Monday, February 27, 2012

Week of February 27 to March 2

English 11
Students will submit outlines on Monday 2/27 and will have to finish worksheets on participial phrases that will also be submitted for a point value. Vocabulary Quiz 11 will be given on Tuesday 2/28. Rough drafts of the research paper will be due at the end of class on Friday 3/2.

Honors English 10
Students will finish To Kill a Mockingbird on Tuesday 2/28 and will have a brief quiz about the last chapters. Students will also complete the Vocabulary 9 quiz on Tuesday. Review of the final chapters will occur during the week and a comprehensive test will be held on Friday 3/2.

SAT Prep
Students will continue working on exercises involving common grammatical mistakes. All work will be completed in class.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Week of February 21 to February 24

English 11
Students will submit Vocabulary homework on Tuesday 2/21. The second round of note cards and bibliography source cards will be due Wednesday 2/22. Students will work on Participial Phrases for the first half of the week and will be given worksheets to complete in class; any incomplete class assignment will become homework for the following day. Students will be working on an MLA style sentence outline for the research project. The finished version will be due Monday 2/27. Vocabulary quizzes will be given Friday 2/24.

Honors English 10
Students will submit Vocabulary homework on Tuesday 2/21. Vocabulary quizzes will be moved into the following week. Students are responsible for reading Chapters 23-26 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Thursday 2/23 and should be prepared to participate in a brief assessment and open class discussion. The remaining chapters of the book will be due on Tuesday 2/28.

SAT Prep
Students will be completing SAT workbook activities on identifying and correcting common grammatical errors. All work will be completed in class.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Week of February 13 to February 16

English 11
The first set of bibliography/citation cards will be due Monday 2/13 along with prepositional phrase worksheets. Students will continue independent research for their papers and will continue in-class reviews of phrases. An adjective/adverb phrase quiz will be given Thursday 2/16. Vocabulary homework will be checked on Tuesday 2/21.

Honors English 10
To Kill a Mockingbird reading assignments are as follows: Chapters 16-19 (pg. 155-199) will be due Tuesday 2/14, Chapters 20-22 (pg. 199-217) by Thursday 2/16, Chapters 23-26 (pg. 217-247) by Thursday 2/23, Chapters 27-31 (pg. 247-281) by Tuesday 2/28. Vocabulary homework for lesson 9 will be due Tuesday 2/21.

SAT Prep
Students will be taking practice quizzes on grammar review: complements and phrases.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Week of February 6 to February 10

English 11
Students will work on research note cards. First set of 10 sources will be due Monday 2/13. Vocabulary will be checked on Monday with a quiz to follow on Friday 2/10.

Honors English 10
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Monday 2/6 with a quiz to follow on Friday 2/10. An essay test on the first part of To Kill a Mockingbird on Monday 2/6. Reading assignments are as follows: Chapters 12-15 and notes due by Thursday. Chapters 16-18 due by Monday 2/13.

SAT Prep
Students will continue grammar review. All work will be completed in class.