Wednesday, March 4, National Grammar Day!

Warmup: Review words for vocabulary quiz
Vocab quiz 9
Word of the Day:
4/6 precocious and pretentious
5 license
Worksheet for The Pearl

Homework: Read The Pearl Chapter 4 and do worksheet questions

Monday, March 2

Roots: phob (fear), phon (sound)
Word of the day: paradigm, all classes
Finish essays


Homework: Read Chapters 2 and 3 of the Pearl
Study for vocabulary quiz
4/6: ostentatious, perfidious, objective, subjective, pernicious, paradigm
5: incorporate, integrate, objective, subjective, interpret, paradigm

February 26

Discuss The Pearl Chapter 1
Word of the Day: Pernicious (4/6), interpret (5)
Edit PE essay drafts
Write a persuasive essay in class:
I think cursive should be taught in school
OR
I do not think cursive should be taught any longer

Pick one topic and include a couterargument.

No Homework.

Tuesday, February 24

Collect essays
Review homework
Reread two articles and discuss
Persuasive essay
Word of the day: objective and subjective all classes

Homework: Read chapter 1 of The Pearl and do worksheet
PE essay drafts due Thursday

Friday, February 20

Warmup: Read article B and take notes
Discuss sentence patterns
Steinbeck intro
4/6 final summaries; collect books; write summary in class
Word of the Day: perfidious (4/6)integrate (5)
Articles A and B reread and discuss

Homework:Final draft of essays due Tuesday 24th
PE essay drafts due next Thursday 26th
All late work and absent work must be in at the end of day Tuesday, 24th
Sentence Variety pattern: due next class:
Write a one-paragraph story, fiction or nonfiction, any topic
Start sentences like this:
1. start with a prepositional phrase
2.start with an adverb clause
3 Start with an infinitive
4. Put an adjective clause in the sentence
5.Put an appositive in your sentence
6. Start sentence with a participle or participial phrase
7. Use a gerund in the sentence (ing word that is a noun)

These are all different sentences. Each one will be constructed differently according to the instructions.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Warmup- Roots peri (around), ped/pod (foot)
Edit essay drafts
Begin persuasive essay
Word of the Day quiz
New word of the day: ostentatious (4/6), incorporate (5)

Homework:
4 and 6: Finish books and write summary
All: Final draft of essay (typed) or in ink (5th period only) due Feb. 24.

PE essays due on the 26th in English class (drafts only) for editing: They will be worth points and cannot be handed in late. The drafts must be here for editing in English class on the 26th!

Friday, Feb. 13

Warmup: Holt Handbook page 383 exercise 9
Word: opulent (4/6), incident and incidence (5)
Review clauses homework
Reports - 4 and 6
Essays (finish draft) events or people who have affected me

Homework: 4 and 6 - reading 9 and summary
Study for Vocab - everyone
4/6: mundane, integrity, intrepid, longevity, nonchalant, opulent
5: fundamental, illustrate, impact, imply and infer, incentive incident and incidence

Friday, Feb. 6

Warmup: Roots ortho, pater, patho
Early book projects due for 5 extra points.
Review homework
Finish essay in class
Grab bag
Word of the day: mundane (4/6), imply and infer (5)
Homework:
4/6: Reading #7 and summaries AND Holt Handbook page 125 A odds only
5: Holt Handbook page 125-126 A and B Odds only

Wednesday, Feb. 4

Warmup- clauses page 112 A 1-10
Discuss clauses
In class essay - begin: Topic:" My Three Favorite Movies or TV shows or Places I Have Visited (Choose one topic)
Word of the day: Longevity (4/6), impact (5)
Build a sentence: Sample in class

Homework: Build a sentence using the one we do in class as a sample:

Nancy gave
Add a direct object
Add an indirect object
Add a prepositional phrase
Add an adverb
Add an appositive or appositive phrase
Add an infinitive or infinitive phrase
Add a participle or participial phrase

Monday, February 2

Warmup: Holt Literature. Read page 269 and to questions at the bottom
Start discussion of clauses, dependent and independent
Word of the Day: 4/6 intrepid, 5 illustrate
Finish essays

Homework: 4/6 Reading #6 and summary
5 - Holt Literature: Read 263-265 and answer questions on 267

Thursday, January 29

Roots: Mort (death), omni (all), and opt (eye, sight)
vocabulary quiz 7
Word of the Day: integrity (4/5) fundamental (5)
Essay (thinksheet) My Three Favorite Hobbies

Homework:
4/6 Reading #5 and summaries
Holt Handbook page 101, exercise 10 Odds only

5 - Holt Handbook page 101, exercise 10 1-10
Use the phrase the book gives you at the BEGINNING of your sentence.

