Week of December 19 to December 23

English 11
Students will review grammar homework on Monday 12/19 with a parts of speech quiz on Tuesday 12/20. Students will begin working on subjects and predicates with corresponding worksheets to be done for homework.

Journalism
Students will work on Holiday/Police Report prompts and will submit the completed article on Thursday 12/22.

Honors English 10
Students will review infinitive worksheets on Monday 12/19 with a quiz to follow on Tuesday 12/20. Student will then begin working on appositive phrases with a brief quiz on Thursday 12/22. The comprehensive Phrase Test will be given on Friday 1/6.

SAT Prep
Students will continue working with writing activities in the SAT workbook.

Week of December 12 to December 16

English 11
Students will review vocabulary terms on Monday 12/12. Students will begin a review of parts of speech and parts of a sentence. Corresponding grammar worksheets will be given and should be completed within the next day. The vocabulary quiz for Lesson 7 will be Friday 12/16.

Journalism
Students will submit the individual film critique on Monday 12/12. Students will begin working on broadcast journalism terminology with a review on Wednesday 12/14 and a quiz on 12/15.

Honors English 10
Students will review vocabulary terms on Monday 12/12. Students will review gerunds/gerund phrases and will have a brief quiz on Tuesday 12/13. Grammar lessons will continue with infinitive phrases and will have corresponding worksheets. The vocabulary quiz for Lesson 6 will be Friday 12/16.

SAT Prep
Students will complete activities on writing improvement for the test's grammar and writing sections.

Week of December 5 to December 9

English 11
Students will submit Study Guides for the second half of Of Mice and Men on Monday 12/5. Vocabulary will be reviewed on Wednesday 12/7.

Journalism
Students will submit the Forrest Gump group critique on Wednesday 12/7, the independent entertainment review on 12/8 and the independent review on Friday 12/9.

Honors English 10
Students will work on participles and participial phrases and will complete a quiz on Participles/Participial Phrases on Wednesday 12/7. Vocabulary will be due Friday 12/9.

SAT Prep
Students will continue online assessments on reading comprehension.

Week of November 29 to December 2

English 11
Students will finish reading the final chapters for Of Mice and Men and will complete the corresponding Study Guide questions. The Vocabulary 6 quiz will be given on Friday 12/2.

Journalism
Students will continue working with critiques of artistic performances. Students will view a film in class and work in pairs to construct a critique; for homework students will choose a medium for an individual critique and review. The individual project must be approved by Thursday 12/1.

Honors English 10
Students will work on Phrases in class and will have corresponding worksheets that will be assigned specific deadlines in class- updates will follow on the blog. Vocabulary 5 quiz will be given on Friday 12/2. The final Film Casting Project will be due on Tuesday 12/6.

SAT Prep
Students will complete online assessments for Reading Comprehension. All work will be completed in class.

Week of November 21 to November 23

English 11
Students will review Study Guides 1-3 on Monday 11/21 and will have a quiz on Chapters 1-3 of Of Mice and Men on Tuesday 11/22.

Journalism
Students will take notes on Critiques of Entertainment and will chose a film for articles after the holiday break.

Honors English 10
Students will continue working on the Fahrenheit 451 film casting project and will submit the Lyrics in Literature Essay on Wednesday 11/23.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class. Students will review Chapter 7 Practice Quiz.  

Week of November 14 to November 18

English 11
Students will begin working on the novel Of Mice and Men and will be required to complete study guides 1 & 2 this week. Students must submit essay response to The Crucible on Wednesday 11/16.

Journalism
Students will submit the professional sports article Monday 11/14 and the high school sports article with interview on 11/15. Students will review typography terminology and will have a quiz on these terms on Thursday 11/17. Students will also have an in-class article review on Friday 11/18.

Honors English 10
Students will begin working of Prepositional and Participial Phrases with corresponding worksheets. Students will submit song lyrics and outlines for the Lyrics in Literature paper on Wednesday 11/16.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Week of November 7 to November 10

English 11
Students will view film adaptation of The Crucible. Vocab Quiz #5 will be given on Thurs. 11/10.

Journalism
Students will make a list of essential sports writing elements using Chapter 5 of the textbook and actual sports articles. Students will be responsible for drafting two sports articles: one covering a professional sporting event; the other covering a high school sporting event. The high school sporting event MUST include a prescheduled interview.

