Tuesday,
9/6
Distribute Course Outline
Complete Information Sheet
Review Class Procedures & Expectations
Wednesday, 9/7
Complete Discussion
of Class Expectations
Distribute Introduction Activities &
Review Requirements
Students Work Individually
on Introduction Activity
Thursday, 9/8
Create & Evaluate List
of Modern Heroic Traits
Student Pairs Complete
Beowulf Timeline
Friday, 9/9
DUE: SIGNED POLICIES ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Groups Begin Beowulf Numbered Heads Background
Game (In class quiz grade)
Week of 9/12/11 - 9/16/11
Monday, 9/12
DUE: INTRODUCTION
ACTIVITY - ("Where I'm From")
Groups Complete Beowulf
Numbered Heads Background Game (In class quiz grade)
Begin Reading Beowulf
Identify Beowulf's
Heroic Traits & the References to Fate & God
Tuesday, 9/13
Complete Reading Beowulf
Identify Beowulf's
Heroic Traits & the References
to Fate & God
Wednesday, 9/14
Distribute Morte d'Arthur
Texts & HW Questions
Review Task Requirements
Begin Background Notes on Chivalry & Romance
Literature
Thursday, 9/15
Complete Background Notes on
Chivalry & Romance Literature
Review Essay Task
Requirements & Assign Roles
Begin Reading Morte d'Arthur Aloud
Identify Acts of
Chivalry & Supernatural Elements
Friday, 9/16 - Pep Rally - Shortened Periods
Continue Reading Morte
d'Arthur Aloud
Identify Acts of
Chivalry & Supernatural Elements
Week of 9/19/11 - 9/23/11
Monday, 9/19
Complete Reading Morte
d'Arthur Aloud (Period 8 only)
Answer Questions to Focus Analysis on Identification of
Chivalry & Supernatural Elements
Homongenous Groups Compare Examples of Chivalry or Supernatural
Elements
Tuesday, 9/20
Guidance Visit - College
Application Process - No Regular Class
Wednesday,
9/21
Homogenous Groups Select
& Review HW Questions for their Role
Homogenous Groups Gather
Supporting Quotes for Assigned Roles
Thursday,
9/22
MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT - 7 PM
DUE: SUMMER READING
ASSIGNMENT
Complete Summer Reading Assessment
Friday, 9/23
Distribute Essay
Outline (Pd 2 only)
Form Heterogeneous Groups
Hetergeneous Groups
Share Information
Week of 9/26/11 - 9/30/11
Monday, 9/26
Hetergeneous Groups
Share Information & Select Supporting Details for Essay
Distribute Essay Outline (Pd 8 only)
Review Essay Outline
Review Essay Writing & Use of Transitions &
Quotations
Tuesday,
9/27
Distribute Heroes WebQuest
Discuss How to Use Integrate Quotes & Your Own
Words & Establish Purpose & Context While Avoiding
Repetition
Practice Techniques for Integrating Quotes
Begin Writing
Essay
Wednesday,
9/28
class meets in computer lab at forum hallway
Complete Heroes WebQuest Research
in the Computer Lab
Students Formulate Tentative Thesis
Thursday, 9/29
SCHOOL CLOSED - ROSH HASHANAH
Friday, 9/30
SCHOOL CLOSED - ROSH HASHANAH
Week of 10/3/11 - 10/7/11
Monday, 10/3
DUE: HEROES WEBQUEST RESEARCH ARTICLES
Share Hero Selections & Brainstorm List
of Heroic Traits for Possible Thesis
Students Create Heroes
Essay Graphic Organizer
Students Reread Articles & Identify Supporting Evidence
for Selected Thesis
Tuesday, 10/4
Students Complete
Heroes Essay Graphic Organizer
Evaluate Organizational Options for WebQuest Essay
Wednesday, 10/5
DUE: MORTE
d'ARTHUR ESSAY & RETURN TEXT
Distribute Quotes & Notes &
Explain Purpose
Distribute Vocabulary List, Texts, &
Bookmarks
Create Family Trees for Cast of Characters in Hamlet
Thursday,
10/6
Begin Reading Hamlet & Completing
Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Setting
& Conflicts in Denmark
Friday, 10/7
Begin Reading Hamlet &
Completing Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Setting
& Conflicts in Denmark
Week of 10/10/11 - 10/14/11
Monday, 10/10
SCHOOL CLOSED
- COLUMBUS DAY
Tuesday,
10/11-Grand Jury Duty Begins-I'm absent
Student Groups Compete
to Complete Shakespeare Background Using Given Materials
(in class quiz grade)
Wednesday,
10/12-Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Take Notes on Decoding
Shakespearean Language
Thursday,
10/13-Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Complete Notes on Decoding Shakespeare
Continue Reading Hamlet & Completing Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Conflicts
in Denmark
Evaluate Hamlet's Relationships
with Claudius & Gertrude
Friday, 10/14Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
DUE: HEROES WEBQUEST ESSAY
Continue Reading Hamlet & Completing Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Conflicts
in Denmark
Evaluate Hamlet's Relationships
with Claudius & Gertrude
Week of 10/17/11 - 10/21/11
Monday, 10/17
Grand Jury
Duty-I'm absent
Tuesday,
10/18
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Wednesday,
10/19
Grand Jury
Duty-I'm absent
Thursday,
10/20
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Friday, 10/21
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Week of 10/24/11 - 10/28/11
Monday,
10/24
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Tuesday,
10/25
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Wednesday,
10/26
Grand Jury
Duty-I'm absent
Thursday,
10/27
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Friday, 10/29
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Week of 10/31/11 - 11/4/11
Monday, 10/31
Grand Jury
Duty-I'm absent
Tuesday,
11/1
Grand Jury
Duty-I'm absent
Wednesday,
11/2
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Thursday,
11/3
Grand Jury Duty-I'm absent
Friday, 11/4
Grand Jury
Duty-I'm absent
Week of 11/7/11 - 11/11/11
Monday, 11/7
I'M BACK!
Distribute Grade Sheets and Plan Retests
Begin Literture Circle Text Selection
Evaluate What Makes A Good Book
Tuesday,
11/8
NO CLASSES
- CONFERENCE DAY / ELECTION DAY
Wednesday,
11/9
Continue Literature
Circle Text Selection
Evaluate What Makes A
Good Book
Thursday,
11/10
Continue Literature
Circle Text Selection
Friday, 11/11
SCHOOL CLOSED - VETERANS
DAY
end of 1st quarter
Week of 11/14/11 - 11/18/11
Monday, 11/14
Complete
Literature Circle Text Selection
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Completing Quotes & Notes
Period 2: 3.3.60
Period 8: 3.4.1
Tuesday, 11/15
Happy birthday to me (and Brian, Pd.
2)
DUE: HAMLET VOCABULARY PRACTICE #26-50
Continue Reading Hamlet & Completing Quotes & Notes
Evalutae Claudius' Guilt & the
Effects of Hamlet's Actions
Period 2: 3.4.30 Period
8: 3.4.30
Wednesday,
11/16
HAMLET VOCABULARY #26-50 QUIZ
Distribute Hamlet Act III Review
Independently Read Literature Circle Text Selection
Thursday,
11/17
Complete Reading Hamlet Act III
& Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Effects of Hamlet's Actions & His Treatment
of Gertrude
Period 8:
Week of 11/21/11 - 11/25/11
Monday, 11/21
DUE: HAMLET ACT III REVIEW
QUESTIONS
Groups Review for Quiz Using Created Questions
Tuesday,
11/22
HAMLET ACT
III QUIZ
Independently Read Literature Circle Text Selection
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Completing Quotes & Notes
