Thursday, October 25, 2012

Week of October 29, 2012
11th Academic English
This week we'll finish reading and discussing Arthur Miller's play, The Crucible.  We will read together and discuss Act IV on Monday.  On Tuesday you will take the Act IV quiz.  Wednesday, you will take a test on the entire play and we will begin watching the film version of this play.  On Thursday, we'll have a guest speaker join us from McCann's School of Business and Technology.  On Friday we will continue to view the film.

12th Academic English
This week we'll begin to work with Chaucer's masterpiece, The Canterbury Tales.  On Monday you will read and outline "Prepare to Read/A Closer Look," pp. 90-93 in the literature anthology.  Beginning Tuesady and continuing through the end of the week, you will work on group project centered on "The Prologue," pp. 94-115.  Groups will be assigned and will work on presentations centered on teaching about Chaucer's pilgrims found in The Prologue.  On Thursday, we'll have a guest speaker join us from McCann's School of Business and Technology.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Week of October 22, 2012
11th Academic English
We'll continue our study of Arthur Miller's The Crucible.  Monday we will begin to read together and discuss Act III.  On Wednesday, you will take a quiz on Act III.  Thursday is ASVAB Testing.  On Friday, you will take Vocabulary Quiz #4, will turn in Newsweek summary #3 and will begin work on Vocabulary List #5.  Don't forget that your Crucible research project is due on Tuesday, October 23rd!  That date was moved from Monday, October 22nd.

12th Academic English
We'll continue viewing the film Becket this week.  You should remember to take notes to help you answer the essay test due after we finish watching the film.  Right now, I'm projecting that we will finish the film on Wednesday, so your essay test is due on Thursday, October 25th.  Should the film run longer than that, the essay test will be due the day after we finish viewing the film.  On Friday, you will take Vocabulary Quiz #4, will turn in Newsweek summary #3 and will begin work on Vocabulary List #5.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Week of October 15, 2012
11th Academic English
This week we'll continue our work with The Crucible.  On Monday you'll hand in your bibliography/note cards for the project, then we'll read and discuss Act II of the play.  On Tuesday, you'll hand in your map/outline for the project, we'll finish discussing Act II and you will take the Act II quiz.  On Wednesday, you will take a test on Acts I and II, then will begin working on the Act III Study Guide.   Don't forget that the final part of the project, the actual writing, is due on Monday, October 22nd!!!

12th Academic English
This week we'll finish our study of Arthurian legend.  On Monday and into Tuesday we'll read together and discuss "Morte d'Arthur," pp. 176-184.  Tuesday into Wednesday, you should finish your "IF/THEN" worksheet for Arthurian legend.  On Wednesday you'll take a test on both Beowulf and Arthurian legend.  After the test, we'll begin viewing the film Becket.  You will receive an essay test prompt to help you focus your note-taking on this film.  We'll continue viewing the film through the end of the week.

Friday, October 5, 2012

Week of October 8, 2012
11th Academic English
Well, we got a little behind last week, so this week we'll finish our work with Act I of The Crucible.  You'll have a quiz on the Act I study guide on Wednesday.  You will begin work with Act II on Wednesday and will continue work on that on Friday.  On Thursday of this week you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #3 and will begin work on list #4.  You'll also turn in Newsweek summary #2 on Thursday.

12th Academic English
On Tuesday, we'll discuss "Sir Gawain and The Green Knight," pp. 162-175.  We'll look at how society is changing, what values are important to society as seen through this literature, and how these changes compare to what we've learned from studying Beowulf.  On Wednesday we'll begin work with "Morte d'Arthur," pp. 176-184.  Again, we'll look at society through this literature.  On Thursday you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #3 and will begin work on list #4.  Don't forget that Newsweek summary #2 is also due on Thursday.