19: See presentation for details

Wednesday

2.27

  • 2nd period: see Monday's presentation
  • 3rd period: see Tuesday's presentation
  • 2nd period:
    • Notes: Building Characters / Direct & Indirect Characterization
    • Team: Direct to Indirect Challenge
  • 3rd period: 
    • Notes: Ekphrastic Story Creation
    • Solo: Ekphrastic Story  
  • 4th period: PERT Testing

 

Thursday

2.28

  • 2nd period: See Tuesday's presentation + Read A&P to complete reading log #20.
  • 3rd/4th:
     022813y2.pdf
  • See Workbook
  • 2nd period: 
    • Notes: Ekphrastic Story Creation
    • Solo: Ekphrastic Story   
    • Read: The A&P   
  • 3rd / 4th period: 
    • Notes: Character Interactions / Dialogue
    • Read: The A&P   
  • Reading Log #20: See presentation for details

Friday

3.1

  • Leading a Discussion (The A&P):
    1. Ryan
    2. Shelby
    3. JJ
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #6 by Sunday.
WEEK 7

Monday

3.4

  • 2nd period:
    • Notes: Character Interactions / Dialogue
    • Teams: Conversation to Dialogue Practice 
  • 3rd/4th period:
    • Teams: Conversation to Dialogue Practice
  • Reading Log #21: See presentation for details
  • Your 7th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

3.5

  • Quiz #5
  • Notes: Point of View / MacGuffin
  • Write-Along: "Object of Desire"
  • Reading Log #22: See presentation for details

Wednesday

3.6

  • Spencer Presentation for Registration
  • Reading Log #23: See presentation for details

Thursday

3.7

  • Return New Grades
  • Outside Day: "Strange Point of View"
  • Reading Log #24: See presentation for details

Friday

3.8

  • Leading a Discussion (After I Was Thrown...):
    1. Lizzi
    2. Katie
    3. Avery
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #7 by Sunday.
WEEK 8

Monday

3.11

  • GT #15: Sentence Combining
  • Watch: Stranger Than Fiction
  • Your 8th Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

3.12

 
  • Drive for Life Presentation
  • Year 2 will not meet today
 

Wednesday

3.13

 
  • Class cancelled due to Envirothon
 

Thursday

3.14

  • Notes: "The Next Unit"
  • Read: Ransom of Red Chief
  • Reading Log #25: See presentation for details

Friday

3.15

  • Leading a Discussion (The Ransom of Red Chief):
    1. Adolfo
    2. Rebecca
    3. Taylor
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #8 by Sunday.
WEEK 9

Monday

3.18

  • Begin working on final story; due on Friday

Tuesday

3.19

  • Notes: Advanced Techniques
  • Play: Batman Arkham City (or other choice)
  • Reading Log #26: See presentation for details
  • Begin working on final story; due on Friday

Wednesday

3.20

  • Final Book Selections Released (see Hampton)
  • Leading a Discussion (A Rose for Emily):
    1. Kayla
    2. Janey
    3. Seth
  • Procure your book over Spring Break; do not start reading it until we return from break!
  • Begin working on final story; due on Friday

Thursday

3.21

  • Return New Grades
  • GT #16: Parallel Structure
  • Reading Log #27: See presentation for details
  • Begin working on final story; due on Friday

Friday

3.22

  • Leading a Discussion (Desiree's Baby):
    1. Brandy
    2. Mariah
    3. Mark
  • Finish final story; due on Friday
  • All make up work due today

 

 

Quarter 4 

WEEK 1
Date
Presentation & Handouts
What We Did
Homework

Tuesday

4.2

  • Hampton @ Crystal River (Tennis Tournament)
  • Read: Learn the Question (by Guillermo Del Toro)
  • Answer questions on sheet of paper
  • Your 1st Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.
  • Remember to pick up or check out your book; discussions will begin on Thursday, 4.4.

Wednesday

4.3

  • Notes: Team Binders, Grading, etc. 
  • Read: Genre and Archetypal Criticisms
  • Reading Log #1: See presentation for details

Thursday

4.4

  • New Teams
  • Notes: Genre and Archetypal Criticisms, MLA Paper Information
  • Team Discussion Day #0
  • Reading Log #2: See presentation for details

Friday

4.5

  • Team Day #1
  • Reading Log #3: See presentation for details
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #1 by Sunday.
WEEK 2

Monday

4.8

  • Notes: Discussion Roles
  • Team Day #2
  • Reading Log #4: See presentation for details
  • Your 2nd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

4.9

  • Team Day #3 (Discussion)
  • Reading Log #5: See presentation for details

Wednesday

4.10

  • Team Day #4
  • Reading Log #6: See presentation for details

Thursday

4.11

  • Quiz #1
  • Team Day #5
  • Reading Log #7: See presentation for details

Friday

4.12

  • Return New Grades
  • Team Day #6 (Discussion) + Weekly Grade Report
  • Reading Log #8: See presentation for details
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #2 by Sunday.
WEEK 3

Monday

4.15

  • Due to FCAT Testing, there is no other assignment than to complete Day 7's activity. 
  • Team Day #7
  • Your 3rd Weekly Reflection has been posted on Schoology. You can preview the questions at any time. Your post is due no later than Sunday at 11:59 pm.