Evaluate Gertrude's & Claudius'
Reactions to Polonius' Death
Evaluate Hamlet's Treatment of R&G
Period 2: 4.3.1
Period 8: 4.2.15:
Wednesday, 11/23
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Completing Quotes & Notes
Evaluate Hamlet's Treatment of R&G
Evaluate Hamlet's Treatment of Claudius & Claudius'
Plan
Contrast Hamlet & Fortinbras
Period
2:
Period 8:
Thursday,
11/24 - Friday, 11/25
SCHOOL CLOSED - THANKSGIVING
Week of 11/28/11 - 12/2/11
Tuesday,
11/29
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Complete Quotes & Notes
Evaluate
Hamlet's Treatment of Claudius & Claudius' Plan
Contrast Hamlet & Fortinbras
Wednesday,
11/30
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Complete Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Effects of Polonius' Death on Ophelia &
Contrast Hamlet with Laertes
Thursday,
12/1
Complete
Reading Hamlet
Act IV & Completing Quotes & Notes
Contrast Hamlet
with Laertes
Evaluate the Causes of Ophelia's Death
Friday, 12/2
Begin Reading Hamlet Act V
& Complete Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Causes
of Ophelia's Death
Evaluate the Effectiveness of Malaprops & Puns to Crate Comic
Relief
Week of 12/5/11 - 12/9/11
Monday, 12/5
DUE:
READ 3/4 of LITERATURE CIRCLE TEXT
Complete Response #2: Literary Luminary
Tuesday,
12/6
HAMLET ACT IV QUIZ
Continue Reading Hamlet Act V
& Complete Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the Events of Ophelia's Funeral & the Changes
in Hamlet
Thursday,
12/8
Distribute Hamlet
Act V Comic Strip & Review Requirements
Period 2
Complete Reading Hamlet
Evaluate
the Events of the Tournament & the New King
Themes About Deception, Thinking and Power
Period 8:
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Complete Quotes & Notes
Evaluate
the Events of the Tournament
Friday,
12/9
Period 2
Students Create Hamlet Cartoon
Continue Reading Hamlet &
Complete Quotes & Notes
Evaluate the New King and Themes About Deception,
Thinking and Power
Week of 12/12/11 - 12/16/11
Wednesday,
12/14
Groups Plan Literature Circle Projects & Review Hamlet
Quizzes for Unit Test Preparation
Thursday,
12/15
HAMLET UNIT TEST
Friday,
12/16
Read "Snake Dance" & Identify the Consequences
of Deception
Week of 12/19/11 - 12/23/11
Monday, 12/19
Compare Consequences
of Deception in "Snake Dance" with Hamlet
Tuesday,
12/20
Groups Meet to Check
Up on Literature Circle Projects
Select Supporting Evidence from "Snake Dance" for Essay
Wednesday,
12/21
Select Supporting Evidence from "Snake
Dance" for Essay
Thursday, 12/22
DUE: LITERATURE CIRCLE PROJECTS
Practice Embedding Quotes Using Step-by-Step Method
Friday 12/23
DUE: DECEPTION ESSAY
Groups Complete Tennessee Williams Numbered Heads Background
Game
Monday, 12/16/11 - Monday, 1/2/12
SCHOOL CLOSED - WINTER RECESS
Week of 1/2/12 - 1/6/12
Tuesday,
1/3
Distribute Streetcar
Texts, Vocabulary List, & Review Reading Schedule & Unit Overview
Begin Reading A Streetcar Named Desire
Evaluate the Setting & Initial Impressions of Characters
Wednesday,
1/4
Continue Reading A
Streetcar Named Desire
Evaluate the Setting & Initial Impressions of Characters
Thursday,
1/5
DUE: READ STREETCAR SCENES 1-2
Complete
Streetcar Reading Check Quiz
Take Notes on Meanings of Names, Places and Animals
Friday,
1/6
DUE: READ STREETCAR
SCENES 3-4
Complete Scene 3 Reading Check Response
Continue Scenes 1-4 Notes
for Quiz
Week of 1/9/12 - 1/13/12