Honors English 10
Students will review vocab and grammar worksheets on Mon. 11/7. Students will have a quiz on Parts of a Sentence (subjects, predicates, complements, and objects) on Wed. 11/9. Vocab Quiz #4 will be given on Thurs. 11/10.

SAT Prep
Students will work on Chapter 7 of the SAT Writing Book and will finish all corresponding exercises. Practice Quiz #2 will be given next week.

Week of October 31 to November 4

English 11
Students will read Act IV of The Crucible in class and will complete the corresponding study guide as Homework due Monday 11/7. Vocabulary definitions for List #5 will be due Friday 11/4.

Journalism
Students will compete in an online game involving reporting and editing skills during class. A quiz on headlines, inverted pyramid style, and lead variation will be Friday 11/4.

Honors English 10
Students will be required to read Part Three of Fahrenheit 451 independently. During class students will focus on grammar and will have corresponding worksheets covering subjects, predicates, objects and complements. Vocabulary definitions and worksheets for List #4 will be due Friday 11/4.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class. A quiz on common mistakes on grammar and usage will be given Friday 11/4 and Monday 11/7.

Week of October 24 to October 28

English 11
Students will continue independent reading of Act III of The Crucible. Students are required to finish the reading by Thursday for a review of the Study Guide. A comprehensive test of Acts II and III will be given Friday 10/28. Vocabulary will not be due until the following week.

Honors English 10
Students will complete an in-class activity that will be finished as homework. Students are required to read half of Part Three of Fahrenheit 451 for the end of the week; periodic class discussions will occur. Vocabulary terms will be checked on Monday 10/24.

Journalism
Students will discuss leads, inverted pyramid style and headline writing for a quiz on Friday 10/28.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.  

Week of October 17 to October 21

English 11
Students will continue reading Act II of The Crucible and will be required to complete the corresponding study guide for Thursday 10/20. All work for Vocabulary Lesson 4 will also be due Thurs. 10/20.

Journalism
Students will begin Headline writing activities in class and will be required to submit all worksheets by Thursday 10/20. Students will also have a quiz on Leads, Inverted Pyramid and Headlines on the following week.

Honors English 10
Students will continue reading Fahrenheit 451 and will have periodic class discussions. Students will also be issued grammar books this week and will complete an overall review prior to working with objects and complements. All work for Vocabulary Lesson 3 will be due on Wednesday 10/19. Students will have an essay test on Part One of Fahrenheit 451 on Thursday 10/20.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Week of October 10 to October 14

English 11
Students will continue reading Act I of The Crucible and will have a quiz on Wed. 10/12. Study guides for Act II and reading assignments have been given in class. Students will also take Vocabulary 3 Quiz on Friday.

Journalism
Students will be required to complete worksheet activities on developing strong, varied leads. Students will then begin to work on inverted pyramid style writing.

Honors English 10
Students will read Fahrenheit 451 independently but must be prepared to discuss its content in class. Study guides and activities will be assigned in class. Students will finish Part One by the end of the Thursday and will have an assessment the following week. Students also have a quiz on Vocabulary 2 on Friday 10/14.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Week of October 3 to October 7

English 11
Students will begin reading Arthur Miller's play The Crucible. Corresponding study guides will be given and should be completed with the readings. Specific due dates for study guides will be given in class and will be posted on the Homework board; study guides carry a point value for completion and accuracy. Homework for Vocabulary List 3 will be due on Thursday 10/6.

Journalism
Students will outline Chapter 4 of the textbook and will complete a KWL chart. Obituaries are due on Wednesday 10/5 and must be typed! Obituaries will also include presentations to class on Wednesday. Students will then begin working on interview articles which will be due the following week.

Honors English 10
Students will review for the Unit 1 Test which will be administered on Wednesday 10/5. The test will cover The Monkey's Paw, The Lottery, Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket, Masque of the Red Death, and A Problem. Homework for Vocabulary List 2 will be due Thursday 10/6. Independent reading for Fahrenheit 451 will begin at the end of the week. Study guides for the novel will be distributed and will be checked for completion the following week.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class this week.

Week of September 26 to September 30

English 11
Students will complete a Test on all Unit 1 information Tuesday Sept. 28. A review game was done in advance and students have received review sheets. Students will be given study guides for the reading of Arthur Miller's The Crucible. Dates will vary for study guides due to multiple sections that follow the reading. Study guides will carry a point value and must be done for homework. The Vocabulary 2 quiz will be given on Friday Sept. 30.