Tuesday

4.16

 
  • Due to FCAT Testing, there is no other assignment than to complete Day 7's activity. 

 

 

Wednesday

4.17

  • Team Day #8 (Discussion)
 

Thursday

4.18

  • Hampton Off-Campus
  • Team Day #9
  • Reading Log #9: See presentation for details

Friday

4.19

 
  • Quiz #2
  • Team Day #10 (Discussion)
  • Don't forget to complete Weekly Reflection #3 by Sunday. 
WEEK 4

Monday

4.22

  • Notes: Grading Policy Changes   

 

Tuesday

4.23

  • Team Day #11
  • Reading Log #10: See presentation for details

Wednesday

4.24

  • Team Day #12 (Discussion)

 

Thursday

4.25

  • Return New Grades
  • Team Day #13
  • Reading Log #11: See presentation for details
  • Prepare for Quiz tomorrow

Friday

4.26

  • Quiz #3
  • Team Day #14 (Discussion or Activity) + Weekly Grade Report 
 
WEEK 5

Monday

4.29

  • Notes: Novel to Film Comparison Paper  
  • Begin Film (Day 1 of 3)
  • Begin work on MLA Paper

Tuesday

4.30

  • Update on Novel to Film Paper  
  • Film (Day 2 of 3)
  • Begin work on MLA Paper

Wednesday

5.1

 
  • Film (Day 3 of 3)
  • Begin work on MLA Paper

Thursday

5.2

 
  • Film (to finish, if applicable) or
  • Work on MLA Paper / Film Comparison Paper
  • Begin work on MLA Paper

Friday

5.3

 
  • Work on MLA Paper
  • MLA Paper due on Schoology (Sunday, 5.5). 
WEEK 6

Monday

5.6

  • Notes: Exam Review (Narrative)
  • Practice Narrative
 

Tuesday

5.7

  • Notes: Exam Review (Argumentative)
  • Notes: Language Exam Checklist 
  • Practice Argumentative
  • Review the checklist! 

Wednesday

5.8

 
  • Hampton Off Campus
  • Review the checklist! 

Thursday

5.9

 
  • AICE Language Exam (Part II: Narrative & Argumentative)
 

Friday

5.10

 
  • AICE Psychology Exam (class will be cancelled due to the high number of testing participants)
 
WEEK 7

Monday

5.13

 
  • Hampton Off Campus
 

Tuesday

5.14

  • Announcements: LaD's / Non-Fiction Shift for Lang. Analysis
  • Return to Language Analysis SLM
  • Notes: Denotation, Connotation, Tone vs. Mood
  • Teams: Practice Passage Connotation(Part I)
 

Wednesday

5.15

  • Notes: Connotation of Passages
  • Teams: Practice Passage Connotation (Part II)
 

Thursday

5.16

  • Notes: Creating a Composition (Part A)
  • Teams: Practice Composition
  • Prepare for Quiz tomorrow

Friday

5.17

  • Quiz #4
  • Read: Neat vs. Sloppy People
  • Reading Log #12: See presentation for details
WEEK 8

Monday

5.20

  • Notes: Compositions Reminders
  • Read: Battling Clean-Up and Striking Out
  • Teams: Practice Composition
  • Reading Log #13: See presentation for details

Tuesday

5.21

  • Leading a Discussion (I Want a Wife):
    • Alana
    • Eboni
    • Tiffani
  • Reading Log #14: See presentation for details

Wednesday

5.22

  • Leading a Discussion (Men--It's in Their Nature ):
    • Kalee
    • Melissa
    • Adan
  • Reading Log #15: See presentation for details

Thursday

5.23

  • Leading a Discussion (Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian):
    • Paige
    • James
    • Werlanka
  • Prepare for quiz (make sure reading logs are in order)
WEEK 9

Tuesday

5.28

  • Quiz #5
  • Read: Sex, Lies, and Conversation
  • Reading Log #16: See presentation for details

Wednesday

5.29

  • Spencer Visit (2nd, 3rd only)
  • Read: Sex, Lies, and Conversation
  • Bring your textbooks to class on Friday, 5.31 (2nd, 4th period) or Monday, 6.3 (3rd period only). 

Thursday

5.30

  • Spencer Visit (4th only)
  • Read: Sex, Lies, and Conversation
  • Bring your textbooks to class on Friday, 5.31 (2nd, 4th period) or Monday, 6.3 (3rd period only). 

Friday

5.31

 
  • Return Grades / Binders
  • Textbook Return (2nd/4th only)
  • All revised with is due; I will finalize grades at the end of the day
WEEK 10

Monday

6.3

  • Textbook Return (3rd only)
  • Notes: Exam Review (Lang. Analysis)
  • Notes: Language Exam Checklist 
  • Practice Lang. Analysis
  • Review the checklist! / view YouTube videos for review 

Tuesday

6.4

 
  • 3RD PERIOD EXAM --> NO EXAM SCHEDULED
 

Wednesday

6.5

 
  • AICE Language Exam (Part I: Language Analysis)
 

Thursday

6.6

 
  • 2ND PERIOD EXAM --> NO EXAM SCHEDULED