Class Calendar for Pre AP English II
November 30, 2009-December 18, 2009
Weeks 6-9
12 more class days until your Winter Break!!!!!
Monday, 11.30.09
Turn in bell ringers
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Brutus to Cassius and include thoughts, details, events, etc. Homework- it will be checked tomorrow
Shakespeare Video
Tuesday, 12.1.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Brutus to Julius Caesar include thoughts, details, events.
Update study packet- Notes
Quiz Act I/II Part II- Tragedy Notes, Character and Conflict, Act I and II, Literary Devices (Extra Credit), Sentence Types, Phrases, Adverbs, Adjectives, Nouns. No short answer question on this quiz. ☺
Wednesday, 12.2.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Brutus to Antony….
Read Act III (page 93-137)
Update study packet questions/notes
Thursday, 12.3.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Portia to Calpurnia…..
Finish Act III
Friday, 12.4.09
Grammar Practice
TAKS Practice
Eligibility- 6 week cut-off
Monday, 12.7.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Antony to Brutus….
Start Act IV
Update study packet/Notes
Tuesday, 12.8.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Antony to Cassius….
Finish Act IV/Notes
Wednesday, 12.9.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page personal letter from Antony to Caesar…..
Act V
Thursday, 12.10.09
Bell ringer: Write a one page letter from Antony to Octavius….
Quiz on JC Acts III, IV, V (Test Grade) William Shakespeare, Acts III, IV, V, JC/Shakespeare Packet, and a short answer. You will not be able to use your book for the short answer question…know your quotes!
Friday, 12. 11. 09
JC Projects Due
TAKS or AP Practice
Monday, 12. 14.09
Bell ringers due
Work on Exam Review
Tuesday, 12.15.09
AP test Practice
Wednesday, 12.16.07
Exams: 1st, 2nd, 7th
Thursday, 12.17.09
Exams: 3rd, 4th
Friday, 12.18.09
Exams 5th, 6th
UPCOMING SCHEDULE:
F451-Read and annotate by Jan. 7th! Bring book on Jan. 8th
Argumentative Research Paper
Monday, November 30, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9
Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato
Weeks 5-9 November 18th-December 18th
Thursday, November 19th
Grade warm-ups
Dialectical Journals due!
Finish Video and taking notes
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Friday, November 20th
(5th Period- Finish video before
test)
Open-note test over Shakespeare Video
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Monday, November 23rd
Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14th)
Intro Question for JC
Group Activity-Friendship
Tuesday, November 24th
Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)
Finish Group Activity
Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!
Monday, November 30th
Utopia
Tuesday, December 1st
Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies
Background on JC
Begin reading Act I pg 7-45
Fill in your study guide as we read
Wednesday, December 2nd
Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B
Continue reading Act I
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework
Thursday, December 3rd
Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies
Act I Post Reading Figurative Language
Begin Act II pg 49-89
Fill in your study guide as we read
Friday, December 4th
Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B
Finish Act II
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework
Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period
Monday, December 7th
Quiz over Acts I, II
Warm-ups due
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.
Tuesday, December 8th
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc
Read Act III
Fill in your study packet as we read
Wednesday, December 9th
Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read
Thursday, December 10th
Reading Practice Practice 4
Begin Watching Acts 1-3
Friday, December 11th
Reading Practice 5
Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5
Monday, December 14th
Finish Video and begin review
Project Due
Tuesday, December 15th
Continue Review
Wednesday, December 16th
Exams 1st, 2nd, 7th
Thursday, December 17th
Exams 3rd, 4th
Friday, December 18th
Exams 5th, 6th
Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!
Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9
Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato
Weeks 5-9 November 18th-December 18th
Thursday, November 19th
Grade warm-ups
Dialectical Journals due!
Finish Video and taking notes
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Friday, November 20th
(5th Period- Finish video before
test)
Open-note test over Shakespeare Video
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Monday, November 23rd
Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14th)
Intro Question for JC
Group Activity-Friendship
Tuesday, November 24th
Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)
Finish Group Activity
Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!
Monday, November 30th
Utopia
Tuesday, December 1st
Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies
Background on JC
Begin reading Act I pg 7-45
Fill in your study guide as we read
Wednesday, December 2nd
Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B
Continue reading Act I
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework
Thursday, December 3rd
Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies
Act I Post Reading Figurative Language
Begin Act II pg 49-89
Fill in your study guide as we read
Friday, December 4th
Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B
Finish Act II
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework
Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period
Monday, December 7th
Quiz over Acts I, II
Warm-ups due
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.
Tuesday, December 8th
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc
Read Act III
Fill in your study packet as we read
Wednesday, December 9th
Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read
Thursday, December 10th
Reading Practice Practice 4
Begin Watching Acts 1-3
Friday, December 11th
Reading Practice 5
Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5
Monday, December 14th
Finish Video and begin review
Project Due
Tuesday, December 15th
Continue Review
Wednesday, December 16th
Exams 1st, 2nd, 7th
Thursday, December 17th
Exams 3rd, 4th
Friday, December 18th
Exams 5th, 6th
Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!
Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9
Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato
Weeks 5-9 November 18th-December 18th
Thursday, November 19th
Grade warm-ups
Dialectical Journals due!
Finish Video and taking notes
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Friday, November 20th
(5th Period- Finish video before
test)
Open-note test over Shakespeare Video
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Monday, November 23rd
Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14th)
Intro Question for JC
Group Activity-Friendship
Tuesday, November 24th
Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)
Finish Group Activity
Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!