Wednesday,
1/11
CAP & GOWN ORDERING
Evaluate Stan & Stella's Violent Relationship Using Checklist of Behaviors
Friday,
1/13
DUE:
READ STREETCAR SCENES 5-6
DUE: STREETCAR VOCABULARY #1-30 PRACTICE
STREETCAR
VOCABULARY #1-30 QUIZ
Complete Reading Check Quiz
Begin Scenes 5 and 6 Notes (Evaluate Steve & Eunice, Astroligical
Signs & "Somebody named Shaw"
Week of 1/16/12 - 1/20/12
Monday, 1/16
SCHOOL CLOSED - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY
Tuesday,
1/17
DUE: READ STREETCAR SCENES 7-8
Complete Reading Check Quiz
Contrast What Blanche Says with What Blanche Does
Evaluate the Use of Allusions in Scenes 5-6
Wednesday,
1/18
DUE: VIOLENT RELATIONSHIPS ESSAY
Take Notes
on Allan's Death & Its Effects on Blanche & the
Light Symbol
Thursday,
1/19
Complete Notes for Scenes 5-8 Quiz
Evaluate the Significance of Blanche's
Bathing and Her Past
Evaluate Stan's Motivations for
Revealing Blanche's Past
Evaluate the Symbolism of Stan's
Torn Bowling Shirt
Friday,
1/20
STREETCAR
SCENES 5-8 QUIZ
Week of 1/23/12 - 1/27/12
Monday, 1/23
IN CLASS MIDTERM ESSAY
Tuesday,
1/24
MIDTERMS -
NO REGULAR CLASSES
Wednesday,
1/25
MIDTERMS
- NO REGULAR CLASSES
Thursday, 1/26
MIDTERMS
- NO REGULAR CLASSES
Friday,
1/27
MIDTERMS - NO
REGULAR CLASSES
end of 2nd quarter
Week of 1/30/12 - 2/3/12
Monday, 1/30
Read Streetcar
Scene 9
Complete Reading Check Quiz
Tuesday, 1/31
DUE: READ STREETCAR
SCENE 9
Complete
Scene 9 Reading Check Quiz
Evaluate the Development
of the Streetcars & Lampshade Symbols
Evaluate the Development of the Animal Imagery & the Purpose of
the Mexican Woman
Wednesday, 2/1
STREETCAR VOCABULARY #31-60 PRACTICE
STREETCAR VOCABULARY #31-60 QUIZ
Continue Reading
Streetcar
Evaluate the Use of Colors and Stanley's Reaction to Blanche
Thursday, 2/2
DUE: READ STREETCAR SCENES 10-11
Complete Reading Check Response
Evaluate the Characters' Actions
Friday,
2/3
Evaluate
the Meaning of the Card Game the Men Play
Evaluate the End of the Play
Week of 2/6/12 - 2/10/12
Monday, 2/6
Evaluate the Final
Line of the Play (Period 8)
Groups Prepare for Unit Test
Gather Information Based on Assigned
Review Topics
Tuesday, 2/7
Gather Information
Based on Assigned Review Topics
Wednesday,
2/8
Continue Literature Circle
Text Selection
Gather Information Based on Assigned Review Topics
Thursday,
2/9
Share Information Based on Assigned Review Topics
Friday,
2/10
Share Information Based on Assigned Review Topics
Week of 2/13/12 - 2/17/12
Monday, 2/13
Begin Literature Circle Text Selection
Read Literature
Circle Texts or Study for Streetcar Unit Test
Tuesday, 2/14
A STREETCAR NAMED
DESIRE UNIT TEST
Wednesday,
2/15
Continue Literature
Circle Text Selection
Read Literature Circle Texts
Thursday,
2/16
Complete
Literature Curcle Text Selection
Distribute Folders & Paper Pal
Review General Information, Requirements, and Calendar
of Due Dates
Friday,
2/17
Read Sample Paper
Evaluate Support of Thesis
Begin Thesis Proposal
Brainstorm Reasons Why Books Are Good
Evaluate Types of Sources, Where to Find Them, and What to Do With
Them
Monday, 2/20/12 - Friday, 2/24/12
SCHOOL
CLOSED - MID WINTER RECESS
Week of 2/27/12 - 3/3/12
Monday, 2/27
DUE: READ 1/2 OF LITERATURE CIRLCE TEXT
Complete Literature Circle Half Time Response
Tuesday, 2/28
Continue Thesis Proposal
Evaluate Types of Sources, Where to Find Them, and What
to Do With Them
Wednesday, 2/29
Evaluate Purpose &
Format of Bibliography & Note Cards
