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Critical Thinking |
9th Grade Gifted
English |
9th Grade Honors
English |
AP English
Language
& Composition |
Advanced Reading
(7th Period) |
Monday
Nov. 2 |
Continue Kaplan SAT practice test |
Worksheet on mood in "The Wasteland" |
Character worksheet for Romeo & Juliet |
Reflection on
Walden homework; Dialectical analysis of 'Indispensible Opposition' excerpt (finish for HW) HW for Wed/Thur: Study the clouds while lying in the grass; 30 min. outdoor walk. |
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Tuesday
Nov.3 |
Continue Kaplan SAT practice test |
Character worksheet for Romeo & Juliet ;Personification worksheet for R & J |
Personification worksheet for R & J |
Lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz (FINALLY!!); distro Lesson 4 words
HW: Google search 10 new words in context and source them. |
Read Ehrenreich essay; vocabulary worksheet section 1 |
Wednesday
Nov. 4 |
Review practice SAT: Latin roots worksheet; Stephen King essay |
1-3-5 Block : Interim Assessments; personification worksheet |
1-3-5 Block
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1-3-5 Block
5th Period: Gary Yourofsky
presentation, incl. 3-column rhetorical analysis notes
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Thursday
Nov. 5 |
No Class: Block |
2-4-6 Block
Interim Assessments; personification worksheet |
2-4-6 Block
Interim Assessments;
Latin roots worksheet |
2-4-6 Block
Junior Credit Review. Per 6 Compare/contrast sentence combining :Duchamp's "Nude Descending Stairs" w/XJ Kennedy poem of the same name.
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Online CPT; vocabulary worksheet section2 |
Friday
Nov. 6 |
Manning's class begins column note taking for test 2 from new SAT prep book. |
Romeo & Juliet personification; House On Mango Street: describe the houses you've lived in. |
Compare/Contrast:
FCAT pkt Ch.5--complete for homework |
Rhetorical Analysis: Concluding paragraph for Littman response essay. P5 HW: rhetorical analysis of Yourofsky presentation |
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Critical Thinking |
9th Grade Gifted
English |
9th Grade Honors
English |
AP English
Language
& Composition |
Advanced Reading
(7th Period) |
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Oct. 26 |
Sentence Diagramming: Subjects,
Verbs, Objects & modifiers |
Finish & score Vocab. Lesson 1 Quiz & AF Test |
Sentence Diagramming |
Sentence Diagramming; "Black Stone on a White Stone" explication for tone/mood. HW: Diagram sentence from Walden |
No Class |
Tuesday
Oct. 27 |
Critical Reading of Garrett Hongo's "Kubota"; distribute Glencoe workbooks |
Sentence Diagramming |
Complete & turn in "American History" Worksheets & Homework |
"Once More to the Lake" by E.B. White, question 2: explicate 5 descriptive scenes from the essay |
Critical Reading of Garrett Hongo's "Kubota"; distribute Glencoe workbooks |
Wednesday
Oct. 28 |
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"Then & Now" exercise finally due. |
Lesson 3 vocabulary quiz |
No Class |
Thursday
Oct. 29 |
Begin Practice SAT |
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Pep rallies |
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Friday
Oct. 30 |
No Class |
No Class |
No Class |
No Class |
No Class |
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Critical Thinking |
9th Grade Gifted
English |
9th Grade Honors
English |
AP English
Language
& Composition |
Advanced Reading
(7th Period) |
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Oct. 12 |
Complete Kaplan Practice Test I |
Analyzing & Imitating Tone: Cambridge IB |
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Analyzing & Imitating Mood: Cambridge IB prompt |
No Class |
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Animal Farm Ch. 7 & 8 questions and analysis |
Grammar:
Punctuation End Marks |
P.5: "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" Column notes character analysis
P.6: SAT Critical Reading Practice |
Critical Reading with column notes: Douglass & Kingston |
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PSAT/SAT Practice: Passage-based questions/critical reading |
PSAT/SAT Practice: Passage-based questions/critical reading |
Reading/Discussion:
"Before the End of Summer"
"Goodnight, Willie Lee" |
Column Notes for excerpt from Walden: paraphrase & rhetorical analysis of syntax and figurative language |
No Class |
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Translate "Best American Comic by a French Artist" |
Translate "Best American Comic by a French Artist"
Vocab. Group Time
Animal Farm Ch. 9 & 10 |
Read "The Horned Toad", write obituary for the grandmother(Due Tuesday, 10/20) |
P.5:SAT Critical Reading Practice; Walden"Economy" |
Translate "Best American Comic by a French Artist"; Test 1, Sec. 2 (2009) SAT prep book |
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Review 'Best Comic' |
Review 'Best Comic'; begin presentations |
Review sample obits; first drafts in teams |
No 5th Period: Pep Rally! |
No Class |
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Critical Thinking |
9th Grade Gifted
English |
9th Grade Honors
English |
AP English
Language
& Composition |
Advanced Reading
(7th Period) |
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Oct. 19 |
No School: Teachers' Planning Day |
No School: Teachers' Planning Day |
No School: Teachers' Planning Day |
No School: Teachers' Planning Day |
No School: Teachers' Planning Day |
Tuesday
Oct. 20 |
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Finish presentations; Begin review of Animal Farm Chs. 9 & 10 |
Freshman Orientation PowerPoint |
'Lives of quiet desperation': the human cost of fast food; read and annotate the poems "Bus Stop" by Donald Justic, "The World Is Too Much With Us" by Wm. Wordsworth ; prepare to discuss relevance to themes in Walden. |
Complete sections 5 & 9 of test 1, complete SAT scoring |
Wednesday
Oct. 21 |
Review Kaplan SAT Critical Reading |
Second Period WRAP |
Complete obits; translate into poetry; using commas: edit letters |
"Clothing" from Walden: Students copy vocabulary and answer questions in class; Read poetry of Anne Bradstreet, p.78-79; take-home extra credit for students who have purchased and read Fast Food Nation FFN Walden Extra Credit Essay |
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Thursday
Oct. 22 |
Math Review of Kaplan SAT with Mrs. Manning |
Animal Farm Vocabulary Quiz |
"American History" (Glencoe Reader); Ms. Brako visits! HW: Complete reading worksheet pkt, take home green workbooks and return with them on Friday. |
CPT@MDC Wolfson; 5th period takes Lesson 3 Vocab. pretest; 2-column critical analysis of "Moving In"(Norman Rockwell) |
2-column critical analysis of "Moving In"(Norman Rockwell); 1 paragraph reflection "On Dumpster Diving" |
Friday
Oct. 23 |
Math Review of Kaplan SAT with Mrs. Manning |
Animal Farm Multiple Choice Final.Study Guide
here:Animal Farm Chapter VII to X Study Questions |
HW: Complete "Then and Now" 2-column notes on a life changing public event. Complete cause/effect worksheet on "American History" |
Complete2-column critical analysis of "Moving In"(Norman Rockwell); Thoreau's views on home ownership. |
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