Week of 3/11

We are almost finished with Unit 4! This week moves us into the very last section of this unit.

(I did change a few things from the original schedule... sorry)
Monday, 3/11
Define Unit 5
jest
refined
contemplation
carpe diem
prevail
chaste
inconstancy
hue
strife
transgress
deluge
discern
myriad
subterranean
deference
digress
conjecture
magnitude
negligence
prodigious
Present projects

Tuesday, 3/12
Sonnets

Wednesday, 3/13
Satire

Thursday, 3/14
Swift

Friday, 3/15
Donne
Vocab quiz

Week of 3/4

I have really been so proud of you guys during our Macbeth unit. You paid attention in class (with only a couple of exceptions), you worked hard at comprehension, and you thought critically. You are the perfect classes!

Monday, 3/4
Macbeth word web, seminar

Tuesday, 3/5
Independent Reading Assessment

Wednesday, 3/6
Macbeth Character Activity

Thursday, 3/7
Macbeth Essay assignment

Friday, 3/8
Condensed Shakespeare

Week of 2/25

Monday, 2/25
Define Unit 4
pernicious
exploit
redress
avarice
pertain
purge
antidote
siege
prowess
usurper
allusion
bodements
confound
guise
taint
bane
wrack
apparition
rancor
jocund
Sr Mem 6 due
Mac Act IV

Tuesday, 2/26
Mac Act IV/V

Wednesday, 2/27
Act V

Thursday, 2/28
Act V

Friday, 2/29
Activity

Week of 2/19

Macbeth is in my top two favorites from English IV. I hope so much that all of you love it as much (ok, maybe not AS MUCH, but at least SOME) as I do! This is a short week, so enjoy your day off!

Tuesday, 2/19
Mac Act II
Senior Memory Book 5 due

Wednesday, 2/20
Mac Act II, maybe III

Thursday, 2/21
Mac Act III

Friday, 2/22
Mac Act IV
JOURNALS DUE

Week of 2/11

I can't express to you how much I am enjoying this semester with you all so far. I am so excited to start Macbeth this week!!! You are going to love it!!!

Monday, 2/11
Sr Mem Bk Chpt 4 due
Unit 2 Test
Define Unit 3
blank verse
iambic pentameter
tragedy
soliloquy
aside
direful
prophetic
repentance
plenteous
peerless
stealthily
surfeited
provoke
scruple
predominance
indissoluble
incense
jovial
appall
amends

Tuesday, 2/12
Intro to Ren

Wednesday, 2/13
Mac Intro
(notes)

Thursday, 2/14
Mac Act I

Friday, 2/15
Act II
Voc Quiz
Mac Activity

Week of February 4

I can't tell you how cool I think your projects are!!! I am anxious to see the final presentations. :)

Monday, 2/4
Sr Mem Bk Chpt 3 due
Finish group presentations while watching "AKT"

Tuesday, 2/5
REMEMBER: Seniors do not have to report until 9:15! Sleep in and enjoy your morning. Classes are abbreviated.
Finalize group presentations while finishing "AKT"

Wednesday, 2/6
Final Activity (Group pres)

Thursday, 2/7
Arthurian Legends

Friday, 2/8
Sir Gawaine
JOURNALS DUE

Week of 1/28

AND Friday #2 off! :) We'll take it. I can double-time it to catch us up. No problem! ;)

Monday, 1/28
Define Unit 2
solicitous
estimable
discreet
disdainful
prevarication
vernacular
pilgrimage
adversary
prudent
gratify
deftly
parable
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
reprove
concede
disperse
arrogance
suffice
Read Canterbury Tales Prologue, part 1
SR MEM BK CHPT 2 DUE

Tuesday, 1/29
Canterbury Tales Prologue part 2

Wednesday, 1/30
Pardoner's Tale

Thursday, 1/31
Wife of Bath's Tale

Friday, 2/1
Voc 2 quiz
Arthurian legends

Week of 1/21

I told yall on the first day that I am a schedule person and I hate having to revise the calendar BUT I wouldn't mind doing it for snow days. Wellllll..... we got lucky! :) So we are a little off but no big deal. This week we will finish 1 and start 2.

Monday, 1/21
OFF

Tuesday, 1/22
SR MEM BK CHPT 1 DUE
Catch up to keep classes together-- 1st finish Grendels, study notes, 2nd TIME article, Grendels

Wednesday, 1/23
Vocab quiz, Unit 1 Test from Friday

Thursday, 1/24
Intro to Middle Ages

Friday, 1/25
Canterbury Tales Prologue
JOURNALS DUE!

Week of 1.14

I know we have barely gotten started, but we are finishing Unit 1 this week! It's a short one. The others are not as short. I feel like we have done really well here in the beginning of the semester and I am looking forward to several more months with you guys! :)

Monday, 1/14
Vocab words:
lament
forge
shroud
infamous
writhing
reparation
kenning
epic
admonish
rancor
flourish
blanch
expound
diligently
aspire
frivilous
wyrd
alliteration
allusion
symbolism
Beowulf Part 2

Tuesday, 1/15
Vocab presentations
Beowulf Part 3

Wednesday, 1/16
Exeter book

Thursday, 1/17
Hero final activity
TIME magazine article

Friday, 1/18
Vocab Quiz 1
Unit 1 Test

Welcome, Spring Semester Scholars!

Well, we are ready to kick off not only a new semester, but your LAST semester of high school!!! That has to feel really good. :) Be sure and notice the countdown clock on the main page of the blog... it won't be long now!  This first week we will do housekeeping type stuff then ease into Unit 1, The Hero. It's one of my favorite units (I love the discussions in this unit!) and I expect you to like Beowulf.

Tuesday, 1/8
Intro to Class

Wednesday, 1/9
Letter to Future Child
Personality Test

Thursday, 1/10
The Hero Introduction activities

Friday, 1/11
A-S notes
Beowulf