Monday, November 30th
Utopia
Tuesday, December 1st
Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies
Background on JC
Begin reading Act I pg 7-45
Fill in your study guide as we read
Wednesday, December 2nd
Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B
Continue reading Act I
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework
Thursday, December 3rd
Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies
Act I Post Reading Figurative Language
Begin Act II pg 49-89
Fill in your study guide as we read
Friday, December 4th
Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B
Finish Act II
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework
Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period
Monday, December 7th
Quiz over Acts I, II
Warm-ups due
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.
Tuesday, December 8th
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc
Read Act III
Fill in your study packet as we read
Wednesday, December 9th
Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read
Thursday, December 10th
Reading Practice Practice 4
Begin Watching Acts 1-3
Friday, December 11th
Reading Practice 5
Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5
Monday, December 14th
Finish Video and begin review
Project Due
Tuesday, December 15th
Continue Review
Wednesday, December 16th
Exams 1st, 2nd, 7th
Thursday, December 17th
Exams 3rd, 4th
Friday, December 18th
Exams 5th, 6th
Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!
Reg. Calendar Weeks 6-9
Class Calendar for English II- Spampinato
Weeks 5-9 November 18th-December 18th
Thursday, November 19th
Grade warm-ups
Dialectical Journals due!
Finish Video and taking notes
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Friday, November 20th
(5th Period- Finish video before
test)
Open-note test over Shakespeare Video
Intro question for Julius Caesar
Monday, November 23rd
Hand out project for Julius Caesar (Due Monday, December 14th)
Intro Question for JC
Group Activity-Friendship
Tuesday, November 24th
Intro question for JC (ALL due today before you leave for break)
Finish Group Activity
Wed. ,Thurs., Fri.- Enjoy your Thankgiving Break! Be safe and eat lots of turkey!
Monday, November 30th
Utopia
Tuesday, December 1st
Warm-up- Orange pg 13 Write and label the adjective and word it modifies
Background on JC
Begin reading Act I pg 7-45
Fill in your study guide as we read
Wednesday, December 2nd
Warm-up Orange pg 15 Part A and B
Continue reading Act I
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit Practice I for Homework
Thursday, December 3rd
Warm-up Orange pg 16 Write and label the adverb and word it modifies
Act I Post Reading Figurative Language
Begin Act II pg 49-89
Fill in your study guide as we read
Friday, December 4th
Warm-up Orange pg 17 part B
Finish Act II
Fill in your study guide as we read
Revise and Edit 2 and Reading Practice 3 Homework
Eligibility Six Week Cut-off period
Monday, December 7th
Quiz over Acts I, II
Warm-ups due
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Cassius include thoughts, details, events, etc.
Tuesday, December 8th
Write a ½ page letter from Brutus to Caesar include thoughts, details, events, etc
Read Act III
Fill in your study packet as we read
Wednesday, December 9th
Finish Act III and fill in study packet as we read
Thursday, December 10th
Reading Practice Practice 4
Begin Watching Acts 1-3
Friday, December 11th
Reading Practice 5
Finish watching 1-3 and begin 4/5
Monday, December 14th
Finish Video and begin review
Project Due
Tuesday, December 15th
Continue Review
Wednesday, December 16th
Exams 1st, 2nd, 7th
Thursday, December 17th
Exams 3rd, 4th
Friday, December 18th
Exams 5th, 6th
Have a wonderful winter break!!! Be safe!
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Lord of the Flies Rev. Sheet
1. What is the scar and what caused it?
2. How do Ralph and Piggy solve the problem of organizing the survivors?
3. How does Ralph change as a leader throughout the novel?
4. What is the significance of the glasses to Piggy and to the group?
5. How do Jack and his tribe kill the pig? What does this foreshadow?
6. What is essential to the survival of this group of kids?
7. Give examples of when Jack shows his power.
8. In Chapter 5, why do you think things are "breaking up"?
9. How does Piggy change after Jack leaves the group?
10. Who is the Lord of the Flies?
11. What is the beast?
12. Why do the boys kill Simon?
13. How do Ralph, Piggy, Simon, and Samneric deal with their consequences?
14. How does Jack's leadership style differ from Ralph's?
15. What sacrificial offering does Jack's group make to the beast?
16. What is ironic about Piggy's question, "What more can Jack do?"
17. How is Piggy killed?
18. What does the shattering of the conch symbolize?
19. Why does Jack start the whole area on fire? How did this plan backfire on Jack?
20. What is the "better show" the Navy officer thought the British boys should have made?
21. What is ironic about the comment "fun and games"?
22. Why does Ralph cry at the end of the book?
23. Discuss the use of nature in the novel, showing how it foreshadows what will happen, how it works against man, and how it parallels emotional states.
24. How does Golding let us know they are becoming more and more savage?
25. Compare Piggy and Simon as doomed heroes.
26. Theme or themes of the novel.
27. Be able to identify symbols and their meanings.
28. Know the characters: Piggy, Simon, Ralph, and Jack.
29. How does the setting of the story enhance the mood?
There will be a few questions over the grammar from the warm-ups and over literary terms...from your flip-book.
Monday, November 2, 2009
Revised Calendar for Pre AP
Monday, Nov. 2nd
Dialectical Journal re-do due
Bellringers due
Utopia to work on V/Exodus and student led discussion
Tuesday, Nov. 3rd
Student Led discussion over V/Exodus
Wednesday, Nov. 4th
Quiz #3 pg. 230-245
Thursday, Nov. 5th
Bellringer- Phrases
Shakespeare Video/Cornell Notes
Friday, Nov. 6th
Bellringer-Phrases
Shakespeare Video/Cornell Notes
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