Journalism
Students will review parts of a newspaper and will have a quiz to follow on Tuesday Sept. 27. Students will also begin focusing on obituaries and will be required to write two samples: a celebrity example will be due Friday Sept. 30 and an obituary about each student's own life will be due Tuesday Oct. 4.

Honors English 10
Students will continue reading pieces of the short story unit. New readings this piece will feature Anton Chekov's A Problem and Jack Finney's Contents of a Dead Man's Pockets. Students will submit a POV writing assignment pertaining to Masque of the Red Death on Tuesday Sept. 27. Vocabulary 1B Quiz will be given on Friday Sept. 30.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.  

Week of September 19 to September 24

English 11
Students will continue working on the first unit and will focus on examples of Puritan literature. As part of a class-reading students will also be required to compile a mini-journal that will be done in class and will carry a point value. All work for vocabulary list 2, including definitions and sentences, will be due Friday Sept. 23. Students may also receive homework assignments based upon their individual in-class reading - these assignments will be announced in class and will always be due the following day.

Journalism
Students will give mini-presentations that were postponed from the previous week on Monday prior to working on articles. Article #1 will be due Tuesday Sept. 20 and must meet the following requirements (approved topic, 3/4 pg length, typed, TNR 12pt., double-spaced). Students will have a quiz on Parts of a Newspaper and Copyediting Marks next week.

Honors English 10
Students will continue on the Short Stories Unit and will discuss The Lottery on Monday Sept. 19. Students will move to the Poe classic, Masque of the Red Death which will require them to complete a group storyboard in class and a one-page perspective paper due Friday Sept. 23. All work for vocabulary 1B will also be submitted on Friday.

SAT Prep
All work for this week will be completed during class time.

Week of September 12 to September 16

English 11
Students will take notes in class while reading pieces of Native American literature. Students will be assigned writing assignment which requires them to create their own Native American-style Origin Story (must be ONE FULL PAGE TYPED - Times New Roman 12 pt) due Wed. 9/21. Vocabulary #1 Quiz will be given on Friday 9/16.

Journalism
Students will take notes in class on the History of American Journalism and some prominent figures who have contributed to the field. A quiz on this information will be given Thurs. 9/15. Students will be assigned a free-topic article due Wed. 9/21 (must be 3/4 page TYPED - Times New Roman 12 pt).

Honors English 10
Literary Device examples will be submitted Mon. 9/12. Students will be given graphic organizers and other worksheets that coincide with in-class readings. All worksheets will be due the day after each is assigned. Vocabulary #1 definitions will be due Wed. 9/14 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 9/16. Students will also complete the Literary Device Quiz on Fri. 9/16.  

Week of September 6 to September 9

English 11

Students will read sections in the textbooks and take notes during class. Any notes not completed in class will become homework. This week's sections include the introductory section titled Beginnings to 1750, The Earth on Turtle's Back and When Grizzlies Walked Upright. Students will also take a Quiz on Literary Terms on Thurs. 9/8. Vocabulary #1 definitions and sentences will also be checked on this day.

Journalism

Students will be required to take outline the chapter on the History of American Journalism. After reviewing prominent figures in the history of journalism, students will choose a current figure to prepare a brief presentation due Fri. 9/9.

SAT Prep

Students will complete a quiz on literary terms this week. All other assignments will be completed in class.

Honors English 10

Students will complete a list of examples of specific Literary Terms. Vocabulary List #1 will be given on Friday and students will be required to complete the work for homework.  

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Week of August 29 to September 2

Welcome back!

During the first week of school, students are still becoming acclimated with classroom expectations and new daily procedures. Homework is limited this week; however, students will have some assignments. This amount will change as we progress throughout the year. Students in all classes will be asked to reply to another post (titled "POST HERE" on my Homework Helpline page before Tuesday Sept. 6 to ensure that all students have access to information posted on this resource. As far as the week is concern the class below should complete the following assignments:

English 11
Students will be required to take notes during class on common literary devices used in higher level thinking and analysis of literature. Students will have assignments which will be completed in class, but will also be expected to study these terms for a Quiz that will be held on Wed. Sept 7. This Friday also begins Lesson One of the vocabulary series. Students are given time in class to define the list of words and write sentences for each. Any work that is not completed in class will become homework.

