Tuesday 08/28/2012 Plan for the day:

Finish going over syllabus/ “get to know you” activity

Begin discussing college essay

Remember: Supplies and

signature sheet due by Friday!

College essay topic due Tuesday!

Wednesday 8/29/2012

Plan for the day: Journal: Showing

and not telling writing

Continue discussing college essay

Remember: Supplies and

signature sheet due by Friday!

College essay topic due Tuesday!

Journal 8/29/2012Using the sentence “That

dog is ugly” describe the dog using the 5 senses (taste– this might be hard, touch, smell, hear, see) and you may not use the word ugly.

6-8 sentences.

Thursday 8/30/2012

Plan for the day: Pre-writing

sentence stubs Continue

discussing college essay

Remember: Supplies and

signature sheet due by Friday!

College essay topic due Tuesday!

Friday 8/31/2012

Plan for the day: Lit terms Continue

discussing college essay

Intro

Remember: Supplies and

signature sheet due by Friday!

College essay topic due Tuesday!

Tuesday 09/04/2012

Plan for the day: Check your topics

with me Hand-write rough

draft!

Remember: First typed RD

due Thursday!

Wednesday 09/05/2012

Plan for the day: Finish

conferencing with essay

Discuss the use of voice

Remember: First typed RD

due Thursday!

Thursday 09/06/2012

Plan for the day: Picture day…

strike a really cheesy pose.

Peer edit 1st typed draft!Get out your

typed draft and a PEN

Remember: 2nd typed RD

due Tuesday!

FRIDAY! 09/07/2012

Plan for the day: Go over lit terms

quiz Read “Story of an

Hour”Highlight for lit

terms and answer questions

Remember: 2nd typed RD

due Tuesday!

Write out lit terms for +10 points on quiz

Monday 09/10/2012Plan for the day:

Turn in quiz corrections

Check annotations for “Story of an Hour”

Discuss “SOAH”

Remember: 2nd typed RD due

Wednesday! FINAL COPY

DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too)

Short Story Test Thursday!

Tuesday 09/10/2012Plan for the day:

Journal Read “The Demon

Lover” pg. 1230 Turnitin.com Answer questions

Remember: 2nd typed RD due

Wednesday! FINAL COPY

DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too)

Short Story Test Thursday!

Journal 9/11/2012What is the scariest movie you

have ever seen? What made it scary? Has your fear of it lessened over

time or does it still terrify you?6-8 sentences

Turnitin.com1st period: 5428637 PW: first2nd period: 5428770 PW: second3rd period: 5428775 PW: third5th period: 5428786 PW: fifth6th period: 5429196 PW: sixth 7th period: 5429203 PW: seventh

Wednesday 09/12/2012Plan for the day:

Get out your 2nd draftPen, 2

highlighters or markers

Remember: FINAL COPY of

College Essay DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too)

Short Story Test Friday!

Thursday 09/13/2012Plan for the day:

Journal Complete DL

questions Discuss short

story “The Demon Lover”

Remember: FINAL COPY of

College Essay DUE FRIDAY (upload to turnitin.com too)

Short Story Test Friday!

Journal

Scary books exist, but since they are words and not visual it is harder for them to create the “jump effect”. How does a film maker create this feeling? How does a writer create this feeling in his

work?

FRIday! 09/14/2012Plan for the day:

Turn in College essayHave all your

drafts stapled together. Final draft on top

Short Story TestGrab a

scantron!

Remember: Have a lovely

weekend!

Monday 09/17/2012Plan for the day:

Vocab Begin Anglo-

Saxon/ Epic Hero notes

Remember: Vocab check

Wednesday Reading/ Vocab

quiz Friday

Vocab- definition, use in a sentence, 1 synonym

EncroachingAccoutrementMeadLamentationBelies

UnscathedGluttonousRepertoryFettersDisparagement

Tuesday 09/18/2012Plan for the day:

Portfolio exchangeBe quiet and quick: 11th

grade teachers have test to give!

Finish Anglo-Saxon/ Epic Hero notes

Last 5= turnitin.com

Remember: Vocab check

Wednesday Reading/ Vocab

quiz Friday

Wednesday 09/19/2012Plan for the day:

HAPPY WODENSDAY! Check vocab Beowulf intro Begin reading Beowulf Last 5= turnitin.com

Remember: Notes/ Vocab

quiz Friday

Beowulf Vocab #1 Encroaching- To take another's possessions or rights gradually or stealthily Accoutrement- the equipment, excluding weapons and clothing, of a

soldier Mead- an alcoholic liquor made by fermenting honey and water Lamentation-the act of expressing grief Belies- To show to be false Unscathed- unharmed; uninjured Gluttonous- tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious. Repertory- a store or stock of things available. Fetters- a chain or shackle placed on the feet Disparagement-something that derogates or casts in a bad light, as a

remark or censorious essay