Week of December 1 to December 4

Honors English 10
Students will finish the final three readings of Fahrenheit 451; class discussions will coincide with each reading and the final study guide will be due on Monday 12/7. Homework for the vocabulary list will be due on Wednesday 12/2. Students should also continue working on the group Propaganda project that will be submitted on 12/14. This week students will also be assigned an independent writing project involving characterization and a parallel text, also due on 12/14. The final test on Fahrenheit 451 will be given on Monday 12/7.

Honors English 12
Students will finish reading Act III of Macbeth but will not take a test until after the completion of Act IV's reading. The combined tests will be given on Friday 12/11.

Advanced Writing
Students will submit a final piece for the November novel sessions and will begin on Poetry. Students must complete two examples of found poetry; one example will be constructed from a page given to students while the second can be derived from a page of their choice. Both submissions will be due on Friday 12/4.

Practical Literature 10
Students will begin the unit on Shakespeare and dramatic tragedy. After an introduction on William Shakespeare, students will begin reading Julius Caesar. Study guides for Act I will be due on Monday 12/7.

Practical English 10
Students will continue working on Keys 5-10 in the Keystone prep book in preparation for the Keystone exams on 12/9 and 12/10. Students are also responsible to continue working on the research paper. Requirements of MLA standards of writing will be covered on Wednesday 12/2. Students will be given the opportunity throughout December to write the research paper.

Week of November 16 to November 20

Honors English 10
Students will continue reading Fahrenheit 451 throughout the week. Readings will occur on Monday (71-80), Tuesday (80-93), and Wednesday (93-End of Part II). Students will also be responsible for a Vocabulary Quiz on Friday 11/20.

Honors English 12
Students will complete a quiz on Macbeth Act I on Monday 11/16, and a quiz on Poetry terminology on Tuesday 11/17. Students will continue reading Act II of Macbeth by Thursday. Vocabulary homework for lessons 3&6 will be due Friday 11/20.

Advanced Writing
Students will submit another excerpt of the novel project by Thursday 11/19.

Practical Literature 10
Students must complete and submit the Fahrenheit 451 Film Casting project by Friday 11/20. The final quiz on Part III will be given on Friday 11/20.

Practical English 10
Students will begin compiling resources for the research project. Students must have at least 8 media sources and one print source approved by Thursday 11/19.

Week of November 2 to November 6

Honors English 10
Students will discuss readings for Part One of Fahrenheit 451. Students will also be responsible for completing an assignment for paradoxes that will also coincide with the Part One readings. Homework for vocabulary will be due on Friday 11/6.

Honors English 12
Students will continue working on the Epic Poetry: Hero's Journey project that will be due on Tuesday 11/10. Students will also be responsible for vocabulary homework on Friday 11/6.

Advanced Writing
Students will continue working exclusively on the NaNoWriMo novel project. Students should be prepared to present updated work daily.

Practical Literature 10
Students will continue reading Fahrenheit 451. Part One will be completed on Tuesday 11/3. Students will review study guide questions and will complete a quiz on Wednesday 11/4. Reading of Part Two will continue in class immediately following the Quiz.

Practical English 10
Students will continue developing research for the upcoming paper. Completed thesis statements must be submitted on Friday 11/6.