Journalism
Students should bring in old issues of newspapers for an activity involving the 6 basic categories of news coverage. Students will also take notes on the What is News PowerPoint and should familiarize themselves with the terminology for a test TBA.

Honors English 10
All students are reminded to return Summer Reading novels.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class this week. 

Please check back for next week's announcements!

Week of May 2 to May 6

English 11
Students will continue reading Act V of Hamlet. Scene i on the study guides will be checked for a grade on Wednesday. Students are also responsible for the MLA outline which is due Thur. 5/5. Students will complete the entire study guide for Act V by Friday.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will review phrases and will have a test including participles, participial phrases, gerunds, gerund phrases, infinitives, infinitive phrases, and appositives on Thurs. 5/5. Vocabulary #27 will be due Wed. 5/4; however, there will not be a vocabulary quiz until the following week due to the Hershey field trip on Friday.

Journalism
Students must have filmed content completed for Thurs. 5/5. Digital editing will begin as each individual group finishes the package.

Week of 4/26 to 4/29

English 11
Students are currently focusing on two major projects: Shakespeare's Hamlet and the annual research paper. Dates and expectations for each are listed below.

Hamlet:
Study Guide (Act IV, scene v-vii) due Wed. 4/27. Act IV Quiz on Fri. 4/29.

Paper:
Source Cards with MLA citations (10-12) due Fri. 4/29. MLA Outline due Thurs. 5/5. Rough Draft (4 pgs, MLA formatted with Works Cited) due Tues. 5/10. Final draft paper (4-5 pgs, MLA formatted with Works Cited) due Fri. 5/20. All work must be submitted on the dates listed above. NO WORK will be awarded points if submitted late. NO EXCEPTIONS.

PSSA
All work will be completed during class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed during class.

English 8
Students will work with infinitives and review all forms of verbals (Participles, Participial Phrases, Gerunds, Gerund Phrases, Infinitives, Infinitive Phrases) with a test on Thurs. 4/28. Vocabulary 26 Quiz will be Fri. 4/29.

Journalism
Students must finish shooting all raw footage for broadcast news packages by Fri. 4/29 so that they may edit the content in the following week. Students will also be given terminology sheets pertinent to broadcast journalism with a test to follow.

Week of April 18 to April 21

English 11
Students will review study guide information for Act III of Hamlet and will have a quiz on the entire act on Tues. 4/19. Students will also be required to provide a thesis statement for their research papers on Tues. 4/19. Students will be given new study guides for Act IV and will be responsible for independent readings. Vocabulary will be due Wed. 4/20.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will complete last week's Vocabulary #25 quiz on Mon. 4/18. Students will continue working with phrases and verbals and will be given worksheets to complete for each type: participles, gerunds, infinitives. Vocabulary for Lesson #26 will not be due until Wednesday of the following week.

Journalism
Students will spend the week writing, filming and editing packages for a group broadcast journalism project. 

Week of April 11 to April 15

English 11
Students will be responsible for completing the Act III study guides. Scenes i and ii will be checked Wed. 4/13 and scenes iii and iv will be checked Fri. 4/15. This will also be the last week that students can complete research for the paper during class.

PSSA
All work will be completed during class.

SAT
All work will be completed during class.

English 8
Students will complete a test on adverbial or adjectival phrases on Tues. 4/12. Vocabulary notebooks will be due Wed. 4/13 with a test to follow on Fri. 4/15.

Journalism
Students will draft a script for news segments due Thurs. 4/14. Approved students will attend a field trip to WBRE on Friday.

Week of April 4 to April 8

English 11
Students will review Act II of Hamlet and will complete a test on the entire act on Wed. 4/6. Students will also be responsible for choosing a general and specific topic for the independent research paper.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will receive a grade for the creative writing preposition activity. Students will identify each of the prepositions as an adjective or adverb. Two separate grades will be given for the project. Vocabulary will be due Wed. 4/6 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 4/8.

Journalism
Students will complete the number analysis project for a grade. Another summary on perspective will be due at the end of the week.

Week of March 28 to April 1

English 11
Students will review characterization and plot development for Act I of Hamlet. A quiz will be given Wed. 3/30. Students will continue reading Act II. Vocabulary will not be due until the following week.