Thursday, 3/1
Write Bibliography
Cards for Literature Circle Books
Friday, 3/2
Evaluate Purpose &
Format of Bibliography & Note Cards
Week of 3/5/12 - 3/9/12
Monday, 3/5
DUE: COMPLETE READING LITERATURE CIRCLE
TEXT
Complete Literature Circle Final Response
Wednesday,
3/7
Research Topics Using
Classroom Resources
Thursday,
3/8
Research Topics Using
Classroom Resources
Friday,
3/9
Research Topics Using Classroom Resources
Week of 3/12/12 - 3/16/12
Monday, 3/12
Research Topics in
School Library - Collect Reviews & Critical Analysis of a Classic
Tuesday, 3/13
Research Topics in
School Library - Collect Reviews & Critical Analysis of a Classic
Wednesday, 3/14
Write Bibliography Card
for a Selected Review
Research Topics in School Library - Collect Reviews & Critical
Analysis of a Classic
Thursday,
3/15
Research Topics in
School Library - Collect Reviews & Critical Analysis of a Classic
Friday,
3/16
DUE: ALL BIBLIOGRAPHY
& CARDS
Research
Topics in School Library - Collect Reviews & Critical Analysis
of a Classic
Week of 3/19/12 - 3/23/12
Monday, 3/19
Compare Simpsons:
A Streetcar Named Marge with Streetcar Play (Quiz Grade)
Tuesday, 3/20
Return Note Cards &
Review Common Mistakes
Discuss Outlining Format
Begin Outlining By Ordering Slugs
Wednesday,
3/21
Continue Outlining Slugs and Examples
Thursday,
3/22
Continue Outlining
Slugs and Examples
Review Parenthetical Citation Rules (Pal pages 18-21)
& Write Citations on Back of Note Cards
Friday,
3/23
DUE: RESEARCH
PAPER OUTLINE (keep a copy for yourself)
Review
Parenthetical Citation Rules (Pal pages 18-21) & Write
Citations on Back of Note Cards
Week of 3/26/12 - 3/30/12
Monday, 3/26
Complete Review Parenthetical
Citation Rules
Tuesday, 3/27
Return Outlines
Evaluate Sample Paper Paragraph Development
Begin Writing Paper
Wednesday,
3/28
*Type Papers in Computer Lab
Thursday,
3/29
Type Papers in Computer
Lab
Friday, 3/30
Type
Papers in Computer Lab
Week of 4/2/12 - 4/6/12
Monday, 4/2
Type Papers in Computer
Lab
Tuesday, 4/3
Type Papers in Computer
Lab
Wednesday, 4/4
RESEARCH PAPER DUE
Type Papers in Computer Lab
Thursday, 4/5
No school if only one snow day used
Friday, 4/6
SCHOOL CLOSED
- SPRING RECESS
end of 3rd quarter
Monday, 4/9/12 - Friday, 4/13/12
SCHOOL
CLOSED - SPRING RECESS
Week of 4/16/12 - 4/20/12
Monday, 4/16
OPab
Tuesday, 4/17
Stab
Wednesday,
4/18
Sab
Thursday,
4/19
Stab
Friday,
4/20
REtivity
Week of 4/23/12 - 4/27/12
Monday, 4/23
Rei
Tuesday, 4/24
Reit
Wednesday, 4/25
Dis
Thursday, 4/26
Distribute Cucko
Friday, 4/27
Ded
Week of 4/30/12 - 5/4/12
Monday, 4/30
Daff
Tuesday, 5/1
Dine
Wednesday, 5/2
Dns
Thursday,
5/3
Dt"
Friday,
5/4
Dly
Week
of 5/7/12 - 5/11/12
Monday, 5/7
Res
Tuesday, 5/8
Drs
Wednesday, 5/9
Dn
Thursday,
5/10
CUZ
Friday,
5/11
ONUIZ
Week of 5/14/12 - 5/18/12
Monday, 5/14
Dnt
Tuesday, 5/15
Dn't"
Wednesday,
5/16
En't"
Thursday, 5/17
ONZ
Friday,
5/18
Dhief
Week of 5/21/12 - 5/25/12
Monday, 5/21
Evip
Tuesday, 5/22
Dip
Wednesday, 5/23
ONZ
Thursday, 5/24
No school if no snow days used
Dself
Friday,
5/25
No school if only 2 snow days used
DUay
Week of 5/28/12 - 6/1/12
Monday, 5/28
SCHOOL
CLOSED - MEMORIAL DAY
Tuesday, 5/29
Dard
Wednesday, 5/30
Dard
Thursday, 5/31
Dphy
Friday, 6/1
Del
Week of 6/4/12 - 6/8/12
Monday, 6/4
DUIZ
Tuesday, 6/5
OT
Wednesday, 6/6
Fiw
Thursday, 6/7
Sass
Friday,
6/8
Fw
Week of 6/11/12 - 6/12/12
Monday, 6/11
FI
Tuesday, 6/12
FIY
Week At A Glance
Mid
Winter Recess
HAPPY
GRADUATION