Aubrecht

Sophomore English

Welcome!

February 8-12

Monday: in-class essay on Auto Wreck.  Brainstorm and outlines due.

Tuesday: editing

Wednesday: lab/typing and editing essays.  We will combine the editing and typing if we have a snow day on Tuesday.

Thursday: intro Shakespeare

Friday: TBA

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February 1-5

Monday: working on poems

Tuesday: Coffee house

Wednesday - Thursday: Auto Wreck p. 367/discussion questions. Available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_2822jjkxcgp

Friday: essay preparation.  Monday, in-class essay

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January 25-February 2

Monday: Disc. Sonnets/Lyric poetry. 

Tuesday: pg. 857 "Making a Fist"

Making the moment poetic

Wednesday: Analyzing "The Fish"  http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_273hgbr97dj 

Thursday: GCP presentation-Class selection

Friday: Work day.  Original poetry due Tuesday!!!  Whatever you don't complete in class becomes homework.

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Monday, Feb. 1: Work day

Tuesday: Coffee house

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January 4-8

Monday: Regroup-review week

Tuesday-Wednesday: Prep for English portion of final exam

Thursday-Friday: Prep for reading portion of final exam.  Return Catcher essays by Friday.

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December 14-18

Monday: Lab - working on PowerPoint presentations.

Tuesday: Presentations

Wednesday: essay prep

Thursday: In-class essay

Friday: TBA

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December 7-11

Monday: Quiz/Tasks.  Assignment available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_268c2gqpsf9

Tuesday: Work on tasks/present?

Wednesday: present tasks

Thursday: Group study of themes

Friday: WC-PowerPoint.  Rubric available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_269c7dv532z

November 30- December 4

Monday: welcome back!!  practice quiz on ACT reading.  Review ch's 19-21 in the novel.  Handout questions for ch's 19-end.

Tuesday: Reading day

Wednesday: Quiz - ch's Mark David Chapman

Thursday: Symbolism

Friday: reading day. finish the book.  Questions due at the end of the hour.  Quiz on Monday????  maybe......:)

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November 23-24

Monday - Tuesday: Review formative assessment results.

Wednesday - Friday: No school!  Happy Thanksgiving!!

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November 16-20

Monday: Vocabulary game/hand out questions for ch's 11-18. Document available at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATO2OZq6l405ZGRzMmZqbm5fMXpyc3JoNQ&hl=en

Tuesday: Quiz 6-10 CITR/Fairy Tales and Holden Caulfield

Wednesday: present fairy tales/Disc.

Thursday: Reading day.  Questions for 11-18 due Monday.

Friday: No school.

 November 9-13

Monday: Vocabulary game

Tuesday: Collect questions for 1-5/hand out next set of questions.  Documentary film on Salinger.

Wednesday: Finish film. Discussion

Thursday: reading day

Friday: no school!

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November 2-6

Monday: Lab/research on personality disorders and mental health definitions from the Teen/Depression articles handed out last week.  See Link below.

Tuesday: Discussion of teens/depression/Intro The Catcher in the Rye.

Wednesday: Reading day.  Calendar handed out.  Questions for chapters 1-6 handed out and available at: http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATO2OZq6l405ZGRzMmZqbm5fNmNxcjc0aw&hl=en

Thursday: Ch's 1-2 due. Review results of formative assessments either today or Friday (depending on # of questions about Catcher.

Friday: Ch's 3-4 due.

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October 26-30

Monday - Tuesday: Speeches! 

Wednesday: Formative English test

Thursday: Speeches (if necessary)

Friday: Articles and questions on Teens and Depression.  Available at:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_250d5szvtcq

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_249f937kwcx

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_248chqhgmfc

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October 19-23

Monday: Review outline and works cited results.  IF YOU HAVEN'T TURNED IN YOUR OUTLINE AND WORKS CITED, YOU MUST DO SO TODAY!!!!  SOME OF YOU STILL OWE ME NOTES FROM LAST WEEK!!!

Tuesday - Thursday: In the lab revising the outlines and working on the visual aid PowerPoint.

Friday: Speech practice!

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October 12-16

Monday: No School

Tuesday: Finish Bag Speeches/lab time for research

Wednesday- Thursday: Lab/ notes due/ work on outlining

Friday: TBA

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October 5-9

Monday- Tuesday: Research in the lab. Assignment available at:http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_239hffrhwhg

Note taking format available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_240fzk5mtcd

Wednesday: Begin Bag Speeches (I start with volunteers before resorting to victims!)

Thursday: GCP presentation

Friday: Resume Bag Speeches

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September 28-October 2

Monday:  in-class essay

Tuesday: lab/editing.  Connotation/Denotation worksheet due Wednesday.  Available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_236ghq45cn3 . Handout on wordiness. Available at:  http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_238dt74k8c2

Wednesday: lab/editing - final drafts due.

Thursday: Lance Armstrong (finally!!) reading

People you admire

Friday: Bag Speech Assignment and outline - due 10/7.

BAG Speech available: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_53f9h76hg4

Rubric available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_543vw3wpgb

Bag speech outline available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_169hnmskzc9 Discuss research project (more on this on Monday)

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Monday: video.  Collect Section 4.

Handout Sections 5 and 6.  Sections 5/6 available at: http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_230gg54wwd7

Tuesday: Reading day

Wednesday: Short writing #3. Essay topics

Thursday: Wrapping it up

Friday: SIP Day! Video

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September 14 - 18

Monday: Collect section #2 of Tuesdays with Morrie

Hand out questions for section #3 and  4.  Handout available at:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_228g3cqphfh

Tuesday:  Reading day.  Pages 61-99 due Wednesday

Wednesday: Discussion

Short writing either Wednesday or Friday. Short writing #2 available at:

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0ATO2OZq6l405ZGRzMmZqbm5fMjI5aGMybWg4Zm4&hl=en

HW: read pages 100-129 by Friday

Thursday: Lance Armstrong biography

Friday: Discussion.  HW: pages 130-163

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September 7-11

Monday: No School!

Tuesday: Reading day.  Study guide for the first two sections of Tuesdays is available at http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_226dw3mp3f6

HW: read pages 26-40

Wednesday: Discussion/structure of the book. Values section and section #1 of SG collected.

Thursday: Morrie and philosophy - short writing #1 - Available at:http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_234hs5958hf

Friday: Discussion.  Section #2 due. Hw: read pages. 41-61

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Policy sheets are available at:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_225kfqfvrzb

Study guide for the first two sections of Tuesdays available at:
http://docs.google.com/View?id=dds2fjnn_226dw3mp3f6