NOTE: Due date for the book project has been changed to February 13, but if you hand it in on the 6th, you get an extra 5 points. 

Tuesday, January 27

Warmup: Holt Handbook Page 108 Review E
Review Homework
Participial phrases/Review phrases
4/6 - summaries
5 - nonfiction reading
Word of the day: inevitable (4/6), function (5)
Homework:
4/6 Reading #4 and summaries
Everyone: Study vocab for quiz next class
hackneyed, haughty, hedonist, impetuous, impute, incompatible, inevitable (4/6)
element, emphasis, ensure, insure, assure, estimate, evidence, focus, function

Friday, January 23

Paragraph: Three places I would like to visit and why: 8-11 sentences
Think Sheets
Essays Intro
Phrases: Prepositional, infinitive, appositive

4/6: Book summaries
5: Holt Literature 463 to 465

Word of the Day:
incompatible  4/6
focus 5

Homework:
4/6 Holt Handbook page 88-89 A and B 1-20 Odds only ;Reading #3 and summary
5: Holt Handbook pages 88-89 1-20 Odds only

Wednesday, January 21

Warmup: Roots meter (measure), mis/mit (send), mono (one, alone)
Review homework
Misplaced modifiers (worksheet)
5: Holt Literature Pages 501-504 in pairs
4/6: Summaries and take notes
Word of the Day: 4/6 impute, 5 evidence

Homework:

4 and 6: Reading #2 and summaries
5: HH page 237 exercise 7: rewrite incorrect sentences

Friday, January 16

Warmup: Write a sentence with a compound subject, direct and indirect objects, at least one prepositional phrase, at least one adverb (periods 4 and 6, add a predicate nominative too)
4/6 Sign up for books
5 HL 494-500 and answer questions
Word of the Day: impetuous (4/6), estimate (5)

Homework:
 Period 5: HH page 234 exercises 4 and 5. Write whole sentence correctly
 Period 4/6: Same as above, evens only AND read first 1/10 of book and write a one- page summary containing the main points.

Wednesday, January 14

Warmup: Roots: mag (great), man (hand) and mater (mother)
Review build a sentence homework
Word of the Day: hedonist (4/6), insure, assure, ensure (5)
Holt Literature page 484 -489. Answer the questions and provide evidence of your answers.
Discuss predicate nouns and predicate adjectives in HH Chapter 4

Homework : Holt Literature read pages 490-493 and answer the questions on 494.

Monday, January 12

WARMUP: Look over roots for test
Roots test
Build a sentence example using Dad gave
Word of the Day: haughty (4/6), emphasis (5)
Library: Nonfiction lesson

Homework: Build a sentence
Start with Charlie baked....
1. Add a direct object
2. Add an indirect object.
3. Add an adverb
4. Add an adjective
5. Add a prepositional phrase
6. Make the subject compound
7. Make the verb compound and give the new verb its own direct object.

Thursday, January 8

Warmup: New seats
Holt Handbook page 76 exercise 1: write the direct object
Indirect object discussion
Assign Reading Project #2 Due date to be assigned.
Give roots and prefixes for test on Monday
Pass back work
Word of the Day -  (5) element (4,6) hackneyed
Homework:
1. Study for roots test (meaning of root and sample word. Two sample words for period 4 and 6)
2. Write three sentences of your own; each sentence must contain a direct object and an indirect object.

Updated agenda for Tuesday!!!!

Students: Missing Friday due to rain will change our schedule a little.

Here is the updated schedule:

Tuesday:

WARMUP:jus, ,jur, jud (law, right), logy (study of)
Subject and predicate review and quiz
Julius Caesar Act II
Word of the day: diverse (5), fortuitous (4/6)
Cast Acts III, IV, V

Homework:
Study for vocabulary quiz
4/6: ephemeral, enhance, evanescent, fortuitous, extenuating, exemplary
5: demonstrate, connote, denote, diverse, discreet, discrete, differentiate

Finals Days

Vocabulary Quiz

Julius Caesar Acts III, IV, V
Idioms and other Shakespeare worksheets

After Winter Break

The roots test will be moved to early January (date to be announced after break) and the next reading project will also be assigned after break.

Thank you!

Finals Days: Dec. 17, 18, 19

Wednesday: Periods 1,2
Thursday: Periods 4,5
Friday: Periods 3,6

Warmup: Looks over roots and prefixes
Roots Test
Caesar Acts IV and V