PSSA 12
All  work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will review conjunctions and adverbs for a quiz Tues. 3/29. After this quiz, students will work on prepositional phrases. Vocabulary 23 is also due on Wednesday with a quiz to follow on Fri. 4/1.

Journalism
Students will work on the third edition of the Spartan Spectrum and will discuss ideas for the broadcast journalism project.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Week of February 28 to March 4

English 11
Students will continue working with Clauses. Packet #1 will be due Mon. 2/28. Packet #2 will be due Tues. 3/1. A comprehensive review will given on all clause types Wed. with a Test to follow on Thurs. 3/2. Vocabulary 10 will be checked on Wed. with a Quiz to follow on Fri. 3/4.
***Senior Project Proposals are due Friday, March 4.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will review on Monday and will have a Test on Verb Tense Tues. 3/1. Vocabulary #20 will be checked in notebooks on Wed. 3/2 with a quiz to follow Fri. 3/4.

Journalism
Students will finish the paper dummy layout which will be submitted Wed. 3/2 and will begin working with digital formatting. The investigative journalism final project with research articles is due Fri. 3/4.

Week of February 22 to February 25

English 11
Students will review phrases for a quiz on Wed. 2/23. Students should use books (Chapters 2 & 3) as well as handouts to study for the assessment. Students will then continue with clauses. Vocabulary will not be checked until Wed. 3/2 with a quiz to follow that Friday.

PSSA
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will complete Quizlet #2 of irregular verbs on Tues. 2/22. Vocabulary 18 will be checked in notebooks and graded for a point value Wed. 2/23. Quizlet #3 covering irregular verbs "Make" to "Win" on the chart on page 126 of the book on Thurs. 2/24. The Vocabulary 18 Quiz will be given Fri. 2/25. A test on tenses (Simple, Perfect, Progressive, Perfect Progressive) will be given next week.

Journalism
Students will submit rough drafts of their investigative article Wed. 2/23 and will submit the final journal on this day as well. The final copy of the article will be due on Fri. 3/4. In class, students will be working on dummy layouts for newspapers.  

Week of February 7 to February 11

English 11
Students will complete a comprehensive Test on the parts of speech on Mon. 2/7. Vocabulary notebooks will be checked for a grade on Wed. 2/9 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 2/11. During the week students will work on parts of a sentence and will have corresponding homework sheets every day.

PSSA 12
All work will be completed in class.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

English 8
Students will complete a quiz on the first section of the Verb Unit on Mon. 2/7. Students will work on Tense during the week and will have corresponding homework sheets to practice conjugation. Vocabulary notebooks and worksheets will be checked for a grade on Wed. 2/9 with a quiz to follow on Fri. 2/11.

Journalism
Students will work on nonfiction writing techniques and strategies. Journals are due Fri. 2/11 and students should begin working on a concrete outline for the article. 1st and 2nd MP students will work on Newsweek or USA Today articles while new students receive information on historical figures and events in the progression of American Journalism; these summary reviews will also be due Fri. 2/11.

Week of January 31 to February 4

English 11 - There will be a review of all parts of speech worksheets and a general review of material prior to the test. A test covering all functions of the eight parts of speech will be held on Wed. 2/2. Students will begin working on parts of the sentence on Thurs. and Fri. and will have corresponding worksheets and activities on these days.

PSSA - Students will continue a review of literary terms and will have a quiz on Wed. 2/2.

English 8 - Students will review Verb packets to determine correct usage and will play a review game on Tuesday. A verb test on action, linking, and helping verb phrases will be given Wed. 2/2. The weekly vocabulary quiz on Lesson #16 will be held Friday 2/4.

Journalism - Students will begin article research for investigative project that will be due at a later time. Journal entries for Week #2 will be reviewed on Friday 2/4 and will be awarded point value.

SAT Prep - No homework.

Week of January 18 to January 21

English 11
Students will begin working on a review of parts of speech and parts of sentences before working with clauses and phrases. Students will be required to bring grammar texts for the next month.

PSSA
Students will begin working with Literary Terminology and will be required to take accurate notes for a an assessment in the following week.

English 8
Students will begin working on the verb unit and will complete a series of classroom activities to help better understand action, linking and auxiliary verbs and verb phrases. Students will also be completing the Vocabulary 15 quiz on Fri. 1/21.

Journalism
Students will be required to complete a Newsweek article summary/review while new students are integrated to the course. The class will then begin working on investigative journalism and immersion writing basics.